US20050121359A1 - Box with removable appendices for gripping the neck of glass vials - Google Patents

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US20050121359A1
US20050121359A1 US10/984,972 US98497204A US2005121359A1 US 20050121359 A1 US20050121359 A1 US 20050121359A1 US 98497204 A US98497204 A US 98497204A US 2005121359 A1 US2005121359 A1 US 2005121359A1
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Carmelo Lo Duca
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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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/42—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
    • B65D5/542—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
    • B65D5/5435—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body and defining after rupture a lid hinged to the side edge of the container body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B7/00—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers
    • B67B7/92—Hand- or power-operated devices for opening closed containers by breaking, e.g. for ampoules

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  • the present invention relates to a box formed from a single piece of punched crease-lined and knurled cardboard (or similar material) for containing glass vials or the like, the box comprising appendices with which the neck of a vial can be reliably gripped and retained when the vial is opened by cutting or breaking off its neck.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to provide a box able to contain glass vials or the like, the box being formed from a single piece of cardboard having some of its portions shaped as appendices which can be individually removed and used by an operator to grip with two fingers of the hand the neck of each vial when being broken off, so preventing danger of damage or injury to the operator.
  • Another object is to locate these appendices such that they are protected inside the box when closed, but can be easily withdrawn from the box when one of the appendices is to be used.
  • a further object is to provide a box of low production cost which enables the vials and possible illustrative leaflets to be inserted into it with the same machines and in the same manner used on boxes of known traditional structure.
  • a box comprising:
  • a projection defined by a cut provided in the first main panel extends from that side of the lateral lid opposite the folding line which joins the lid to the adjacent main panel of the box, there being provided in the secondary panel a cut defining a slot into which said projection can be inserted and is retained to maintain the box closed after opening the lateral lid by breaking the knurling bounding the lid.
  • the invention also relates to the single punched, crease-lined and knurled sheet of cardboard or similar flexible material for forming a box having the aforesaid characteristics.
  • FIGS. from 1 to 4 represent a punched, crease-lined and knurled cardboard sheet shown stretched out in plan view and in its successive respective stages of folding to form a box;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the box, with its lateral lid open to show the positioning of the appendices for gripping the vial necks;
  • FIG. 6 is similar to FIG. 5 , but shows the lateral lid reclosed after some appendices have been removed from the box;
  • FIG. 7 shows the side elevation of a vial, to the neck of which a cardboard appendix gripped between the two fingers of one hand has been applied.
  • FIGS. from 1 to 4 showing a piece of punched, crease-lined and knurled cardboard comprising four consecutive main panels 1 - 4 and, projecting from the first main panel 1 , a flap 5 which are separated from each other by longitudinal parallel folding (crease) lines 6 - 9 .
  • closure panels 10 project from the two opposing ends of the panel 1 , while tabs 11 project from the ends of the panels 2 and 4 ; the closure panels 10 and the tabs 11 are separated from the respective main panels by transverse folding (crease) lines 12 , perpendicular to the longitudinal folding lines 6 - 9 .
  • the cardboard sheet described up to this point (and consequently the box obtainable from it) is of known type and is, in particular, totally similar to that of the box illustrated in EP-B-0709293 and EP-A-1340684, which are incorporated herein for reference.
  • a glue strip ( 30 ) is firstly applied to the panel 1 in proximity to the crease line 6 , then the flap 5 is rotated about the longitudinal folding line 6 to superpose the flap and the elongate appendices 15 onto the surface (to face the interior of the finished box) of the main panel 1 , on which the flap 5 is fixed by the glue 30 ( FIG. 2 ).
  • the main panel 4 (and with it the secondary panel 13 ) is rotated about the longitudinal folding line 9 to superpose them both on the panel 3 , a glue strip 40 then being applied to the flap 5 ( FIG. 3 ).
  • the panel 1 (and with it the flap 5 and appendices 15 ) is then rotated about the longitudinal folding line 7 ( FIG. 4 ) to glue the flap 5 to the secondary panel 13 such that the folding line 6 is very close to (virtually superposed on) the folding line 14 ; in this manner the appendices 15 become positioned between the main panels 1 and 2 , with the secondary panel 13 within the interior of the box, the formation of which by its manufacturer is hence terminated.
  • Packs of flattened boxes as in FIG. 4 in which the boxes are superposed on each other to form a pack, are despatched to the user firm which, by means of commonly used automatic machines of known type, gives the boxes their final shape to receive the products to be contained therein.
  • the machines press against the opposing folding lines 7 and 9 ( FIG. 4 ) to urge them towards each other so that the box assumes a parallelepiped shape, then rotate and close the tabs 11 and closure panel 10 provided at one end of the box, after which they insert the vials (housed in appropriate containers of any known type) together with any illustrative leaflets (not shown in the drawings) into the box, and finally close the tabs 11 and panel 10 provided at the other end of the box, which is hence completed.
  • a breakable knurling 19 defining a lateral lid 20 which (after breakage of the knurling 19 ) can be rotated about the longitudinal folding line 7 , there extending from the lateral lid 20 (from the side opposite the folding line 7 ) a projection defined by a cut 22 provided in the panel 1 .
  • a cut 22 provided in the panel 1 .
  • the secondary panel 13 there is also provided a cut, defining a slot 23 of dimensions such as to enable the projection 21 of the lateral lid 20 to be inserted into it.
  • the lateral lid 20 will lie facing the box exterior.
  • the user lifts the projection 21 away from the cut 22 and pulls it outwards from the box, causing the knurling 19 to break and the lateral lid 20 together with the panel 2 to rise outwards (with reference to FIG. 5 ): in this manner the vials can be extracted from the box, with the appendices 15 (resting on the secondary panel 13 ) remaining uncovered and accessible from the box exterior.
  • the appendices 15 can be pulled off one by one by breaking the knurlings 16 and 17 : each appendix 15 can then be used by passing through its hole 18 the neck 50 projecting from the body 51 of a vial ( FIG.
  • the box can be easily reclosed by sliding the lateral lid 20 below the secondary panel 13 until the projection 21 of the lateral lid 20 has entered the slot 23 in the secondary panel 13 , hence ensuring that the box is maintained in its closed position ( FIG. 6 ); alternatively, if desired, the lateral lid 20 can be superposed on the secondary panel 13 , then care being taken to insert the projection 21 into the slot 23 to maintain the box closed.

