EP1700797B1 - Childproof carton package - Google Patents

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EP1700797B1
EP1700797B1 EP05005404A EP05005404A EP1700797B1 EP 1700797 B1 EP1700797 B1 EP 1700797B1 EP 05005404 A EP05005404 A EP 05005404A EP 05005404 A EP05005404 A EP 05005404A EP 1700797 B1 EP1700797 B1 EP 1700797B1
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folding box
blister pack
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Oliver Sattel
Meino Adam
Jürgen Dambacher
Dirk Bauernfeind
Peter Fuhrmann
Detlev Gertitschke
Holger Bugar
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D5/00Rigid 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
    • B65D5/38Drawer-and-shell type containers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D5/00Rigid 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
    • B65D5/02Rigid 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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/0227Rigid 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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by heat-sealing, by applying adhesive to the flaps or by staples
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D77/00Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/04Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another
    • B65D77/0413Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0445Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0463Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2215/00Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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  • the invention relates to a child-resistant, resealable packaging made from a cuboid carton made of cardboard and at least one strip-shaped blister pack arranged therein, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the blister pack (hereinafter referred to as "the blister") consists of a strip of rigid plastic material in which deep-drawn cups are formed, the od of receiving pills, tablets, capsules,. Like. Serve and after filling of a on the Plastic strip sealed cover sheet limited tensile strength, generally made of metal, especially aluminum, are closed. To remove the drug from the well, the drug is pressed from the back of the strip against the cover sheet, which thereby bursts. It is understood that the stiffness of the plastic material of the strip in the region of the wells is reduced so far, usually already by the deep drawing that deformation of the wells by manual pressure is possible.
  • Blisters of this type are not sufficiently tamper-resistant enough to prevent infants from gaining access to the drug contained in the blister during unsupervised play. Legislators will soon prescribe that a primary packaging, and such is a blister which is completely removable from a carton, is child resistant. Making a blister child safe requires a relatively complex construction. An example of this is in EP 1 270 440 B1 described. Further state of the art for childproof blisters can be found in US 4,125,190 A . EP 1 057 744 A2 . EP 1 002 744 A1 and US 6,047,829 A just to name a few. However, most of these prior art blister packs are childproof only until first opened. Once the package has been broken and left unattended, it can be dangerous for a toddler.
  • the carton box belongs to the primary packaging material and can therefore take over the child protection in the sense of the regulations, while the blister itself can be unsecured.
  • the material used on the cartons is relatively high, since the broad sides comprise a total of four or three layers of cardboard.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a new cardboard packaging of the type mentioned.
  • a latching projection is formed on the blister, while the carton comprises a cardboard formed, elastically pressed into a closed position trap, which acts like a door latch and in a Closed position is releasably latched under elastic bias on the locking projection.
  • the withdrawal of the blister from the carton requires two movements in mutually perpendicular directions, namely the release of the trap transverse to the longitudinal extent of the blister and the subsequent withdrawal of the blister in its longitudinal direction out of the carton. The sequence of these processes seems simple, but does not reveal itself to a toddler.
  • the blister In order to prevent the blister can be completely removed from the carton - which the carton is legally made part of a primary packaging - a locking device is formed in the carton, the movement path of the locking projection on the blister when moving out of the blister from the Folding box limited.
  • the blister can also, comparable to the solution, in US Pat. No. 6,491,211 B1 is described, be provided with an opposite to the withdrawal of the blister from the carton bent over tongue, which is caught when pulling out of the blister from a protruding into the interior of the carton cardboard tab.
  • the blister consists of two unequally long strips, which are connected to two parallel and generally transverse to the longitudinal extent of the package bending lines and one of these limited web integrally with each other, wherein the web has such dimensions that he fills the free cross-section of the carton interior.
  • the shorter strip has such a length that, as far as possible, the state of the blister which has been pulled out of the folding box, this strip can be unfolded freely.
  • the web forms one of the narrow sides of the cuboid packaging and thus closes the carton at one end.
