EP0441757A1 - Récipient pour produits tubulaires, ampoules de verre, flacons ou similaire - Google Patents
Récipient pour produits tubulaires, ampoules de verre, flacons ou similaire Download PDFInfo
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- EP0441757A1 EP0441757A1 EP91830035A EP91830035A EP0441757A1 EP 0441757 A1 EP0441757 A1 EP 0441757A1 EP 91830035 A EP91830035 A EP 91830035A EP 91830035 A EP91830035 A EP 91830035A EP 0441757 A1 EP0441757 A1 EP 0441757A1
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- 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
- B65D5/48—Partitions
- B65D5/48024—Partitions inserted
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- 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
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
- B65D85/42—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes
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- This invention relates to the technical field concerning the packaging of glass phials, flacons and the like, particularly for pharmaceutical use.
- phial breakings are more likely to occur correspondingly with the shaped neck at the opening end; said neck, in fact, is a weak point of the phial and it is devised for being broken to open the phial.
- the packages presently distributed generally provide a box-type case, made from a cardboard blank, inside which is freely inserted an element for containing the phials.
- Said containing element defines a plurality of seatings into which the phials are arranged individually, orderly set side by side, so being prevented from coming in touch with each other.
- the containing element consists of a corrugated card, among whose folds the seatings for housing the phials are defined; the corrugated card is glued onto an underlying plane card, provided with foldable side flaps so to close the ends of said seatings.
- the corrugated card supplied by the paper and cardboard industry in rolls from which individual portions are cut away, is quite bulky. This has negative effects both on the overall dimensions of the packaging machines, and on the room required for storing the same rolls.
- the containers made this way do not ensure an adequate strength, particularly in the case of stacking.
- the containing element consists of a so-called "box" of plastic material, made by molding through suitable equipment, located upstream of the packaging machine.
- This embodiment does not present the above-mentioned drawbacks of space, since rolls of flat material are used, but it turns out to be unquestionably more expensive, due both to the complexity of the equipment used, and to the cost of the raw material.
- the "box" is relatively bulky in proportion to the dimensions of the phials contained therein, and it may involve problems of pollution, connected with the plastic material.
- both the packages mentioned above are of difficult use, since they require the extraction of the containing element of the case. Furthermore, this may also involve the risk that phials come out accidentally.
- the objects of this invention is to provide a case which makes it possible to house stably and safely glass phials, flacons and the like, so to prevent them from coming out or breaking accidentally.
- Another object of this invention is to provide a case made through a technical solution which turns out to be simple, functional and reliable, as well as versatile.
- the case comprises a plurality of separating elements inserted restrained therein, so to define corresponding seatings to house phials.
- the separating elements have flaps, which are given a transverse folding to engage with the necks of the phials, so to hold them axially.
- the phials are thus prevented from coming out or breaking accidentally in any way.
- the axial locking avoids shocks of the head of the phials, i.e. of the most fragile portion, against the closed flap of the case.
- the separating elements efficiently perform the function of stiffening the case, preventing it from being squashed even in the case of stacking.
- the diametral clearance among the phials and the seatings avoids the transmission of stresses to the same phials, to ensure further safety.
- the case is of very simple and cheap construction.
- the separating elements may be obtained, through easy cutting and folding operations, from a roll of flat cardboard.
- the container conforming to the invention comprises a box-type case 1 suited to contain, e.g., a plurality of glass phials 2.
- the case 1 made from a cardboard blank, defines a pair of base walls 1a connected by sides 1b and it is provided with an openable flap 1c.
- separating means Inside the case 1 are devised to be inserted and restrained a plurality of separating means, generally designated by the numeral 3.
- the separating elements 3 are suited to define seatings 4 to house the phials 2.
- the separating means 3 consist of single cardboard strips 5 which are inserted into the case 1 on edge, i.e. parallel to the sides 1b.
- the strips 5 are slightly shorter than the case 1, and their height is basically equal to its thickness.
- the strips 5 bear, made at one end, a transverse folding line P which defines a flap 6 foldable with respect to the plane of the strip itself.
- the strips 5 are restrained inside the case 1 by glueing, through a series of glue spots distributed along the longitudinal edge of the strip and in particular correspondingly with the folding line P and the flap 6.
- the strips 5 are inserted into the case 1 spaced from one another, so to define seatings 4 of regular section.
