JP2021187476A - Tablet take-out container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a tablet take-out container capable of taking out only a fixed amount of a granular content such as a tablet stored in a simple structure and a simple operation.SOLUTION: The tablet take-out container comprises: a container body 12 storing a storage article 50 such as a tablet; and a guide part 30 having an inner space through which the storage article 50 passes at one end part of the container body 12. A nozzle 32 that is continuously provided at a tip of the guide part 30 and takes out the storage article 50 is provided. The guide part 30 has an elastic body 38. The elastic body 38 is a spring that is long in one direction, and one end part in a longitudinal direction is continuous with the guide part 30 and is self-supporting. An outer locking piece 44 that opens and closes an outlet 34 of the nozzle 32 and an inner locking piece 40 that opens and closes the inner space on the guide part 30 side of the outlet 34 are provided near the other end of the elastic body 38.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a tablet take-out container for accommodating tablets or the like as an container, counting the tablets or the like, and taking out a predetermined number of the tablets or the like.

Conventionally, for example, as a container for accommodating tablets, there has been a container for accommodating tablets one by one or counting and taking out a desired number of tablets. As the container for taking out the tablet in this way, for example, there are those disclosed in the following Patent Documents 1 and 2.

The tablet take-out container disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a hanging mouth-jaw portion, a control plate insertion hole horizontally provided in the mouth-jaw portion, a mounting cylinder covering the mouth-jaw portion, and the control plate insertion of the mounting cylinder. A container body having a window hole formed at a position facing the hole and a bottom plate extending from the lower end of the window hole toward an extension line of the mouth and jaw portion is provided. A sliding member is provided in the window hole so as to be pushable. The sliding member is formed on a push plate that is fitted into the window hole and is flush with the mounting cylinder, an insole plate that extends in the pushing direction of the sliding member and closes the lower end surface of the jaw jaw, and an insole plate. A hole for passing a tablet or the like, a short cylinder formed around the hole for passing the tablet or the like and slidably abutting on the bottom plate, and a short cylinder provided parallel to the insole plate and facing the control plate insertion hole. A control plate that can be inserted is provided. In this tablet take-out container, when taking out the tablet which is the container, the tablet of the container enters the inside of the mouth and jaw, and then when the push-in plate is pushed in, the through hole for the tablet etc. coincides with the mouth and jaw. The tablet is dropped from the mouth and jaw through the short tube and taken out. At this time, the control plate is inserted into the control plate insertion hole to prevent the next tablet in the container from falling.

The solid drug ejection container disclosed in Patent Document 2 is provided with a dish-shaped container body member composed of a bottom wall and a wall plate, and a lid covering the opening of the container body member to form a storage chamber. The main body member is provided with a base plate portion that protrudes to the outside of the lid. The base plate portion is the front portion of the bottom wall, and a pair of groove-forming wall plates are erected on the base plate portion, and a swing groove is formed between the pair of groove-forming wall plates. The swing groove communicates with the storage chamber, and the side opposite to the storage chamber reaches the tip of the base plate. A sliding groove is provided in the middle of the swing groove so as to communicate with each other. A sliding lid having a swing hole communicating with the tip of the swing groove is slidably attached to the base plate portion in one direction. The sliding lid is provided with a shielding plate that can be slidably inserted inside the sliding groove. In this solid drug ejection container, when the tablet to be contained is taken out, the tablet in the storage chamber enters the ejection groove, and then the sliding lid is pushed to move the tablet, and the ejection hole coincides with the tip of the ejection groove. The tablet falls and is taken out. At this time, it moves in the sliding groove and the shielding plate is inserted into the swing groove to prevent the next tablet in the storage chamber from falling.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-252389 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-20140

In the case of each container of the above background technology, the structure for taking out the tablets individually is complicated, and the manufacturing cost and man-hours are high. In particular, a member that guides the sliding direction, which is separate from the container body and the sliding member, is required, and the number of parts is large. In addition, there is rubbing of the sliding part and sliding resistance, and the operation of taking out the contained object is not smooth.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above background technology, and provides a tablet take-out container capable of taking out only a fixed amount of granular contents such as tablets contained in a simple structure and a simple operation. The purpose is to do.