  • a blister of the latter type has according to an advantageous development of the shorter strip on the side of the folding box wall adjacent to this strip limiting crease line a projecting stop lug with sloping to the adjacent bend line, ending in the surface of the strip inclined surface.
  • On the said wall of the folding box body an outgoing from the narrow side opening of the folding box body barrier flap is hinged, which extends unverkank in the folding box body and has a breakthrough at the edge abuts the stop lug of the blister in the completely pushed into the carton state of the blister. This prevents the shorter strip of the blister from the outside so in the Folding box can be pushed into it that the bridge does not form a flush conclusion of the carton.
  • the formed by the web of the blister narrow side wall of the package thereby retains its stability.
  • the same effect can also be achieved if, according to an alternative to the longer strip of the blister, a projection projecting towards the shorter strip is formed, against which the free edge of the shorter strip abuts when the blister is folded and pushed into the folding box.
  • Fig. 1 the flat blank of a cardboard carton, consisting of two wide hull fields 1, 2 and two narrow hull fields 3, 4, which are connected to each other at fold lines, and an adhesive tab 5, which adjoins the outer narrow hull field 3.
  • a retaining flap 8 adjoins a fold line on which, again at a fold line, a resilient blocking tab 9 adjoins.
  • a tab 10 which consists of three segments 10a, 10b and 10c.
  • an opening 26 is formed in the center of the blank, which extends symmetrically in the two aforementioned cardboard boxes.
  • the second wide hull field 2 carries at one end a lid flap 11, which continues in a wide adhesive flap 12.
  • a tamper-evident window sash 13 is formed, which is delimited by a perforation line and adjacent to which a moon-shaped aperture 14 is located.
  • the wide hull fields 1 and 2 have a wide barrier flap 15 and a stiffening flap 16, respectively.
  • the barrier flap 15 has an opening 17 near the fold line connecting it to the hull field 1.
  • This folding carton blank is processed as follows.
  • the retaining flap 8 is folded onto the inside of the hull field 1 and adhered thereto.
  • the resilient locking tab 9 is folded over in the direction of the retaining flap 8, the segmented tab 10 is guided through the opening formed by the opening 26 and positioned so that the fold line connecting the segments 10a and 10b with each other, at the level of the transverse boundary line of the opening formed by the opening 26 is located.
  • the segment 10c is glued to the outside of the hull panel 1 with its end at the position shown in FIG Fig. 1 is indicated by the line 18.
  • the adhesive tabs 7 and the reinforcing tab 16 are folded over and glued to their respective carton panels 3, 4 and 2. On a bonding of the reinforcing tab may possibly be dispensed with.
  • the blocking flap 15 is turned inwards, but not glued. Then, after inserting the associated blister (see Fig. 2 ), the adhesive flap 5 is glued to the inside of the hull field 2, the outer sides of the adhesive tabs 6 are glued to the lid panel 11, and the wide adhesive tab 12 is glued to the outside of the hull panel 1, wherein the segments 10b and 10c the flap 10 covered.
  • Fig. 2 shows the inserted before closing the carton in this Blister B in the unfolded state.
  • the blister B is made of a rigid plastic material and is a long strip, which is divided by two parallel fold lines 20 into a shorter section 21 and a longer section 22.
  • the longer section 22 has in its end region a bead 23 which projects up to the same side as the wells 24 which are formed in blister B.
  • the shorter portion 21 has, near the crease line 20 delimiting it, a lug 25 projecting to the opposite side and having an oblique upper surface which rises progressively above the blister B in a direction away from the crease line 20.
  • the blister B is in the closed box, it is in accordance Fig. 3 the bead 23 behind a trap, which is formed by the resilient locking tab 9 and the segments 10 a and 10 b of the tab 10.
  • the nose 25 is located in the opening 17 on the retaining flap 15th
  • the formed on the segment 10 b nose, which is bounded by the arcuate section 10 d, accessible, and you can pull on her and thereby the aforementioned, of the resilient locking tab 9 formed trap from the path of movement of the bead 23 remove how to Fig. 3 can clearly see, which makes it possible to pull the blister B from the carton. This is facilitated by the finger cut created by the circular aperture 19.
  • the blister B can be as far removed from the carton until the bead 23 abuts the free edge of the resilient locking flap 15. Because the portion 21 of the blister B is shorter than the other, the bead 23 carrying portion 22, which has just the length of the carton, the shorter portion 21 can be opened without being hindered by the carton.
  • the blister B can be pushed back into the carton after removal of a tablet, wherein the bead 23 slides over the resilient locking tab 9 and locked behind this. Excessive insertion of the shorter portion 21 of the blister B is prevented because the nose 25 formed on it finds a stop at an opposite edge of the opening 17 in the resilient blocking flap 15.
  • the packaging is child-resistant, because children of the age against which medication packages must be protected are unable to co-ordinate the aforementioned different movements with each other, namely to release the trap and Remove blister from the carton.

