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EP2731878A1 - Flacon pour la distribution de produits fluides, en particulier des produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires - Google Patents

Flacon pour la distribution de produits fluides, en particulier des produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires

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Publication number
EP2731878A1
EP2731878A1 EP12738181.2A EP12738181A EP2731878A1 EP 2731878 A1 EP2731878 A1 EP 2731878A1 EP 12738181 A EP12738181 A EP 12738181A EP 2731878 A1 EP2731878 A1 EP 2731878A1
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Prior art keywords
pin
vial
fact
hole
cap
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Antonio Fontana
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Lameplast SRL
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Lameplast SRL
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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
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid 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 or 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
    • 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
    • B65D51/22—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure
    • B65D51/228—Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure a major part of the inner closure being removed from the container after the opening
    • 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
    • B65D2251/0071—Lower closure of the 17-type

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like.
  • vials and containers made of polymer material for packaging one or more doses of fluid products, whether these are in paste, gel or liquid form; depending on the number of doses present, the known containers can be of the single-use type or of the re-closable and multi-dose type.
  • This document shows a container comprising a flexible body designed to contain a predetermined dose of product and having a substantially tubular shape.
  • Such containment body has one extremity with opening suitable for the introduction of the fluid product, which is closed after filling by means of sealing.
  • the opposite extremity of the containment body on the other hand, has a neck at the top of which is defined a pin removable by tearing off to form a product dispensing mouth.
  • a cap On the neck and on the pin a cap is fitted which is internally equipped with a blind seat having a shape complementary to the pin.
  • the user rotates the cap around the neck of the flexible body, dragging with it the pin which thereby tears off from the flexible body and forms the dispensing mouth.
  • the cap in fact, though having transversal dimensions slightly narrower than the neck, which enable its reciprocal forced coupling, can in any case be subject to an involuntary and/or undesired separation from the flexible body, e.g. due to knocks during packaging or transport, or due to incorrect use by the user.
  • vials have been developed wherein the cap, instead of a blind seat, has a through hole crossing the cap from one side to the other.
  • the pin has a length greater than the through hole and, once fitted inside this, projects out from the opposite side.
  • the extremity of the pin which projects beyond the hole undergoes a beating operation and is deformed so as to define a widened head no longer able to cross the through hole.
  • the beaten head is exposed to possible contact with sharp bodies and risks undergoing knocks during vial transport which could well affect its integrity with the risk of making the previous beating operations pointless and ineffective, with the chance of the cap inconveniently coming off the flexible body.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to provide a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like, in which the cap can be fitted onto the corresponding pin in a practical, easy and functional way, without any particular problem of stability and additional inconvenient operation.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like which can be manufactured and assembled with very limited production costs and time.
  • the last object of the present invention is to provide a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like, which is not only easy and effective to use but also particularly appealing from an aesthetic point of view.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like which allows to overcome the mentioned drawbacks of the state of the art within the ambit of a simple, rational as well as low cost solution.
  • the present vial for the dispensing of fluid products comprising:
  • At least a hollow body for containing at least a fluid product having at least a neck from which protrudes a pin which can be removed by tearing it off, the tearing off of said pin being suitable for defining a dispensing mouth of said fluid product,
  • At least a cap which can be fitted on said neck and having at least a through hole which can be crossed from side to side by said pin in a fitting configuration wherein said pin appears on the outer surface;
  • anti-rotation means placed between said pin and said through hole and suitable for preventing their rotation, the placing in rotation of said cap with respect to said hollow body being suitable for dragging in rotation said pin to remove it by tearing it off;
  • said longitudinal interlocking system comprises at least a pad which is obtained at the free extremity of said pin and having:
  • Figure 1 is an exploded, partially broken view of the vial according to the invention
  • Figure 2 is a section view, on enlarged scale, along the plane II - II of figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 is a section view, on enlarged scale, along the plane III - III of figure l;
  • Figure 4 is an exploded, partially broken view of a detail, on enlarged scale, of the vial according to the invention.
  • Figure 5 is an axonometric, partially broken view of the detail of Figure 4 in a fitting configuration
  • Figure 6 is a longitudinal section view, on enlarged scale, of a portion of the vial according to the invention in a fitting configuration
  • Figure 7 is a longitudinal section view, on enlarged scale, of the portion of figure 6 in an opening configuration.
