EP3738900B1 - Container, especially for medicines - Google Patents

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EP3738900B1
EP3738900B1 EP20020216.6A EP20020216A EP3738900B1 EP 3738900 B1 EP3738900 B1 EP 3738900B1 EP 20020216 A EP20020216 A EP 20020216A EP 3738900 B1 EP3738900 B1 EP 3738900B1
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band
screw cap
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Jacek Szarycz
Michal Tutek
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Gerresheimer Boleslawiec Spolka Akcyjna
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Priority to HRP20220704TT priority patent/HRP20220704T1/hr
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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
    • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/32—Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
    • B65D41/34—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt
    • B65D41/3442—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container
    • B65D41/3447—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges
    • B65D41/3452—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers provided with tamper elements formed in, or attached to, the closure skirt with rigid bead or projections formed on the tamper element and coacting with bead or projections on the container the tamper element being integrally connected to the closure by means of bridges with drive means between closure and tamper element

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  • the subject matter of the invention is a container designed especially for medicines, which medicines must be protected against unauthorized opening, and in the case of which medicines any unauthorized opening must be evident.
  • the band with the visible safeguard against being tampered with by unauthorized persons contains many overlapping retainers designed to engage with the container's limiting element in order to prevent the band with the visible safeguard against being tampered with by unauthorized persons from moving up in relation to the container. At least one of the overlapping retainers is designed and located so as to cooperate with the rotation-blocking element that can be found on the container. At least one of the overlapping retainers has a guiding edge that is shaped so as to allow the retainer to pass over the rotation-blocking element when the screw cap is being screwed onto the container for the first time.
  • This container consists of a bottle whose neck has an external thread and a dispenser embedded in the neck, wherein the neck and the dispenser are covered by a screw cap whose body has an internal thread that cooperates with the thread of the neck.
  • the body of the screw cap is breakably connected to a band whose inner surface has fastening elements, wherein at the height of the band the body of the bottle has teeth.
  • the container is characterized by the fact that the band of the screw cap has recesses whose one side forms an acute angle with the bottom of the recess, and that the band of the screw cap ends in a lip facing the body of the bottle.
  • the body of the bottle has a ring with notches facing opposite the recesses of the band with the acute angle.
  • the second side of the recess of the band forms an obtuse angle with the bottom.
  • the first side of the recess of the band forms an acute angle of 90° with the bottom.
  • the notches in the ring of the body have differing depths, which depths are stepped.
  • the inside diameter of the lip of the screw cap's band is 0.93-0.96 of the diameter of the body's ring.
  • the container especially for medicines, of the invention, consists of a bottle whose neck has an external thread, wherein the neck is covered by a screw cap whose body has an internal thread that cooperates with the thread of the neck.
  • the body of the screw cap is breakably connected to a band located from the side of the body of the bottle, wherein the breakable connection is ensured by thin connectors that connect the band to the body of the screw cap.
  • the container is characterized in that, the band is made up of two rings connected by posts, and that the neck of the bottle has a stopper ring protruding outwards located between the rings of the band, wherein the inside diameter of the ring of the band is equal to the outside diameter of the stopper ring, and the lower ring of the band has lips protruding inwards located in the windows between the posts.
  • the surface area of the cross section of the lips is greater than that of the cross section of the connectors that connect the band to the body of the screw cap.
  • the lower surface of the screw cap and the upper surface of the upper ring of the band have teeth located next to each other, wherein the teeth of the upper ring of the band are located next to the teeth of the screw cap from the side where the screw cap is screwed on.
  • the lips have a bevel on the inside, and the bevel angle is 59-61° in relation to the vertical axis.
  • the difference between the diameter of the stopper ring and the diameter of the lips is 1.0-2.2 mm.
  • the container of the invention allows to precisely and tightly close the medicine inside the container and, at the same time, to easily and reliably determine whether its contents have been tampered with by unauthorized persons.
  • This is achieved thanks to the use of the screw cap with the band connected by breakable elements, as well as the appropriate selection of shapes and sizes of the inner surface of the band connected to the screw cap as well as of the outer surface and size of the ring bound to the body of the bottle. Both these elements are bound together by their shapes so that the bottle can be easily closed by screwing the screw cap, and if the screw cap is being unscrewed, these elements block each other causing the connection between the screw cap and the band to break.
  • the bevels on the lips of the band make it easier for the lips of the band to pass through the ring of the body, while the teeth in the lower part of the screw cap and the teeth on the upper ring of the band and their proper location cause the band to rotate when the screw cap is being screwed on - without damaging the connectors that connect the screw cap to the band.
  • Fig. 1 shows the container in a view with a broken-out section
  • Fig. 2 shows the same container in a view from a different direction
  • Fig. 3 is a cross section through the neck of the bottle and the middle part between the upper and the lower rings of the band
  • Fig.4 is a cross section through the breakable connectors
  • Fig. 5 is a view of the bottle without the screw cap.
  • the medicine container of the invention consists of the bottle 1, whose neck 2 has the external thread 3.
  • the neck 2 is covered by the screw cap 4, whose body has the internal thread that cooperates with the thread 3 of the neck.
  • the body of screw cap 4 is breakably connected to the band 5 located from the side of the body of the bottle 1.
  • the breakable connection is ensured by thin connectors 6 that connect the band 5 to the body of the screw cap 4.
  • the band 5 is made up of two rings 7, 8 connected by posts 9.
  • the neck of the bottle has the stopper ring 10 protruding outwards located between the rings 7, 8 of the band 5.
  • the inside diameter D of the rings of the band 5 is equal to the outside diameter of the stopper ring 10, and the lower ring 8 of the band 5 has lips 11 protruding inwards located in the windows between the posts 9.
  • the surface area of the cross section of the lips 11 is greater than that of the cross section of the connectors 6 that connect the band 5 to the body of the screw cap 4.
  • the lower surface of the screw cap 4 has the teeth 12, and the upper surface of the upper ring 7 of the band 5 has the opposing teeth 13, which teeth 12, 13 are located next to each other, wherein the teeth 13 of the upper ring 7 of the band 5 are located next to the teeth 12 of the screw cap from the side where the screw cap 4 is screwed on.
  • the lips 11 have a bevel on the inside, and the bevel angle ⁇ is 60° in relation to the vertical axis.
  • the difference between the diameter D of the stopper ring 10 and the diameter C of the lips 11 is 2.0 mm.

