EP1671896A1 - Verpackung für Batterien - Google Patents

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EP1671896A1
EP1671896A1 EP05257682A EP05257682A EP1671896A1 EP 1671896 A1 EP1671896 A1 EP 1671896A1 EP 05257682 A EP05257682 A EP 05257682A EP 05257682 A EP05257682 A EP 05257682A EP 1671896 A1 EP1671896 A1 EP 1671896A1
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batteries
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Josef Fuchs
Jean-Pierre Goujard
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VARTA Consumer Batteries GmbH and Co KGaA DE
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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 present invention relates to packaging for batteries and in particular to a point-of-sale package for batteries.
  • a point-of-sale package is the packaging in which a consumer purchases the batteries from a shop, for example from a display stand.
  • a known point-of sale package contains two or four batteries in a plastics blister mounted to a blister card.
  • the present invention provides apackage for batteries as claimed in claim 1.
  • the package comprises a plurality of discrete compartments. Each compartment is configured to retain a single respective battery and each compartment is closed by a respective closure. Each closure is individually openable to provide a permanent indication that the battery retained in the compartment has been accessed.
  • Edges of adjacent closures are preferably spaced apart from each other with a section of non-removable blister card therebetween.
  • the closures are preferably formed in a single piece of material and the spaced apart edges are preferably separated by a strip of this material.
  • the batteries in the package each have their own compartment and each compartment has its own closure.
  • the battery is removed by opening the closure and this provides a permanent indication that the compartment has been opened. Consequently, a spent battery can be stored in the opened compartment and the package automatically provides an indication that the battery in the open compartment is not "fresh".
  • the compartment and unopened closure may, in combination, completely enclose the battery. This is not, however, necessary.
  • the compartment may retain only the ends of the battery or may enclose the battery on only three sides.
  • the closure may only close or cover a portion of the compartment. It is only significant that, in normal use, the battery cannot be removed from the compartment otherwise than by opening the closure.
  • the compartment may be configured to removably retain the battery when the closure has been opened.
  • the compartment may be provided with retaining projections which prevent a battery falling from the compartment, but allow the user to remove the battery from the compartment and insert another battery in its place.
  • a compartment so configured assists the consumer in easily storing batteries for recycling or disposal.
  • the closure may be destructively openable to provide the permanent indication that the battery retained in the compartment has been accessed.
  • the closure may be ripped, torn, bent or the like in order to access the battery.
  • the closure may be in the form of a tamper -evident seal.
  • the compartments have an open upper surface which is partially closed by the closure.
  • the closure may be in the form of a sealing strip which crossed the open surface of the compartment.
  • the sealing strip may be arranged to be broken on removal of the battery.
  • the compartments may be configured to conform substantially to size and shape of the batteries.
  • the compartments may be in the form of wells for receiving the batteries.
  • the wells may have a base which includes a deeper portion at at least one end such that the user may tip the battery by pressing an end thereof into the deeper portion to aid removal of the battery from the compartment.
  • the package is in the form of a blister pack comprising a blister mounted to a blister card.
  • the blister is formed from moulded, for example vacuum moulded, plastics.
  • the blister may be bonded to the blister card, for example adhesively bonded.
  • the compartments may be formed in the blister to define an opening to receive the battery.
  • the opening may have a periphery defined by a substantially planar bonding surface of the blister for bonding to the blister card.
  • the bonding surface may define the entire periphery of the opening. In this way, when the bonding surface is bonded to the blister card, the compartment in the blister together with the blister card completely enclose the battery.
  • the blister card may be formed from any suitable material, for example paper, cardboard, paperboard or plastics.
  • the blister card provides the closure for the compartment.
  • the battery may be removed from the compartment simply by breaking through the material of the blister card.
  • the blister card is provided with perforations or lines of weakness to aid removal of the battery.
  • the closures may be defined by perforations in the blister card. It is preferred that the closures are not joined to the blister so that the closure can be opened without the need to separate the closure from the blister.
  • reinforcing means may be molded into the blister plastic provided between the compartments. These reinforcing means may take the form of webbing extending between the compartments away from the blister card.
  • a visual indicator may be provided on a compartment to indicate to a user where pressure for removing a battery from a compartment should be applied to the compartment.
  • This visual indicator can take the form of a deformation in a part of the blister forming a compartment, such as a raised portion on a compartment.
  • the invention is considered to be of particular advantage when the batteries are cylindrical batteries, for example of sizes AAA, AA, C or D.
  • the invention may also be applied to the packaging of a plurality of 9V Block batteries.
  • the package of the invention may be configured to contain two, four, six, eight, ten or more batteries in a single package.
  • a point-of-sale package for batteries comprises a cardboard blister card 1 to which is adhesively bonded a vacuum-formed blister 2 of transparent polyethylene teraphthalate (PET).
  • PET transparent polyethylene teraphthalate
  • the blister 2 is formed with, in this embodiment, four compartments 3, each sized and configured to receive a respective battery 4.
  • the number of batteries stored in the package may, however, be any number greater than one.
  • the batteries 4 are AA size.
  • each compartment 3 surrounds a battery 4 on three of its longitudinal sides.
  • the blister 2 defines an opening in each compartment 3 which is covered by the blister card 1.
  • the periphery of the opening in the compartment is defined by a substantially planar portion 5 of the blister 2. It is the substantially planar portion 5 of the blister 2 that is adhesively bonded to the blister card 1. In this way, each battery 4 is completely enclosed by the compartment 3 of the blister 2 in combination with the blister card 1.
