EP0997394A1 - Verpackung mit Kinder abwehrenden Mitteln - Google Patents
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- 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
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- the present invention relates to a package for containing tablets of detergent which comprises a child deterrent means.
- Flow-wrap unitary packages for containing at least one tablet of detergent are representative of the various packages to which the present invention can apply; such packages are typically made, for example, out of a plastic, or paper-coated film which is folded and longitudinally sealed, so as to form a tube into which at least one unit of a consumer product, for example a detergent tablet is inserted. The tube is then closed at each of its two distal extremities by the means of distal seals that are perpendicular to the longitudinal seal. Furthermore, due to the packing process, the unitary packages are produced from a continuous film, and so they are separated by distal cuttings that are made in the region of the distal sealings.
- Unitary packages for detergent tablets are well known and used in the art. Such unitary flow-wrap packages are typically made as described above. However they present some disadvantages. Detergent tablets generally use a composition of chemical compounds that can be dangerous if ingested. This is more particularly true in the case of young children that tend to be attracted by small flow wrap unitary packages, and that are more likely to try and open the package, access the tablet and bite/ingest it. Moreover, in the case of young children, the effect of chemicals may be even more damaging for their health. Furthermore, the unitary tubes are usually formed from a long roll of film, then filled with tablet(s). They are then sealed and cut to be separated from each other.
- the cuttings at the distal ends of one unitary pack usually contain indentations that are to be used by the consumer as facilitating means for the opening by hands.
- facilitating means also facilitates access to the tablet for the young children, and thus increases the risk of poisoning.
- One means that has been applied to avoid such poisoning is the use of non-oriented packaging films. Such films are known as being difficult to tear open without using a tool, or without applying a tearing strength such that it that shall be applied only by an adult.
- the following reference is directed to a unit of detergent for automatic dish-washing packaged in a film:EP-0-700989, Procter & Gamble, filed 12 September 1994 (D1): it discloses a detergent unit, for example a tablet, for use in automatic dish-washing machines, that is packaged inside a film. The package is not to be opened, and the tablet is used while still packed.
- the film is made of a water-soluble material, which is completely dissolved only after reaching the main wash of the wash cycle.
- the film is coated with a nasty tasting substance to be used as a child deterrent means, thus avoiding accidental ingestion of the whole package, including the tablet by young children.
- the present invention is directed to a package for containing at least one unit of a consumer product, comprising a film which is folded and closed, being characterized in that it further comprises an olfactory child deterrent means.
- the nasty-smelling substance which is used as olfactory child deterrent means has no effect on human or animal health. It is preferably contained into micro-capsules as a coating at the surface of the package, and is released by contacting said micro-capsules with sweat.
- the package further comprises a structural means, for example rectilinear cuttings at the distal sealed extremities of the package. Most preferably said structural child deterrent means is used in combination with said olfactory child deterrent means.
- a package (1) that comprises a package body (10) and at least two distal ends (11).
- the package is made out of any suitable film material such as coated paper, or plastic film made out of, for example polyethylene or polypropylene, that can be mono or bi-oriented, but that is preferably non-oriented.
- the package can be made out of one single material or out of a combination of several materials.
- the package according to the present invention needs to be opened in order to access the contents before use of said contents.
- the package can have any size that is suitable for containing at least one unit of a consumer product that is considered as dangerous, such as for example detergent compositions, pesticides, insecticides, or medicines.
- Said unit is either non particulate solids such as tablets or briquettes or bars, or under the form of a powder or granulates, or even under a liquid form.
- the package is intended to be used for containing at least one detergent tablet for use in laundry or dish-washing purposes. Such tablets are usually considered as dangerous consumer products, if ingested.
- Said tablet may have any suitable shape, but is preferably symmetrical so as to ensure complete and uniform dissolution in the wash liquor during the wash cycle.
- the detergent may be of any suitable composition, and may comprise for example surfactants, suds suppressors, bleaches, builders, enzymes, fillers, and perfumes.
- a unit of a consumer product such as a unit of detergent product is typically defined as a dosed quantity of said detergent suitable for use during one wash cycle.
- a dosed quantity of said detergent suitable for use during one wash cycle.
- the user will put one tablet inside the washing machine that will dissolve during the wash cycle, with action onto the dishes or the clothes, for example.
- more than one unit may be used for one wash cycle, for example in extreme dirtiness of items to wash, amount of items to wash, or hardness of water.
- the present invention is applicable to packages suitable for packing a dose of a dangerous consumer product, which are made out of a film which is closed by sealings, and more preferably, a flow-wrapped package.
- the process of making such flow wrap packages is well known and used by those skilled in the art. Such a process typically comprises for example, the steps of forming a tube from a roll of film, making a longitudinal sealing (12) along the great length of the film, so as to create a tube, seal and cut in a first portion all along the width of the tube so as to create a pocket into which the contents is introduced. Finally, a second portion of the tube is sealed and cut so as to close and detach a unitary package that comprises the longitudinal sealing (12) and two distal sealed extremities (11).
