JP5538388B2 - Bottle-shaped package with buffer means - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a bottle-shaped package having damping and / or cushioning means acting on a commodity for packaging that can be placed in the filling volume of the package, wherein the damping and / or cushioning means is between the commodity and the bottle. It relates to a package which is arranged between walls.

  In the pharmaceutical industry, active substance drugs are marketed in the form of tablets, in particular as coated tablets or filled capsules packaged in glass or plastic bottles. Tablets, coated tablets or filled capsules are packed into each bottle in the form of pieces. The disadvantage of these is that the tablet breaks or deforms the capsule due to vibrations, blows or impacts that can occur while the package is being transported or when it falls and hits a hard surface. These results, on the one hand, may be the result of impact, vibration or striking being transmitted directly from the bottle wall to the plain or coated tablet or capsule in the bottle, or on the other hand, if the plain or coated tablet or capsule is It may be the result of hitting each other.

  In order to avoid tablet breakage or capsule deformation, in fact, once a bottle is filled with a packaged product (hereinafter also referred to as “packaged product”), a pneumatic bag, cushion or fluff is further on the top of the packaged product. Placed in the bottle. Its purpose is to suppress and cushion external impacts and protect plain or coated tablets or capsules. It is also known to use a closure provided with a spring element, which, when closed, presses against the respective packaged item in the form of plain or coated tablets or capsules, in the packaging bottle. These positions are stabilized.

  These measures are still not completely satisfactory in terms of stabilizing the package contents. This is because, in general, individual plain or coated tablets or capsules can still move relative to each other. In addition, there may be room for attenuation of externally acting shocks or cushioning because damage to the contents of the package in the form of broken tablets or distorted capsules in the form may still be seen.

  The object of the present invention is a package of the type described above for a packaged pharmaceutical in the form of plain or coated tablets or capsules, which guarantees an improved protection of the package during transport and is suitable for breakage of the tablets or capsules. It is to provide a package that prevents deformation from occurring.

  This object is achieved according to the invention in that the damping and / or buffering means at least substantially automatically aligns and / or expands or contracts at least substantially according to the degree of filling of the package into the filling volume. This is achieved by the feature that it shrinks or expands and / or spreads according to the degree of filling of the package into the filling volume until a certain quantity is removed.

  The damping and / or cushioning means are in this case advantageously arranged in the volume containing the package, in particular on the base of the bottle. Other features and embodiments of the invention will be apparent from the other dependent claims.

  The present invention is a package in the form of a bottle, in which the action of the filling material and the resulting force, in particular gravity, when the bottle is placed on the base of the bottle and the bottle volume or filling space is filled. A package with soft, flexible damping and / or cushioning means that is automatically aligned by the application of is provided. This kind of damping and / or cushioning means may be, for example, an umbrella spring element having a spring arm extending from a central point, the spring element having its apex or center on the base of the bottle. In the positioned position or, alternatively, rotated 180 °, the unfolded spring element is positioned on the bottle base. When a package in the form of a plain or coated tablet or capsule is placed in the container, first the product is in a slightly convex open form (or closed form when rotated 180 °) In) into the center of this spring element provided in the package, and then as the filling volume increases, the unfolded and opened arms are pushed away. In this way, the package impinging on the spring element aligns and widens the damping and / or cushioning means. However, the dampening and / or cushioning means may be a filling or pneumatic flexible cushion that expands the cross-sectional filling area of the base of the bottle when contacted by the package, thereby automatically aligning and expanding. Furthermore, the damping and / or cushioning material may be constructed as an insert made of an elastically compressible material or in the form of a concertina-like spring element or a padded cushion. Furthermore, the damping and / or cushioning means may be a spring-loaded base insert whose spring element area is compressed when filling the bottle and then expanding again when the package is removed.

  In addition to the positioning of the damping and / or cushioning means, the weight of the corresponding packaging can also be compressed or expanded in comparison to their unloaded initial state. In the case of a spring element with a spring arm, it has a working hardening that widens these damping and / or damping means. Then, when the package is removed from the package, the weight acting on the respective damping and / or cushioning means is reduced, and each damping and / or cushioning means can be spread open or expanded again, or In the case of a spring element with a spring arm that can be opened, it can contract again. The damping and / or buffering means are designed to expand and / or spread according to the degree of removal of the package, at least until a certain quantity is removed.