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US20060124708A1 (en) * 2004-12-15 2006-06-15 Gi.Bi.Effe S.R.I. Box with base resistant to opening and having its portions breakable to prevent it from being reclosed after its initial opening
US20070102499A1 (en) * 2005-11-04 2007-05-10 Gi.Bi.Effe S.R.I. Box with lid breakable by tearing and enabling the lid to be easily and securely closed again after its initial opening

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US4498580A (en) * 1983-01-13 1985-02-12 North American Philips Electric Corp. Lamp bulb carton, and resulting lamp bulb package
US7028839B2 (en) * 2000-02-28 2006-04-18 Societa Per Azioni Curti - Costruzioni Blank and box for vials and packaging process
US20060112571A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2006-06-01 Camilla Maffei Cardboard tool for opening glass ampoules

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US20060102512A1 (en) * 2004-11-16 2006-05-18 Gl.Bl.Effe S.R.L. Device for selectively dispensing solid products from a blister strip retained in the device
US20060124708A1 (en) * 2004-12-15 2006-06-15 Gi.Bi.Effe S.R.I. Box with base resistant to opening and having its portions breakable to prevent it from being reclosed after its initial opening
US7267261B2 (en) 2004-12-15 2007-09-11 Gi.Bi.Effe S.R.L. Box with a base resistant to opening and having portions thereof breakable to prevent the box from being reclosed after initial opening thereof
US20070102499A1 (en) * 2005-11-04 2007-05-10 Gi.Bi.Effe S.R.I. Box with lid breakable by tearing and enabling the lid to be easily and securely closed again after its initial opening

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