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Abstract

Packing has cube-shaped folding box of paperboard and therein arranged strip shaped blisterpack (B), the reclosable folding box is designed as child proof. The folding box and blisterpack has co-operating means, which is so arranged that the complete removal of the blisterpack from the folding box is prevented.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine kindersicher wiederverschließbare Verpackung aus einer quaderförmigen Faltschachtel aus Karton und wenigstens einer darin angeordneten, streifenförmigen Blisterverpackung, gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a child-resistant, resealable packaging made from a cuboid carton made of cardboard and at least one strip-shaped blister pack arranged therein, according to the preamble of claim 1.

Verpackungen dieser Art sind ganz allgemein als Medikamentenverpackungen bekannt und beispielsweise in US 6,491,211 B1 und US 6,412,636 B1 beschrieben. Die Blisterverpackung (nachfolgend kurz "der Blister" genannt) besteht aus einem Streifen aus steifem Kunststoffmaterial, in dem tiefgezogene Näpfchen ausgebildet sind, die der Aufnahme von Pillen, Tablette, Kapseln, Zäpfchen od. dgl. dienen und nach dem Befüllen von einer auf den Kunststoffstreifen aufgesiegelten Deckfolie begrenzter Dehnungsfestigkeit, im allgemeinen aus Metall, insbesondere Aluminium, verschlossen sind. Zum Entnehmen des Medikaments aus dem Näpfchen wird das Medikament von der Rückseite des Streifens her gegen die Deckfolie gedrückt, die dadurch aufplatzt. Es versteht sich, dass die Steifigkeit des Kunststoffmaterials des Streifens im Bereich der Näpfchen soweit vermindert ist, in der Regel schon durch das Tiefziehen, dass eine Verformung der Näpfchen durch manuellen Druck möglich ist.Packaging of this type are generally known as drug packages and, for example, in US Pat. No. 6,491,211 B1 and US Pat. No. 6,412,636 B1 described. The blister pack (hereinafter referred to as "the blister") consists of a strip of rigid plastic material in which deep-drawn cups are formed, the od of receiving pills, tablets, capsules,. Like. Serve and after filling of a on the Plastic strip sealed cover sheet limited tensile strength, generally made of metal, especially aluminum, are closed. To remove the drug from the well, the drug is pressed from the back of the strip against the cover sheet, which thereby bursts. It is understood that the stiffness of the plastic material of the strip in the region of the wells is reduced so far, usually already by the deep drawing that deformation of the wells by manual pressure is possible.

Blister dieser Art sind nicht so ausreichend manipulationssicher, dass es Kleinkindern unmöglich wäre, im unbeaufsichtigten Spiel Zugang zu dem im Blister enthaltenen Medikament zu erlangen. Der Gesetzgeber schreibt in Kürze vor, dass ein Primärpackmittel, und um ein solches handelt es sich bei einem aus einer Faltschachtel vollständig entnehmbaren Blister, kindersicher ist. Einen Blister kindersicher zu machen, verlangt eine relativ aufwendige Konstruktion. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist in EP 1 270 440 B1 beschrieben. Weiterer Stand der Technik zu kindersicheren Blistern findet sich in US 4,125,190 A , EP 1 057 744 A2 , EP 1 002 744 A1 und US 6,047,829 A , nur um einige zu nennen. Die meisten dieser vorbekannten Blisterverpackungen sind jedoch nur bis zum erstmaligen Öffnen kindersicher. Ist die Verpackung einmal angebrochen und liegt unbeaufsichtigt herum, kann sie für ein Kleinkind durchaus eine Gefahr darstellen.Blisters of this type are not sufficiently tamper-resistant enough to prevent infants from gaining access to the drug contained in the blister during unsupervised play. Legislators will soon prescribe that a primary packaging, and such is a blister which is completely removable from a carton, is child resistant. Making a blister child safe requires a relatively complex construction. An example of this is in EP 1 270 440 B1 described. Further state of the art for childproof blisters can be found in US 4,125,190 A . EP 1 057 744 A2 . EP 1 002 744 A1 and US 6,047,829 A just to name a few. However, most of these prior art blister packs are childproof only until first opened. Once the package has been broken and left unattended, it can be dangerous for a toddler.

Bei den in US 6,491,211 B1 und US 6,412,636 B1 beschriebenen Verpackungen ist die Faltschachtel kindersicher wiederverschließbar ausgebildet, und die Faltschachtel und die Blisterverpackung weisen zusammenwirkende Mittel auf, die so eingerichtet sind, dass ein vollständiges Entnehmen der Blisterverpackung aus der Faltschachtel verhindert ist.At the in US Pat. No. 6,491,211 B1 and US Pat. No. 6,412,636 B1 The carton and the blister pack have cooperating means, which are arranged so that a complete removal of the blister pack from the carton is prevented, the carton is child-resistant reclosable.

Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass die Faltschachtel und der Blister untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind, gehört die Faltschachtel zum Primärpackmittel und kann daher den Kinderschutz im Sinne der Vorschriften übernehmen, während der Blister selbst ungesichert sein kann.Due to the fact that the carton and the blister are inextricably linked, the carton box belongs to the primary packaging material and can therefore take over the child protection in the sense of the regulations, while the blister itself can be unsecured.

