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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
  • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
  • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
• • 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
  • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
  • B65D5/48—Partitions
  • B65D5/48002—Partitions integral
  • B65D5/48004—Squaring, i.e. at least four not aligned compartments
• • 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
  • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
  • B65D75/002—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers in shrink films
• • 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
  • B65D85/54—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
• • 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
  • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D2585/54—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
  • C11D17/0065—Solid detergents containing builders
  • C11D17/0073—Tablets
  • C11D17/0078—Multilayered tablets
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
  • C11D17/0065—Solid detergents containing builders
  • C11D17/0073—Tablets
  • C11D17/0086—Laundry tablets
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
  • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a detergent supply form, comprising outer packaging and detergent tablets, which are sorted and arranged in the outer packaging.
• the invention relates to detergent supply forms which have sorted detergent tablets and outer packaging with high filling levels.
• washing or cleaning agent dosing units for example water-soluble containers with one or more receiving chambers for powdered or liquid washing or cleaning agents.
• detergent tablets which can be single-phase or multi-phase.
• Both the water-soluble containers and the detergent tablets are usually hygroscopic due to the active ingredients they contain.
• the pre-portioned washing or cleaning agent dosage units are individually packaged using water-impermeable packaging means, for example flow packs based on water-insoluble polymer films.
• a plurality of washing or cleaning agent dosing units can be packaged in a container, which in turn has a water vapor barrier and in this way reduces the ingress of water to the dosing units.
• the concept of transport and storage stability includes ensuring physical stability of the detergent or cleaning agent dosing units, for example against breakage, and ensuring the chemical stability of the detergent or cleaning agent dosing units, for example against premature reaction and decomposition of the three-dimensional shape caused by reaction.
• a classic approach to ensuring the transport and storage stability of detergent or cleaning agent tablets is to pack these tablets using individual flow pack packaging with three-sided weld seams and the fin seams that are characteristic of these flow packs.
• These flow packs are usually made from non-biodegradable, water-insoluble polymer films and, in addition to the detergent or cleaning agent dosing unit, also enclose a considerable volume of air.
• This air volume and the fin seams mentioned above guarantee the physical integrity of the dosing units under mechanical stress due to their dampening effect.
• the water-insoluble polymer films prevent undesired ingress of water from the ambient air and thus also chemically stabilize the detergent or cleaning agent dosing units.
• the application was based on the object of providing detergent portion units which can be produced using simplified processes, have high transport and storage stability and can be made up easily using very small amounts of packaging materials. Finally, the detergent portion units should have a high product performance and be easy and safe to handle for the consumer.
• the outer packaging is preferably designed as a one-piece folding box.
• Preferred overwraps have a flat bottom surface whose longest diagonal is greater than the height of the overwrap. This design of the outer packaging increases its stability and allows for easy opening and removal. It is particularly preferred if the outer packaging has a flat bottom surface, the largest diagonal of which is more than twice, preferably more than four times, the height of the outer packaging.
• the outer packaging has a cornered bottom surface, preferably a square bottom surface, very particularly preferably a rectangular bottom surface.
• the outer packaging has a cover surface that is plane-parallel to the base surface. Outer packaging in the form of a parallelepiped is particularly preferred.
• the outer packaging is resealable.
• adhesive, latching, snap-in or plug-in elements are suitable as closure elements, with adhesive and plug-in elements being particularly preferred.
• closure elements are plug-in closures or removable adhesive closures.
• the packaging materials are preferably based on renewable raw materials.
• the use of packaging materials based on cellulose and waste paper is particularly preferred.
• the outer packaging is made of cardboard.
• the advantages of cardboard lie in the great variability of the types and grammages available.
• Preferred cardboards have a grammage of 150 to 400 g/m 2 .
• Corrugated board which has proven to be technically superior to cardboard in some respects, is used in a particularly preferred embodiment for manufacturing the outer packaging.
• Corrugated cardboard is characterized by its low weight and high strength and is a suitable medium for storage and transport, even in large containers.
• corrugated board in connection with the present invention is its hollow volume.
