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EP2423123A1
EP2423123A1 EP10450135A EP10450135A EP2423123A1 EP 2423123 A1 EP2423123 A1 EP 2423123A1 EP 10450135 A EP10450135 A EP 10450135A EP 10450135 A EP10450135 A EP 10450135A EP 2423123 A1 EP2423123 A1 EP 2423123A1
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Wilhelm Ing. Zuser
Robert Afflenzer
Ziegelwanger Günter
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D77/10—Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D77/20—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers
    • B65D77/2024—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers the cover being welded or adhered to the container
    • B65D77/2028—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab
    • B65D77/2032—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container
    • B65D77/2044—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure
    • B65D77/2048—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut
    • B65D77/2056—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut the cover being weakened
    • B65D77/206—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container whereby a layer of the container or cover fails, e.g. cohesive failure whereby part of the container or cover has been weakened, e.g. perforated or precut the cover being weakened so as to uncover one or more preformed openings made through some layers of the cover
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • B65D83/0427—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation the articles being dispensed by inverting the container each time, by which action movable parts may be displaced by their own weight
    • 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
    • B65D2577/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks, bags
    • B65D2577/10—Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D2577/20—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers
    • B65D2577/2041—Pull tabs
    • B65D2577/205—Pull tabs integral with the closure

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  • the invention relates to a medicament vial for pills, dragees, powders, tablets and other lumpy presented offerings, such as medicines, dietary supplements, flavoring, sweetening, coloring and preservatives as well as foods, such as cereals or nuts, which are loosely poured in the medicine vial, and especially a closure for such a vial according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • these vials are closed by a screw cap with screw cap, which is provided as a guarantee of integrity at the time of purchase either a guarantee ring on the cap, which breaks on initial screwing, or it is inside the cap, over the edge of the neck of the vial, a warranty board, usually made of aluminum or a plastic composite, sealed. This board must be peeled by the user if he wants to get to the contents of the vial, thus fulfilling the warranty function.
  • the closure not only from a screw or snap cap, but also from an at least two-layer board, which fulfills the warranty function and their removal an inner layer, optionally a multi-layer plastic film remains at the edge of the opening, said plastic film a slot which is provided eccentrically on the circular film surface from near the circle edge to near the circle edge and at least one, with respect to the circle center, concave portion which thus forms with the circle edge of an at least substantially lenticular or oval or circular surface which connected to the remaining (larger) area via two webs.
  • the material disclosed therein consists essentially of two interconnected layers, each of which may be multi-layered.
  • the inner layer is sealed with the respective container edge and has at a distance from the container edge in closed line of weakness.
  • the outer layer can be removed, usually by means of a tab.
  • the two layers Since the bonding force between the two layers is less than the force connecting the inner layer in the seal area to the container rim, the two layers separate and the area of the inner layer that is delimited from the rest by the self-contained line of weakness remains adhering to the peeled outer layer so as to expose an opening in the inner layer which is substantially smaller than the part covering the opening by the permanent seal with the container edge.
  • This technology is mainly used to avoid the spilling of liquid in vessels after the removal of the outer layer as possible and still provide a drinking opening, or to provide an opening for a drinking straw or the like.
  • This pamphlet was also called US 2009/0311475 A1 The content of this document is incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries in which this is possible.
  • FIG. 1 a medicine vial with closure according to the invention in the closed state
  • the Fig. 2 the medicine bottle of the Fig. 1 with removed screw cap and intact guarantee closure
  • the Fig. 3 a view of a medicine bottle as in Fig. 1 or 2 with withdrawn guarantee closure and exposed removal opening
  • the Fig. 4 to 8 Various forms of extraction openings according to the invention, purely schematically in plan view.
  • the Fig. 1 shows the medicine vial 1 with inventive closure in the closed state.
  • the Fig. 2 shows the medicine vial 1 of the Fig. 2 with removed screw cap and intact guarantee closure.
  • the Fig. 3 shows the medication vial 1 with deducted guarantee closure and a cover 3 with a tab area 4, as it sticks after fanning the guarantee closure on the edge of the drug vial 1 along a peripheral sealing edge 2 and covers the bottle opening.
  • a dividing line 9 is off-center, thus provided between a center 10 and the circular sealing edge 2. It has two end points 6 and 7, which in the exemplary embodiment shown are both closer to the sealing edge 2 than all the other points of the parting line 9, so that it is concave with respect to the center 10 of the plastic film 1 in the widest sense of the word.
  • the Fig. 4 shows the variant of the tab region 4 according to the invention, very schematically, namely a plan view of the inner plastic film, the cover region 3, as in Fig. 3 is trained.
  • the variant shown represents the dividing line 9 with an approximately circular arc-shaped course, the other figures are the same extent, only the dividing line 9 is formed differently in order to explain the various options, at least illustratively.
  • Fig. 5 the dividing line 9, which consists of three rectilinear sections, which have approximately the shape of three sides of a trapezoid.
  • the Fig. 6 shows an embodiment of three geradliningen sections forming three sides of a rectangle and the Fig.
  • each delimited with vertices dividing line in which always remains a connection with the rest of the coverage area, has the great advantage over a formation of a self-contained, for example circular separation line or a full release of the vial opening that no loose part is formed which can fall into the contents.
  • a detail on an enlarged scale performing Fig. 8 shows that there is a distance 5 or an undisturbed course in the range of this distance between the tab region 4 and the cover region 3.
  • the tab region 4 is so called for the following reasons: If a straight line is considered between the end points 6 and 7 of the parting line 9, the region of the plastic film 1 along this line forms a kind of hinge or bending line 8 for the tab region 4 of the plastic film which delimits the dividing line 9 with respect to this imaginary straight line becomes.
  • this area also works like a tab or flap which counteracts the shaking of the medicine vial 1 for taking out tablets or a tablet such as a flap or wing of the pellet movement of the tablets and thus causes a better separation of the tablets coming from the medicament vial 1 ,
  • the size of the area or gap 5 can virtually go to zero, but if the guarantee closure, when pulled off in this area, is provided with a wavy line of weakness, through which the peeling between the two layers of the guarantee closure is to be facilitated, so There is a risk that it comes here to tearing or tearing of the plastic film, which on the one hand affects the proper opening, on the other hand, the effectiveness of the dividing line 9 can be reduced. If there is no such line of weakness in this area, in which the dividing line 9 comes closest to the sealing edge 2, there are no concerns for technological reasons against a course of the dividing line 9 up to the sealing edge 2.
  • the size and shape of the dividing line 9 can be determined by those skilled in the art of board making knowledge of the invention with reference to a few experiments. Since this only the plastic film and not the entire warranty closure is required, this can be done in each laboratory of a board manufacturer without much effort.

