CN117916160A - Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products - Google Patents

Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN117916160A
CN117916160A CN202280058823.2A CN202280058823A CN117916160A CN 117916160 A CN117916160 A CN 117916160A CN 202280058823 A CN202280058823 A CN 202280058823A CN 117916160 A CN117916160 A CN 117916160A
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
packaging container
main panel
main
panel
edge
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Pending
Application number
CN202280058823.2A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
G·鲁斯莱
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Sanofi Winthrop Industries
Original Assignee
Sanofi Winthrop Industries
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Sanofi Winthrop Industries filed Critical Sanofi Winthrop Industries
Publication of CN117916160A publication Critical patent/CN117916160A/en
Pending legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/441—Reinforcements
    • B65D5/445—Reinforcements formed separately from the container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/0254—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2301/00—Details of blanks
    • B65D2301/10—Blanks mutually positioned to minimise waste material upon cutting out the individual blank from a continuous or large sheet

Abstract

The present invention provides a packaging container (1) having a generally parallelepiped shape extending longitudinally throughout and defining an interior space, comprising a band (2) formed from first, second, third and fourth main panels (3-6) having opposed first and second longitudinal ends (35-36, 75-76), and comprising at least one closure panel (8) connected to and extending from the respective first or second longitudinal ends of the first and/or third main panels, the second and fourth main panels having opposed first and second transverse free edges (17-18, 25-26), the container comprising at least one stiffening rib (40) formed on and adjacent at least one of the second, fourth main panels and the respective first and second transverse free edges, the at least one stiffening rib extending transversely.