  The damping and / or cushioning means only transmits the impact or vibration acting on the bottle from the outside to the package to a limited extent, and the damping and / or cushioning means reduces the shock, ie is buffered and damped. So that This ensures enhanced protection during transport and reduces the occurrence of broken tablets or distorted capsules in shape.

  The new form of the package also includes a desiccant that may be required, such as silica gel, which protects the package from the effects of moisture, and has been successfully introduced into the package, especially without contact with the package. It offers the significant advantage of being storable. Preferably, therefore, the base or dampening and / or buffering means of the bottle has an area with desiccant.

  Conveniently, the area with the desiccant is arranged between the surface of the damping and / or buffering means and the base of the bottle towards the filling volume of the bottle to be filled with goods. For this purpose, a desiccant can be placed under the top surface of the respective damping and / or buffering means forming a kind of flexible base insert and the filling bottom of the bottle and the surface of the bottle base inside the bottle. In this case, the desiccant is not in direct contact with the package. This is particularly advantageous for packaging bottles with induction seals.

  In order to carry out the function of the base insert with a filling bottom surface in which the damping and / or cushioning means can be variably compressed or re-expandable depending on the weight of the package on which it acts. According to this feature, the damping and / or buffering means is configured as a flexibly compressible or flexibly extending insert element that covers the filling section above the base of the bottle. This insert element may be a spring-loaded base insert. Thus, in one embodiment, the damping and / or cushioning means is configured as a spring-loaded base insert. However, the insert element may be in the form of an umbrella spring element. Thus, in a variant, the damping and / or buffering means is configured as an umbrella spring element, in particular with the center of its convex part hitting the base of the bottle. According to another variant, the damping and / or cushioning means may be in the form of a concertina-like spring element or a padded cushion.

  The only important factor in this connection is that the various embodiments of the damping and / or cushioning means are elastically compressible or configured to stretch or stretch at least partially upon impact of the package. In addition, the damping and / or cushioning means either expands again and expands or contracts again according to the quantity removed until at least a certain quantity is removed when the package is removed. And / or when the shock-absorbing means is first subjected to the impact of the package in the bottle, it is automatically aligned, in particular covering the whole or at least most of the filling section at the base.

  However, the damping and / or cushioning means is a flexible and / or elastic inner film bag housed in the bottle, the hollow intermediate space being at least partly between the inner wall surface of the bottle and the outer surface of the inner film bag. It is formed. The inner film bag is at least partially automatically elastically shrunk and / or, if an intermediate space is present, at least partially compressed by the action of additional damping and / or cushioning means provided in the intermediate space. It may be designed to be pushed and / or crushed. The inner film bag clings to the packaged product contained therein and presses them together. This achieves a specific immobilization of the package in the bottle and further protection from tablet breakage and capsule deformation.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, when this type of inner film bag is used, the hollow intermediate space thus formed comprises a soft flexible damping and / or cushioning means of the kind described above. It may be assumed that. Therefore, additional damping and / or buffering means are arranged in the intermediate space according to any one of claims 1-8.

  Most advantageously, the package of the present invention is for the packaging and transport of active agent drugs in the form of plain or coated tablets or capsules. This is because they are particularly prone to breakage and drug capsules deform relatively easily. The bottle is preferably filled with an active substance drug in the form of plain or coated tablets or capsules.

  Finally, the bottle is conveniently made of plastic. This type of bottle can be manufactured at low cost, especially by blow molding, which includes a method by simultaneous extrusion of multiple layers of material. It is particularly advantageous for the plastic bottle, the inner film bag and / or the damping and / or cushioning means to be made of polyurethane elastomer, cellular polyurethane elastomer, thermoplastic material, in particular high density polypropylene or polyethylene or film laminate. For plastic bottles or film bags, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), cyclo-olefin-copolymer (COC), polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCFE), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Plastic film made of polycarbonate (PC), polyester (UP), polyacrylate, polyamide (PA) or trade name Aclar (registered under the trademark, for example, by Honeywell International, Inc.) A combination of polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) known as a registered trademark, or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyvinylidene chloride (PVdC). As a combination or modification, it is possible to use a laminate film in the form of a laminate film or an aluminum film or composite aluminum films of these materials.