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The bottle (1) has a circumferential circular sealing edge (2) along which a multi-layered cover region (3) is adhered after a tamper-proof seal is peeled out. The cover region has a separation line (9) arranged eccentric to a circle center. An outer layer is connected with the cover region in a peelable manner, where the cover region is provided with a flap area (4). The separation line has a concave section formed in the flap area in a region lying next to the sealing edge. The flap area is limited by two end points (6, 7) of the separation line and a bending line (8) between the end points.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Medikamentenfläschchen für Pillen, Dragees, Pulver, Tabletten und anderem stückig dargebotenem Füllgut, wie Medikamente, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Aroma-, Süß-, Farb- und Konservierungsstoffe als auch Lebensmittel, wie Getreide oder Nüsse, die im Medikamentenfläschchen lose geschüttet vorliegen, und speziell einen Verschluss für ein derartiges Fläschchen entsprechend dem Oberbegriff des Anspruches 1.The invention relates to a medicament vial for pills, dragees, powders, tablets and other lumpy presented offerings, such as medicines, dietary supplements, flavoring, sweetening, coloring and preservatives as well as foods, such as cereals or nuts, which are loosely poured in the medicine vial, and especially a closure for such a vial according to the preamble of claim 1.

Vielfach werden die genannten Medikamente, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, Vitaminpräparate etc. nicht einzeln in sogenannten Blisterverpackungen verpackt, sondern lose geschüttet in sogenannten Medikamentenfläschchen aus Glas oder in den letzten Jahren zunehmend bis fast ausschließlich aus Kunststoff verkauft.In many cases, the aforementioned drugs, supplements, vitamin supplements, etc. are not individually packaged in so-called blister packs, but loosely poured into so-called medicine vials made of glass or in recent years increasingly sold almost exclusively from plastic.