- the flap 6 is suited, in configuration of use, to engage stably with the neck 2a of the phial 2 contained in a relative seating 4.
- the phials 2 are held axially, so to prevent them from oscillating or coming out of the relative seatings 4 accidentally.
- a suitable traction exerted on the phial makes it possible to easily overcome the strength of the glue which keeps the flap 6 fixed in folded position, for the extraction of the same phial at the moment of use.
- the seatings 4 have dimensions slightly greater than those of the phials 2 contained therein.
- the separating elements 3 besides preventing phials from knocking against each other, contribute to stiffen the containers, particularly by withstanding the crushing of the case.
- two cardboard strips 5 are joined in a single piece by a transverse strip 7, so to provide a semi-tubular element, basically U-shaped, which is inserted into and restrained as described above inside the case 1; i.e. a plurality of said strips 5 are joined in a single piece, according to a bending pattern with right angles, by transverse strips 8,9 extending alternately from the upper and the lower edges of said strips 5.
- the transverse strips 7,8,9 turn out to be adjacent, in configuration of use, to the base walls 1a of the case.
- the strips 5 are provided with flaps 6 to hold the phials, projecting at one corresponding end.
- the number of said semi-tubular elements i.e. the width of said accordion element, is obviously depending on the dimensions of the case 1, i.e. on the number of phials to be contained.
- transverse strips 7,8,9 contribute to increase the stiffness of the separating elements, i.e. the crushing strength of the container.
- the separating elements 3 are made up of a pair of cardboard strips 10, 11 joined together along a longitudinal side and disposed like an "L".
- the strip 10 is suited to be inserted edgeways into the case 1, while the strip 11 is adjacent to a base wall 1a.
- the strips 10 and 11 are alternately provided with a holding flap 6; provision may be made for both strips 10,11 presenting a respective projecting flap, as may be seen in fig.4.
- said flaps 6 are folded and fastened inside the case in the sense suitable for engaging with the neck 2a of the phial.
- a container suited to contain two rows of phials arranged side by side, as illustrated in figs. 5 and 8.
- said separating elements provide a divisory septum 12, suited to subdivide the case 1 in two zones according to a plane parallel to the base walls 1a of the same case.
- Said divisory septum 12 is provided, along its longitudinal edges, with two wings 13, whose height is basically half the case thickness, and which are devised to be respectively associated with the opposite sides 1b of the case, turned to opposite sides with respect to the same divisory septum 12.
- the wings 13 bear protruding, at a corresponding end, respective flaps having the purpose described above.
- the two inner zones of the case 1 are suited to receive cardboard strips 5, single or joined together in a single piece by a transverse strip 7, of the same type as those described above, so to form the seatings 4 (Fig.6).
- the divisory septum 12 bears a series of longitudinal slits 14, covering half the length of the same septum.
- slits 14 are able to be coupled, through corresponding slits 15, respective cardboard strips 16, so to form a sort of reticular structure (Fig.7).
- the strips 16 have a length basically corresponding to the thickness of the case 1 and bear protruding, on the side of the slit 15, a pair of flaps, for the sake of clarity designated by the numeals 6a and 6b.
- the flaps 6a, 6b are turned to opposite sides with respect to the plane of the strips 16, similarly to those of the wings 13 of the septum 12.
- the phial-holding flaps extend upwards and downwards from the plane defined by the septum 12, as illustrated in figs. 8 and 9.
- the septum 12 forms, along the front edge, a first series of flaps 6c, e.g. turned towards the top of the case; a second series of flaps 6d, turned towards the bottom of the case, is formed by a cardboard band 17, glued corresponding to the front edge of the septum 12 (Fig.9).
- said cardboard band may extend to cover the whole surface of the septum 12, as indicated by the numeral 17a in fig.9, so to act as a stiffening of the septum itself.
- septum 12 may be associated, to make the seatings 4, either single strips 5, or slitted strips 16, which may be fitted onto corresponding slits 14 of the septum.
- the separating elements are made up of strips 18 joined in a single piece, along the longitudinal edges, and forming, between themselves, angles alternately projecting and re-entering.
- the lateral strips 18 present, on the outer side, respective wings 18a devised to be glued inside the case 1.
- the seatings to house the phials are defined among the inclined planes formed by the strips 18 and turn out to be offset on two planes parallel to the base walls 1a of the case.
