EP 0915020 A1 19990512 - Tool for removing pills and the like from blister packages
Title (en)
Tool for removing pills and the like from blister packages
Title (de)
Gerät zum Entnehmen von Tabletten u.dgl. aus Blisterverpackungen
Title (fr)
Dispositif pour enlever des pilules et similaires de leur emballage blister
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 97308881 A 19971105
Abstract (en)
A hand tool for quickly and effortlessly removing common forms of tablets and capsules individually from blister card and strip packaging is provided in a simplified form generally similar in overall appearance to a pliers-type hand tool. After positioning a desired pill-containing pocket (14) of a blister package on the specially-configured lower jaw (26) of the tool, the handles (18,20) are squeezed together, pivoting the opposing jaw member (30) downward against the top of the pill pocket (14) and forcing the pill (P) contained therein to move downwardly through an opening (36) in the lower jaw, tearing the foil cover sheet of the package, whereupon the tablet will fall freely into a tablet-catching bucket member (28) disposed beneath the lower jaw where the pill is maintained safely against inadvertent dropping or misplacing. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65B 69/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01); B67B 7/00 (2006.01); B67B 7/92 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65B 69/0058 (2013.01); B65D 83/0463 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- US 4909414 A 19900320 - HEATH CLARENCE [US]
- US 5038968 A 19910813 - ALBETSKI DONALD N [US]
Citation (search report)
- [XA] GB 2192827 A 19880127 - DIAMANT MARCUS, et al
- [A] US 5472115 A 19951205 - WHITON JOSEPH L [US]
- [A] DE 3317549 A1 19841115 - PREIS LUTZ
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE DE ES FR GB IT NL PT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97308881 A 19971105