EP0653357A1 - Ensemble d'emballage pour produit granulaire - Google Patents

Ensemble d'emballage pour produit granulaire Download PDF

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EP0653357A1
EP0653357A1 EP93203509A EP93203509A EP0653357A1 EP 0653357 A1 EP0653357 A1 EP 0653357A1 EP 93203509 A EP93203509 A EP 93203509A EP 93203509 A EP93203509 A EP 93203509A EP 0653357 A1 EP0653357 A1 EP 0653357A1
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container
dispensing device
package assembly
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Jean-Luc Azzani
Henri Cornette
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority to EP93203509A priority Critical patent/EP0653357A1/fr
Priority to US08/628,728 priority patent/US5687588A/en
Priority to PCT/US1994/011760 priority patent/WO1995011330A1/fr
Priority to JP7512125A priority patent/JPH09505215A/ja
Publication of EP0653357A1 publication Critical patent/EP0653357A1/fr
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/02—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents
    • D06F39/024—Devices for adding soap or other washing agents mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

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  • the invention relates to a package assembly containing a granular product, said package assembly comprising a reclosable container of thermoplastic material and a device for dispensing said granular product.
  • Such packages are often supplied with a measuring device such as a spoon with graduated marking to indicate volumes.
  • a measuring device such as a spoon with graduated marking to indicate volumes.
  • Such a device may be used to pour the product into the dispensing compartment (such as a dispensing drawer) of a washing machine.
  • Dispensing devices are also known; the purpose of these devices being to carry the granular product directly into the washing machine and to release it during the wash cycle itself.
  • a package for storing and dispensing granular materials has been described in US5115966, May 26th 1992.
  • a corner cap suitable for measuring quantities of the granular material is provided and may be clipped over the corner of the package.
  • the package disclosed is made from paperboard, and the corner cap which is intended for use as a measuring or dosing device, is not suited for use as a dispensing device to deliver the granular product into the washing machine during the course of the wash cycle itself.
  • German Design Registration MR263444 published on September 30th, 1986.
  • This design registration discloses a plastic canister for liquid detergents which has a recess in the middle of one side which can accommodate a dosing ball.
  • the present invention offers a solution to this problem.
  • the invention is concerned with plastic containers, which are suitable for refilling with product many times.
  • the dispensing device is easily removable from the plastic container when required for use, and may then be fitted back on to the outside of the container after use. This may be repeated many times.
  • the term "releasably attached” means that the dispensing device and the container can be easily and positively locked together by the consumer, and that the dispensing device and the container can be released from each other, and then reconnected any number of times. A means of positively locking the components together is provided.
  • One such means of locking the components together is a projection, or a plurality of projections on the external surface of the container which engage in an opening of the dispensing device.
  • the dispensing device can then be "clipped-on" to the external surface of the container.
  • the dispensing device may be removed and reattached to the container many times.
  • An alternative means of locking the components together is a recess or cavity in the external surface of the container which is shaped to receive the dispensing device.
  • the dispensing device is wholly or partly retained within the recess or cavity by frictional interference between said container and said dispensing device. Once again the dispensing device may be removed and reattached to the container many times.
  • the figures show a package assembly 10 comprising a reclosable container of thermoplastic material 11 having an internal volume and an external surface, and a device 12 for dispensing said granular product.
  • the dispensing device 12 is releasably attached to the external surface of the container. The dispensing device can be removed and replaced repeatedly on the container in such a manner that it never comes into contact with the granular product which is kept in the internal volume of the container 11.
  • a dispensing device 12 is shown in figure 2 in more detail.
  • the dispensing device 12 comprises a body 13, having an opening 14, said opening being adapted to admit to the body a quantity of granular laundry detergent required for one washing cycle of an automatic washing machine and to release said granular laundry detergent from said body directly into the drum of the automatic washing machine during the washing cycle.
  • a package assembly 10 comprising a reclosable container 11 and a dispensing device 12, the reclosable container comprising side walls 20, a bottom surface 21 and a top surface 22 defining an internal volume, wherein the top surface 22 is a removable lid allowing access to the contents of said container 11.
  • the dispensing device is releasably attached to the lid of the container 11 and the internal volume of the container 11 is not in direct communication with the releasably attached dispensing device 12 when the lid of the container 11 is closed.
  • FIG 3 shows an alternative, and more preferred embodiment of the present invention, in which a removable part of the lid 126 is connected to the reclosable container 11 by means of a hinge device 123, the hinge device 123 being located adjacent to part of the side wall 20.
  • the hinge device 123 shown is about the same length as the adjacent, parallel side wall 20. (The dispensing device has been omitted from figure 3 for clarity).
  • the dispensing device 13 may be releasably attached to said lid 126 in various ways; two possible ways by which this may be achieved are shown in figures 4 and 5.
  • Figure 4 shows a lid 126 with a plurality of projections 124 on it which engage in an opening 14 of said dispensing device 12.
  • the projections enable the dispensing device to be "clipped-on" to the lid 126 during storage, and then readily removed when the dispensing device is required. The removal and reattachment of the dispensing device to the lid may be repeated many times. (The dispensing device 12 itself is omitted from this figure for clarity).
  • the dispensing device 12 is releasably attached to said container by means of a recess or cavity 125 in the lid 126.
  • the recess or cavity is designed such that the body of the dispensing device is wholly or partly retained within the recess or cavity by frictional interference between the container and the dispensing device.

