Container closure system

Abstract

The container closure system, having a container for capsules, drages, tablets, and the like, and a screw-on cap that can be screwed onto the container, is characterized in that a dispensing aid has a blocking element having a suspension device, and in that the suspension device is attached to the inner wall of the container and has holes for capsules, drages, tablets, and the like, wherein the hole is smaller than the container opening.

Claims

1. A container closure system comprises: a container for capsules, drages, and tablets having an inner wall and a container opening, through which capsules, dragres, and tablets are dispensed out of the container, a screw-on cap that can be screwed onto the container, and a dispensing aid having a blocking element and a suspension device connected to the blocking element, wherein the suspension device is fixedly attached to the inner wall of the container near the container opening and has holes through which capsules, drages, and tablets must pass before they fall out of the container opening when the container is tilted downwards, wherein each of the holes is smaller than the container opening, wherein the suspension device has a ring which is connected to the blocking element by bars, the spacing of which from one another delimits the holes, wherein the ring is fastened to the inner wall of the container, wherein the blocking element is a desiccant chamber which is filled with desiccant, and wherein the blocking element is configured so that the capsules do not pass through the blocking element, and wherein the container opening is sealed by a removable film that is welded or glued to an edge of the container opening.

2. The container closure system according to claim 1, wherein the ring has a plurality of recesses and is snapped into an annular groove in the inner wall of the container.

3. The container closure system according to claim 1, wherein the suspension device comprises the same material as the blocking element and is embodied integrally therewith.

4. The container closure system according to claim 1, wherein the container has the shape of a bottle having a bottle neck, and the blocking element is retained below the bottle neck.

5. The container closure system according to claim 1, wherein the blocking element has an upper closing wall that is embodied vaulted or tapering upward.

6. The container closure system according to claim 1, wherein the blocking element and the suspension device are made by injection molding a desiccant.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a center longitudinal section through a container closure system;

(2) FIG. 2 is an enlarged depiction of detail B in FIG. 1;

(3) FIG. 3 is an enlarged depiction of detail C in FIG. 1;

(4) FIGS. 4a and 4b are a perspective elevation of a dispensing aid and a partially cut-away side view of the dispensing aid.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(5) A bottle-shaped container 1 includes a container neck 2 having a male thread 3 onto which is screwed a screw-on cap 4 having a female thread 5. A child-proof cap 6 is snapped onto the screw-on cap 4, and as depicted is seated freely rotatable on the screw-on cap 4. If the child-proof cap 6 is pressed downward against the force of elastic bars 7, teeth 8, 9 on the screw-on cap 4 and on the bottom of the child-proof cap 6 engage in one another so that the screw-on cap 4 may be rotated.

(6) A dispensing aid 10 includes a blocking element 11 that includes an upper conical closing wall 12 and is embodied as a chamber filled with desiccant 13. The lower end of the chamber is sealed by a cardboard disk 14.

(7) The blocking element 11 is connected via four parallel bars 15 to an attaching ring 16, wherein the bars 15 are spaced evenly from one another circumferentially. The ring 16 has four radially inward recesses 17 that are likewise spaced evenly from one another and that permit the ring 16 to be compressed radially.

(8) The ring 16 is snapped into an inner annular groove 18 in the bottle neck 2 and retains the blocking element 11 below the bottle neck. The bottle neck 2 and the bars 15 delimit constricted holes 19 for individual capsules.

(9) Prior to the container closure system being used, the container opening 20 is sealed using an aluminum film 21 that is attached to the upper edge 22 of the container neck 2 using induction welding.