Üblicherweise werden diese Fläschchen durch einen Schraubverschluss mit Schraubkappe verschlossen, wobei als Garantieerkennung für die Unversehrtheit zum Zeitpunkt des Kaufes entweder ein Garantiering an der Kappe vorgesehen ist, der beim erstmaligen Aufschrauben bricht, oder aber es ist im Inneren der Kappe, über den Rand des Halses des Fläschchens, eine Garantieplatine, zumeist aus Aluminium oder einem Kunststoffverbund, aufgesiegelt. Diese Platine muss vom Benutzer abgepeelt werden, wenn er zum Inhalt des Fläschchens gelangen will, und erfüllt so die Garantiefunktion.Usually, these vials are closed by a screw cap with screw cap, which is provided as a guarantee of integrity at the time of purchase either a guarantee ring on the cap, which breaks on initial screwing, or it is inside the cap, over the edge of the neck of the vial, a warranty board, usually made of aluminum or a plastic composite, sealed. This board must be peeled by the user if he wants to get to the contents of the vial, thus fulfilling the warranty function.

Die Verwendung von solchen Medikamentenfläschchen für Pharmazeutika, Nahrungsergänzungsmittel etc. stellt eigentlich einen Anachronismus dar, wenn man bedenkt, dass die Herstellung und das Füllen der Verpackung in einer Umgebung erfolgt, die an Keimfreiheit und Sauberkeit nahezu die gleichen Anforderungen stellt wie ein OP und wenn man dann bedenkt, dass der Benutzer beim Versuch eine Tablette (es wird in der Folge aus Gründen der Einfachheit immer nur von Tablette(n) gesprochen und die anderen speziellen Bezeichnungen der einzelnen Darreichungsformen werden darunter stillschweigend mitverstanden) so gut wie immer mehrere Tabletten aus dem Fläschchen schüttelt (zumeist auf einen hygienisch durchaus bedenklichen Untergrund) und die, die er nicht benötigt, mit seinen bloßen Fingern wieder zurück ins Fläschchen wirft, wo sie in vielen Fällen noch monatelang unbenutzt verbleiben, während der anhaftende Schweiß und Hautschuppen etc. in Zersetzung übergehen. Da aber am Markt derartige Medikamentenfläschchen von den Endbenutzern nach wie vor stark nachgefragt werden und in vielen Fällen den ebenfalls angebotenen Blisterverpackungen vorgezogen werden, besteht der Wunsch nach einer verbesserten Ausgabemöglichkeit für die Tabletten aus den Medikamentenfläschchen.The use of such medicament vials for pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, etc. actually represents an anachronism, bearing in mind that the manufacture and filling of the packaging takes place in an environment that places nearly the same requirements on sterility and cleanliness as an operating room and, if one does then, considering that the user is trying to get a tablet (for reasons of simplicity, it will only be referred to as tablet (s) hereinafter and the other specific names of the individual dosage forms are tacitly understood) almost always several tablets from the vial shakes (mostly on a thoroughly hygienic underground) and those that he does not need, with his bare fingers thrown back into the vial, where in many cases remain unused for months, while the adhering sweat and dander, etc. go into decomposition. However, since such bottles are still in high demand from end users on the market and, in many cases, are also preferred to the blister packs also offered, there is a desire for an improved dispensing capability for the tablets from the medication bottles.

Es ist somit Aufgabe der Erfindung, einen Verschluss für ein solches Medikamentenfläschchen zu schaffen, der die Entnahme einzelner Tabletten erleichtert und das Ausleeren einer Vielzahl von Tabletten bei einer Schüttelbewegung zumindest im Wesentlichen verhindert.It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a closure for such a medicament vial, which facilitates the removal of individual tablets and prevents the emptying of a plurality of tablets in a shaking movement, at least substantially.