Man geht dabei von der Überlegung aus, dass ein Erwachsener, der eine Verpackung der erfindungsgemäßen Art zum Entnehmen einer Tablette einmal geöffnet hat, die Verpackung nicht in geöffnetem Zustand herumliegen lässt, denn in diesem Zustand ist die Verpackung nicht aufgeräumt und insgesamt unpraktisch handhabbar. Vielmehr wird der Erwachsene durch die Art der Verpackung dazu veranlasst, den Blister wieder in die Faltschachtel hineinzuschieben und die Faltschachtel zu verschließen, womit die Kindersicherung wieder hergestellt ist.It is based on the consideration that an adult who has opened a package of the type according to the invention for removing a tablet once, the package does not leave lying around in an open state, because in this condition, the packaging is not tidy and overall impractical to handle. Rather, the adult is induced by the type of packaging to push the blister back into the carton and to close the carton, making the child safety is restored.

Bei den aus US 6,491,211 B1 und US 6,412,636 B1 beschriebenen Verpackungen ist der Materialeinsatz an den Faltschachteln relativ hoch, da deren Breitseiten insgesamt vier bzw. drei Kartonlagen umfassen. Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine neue Kartonverpackung der eingangs genannten Art anzugeben.At the US Pat. No. 6,491,211 B1 and US Pat. No. 6,412,636 B1 described packaging, the material used on the cartons is relatively high, since the broad sides comprise a total of four or three layers of cardboard. The invention has for its object to provide a new cardboard packaging of the type mentioned.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die im Anspruch 1 angegebene Erfindung gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen derselben sind in den Unteransprüchen beschrieben.This object is achieved by the invention defined in claim 1. Advantageous embodiments thereof are described in the subclaims.

Bei der Erfindung ist am Blister ein Rastvorsprung ausgebildet, während die Faltschachtel eine aus Karton gebildete, elastisch in eine Schließstellung gedrückte Falle aufweist, die ähnlich wie eine Türfalle wirkt und in einer Schließstellung unter elastischer Vorspannung an dem Rastvorsprung lösbar verrastet ist. Das Herausziehen des Blisters aus der Faltschachtel erfordert zwei Bewegungen in zueinander senkrechten Richtungen, nämlich das Lösen der Falle quer zur Längserstreckung des Blisters und das anschließende Herausziehen des Blisters in seiner Längsrichtung aus der Faltschachtel. Die Abfolge dieser Vorgänge erscheint einfach, erschließt sich jedoch einem Kleinkind nicht.In the invention, a latching projection is formed on the blister, while the carton comprises a cardboard formed, elastically pressed into a closed position trap, which acts like a door latch and in a Closed position is releasably latched under elastic bias on the locking projection. The withdrawal of the blister from the carton requires two movements in mutually perpendicular directions, namely the release of the trap transverse to the longitudinal extent of the blister and the subsequent withdrawal of the blister in its longitudinal direction out of the carton. The sequence of these processes seems simple, but does not reveal itself to a toddler.

Um zu verhindern, dass der Blister vollständig aus der Faltschachtel herausgenommen werden kann - womit die Faltschachtel im gesetzlichen Sinne zum Bestandteil einer Primärverpackung gemacht wird -, ist in der Faltschachtel eine Sperreinrichtung ausgebildet, die den Bewegungsweg des Rastvorsprungs am Blister beim Herausbewegen des Blisters aus der Faltschachtel begrenzt. Der Blister kann aber auch, vergleichbar der Lösung, die in US 6,491,211 B1 beschrieben ist, mit einer entgegen der Ausziehrichtung des Blisters aus der Faltschachtel umgebogenen Zunge versehen sein, die beim Herausziehen des Blisters von einer in den Innenraum der Faltschachtel vorstehenden Kartonlasche gefangen wird.In order to prevent the blister can be completely removed from the carton - which the carton is legally made part of a primary packaging - a locking device is formed in the carton, the movement path of the locking projection on the blister when moving out of the blister from the Folding box limited. But the blister can also, comparable to the solution, in US Pat. No. 6,491,211 B1 is described, be provided with an opposite to the withdrawal of the blister from the carton bent over tongue, which is caught when pulling out of the blister from a protruding into the interior of the carton cardboard tab.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung besteht der Blister aus zwei ungleich langen Streifen, die an zwei im Abstand zueinander parallel und insgesamt quer zur Längserstreckung der Verpackung verlaufenden Knicklinien und einem von diesen begrenzten Steg integral miteinander verbunden sind, wobei der Steg solche Abmessungen hat, dass er den freien Querschnitt des Faltschachtelinnenraums ausfüllt. Der kürzere Streifen hat eine solche Länge, dass im weitestmöglich aus der Faltschachtel herausgezogenen Zustand des Blisters dieser Streifen frei aufklappbar ist. Im in die Faltschachtel hinein geschobenen Zustand des Blisters bildet der Steg eine der Schmalseiten der quaderförmigen Verpackung und schließt somit die Faltschachtel an ihrem einen Ende ab.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the blister consists of two unequally long strips, which are connected to two parallel and generally transverse to the longitudinal extent of the package bending lines and one of these limited web integrally with each other, wherein the web has such dimensions that he fills the free cross-section of the carton interior. The shorter strip has such a length that, as far as possible, the state of the blister which has been pulled out of the folding box, this strip can be unfolded freely. In pushed into the carton state of the blister, the web forms one of the narrow sides of the cuboid packaging and thus closes the carton at one end.

