EP1945521A1 - Single-unit container with hinged cap/lid - Google Patents

Single-unit container with hinged cap/lid

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EP1945521A1
EP1945521A1 EP06808204A EP06808204A EP1945521A1 EP 1945521 A1 EP1945521 A1 EP 1945521A1 EP 06808204 A EP06808204 A EP 06808204A EP 06808204 A EP06808204 A EP 06808204A EP 1945521 A1 EP1945521 A1 EP 1945521A1
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Roger Nobilet
Didier Lancesseur
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Clariant Production France SAS
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Airsec SAS
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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/08—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures
    • B65D47/0804—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage
    • B65D47/0809—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having articulated or hinged closures integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage and elastically biased towards both the open and the closed positions
    • 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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material of curved cross-section
    • B65D11/04—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/24—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants
    • B65D81/26—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators
    • B65D81/266—Adaptations for preventing deterioration or decay of contents; Applications to the container or packaging material of food preservatives, fungicides, pesticides or animal repellants with provision for draining away, or absorbing, or removing by ventilation, fluids, e.g. exuded by contents; Applications of corrosion inhibitors or desiccators for absorbing gases, e.g. oxygen absorbers or desiccants

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  • the invention relates to a monobloc container for the packaging of products with bottom and cover / cover comprising a device for controlling its internal environment, the filling of which is carried out by the bottom before final closure of the bottom.
  • the invention relates to a monoblock container for packaging on machines operating at a high rate, products to be packaged, such as, for example, products of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic type, in solid form and requiring to be fed from the bottom, in that said products are preferably arranged by the packaging machine, in the form of pre-arranged stack that is important not to break.
  • the invention relates to a container comprising a cover / reclosable lid with integral hinge, comprising a device for controlling its internal environment, with a child safety device and with tamper evidence.
  • this document describes a container for diagnostic products of the test strip type sensitive to moisture.
  • a container of rectangular section with rounded sides has an open end called to receive an attached bottom and a partially open end called to receive an integral hinged lid, lid adjusted to the shape of this end of the oblong container body and coming fit by clipping on this end to be able to close the opening.
  • the bottom attached sealingly on the open end of the container, after filling, is equipped with a desiccant device.
  • the container does not have a first-open witness and does not have a device making opening to children particularly difficult.
  • Such a container does not meet all the current requirements of use, in particular security.
  • Such a container must imperatively be made in two operations, an injection molding operation of the container body and an injection molding operation of the integral hinge plug with its clipping means on the body of the container.
  • Such a container embodiment is, therefore, very restrictive in terms of automation. It requires two molds and a separate assembly of the two molded parts regardless of the final filling on the bottom. Such a container can not meet the current requirements of high productivity and cost reduction. Summary of the invention
  • a problem posed is to provide a container offering the usual use functions to which a user is accustomed, that is to say a container: a) equipped with a reversible closure type cover / reclosable cover hinge allowing to close the container after taking a tablet, and waiting for another catch, protecting the contents between two outlets and thus providing capacity, in the case of a presence of a means of controlling the atmosphere container, to this means of action, for example, by absorbing excess moisture, a means of control of the internal atmosphere of the container, particularly in the case of moisture-sensitive products, optionally tamper proof, thus allowing the end user to authenticate the physical integrity of the container and therefore its contents at the first opening, this tamper evidence being destroyed, at the first opening, so to be able to access to the content, then eliminated, and thus testifying to the opening of the container, possibly a means of safety to the opening by children, in order to strongly limit the risks associated with an opening of the container, in particular of pharmaceutical products, by a child who is unable to discern the potential dangerous
  • Such pre-established batteries in number of tablets have the advantage of allowing to maximize the amounts of tablets in the given volume of the container, better than what could be obtained for bulk introductions.
  • a stack introduction avoids the risk of mechanical damage by friction and abrasion, for potentially friable products.
  • friable products would not support a bulk introduction at a high rate in a container, if the introduction was to be done by a feed chute from, for example, an opening that would be positioned at the top of the container, as this is the case in conventional filling plants, with containers belonging to the state of the art.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to respond to the problems posed to the designer and to solve all or some of the aforementioned disadvantages and thus constitute a significant improvement over the state of the art.
  • the invention relates to a container for packaging products comprising: (i) an envelope formed of a skirt developing over the entire height of the body of said container, the bottom of which is open before filling, (ii) a reversible closing type closure / hinged closable cover connecting the closure means reversible to the casing, (iii) optionally a means of tamper evidence, (iv) possibly a means of security to the opening by children, (v) and a closure means of the open end of the 'envelope; and is characterized in that said container comprises a device for controlling its internal environment.
  • Another subject of the invention is the use of the container for the packaging of products to be packaged, more particularly of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic type, which may or may not be sensitive and require particular environmental protection. against the external environment, for example protection against moisture.
  • the one-piece assembly which consists of the container casing, the reversible hinge closing means, the possible tamper evidence means, and the opening security means by possible children according to the invention is realized by the injection molding techniques of thermoplastic materials and integrates, in one piece piece, all the conventional functions of a particular type of container pharmaceutical. Moreover, it comprises, in a very particular way, a skirt forming a container body and developing over the entire height of the body of said container.
  • the monobloc assembly is, therefore, provided with a reversible closure type cap / reclosable cover, integral hinge, that is to say made in the same material as the elements that are connected via of this connecting means that is the hinge, between the cover / cover reclosable on the one hand, the envelope on the other.
  • a reversible closure type cap / reclosable cover integral hinge
  • Such an integral hinge can be architected so as to have a mechanism for easy tilting in only two positions, a so-called “wide open” position and a so-called “closed” position, this mechanism being a means of assisting the opening closing hood / lid.
  • the one-piece assembly may also be provided with a tamper-proof means, first opening witness.
  • This first opening indicator consists of a membrane whose planar shape is that of the section of the upper end of the envelope, such as for example the outlet orifice of the container body which may be for example a neck .
  • This membrane is connected, by its periphery to the inner surface of the outlet of the container body, sealingly closing the container despite the fact that the cover / reclosable cover can be opened.
  • This thin membrane is connected by its periphery to the inner surface of the outlet of the container body via a zone of smaller thickness, frangible, which can therefore easily tear when a pulling force is exerted by the first user via a traction means integral with this membrane, such as, for example, a gripping ring secured to the membrane.
  • a traction means integral with this membrane, such as, for example, a gripping ring secured to the membrane.
  • the user can pass a finger in the gripping ring and tear the thin area of the membrane thus releasing the orifice.
  • This gripping ring is also injection molded in a single operation and integrally with the membrane and thus with the previously defined monobloc assembly.
  • This membrane is positioned so that it recesses from the upper end of the orifice of the container body, thus leaving a space available to accommodate the gripping ring when the cap / lid is in the closed position.
  • the design of the gripping ring can be such that the plane that it forms with the plane of the membrane allows the easy introduction of the finger of the end user. A certain elasticity of the materials possibly allows this gripping ring to return elastically in a plane forming an angle of approximately 45 ° with the plane formed by the membrane, if it has been crushed by the cover / lid during closure of it.
  • the monobloc assembly may also include a means of safety opening by children, to greatly reduce the risks associated with opening the container.
  • This means is a device which consists of a lug located on the outer periphery of the orifice of the container body, in a position diametrically opposite to the hinge and fitting into a suitable housing provided for this purpose on the cover / lid resealable.
  • such a lug can engage in its housing only to the extent that said cover / reclosable lid reflects a certain ability to deform under the effect of two opposing pressure forces, exerted by the user in a diametral plane perpendicular to the plane formed by the pin and the hinge, both planes passing through the axis of the container, thereby forcing the outer cylinder constituting the hood / cover to become oval, so to increase its diametral dimension, and then release the lug of its housing.
  • the cover / cover has a tab protruding and which allows to exert pressure upwards on the cover / hinged cover, thus making sure to open by tilting.
  • the lid / lid and the container envelope also comprise means for creating a good seal between the container orifice and the cap / lid when it is closed, as soon as the first opening control membrane is torn and removed.
  • the means for creating this good seal include: in the cover / cover, an inner cylindrical wall coaxial with said cover / cover of the male type, having positioning means when closing the cover / cover, such as a chamfer, in the extension of the casing and above the inviolability indicator, a cylindrical wall of female type.
  • the one-piece assembly includes in particular a skirt of such length that it forms the body of the container.
  • This skirt may be of cylindrical or elliptical or polygonal section. It is, for reasons of ease of tooling, preferentially cylindrical.
  • This skirt has a substantial opening in terms of section, generally larger than the section of the products to be packaged, thus allowing mechanical systems, for example by pistons, available on the packaging machines, to come and position very precisely a stack of products. to be packaged inside the skirt forming the container body, although bulk filling is still possible. The open end of the skirt is then closed, permanently, by an attached bottom, once the container filled.
