Pill container

Abstract

To provide a tablet container capable of injecting a tablet to a distance.SOLUTION: There are provided a tablet storage container body 2 for erecting a mouth cylindrical part 6 from a trunk part 4, and a tablet discharge pipe 20 extended from the mouth cylindrical part 6. The tablet discharge pipe 20 has an inner diameter D designed so as to discharge tablets one by one. Engagement means 30 for the tablets is provided at an opening end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 in such a manner that the tablets T can be held at a tip part 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20. The tablet discharge pipe 20 is formed from an elastic material in such a manner that the tablets T present inside the tip part 26 are outwardly pushed out beyond the opening end 28, by compressing a pressure portion 24 closer to the mouth cylindrical part 6 than the tip part 26. The engagement means 30 is formed from a plurality of engaging claws 32 extended onto an inner side than the opening end 28 as viewed from a pipe axial direction A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a tablet container. [Background technology]

[0002] A known tablet container of this type has a semicylindrical tablet supply wall that is semicircular when viewed from above and has an opening at the rear, which stands up from the front half of a cap tube attached to the mouth of the container body, and a top wall that also serves as a locking plate to stop the tablets from spilling out, attached to the tip of this tablet supply wall (Patent Document 1). When the tablets are to be removed, the container body is tilted with the opening of the tablet supply wall portion facing upward, and the tablets stopped at the top wall portion are removed one by one from inside the container body through the tablet supply wall portion. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2004-90974 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Depending on the use of the tablet, for example when extracting a tablet type herbicide, it may be necessary to deliver the tablet farther away from the user's location in order to spread it on the ground. The tablet container in Patent Document 1 does not have a function for throwing tablets far away. Therefore, in order to scatter tablets far away, it is necessary to pick up the required number of tablets from the opening of the tablet supply wall and throw the tablets held in one's hand, which is troublesome.

[0005] A first object of the present invention is to provide a tablet container capable of ejecting (casting) tablets over a long distance. A second object of the present invention is to provide a tablet container that is easy to use and capable of ejecting tablets over a long distance with a simple operation. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The first means includes a tablet storage container body 2 having a nozzle part 6 standing upright from a body part 4, A tablet discharge pipe 20 extending from the nozzle portion 6; It is equipped with The tablet discharge pipe 20 has an inner diameter D designed to discharge tablets one by one, A tablet locking means 30 consisting of a plurality of locking claws 32 protruding inward from the open end 28 as viewed from the tube axial direction A is attached to the open end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 so that the tablets T can be held at the tip 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20. The tablet discharge pipe 20 is It is made of an elastic material, By squeezing the pressing portion 24 closer to the nozzle portion 6 than the tip portion 26, The elastic deformation of the pressing portion 24 The tablet T in the tip portion 26 is pushed outward beyond the open end 28. The pressing portion 24 is formed so that a part of the compression force on the pressing portion 24 is converted into an ejection force of the tablet T from the opening end 28, and the pressing portion 24 can be compressed until the ejection force becomes larger than the locking force of the locking means 30. .

[0007] In this means, as shown in FIG. 1, a tablet discharge pipe 20 extends from a nozzle 6 of a container body 2 and has an inner diameter D designed to discharge tablets one by one. Further, a tablet retaining means 30 is attached to the open end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 so that the tablet T can be held at the tip 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 . The tablet discharge pipe 20 is formed of an elastic material so that by compressing the pressing portion 24 closer to the nozzle portion 6 than the tip portion 26, the tablet T inside the tip portion 26 is pushed outward beyond the opening end 28. In this structure, a part of the squeezing force on the pressing part 24 can be converted into the ejection force of the tablet from the open end 28. In order for the tablet T to be ejected, the pressing part 24 needs to be squeezed until the ejection force becomes greater than the locking force of the locking means 30. This allows the force to be accumulated before the tablet is ejected, so that the tablet can be thrown far away. Furthermore, the tablets can be ejected by a simple operation of squeezing the tablet ejection pipe 20. In this embodiment, the locking means 30 is, as shown in FIG. 4, made up of a plurality of locking claws 32 protruding inward from the opening end 28 when viewed in the tube axis direction A. In addition, in this method, The pressing portion 24 can be compressed until the ejection force of the tablet T from the open end 28, which is converted from a part of the squeezing force to the pressing portion 24, becomes larger than the locking force of the locking means 30. .

