WO1997010155A1 - Contenant inviolable - Google Patents

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WO1997010155A1
WO1997010155A1 PCT/US1996/014479 US9614479W WO9710155A1 WO 1997010155 A1 WO1997010155 A1 WO 1997010155A1 US 9614479 W US9614479 W US 9614479W WO 9710155 A1 WO9710155 A1 WO 9710155A1
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neck extension
neck
plug
container
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Egon Erlich
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Egon Erlich
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Priority to AU72376/96A priority Critical patent/AU7237696A/en
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0238—Integral frangible 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0006—Upper closure
    • B65D2251/0015—Upper closure of the 41-type
    • 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
    • B65D2251/00—Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/0003—Two or more closures
    • B65D2251/0068—Lower closure
    • B65D2251/0075—Lower closure of the 39-type

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  • This invention relates generally to tamper-evident containers with frangible seals of the type intended to disburse substances such as medication.
  • a tamper-evident container is one having an indicator or barrier to entry which, if breached or missing, can reasonably be expected to provide visible evidence to consumers that tampering has occurred.
  • Requirements are set forth in Food and Drug Administration Compliance Policy Guide 7132a.17 entitled "Tamper-Evident Packaging Requirements for Certain Over-The Counter (OTC) Human Drug Products," wherein 12 technologies have been considered acceptable, listed as follows: (1) film wrappers, (2) blister or strip packs, (3) bubble packs, (4) heat shrink bands or wrappers, (5) foil, paper or plastic pouches, (6) bottle mouth inner seals, (7) tape seals, (8) breakable caps, (9) sealed metal tubes or plastic blind end heat-sealed tubes, (10) sealed cartons, (11) aerosol containers, and (12) cans (both all-metal and composite).
  • breakable caps the guideline requires that the container be sealed by a plastic or metal cap that either breaks away completely when removed from the container or leaves part of the cap attached to the container, but in any event the cap cannot be reapplied in its original state.
  • a plastic or metal cap that either breaks away completely when removed from the container or leaves part of the cap attached to the container, but in any event the cap cannot be reapplied in its original state.
  • the present invention meets the foregoing needs in providing a tamper-evident container.
  • the container includes a break off neck extension which is sealed to provide a blind end, for example with a closely fit plug inserted and retained by a lip and groove structure on mating surfaces of the neck extension and plug.
  • the top end of the extension and plug can be heat sealed.
  • a cap is carried by the neck extension before break off but is not destroyed. Rather it is intended to be removed from the neck extension and secured to the neck after break off to close the container.
  • a tamper-evident container in which a neck on the container body defines an outlet opening and is connected by a frangible region to a break off neck extension.
  • a plug is closely fitted within the neck extension so as to lie entirely within the neck extension and is retained permanently within the neck extension. Permanent retention can be accomplished by heat sealing the plug to the neck extension.
  • the plug can be locked in place by providing corresponding lip and groove structures on mating surfaces of the plug and neck extension., interrupt any attempt to directly insert a needle, or the like, into the container.
  • Figure 1 is a side sectional view of one embodiment of the invention shown before break off of the neck extension and showing a closure cap threaded onto the top of the neck extension;
  • Figure 2 is a side sectional view of the embodiment of Figure 1 after break off of the neck extension and placement of the cap directly onto the dispensing opening of the container;
  • Figure 3 is a side sectional view of a second embodiment of the invention in which the neck extension is formed to receive a plug;
  • Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a plug formed to be inserted into the neck extension of the embodiment of Figure 3;
  • Figure 5 is a side sectional view of the neck, neck extension, and plug of the embodiment of Figure 3;
  • Figure 6 is a side sectional view of a third embodiment of the invention in which the neck extension is formed to receive a plug;
  • Figure 7 is a side elevational view of a plug formed to be inserted into the neck extension of the embodiment of Figure 6;
  • Figure 8 is a side sectional view of the neck, neck extension, and plug of the embodiment of Figure 6;
  • the container 10 includes a neck 12 which provides an outlet opening 14 for the product, and a neck extension 16 which is generally of the same outer dimension as the neck 12.
  • the bottom of the neck extension 16 is open and is integral with the top of d e neck 12 so as to communicate directly with the outlet opening 14.
  • a score line 18 defines the boundary between the neck extension 16 and the neck 12 and defines a frangible region connecting the neck extension 16 and neck 12.
  • the scoreline 18 makes the connection between the neck extension 16 and neck 12 sufficiently frangible so that the neck extension is readily broken away from the neck, simply by twisting, by pivotal motion or by cutting with a sharp object.
  • the top end 20 of the neck extension is shown as being open, but in actuality means are applied to seal the top end of the neck extension.
  • any sealing means can be used.
  • a plug as will be described hereinafter is one form of sealing means but an inner seal of paper, thermoplastic, polystyrene foam, plastic film, foil or any combination thereof can be applied across the otherwise open top end 20 of the neck extension 16 so as to seal it in such manner that the seal must be torn or broken to open the container and remove the product. See in this regard the reference to "bottle mouth inner seals" in Food and Drug Administration Compliance Policy Guide 7132a.17.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the general use of a cap 22 which is formed with intemal threads 24 mating with extemal threads 26 on the neck extension 16 adjacent the top end 20.
  • the neck 12 is also formed with extemal threads 28 at a region adjacent the outlet opening 14 just below the scoreline 18. Any other cap retention mechanism known to the art can be used. After the neck extension 16 is broken off, the cap 22 is removed from the neck extension 16 and is threaded onto, or otherwise secured to, the neck 16 to close the container 10.
  • the neck extension 16 is formed to accommodate the insertion of a cylindrical plug 30.
  • the neck extension 16 includes a medial lip 32 which can be circumferential and which is formed to engage a corresponding medial groove 34 circumferentially around the plug 30.
  • the plug can include a top ledge 36 which matingly engages a shoulder 38 at the top end 20 of the neck extension so that when the plug 30 is inserted into the neck extension 16, it is retained by the shoulder 38 as well as by interaction of the intemal neck extension lip 32 with the extemal plug groove 34, and so that the top surface of the plug 36 is flush with the top end 20 of the neck extension 16.
  • the plug 30 is closely fitted to the neck extension 16, i.e., its outer dimension is the same as the inner dimension of the neck extension 16. Also, as shown in Figure 5, the plug 30 is hollow, which accommodates some compression when the plug 30 is inserted into the neck extension 16 and pushed downwardly so that the lip 32 snaps into the groove 34. This constmction provides significant protection against tampering. In addition to the foregoing components, one can also heat seal the plug 30 to the neck extension by applying sealing heat to the seam where the plug ledge 36 meets the neck extension 16 adjacent the shoulder 38, as indicated at 40 in Figure 5.
  • the cap 22 is then threaded onto the outer thread of the formed surface of the neck extension 16 from the container 10. Once the neck extension 16 is broken off, the cap can be transferred to close the container neck. Since access to the contents of the container 10 is only possible by breaking off the neck extension, it would be readily apparent that tampering has occurred.
  • the plug 42 is formed with a lip 44, either at the bottom end thereof as shown, or, as indicated by shadow at 46, medially on the plug.
  • the plug 42 is hollow and contains a plurality of cut-out slots 48, in this case four circumferentially around the plug, to provide flexibility to the plug.
  • the neck extension 41 is formed with an intemal groove 50 which engages the lip 44 or the plug 42.
  • the top surface 52 of the plug 42 is flush with the top end 54 of the neck extension 41.
  • a cap 56 threadably engages the top end 54 of the neck extension and, after removing the neck extension, is transferred to the neck 56 to close the neck opening 58.
  • a plate can be applied over the plug 42 and heat sealed to the neck, or one can use adhesive that joins the components together.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un contenant inviolable (10) comprenant une extension de col (16) destinée à la rupture, scellée pour former une extrémité fermée. Un bouchon (30) à ajustement fin est inséré et maintenu par une structure à lèvre (32) et à rainure (34) sur les surfaces de raccordement de l'extension de col (16) et du bouchon (30). Le bouchon (30) peut présenter un rebord (36) qui coopère avec un épaulement (38) sur l'extension de col (16), et/ou l'extrémité supérieure de l'extension de col (16) et le bouchon peuvent être thermoscellés. Un capuchon (22) est porté par l'extension de col (16) avant la rupture de cette dernière au niveau de la ligne de rupture (18), puis il est utilisé pour fermer le contenant (10).
PCT/US1996/014479 1995-09-15 1996-09-10 Contenant inviolable WO1997010155A1 (fr)

