BRPI0617052A2 - dispenser to dispense fluid from a bubble containing fluid and dispenser assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

DOSER FOR DOSING FLUID FROM A BUBBLE CONTAINING FLUID AND DOSING SET The invention described here relates to bubble packs filled with fluid (1) and presents an alternative to vials and dosing packs. an apparatus is presented for dosing liquids, creams or gels in metered quantities of bubbles (1), and in a set (4) in which the apparatus is located in an array of bubbles. The device has a particular application for the dosage of alcohol gels used in the healthcare industry.

Description

Dispenser to dispense fluid from a bubble containing fluid and dispense assembly

The present invention relates to an apparatus and an associated kit for metering liquids, particularly for dispensing fluid-filled blister fluid and blister packs.

The present invention has particular relevance as an alternative to bath soap bottles, skin cream dispensers and small body packs for dosing liquid, cream or gels, especially health care alcohol gels.

Vials of various types have historically been used for dosing liquids. Larger vials may be economical to refill than smaller vials, but refueling can present a time-consuming spatter problem. Some liquid fluid bottles have a valve and have pump dosers. These pumps are susceptible to clogging, especially if they are reused after refueling, and smaller vials are not economical to refill. Also, the smaller the bottle, the more expensive it is compared to the fluid it contains. The above-mentioned jar products, when successful, are used in vast quantities and even small innovations that result in improved production costs or environmental impact should be considered very desirable.

In the healthcare industry, there are now many companies that have their own proprietary design of portable body-loaded bottle for alcohol gel and specialized hanging shower gel bottles. Hang bottles do not usually have a metered fluid release.

Valve dosing vials are more than twice as expensive as non-dosing vials due to the cost of the valve dosing mechanism. In addition, skin cream bottles may be unhygienic, and the valves used with creams 5 will clog.

Regarding the dosing of alcohol gels in a clinical setting, these bottles can end up in landfills and present a challenge in achieving a minimum volume and in reducing costs with respect to environmental impact.

Generally, users in the health care field prefer dosage vials. Also, some food containers are better dosed. From a consumer point of view, pipes can become cluttered.

Blister packs, especially sachet packs, are also and have been used to contain and dose small amounts of fluids, creams and pastes. Inexpensive bubble-forming material has been known for many years.

It is well known that bubbles prevent contamination and drying of their contents but they are not designed to provide a multiple dose replacement for the slurry filled tubes.

Bubble encapsulation may address the disadvantages associated with the vials but in the prior art there is no practical mechanism for directly replacing the use of small (valve or non-valve) vials with a plurality of compressible bubbles combined to form one. only product that provides a multi-dose metering reservoir for a fluid agent.

In addition, a stand-up or hang-up blister pack may offer a coordinated alternative, for example, to a half-empty tube on a surface.

Fluid-filled blister packs have been known for many years and blister packs filled with liquid sachet and cavity-type fluids are well documented. This field of innovation is very active with many companies and individuals continually innovating new materials and products in the health care and cosmetic packaging industries.

Single dose seam burst bubbles are known, for example, the 'Dell Pouch'.

One of the most common types of liquid-filled blisters is the hot-sealed condiment sachet that is torn open; Other fluid-filled blisters are known, ranging from powder-filled asthma reservoirs that are punctured to open and pressed to open squeezed liquid applicators, to burst and open a frangible seal. There are also blisters with tear-off seals and tear-open seals, and tear-filled unit gel-filled bubbles.

The prior art has at least one case of a liquid fluid product having multiple bubbles, namely Harper (WO 2004/062696). However, Harper has no designs that are accessible nor is there a complete description of how to obtain practically an operable product from the available description, nor is the concept described intended for use in the same manner as a vial.

Individual sachets in a bag do not have the convenience and ergonomic advantages of a unitary multi-product.

Unit bubbles, usually sachet-type, usually require two hands to tear and open, since the contents may need to be deposited in one hand, this is not ideally ergonomic. If a snap-opener is used, such bubbles may be susceptible to accidental opening and, if left together as a unitary product, they may not have the ergonomics of handling a small vial. In addition, a tear opener should probably be quite cluttered and problematic with respect to flow control.

Additional relevant prior art is available such as Hafner WO 02/083057, Mille FR2747647, Harper (above) and Glaxo GB2142246A, none of which has sufficient elements to replace the function and use of a simple portable fluid dosing bottle. Harper attempted to address these issues by following his application already described and proposed a valve blister for a pouch in US2005035006.

An additional consideration is the substantial difference in the concept of formed bubbles and sachet bubbles. Thermoformed, even flexible, blisters, grouped together, may have an inherent full-frame unit that is immediately conceived and in fact already exists, for example, in pill packages. The sachets are much more uncontrollably flexible.

Since patent document EP94304227 (Lilly, 1994), despite the direction of this technique, many working in the field of liquid filled bubbles and personal charged liquids have not arrived at the devices disclosed herein.

Liquid-filled blister packs with a plurality of blisters have been proposed, see Harper and Glaxo patents, but no mechanism for obtaining a product has been presented to include a metering device that cooperates dimensionally with or is embedded in or supported by a fluid containing blister pack with a plurality of blisters.

