DE68901990T2 - PACKAGING FOR ITEMS IN SOLID FORM. - Google Patents

Abstract

A packaging set for solid articles (A) comprising a receptacle including a container (1) for accommodating the solid articles therein, and a film cover (F) made of breakable thin film fixedly secured on the opening edge of the container so as to seal hermetically the opening of the container (1), and a casing (C) including a case (5) having a mouth (6) corresponding to and slightly smaller than that of the opening of the container, and the lid (7) detachably set onto the case (5) so as to be able to move to close or open the mouth (6) of the case (5), whereby, when the side edges (8) of the mouth (6) of the case (3) upon taking off, the lid (7) is applied to press onto the film (F) of the cover of the receptacle to break off the film of portions corresponding to at least three sides of the opening (2) of the container (1), all the solid articles (A) in the container (1) is rendered to be able to change into the case (5) at one time with leaving the broken film (F) behind the container (1).

Description

Background of the invention

The present invention relates to a packaging kit for solid objects, which consists of a blister pack for hermetically containing solid articles such as medicines or other pharmaceutical preparations, which have the form of tablets, pills, capsules or the like, and a portable carrier case that can be refilled with solid articles from the blister pack or a tablet dispenser that allows the transfer of the solid objects to be carried out simply and easily.

From EP-A-0 092 281 a device is known which provides food for the user and consists of a tube containing these items and a holder with a support element. The tube is inserted into the holder and the user is able to To remove food through an opening in the tube adjacent to the support element. The food moves downwards in a spiral towards the opening and remains on the holder under the influence of gravity.

In general, medical or pharmaceutical products are not only high-quality, expensive products, but they also come with a long-term quality guarantee, and it is therefore highly necessary to prevent the quality of the medical or pharmaceutical products from deteriorating during shipment or storage. For this reason, a packaging container or receptacle for medical products acts as a hermetic seal to protect the quality of the products. On the other hand, the packaging container should be designed in such a way that it allows the medical products to be easily removed when needed. The two conflicting tasks mentioned above, namely the protective function and the possibility of easy removal, cannot be achieved from a practical point of view by a packaging container alone due to extensive design restrictions and high manufacturing costs.

Accordingly, a portable dispenser is conventionally connected to a source container when solid medicines such as tablets or capsules, which are relatively frequently used outside the home among medical products, are involved. In the case where the solid medicines are taken outside the home, they should be transferred from the source container to the portable dispenser so that the solid medicines can be easily taken out when needed. In many cases, large plastic bottles or large plastic boxes are used as the source container. Furthermore, a long column-like plastic container or an aluminum tube is used as the portable dispenser. In addition, solid drugs are generally formed as disc-shaped tablets and accommodated as a block in the portable dispenser when lined up in the axial direction.

However, the above-described conventional arrangement has the disadvantage that repackaging the solid drugs from the original container into the portable dispenser requires time.

For example, solid medications are transferred from the original container to the portable dispenser generally by means of the following complicated procedure.

(1) In the original container and in the portable dispenser, appropriate additional space for the transfer shall be required in addition to the storage capacity.

(2) A transfer container for temporarily holding the tablets and a pair of tweezers for the transfer process are prepared separately from the original container.

(3) The mouthpiece of the original container is opened.

(4) The number of tablets, which is approximately based on the capacity of the portable dispenser, is transferred from the original container to the transfer container.

(5) The tablets placed in the transfer container are transferred from the transfer container into the portable dispenser using the tweezers.

(6) The tablets are aligned in a row in the portable dispenser.

(7) If the number of tablets in the transition container is less or greater than the capacity of the portable dispenser, the corresponding number of tablets shall either be additionally taken from the original container or returned to the original container.

(8) The housing cover of the portable dispenser is closed.

(9) The mouthpiece of the original container is closed.

(10) The transfer container and the tweezers are returned to their original positions.

In addition, in some special cases it may be necessary to repeat the manipulations (5) and (6) described above. If the tablets are moved and transferred using the user's fingers without the use of tweezers, the fingers should be cleaned before and after the transfer.

As described above, the conventional procedure requires many manipulations, including the ten steps mentioned above, to transfer the tablets from the source container to the portable dispenser. In addition, a high level of Care must be taken not to scatter the tablets or allow them to become wet during transfer, and the conventional transfer method is considered to be error-prone and tiring for an operator.

