EP0978463A1 - Dispenser for blisters containing small items - Google Patents

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EP0978463A1
EP0978463A1 EP99401921A EP99401921A EP0978463A1 EP 0978463 A1 EP0978463 A1 EP 0978463A1 EP 99401921 A EP99401921 A EP 99401921A EP 99401921 A EP99401921 A EP 99401921A EP 0978463 A1 EP0978463 A1 EP 0978463A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present invention relates to the field of small industrial hardware and applies more particularly to a distributor capable of delivering, under improved safety and efficiency conditions, fasteners or the like, more particularly intended to be used on assembly or maintenance in the aeronautical industry.
  • the present invention relates to a screw distributor or analogues, and in particular supports for such screws on which they are arranged ready to use and immediately identifiable, this distributor and its supports avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks, by allowing in particular a rational and safe use of these screws, with a minimum of losses during manipulations of the latter.
  • it aims also the screw holder as such which can be distributed by this type of box.
  • the distributor considered comprising a generally parallelepiped-shaped housing, with a lower base with lateral access opening inside, is characterized in that this case is adapted to receive at least one cartridge having substantially the same dimensions in height and in depth, each cartridge containing a plurality of overlapping supports for screws or the like and comprising a removable closure at its lower part, at the base of the housing in order to deliver one by one these supports through the side opening of this base, and in that each support is constituted by a plate, preferably rectangular, made of a sheet of material easily frangible and a sheet covering hood, this hood, of more rigid material, advantageously being transparent, glued or otherwise applied against sheet and having, according to a given distribution, raised cells delimiting between itself and the sheet of housing each reserved for one screw or analog of determined characteristics, corresponding to an exactly identified reference.
  • the screw supports are thus in the form usual of a "blister”, commonly used in others industries or for other uses, especially in the pharmaceutical field to allow the user, by breakage of the wafer sheet by means of a at the touch of a finger, in front of one of the cells of the cover forming housing for receiving a screw, to access to this housing and extract it for use for which it is specifically intended.
  • the technician at work on the assembly line can easily remove one by one from the housing, as and when required, supports contained in the cartridge mounted in this case by the lower part of it once closing removable from the removed cartridge, this cartridge being placed in an inverted position inside the case while the frangible sheet of each support, successively extracted by the lateral opening of the base, can then be broken to the right of one of the housings delimited by the cover applied to this sheet in order to extract a screw and only one, while that all the other screws, still carried by the support, remain immobilized on it, avoiding any loss or untimely fall.
  • the base advantageously comprises at least one longitudinal middle slit, opening into the opening side of the box to allow exercise on the support arranged at the lower part of the cartridge, a transverse force sliding it towards this opening to extract it from the housing.
  • the cartridge and the housing comprise, in their facing fronts, a light longitudinal provided above the base, in order to allow a control of the filling level of the cartridge by the superimposed supports it contains, as they are extracted through the opening lateral.
  • the housing also supports, at its upper part, a removable tray, open on top and intended for recovery of exhausted media or not entirely used.
  • the container has extensions clean side to cover the sides of the housing by socket, to ensure positioning suitable for this bin.
  • the housing comprises at less internal separation, allowing the establishment inside this case of at least two cartridges side by side, so as to allow delivery, by the lateral opening of the base, separate supports containing screws corresponding to references different, from each cartridge respective.
  • each cartridge advantageously comprises in its outer surface a label or element similar identification, on which the reference of the screws carried by the supports contained in this cartridge, this reference being notably reported on each support individually.
  • the number of cells of each support can be variable from one embodiment to another, as well as the amount of media contained in each cartridge.
  • the distributor can include several similar boxes, themselves superimposed, for constitute a store capable of supplying a high number of screws of different references.
  • reference 1 designates as a whole a screw distributor or the like according to the invention, this distributor being here made up of two housings identical parallelepiped, respectively 2 and 3, likely to be superimposed on each other, each case being intended to contain cartridges 4 and 5 of same profile containing screw supports 6 and the detail of the realization appears more clearly on the Figure 2.
  • each support 6 is present in the form of a thin plate 7 constituted by gluing or joining by any other process classic, of a lower sheet 8, of a material frangible, of the kind of an aluminum complex or similar, and an upper cover 9, made of a material more rigid, for example made of transparent plastic, like P.V.C. or other.
  • the cover 9 comprises a plurality of cells 10 formed in relief, so as to delimit between it and the face in look at the bottom sheet 8 of the wafer 7, housings 11 inside each of which is trapped a screw 12 whose characteristics are exactly determined, all 6 superimposed supports in a cartridge 4 or 5 separately, corresponding naturally to the same reference, which can be the same or different from one box to another.
  • this reference which can be consisting of any appropriate sign, consisting of letters, figures or other marks, is carried over to a label 13, stuck on the plate 7 of each support 6, and also taken up on the cartridge 4 or 5 which contains these.
  • the case 2 or 3 containing a cartridge 4 or 5 has at its lower part a base 14 comprising lateral sides 15 and 16 terminated by returns planes 17 and 18, the base thus delimiting a slot median 19 between the opposite edges of these returns and a lateral opening 20 to the right of the face 21 located at front of the case on the diagram in Figure 1.
  • the face 21 of the housing includes a vertical light 22, also provided in the wall opposite the cartridge 4 or 5, so as to allow permanent control the level of filling of each cartridge by the supports 6, superimposed therein.
  • each box is usefully associated in part greater than a recovery tank 23, open on the above and which has lateral extensions 24 and 25 allowing this bin to come fit on the housing, this tray being in particular intended to receive the platelets 6 exhausted, that is to say of which all the screws 12 have been extracted, or partially used and pending for further complementary use.
  • the user especially the technician working on an assembly line, has at appropriate height a workbench (not shown), on which can be set places boxes 2 and 3, arranged here one above the other, these boxes having been previously trimmed a cartridge comprising a plurality of supports 6 whose references are exactly identified by means of signs on these supports as on the cartridges that contain them.
  • a workbench (not shown), on which can be set places boxes 2 and 3, arranged here one above the other, these boxes having been previously trimmed a cartridge comprising a plurality of supports 6 whose references are exactly identified by means of signs on these supports as on the cartridges that contain them.
  • These usually include a removable closure cover (not shown on the figures), removed before each cartridge is turned over and placed vertically in its housing.
  • the dispenser is then ready for use, the user can, by a simple transverse force according to the direction of arrow 26, exerted on the lower support contained in the cartridge 4 or 5 concerned, through the slot 19 of the corresponding base 14, slide this support towards opening 20 of the latter and extract it from housing.
  • the user just has to break the frangible sheet 8 of the support 6 in line with a cell 10 under the cover 9, to extract the screw 12 from the corresponding housing 11 before using this screw, all others who correspond to the same reference, carried by the support, remaining trapped in their homes until they are removed one by one and used in turn.
  • each box two or more, juxtaposed cartridges, to deliver the choice of screws corresponding to separate references, these always remaining identifiable by the markings on the media provided by these cartridges.
  • front face 21 of the housing has as many lights control 22 that of cartridges.