[0008] The second means has the first means and Multiple The locking pawls 32 are equiangularly arranged in the circumferential direction.

[0009] In this method, 、 As shown in FIG. 4, when viewed from the tube axial direction A, the multiple locking claws 32 are equiangularly arranged in the circumferential direction. In this structure, the locking force on the tablet T acts iso-angularly in the circumferential direction, so that the tablet ejection direction does not deviate from the tube axial direction, and the tablet can be delivered to a distant target location. Therefore, a large throw distance is obtained.

[0010] The third means includes the second means, and the locking claw 32 is extended from the opening end 28 as viewed in the pipe radial direction B. The above It is provided to protrude obliquely toward the tip of the tablet discharge pipe 20.

[0011] In this means, as shown in FIG. 2, the locking claw 32 is provided so as to project obliquely toward the front end of the tablet discharge pipe 20 from the open end 28 when viewed from the tube diameter direction B. This structure allows the locking force on the tablet to be appropriately adjusted, which makes it easy to use since it is possible to avoid, for example, a problem where the tablet does not fly out even when the pressing part is pressed due to an excessive locking force.

[0012] The fourth means has any one of the first means to the third means, and the tablet discharge pipe 20 has a thin pipe wall W, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs R extending in the pipe axial direction are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the pipe wall W.

[0013] In this means, as shown in FIG. 4, the tablet discharge pipe 20 has a thin pipe wall W, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs R extending in the axial direction of the pipe are arranged on the pipe wall W at intervals in the circumferential direction. In this structure, the stability of the shape of the tablet discharge pipe 20 can be improved when the pressing portion 24 is pressed.

[0014] The fifth means has any one of the first means to the fourth means, and is equipped with an ejection member 10 having the tablet discharge tube 20 erected from a mounting tube 14 fitted into the mouth tube portion 6 via an inward flange-like wall portion 15.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 2, this means comprises an ejection member 10 having the tablet discharge pipe 20 erected from a mounting cylinder 14 fitted into the nozzle portion 6 via an inward flange-like wall portion 15. With this structure, tablets flow smoothly from the nozzle 6 of the container body 2 to the tablet discharge pipe 20 and tablets do not get stuck at the entrance to the base 22 of the tablet discharge pipe 20, making it easy to use. Effect of the Invention

[0016] According to the present invention, it is possible to eject tablets far away from the tablet discharge tube of the tablet container. Furthermore, according to the present invention, tablets can be ejected far away with a simple operation, and the device is easy to use. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a half cross-sectional view of a tablet container according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the tablet container of FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the tablet container of FIG. 1 in use. [Figure 4] 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of a main part (tablet discharge tube) of the tablet container in FIG. 1, in which (A) shows the state of the tablet discharge tube before it is compressed, and (B) shows the state of the tablet discharge tube after it is compressed. [Diagram 5]This is a conceptual diagram showing the function of the tablet container in Figure 1, where (A) shows the stage when the tablet is engaged with the tip of the tablet discharge tube, (B) shows the state when the tablet discharge tube is squeezed, and (C) shows the state when the tablet has been discharged from the tablet discharge tube. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THEINVENTION

[0018] 1 to 5 show a tablet container according to an embodiment of the present invention. The tablet container is formed of a container body 2, an injection member 10, and an overcap 40.

[0019] The container body 2 has a neck portion 6 standing upright from a body portion 4 via a shoulder portion. The nozzle portion 6 has an external thread 7 formed on its outer surface. An annular engaging projection 8 having a smaller outer diameter than the mouth 6 projects from the inner periphery of the upper end surface of the mouth 6 .

[0020] The ejection member 10 is a member for ejecting the tablet supplied from the nozzle portion 6. In this embodiment, the injection member 10 is formed as an injection part having a cylindrical shape as a whole, and is fitted (solidly fitted) into the nozzle portion 6 as an inner plug member. The injection member 10 has a mounting portion 12 mounted on the nozzle portion 6 and a tablet discharge pipe 20 extending from the mounting portion 12 .

[0021] As shown in FIG. 1, the mounting portion 12 has an inward flange-like wall portion 15 protruding from the upper end of a mounting tube 14 fitted into the nozzle portion 6 .

