CN101743168A

CN101743168A - Upgraded single-dose container particularly for fluid products

Info

Publication number: CN101743168A
Application number: CN200780053797A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·方塔纳
Original assignee: Lameplast SRL
Current assignee: Lymprast Joint Stock Co
Priority date: 2007-07-17
Filing date: 2007-10-22
Publication date: 2010-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2027-10-22
Also published as: ITMO20070239A1; US20100126990A1; WO2009019527A1; KR101428604B1; PL2170711T3; EP2170711B1; CN101743168B; EP2170711A1; ES2398775T3; KR20100031674A

Abstract

The upgraded single-dose container (1) particularly for fluid products comprises a hollow containment body (2) for a fluid product, a neck (3) that extends from the body having a dispensing mouth (4) for the product and closing means (8) that comprise a grip (9) supporting integral at least one shutter element of the dispensing mouth, a first threaded portion suitable for being associated with a second threaded portion (24) of the neck and a ring-shaped collar (11) arranged on the neck by interposing coupling means associable removable to the grip along pre-established breaking areas.

Description

Be particularly useful for the improved single dose container of fluid product

Technical field

The present invention relates to be particularly useful for the single dose container of fluid product.

Background technology

Especially for the packaging field of medical product or cosmetics, the manufacturing of the container of being made by polymeric material that is used for packing liquid, viscous product or powder-product is known.

Specifically, the known manufacturing that is suitable for the container of Packing List dose product.

In fact, the customer requirements that quantity increases fast remains on the pharmaceutical substance sealing in its packing, to guarantee its integraty and validity, compares the practicality of more having a preference for the single dose container with multi-dose container.

Known containers generally includes the elongated main body of hollow with the jar that acts on product.

At an end of this main body, form neck, this neck has the opening of pouring out product.

At the F/s of open package, the other end is used for expected product is introduced container; After filling, utilize technology well known in the art---for example, sealing---the ora terminalis of main body is bonded together.

Utilization is used to pour out the opening of product with the closing device sealing related with container of removable mode at neck.

Specifically, even after the repeated usage container, described closing device also must be able to be repositioned on the opening.

Container body also has a pair of fin, and this is suitable for making user's grip bottle easily to fin, and extends from container external side of main body face with antipodal direction.

Known bottle can be made explicitly with the individual unit manufacturing or in serial mode (bar); Under situation about making in serial mode, the fin of the container body of two bottles in succession is along predetermined pre-line of rupture transitory phase mutual correlation.

Especially with respect to closing device and shape thereof according to different application and manufacturing process, known dissimilar bottle.

First kind of known bottle for example utilizes the closed mouth that distributes of cap, and this cap has a part that is fixed to neck at formative stage along default breakdown zone.

Described cap also comprises the cavity that is suitable for holding bottleneck, and this cavity has the shadowing elements that distributes mouth, and outwards overturns to the opposition side of the described part of neck is initial in initial fixation.

By making cap in the breakdown zone and distribute mouth to separate and open bottle first, and after using product, by making the cap upset and neck is engaged in the described cavity, distribute in the mouth closed so once more bottle thereby shadowing elements is positioned at.

Yet the concrete shape of cap makes and might make cavity and shadowing elements be exposed to the external contamination thing before the use first of bottle, therefore can not guarantee the integraty of product between follow-up used life.

For the limits product contamination of heavy, the bottle of known second kind of Reclosable, it is formed by integral piece, comprising: closing device, this closing device have the shadowing elements of plug spare type in distributing mouth and so on hermetically; But and make this closing device interruptedly not be connected to the deformable or the fracturing member of bottle.

But these deformables or fracturing member are suitable for showing because of may the distorting and/or unexpected open the contamination of products that may exist of product to the user, thereby have the security seal function.

Also known the third bottle, wherein closing device and container body are made by separation member, fit together subsequently.

The closing device of this class bottle generally includes: grasping member, and it has the shadowing elements of plug spare type in distributing mouth and so on sealably; And the ring-type back-up ring, it can fix and be interlocked in the neck place of container body coaxially.

Grasping member by by pre-line of rupture for example, can tear bridging part, outer surface that suitable weakening district that the cross section that reduces etc. forms is attached in back-up ring removably.

Therefore grasping member, back-up ring and plug spare are made by integral piece, separate with container body, and by interlocking back-up ring are fixed to neck subsequently, by the closed mouth that distributes of plug part.

Yet these known bottles can further improve.

In fact, for some class user, the small size of distributing mouth, cap and shadowing elements is a problem.

For example, visually impaired people or the elderly, these people are difficult to make its hand to keep static and keep safe, and they can feel to be difficult to correctly cap to be reapposed on the container body to reseal dispense aperture.

In addition, under the situation of container that applies eyedrops, also can encounter difficulties being used for; The difficulties in vision that is caused by the use of medical product makes the closure of correctly distributing mouth become complicated.