Furthermore, during the entire transfer time, the mouthpiece of the original container is open and the contents of the original container are exposed to the air, which can cause a reduction in the quality of the tablets contained in the original container as a result of moisture absorption or similar.

In order to avoid the disadvantages described above, one solution that can be proposed is to make the original container so compact in its dimensions that it can be taken along as it is, thus eliminating the need for transport.

In general, medical products are packed in a package in the majority of cases by the PTP (Press Through Pack) method using a sealing film, e.g. aluminum foil, etc., to hermetically seal the opening of the package. In the case of the PTP method, when the solid medicines such as tablets or capsules are to be taken out of the package, these solid medicines are pressed from above by one or more fingers of a user to thereby cut through the film cover of the package. A bubble pack also based on the PTP method described above, which is used for packaging various and different articles such as a lipstick, a tube of glue, etc., can be used for packaging solid medicines. For example, as shown in Figures 11 and 12, a blister pack B' is designed to enclose tablets A in a container 1' with a foil cover F' bonded to the flange of the opening of the container 1'. When the tablets A are to be removed from the pack B', the bottom of the container 1' is pressed with one or more fingers of the user to tear the foil cover F' as shown in Figure 11 or the foil cover F' is peeled off the container 1 to open the opening of the container 1' as shown in Figure 12.

The above-described bubble packaging has the advantages that conventional manufacturing equipment can be used, a small amount of material is sufficient for production, and the shape is well suited for transportation purposes. On the other hand, however, the bubble packaging also has disadvantages in that when the film cover is cut or opened, the tablets contained in the container will uncontrollably and randomly leak out through the opening of the container, while foreign matter can easily enter the packaging, thus reducing the quality of the tablets and bringing the packaging into a poor condition; thus, the bubble packaging is unsuitable for practical use.

Summary of the invention

Accordingly, it is an essential object of the present invention to provide an improved packaging set for solid objects consisting of a bubble pack and a carrier housing, which is designed in a simple manner to prevent the deterioration of the quality which prevents solid objects from breaking, maintains its good, compact appearance during transport, is comfortable to use and allows simultaneous, easy transfer of all solid objects from the bubble wrap into the carrier housing during penetration of the container's film cover.

The above-described object is achieved according to the invention in that the bubble pack with the solid objects hermetically packaged therein is provided with a carrier housing for transferring and storing the articles therein and for the possibility of removing the articles therefrom at will, and in that the carrier housing is designed in such a way that when the film cover of the bubble pack is pressed onto the carrier housing and thereby torn, all the objects in the bubble pack are simultaneously transferred into the carrier housing.

According to the invention, the packaging set consists in particular of a combination of bubble packaging, which includes a container for receiving a predetermined number of solid objects therein, a film cover made of a tearable, thin film, which is attached to a flange running around the edge of the opening of the container in order to hermetically seal the opening of the container, the opening having substantially the shape of a four-sided rectangle, and a carrier housing, which includes a box with a rectangular mouthpiece, which corresponds to the opening of the container but is slightly smaller than it, and a lid which is detachably placed on the box and which, by moving, enables the mouthpiece to be opened or closed. of the box, at least one edge of the mouthpiece of the box being adapted to tear the film of the cover by pressing on the cover, so that when the edges of the mouthpiece of the box are used, after removal of the lid, to exert pressure on the film of the cover of the receiving container to tear the film on at least three sides of the opening of the container, all solid objects in the container are enabled to simultaneously transfer into the box, leaving the torn film on the container.

The packaging set consists of a long column-like blister pack in which several solid tablets are housed, and a carrier housing with substantially the same dimensions as the blister pack for receiving the tablets from the blister pack. The carrier housing has a box with a mouthpiece open on one side of this box. The mouthpiece of the box is covered by a lid such that it can be opened or closed at will. The lid is slidably arranged on the box and can be easily removed from the box so that the box alone is available for engagement with the package. An outer part of the mouthpiece of the box is designed so that it can engage the opening of the container. Solid objects located in the package are removed through the container opening. The arrangement is such that the outer parts of the mouthpiece of the box can tear a foil cover facing the container opening and closing the container along the inner edge of an edge of the foil cover.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the packaging set is partially modified as described below.