Sachet bubbles are designed as very flexible, especially in tightly knit areas, and obtaining a cluster of sachet bubbles with a total unit and firmness for use as a product in a multi-dose mode is not presented by the prior art. Such sachet grouping can become exceptionally ergonomic for the user as a folding and flexible product. It is well known in the art that sachets are cheaper to produce than thermoformed bubbles and are more completely emptied of fluid.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain an apparatus for the dosing of fluid-filled blister fluid and blister packs.

A further object of the present invention is to obtain an assembly comprising the fluid filled blisters or blister packs and the ability to dispense fluid therefrom.

According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a metering apparatus for dosing fluid from a fluid containing blister, the metering apparatus comprising:

an opening device and a charging device;

wherein the opening device comprises a first member adapted to compress the bubble in cooperation with an opposite member; and

The charging device is adapted to movably locate the opening device relative to the bubble.

The opposite member may be a user's finger, the surface of an arm on which the bubble is positioned, or another surface of the metering device or an associated assembly. The blister may be a single stand-alone blister or sachet, or alternatively one of a blister or sachet arrangement on or around which the dispensing apparatus may be positioned and moved together.

Preferably, the loading device is adapted to move the opening device relatively at least partially transversely across a bubble surface.

Preferably, the opening device further comprises a second member opposite the first member adapted to cooperate with the first member.

Preferably, the charging device comprises a channel defined by the first and second members that receives and at least partially encloses the bubble.

Preferably, the first and second members are relatively movable so as to be driven into contact with the bubble and to pressurize the fluid.

Preferably, the first member and the second member are formed to substantially mate with each other when driven into contact.

Preferably, the metering apparatus provides a preferred fluid flow passage for bubble fluid expression.

Preferably, the metering apparatus is additionally an opening configured to define the preferred fluid flow passage.

Preferably, the opening device comprises a piercing device operable to produce an opening in the bubble.

Preferably, the opening device is adapted to simultaneously pressurize the fluid and produce an opening in the bubble. Preferably, the piercing device is located on an internal surface of the metering device.

Preferably, the piercing device is positioned to produce an opening near a bubble boundary.

Preferably, the piercing device is positioned near the opening.

Preferably, the perforating device is formed to create an aperture capable of cooperating with the preferred fluid flow passage.

Optionally, the piercing device is formed to create a linear opening in the bubble.

Alternatively, the piercing device is formed to create a substantially arcuate opening in the bubble.

Preferably, the metering device further comprises a relief structure located on an inner surface opposite the punch device and adapted to cooperate with the punch device.

Optionally, the relief structure comprises a hardened portion adapted to receive the piercing device.

Optionally, the opening device further comprises a gasket portion adapted to form a partial seal near the opening and to cooperate with the preferred fluid flow passage such that fluid is directed from the opening to the passage.

Alternatively, the opening device is operable to burst the bubble.

Preferably, the opening device is adapted to burst the bubble near the opening.

Optionally, the second member is a substantially cylindrical member adapted to receive a finger. Alternatively, the first member comprises an elongate movable portion to be driven into contact with the bubble.

Preferably, the first member is operable to produce an opening in the bubble.

Preferably, the first member is movable between a first protected position and a second position on or near the bubble.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an assembly is provided comprising:

an arrangement comprising one or more bubbles and a metering apparatus according to the first aspect;

wherein the loading device of the metering device movably positions the opening device with respect to one or more bubbles.

Preferably, the metering apparatus may be movably positioned in each of one or more of the bubbles.

Preferably, the assembly further comprises a positioning device adapted to position the metering apparatus on or near one of the bubbles.

Preferably, the positioning device is adapted to preferably position the opening device on or near one of the bubbles.

Preferably, the positioner device is adapted to allow movement of the opening device such that it can move between a position above or near one of the bubbles to a position above or. next to another of the bubbles.

Optionally, the positioning device comprises one or more markings in the arrangement.

Alternatively, the positioning device comprises a guide device that supports the metering apparatus and is adapted to guide the metering apparatus throughout the arrangement.

Alternatively, the positioning device comprises a relief structure in the arrangement that cooperates with the metering apparatus.

Preferably, the relief structure is formed by raised surfaces of one or more bubbles.

Preferably, the arrangement comprises a forming device adapted to form the arrangement in a predetermined form.

Preferably, the forming device is also adapted to allow the arrangement to move between a plurality of predetermined shapes.

Optionally, the forming device is a rigid member adapted to hold the arrangement in a predetermined shape.

Preferably, the forming device comprises a stiffening portion disposed along one or more edges of the arrangement.

Preferably, the forming device is deformable.

Optionally, the forming device comprises one or more hinged parts.

Optionally, the forming device is adapted to form the arrangement as a circuit.

Preferably, a fastener is employed at either end of the arrangement to securely maintain the arrangement as a circuit.

Alternatively, the arrangement is adapted to receive a winding device that forms the arrangement as a coil.

Alternatively, the forming device is adapted to form the arrangement to position the assembly on a member of a user.

Optionally, one or more bubbles comprise frangible seals.

Alternatively, one or more bubbles comprise burst seals.

Preferably one or more blisters consist of sachets.

Alternatively, one or more blisters consist of adhering packages.

