WO2016008693A1

WO2016008693A1 - Bottle for cleaning agent and package having a bottle and a cleaning agent

Info

Publication number: WO2016008693A1
Application number: PCT/EP2015/064440
Authority: WO
Inventors: Katja Gerhards; Julia Breisinger
Original assignee: Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
Priority date: 2014-07-14
Filing date: 2015-06-25
Publication date: 2016-01-21
Also published as: EP3169595A1; US20170121079A1; DE102014213602A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a bottle (1) for a cleaning agent (20), comprising a container (10) for receiving the cleaning agent (20), which container has a container opening (17), a closure cap (30), which closes the container opening (17) in a closure position, and a pretreatment element (40), which is fastened to or molded onto the closure cap (30), wherein the pretreatment element (40) lies inside the container (10) in the closure position of the closure cap (30). According to the invention, the pretreatment element (40) is visible from outside in the closure position of the closure cap (30). The invention further relates to a package, comprising such a bottle and a dyed cleaning agent.

Description

"Bottle for detergent and container with bottle and detergent"

The invention relates to a bottle for detergent with a container, a

Cap and with a pretreatment element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a container with bottle and detergent.

From WO 2014/004456 A1 is a bottle for detergent with container,

Closure cap and pretreatment element known. The container serves to receive the cleaning agent. The container has a container opening which extends through the

Close the cap in a closed position. The pretreatment element is integrally attached or integrally formed on the closure cap in the form of an arrangement of a plurality of upstanding bristles. With the bristles, the cleaning agent can be applied to a heavily soiled area for pretreatment of an object to be cleaned.

The bristles on the cap increase the effective height of the bottle so that more space is needed when stacking such bottles on a pallet one above the other. Furthermore, the bristles on top of the closure cap affect a stable support surface for an overlying layer in a stack. The bottles can then no longer be stacked on top of each other so well. In addition, the bristles are exposed so that they can dust or spoil during transport or shelf. If the pretreatment element on the cap is merely plugged in, then there is the additional danger that it can be easily separated from the bottle and lost.

From US 5,549,209 is also a bottle for detergent with container,

Closure cap and pretreatment element known, wherein the pretreatment element is provided at a lower part of the closure cap, so that the pretreatment element is in the closed position of the closure cap within the container. Compared to the bottle of WO 2014/004456 A1, the arrangement of the pretreatment element within the container has the advantage that it is protected against loss and contamination. However, it is not readily apparent whether such a bottle is equipped with a pretreatment element. It may be that an interested customer or consumer hesitates to buy, and then prefers access to a bottle in which the pre-treatment element is directly visible. The invention is therefore based on the object to provide a bottle for cleaning with a well-protected pretreatment element available, however, the

Purchase decision can contribute positively. The term detergent includes detergents.

The object underlying the invention is achieved with the feature combination according to claim 1. Embodiments of the invention can be taken from the dependent claims to claim 1.

Although the pretreatment element is arranged in the closed position of the closure cap within the container, the pretreatment element according to the invention is visible from the outside, ie from outside the container. In one embodiment, for this purpose, the container has at least one transparent wall region through which the pretreatment element is visible from the outside. If the container is substantially made of a material which is opaque, the transparent wall portion constitutes a window through which the customer can look into the container and then recognize the pre-treatment element located in the container. It is also possible that the container is made entirely of a transparent material. The transparent wall area would then extend over the entire container outer surface.

The transparent wall portion may constitute part of a front wall of the container. Thus, it is possible for the customer, when standing in front of the container, to see the pre-treatment element located in the container. The front wall may be equipped with a label or label, but this is not the view of the

Prevent treatment element. Since products in a store are usually aligned on the shelf with the front or front wall facing forward, the customer can thus at a glance capture the product information and pre-treatment element provided on the label.

In one embodiment of the invention, the container has, in addition to the transparent wall region, at least one light-permeable wall region. Through this

light-permeable wall area may additionally light fall into the container, so that the pretreatment element is also visible. This translucent or non-opaque

Wall area can also be transparent. But it is also possible that he can only reach the light like frosted glass in scattered form in the container.

The higher the permeability or the transparency of the transparent wall area, the better the pretreatment element can be seen inside the container. For other reasons (material selection, costs, marketing aspects) but can be in terms of Permeability limits set. However, the transparency should be greater than 30% and preferably greater than 65 or even 80%.

Preferably, the transparent wall area, the pretreatment element and the translucent wall area lie on a line of sight. As a result, the contours of the

Pre-treatment element clearly and are therefore clearly visible to the customer or viewer from the outside.

