EP 1606193 B1 20060816 - TABLET DISPENSER
Title (en)
TABLET DISPENSER
Title (de)
TABLETTENSPENDER
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR DE PASTILLES
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 2004002474 W 20040311
- DE 20304148 U 20030314
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2006049202A1] The invention relates to a tablet dispenser ( 1 ) for holding a large number of tablets ( 2 ) and for dispensing them one by one. The tablet dispenser is comprised of: a two-part dispenser housing consisting of two housing halves ( 10; 20 ) of the same length, which are assembled to form a box; a housing bottom part ( 10 ) with a dispensing opening ( 3 ), which is made in the sidewall ( 14 ) of a corner of the housing and via which the tablets ( 2 ) are individually dispensed from the dispenser housing, and; a housing top part ( 20 ) that does not have an end wall ( 23 ) on the side from which the tablets are dispensed. The housing parts are joined to one another in a manner that enables them to be displaced parallel to the container axis in opposite directions during which the dispensing opening ( 3 ) of the housing bottom part ( 10 ) is alternately opened and closed by the housing upper part ( 20 ). In order to dispense only one tablet ( 2 ') at a time while preventing an unintentional following of additional tablets ( 2 ), dosing elements are provided inside the dispenser housing that consist of a dead space barrier ( 11 ), which is mounted on the housing bottom part ( 10 ) at the corner opposite the dispensing opening ( 3 ), and of a barrier ( 21 ) that prevents tablets from following a single tablet to be dispensed, which is mounted on the housing top part ( 20 ) at the front end thereof. The dosing elements ( 11; 21 ) are designed and arranged so that they can be displaced relative to one another in such a manner that with each displacement travel of the housing halves ( 10; 20 ), only one tablet ( 2' ) at a time reaches the dispensing area of the dispensing opening ( 3 ).
IPC 8 full level
B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B65D 83/0409 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 2583/0454 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 2583/0481 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2006049202 A1 20060309; AT E336444 T1 20060915; CN 100542908 C 20090923; CN 1809502 A 20060726; DE 20304148 U1 20040722; DE 502004001205 D1 20060928; EP 1606193 A1 20051221; EP 1606193 B1 20060816; ES 2267058 T3 20070301; JP 2006520303 A 20060907; JP 4203095 B2 20081224; PL 1606193 T3 20061130; RU 2005121145 A 20060127; RU 2296090 C2 20070327; WO 2004080842 A1 20040923
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 53722905 A 20050603; AT 04719380 T 20040311; CN 200480006923 A 20040311; DE 20304148 U 20030314; DE 502004001205 T 20040311; EP 04719380 A 20040311; EP 2004002474 W 20040311; ES 04719380 T 20040311; JP 2006504626 A 20040311; PL 04719380 T 20040311; RU 2005121145 A 20040311