  • the skirt forming a container body, has at its open end, at least one irreversible connecting means with the bottom closure.
  • This irreversible linking means can be a press fit which allows in particular to assemble the bottom attached to the skirt by a simple pressure, with a ring system fitting into a groove.
  • the rod and groove system is positioned in the inner end of the open skirt of the casing and on the outer periphery of the attached bottom. A certain elasticity and an adjustment of the rigidities of the materials constituting the one-piece assembly and the bottom, makes it possible to secure such an assembly.
  • welding or gluing can also be considered as required.
  • the assembly is made by force fitting or snap fitted between j onc and groove or groove. This assembly between the reported bottom and open end of the skirt is also waterproof.
  • the means for controlling the internal environment of the container may be of the porous capsule type containing an absorbent product or of the monolithic absorber type, that is to say made of a matrix of polymer materials receiving absorbent mineral materials or polymers. specific with an affinity for the gaseous pollutant present in situ.
  • this capsule may contain at least one of the desiccant agents selected from the group consisting of silica gel, desiccant clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide , barium oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieves or the like, or deliquescent salts such as magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride, or the like.
  • desiccant agents selected from the group consisting of silica gel, desiccant clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide , barium oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieves or the like, or deliquescent salts such as magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride, or the like.
  • Said capsule may be placed in the bottom of the container or in the reversible closure means or in both.
  • this absorber may be an insert, for example desiccant, which is of identical shape to that of said skirt and introduced inside thereof, and preferably of cylindrical shape. Such an insert is then positioned in a liner inside the container skirt. Its outer surface can be adjusted, by intimate contact with the entire inner surface of the skirt or possibly come to rest on longitudinal ribs existing on the inner surface of the skirt.
  • This desiccant element positioned in circumferential cylindrical lining may also be produced by bi-material co-injection with said one-piece assembly.
  • This monolithic absorber-type insert or internal lining constituting the means for controlling the internal environment of the container may be made by combining the same thermoplastic polymers or copolymers as those used for the manufacture of the monoblock assembly and the attached base, with at least one dehydrating agent, mentioned above in the list relating to the production of desiccant capsules, during a specific compounding operation.
  • the envelope, the hinged lid / lid, the tamper evidence means, the protection means for child, are injection molded in a single operation, and constitute the monobloc assembly made in one and the same material.
  • the injected lid / cover can be closed when the mold is opened after the injection and thus produce a finished assembly ready to be delivered to the conditioner.
  • the one-piece assembly is injected into a configuration which is that of the "wide open” position of the cover / cover, for reasons of ease of mold making and ease of demolding.
  • the cover / cover is tilted, by mechanical drive, in another configuration which is that of its "closed” position, and this without any external intervention.
  • the polymeric materials desirable for producing the one-piece assembly and the bottom of the container are generally and not exclusively selected from the group of materials composed of thermoplastic polymers, including in particular polyolefins such as polyethylenes, polypropylenes, ethylene copolymers / propylene and their mixtures, polyamides
  • PA polystyrenes
  • ABS acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • SAN polymethylmethacrylates
  • PMMA polyethylene terephthalates
  • PBT polybutylene terephthalates
  • POM polyacetals
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • PC polycarbonates
  • Elastomers of mono-olefins such as, for example, polymers of one isobutylene / isoprene, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene-propylene (EPR), ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM), ethylene-acrylic esters (EMA-EEA), fluorinated polymers, diolefin rubbers, such as, for example, polybutadiene, butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), rubbers based on condensation products such as, for example, rubbers polyester and polyurethane thermoplastics, silicones, styrene rubbers, such as styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), styrene-ethylene butadiene styrene (SEBS) and other block copolymers, used alone or in a mixture, formulated or not, may
  • Nano-metric mineral fillers of lamellar clay type can be associated with the previously listed polymeric materials during compounding operations.
  • Such mineral fillers are preferably clays and are selected from the group of smectites, consisting of montmorillonite, nontronite, beidellite, volkonskoite, hectorite, saponite, sanconite, magadiite, and kenyaite, the group vermiculite, the group of illites such as lédikite.
  • These clays have constituent lamella surfaces having the capacity to exchange ions with an organo-ionic compound to which they are exposed for the purpose of their exfoliation, in order to constitute nano-metric mineral elements that are perfectly dispersible in the thermoplastic polymer matrix.
  • ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide type may be used in part for the manufacture of the container according to the invention. These resins are then associated with the polymer materials described above, and constitute the structure of the container, in the form of an internal barrier layer encapsulated between two layers of the structural polymer materials. These so-called ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide barrier resins are associated with thermoplastic polymer compositions in a multilayer structure. Such multi-layer constructions are obtained by any multi-co-injection technique. material, sequential or otherwise, well known in the state of the art of plastics.
  • Such barrier resins may also be formulated to modify their absorption or adhesion characteristics.
  • Polyolefins and in particular polypropylenes, are preferably selected to form the container structure because such polymeric materials have an excellent ability to develop integral hinges, while combining a certain rigidity and resilience. They also offer great ease of molding.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a container with its cap / lid hinged in the open position
  • FIG. 2 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention, making it possible to observe the cap forming the envelope with its cap / cover in closed position and the associated bottom, in a deploying configuration, at the bottom, a desiccant device;
  • FIG. 3 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention, making it possible to observe the cap forming the envelope with its cap / cover in closed position and the associated bottom, in a configuration deploying a desiccant device in the form of an insert s' adjusting inside the skirt of the cap forming the container body.
  • FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of the container (1) according to the invention.
  • This container consists of an envelope cap (2) and a bottom (17) attached closing the body shell of the container.
  • the envelope plug (2) is provided with a reversible closure type closure / lid reclosable (3) integral hinge (4), connecting the cover / reclosable lid (3) to the support constituted by the neck (5). ) of the container body.
  • the cover cap assembly (2) is also provided with a tamper - proof indicator or a first opening (6).
  • This first opening indicator (6) consists of a frangible tear-off membrane (7), by pulling traction exerted by the first user, for example, by pulling on a gripping ring (8) integral with the membrane.
  • the cover cap assembly (2) is also provided with an opening safety device by children (9).
  • This device consists of a lug (10) located on the outer periphery of the neck of the container body, in a position diametrically opposite to the hinge and fitting into a housing (11) adapted for this purpose on the cover / cover reclosable (3).
  • Two surface roughness zones (12) indicate the two pressure points for ovalizing the hood / cover and releasing the lug from its housing.
  • the cover / cover (3) has a tab (13) coming protruding facilitating its opening by a movement exerted from bottom to top causing the tilting of the cover / lid (3) around its hinge (4).
  • the good seal between neck (5) of the body of the container and cover / cover is provided by a male cylinder (14) present on the movable inner part of the cap / cover being fitted in the female part constituted by ' the neck of the container (15).
  • the cap assembly comprises in particular a skirt (16) of such length that it forms the body of the container.
  • the open end of the skirt (16) is closed permanently by a bottom (17) once the container (1) filled.
  • This skirt forming envelope and container body, has at its end, at least one means of irreversible connection with the closure bottom.
  • This irreversible connecting means may be a press fitting which in particular makes it possible to assemble the bottom on the skirt by a simple pressure, with a rod system (18) fitting into a groove (19). In order to achieve an assembly easy to implement and waterproof.
  • FIG. 2 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention (1), making it possible to observe the envelope plug (2) with its cover / lid (3) in the closed position and the bottom (17) associated, in an unfolding configuration, at the bottom, a desiccant device (20).
  • FIG. 3 represents a view in section and perspective of the container (1) according to the invention, making it possible to observe the envelope plug (2) with its cover / cover (3) in the closed position and the bottom (17) associated, in a configuration deploying a desiccant device in the form of an insert (21) fitting inside the skirt of the body cap of the container.

Abstract

The invention concerns a container (1) for packaging products, comprising a housing (2) formed by a skirt extending over the entire length of the body of said container, and having a base that is open prior to filling, a reversible closable closure means such as a cap/lid (3) having a hinge (4) linking the reversible closure means to the envelope, optionally a tamperproof means (6), optionally child-resistant opening means, and means for closing (17) the open end of the envelope. The invention is characterized in that said container comprises a device for monitoring its internal atmosphere (20).

Description

CONTENEUR MONOBLOC A CAPOT/COUVERCLE A CHARNIKRE MONOBLOC CONTAINER WITH COVER / COVER CHARNIKRE
Domaine de l' inventionField of the invention
L'invention concerne un conteneur monobloc pour le conditionnement de produits avec fond et capot/couvercle comprenant un dispositif de contrôle de son ambiance interne, dont le remplissage s'effectue par le fond avant fermeture définitive du fond.The invention relates to a monobloc container for the packaging of products with bottom and cover / cover comprising a device for controlling its internal environment, the filling of which is carried out by the bottom before final closure of the bottom.