Description

Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products.
The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a packaging container, and to a sheet of semi-finished material comprising a plurality of patterns configured to form such a packaging container.
Background
Packaging containers for, for example, pharmaceuticals are well known. Such containers are generally made of cardboard and have a substantially parallelepiped shape, which extends longitudinally as a whole and defines an internal space of the container. Such containers include a band or web formed of four connected and folded main panels. The four main panels each have two longitudinal ends opposite each other. Further, such containers typically include one or more closure plates connected to and extending from respective longitudinal ends of the respective main panels. Some closure panels may include complementary fold-over tabs that are introduced into the interior space of the container when the closure panel closes the container. In a variation, some of the closure plates may overlap and adhere to one another when the plates close the container.
The packaging container further comprises an additional dust barrier connected to and extending from the respective longitudinal end of the respective main panel. In this configuration, the dust barrier at least partially encloses the container, and the closure plate covers the dust barrier and encloses the container. Such dust barriers allow strengthening the container, in particular they can strengthen the main panel without extending the closure plate.
British patent GB 596,753 teaches further strengthening of the closure plate and dust barrier by providing special ribs thereon which align when the container is closed.
Japanese patent JP H08 301266 teaches stiffening two of the main panels by adding ribs extending longitudinally thereon.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention relates to a particularly convenient and economical packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products, having a generally parallelepiped shape extending longitudinally as a whole and defining an internal space, said packaging container comprising a band formed by a first main panel, a second main panel connected and folded with respect to said first main panel, a third main panel connected and folded with respect to said second main panel and a fourth main panel connected and folded with respect to said third main panel and said first main panel; the first and third main panels each have a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, and the packaging container comprises at least one sealing panel connected and folded with respect to the respective first or second longitudinal ends of the first and/or third main panels; wherein the second main panel and the fourth main panel each have a first lateral free edge and a second lateral free edge opposite the first lateral free edge; the at least one sealing plate has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite the first free side edge; and the packaging container further comprises at least one stiffening rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel and the closure panel and adjacent to at least one of the respective first, second, first and second free side edges; the at least one stiffening rib extends transversely.
In the packaging container according to the invention, the stiffening rib is provided on one of the second main panel and the fourth main panel and/or on the closing plate in the vicinity of the respective free edge, i.e. the edge where nothing extends.
Such stiffening ribs extend transversely with respect to the substantially longitudinal extension of the packaging container. It should be noted that transverse means not parallel to the longitudinal direction and is not limited to a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal direction.
The at least one stiffening rib keeps the packaging container from splaying even if opposing forces are exerted on the first and third main panels. In other words, the presence of at least one stiffening rib extending transversely on at least one of the respective free edges of the second and fourth main panels of the closure panel prevents the closure panel and the second and fourth main panels from moving relative to one another, thereby preventing the formation of a channel therebetween.
Thanks to the packaging container according to the invention, there is no need for a dust barrier connected and folded with respect to the main panel and/or the closing panel on which the at least one stiffening rib is made.
Such a packaging container without a dust barrier can be manufactured more quickly, at least because handling of the dust barrier is not required.
Furthermore, the footprint of the packaging container can be reduced when in the as-manufactured state, and additionally, the volume of material required to manufacture such packaging containers can be reduced.
Preferred features which are very simple, convenient and economical for implementing the packaging container according to the invention are described below.
The stiffening ribs may extend in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the packaging container, that is to say with an angle of about 90 ° compared to the longitudinal direction, or more generally the stiffening ribs may extend with an angle of between about 45 ° and about 90 ° compared to the longitudinal direction, or alternatively with an angle of between about 75 ° and about 90 ° compared to the longitudinal direction.
The packaging container may comprise at least one tamper-evident member connected and folded with respect to the closure panel and/or with respect to at least one of the respective first and second longitudinal ends of the first or third main panel.
Such a tamper-evident member may be used to hold at least one closure member in a closed position, thereby preventing the packaging container from being opened without application of a specific force thereto.