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Abstract

The dispenser consists of a basically parallelpiped box (2) open at the top for loading a cartridge (4) filled with blister packs (6). The box is also open at the bottom, where it has guides (14) for sliding the blister packs out one by one in a horizontal direction as they drop down from the cartridge. Each pack has a series of transparent blisters (9) each containing a single article (12) which is pushed out through a fragile base layer (8) when required for use.

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La présente invention concerne le domaine de la petite quincaillerie industrielle et s'applique plus particulièrement à un distributeur propre à délivrer, dans des conditions de sûreté et d'efficacité améliorées, des éléments de visserie ou analogues, plus spécialement destinés à être utilisés sur des chaínes de montage ou de maintenance dans l'industrie aéronautique.The present invention relates to the field of small industrial hardware and applies more particularly to a distributor capable of delivering, under improved safety and efficiency conditions, fasteners or the like, more particularly intended to be used on assembly or maintenance in the aeronautical industry.

On sait que les opérations multiples qui sont à effectuer sur de telles chaínes de montage, notamment sur les carlingues des avions pour fixer les tôles qui recouvrent celles-ci ou encore sur certaines parties de leurs réacteurs, exigent l'utilisation d'un nombre très élevé de vis diverses, adaptées à chaque usage, à monter chacune dans un emplacement précis, ces vis devant répondre à des tolérances étroites et à des critères de qualité très élevés.We know that the multiple operations to be carried out on such assembly lines, especially on aircraft cabins to fix the overlapping sheets these or on certain parts of their reactors, require the use of a very high number various screws, suitable for each use, to be fitted each in a specific location, these screws in front meet tight tolerances and very high quality.

De ce fait, ces vis ont un prix de revient notable, ce qui rend particulièrement opportun que leurs pertes au cours des opérations effectuées soient les plus faibles possibles. Therefore, these screws have a significant cost price, which which makes it particularly timely that their losses at during the operations carried out be the lowest possible.

