US 12,077,365 B2
Measuring device and container with measuring device
Hiroshi Yamada, Osaka (JP); and Yukihiro Ogawa, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to TAISEI KAKO CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/787,292
Filed by TAISEI KAKO CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/028072
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/030352, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-135267 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017669 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 83/04 (2006.01); A61J 7/02 (2006.01); G01F 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/04 (2013.01) [A61J 7/02 (2013.01); G01F 11/24 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0472 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring device comprising:
a tablet measuring part that comprises a plurality of housing parts that are each configured to house one tablet;
a measuring-number selecting part that is configured for selecting a number of one or more tablets to be measured by selecting a number of housing parts available for housing tablets out of the plurality of the housing parts; and
a measuring-number fixing part that is configured to lock the measuring-number selecting part to prevent the number selected by the measuring-number selecting part from being changed, wherein
the tablet measuring part has an inlet through which the one or more tablets enter, and comprises a substantially cylindrical sidewall part and a top face wall part in which the plurality of the housing parts are provided,
the plurality of the housing parts are provided in the top face wall part to be aligned in a circumferential direction of the sidewall part,
a top face wall opening continued with the inlet is provided at a central part of the top face wall part, and
the top face wall part forms an inclined surface extending downward as it advances toward the top face wall opening.
 
6. A container with a measuring device comprising:
a measuring device that measures tablets; and
a container body that is attached with the measuring device and houses tablets,
the measuring device comprising a plurality of housing parts that are each configured to house one tablet, and a measuring-number selecting part that is configured for selecting a number of one or more tablets to be measured by selecting a number of housing parts out of the plurality of the housing parts, and
the container body comprising a measuring-number fixing part that is configured to lock the measuring-number selecting part to prevent the number selected by the measuring-number selecting part from being changed, wherein
the measuring-number selecting part comprises a selective closing part that can close the housing parts,
the measuring device has an inlet through which the one or more tablets enter from the container body, and comprises a substantially cylindrical sidewall part and a top face wall part in which the plurality of the housing parts are provided,
the plurality of the housing parts are provided in the top face wall part to be aligned in a circumferential direction of the sidewall part,
a top face wall opening continued with the inlet is provided at a central part of the top face wall part, and
the top face wall part forms an inclined surface extending downward as it advances toward the top face wall opening.