EP1136015A1 - Behälter, Deckel für ein Behälter und Einsatz - Google Patents

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EP1136015A1
EP1136015A1 EP00105850A EP00105850A EP1136015A1 EP 1136015 A1 EP1136015 A1 EP 1136015A1 EP 00105850 A EP00105850 A EP 00105850A EP 00105850 A EP00105850 A EP 00105850A EP 1136015 A1 EP1136015 A1 EP 1136015A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • 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
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/12—Means for the attachment of smaller articles
    • 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
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/12—Audible, olfactory or visual signalling means

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  • the present invention relates to a container for a consumer product, a liquid or a solid, such as a cosmetic product, a personal care product, a medical product, a household product or the like, a cover for a container and an insert according to claim 1, claim 10 respective claim 15.
  • a cover of a container is usually designed to tightly seal an opening through which, during use, a product such as a liquid can be taken out from the container.
  • the cover prevents the liquid (or the moisture of a solid product) from evaporating or getting contaminated.
  • a liquid filled into a container will not deliver a fragrance to the ambience as long as the cover is mounted.
  • An unused product on a shelf of a store will therefore not give away an aroma or a fragrance which would help a consumer to select the product from several brands or variants.
  • the fragrance is an important or even the determinant factor concerning the choice of the product.
  • the packaging of the product often includes a visual and written description of the product and the thereto related fragrance.
  • fragrance samplers can be made available at the sales points of a magazine.
  • Fragrance samplers include fragrance absorbed into a substrate, which may be covered by a plastic film which can be peeled off. Fragranced material may also be contained in an encapsulation which is susceptible to breaking under physical pressure. The described fragrance samplers can therefore be activated by scratching or rubbing the surface of the substrate or by breaking the shell of the encapsulation in such a way releasing the fragrance.
  • fragrance samplers due to evaporation, quality (distortion of the fragrance character) and quantity of the fragrance contained in the sampler rapidly decreases after activation. The process of touching also contaminates the skin of the consumer and results in cross-contamination of other samplers.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a container for a consumer product such as a perfume or a deodorant and a cover for a container which allow to keep a product, a liquid or a solid, such as a perfume or a deodorant, tightly sealed in said container while making the fragrance of the product available to the ambience. It is a further object to specify an element required for said container respective cover which is suitable to provide a fragrance.
  • An inventive container is suitable to store cosmetic products, personal care products, medical products, household products or the like.
  • the container or the cover of the container which can be produced at low cost, comprises a chamber suitable to receive a fragranced insert which delivers a fragrance to the ambience over a long period of time in high quality.
  • Said fragranced insert being separated from a liquid or a solid stored in the container by a wall of the chamber or by a seal which preferably is part of the fragranced insert.
  • the chamber comprises a further wall perforated with one or several holes to allow the diffusion of the fragrance from the fragranced insert to the ambience.
  • Said chamber is preferably realised in the cover respective the cap of the container.
  • the fragranced insert is preferably made from a solid material, preferably a material, that is suitable for absorbing fragrance oil or a fragranced solution such as a plastic polymer, a cellulose support, e.g. paper or card, wood or a composite material containing cellulose.
  • Fragrance can also be added to plaster or cement supports before or after moulding and setting.
  • the advantages of such a support are ease of preparation, low cost and high fragrance dose which will give a long lasting effect.
  • fragrance absorbing material will provide a long lasting effect with maintained quality since the fragranced insert acts as a reservoir keeping the fragrance material shielded against the air thus preventing oxidation of major parts of the fragrance material. Only a small part of the fragrance, after transport through the insert material, will be exposed to the air.
  • Fragrances are compatible with solid waxes and can be mixed into melted wax with ease.
  • the melted wax can be moulded or integrated into a cellulose support forming the fragranced insert.
  • the fragranced insert is preferably made from a solid material in which the fragrance oil has been absorbed at a level in the range of 1% to 50% by weight and preferably between 10% and 50% by weight.
  • the total surface area of the chamber wall comprising the perforations may be chosen within a broad range, e.g. between 0.25 cm2 and 5.0cm2, with a preferred surface area of 0.4 cm2 to 1.0 cm2.