In one embodiment of the invention, the transparent area is provided at the same vertical height as the pretreatment element, when the closure cap in

Lock position is located. For example, is the bottle on a flat

Container bottom, the vertical distance of the transparent area to the container bottom is equal to the vertical distance of the pre-treatment element to the container bottom. The customer can readily perceive the pre-treatment element in the container directly when such a bottle is at eye level on the shelf.

The pretreatment element may have a first color, and the closure cap may have a second color, wherein a first color contrast between the first color and the second color is greater than ten. The calculation of the color contrast is based on the L'a'b 'color system (see EN ISO 1664-4) and is calculated according to the following formula:

ΔΕι = ((ai - a ₂ ) ^A 2 + (bi - b ₂ ) ^A 2 + (Li - Ι_ ₂ ) ^Λ 2) ^Λ 0.5

ΔΕι = first color contrast

ai = a ^* value of the first color

a ₂ = a ^* value of the second color

bi = b ^* value of the first color

b ₂ = b ^* value of the second color

Li = L ^* value of the first color

L ₂ = L ^* value of the second color

The value range for the a ^* value ranges from -150 (green) to 100 (red). The value range for the b ^* value ranges from -150 (blue) to 100 (yellow). The L ^* value or brightness value is between 0 (black) and 100 (white). According to the above formula, the color contrast corresponds to the square root of the sum of the distances of the individual ^* values, with the distances or differences of the ^* values being set in square. The values exemplified in the following table give a color contrast ΔΕ of 76.69.

In a preferred embodiment, the first color contrast is greater than 30 or even greater than 70. By means of this color contrast, the pretreatment element fastened or molded onto the closure cap stands out clearly from the closure cap.

The pretreatment element and / or the closure cap need not necessarily be monochromatic. Thus, the pretreatment element can only partially at least partially have the first color, which then differs correspondingly strongly from the second color, whereby here too the closure cap can only partially or in the region have this second color.

A container wall may have a third color, wherein a second color contrast between the first color and the third color is greater than 10, preferably greater than 30 or even 50. For example, if the customer sees the pre-treatment element with the first color through the transparent wall area or through the window, the container wall, which lies in line of sight of the customer behind the pre-treatment element, offers a clear color contrast to the pre-treatment element.

The cap may be formed substantially cylindrical, wherein the

Closure cap at a closed end has a front-side cover surface on which a side wall adjoins and which forms at an open end of the closure cap an edge which defines an opening of the closure cap. The cap thus forms a cup-shaped interior, which can be used for dosing the detergent. If the pretreatment element is arranged in the vicinity of the edge, then cleaning agent, which is located in the interior of the closure cap, may first be tipped onto, for example, a smudge of a shirt and then rubbed into the soiled shirt material with the pretreatment element, without the grip position of the closure cap must be changed.

The pretreatment element and the closure cap can be separate parts, wherein the pretreatment element is detachably connected to the closure cap, preferably attached to the edge. It is also possible that the pretreatment element is integrally formed on the closure cap, preferably in turn arranged near the edge. The cap may have an apron with an internal thread in

Closing position of the cap cooperates with an external thread on the container opening. To open the container then the cap is unscrewed. A diameter of the container opening is preferably 2 to 20% larger than a diameter of the edge or the cylindrical side wall of the closure cap.

The pretreatment element may have a plurality of surface irregularities with which to apply or rub in the cleaning agent at the desired location. The surface irregularities can be stars, circles, points, lines or other elevations or depressions.

The surface irregularities are preferably bristles with a length of 4 to 20

Mm formed. The bristles, which are preferably arranged in rows or in other patterns (concentric, spiral, etc), can be seen clearly from the outside as such, with which a pretreatment (distribution and rubbing of the

Cleaning agent) is possible. Preferably, the bristles have a diameter of 0.3 to 3 millimeters.

A further object of the invention to provide the provision of a container with bottle and detergent, which protects the pretreatment element and is attractive to the customer, is solved with claim 14. According to claim 14, the cleaning agent (for example, a laundry detergent) has a fourth color, wherein a third color contrast between the fourth color and the first color of the pre-treatment element based on the L ^* a ^* b ^* color system is greater than 10, more preferably than 30 or even 50 is.