In fact, little link block must be assemblied in usually and distribute in the mouth, this normally not too is easy to operation for some class user.

Summary of the invention

Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product, and it can easily be opened and be closed once more, remains high hygienic standard and high quality standards simultaneously.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product, and it allows to overcome the above-mentioned defective of prior art as a part simple, reasonable and the cheap scheme of use actv..

Can realize above-mentioned whole purpose by the current improved single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product, this improved single dose container comprises: the hollow container main body that is used for fluid product; From the neck of described Subject Extension, this neck has at least one the distribution mouth that is used for described product; And closing device, this closing device comprises grasping member and the ring-type back-up ring that at least one the shadowing elements one with described distribution mouth supports, this ring-type back-up ring is arranged on the described neck by the connecting device that plugs, and be associated to described closing device removedly along default breakdown zone, it is characterized in that described closing device comprises and is suitable at least one first threaded portion of being associated with at least one second threaded portion of described neck.

Description of drawings

Will more know other features and advantages of the present invention from the description with the preferred but not exclusive embodiment of the single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product shown in the non-limiting example mode symbol in the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the decomposition elevation according to container of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposition side view according to container of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the positive view according to container of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the sectional view according to container of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the front elevation according to a plurality of containers of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the block diagram (assonometrica view) according to a plurality of containers of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Specifically with reference to these figure, the single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product and can be used for packing medical product, cosmetics etc. is totally with Reference numeral 1 expression.

Container 1 is made of the known technology processing that for example can utilize moulding or injection and so on and one or more polymeric materials (for example, polyethylene or polypropylene) that are shaped.

Container 1 comprises hollow container main body 2 that is used for the splendid attire fluid product and the neck 3 that extends from hollow body 2, has the mouth 4 of distribution at the place, end of this neck.

In the specific embodiment shown in the figure, hollow body 2 has elongated shape, allowing to hold the fluid product of desired amount, and makes the follow-up closure easier (for example, by the heat seal lower lips) of bottom of container 1.

Neck 3 is positioned at the closing end again of hollow body 2, and by be arranged to and hollow body 2 contacted firsts 5, diameter than the little second portion 6 of the diameter of first 5 and place first 5 and second portion 6 between third part 7 constitute.

In the specific embodiment shown in the figure,

part

5,6 and 7 is a column and coaxial with distribution mouth 4.

In the upper end of second portion 6, form and distribute mouth 4, fluid distributes mouth to flow out from container 1 by this; Usefully, the diameter that reduces of second portion 6 for example is suitable in that to apply be to help the controlled of fluid product in case of necessity to batch by dripping.

Container 1 comprises the closing device 8 that is used for closed distribution mouth 4, and this closing device 8 can be associated and comprise grasping member 9, shadowing elements 10 and ring-type back-up ring 11 with hollow body 2 removedly at neck 3 places.

The shape set of grasping member 9 for the benefit of user is used grasped, and the feasible container 1 of opening easily; In the preferred implementation shown in the figure, grasping member 9 is made of the surface of two curved surfaces, and the surface of these two curved surfaces limits and is suitable for guaranteeing to comprise wieldy elongated shape with regard to visually impaired people or the elderly.

Can not get rid of grasping member 9 is made for tabular, round-shaped or has flat or circular portion.

Can not get rid of grasping member and comprise grip element, such as, for example horizontal fin is used for easily it being removed required power to apply.

Shadowing elements 10 is made of the vertical cylindrical pin or the column that are supported by grasping member 9 one in the position coaxial with distributing mouth 4, and described shadowing elements 10 is suitable for that gas-tight fit cooperates when closing device 8 is in the fastening structure of container 1.Specifically, shadowing elements 10 distributes mouth 4 by sealing in the second portion 6 that himself is inserted neck 3.

Ring-type back-up ring 11 is associated with neck 3 by the connecting device that plugs, and in the embodiment shown in the figure, described connecting device is made of interlock 12.

Advantageously, interlock 12 is made of retaining means 13 and anti-rotation device 14, and their combination stops ring-type back-up ring 11, thereby described ring-type back-up ring 11 is fixed to neck 3.

Retaining means 13 stops ring-type back-up ring 11 on the direction parallel with neck 3, and constitute by first annular projection 15 and the stopping element 17 that are positioned on the neck 3, first annular projection 15 can be connected to second annular projection 16 that forms in undercutting (undercut) mode on the inside face of ring-type back-up ring 11.

First annular projection 15 and second annular projection 16 are coaxial with distribution mouth 4.

Stopping element 17 is near firsts 5, below ring-type back-up ring 11 and with to distribute mouth 4 to be arranged in neck 3 coaxially outside and arrange transverse to described neck 3.

