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A hand tool for quickly and effortlessly removing common forms of tablets and capsules individually from blister card and strip packaging is provided in a simplified form generally similar in overall appearance to a pliers-type hand tool. After positioning a desired pill-containing pocket of a blist

A hand tool for quickly and effortlessly removing common forms of tablets and capsules individually from blister card and strip packaging is provided in a simplified form generally similar in overall appearance to a pliers-type hand tool. After positioning a desired pill-containing pocket of a blister package on the specially-configured lower jaw of the tool, the handles are squeezed together, pivoting the opposing jaw member downward against the top of the pill pocket and forcing the pill contained therein to move downwardly through an opening in the lower jaw, tearing the foil cover sheet of the package, whereupon the tablet will fall freely into a tablet-catching bucket member disposed beneath the lower jaw where the pill is maintained safely against inadvertent dropping or misplacing.

대표청구항 ▼

[ Having thus described my invention and the manner in which it may be used I claim:] [1.] A hand tool for removing tablets and the like contained in blister packaging having a top sheet forming a pocket containing a tablet of predetermined size and peripheral shape and a cover sheet affixed to the

[ Having thus described my invention and the manner in which it may be used I claim:] [1.] A hand tool for removing tablets and the like contained in blister packaging having a top sheet forming a pocket containing a tablet of predetermined size and peripheral shape and a cover sheet affixed to the top sheet and covering and sealing the tablet-containing pocket, the hand tool comprising:a) first and second arm members pivotally connected together and forming a pair of opposite handle end portions extending in one direction from the pivot connection and a pair of opposing working end jaw portions extending in the opposite direction from the pivot member, the working end jaw portions movable toward and away from each other about the pivot connection by movement of the associated handle end portions,b) module member support means on the working end jaw portion of the first arm member for mounting a module member thereto secured against vertical movement therefrom,c) a module member mounted on said support means and configured to provide an underlying supporting base for supporting the cover sheet of a blister package against deformation, said module member having at least one specifically-configured, tablet-receiving opening arranged for registry with a tablet in a blister package, said specifically-configured, tablet-receiving opening having a particular, peripheral shape substantially matching and dimensioned slightly larger than the said predetermined shape and size of a particular tablet in a blister package on the module member arranged in registry with the opening therethrough,d) a pressing member on the working end jaw portion of the second arm member arranged to align with said opening in the support means,e) the pressing member being arranged to engage the outer surface of a tablet-containing pocket of a blister package supported on the support means and, upon movement of the pressing member toward said support means, to press the pocket inwardly, forcing the tablet to press against the cover sheet which, by virtue of its support against deformation by the underlying module member and the matching shape and close dimensions of the aligned tablet and said opening, tears open under initial pressing force to allow the tablet to pass through said opening.