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US 4,154,365 AGranted
Dispensing container
OwnerAntonio Lorcainventor
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Abstract
This invention refers to a novel container for articles to be dispensed one at a time and comprises two receptacles, one within the other, each having an opening in its respective wall, and the openings when aligned, allow the articles contained within the inner receptacle to be emitted one at a time. Particularly, the invention relates to a novel container especially for dispensing small articles such as pills, lozenges, tablets, capsules, troches, pearls and the like.
Claims16
A tamperproof dispensing container for dispensing single articles comprising:
- (a) an inner receptacle containing the articles to be dispensed and having a base with a peripheral shoulder;
- (b) an outer receptacle enclosing said first receptacle;
- (c) a resilient element disposed between said inner receptacle and said outer receptacle so that said resilient element exerts a force tending to separate said receptacles;
- each of said receptacles having a lateral opening in its lower portion, said lateral openings coming into alignment and thereby permitting the dispensing of one of said articles upon said resilient element being depressed;
- said receptacles being provided with a means for preventing disassembly of the receptacles after the dispensing container has been assembled;
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- said outer receptacle having an integral detachable ring in its lower portion which is locked against the peripheral shoulder of the base of the inner receptacle, said ring preventing depression of said resilient element and thereby obstructing operation of said container.
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A dispensing container for dispensing single articles comprising:
- (a) an inner receptacle containing the articles to be dispensed and having a base with a peripheral shoulder;
- (b) an outer receptacle enclosing said first receptacle;
- (c) a resilient element disposed between said inner receptacle and said outer receptcale so that said resilient element exerts a force tending to separate said receptacles;
- each of said receptacles having a lateral opening in its lower portion, said lateral openings coming into alignment and thereby permitting the dispensing of one of said articles upon said resilient element being depressed;
- said receptacles being provided with a means for preventing disassembly of the receptacles after the dispensing container has been assembled;
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- said container being provided with a safety exterior ring located between two peripheral ribs on the outer receptacle, said ribs permitting said safety ring to rotate freely in any direction, and said safety ring having an opening slightly larger than said openings of the inner and outer receptacles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.