- the overall shape of the package (1) may vary, for example the package (1) can be parallepipedic, when the distal sealed extremities (11) are parallel (i.e. located along the same plane), as shown in figure 2.
- the package (1) is tetraedric, when the distal sealed extremities (11) are located in perpendicular planes.
- the sealings either the longitudinal one, or along the distal extremities of the package can be made by the means of heat sealing, or by cold sealing.
- Cold sealing is performed by using the properties of the packaging film to stick onto itself, or by using a cold glue with excellent tacking properties, so that no heat is required for the sealing, but only pressure applied by the sealing jaws. Both cold and heat sealing are well known in the art. Any other suitable sealing process shall be applied such as for example ultrasonic sealing. It is possible to adapt the quality of a sealing, depending on the use that is to be made of said sealing. Variations shall be dosed and applied during the sealing operation, by modifying for example the time, temperature or pressure of the sealing jaws onto the film, or the surface of the sealings as well.
- sealings are made such that it is easy to peel them off (i.e. delaminate them) for easy opening of the package.
- the sealings shall preferably be made such that peeling the seal off, requires tearing strength and movements coordination that cannot be applied by a young child, but only by an adult. It is not the purpose of the present description to give the appropriate parameters for achieving such sealings, since such parameters can be dosed and applied by a person skilled in the art.
- the package (1) may further comprise a structural child-deterrent means which makes said package non-obvious for a child to open.
- a structural child-deterrent means which makes said package non-obvious for a child to open.
- the packaging film is non-oriented, so as to improve the difficulty to open the package using hands only.
- a tool, or at least a certain strength is required to tear and open the package, said certain strength being such that it is only applicable by an adult.
- preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise rectilinear or wave-shaped distal cuttings, indented cuttings (15), as shown in figure 1A may also be used, but in combination with non-oriented film, so as to create a structural child-deterrence. In such a package, while the indentations could be used as a facilitating means by an adult for initiating a tear in the film and then an opening, the non-oriented film is too difficult to tear open by a young child.
- the package according to the present invention is provided in at least one portion, with a nasty smelling substance which is present at the surface of the packaging film, said substance being dissolved by sweat during contact of the package with hands, and said substance being particularly repulsive to children.
- the substances suitable for the purpose of the present invention are volatile compounds with a repellent odor. These substances shall be chosen such that they do not constitute a danger for human health, at least at concentrations which are suitable for the purpose of the present invention. While any substances which combine the properties of volatility with a repellent smell can be applied, said substances are preferably comprised within the chemical families of: iso-valeric acids, butyric acids, and civet oils.
- the nasty smelling substance is contained into micro-capsules which are incorporated into a coating lacquer at the surface of the package.
- micro-capsules are not broken by contact with a neutral surface, but only split and release the nasty smelling substance, when contacting such human fluids as sweat or saliva, preferably sweat only.
- Such dissolvable micro-capsules are known in the art of making labels with perfumes incorporated, for advertisement purposes.
- microcapsules can be made for example of the following composition: (a) at least one pigment, including for example: titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, calcium carbonate, clay, starch grain; (b) an adhesive compound including for example cellulose derivatives, maleic acid resin, ethylene/acrylstyrene/modified acryl; (c) melamine formalin resin prepared by polymerization at above 65°C, by dispersing hydrophobic matter - in the present invention, the nasty smelling compound - in the acid aqueous solution of maleic anhydride copolymer, adding melamine-formaldehyde initial polymer to the emulsion prepared, and depositing melamine-formaldehyde polymer in the form of microcapsule membrane, and (d) an alcohol type dispersion medium.
- the ink comprising the microcapsules being further composed of at least one organic solvent which is dried quickly, being used profitably for flexography, or offset printing.
- a preferred process to cover the surface of the film with micro-capsules is using a printing technique, such as for example off-set printing, preferably a rotary offset printing technique.
- Rotary offset printing machines have been used for a number of years and their use is well know in the art, which may well be used to coat a film with micro-capsules as well.
- the basic mechanisms, principles, and steps of operation for modern rotary printers include chemically forming an image on a thin metal image plate.
- the thin image plate therearound is attached around the circumference of a plate cylinder.
- Ink and a water solution are applied by inking unit rollers and dampening unit rollers to the respective chemically treated areas that are to form an image on the image plate as it rotates with the plate cylinder.
- the plate cylinder rolls the image plate against a blanket cylinder offsetting reverse image around the circumference of the blanket cylinder.
- a sheet of print paper or other material, such as a plastic film, to be printed is fed into the press and gripped by an impression cylinder.
- the impression cylinder pulls the paper into rolling contact between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder.
- the image is then imprinted from the blanket cylinder onto the paper.