The present invention is a tablet take-out container provided with a container body containing a granular container such as a tablet containing a pill, and a guide portion provided at one end of the container body and having an inner space through which the container passes. be. A nozzle is continuously provided at the tip of the guide portion and has an outlet from which the contained material is taken out. The nozzle is formed with a through hole communicating with the inner space. An elastic body is provided in the guide portion, and the elastic body is a spring that is long in one direction, and one end portion in the longitudinal direction is continuous with the guide portion and is provided independently. An outer locking piece that opens and closes the outlet and an inner locking piece that is inserted into the through hole to open and close the inner space are formed in the vicinity of the other end of the elastic body that swings. When the elastic body is not elastically deformed, the outer locking piece closes the outlet to lock the contained object, and the inner locking piece separates from the inner space and communicates with the outlet. When the elastic body is elastically deformed in a predetermined direction, the outer locking piece opens from the outlet to release the locking of the contained object, and the inner locking piece is inserted into the inner space. Closes and locks the passage of the inclusion. As a result, a certain amount of the contained material can be taken out by one elastic deformation of the elastic body.

The elastic body is integrally provided with the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece. Further, the guide portion and the elastic body may be integrally provided.

The elastic body is an elongated strip-shaped leaf spring, and a wide surface of the elastic body is provided substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of the inner locking piece and the outer locking piece.

In a state where the elastic body is not elastically deformed, it is preferable that the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece are separated from the guiding portion and the nozzle and are not in contact with each other.

The elastic body is provided with a stopper that abuts on the guide portion or the nozzle and restricts the movement of the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece when the elastic body is elastically deformed in a predetermined direction. Is good.

The tablet take-out container of the present invention has a simple structure and can take out only a fixed amount of granular contents such as tablets contained in the container by a simple operation. With a simple operation of elastically deforming the elastic body, the outlet can be unlocked to take out the contained material, and the inner space can be closed to lock the next contained item at the same time. In particular, when the elastic body is a band-shaped leaf spring, flexibility is imparted only in the direction in which the contained object is taken out, and the elastic body can be stably opened even when pushed from the diagonal side.

It is a vertical sectional view (a) which shows the closed state and the vertical sectional view (b) which shows the open state of the tablet take-out container of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view of the tablet take-out container of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the tablet take-out container of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. The tablet taking-out container 10 of this embodiment includes a bottomed cylindrical container body 12, and the container body 12 is made of glass or plastic. .. The container body 12 has a cylindrical side surface 14, and the side surface 14 has an upper end opening in an upright state, and a cylindrical container opening 16 having a small diameter is integrally provided. The opening edge portion 16a of the container opening 16 has a cylindrical shape in which the diameter is further reduced in a conical shape from the upper end portion of the container opening 16 and the tip thereof projects upward. On the inner peripheral surface of the container opening 16, a locking recess 16b for locking the locking convex portion 22 of the inner plug 18 to be inserted and locked so as not to be inserted is provided around the inner peripheral surface. A male screw 16c for screwing a cap 52, which will be described later, is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the container opening 16.

An inner plug 18 integrally molded with a synthetic resin having appropriate elasticity is fitted and attached to the opening edge portion 16a. The inner plug 18 is provided with a cylindrical mounting portion 20 that is inserted and fitted into the opening edge portion 16a of the container body 12, and is inserted into the locking recess 16b of the opening edge portion 16a on the outer peripheral surface of the mounting portion 20. A locking convex portion 22 that is locked so as not to slip out is provided around the circumference. At a position slightly above the locking convex portion 22 of the mounting portion 20, a flange portion 24 that abuts on the opening edge portion 16a is provided so as to make a full circle and project laterally.

