Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
  • B65D73/0042—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs the articles being retained within a window, hole or other cut-out portion of a single card
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/18—Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
• • 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
  • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
  • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
  • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
  • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
• • 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
  • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
  • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
  • B65D2251/0037—Intermediate closure(s)
  • B65D2251/0046—Intermediate closure(s) of the 41-type
• • 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
  • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
  • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
  • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
  • B65D2251/0093—Membrane
  • B65D2251/0096—Membrane integral with the container

Definitions

• the present invention refers to an upgraded pack for pharmaceutical, medicinal products or the like, particularly phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products.
• Background art In the agricultural sector the use is known of phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products, meaning products used essentially to protect plants against diseases (fungicides, insecticides, limacides, repellents and the like), to regulate the physiological functions of plants (phytoregulators), to eliminate the undesired plants (weed killers), to eliminate parts of plants or to reduce or avoid their undesired growth.
• Such products are normally marketed in sealed packs.
• packs comprising a product container, of the type, for example, of a bottle, of a tube or the like, which is enclosed in an outer protective wrapping, of the type, for example, of a bag, a case or the like, removable at the time of use.
• a product container of the type, for example, of a bottle, of a tube or the like
• an outer protective wrapping of the type, for example, of a bag, a case or the like, removable at the time of use.
• the known packs are, furthermore, complete with a label showing the indications prescribed for the single product as a whole: name, type, formulation and composition of the product; cultures, doses, procedures, field and period of use; toxicity and hazard symbols; phytotoxicity; deficiency or safety times; storage regulations; safety regulations; indicative risk wording; caution measures; information for the doctor in case of intoxication, irritation or poisoning, etc.
• the label is normally affixed on the outer wrapping, that which, when the product is used, is removed, for taking the container out of it, and set aside, or even thrown away; this occurs, in particular in the case of single-dose containers, the small outer surface of which is not enough to contain all the prescribed indications.
• These known packs are not without drawbacks including the fact that they do not allow the operators charged with using the pharmaceutical, medicinal products or the like, particularly the phytopharmaceutical or phytosanitary products, to have the prescribed indications constantly at disposal for immediate reference.
• the operators in fact, after examining the label on the outer wrapping, open the latter, to take the product container out of it, and place it on one side and/or throw it away, and restrict themselves to handling the container only during the product use phase. Together with the outer wrapping, consequently, the label is also set aside and/or thrown away.
• packs in particular those comprising single- dose containers, consists in the fact that they do not allow easy and safe handling of the containers themselves, the small dimensions of which make their squeezing for dispensing the product they contain rather difficult.
• packs comprising a plate-shaped element, with a substantially rectangular and elongated shape, which has at least one support surface for the prescribed indications and a seat for housing a container.
• the plate-shaped element is made of substantially rigid material, of a polymer material, card material type or the like.
• the housing seat is made up of an opening on the plate-shaped element shaped to reproduce at least in part the profile of the container.
• the container is therefore housed inside the opening and is fastened to the plate- shaped element by means of one or more pins, defined on a pair of flaps that extend in a diametrically opposite direction from the container body, and which can be fitted with interference in corresponding holes on the plate-shaped element.
• the main aim of the present invention is to provide an upgraded pack for pharmaceutical, medicinal products or the like, particularly phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products which allows to achieve the aforementioned upgrading.
• another object of the present invention is to cater for the above aims with a simple structure, of relatively practical implementation, safe to use and with effective operation, as well as having a relatively low cost.
• the present upgraded pack for pharmaceutical, medicinal products or the like, particularly phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products comprising at least one substantially flat element to support prescribed indications for a pharmaceutical, medicinal product or the like, particularly phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products, at least one first seat for housing a container of said product which is defined in said substantially flat element and first connection means for connecting said container and said substantially flat element, characterized in that it comprises at least one closing element associated removable with a dispensing mouth of said product defined at one end of said container, a cap associated with said end of the container and a removal element for removing said closing element defined inside said cap.
• the figure 1 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 2 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 3 is a section view of a detail of the first embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 4 is an exploded view of a second embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 5 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 6 is a section view of a detail of the second embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 7 is an exploded view of a third embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 8 is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the pack according to the invention
• the figure 9 is a section view of a
• an upgraded pack for pharmaceutical, medicinal products or the like, particularly phytopharmacological or phytosanitary products has been globally designated by reference number 1.