Specifically, stopping element 17 is made by integral piece with hollow body 2, and has two grooves 18 of its lateral edges; In addition, ring-type back-up ring 11 has the diameter littler than the size of stopping element 17.

Advantageously, stopping element 17 stops ring-type back-up ring 11 on the direction that is not stoped by the connection between first annular projection 15 and second annular projection 16 as yet.

Yet, can not get rid of other embodiment, wherein retaining means 13 is by placing on the neck 3 and additionally or alternatively place annular projection 15 on the ring-type back-up ring 11 and one or more projections of 16 types to constitute, and when projection is positioned on the neck 3, be suitable for being associated with the respective annular housing that forms on the ring-type back-up ring 11, vice versa.

Described connecting device also comprises anti-rotation device 14, and this anti-rotation device 14 is suitable for preventing that ring-type back-up ring 11 from stretching out and two teeth 19 being associated with two grooves 18 that stopping element 17 forms constitute around the anti-rotation device 14 of neck 3 rotations and by the lower surface from ring-type back-up ring 11 downwards.

Alternatively, anti-rotation device 14 also can be by being positioned on the neck 3 and constituting with one or more projections that neck 3 is positioned on the ring-type back-up ring 11 abreast, when projection is positioned on the neck 3, the complementary protuberance that forms on projection on the neck 3 and the ring-type back-up ring 11 is bonded with each other or is assemblied in wherein, and vice versa.

By retaining means 13 and anti-rotation device 14, ring-type back-up ring 11 can not remove and can not rotate, and therefore is blocked on the neck 3; Remove or correctly assemble ring-type back-up ring 11, must apply enough power, to overcome the undercutting of retaining means 13.

Yet, can not get rid of connecting device and can be gummed type, seal type or can not get rid of ring-type back-up ring 11 and make by integral piece with neck 3.

Advantageously, grasping member 9 comprises first threaded portion 20, its be suitable for be arranged in neck 3 on second threaded portion 21 be associated.

The inboard of the cap 22 in being contained in grasping member 9 forms first threaded portion 20; Second threaded portion 21 places third part 7 outsides, is located at the position that is suitable for receiving cooresponding first threaded portion 20 when grasping member 9 is associated with main body 2, thereby forms appropriate sealing between these two parts.

The concrete shape of grasping member 9 is guaranteed the easier closed mouth 4 that distributes, because no longer need shadowing elements 10 definitely is positioned on the distribution mouth 4, but just be enough to make second portion 6 to link to each other on the neck 3, thereby realize the closure of distribution mouth 4 by shadowing elements 10 with cap 22 by simply grasping member 9 being screwed in.

In addition, the ratio of closing error of the container 1 of Shi Xianing does not have the traditional closed safer of screw thread like this, because grasping member 9 is screwed in the gas tight seal that can form distribution mouth 4 on the neck 3, it can stop causes the anything unexpected stress of removing sealing and therefore causing the conventional container accident to be opened usually.

Advantageously, ring-type back-up ring 11 is associated with grasping member 9 removedly along tearing the default breakdown zone that bridging part 23 constitutes by four.Can tear on the upper surface that bridging part 23 is arranged in ring-type back-up ring 11 and with the lower surface engages of grasping member 9.

Specifically, can tear bridging part 23 and can place on the framework 24 that ring-type back-up ring 11 forms, this can be torn bridging part 23 and be expressed as two tips stretching out and be arranged in parallel with grasping member 9 from ring-type back-up ring 11 in the drawings.

Usefully, container 1 can be equipped with the zone 25 with label, engraving or relief shape beared information, data or sign, makes the user can easily learn the content of container 1, learns the place of production or subject word; Zone 25 can for example be formed on the main body 2 or on the grasping member 9.

When opening container 1 first, perhaps when it is distorted, can tear bridging part 23 and irreversibly be torn, thus the quality loop that the fluid product that makes the user can determine that inside holds may not keep maker to guarantee.

Container 1 can be associated with similar or identical other container 1 in serial mode, as shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, thereby makes a plurality of that are easy to the desired length that stores, transport and use.

For this reason, each container 1 has a pair of lateral process 26, and described lateral process is suitable for being associated with the respective side projection of adjacent container 1, and can fracture when separating.

The special pre-line of rupture that container 1 also can form by the outward flange along grasping member 9 is associated.

In fact, clear described invention is how to realize the target that proposed.

Specifically, be stressed that container according to the present invention has solved and is difficult to once more the relevant problem of closed small size container, particularly as its user by particular type---for example, the elderly or visually impaired people---during use.

The existence of screw thread makes that the positioning action of grasping member is easier, and guarantees to distribute the perfect closed and sealing of mouth, thereby protects product performance best.