According to a third aspect of the present invention there is provided a metering device for dosing fluid from a fluid filled bubble or a blister packaging reservoir comprising a reservoir opening device and a loading device for the opening device, wherein the opening device is characterized by having a compression device which, in use, facilitates a squeeze compression of the bubble, and such device can be compressed on the bubble surface and is relatively movable through the bubble or the packaging surface of the bubble. Compression device is characterized in that it comprises an inner surface which can cooperate with an opposite surface, between which a bubble is positioned, and the loading device has an open access device for receiving the bubble or the blister pack.

The dispenser preferably has a device for facilitating the transmission of compressive pressure in the bubble of two opposing fingers.

An opposing surface, for example, may be a finger, a user's arm, a second inner surface of the feeder, or a surface that creates a channel with the first inner surface. The feeder may be flexible or rigid.

Preferably, the dispenser comprises a puncture opening device.

The dispenser preferably has a fluid directing device comprising a seal that partially surrounds the opener and operates under compression and the fluid is also directed by the dispensing material overlapping any opening it creates.

When viscous materials such as creams are being expelled, the opening created by the opening device may be larger and there may be little or no need for a directing device to reduce the remaining fluid residue in the dispenser.

Preferably, the dispenser allows fluid to be expelled in a desired direction, preferably at right angles to the initial direction of outflow of the fluid flow.

Preferably, the dispenser allows simultaneous compression and opening of the reservoir.

Optionally, the opening device charging device is supported by the blister pack during use.

Preferably, the dispenser may act in a single bubble and is preferably movable across the surface of a plurality of grouped preferably bubble reservoirs.

Preferably, the dispenser may pass through a blister or blisters.

In the context of the present patent application, 'cooperatively fixable' is used to refer to any of: supports or is supported by, formed upon or attached to, or fixable to, or embedded in.

There may be one or more metering devices, and the metering device may be cooperatively attached to the blister package of the reservoir.

Preferably, the metering device comprises opposite flexible members. The metering device may cooperate with an extension of the blister packaging material.

The metering device may cooperate or be joined to a blister packaging structure joining device.

The metering device may be at least partially cooperatively attachable or may be attached to a flexible cover of the blister pack, carton or forming device.

In use, the blister pack can be moved through a dispenser attached to another structure. Preferably, the metering device and the blister packaging structure are transversely movable with respect to each other.

Preferably, the metering device is transversely movable with respect to the surface of the blister packaging structure.

Optionally, the metering device comprises two pressure members which are movable and spaced from each other.

Preferably, the metering device has at least one transverse component with respect to its movement with respect to the bubble surface.

Optionally, the metering device comprises opposing members which may be brought together to produce alternating pressure.

The metering device may be attached to the bubble surface by a flexible cover.

In the present patent application, a "metering device" or "opening device" may mean both both a opening device and a bubble pressurization device, wherein either or both of these devices may preferably traverse or be transversely movable in each other. with respect to blister pack 5 for selectively coupling a particular blister or part of a blister, by means of an associated 'charging device' or in some other manner.

The blister pack is the plural of blister and the features that belong to or pertain to it are generally interchangeable.

The metering device may be wholly or partially supported by the blister package and or by a flexible cover covering all or part of the blister package structure.

The metering device may comprise a splice burst device or one or the other device.

the metering device may movably cooperate with a forming or stiffening device and be partially supported by the forming or stiffening device and partially supported directly by the blister pack during use.

The metering device may freely encircle or mobile cooperate with the forming device.

Preferably, the metering device, in the form of an opener and / or a pressurizing device, is supported by the full bubble and moves in the direction that the bubble surface moves while the user applies pressure to the wall or walls of the bubble. to compress each other to dose the bubble content, preferably using finger pressure directly or indirectly on an intervention structure such as a lid or a dispenser.

Preferably, where there is a flexible foil cover, that cover obtains a degree of support from the blister pack and may transmit that support to an overlying dispenser.

Preferably, the bubble surface or a bubble seam is burst in a limited manner such that complete full tearing of the material surface is avoided when the user applies pressure, thereby maintaining a reasonably intact product suitable for the user. continue to use and charge.

The metering device may be cooperatively attachable or attached to the blister packaging assembly by a blister packaging cover device.

A planar device, for example, a compressible metal or plastic device, for example formed as a fastener, and external to the bubble, may be compressible on either side of the bubble in order to completely wither the bubble and ensure complete emptying. The compressible device may preferably have the function of opening the bubble as it is provided with an opening device such as a piercing device and facilitates the expression of the bubble content by transmitting the pressure of the user's fingers to preferably fill or close the volume. from the bubble.

A metering device may be a sliding device.

A dispenser may have one end of the blister pack attached to its outer wall and the other end of the blister pack fed therethrough when each blister is emptied. The blister pack that has no forming device and remains completely flexible and flexibly attached.

The metering device may completely or partially surround a blister pack, a flexible cover, a strip or a cardboard.

Preferably, an aperture piercing device has a protective device to protect the user's skin.

Preferably, a metering device is preferably a closed loop or strip device 5 comprising a piercing device on its inner surface.

The metering device may be attached by a connector, for example a cable, to the user's pocket and be reusable and releasable to unused blister packaging structures.

Preferably, the metering device facilitates a metering means.

Alternatively, but not exclusively, the metering device comprises two smooth rigid plates secured by an elastic device such that the planar surfaces tend to approach each other.

