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
  • 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
  • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
  • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
• • 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
  • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
  • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
  • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
  • B65D51/222—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure
  • B65D51/225—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being integral with, or fixedly attached to, the outer closure and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the outer closure
• • 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
  • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
  • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
  • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
  • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
• • 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
  • B65D51/20—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing
  • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
  • B65D51/221—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening
  • B65D51/226—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being non integral with, or not fixedly attached to, the outer closure
  • B65D51/227—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being left inside the container after the opening the piercing or cutting means being non integral with, or not fixedly attached to, the outer closure and further comprising a device first inhibiting displacement of the piercing or cutting means
• • 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
  • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
  • B65D2215/02—Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions
• • 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
  • B65D2221/00—Small packaging specially adapted for product samples, single-use packages or échantillons

Definitions

• the present invention refers to an upgraded bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic products.
• Plastic bottles are known that are used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to package one or more doses of fluid, liquid or pasty products and which are essentially made up of a containing body for containing the product which, at one end, extends in a neck, at the top of which a product dispensing mouth is defined; the dispensing mouth is closed by a tearable membrane.
• the end of the containing body opposite the neck is open to allow, during bottle packaging, the introduction of the product into the containing body, after which this is closed, for example, by sealing.
• a cap is fitted, from the ceiling of which a membrane perforating element extends internally.
• a retention ring On the inner side surface of the cap a retention ring is obtained which, in bottle packaging closed configuration, is engaged by triggering in a corresponding ring-shaped groove defined on the outer side surface of the neck, so as to withhold the perforating element at a height above that of the membrane that closes the dispensing mouth.
• the cap is fitted onto the neck of the containing body until the retention ring disengages from the corresponding groove and the perforating element tears the membrane and opens the dispensing mouth, after which the cap is removed from the neck to allow product dispensing.
• the containing body has a pair of grip flaps that extend, in a diametrically opposite direction the one to the other, from its outer side surface.
• the known bottles can be produced in single units or interlinked with one another in series (strips); in this latter case the grip flaps of the containing bodies of two successive bottles are temporarily joined together along pre- breakage lines.
• These bottles are nevertheless susceptible to upgrading, in particular in order to avoid a potentially harmful use of the product they contain.
• the known bottles are without safety means suitable for preventing, or at least making less easy, the opening of the dispensing mouth and the removal of the cap by children, who could swallow the product inside the bottles in an incorrect way, with obvious risk for their health.
• Such bottles furthermore, do not show, in a clear and immediately perceivable way, any tampering and/or having already been opened including involuntarily, and do not ensure the integrity and the sterility of the product they contain. It can in fact occur that the bottles, handled or placed in storage units (drawers, wardrobes, utility cases, etc.), are subjected to knocks such as to push their cap on the neck until the perforating element tears the membrane before the product is actually used, the obstacle provided by the coupling between the retention ring and the corresponding ring-shaped groove not often being enough to contrast such knocks.
• bottles comprising a pair of seal flaps that protrude from the containing body in diametrically opposite directions, located in between the grip flaps and the cap and associated, removable by tearing, with the body, with the grip flaps or with the cap along respective weakened areas.
• bottles are however without the above-mentioned safety means suitable for preventing, or at least making opening by children less easy.
• a different type of bottles for fluid products is made in a single body piece in which, that is, the product containing body is formed together with closing means in a single body without any interruption whatsoever.
• the closing means are connected to the body by means of deformable and breakable elements that act as safety seals; deformations and/or breakages of the above elements are signs of tampering.
• the main aim of the present invention is to provide an upgraded bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic products, that provides minimum safety requirements suitable for preventing or in any case restricting the potentially harmful use of the products contained in it.
• Another object of the present invention is to ensure the integrity and the sterility of the products packed inside the bottles. Another object of the invention is to make it possible to see that the bottles have been opened, in a clear and immediate way. Another object of the 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.
