Severing by tearing or breaking – Breaking or tearing apparatus – Including means to apply thermal shock to work
Patent
1988-04-29
1990-02-27
Phan, Hien H.
Severing by tearing or breaking
Breaking or tearing apparatus
Including means to apply thermal shock to work
225 965, A61J 300, B26F 300
Patent
active
049038770
ABSTRACT:
A conventional closure or cap for a tablet-container is formed to have a recess of predetermined depth and shape to loosely receive therein a tablet preferably provided on at least one side with a stress-raising notch or score mark, so that the application of a lateral force on an upper portion of the tablet by a finger or thumb of the user will cause the tablet to break approximately along a plane extending across the tablet from the bottom of the stress-raising notch. In another aspect of the invention, the tablet preferably provided on at least one side with a stress-raising notch or score mark is laid with the notch downward into a recess provided with a partial movable base so that the application of force on the exposed surface of the tablet by a finger or thumb of the user causes the tablet to be supported close to its ends to thereby experience a break at the notch.
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Merck & Co Inc.
Phan Hien H.
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