En outre, en raison du nombre important de références à employer avec ces vis, il est essentiel qu'un contrôle permanent et rigoureux soit effectué par les techniciens qui travaillent sur la chaíne, afin d'éviter qu'une vis non exactement adaptée ne soit utilisée à la place d'une autre qui ne comporte pas strictement les caractéristiques exigées.In addition, due to the large number of references to use with these screws it is essential that a control permanent and rigorous be carried out by technicians working on the chain, to prevent a screw not exactly suitable is used in place of a other which does not strictly include the characteristics required.

Dans la technique usuelle mise en oeuvre pour ce genre de travail, ces conditions en règle la plus générale ne sont pas convenablement remplies. En effet, les vis mises à disposition sont réparties en vrac dans des bacs ou récipients similaires, qui sont placés au voisinage les uns des autres sur un établi ou support approprié du même genre, amené à hauteur convenable à proximité de la carlingue ou du moteur sur lequel les opérations prévues sont à réaliser, de sorte que les monteurs puissent saisir ces vis de façon la plus ergonomique possible, en faisant néanmoins un choix parmi les divers bacs pour prendre dans l'un de ceux-ci la vis seule adaptée à l'usage prévu.In the usual technique used for this kind of work, these conditions as a general rule are only not adequately met. Indeed, the screws disposal are distributed in bulk in bins or similar containers, which are placed in the vicinity each other on an appropriate workbench or stand of the same kind, brought to a suitable height near the cabin or engine on which the planned operations are to be carried out, so that the fitters can grip these screws as ergonomically as possible, nevertheless making a choice among the various bins for take in one of these the only screw suitable for intended use.

De ce fait, en raison de la disposition voisine des divers bacs, des mélanges sont possibles, sinon fréquents, les vis, qui sont des éléments généralement de faible longueur et de diamètre réduit, ne comportant pas individuellement une référence gravée ou autrement portée sur chacune d'elles, qui permettrait de les identifier, la taille des vis imposant en outre qu'une telle référence, si elle existait, soit tracée avec des caractères et/ou chiffres très petits, rendant leur lecture difficile sinon quasi impossible par l'utilisateur, nonobstant la perte de temps qui en résulterait.Therefore, due to the neighboring arrangement of various tanks, mixes are possible, otherwise frequent, screws, which are generally elements of short length and reduced diameter, not comprising individually an engraved or otherwise worn reference on each of them, which would identify them, the size of the screws further imposing that such reference, if it existed, be traced with very small characters and / or numbers, making them difficult reading if not almost impossible by the user, notwithstanding the loss of time which would result.

Enfin, avec le système classique de bacs adjacents contenant en vrac des vis qui peuvent être très similaires, mais qui ne sont pas identiques et qui dès lors peuvent induire des confusions susceptibles d'entraíner des conséquences graves, en particulier si une vis non adaptée est utilisée aux lieu et place d'une autre, le technicien peut aussi être amené de façon relativement fréquente à laisser échapper une telle vis, par exemple en en prenant une autre dans un bac donné, ou encore par maladresse, ces vis qui tombent au sol depuis l'établi de travail n'étant jamais récupérées pour être réutilisées, compte tenu des exigences de propreté indispensables à respecter et des risques de déformation même minimes que le choc dû à leur chute a pu occasionner.Finally, with the classic system of adjacent bins containing loose screws which can be very similar, but which are not identical and which from therefore can induce likely confusion cause serious consequences, especially if an unsuitable screw is used instead of a other, the technician can also be brought in relatively frequent to let out such a screw, for example by taking another one from a given bin, or again by mistake, these screws that fall to the ground since the workbench never being recovered to be reused, taking into account cleanliness requirements essential to respect and risk of deformation even minimal that the shock due to their fall could cause.

La présente invention concerne un distributeur de vis ou analogues, et notamment de supports pour de telles vis sur lesquelles celles-ci sont disposées prêtes à l'emploi et de façon immédiatement identifiable, ce distributeur et ses supports évitant les inconvénients précités, en permettant notamment une utilisation rationnelle et sûre de ces vis, avec un minimum de pertes lors des manipulations de ces dernières.The present invention relates to a screw distributor or analogues, and in particular supports for such screws on which they are arranged ready to use and immediately identifiable, this distributor and its supports avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks, by allowing in particular a rational and safe use of these screws, with a minimum of losses during manipulations of the latter.

Selon un autre aspect de l'invention, celle-ci vise également le support de vis en tant que tel qui peut être distribué par ce type de boítier.According to another aspect of the invention, it aims also the screw holder as such which can be distributed by this type of box.