The dispenser may be movable or sliding, and the dispenser may be reusable or disposable. The bubbles can be formed as a preferably closed flexible circuit that allows the user's fingers to operate on both sides.

of an individual bubble.

Preferably, the user's fingers have access to the space directly above the surface on either side of the bubble, optionally with a cover and / or the dispenser between the bubble surface and the user's fingers, preferably allowing a squeezing action. between two fingers.

Preferably, the metering device may remain in contact with the blister package while changing the position on the surface of the package.

According to a fourth aspect of the present

In the present invention there is provided an assembly comprising an apparatus according to the fourth aspect and a reservoir packaging assembly which is preferably characterized by having a device which allows the bubble walls of the bubble packaging structure to be compressed together by one another. pressure on a user's fingers, thereby reducing the internal volume of any bubble, thereby expelling the contents of the bubble.

The reservoir package bubbles are preferably compressible.

The reservoir assembly bubbles may preferably be characterized as sachet bubbles or sticky packaging bubbles.

The reservoir assembly bubbles may be formed or formable in a loop or a closed strip.

Preferably, the structure of the blister pack is unfinished.

Since this is a simple multi-bubble product, the term 'during use' means that the dispensing device may remain in contact with the product while the product as a whole is in use.

In the context of the present patent, 'forming device' and 'shaping device' may be interchangeable 'stiffening device', and all may be considered as a partial covering device. The reservoir assembly may comprise a flexible cover device.

The cover device may be fixed or attachable, fixed or removable with respect to the structure of the blister pack.

The reservoir assembly may comprise a cover device or a forming or shaping device, for example a flexible sheet cover or a card, wire or other applicable coating.

The flexible cover device may be characterized as any flexible cover device that covers the blister pack assembly completely or partially and the cover device is preferably manufactured, for example, in the nature of a preferably flexible bag, a sheet, or a tape instead of a camera or rigid container.

A forming device in the present patent application is preferably characterized in that it is not a container or a rigid chamber and preferably exits the unenclosed blister packaging structure, and preferably the forming device and packaging structure. bubbles have a degree of flexibility.

The advancement in the state of the art that this represents is that without any cover or with a flexible cover, the agent can escape from an unobstructed bubble and, more predominantly, pressure can be weighed on an entire bubble surface to expel. all or most of this content.

The forming device may be flexibly metamorphic, for example a collapsible or collapsible material, fixed or attachable to the blister package structure, such as a thread, and is preferably collapsible in any suitable configuration.

The forming device may comprise a plurality of rigid or flexible parts which may move relative to one another when being pivoted or flexibly separated.

Preferably, the blister package reservoir comprises a plurality of sachet packages having a stiffening or stiffening device fixed or attachable such that the user can form the blister package structure in any suitable shape and ergonomically secure the reservoir as such. a simple product and operate the same in a multi-dose mode.

The blister packaging assembly may be formed or formable as a closed bubble circuit.

Preferably, the closed bubble circuit forming the bubble packaging structure is flexible.

The opening device may have a resiliently flexible quality in a vertical relationship with respect to the bubble surface.

The fluid content contained within the bubble is preferably released through an opening in the bubble that is created directly by the metering device.

The metering device preferably comprises a fluid directing device.

The opening device may be partially surrounded by a joint or a temporary sealing device preferably formed from the surrounding material in order to direct the fluid in a particular direction.

Optionally, the blister package structure may be removable from the cover device.

Optionally, there may be perforations between the bubbles to allow individual removal after use.

Optionally, and also preferably, the bubbles may be opened and used without the need for removal of the joined line formed by the manufacture of the product.

Optionally, the cover device may be attached to the blister package structure.

Optionally, the cover device freely surrounds the blister pack.

The forming or shaping device may be non-elastic or elastic.

Preferably, there is a single row or row of bubbles in the bubble package structure. Optionally, a structure comprising one or more parts, for example tape and / or yarn, may be positioned longitudinally at or adjacent to a long edge. the aforementioned blister package structure forming the stiffening, forming and shaping device, and preferably also a protective covering device, to protect the defined areas of the bubble surface against puncture, possibly under a slidingly movable doser, and Also such a structure may form a device, such as windows in the structure, through which a cutter may engage on the surface of the bubble, to provide the user with a metering device positioning against each bubble.

Optionally, the bubbles may have a device for rotating relative to each other.

The opening device may be any opening device including opening by tearing, bursting or piercing.

Optionally, the opening device is a piercing device which preferably may operate in an arrangement at or near the edge of the blister pack to allow unimpeded release of the agent.

Alternatively, the opener may be a splicing device, preferably characterized as a device on each side of the bubble, which completely distributes a squeezing pressure over the surface area of the bubble and throughout the bubble, for example, one. Planar material on either side of the bubble, or in its simplest form the bursting device may be the bubble wall only.

The use of a plurality of sachet packages, preferably constructed of metallized materials, as a simple product is especially economical as a replacement of small vials as opposed to thermoformed or other formed bubbles.

Optionally, the blister pack may consist of two or more, preferably four, hinged sections. The hinges may be a combination of snap hinges, such as bottle caps, freely moving or moving hinges. restricted. The sections may comprise a number of blister packs with the stiffening or forming device, or the sections may be manufactured separately from the blister packs and preferably blister packs attached to a preferably full trapezoidal shape formed from the sections, such as a piece or joined from a certain length of material. Such a separate manufactured part may be reusable and have a fastener, e.g. Velcro, for a blister pack strip having no other shaping device. Such a trapezoidal shape preferably opens and closes under pressure and has the dispenser easily attached by the user if it is attached by the user or assembled in the manufacture.