The packaging container may be made from paperboard having a grammage or weight of between about 180g/m 2 to about 450g/m 2, and optionally between about 200g/m 2 to about 350g/m 2.
The dimensions of the packaging container may be defined by a width, length and height in millimeters and the width, length and height are between about 10mm, 30mm, 10mm to about 100mm, 200mm, 60mm, respectively, and optionally between about 30mm, 70mm, 17mm to about 50mm, 120mm, 40mm, respectively; so that the packaging container can be manipulated with one hand for normal use.
The packaging container may comprise a plurality of stiffening ribs on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel and the closure panel, the number of stiffening ribs on each panel being for example between 1 and 15, and optionally between 1 and 5.
As explained above, the stiffening ribs extend transversely, i.e. not parallel to the longitudinal direction of the packaging container.
The stiffening ribs may extend at different angles depending on the plate on which they are formed and/or the successive ribs on the plate may extend at different angles with respect to the longitudinal direction of the packaging container.
In other words, the stiffening ribs may not be parallel to each other on the packaging container or the panel of the packaging container.
In the packaging container, the at least one reinforcing rib may be formed at a predetermined distance of a respective one of the first lateral free edge, the second lateral free edge, the first free side edge, and the second free side edge, the predetermined distance being between 2mm and 25 mm.
The packaging container may include a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on the second main panel and the fourth main panel proximate the first and second lateral free edges thereof.
The packaging container may include a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on the at least one closure panel proximate the first and second free side edges.
The packaging container may include a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on the at least one closure panel proximate the first and second free side edges and also formed on the second and fourth main panels proximate the first and second transverse free edges thereof.
The packaging container may include at least one supplementary folding tongue connected and folded with respect to a longitudinal end of the sealing plate and configured to be introduced into an inner space of the packaging container and attached to the first main panel or the third main panel.
The packaging container may include at least one supplemental sealing panel connected and folded with respect to at least one of the respective first and second longitudinal ends of the first or third main panel and configured to contact and attach with the at least one sealing panel.
The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a packaging container as described above, comprising the steps of: forming a packaging container in a semi-finished state, including defining each of the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel, and the at least one sealing panel by a fold line and a cut line; and providing the at least one stiffening rib on at least one of the second main plate, the fourth main plate and the sealing plate.
The method further comprises the steps of: forming a packaging container in a three-dimensional state, comprising cutting along said cut lines and folding along said fold lines so as to provide a strip having said first main panel, said second main panel, said third main panel, said fourth main panel and said at least one closing panel, said strip defining said packaging container having a generally parallelepiped shape with a general longitudinal extension and defining an interior space, said at least one stiffening rib extending transversely.
The invention also relates to a sheet of semi-finished material comprising a plurality of patterns configured to form a packaging container as described above.
The sheet of semi-finished material may be defined by a peripheral outline defining an interior region in which the plurality of patterns are at least partially nested.
Drawings
The invention will now be described with the aid of the detailed description of preferred embodiments given hereinafter by way of non-limiting example and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a top view of a packaging container according to a first embodiment in a semi-finished state.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the packaging container shown in fig. 1 in a perspective state.
Fig. 3 is a top view of a sheet of semi-finished material including a plurality of patterns configured to form a packaging container as shown in fig. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 and 5 are views similar to fig. 1 and 2 according to a first modification of the first embodiment.
Fig. 6 and 7 are views similar to fig. 1 and 2, or fig. 3 and 4, according to a second modification of the first embodiment.
Fig. 8 and 9 are views similar to fig. 1 and 2, showing a packaging container according to a second embodiment.
Detailed Description
Fig. 1 and 2 show a packaging container 1 according to a first embodiment.
In fig. 1, the packaging container 1 is shown in a semifinished state, or otherwise referred to as a flat configuration; while in fig. 2 the packaging container 1 is shown in a three-dimensional state or otherwise referred to as a box-shaped configuration.
In its box-shaped configuration, the packaging container 1 has a generally parallelepiped shape extending longitudinally as a whole and defining an interior space.
In its box-shaped configuration, the packaging container 1 can be handled with one hand for normal use.
In particular, the dimensions of the packaging container 1 are defined by a width, a length and a height in millimeters and are between about 10mm, 30mm, 10mm and about 100mm, 200mm and 60mm, respectively, and optionally between about 30mm, 70mm, 17mm and about 50mm, 120mm and 40mm, respectively.
The packaging container 1 may be used for storing pharmaceutical products.