• the pack 1 comprises a substantially flat element made up, for example, of a panel 2 suitable for supporting all the indications prescribed for a product and in which is defined a first seat 3 for housing a container 4 of the product, first connection means being provided for connecting the container 4 and the panel
• the panel 2 has, for example, the shape of an elongated rectangle at one end of which is defined the first seat 3 which extends, at the opposite end, into an appendix, on one or both surfaces of which are shown the indications prescribed for the product contained in the container 4 and which also acts as a grip element for the operator.
• the container 4 can be particularly of the single-dose type and have the shape of a bottle, a tube or the like.
• the container 4 can comprise, for example, a body 6 which is closed at the bottom and which extends into a neck 7 at the top of which a dispensing mouth
• a removable closing element 9 With the dispensing mouth 8 is associated a removable closing element 9, and a cap 10 is fitted, at least partially, over the neck 7 and internally has a removal element 11 for removing the closing element 9.
• Temporary holding means are provided for temporarily holding the cap 10, in a configuration of non-interference between the removal element 11 and the closing element 9, when the container 4 is in closed packaging configuration; in such configuration, these are suitable for preventing the cap 10 and the body 6 from involuntarily or accidentally moving any closer to one another, preserving the integrity and/or the position of the closing element 9 and the seal of the mouth 8.
• the closing element 9 is made up of a substantially cylindrical plug which, in closed packaging configuration, is fitted on the neck
• Fixing means are also provided for fixing the plug 9 to the neck 7 which, for example, are of the threaded type and comprise a screw 13 defined on the outer side surface of the neck 7, and a corresponding nut screw 14 defined on the inner side surface of the plug 9.
• the removal element 11 is made up of a containing seat for containing the plug
• the profile of the seat 11 substantially reproduces the profile of the plug 9.
• the temporary holding means comprise elastic means that prevent the cap 10 and the plug 9 from moving closer together.
• the coupling means for coupling the plug 9 and the seat 11 comprise a plurality of protrusions 15, defined on the upper surface of the plug 9, suitable for coupling with corresponding slots 16, defined on the surface of the seat 11, at the ceiling of the cap 10, to prevent relative rotation between the plug 9 and the cap 10, once these are engaged one inside the other.
• the elastic means comprise a pair of elastic foils 17 that protrude from the surface of the seat 11 towards the plug 9, at the ceiling of the cap 10, and which can be engaged bending inside the slots 16, on respective sloped locator surfaces.
• the coupling means for coupling the plug 9 and the seat 11 comprise a plurality of protrusions 19, defined on the side surface of the plug 9, close to the lower edge, and suitable for coupling with corresponding slots, defined on the side surface of the seat 11, to prevent relative rotation between the plug 9 and the seat 11, once these are engaged one inside the other.
• the elastic means comprise at least one foil spring 21 that protrudes from the surface of the seat 11, at the ceiling of the cap 10, and which can be engaged on the outer surface of the plug 9, at an upper portion 22 of the plug 9 in substantially conical conformation and divergent towards the body 6.
• the coupling means can comprise a series of first ribs 23 defined longitudinally on the outer surface of the plug 9 and a series of second ribs defined on the inner surface of the cap 10. The first ribs 23 and the second ribs are suitable for being engaged the one with the other for coupling the cap
• the closing element 9 is composed of a membrane of the tearable type made integral with the surrounding edge of the mouth 8, while the removal element 11 is made up of a perforator that extends from the ceiling of the cap 10 inside it.
• the membrane 9 can, for example, be made up of a disc of material formed integral with the body 6 during the pressing phase of the latter.
• Fixing means are also provided for fixing the cap 10 to the body 6 which, for example, are of the threaded type and comprise a screw 25 defined on the outer side surface of the neck 7, and a corresponding nut screw 26 defined on the inner side surface of the cap 10.
• the temporary holding means can, for example, comprise a pair of ring-shaped stop teeth 27 defined protruding from the outer side surface of the neck 7, between which engages a corresponding ring-shaped lock tooth 28 defined protruding from the inner side surface of the cap 10, at the lower edge.
