Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D1/09—Ampoules
  • B65D1/095—Ampoules made of flexible material

Definitions

• the known containers can be of the re-closable or disposable type and generally comprise a containment body of a predetermined dose of product, of substantially tubular and elongated conformation, which has an ending part with a neck, at the top of which a product dispensing mouth is defined.
• the aforementioned containers comprise closure means, associable in a removable manner with the containers at the neck, and which allow the occlusion of the dispensing mouth.
• a first type of re-closable containers made in a single body piece comprises closure means having a shutter element, of the type of a plug or the like, sealingly inserted into the dispensing mouth, and deformable or breakable elements which connect, without interruption, the closure means to the container body.
• Such deformable or breakable elements are adapted to report to the user the possible presence of product contaminations due to any tampering and/or fortuitous opening of the product, therefore carrying out the function of a warranty seal.
• the closure means of such containers generally comprise a handle with a shutter element, of the type of a plug or the like sealingly insertable in the dispensing mouth, and an annular collar securable coaxial and interlocking at the neck of the containment body.
• the container is opened for the first time by detaching the closure element from the dispensing opening at the breaking areas and, after using the product, the container can be closed again by overturning the closure element and by fitting the cap- shaped seat on the neck, by positioning the shutter body into the dispensing mouth.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide for a re-closable container for fluid products, particularly for medical products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food or the like, which allows to overcome the mentioned drawbacks of the prior art within the ambit of a simple, rational, easy, effective to use and affordable solution.
• Figure 6 is a top plan view of the strip of containers of Figure 5;
• Figure 15 is a side view of one of the containers of Figure 13;
• Figure 16 is a sectional view along the plane XVI-XVI of Figure 14, of a detail of the containers in the reclosing configuration;
• Figure 17 is an axonometric view of a strip of containers according to the invention in a fifth embodiment
• the container 2 has a bottom portion 5 opposite to the neck 4.
• each container 2 comprises two first grip flaps 7 defined, with respect to the longitudinal axis 6, on diametrically opposite portions of the hollow body 3.
• the predetermined breaking line 12 is adapted to allow the separation of the closure plug 10 from the hollow body 3 so as to define a separation configuration wherein an outflow opening 13 of the fluid product is formed on the hollow body 3.
• the outflow opening 13 is formed on the neck 4; this means that the hollow body 3 ends up in the neck 4, the side surface 8 of which defines the margins 14 of the outflow opening itself.
• each container 2 After filling the hollow body 3 with the fluid product and sealing the outflow opening 13, each container 2 is intended to be opened by a user only shortly before use, by tearing off the predetermined breaking line 12 and by separating the closure plug 10 from the hollow body 3.
• the cap portion 15 is formed on a portion opposite to the attachment portion 11.
• the side wall 16 is shaped substantially cylindrical and has such dimensions to be fitted to measure onto the neck 4.
• each container 2 comprises at least a second grip flap 18 defined protruding from the side external surface of the closure plug 10.
• each container 2 comprises two second grip flaps 18 defined, with respect to the longitudinal axis 6, on diametrically opposite portions of the closure plug 10.
• Each container 2 comprises spacer means 20, 21, 22 adapted to keep, in the reclosing configuration ( Figures 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24), the bottom wall 17 at a predefined distance D from the outflow opening 13.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 enables the creation of an empty non-contact space positioned between the outflow opening 13 and the bottom wall 17.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 comprise at least a spacer rib 20 formed internally of the cap portion 15 and which, in the reclosing configuration ( Figure 4), is adapted to come into contact with the outflow opening 13.
• the first embodiment comprises two spacer ribs 20.
• the spacer ribs 20 are arranged transverse to each other.
• the spacer ribs 20 are arranged substantially orthogonal to each other; in particular the meeting point of the spacer ribs 20 coincides with the longitudinal axis 6.
• the side wall 16 is fitted around the neck 4 and the spacer ribs 20 contact the outflow opening 13; in detail, the spacer ribs 20 abut against the margins 14 of the outflow opening 13, avoiding they come into contact with the bottom wall 17 of the cap portion 15.
• the closure plug 10 comprises a shutter element 23, of the type of a pin or the like, formed internally of the cap portion 15 and which, in the reclosing configuration, is insertable at least partly in the outflow opening 13 to reclose the container 2.
