JPH10152167A - Package - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe package for tablets not injuring a finger during treatment and also not injurning the interior of the body even if drunk by mistake. SOLUTION: A package 10 is equipped with bottom materials 11 each consisting of an embossed part 12 opened at the upper end thereof and housing a tablet 15 and the flange part 13 provided to the upper end opening of the embossed part 12. The bottom materials 11 are bonded to a lid material 20 through their flange parts 13 and made independent so as to be individually separated. Through-holes 16a, 16b are provided to each of the flanges 13 and the lid material 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package containing contents such as tablets, and more particularly to a package which is safe to handle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, tablets have been packaged using a bottom material comprising a large number of embossed portions for storing contents having an open upper end, and a flange portion connecting the embossed portions. That is, tablets are stored in each embossed portion of this bottom material,
The bottom material in which the tablets are stored in the embossed portion is sealed by heat sealing the lid to the flange portion.

A PTP (press through pack) package is obtained by storing tablets in the embossed portion of the bottom material and heat sealing the lid material to the flange portion of the bottom material. A perforation or a half cut is provided for each embossed portion on the bottom material and the lid material of the package, and the package can be separated for each embossed portion along the perforation or the half cut.

[0004]

By the way, the bottom material of the package is made of vinyl chloride (PVC) or the like, and its thickness is used to stably store the tablets and to obtain a strength that easily breaks the lid material. Is relatively thick, 0.2 to 0.3 mm. On the other hand, the thickness of the lid material is 0.1
mm or less.

[0005] The user separates the package from the perforations for each embossed portion, breaks the lid material, and takes out the tablet from the embossed portion.

In some cases, the user accidentally drinks the tablet together with the package, and in this case, the separated end of the relatively thick bottom material is caught in the user's body, which is extremely dangerous. Become.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a package which is safe even if accidentally swallowed as it is and does not damage the body, and a method of manufacturing the same.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An embossed portion having one end opened and containing the contents, a bottom member including a flange portion provided at the opening of the embossed portion, and a lid material adhered to the flange portion, wherein each bottom material is individually Are separated and independently adhered to the lid material through the flange portion, and the embossed portion of the bottom material has a planar shape of any one of a circle, an ellipse, a star, a heart, and a polygon. It is a package characterized by being.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bottom member including an embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, and a flange provided at an opening of the embossed portion, and adhered to the flange. A lid material, each bottom material is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid material via a flange portion thereof, and the flange portion of the bottom material has an outer shape larger than a human throat diameter. It is a package characterized by the above.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a bottom member comprising an embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, a flange provided at the opening of the embossed portion, and a flange are adhered to the flange. A lid member is provided, and each bottom member is individually separated and independently attached to the lid member through a flange portion thereof, and the flange portion and the lid member of the bottom material are connected to the flange portion and the lid material. It is a package characterized by having a through hole penetrating therethrough.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bottom member comprising an embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, a flange provided in the opening of the embossed portion, and adhered to the flange. A lid member, wherein each bottom member is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid member via a flange portion thereof, and the embossed portion of the bottom material has a side cross-sectional shape whose contents are the lid material. The package is characterized in that it has an asymmetric shape so that it can be held in close contact with the cover member, whereby the force applied to the lid material when taking out the contents is concentrated without being dispersed, and it is easier to break through.

According to the present invention, the planar shape of the embossed portion of the bottom material is any one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a star shape, a heart shape, and a polygonal shape. Can be stored in the embossed portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the outer shape of the flange portion of the bottom member is made larger than the diameter of a human throat.
Humans cannot swallow the whole package, which can improve safety.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the through hole is provided in the flange portion and the lid member, breathing can be performed through the through hole even if the whole package is swallowed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the embossed portion of the bottom material has an asymmetrical side cross-sectional shape, whereby a direction is generated in the force when the contents are taken out, that is, the force applied to the lid material is concentrated. It is easier to break through.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of a package according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the package 10 has an embossed portion 12 having an open upper end and containing contents such as tablets 15 and a flange portion 13 provided at the upper end opening of the embossed portion 12. A bottom member 11 is provided.

The bottom material 11 is formed in a unit for each embossed portion 12 in which the tablet 15 is stored, and each bottom material 11 is cut off individually and becomes independent. In addition, each bottom material 11 has its flange 1
3 and is heat-sealed to the lid member 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flange 13 of each bottom member 11 has a flat circular shape at the periphery, and the embossed portion 12 for storing the contents 15 has a flat circular shape correspondingly. Has become.