  It will be appreciated that the features described above and those that will be described in detail below can be used not only in the specific combinations specified, but also in other combinations. The scope of the present invention is defined only based on the description of the claims.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the related drawings.

It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the package as the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the package as the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the package as the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the package as the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the package as the 5th Embodiment of this invention.

  The packages 1, 1 ′, 1 ″, 1 ′ ″, 1 ″ ″ shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 differ from one another only in respect of the configuration of the damping or buffering means. As a result, the same reference numbers are given to the same elements or objects in all embodiments.

  FIG. 1 shows a package in the form of a bottle 1, which is sealed apart from the mouth 2 and has a filling volume 3 or filling space inside. . The bottles 1 'to 1 "" in FIGS. 2 to 5 are also constructed in the same manner.

  Attenuating and / or buffering means 5 are arranged on the respective base 4 of the bottles 1-1 ″ ″. Respective damping and / or buffering means 5 are provided in the filling volume 3, which are used to pack the package against these top surfaces 9 when bottles 1 ″ ″ are filled with the package on these surfaces. Shocked. In the case of the bottles 1 ″ ″ and 1 ″ ″ described in FIGS. 4 and 5, the package 24 acts on the inside of each film bag 21.

  In the case of filled bottles 1, 1 ′, 1 ″, the respective damping and / or buffering means 5 act on the packaging in the respective bottles 1, 1 ′, 1 ″, such damping and / or buffering means. Is placed between the wall of the bottle, in this case the base 4 of the bottle and the adjacent wall area and packaging (not shown). Each damping and / or cushioning means 5 has a flexible, elastic and compressible spring element region 6, 7, 8, the upper surface 9 of such spring element region being the respective bottle 1, 1 ', 1 "form a filling bottom surface. Each damping and / or cushioning means 5 is a flexible compressible insert element covering the filling section of the filling volume 3 above the base 4 of the bottle. The term filled cross-section means the cross-sectional area within each bottle 1, 1 ', 1 "that is filled with the package. Each insert element is inserted, for example, diagonally in the mouth and then falls onto the base 4 of the bottle and rests there. By gently rocking the bottle, the respective base insert 10, 18, 27 or the respective damping and / or damping means 5 is roughly aligned. Next, the exact alignment is determined by the package placed in each bottle 1, 1 ', 1 "pushing the base insert into the use position shown in Figs. This happens later as a combined result.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the damping and / or buffering means 5 is configured as a flexible compressible insert element in the form of a spring-loaded base insert 10. The base insert 10 has a filling base surface 11 on its upper surface 9 that is supported by a compression spring 12 that abuts the base 4 of the bottle.

  The damping and / or damping means 5 shown in FIG. 2 is configured as a flexible compressible insert element with a base insert 17 in the form of an umbrella spring element 13, which spring element. , The spreading side of the spring arm 14 spreading from the central point 15 hits the base 4 of the bottle. However, it is also possible to arrange the umbrella-shaped spring element 13 on the bottle base 4 so that the central point 15 of this spring element rests on the bottle base 4. The upper surface 9 associated with the filling volume 4 then forms the filling base surface 26 of the base insert 27 of the bottle 1 ′.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the damping and / or cushioning means 5 shown is configured as a flexible compressible insert element in the form of a concertina-like spring element 16 or a cushioned pad. The concertina-like spring element 16 consists of a compressible side wall region 17 and a base insert 18 which is provided thereon and forms a filling base surface 28 on its upper surface 9. In addition, a region 19 filled with a desiccant 20 is also provided in the concertina-like spring element 16. The area 19 with the desiccant 20 is arranged between the upper surface 9 of the damping and / or buffering means 5 and the base 4 of the bottle towards the filling volume 3 of the bottle 1 ″ to be filled with the package.

  Each of the damping and / or cushioning means 5 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 comprises spring element regions 6, 7, 8 due to its resilient, flexible and compressible design, and thus On the other hand, when the packed product is filled in the filling volume 3, the upper surface 9 is automatically aligned on the base 4 of the bottle due to the presence of the package that collides with the upper surface 9, and the base insert is placed on the base 4 of the bottle. 10, 18, 27 or the region forming the filling base surface 11, 26, 28 covers the filling section of the filling volume 3. Furthermore, the respective damping and / or cushioning means 5 are compressed under the load of the package by their flexible, compressible and resilient design, When the is taken out from the filling volume 3, it is re-expanded to expand or open again. The damping and / or cushioning means 5 retains this characteristic and functions at least until a certain quantity of package is removed.