In order to facilitate the handling of the solid objects, they, each of which is disc-shaped, are arranged one behind the other in an axial direction so that they form a unit of essentially cylindrical shape within the package.

The container of the package is formed by a lower, substantially semi-cylindrical part and an upper part of an inverted truncated cone extending from the upper sides of the lower part outwards towards the opening of the upper part, with a flange arranged along the outer edge of the opening of the upper part, which is designed as a kind of edge with a certain width and bending stiffness in order to facilitate the recognition of the position of the opening of the container from the outside of the film cover.

For engagement of the box into the package, at least one side of the mouthpiece of the box is sufficiently higher than the other sides of the mouthpiece to enable this one side to contact the film of the cover earlier than the other sides, which are low enough to leave the film intact, such that the two short sides of the mouthpiece of the box are higher than the two remaining long sides of the mouthpiece, one of the short sides of the mouthpiece being in turn higher than the other of the short sides of the mouthpiece, and one of the long sides of the mouthpiece being higher than the other long side of the Mouthpiece, one long side having a sharp edge at its end so that the impact against the foil of the cover is facilitated with one side, while the foil on the other side remains undamaged.

Furthermore, the box is provided with a groove for engagement with the lid for sliding movement of the lid in the axial direction of the housing for opening or closing the mouthpiece of the box and with a lock in the groove by which the lid is held in a position in which the mouthpiece of the box is opened just enough to allow the solid objects to be removed one by one.

The mouthpiece of the box is designed so that it extends in the longitudinal direction of the box, at the same time the lid is arranged so that it slides lengthwise on the box. The film covering the packaging is made of aluminum foil or glassine paper.

The present invention provides a packaging kit for containing solid objects therein, which consists of a bubble pack and a carrier housing, wherein all solid objects can be simply and easily transferred from the bubble pack to the carrier housing in one step without exposing the solid objects to the air for hours or to the user's fingers. In addition, the transfer becomes significantly easier and less prone to errors if the film cover which closes the bubble pack is arranged to be cut when the solid objects are transferred to the carrier housing, wherein a part of the film cover is connected to the bubble pack Furthermore, the solid objects in the carrier housing can be removed individually if necessary by a slight, sliding movement of the lid closing the box.

Description of the characters

In the following, a preferred embodiment of the invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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Figures 1(A) to (C) are views of a bubble package according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 1(A) shows a perspective view from the bottom of the package, Figure 1(B) shows a perspective view of the package from above; Figure 1(C) shows an enlarged side view of the package;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the carrier housing paired with the bubble package of Figure 1 according to the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figures 3(A) and (B) are enlarged views of a box of the carrier housing of Figure 2; Figure 3(A) shows a front view of the box and Figure 3(B) shows a side view of the box;

Figures 4(A) and (B) are enlarged views of the cover associated with the carrier housing of Figure 2; Figure 4(A) shows a sectional front view of the cover and Figure 4(B) shows a side view of the cover;

Figures 5(A) to (E) and (B') are views showing Helping to explain the process of transferring the solid articles from the bubble pack of Figure 1 to the carrier housing of Figure 2; Figure 5(A) shows a perspective view of the bubble pack and the box, Figure 5(B) is a perspective view of the bubble pack, Figure 5(B'), Figure 5(C) and Figure 5(D) are corresponding perspective views of the bubble pack and the box and Figure 5(E) is a perspective view of the carrier housing;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the carrier housing from Figure 2 in the state of removing a solid object;

Figures 7(A) to (C) are views of modifications of the bubble package according to the present invention; Figure 7(A) is a perspective view of the modification, Figure 7(B) is a side view thereof, and Figure 7(C) is a bottom view;

Figures 8 to 10 are views each showing a different modification of the bubble package according to the present invention; Figures 8, 9 and 10 show respective perspective views of the bubble package from below;

Figures 11 and 12 are views of known bubble packs as already mentioned above; Figure 11 shows a cross section of the bubble pack and Figure 12 a perspective view of the bubble pack.