- the imprinted image is the reverse of that on the blanket cylinder so that it is appears as originally formed on the image plate.
- the sheet may be transferred to one or more other impression cylinders which grip the print paper from a transfer gripper and roll the paper against a subsequent blanket cylinder for additional printing.
- the micro-capsules containing the nasty smelling substance are for example added to the ink and water solution, and applied to the film between the impression cylinder and the blanket cylinder, via the inking unit rollers and the plate cylinder.
- micro-capsules may be added to the film in a separate operation, for example by spraying, or by transfer through application rollers, their application to the film is preferably performed during the printing operation, for example during the offset printing operation as described above, since it reduces the number of process steps, thus leading to lower manufacturing costs.
- the child-deterrent effect is best achieved by a package (1) which features as a combination: (a) a structural child-deterrent means as previously described, preferably combining rectilinear distal cuttings with non-oriented film material, with (b) a releasable nasty smelling substance applied onto the package.
- the former means logically leading the child to use the latter one: for example, when the package (1) comprises rectilinear cuttings (16) at the distal extremities (11), a child will encounter difficulties in tearing the film since no weak points along the film edges can be found. Then, the child has to spend more time handing the package before she/he can access the contents, such time being sufficient for the nasty smell to spread and repel the child away from the package.
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EP98870224A EP0997394A1 (de) | 1998-10-28 | 1998-10-28 | Verpackung mit Kinder abwehrenden Mitteln |
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EP98870224A EP0997394A1 (de) | 1998-10-28 | 1998-10-28 | Verpackung mit Kinder abwehrenden Mitteln |
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GB2428227A (en) * | 2005-07-08 | 2007-01-24 | Reckitt Benckiser Nv | Packaging of cleaning tablets |
WO2007022563A1 (en) * | 2005-08-24 | 2007-03-01 | Graham Scott | Package with bitter taste aversive agent for infant deterrant |
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NL7416554A (en) * | 1974-12-18 | 1976-06-22 | Lockwood International Bv | Production of bags of thermoplastic material - by welding film using wavy line weld in extrusion direction of film |
US4322003A (en) * | 1980-03-26 | 1982-03-30 | Ludlow Corporation | Laminate with heat-sealable polyester foil and package |
US4946743A (en) * | 1987-06-26 | 1990-08-07 | Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | Nonoriented polyester films for lidding stock with modified heat seal layer |
EP0519531A1 (de) * | 1991-05-17 | 1992-12-23 | Unilever N.V. | Deodorant/Schweisshemmende Mittel mit Duftstoff und eingekapseltem Geruchsvernichter |
GB2261421A (en) * | 1991-11-15 | 1993-05-19 | Sig Schweiz Industrieges | Tubular package with tear-open strip |
EP0700989A1 (de) | 1994-09-12 | 1996-03-13 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Portionsverpacktes Waschmittel |
DE19620487A1 (de) * | 1996-05-21 | 1997-11-27 | Michael Zachmann | Vorrichtung zum Personenschutz gegen tätliche Angriffe eines Aggressors |
DE29612148U1 (de) * | 1996-07-12 | 1997-12-04 | Sichart, Franz, 84155 Bodenkirchen | Verpackung für Verbrauchsartikel im Haushalt |
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NL7416554A (en) * | 1974-12-18 | 1976-06-22 | Lockwood International Bv | Production of bags of thermoplastic material - by welding film using wavy line weld in extrusion direction of film |
US4322003A (en) * | 1980-03-26 | 1982-03-30 | Ludlow Corporation | Laminate with heat-sealable polyester foil and package |
US4946743A (en) * | 1987-06-26 | 1990-08-07 | Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. | Nonoriented polyester films for lidding stock with modified heat seal layer |
EP0519531A1 (de) * | 1991-05-17 | 1992-12-23 | Unilever N.V. | Deodorant/Schweisshemmende Mittel mit Duftstoff und eingekapseltem Geruchsvernichter |
GB2261421A (en) * | 1991-11-15 | 1993-05-19 | Sig Schweiz Industrieges | Tubular package with tear-open strip |
EP0700989A1 (de) | 1994-09-12 | 1996-03-13 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Portionsverpacktes Waschmittel |
DE19620487A1 (de) * | 1996-05-21 | 1997-11-27 | Michael Zachmann | Vorrichtung zum Personenschutz gegen tätliche Angriffe eines Aggressors |
DE29612148U1 (de) * | 1996-07-12 | 1997-12-04 | Sichart, Franz, 84155 Bodenkirchen | Verpackung für Verbrauchsartikel im Haushalt |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2428227A (en) * | 2005-07-08 | 2007-01-24 | Reckitt Benckiser Nv | Packaging of cleaning tablets |
WO2007022563A1 (en) * | 2005-08-24 | 2007-03-01 | Graham Scott | Package with bitter taste aversive agent for infant deterrant |
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