Erfindungsgemäß werden diese Ziele durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 genannten Merkmale erreicht.According to the invention, these objects are achieved by the features mentioned in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Mit anderen Worten, es besteht der Verschluss nicht nur aus einer Schraub- oder Schnappkappe, sondern auch aus einer zumindest zweischichtigen Platine, die die Garantiefunktion erfüllt und bei deren Abziehen eine innere Schicht, eine gegebenenfalls mehrlagige Kunststofffolie am Rand der Öffnung verbleibt, wobei diese Kunststofffolie einen Schlitz aufweist, der außermittig auf der kreisrunden Folienfläche von nahe dem Kreisrand bis nahe dem Kreisrand vorgesehen ist und zumindest einen, bezüglich der Kreismitte, konkaven Abschnitt aufweist, der somit mit dem Kreisrand eine zumindest im Wesentlichen linsenförmige oder ovale oder kreisförmige Fläche ausbildet, die mit der restlichen (größeren) Fläche über zwei Stege verbunden ist.In other words, it consists of the closure not only from a screw or snap cap, but also from an at least two-layer board, which fulfills the warranty function and their removal an inner layer, optionally a multi-layer plastic film remains at the edge of the opening, said plastic film a slot which is provided eccentrically on the circular film surface from near the circle edge to near the circle edge and at least one, with respect to the circle center, concave portion which thus forms with the circle edge of an at least substantially lenticular or oval or circular surface which connected to the remaining (larger) area via two webs.

Auf diese Weise fungiert der von der gedachten Sehne der beiden Enden des konkaven Abschnittes, nach innen ragende Teil der Kunststofffolie als eine Art Bremse für die auszuleerenden Tabletten und erleichtert so die Entnahme einzelner Tabletten aus dem Medikamentenfläschchen.In this way, acts of the imaginary chord of the two ends of the concave portion, inwardly projecting part of the plastic film as a kind of brake for the tablets to be emptied, thus facilitating the removal of individual tablets from the drug vial.

Platinen, wie sie erfindungsgemäß verwendet werden können, sind im Stand der Technik an sich verschiedentlich bekannt, dabei sei nur auf die WO 2008/006123 A der Anmelderin verwiesen, dabei insbesondere auch auf die Fig. 5 dieser Druckschrift. Das dort geoffenbarte Material besteht im Wesentlichen aus zwei miteinander verbundenen Schichten, die jeweils mehrlagig ausgebildet sein können. Die innere Schichte wird mit dem jeweiligen Behälterrand versiegelt und weist im Abstand vom Behälterrand eine in sich geschlossene Schwächungslinie auf. Die äußere Schicht kann, zumeist mittels einer Lasche, abgezogen werden. Da die Verbindungskraft zwischen den beiden Schichten kleiner ist als die Kraft, die die innere Schicht im Siegelbereich mit dem Behälterrand verbindet, trennen sich die beiden Schichten und der Bereich der inneren Schicht, der durch die in sich geschlossene Schwächungslinie vom Rest abgegrenzt ist, bleibt auf der abgezogenen äußeren Schicht haften, sodass eine Öffnung in der inneren Schicht freigegeben wird, die wesentlich kleiner ist als der Teil, der durch die bleibende Versiegelung mit dem Behälterrand die Öffnung abdeckt.Boards, as they can be used according to the invention are known in the art in various ways, it is only on the WO 2008/006123 A the applicant, in particular on the Fig. 5 this document. The material disclosed therein consists essentially of two interconnected layers, each of which may be multi-layered. The inner layer is sealed with the respective container edge and has at a distance from the container edge in closed line of weakness. The outer layer can be removed, usually by means of a tab. Since the bonding force between the two layers is less than the force connecting the inner layer in the seal area to the container rim, the two layers separate and the area of the inner layer that is delimited from the rest by the self-contained line of weakness remains adhering to the peeled outer layer so as to expose an opening in the inner layer which is substantially smaller than the part covering the opening by the permanent seal with the container edge.