Detailed description of the invention

Before describing the invention, it should be noted that like parts in the accompanying drawings are designated by like are provided with reference symbols.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown in a preferred embodiment of the invention a packaging kit for solid articles A comprising in combination an elongated cylindrical blister pack B for receiving a predetermined number of tablets A hermetically housed therein as shown in Figures 1(a) to (c), and a carrier case C substantially similar in shape and dimension to the blister pack for receiving all the tablets A from the blister pack B therein as shown in Figure 2. The blister pack B consists of a container 1 made of semi-rigid material for receiving a predetermined number of tablets A therein and a foil cover F made of a tearable thin film which is attached to a flange at an opening of the container 1 so as to hermetically seal that opening of the container. The container 1 is a receptacle having a shape suitable for receiving a unit of tablets A each of which is disk-shaped and which are arranged so as to follow one another in an axial direction. The carrier housing C consists of a box 5 with a mouthpiece 6 on one side of the box 5 and a box cover or a lid 7, which is detachably and movably arranged on the box 5 to enable opening or closing of the mouthpiece 6. The outer side or outer sides 8 of the mouthpiece 6 are designed such that they can be inserted into the container opening 2, through which the tablets A can be removed and transferred through the mouthpiece 6 into the container 5. The film or the film-like part of the film cover F covering the container opening 2 can be severed along the inside of a rim at the opening 2 by the outer edges 8 of the mouthpiece 6. The mouthpiece 6 extends longitudinally in the box 5, the lid 7 is slidably mounted longitudinally on the box 5. At least one edge of the mouthpiece 6 is designed to tear the film of the cover F by pressure on the cover F.

In Figs. 1(A) and (B), the tablets A housed in the blister pack B have a disk-like shape and are housed in the cylindrical container 1 in a manner gathered in the axial direction. Each of these tablets A is in a disk-like shape and all the tablets A are lined up in succession in the axial direction of the tablets A and form a unit having an approximately columnar shape when housed in the container 1. The blister pack B has, as shown in Fig. 1(B), a rectangular opening 2 closed with a film cover F on the top of the container 1 for taking out the tablets A. The container 1 is transparent and is made by injection molding a thermoplastic resin such as polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene or the like. The container 1 is formed, as shown in Fig. 1(C), to have substantially a half cylinder as the lower part and an inverted truncated cone as the upper part, the upper part extending outward from all the upper edges of the lower part toward the opening of the upper part. The flange 3 of the container 1 is formed of a kind of edge which has a certain width and rigidity so that it allows the detection of the position of the film cover F from the outside. The foil cover F consists of an aluminum foil or glassine paper or a similar coating suitable for heat sealing, the outer edge of which is heat sealed to the surface of the flange 3 or a rim-like part of the opening 2 after the tablets A are accommodated in the container 1. Since the container 1 widens towards the opening 2, after the container 1 is sealed with the foil cover F, a gap 20 is present between the tablets and the inner surface of the container 1. Also for the purpose of facilitating the recognition of the positions between the central part of the foil cover F which closes the opening 2 and the outer part of the foil cover F bonded to the flange 3, a net-like pattern is provided on the flange 3 to which the foil cover F is attached, as shown in Figure 1(B).

Figure 3 shows the carrier housing C which is used when the tablets A contained in the blister pack B are transferred therein for transportation purposes. The carrier housing C consists of the box 5 and the lid 7 and is made by plastic molding in a cylindrical shape, having approximately the same length as the blister pack, the box 5 and the lid 7 having a substantially semi-cylindrical shape and being divided along the axial direction of the carrier housing C. In other words, the upper half of the outer edge of the box 5 is removed and the lid 7 is formed to cover approximately the same area as the removed part of the outer wall 5a of the box 5. The tablets A are housed in the interior of the carrier housing C formed by the box 5 and the lid 7.

When the carrier housing C is turned to the side, the easy-open lid 7 covers the mouthpiece 6 formed on the top of the outer wall 5a of the box 5. The lid 7 slidably engages the box 5 to open or close the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 by movement in the axial direction of the carrier housing. The box 5 is provided with a pair of grooves 10, 10 which engage with the lid 7 for slidingly moving the lid in the axial direction of the box 5, and with a pair of locks 11, 11 in the grooves 10, 10 for holding the lid 7 in a position which opens the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 just wide enough to allow the tablets A to be removed one at a time. More specifically, the container 1 has a substantially semi-cylindrical shape as shown in Figures 3(A) and 3(B) and forms a receptacle for accommodating the tablets A therein, which is formed of a semi-circular outer wall 5a and a pair of side walls 5b, 5b and has a rectangularly opened mouthpiece 6 which is surrounded by the four upper sides of all the walls 5a, 5b, 5b. When the upper half of the outer wall of the box 5 is removed and the lower half of the outer walls 5a and 5b are unchanged, the short sides 8a and 8a of the outer wall 5 are higher than the long sides 8b and 8b.

