EP3202682A1 - Emballage coque pour produits d'assainissement d'appareils sanitaires et analogues - Google Patents

Emballage coque pour produits d'assainissement d'appareils sanitaires et analogues Download PDF

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EP3202682A1
EP3202682A1 EP17154566.8A EP17154566A EP3202682A1 EP 3202682 A1 EP3202682 A1 EP 3202682A1 EP 17154566 A EP17154566 A EP 17154566A EP 3202682 A1 EP3202682 A1 EP 3202682A1
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blister pack
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Gianni Alderuccio
Raoul Bianchi
Gianpaolo Baiguerra
Luciano Mario NOVITA'
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/326—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming one compartment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed
    • B65D75/366—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed and forming one compartment
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
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  • the present invention relates to a blister pack for sanitizing products for sanitary fixtures and the like. More specifically, the invention relates to a blister pack that is adapted to be used to accommodate a sanitizing product, such as sanitizing tablets for sanitary fixtures and the like.
  • sanitizing tablets are usually used which are adapted to be applied to the internal wall of a sanitary fixture.
  • Application of such tablets occurs by way of a blister pack that accommodates the tablet inside it and which is provided with lateral wings that make it possible, once folded back so as to overlap the area accommodating the tablet, to exert a pressure on the lateral accommodation area of the tablet in order to obtain the expulsion of the tablet when it is placed in contact with the internal wall of the sanitary fixture.
  • the sanitizing tablet is expelled from the blister pack and remains attached to the internal wall of the sanitary fixture by virtue of its adhesive properties.
  • a blister pack provided with lateral wings must also have special recesses in the wings in order to allow the insertion of the user's fingers in order to perform the folding back of the wings and to exert the consequent pressing action on the central cavity accommodating the tablet in order to obtain its expulsion from such cavity.
  • An additional problem that afflicts conventional devices relates to holding the sanitizing product inside the blister pack during the application operations thereof to the surface of the sanitary fixture.
  • a film is used, heat-sealed to the blister pack, which can then be removed during application.
  • the removal of the heat-sealed film generates instability in the system, such that, as a consequence of this operation, the sanitizing product is no longer firmly contained in its receptacle.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a blister pack for sanitizing products for sanitary fixtures and the like, in which the application of the sanitizing product onto the sanitary fixture with its extraction from the blister pack only at the right moment is facilitated with respect to conventional types of blister pack.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a blister pack for sanitizing products for sanitary fixtures and the like, which makes it possible to apply the product contained in it to a sanitary fixture in a convenient and practical manner.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a blister pack for sanitizing products for sanitary fixtures and the like, wherein the expulsion of the sanitizing product from the blister pack occurs even in the absence of the wings usually present in conventional types of blister pack and while at the same time minimizing the risk that the product contained inside the blister pack is inadvertently expelled or falls out of the blister pack before it has been arranged in the correct position for the product to be applied.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a blister pack for sanitizing products that is highly reliable, easily and practically implemented, and low cost.
  • a blister pack for sanitizing products for sanitary fixtures and the like which comprises a protrusion adapted to define a cavity that is closed by a film and which protrudes from a flat region of the blister pack, said protrusion being adapted to exert a thrust action against a sanitizing product accommodated inside said cavity, characterized in that said film comprises a proximal portion which is heat-sealed to said flat region and a distal portion which is not heat-sealed to said flat region.
  • a blister pack according to the invention comprises a protrusion 2 that defines internally a cavity 3 for accommodating a sanitizing product 4, for example a sanitizing tablet, for sanitary fixtures and the like.
  • the protrusion 2 is surrounded by a substantially flat region 5 which is for example rectangular, circular or another shape.
  • the sanitizing product 4 is contained in its entirety inside the cavity 3 of the protrusion 2.
  • the cavity 3 is closed by a film 21, which is heat-sealed to the blister pack only for a portion thereof.
  • proximal portion 22 which is proximate to the cavity 3 or substantially adjacent thereto, and which is heat-sealed to the surface of the flat region 5, and a distal portion 23 which, by contrast, remains free from the flat region 5.
  • the heat-sealing of the proximal portion 22 of the film 21 on the flat region 5 is of the removable type, so that the user can grasp an end of the film 21 and remove it from the blister pack 1 in order to open the cavity 2 and enable the application of the sanitizing product 4.
  • the distal portion 23 of the film 21 extends preferably for a length equal to the length of the proximal portion 22 of the film 21 along the same directrix.
  • the area that is not heat-sealed which corresponds to the distal portion 23 extends further than the heat-sealed area that corresponds to the proximal portion 22 of the film 21.
