EP1334922B1 - Transparent container provided with a dip tube - Google Patents

Abstract

The container includes a riser pipe(3) on which is applied at least one coded or non-coded data about the product which can then be read from outside through the transparent container material. The data should be applied to the riser so that it can be read from all viewing angles. The coding can be coloured coding for an active ingredient.

Description

The invention relates to a transparent container with a riser, wherein information about the container contents are mounted on the riser.

Containers having means for discharging product mass therein are known in a variety of forms, such as pump sprays, aerosol sprays, liquid soap dispensers, aerosol cans, etc. Of increasing importance are products having clear, clear or at least translucent packaging, especially those contained in the packages Product masses themselves are also clear and transparent. Apart from the fact that the fill level can be seen from the outside, this conveys a high degree of transparency, openness, attractiveness and purity of the product. However, these effects are usually partially impaired by the need to provide information about their content on the package, such as product name, series designation, manufacturer information, ingredient declaration, active ingredients, instructions for use, etc. In conventional, non-transparent packaging, this is not a problem as the entire outer packaging surface is available and can be printed or stuck with labeled labels. With transparent packaging, however, the advantageous effects of transparency are lost again when the packaging is stuck or printed all around. If the lettering is limited in space eg on the front side In order to obtain at least part of the advantageous effects of the transparency, the packaging is also limited on the one hand to the area available for attaching the necessary product information, and on the other hand, the product information can only be seen from the front side. Since different, unilaterally labeled and otherwise transparent products look the same or at least similar from the non-labeled side, it can be confused or the products must be annoyingly turned to the right side to see what it is.

It was therefore an object to provide transparent products available in which at least a portion of the information necessary for an identification of the contents quickly and easily recognizable from all points of view, at the same time caused by external labeling impairments caused by the transparency beneficial effects should be minimized.

It has now been found that the stated objects are achieved by a container made of a transparent material with a reservoir, a product discharge opening, a riser pipe and a device for discharging a product mass located in the reservoir through the riser pipe and visible through the transparent container material Product discharge opening, wherein on the riser at least one coded or non-coded information about the product is applied and this information is visible from the outside through the transparent container material.

By a transparent material is meant such a material which is either optically clear or, if it has turbidity, is transparent or translucent to such an extent that the information placed on the riser is visible through the material. Visibility in the sense of the invention is present when either a label is readable or a color, a symbol, an image or a graphic character is visually identifiable. The recognizability is given at least from a viewing angle, preferably from viewing angles within a radius of at least 180 ° and particularly preferably within a radius of 360 °.

The information on the riser may, for example, be indications of product composition, indications of product properties, indications of the product manufacturer, indications of belonging to a product series or also of advertising. The product composition includes the type and concentration of active ingredients. The information can be applied in the form of writing, symbols, images, graphic symbols, etc. The information may be in encoded or non-encoded form, preferably encoded via easily recognizable and distinguishable graphical symbols or color coding. The attachment of the information can be done by labeling, printing or gluing the riser. In the case of color codings, coloration of the material of which the riser is made is particularly preferred. Particularly preferred is colored plastic such as polyethylene, polypropylene or other, compatible with the ingredients of the product composition plastic.

In a preferred embodiment, the composition present in the container is a hair treatment agent. On the riser is a color code attached, wherein the different hair types, such as. normal hair, fine hair, permed hair, colored hair, etc. Each has a specific color code is assigned and the respective hair treatment agent for the treatment of this hair type is tuned. In a series of shampoos consisting of products e.g. for the treatment of greasy hair, for the treatment of dandruff, for normal hair, fine hair, for particularly sensitive scalp, etc., each orientation of the product may be assigned a specific color and applied to the riser, the product mass being removed with the aid of the means for discharging, in particular a pump dispenser is applied.

In a further preferred embodiment, the composition present in the container is a hair setting agent. On the riser is a color code to indicate the strength of strengthening, e.g. normal grip, strong grip, extra strong grip etc. attached. The setting of the strengthening strength is carried out in the usual way on the concentration or type of setting polymers used.

In a further preferred embodiment, the product mass present in the container is a cosmetic or pharmaceutical active substance composition. On the riser is a color code to identify the drug, its concentration or the indication applied. In a series of pharmaceutical products containing different concentrations of an active ingredient to treat different groups of people, such as infants, schoolchildren, adults, etc., the different concentrations are coded by different colors of the riser. For perfumes or perfumed cosmetic products containing different fragrance compositions for women's, men's or children's products, appropriate color codes shall be affixed to the riser for identification of the particular perfume.