[0022] In the illustrated example, the mounting tube 14 is formed by connecting the upper ends of an outer tube portion 14a and an inner tube portion 14b with a ring-shaped connecting plate c, and the engaging protrusion 8 is sandwiched between the outer tube portion 14a and the inner tube portion 14b. As shown in FIG. 2, a retaining projection p for engaging with the nozzle portion 6 is provided around the inner lower portion of the outer cylinder portion 14a. This prevents the mounting tube 14 from coming off the nozzle portion 6 when the overcap 40 is unscrewed from the nozzle portion 6 as described below.

[0023] The flange-like wall portion 15 serves as a throttle means for introducing tablets one by one into the tablet discharge pipe 20. In the illustrated example, the flange-like wall portion 15 protrudes upward and inward from the upper end of the inner cylinder portion 14b, and its lower surface is formed into a tapered surface 16 with a smaller diameter at the upper end. By adopting such a shape, as shown in FIG. 3, when the container body 2 is tilted, the tablet T enters the tablet discharge pipe 20 from the nozzle portion 6 via the tapered surface 16. Further, an annular step portion 18 having a triangular cross section is provided around the upper surface of the flange-like wall portion 15 for fitting with an overcap 40 . However, these shapes can be changed as appropriate.

[0024] The tablet discharge pipe 20 is a means for forcefully discharging (shooting) the tablets T, and in this embodiment, is provided so as to protrude directly upward from the inner peripheral end of the flange-shaped wall portion 15. However, this structure can be modified as appropriate. The tablet discharge tube 20 has an inner diameter D designed to discharge tablets one by one. The tablet ejection tube 20 is formed from an elastic material (a soft material having elasticity) and is configured so that an ejection force can be imparted to the tablet contained inside the tube 20 on the tip side of the pressing portion 24 by squeezing the pressing portion 24 with fingers from both sides, which is set at a part of the longitudinal direction. In this embodiment, the portion (middle portion) between the base portion 22 and the tip portion 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 serves as the pressing portion 24 . In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the tablet discharge pipe 20 has a thin pipe wall W, and a plurality of thick reinforcing ribs R extending in the axial direction of the pipe are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the pipe wall W. 3(A), reinforcing ribs R are provided protruding outward from the thin pipe wall W in the pipe radial direction B, and the surface of the tablet discharge pipe 20 has a regularly irregular surface. This allows the thin pipe wall portions to be arranged at equal intervals, making the tablet discharge pipe 20 stable and easy to bend, and easy to return to its original shape.

[0025] The open end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 is provided with a tablet retaining means 30 . The role of the locking means 30 is to hold the tablet within the tip 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 and to accumulate force (ejection force) when the tablet T is discharged from the tablet discharge pipe 20. In this embodiment, the locking means 30 is disposed at the opening end 28 as viewed in the tube axis direction A. from A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) locking claws 32 protruding inward in The number of locking claws 32 can be changed as appropriate, and may be, for example, four or more, or may be two. As shown in Fig. 4(A), it is preferable that these locking claws 32 are equiangularly arranged in the circumferential direction of the opening end 28. The locking force acts evenly around the tablet T, and the ejection direction of the tablet T can be prevented from deviating from the tube axial direction A. For similar reasons, it is desirable to make the shape (including the length, width, and thickness of the locking claws 32), strength, and protruding direction (protruding direction from the opening end 28) of these locking claws 32 the same so that the locking force applied to the tablet T by each locking claw 32 is equal. 4(A), the shape of the locking claws 32 is generally rod-like (thin strip-like in the illustrated example), but this can also be modified as appropriate. For example, when there are two locking claws 32, they may be formed into a wide strip-like shape along the edge of the opening end 28 so that the locking force of each locking claw 32 is increased. The strength (rigidity) of the locking claws 32 is preferably set to such an extent that, when the pressing portion 24 is compressed, each locking claw 32 will yield to the injection force against the tablet T. As a result, each locking claw 32 will bend somewhat (see FIG. 5(B) described later) when the tablet T passes through the opening end 28, and will elastically expand and deform outward in the tube axial direction A. This allows even a user with weak finger strength to reliably eject the tablet T, improving operability. In this embodiment, the protruding direction of the locking claw 32 is set obliquely toward the tip of the tablet discharge pipe 20 (upward in the example shown in FIG. 2) from the open end 28 when viewed from the tube diameter direction B (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 2). In other words, the angle θ between the tube wall W and the locking claw 32 is set to be greater than 90°. This ensures a tablet holding force sufficient to prevent the tablet T from accidentally slipping out, while facilitating the above-mentioned expanding and deforming, improving usability.