• this upgraded bottle for fluid products comprising a containing body for containing a fluid product, particularly a pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic product, a dispensing mouth of said product defined at one end of said containing body, a tearable membrane for closing said dispensing mouth, a closing element that can be screwed up or unscrewed on said end of the containing body and provided with a cap inside which is defined at least one perforator of said membrane, characterized in that it comprises maintaining means for maintaining said cap in a safety configuration, in which said perforator is substantially positioned away from said membrane and in which said cap can be freely turned around the screwing up and unscrewing axis of said closing element in at least one direction of rotation.
• the figure 1 is a front view of a plurality of bottles according to a first embodiment of the invention
• the figures 2 and 3 are section views of a detail of the first embodiment of the bottle according to the invention in a safety configuration and in a work configuration
• the figure 4 is a front view of a plurality of bottles according to a second embodiment of the invention
• the figures 5, 6 and 7 are section views of a detail of the second embodiment of the bottle according to the invention in a safety configuration, in a work configuration and in an opening configuration.
• the bottle 1 comprises a containing body 2 of a fluid product (pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic) which is of substantially cylindrical and elongated shape and which extends at one end into a neck 3, at the top of which a product dispensing mouth 4 is defined.
• a fluid product pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic
• a closing element 5 is associated screwing up and unscrewing with the neck 3 and has a cap 6, inside which is defined a perforator 7 of a closing membrane 8 integrated with the outer edge of the dispensing mouth 4.
• the membrane 8 can, for example, be made up of a polymeric material disk integrated with the containing body 2 during the latter's pressing phase.
• the bottle 1 comprises maintaining means for maintaining the cap 6 in a safety configuration, in which the perforator 7 is substantially positioned away from the membrane 8 and in which the cap 6 can be freely turned around the screwing up and unscrewing axis of the closing element 5.
• the closing element 5 comprises a plug 9 inside the cap 5, the perforator 7 extends from the ceiling of the plug 9, inside this and towards the dispensing mouth 4. Threaded means are fitted that permit screwing up and unscrewing the plug 9 to the neck 3 which are made up of a screw 10 defined on the outer side surface of the neck 3, and a corresponding nut screw 11 defined on the inner side surface ofthe plug 9.
• the cap 6 is fitted over the plug 9 and is associated with it sliding between the above safety configuration, shown in figure 2, and a work configuration, shown in figure 3, in which the cap 6 is made integral with the plug 9 by placing coupling means in between.
• Such coupling means can include, for example, one or more protrusions 12 defined on the outer surface of the plug 9, near the lower edge, and suitable for being inserted inside respective slots 13 defined longitudinally on the inner surface of the cap 6.
• the above maintaining means for maintaining the cap 6 in the safety configuration can be of the elastic means type 14 which act in contrast to the movement of the cap 6 from the safety configuration to the work configuration.
• such elastic means 14 are made up of a plurality of foil springs fixed to the inner surface of the cap 6, at the ceiling, and engageable by bending on the outer surface of the plug 9, at a substantially conical upper portion 15 and with cross section substantially diverging towards the containing body 2.
• the bottle 1 can comprise a first retention ring 16 defined protruding from the outer surface and of the plug 9, and a second retention ring 17 defined protruding at the base of the inner side surface of the cap 6.
• the bottle 1 comprises a sealing collar 18 fitted coaxially on the neck 3 and placed, removable by tearing, in between the containing body 2 and the closing element 5.
• the upper surface of the sealing collar 18 is associated with the lower portion of the plug 9 along first weakened areas 19, of the preset breakage line type.
• the bottle 1 comprises a ring-shaped ridge 30 defined protruding from the outer surface of the neck 3, underneath the closing element 5, and suitable for withholding the sealing collar 18 around the containing body 2 after its detachment from the plug 9.
• the closing element 5 consists of a cap 6, directly fitted over the neck 3.
• the perforator 7 is defined protruding from the ceiling of the cap 6, inside it and towards the dispensing mouth 4.
• the maintaining means for maintaining the cap 6 in the safety configuration comprise a first retention element 20, of the first ring-shaped tooth type defined protruding from the side surface of the neck 3, which engages with a corresponding lock element 21, of the ring-shaped groove type, defined on the inner side surface of the cap 6.
• the product 1 also comprises a second retention element 22, consisting of a second ring-shaped tooth defined protruding from the side surface of the neck 3, below the first ring-shaped tooth 20.