A disk-shaped upper surface portion 28 that intersects the insertion direction of the mounting portion 20 is provided at the upper end portion of the mounting portion 20. The upper surface portion 28 is located slightly above the flange portion 24, and the step portion 23 is provided so as to go around the flange portion 24. In the center of the upper surface portion 28, a cylindrical guide portion 30 projecting to the side opposite to the mounting portion 20 is provided, and inside the guide portion 30, an inner space 31 is provided so as to penetrate the upper surface portion 28. There is.

The shape of the guide portion 30 is a square tube deformed in a tapered shape, and four side plates 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d that are continuous with each other are continuously combined and formed. The guide portion 30 has a rectangular cross-sectional shape parallel to the upper surface portion 28 and is long in one direction. Is tilted so that The angle with respect to the upper surface portion 28 is larger for the side plate 30a. The side plates 30b and the side plates 30d are substantially parallel to each other slightly extending toward the container body 12, crossing the side plates 30a and 30c, respectively, and having a trapezoidal shape whose lateral length decreases as they protrude from the position in contact with the upper surface portion 28. Is.

A nozzle 32 having a constant cross-sectional shape parallel to the upper surface portion 28 is continuously provided at the upper end portion of the guide portion 30. The nozzle 32 is formed by continuously combining rectangular side plates 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d that are continuous with the side plates 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d, respectively. The inside of the nozzle 32 communicates with the inner space 31 of the guide portion 30, and the length between the side plate 32a and the side plate 32c is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the tablet 50 housed in the container body 12. ..

The outlet 34 opens at the upper end of the nozzle 32, and the opening edge of the outlet 34 is parallel to the upper surface 28. The side plate 32c of the nozzle 32, which is continuous to the upper part of the side plate 30c of the guide portion 30, is provided with a through hole 36 that communicates inside and outside the nozzle 32 so as to penetrate the side plate 32c. The through hole 36 is formed in a long quadrangle in a direction substantially parallel to the protruding direction of the side plate 32c, that is, in a direction substantially parallel to the upper surface portion 28, crosses the side plate 32c, and slightly cuts out the side plates 32b and 32b on both sides. ing.

An elastic body 38 is integrally provided on the side plate 30c of the guide portion 30. The elastic body 38 is an elongated strip-shaped leaf spring, one end of which is continuous in the substantially center of the side plate 30c in the longitudinal direction, and the other end of swinging extends upward and stands on its own. Elastic deformation is possible when an appropriate force is applied. The width direction of the wide surface of the elastic body 38 is parallel to the side plates 30c and the side plates 32c. The upper end portion 38a, which is the swinging end portion of the elastic body 38, reaches slightly above the outlet 34 of the nozzle 32. Near the middle in the longitudinal direction, it is curved so as to approach the vicinity of the boundary between the side plate 30c and the side plate 32c, and has a waveform as a whole.

The inner locking piece 40 is integrally provided at a position of the elastic body 38 facing the through hole 36 on the surface on the side plate 32c side. The inner locking piece 40 is a plate body that protrudes toward the through hole 36, and is inserted from the through hole 36 into the inner space 31 of the nozzle 32 when the elastic body 38 is elastically deformed toward the nozzle 32. The surface direction of the inner locking piece 40 is parallel to the upper surface portion 28 and the outlet 34, and the length in the protruding direction is inserted through the through hole 36 when the elastic body 38 is elastically deformed so as to approach the nozzle 32. It is a length that protrudes into the space 31 but is separated from the nozzle 32 when it is not elastically deformed.

A stopper 42 is integrally provided on the surface of the elastic body 38 on the side plate 32c side at a position closer to the upper end portion 38a than the inner locking piece 40. The stopper 42 is a small protrusion slightly protruding from the surface of the elastic body 38 on the side plate 32c side, and has a contact surface that comes into contact with the vicinity of the outlet 34 of the nozzle 32 when the elastic body 38 is elastically deformed. ..