The cover member 20 is provided with a half cut 20a so that the bottom member 11 can be easily separated. A perforation may be provided instead of the half cut 20a.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the package 10,
The lid 20 is shown as a transparent body for convenience.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, through holes 16 a and 16 b are formed in the flange 13 and the cover 20 of the bottom member 11 so as to penetrate the flange 13 and the cover 20. By providing these through holes 16a and 16b,
Even if the whole package 10 is accidentally swallowed, it can breathe. The through holes 16a and 16b are each
Four of them are arranged at intervals of 90 ° when viewed from the plane (FIG. 3).

Next, the planar shape of the embossed portion 12 of the bottom member 11 will be described. As described above, the periphery of the flange portion 13 of each bottom member 11 is formed in a plane circular shape, and the embossed portion 12 for storing the contents 15 is also formed in a plane circular shape corresponding to this. ). In addition, as shown in FIG.
The planar shapes of the flange portion 13 and the embossed portion 12 may be elliptical (FIG. 4A) or star-shaped (FIG. 4B). Further, the planar shape of the flange portion 13 and the embossed portion 12 may be a heart shape (FIG. 4).
(C)), a triangular shape (FIG. 4D), a square shape (FIG. 4E), or a pentagonal shape (FIG. 4).
(F)). As described above, by setting the planar shape of the embossed portion 12 to be various, the tablets 11 having various shapes can be stored in the embossed portion 12.

In FIG. 4, the lid member 20 is removed for convenience, and only the bottom member 11 is shown.

Next, the material of each component of the package 10 will be described. The bottom material 11 of the package 10 is made of a relatively thick material for accommodating and holding the tablet 15, for example, PVC, cyclic polyolefin, P
P, PET, or the like can be used. The material constituting the bottom material 11 may be subjected to transparent vapor deposition or aluminum vapor deposition so that the bottom material 11 has a gas barrier property.

On the other hand, a relatively thin material, for example, a laminated body having a thickness of 10 to 30 μm can be used as the lid member 20, and the layer structure of such a laminated body is, for example, an OP layer / aluminum layer / heat layer. A seal layer is conceivable.

Among them, the heat seal layer is, for example, polyvinyl acetate, PVA, polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl chloride, polyamide resin, polyester resin,
A thermoplastic resin such as a polyolefin-based resin, a polyacryl-based resin, a cellulose ester, or polyethylene may be used alone or as a copolymer or a mixture thereof, or an acid-modified product. In addition, the vapor deposition of transparent or aluminum may be performed on the laminated body constituting the lid member 20 to give the lid member 20 a gas barrier property.

Next, a method of manufacturing the package will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, a PVC sheet is inserted between the female mold (lower mold) 25 and the male mold (upper mold) 26, and the PVC sheet is pressure-formed between the female mold 25 and the male mold 26. Is done. Thus, the sheet body 30 having a large number of embossed portions 12 is obtained by performing pressure forming (embossing) between the female mold 25 and the male mold 26 (FIG. 2).
(A)).

Next, the female die 25 holding the sheet 30 is transported to the cutting device 27, and the sheet 30 held on the female die 25 is cut by the cutting device 27 along the opening edge of each embossed portion 12. Is done. Thus, the bottom member 11 having the embossed portion 12 and the flange portion 13 is formed.
In this case, the embossed portion 12 of each bottom member 11 is stored in the storage portion 25a of the female mold 25, and at the same time, the punched residue 30a of the sheet body 30 is wound by a winding device (not shown) (FIG. 2B). .

Next, the female mold 25 holding the bottom material 11 is transported to the filling device 28, and each of the bottom materials 1 held by the female mold 25 is
The tablet 15 is filled from the filling device 28 into the one embossed portion 12.

Next, the female mold 25 holding the bottom material 11 is transported to the heat sealing device 29, and the OP portion / aluminum layer / heat layer is applied to the flange portion 13 of each bottom material 11 held by the female mold 25. The lid member 20 made of a sealing layer is heated and pressed by the heat sealing device 29. Thus, the flange portion 13 of each bottom member 11 is heat-sealed by the lid member 20, and the inside of the embossed portion 12 of each bottom member 11 is sealed. Then, the half cut 20a is applied to the lid member 20.
Are formed, and through holes 16a and 16b are formed in the flange portion 13 and the lid member 20 of the bottom member 11, respectively, so that the package 10 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is obtained.

In use, the lid member 20 is cut along the half cut 20a, and is separated for each bottom member 11. Next, the lid material 2 corresponding to the embossed portion 12 of each bottom material 11
The portion 0 is broken, and the tablet 15 is taken out from the embossed portion 12 of the bottom material 11.