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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
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EP20020216.6A 2019-05-14 2020-05-13 Container, especially for medicines Active EP3738900B1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

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SI202030059T SI3738900T1 (sl) 2019-05-14 2020-05-13 Vsebnik, zlasti za zdravila
RS20220509A RS63258B1 (sr) 2019-05-14 2020-05-13 Kontejner, specijalno za lekove
HRP20220704TT HRP20220704T1 (hr) 2019-05-14 2020-05-13 Spremnik, osobito namijenjen za medikamente

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PL429920A PL241868B1 (pl) 2019-05-14 2019-05-14 Pojemnik, zwłaszcza do leków

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EP3738900B1 true EP3738900B1 (en) 2022-03-02

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EP (1) EP3738900B1 (pl)
DK (1) DK3738900T3 (pl)
ES (1) ES2916464T3 (pl)
HR (1) HRP20220704T1 (pl)
HU (1) HUE059167T2 (pl)
LT (1) LT3738900T (pl)
PL (2) PL241868B1 (pl)
PT (1) PT3738900T (pl)
RS (1) RS63258B1 (pl)
SI (1) SI3738900T1 (pl)

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PL202646A1 (pl) 1977-12-02 1978-10-23 Zaklady Radiowe Unitra Eltra Kamera poglosowa
US5373954A (en) * 1993-03-19 1994-12-20 Sunbeam Plastics Corporation Tamper indicating closure
KR20020077714A (ko) * 2001-04-02 2002-10-14 암코 패키징 오스트레일리아 피티와이 엘티디 탬퍼 에비던트 클로우저와 이를 몰딩하기 위한 몰드어셈블리

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LT3738900T (lt) 2022-06-27
DK3738900T3 (da) 2022-06-07
PL3738900T3 (pl) 2022-09-05
HUE059167T2 (hu) 2022-10-28
RS63258B1 (sr) 2022-06-30
SI3738900T1 (sl) 2022-07-29
ES2916464T3 (es) 2022-07-01
PL429920A1 (pl) 2020-01-13
PL241868B1 (pl) 2022-12-19
EP3738900A1 (en) 2020-11-18
PT3738900T (pt) 2022-06-07

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