Diese Technologie wird im Wesentlichen verwendet, um bei Gefäßen nach dem Abziehen der äußeren Schicht das Ausschütten von Flüssigkeit möglichst zu vermeiden und dennoch eine Trinköffnung zur Verfügung zu stellen, oder um eine Öffnung für einen Trinkhalm zur Verfügung zu stellen oder dergleichen mehr. Diese Druckschrift wurde auch als US 2009/0311475 A1 veröffentlicht, der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, in denen dies möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.This technology is mainly used to avoid the spilling of liquid in vessels after the removal of the outer layer as possible and still provide a drinking opening, or to provide an opening for a drinking straw or the like. This pamphlet was also called US 2009/0311475 A1 The content of this document is incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries in which this is possible.

Ein ähnliches Material mit ähnlicher Ausbildung, das zum gleichen Zweck verwendet wird, ist aus der EP 812 782 A bekannt; auch der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, für die es möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.A similar material of similar construction, which is used for the same purpose is from the EP 812 782 A known; The content of this document is also incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries for which it is possible.

Ein weiters ähnliches Material mit ähnlicher Ausbildung, das zum gleichen Zweck verwendet wird, ist aus der US 2004/0013827 A1 der Anmelderin bekannt; auch der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, für die es möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.Another similar material of similar construction used for the same purpose is known from the US 2004/0013827 A1 known to the applicant; The content of this document is also incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries for which it is possible.

Ein anderes, ähnliches Material mit ähnlicher Ausbildung, das zum gleichen Zweck verwendet wird, ist aus der WO 2006/113951 A1 der Anmelderin bekannt; auch der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, für die es möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.Another similar material of similar construction, which is used for the same purpose, is from the WO 2006/113951 A1 known to the applicant; The content of this document is also incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries for which it is possible.

Ein weiteres, ähnliches Material mit ähnlicher Ausbildung, das zum gleichen Zweck verwendet wird, ist aus der GB 2 027 664 A bekannt; auch der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, für die es möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.Another similar material of similar construction, which is used for the same purpose, is from the GB 2 027 664 A known; also the content of this publication is incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the states for which it is possible.

Ein anders ähnliches Material mit ähnlicher Ausbildung, das zum gleichen Zweck verwendet wird, ist aus der US 4 735 335 bekannt; auch der Inhalt dieser Druckschrift wird für die Staaten, für die es möglich ist, durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der vorliegenden Anmeldung gemacht.A similarly similar material of similar construction, which is used for the same purpose is from the US 4,735,335 known; The content of this document is also incorporated by reference into the content of the present application for the countries for which it is possible.

Diese Technologie wurde im Laufe der Zeit verschiedentlich weiterentwickelt und ausgestaltet und an verschiedene Anwendungsgebiete angepasst, doch wurde bis jetzt in keinem Fall der geschaffene Schlitz bzw. die Schlitze für einen anderen Zweck vorgesehen, als Zugang zum Behälterinneren zu schaffen. Dies beginnt bei der Herstellung besonders kleiner Öffnungen, durch die der Überdruck in Verpackungen, deren Inhalt im Mikrowellenherd erwärmt wird, entweichen bzw. abgebaut werden kann. Schon genannt wurden Zugangsöffnungen für Trinkhalme bzw. Trinköffnungen, weitere Öffnungen sind bekannt, um Flüssigkeiten auszugießen, dabei aber das Kochgut, beispielsweise Reis, zuverlässig zurückgehalten werden soll.This technology has been variously developed and engineered over time and adapted to different applications, but so far the created slot or slots have never been provided for any purpose other than to provide access to the interior of the container. This begins with the production of particularly small openings, through which the overpressure in packages, the contents of which are heated in the microwave oven, can escape or be degraded. Already called access openings for drinking straws or drinking openings, other openings are known to pour out liquids, but the food, such as rice, should be reliably retained.