Bei einem Blister der letztgenannten Art hat gemäß einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung der kürzere Streifen auf der Seite der ihm benachbarten Faltschachtelwand nahe der diesen Streifen begrenzenden Knicklinie eine vorstehende Anschlagnase mit zur benachbarten Knicklinie abfallender, in der Oberfläche des Streifens endender Schrägfläche. An der genannten Wand des Faltschachtelrumpfes ist eine von der schmalseitigen Öffnung des Faltschachtelrumpfes ausgehende Sperrklappe angelenkt, die sich unverklebt in den Faltschachtelrumpf hinein erstreckt und einen Durchbruch hat, an deren Kante die Anschlagnase des Blisters im ganz in die Faltschachtel hinein geschobenen Zustand des Blisters anliegt. Hierdurch wird verhindert, dass der kürzere Streifen des Blisters von außen so in die Faltschachtel hinein geschoben werden kann, dass der Steg keinen bündigen Abschluss der Faltschachtel bildet. Die von dem Steg des Blisters gebildete schmale Seitenwand der Verpackung behält dadurch ihre Stabilität. Die gleiche Wirkung kann man auch erzielen, wenn gemäß einer Alternative an dem längeren Streifen des Blisters ein gegen den kürzeren Streifen vorstehender Vorsprung ausgebildet ist, an dem die freie Randkante des kürzeren Streifens anliegt, wenn der Blister zusammengefaltet und in die Faltschachtel hinein geschoben ist.In a blister of the latter type has according to an advantageous development of the shorter strip on the side of the folding box wall adjacent to this strip limiting crease line a projecting stop lug with sloping to the adjacent bend line, ending in the surface of the strip inclined surface. On the said wall of the folding box body an outgoing from the narrow side opening of the folding box body barrier flap is hinged, which extends unverklebt in the folding box body and has a breakthrough at the edge abuts the stop lug of the blister in the completely pushed into the carton state of the blister. This prevents the shorter strip of the blister from the outside so in the Folding box can be pushed into it that the bridge does not form a flush conclusion of the carton. The formed by the web of the blister narrow side wall of the package thereby retains its stability. The same effect can also be achieved if, according to an alternative to the longer strip of the blister, a projection projecting towards the shorter strip is formed, against which the free edge of the shorter strip abuts when the blister is folded and pushed into the folding box.

Zum leichteren Herausziehen des Blisters aus der Faltschachtel ist es bei Verpackungen der zuletzt genannten Art vorteilhaft, wenn die Faltschachtel im Bereich, wo der Steg des Blisters die eine der kürzeren Schmalseiten der Verpackung bildet, an wenigstens einer ihrer Rumpfwände mit Fingerdurchbrüchen versehen ist, durch die man den Blister ergreifen kann.For easier removal of the blister from the carton, it is advantageous in packaging of the latter type, when the carton in the area where the web of the blister which forms one of the shorter narrow sides of the package is provided on at least one of its fuselage walls with fingerholes, through the you can grab the blister.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend unter Bezugnahme auf ein den Zeichnungen dargestelltes bevorzugtes Ausführungsbeispiel näher beschrieben. Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 den flachliegenden Kartonzuschnitt einer Faltschachtel der bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung;
  • Fig. 2 den Blister, der für die Faltschachtel nach Fig. 1 bestimmt ist;
  • Fig. 3 schematisch als Querschnittsdarstellung einen Ausschnitt, der die Funktion des Sicherheitsverschlusses in der Ausführungsform der Figuren 1 und 2 erkennen lässt.
The invention will be described in more detail below with reference to a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings. It shows:
  • Fig. 1 the flat carton blank of a carton of the preferred embodiment of the invention;
  • Fig. 2 the blister, which is for the carton Fig. 1 is determined;
  • Fig. 3 schematically a cross-sectional view of a section showing the function of the safety closure in the embodiment of Figures 1 and 2 lets recognize.