• the design of the side walls of the outer packaging including cavities has surprisingly proven to be advantageous for the physical stability of the detergent tablets.
• at least one of the side walls has a void volume which is at least 10% by volume of the volume of the side wall.
• a further improved stabilization of the detergent tablets can be achieved if at least two of the side walls have hollow volumes which amount to at least 10% by volume of the volume of the respective side wall, it being particularly it is advantageous if two opposite side walls of the outer packaging have hollow volumes which amount to at least 10% by volume of the volume of the respective side wall.
• Detergent supply forms in which all side walls of the outer packaging have hollow volumes which amount to at least 10% by volume of the volume of the respective side wall are very particularly preferred.
• the chemical stability of the detergent tablets is surprisingly also favored by the integration of hollow volumes in the side walls of the outer packaging.
• a conceivable explanation is that the ingress of water from the outside into the interior of the outer packaging is made more difficult by the hollow volume interrupting the material of the side walls and/or the hollow volume in the side walls buffers the ingress of moisture.
• particularly preferred outer packaging has one or more side walls in which the hollow volume is at least 20% by volume, preferably at least 40% by volume, of the volume of the respective side wall.
• the hollow volume in the side walls of the outer packaging can be realized, for example, by using corrugated cardboard.
• a preferred alternative or supplement to corrugated cardboard is carded boxes or hollow-sided boxes, which, due to their structure, are suitable for realizing hollow volumes in the range of 10% by volume and higher.
• preferred outer packaging is resealable.
• a particularly preferred embodiment are folding boxes with hinged lids, with parts of the lid preferably at least partially overlapping the other parts of the box in the closed state.
• Examples are detergent supply forms in which the outer packaging is in the form of a one-piece folding box and has a bottom surface and four side surfaces hinged to the bottom surface as well as a top surface and at least three side surfaces hinged to the top surface and, in the closed state, the side surfaces of the outer packaging hinged to the top surface with the overlap side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the overwrap such that the outer sides of the side panels hinged to the top panel are in contact with the inner sides of the side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the overwrap.
• the closure of the lid is preferably reinforced by friction of the overlapping box parts.
• This type of lid closure in which the side surfaces articulated on the lid surfaces are guided into the interior of the box, can lead to problems when closing the lid in the case of high filling levels, especially if the outer packaging is filled with detergent tablets, which increase in volume during storage. because the side panels hinged to the top panel are difficult to insert into the interior of the box.
• the outer packaging is in the form of a one-piece folding box and has a bottom surface and four side surfaces hinged to the bottom surface and a top surface and at least three side surfaces hinged to the top surface and, in the closed state, the overlap the side surfaces of the overpack hinged to the top panel with the side surfaces hinged to the bottom panel of the overpack in such a way that at least one inner side of a side panel hinged to the top panel is in contact with at least one outer side of the side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the outer package.
• laundry detergent presentations are also preferred in which the outer packaging is in the form of a one-piece folding box and has a base surface and four side surfaces articulated on the base surface as well as a lid surface and at least three side surfaces articulated on the lid surface and, in the closed state, the side surfaces articulated on the lid surface of the overwrap with the side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the overwrap such that all inner sides of the side panels hinged to the top panel are in contact with the outer sides of the side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the overwrap.
• the three last-mentioned detergent supply forms, at least 30%, preferably at least 60% and in particular at least 80% of the area of the insides of the side surfaces hinged to the top surface overlap with at least 30%, preferably at least 60% and in particular at least 80% of the area of the outsides of the side panels hinged to the bottom panel of the overwrap overlap.
• the outer packaging described above with overlapping side walls can be opened and closed repeatedly without the friction occurring between the overlapping side walls being significantly reduced.
• the preferred configuration of the side walls with cavities is suitable for further improving this resealability.
• a possible explanation for this can be a compressibility of the side walls caused by the cavities.
• a feature of preferred outer packaging is the COBB value of the cardboard used to produce it in the range below 25 g/m 2 , preferably below 20 g/m 2 .