An outer locking piece 44 is integrally provided on the upper end portion 38a. The outer locking piece 44 is a rectangular plate having an opening having an opening substantially the same size as the outlet 34, and is substantially parallel to the opening edge of the outlet 34. The distance between the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44 is shorter than the diameter of the tablet 50 to be contained. When the elastic body 38 is not elastically deformed, it is separated slightly above the outlet 34 of the nozzle 32, and the distance from the outlet 34 to the outer locking piece 44 is also shorter than the diameter and thickness of the tablet 50 to be accommodated. .. Further, in the lateral direction, the position is slightly separated from the side plate 32a and moved laterally so as to cover the side plate 32c. At the center of the outer locking piece 44, a rectangular take-out port 46 having substantially the same size as the inner space 31 opening to the take-out port 34 is provided and penetrates the outer locking piece 44. Since the outer locking piece 44 is located at a position moved to the side plate 32c side of the outlet 34, the frame portion 44a on the side plate 32a side of the outer locking piece 44 is inside the projection position of the outlet 34, and the nozzle 32 The positions of the take-out port 34 and the take-out port 46 of the outer locking piece 44 face each other with a gap smaller than the outer diameter of the tablet 50. Therefore, the opening of the outer locking piece 44 by the frame portion 44a and the take-out port 34 is smaller than that of the tablet 50, and the tablet 50 cannot pass through.

The elastic body 38 is curved in a wavy shape, and the portion facing the side plate 32c is curved outward to serve as a pressing portion 48 that pushes the elastic body 38 toward the nozzle 32 to elastically deform it. A non-slip protrusion 48a is formed on the outer surface of the pressing portion 48. When the pressing portion 48 is pushed and elastically deformed, the stopper 42 comes into contact with the vicinity of the outlet 34 of the nozzle 32 and stops without further elastic deformation. At this time, the tip of the inner locking piece 40 is inserted into the through hole 36 and protrudes into the inner space 31 to narrow the inner space 31. The outer locking piece 44 moves to a projected position above the outlet 34, where the outlet 46 coincides with the outlet 34. The moving direction of the outer locking piece 44 and the inner locking piece 40 is substantially perpendicular to the wide direction of the elastic body 38.

Next, a method of using the tablet take-out container 10 of this embodiment will be described. First, the flat tablet 50 to be contained is placed in the container body 12, and the inner plug 18 is attached to the opening edge portion 16a of the container body 12. In this state where no force is applied to the elastic body 38, the frame portion 44a of the outer locking piece 44 is inside the projected position of the outlet 34 and is located at a distance shorter than the diameter of the tablet 50. .. Therefore, the tablet 50 cannot pass between the take-out port 34 and the frame portion 44a, and is in a closed state. Then, a cap 52 that covers the inner plug 18 is detachably attached to the container opening 16 of the container body 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cap 52 is integrally provided with a circular upper surface and a cylindrical side surface continuous with the upper surface, and a male screw of a container opening 16 of the container body 12 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the side surface. A female screw 52a to be screwed to 16c is formed, and is screwed and attached. The cap 52 has a size having a space between the upper surface of the cap 52 and the outer locking piece 44 of the inner plug 18 when the cap 52 is screwed and attached to the container body 12. A small cylindrical sealed cylinder portion 52b is provided on the back surface of the upper surface of the cap 52. The closed cylinder portion 52b is formed concentrically with the side surface of the cap 52, has an inner diameter having a space between the guide portion 30, the nozzle 32, and the elastic body 38 when the cap 52 is closed to the container body 12, and has an inner diameter in the protruding direction. Is shorter than the side surface, and is a length that abuts on the upper surface of the flange portion 24 of the inner plug 18. When the cap 52 is closed, the sealed cylinder portion 52b comes into contact with the flange portion 24 of the inner plug 18, and the inner plug 18 can be prevented from loosening from the container body 12. Transport and store with the cap 52 locked.