  • the fragranced insert which may have an average thickness between 1 and 3 mm is chosen accordingly.
  • Fig. 1 shows sectional view of a container 20 with a fitting 22 for a cover respective a cap 10, also shown in sectional view, and an opening 23 through which a liquid 21 has been filled into the container 20.
  • the cover 10 comprises a chamber 12 with an opening 11 which are designed to receive and hold a fragranced insert 1 which consists of a material support that contains a high concentration of fragrance.
  • a fragranced insert 1 which consists of a material support that contains a high concentration of fragrance.
  • the release of fragrance is controlled by the nature of the carrier material used for the fragranced insert 1, the concentration of fragrance and the total surface area of the opening 11 in the cover 10 through which the fragranced insert is exposed to the ambience and fragrance is released. A consumer can therefore smell the fragrance without opening the packaging or the container 20.
  • a seal 13 has been placed adjacent to the fragranced insert 1.
  • the seal 13 is designed in such a way that it is closing the chamber 12 within the cover 10 and/or the opening 23 of the container 20 when the cover 10 is set to closed position.
  • the cover 10 the fragranced insert 1 and the seal 13 are further designed in such a way that the fragranced insert 1 is tightly held within the chamber 12 an that the seal 13 can be snapped respective fastened in a position within the cover 10.
  • the fragrance will exit from the insert 1 through the opening 11 of the cover 10 into the ambience provided that the opening 11 of the cover 10 is not sealed. Sealing the opening 11 of the cover 10, for example with a tape, may be desired until the container 20 respective the assembled product is offered to the consumers.
  • Fig. 1a shows the assembly of the cover 10, the seal 13 and the fragranced insert 1 which is composed of two cylindrical parts 2 and 3 of different diameter; the smaller part 2 designed to fill the opening 11 of the cover 10 and the larger part 3 designed to fill the chamber 12.
  • the smaller part 2 may extend out of the opening 11 of the cover 10 (see Fig. 1, line 2') in order to enable a consumer to apply the fragrance onto the skin, in this way also activating the capillary effect.
  • Fig. la the seal 13 is apart from the fragranced insert 1.
  • Fig. 1b the seal 13x is connected to the fragranced insert 1x thus facilitating the assembly of the arrangement.
  • Fig. 2 shows a different container 20y with a so called flip-top cover 10y which is perforated with four holes 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d which are designed to receive cylindrical parts 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d of a fragranced insert 1y as shown in Fig. 2a.
  • a chamber provided which is designed to receive the main body of the fragranced insert 1y which is connected to a seal 13y used for closing and sealing the opening (see Fig. 3) of the container 20y.
  • Fig. 3 shows an inventive container 20z with a second flip-top cover 10z in opened position, which comprises a seal 13z having the form of a cam which fits into the opening 23z of the container 20z.
  • the fragranced insert 1z shown in Fig. 3a which is suitable for incorporation into the second flip-top cover 10z or between the container 29z and the flip-top cover 10z comprises a hole 4z through which the cam-like seal 13z can be passed through towards the opening 23z of the container 20z.
  • the opening 23z is therefore closed when the flip-top cover 10z is put down. Fragrance from the fragranced insert 1z can however emanate through the holes of the flip-top cover 10z to the ambience.
  • the fragrance of the product can be tested by consumers in a magazine without opening the containers 20y or 20z.
  • a fragranced insert 1 is preferably incorporated into the cover 10 of a container 20.
  • a fragranced insert 1 may also advantageously be combined with a container 20w as shown in Fig. 4.
  • the container 20w shown in Fig. 4 comprises a holder 25 attached to a wall of the container 20w.
  • the holder 25, which is perforated with two holes 26, is embracing a chamber 24 into which a fragranced insert 1w is placed. Fragrance can therefore emanate from the fragranced insert 1w through the holes 26 in the holder 25 to the ambience.
  • the holder 25 and accordingly the fragranced insert 1w can be arranged in a form adapted to the design of the product.
  • the holder 25 may even be a characterising element of the design.
  • the holder 25 may surround or be arranged top down along the container which may also comprise double walls with at least one chamber 24 in between. It is even desirable to combine attractive shapes and patterns of the perforations with colour tones of the insert optimise the aesthetic appeal of the package.