A cet effet, le distributeur considéré, comportant un boítier de forme générale parallélépipédique, avec une embase inférieure munie d'une ouverture latérale d'accès à l'intérieur, se caractérise en ce que ce boítier est adapté à recevoir au moins une cartouche ayant sensiblement les mêmes dimensions en hauteur et en profondeur, chaque cartouche contenant une pluralité de supports superposés pour des vis ou analogues et comprenant une fermeture amovible à sa partie inférieure, au droit de l'embase du boítier afin de délivrer un à un ces supports à travers l'ouverture latérale de cette embase, et en ce que chaque support est constitué par une plaquette, de préférence de forme rectangulaire, constituée d'une feuille en un matériau facilement frangible et d'un capot de recouvrement de la feuille, ce capot, en matériau plus rigide, étant avantageusement transparent, collé ou autrement appliqué contre la feuille et présentant, selon une répartition donnée, des alvéoles en relief délimitant entre lui-même et la feuille des logements réservés chacun à une vis ou analogue de caractéristiques déterminées, correspondant à une référence exactement identifiée.To this end, the distributor considered, comprising a generally parallelepiped-shaped housing, with a lower base with lateral access opening inside, is characterized in that this case is adapted to receive at least one cartridge having substantially the same dimensions in height and in depth, each cartridge containing a plurality of overlapping supports for screws or the like and comprising a removable closure at its lower part, at the base of the housing in order to deliver one by one these supports through the side opening of this base, and in that each support is constituted by a plate, preferably rectangular, made of a sheet of material easily frangible and a sheet covering hood, this hood, of more rigid material, advantageously being transparent, glued or otherwise applied against sheet and having, according to a given distribution, raised cells delimiting between itself and the sheet of housing each reserved for one screw or analog of determined characteristics, corresponding to an exactly identified reference.

Les supports des vis se présentent ainsi sous la forme usuelle d'un "blister", couramment utilisé dans d'autres industries ou pour d'autres usages, en particulier dans le domaine pharmaceutique pour permettre à l'usager, par rupture de la feuille de la plaquette au moyen d'une simple pression du doigt, au droit d'un des alvéoles du capot formant logement de réception d'une vis, d'accéder à ce logement et d'extraire cette dernière pour l'usage auquel elle est spécifiquement destinée.The screw supports are thus in the form usual of a "blister", commonly used in others industries or for other uses, especially in the pharmaceutical field to allow the user, by breakage of the wafer sheet by means of a at the touch of a finger, in front of one of the cells of the cover forming housing for receiving a screw, to access to this housing and extract it for use for which it is specifically intended.

Grâce au distributeur proposé, le technicien au travail sur la chaíne de montage peut aisément retirer un à un du boítier, au fur et à mesure de ses besoins, les supports contenus dans la cartouche montée dans ce boítier par la partie inférieure de celui-ci une fois la fermeture amovible de la cartouche retirée, cette cartouche étant placée en position renversée à l'intérieur du boítier tandis que la feuille frangible de chaque support, successivement extrait par l'ouverture latérale de l'embase, peut être alors rompue au droit d'un des logements délimités par le capot appliqué sur cette feuille afin d'en extraire une vis et une seule, tandis que toutes les autres vis, encore portées par le support, restent immobilisées sur celui-ci, en évitant toute perte ou chute intempestive.Thanks to the proposed distributor, the technician at work on the assembly line can easily remove one by one from the housing, as and when required, supports contained in the cartridge mounted in this case by the lower part of it once closing removable from the removed cartridge, this cartridge being placed in an inverted position inside the case while the frangible sheet of each support, successively extracted by the lateral opening of the base, can then be broken to the right of one of the housings delimited by the cover applied to this sheet in order to extract a screw and only one, while that all the other screws, still carried by the support, remain immobilized on it, avoiding any loss or untimely fall.

Selon une caractéristique particulière du distributeur considéré, l'embase comporte avantageusement au moins une fente médiane longitudinale, débouchant dans l'ouverture latérale du boítier pour permettre d'exercer sur le support disposé à la partie inférieure de la cartouche, un effort transversal le faisant glisser en direction de cette ouverture pour l'extraire du boítier.According to a particular characteristic of the distributor considered, the base advantageously comprises at least one longitudinal middle slit, opening into the opening side of the box to allow exercise on the support arranged at the lower part of the cartridge, a transverse force sliding it towards this opening to extract it from the housing.

