EP 0393573 A1 19901024 - Pill dispensing device, especially for homeopathic pellets.
Title (en)
Pill dispensing device, especially for homeopathic pellets.
Title (de)
Pillenspender, insbesondere für homöopathische Pillen.
Title (fr)
Dispositif distributeur de billes, notamment pour granules homeopathiques.
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8905042 A 19890417
Abstract (en)
The invention concerns a dispensing device for pills such as homeopathic pellets, comprising a pipe (9) for the alignment of a series of successive pellets, bounded on the outside by a flexible tube (16), elastically deformable from a natural shape having a circular cross-section to an oval shape, and provided, inside the said pipe (9), with first means of retaining (32) a first pill (31) of the said series in the vicinity of an end (18) for expulsion from the said pipe, and second means of retaining (38) of a second pill immediately following the first one in the said series, the said first and second means of retaining being alternately active and inactive respectively during the deformation of the tube, characterised in that it comprises levers (17) for manually controlling the deformation of the tube to release the said first pill while blocking the second one, mounted in a rocking manner on a rigid end piece (7) integral with the said tube, and means of selection and guidance of the said pills through the said end piece (7) towards the said pipe (9), from a container where the said pellets are contained in bulk. These means of retaining are alternately active and inactive in opposition such that the use of the tube releases the first pill while blocking the second one. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 83/0436 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [AD] US 2960259 A 19601115 - ANTHONY AVENI
- [AD] US 3306493 A 19670228 - SZAJNA JOHN L
- [A] US 4020974 A 19770503 - BAUER MARTIN G, et al
- [A] US 3481513 A 19691202 - RAM GERSON L
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES GB IT LI LU NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0393573 A1 19901024; FR 2645838 A1 19901019; FR 2645838 B1 19910913
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 90107244 A 19900417; FR 8905042 A 19890417