In addition, the existence that ring-type back-up ring on being fixed on bottleneck and being used to is controlled the various schemes the control setup of product integraty makes container be suitable for catering to all users' demand, and is suitable for surpassing the strict quality loop that the container of the fluid product of pharmaceuticals or cosmetics and so on must be observed.

Can carry out multiple modification and modification to the present invention of such conception, these are revised and modification all falls within the scope of claims.All details all can further be replaced by other technical details that is equal to.In practice, used material and shape and size can be any material and shape and size as required, therefore do not deviate from the scope of claims.

Claims

1. improved single dose container that is particularly useful for fluid product, described improved single dose container comprises: the hollow container main body that is used for fluid product; From the neck of described hollow container Subject Extension, described neck has at least one the distribution mouth that is used for described fluid product; And closing device, described closing device comprises the grasping member that at least one the shadowing elements one with described distribution mouth supports, and ring-type back-up ring, described ring-type back-up ring is arranged on the described neck by the connecting device that plugs, and be associated to described closing device removedly along default breakdown zone, it is characterized in that described closing device comprises and is suitable at least one first threaded portion of being associated with at least one second threaded portion of described neck.

2. according to the described improved single dose container of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described neck comprise arrange near described main body coaxially with described distribution mouth at least one roughly column first and roughly arrange coaxially near described distribution mouth and with described first and size less than at least one second portion of column roughly of described first.

3. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described neck comprises the third part that places the roughly column between described first and the described second portion.

4. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described second threaded portion places on the outside face of described third part.

5. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described first threaded portion is arranged on the described grasping member.

6. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described connecting device is the interlocking type.

7. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described interlock comprises that the edge of described ring-type back-up ring is roughly parallel to the retaining means of the direction of described neck.

8. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that, described retaining means comprises at least one first annular projection, and described first annular projection is positioned at outside the described first and can be connected at least one second annular projection roughly coaxial with described distribution mouth that forms on the inside face of described ring-type back-up ring.

9. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described first annular projection can link to each other with at least one annular casing that forms on the inside face of described ring-type back-up ring.

10. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described second annular projection can link to each other with at least one annular casing that forms near described first.

11. according to or multinomial described improved single dose container in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described retaining means comprises at least one stopping element, described stopping element has at least one side groove, and below described ring-type back-up ring and with described distribution mouth, roughly be arranged in coaxially outside the described first and with arrange transverse to described first.

12. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described stopping element is made by integral piece with described neck.

13. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described interlock comprises the anti-rotation device on the described neck of being positioned at of described ring-type back-up ring.

14. according to or multinomial described improved single dose container in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described anti-rotation device comprise from described ring-type back-up ring below at least one tooth of extending and can being associated with the described groove that described stopping element forms.

15. according to or multinomial described improved single dose container in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described anti-rotation device comprises at least one chamber, and described chamber is parallel to described neck and is forming on the described neck and can be associated with at least one the corresponding projection on being arranged in described ring-type back-up ring.

16. according to or multinomial described improved single dose container in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described anti-rotation device comprises at least one projection, and described protrusions parallel is arranged on the described neck and can be associated with at least one corresponding chamber of forming on the described ring-type back-up ring in described neck.

17. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described grasping member is for roughly tabular.

18. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described grasping member comprises the outside face of at least one general planar.

19. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described grasping member comprises at least one roughly outside face of curved surface.

20. according to or multinomial described improved single dose container in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described grasping member comprises be associated integratedly with a cap two the roughly outside faces of curved surface, and described cap comprises described shadowing elements and described first threaded portion.

21. one or multinomial described container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described grasping member comprises the grip element of at least one approximate horizontal.

22. one or multinomial described improved single dose container in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that, described shadowing elements comprises near at least one in described distribution mouth hermetically of described second portion pin of column roughly.

23. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that, described ring-type back-up ring comprises the framework around at least a portion formation of its end face.

24. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described default breakdown zone comprises at least one bridging part torn that places between described grasping member and the described ring-type back-up ring.

25. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described bridging part is arranged on the described framework.

26. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that the quantity of described bridging part is four.

27. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that one of them comprises at least one zone of beared information, data or sign at least for described main body and described grasping member.

28. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that, described connecting device is the gummed type.

29. one or multinomial described improved single dose container according in the aforesaid right requirement is characterized in that described connecting device is a seal type.

30. be particularly useful for the single dose container bar of fluid product, described container comprises: the hollow that is used for fluid product is held main body; From the neck of described Subject Extension, described neck has at least one the distribution mouth that is used for described fluid product; And closing device, described closing device comprises the grasping member that at least one the shadowing elements one with described distribution mouth supports, and ring-type back-up ring, described ring-type back-up ring is arranged on the described neck by the connecting device that plugs, and be associated to described grasping member removedly along default breakdown zone, it is characterized in that described closing device comprises and is suitable at least one first threaded portion of being associated with at least one second threaded portion of described neck.