De préférence, la cartouche et le boítier comportent, dans leurs faces avant en regard, une lumière longitudinale prévue au-dessus de l'embase, afin de permettre un contrôle du niveau de remplissage de la cartouche par les supports superposés qu'elle contient, au fur et à mesure de leur extraction par l'ouverture latérale.Preferably, the cartridge and the housing comprise, in their facing fronts, a light longitudinal provided above the base, in order to allow a control of the filling level of the cartridge by the superimposed supports it contains, as they are extracted through the opening lateral.

Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention, le boítier supporte également, à sa partie supérieure, un bac amovible, ouvert sur le dessus et destiné à la récupération des supports épuisés ou non entièrement utilisés. Avantageusement, le bac présente des extensions latérales propres à venir coiffer les côtés du boítier par emboítement, pour assurer le positionnement convenable de ce bac.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the housing also supports, at its upper part, a removable tray, open on top and intended for recovery of exhausted media or not entirely used. Advantageously, the container has extensions clean side to cover the sides of the housing by socket, to ensure positioning suitable for this bin.

Dans un autre mode de réalisation, le boítier comporte au moins une séparation interne, permettant la mise en place à l'intérieur de ce boítier d'au moins deux cartouches côte à côte, de manière à permettre de délivrer, par l'ouverture latérale de l'embase, des supports distincts contenant des vis correspondant à des références différentes, en provenance de chaque cartouche respective. In another embodiment, the housing comprises at less internal separation, allowing the establishment inside this case of at least two cartridges side by side, so as to allow delivery, by the lateral opening of the base, separate supports containing screws corresponding to references different, from each cartridge respective.

Bien entendu et quel que soit le mode de réalisation adopté, chaque cartouche comporte avantageusement dans sa surface extérieure une étiquette ou élément d'identification analogue, sur laquelle est inscrite la référence des vis portées par les supports contenus dans cette cartouche, cette référence étant notamment reportée sur chaque support individuellement.Of course and whatever the embodiment adopted, each cartridge advantageously comprises in its outer surface a label or element similar identification, on which the reference of the screws carried by the supports contained in this cartridge, this reference being notably reported on each support individually.

Selon le cas et en particulier en fonction des dimensions relative des supports et des vis portées par ceux-ci, le nombre des alvéoles de chaque support peut être variable d'un mode de réalisation à l'autre, de même que la quantité de supports contenue dans chaque cartouche. Egalement, le distributeur peut comporter plusieurs boítiers similaires, eux-mêmes superposés, pour constituer un magasin apte à fournir un nombre élevé de vis de références différentes.Depending on the case and in particular depending on the dimensions relative supports and screws carried by them, the number of cells of each support can be variable from one embodiment to another, as well as the amount of media contained in each cartridge. Also, the distributor can include several similar boxes, themselves superimposed, for constitute a store capable of supplying a high number of screws of different references.

D'autres caractéristiques d'un distributeur pour petits articles de quincaillerie, en particulier pour supports de tels articles comme notamment des vis, établi conformément à l'invention, apparaítront encore à travers la description qui suit d'un exemple de réalisation, donné à titre indicatif et non limitatif, en référence au dessin annexé sur lequel :

  • La Figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un distributeur selon l'invention.
  • La Figure 2 illustre un support délivré à partir du distributeur selon la Figure 1.
Other characteristics of a dispenser for small hardware articles, in particular for supports for such articles such as in particular screws, established in accordance with the invention, will become more apparent from the following description of an exemplary embodiment, given at indicative and non-limiting, with reference to the attached drawing in which:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dispenser according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a medium delivered from the dispenser according to Figure 1.

Sur la Figure 1, la référence 1 désigne dans son ensemble un distributeur de vis ou analogues selon l'invention, ce distributeur étant ici constitué de deux boítiers parallélépipédiques identiques, respectivement 2 et 3, susceptibles d'être superposés l'un à l'autre, chaque boítier étant destiné à contenir des cartouches 4 et 5 de même profil contenant des supports de vis 6 et dont le détail de la réalisation apparaít plus clairement sur la Figure 2.In Figure 1, reference 1 designates as a whole a screw distributor or the like according to the invention, this distributor being here made up of two housings identical parallelepiped, respectively 2 and 3, likely to be superimposed on each other, each case being intended to contain cartridges 4 and 5 of same profile containing screw supports 6 and the detail of the realization appears more clearly on the Figure 2.