A bubble dispenser device may be slidable through a bubble pack if it is also rotatable or deformable.

A cover such as a cardboard or strip of material or a sheet of flexible sheet material, either a planar sheet or a formed cover, having sheet-like characteristics rather than molded, preferably non-thermoformed, plastic or metal; therefore relatively inexpensive, it can partially or completely cover the structure of the blister pack.

Optionally, a blister package cover may preferably be adhesively attached to the blister packages and is part of the assembly, and in use, such a cover may have a perforated opening therethrough preferably where it is attached to the bubble substructure.

A forming device may be a resiliently flexible coil for attachment around a user's arm.

Preferably, a blister package cover may cooperate with and secure a bubble metering device to the blister package, or may act to form a total hygienic smooth surface, or may form a protection device against accidental penetration of a surface of the blister package. by a perforating metering device, or may form a forming device or a diffusion barrier of the product, thereby allowing for a preferably cheaper formable material to be in direct contact with the contained product.

A blister-forming device, such as a carton, may form a bubble cut protection for a rotatable or movable punch device that can be moved to a punch mode.

A dispensing positioner indicating device which facilitates positioning of the dispensing device in each blister may preferably be located in the blister package structure or in the forming device or cover.

Where there are seals between the bubbles, preferably they do not need to be perforated to be torn, the product may be made to a specific length, and the seals may therefore be narrower than normal.

The puncturing device may be movably rotatable about or through the bubble, or may slide with respect to the structure of the bubble package, or may be attached to a flexibly movable material or flexible cover. A slidably movable carrier for the device The puncture opening can be made of plastic or metal and can be reusable and easily removable from the blister package by the user, for example by a pull-opener.

Optionally, the carrier for a metering device may be a strip of material formed with a flexible quality that preferably comprises and permits the preferential movement of a plurality of metering devices by deformation. Such a carrier may also lend a forming device to the blister package and may be adhesively bonded or otherwise attached to the blister package.

The product may comprise sticky packaging bubbles that are positioned side by side on a liner board with the package end seals formed along the edge of the carton.

Alternatively, a conventional adherent package containing compartments with a central flap seal and sides of folded material may form the blister assembly.

A side-by-side sticky packaging arrangement should give maximum doses of the blister per unit length of the carton.

The product may have a flexible or elastic fastening device or other attachment device to be attached or hung in a bathroom stall.

In a simple, commercial form, this product is a connected set of reservoirs containing a fluid fluid in the form of a linear row of flexible bubbles, preferably sachet bubbles, possibly a seam burst opening, with or without a cover. removable or fixed or a forming device, and the bubbles are preferably formable as a circuit, or a coil or other configuration, and the package may have a flexibly metamorphic forming device, and the metering device may be supported by the bubble package. The dispenser may be supported on a forming device or a bubble structure connection device until the bubbles are in use.

In this application, 'bubble' can mean any bubble. The bubbles may remain attached together as produced, or separated and reformed as a package or used in a cartridge form on a flexible carrier preferably containing compartments. Such packaging may be especially useful in the absence of gravity or outside pressure.

The present invention will now be described by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates in schematic form a sachet blister pack with a sliding loop band dispenser according to an aspect of the present invention;

Figure 2 schematically illustrates a sliding loop band dispenser according to an aspect of the present invention;

Figure 3 schematically illustrates a form-closure bubble wrap structure in accordance with an aspect of the present invention;

Figure 4 schematically illustrates a sliding metering apparatus in accordance with an aspect of the present invention;

Figure 4A schematically illustrates a metering apparatus for use with viscous pastes;

Figures 5 and 5A illustrate in schematic form an alternative embodiment of a sheet packaging structure having hinged parts to shape the structure;

Figure 6 schematically illustrates a further alternative embodiment of the present invention comprising a folding structure;

Figure 7 illustrates in schematic form a further alternative embodiment of the present invention having a flexible sheet cover;

Figure 8 illustrates in schematic form another alternative embodiment of the present invention comprising a movable arm;

Figure 9 schematically illustrates a top-down view of the embodiment of Figure 8;

Figure 10 schematically illustrates a hangable product according to an aspect of the present invention; and

Figure 11 illustrates in schematic form a metering slide according to an aspect of the present invention.

In Figure 1, a blister packaging structure 1 comprises a plurality of blisters 1 separated by seals 10, and a metering device 4 with a blister opening 5 on the underside of the metering device 4. The metering device 4 it is attached directly to and supported by blister pack 1. The blister pack 1 preferably comprises sachet blisters. There may be a fastener 3 for fastening to the wearer's clothing connected to the sliding metering device 4. The sliding metering device 4 may be supported on an empty bubble and may be moved in direction 8 on the surface of the blister package. , for a full bubble, just before the content is dispensed in direction 12.

The fluid flow is preferably facilitated by the highlighted open section 11. The initial fluid flow is opposite the direction of the compression pressure indicated by the arrow 13 in Figure 2. The dispenser preferably redirects the fluid flow by overlapping the opening created by the device. to open by drilling 5.

