Patent ID: 7156256

Claim:
An item taking-out device comprising: (A) a container main body equipped with an accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of items having a tablet-like configuration as obtained by flattening a sphere, and a cover member; (B) an opening communicating with the interior of said container main body formed at a predetermined position on the surface of the container main body, wherein said cover member is provided on said container main body in order to close the opening such that it can be opened and closed; (C) an item taking-out means provided on the back surface of said cover member or in the vicinity thereof for holding an item accommodated in said container main body and taking it out of the container main body as said cover member is opened; (D) an attitude regulating means, provided on said container main body, for regulating items accommodated in an irregular attitude into an erect attitude that allows the items to be held by said item taking-out means; (E) an item retaining means, provided at a predetermined position in the container main body facing said item taking-out means, for retaining the items in a state in which they are regulated into said attitude; (F) a slope descending toward said attitude regulating means and/or the item retaining means formed on all or a part of the bottom portion of said accommodating portion; (G) wherein the item retaining means includes a pair of right and left side walls facing each other, and an opening serving as an inlet for allowing the item to enter into the item retaining means; (H) wherein the attitude regulating means provided on said container main body includes partition walls symmetrically standing upright so as to surround the item retaining means at a predetermined distance, and a narrow opening is provided in a part of the partition wall at the position facing the opening of the item retaining portion; and (I) wherein the partition walls constitute an accommodating space large enough to allow emerging and submerging of the item taking-out means moving along with the opening and closing movement of the cover member.