  • Figures 1 to 3 refer to a first embodiment of a blister pack according to the invention, in which the protrusion 2 is provided with a grip element 12, protruding above therefrom, which acts as a handle for the user of the device.
  • Operation of the device according to the invention is the following.
  • the user wishing to apply the sanitizing product 4 to a sanitary fixture grasps an end of the film 21 that is not heat-sealed to the flat region 5, i.e. an end of the distal portion 23 of the film 21, and lifts it in the opposite direction with respect to the protrusion 2 and to the cavity 3, in order to then apply sufficient force to detach the proximal portion 22 of the film 21 from the flat region 5.
  • the separation operation of the film occurs by applying a reduced force concentrated at the points of greatest rigidity of the blister pack, thus minimizing the torsional forces that act on the blister pack and which would result in a considerable deformation thereof with the possibility of premature separation of the sanitizing product 4 from the walls or from the roof of the cavity 3.
  • the material used for the blister pack can therefore be a conventional plastic material, such as PE, PET or PVC, with a thickness not exceeding 0.5 mm and preferably not exceeding 0.4 mm.
  • the thickness of the material is approximately 0.2 mm.
  • the user gripping the blister pack at the grip element 12, places it on the surface of the sanitary fixture on which the user wishes to apply the product and, by exerting a lateral pressure on the grip element 12 proper and a pressure in the direction of the surface of the sanitary fixture, induces the separation of the sanitizing product from the blister pack and its attachment to the surface of the sanitary fixture.
  • the dimensions of the grip element must be such as to ensure an adequate comfort of use for the user, who has to grasp the blister pack with the fingers in a practical and safe manner, in order to exert the force necessary to apply the sanitizing product onto the sanitary fixture.
  • the dimensions of the grip element 12 must not be excessively extended, so as not to generate unnecessary encumbrances and to limit the quantity of plastic material necessary for the provision of the blister pack. It has been found that the height extension of the grip element 12 must be greater than 10 mm, preferably greater than 12 mm and smaller than 20 mm. In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 , the optimal height extension of the grip element 12 is substantially equal to 13 mm.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the blister pack according to the invention, in which, differently from the first embodiment, the protrusion 2 is defined in a region 9 that is recessed with respect to the flat region 5.
  • the flat region 5 and the recessed region 9 are separated in height by a raised perimetric rim 10, so that the recessed region 9 defines a kind of rib around the protrusion 2 or the cavity 3.
  • the film 21 is heat-sealed onto the surface of the recessed region 9 and extends preferably outside the recessed region 9, at the flat region 5, entirely or partially covering it.
  • the distal portion 23 of the film 21 is thus not actually resting on the surface of the flat region 5, which can make it easier for the user to take hold of the edge of the film for the removal of the film proper.
  • the proximal portion 22 of the film 21 can further substantially coincide with the surface of the recessed region 9.
  • Figures 5 to 8 define an additional variation of embodiment of the present invention, in which the protrusion 2 is crossed by a rib 6 that passes through it centrally.
  • the rib 6 defines, inside the cavity 3, a raised portion 7 that protrudes inside of the cavity 3 .
  • the cavity 3 substantially coincides with the region that can be gripped by the user in order to expel the sanitizing product.
  • the sanitizing product 4 accommodated inside the cavity 3 is therefore in contact with the raised portion 7.
  • a function of such raised portion is to expel the sanitizing product 4 from the blister pack 1 when the user laterally grips the protrusion 2 and presses the two ends of the protrusion, adjacent to the rib 6, 2a and 2b, so as to bring them closer to each other by taking advantage of the rib 6, so that the raised portion 7 exerts a thrust action against the sanitizing product 4, expelling it from the cavity 3 formed by the protrusion 2.
  • the raised portion 7 extends toward the upper surface of the sanitizing product 4, affecting only a portion of the region that can be gripped by the user.
  • the latter can be provided with recesses 8, which are arranged at the two ends 2a and 2b of the protrusion 2.
  • the recesses 8 make it possible to partially accommodate the user's fingers and therefore exert an action of bringing the ends 2a and 2b toward each other so as to substantially close the central rib 6 with the portions 2a and 2b coming into contact centrally. In this manner, the raised portion 7 exerts a thrust action against the sanitizing product 4, expelling it.
  • the operation is similar to the one described previously, except for the different handle which makes it possible to exert a thrust to expel the product toward the surface of the sanitary fixture with the sole action of bringing the ends 2a and 2b closer.
  • the blister pack according to the present invention fully achieves the set aim and objects, since it makes it possible to expel the sanitizing product without resorting to lateral wings which, by being folded back, would exert a thrust action against the sanitizing product.
  • the thrust action is exerted by the rib of the protrusion and by the corresponding raised portion defined inside the cavity accommodating the sanitizing product, and it is facilitated by the presence of the recessed region.
  • Figure 4 shows a recessed region 9 that separates the flat region 5 from the protrusion 2
  • the person skilled in the art will understand without effort that the recessed region 9 can be substituted by a rib provided in the flat region 5 and extending in the opposite direction to the protrusion 2, with the possibility of heat-sealing the film 21 only at such rib.