Man erkennt in Fig. 1 den flachliegenden Zuschnitt einer Faltschachtel aus Karton, bestehend aus zwei breiten Rumpffeldern 1, 2 und zwei schmalen Rumpffeldern 3, 4, die an Faltlinien miteinander verbunden sind, und eine Klebelasche 5, die sich an das außenliegende schmale Rumpffeld 3 anschließt. An die schmalen Rumpffelder 3 und 4 schließen sich endseitig erste und zweite Klebelaschen 6 bzw. 7 an. Am ersten Ende des innen liegenden Rumpffeldes 1 schließt sich an einer Faltlinie eine Halteklappe 8 an, an der, wieder an einer Faltlinie eine federnde Sperrlasche 9 anschließt. Diese setzt sich in einer Lasche 10 fort, die aus drei Segmenten 10a, 10b und 10c besteht. An der Faltlinie, die die Segmente 10a und 10b verbindet, befindet sich in der Mitte ein bogenförmiger Schnitt 10d, der an dem Segment 10b eine Nase ausbildet.One recognizes in Fig. 1 the flat blank of a cardboard carton, consisting of two wide hull fields 1, 2 and two narrow hull fields 3, 4, which are connected to each other at fold lines, and an adhesive tab 5, which adjoins the outer narrow hull field 3. At the narrow hull fields 3 and 4 close the first and second adhesive tabs 6 and 7 at the end. At the first end of the inner fuselage field 1, a retaining flap 8 adjoins a fold line on which, again at a fold line, a resilient blocking tab 9 adjoins. This continues in a tab 10, which consists of three segments 10a, 10b and 10c. At the fold line, which connects the segments 10a and 10b, there is in the middle an arcuate section 10d, which forms a nose on the segment 10b.

In der Faltlinie, die das Rumpffeld 1 und die Halteklappe 8 miteinander verbindet, ist mittig ein Durchbruch 26 in dem Zuschnitt ausgebildet, der sich symmetrisch in die beiden vorgenannten Kartonfelder erstreckt.In the fold line, which connects the hull field 1 and the retaining flap 8 with each other, an opening 26 is formed in the center of the blank, which extends symmetrically in the two aforementioned cardboard boxes.

Das zweite breite Rumpffeld 2 trägt am einen Ende eine Deckelklappe 11, die sich in einer breiten Klebelasche 12 fortsetzt. In der breiten Klebelasche 12 ist, durch eine Schwächungslinie abgegrenzt, ein einen Originalitätsverschluss bildender Fensterflügel 13 ausgebildet, der durch eine Perforationslinie abgegrenzt ist und neben dem sich ein mondförmiger Durchbruch 14 befindet. An den entgegengesetzten Enden haben die breiten Rumpffelder 1 und 2 eine breite Sperrklappe 15 bzw. eine Aussteifungsklappe 16. Die Sperrklappe 15 weist nahe der sie mit dem Rumpffeld 1 verbindenden Faltlinie einen Durchbruch 17 auf.The second wide hull field 2 carries at one end a lid flap 11, which continues in a wide adhesive flap 12. In the wide adhesive flap 12 is delimited by a line of weakness, a tamper-evident window sash 13 is formed, which is delimited by a perforation line and adjacent to which a moon-shaped aperture 14 is located. At the opposite ends, the wide hull fields 1 and 2 have a wide barrier flap 15 and a stiffening flap 16, respectively. The barrier flap 15 has an opening 17 near the fold line connecting it to the hull field 1.

Dieser Faltschachtelzuschnitt wird wie folgt verarbeitet. Die Halteklappe 8 wird auf die Innenseite des Rumpffeldes 1 gefaltet und daran angeklebt. Die federnde Sperrlasche 9 wird in Richtung auf die Halteklappe 8 umgefaltet, die segmentierte Lasche 10 wird durch den von dem Durchbruch 26 gebildeten Ausschnitt geführt und so positioniert, dass die Faltlinie, die die Segmente 10a und 10b miteinander verbindet, in Höhe der quer verlaufenden Begrenzungslinie des von dem Durchbruch 26 gebildeten Ausschnitts liegt. Das Segment 10c wird auf die Außenseite des Rumpffeldes 1 geklebt, wobei sich ihr Ende an jener Position befindet, die in Fig. 1 durch den Strich 18 gekennzeichnet ist.This folding carton blank is processed as follows. The retaining flap 8 is folded onto the inside of the hull field 1 and adhered thereto. The resilient locking tab 9 is folded over in the direction of the retaining flap 8, the segmented tab 10 is guided through the opening formed by the opening 26 and positioned so that the fold line connecting the segments 10a and 10b with each other, at the level of the transverse boundary line of the opening formed by the opening 26 is located. The segment 10c is glued to the outside of the hull panel 1 with its end at the position shown in FIG Fig. 1 is indicated by the line 18.