For example, the packaging container 1 may be filled with one or more blisters (not shown) and instructions.
In a variant, other products may be stored in the packaging container 1, such as a food supplement product of the chewing gum type.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the packaging container 1 includes a band 2 formed of a first main panel 3, a second main panel 4 connected and folded with respect to the first main panel 3, a third main panel 5 connected and folded with respect to the second main panel 4, and a fourth main panel 6 connected and folded with respect to the third main panel 5 and the first main panel 3. Each of these plates extends longitudinally.
The first main panel 3 is delimited by a first longitudinal edge 10, a second longitudinal edge 11 opposite the first longitudinal edge 10, a first transverse edge 12 connected to the first longitudinal edge 10 and the second longitudinal edge 11, and a second transverse edge 13 opposite the first transverse edge 12 and also connected to the first longitudinal edge 10 and the second longitudinal edge 11.
The second main panel 4 is delimited by a first longitudinal edge 15, a second longitudinal edge 16 opposite the first longitudinal edge 15, a first transverse free edge 17 connected to the first longitudinal edge 15 and the second longitudinal edge 16, and a second transverse free edge 18 opposite the first transverse free edge 17 and also connected to the first longitudinal edge 15 and the second longitudinal edge 16.
The second main panel 4 is connected by its second longitudinal edge 16 to the first longitudinal edge 10 of the first main panel 3.
The third main panel 5 is delimited by a first longitudinal edge 19, a second longitudinal edge 20 opposite the first longitudinal edge 19, a first transverse edge 21 free and connected to the first and second longitudinal edges 19, 20, and a second transverse edge 22 free and opposite the first transverse free edge 21 and also connected to the first and second longitudinal edges 19, 20.
The third main panel 5 is connected by its second longitudinal edge 20 to the first longitudinal edge 15 of the second main panel 4.
The fourth main panel 6 is delimited by a first longitudinal edge 23, a second longitudinal edge 24 free and opposite to the first longitudinal edge 23, a first transverse free edge 25 connected to the first longitudinal edge 23 and to the second longitudinal edge 24, and a second transverse free edge 24 opposite to the first transverse free edge 25 and also connected to the first longitudinal edge 23 and to the second longitudinal edge 24.
The fourth main panel 6 is connected by its second longitudinal edge 24 to the first longitudinal edge 19 of the third main panel 5.
The packaging container 1 further comprises a first complementary folding tongue 7 having a first longitudinal edge 27 and a free second longitudinal edge 28 opposite the first longitudinal edge 27.
The first complementary folding tongue 7 is connected and folded by its first longitudinal edge 27 with respect to the second longitudinal edge 11 of the first main panel 3.
In the box-shaped configuration, the first complementary folding tongue 7 is introduced into the inner space of the packaging container 1 and attached to the fourth main panel 6, for example by means of glue, so that the fourth main panel is indirectly connected to the first main panel 3.
The packaging container 1 further comprises two sealing plates 8 and 9, each having a first free side edge 29, a second free side edge 30 opposite the first free side edge 29, a first transverse edge 31 connected to the first free side edge 29 and the second free side edge 30, and a second transverse edge 32 opposite the first transverse edge 31 and also connected to the first free side edge 29 and the second free side edge 30.
Here two sealing plates 8 are connected and folded in relation to the first main plate 3 at the location of the first 35 and second 36 longitudinal ends of the first main plate 3.
In particular, one of the sealing plates 8 is connected by its second transverse edge 32 to the first transverse edge 12 of the first main plate 3, while the other sealing plate 8 is connected by its second transverse edge 32 to the second transverse edge 13 of the first main plate 3.
Thus, the sealing plates 8 are opposed to each other.
The packaging container 1 further comprises two second complementary folding tongues 9 each having a first transverse edge 33 and a second longitudinal edge 34 free and opposite to the first longitudinal edge 33.
Each second complementary folding tongue 9 is connected and folded by its first transverse edge 33 with respect to the first transverse edge 31 of the corresponding sealing plate 8.
In the box-shaped configuration, two second complementary folding tongues 9 are introduced into the interior space of the packaging container 1.
In the box-shaped configuration, each second complementary folding tongue 9 can be attached to the first main panel 3.
The two second complementary folding tongues 9 may each form a tamper-proof member for holding the closure plate 8 in the closed position, thereby preventing the packaging container 1 from being opened without application of a specific force thereon.
The packaging container 1 further comprises a plurality of stiffening ribs 40, which are formed here in the second main panel 4, adjacent to the respective first and second transverse free edges 17, 18, in the fourth main panel 6, adjacent to the respective first and second transverse free edges 25, 26, and in each sealing panel 8, adjacent to the respective first and second free side edges 29, 30.
In particular, each of the second main panel 4 and the fourth main panel 6 has three stiffening ribs 40 formed at a predetermined distance from the respective first 17, 25 and second 18, 26 lateral free edges; and each sealing plate has two stiffening ribs 40 formed at predetermined distances from the respective first 29 and second 30 free side edges.