[0026] 5 is an explanatory diagram for diagrammatically showing the function of the tablet discharge pipe 20 of the present invention. For simplicity, the number of locking claws 32 is two, but the concept is the same when there are three or more. FIG. 5(A) shows the stage where the tablet T strikes the multiple locking claws 32 and is held within the tip portion 26 of the tablet discharge pipe 20. At this stage, the tablet T in the tip 26 is locked by the locking claw 32, so even if the open end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 is turned downward, the tablet T will not accidentally fall out of the open end 28. FIG. 5(B) shows a stage in which the middle portion 24 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 is squeezed from both sides in the radial direction B of the pipe. In this compression stage, the tablet discharge pipe 20 is bent inwardly into a convex arc shape as a whole from the intermediate portion 24 to the base portion 22 and the tip portion 26. As a result, the tablet T in the tip portion 26 is pushed outward in the tube axial direction A from the intermediate portion 24 side. At the beginning of the stage of compressing the middle portion 24, each of the locking claws 32 resists the extrusion of the tablet T, but as the middle portion 24 is further pressed in, the extrusion force increases, and the tablet T is pushed through the open end 28, expanding the diameter of the tip portion 26 and spreading the locking claws 32 outward. In a structure without the locking claw 32, the tablet T may easily fall out of the open end 28 before sufficient force is transmitted from the pressing portion 24 to the tablet T. In contrast, in the structure of this embodiment, the tablet can be ejected when the pushing force increases. Therefore, in the latter structure, the tablet can be ejected farther. When used to eject herbicides, it is desirable to design it so that it can be ejected 2 to 3 meters. FIG. 5(C) shows the stage where the tablets are ejected from the open end 28 of the tablet discharge pipe 20. As described above, since the locking pawls 32 are equiangularly arranged around the open end 28, the tablet T is ejected in a direction along the tube axis O of the tablet discharge tube 20. This prevents the tablet T from immediately dropping downward from the open end 28 or from flying out to the left or right or upward with respect to the tube axis O.

[0027] The overcap 40 has an outer peripheral wall 44 extending vertically from the peripheral end of a top plate 42 and fitted into the nozzle 6 of the container body 2 . Further, a recess 43 is provided in the center of the top plate 42 . In the illustrated example, the outer peripheral wall 44 extends from an upper half portion 44a via a step portion s to a thick lower half portion 44b. An internal thread portion 46 that meshes with the external thread portion 7 is formed on the inner surface of the lower half portion 44b, and the lower half portion 44b is screwed into the nozzle portion 6. An inner peripheral wall 48 that is shorter than the outer peripheral wall 44 is vertically extended from the underside of the top plate 42 , and the lower end of this inner peripheral wall 48 is fitted into the outer peripheral surface of the annular step portion 18 . These structures can be modified as appropriate, and the overcap 40 can be omitted.

[0028] In the above configuration, when the overcap 40 is removed from the state shown in Figure 1 and the container body 2 is tilted until the tablet discharge tube 20 is at the bottom as shown in Figure 3, the tablets in the container body 2 slide from the nozzle portion 6 along the tapered surface 16 of the flange-like wall portion 15 and enter the tablet discharge tube 20 one by one. The tablets T which have entered the tablet discharge pipe 20 in a line have the leading one locked by the locking claw 32, and therefore will not suddenly fall out of the inside of the tablet discharge pipe 20. Then, when the middle portion 24 of the tablet is lightly pressed with fingers from both sides and the container body 2 is returned to an upright state in this state, the tablets T other than the one tablet T held at the front portion 26 fall toward the container body 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 4(A), the attitude of the container body 2 is adjusted so that the tablet discharge pipe 20 faces the destination. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 4(B), when both sides of the pressing portion 24 of the tablet discharge pipe 20 are pinched with fingers and pressed, the tablet T pushes aside the locking claws 32 and is ejected in the tube axial direction A, as shown in Figures 5(B) and 5(C). By this procedure, the tablet T can be ejected to the desired location.