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PL17154566T PL3202682T3 (pl) 2016-02-04 2017-02-03 Opakowanie blistrowe do produktów odkażających do urządzeń sanitarnych i tym podobnych
SI201730095T SI3202682T1 (sl) 2016-02-04 2017-02-03 Pretisni omot za higienske proizvode za sanitarno opremo in podobno
HRP20191695 HRP20191695T1 (hr) 2016-02-04 2019-09-19 Blister pakiranje za dezinfekcijske proizvode za sanitarne čvorove i slično

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ITUB2016A000218A ITUB20160218A1 (it) 2016-02-04 2016-02-04 Blister per prodotti igienizzanti per sanitari e simili.

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DE102011001373A1 (de) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-20 Buck-Chemie Gmbh Applikator für ein stückförmiges Mittel für den Sanitärbereich und Verpackungseinheit
WO2013054124A1 (fr) * 2011-10-14 2013-04-18 Jeyes Group Limited Applicateur
US20150327645A1 (en) * 2012-12-21 2015-11-19 Novartis Ag Contact lens package

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US4691820A (en) * 1985-11-18 1987-09-08 Vistakon, Inc. Package for hydrophilic contact lens
US5167974A (en) * 1987-11-30 1992-12-01 Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation Vacuum packaging with hermetic reclosure
DE102009039675A1 (de) * 2009-09-02 2011-03-10 Buck- Chemie Gmbh Applikator für ein stückförmiges Mittel für den Sanitärbereich und Verpackungseinheit
DE102011001373A1 (de) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-20 Buck-Chemie Gmbh Applikator für ein stückförmiges Mittel für den Sanitärbereich und Verpackungseinheit
WO2013054124A1 (fr) * 2011-10-14 2013-04-18 Jeyes Group Limited Applicateur
US20150327645A1 (en) * 2012-12-21 2015-11-19 Novartis Ag Contact lens package

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PL3202682T3 (pl) 2019-12-31
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