Comme on le voit sur celle-ci, chaque support 6 se présente sous la forme d'une plaquette mince 7 constituée par le collage ou l'assemblage par tout autre procédé classique, d'une feuille inférieure 8, en un matériau frangible, du genre d'un complexe d'aluminium ou similaire, et d'un capot supérieur 9, en un matériau plus rigide, par exemple en matière plastique transparente, du genre P.V.C. ou autre.As seen on this one, each support 6 is present in the form of a thin plate 7 constituted by gluing or joining by any other process classic, of a lower sheet 8, of a material frangible, of the kind of an aluminum complex or similar, and an upper cover 9, made of a material more rigid, for example made of transparent plastic, like P.V.C. or other.

Le capot 9 comporte une pluralité d'alvéoles 10 formés en relief, de manière à délimiter entre lui et la face en regard de la feuille inférieure 8 de la plaquette 7, des logements 11 à l'intérieur de chacun desquels est emprisonnée une vis 12 dont les caractéristiques sont exactement déterminées, tous les supports 6 superposés dans une cartouche 4 ou 5 séparément, correspondant naturellement à une même référence, qui peut être la même ou différente d'un boítier à l'autre.The cover 9 comprises a plurality of cells 10 formed in relief, so as to delimit between it and the face in look at the bottom sheet 8 of the wafer 7, housings 11 inside each of which is trapped a screw 12 whose characteristics are exactly determined, all 6 superimposed supports in a cartridge 4 or 5 separately, corresponding naturally to the same reference, which can be the same or different from one box to another.

Avantageusement, cette référence, qui peut être constituée par tout signe approprié, formé de lettres, chiffres ou autres repères, est reportée sur une étiquette 13, collée sur la plaquette 7 de chaque support 6, et également reprise sur la cartouche 4 ou 5 qui contient ces derniers.Advantageously, this reference, which can be consisting of any appropriate sign, consisting of letters, figures or other marks, is carried over to a label 13, stuck on the plate 7 of each support 6, and also taken up on the cartridge 4 or 5 which contains these.

Le boítier 2 ou 3 contenant une cartouche 4 ou 5, comporte à sa partie inférieure une embase 14 comprenant des côtés latéraux 15 et 16 terminés par des retours plans 17 et 18, l'embase délimitant ainsi une fente médiane 19 entre les bords opposés de ces retours et une ouverture latérale 20 au droit de la face 21 située en avant du boítier sur le schéma de la Figure 1.The case 2 or 3 containing a cartridge 4 or 5, has at its lower part a base 14 comprising lateral sides 15 and 16 terminated by returns planes 17 and 18, the base thus delimiting a slot median 19 between the opposite edges of these returns and a lateral opening 20 to the right of the face 21 located at front of the case on the diagram in Figure 1.

La face 21 du boítier comprend une lumière verticale 22, également prévue dans la paroi en regard de la cartouche 4 ou 5, de manière à permettre de contrôler en permanence le niveau de remplissage de chaque cartouche par les supports 6, superposés dans celle-ci.The face 21 of the housing includes a vertical light 22, also provided in the wall opposite the cartridge 4 or 5, so as to allow permanent control the level of filling of each cartridge by the supports 6, superimposed therein.

Enfin, chaque boítier est utilement associé en partie supérieure à un bac de récupération 23, ouvert sur le dessus et qui comporte des extensions latérales 24 et 25 permettant à ce bac de venir s'emboíter sur le boítier, ce bac étant notamment destiné à recevoir les plaquettes 6 épuisées, c'est-à-dire desquelles toutes les vis 12 ont été extraites, ou partiellement utilisées et en attente d'une utilisation complémentaire ultérieure.Finally, each box is usefully associated in part greater than a recovery tank 23, open on the above and which has lateral extensions 24 and 25 allowing this bin to come fit on the housing, this tray being in particular intended to receive the platelets 6 exhausted, that is to say of which all the screws 12 have been extracted, or partially used and pending for further complementary use.

La mise en oeuvre du distributeur de supports de vis selon l'invention se déduit de façon immédiate de la description qui précède.The implementation of the screw holder distributor according to the invention is immediately deduced from the description above.

L'utilisateur, notamment le technicien travaillant sur une chaíne de montage, dispose à hauteur appropriée d'un établi (non représenté), sur lequel peuvent être mis en place les boítiers 2 et 3, disposés ici l'un au-dessus de l'autre, ces boítiers ayant été préalablement garnis d'une cartouche comportant une pluralité de supports 6 dont les références sont exactement repérées au moyen des signes portés sur ces supports comme sur les cartouches qui les contiennent. Ces dernières comportent usuellement un couvercle de fermeture amovible (non illustré sur les figures), retiré avant que chaque cartouche ne soit retournée et mise en place verticalement dans son boítier. The user, especially the technician working on an assembly line, has at appropriate height a workbench (not shown), on which can be set places boxes 2 and 3, arranged here one above the other, these boxes having been previously trimmed a cartridge comprising a plurality of supports 6 whose references are exactly identified by means of signs on these supports as on the cartridges that contain them. These usually include a removable closure cover (not shown on the figures), removed before each cartridge is turned over and placed vertically in its housing.