With reference to the embodiments illustrated in the figures, the invention will be explained in more detail. Show it:

Figure 1 shows a first embodiment of a bottle according to the invention;

Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of the bottle according to the invention;

Figure 3 shows the embodiment of Figure 1 in the open state;

FIG. 4 shows a closure cap with pretreatment element according to FIGS. 1 and 2; Figure 5 shows another embodiment of the cap with

Pretreatment element; and

Figure 6 shows another embodiment of the pretreatment element.

Figure 1 shows a bottle, which is designated in its entirety by 1. The term bottle is generally understood to mean a packaging for a pourable or liquid product.

The bottle 1 comprises a container 10 with a container bottom 1 1 and a transparent front wall 12. In the container 10, a recess 13 for forming a handle 14 is formed. The container 10 is preferably made of plastic.

The container bottom 1 1, the front wall 12 and other side walls of the container 10 define a container interior 15 in which a liquid detergent 20 is located. The cleaning agent 20 is shown by hatching and fills the container interior 15 almost completely (see level line 21).

At an upper end or at an end facing away from the container bottom 1 1, the container 10 a container neck 16 which defines a container opening 17. The container opening 17 is closed by a closure cap 30. Accordingly, in the illustration of Figure 1, the cap 30 is in a closed position. At a lower end of the closure cap 30, a pretreatment element 40 with bristles 41 is arranged. Since the front wall 1 1 of the embodiment of Figure 1 is transparent, it can be seen from the outside of the pretreatment element 40 with the bristles 41.

FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the bottle 1 according to the invention. Features or components which are similar or identical to those of FIG. 1 are provided with the same reference numbers. This applies mutatis mutandis to all other figures.

In the embodiment of Figure 2, the front wall 12 should not be transparent, but only have a transparent area or a transparent window 18. Through this window 18 can be seen, as in the embodiment of Figure 1, the pretreatment element 40 with the bristles 41. In addition, can be read through the window 18 of the level 21 of the detergent 20 in the almost completely filled container 10. The window 18 is positioned so that it is at the same height as the

Pre-treatment element 40 is located. However, the non-transparent front wall 12 may be opaque. Thus, not only through the window 18 light can get into the container interior 15, but also through the non-opaque front wall 12 and through the preferably also non-opaque side walls of the container 10th

FIG. 3 shows the bottle 1 of FIG. 1 in an opened state. In addition, the bottle 1 is not filled in Figure 3 with the detergent 20 of Figure 1. The circular in cross-section container neck 16 with the likewise circular container opening 17 has an external thread 19 (not shown separately), which serves for fastening the closure cap 30 to the container 10.

FIG. 4 shows the closure cap 30 and the closure element 40 of FIGS. 1 and 2 in a somewhat enlarged representation, the closure element 40 not being applied to the closure element 40 here

Cap 30 is attached, but is slightly spaced therefrom. The closure cap 30 has a substantially cylindrical construction with a front-side cover surface 31 and a side wall 32 adjoining it. The lateral wall 32 forms the lateral surface of the cylindrical closure cap 30. At a lower end or at an end 33 remote from the lid surface 31, the closure cap 30 has a circular edge 34 which delimits a cap opening 35 of the closure cap 30. Turned upside down, so with the lid surface 31 as a support, the cap 30 as

Dosierkappe be used. Lid surface 31 and side wall 32 define a cup-shaped cap interior 36.

Approximately equidistant from the lid surface 31 and edge 34, an apron 37 is provided which is open towards the lower end 33 and which is intended to have an internal thread (not shown) on its inner side 38 (see FIG. 5). In the closed position of the closure cap 30, this internal thread cooperates with the external thread 19 of the container 10, so that the

Closure cap 30, the container opening 17 sealingly closes. To open the bottle 1, the cap is then unscrewed and, if it is held with the lid surface 31 directed downward, record a certain amount of detergent, which can then be filled for example in a washing machine.

FIG. 5 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the closure cap 30 with the pretreatment element 40 attached thereto. FIG. 5 also shows, in particular, further details

Details of the pretreatment element 40. The pretreatment element 40 has a plug ring 42 and a bristle web 43 on which the bristles 41 are arranged. An inner diameter of the plug ring 42 corresponds approximately to an outer diameter of the side wall 32 of the closure cap 30, so that the pretreatment element 40 with his Plug ring 42 is firmly seated on the open end 35 of the cap 30. With a certain force, the pretreatment element 40 can be released from the lower edge 35 of the closure cap 30 and, if desired, to the upper end, ie to the end of the

Cap with the lid surface 31, to be attached.