• the cap 10 can be provided with an operating key defined integral with it and made up of a pair of operating flaps 29, diametrically opposite one another and defined protruding from the outer side surface of the cap 10.
• the pack 1 can also comprise a tab 30 which is associated with the panel 2, substantially on the same plane as this (figures 4-6 and 10-12)
• the tab 30 supports the cap 10, second connection means for connecting the cap 10 and the tab 30 being provided.
• a second seat 32 for housing the cap 10.
• the pack 1 comprises a pair of seal flaps 33 associated removable between the panel 2 and the tab 30 by placing in between binding means of the temporary and removable type.
• the binding means are defined by a first weakened area 34 between the seal flaps 33 and the tab 30 and by a second weakened area 35 between the seal flaps 33 and the panel 2 which allow removing, by tearing off, the tab 30 and, therefore, the cap 10 bound to it.
• the seal flaps 33 are arranged diametrically opposite with respect to the body 6 and substantially on the same plane as the panel 2 and the tab 30.
• the first seat 3 is made up of an opening, the perimeter of which substantially and at least in part reproduces the profile of the container 4, in particular of the body 6 and of the neck 7.
• the second seat 32 is made up of an opening, the perimeter of which substantially and at least in part reproduces the profile of the cap 10.
• corresponding coupling flaps 36 can be defined in which are defined the first connection means and the second connection means respectively and which are suitable for being superimposed on the panel 2 and on the tab 30 respectively.
• the first connection means and the second connection means are of the permanent type.
• the first connection means can comprise, for example, first pins 37 protruding from the coupling flaps 36 of the container 4 and which can be inserted with interference into corresponding first holes 38 obtained in the panel 2 alongside the first seat 3.
• the second connection means comprise second pins 39 protruding from the coupling flap 36 of the cap 10 and which can be inserted with interference into corresponding second holes 40 obtained in the tab 30 at the sides of the second seat 32.
• the coupling between the first pins 37 and the first holes 38 and between the second pins 39 and the second holes 40 is, usefully, conical; further fixing is also envisaged of the first pins 37 and of the second pins 39 by means of their hot riveting.
• first connection means and of the second connection means cannot however be ruled out that, for example, could comprise rivets or clinches, or again sealings, obtained, for example with ultrasounds or by heat sealing, gluing or the like defined between the body 6 and the panel 2 and between the cap 10 and the tab 30 respectively.
• the panel 2, the tab 30, and/or the seal flaps 33 are made of substantially rigid material, for example of the card or of the cardboard type, or of cardboard coupled with plastic material, of polymer material (e.g., polypropylene) or the like; these are defined integral with one another in a single body, for example by scoring and cutting using hollow punches.
• the pack 1 comprises fastening means for fastening to a support element of the type, for example, of a loop 41 for fitting a hook.
• the pack 1 takes on a closed packaging configuration in which the mouth 8 is closed by the closing element 9, the cap 10 is fitted over the neck 7 up to such a height as to prevent interference between the removal element 11 and the closing element 9, while the tab 30 is bound integral to the panel 2 by interposition of the seal flaps 33.
• the pack 1 can be easily stored for example by hanging it on a support hook by means of the loop 41.
• the second embodiment of the pack 1 shown in the figures 4-6, at the time of use it is enough to simply exercise a twisting/tearing off action on the tab 30 such as to tear the first weakened area 34 and/or the second weakened area 35 to release the tab 30 from the panel 2.
• the cap 10 is subsequently fitted over the neck 7 exercising on this a pushing action towards the body 6; during the axial sliding exerted on the cap 10, the plug 9 fits in by interlocking into the seat 11, with insertion of the protrusions 19 inside the respective slots on the plug 9.
• the plug 9 is thus made integral with the cap 10.
• the ring-shaped lock tooth 28 exits from the track defined by the pair of ring-shaped stop teeth 27, with coupling between the screw 25 and the nut screw 26 and breakage of the membrane 9 by means of the perforator 11.
• the cap 10 can then be unscrewed to free the mouth 8.
• the need to exercise a pressure on the cap, to bring the removal element closer to the closing element, and before the rotation of the cap itself, permits considerably limiting the chance of accidental container openings.
• the presence or absence of the seal flaps, or also the integrity or the non-integrity of the first and of the second weakened areas permits an easy and immediate verification of the condition of the pack.

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