WILLIAM HNATUK
Engineers in Prospectville, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE016091E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
Prospectville, PA 19002
Professional information
Tablet Breaking Apparatus
US Patent:
4964555, Oct 23, 1990
Filed:
Dec 28, 1989
Appl. No.:
7/458027
Inventors:
William Hnatuk - Maple Glen PA
International Classification:
A61J 300
US Classification:
225 93
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.
Tablet Breaking Apparatus
US Patent:
4903877, Feb 27, 1990
Filed:
Apr 29, 1988
Appl. No.:
7/187942
Inventors:
William Hnatuk - Maple Glen PA
Assignee:
Merck & Co, Inc. - Rahway NJ
International Classification:
A61J 300, B26F 300
US Classification:
225 93
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.