The four upper sides of the mouthpiece 6 consist of two long sides 8b-1 and 8b-2, which correspond to the two upper ends of the outer wall 5a, and two short sides 8a-1 and 8a-2, which correspond to the upper ends of the side walls 5b, 5b, and which are dimensioned such that they are slightly smaller than the inner dimensions of the opening 2 of the container, so that the upper sides of the mouthpiece 6 along the inner edges of the flange of the container 1 can be inserted into the opening 2. In the embodiment of Figures 3(A) and (B), each of the upper sides of the mouthpiece 6 differs in height from the other sides so that the film cover F of the bubble pack B can be easily severed by the highest of the upper sides.

In other words, the two short sides 8a, 8a of the mouthpiece 6 extend higher than the remaining two long sides 8b, 8b. One of the short sides 8a, 8a of the mouthpiece 6 extends higher than the other short side of the mouthpiece 6, so that it is easy for this one side to come into contact with the foil cover F first, while the other sides are low enough to leave the foil cover F undamaged. The side wall 5b containing the highest side 8a-1 has a substantially oval shape and forms a side surface of the carrier housing C, which, when joined to the lid 7, is able to receive the tablets A. Each of the short sides 8a-1, 8a-2 of the mouthpiece 6 is designed to taper from the base to the end and there form an edge suitable for penetrating the film cover F of the bubble pack B.

One of the long sides 8b, b of the mouthpiece 6 extends higher than the other long side of the mouthpiece 6 and is provided with a sharp edge at the end to facilitate the pressing of this side against the foil cover F, while the foil cover F on the other side remains undamaged without any problems. Along the outer ends of the long sides 8b-1, 8b-2, a pair of grooves 10, 10 are provided in which the corresponding outer ends of the lid 7 are slidably mounted in order to be able to move the lid 7 in the axial direction of the housing in order to open or close the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5. In the grooves 10, 10, the locks 11, 11 are provided at a position adjacent to the highest side 8a-1 of the short sides 8a, 8a in order to temporarily hold the lid 7 in a position in which the mouthpiece 6 is opened just far enough that one of the tablets A can be removed from the box 5.

The lid 7 is detachably and slidably mounted on the box 5, the grooves 10, 10 of the box 5 engaging with the corresponding grooves 13, 13 provided on the inner ends of the lid 7, so that the lid 7 can be easily removed from the box 5 to fully open the mouthpiece 6 and to take the tablets A from the blister pack B into the box 5, and can slide smoothly on the box 5 to fully close the mouthpiece for transportation or partially close it for taking the tablets A out of the box 5, the catches 11, 11 of the box engaging with the corresponding catches 15, 15 provided in the grooves 13, 13 of the lid 7.

The rectangular upper sides 8 of the mouthpiece 6 form a shape similar to and slightly smaller than the opening 2 of the bubble package B. When the short sides 8a of the mouthpiece 6 contact the film cover F and have half penetrated into the bubble package B, as shown in Figures 5(A) and 5(B'), the long sides 8b contact the film cover F to sever it by pressure, as shown in Figure 5(B).

In the present embodiment, in order to effectively improve the ability or effectiveness of cutting the film cover F, the upper sides 8 of the mouthpiece 6 are formed narrow.

Particularly, in the case where the support case C is formed as a sliding type as in the present embodiment, this is advantageous for improving the cutting effect because it is easy to make the thickness of the connecting part of the box 5 with the lid 7 thin.

During the cutting of the foil cover F, it may happen that a severed part of the foil cover F, which is completely severed along the entire edge of the opening 2 of the blister pack B, is transferred to the bottom of the box 5 together with the tablets A transferred from the blister pack B into the carrier housing C. However, whereas a film or sheet is generally completely punched out in a conventional procedure with a die, the film or sheet being subjected to strong forces and a pressure counter bearing being arranged on the back of the film or sheet, the film cover F of the embodiment of the invention is never completely cut along the outer edge, leaving an uncut portion, unlike in conventional punching, since a gap or gap 20 is formed between the tablets A and the film cover F, which causes a piece of the film cover F, which is not pressurized and cut off by one side of the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5, to remain.

