EP1121306B1 - Produit sous emballage comportant des comprimes - Google Patents

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EP1121306B1
EP1121306B1 EP99942609A EP99942609A EP1121306B1 EP 1121306 B1 EP1121306 B1 EP 1121306B1 EP 99942609 A EP99942609 A EP 99942609A EP 99942609 A EP99942609 A EP 99942609A EP 1121306 B1 EP1121306 B1 EP 1121306B1
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Jose Arnau-Munoz
Jacky Pierre Duquet
Francis Wanwanscappel
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
    • C11D17/0065—Solid detergents containing builders
    • C11D17/0073—Tablets
    • C11D17/0082—Coated tablets
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
    • C11D17/0065—Solid detergents containing builders
    • C11D17/0073—Tablets
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
    • C11D17/0065—Solid detergents containing builders
    • C11D17/0073—Tablets
    • C11D17/0086—Laundry tablets
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
    • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means

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  • the invention relates to a packaged product comprising tablets, including pharmaceutical tablet and especially detergent tablets for use with laundry, i.e. washing clothes etc., and automatic dish-washing.
  • Some tablets are designed to dissolve or disintegrate in a liquid, for example water, before use in order to provide a solution or suspension of active ingredients.
  • a liquid for example water
  • problems often arise due to the rate of dissolution and disintegration of the tablets.
  • These problems are particularly severe in the field of detergent tablets where it is desirable to rapidly deliver active ingredients, especially surface active agents (surfactants).
  • surfactants surface active agents
  • these problems are particularly severe when detergent tablets are use for hand-washing, as opposed to machine washing, because very little agitation is provided by hand.
  • packaging systems known in the art which are more particularly adapted to such types of tablets.
  • Such packaging systems are more particularly described in the pending European applications of the Applicant n° 97202674.4 for example, whereby the tablet contain a bleaching agent while the packaging system has a Moisture Vapour Transfer Rate of less than 20g/m 2 /day measured at 40°C and 75% equilibrium relative humidity as well as a micro hole.
  • the present invention concerns a packaged product comprising the combination of a tablet with a packaging system containing the tablet.
  • the tablets are prevented from uncontrolled chemical evolution during storage as they are shielded from the environment by a packaging system having particular transfer properties. Further, to allow normal chemical evolution, a micro-hole is provided.
  • detergent or pharmaceutical tablets should be easy to handle, which means that they should be mechanically strong, meaning that they should be sufficiently hard. Indeed, if the tablets are not sufficiently hard, they may break easily, thus rendering handling and use non practical. Even though hardness of tablets may be obtained by compression, such compression may cause dissolution problems during use.
  • the invention seeks to provide a packaged product of the above mentioned kind which allows use of a tablet having satisfactory mechanical properties allowing easy handling, while avoiding dissolution problems during use.
  • this object is accomplished in a packaged product as defined in claim 1.
  • a packaged product formed in accordance with the invention has a number of advantages. Indeed, the combination of the hardness of the tablets with the flat crush-ability of the material forming the packaging system will allow to obtain good mechanical properties for the packaged product and good dissolution of the tablets. Indeed, the mechanical properties are being considered for the package as a whole, thus allowing to set a hardness for the tablets allowing satisfactory dissolution.
  • Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a packaged product according to the invention with part of it removed so as to view the structure.
  • Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a packaged product according to the invention with different elements being apart to further evidence the structure.
  • a tablet is a block of material having a longitudinal axis, a substantially constant section in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis and a height along the longitudinal axis.
  • the section can take various shapes including a circle, an ellipse, a square, a rectangle or other polygons for example. It should be noted that such a tablet could have rounded or chamfered edges to avoid mechanical weakness at the edges.
  • the surface of the section of a tablet is comprised between 50 and 5000 mm 2 , preferably between 100 and 4900 mm 2 , more preferably between 1000 and 3000 mm 2 , even more preferably between 1200 and 2700 mm 2 and most preferably between 1900 and 2100 mm 2 .
  • the tablet has a circular section having a 50 mm diameter.
  • the area of the section can vary according to the particular use of the tablet. For example, if it is desired to have small dosing units, a smaller tablet can be chosen.
  • the size can influence the dissolution of the tablet in a solvent such as water as dissolution is influenced by the ratio of the surface of contact between the tablet and the solvent and the volume of the tablet. For example, for a circular tablet having a section having a radius R and a height h, this ratio can be estimated by: (2. ⁇ .R 2 + 2. ⁇ .R.h)/( ⁇ .R 2 .h)
  • the height of a tablet along the longitudinal axis is comprised between 5 and 30 mm, preferably between 15 and 25 mm, and most preferably between 20 and 23 mm. It was found for example that a tablet having a circular section having a 25 mm radius and a height of 21 mm would be particularly suited for use as a laundry detergent tablet, whereby such a tablet can be dispensed directly from the dispensing drawer of the machine, directly inserted in the tumble of the machine, or inserted in a dispensing device which in turn can be placed into the washing machine.
  • Such dispensing devices may for example consist of a water permeable net in which the tablets could be inserted, the friction resulting from the contact between the net, the tablets and clothes further favouring dissolution.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a detergent tablet.