When the tablet 50 is taken out from the container body 12 and taken, the cap 52 is removed, and as shown in FIG. 1A, the tablet taking-out container 10 is tilted diagonally downward while being closed. At this time, the elastic body 38 is located diagonally upward, and the side plate 32a of the nozzle 32 is located diagonally downward. As a result, the tablet 50 in the container body 12 passes through the guide portion 30 and moves to the inner space 31 of the nozzle 32. Since the tablet 50 has a flat circular shape, the tablet 50 is aligned in parallel with respect to the side plates 32b and 32d. In this state, since the elastic body 38 is not elastically deformed, the outer locking piece 44 closes the take-out port 34 to lock the tablet 50, and the inner locking piece 40 separates from the inner space 31 and takes out. It communicates with 34.

Next, when the pressing portion 48 is elastically deformed toward the nozzle 32 by pushing it with a finger or the like, the stopper 42 of the elastic body 38 comes into contact with the vicinity of the outlet 34 as shown in FIG. 1 (b), and the outer locking piece The outlet 46 of 44 moves to the projected position of the outlet 34, and the outlet 34 and the outlet 46 coincide with each other. The frame portion 44a that obstructs the extension of the take-out port 34 disappears, and the tablet 50 is in an open state through which the tablet 50 can pass. One tablet 50 located between the outlet 34 and the through hole 36, that is, between the outer locking piece 44 and the inner locking piece 40, is taken out through the outlet 34 and the outlet 46. At this time, with the elastic deformation of the elastic body 38, the inner locking piece 40 is inserted into the through hole 36 and protrudes into the inner space 31 of the nozzle 32, narrowing the inner space 31. As a result, the next tablet 50a cannot enter the outlet 34 side of the inner space 31 and is locked to prevent a plurality of tablets 50 from being taken out.

Next, when the elastic deformation of the elastic body 38 is restored by releasing the finger from the pressing portion 48, the frame portion 44a of the outer locking piece 44 returns to the projected position of the outlet 34 and is closed again. The inner locking piece 40 is pulled out from the through hole 36 so that the inner space 31 can pass through, and the next tablet 50a is aligned.

According to the tablet take-out container 10 of this embodiment, the tablets 50 contained in the container can be reliably counted and taken out one by one by a simple operation. The tablet 50 can be taken out by elastically deforming the elastic body 38 to bring it closer to the outlet 34 of the nozzle 32 to open it. Since the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44 are provided integrally with the elastic body 38, the tablet 50 can be taken out by opening the take-out port 34 only by elastically deforming the elastic body 38, and the nozzle 32. Can be narrowed to lock the next tablet 50a at the same time. When you release your finger, the elastic deformation is restored, and it automatically returns to the closed state, and you can switch between the closed state and the open state with a single touch.

Further, the elastic body 38 provided with the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44 on the guide portion 30 has a simple structure of being integrally molded with the inner plug 18, the number of parts is small, and the manufacturing process is small. It is low and the manufacturing cost is low. Since the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44 are separated from the nozzle 32, they can be integrally molded at the time of molding the inner plug 18 by the mold, and the production efficiency is good. Further, since the elastic body 38 is self-supporting, it does not require other members to guide the movement of the outer locking piece 44 and the inner locking piece 40, the number of parts is small, and the structure is simple. Further, the tablet 50 can be smoothly taken out without rubbing of the sliding portion or sliding resistance.