The results of the experiments, which show exactly the facts described above, are described below.

In particular, aluminum foil or glassine paper is used as the foil cover F. In addition, the opening 2 of the bubble pack B is round, triangular or square. The mouthpiece 6 of the carrier housing C is designed in the same way as the opening 2 of the bubble pack B. It is confirmed that the foil cover F tears at any point first, but part of the foil cover remains undamaged when the edge of the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 is brought into contact with the foil cover F of the bubble pack B, whereby the bubble pack B is subjected to a force by pressing the box 5 as evenly as possible with the user's fingers. In particular, in the case where the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 is triangular, square or rectangular, one side of the foil cover F is not cut off but remains attached to the bubble pack B. Furthermore, it is clear that as long as there is a gap 20 between the foil cover F and the tablets A housed in the blister pack B, the foil cover F will be cut out by the box 5 in the manner different from the conventional one described above if the sides 8 of the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 have the same height along their entire outer edge. The foil cover F can be cut more effectively if the height differs along the edge by slopes or steps.

It should be noted that according to the embodiment a rectangular opening 2 and a rectangular mouthpiece 6 are arranged on the upper sides of the container 1 of the blister pack B and the upper sides of the outer walls 5a of the box 5, however, when this opening 2 and the mouthpiece 6 have a round shape, they are formed on the sides of the container 1 and the box 5, respectively. In this case, the lid 7 is designed as a screwable construction or a rotatable construction instead of the sliding construction. Moreover, the support housing C can be designed in the shape of a square column.

In the packaging kit of the present invention in the above-described embodiment, solid medicines such as tablets A contained in a blister pack B are transferred into the carrier case C by, for example, the following steps as shown in Figures 5(A) to (E) and (B').

(1) In a first step, the lid 7 is removed from the box 5 of the carrier case C. Then, the sides of the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5 are placed on the film cover F of the blister package B so as to face the opening 2 of the blister package B, as shown in Figure 5(A).

(2) Thereafter, in a second step, as shown in Figure 5(B'), the box 5 is pressed from above on the film to tear the cover F along the edge of the opening 2 of the bubble package B. At this time, one of the four sides of the film cover F remains undamaged, unlike the conventional case in which the film is completely torn by penetration by a pressure device, since in the inner space of the blister pack B there is a gap 20 between the tablets A and the film of the cover F. In the cutting situation of the film cover F, when the box 5 is held in a substantially horizontal position and pressed onto the film cover F, the highest of the short sides 8a-1 of the mouthpiece 6 is caused to penetrate the film cover F to cut the film cover F closing the opening 2 of the container with the sharp edge of the highest of the short sides. Subsequently, the other short side 8a-2 of the mouthpiece 6 cuts the other of the short sides of the container 1, then the higher of the long sides 8b-1 of the mouthpiece 6 comes into contact with the film cover F to cut the corresponding long side of the container opening 2, while the other long side of the container opening remains uncut even if the film cover F is pressed downward into the container 1 by pressure from the other long side 8b-2 of the box 5. Thus, the film cover F is cut on three sides 8a-1, 8a-2, 8b-1, while the side remaining on the container 1 is not cut, as shown in Figure 5(B).

(3) In a third step, as shown in Figure 5(C), under the conditions mentioned in step 2, the tablets A are transferred from the blister pack B into the carrier case C simultaneously through the container opening 2 and the mouthpiece 6 by turning the blister pack B and the carrier case C over while keeping the tablets A aligned with each other. In this state, the film of the cover F is folded back at its undamaged part and lies under the tablets A and extends from the blister pack B into the Box 5.

(4) Then, in a fourth step shown in Figure 5(D), when the blister pack B is lifted to separate it from the box 5, the film of the cover F can be pulled out from under the tablets A and the blister pack B is separated together with the film cover F from the carrier case C. The empty receptacle of the blister pack B is removed.