Die Klebelaschen 7 und die Verstärkungslasche 16 werden umgeschlagen und auf ihre entsprechenden Kartonfelder 3, 4 und 2 geklebt. Auf eine Verklebung der Verstärkungslasche kann ggf. verzichtet werden. Die Sperrklappe 15 wird nach innen umgeschlagen, aber nicht verklebt. Sodann wird, nach Einlegen des zugehörigen Blisters (siehe Fig. 2) der Faltschachtelrumpf geschlossen, die Klebelasche 5 wird mit der Innenseite des Rumpffeldes 2 verklebt, die Außenseiten der Klebelaschen 6 werden mit dem Deckelfeld 11 verklebt, und die breite Klebelasche 12 wird auf die Außenseite des Rumpffeldes 1 geklebt, wobei sie die Segmente 10b und 10c der Lasche 10 überdeckt.The adhesive tabs 7 and the reinforcing tab 16 are folded over and glued to their respective carton panels 3, 4 and 2. On a bonding of the reinforcing tab may possibly be dispensed with. The blocking flap 15 is turned inwards, but not glued. Then, after inserting the associated blister (see Fig. 2 ), the adhesive flap 5 is glued to the inside of the hull field 2, the outer sides of the adhesive tabs 6 are glued to the lid panel 11, and the wide adhesive tab 12 is glued to the outside of the hull panel 1, wherein the segments 10b and 10c the flap 10 covered.

Fig. 2 zeigt den vor dem Verschließen der Faltschachtel in diese eingelegten Blister B im aufgeklappten Zustand. Der Blister B besteht aus einem steifen Material aus Kunststoff und ist ein langer Streifen, der durch zwei parallel zueinander verlaufende Knicklinien 20 in einen kürzeren Abschnitt 21 und einen längeren Abschnitt 22 unterteilt ist. Der längere Abschnitt 22 hat in seinem Endbereich eine Sicke 23, die zur gleichen Seite hochsteht, wie die Näpfchen 24, die in Blister B ausgebildet sind. Der kürzere Abschnitt 21 hat nahe der ihn begrenzenden Knicklinie 20 eine Nase 25, die zur entgegengesetzten Seite vorsteht und eine schräge Oberseite hat, die sich in einer von der Knicklinie 20 wegweisenden Richtung zunehmend über den Blister B erhebt. Fig. 2 shows the inserted before closing the carton in this Blister B in the unfolded state. The blister B is made of a rigid plastic material and is a long strip, which is divided by two parallel fold lines 20 into a shorter section 21 and a longer section 22. The longer section 22 has in its end region a bead 23 which projects up to the same side as the wells 24 which are formed in blister B. The shorter portion 21 has, near the crease line 20 delimiting it, a lug 25 projecting to the opposite side and having an oblique upper surface which rises progressively above the blister B in a direction away from the crease line 20.

Wenn der Blister B sich in der geschlossenen Faltschachtel befindet, liegt gemäß Fig. 3 die Sicke 23 hinter einer Falle, die von der federnden Sperrlasche 9 und den Segmenten 10a und 10b der Lasche 10 gebildet wird. Die Nase 25 liegt in dem Durchbruch 17 an der Halteklappe 15.If the blister B is in the closed box, it is in accordance Fig. 3 the bead 23 behind a trap, which is formed by the resilient locking tab 9 and the segments 10 a and 10 b of the tab 10. The nose 25 is located in the opening 17 on the retaining flap 15th

Wenn man den einen Originalitätsverschluss bildenden Fensterflügel 13 aus dem Feld 12 an seiner Perforationslinie herausbricht, wird die an dem Segment 10b ausgebildete Nase, die durch den bogenförmige Schnitt 10d begrenzt ist, zugänglich, und man kann an ihr ziehen und dadurch die vorgenannte, von der federnden Sperrlasche 9 gebildete Falle aus dem Bewegungsweg der Sicke 23 entfernen, wie man in Fig. 3 deutlich erkennen kann, wodurch es möglich wird, den Blister B aus der Faltschachtel herauszuziehen. Dieses wird durch den Fingerausschnitt erleichtert, der durch den kreisförmigen Durchbruch 19 geschaffen ist. Der Blister B lässt sich soweit aus der Faltschachtel herausziehen, bis die Sicke 23 an die freie Kante der federnden Sperrklappe 15 anstößt. Weil der Abschnitt 21 des Blisters B kürzer ist, als der andere, die Sicke 23 tragende Abschnitt 22, der knapp die Länge der Faltschachtel hat, lässt sich der kürzere Abschnitt 21 aufklappen, ohne durch die Faltschachtel behindert zu sein.If one breaks the one tamper-evident window sash 13 from the panel 12 at its perforation line, the formed on the segment 10 b nose, which is bounded by the arcuate section 10 d, accessible, and you can pull on her and thereby the aforementioned, of the resilient locking tab 9 formed trap from the path of movement of the bead 23 remove how to Fig. 3 can clearly see, which makes it possible to pull the blister B from the carton. This is facilitated by the finger cut created by the circular aperture 19. The blister B can be as far removed from the carton until the bead 23 abuts the free edge of the resilient locking flap 15. Because the portion 21 of the blister B is shorter than the other, the bead 23 carrying portion 22, which has just the length of the carton, the shorter portion 21 can be opened without being hindered by the carton.