[0029] Next, effects of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. A common feature of all embodiments is that they are equipped with a tablet discharge tube 20 extending from the mouth 6 of the container body 2, and a tablet retaining means 30 is attached to the open end 28 of the tablet discharge tube 20 so that a tablet T can be held at the tip 26 of the tablet discharge tube 20. The tablet discharge tube 20 is formed from an elastic material so that by squeezing the pressing area 24 closer to the mouth 6 than the tip 26, the tablet T within the tip 26 can be pushed outward beyond the open end 28, allowing the tablet to be shot far away with a simple operation. Next, the locking means 30 is fixed to the opening end 28 as viewed in the tube axial direction A. from A plurality of locking claws 32 protruding inward in In an embodiment in which these locking pawls 32 are equiangularly disposed in the circumferential direction, the locking force on the tablet acts equiangularly in the circumferential direction, so that a stable and large ejection distance can be obtained. Furthermore, when the locking claw 32 is arranged to protrude obliquely toward the tip of the tablet discharge pipe 20 from the opening end 28 when viewed from the tube diameter direction B, the locking force on the tablet can be appropriately adjusted, making it easy to use. Furthermore, when the tablet discharge pipe 20 has a thin-walled pipe wall W and a plurality of reinforcing ribs R extending in the tube axial direction are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the pipe wall W, the stability of the shape of the tablet discharge pipe 20 can be improved, and the ejection performance can be improved stably. In addition, in an embodiment equipped with an injection member 10 in which the tablet discharge pipe 20 is erected from a mounting tube 14 fitted into the mouth portion 6 via an inward flange-like wall portion 15, the flow of tablets from the mouth portion 6 of the container body 2 to the tablet discharge pipe 20 becomes smooth, making it easy to use. [Explanation of symbols]

[0030] 2: container body 4: body portion 6: nozzle portion 7: male thread portion 8: engagement protrusion 10: Injection member 12: Mounting portion 14: Mounting cylinder 14a: Outer cylinder portion 14b: Inner cylinder portion 15... flange-shaped wall portion 16... tapered surface 18... annular step portion 20: tablet discharge tube 22: base 24: middle part (pressing part) 26...Tip 28...Open end 30: Locking means 32: Locking claw 40...Overcap 42...Top plate 43...Recessed portion 44...Outer peripheral wall 44a...Upper half 44b...Lower half 46...Female thread part 48...Inner peripheral wall A...Pipe axis direction B...Pipe diameter direction c...Ring-shaped connecting plate D...Inner diameter О...Pipe axis R: Reinforcement rib p: Protrusion for preventing slipping out s: Step T: Tablet W: Tube wall

Claims

1. a tablet storage container body (2) having a nozzle part (6) standing upright from a body part (4); a tablet discharge tube (20) extending from the nozzle portion (6); It is equipped with The tablet discharge pipe (20) has an inner diameter (D) designed to discharge tablets one by one, A tablet locking means (30) consisting of a plurality of locking claws (32) protruding inward from the open end (28) as viewed in the tube axial direction (A) is provided at an open end (28) of the tablet discharge pipe (20) so that a tablet (T) can be held at the tip (26) of the tablet discharge pipe (20); The tablet discharge pipe (20) is made of an elastic material and is formed so that by squeezing a pressing portion (24) closer to the nozzle portion (6) than the tip portion (26), a part of the squeezing force on the pressing portion (24) is converted into an ejection force for the tablet (T) from the opening end (28) so that the tablet (T) inside the tip portion (26) is pushed outward beyond the opening end (28) by the elastic deformation of the pressing portion (24), and the tablet container is capable of squeezing the pressing portion (24) until the ejection force becomes larger than the locking force of the locking means (30).

2. 2. The tablet container according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of locking claws (32) are equiangularly arranged in the circumferential direction.

3. 3. The tablet container according to claim 2, wherein the locking claw (32) protrudes obliquely toward the tip of the tablet discharge pipe (20) from the opening end (28) when viewed from the tube diameter direction (B).

4. The tablet container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tablet discharge pipe (20) has a thin pipe wall (W) and a plurality of reinforcing ribs (R) extending in the axial direction of the pipe are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the pipe wall (W).

5. 5. A tablet container as described in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises an injection member (10) having the tablet discharge pipe (20) erected from an attachment tube (14) fitted into the mouth tube portion (6) via an inward flange-like wall portion (15).

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