  • Detergent tablets are characterised in that they contain surfactant. Such tablets can be for example used for automatic dish-washing or for laundry.
  • the tablet according to the invention comprises more than 5% of surfactant by weight, more preferably between 7 and 30 % of surfactant by weight, even more preferably between 8 and 20 % of surfactant by weight and most preferably between 10 and 20 % of surfactant by weight. It was found that a tablet having 15% by weight of surfactant was particularly adapted for laundry.
  • the tablet should not be too dense.
  • a low density involves fragility as the bounds within the tablet are stronger when the tablet is more compressed. It was found that this could be solved by providing the tablet with a particular packaging system allowing to lower the constraints on the solidity of the tablet itself.
  • An adequate packaging system was found to be at least partly formed from a material having a flat crush-ability comprised between 50 and 800 kilo Pascal, preferably between 50 and 400 kilo Pascal, more preferably between 250 and 350 kilo Pascal, and most preferably between 270 and 310 kilo Pascal. Indeed it is a further object of the invention to allow use of tablets having a density suitable for favouring dissolution while maintaining the mechanical properties of the packaged product at a good level.
  • the flat crush-ability corresponds to the largest force per unit area that the material can resist without being completely crushed, the force being applied along a direction normal to the surface of the material. It is measured using a Flat Crush Test, or FCT.
  • the tensile strength or diametrical fracture stress of the tablet is measured by applying a force onto the side of the tablet in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis of the tablet up to cracking of the tablet. Such a test can be applied to various cross section of tablets, including circular for example.
  • the tensile strength or diametrical fracture stress of the tablet is linked to the compression strength used for forming of the tablet. Indeed, if the tablet is highly compressed, it will be more solid, so that its diametrical fracture stress will be higher. It is preferred to use a tablet having a diametrical fracture stress comprised between 18 and 45 kilo Pascal, and more preferably between 20 and 25 kilo Pascal.
  • a tablet having a diametrical fracture stress of 22 kilo Pascal was particularly suited for having a good dissolution.
  • the tablet is appropriately protected against mechanical chocks.
  • the tablet was found to be more fragile when hit on the side, so that it is preferred that the part of the packaging system made of a material having a flat crush-ability comprised between 50 and 800 kilo Pascal is in a plane comprising the longitudinal axis of the tablet, so that the side of the tablet is protected in priority from chocks as being more fragile.
  • Such a selection of the location of the material having a flat crushability comprised between 50 and 800 kilo Pascal allows to save materials as the rest of the packaging system could be made from other kinds of materials. Indeed, it is a further object of the invention to produce a packaged product reducing the amount of waste released in the environment.
  • a further advantage of a tablet according to the invention is that because dissolution is facilitated by the diametrical fracture stress being comprised between 15 and 75 kilo Pascal, the amount of phosphates or poly-phosphates used in the tablet can be set more freely. Indeed, phosphates or poly-phosphate compounds facilitate dissolution, so that lower amounts of such compounds can be used when dissolution is favoured by other means such as by use of tablets having the diametrical fracture stress according to the invention, as is allowed when using a packaging system according to the invention. Indeed, it is preferred to use a tablet having less than 45% by weight of phosphate or poly-phosphate compounds, more preferably less than 30%, even more preferably less than 15 and most preferably 0% of phosphate or poly-phosphate compounds.
  • the packaging system according to the invention could be completely or partially made of a material having a flat crush-ability comprised between 50 and 800 kilo Pascal, depending on the amount of protection desired. It may also be preferred that the packaging system is made of on material only, for simplifying production for example. Simplification of the production could also for example be allowed by the use of lower compression strength for forming the tablets. Indeed, it is a further object of the invention to reduce production costs and consumption of energy during production.
  • the tablet is a tablet having a circular section of 50 mm diameter, a height of 21 mm, containing 15% of surfactant by weight, having a diametrical fracture stress of 22 kilo Pascal and 0% by weight of phosphate or poly-phosphate compounds, and also having a structure composed of a core and of a coating.
  • a tablet having a core and a coating allows to further disconnect the dissolution constraint from the mechanical fragility constraint, this time at the level of the tablet itself and not only at the level of the packaged product.
  • the core may be a soft core
  • the coating may be a hard coating, thus allowing to maintain the overall diametrical fracture resistance of the overall tablet while having a soft core which can be even more readily dissolved.
  • such a soft core may be forming 80 to 99%, more preferably 90 to 99%, and even more preferably 95 to 98.5% of the tablet weight, the core having a diametrical fracture stress preferably comprised between 5 and 30 kilo Pascal, and in particular lower than the overall diametrical fracture stress of the overall tablet having a core and a coating.
  • An example of coating used comprises dicarboxylic acids and a disintegrant, so that the coating cracks once in contact with the water, thus allowing easier release of the soft core.
  • the coating is participating to the rigidity and solidity of the tablet in such a manner that the overall diametrical fracture stress of the tablet is maintain as a sufficiently high level.