In the box-shaped configuration of the packaging container 1, all the stiffening ribs 40 extend transversely.
Fig. 3 shows a semi-finished sheet 45 of material, such as paperboard, comprising a plurality of patterns 50, each configured to form a packaging container 1 as described above.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the pattern 50 differs from the packaging container 1 only in that the packaging container 1 is separated from the blank 45.
The sheet of semi-finished material 45 is here delimited by a peripheral outline 46 defining an inner zone 47 in which a plurality of patterns 50 are at least partially nested. Here, the blank 45 includes three patterns 50 arranged "head to tail".
As shown in fig. 3, the sheet of semi-finished material 45 thus comprises a limited surface on which the pattern 50 is not used.
Thus, the volume of material required for manufacturing such a packaging container 1 is reduced.
Fig. 4 and 5 are similar to fig. 1 and 2 and show a similar packaging container 1 except that the closure plate 8 has no stiffening ribs.
In other words, only the second main panel 4 and the fourth main panel 6 are provided with reinforcing ribs 40 arranged close to the respective first 17, 25 and second 18, 26 lateral free edges of these second 4 and fourth 6 main panels; and the stiffening ribs 40 extend laterally in a box-shaped configuration.
The rest of the packaging container 1, including the first main panel 3, the second main panel 4, the third main panel 5, the fourth main panel 6, the closing panel 8 and the first and second complementary tongues 7, 9, has similar features, omitting the stiffening ribs, the description above for fig. 1 and 2 and fig. 3 thus being applicable to fig. 4 and 5.
Fig. 6 and 7 are similar to fig. 1 and 2 and show a similar packaging container 1, except that the second main panel 4 and the fourth main panel 6 have no stiffening ribs.
In other words, only two sealing plates 8 are provided with a reinforcing rib 40 arranged close to the respective first 29 and second 30 free side edges of the two sealing plates 8; and the stiffening ribs 40 extend laterally in a box-shaped configuration.
The rest of the packaging container 1, including the first main panel 3, the second main panel 4, the third main panel 5, the fourth main panel 6, the closing panel 8 and the first and second complementary tongues 7, 9, has similar features, omitting the stiffening ribs, the description above for fig. 1 and 2 and fig. 3 thus being applicable to fig. 6 and 7.
Fig. 8 and 9 show a packaging container which is quite similar to the packaging container shown in fig. 1,2 and 4-7, except that the arrangement of the closure plate 8 differs-that a further complementary closure plate 60 is provided to form a tamper-proof member in cooperation with the closure plate 8, and that the packaging container 1 has no second complementary fold tongue extending from the closure plate 8.
In particular, only one sealing plate 8 extends from the first longitudinal end 35 of the first main plate 3 and is connected by its second transverse edge 32 to the first transverse edge 12 of the first main plate 3.
The first transverse edge 31 of the closure plate 8, which is opposite to the second transverse edge 32, is here the free edge.
The packaging container 1 shown in fig. 8 and 9 comprises a supplemental sealing panel 60 extending from the second longitudinal end 36 of the first main panel 3. Thus, the supplemental seal plate 60 is opposite the seal plate 8.
The supplemental sealing panel 60 includes a first free side edge 61, a second free side edge 62 opposite the first free side edge 61, a first transverse edge 63 connected to the first free side edge 61 and the second free side edge 62, and a free second transverse edge 64 opposite the first transverse edge 63 and also connected to the first free side edge 61 and the second free side edge 62.
The supplemental sealing panel 60 is connected by its first transverse edge 63 to the second transverse edge 12 of the first main panel 3.
In addition, a further sealing plate 8 is provided at and extends from the third main plate 5, and a further supplementary sealing plate 60 is provided at and extends from the third main plate 5 opposite the further sealing plate 8.
Thus, the first and second lateral edges of the third main panel 5 are not free edges.
In particular, the other sealing plate 8 comprises a first free side edge 29, a second free side edge 30 opposite the first free side edge 29, a first transverse edge 31 connected to the first free side edge 29 and the second free side edge 30, and a free second transverse edge 32 opposite the first transverse edge 31 and also connected to the first free side edge 29 and the second free side edge 30.
The other closing plate 8 is connected by its first transverse edge 31 to the second transverse edge 22 of the third main plate 5.
In addition, the other supplemental sealing panel 60 includes a first free side edge 61, a second free side edge 62 opposite the first free side edge 61, a first lateral edge 63 connected to the first free side edge 61 and the second free side edge 62, and a free second lateral edge 64 opposite the first lateral edge 63 and also connected to the first free side edge 61 and the second free side edge 62.
The other complementary closing plate 60 is connected by its first transverse edge 63 to the first transverse edge 21 of the third main plate 5.
Here the further closing plate 8 and the further supplementary closing plate 60 are connected and folded in relation to the third main plate 5 at the position of the first and second longitudinal ends 75, 76 of the third main plate 5, respectively.
As shown in fig. 1,2, 4,5, reinforcing ribs 40 are formed here on the second main plate 4 and the fourth main plate 6.
In addition, reinforcing ribs 40 are formed on the sealing plate 8 and the supplemental sealing plate 60, adjacent to the first free side edge 29 and the second free side edge 30 and the first free side edge 61 and the second free side edge 62, respectively.