  • perforations 6 are provided in the material of the blister card 1.
  • the perforations 6 define a closure portion 7 of the blister card 1, which generally corresponds in size and location to the compartments 3 of the blister 2.
  • the perforations 6 are position so that the closure portions 7 do not overlap with the planar portion 5 and so that the closure portions 7 are not bonded to the planar portion 5.
  • the batteries 4 can be removed individually from the package by pressing out the battery 4 so as to rip open the closure portion 7 along the perforation 6, as illustrated in Figure 5.
  • Strips 1a of the blister card 1 are provided between the closure portions 7.
  • any separating forces acting on the parts of the blister card 1 surrounding the closure portion that is being opened acts on the strips of material 1a adjacent the closure portion 7 that is being opened.
  • the presence of the strips of material 1a between the closure portions 7 accordingly ensures that only a single closure portion is being opened at any one time.
  • Each compartment 3 of the blister 2 is provided, as part of the moulding, with a press button 8.
  • the button 8 provides a visual guide to the consumer who can press against the button 8 to push the battery 4 against the closure portion 7 to break the perforations 6 and release the battery 4. It is not essential, however, for the blister to be provided with press buttons.
  • Each compartment 3 is also provided, as part of the moulding, with two (in this case) opposed retaining projections 9, which project into the interior of the compartment 3.
  • the retaining projections 9 may, however, have any suitable configuration and/or number.
  • the projections 9 bear against the batteries 4 to retain the batteries 4 in the compartments 3, even if the closure portion 7 has been removed.
  • the material of the blister 2 is sufficiently resilient that the batteries 4 can force the projections 9 outwardly when they are removed from the compartments 3.
  • a battery 4 can be pushed into an empty, open compartment 3 and the projections 9 will move outwardly to accommodate the battery 4 before returning to the position illustrated in Figure 2 to retain the battery 4 in the compartment 3.
  • reinforcing means 2a are further provided in part of the spaces between the adjacent compartments 3 to connect these blister compartments 3 in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the compartments 3.
  • the reinforcing means 2a of the preferred embodiment are molded into the blister 2. In the region occupied by the reinforcing means 2a, the blister card 1 is not attached to the blister 2.
  • the reinforcing means 2a reduces the amount the blister pack can bend about its longitudinal axis.
  • FIGS 8 and 9 illustrate another embodiment of the invention.
  • the compartments 3 are formed as wells in a vacuum formed plastics tray 10.
  • the base of each compartment is formed with a generally central pivot projection 11, such that pressure on an end of the battery 4, as indicated by the arrow A in Figure 9, causes the battery 4 to tip, as indicated by the arrow B in Figure 9 and as illustrated in Figure 8.
  • This "see-saw" action aids in removal of the battery 4 from the compartment 3.
  • the effect of the pivot projection 11 is to provide a deeper portion of the compartment at one end of the battery to allow the battery to tip under pressure as described. Consequently, the pivot projection 11 can take any suitable form that achieves this effect.
  • the pivot projection 11 could extend continuously to one end of the base of the compartment 3, as indicated by the dashed-dotted line in Figure 9.
  • a paper seal strip 12 is provided across the upper open surfaces of the compartments 3 and acts as a partial closure of the compartments 3.
  • the seal strip 12 is adhered to the portions of the tray 10 separating the compartments and to the edges of the tray 10, as illustrated in Figure 8.
  • the seal strip 12 breaks as the battery 4 tips, as described above.
  • the battery 4 can then be removed from the compartment 3, leaving the broken seal strip 12 as an indicator that a battery 4 has been removed from that compartment 3.
  • the broken seal strip 12 provides an indicator that the battery 4a is not the original battery 4 that was provided in that compartment 3. In this way, used batteries 4a can be stored in the tray 10 alongside the new batteries 4 without any confusion between the two.
  • FIGS 10 and 11 illustrated a further embodiment of the invention.
  • This embodiment corresponds substantially to the embodiment of Figures 8 and 9.
  • the compartments 3 of the tray 10 are not provided with a pivot projection 11.
  • the sealing strip 12 is covered with a transparent plastics cover strip 13 which covers approximately two thirds of the open surface of each compartment.
  • the cover strip 13 provides a respective closure portion 7 for each compartment 3.
  • the closure portions 7 are separated by perforations 6 and the cover strip is bonded not only to the seal strip 12 but also to the upper surface of the tray 10.
  • the batteries 4 are removed from the compartments 3 by pulling the end of the appropriate closure portion 7 to break the perforations 6.
  • the portion of the seal strip 12 attached to that cover portion 7 is also broken.
  • the broken seal strip 12 and the broken perforations 6 provide a visual indication that the compartment has been accessed. In this way, used batteries can be stored in the tray 10 alongside the new batteries 4 without any confusion between the two.
  • a point-of-sale package for batteries has a plurality of discrete compartments, each configured to retain a single respective battery.
  • Each compartment is closed by a respective closure portion defined by perforations in the blister card.
  • Each closure portion is individually openable to provide a permanent indication that the battery retained in the compartment has been accessed.
  • the compartments also include retaining projections which removably retain the batteries in the compartments, even when the closure portion has been removed. Consequently, used batteries can be stored in the opened compartments for later recycling or disposal.
  • the used batteries can be distinguished from the new batteries by the unopened closure portion.
  • the compartments are provided in a plastics tray and each compartment is covered by a sealing strip which breaks when the battery is removed from the compartment.

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