L'invention concerne un conteneur monobloc pour le conditionnement sur des machines opérant à haute cadence, de produits à conditionner tels que, par exemple, des produits de type pharmaceutique, cosmétique, alimentaire, vétérinaire, de diagnostic, se présentant sous forme solide et nécessitant d'être alimentés par le fond, de par le fait que lesdits produits sont préférentiellement disposés, par la machine de conditionnement, sous la forme de pile pré-arrangée qu'il importe de ne pas rompre.The invention relates to a monoblock container for packaging on machines operating at a high rate, products to be packaged, such as, for example, products of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic type, in solid form and requiring to be fed from the bottom, in that said products are preferably arranged by the packaging machine, in the form of pre-arranged stack that is important not to break.
Plus particulièrement, l'invention concerne un conteneur comprenant un capot/couvercle refermable avec charnière intégrale, comprenant un dispositif de contrôle de son ambiance interne, avec dispositif de sécurité pour enfant et avec témoin d'inviolabilité.More particularly, the invention relates to a container comprising a cover / reclosable lid with integral hinge, comprising a device for controlling its internal environment, with a child safety device and with tamper evidence.
Etat de la techniqueState of the art
De nombreux conteneurs comprenant un fond rapporté sont décrits dans la littérature technique, en particulier dans celle constituée par les demandes de brevet et/ou brevets publiés. Parmi ces documents, l'un d'entre eux a été retenu : ce document (DE3519296) décrit un conteneur pour produits de diagnostic de type languettes test sensibles à l'humidité. Un tel conteneur de section rectangulaire à cotés arrondis, comporte une extrémité ouverte appelée à recevoir un fond rapporté et une extrémité partiellement ouverte appelée à recevoir un couvercle à charnière intégrale, couvercle ajusté à la forme de cette extrémité du corps de conteneur oblong et venant se monter par clipsage sur cette extrémité pour pouvoir en fermer l' ouverture .Many containers comprising a reported bottom are described in the technical literature, in particular in that constituted by patent applications and / or published patents. Among these documents, one of them has been retained: this document (DE3519296) describes a container for diagnostic products of the test strip type sensitive to moisture. Such a container of rectangular section with rounded sides, has an open end called to receive an attached bottom and a partially open end called to receive an integral hinged lid, lid adjusted to the shape of this end of the oblong container body and coming fit by clipping on this end to be able to close the opening.
Le fond rapporté de manière étanche sur l'extrémité ouverte du conteneur, après son remplissage, est équipé d'un dispositif dessicant. Le conteneur ne possède pas de témoin de première ouverture et ne possède pas de dispositif rendant l'ouverture aux enfants particulièrement difficile.The bottom attached sealingly on the open end of the container, after filling, is equipped with a desiccant device. The container does not have a first-open witness and does not have a device making opening to children particularly difficult.
Un tel conteneur ne répond pas à toutes les exigences actuelles d'usage en particulier sécuritaires.Such a container does not meet all the current requirements of use, in particular security.
De plus, un tel conteneur doit impérativement être réalisé en deux opérations, une opération d'injection moulage du corps du conteneur et une opération d'injection moulage du bouchon à charnière intégrale avec son moyen de clipsage sur le corps du conteneur. Une telle réalisation de conteneur est, dès lors, très contraignante en matière d'automatisation. Elle demande deux moules et un assemblage séparé des deux pièces moulées indépendamment de l'obturation définitive sur le fond. Un tel conteneur ne peut répondre aux exigences actuelles de haute productivité et de réduction de coûts . Sommaire de l'inventionMoreover, such a container must imperatively be made in two operations, an injection molding operation of the container body and an injection molding operation of the integral hinge plug with its clipping means on the body of the container. Such a container embodiment is, therefore, very restrictive in terms of automation. It requires two molds and a separate assembly of the two molded parts regardless of the final filling on the bottom. Such a container can not meet the current requirements of high productivity and cost reduction. Summary of the invention
Un problème posé est de réaliser un conteneur offrant les fonctions d'usage auxquelles un utilisateur est habitué, c'est-à-dire un conteneur : a) équipé d'un moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable à charnière permettant de refermer le conteneur après la prise d'un comprimé, et en l'attente d'une autre prise, protégeant le contenu entre deux prises et offrant ainsi capacité, dans le cas d'une présence d'un moyen de contrôle de l'atmosphère interne du conteneur, à ce moyen d'agir, par exemple, en absorbant un surplus d'humidité, d'un moyen de contrôle de l'atmosphère interne du conteneur, en particulier dans le cas de produits sensibles à l'humidité, éventuellement d'un témoin d'inviolabilité, permettant ainsi à l'utilisateur final d'authentifier l'intégrité physique du conteneur et donc de son contenu lors de la première ouverture, ce témoin d'inviolabilité étant détruit, lors de la première ouverture, afin de pouvoir accéder au contenu, puis éliminé, et témoignant ainsi de l'ouverture du conteneur, éventuellement d'un moyen de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants, afin de restreindre fortement les risques associés à une ouverture du conteneur, en particulier de produits pharmaceutiques, par un enfant non à même de discerner la dangerosité potentielle des médicaments ainsi libérés, b) tout en offrant, au moment du remplissage, la possibilité d'une manipulation, plus spécifiquement l'introduction facile dans le conteneur, des produits à conditionner, lorsque ces produits sont disposés en pile. De telles piles préétablies en nombre de comprimés, ont l'avantage de permettre de maximiser les quantités de comprimés dans le volume donné du conteneur, mieux que ce qui pourrait être obtenu pour des introductions en vrac . De plus, une telle introduction en pile évite des risques de détérioration mécanique par frottement et abrasion, pour des produits potentiellement friables. En effet des produits friables ne supporteraient pas une introduction en vrac à haute cadence dans un conteneur, si l'introduction devait se faire par une goulotte d'alimentation à partir de, par exemple, une ouverture qui serait positionnée en haut du conteneur, comme c'est le cas dans les installations de remplissage classiques, avec des conteneurs appartenant à l'état de la technique.A problem posed is to provide a container offering the usual use functions to which a user is accustomed, that is to say a container: a) equipped with a reversible closure type cover / reclosable cover hinge allowing to close the container after taking a tablet, and waiting for another catch, protecting the contents between two outlets and thus providing capacity, in the case of a presence of a means of controlling the atmosphere container, to this means of action, for example, by absorbing excess moisture, a means of control of the internal atmosphere of the container, particularly in the case of moisture-sensitive products, optionally tamper proof, thus allowing the end user to authenticate the physical integrity of the container and therefore its contents at the first opening, this tamper evidence being destroyed, at the first opening, so to be able to access to the content, then eliminated, and thus testifying to the opening of the container, possibly a means of safety to the opening by children, in order to strongly limit the risks associated with an opening of the container, in particular of pharmaceutical products, by a child who is unable to discern the potential dangerousness of the drugs thus released, b) while offering, at the time of filling, the possibility of handling, more specifically the easy introduction into the container, the products to be packaged, when these products are arranged in a stack. Such pre-established batteries in number of tablets, have the advantage of allowing to maximize the amounts of tablets in the given volume of the container, better than what could be obtained for bulk introductions. In addition, such a stack introduction avoids the risk of mechanical damage by friction and abrasion, for potentially friable products. Indeed, friable products would not support a bulk introduction at a high rate in a container, if the introduction was to be done by a feed chute from, for example, an opening that would be positioned at the top of the container, as this is the case in conventional filling plants, with containers belonging to the state of the art.
c) et de permettre, grâce à un moyen d'obturation, la fermeture automatisée et définitive du fond ouvert du conteneur, de dimension la plus large possible, ayant servi à son remplissage, lorsque le conteneur a été effectivement rempli.c) and to allow, thanks to a sealing means, the automatic and definitive closing of the open bottom of the container, of the widest possible size, used for its filling, when the container has actually been filled.
L'invention a ainsi pour objet de répondre aux problèmes posés au concepteur et de résoudre tout ou partie des inconvénients précédemment évoqués et constituer ainsi une amélioration significative par rapport à l'état de la technique .The object of the invention is therefore to respond to the problems posed to the designer and to solve all or some of the aforementioned disadvantages and thus constitute a significant improvement over the state of the art.
Dès lors, l'invention concerne un conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits comprenant : (i) une enveloppe formée d'une jupe se développant sur toute la hauteur du corps dudit conteneur, dont le fond est ouvert avant remplissage, (ii) un moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable à charnière reliant le moyen de fermeture réversible à l'enveloppe, (iii) éventuellement un moyen témoin d'inviolabilité, (iv) éventuellement un moyen.de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants, (v) et un moyen d'obturation de l'extrémité ouverte de l'enveloppe; et se caractérise en ce que ledit conteneur comprend un dispositif de contrôle de son ambiance interne .Therefore, the invention relates to a container for packaging products comprising: (i) an envelope formed of a skirt developing over the entire height of the body of said container, the bottom of which is open before filling, (ii) a reversible closing type closure / hinged closable cover connecting the closure means reversible to the casing, (iii) optionally a means of tamper evidence, (iv) possibly a means of security to the opening by children, (v) and a closure means of the open end of the 'envelope; and is characterized in that said container comprises a device for controlling its internal environment.