The rest of the packaging container 1, including the first main panel 3, the second main panel 4, the fourth main panel 6 and the first auxiliary tongue 7, has similar features and the description of fig. 1 and 2 and fig. 3 above is thus applicable to fig. 6 and 7.
In the box-shaped configuration of the packaging container 1 shown in fig. 8 and 9, all the stiffening ribs 40 extend transversely.
Furthermore, the supplementary closing plate 60 is configured to be in contact with a respective closing plate 8, which is located on one side of the same first 35, 75 or second 36, 76 longitudinal end of the respective first 3 and third 5 main plate and is attached thereto.
In the packaging container 1 described above with reference to fig. 1,2 and 4 to 9, the stiffening ribs 40 are provided on one of the second main panel 4 and the fourth main panel 6 and/or on the sealing panel 8 or the supplementary sealing panel 60, near or in close proximity to the respective free edge (i.e. the edge from which nothing extends).
Such stiffening ribs 40 extend transversely with respect to the substantially longitudinal extension of the packaging container 1.
The stiffening ribs keep the packaging container 1 from splaying even if opposing forces are exerted on the first main panel 1 and the third main panel 5.
In other words, the presence of the laterally extending stiffening ribs 40 prevents the sealing plate 8, the supplemental sealing plate 60 and/or the second and fourth main plates 4, 6 from moving relative to one another, thereby preventing the formation of channels therebetween.
The packaging container 1 as described above is particularly simple and easy to manufacture.
In particular, the method of manufacturing such packaging containers comprises the step of forming patterns in the semifinished sheet, these patterns optionally being nested and arranged "end to end".
As explained above, the pattern corresponds to a packaging container in a semi-finished state, which has not been separated from the sheet of semi-finished material.
For each pattern, forming such a pattern includes the steps of: each of the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel, the one or more sealing panels, the one or more optional complementary sealing panels and the optional one or more first tongues and/or second tongues is defined by means of fold lines and cut lines corresponding to the respective edges described above, and reinforcing ribs are provided on the second main panel and/or the fourth main panel and/or the one or more sealing panels and/or the one or more complementary sealing panels.
The stiffening ribs may be made with marking tools similar to those used to make the fold lines and/or cut lines.
It should be noted that the reinforcing ribs are equivalent to reinforcing grooves.
The method further comprises the steps of: cutting the pattern along a cutting line in order to separate them from the semifinished sheet, and then obtaining a packaging container in a flat configuration; and folding each packaging container along a folding line from its semi-finished state or flat configuration to its three-dimensional state or box-shaped configuration.
In particular, the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel and/or the first complementary folded tongues form a band defining said packaging container having a substantially parallelepiped shape with an overall longitudinal extension and defining an interior space, and at least said one or more closing plates and/or one or more complementary closing plates and/or one or more second complementary folded tongues close the longitudinal ends of the packaging container and form a tamper-proof member.
In the box-shaped configuration of the packaging container, any stiffening ribs made as described above extend transversely.
It should be noted that the stiffening ribs 40 shown here in fig. 1 to 9 extend transversely, not parallel to the longitudinal direction of the packaging container 1, in particular substantially perpendicular, that is to say with an angle of approximately 90 ° with respect to the longitudinal direction.
More generally:
-the packaging container may be made of paperboard having a grammage or weight of between about 180g/m 2 to about 450g/m 2, and optionally between about 200g/m 2 to about 350g/m 2;
-the dimensions of the packaging container may be defined by a width, a length and a height in millimeters and the width, the length and the height are between about 10mm, 30mm, 10mm and about 100mm, 200mm and 60mm, respectively, and optionally between about 30mm, 70mm, 17mm and about 50mm, 120mm and 40mm, respectively;
The packaging container may comprise, for example, between 1 and 15 stiffening ribs and optionally between 1 and 5 stiffening ribs on each panel; and/or
The one or more stiffening ribs may extend at an angle of between about 45 ° and about 90 ° with respect to the longitudinal direction, or alternatively at an angle of between about 75 ° and about 90 ° with respect to the longitudinal direction;
The one or more stiffening ribs may extend at different angles depending on the plate on which they are formed and/or successive ribs on the plate may extend at different angles with respect to the longitudinal direction of the packaging container;
-the one or more stiffening ribs may be formed at a predetermined distance of a respective one of the first lateral free edge, the second lateral free edge, the first free side edge and the second free side edge, the predetermined distance being between 2mm and 25 mm.
The variants not shown are explained below.
The packaging container may comprise more or fewer closure plates and/or additional closure plates.
The stiffening ribs may be formed on only one sealing plate and/or on a complementary sealing plate.
The stiffening ribs may be formed adjacent only one of the lateral free edges and/or free side edges of the respective second and/or fourth main panels and/or one or more closure panels.
The packaging container may be devoid of a first complementary folding tongue.
More generally, it should be noted that the invention is not limited to the examples described and represented.