As can be seen from FIG. 5, the web 43 does not cover the entire cap opening 35 of the closure cap 30. The web 43 has an approximately semicircular shape and thus covers approximately half of the cap opening 35.

In the same plane as the web 43 is a circumferential annular edge zone 44, which serves as an abutment of the pretreatment element 40 to the closure cap 30. Thus, the position of the pretreatment element 40 in the axial direction is substantially that

cylindrical cap 30 fixed.

A length L of the bristles 41 (distance from the plane of the web 43 to a bristle tip 45) may be 8 to 12 millimeters. The bristle diameter is preferably about 0.5 millimeters.

FIG. 6 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the pretreatment element 40, which in some details differs from the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG

Pretreatment element 40 is different. On the outer edge of the web 43, a circumferential collar 46 is formed, the height of which corresponds to approximately 20 to 35 percent of the length L of the bristles 41. If, for example, the pretreatment element 40 is pushed onto the upper end of the closure cap 30, then the collar 46 forms with the web 43 a small reservoir for cleaning agent which, after pretreatment, still adheres to the bristles 41 and possibly flows down the side wall 32 without a collar 46 could.

Furthermore, the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 6 has two gripping regions 47 which are offset by 180 degrees relative to one another on the outside of the plug-in ring (FIG. 6 shows only one gripping region). The grip portion 47 has small parallel indentations or small parallel ribs 48 with a height of 0, 1 to 0.3 millimeters. On the inside of the plug ring 42, a chamfer 49 is provided, which facilitates the attachment of the pre-treatment element 40 on the cap 30.

By appropriate coloring closure cap 30 and pretreatment element 40 or of pretreatment element 30 and container 10, the pre-treatment closure element for the customer is easy to see, even if it is well protected in the container 10. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

I bottle

10 containers

I I container bottom

12 front wall

13 recess

14 handle

15 container interior

16 container neck

17 container opening

18 transparent area / window

19 external thread

20 cleaning agents

21 level line

30 cap

31 cover surface

32 side wall

33 lower end

34 edge

35 cap opening

36 cap interior

37 apron

38 inside

40 pretreatment element

41 bristles

42 plug ring

43 footbridge

44 border zone

45 bristle tip

46 collar

47 Handle rich

48 indentation / rib

Claims

claims

1. Bottle (1) for cleaning agent (20) with

a container (10) for receiving the cleaning agent (20), which has a container opening (17),

a closure cap (30) which closes the container opening (17) in a closed position, and

a pretreatment element (40) which is fastened or formed on the closure cap (30),

the pretreatment element (40) being in the closed position of the closure cap (30) inside the container (12),

characterized in that the pretreatment element (40) in the closed position of the closure cap (30) is visible from the outside.

2. Bottle (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the container (10)

has at least one transparent wall portion (18).

3. Bottle (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the transparent

Wall portion (18) is a part of a front wall (12) of the container (10).

4. Bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the container (10) has at least one translucent wall region.

5. bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the transparent wall portion (18), the pretreatment element (40) and the translucent wall portion lie on a line of sight.

6. Bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the transparent area (18) at the same vertical height as that

Pre-treatment element (40) is provided when the closure cap (30) is in the closed position.

7. Bottle (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the

Pretreatment element (40) has a first color and that the closure cap has a second color, wherein a first color contrast between the first color and the second color, calculated on the basis of the L ^* a ^* b ^* color system, is greater than 10.

8. Bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a container wall has a third color, wherein a second color contrast between the first color and the third color, calculated on the basis of the L ^* a ^* b ^* color system , greater than 10

9. Bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the

Closure cap (30) is formed substantially cylindrical, wherein the closure cap (30) at a closed end an end-side cover surface (31), which adjoins a side wall (32) and at a lower end (33) of the closure cap (30 ) forms a rim (34) defining a cap opening (35) of the closure cap (30).

10. bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the pretreatment element (40) and the closure cap (30) are separate parts.

1 1. Bottle (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the closure cap (30) has a skirt (37) with an internal thread which cooperates in the closed position with an external thread (19) on the container opening (17).

12. bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the pretreatment element (40) has a plurality of bristles (41) having a length of 4 millimeters to 20 millimeters.

13. Bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the

Bristles (41) have a diameter of 0.3 to 3 millimeters.

14. Container with a bottle (1) according to one of claims 1 to 13 and a

A cleaning agent (20) having a fourth color, wherein a third color contrast between the fourth color and the first color of the pretreatment element, calculated on the basis of the L ^* a ^* b ^* color system, is greater than 10.