On the other hand, the tablet 15 is placed on the embossed portion 1 of the bottom material 11.
The tablet 15 may be accidentally swallowed together with the bottom material 11 and the lid material 20 together with the package 10 without being taken out from the inside. In this case, the bottom material 11 made of a hard and thick material is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid material 20 via the flange portion 13. It is smaller than the cutting edge. Therefore, the periphery of the flange portion 13 is not exposed to the outside.
Further, when the peripheral edge of the flange portion 13 is circular, even if the peripheral edge of the flange portion 13 is exposed to the outside,
3 does not hurt the body. Although the cut edge of the lid member 20 has a square shape, the lid member 20 is made of a soft thin material, so that the lid member 20 does not damage the body. Further, even if the package 10 is swallowed by mistake and the package 10 is caught in the caliber, the through holes 16 and 16b are provided in the flange portion 13 and the cover member 20, so that breathing is performed by the through holes 16a and 16b. It becomes possible.

Although the cut edge of the lid member 20 is square, the lid member 20 is made of a soft thin material, so that the lid member 20 does not damage a finger or the like.

Next, a modification of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
The same parts as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the detailed description is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the embossed portion 1 of the bottom material 11
2 has an asymmetric cross-sectional shape. That is, in FIG. 5, one side portion 17a of the embossed portion 12 has a gentle slope in cross section, and the other side portion 17b has a cross section extending in the vertical direction. In this case, when the egg-shaped tablet 15 is pushed up from the one side portion 17a of the embossed portion 12 and taken out, the force applied to the lid member 20 is concentrated, and the lid member 20 is easily formed.
And the egg-shaped tablet 15 can be taken out. Therefore, the embossed portion 12
The tablet 15 does not move inside, and does not scratch the tablet 15 due to contact (rubbing) with the embossed portion 12.

In each of the above embodiments, while holding the sheet member 30 and the bottom member 11 on the female mold 25,
Is transported from the male mold 26 to the heat sealing device 29 via the cutting device 27 and the filling device 28, but a separate lower mold is used instead of the female mold 25 to hold the sheet body 30 and the bottom material 11. At the same time, a separate lower mold may be transferred from the cutting device 27 to the heat sealing device 29 via the filling device 28.

In each of the above embodiments, the bottom material 1
By making the outer shape of the first flange portion 13 larger than the human throat diameter, even if the whole package 10 is accidentally put into the mouth,
The entire package 10 can be prevented from being swallowed.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the planar shape of the embossed portion of the bottom member is any one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a star shape, a heart shape, and a polygonal shape. The contents can be stored in the embossed portion. For this reason, the applicable range of the package can be expanded.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the outer shape of the flange portion of the bottom member is made larger than the diameter of a human throat,
The whole package cannot be swallowed. For this reason, the safety of the package can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the through hole is provided in the flange portion and the lid member, breathing is possible through the through hole even if the whole package is swallowed. For this reason, the safety of the package can be ensured.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the embossed portion of the bottom member has an asymmetrical side cross-sectional shape, whereby a direction is generated in the force when the contents are taken out, that is, the force applied to the lid member is concentrated. It is easier to break through.
Therefore, the contents can be stably conveyed, and the contents are not damaged during the conveyance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a package according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a method for manufacturing a package according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the package, showing a state in which a lid member is made transparent for convenience.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a modification of the package.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing another embodiment of the package.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Packaging body 11 Bottom material 12 Emboss part 13 Flange part 15 Tablet 16a, 16b Through-hole 17a One side part 17b The other side part 20 Cover material 20a Half cut 25 Female type 26 Male type 30 Sheet body 30a Punching off

Claims (4)

[Claims] A bottom member including an embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, a flange provided at an opening of the embossed portion, and a lid member adhered to the flange; Each bottom material is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid material through its flange portion. The embossed portion of the bottom material has a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a star shape, a heart shape, and a planar shape. A package characterized by being one of polygons. A bottom member comprising an embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, a flange provided at the opening of the embossed portion, and a lid member adhered to the flange; Each of the bottom members is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid member through a flange portion thereof. The package of the bottom member has a flange portion whose outer shape is larger than a human throat diameter. . 3. An embossed portion having one end opened and containing contents, a bottom member comprising a flange provided in an opening of the embossed portion, and a lid member adhered to the flange, Each bottom member is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid member through its flange portion. The flange portion and the lid member of the bottom material are provided with through holes penetrating these flange portions and the lid material. A packaging body characterized in that: 4. A bottom material comprising an embossed portion having one end opened and storing contents, a bottom member comprising a flange provided in the opening of the embossed portion, and a lid member adhered to the flange. Each bottom material is individually separated and independent, and is adhered to the lid material via its flange portion. The embossed portion of the bottom material has an asymmetrical side cross-sectional shape, thereby allowing the contents to be removed. A package body characterized in that the force applied to the lid material when being taken out is concentrated without being dispersed, making it easier to break through.