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EP93203509A 1993-10-18 1993-12-14 Ensemble d'emballage pour produit granulaire Withdrawn EP0653357A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP93203509A EP0653357A1 (fr) 1993-10-18 1993-12-14 Ensemble d'emballage pour produit granulaire
US08/628,728 US5687588A (en) 1993-10-18 1994-10-14 Package assembly for granular product
PCT/US1994/011760 WO1995011330A1 (fr) 1993-10-18 1994-10-14 Ensemble emballage pour produits granulaires
JP7512125A JPH09505215A (ja) 1993-10-18 1994-10-14 粒状製品用パッケージ組立体

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EP93870203 1993-10-18
EP93203509A EP0653357A1 (fr) 1993-10-18 1993-12-14 Ensemble d'emballage pour produit granulaire

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EP1072717A1 (fr) * 1999-07-19 2001-01-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Distributeur de détergent en pastilles
EP1072715A1 (fr) * 1999-07-19 2001-01-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Distributeur de détergent en pastilles
EP1072716A1 (fr) * 1999-07-19 2001-01-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Distributeur de détergent en pastilles

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DE8813057U1 (de) * 1988-10-18 1988-12-08 Jonas, Konrad Hans, 40629 Düsseldorf Behälter mit Zusatzbehältnis
EP0312513A2 (fr) * 1987-10-14 1989-04-19 Akerlund & Rausing Licens Aktiebolag Fermeture de récipient réutilisable et étanche aux poudres
EP0575694A1 (fr) * 1992-06-23 1993-12-29 Mira Lanza S.P.A. Boîte en carton pour substances poudreuses tel que des lessives

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US5115966A (en) * 1991-12-04 1992-05-26 The Procter & Gamble Company Package having a formed fitting external plug fit measuring cap

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DE8806936U1 (de) * 1987-08-27 1988-10-06 Henkel KGaA, 40589 Düsseldorf Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme und Befestigung eines Meßbechers mit oberen, etwa rechtwinklig umbördelten Rand
EP0312513A2 (fr) * 1987-10-14 1989-04-19 Akerlund & Rausing Licens Aktiebolag Fermeture de récipient réutilisable et étanche aux poudres
DE8813057U1 (de) * 1988-10-18 1988-12-08 Jonas, Konrad Hans, 40629 Düsseldorf Behälter mit Zusatzbehältnis
EP0575694A1 (fr) * 1992-06-23 1993-12-29 Mira Lanza S.P.A. Boîte en carton pour substances poudreuses tel que des lessives

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