Die Erfindung wird im Folgenden anhand der Zeichnungen, die rein schematisch einige Ausfuhrungsformen der Erfindung zeigen, näher dargestellt. Dabei zeigt bzw. zeigen: die Fig. 1 ein Medikamentenfläschchen mit erfindungsgemäßen Verschluss in geschlossenem Zustand,
die Fig. 2 das Medikamentenfläschchen der Fig. 1 mit abgenommener Schraubkappe und intaktem Garantieverschluss,
die Fig. 3 eine Ansicht eines Medikamentenfläschchens wie in Fig. 1 bzw. 2 mit abgezogenem Garantieverschluss und freigelegter Entnahmeöffnung,
die Fig. 4 bis 8 verschiedene Formen erfindungsgemäßer Entnahmeöffnungen, rein schematisch in Draufsicht.The invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings, which show purely schematically some embodiments of the invention. It shows or show: the Fig. 1 a medicine vial with closure according to the invention in the closed state,
the Fig. 2 the medicine bottle of the Fig. 1 with removed screw cap and intact guarantee closure,
the Fig. 3 a view of a medicine bottle as in Fig. 1 or 2 with withdrawn guarantee closure and exposed removal opening,
the Fig. 4 to 8 Various forms of extraction openings according to the invention, purely schematically in plan view.

Die Fig. 1 zeigt das Medikamentenfläschchen 1 mit erfindungsgemäßem Verschluss in geschlossenem Zustand.The Fig. 1 shows the medicine vial 1 with inventive closure in the closed state.

Die Fig. 2 zeigt das Medikamentenfläschchen 1 der Fig. 2 mit abgenommener Schraubkappe und intaktem Garantieverschluss.The Fig. 2 shows the medicine vial 1 of the Fig. 2 with removed screw cap and intact guarantee closure.

Die Fig. 3 zeigt das Medikamentenfläschchen 1 mit abgezogenem Garantieverschluss und einem Abdeckbereich 3 mit einem Laschenbereich 4, wie sie nach dem Abpeelen des Garantieverschlusses am Rand des Medikamentenfläschchens 1 entlang eines umlaufenden Siegelrandes 2 kleben bleibt und die Flaschenöffnung abdeckt. Eine Trennlinie 9 ist außermittig, somit zwischen einem Mittelpunkt 10 und dem kreisförmigen Siegelrandes 2 vorgesehen. Sie weist zwei Endpunkte 6 und 7 auf, die im dargestellten Ausfiihrungsbeispiel beide dem Siegelrand 2 näher liegen als alle anderen Punkte der Trennlinie 9, sodass diese gegenüber dem Mittelpunkt 10 der Kunststofffolie 1 konkav im weitesten Sinn des Wortes ausgebildet ist.The Fig. 3 shows the medication vial 1 with deducted guarantee closure and a cover 3 with a tab area 4, as it sticks after fanning the guarantee closure on the edge of the drug vial 1 along a peripheral sealing edge 2 and covers the bottle opening. A dividing line 9 is off-center, thus provided between a center 10 and the circular sealing edge 2. It has two end points 6 and 7, which in the exemplary embodiment shown are both closer to the sealing edge 2 than all the other points of the parting line 9, so that it is concave with respect to the center 10 of the plastic film 1 in the widest sense of the word.

Die Fig. 4 zeigt die Variante des erfindungsgemäßen Laschenbereichs 4, ganz schematisch, nämlich eine Draufsicht auf die innere Kunststofffolie, dem Abdeckbereich 3, wie sie in Fig. 3 ausgebildet ist. Die gezeigte Variante stellt die Trennlinie 9 mit etwa kreisbogenförmigem Verlauf dar, die anderen Figuren sind soweit gleich, nur die Trennlinie 9 ist anders ausgebildet, um die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten zumindest illustrativ darzulegen. So zeigt Fig. 5 die Trennlinie 9, die aus drei geradlinigen Abschnitten besteht, die etwa die Form dreier Seiten eines Trapezes aufweisen. Die Fig. 6 zeigt eine Ausbildung aus drei geradliningen Abschnitten, die drei Seiten eines Rechteckes ausbilden und die Fig. 7 eine Ausbildung der Trennlinie 9 die im Wesentlichen hufeisenförmig mit Endpunkten 6 und 7 ausgebildet ist, welche an einer Biegelinie 8 anliegen. Diese verschiedenen Ausbildungen einer jeweils mit Eckpunkten begrenzten Trennlinie, bei welchen stets eine Verbindung mit dem übrigen Abdeckbereich verbleibt, hat den großen Vorteil gegenüber einer Ausbildung einer in sich geschlossenen, beispielsweise kreisförmigen Trennlinie bzw. einer vollständigen Freigabe der Fläschchenöffnung, dass kein loser Teil gebildet wird, der in das Füllgut fallen kann.The Fig. 4 shows the variant of the tab region 4 according to the invention, very schematically, namely a plan view of the inner plastic film, the cover region 3, as in Fig. 3 is trained. The variant shown represents the dividing line 9 with an approximately circular arc-shaped course, the other figures are the same extent, only the dividing line 9 is formed differently in order to explain the various options, at least illustratively. So shows Fig. 5 the dividing line 9, which consists of three rectilinear sections, which have approximately the shape of three sides of a trapezoid. The Fig. 6 shows an embodiment of three geradliningen sections forming three sides of a rectangle and the Fig. 7 an embodiment of the parting line 9 which is formed substantially horseshoe-shaped with end points 6 and 7, which bear against a bending line 8. These various embodiments of each delimited with vertices dividing line, in which always remains a connection with the rest of the coverage area, has the great advantage over a formation of a self-contained, for example circular separation line or a full release of the vial opening that no loose part is formed which can fall into the contents.

