Patent ID: 6155424
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
In a device (1) of a plastic material for pushing tablets (T) out of a blister pack (2), wherein the device (1) has a lower base plate (10) with ribs (11) oriented toward a bearing surface (6) and defining a level (E) of placement with a height greater than a thickness of the tablets (T) to be pushed out, wherein the base plate (10) has openings (12) corresponding to a grid of raised portions (4) in the blister pack (2) to be placed on the base plate (10), and a cover plate (20) is fastened to the base plate (10) pivotal about a longitudinal edge of the base plate (10), the improvement comprising: the cover plate (20) having a plurality of first openings (23) which are essentially congruent with a plurality of second openings (12) in the base plate (10), the cover plate (20) pivotal about a pivot axis (21) onto the base plate (10) so that the raised portions (4) of a blister pack (2) inserted between the base plate (10) and the cover plate (20) project upward through the first openings (23) in the cover plate (20) in a closed state of the device (1), the ribs (11) defining the level (E) forming a circumferential edge, and a supporting rib (11') centered between the second openings (12) and extending parallel with the longitudinal edge and terminating in the level (E).