  • the holes 26 in the holder 25 should cover a large enough area to allow sufficient fragrance to emanate to the exterior. Suitable sizes for the holes would be 0,5 to 25 mm in diameter; preferred diameters are between 2 and 10 mm. A suitable number of holes would be 1-100; preferred numbers are 1-10.
  • the surface area of the holes and also that of the exposed fragranced insert 1, 1x, 1y, 1z, 1w could be between 0,25 cm2 and 5,0 cm2 while a preferred surface area is between 0,4 cm2 and 1,0 cm2.
  • a preferred surface area is between 0,4 cm2 and 1,0 cm2.
  • multiple perforations they preferably are arranged in close proximity to each other.
  • the preferred dimensions of the fragranced insert 1, 1x, 1y, 1z, 1w are 3 cm2 - 12,5 cm2 of surface area and 1 mm-5 mm of thickness. Optimum thickness is about 2 mm.
  • the material used for the fragranced insert 1, 1x, 1y, 1z, 1w should contain between 1% and 50% fragrance by weight preferred levels are 20%-50%.
  • Fragrances which can be used for the present invention, are generally composed of mixtures of natural and/or synthetic essential oils such as orange oil, pine oil, eucalyptus oil, lavender oil, rose oil, etc. and various synthetic oils usually selected from groups consisting of alcohols, phenols, ketones, aldehydes, esters, polycyclic compounds, macrocyclic compounds, etc..
  • the term fragrance also encompasses any mixtures of perfume oil as mentioned above that are primarily intended to provide a pleasant odour.
  • the fragrance might also include solvents such as, amongst others; glycols (propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, hexylene glycol), parafins and fatty esters such as isopropyl myristate.
  • Suitable materials for the fragranced insert are plastic polymers, plaster, cement, cellulose and composite materials using the above mentioned materials.
  • the preferred materials are plastic polymers that can be made and moulded with levels of more than 10% of fragrance oil incorporated into the polymer.
  • the most suitable plastic materials for the fragranced insert or fragranced part of a composite insert are polymers of the following types: polyvinylalcohol and copolymers of vinyl alcohol with vinyl esters, (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic acid esters and ethylene, vinyl esters, polyamides, polyesters and mixtures of these or mixtures of these with other polymers.
  • Preferred plastics are vinyl esters or mixtures of polyamides and polyester.
  • the most preferred plastic polymer is the polyester/polyamide block copolymer that has a general formula of: HO-[CO-PA-CO-O-PE-O]n-H, where PA is a polyamide block, PE is a polyester block and n is the number of repeated blocks in the polymer.
  • An example of a commercially available polymer of this type is the PEBAX (polyether block amide) range from Elf Atochem. Most preferred is PEBAX 2533SN01. Tests of fragrance diffusion from this material show that fragrance continues to diffuse for more than 60 days whereas it lasts for less than 30 from a cellulose support.
  • polystyrene resin polystyrene resin
  • polystyrene resin poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate)copolymers.
  • An example of a commercially available polymer of this type is Elvax from Dupont de Nemours. These above mentioned polymers have the advantage of being able to absorb up to 20% and 50% by weight of fragrance oil and can be worked using a variety of different techniques such as; injection and moulding, extrusion of films, tubes and sheets, co-extrusion with other plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polycarbonate, thermoforming, over moulding and coating.
  • the scope of this invention covers packaging for all personal care and household consumer products in which fragrance type or quality might play a role in the consumer choice of buying. It permits the consumer to test the fragrance without tampering with the packaging.
  • Examples of the type of product for which this invention is suitable include (among others): shampoos, hair conditioners, shower gels, liquid soaps, intimate hygiene products, personal deodorants and anti-perspirants, skin creams, skin lotions, sun protection products, liquid laundry detergents, dishwashing liquids, automatic dishwashing powders and liquids, all-purpose and specialised surface cleansers, air fresheners.

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AT00105850T ATE240062T1 (de) 2000-03-20 2000-03-20 Behälter, deckel für ein behälter und verwendung eines einsatzes
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EP00105850A EP1136015B1 (de) 2000-03-20 2000-03-20 Behälter, Deckel für ein Behälter und Verwendung eines Einsatzes
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