  • a vial for the dispensing of fluid products, particularly for medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic products or the like.
  • the vial 1 is of the single-dose and non re-closable type and comprises a hollow body 2 suitable for containing a fluid product.
  • the hollow body 2 has a substantially tubular and elongated shape along a longitudinal direction.
  • an opening 3 is defined for introducing the fluid product; the closing of the opening 3 (e.g., by sealing the lips of the opening itself) is done after the product has been introduced.
  • a neck 4 is defined.
  • the neck 4 has a substantially axial-symmetric shape with round cross section and smaller diameter compared to the rest of the hollow body 2.
  • the shape of the neck 4 in particular, is substantially cylindrical with constant section, with coaxial alignment with respect to the hollow body 2; alternative embodiments cannot however be ruled out wherein the walls of the neck 4 have a conical shape and/or are not coaxial with the hollow body 2.
  • the removal by tearing off of the pin 5 is suitable for defining on the neck 4 a dispensing mouth 6 for allowing the fluid product to come out.
  • the pin 5 is associated with the neck 4 along a segment with weakened section 7, suitable for making its removal easier by tearing it off.
  • the pin 5 extends along the longitudinal direction and, in particular, it is coaxial with the neck 4.
  • a cap 8 On the neck 4 a cap 8 can be fitted having a through hole 9 which can be crossed from one side to the other by the pin 5 in a fitting configuration wherein the pin 5 protrudes on the outside.
  • the cap 8 comprises an outer wall 10 with a substantially tubular shape and with such shape and dimensions as to enable it to be fitted on the neck 4.
  • the outer wall 10 has a first open extremity 1 1 , which can be fitted on the neck 4, and a second open extremity 12, opposite the first open extremity 1 1.
  • the inner body 13 divides the volume inside the outer wall 10 into a first compartment 14, which extends from the first open extremity 11 to the inner body 13, and into a second compartment 15, which extends from the second open extremity 12 to the inner body 13.
  • anti-rotation means 16, 17 are positioned able to prevent their relative rotation.
  • the anti-rotation means 16, 17 are defined by a side outer shape 16 obtained on a portion of the pin 5 and by a side inner shape 17 obtained in the through hole 9.
  • the side shapes 16, 17 are defined substantially longitudinal and at least in part complementary to allow the longitudinal sliding of the pin 5 inside the through hole 9 and to prevent the relative rotation only.
  • the side outer shape 16 and the side inner shape 17 are defined by a series of recesses and reliefs extending longitudinally, even though slightly tapered to facilitate fitting the pin 5 in the through hole 9.
  • the cross sections of the side shapes 16, 17 are shown in the figures 2 and 3 and are star- shaped.
  • the placing in rotation of the cap 8 with respect to the hollow body 2 is suitable, by means of the anti-rotation means 16, 17, for also dragging in rotation the pin 5 to remove it by tearing it off from the hollow body 2.
  • the round cross-section axial-symmetric shape of the neck 4 allows the cap 8 to be placed in rotation around the central axis of the neck 4.
  • the outer surface of the outer wall 10 is at least partially grooved.
  • such outer surface comprises a plurality of grooves 18 extending longitudinally and parallel to the pin 5; it should be noticed that this arrangement of the grooves 18 is the best possible for the purpose of making it easier to grip the cap 8 and place it in rotation around the neck 4.
  • the vial 1 also comprises a longitudinal interlocking system 19 suitable for preventing the longitudinal removal of the pin 5 from the through hole 9.
  • the longitudinal interlocking system 19 is defined by a pad which is obtained at the free extremity of the pin 5, i.e., that opposite the neck 4.
  • the pin 5 comprises a supporting section 20 which sustains the pad 19.
  • the supporting section 20 extends between the pad 19 and the portion of the pin 5 on which the side outer shape 16 is obtained.
  • the supporting section 20 has transversal dimensions substantially smaller than the pad 19.
  • the pad 19 has:
  • the outer edge 23 consists in the terminal part of the through hole 9 and is shaped to define a narrowing 24 suitable for housing substantially to measure the supporting section 20.
  • the guiding profile 21 has a truncated-cone shape.
  • the guiding profile 21, in particular, is meant to be forced inside the narrowing 24 to allow the pad 19 to exit beyond it.
  • the pad 19 remains inside the second open extremity 12 of the cap 8, i.e., it remains inside the second compartment 15 and does not emerge beyond the second open extremity 12.
  • the hollow body 2, the pin 5, the supporting section 20 and the pad 19 are made in a single body, e.g., by means of forming methods such as injection moulding, using polymer materials of the polyethylene or polypropylene type.
  • the cap 8 is also obtainable using the same forming methods inside a separate mould.
  • the hollow body 2 and the cap 8 are therefore initially separate, as shown in the figures from 1 to 4, and the vial 1 is assembled subsequently by making the outer wall 10 fit over the neck 4 with simultaneous and contemporaneous interlocking of the pin 5 in the through hole 9 (figures 5 and 6).
  • the side shapes 16, 17 of the pin 5 and of the through hole 9 are coupled together and the pad 19 is arranged beyond the narrowing 24, with the supporting surface 22 arranged against the outer edge 23 of the through hole 9 to prevent the pin 5 moving away from the cap 8.
  • the cap 8 is placed in rotation on the neck 4 and drags with it the pin 5, determining the breakage of the segment with weakened section 7 and the opening of the dispensing mouth 6 (opening configuration in figure 7).
  • the cap 8 can then be removed from the neck 4 to allow the dispensing of the fluid product, with the pin 5 which remains jammed in the cap 8 with a function of "tamper-evident" to show the opening has occurred of the vial 1.
  • the pad remains inside the second compartment of the cap and, by means of this simple and practical solution, the vial has a compact outer form, without protrusions and with an appealing aesthetic appearance.