A stopper 42 is provided on the elastic body 38, and when the stopper 42 comes into contact with the take-out port 34, it is found that the elastic body 38 is in an open state, and it is easy to adjust the pushing force. By changing the size of the stopper 42, the size of the elastic deformation of the elastic body 38 can be changed, and the length into which the inner locking piece 40 is inserted can be changed. Further, not only the pushing position is stabilized, but also the elastic body 38 is not subjected to excessive stress and is prevented from being damaged. The elastic body 38 is a band-shaped leaf spring and easily bends in the moving direction of the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44, that is, in the direction in which the outer locking piece 44 is opened. Flexibility is imparted, a stable opening and closing trajectory can be drawn, and the open state can be reliably achieved. Further, since the inner locking piece 40 and the outer locking piece 44 are separated from the nozzle 32, when the pressing portion 48 is pushed to elastically deform the elastic body 38, the outer locking piece 44 and the inner locking piece 40 are elastically deformed. Moves downward so as to draw an arc from the pushing direction, but can move smoothly without interfering with the guide portion 30 or the nozzle 32. The cap 52 is provided with a closed cylinder portion 52b, and can be stored in a closed state with the inner plug 18 pressed against it, and the quality of the tablet 50 can be maintained.

The tablet taking-out container of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the shape of the container body can be freely changed, and the shape of the inner plug can be changed as appropriate. Further, the container body and the inner plug may be integrally molded. In this case, the bottom of the container body integrally molded with the inner plug opens, and the bottom closing member is fitted to the bottom of the container body to form a bottomed container body. In addition, the shapes of the guide portion, the nozzle, the elastic body, the inner locking piece, the outer locking piece, and the like can be changed to suitable ones according to the shape of the container body and the shape of the container. The guide portion, the elastic body, the outer locking piece, and the inner locking piece can be integrally molded with synthetic resin, but can also be assembled after being molded as separate parts. The elastic body may be provided at a place other than the guide portion. Further, by increasing the distance between the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece, the number of tablets or the like taken out at one time can be increased to two or three.

Further, the contents of the tablet take-out container of the present invention are not limited to tablets, and can be used for various granular products such as tablet-shaped confectionery as well as tablets. The shape of the contained object such as a tablet to be contained may be a spherical shape, a spindle shape, or a sugar-coated tablet as well as a flat circular shape.

10 Tablet take-out container 12 Container body 16 Container opening 16a Opening edge 18 Inner plug 30 Induction part 32 Nozzle 34 Exit 36 Through hole 38 Elastic body 38a Upper end 40 Inner locking piece 42 Stopper 44 Outer locking piece 50 Tablets

Claims (6)

In a tablet taking-out container provided with a container body containing granular contents and a guide portion provided at one end of the container body and having an inner space through which the contents pass.
A nozzle provided continuously at the tip of the guide portion and having an outlet from which the contained material is taken out is provided.
An elastic body is provided in the guiding portion, the elastic body is a spring that is long in one direction, and one end in the longitudinal direction is continuously provided in the guiding portion and is provided independently, and the elastic body swings. An outer locking piece that opens and closes the outlet and an inner locking piece that opens and closes the inner space on the guide portion side of the outlet are formed in the vicinity of the other end.
When the elastic body is not elastically deformed, the outer locking piece closes the outlet to lock the container, and the inner locking piece separates from the inner space and communicates with the outlet. death,
When the elastic body is elastically deformed in a predetermined direction, the outer locking piece opens from the outlet to release the locking of the contained object, and the inner locking piece is inserted into the inner space. A tablet take-out container comprising closing and locking the passage of the container and taking out a certain amount of the container by one elastic deformation of the elastic body. The tablet take-out container according to claim 1, wherein the elastic body is integrally provided with the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece. The tablet take-out container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide portion and the elastic body are integrally provided. The first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the elastic body is an elongated strip-shaped leaf spring, and a wide surface of the elastic body is provided substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of the inner locking piece and the outer locking piece. Tablet take-out container. The tablet take-out container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece do not come into contact with the guide portion and the nozzle and are separated from each other in a state where the elastic body is not elastically deformed. The elastic body is provided with a stopper that abuts on the guide portion or the nozzle and restricts the movement of the outer locking piece and the inner locking piece when the elastic body is elastically deformed in a predetermined direction. The tablet take-out container according to claim 1 or 2.

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