Un autre objet de l'invention est l'utilisation du conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits à conditionner, plus particulièrement de type pharmaceutique, cosmétique, alimentaire, vétérinaire, de diagnostic, qui peuvent être ou non sensibles et nécessiter une protection d'ambiance particulière vis à vis du milieu extérieur, par exemple une protection contre 1' humidité .Another subject of the invention is the use of the container for the packaging of products to be packaged, more particularly of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary or diagnostic type, which may or may not be sensitive and require particular environmental protection. against the external environment, for example protection against moisture.
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L'ensemble monobloc qui se compose de l'enveloppe du conteneur, du moyen de fermeture réversible à charnière, du moyen témoin d'inviolabilité éventuel, et du moyen de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants éventuel selon l'invention, est réalisé par les techniques d'injection moulage de matériaux thermoplastiques et intègre, en une seule pièce monobloc, toutes les fonctions classiques d'un conteneur de type en particulier pharmaceutique. De plus, il comporte, de manière tout à fait particulière, une jupe formant corps du conteneur et se développant sur toute la hauteur du corps dudit conteneur.The one-piece assembly which consists of the container casing, the reversible hinge closing means, the possible tamper evidence means, and the opening security means by possible children according to the invention is realized by the injection molding techniques of thermoplastic materials and integrates, in one piece piece, all the conventional functions of a particular type of container pharmaceutical. Moreover, it comprises, in a very particular way, a skirt forming a container body and developing over the entire height of the body of said container.
L'ensemble monobloc est, dès lors, muni d'un moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable, à charnière intégrale, c'est-à-dire fabriqué dans la même matière que les éléments qui sont reliés par l'intermédiaire de ce moyen de liaison qu'est la charnière, entre le capot/couvercle refermable d'une part, l'enveloppe d'autre part. Une telle charnière intégrale peut être architecturêe de manière à avoir un mécanisme permettant son basculement facile dans seulement deux positions, une position dite « grande ouverte » et une position dite « fermée », ce mécanisme étant un moyen d'assistance à l'ouverture fermeture du capot/couvercle.The monobloc assembly is, therefore, provided with a reversible closure type cap / reclosable cover, integral hinge, that is to say made in the same material as the elements that are connected via of this connecting means that is the hinge, between the cover / cover reclosable on the one hand, the envelope on the other. Such an integral hinge can be architected so as to have a mechanism for easy tilting in only two positions, a so-called "wide open" position and a so-called "closed" position, this mechanism being a means of assisting the opening closing hood / lid.
L'ensemble monobloc peut être également muni d'un moyen d'inviolabilité, témoin de première ouverture. Ce témoin de première ouverture est constitué d'une membrane dont la forme plane est celle de la section de l'extrémité supérieure de l'enveloppe, tel que par exemple l'orifice de sortie du corps du conteneur qui peut être par exemple un goulot. Cette membrane est reliée, par sa périphérie à la surface interne de l'orifice de sortie du corps du conteneur, fermant de manière parfaitement étanche le conteneur malgré le fait que le capot/couvercle refermable puisse être ouvert. Cette membrane de faible épaisseur, est reliée par sa périphérie, à la surface interne de l'orifice de sortie du corps du conteneur par l'intermédiaire d'une zone de plus faible épaisseur, frangible, qui peut dès lors facilement se déchirer lorsqu'une force d'arrachage est exercée, par le premier utilisateur, par l'intermédiaire d'un moyen de traction solidaire de cette membrane, tel que, par exemple, un anneau de préhension solidaire de la membrane. Dans ce cas, l'utilisateur peut passer un doigt dans cet anneau de préhension et déchirer la zone de faible épaisseur de la membrane en libérant ainsi l'orifice. Cet anneau de préhension est également moulé par injection en une seule opération et de manière monobloc avec la membrane et donc avec l'ensemble monobloc précédemment défini.The one-piece assembly may also be provided with a tamper-proof means, first opening witness. This first opening indicator consists of a membrane whose planar shape is that of the section of the upper end of the envelope, such as for example the outlet orifice of the container body which may be for example a neck . This membrane is connected, by its periphery to the inner surface of the outlet of the container body, sealingly closing the container despite the fact that the cover / reclosable cover can be opened. This thin membrane, is connected by its periphery to the inner surface of the outlet of the container body via a zone of smaller thickness, frangible, which can therefore easily tear when a pulling force is exerted by the first user via a traction means integral with this membrane, such as, for example, a gripping ring secured to the membrane. In this case, the user can pass a finger in the gripping ring and tear the thin area of the membrane thus releasing the orifice. This gripping ring is also injection molded in a single operation and integrally with the membrane and thus with the previously defined monobloc assembly.
Cette membrane est positionnée de manière à ce qu'elle vienne en retrait de l'extrémité supérieure de l'orifice du corps du conteneur, laissant ainsi un espace disponible pour loger l'anneau de préhension lorsque le capot/couvercle est en position fermée. La conception de l'anneau de préhension peut être telle que le plan qu'il forme avec le plan de la membrane permet l'introduction facile du doigt de l'utilisateur final. Une certaine élasticité des matériaux permet éventuellement à cet anneau de préhension de revenir par élasticité dans un plan formant un angle d'environ 45° avec le plan formé par la membrane, s'il a été écrasé par le capot/couvercle lors de la fermeture de celui-ci.This membrane is positioned so that it recesses from the upper end of the orifice of the container body, thus leaving a space available to accommodate the gripping ring when the cap / lid is in the closed position. The design of the gripping ring can be such that the plane that it forms with the plane of the membrane allows the easy introduction of the finger of the end user. A certain elasticity of the materials possibly allows this gripping ring to return elastically in a plane forming an angle of approximately 45 ° with the plane formed by the membrane, if it has been crushed by the cover / lid during closure of it.
L'ensemble monobloc peut comprendre également un moyen de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants, afin de restreindre fortement les risques associés à une ouverture du conteneur. Ce moyen est un dispositif qui consiste en un ergot situé sur la périphérie externe de l'orifice du corps du conteneur, en une position diamétralement opposée à la charnière et venant s'encastrer dans un logement adapté prévu à cet effet sur le capot/couvercle refermable. Cependant un tel ergot ne peut s'engager dans son logement que dans la mesure où ledit capot/couvercle refermable témoigne d'une certaine capacité à se déformer sous l'effet de deux forces de pression opposées, exercées par l'utilisateur dans un plan diamétral perpendiculaire au plan formé par l'ergot et la charnière, plans passant tous deux par l'axe du conteneur, forçant ainsi le cylindre externe constituant le capot/couvercle à s'ovaliser, donc à augmenter sa dimension diamétrale, et dès lors libérer l'ergot de son logement.The monobloc assembly may also include a means of safety opening by children, to greatly reduce the risks associated with opening the container. This means is a device which consists of a lug located on the outer periphery of the orifice of the container body, in a position diametrically opposite to the hinge and fitting into a suitable housing provided for this purpose on the cover / lid resealable. However, such a lug can engage in its housing only to the extent that said cover / reclosable lid reflects a certain ability to deform under the effect of two opposing pressure forces, exerted by the user in a diametral plane perpendicular to the plane formed by the pin and the hinge, both planes passing through the axis of the container, thereby forcing the outer cylinder constituting the hood / cover to become oval, so to increase its diametral dimension, and then release the lug of its housing.
Afin de positionner parfaitement cette pression diamétrale, effectuée par les deux doigts de la main, deux zones de rugosité de surface ont été créées sur la face externe du capot/couvercle. Ces zones de rugosité de surface, indiquant les deux points de pression, peuvent être constituées par exemple, par des rainures ou par tout autre moyen tel qu'une portion de surface de plus grande matité permettant, à la fois de repérer la position des doigts, et de restreindre les effets de glissement des doigts, sur le capot/couvercle.In order to perfectly position this diametric pressure, performed by the two fingers of the hand, two areas of surface roughness have been created on the outer face of the cover / cover. These areas of surface roughness, indicating the two pressure points, may be constituted for example by grooves or by any other means such as a portion of surface of greater dullness making it possible both to locate the position of the fingers. , and to restrict the effects of sliding of the fingers, on the hood / lid.
Le capot/couvercle comporte un onglet venant en protubérance et qui permet d'exercer une pression de bas en haut sur le capot/couvercle à charnière, faisant ainsi en sorte de l'ouvrir par basculement.The cover / cover has a tab protruding and which allows to exert pressure upwards on the cover / hinged cover, thus making sure to open by tilting.