Der Blister B kann nach Entnehmen einer Tablette wieder in die Faltschachtel hineingeschoben werden, wobei die Sicke 23 über die federnde Sperrlasche 9 rutscht und hinter dieser verrastet. Ein übermäßiges Einschieben des kürzeren Abschnitts 21 des Blisters B ist verhindert, weil die an ihm ausgebildete Nase 25 an einem ihr gegenüberliegenden Rand des Durchbruchs 17 in der federnden Sperrklappe 15 einen Anschlag findet.The blister B can be pushed back into the carton after removal of a tablet, wherein the bead 23 slides over the resilient locking tab 9 and locked behind this. Excessive insertion of the shorter portion 21 of the blister B is prevented because the nose 25 formed on it finds a stop at an opposite edge of the opening 17 in the resilient blocking flap 15.

Auch nach dem Entfernen des von dem Fensterflügel 13 gebildeten Originalitätsverschlusses ist die Verpackung kindersicher, denn Kinder des Alters, vor denen Medikamentenpackungen geschützt werden müssen, sind nicht in der Lage, gleichzeitig die genannten unterschiedlichen Bewegungsabläufe miteinander zu koordinieren, nämlich die Falle zu lösen und den Blister aus der Faltschachtel herauszuziehen.Even after removing the tamper-evident closure formed by the sash 13, the packaging is child-resistant, because children of the age against which medication packages must be protected are unable to co-ordinate the aforementioned different movements with each other, namely to release the trap and Remove blister from the carton.

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  1. Childproof resealable package composed of a parallelepiped block-shaped folding box made of cardboard and at least one strip-form blister pack (B) arranged therein which is withdrawable from the former on one of the short narrow sides of the folding box, having means (15, 23) acting in conjunction on the folding box and blister pack (B) which prevent complete withdrawal of the blister pack (B) from the folding box, characterised in that the blister pack (B) has a catch projection (23) and on the folding box a latch (9) is constructed which under elastic pretensioning is detachably engaged on the catch projection (23) in a locking position, consisting of a retaining flap (8) attached via a folding line to an end of one (1) of the broad body panels of the folding box, which flap is folded into the interior of the folding box where it is glued into place, an elastic blocking strap (9) attached via a folding line to the free end thereof which continues in a strap (10) attached to a folding line and consists of three segments (10a, 10b, 10c) bounded with respect to one another by folding lines of which the first (10a) traverses the cross-section of the folding box interior and an opening (26) in the retaining flap (8) and the neighbouring body panel (1) and the two other segments (10b, 10c) are folded onto the outside of the body panel (1) of which the third segment (10c) is there glued into place.
  2. Package according to claim 1, characterised in that the blister pack (B) consists of two strips (21, 22) of unequal length that are integrally connected to one another on two bending lines (20) spaced apart running parallel to one another and transverse to the longitudinal extension of the package and a web (33) running between these bending lines, that the web (33) is of such a size that it fills out the open cross-section of the folding box interior and the shorter strip (21) is of such a length that in the widest possible withdrawal state of the blister pack (B) this strip (21) is capable of being freely opened out.
  3. Package according to claim 2, characterised in that the shorter strip (21) on the side of the folding box wall (1) adjoining it has a projecting stop lug (25) having an oblique surface falling away with respect to the folding line (20) and ending in the surface of the strip and that on said wall (1) of the folding box body a retaining flap (15) emanating from the opening on the narrow side of the folding box body is articulated which flap unglued extends into the folding box body and has an aperture (17) against whose edge the stop lug (25) of the blister pack (B) rests in the state of being fully inserted into the folding box.
  4. Package according to claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the folding box in the region where the web (33) of the blister pack (B) forms one of the shorter narrow sides of the package is provided on at least one of the body walls (1, 2) with a finger aperture (19) for gripping the blister pack (B).
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