  The envisaged package for bottles 1-1 "" shown in FIGS. 1-5 is an active substance drug in the form of plain or coated tablets or capsules that are well protected during transport by this package. .

  The bottles 1-1 "" and the dampening and / or buffering means 5 can be made of any common conventional plastic suitable and approved for packaging active agents. Each bottle 1-1 "" is preferably made by a plastic blow molding method, in particular an extrusion method, and the damping and / or cushioning means 5 may be made by injection molding.

  FIGS. 4 and 5 show a package in the form of bottles 1 ″ ″, 1 ″ ″, which bottles are provided with an inner film bag 21 which is provided inside and forms damping and / or buffering means 5. The inner film bag 21 is automatically and / or at least partially elastically retractable due to the additional damping provided in the hollow intermediate space 22 and / or the force of the buffer means 23 and / or Alternatively, it is designed to be at least partially compressible and / or squeezable, and the inner film bag 21 wraps the package 24 contained therein so as to cling to each other and connect them together. The inner film bag 21 is fixed inside the mouth 2 of the bottle 1 ′ ″, 1 ″ ″ in question by welding, bonding or sealing. For filling, a reduced pressure is applied to the inside of each bottle 1 "", 1 "" through an opening 25 formed in the bottle wall, thereby depositing the inner film bag 21 on the inner wall of the bottle. Next, the inside of the inner film bag 21 is filled with the packaged product 24 and the decompressed state is removed, and the inner film bag 21 is made to be elastically expandable so that it automatically contracts. In addition, this then shrinks further until at least a certain quantity is removed when the package is being removed, and the inner film bag 21 is also filled with the package 24 in the filling volume 3. Substantially automatically aligns and / or expands to a degree corresponding to the removal of the package until at least a certain quantity is removed. It should be understood as a damping and / or cushioning means designed to spread with and / or spread, such as when the walls of the film bag 21 and in particular the intermediate space 22 are provided with additional damping and / or cushioning means 23. The intermediate space 22 provides shock and vibration buffering and damping acting on the respective bottles 1 '", 1" "from the outside. The additional damping and / or cushioning means 23 may be one of the insert elements 10, 13, 16 or, alternatively, a flexible compressible material, for example a foam insert. May be.

Claims (9)

A package in the form of a bottle (1-1 "") having damping and / or cushioning means (5) acting on the product for packaging that can be placed in the filling volume (3) of the package. A package in which the damping and / or cushioning means is arranged between the product and the wall of the bottle;
The damping and / or cushioning means (5) is substantially automatically aligned and / or expanded or compressed when filling the filling volume (3) to remove the goods. and has at least the certain specific amounts are contracted configuration or with expanding / or spread as to be taken out when and,
The damping and / or cushioning means (5) is in particular configured as an umbrella-shaped spring element (13) whose center (15) of the convex part hits the base (4) of the bottle,
Package characterized by that. The damping and / or buffering means (5) is arranged in the filling volume (3) containing the goods, in particular on the base (4) of the bottle,
The package of claim 1. The bottle base (4) or the damping and / or buffering means (5) has a region (19) filled with desiccant (20),
The package according to claim 1 or 2. The region (19) filled with the desiccant (20) is the damping and / or buffering towards the filling volume (3) of the bottle (1, 1 ', 1 ") to be filled with the goods. Arranged between the surface (9) of the means (5) and the base (4) of the bottle;
The package of claim 3. The damping and / or cushioning means (5) is configured as a flexibly compressible or flexibly extending insert element that covers the filling section above the base (4) of the bottle,
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The umbrella spring element (13) has a spring arm (14) extending from a central point,
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The package has, as an additional damping and / or cushioning means, a flexible and / or elastic inner film bag (21) housed in the bottle (1 ′ ″, 1 ″ ″) and a hollow intermediate space ( 22) is at least partially formed between the inner wall surface of the bottle (1 "", 1 "") and the outer surface of the inner film bag (21), and the damping and / or buffering means is the intermediate space ( 22),
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The bottles (1-1 "") are filled with an active substance drug in the form of plain or coated tablets or filled capsules,
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . Said bottles (1-1 "") are plastic bottles,
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 8 .

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