  • the soft core had a diametrical fracture stress of 10 kilo Pascal. Indeed, it is preferred to use a tablet having a soft core having a diametrical fracture stress comprised between 8 and 14 kilo Pascal.
  • the packaging system 3 was comprising the combination of a card board box and of a plastic bag, whereby at least part of the card board forming the box has a flat crush-ability comprised between 50 and 800 kilo Pascal.
  • the card board forming the box comprises a flute 310 and a liner 311, as well as a second flute 320 having two liners 321, 322, one on each side of the second flute 320.
  • This particular packaged product 1 could contain a single tablet 20, but contains at least two 20, 21 in a preferred embodiment. More precisely, the packaged product 1 of the example comprises 32 tablets. These tablets are firstly arranged by pairs 20, 21 in plastic bags, in such a manner that their longitudinal axis 200 are parallel, the two tablets 20, 21 forming the pair being side by side.
  • the stack configuration participates to the rigidity of the whole packaged product, as explained in the pending European applications of the Applicant n° 97202673.6., whereby for example, if the packaging system contains a solid stack with a rectangular cross section so that each of sides of the packaging system is in contact with an extremity of the solid stack or of the plurality of solid stacks, the rigidity of the solid stack will co-operate to the rigidity of the packaging system 3 and the whole structure will be consequently more rigid: the packaging system will hold the solid stack and the solid stack will improve the rigidity of the packaging system, so that the packaging system structure and the solid stack structure synergistically co-operate to form a whole structure with improved rigidity and solidity.
  • the packaging system of the invention is particularly suited for storing, protecting and dispensing solid stacks of such detergent tablets.
  • the tablets are packet by pairs in 16 plastic bags, these 16 plastic bags being preferably similar to the kind described in the pending European applications of the Applicant n° 97202674.4 for example, whereby the bag has a Moisture Vapour Transfer Rate of less than 20g/m 2 /day measured at 40°C and 75% equilibrium relative humidity as well as a micro hole, the bag being preferably re-closable.
  • the packaging system comprises partial layer 330 made of a flute 310 having a liner 311 on one side, this particular flute being made from B fluting and, and of a full layer of a second flute 320 having a liner 321, 322 glued on each side, this flute 320 being made from F or E type fluting for example.
  • the first single sided layer 330 is simply inserted into the second double sided flute, the first single sided flute 330 having in the example a U shape so that each of the three planes forming the U are comprising the longitudinal axis 200 of the tablets.
  • this first single sided flute 330 is such that it gives to the packaging system 3 in the U part a flat crush-ability value of 297 kilo Pascal, which best corresponds to the diametrical fracture stress of the tablets. In this manner, the protection of the tablets is ensured. Indeed, drop tests made with a full box from a 50 cm height and with the side of the tablets facing the ground, i.e. with the longitudinal axis of the tablets being horizontal as on the Figures, only 10 % of the tablets got cracked, which is an evidence of a good mechanical protection considering the softness of the tablets allowing good dissolution.
  • the re-closable lid of the package is not shown, but is may be comprising various features as well know from the man skilled in the art to facilitate sift-proofness, reclosability and/or opening, such as snap lock features, tear strip, spring means to favour opening, freshness seal etc...

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  1. Produit sous emballage (1) comprenant la combinaison d'une pastille (20) avec un système de conditionnement (3) renfermant la pastille (20), la pastille (20) ayant un axe longitudinal, caractérisé en ce que la pastille (20) présente une contrainte de rupture diamétrale située entre 15 et 65 kiloPascal, le système de conditionnement (3) étant au moins formé partiellement d'un matériau (31) qui est dans un plan comprenant l'axe longitudinal (200) de la pastille (20) et dans lequel le matériau (31) présente une aptitude d'écrasement à plat comprise entre 50 et 800 kiloPascal.
  2. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le système de conditionnement (3) comprend la combinaison d'une boíte en carton (30) et d'un sac en matière plastique.
  3. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la boíte (30) comprend au moins deux pastilles (20, 21), les deux pastilles (20, 21) étant conditionnées dans un sac de telle sorte que leurs axes longitudinaux (200) sont parallèles, les deux pastilles (20, 21) étant situées côte à côte.
  4. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel au moins une partie (31) du carton formant la boíte (30) présente une aptitude d'écrasement à plat comprise entre 50 et 800 kiloPascal.
  5. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la partie (31) du carton formant la boíte (30) et ayant une aptitude d'écrasement à plat comprise entre 50 et 800 kiloPascal comprend une cannelure (310) et une garniture (311).
  6. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pastille (20) est une pastille de détergent renfermant des tensioactifs.
  7. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pastille (20) comprend moins de 45 % en poids de phosphates ou de polyphosphates.
  8. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pastille (20) comporte un noyau et un revêtement, le noyau formant 80 à 99 % du poids de la pastille, le noyau ayant une contrainte de rupture diamétrale comprise entre 5 et 30 kiloPascal.
  9. Produit sous emballage (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pastille (20) présente une section ayant une étendue de surface (201) comprise entre 50 et 5000 mm2 et une longueur (202) le long de l'axe longitudinal (200) comprise entre 5 et 30 mm.
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