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EP1103478A1 (fr) 1999-11-26 2001-05-30 L'oreal Ensemble de conditionnement en plastique à recyclage amélioré
WO2006027072A1 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-16 Georg Menshen Gmbh & Co. Kg Tubulure pour recipient
WO2012123375A1 (fr) * 2011-03-11 2012-09-20 Qiagen Gmbh Récipient à échantillon
US10737875B1 (en) 2020-01-23 2020-08-11 Four Strong IP, LLC Closure assembly for use with a container
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US3419172A (en) * 1967-12-14 1968-12-31 Dow Corning Closure system for containers
US4666063A (en) * 1985-08-23 1987-05-19 Wheeling Stamping Company Container with twist-off tamper evident feature
US4726481A (en) * 1986-08-01 1988-02-23 Mckesson Corporation Ultrasonically welded container and process
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EP1103478A1 (fr) 1999-11-26 2001-05-30 L'oreal Ensemble de conditionnement en plastique à recyclage amélioré
FR2801568A1 (fr) * 1999-11-26 2001-06-01 Oreal Ensemble de conditionnement en plastique a recyclage ameliore
WO2006027072A1 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-16 Georg Menshen Gmbh & Co. Kg Tubulure pour recipient
WO2012123375A1 (fr) * 2011-03-11 2012-09-20 Qiagen Gmbh Récipient à échantillon
JP2014513927A (ja) * 2011-03-11 2014-06-19 キアゲン ゲゼルシャフト ミット ベシュレンクテル ハフツング 試料容器
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EP3653304A1 (fr) * 2011-03-11 2020-05-20 Hombrechtikon Systems Engineering AG Récipient d'échantillon
US11059633B2 (en) 2019-10-31 2021-07-13 Cheer Pack North America Flip-top closure for container
US10737875B1 (en) 2020-01-23 2020-08-11 Four Strong IP, LLC Closure assembly for use with a container
US11485570B2 (en) 2020-01-23 2022-11-01 Four Strong Ip Llc Closure assembly for use with a container

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