Le capot/couvercle et l'enveloppe du conteneur comportent également des moyens permettant de créer une bonne ëtanchéité entre l'orifice du conteneur et le capot/couvercle lors de sa fermeture, dès lors que la membrane témoin de première ouverture est déchirée et retirée. Les moyens de création de cette bonne ëtanchéité comprennent : dans le capot/couvercle, une paroi cylindrique interne coaxiale audit capot/couvercle de type mâle, présentant des moyens de positionnement lors de la fermeture du capot/couvercle, tel qu'un chanfrein, dans le prolongement de l'enveloppe et au-dessus du témoin d'inviolabilité, une paroi cylindrique de type femelle.The lid / lid and the container envelope also comprise means for creating a good seal between the container orifice and the cap / lid when it is closed, as soon as the first opening control membrane is torn and removed. The means for creating this good seal include: in the cover / cover, an inner cylindrical wall coaxial with said cover / cover of the male type, having positioning means when closing the cover / cover, such as a chamfer, in the extension of the casing and above the inviolability indicator, a cylindrical wall of female type.
Ces parois cylindriques mâle et femelle s'ajustent l'une à l'autre lors de la fermeture du capot/couvercle pour créer l'étanchéité du conteneur, dès lors qu'il est mis en usage.These cylindrical male and female walls fit together when closing the cover / lid to create the tightness of the container, as soon as it is put into use.
L'ensemble monobloc comporte en particulier une jupe de longueur telle qu'elle forme le corps du conteneur.The one-piece assembly includes in particular a skirt of such length that it forms the body of the container.
Cette jupe peut être de section cylindrique ou elliptique ou polygonale. Elle est, pour des raisons de facilité de fabrication d'outillage, préférentiellement cylindrique.This skirt may be of cylindrical or elliptical or polygonal section. It is, for reasons of ease of tooling, preferentially cylindrical.
Cette jupe a une ouverture conséquente en terme de section, généralement plus grande que la section des produits à conditionner, permettant ainsi à des systèmes mécaniques, par exemple par pistons, disponibles sur les machines de conditionnement, de venir positionner très précisément une pile de produits à conditionner à l'intérieur de la jupe formant le corps du conteneur, bien que le remplissage en vrac reste possible. L'extrémité ouverte de la jupe est ensuite obturée, de manière définitive, par un fond rapporté, une fois le conteneur rempli .This skirt has a substantial opening in terms of section, generally larger than the section of the products to be packaged, thus allowing mechanical systems, for example by pistons, available on the packaging machines, to come and position very precisely a stack of products. to be packaged inside the skirt forming the container body, although bulk filling is still possible. The open end of the skirt is then closed, permanently, by an attached bottom, once the container filled.
La jupe, formant corps de conteneur, possède à son extrémité ouverte, au moins un moyen de liaison irréversible avec le fond rapporté d'obturation. Ce moyen de liaison irréversible peut être un emmanchement à force qui permet en particulier d'assembler le fond rapporté sur la jupe par une simple pression, avec un système de jonc venant s'ajuster dans une gorge. Le système de jonc et de gorge est positionné dans l'extrémité interne de la jupe ouverte de l'enveloppe et sur la périphérie externe du fond rapporté. Une certaine élasticité et un ajustement des rigidités des matériaux constituant l'ensemble monobloc et le fond, permet de solidariser un tel assemblage.The skirt, forming a container body, has at its open end, at least one irreversible connecting means with the bottom closure. This irreversible linking means can be a press fit which allows in particular to assemble the bottom attached to the skirt by a simple pressure, with a ring system fitting into a groove. The rod and groove system is positioned in the inner end of the open skirt of the casing and on the outer periphery of the attached bottom. A certain elasticity and an adjustment of the rigidities of the materials constituting the one-piece assembly and the bottom, makes it possible to secure such an assembly.
Une soudure ou un collage, peut également être considéré suivant les exigences. Préférentiellement, l'assemblage se fait par emmanchement à force ou encliquetage ajusté entre j onc et rainure ou gorge . Cet assemblage entre fond rapporté et extrémité ouverte de la jupe est également étanche .Welding or gluing can also be considered as required. Preferably, the assembly is made by force fitting or snap fitted between j onc and groove or groove. This assembly between the reported bottom and open end of the skirt is also waterproof.
Le moyen de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur peut être de type capsule poreuse contenant un produit absorbant ou de type absorbeur monolithique, c'est-à-dire fait d'une matrice en matériaux polymère recevant des matériaux minéraux absorbants ou des polymères spécifiques ayant une affinité pour le polluant gazeux présent in- situ.The means for controlling the internal environment of the container may be of the porous capsule type containing an absorbent product or of the monolithic absorber type, that is to say made of a matrix of polymer materials receiving absorbent mineral materials or polymers. specific with an affinity for the gaseous pollutant present in situ.
Quand le moyen de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type capsule poreuse, cette capsule peut contenir l'un au moins des agents déshydratants choisis dans le groupe constitué par le gel de silice, argile déshydratante, alumine activée, oxyde de calcium, oxyde de baryum, zéolites naturels ou synthétiques, tamis moléculaire ou analogues, ou sels déliquescents tels que le sulfate de magnésium, le chlorure de calcium, le chlorure d' aluminium, le chlorure de lithium, le bromure de calcium, le chlorure de zinc, ou analogues.When the means for controlling the internal environment of the container is of porous capsule type, this capsule may contain at least one of the desiccant agents selected from the group consisting of silica gel, desiccant clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide , barium oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieves or the like, or deliquescent salts such as magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride, or the like.
Ladite capsule peut être placée dans le fond du conteneur ou dans le moyen de fermeture réversible ou dans les deux.Said capsule may be placed in the bottom of the container or in the reversible closure means or in both.
Quand le moyen de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type absorbeur monolithique, cet absorbeur peut être un insert, par exemple déshydratant, qui est de forme identique à celle de ladite jupe et introduit à l'intérieur de celle-ci, et préférentiellement de forme cylindrique. Un tel insert est alors positionné selon un chemisage à l'intérieur de la jupe formant conteneur. Sa surface externe peut venir s'ajuster, par contact intime, avec la totalité de la surface interne de la jupe ou éventuellement venir s'appuyer sur des nervures longitudinales existantes sur la surface interne de la jupe. Cet élément déshydratant positionné en chemisage cylindrique circonférenciel peut encore être réalisé par co-injection bi-matière avec ledit ensemble monobloc.When the means for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of monolithic absorber type, this absorber may be an insert, for example desiccant, which is of identical shape to that of said skirt and introduced inside thereof, and preferably of cylindrical shape. Such an insert is then positioned in a liner inside the container skirt. Its outer surface can be adjusted, by intimate contact with the entire inner surface of the skirt or possibly come to rest on longitudinal ribs existing on the inner surface of the skirt. This desiccant element positioned in circumferential cylindrical lining may also be produced by bi-material co-injection with said one-piece assembly.
Cet insert de type absorbeur monolithique ou ce revêtement interne constituant le moyen de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur peut être réalisé par combinaison des mêmes polymères ou copolymères thermoplastiques que ceux utilisés pour la fabrication de l'ensemble monobloc et du fond rapporté, avec au moins un agent déshydratant, précité dans la liste concernant la réalisation de capsules déshydratantes, lors d'une opération de compoundage spécifique.This monolithic absorber-type insert or internal lining constituting the means for controlling the internal environment of the container may be made by combining the same thermoplastic polymers or copolymers as those used for the manufacture of the monoblock assembly and the attached base, with at least one dehydrating agent, mentioned above in the list relating to the production of desiccant capsules, during a specific compounding operation.
L'enveloppe, le capot/couvercle à charnière intégrée, le moyen témoin d'inviolabilité, le moyen de protection pour enfant, sont moulés par injection en une unique opération, et constituent l'ensemble monobloc réalisé en une seule et même matière. De plus, le capot/couvercle injecté peut être refermé au moment de l'ouverture du moule après l'injection et produire ainsi un ensemble terminé prêt à être livré au conditionneur.The envelope, the hinged lid / lid, the tamper evidence means, the protection means for child, are injection molded in a single operation, and constitute the monobloc assembly made in one and the same material. In addition, the injected lid / cover can be closed when the mold is opened after the injection and thus produce a finished assembly ready to be delivered to the conditioner.
L'ensemble monobloc est injecté dans une configuration qui est celle de la position « grande ouverte » du capot/couvercle, pour des raisons de facilité de fabrication de moule et de facilité de démoulage. Toutefois, lors de l'éjection automatique de l'ensemble monobloc du moule, le capot/couvercle est basculé, par entraînement mécanique, dans une autre configuration qui est celle de sa position « fermée », et cela sans aucune intervention externe .The one-piece assembly is injected into a configuration which is that of the "wide open" position of the cover / cover, for reasons of ease of mold making and ease of demolding. However, during the automatic ejection of the one-piece assembly of the mold, the cover / cover is tilted, by mechanical drive, in another configuration which is that of its "closed" position, and this without any external intervention.