• the COBB value is a value that describes the resistance of paper and cardboard to moisture being drawn into the material.
• a high COBB value means that water penetrates more easily.
• a low COBB value means that it is difficult for water to penetrate the material.
• the COBB value is determined according to DIN EN ISO 535 under 20 g/m2 at 20 °C and standard pressure.
• Particularly preferred detergent supply forms are characterized in that the cardboard used to produce the folding box has a COBB value below 25 g/m 2 , preferably below 20 g/m 2 .
• the outer packaging has, for example, a water-insoluble cover film, preferably a polyethylene cover film.
• Water-insoluble cover films are generally suitable for preventing or at least reducing the entry of water or water vapor through the outer packaging into the interior of the outer packaging.
• water-insoluble cover films are preferably only applied to the outside or inside of the outer packaging. Full-surface coverage is preferred to effectively limit the ingress of moisture.
• the advantages of the full-surface covering of the outside of the outer packaging are, in addition to improved printability of the outer packaging surface, the avoidance of water ingress into the cellulose-based packaging material, which, for example, prevents the formation of superficial water stains or swelling of the outer packaging.
• the full-area covering of the inside of the outer packaging has surprisingly proven to be advantageous for the adhesion of unpackaged detergent tablets, in particular unpackaged detergent tablets.
• unpackaged detergent tablets in particular unpackaged detergent tablets.
• the inside covering of the cardboard forming the outer packaging with a water-insoluble cover film, the adhesion of the shaped bodies to the surface of the cardboard increases, which reduces slippage and the associated mechanical shocks and damage to the shaped bodies in the outer packaging, especially during transport.
• the outer packaging does not include a water-insoluble cover film.
• Biodegradable, hydrophobic coatings or impregnations have proven to be alternatives to water-insoluble cover films.
• the use of biodegradable, hydrophobic coatings or impregnations which comprise a substance from the group of vegetable oils, vegetable or animal waxes, lignin and lignin derivatives, cellulose and cellulose derivatives, polylactic acid and polylactic acid derivatives is particularly preferred.
• An essential feature of the detergent dosage form according to the invention is its high degree of filling of 85 to 99% by volume of the outer packaging.
• This high degree of filling not only reduces the amount of packaging material that can be used per detergent tablet, but also surprisingly increases the physical stability of the detergent tablets, both with regard to tablet breakage and tablet abrasion.
• the degree of filling of preferred outer packaging is 88% by volume and 99% by volume, preferably 92% by volume and 99% by volume.
• the “degree of filling” refers to that proportion of the inner volume of the outer packaging which is occupied by the detergent tablets located in the outer packaging.
• An essential component of the detergent dosage form according to the invention are the detergent tablets.
• a "molding" is a single body that is self-stabilizing in its imposed shape. This dimensionally stable body is formed from a molding material (e.g. a composition) by bringing this molding material into a predetermined shape in a targeted manner, e.g. by pouring a liquid composition into a mold and then curing the liquid composition or by compressing a particulate premix, for example in as part of a tableting process.
• a molding material e.g. a composition
• detergent tablets Both forms of supply for textile washing and forms of supply for cleaning hard surfaces such as ceramics, glass, metal or tiles are referred to as detergent tablets. Particular preference is given to detergent tablets, in particular detergent tablets for textile washing, since these are generally characterized by comparatively low hardness because of the need for rapid disintegration in the washing liquor.
• the detergent tablets preferably weigh from 14 g to 42 g, preferably from 20 g to 38 g, in particular from 24 g to 34 g.
• Detergent tablets which have a flat underside, the largest diagonal of which is more than twice, preferably more than four times, the height of the detergent tablets are preferred due to their producibility and their removal properties from the outer packaging.
• the detergent shaped bodies are in the form of tablets or comprise tablets.
• the cuboid shaped detergent bodies comprise an underside, an upper side and a lateral surface connecting the underside and the upper side. It has also proven to be advantageous for the stability of the moldings if the edges delimiting the underside and the upper side are chamfered. In order to increase the stability of the moldings, it may also be advisable to round off the edges of the lateral surfaces connecting the undersides and the upper sides.
