EP0529199B1 - Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage de piles zinc/air - Google Patents

Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage de piles zinc/air Download PDF

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EP0529199B1
EP0529199B1 EP92106573A EP92106573A EP0529199B1 EP 0529199 B1 EP0529199 B1 EP 0529199B1 EP 92106573 A EP92106573 A EP 92106573A EP 92106573 A EP92106573 A EP 92106573A EP 0529199 B1 EP0529199 B1 EP 0529199B1
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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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed
    • B65D75/367—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed and forming several compartments
    • 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
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by association or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D2575/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D2575/36—One sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed or relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages
    • B65D2575/361—Details
    • B65D2575/362—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents
    • B65D2575/367—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents through a preformed opening in the flat sheet, e.g. the opening being defined by weakened lines
    • 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
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/68—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form
    • B65D2585/86—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form for electrical components
    • B65D2585/88—Batteries

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  • the invention relates to a sales and supply pack for air / zinc cells with a carrier on which the cells are glued with their base, which is provided with air inlet openings.
  • the packaging is a real sales aid thanks to its designer design and, if necessary, with obvious instructions for use.
  • a corresponding packaging element is e.g. B. the push-through pack described in DE-A-36 30 926. Between a tear-proof, airtight and transparent plastic film with cup-shaped features and an aluminum film sealed onto it, the cells are protected from the surrounding air.
  • US-A-4 015 708 discloses a folding case as a packaging element for air / zinc cells. This contains a cardboard carrier with circular recesses for receiving the button cells, which are glued to the bottom of a film cover on the underside of the carrier.
  • Peeling off the label with a small grip bottle can be very difficult for older and frail people. In the case of unskilled persons, it also happens that the removal of the label is completely omitted and the inactivated cell is then rejected as unsuitable.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a packaging element for air / zinc cells, in which the disadvantages mentioned in connection with the activation of the cell are excluded, which enables long storage and presents the button cells in an appealing manner.
  • the invention is essentially a blister card of the push-through type with an integrated adhesive closure.
  • the advantage of this new packaging is that when a button cell is pressed out of the blister, an adhesive film detaches from the cell and remains on the multiple pack, so that improper battery removal cannot occur.
  • the sales package 1 is based on a gloss-laminated cardboard carrier 2 with a hanging eye 3, which is sealed with a transparent plastic film 4 with cup-like features 5 (blister packs) for receiving button cells 6.
  • the open space of the carrier can be used for lettering or decorative purposes (company logo).
  • the air inlet openings 7 present in the cell bottoms are sealed airtight by means of a second film 8, with which the cells are underlaid and to which the cells are glued.
  • This film thus represents a peel and seal film common to all cells. For this purpose it is coated on the top with an adhesive to which the cells adhere.
  • the peel-off film 8 accordingly extends to below the bottoms of the cells and thus all the way into the areas of the carrier 2 through which the cells 6 can be pushed.
  • the outline of the peel-off film therefore resembles a rosette with a number of tongues corresponding to the number of cells on which the button cells 6 are seated.
  • the blister 4, 5 with the cup openings facing upwards, and the peel-off film is stuck onto the cell bottoms and onto the blister. Then the box is sealed.
  • the sealing wax applied to the cardboard while leaving out the removal areas for the cells also results in a firm connection between the cardboard and the release film.
  • the adhesive coating of the release film 8 is designated by 9.
  • the underside of the peel-off film 8 is also included, but the firm adhesive connection of the film to the cardboard is limited to the central area between the cup-shaped features 5.
  • the film 8 rests freely on the carrier in those areas of the cardboard carrier 2 which are covered by the cup-shaped features 5 of the plastic film 4 and which have to be pressed through to remove the cells. These are their tongue-shaped sections adhering to the cell bottoms.
  • the carton carrier 2 is provided in these areas with perforations 10, 11 (see FIG. 3) which are adapted to the cell shape.
  • the perforations are supplemented by cutouts 12 in the cardboard carrier. These make it easier for the cardboard to break away over the breaking line 11 in the perforation area when the cell is pushed through.
  • the cell as can be seen from the right part of FIG. 2, initially still adheres to the film 8. It can then be easily pulled off the film, while this remains as an integral part of the packaging on the carrier.
  • Figure 3 which shows the underside of the sales packaging in a plan view, shows the perforations as lines 10.
  • the mentioned recesses 12 in the cardboard carrier form narrow windows with a lenticular outline. Edge openings of the cells or of the tongue sections of the label film 8 adhering to their bottoms are visible through these openings. As can be seen from FIG. 2, these tongue sections are kept free of the adhesive layer on their underside. Contamination of the fingers during the detachment of the cell 6 from the film 8 is thus excluded.
  • the new sales package enables uncomplicated and always correct removal of the batteries without effort. It ensures that the batteries stay fresh even when stored for a long time and is also environmentally friendly.

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  1. Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage de piles zinc/air avec un support sur lequel les piles prennent appui par leur fond pourvu d'ouvertures d'entrée d'air, un recouvrement en matière plastique transparente, avec des évidements en forme de cuvettes (5) sensiblement adaptés à la forme des piles étant fixés sur le support (2) et les piles (6) étant susceptibles d'être poussées à travers le support pour pouvoir être utilisées, caractérisé en ce qu'une autre feuille (8) est fixée sur le support, qui s'étend jusque dans les zones du support à travers lesquelles les piles peuvent être poussées et qui sont pourvues d'une couche d'adhésif (9) au moins dans les zones où les piles adhèrent par leurs fonds, et qui reste, après le passage par pression et après le retrait des piles, sur le support.
  2. Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le support est pourvu dans les portions qui recouvrent les évidements de lignes de perforations (10) adaptées à la forme des piles.
  3. Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que des évidements (12) sont prévus dans le support.
EP92106573A 1991-08-26 1992-04-16 Conditionnement pour la vente et le stockage de piles zinc/air Expired - Lifetime EP0529199B1 (fr)

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DE4128248A DE4128248A1 (de) 1991-08-26 1991-08-26 Verkaufs- und vorratspackung fuer zink/luftzellen

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