• the shutter element 23 is made cantilevered with respect to the bottom wall 17 and is insertable substantially to measure into the outflow opening 13.
• the shutter element 23 is substantially coaxial to the side wall 16.
• the shutter element 23 has a substantially frusto-conical conformation having the larger base associated with the bottom wall 17.
• the side wall 16 is fittable around the neck 4 when the shutter element 23 is inserted at least partly into the outflow opening 13.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 comprise two spacer ribs 20 made protruding from the bottom wall 17.
• the two spacer ribs continue to be arranged substantially orthogonal to each other.
• the hollow body 3 and the closure plug 10 furthermore, continue to comprise first grip flaps 7 and second grip flaps 18 connected to the first grip flaps 7 and to the second grip flaps 18, respectively of the adjacent container 2.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 comprise at least a tooth element 21 formed on the neck 4 and, in the reclosing configuration ( Figure 12), is adapted to abut against the side wall 16 so as to keep the bottom wall 17 at the predefined distance D.
• the tooth elements 21 are coplanar; this allows keeping constant the predefined distance D of the bottom wall 17 from the outflow opening 13.
• the operation of the third embodiment, as far as the passage from the closing configuration ( Figures 9, 10 and 11) to the opening configuration is concerned, is completely similar to the operation of the first embodiment, to the detailed description of which reference should be made.
• the container 2 is reclosed by fitting the side wall 16 of the cap portion 15 around the neck 4 which, by abutting against the tooth elements 21, locks the bottom wall 17 at the predefined distance D ( Figure 12).
• FIGS 13-16 show a fourth embodiment of the containers 2 collected in a strip 1, wherein each container 2 comprises a hollow body 3 for containing a fluid product, having a longitudinal axis 6, a neck 4 and a closure plug 10 completely similar to those described previously as far as the second embodiment of Figures 5-8 is concerned, to the detailed description of which reference should be made.
• the hollow body 3 and the closure plug 10 furthermore, continue to comprise first grip flaps 7 and second grip flaps 18 connected to the first grip flaps 7 and the second grip flaps 18, respectively, of the adjacent container 2.
• the container 2 comprises spacer means 20, 21, 22.
• the spacing means 20, 21, 22 continue to comprise at least one tooth element 21 formed on the neck 4 and which, in the reclosing configuration ( Figure 16), is adapted to abut against the side wall 16 so as to keep the bottom wall 17 at the predefined distance D.
• the tooth elements 21 are coplanar; this allows keeping constant the predefined distance D of the bottom wall 17 from the outflow opening 13.
• the container 2 is reclosed by fitting the side wall 16 of the cap portion 15 around the neck 4 and by pushing the shutter element 23 towards the bottom portion 5 of the hollow body 3.
• FIGS 17-20 show a fifth embodiment of the containers 2 collected in a strip 1, and wherein each container 2 comprises a hollow body 3 for containing a fluid product, having a longitudinal axis 6, a neck 4 and a closure plug 10 completely similar to those described previously as far as the first and third embodiment are concerned, to the detailed description of which reference should be made.
• the hollow body 3 and the closure plug 10 furthermore, continue to comprise first grip flaps 7 and second grip flaps 18 connected to the first grip flaps 7 and to the second grip flaps 18, respectively, of the adjacent container 2.
• the container 2 comprises spacer means 20, 21, 22.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 comprise an abutment edge 22 formed on the neck 4 and which, in the reclosing configuration ( Figure 20), is adapted to abut against the side wall 16 so as to keep the bottom wall 17 at the predefined distance D.
• the abutment edge 22 has a substantially annular shape; this allows the entire bottom wall 17 being kept at the predefined distance D from the outflow opening 13.
• FIGS 21-24 show a sixth embodiment of the containers 2 collected in a strip 1, wherein each container 2 comprises a hollow body 3 for containing a fluid product, having a longitudinal axis 6, a neck 4 and a closure plug 10 completely similar to those described previously as far as the second and fourth embodiments are concerned, to the detailed description of which reference should be made.
• the closure plug 10 comprises a shutter element 23 which is formed on the bottom wall 17 and is insertable into the outflow opening 13 to reclose the container 2 once this has been opened.
• the hollow body 3 and the closure plug 10 furthermore, continue to comprise first grip flaps 7 and second grip flaps 18 connected to the first grip flaps 7 and to the second grip flaps 18 respectively, of the adjacent container 2.
• the container 2 comprises spacer means 20, 21, 22.
• the spacer means 20, 21, 22 comprise an abutment edge 22 formed on the neck 4 and which, in the reclosing configuration (Figure 24), is adapted to abut against the side wall 16 so as to keep the bottom wall 17 at the predefined distance D from the outflow opening 13.

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