Le distributeur est alors prêt à l'emploi, l'utilisateur pouvant, par un simple effort transversal selon le sens de la flèche 26, exercé sur le support inférieur contenu dans la cartouche 4 ou 5 concernée, à travers la fente 19 de l'embase 14 correspondante, faire glisser ce support vers l'ouverture 20 de cette dernière et l'extraire du boítier.The dispenser is then ready for use, the user can, by a simple transverse force according to the direction of arrow 26, exerted on the lower support contained in the cartridge 4 or 5 concerned, through the slot 19 of the corresponding base 14, slide this support towards opening 20 of the latter and extract it from housing.

Il suffit alors à l'usager de rompre la feuille frangible 8 du support 6 au droit d'un alvéole 10 sous le capot 9, pour extraire la vis 12 du logement 11 correspondant avant l'utilisation de cette vis, toutes les autres qui correspondent à la même référence, portées par le support, restant emprisonnées dans leurs logements respectifs jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient une à une retirées et utilisées à leur tour.The user just has to break the frangible sheet 8 of the support 6 in line with a cell 10 under the cover 9, to extract the screw 12 from the corresponding housing 11 before using this screw, all others who correspond to the same reference, carried by the support, remaining trapped in their homes until they are removed one by one and used in turn.

Il est ainsi possible de contrôler à tout instant que la vis employée correspond bien à la référence ad hoc, le distributeur et les supports délivrés par celui-ci permettant, à tout instant, de suivre et d'identifier les lots utilisés, tout en limitant les pertes et en diminuant de façon considérable le gaspillage.It is thus possible to check at any time that the screw used corresponds well to the ad hoc reference, the distributor and the supports delivered by it allowing, at any time, to follow and identify the lots used, while limiting losses and drastically reducing waste.

Bien entendu, il va de soi que l'invention ne se limite pas à l'exemple de réalisation plus spécialement décrit ci-dessus en référence aux dessins annexés ; elle en embrasse au contraire toutes les variantes.Of course, it goes without saying that the invention is not limited not to the embodiment more specifically described above with reference to the accompanying drawings; she in on the contrary embraces all variants.

En particulier, on peut aisément prévoir de disposer à l'intérieur de chaque boítier deux, voire plus, cartouches juxtaposées, pour délivrer au choix des vis correspondant à des références distinctes, celles-ci restant toujours identifiables par les repères portés sur les supports fournis par ces cartouches. Dans ce cas, la face avant 21 du boítier comporte autant de lumières de contrôle 22 que de cartouches. In particular, provision can easily be made for the inside of each box two or more, juxtaposed cartridges, to deliver the choice of screws corresponding to separate references, these always remaining identifiable by the markings on the media provided by these cartridges. In this case front face 21 of the housing has as many lights control 22 that of cartridges.

Enfin, il y a lieu de souligner que l'invention s'applique notamment quelles que soient les dimensions des vis et par suite des supports, ceux-ci n'étant limités en taille et en nombre de vis que par leurs possibilités de fabrication pour un prix de revient qui reste suffisamment réduit.Finally, it should be emphasized that the invention applies in particular whatever the dimensions screws and consequently supports, these being limited in size and number of screws only by their manufacturing possibilities for a cost price which remains sufficiently reduced.