Claims (15)

1. A packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products, having a substantially parallelepiped shape extending longitudinally as a whole and defining an internal space, the packaging container (1) comprising a band (2) formed by a first main panel (3), a second main panel (4) connected and folded with respect to the first main panel, a third main panel (5) connected and folded with respect to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel (6) connected and folded with respect to the third main panel and the first main panel; the first and third main panels each have a first longitudinal end (35, 75) and a second longitudinal end (36, 76) opposite the first longitudinal end, and the packaging container comprises at least one sealing panel (8) connected and folded with respect to the respective first or second longitudinal ends of the first and/or third main panels; characterized in that said second main panel and said fourth main panel each have a first transverse free edge (17, 25) and a second transverse free edge (18, 26) opposite to said first transverse free edge; the at least one sealing plate has a first free side edge (29) and a second free side edge (30) opposite the first free side edge; and the packaging container further comprises at least one stiffening rib (40) formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel and the closure panel and adjacent to at least one of the respective first, second, first and second free side edges; the at least one stiffening rib extends transversely.
2. Packaging container according to claim 1, comprising at least one tamper-resistant member connected and folded with respect to the closing plate (8) and/or with respect to at least one of the respective first (35, 75) and second (36, 76) longitudinal ends of the first (3) or third (5) main panel.
3. The packaging container according to one of claims 1 and 2, made of paperboard having a grammage of between about 180g/m 2 and about 450g/m 2, and optionally between about 200g/m 2 and about 350g/m 2.
4. A packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the dimensions of which are defined by a width, a length and a height in millimeters, and which are between about 10mm, 30mm, 10mm and about 100mm, 200mm, 60mm, respectively, and optionally between about 30mm, 70mm, 17mm and about 50mm, 120mm, 40mm, respectively; so that the packaging container (1) is handled with one hand for normal use.
5. Packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising a plurality of stiffening ribs (40) on at least one of the second main panel (4), the fourth main panel (6) and the closing panel (8), the number of stiffening ribs being for example between 1 and 15, and optionally between 1 and 5.
6. The packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the at least one stiffening rib (40) is formed at a predetermined distance of a respective one of the first transverse free edge (17, 25), the second transverse free edge (18, 26), the first free side edge (29) and the second free side edge (30), the predetermined distance being between 2mm and 25 mm.
7. Packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a plurality of stiffening ribs (40) formed on the second main panel (4) and the fourth main panel (6) and adjacent to the first (17, 28) and second (18, 26) lateral free edges thereof.
8. The packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising a plurality of stiffening ribs (40) formed on the at least one closing plate (8) and close to the first free side edge (29) and the second free side edge (30).
9. Packaging container according to claims 7 and 8, comprising a plurality of stiffening ribs (40) formed on the at least one closing plate (8) close to the first and second free side edges (29, 30) and further formed on the second and fourth main plates (4, 6) close to the first and second transverse free edges (17, 25, 18, 26) thereof.
10. Packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising at least one complementary folding tongue (9) connected and folded with respect to the closing plate (8) and configured to be introduced into the interior space of the packaging container (1) and attached to the first main plate (3) or the third main plate (5).
11. The packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising at least one supplementary closing plate connected and folded with respect to at least one of the respective first (35, 75) and second (36, 76) longitudinal ends of the first (3) or third (5) main plate and configured to be in contact with and attached to the at least one closing plate (8).
12. A method of manufacturing a packaging container according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising the steps of: forming a packaging container (1) in a semifinished state, comprising defining each of the first main panel (3), the second main panel (4), the third main panel (5), the fourth main panel (6), and the at least one closing panel (8) by fold lines and cut lines; and providing the at least one stiffening rib (40) on at least one of the second main plate (4), the fourth main plate (6) and the closing plate (8).
13. The method of claim 12, comprising the steps of: -forming a packaging container (1) in a three-dimensional condition, comprising a strip (2) cut along said cut line and folded along said fold line so as to provide a substantially parallelepiped-shaped packaging container having said first main panel (3), said second main panel (4), said third main panel (5), said fourth main panel (6) and said at least one closing panel (8), said strip defining an overall longitudinal extension and defining an internal space, said at least one stiffening rib (40) extending transversely.
14. A sheet of semi-finished material comprising a plurality of patterns (50) configured to form a packaging container (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
15. Semi-finished material sheet according to claim 14, delimited by a peripheral outline (46) defining an internal zone (47) in which a plurality of patterns (50) are at least partially nested.
CN202280058823.2A 2021-09-01 2022-08-30 Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products Pending CN117916160A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP21306197 2021-09-01
EP21306197.1 2021-09-01
PCT/EP2022/073988 WO2023031138A1 (en) 2021-09-01 2022-08-30 Packaging container for instance for pharmaceutical products