- the strips 18 bear projecting respective flaps 6 to hold the phials 2.
- Similar flaps may be provided also at the opposite end of the strips 18 and glued to the bottom wall of the case 1.
- the separating elements may have no flap (or flaps) 6; this does not involve any problem in the case that the container presented is devised to contain glass flacons.
- divisory septa particularly the solutions illustrated in figs. 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, may be provided associated with the case 1 without the needof making provision for a restraint (e.g. adhesives) among this latter and the same divisory septa.
- a restraint e.g. adhesives
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT00333990A IT1238242B (it) | 1990-02-09 | 1990-02-09 | Contenitore perfezionato per prodotti tubolari, quali fiale di vetro, flaconi e simili. |
IT333990 | 1990-02-09 |
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EP0441757A1 true EP0441757A1 (fr) | 1991-08-14 |
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EP91830035A Withdrawn EP0441757A1 (fr) | 1990-02-09 | 1991-02-07 | Récipient pour produits tubulaires, ampoules de verre, flacons ou similaire |
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IT (1) | IT1238242B (fr) |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0602375A2 (fr) * | 1992-12-15 | 1994-06-22 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Boîte d'emballage pour articles allongés |
EP0770554A1 (fr) * | 1995-10-24 | 1997-05-02 | Dividella AG | Emballage pour articles allongés et procédé de son remplissage |
WO1999003740A1 (fr) * | 1997-07-21 | 1999-01-28 | Shoyeido Corporation | Etui de presentation a insert ondule |
EP2017199A1 (fr) * | 2007-07-20 | 2009-01-21 | L'AIR LIQUIDE, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude | Dispositif de conditionnement de produits biologiques |
Citations (3)
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DE2453309A1 (de) * | 1974-11-11 | 1976-05-20 | Edelmann Carl Gmbh | Faltschachtel fuer die verpackung von ampullen |
EP0063290A2 (fr) * | 1981-04-03 | 1982-10-27 | Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Emballage pour ampoules pharmaceutiques |
DE8910314U1 (fr) * | 1989-08-29 | 1989-10-26 | A. Landerer Gmbh & Co Kg, 7107 Neckarsulm, De |
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Patent Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE2453309A1 (de) * | 1974-11-11 | 1976-05-20 | Edelmann Carl Gmbh | Faltschachtel fuer die verpackung von ampullen |
EP0063290A2 (fr) * | 1981-04-03 | 1982-10-27 | Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Emballage pour ampoules pharmaceutiques |
DE8910314U1 (fr) * | 1989-08-29 | 1989-10-26 | A. Landerer Gmbh & Co Kg, 7107 Neckarsulm, De |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
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Soviet Inventions Illustrated Derwent Publications Ltd., Section Mechanical week K48, abstract no.831586, Q34, 18 Jan 1984 & SU-A-992334 (ZHDANOVSK MEDICAL) 15 Feb 1983 * |
Soviet Inventions Illustrated, Derwent Publications Ltd.,Section Mechanical week 8535, abstract no.216018, Q34, 10 Oct 1985 & SU-A-1138353 (LENGD ZHDANOVSK PRO) 7 Feb 1985 * |
Cited By (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0602375A2 (fr) * | 1992-12-15 | 1994-06-22 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Boîte d'emballage pour articles allongés |
EP0602375A3 (fr) * | 1992-12-15 | 1995-06-07 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Boîte d'emballage pour articles allongés. |
US5429243A (en) * | 1992-12-15 | 1995-07-04 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Packaging box for elongated objects |
EP0770554A1 (fr) * | 1995-10-24 | 1997-05-02 | Dividella AG | Emballage pour articles allongés et procédé de son remplissage |
WO1999003740A1 (fr) * | 1997-07-21 | 1999-01-28 | Shoyeido Corporation | Etui de presentation a insert ondule |
US6059113A (en) * | 1997-07-21 | 2000-05-09 | Shoyeido Corporation | Display package with corrugated insert |
EP2017199A1 (fr) * | 2007-07-20 | 2009-01-21 | L'AIR LIQUIDE, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude | Dispositif de conditionnement de produits biologiques |
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IT9003339A0 (it) | 1990-02-09 |
IT1238242B (it) | 1993-07-12 |
IT9003339A1 (it) | 1991-08-09 |
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