L'homme de l'art appréciera les gains énormes en productivité d'une telle conception à fonctions fortement intégrées .Those skilled in the art will appreciate the enormous productivity gains of such a highly integrated design feature.
Les matériaux polymères souhaitables pour réaliser l'ensemble monobloc et le fond du conteneur sont généralement et non exclusivement choisis dans le groupe de matériaux composés de polymères thermoplastiques, comprenant en particulier les polyolëfines telles que les polyéthylènes, les polypropylènes, les copolymères d' éthylène/propylène et leurs mélanges, les polyamidesThe polymeric materials desirable for producing the one-piece assembly and the bottom of the container are generally and not exclusively selected from the group of materials composed of thermoplastic polymers, including in particular polyolefins such as polyethylenes, polypropylenes, ethylene copolymers / propylene and their mixtures, polyamides
(PA) , les polystyrènes (PS) , les copolymères d' acrylonitrile-butadiène-styrène (ABS), les copolymères de styrène-acrylonitrile (SAN) , les polyméthacrylates de méthyl (PMMA) , les polyéthylènetéréphtalates (PET) , les polybutylènetérëphtalates (PBT) , les polyacétals (POM) , les polychlorures de vinyle (PVC) ; les polycarbonates (PC) .(PA), polystyrenes (PS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers (ABS), styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN), polymethylmethacrylates (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalates (PET), polybutylene terephthalates ( PBT), polyacetals (POM), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) ; polycarbonates (PC).
Des élastomères de mono-olêfines, tels que, par exemple, les polymères d1 isobutylène/isoprène, êthylène-acétate de vinyle (EVA) , êthylène-propylène (EPR) , êthylène- propylène-diène (EPDM) , êthylène-esters acryliques (EMA- EEA) , les polymères fluorés, les caoutchouc de dioléfines, tels que, par exemple, les polybutadiène, les copolymères de butadiène-styrène (SBR) , les caoutchoucs à base de produits de condensation tels que, par exemple, les caoutchoucs thermoplastiques polyesters et polyuréthanes, les silicones, les caoutchoucs styrêniques, tels que styrène-butadiène-styrène (SBS) , les styrène-isoprène- styrène (SIS) , les styrène-êthylène butadiène styrène (SEBS) et autres copolymères bloc, mis en oeuvre seuls ou en mélange, formulés ou non, peuvent également être utilisés .Elastomers of mono-olefins, such as, for example, polymers of one isobutylene / isoprene, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene-propylene (EPR), ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM), ethylene-acrylic esters (EMA-EEA), fluorinated polymers, diolefin rubbers, such as, for example, polybutadiene, butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), rubbers based on condensation products such as, for example, rubbers polyester and polyurethane thermoplastics, silicones, styrene rubbers, such as styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), styrene-ethylene butadiene styrene (SEBS) and other block copolymers, used alone or in a mixture, formulated or not, may also be used.
Des charges minérales nano-métriques de type argiles lamellaires peuvent être associées aux matériaux polymères précédemment listés, lors d'opérations de compoundage . De telles charges minérales sont préférentiellement des argiles et sont choisies parmi le groupe des smectites, composé de la montmorillonite, la nontronite, la beidellite, la volkonskoite, l'hectorite, la saponite, la sanconite, la magadiite, et la kenyaite, le groupe de la vermiculite, le groupe des illites telle que la lédikite. Ces argiles ont des surfaces de lamelles constitutives ayant capacité à échanger des ions avec un composé organo- ionique auquel elles sont exposées en vue de leur exfoliation, et ce afin de constituer des éléments minéraux de taille nano-métrique parfaitement dispersables dans la matrice polymère thermoplastique, sans ré- agglomération lors de la fabrication du compound. Ces charges ont préalablement été traitées par toute techniques connues, par exemple, cationique, en vue de déclencher une première séparation des feuillets et éventuellement une capacité de fixation de groupes fonctionnalisés de la chaîne d'un compatibilisant lorsque présent. Ces particules de dimension nano-métrique formant des couches lamellaires ont capacité à augmenter le trajet de molécules gazeuses passant au travers de la matrice thermoplastique et dès lors permettent de fabriquer des matériaux dont les propriétés barrières sont améliorées. D'autres additifs bien connus de l'état de la technique, tels que des charges minérales micromêtriques, comme par exemple, des carbonates de calcium, des pigments et colorants, des stabilisants, des lubrifiants peuvent être ajoutés aux matériaux polymères précédemment cités.Nano-metric mineral fillers of lamellar clay type can be associated with the previously listed polymeric materials during compounding operations. Such mineral fillers are preferably clays and are selected from the group of smectites, consisting of montmorillonite, nontronite, beidellite, volkonskoite, hectorite, saponite, sanconite, magadiite, and kenyaite, the group vermiculite, the group of illites such as lédikite. These clays have constituent lamella surfaces having the capacity to exchange ions with an organo-ionic compound to which they are exposed for the purpose of their exfoliation, in order to constitute nano-metric mineral elements that are perfectly dispersible in the thermoplastic polymer matrix. , without agglomeration during the manufacture of the compound. These charges have previously been treated by any known technique, for example cationic, in order to trigger a first separation of the sheets and possibly a capacity of fixing functionalized groups of the chain of a compatibilizer when present. These particles of nano-metric dimension forming lamellar layers have the capacity to increase the path of gaseous molecules passing through the thermoplastic matrix and therefore make it possible to manufacture materials whose barrier properties are improved. Other additives well known in the state of the art, such as micrometric mineral fillers, such as, for example, calcium carbonates, pigments and dyes, stabilizers, lubricants may be added to the polymeric materials mentioned above.
Des matériaux polymères spécifiques tels que des résines dites barrière, c'est-à-dire présentant des propriétés élevées de barrière aux gaz, aussi bien vapeur d'eau, qu' oxygène que gaz carbonique et autres polluants gazeux présents dans l'atmosphère, de type éthylène-alcool polyvinylique (EVOH) ou de type polyamide modifié, peuvent être, pour partie, utilisées pour la fabrication du conteneur selon l'invention. Ces résines sont alors associées aux matériaux polymères précédemment décrits, et constituent la structure du conteneur, sous la forme de couche barrière interne encapsulée entre deux couches des matériaux polymère de structure. Ces résines dites barrière de type éthylène-alcool polyvinylique (EVOH) ou polyamide modifié sont associées aux compositions polymères thermoplastiques dans une structure multi- couches. De telles constructions multi-couches sont obtenues par toute technique de co-injection multi- matière, séquentielle ou autre, bien connu de l'état de la technique de la plasturgie .Specific polymer materials such as barrier resins, ie having high gas barrier properties, both water vapor, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gaseous pollutants present in the atmosphere, ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide type, may be used in part for the manufacture of the container according to the invention. These resins are then associated with the polymer materials described above, and constitute the structure of the container, in the form of an internal barrier layer encapsulated between two layers of the structural polymer materials. These so-called ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide barrier resins are associated with thermoplastic polymer compositions in a multilayer structure. Such multi-layer constructions are obtained by any multi-co-injection technique. material, sequential or otherwise, well known in the state of the art of plastics.
De telles résines dites barrière peuvent également être formulées pour en modifier les caractéristiques d'absorption ou d'adhésion.Such barrier resins may also be formulated to modify their absorption or adhesion characteristics.
Les polyoléfines, et en particulier les polypropylènes , sont préfèrentiellement sélectionnées pour constituer la structure du conteneur car de tels matériaux polymère ont une excellente capacité à développer des charnières intégrales, tout en combinant une certaine rigidité et rësilience. Ils offrent également une grande facilité de moulage .Polyolefins, and in particular polypropylenes, are preferably selected to form the container structure because such polymeric materials have an excellent ability to develop integral hinges, while combining a certain rigidity and resilience. They also offer great ease of molding.
L'invention sera mieux comprise grâce à la description chiffrée des figures ci-après évoquées, ces figures n'ayant qu'un caractère illustratif non limitatif d'un conteneur dessicatif particulier de l'invention.The invention will be better understood from the numerical description of the figures below, these figures having only an illustrative non-limiting character of a particular desiccant container of the invention.
— La figure 1 représente une vue en perspective d'un conteneur avec son capot/couvercle à charnière en position ouverte ;- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a container with its cap / lid hinged in the open position;
— La figure 2 représente une vue en coupe et perspective du conteneur selon l'invention, permettant d'observer le bouchon formant enveloppe avec son capot/couvercle en position fermé et le fond associé, dans une configuration déployant, au niveau du fond, un dispositif déshydratant; - La figure 3 représente une vue en coupe et perspective du conteneur selon l'invention, permettant d'observer le bouchon formant enveloppe avec son capot/couvercle en position fermé et le fond associé, dans une configuration déployant un dispositif déshydratant sous la forme d'un insert s' ajustant à l'intérieur de la jupe du bouchon formant corps du conteneur.FIG. 2 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention, making it possible to observe the cap forming the envelope with its cap / cover in closed position and the associated bottom, in a deploying configuration, at the bottom, a desiccant device; FIG. 3 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention, making it possible to observe the cap forming the envelope with its cap / cover in closed position and the associated bottom, in a configuration deploying a desiccant device in the form of an insert s' adjusting inside the skirt of the cap forming the container body.
