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A kit to sort out pills, tablets or capsules, which comprises a recessed support, a container-defining sheet designed to fit into the support, and a sealing sheet made of self-adhesive paper as having substantially the same dimension as the container-defining sheet, so as to close the same. Position

A kit to sort out pills, tablets or capsules, which comprises a recessed support, a container-defining sheet designed to fit into the support, and a sealing sheet made of self-adhesive paper as having substantially the same dimension as the container-defining sheet, so as to close the same. Positioning elements are provided on the sealing sheet and on the support and/or the container-defining sheet in order to facilitate proper fixation of the sealing sheet on top of the container-defining sheet. A pill-sorting device made of two sliding panels with hollow bottomed recesses can be used to insert the pills into the containers of the container-defining sheet.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A kit for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers, said kit comprising:a container-defining sheet made of a plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said ca

[ I claim:] [1.] A kit for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers, said kit comprising:a container-defining sheet made of a plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container, each of said containers being surrounded by a flange of a given width provided with a central dotted line punched therein, said dotted lines provided in all of said flanges making it possible to detach each of the containers from the container-defining sheet and from the adjacent containers;a recessed support having a top surface provided with a number of recesses at least equal to the number of cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet, said recesses being positioned, shaped and sized to receive the containers defined by said cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet;a container-sealing sheet shaped and sized to cover at least all the containers and surrounding flanges of the container-defining sheet, said container-sealing sheet being provided with tearing lines making it possible to tear said container-sealing sheet into a number of cover pieces corresponding to the number of said containers; andpositioning means provided onto at least the top surface of the container-defining sheet and on the container-sealing sheet to ensure that, in use, after the container-defining sheet is fitted onto the recessed support, the container-sealing sheet is properly positioned on top of the top surface of the container-defining sheet with the tearing lines in exact superposition on top of the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet;wherein the recesses of the recessed supports and the cavities of the container-defining sheet are positioned to form regularly spaced apart rows and columns; andwherein the positioning means comprises at least one upwardly projecting protuberance provided on the top surface of the recessed support, at least one hole provided into the container-defining sheet and at least one other hole provided in the container-sealing sheet, said at least one hole and one other hole being sized and positioned to correspond to and be engaged by said protuberance. [10.] A method for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers, using a kit comprising:a container-defining sheet made of a plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container, each of said containers being surrounded by a flange of a given width provided with a central dotted line punched therein, said dotted line provided in all of said flanges making it possible to detach each of the containers from the container-defining sheet and from the adjacent containers;a recessed support having a top surface provided with a number of recesses at least equal to the number of cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet, said recessed support being positioned, shaped and sized to receive the containers defined by said cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet;a container-sealing sheet shaped and sized to cover at least all the containers and surrounding flanges of the container-defining sheet, said container-sealing sheet being provided with tearing lines making it possible to tear said container-sealing sheet into a number of cover pieces corresponding to the number of said containers; andpositioning means provided onto at least the top surface of the container-defining sheet and on the container-sealing sheet to ensure that, in use, after the container-defining sheet is fitted onto the recessed support, the paper covering is peeled off from the bands of the container-sealing sheet and said container-sealing sheet is positioned on top of the top surface of the container-defining sheet, the bands covered with a self-adhesive material and their tearing lines being in exact superposition on top of the flanges and the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet;wherein the recesses of the recessed supports and the cavities of the container-defining sheet are positioned to form regularly spaced apart rows and columns; andwherein the positioning means comprises at least one upwardly projecting protuberance provided on the top surface of the recessed support, at least one hole provided into the container-defining sheet and at least one other hole provided in the container-sealing sheet, said at least one hole and one other hole being sized and positioned to correspond to and be engaged by said protuberance;said method comprising the steps of:engaging the cavities of the container-defining sheet into the recesses of the recessed support;filling each cavity with a given number of pill(s);engaging the positioning means provided on the top of the container-defining sheet together with the one provided on the container sealing sheet; andpressing and fixing the container-sealing sheet to the top surface of the container-defining sheet, whereby the tearing lines of the container-sealing sheet are in exact superposition on top of the flanges and the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet and become glued to said flanges. A method according to claim 10, further comprising, before the engaging step, the step of printing information on the bottom surface of the sealing sheet using a computerized software in such a manner as to position on top of each cover piece information corresponding to what is in the corresponding container. A method according to claim 10, comprising the additional step, prior to the filling step, of providing a pill-sorting device, said pill-sorting device comprising a first panel and a second panel stackable onto the top surface of the container-defining sheet after said container-defining sheet is fitted onto the recessed support, said first panel having a top surface comprising a set of half-bottomed recesses which are positioned, sized and shaped exactly like the containers of the container-defining sheet, each of the half-bottomed recesses of said first panel having a bottom wall that extends above one of the containers of the container defining sheet when said first panel is stacked onto the top surface of said container-defining sheet, said bottom wall being provided with a flat surface area and with at least one opening sized to allow at least one pill to fall into the container extending under said bottom wall, said second panel having a top surface comprising a set of hollow bottomed recesses each having a hollow bottom, said hollow bottomed recesses being smaller in size than the half-bottomed recesses of the first panel and being positioned so as to fit into said half-bottomed recesses when the second panel is stacked onto the top surface of the first panel, said hollow bottomed recesses being respectively positioned so as to be slidable in unison within the half-bottomed recesses of the first panel between a first position where said hollow bottomed recesses extend over the flat surface areas of the half-bottomed recesses, and a second position where said hollow bottomed recesses extend over the openings made in the half-bottomed recesses, and wherein the filling step comprises the steps of:placing at least one pill into at least one half-bottomed recess of the second panel while said second panel is in the first position; andthen sliding said first panel so as to cause said pill to fall down into the container extending under the half-bottomed panel. A method according to claim 12, wherein the steps of placing and sliding are successively and independently performed for each of the prescribed kinds of pills.