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GB2633530A - System and method for dispensing tablets - Google Patents

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GB2633530A
GB2633530A GB2418150.5A GB202418150A GB2633530A GB 2633530 A GB2633530 A GB 2633530A GB 202418150 A GB202418150 A GB 202418150A GB 2633530 A GB2633530 A GB 2633530A
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Clarke George
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UMF Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/14—Applications of locks, e.g. of permutation or key-controlled locks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/0076—Medicament distribution means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
    • A47F1/10—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • B65D83/0418—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation the articles being substantially flat and stacked one upon the other and the dispensing-closing device sliding the article to be dispensed along the flat side of the next article
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/44—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0092—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for assembling and dispensing of pharmaceutical articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
    • B65D2583/0472—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action
    • B65D2583/0477—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action the container is maintained in the same position during the dispensing of several successive articles or doses
    • B65D2583/0481—One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from

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Abstract

A tablet dispensing system comprises a sleeve having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end, a base attached to the second end, the base including a first barrier disposed transversely to and a predetermined distance from the second opening, and a slide having second and third barriers separated by a riser, wherein the second and third barriers include aligned passages disposed therethrough. The slide is disposed on the base so that the first barrier is positioned between the second and third barriers and the slide is biased by a spring toward a first side of the sleeve so that the first barrier blocks at least one of the aligned passages, where the spring is disposed between the base and the slide.

Claims (20)