La figure 1 représente une vue en perspective du conteneur (1) selon l'invention. Ce conteneur est constitué d'un bouchon formant enveloppe (2) et d'un fond (17) rapporté obturant l'enveloppe corps du conteneur.FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of the container (1) according to the invention. This container consists of an envelope cap (2) and a bottom (17) attached closing the body shell of the container.
Le bouchon formant enveloppe (2) est muni d'un moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable (3) à charnière intégrale (4) , reliant le capot/couvercle refermable (3) , au support constitué par le goulot (5) du corps du conteneur.The envelope plug (2) is provided with a reversible closure type closure / lid reclosable (3) integral hinge (4), connecting the cover / reclosable lid (3) to the support constituted by the neck (5). ) of the container body.
L'ensemble bouchon formant enveloppe (2) est également muni d' un témoin d' inviolabilité ou encore de première ouverture (6) . Ce témoin de première ouverture (6) est constitué d'une membrane (7) déchirable, frangible, par arrachage par traction exercée, par le premier utilisateur, par exemple, en tirant sur un anneau de préhension (8) solidaire de la membrane.The cover cap assembly (2) is also provided with a tamper - proof indicator or a first opening (6). This first opening indicator (6) consists of a frangible tear-off membrane (7), by pulling traction exerted by the first user, for example, by pulling on a gripping ring (8) integral with the membrane.
L'ensemble bouchon formant enveloppe (2) est également muni d'un dispositif de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants (9) . Ce dispositif consiste en un ergot (10) situé sur la périphérie externe du goulot du corps du conteneur, en une position diamétralement opposée à la charnière et venant s'encastrer dans un logement (11) adapté prévu à cet effet sur le capot/couvercle refermable (3) . Deux zones de rugosité de surface (12) indiquent les deux points de pression permettant d' ovaliser le capot/couvercle et de libérer l'ergot de son logement. Le capot/couvercle (3) comporte un onglet (13) venant en protubérance facilitant son ouverture par un mouvement exercé de bas en haut provoquant le basculement du capot/couvercle (3) autour de sa charnière (4) .The cover cap assembly (2) is also provided with an opening safety device by children (9). This device consists of a lug (10) located on the outer periphery of the neck of the container body, in a position diametrically opposite to the hinge and fitting into a housing (11) adapted for this purpose on the cover / cover reclosable (3). Two surface roughness zones (12) indicate the two pressure points for ovalizing the hood / cover and releasing the lug from its housing. The cover / cover (3) has a tab (13) coming protruding facilitating its opening by a movement exerted from bottom to top causing the tilting of the cover / lid (3) around its hinge (4).
La bonne étanchéité entre goulot (5) du corps du conteneur et capot/couvercle est assuré par un cylindre mâle (14) présent sur la partie interne mobile du capot/couvercle venant s'ajuster dans la partie femelle constituée par' le goulot du conteneur (15) .The good seal between neck (5) of the body of the container and cover / cover is provided by a male cylinder (14) present on the movable inner part of the cap / cover being fitted in the female part constituted by ' the neck of the container (15).
L'ensemble bouchon comporte en particulier une jupe (16) de longueur telle qu'elle forme le corps du conteneur. L'extrémité ouverte de la jupe (16) est obturée de manière définitive par un fond (17) un fois le conteneur (1) rempli .The cap assembly comprises in particular a skirt (16) of such length that it forms the body of the container. The open end of the skirt (16) is closed permanently by a bottom (17) once the container (1) filled.
Cette jupe, formant enveloppe et corps de conteneur, possède à son extrémité, au moins un moyen de liaison irréversible avec le fond d'obturation. Ce moyen de liaison irréversible peut être un emmanchement à force qui permet en particulier d'assembler le fond sur la jupe par une simple pression, avec un système de jonc (18) venant s'ajuster dans une gorge (19). Afin de réaliser un assemblage facile à mettre en oeuvre et étanche.This skirt, forming envelope and container body, has at its end, at least one means of irreversible connection with the closure bottom. This irreversible connecting means may be a press fitting which in particular makes it possible to assemble the bottom on the skirt by a simple pressure, with a rod system (18) fitting into a groove (19). In order to achieve an assembly easy to implement and waterproof.
La figure 2 représente une vue en coupe et perspective du conteneur selon l'invention (1), permettant d'observer le bouchon formant enveloppe (2) avec son capot/couvercle (3) en position fermée et le fond (17) associé, dans une configuration déployant, au niveau du fond, un dispositif déshydratant (20) . La figure 3 représente une vue en coupe et perspective du conteneur (1) selon l'invention, permettant d'observer le bouchon formant enveloppe (2) avec son capot/couvercle (3) en position fermée et le fond (17) associé, dans une configuration déployant un dispositif déshydratant sous la forme d'un insert (21) s' ajustant à l'intérieur de la jupe du bouchon formant corps du conteneur. FIG. 2 represents a view in section and perspective of the container according to the invention (1), making it possible to observe the envelope plug (2) with its cover / lid (3) in the closed position and the bottom (17) associated, in an unfolding configuration, at the bottom, a desiccant device (20). FIG. 3 represents a view in section and perspective of the container (1) according to the invention, making it possible to observe the envelope plug (2) with its cover / cover (3) in the closed position and the bottom (17) associated, in a configuration deploying a desiccant device in the form of an insert (21) fitting inside the skirt of the body cap of the container.

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REVENDICATIONS
1. Conteneur monobloc pour le conditionnement de produits, comprenant (i) une enveloppe formée d'une jupe se développant sur toute la hauteur du corps dudit conteneur, dont le fond est ouvert avant remplissage, (ii) un moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable à charnière reliant le moyen de fermeture réversible à l'enveloppe, (iii) éventuellement un moyen témoin d'inviolabilité, (iv) éventuellement un moyen de sécurité à l'ouverture par des enfants, (v) et un moyen d'obturation de l'extrémité ouverte de l' enveloppe; caractérisé en ce que ledit conteneur comprend un dispositif de contrôle de son ambiance interne.A monoblock container for packaging products, comprising (i) an envelope formed of a skirt developing over the entire height of the body of said container, the bottom of which is open before filling, (ii) a reversible closure means of the type hinged lid / hinged lid connecting the reversible closure means to the envelope, (iii) optionally a means of tamper evidence, (iv) possibly a means of safety to the opening by children, (v) and a means closing the open end of the envelope; characterized in that said container comprises a device for controlling its internal environment.
2. Conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de contrôle de son ambiance interne est préférentiellement un déshydratant.2. Container for the packaging of products according to claim 1, characterized in that the device for controlling its internal environment is preferably a desiccant.
3. Conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type capsule poreuse contenant un produit absorbant ou de type absorbeur monolithique.Container for the packaging of products according to at least one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of the porous capsule type containing an absorbent product or monolithic absorber type.
4. Conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que lorsque le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type capsule poreuse contenant un produit absorbant, ladite capsule est placée dans le fond rapporté dudit conteneur ou dans le moyen de fermeture réversible ou dans les deux.Container for the packaging of products according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that when the device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of porous capsule type containing an absorbent product, said capsule is placed in the bottom end of said container or in the reversible closure means or in both.
5. Conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que lorsque le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type capsule poreuse contenant un produit absorbant, ladite capsule contient l'un au moins des agents déshydratants choisis dans le groupe constitué par le gel de silice, argile déshydratante, alumine activée, oxyde de calcium, oxyde de baryum, zëolites naturels ou synthétiques, tamis moléculaire ou analogues, ou sels déliquescents tels que le sulfate de magnésium, le chlorure de calcium, le chlorure d'aluminium, le chlorure de lithium, le bromure de calcium, le chlorure de zinc, ou analogues.Container for the packaging of products according to at least one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that when the device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of porous capsule type containing an absorbent product, said capsule contains at least one desiccant selected from the group consisting of silica gel, desiccant clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide, barium oxide, natural or synthetic zeolites, molecular sieves or the like, or deliquescent salts such as magnesium, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride, or the like.
6. Conteneur pour le conditionnement de produits selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que lorsque le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type insert monolithique, ledit insert est ajusté à l'intérieur de la jupe du conteneur .Container for the packaging of products according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that when the device for controlling the internal atmosphere of the container is of monolithic insert type, said insert is fitted inside. of the skirt of the container.
7. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, et 6, caractérisé en ce que lorsque le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type insert monolithique, ledit insert est co-injecté par des techniques d'injection bi-matière en même temps que l'ensemble monobloc comprenant jupe, moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable à charnière, témoin d'inviolabilité éventuel , dispositif de sécurité éventuel . Container according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, and 6, characterized in that when the device for controlling the internal environment of the container is of the monolithic insert type, said insert is co-injected by injection molding techniques. two-material injection at the same time as the one-piece assembly comprising skirt, reversible closing type cap / hinged lid reclosable, tamper evidence eventual possible safety device.
8. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 3, et 6, et 7, caractérisé en ce que lorsque le dispositif de contrôle de l'ambiance interne du conteneur est de type insert monolithique, ledit insert est réalisé par la combinaison d' au moins un polymère thermoplastique choisi dans le groupe constitué par les polyéthylènes (PE) , les polypropylènes (PP) , les copolymères d' éthylène/pro-pylène et leurs mélanges, les polyamides (PA) , les polystyrènes (PS) , les copolymères d' acrylonitrile-butadiène-styrène (ABS), les copolymères de styrène-acrylonitrile (SAN) , les polyvinylchlorures (PVC) , les polycarbonates (PC) , les polyméthacrylate de mé-thyl (PMMA) , les polyéthylène- téréphtalates (PET) , les polybutylènetérëphtalates (PBT), les polyacêtals (POM) et d'au moins un agent déshydratant choisi dans le groupe constitué par le gel de silice, argile déshydratante, alumine activée, oxyde de calcium, oxyde de baryum, zéolites naturels ou synthétiques, tamis moléculaire ou analogues, ou sels déliquescents tels que le sulfate de magnésium, le chlorure de calcium, le chlorure d' aluminium, le chlorure de lithium, le bromure de calcium, le chlorure de zinc, ou analogue.8. Container according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, and 6 and 7, characterized in that when the device for controlling the internal environment of the container is monolithic insert type, said insert is made by the combination at least one thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylenes (PE), polypropylenes (PP), copolymers of ethylene / propylene and their mixtures, polyamides (PA), polystyrenes (PS), copolymers of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), copolymers of styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN), polyvinylchlorides (PVC), polycarbonates (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalates ( PET), polybutyleneterephthalates (PBT), polyacetals (POM) and at least one dehydrating agent selected from the group consisting of silica gel, desiccant clay, activated alumina, calcium oxide, barium oxide, natural zeolites or syn the like, such as magnesium sulphate, calcium chloride, aluminum chloride, lithium chloride, calcium bromide, zinc chloride, or the like.
9. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 àContainer according to at least one of claims 1 to
8, caractérisé en ce que la charnière du moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable est de type charnière intégrale .8, characterized in that the hinge of the reversible closing type cap / reclosable lid is integral hinge type.
10. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 àContainer according to at least one of claims 1 to
9, caractérisé en ce que la charnière du moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable est de type à deux positions prédéfinies, dites « grande ouverte » ou « fermée ». 9, characterized in that the hinge of the reversible closing type cap / reclosable lid is of two predefined type, called "wide open" or "closed" type.
11. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 àContainer according to at least one of claims 1 to
10, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de fermeture réversible de type capot/couvercle refermable se referme d'une manière étanche sur l'enveloppe par ajustage serré entre une paroi cylindrique interne coaxiale audit capot/couvercle de type mâle et une paroi cylindrique de type femelle prolongeant l'enveloppe au-dessus du témoin d'inviolabilité éventuel .10, characterized in that the reversible cap / lid closure closing means closes tightly on the casing by tight fitting between an inner cylindrical wall coaxial with said male-type cover / cover and a cylindrical wall of the same type. female extending the envelope above any tamper evidence.
12. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 àContainer according to at least one of claims 1 to
11, caractérisé en ce que le moyen témoin d'inviolabilité est de type membrane déchirable.11, characterized in that the inviolability control means is of the tear membrane type.
13. Conteneur selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que la membrane déchirable du moyen témoin d'inviolabilité est munie d'un moyen d'arrachage.13. Container according to claim 12, characterized in that the tearable membrane tamper tamper means is provided with a tearing means.
14. Conteneur selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d' arrachage de la membrane déchirable du témoin d'inviolabilité est de type anneau.14. Container according to claim 13, characterized in that the means for tearing the tear-off membrane of the inviolability witness is of the ring type.
15. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisé en ce que le moyen d'obturation de l'extrémité ouverte de l'enveloppe est un fond rapporté .15. Container according to at least one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the closure means of the open end of the casing is an attached bottom.
16. Conteneur selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le fond rapporté est assemblé avec l'extrémité ouverte de l'enveloppe par emmanchement ajusté à force ou encliquetage. 16. Container according to claim 15, characterized in that the bottom attached is assembled with the open end of the casing by fit fitting force or snap.
17. Conteneur selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce que l'assemblage par emmanchement ajusté à force ou encliquetage se fait au moyen d'un système de jonc et de gorge ou rainure positionné dans l'extrémité interne de la jupe ouverte de l'enveloppe et sur la périphérie externe du fond rapporté .17. Container according to claim 16, characterized in that the fit fitting assembly by force or snap is made by means of a rod system and throat or groove positioned in the inner end of the open skirt of the envelope and on the outer periphery of the reported bottom.
18. Conteneur selon ' la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le fond rapporté est assemblé avec l'extrémité ouverte de l'enveloppe par soudage.18. Container according to claim 15, characterized in that the attached bottom is assembled with the open end of the casing by welding.
19. Conteneur selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le fond rapporté est assemblé avec l'extrémité ouverte de l'enveloppe par collage.19. Container according to claim 15, characterized in that the bottom attached is assembled with the open end of the envelope by gluing.
20. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 19, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble monobloc et le fond du conteneur sont réalisés par les méthodes de la plasturgie au moyen de compositions polymères thermoplastiques issues du groupe constitué par les polyéthylènes (PE) , les polypropylènes (PP) , les copolymères d' éthylène/propylène et leurs mélanges, les polyamides (PA) , les polystyrènes (PS) , les copolymères d' acrylonitrile-butadiène-styrène (ABS), les copolymères de styrène-acrylonitrile (SAN) , les polyvinylchlorures (PVC) , les polycarbonates (PC) , les polyméthacrylate de mëthyl (PMiVIA) , les polyëthylène- téréphtalates (PET), mis en œuvre seuls ou en mélange.Container according to at least one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the one-piece assembly and the bottom of the container are made by the plastics processing methods using thermoplastic polymer compositions from the group consisting of polyethylenes ( PE), polypropylenes (PP), ethylene / propylene copolymers and their blends, polyamides (PA), polystyrenes (PS), acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene copolymers (ABS), styrene - copolymers. acrylonitrile (SAN), polyvinylchlorides (PVC), polycarbonates (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMiVIA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used alone or as a mixture.
21. Conteneur selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce que les compositions polymères thermoplastiques comprennent des charges minérales nanométriques de type argiles lamellaires . 21. Container according to claim 20, characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer compositions comprise nanometric mineral fillers of lamellar clays.
22. Conteneur selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce que des résines dites barrière de type éthylène - alcool polyvinylique (EVOH) ou polyamide modifié sont associées aux compositions polymères thermo-plastiques dans une structure multi-couches .Container according to claim 20, characterized in that ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol (EVOH) or modified polyamide barrier resins are associated with the thermoplastic polymer compositions in a multilayer structure.
23. Conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 22, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble monobloc et le fond du conteneur sont réalisés par les méthodes de la plasturgie et préfërentiellement au moyen de compositions polymères thermoplastiques issues du groupe constitué par les polyéthylènes (PE) , les polypropylènes (PP) , les copolymères d' éthylène/propylène et leurs mélanges.23. Container according to at least one of claims 1 to 22, characterized in that the one-piece assembly and the bottom of the container are made by the methods of the plastics industry and preferably by means of thermoplastic polymer compositions from the group consisting of polyethylenes (PE), polypropylenes (PP), ethylene / propylene copolymers and mixtures thereof.
24. Procédé de fabrication du conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 23, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble monobloc est injecté dans une configuration qui est celle de la position ouverte du capot/couvercle et que, lors de l'éjection automatique de l'ensemble monobloc du moule, le capot/couvercle est basculé par entraînement mécanique dans une autre configuration qui est celle de sa position fermée, sans aucune intervention externe.24. A method of manufacturing the container according to at least one of claims 1 to 23, characterized in that the one-piece assembly is injected in a configuration which is that of the open position of the cover / cover and that, when the automatic ejection of the one-piece assembly of the mold, the cover / cover is tilted by mechanical drive in another configuration which is that of its closed position, without any external intervention.
25. Utilisation du conteneur selon l'une au moins des revendications 1 à 24, au conditionnement de produits de type pharmaceutique, cosmétique, alimentaire, vétérinaire, de diagnostic. 25. Use of the container according to at least one of claims 1 to 24, the packaging of products of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, veterinary, diagnostic.
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