EP0628321B1 - Flexible strip with bail for suspending containers - Google Patents

Flexible strip with bail for suspending containers Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0628321B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: container; flexible strip; handle portion; bottle; structure consisting
Prior art date: 1993-06-08
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EP94108292A

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Silvio Zoni

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Columbus Sas Di Zoni Silvio & C

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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
- B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
- B65D23/003—Suspension means
- B65D23/005—Suspension means in the form of a label hanger
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
- G09F2003/027—Forms or constructions used to hang up an item, e.g. a perfusion bottle

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This invention relates to a flexible strip with bail for suspending containers, bottles or the like in particular bottles containing pharmaceutical products for drip-injection into a patient's vein.
the flexible strip is substantially in the form of a self-adhesive label applicable to the outer surface of a bottle, in proximity to its base or bottom. It comprises a cut which separates the main part of the label from a narrower portion acting as a handle for hooking the bottle to a support element. This handle (without adhesive or with the adhesive neutralized) remains attached and connected at its two ends to the main part of the label.
EP-B-99376 and its equivalent US-A-4396128, and in EP-A-386753 which is very similar to EP-B-99376, to which reference will now be made.
EP-B-99376 describes a bail structure comprising an elongate-polymeric strip including a handle portion and two end anchor portions adapted to be adhered to opposite sides of a container.
the bail structure is fixed, by an adhesive previously spread over it, to the outer surface in proximity to its bottom end.
the handle portion is free of adhesive, or the adhesive which was applied to it is neutralized by various known methods.
the handle portion can be moved from a storage position adjacent the bottom end of a container to a use position extending across the bottom end of the container, thus enabling the handle portion to be used to suspend the container.
the handle portion (which is formed from the polymeric strip material and is necessarily of very small transverse dimensions) has to be sufficiently strong to support the weight of the container to which it is applied, without danger of breaking.
the thickness of the strip material cannot be too great otherwise it would lose the flexibility necessary to allow it to be easily and rapidly applied to containers by automatic machines operating at high speed.
the handle portion has to be rotated about its two end anchor portions, by passing beyond the free edge of the container at its bottom end.
the material with which the handle portion is constructed must necessarily be somewhat stretchable, otherwise it could be impossible or very difficult to move it into its use position.
the handle portion must be sufficiently strong to support the load suspended from it without danger of breakage.
the bail structure disclosed therein must be tough (see specification, all the examples and claims) and may be of solid, woven or nonwoven construction (see the disclosure of such patents).
EP-B-99376 and US-A-4396128 are polyurethanes, polybutylene, polypropylenes and modified polyethylene ionomers.
a drawback deriving from a handle portion of very strong and substantially rigid structure is that it can be moved into the use position only with difficulty, so much so that a pull structure can be contemplated to facilitate moving the handle portion to its use position (see the final part of the description of the two patents, just before the claims).
a further drawback derives from the fact that when in its storage position, the handle portion can be gripped only by inserting a fingernail between it and the container surface (to lift it and then grip it with the fingers, to be able to move it to its use position), with the result that often the handle portion breaks because the fingernail can damage it, so triggering its tearing.
the main object of the present invention is to provide a flexible strip with handle portion similar to those described in the aforesaid prior art, but in which the handle portion (in addition to being strong enough to support the weight of the bottle or container suspended from it without danger) can be easily and considerably elongated even as the result of a relatively small pull.
the handle portion in addition to being strong enough to support the weight of the bottle or container suspended from it without danger
any knock or jolt against the container easily causes further elongation (without breakage) of the handle portion, with a consequent damping effect which prevents damage to the container and to the parts connected to it.
a further object is to provide a flexible strip with handle portion of the stated type which can be applied to any point of a container or bottle, even far from its bottom end, while still being able to very easily move the handle portion from the storage position to the use position.
a further object is to provide a flexible strip the handle portion of which can be easily gripped and lifted from the storage position by a finger without danger of damaging the handle portion during this operation.
the flexible strip in the form of a self-adhesive label stickable to the outer surface of a bottle or phial, the flexible strip made of a material that is resistant and elongable under traction and provided of a cut which defines a narrower portion, whose deformation and elongation by stretching produces a bail structure.
a bail structure may be elongated at least three times its original length before its breakage, this breakage occurring under a load substantially greater than the weight of the container to which the flexible strip is applied".
the flexible strip with its handle portion is constructed of polyamide material, preferably polycaprolactam such as nylon 6.
the flexible strip thickness is between 40 and 120 microns and the width of the handle portion is between 3 and 6 mm.
the flexible strip shown on the drawings comprises a main part 1 and a handle portion 2 separated from the main part by a profiled cut 3, the handle portion 2 being connected at its two ends to the main part 1 by a strip portion in which there is no cut.
One surface of the main part 1 is printed with information relative to the product contained in the container to which it is applied, its opposite surface receiving a layer of self-adhesive glue (shown by a plurality of dots in Figure 1 only), which however is either not applied to the handle portion 2 or, if applied, is made inactive by applying to it a layer of printing ink or varnish in known manner.
a layer of self-adhesive glue shown by a plurality of dots in Figure 1 only
the glue is also not present or is made inactive on those portions of the strip extending from both ends of the handle portion 2. This is to prevent the pull exerted by the handle portion on the main part 1 of the flexible strip (when the bottle to which the flexible strip is applied is suspended from a hook by its handle portion) from triggering rolling or lifting of the flexible strip, which could hence become detached from the bottle.
a continuous succession of flexible strips of the described type is applied to a continuous siliconed paper tape 4, one portion of which is shown in Figure 1, and from which the flexible strips can be easily removed in conventional manner.
the described flexible strip is applied (in known manner by conventional automatic machines) to the outer surface of a drip bottle 7, in proximity to ifs bottom end.
the handle portion 2 and its appendix 5 are positioned at the bottom end of the bottle 7 as shown in Figure 2.
a fingernail is inserted below the appendix 5 of the handle portion, to easily lift it from the bottle surface and enable it to be easily gripped by two fingers and pulled until it has stretched (Figure 3) sufficiently to enable the handle portion to be rotated into its use position ( Figure 4) in which it can be easily hooked on a hook or door handle or any other support, even of relatively large irregular size.
the handle portion 2 is able to resist the load which it is required to support, and that it can be easily and considerably elongated, including in several stages.
This subsequent elongation of the handle portion acts as a damper and reduces or eliminates damage which the bottle or the parts connected to it could undergo.
Polyamide materials such as polycaprolactam or nylon 6.
This material (with a density of 1.13) has a very high ultimate tensile stress ( ⁇ 60 N/mm 2 ), a considerable ultimate elongation (exceeding 300%) and high dimensional stability with varying temperature (less than 1.5 for a temperature variation from 150°C to 30°C).
flexible strips of the described type can be constructed able to support bottles of up to 250 g total weight for a thickness of 80 microns and a handle portion of only 3 mm width.
This handle portion has a yield strength (ie at which it begins to stretch) which is very low (only 1.7 kg) whereas its ultimate tensile stress is as much as 4.9 kg (the elongation being 300% as already stated).
the flexible strip can have a thickness of 100 microns and the handle portion a width of only 5 mm, in which case the yield strength is 4.2 kg and the ultimate tensile stress is 7.3 kg (the ultimate elongation again being about 300%).
the exceptional elongation and strength of the handle portion enables the flexible strip to be also applied to containers of elaborate shape and also in a position far from their bottom end, which is not possible with analogous known flexible strips.

