Blister pack opener-ejector
US5431283A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D75/34
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a blister pack opener which includes a structure designed to receive a soft pack of individually segregated unit dosages of medication. The opener or soft pack puncturing mechanism has a first component, a second component and a third component which are hingedly connected to one another. The first component is a blister pusher and has a unit dosage section base protrusion thereon. The second component is a blister positioner and has an orifice located thereon which is of sufficient size to receive a unit dosage section of a soft pack commonly referred to as a "blister" and the third component is a blister cutter/ejector and has a cutting protrusion adapted to nest within the orifice of the second component and around the base protrusion of the first component so as to cut the packaging and eject the cut piece of the packaging along with the pill. Thus, the cutting protrusion has sufficient height so as to puncture a blister or dosage unit section of a soft pack medication. When a pack is placed within the first component so that dosage unit or "blister" is placed within the orifice of the second component, and then the second component and thir…
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