• the density of preferred detergent tablets is 1.1 g/cm 3 to 1.5 g/cm 3 , preferably 1.15 g/cm 3 to 1.3 g/cm 3 .
• the detergent supply forms according to the invention have comparatively high densities, for example densities in the range from 0.9 g/cm 3 to 1.4 g/cm 3 , preferably in the range from 1.05 g/cm 3 to 1.3 g/ cm3 .
• Preferred detergent tablets have a rough upper side or a rough underside with an average roughness of from 25 ⁇ m to 1000 ⁇ m, preferably from 50 ⁇ m to 800 ⁇ m.
• the roughness describes the deviation of a real surface from an ideally smooth surface and is determined, for example, using confocal laser scanning microscopy.
• the roughness values preferred according to the invention reduce abrasion of the moldings during production and transport and at the same time ensure adequate adhesion of the moldings to the material of the outer packaging and the other moldings in the outer packaging, thereby stabilizing them within the outer packaging.
• the detergent tablets can have a foil packaging, it being particularly preferred if each of the detergent tablets has a separate foil packaging.
• the water-soluble film material may comprise one or more structurally distinct water-soluble polymer(s).
• Particularly suitable as water-soluble polymer(s) are polymers from the group of (possibly acetalized) polyvinyl alcohols (PVAL) and their copolymers.
• Water-soluble film materials are preferably based on a polyvinyl alcohol or a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer whose molecular weight is in the range from 10,000 to 1,000,000 gmol -1 , preferably from 20,000 to 500,000 gmol -1 , particularly preferably from 30,000 to 100,000 gmol -1 and in particular from 40,000 to 80,000 gmol -1 lies.
• the preparation of the polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl alcohol copolymers typically involves the hydrolysis of intermediate polyvinyl acetate.
• Preferred polyvinyl alcohols and polyvinyl alcohol copolymers have a degree of hydrolysis of 70 to 100 mol %, preferably 80 to 90 mol %, particularly preferably 81 to 89 mol % and in particular 82 to 88 mol %.
• preferred polyvinyl alcohol copolymers include an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, its salt or its ester.
• Such polyvinyl alcohol copolymers particularly preferably contain, in addition to vinyl alcohol, sulfonic acids such as 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters or mixtures thereof; among the esters, C 1-4 -alkyl esters or - hydroxyalkyl esters are preferred.
• sulfonic acids such as 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters or mixtures thereof; among the esters, C 1-4 -alkyl esters or - hydroxyalkyl esters are preferred.
• AMPS 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid
• Other suitable monomers are ethy
• film packaging which consists of at least 40% by weight, preferably at least 60% by weight and in particular at least 80% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol.
• the detergent tablets in the detergent dosage forms according to the invention have proven to be unexpectedly stable. This also applies in particular to detergent tablets, which tend to have reduced transport and storage stability due to their hygroscopicity, for example due to the integration of tablet disintegrants.
• Detergent tablets which are particularly suitable for packaging in the detergent forms according to the invention are, in particular, detergent tablets which have a water absorption (2 weeks, 35° C., 80% relative humidity) above 20 mg/g, preferably above 30 mg/g.
• Detergent tablets which have a volume expansion (2 weeks, 35°C, 80% relative humidity) above 5% by volume, preferably above 7% by volume and in particular from 8% by volume to 18 Have % by volume.
• This type of increase in volume can be observed, for example, in detergent tablets which contain a disintegration aid, in particular a polymeric disintegration aid, for example a disintegration aid based on polyvinylpyrrolidone or cellulose.
• the detergent supply form comprises at least ten, preferably at least twenty, particularly preferably at least thirty detergent tablets, which are arranged sorted in the outer packaging.
• Detergent supply forms have proven to be advantageous which comprise at least ten, preferably at least twenty, particularly preferably at least thirty detergent tablets, which are sorted in the outer packaging in such a way that each of the detergent tablets is in direct contact with at least three other detergent tablets.

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