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EP94108292A 1993-06-08 1994-05-30 Flexible strip with bail for suspending containers Expired - Lifetime EP0628321B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
IT93AR000017A ITAR930017A1 (it)	1993-06-08	1993-06-08	Etichetta per contenitori di prodotti da iniettare
ITAR930017		1993-06-08

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EP0628321A1 EP0628321A1 (en)	1994-12-14
EP0628321B1 true EP0628321B1 (en)	1998-12-16

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EP94108292A Expired - Lifetime EP0628321B1 (en)	1993-06-08	1994-05-30	Flexible strip with bail for suspending containers

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EP (1)	EP0628321B1 (it)
DE (1)	DE69415215D1 (it)
DK (1)	DK0628321T3 (it)
ES (1)	ES2127848T3 (it)
IT (1)	ITAR930017A1 (it)

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GB2292729A (en) *	1995-11-04	1996-03-06	Ko Pack Ko Bel Europ Ltd	Label also serving as a carrying handle
WO1997002801A2 (en) *	1995-07-07	1997-01-30	Creative Europe Limited	A suspension device
EP1449782A1 (de)	2003-02-20	2004-08-25	Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG	Bügeletikett

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DE10311067A1 (de) *	2003-03-13	2004-09-30	Schreiner Group Gmbh & Co. Kg	Aufhängevorrichtung
EP1686065A1 (de) *	2005-02-01	2006-08-02	Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG	Folienelemente und Verfahren zum Ausrüsten eines Behältnisses mit einer folienartigen Aufhängevorrichtung

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US5135125A (en) *	1991-02-15	1992-08-04	Tapecon, Inc.	Hanging label
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1993
- 1993-06-08 IT IT93AR000017A patent/ITAR930017A1/it unknown
1994
- 1994-05-30 DK DK94108292T patent/DK0628321T3/da active
- 1994-05-30 DE DE69415215T patent/DE69415215D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1994-05-30 ES ES94108292T patent/ES2127848T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-05-30 EP EP94108292A patent/EP0628321B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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WO1997002801A2 (en) *	1995-07-07	1997-01-30	Creative Europe Limited	A suspension device
GB2292729A (en) *	1995-11-04	1996-03-06	Ko Pack Ko Bel Europ Ltd	Label also serving as a carrying handle
GB2292729B (en) *	1995-11-04	1996-11-13	Ko Pack Ko Bel Europ Ltd	Label device
EP1449782A1 (de)	2003-02-20	2004-08-25	Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG	Bügeletikett
DE10307252A1 (de) *	2003-02-20	2004-09-09	Schreiner Gmbh & Co. Kg	Bügeletikett
DE10307252B4 (de) *	2003-02-20	2006-09-28	Schreiner Gmbh & Co. Kg	Bügeletikett

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Publication number	Publication date
ITAR930017A0 (it)	1993-06-08
ITAR930017A1 (it)	1994-12-09
ES2127848T3 (es)	1999-05-01
DE69415215D1 (de)	1999-01-28
EP0628321A1 (en)	1994-12-14
DK0628321T3 (da)	1999-08-23

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