  1. I claim:
    1 . A tablet dispensing system, comprising a sleeve defining a first longitudinal axis and having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end; a base extending transversely from the second end; a peripheral skirt extending longitudinally from the base; a transversely extending first barrier supported by the peripheral skirt at a predetermined distance from the second end and intersecting with the first longitudinal axis of the sleeve; a slide having a second longitudinal axis, a first transversely extending level having a first passage disposed therethrough and a second transversely extending level having a second passage disposed therethrough, wherein the first and second levels are separated longitudinally by a riser; and a spring; wherein the slide is disposed with the first level between the first barrier and the second end and transversely biased by the spring so that the first and second longitudinal axes are aligned, wherein the spring is disposed between the peripheral skirt and the slide.
  2. 2. The tablet dispensing system of claim 1 , further comprising a mounting bracket adapted to mount to any vertical surface, wherein the sleeve further comprises a mounting point that attaches the sleeve to the mounting bracket.
  3. 3. The tablet dispensing system of claim 2, wherein the mounting point is selected from the group of mounting points consisting of a mounting point that transversely extends from a side of the sleeve opposite from the side to which the base transversely extends, wherein the mounting point includes a circular connector, whereby the circular connector is adapted to rotatably attach the mounting point to the mounting bracket, and a mounting point comprising one or more holes disposed through the peripheral skirt, whereby the one or more holes rotatably attach over at least one pin connected to the mounting bracket.
  4. 4. The tablet dispensing system of claim 3, further comprising a first loop of material extending from the sleeve and a second loop of material extending from the mounting bracket, wherein the first loop of material is adapted to align with the second loop of material to allow the sleeve to be locked in place relative to the mounting bracket.
  5. 5. The tablet dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein pushing the slide transversely against the bias of the spring allows at least a portion of the first passage to move transversely beyond an edge of the first barrier.
  6. 6. The tablet dispensing system of claim 4, wherein the slide travels transversely against the bias of the spring supported by the first barrier and transversely aligned shoulders extending inwardly from opposite sides of the peripheral skirt and at the predetermined distance from the second end.
  7. 7. The tablet dispensing system of claim 1, further comprising a first tube adapter sized to fit within the sleeve and configured to hold tablets stacked longitudinally within the first tube adapter and having a first tablet transverse dimension.
  8. 8. The tablet dispensing system of claim 7, wherein a transverse dimension of the first passage is at least as large as the first tablet transverse dimension and the first level is adapted to have a longitudinal thickness that is less than or equal to a longitudinal thickness of a tablet.
  9. 9. The tablet dispensing system of claim 7, further comprising a second tube adapter sized to fit within the sleeve and configured to hold tablets stacked longitudinally within the second tube adapter and having a second tablet transverse dimension.
  10. 10. The tablet dispensing system of claim 9, wherein the transverse dimension of the first passage is at least as large as the second tablet transverse dimension and the first level is adapted to have a longitudinal thickness that is less than or equal to a longitudinal thickness of a tablet.
  11. 11 . The tablet dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the spring is held between a first protrusion on the peripheral skirt and a second protrusion on the slide.
  12. 12. The tablet dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein an internal surface of the second passage is threaded.
  13. 13. A method for dispensing tablets, comprising the steps of: providing the tablet dispensing system of claim 8, wherein the first tube adapter includes a first insert plug disposed in a first end and a second insert plug disposed in a second end with tablets stacked longitudinally within the first tube adapter between the first and second insert plugs; orienting the tablet dispensing system with the first longitudinal axis aligned vertically and the first end above the second end; introducing the first tube adapter into the first opening so that the second end of the first tube adapter is supported by the first transversely extending barrier; pushing downwardly on the first insert plug, whereby pushing downwardly on the first insert plug pushes the second insert plug out of the second end of the tube adapter and into the first passage; pushing the slide transversely against the bias of the spring so that at least a portion of the first passage moves transversely beyond an edge of the first barrier thereby allowing the second insert plug to drop through the first passage and the second passage, wherein when the second insert plug drops through the second passage, a bottommost tablet drops into the first passage; and pushing the slide transversely against the bias of the spring so that at least a portion of the first passage moves transversely beyond an edge of the first barrier thereby allowing the bottommost tablet to drop through the first passage and the second passage.
  14. 14. A tablet dispensing system, comprising: a sleeve having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end; a base attached to the second end, the base including a first barrier disposed transversely to and a predetermined distance from the second opening; and a first slide having second and third barriers separated by a first riser, wherein the second and third barriers include aligned first and second passages, respectively, disposed therethrough; wherein the first slide is disposed on the base so that the first barrier is positioned between the second and third barriers and the first slide is biased by a spring toward a first side of the sleeve so that the first barrier blocks at least one of the aligned first and second passages, where the spring is disposed between the base and the first slide.
  15. 15. The tablet dispensing system of claim 14, wherein pushing the first slide against the bias of the spring allows at least a portion of at least one of the aligned first and second passages to move beyond an edge of the first barrier.
  16. 16. The tablet dispensing system of claim 14, further comprising a first tube adapter sized to fit within the sleeve and configured to hold a first stack of tablets having a first tablet transverse dimension measured transverse to the stack.
  17. 17. The tablet dispensing system of claim 16, wherein a first dimension measured across the first passage is at least as large as the first tablet transverse dimension and wherein the second barrier is adapted to have a longitudinal thickness that is less than or equal to a longitudinal thickness of a tablet of the first stack of tablets.
  18. 18. The tablet dispensing system of claim 16, further comprising: one or more second tube adapters configured to each hold a stack of tablets having a tablet transverse dimension measured transverse to the stack; two or more tube adapter rings attached to each of the one or more second tube adapters, the two or more tube adapter rings sized to fit within the sleeve and stabilize each of the one or more second tube adapters therein; and one or more slide adapters, each disposed within the first passage and supported by the second barrier, and each supporting one of the one or more second tube adapters.
  19. 19. The tablet dispensing system of claim 18, wherein each of the one or more second tube adapters includes a first insert plug disposed in a first end and a second insert plug disposed in a second end with the stack of tablets stacked longitudinally therein between the first and second insert plugs.
  20. 20. A method for dispensing tablets, including the steps of: providing the tablet dispensing system of claim 19 oriented with the first end above the second end; introducing a selected tube adapter of the first or the one or more second tube adapters into the first opening so that the second end of the selected tube adapter is supported by the second barrier; pushing downwardly on the first insert plug, whereby pushing downwardly on the first insert plug pushes the second insert plug out of the second end of the selected tube adapter and into the first passage; pushing the slide transversely against the bias of the spring so that at least a portion of the first passage moves transversely beyond an edge of the first barrier thereby allowing the second insert plug to drop through the first passage and the second passage, wherein when the second insert plug drops through the second passage, a bottommost tablet of the stack of tablets drops into the first passage; and pushing the slide transversely against the bias of the spring so that at least a portion of the first passage moves transversely beyond an edge of the first barrier thereby allowing the bottommost tablet to drop through the first passage and the second passage.
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US2683554A (en) * 1951-04-21 1954-07-13 Jr George C Mulhauser Pill dispenser
US3854626A (en) * 1973-04-30 1974-12-17 J Krechmar Pill container-dispenser
WO2006059015A2 (en) * 2004-12-02 2006-06-08 Dominique Dautun Pod dispenser, method for using same and corresponding cartridge
WO2019102211A1 (en) * 2017-11-23 2019-05-31 Frost Robert Anthony Tablet dispenser

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US2683554A (en) * 1951-04-21 1954-07-13 Jr George C Mulhauser Pill dispenser
US3854626A (en) * 1973-04-30 1974-12-17 J Krechmar Pill container-dispenser
WO2006059015A2 (en) * 2004-12-02 2006-06-08 Dominique Dautun Pod dispenser, method for using same and corresponding cartridge
WO2019102211A1 (en) * 2017-11-23 2019-05-31 Frost Robert Anthony Tablet dispenser

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