(5) Finally, as a fifth step, as shown in Figure 5(E), the lid 7 is assembled with the box 5 such that the grooves 13, 13 of the lid 7 engage with the corresponding grooves 10, 10 of the box 5 to cover the mouthpiece 6 by the lid 7. The lid 7 is slidably arranged on the box 5 under the guidance of the grooves 10, 13 to close the mouthpiece 6 completely or partially in the position in which the lid 7 is temporarily held by the engagement of the locks 11, 15 of the box 5 and the lid 7.

With the steps described above, it is easy for a user to transfer the tablets A from the blister pack B into the carrier case C simultaneously by removing the lid 7 from the box 5, pressing the mouthpiece 6 onto the container opening 2 to tear the foil cover F, transferring the tablets A from the container 1 into the box 5 through the container opening 2 and the mouthpiece 6 and replacing the lid 7 onto the box 5. The tablets A housed in the box 5 can be easily removed after partially opening the mouthpiece 6 by sliding the lid 7 to the position of the locks 11, 15 as shown in Figure 6 shown.

In the manner described above, the transfer process, which is divided into ten steps according to the conventional procedure as described above, can be carried out in the significantly reduced number of five consecutive steps, so that the transfer of tablets is simplified accordingly.

Moreover, since not only the bubble package B, which is the original container of the tablets A, has a high sealing effect and protective function during the storage of the tablets A, but also the transfer can be easily carried out without exposing the tablets A to the air for a long time and without the user directly touching the tablets, the packaging kit of the present invention can prevent the deterioration of the tablets. Furthermore, in the configuration of the packaging kit, when the short sides of the film cover F are completely cut by the short sides 8a and 8a of the outer walls 8 of the mouthpiece 6, as shown in Figs. 5(A) to (E) and (B'), the film cover F can be easily pulled out from under the tablets A, thereby greatly facilitating the transfer of the tablets A. Furthermore, the tablets A can be removed from the carrier housing C individually by sliding the lid 7 in the longitudinal direction to partially open the mouthpiece 6 of the box 5, thus the carrier housing C can be used conveniently.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the packaging set has a variety of advantages, such as the tablets can be transferred with a reduced number of manual operations in one continuous operation, whereby a simple and complete transfer of the tablets from the blister pack into the carrier housing is realized.

In addition, the original container of the tablets, namely the blister pack, can tightly enclose the tablets and fully maintain the quality of the tablets during storage. Furthermore, the transfer of the tablets from the blister pack to the carrier case can be easily carried out, in other words, the tablets are only slightly exposed to the air and are not directly touched by fingers, so that the tablets are hardly deteriorated in quality. When taking the tablets out of the carrier case, the tablets can be taken out one by one by sliding the lid in the longitudinal direction of the case and slightly opening the mouthpiece of the case, which leads to an improvement in handling convenience. In addition, since the foil cover of the blister pack receptacle is cut at the opposite short sides by the short side walls of the mouthpiece of the box, the foil cover can be pulled out from under the transferred tablets by a small movement, thereby realizing easier transfer.

Although the present invention has been fully described in the preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that various changes and modifications will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. For example, Figures 7(A) to 7(C) show a modification of the A blister pack B of the present invention, wherein a pair of substantially arcuate recesses 21, 21 are provided on the inner edges of the short sides of the flanges 3 of the container, extending outward in the corresponding parts of the container 1 in the axial direction of the blister pack B, thereby creating gaps 20', 20' between the recesses 21, 21 and the outer parts in cooperation with the space 20 between the foil cover F and the tablets A housed in the container 1. By this modification, the empty space is increased by the gaps 20', whereby the short sides of the foil cover F can be cut even more easily by the sides of the box 5. Figures 8 and 9 show a further modification of the container 1 of the present invention, wherein the receiving part of the container 1' or 1'' in which the tablets A are housed is formed as an inverted truncated cone extending outward from the bottom to the flanges 3, as shown in Figure 8, or wherein the receiving vessel is formed as a rectangular block extending parallel from the bottom to the flanges 3, as shown in Figure 9. Figure 10 shows a modification of the tablets A housed in the blister pack according to the present invention, wherein the tablets A' have the shape of round tablets and a smaller size than the height of the container 1, thereby achieving a large gap 20 between the foil cover F and the tablets A'. Such changes and modifications are understood to be included within the disclosure content of the present invention described by the features claimed.