• the second ring-shaped tooth 22 is fitted inside the ring-shaped groove 21.
• the bottle 1 comprises threaded means which, in the work configuration, permit screwing up and unscrewing the cap 6 to the neck 3.
• the threaded means are made up of a screw 23 defined on the outer side surface of the neck 3, and of a corresponding nut screw 24 defined on the inner side surface of the cap 6. Usefully, in the safety configuration the screw 23 and the nut screw 24 are positioned apart.
• the bottle 1 comprises a sealing collar 18 fitted coaxially on the neck 3 and placed, removable by tearing, in between the containing body 2 and the closing element 5.
• the upper surface of the sealing collar 18 is associated with the lower portion of the cap 6 along first weakened areas 19, of the preset breakage line type.
• the bottle 1 also comprises a pair of grip flaps 25 that extend from the containing body 2 along diametrically opposite directions.
• a pair of grip flaps 25 that extend from the containing body 2 along diametrically opposite directions.
• the caps 6 of the bottles 1 can be fitted with an operating key 27 suitable for making gripping easier by a user, which can be made up of a band substantially wrapped around the cap 6 and integral with it (figures 1-3) or, alternatively, by a pair of operating flaps, each diametrically opposite the other, and defined protruding from the outer side surface of the cap 6 (figures 4- 5).
• an operating key 27 suitable for making gripping easier by a user, which can be made up of a band substantially wrapped around the cap 6 and integral with it (figures 1-3) or, alternatively, by a pair of operating flaps, each diametrically opposite the other, and defined protruding from the outer side surface of the cap 6 (figures 4- 5).
• the operating keys 27 of the caps 6 of bottles 1, the one against the other can be associated by interposing third weakened areas 28, of the preset breakage line type or the like.
• an opening 29 is defined through which, during the packaging phase of the bottle 1, the product is introduced; after filling, the opening 29 is closed, for example by the sealing of its lips.
• the bottle 1 before being used the bottle 1 is in the safety configuration (figure 2).
• the cap 6 After the bottle 1 has been removed from the strip, shown in figure 1 , the cap 6 is further fitted over the neck 3 by means of a pressure action and slides from the safety configuration to the work configuration, in contrast to the action of the foil springs 14.
• the protrusions 12 are fitted in their respective slots 13 and a screwing up twisting action on the cap 6 causes the integral rotation of the plug 9, with screwing up of the plug 9 itself on the neck 3 and the moving of the perforator 7 closer to the dispensing mouth 4, as far as contact and breakage of the membrane 8 (figure 3).
• the bottle 1 before being used the bottle 1 is in the safety configuration (figure 5).
• the cap 6 After the bottle 1 has been removed from the strip, shown in figure 4, the cap 6 is further fitted over the neck 3 by means of a pressure action and slides from the safety configuration to the work configuration, with the disengagement of the first ring-shaped tooth 20 from the ring-shaped groove 21.
• the screw 23 is fitted in the nut screw 24 and a screwing-up twisting action on the cap 6 causes the perforator 7 to move closer to the dispensing mouth 4, as far as contact and breakage of the membrane 8 (figure 6).
• a subsequent twisting action in the unscrewing direction on the operating key 27 permits removing the cap 6 from the neck 3, thereby freeing the dispensing mouth 4 and permitting the use of the product inside the containing body 2 (figure 7).
• the second ring-shaped tooth 22 withholds the sealing collar 18 around the containing body 2 during the subsequent stages of use of the bottle 1. It has in practice been found how the described invention achieves the proposed objects and in particular the fact is underlined that the particular conformation of the closing element and the presence of the maintaining means in the safety configuration ensures the safety requirements suitable for preventing or in any case restricting a potentially harmful use of the products contained in them. To open the bottle in fact, a pressure has to be exercised on the cap for the change from the safety configuration to the work configuration, something that makes such opening less immediate and thereby protects children or, in general, persons who could inappropriately use the products contained in it and which permits restricting, at the same time, the chances of accidentally opening the bottle.
• a further advantage of the invention consists in the presence of the sealing collar which provides a clear and quick indication of the bottle having been opened.

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