Die, ein Detail im vergrößertem Maßstab darstellende Fig. 8 zeigt, dass es einen Abstand 5 bzw. einen ungestörten Verlauf im Bereiche dieses Abstandes zwischen dem Laschenbereich 4 und dem Abdeckbereich 3 gibt. Der Laschenbereich 4 wird aus folgenden Gründen so genannt: Wenn man zwischen den Endpunkten 6 und 7 der Trennlinie 9 sich eine gerade Linie denkt, so bildet der Bereich der Kunststofffolie 1 entlang dieser Linie eine Art Scharnier- oder Biegelinie 8 für den Laschenbereich 4 der Kunststofffolie, die bezüglich dieser gedachten Geraden von der Trennlinie 9 begrenzt wird. Tatsächlich funktioniert dieser Bereich auch wie eine Lasche bzw. eine Klappe, die beim Schütteln des Medikamentenfläschchens 1 zum Entnehmen von Tabletten bzw. einer Tablette wie eine Lasche oder Flügel der Kollerbewegung der Tabletten entgegenwirkt und so eine bessere Vereinzelung der aus dem Medikamentenfläschchen 1 gelangenden Tabletten bewirkt.The, a detail on an enlarged scale performing Fig. 8 shows that there is a distance 5 or an undisturbed course in the range of this distance between the tab region 4 and the cover region 3. The tab region 4 is so called for the following reasons: If a straight line is considered between the end points 6 and 7 of the parting line 9, the region of the plastic film 1 along this line forms a kind of hinge or bending line 8 for the tab region 4 of the plastic film which delimits the dividing line 9 with respect to this imaginary straight line becomes. In fact, this area also works like a tab or flap which counteracts the shaking of the medicine vial 1 for taking out tablets or a tablet such as a flap or wing of the pellet movement of the tablets and thus causes a better separation of the tablets coming from the medicament vial 1 ,

Die Größe des Bereiches bzw. Abstandes 5 kann an und für sich gegen Null gehen, wenn aber der Garantieverschluss, beim Abziehen in diesem Bereich, mit einer gewellten Schwächungslinie versehen ist, durch die das Abpeelen zwischen den beiden Schichten des Garantieverschlusses erleichtert werden soll, so besteht die Gefahr, dass es hier zum Einreißen oder Ausreißen der Kunststofffolie kommt, wodurch einerseits das ordnungsgemäße Öffnen beeinträchtigt, andererseits die Wirksamkeit der Trennlinie 9 herabgesetzt werden kann. Wenn es in diesem Bereich, in dem die Trennlinie 9 dem Siegelrand 2 am nächsten kommt, keine solche Schwächungslinie gibt, bestehen aus technologischen Gründen keine Bedenken gegen einen Verlauf der Trennlinie 9 bis zum Siegelrand 2.The size of the area or gap 5 can virtually go to zero, but if the guarantee closure, when pulled off in this area, is provided with a wavy line of weakness, through which the peeling between the two layers of the guarantee closure is to be facilitated, so There is a risk that it comes here to tearing or tearing of the plastic film, which on the one hand affects the proper opening, on the other hand, the effectiveness of the dividing line 9 can be reduced. If there is no such line of weakness in this area, in which the dividing line 9 comes closest to the sealing edge 2, there are no concerns for technological reasons against a course of the dividing line 9 up to the sealing edge 2.