The sliding blocking device 2 prevents accidental removal of the dispenser 4 from the package 1. The sliding blocking device 2 is preferably a bar of material overlapping the sliding device 4 in width, and is preferably attached to the flexible unfilled material 9, and the device 2 is fitted to the metering device 4 as it is pushed through the metering device 4 when it is formed as a closed loop strip while being flexibly movable with respect to the strip 4. The sliding positioning device 6 may be an irregular longitudinal device; preferably flexible, attached to the edge of the blister pack and intermittently interfering with the sliding stroke of the metering device 4.

The forming or shaping device 7 may give shape or firmness to the sachet package 1 to allow ergonomic manipulation.

The perforation cutter 5 is located under the strip 4 such that when the user presses on the dispenser the bubble wall breaks under the strip 4 and fluid flows out through the opening 11. perforation opening 5 and opening 11 are preferably positioned on or adjacent to the side of the sachet 7, which may be a smooth sachet edge or a folded sache edge.

The user can decouple the punch device 5 from the surface of the bubble 1 by squeezing the edges of the bubble pack 1 in direction 14 (see Figure 2).

When the metering device 4 is a closed loop, the piercing opener 5 is protected from a user's finger (not shown) especially when the metering device 4 is not attached to a blister pack 1.

Alternatively, Figure 1 may simply comprise splice burst sachets (not shown) which burst open with pressure application and preferably have forming device 6 or 7 without any feature 5.

The forming device may be of varying flexibility and may be a wrapping card, a cover or a structural shape formed in the containment material from which the bubbles 1 are made.

A circuit or band of bubbles may be formed; all facilitate ergonomic handling by the user. If device 4 is present, it may simply be a pressurization device. Blister pack 1 may have no forming device 7 and remain foldable by the user.

In Figure 2, an enlarged perspective top view is shown of a preferably closed strip dispenser 4 with preferably flexible walls (preferably elastically flexible walls). To open the dispenser 4 for insertion of a blister pack (not shown) or to loosen it to move from one blister to another or to adjust a curvature in the blister pack, pressure is applied in the 14 direction. pressing on the doser walls 4A in direction 13, cutter 5 is moved to engage a bubble wall (not shown) and the contents (not shown) are expressed in direction 12 through open channel 11. The doser wall 4A has a recess 5A into which the cutter 5 may enter, thereby allowing the doser walls 4A to be completely joined. The sealing device or partial gasket 5B surrounds the aperture cutter 5 and directs the fluid in the required direction, generally at right angles to the initial outlet of the bubble opening.

The dispenser 4 may have a cut relief device 41 which allows the dispenser to adjust and to be twisted around the curvatures in the package.

The bubbles in which the metering device may operate may be different from the prior art bubbles, for example, sachet bubbles without any other opening device in their structure.

A sliding guard 42 for the cutter may be moved in direction 43 when initially attached to a package.

In Figure 3, the blister pack 1 preferably has a single row of blisters 1, preferably sachet blisters, sealed 10. Preferably, the forming device 7 is present and preferably flexible and may be adhesively bonded. the blisters or be an integral part of the blister material, or the forming device 7 may be a separate device, preferably allowing the blister pack 1 to take any shape that allows the user's fingers to access either side of any individual blister or allows that the user's fingers apply pressure to each side of a bubble and preferably allows any suitable shape, for example a circuit, or a smooth product with one or more folds, with or without the free ends being joined, to be formed as a simple product preferably that can stand for exposure.

Where bends are indicated, bubble surfaces may have a protective overlay device (not shown) to protect against accidental damage caused by the punch device while the doser adjusts the bend (not shown).

The blister pack assembly 1 and or the forming device 7 may comprise a connection device for the circuit ends, for example 'Velcro' or cooperating notches, to be cooperatively joined together. The connecting device may be a separate part (not shown) and may become reusable and may accept bubble refills and the dispenser 4 may be charged by the connecting device 7.

The forming or shaping device is preferably inelastically flexible and may be continuous along the length of the package or have movable joints or be in the separate section hinged by the bubble material.

Bubble circuits with or without attached dosers can be preformed at the factory. The forming device 7 or the connecting device may be of any shape and may be hinged. The hinge (not shown) can be restricted in movement and preferably can only move 180 degrees.

In the example shown, the forming device 7 has its free ends 29 joined by the connecting device 30 which cooperates with the device 31 to form a closed loop. The free ends 29 may be easily joined and separated using the connector 30 which also facilitates the insertion of the free ends 29 into and through a dispenser 4. The connector 30, for example, may comprise molded card 7 or a separate structure with mechanical or adhesive bonding device. After fluid has been released, the bubble circuit can be folded and placed in a pocket using only one hand to close the hinged forming sections. The blister pack or the coupling device may have a closure device 33, for example a Velcro point. The sliding metering device 4 may cross around the circuit.

A locking device 2 may not be required as the sliding device 4 may be removed from one open end 29 and attached to another unused blister strip 1.

In Figure 4, a sliding dispenser 4 is shown with two rigid plates 4A which can be held together by the fastening device 19. The plates 4A flex around a joined device 18 and the closing cutter 5 is protected from the user's fingers. (not shown) by recess 5A. Such a dispenser preferably requires a pressure to be closed and is preferably held open by an elastic device. The design of the bubble opener will depend on the consistency and fluid dynamics of the bubble content.