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN117916160A true CN117916160A (en) 2024-04-19

Family

ID=77750207

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN202280058823.2A Pending CN117916160A (en) 2021-09-01 2022-08-30 Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products

Country Status (2)

Country Link
CN (1) CN117916160A (en)
WO (1) WO2023031138A1 (en)

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB596753A (en) 1945-08-02 1948-01-09 Robinson E S & A Ltd Collapsible boxes made of cardboard, pasteboard or the like
US2130488A (en) * 1937-08-19 1938-09-20 American Coating Mills Inc Paper box and blank for producing the same
FR2110721A5 (en) * 1970-10-28 1972-06-02 Giraudet Cartonnages Sa
JPH08301266A (en) 1995-05-12 1996-11-19 Dainippon Printing Co Ltd Paper carton
ES1151211Y (en) * 2016-02-01 2016-07-11 Saica Pack Sl BOX WITH REINFORCEMENT TAPES

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2023031138A1 (en) 2023-03-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1993919B1 (en) Flat blank carton
EP2231482B1 (en) Tool and method for forming an injection-molded composite construct
EP1984262B1 (en) Curved cigarette pack flap formation on curved surfaces
US3966046A (en) Wrapper assembly including an article carrier element
US5549243A (en) Blank for easily opened box and the box formed from such blank
CN103003172A (en) Soft pack for cigarettes
CA2959273C (en) Container blank and container with denesting feature
EA004819B1 (en) Cut sheet and packet, in particular for cigarettes
KR100902858B1 (en) Rigid container for tobacco articles, with rounded or beveled transverse and longitudinal edges
DK1824744T3 (en) Box of folded side fold tips
US20060054518A1 (en) Hinge-lid box
CN117916160A (en) Packaging container, for example for pharmaceutical products
EP1654170B1 (en) Container and foldable blank for forming the container itself
JP7044302B2 (en) Manufacturing method for packaging boxes and blanks
EP1657169B1 (en) Vertical crush resistant packaging
JP5770036B2 (en) Packaging box
US7607568B2 (en) Flexible board for forming package
JP2022179020A (en) Packing box
KR20220015408A (en) Boxes with major flap overlaps
EP3279101B1 (en) Box-forming punched blank with auxiliary folding incisions
DE202015005169U1 (en) Folding box for cigarettes
KR20180054579A (en) Containers for soft consumer goods with lid closure
AU2000236664A1 (en) A packaging divider

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PB01 Publication