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Abstract

Le flacon (1) destiné à la distribution de produits fluides, en particulier des produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires, comprend : un corps creux (2) destiné à contenir un produit fluide, possédant un goulot (4) duquel dépasse une tige (5) qui peut être retirée par déchirement, le déchirement de la tige (5) étant approprié pour délimiter une ouverture de distribution (6) du produit fluide, un bouchon (8) qui peut être ajusté sur le goulot (4) et comportant un trou débouchant (9) qui peut être traversé d'un côté à l'autre, par la tige (5) dans une configuration d'ajustement, la tige (5) apparaissant sur la surface extérieure ; un moyen anti-rotation (16, 17) placé entre la tige (5) et le trou débouchant (9) et approprié pour empêcher leur rotation, le placement en rotation du bouchon (8) par rapport au corps creux (2) étant approprié pour entraîner la rotation de la tige (5) afin de la retirer par déchirement ; au moins un système de verrouillage longitudinal (19) qui est approprié pour empêcher le retrait longitudinal de la tige (5) du trou débouchant (9) et qui comprend un tampon obtenu à l'extrémité libre de la tige (5) et ayant : un profil de guidage (21) qui est approprié pour traverser le trou débouchant (9) et apparaître sur la surface extérieure du bouchon (8), et une surface de soutien (22) appropriée pour reposer sur un bord extérieur (23) du trou débouchant (9).
EP12738181.2A 2011-07-13 2012-07-05 Flacon pour la distribution de produits fluides, en particulier des produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires Withdrawn EP2731878A1 (fr)

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IT000172A ITMO20110172A1 (it) 2011-07-13 2011-07-13 Fiala per l'erogazione di prodotti fluidi, particolarmente per prodotti medicali, farmaceutici, cosmetici o simili
PCT/IB2012/001319 WO2013008068A1 (fr) 2011-07-13 2012-07-05 Flacon pour la distribution de produits fluides, en particulier des produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires

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