Figure 4A shows a sliding dispenser with an opening device 5 for use with sticky viscous pastes, for example toothpaste.

The cutter or perforator device 5 is preferably "U" or "V" shaped, and preferably cuts a flap (not shown) adjacent or on the folded edge 44 of the preferably adhering packaging bubble 1 having seals 10. The flap remains attached, and preferably the cutter 5 does not penetrate the opposite wall 4a of the blister as it is supported by the finger guard wall 4a, thereby also preventing residue from being collected within the dispenser 4, and a uncovered hole 45 in the bubble is thereby formed.

The cutter 5 may have a retracting or uncoupling device, preferably of an elastic nature, for example, the cutter may be located in an elastically depressible high device 46 which is preferably an extension of the doser wall 4A. In compression of the dispenser 4, a paste granule is expelled in the 12 direction, and the raised device 46 allows the granule to be formed. With the compression of the device 46, the granule is finally cut off. The same continuous action may compress a preferably rigid bubble compression device, and the mechanism preferably returns to an open position by the elastic device.

In Figures 5 and 5A, a flexible closed circuit of sachets 1 with four separate forming devices 7 is shown, an interlocking shape as shown above, and may become flattened into a joined double or quadruple row of bubbles suitable for insertion of the sachet. pocket, and gives an acceptable handling ergonomics compared to a vial (not shown).

This form of product may be supplied smooth, ready to be connected, and the dispenser (not shown) may be reusable or may be fully factory assembled for full disposal after use.

A base or feet (not shown) that allow the product to be displayed in an upright position may be formed as part of the forming or shaping device 7, or that it may be attached to said device 7. It may be erect, for example, having an orderly and attractive form factor.

The hinge 17 may simply be a bubble joint, or it may be a restricted movement hinge, for example a pressure hinge, which allows the package to stand up for display. Alternatively, a blister packaging assembly 1 may have no cover or forming device 7 and remain fully flexible and foldable, taking advantage of this feature, thereby allowing it to be packaged in the same fear that the bubbles will accidentally escape. This simple product only requires the user to control how to hold the product with their palm during use.

In Figure 6, a carton or forming device 7 is hinged at 17. Blister pack 1 has a folded edge 16 and preferably a central flap seal 18 as in an adherent pack and is preferably attached or affixable to the device. 7 which can be closed using the catch device 19. The metering device 4 with the opener 5 can slide in the direction 8 on the sliding device 20. When the forming device 7 is folded into the hinge 17, the opener engages a bubble and punctures the bubble at position 5A.

In Figure 7, flexible sheet cover device 15 has a fastener 3 to be attached to a pocket or belt (not shown). The flexible cover device 15 has a sliding metering device 4 enclosing it and the locking device 2. The blister pack 1 is placed into the cover 15 through the open side 16.

Panels 4A correlate with the bubbles of a bubble pack 1. Bubble edges 16A have a frangible seam or bent edge or a sealed edge for piercing by device 5 in that position.

The metering device 4 may slide over the independently moving rigid panels 4A. By exerting pressure on the panels 4A or the dispenser 4, the liquid fluid agent is expelled from the bubbles in direction 12 at right angles.

In Figure 8, a row of bubbles 1 formed with sealed tops 23 and seals 24 between the bubbles is also covered by the cover 25 which is preferably attached to the bubbles at points 27. The cover has end retainers 2 and preferably hermetically seals the assembly. blisters by seals 26. The metering device 4 may slide along the blister assembly and the user may puncture the individual blisters without compromising the remainder of the package by pressurizing the puncturing device into an adhesive laminate section. This arrangement can be used with sachets or blisters formed.

In Figure 9, the metering device 4 in the form of a flexible arm of preferably plastic material has the puncture opening device 5 attached. The metering device is fixed to the surface 1 of the blister by the covering device 22 and at rest, as shown in the blister A, it rests on the protective covering device 22A. In bubble Β, the metering device has moved under user pressure to a frangible portion 23 of the surface of bubble B not covered by the cover 22. A frangible surface can be obtained by laser ablation. This type of bubble preferably has a thermoformed base and a frangible cover and is suitable for the dosage of powders. Bubble seals 24 are shown.

In Figure 10, a side view, the bottom (off-page) fluid outlet of a hanger, possibly a shower gel dispenser, is shown.

The blister packaging circuit 1 may freely pass over a preferably curved surface device 32, for example a tube section or a roller, which may be attached, for example, to a wall (not shown). The support device 32 has a curved guide device 38 which guides the bubbles under the metering device 4 which preferably has rounded edges 38.

Preferably, the support device 32 has a suspension fixture 33 with an elastic device 34 that allows the blister pack and the device 32 to be tilted by the user such that the fluid outlet (not shown) can be directed to the bass. Device 32 preferably does not roll while the user pulls the bubble strip in direction 35 by pulling empty bubbles 36 to place the filled bubbles 37 in position under the metering device 4. The metering device 4 has a puncturing device 5 and a device joint or seal (not shown) cooperating with the recess guard 5A on the curved surface device 32. The curved roll or bubble cable on the device 38 may have locking device 39 such that a user's finger may have access under the bubble only on one side.

Preferably, the metering device 4 is rigid and is formed to cooperate with the surface under the bubble 1. The metering device 4 has a hinged clamping device 39 preferably loosely attached to the roll support device 32.