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Distributeur pour petits articles de quincaillerie, du genre de vis ou analogues, comportant un boítier (2) de forme générale parallélépipédique, avec une embase inférieure (14) munie d'une ouverture latérale (20) d'accès à l'intérieur, caractérisé en ce que ce boítier est adapté à recevoir au moins une cartouche (4, 5) ayant sensiblement les mêmes dimensions en hauteur et en profondeur, chaque cartouche contenant une pluralité de supports (6) superposés pour des vis (12) ou analogues et comprenant une fermeture amovible à sa partie inférieure, au droit de l'embase du boítier afin de délivrer un à un ces supports à travers l'ouverture latérale de cette embase, et en ce que chaque support (6) est constitué par une plaquette (7), de préférence de forme rectangulaire, constituée d'une feuille (8) en un matériau facilement frangible et d'un capot (9) de recouvrement de la feuille, ce capot, en matériau plus rigide, étant avantageusement transparent, collé ou autrement appliqué contre la feuille et présentant, selon une répartition donnée, des alvéoles (10) en relief délimitant entre lui-même et la feuille des logements (11) réservés chacun à une vis ou analogue de caractéristiques déterminées, correspondant à une référence exactement identifiée.Distributor for small hardware items, of the kind of screw or the like, comprising a housing (2) generally parallelepipedic, with a base lower (14) provided with a lateral opening (20) access to the interior, characterized in that this housing is adapted to receive at least one cartridge (4, 5) having substantially the same dimensions in height and in depth, each cartridge containing a plurality of supports (6) superimposed for screws (12) or the like and comprising a removable closure at its lower part, at the base of the housing in order to deliver one by one these supports through the side opening of this base, and in that each support (6) is constituted by a plate (7), preferably rectangular, made of a sheet (8) of a material easily frangible and a cover (9) covering the sheet, this cover, of more rigid material, being advantageously transparent, glued or otherwise applied against the leaf and showing, in a distribution given, raised cells (10) delimiting between itself and the housing sheet (11) each reserved for a screw or the like with specified characteristics, corresponding to an exactly identified reference. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'embase (14) comporte au moins une fente médiane (19) longitudinale, débouchant dans l'ouverture latérale (20) du boítier (2) pour permettre d'exercer sur le support (6) disposé à la partie inférieure de la cartouche (4, 5), un effort transversal le faisant glisser en direction de cette ouverture pour l'extraire du boítier.Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the base (14) has at least one central slot (19) longitudinal, opening into the lateral opening (20) of the housing (2) to allow to exercise on the support (6) arranged at the bottom of the cartridge (4, 5), a transverse force making it slide towards this opening to extract it of the case. Distributeur selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la cartouche (5, 6) et le boítier (2) comportent, dans leurs faces avant (21) en regard, une lumière longitudinale (22) prévue au-dessus de l'embase, afin de permettre un contrôle du niveau de remplissage de la cartouche par les supports superposés qu'elle contient, au fur et à mesure de leur extraction par l'ouverture latérale.Distributor according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the cartridge (5, 6) and the housing (2) have, in their front faces (21) facing each other, a longitudinal light (22) provided above the base, to allow control of the level of filling of the cartridge by the superimposed supports that it contains, as they are extracted through the side opening. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le boítier (2) supporte également, à sa partie supérieure, un bac amovible (23), ouvert sur le dessus et destiné à la récupération des supports (6) épuisés ou non entièrement utilisés.Distributor according to any of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the housing (2) also supports, at its upper part, a tank removable (23), open on top and intended for recovery of media (6) which has been exhausted or not entirely used. Distributeur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le bac de récupération (23) présente des extensions latérales (24) propres à venir coiffer les côtés du boítier (2) par emboítement, pour assurer le positionnement convenable de ce bac.Dispenser according to claim 4, characterized in that the recovery tank (23) has lateral extensions (24) suitable for covering the sides of the housing (2) by socket, to ensure the proper positioning of this tray. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le boítier (2) comporte au moins une séparation interne, permettant la mise en place à l'intérieur de ce boítier d'au moins deux cartouches (4, 5)) côte à côte, de manière à permettre de délivrer, par l'ouverture latérale (19) de l'embase (14), des supports (6) distincts contenant des vis correspondant à des références différentes, en provenance de chaque cartouche respective.Distributor according to any of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the housing (2) has at least one internal separation, allowing placing inside this housing at least two cartridges (4, 5)) side by side, so that allow to deliver, through the lateral opening (19) of the base (14), separate supports (6) containing screws corresponding to different references, in provenance of each respective cartridge. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que chaque cartouche (4, 5) comporte dans sa surface extérieure une étiquette ou élément d'identification analogue, sur laquelle est inscrite la référence des vis portées par les supports contenus dans cette cartouche, cette référence étant notamment reportée sur chaque support (6) individuellement.Distributor according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each cartridge (4, 5) has in its outer surface a label or similar identification item on which is registered the reference of the screws carried by the media contained in this cartridge, this reference being notably reported on each support (6) individually. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le nombre des alvéoles (10) de chaque support (6) est variable d'un mode de réalisation à l'autre.Distributor according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the number of cells (10) of each support (6) is variable by embodiment to another. Distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte plusieurs boítiers similaires, eux-mêmes superposés, pour constituer un magasin apte à fournir un nombre élevé de vis de références différentes.Distributor according to any of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it comprises several similar boxes, themselves superimposed, for constitute a store capable of supplying a high number of screws of different references. Support de vis ou analogues, propre à être utilisé avec le distributeur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9.Support for screws or the like, suitable for use with the distributor according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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