Claims (12)

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A packaging kit for solid objects, with which a given quantity of solid objects (A) housed in a bubble pack (B) can be refilled all at once into a box (5) of a carrier housing (C), a lid (7) of the same being removed from the container, the kit comprising in combination: the package (B) comprising a container (1) for accommodating the solid objects (A) therein and comprising an opening (2) on one of the sides of the container (1) whereby all the solid objects (A) can be taken out of the container (1) at once, and a film cover (F) made of a tearable film which is fixedly attached to a flange (3) which is fitted around the opening edge of the container (1) so as to hermetically seal the opening of the container (1); and the housing (C) containing the box (5) comprising a receptacle part capable of receiving all the objects to be transferred from the container (1) into the box (5), a mouthpiece (6) of rectangular shape corresponding to and slightly smaller than that of the opening (2) of the container (1), and a lid (7) which can be removably mounted on the box (5) in arranged in such a way that it can be moved to open or close the mouthpiece (6), at least one side edge of the mouthpiece (6) being capable of tearing the film of the cover (F) when pressed against the cover (F), whereby when the side edges of the mouthpiece (6) of the box (5), which are exposed after removal of the lid (7), are allowed to exert pressure on the film of the cover (F) of the package so as to tear off parts of the film corresponding to at least three sides of the opening (2) of the container (1), the solid objects (A) in the container (1) are enabled to be transferred into the box (5) at once, while the torn film (F) is left firmly adhering to the container (1). 2. Packaging kit according to claim 1, wherein the opening (2) of the container (1) has a four-sided configuration which is approximately rectangular. 3. A packaging kit according to claim 1 for use with an arrangement of solid disc-shaped articles (A) which, when housed in the packaging kit, can be lined up in succession in a direction along the central axes of the articles so as to form a single unit of approximately cylindrical shape which is housed in the package (B). 4. A packaging set according to claim 1, wherein the container (1) of the receptacle (11) is shaped to contain approximately a lower part of a half cylinder and an upper part of an inverted truncated cone, the upper part extending from all upper edges of the lower part extends outwards to the opening (2) of the upper part. 5. Packaging set according to claim 1, wherein the flange (3) of the container (1) comprises a kind of edge which has rigidity and has a shape of a certain width so that it can facilitate the recognition of the location of the opening (2) of the container (1) from the outside of the film cover (F). .6. Packaging kit according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the sides of the mouthpiece (6) of the box (5) extends outwardly to a higher level than the other sides of the mouthpiece (6), so that this one side is able to come into contact with the film (F) of the container (1) comparatively more easily than the other sides which are low enough to easily allow the film (F) to remain untorn. 7. Packaging set according to claim 6, wherein the two short sides (8a, 8a) of the mouthpiece (6) of the box (5) extend in an outward direction to a higher level than the two long sides (8b, 8b) of the mouthpiece (6). 8. Packaging set according to claim 7, wherein one of the two short sides (8a) of the mouthpiece (6) extends in the outward direction to a higher level than the other of the two short sides (8a) of the mouthpiece (6). 9. Packaging set according to claim 8, wherein one of the two long sides (8b) of the mouthpiece (6) extends outwardly to a higher level than the other of the two long sides (Sb) of the mouthpiece (6), wherein said side provides a sharp edge at the end of one of the long sides (8b) of the mouthpiece (6) so that it can easily abut against the film of the cover (F) on the long side which is the highest towards the outside, while the film (F) remains readily untorn when it comes into contact with the other long side (8b) of the mouthpiece (6), so that the untorn part of the film (F) remains with the container. 10. Packaging kit according to claim 1, wherein the lid (7) slidably engages the box (5) so that it can be moved in the axial direction of the housing to open or close the mouthpiece (6) of the box (5). 11. A packaging kit according to claim 3, wherein the box (5) is provided with a groove (10) capable of engaging the lid (7) so that the lid (7) can be slidably moved in the axial direction of the housing, and with a stop (11) mounted within the groove (10) to hold the lid (7) in a position to open the mouthpiece (6) of the box (5) just wide enough to remove one of the solid objects (A) after the other. 12. Packaging set according to claim 1, wherein the film of the cover (F) is made of an aluminum foil or of glassine paper.