Es soll darauf hingewiesen werden, dass es möglich ist, außerhalb des dargestellten konkaven Bereichs der Trennlinie 9, noch weitere Abschnitte anzubringen, auch wenn dies nur in Sonderfällen sinnvoll sein dürfte, beispielsweise bei Sonderformen (geometrischen) der zu entnehmenden Tabletten, so dass dabei mehrere, die Trennlinienabschnitte begrenzende Endpunkte vorliegen.It should be noted that it is possible, outside the illustrated concave portion of the dividing line 9, even more sections to install, even if this may be useful only in special cases, for example, in special forms (geometric) of the tablets to be taken, so that several , the dividing line sections limiting endpoints are present.

Die Größe und Form der Trennlinie 9 kann vom Fachmann auf dem Gebiet der Platinenherstellung in Kenntnis der Erfindung anhand einiger weniger Versuche festgestellt werden. Da dazu nur die Kunststofffolie und nicht der gesamte Garantieverschluss benötigt wird, kann dies in jedem Labor eines Platinenherstellers ohne großen Aufwand durchgeführt werden.The size and shape of the dividing line 9 can be determined by those skilled in the art of board making knowledge of the invention with reference to a few experiments. Since this only the plastic film and not the entire warranty closure is required, this can be done in each laboratory of a board manufacturer without much effort.

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Medikamentenfläschchen (1) zur Entnahme von Tabletten, Pillen, Dragees, Pulvern und anderen stückig dargebotenen Medikamenten, Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln, Süßstoffen, die im Medikamentenfläschchen (1) lose geschüttet vorliegen, wobei das Medikamentenfläschchen (1) mittels einer Platine verschlossen ist, die aus zumindest zwei Schichten besteht, von denen ein Abdeckbereich (3), der gegebenenfalls mehrlagig ausgebildet ist, entlang eines umlaufenden, kreisförmigen Siegelrandes (2) des Medikamentenfläschchens (1) mit diesem fest versiegelt ist und exzentrisch zur Kreismitte eine Trennlinie (9) aufweist und eine äußere Schicht, die gegebenenfalls mehrlagig ausgebildet ist und mit dem Abdeckbereich (3) abpeelbar verbunden ist, welcher einen Laschenbereich (4) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Trennlinie (9) im Laschenbereich (4) in ihrem, dem Siegelrand (2) am nächsten liegenden Bereich einen konkaven Abschnitt aufweist.Medicated vials (1) for the removal of tablets, pills, dragees, powders and other particulate medicines, food supplements, sweeteners loosely poured into the medication vial (1), the vial (1) being closed by means of a circuit board consisting of at least two Layers, of which a cover region (3), which is optionally formed multi-layer, along a circumferential, circular sealing edge (2) of the medicament vial (1) is firmly sealed with this and eccentrically to the circle center has a parting line (9) and an outer layer , which is optionally formed of multiple layers and is peelably connected to the cover region (3), which has a tab region (4), characterized in that the dividing line (9) in the tab region (4) in its, the sealing edge (2) closest Area has a concave portion. Medikamentenfläschchen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Laschenbereich (4) durch mindestens zwei Endpunkte (6, 7) der Trennlinie (9) und (einer) zwischen den Endpunkten (6, 7) liegenden Biegelinie(n) (8) begrenzt ist.Medicament vial according to claim 1, characterized in that the tab region (4) is delimited by at least two end points (6, 7) of the dividing line (9) and (one) between the end points (6, 7) lying bending line (s) (8) , Medikamentenfläschchen nach Anspruch 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Laschenbereich (4) entlang der Biegelinie (8) verformbar ist.Medicament vial according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the tab region (4) along the bending line (8) is deformable. Medikamentenfläschchen nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zwischen den Endpunkten (6) und (7) und dem Siegelrand (2) ein Abstand (5), welcher größer oder gleich Null ist, vorliegt.Medicament vial according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that between the end points (6) and (7) and the sealing edge (2) is a distance (5) which is greater than or equal to zero, is present.
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