In a further preferred embodiment, the riser serves as an advertising medium and on the riser advertising is attached. On the riser can also be a color coding for the manufacturer of the product or a color coding, which is assigned to a particular product series of a manufacturer, attached. These may be, for example, color or image marks with a high degree of recognition.

The transparent material of the container can be made of any material, as far as it meets the requirements of transparency. Suitable materials are for example glass or transparent plastics, for example polyethylene, polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate. Also, the riser may be made of conventional, known materials, as long as it is compatible with the product mass. The product delivery port may have a variety of configurations. It can be an opening for dispensing liquids or pumpable, fluid, cream or This may be a nozzle for dispensing product in the form of a spray or a foam head for dispensing product in the form of a foam. Also, the means for discharging the product mass may have a variety of known configurations. It may, for example, be a mechanically operated pump dispenser, a mechanically operated spray pump, a valve for dispensing aerosol products or a mechanically operated pump foamer.

The product mass in the container may be a single substance or a composition of matter. The consistency can vary in a wide range. The mass may be liquid or low viscous. However, it can also be of higher viscosity, insofar as it can still be conveyed and discharged through the riser pipe by means of the discharge device. In particular, the composition may have a fluid, pumpable, sprayable, foamable, gelatinous or creamy consistency.

In a preferred embodiment, the product mass is transparent, ie, as far as transparent or translucent, that the information applied to the riser can be seen through the product mass. In the case of information in the form of writing, symbols, images or graphic characters, the product mass is preferably clear or only slightly clouded. In the case of very color intensive color codings stronger clouding is possible, provided the color is still clearly identifiable despite cloudiness.

An embodiment of the invention is a non-aerosol spray product consisting of a propellant-free sprayable composition and a container of a transparent material with a reservoir, a product discharge port, a riser and a spray pump for spraying the reservoir located in the visible through the transparent container material composition, wherein the riser is encoded or unencoded information about the composition is applied and this information is visible from the outside through the transparent container material.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an aerosol spray product comprising a propellant-containing sprayable composition and a pressure-resistant container of a transparent material having a reservoir, a riser and a spray head for spraying the composition in the reservoir visible through the transparent container material Rising tube coded or unencoded information about the composition is applied and this information is visible from the outside through the transparent container material.

Another embodiment of the invention is a non-aerosol foam product comprising a propellant-free foamable composition and a container of a transparent material having a reservoir, a foam head, a riser, and means for discharging the reservoir-visible composition visible through the transparent container material through the container Riser from the Product discharge opening in the form of a foam, wherein on the riser coded or non-coded information about the composition is applied and this information is visible from the outside through the transparent container material.

Another embodiment of the invention is an aerosol foam product comprising a propellant-containing foamable composition and a pressure-resistant container of a transparent material having a reservoir, a foam head, a riser, and means for discharging the composition in the reservoir through the transparent container material the riser from the product discharge opening in the form of a foam, wherein on the riser a coded or non-coded information about the composition is applied and this information is visible from the outside through the transparent container material.

• Figur 1 in einer Seitenansicht einen Behälter aus einem transparenten Material, dessen Steigrohr eine grüne Farbe als codierte Information enthält.

In the following the invention with reference to an embodiment will be further explained. It shows:

• FIG. 1 in a side view of a container made of a transparent material, the riser tube contains a green color as coded information.

In a container 1 made of a transparent material with a reservoir 2, a product discharge opening, a riser pipe 3, a device for discharging a located in the reservoir 2, visible through the transparent container material product mass through the riser pipe 3 from the Product discharge opening is applied on the riser 3 coded information about the product. This information can be seen from the outside through the transparent container material. The information applied on the riser 3 information is visible from all angles in a radius of 360 °. On the riser pipe 3 a color coding for the effect of the composition is applied. The composition is a hair shine producing hair treatment agent. The coding is a green color, whereby the color green is assigned to the effect "shine".

Claims (1)

1. A receptacle made of a transparent material, with a reservoir of a transparent or translucent product mass, a product dispenser opening, an ascending pipe and a device for discharging a product mass disposed in the reservoir out of the product dispenser opening via the ascending pipe, which product mass is visible through the transparent receptacle material, wherein the ascending pipe has information about the product and this information is perceptible from the outside through the transparent receptacle material, meaning that a color coding for an active ingredient contained in an active compound of the product is applied on the ascending pipe and that the information applied on the ascending pipe is perceptible from all viewing angles in a circumference of 360°.

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