In use, the user easily accesses both sides of the bubble to compress the metering device 4 in direction 13. Where residual recovery is a consideration, it is ergonomic for the user and more practical and economical for recycling to collect and discard the bubbles. united than the individual bubbles.

Figure 11 shows a basic embodiment of the present invention wherein a slide 4 is located over a partially enclosed bubble 1ea (through the extended portions indicated by the numeral reference 48). The bubble 1 is sealed with the seals indicated by the numeral reference 10. A winding or shaping device (not shown) may be inserted into a locator 47 of the shaping device adapted to receive it. The winder or shaper device will thereby form a bubble arrangement 1 in a preferred shape.

The pressure exerted by compressing the bubble in a direction indicated by the arrows 13 will cause the fluid in your interior to be pressurized while the top 4 9 of the bubble is driven into contact with the inner surface 50 of slide 4. With increased pressure, the leftmost seal 10 will burst thereby allowing expression of the contained fluid.

This application allows for a completely new type of product, a fluid filled multiple blister pack, preferably a sachet pack, as a replacement for vials, especially small volume vials and less ergonomic loose single blister packs, which is simple and simple. It is an advantageous advancement in these bottles and packaging.

The prior art cited herein does not exhibit the inventive features of the present invention, nor does it enjoy its benefits. The present invention is novel and leads to initially unexpected advantages such as reduction in volume during use and production costs of less than one third of an equivalent small volume portable dosing bottle.

In addition, where residual recovery is a consideration, it is ergonomic for the user and more practical and economical for recycling to collect and dispose of a number of united bubbles than separate individual bubbles.

The problem of locating a vial within a bath shell and having a controlled release of the agent can also be solved with the use of the present invention.

Problems in achieving an extremely low cost fully ergonomic multi-dose preferably filled fluid blister pack is an alternative to a vial, for example a small 50 ml -100 ml portable vial, and solutions to the problems of use and disposal are resolved by the present invention. It features an improved and cheaper product that is less environmentally friendly than the prior art. The anticipated increase in absorption therefore has associated benefits for everyone.

Further modifications and improvements may be added without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. DOSER FOR DOSING FLUID FROM A BUBBLE CONTAINING FLUID, wherein the dispenser is characterized in that it comprises: a first member and a piercing device located in the first member, wherein the first is movable to compress at least a portion of the fluid in cooperation with an opposing member and cause the piercing device to form an opening in the bubble such that at least a portion of the fluid is ejected from the bubble through the opening. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that it is adapted to permit relative movement of the first member and the perforating device in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the bubble. Doser according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that the dispenser is at least partially supported by the bubble. Doser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the doser additionally comprises a second member as opposed to the first member, and is adapted to cooperate with the first member. Dispenser according to Claim 4, characterized in that the dispenser comprises a channel formed by the first and second members which at least partially receives and closes the blister. Dosing unit according to claim 4 or claim 5, characterized in that the first and second members are formed to engage substantially with each other when biased towards each other. Dispenser according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispenser forms a preferred fluid flow passage for fluid ejection, and the passage is defined at least in part by the opening in the bubble. Dispenser according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dispenser further comprises an opening positioned close to the perforating device and configured to define a preferred fluid flow passage in cooperation with the opening in the bubble. Doser according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the doser is adapted to form a preferred fluid flow passage when the first member is moved to the bubble and makes the preferred fluid flow passage when the first member moves away from the bubble. Dispenser according to Claim 8 or Claim 9, characterized in that the dispenser additionally comprises a joint portion adapted to form a partial seal near the opening and to cooperate with the preferred fluid flow passage such that fluid is directed from the opening to a passageway. Dispenser according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the perforating device is formed to create an opening which can cooperate with a preferred fluid flow passage. Dosing device according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the dosing device further comprises a relief structure located on an inner surface that opposes the perforating device and is adapted to cooperate with the perforating device. Dispenser according to Claim 12, characterized in that the relief structure comprises a hardened part adapted to receive the piercing device. Dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the doser comprises a second opposite member formed by a substantially cylindrical body adapted to receive a finger. Dispenser according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the first member is adapted to conform to the opposite member to allow substantially all fluid in the bubble to be ejected. 16. Dosing assembly, characterized in that it comprises: an arrangement comprising a plurality of fluid filled bubbles; a dispenser comprising a first member and a perforating device located on the first member; wherein the first member is movable so as to compress at least a portion of the fluid in a first bubble of a plurality of bubbles in cooperation with an opposite member and cause the piercing device to form an opening in the first bubble, such that at least a portion of the fluid is ejected from the first bubble through the opening; and the dispenser is adapted to move relatively the first member and the first piercing device to a second bubble of the plurality of bubbles. Dosing assembly according to Claim 16, characterized in that the dosing device comprises a channel formed by the first and second opposing members which receives and closes at least partially the disposition of the bubbles. Dispenser assembly according to claim 16 or claim 17, characterized in that the arrangement of the bubbles comprises a deformable forming device adapted to form the arrangement in a predetermined shape. Dispenser assembly according to any one of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that the arrangement of the bubbles is formed as a circuit. Dispenser assembly according to any one of claims 16 to 19, characterized in that the plurality of bubbles comprise sachets or adherent packages.