EP1655231A1 - Boîte avec des éléments de sécurité et flan pour sa fabrication - Google Patents

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EP1655231A1
EP1655231A1 EP04425828A EP04425828A EP1655231A1 EP 1655231 A1 EP1655231 A1 EP 1655231A1 EP 04425828 A EP04425828 A EP 04425828A EP 04425828 A EP04425828 A EP 04425828A EP 1655231 A1 EP1655231 A1 EP 1655231A1
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Rocco Alessandro Resta
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid 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
    • B65D5/02—Rigid 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
    • B65D5/0281—Rigid 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 the tubular body presenting double or multiple walls
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid 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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form

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  • the present invention relates to a blank for a box or case, particularly for drugs and paramedical products, having safety elements. More particularly, the invention relates to a case or box being provided with a so-called anti tamper safety element, i.e. an element irreversibly showing whether a box has been opened, and which is also provided with a so-called child-proof safety element, i.e. such an element preventing or stopping a child from opening it.
  • a so-called anti tamper safety element i.e. an element irreversibly showing whether a box has been opened
  • a so-called child-proof safety element i.e. such an element preventing or stopping a child from opening it.
  • Boxes for drugs and paramedical products are known that are provided with additional portions, besides those required for forming the box, which are fixed to box body and can be removed by means of a tear off line.
  • Patent EP-B-0430013 in the name of Grafiche Eikon describes a box being equipped with at least one additional flap projecting from one of the closed sides of the box and being provided with that type of information which is normally printed on the information slip generally provided within the box.
  • the flap is to be torn off along the preset breaking line: thereby, the opening is promptly visible.
  • a tab is used that engages a slot being provided on the underlying side of the box.
  • Childproof medicine boxes are known, but, such as in US-A-3788517, they are at least partially made in plastic and cannot be used on automated packaging lines in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a single-piece blank that, by means of additional flaps, provides a box with childproof safety closure, that is inexpensive to manufacture and that can be used on high-speed packaging lines.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a box with an anti tamper element.
  • a single-piece blank for a box or similar package comprising a plurality of flaps (1-5) and closing tabs (1A-3A) that can be folded to form a box body (S) having a first (1) and a second (5) end flaps being fastened to each other, characterized by comprising a plurality of additional closing flaps (6-9) and tabs extending from said second flap (5) externally to the above-mentioned box body (S) and around thereto to form an additional box (A), one of said additional flaps (9) being fastened to said box body by means of at least one tear off portion, and in that at least one (2) of the flaps of said box body (S) and at least one of the flaps (6) of the additional box (A) have blocking means (11,12) for blocking the box body within said additional box.
  • the blocking means comprise a tab (12) on a flap (6) and a slot (11) that can be engaged by said tab (12) on the underlying flap (2), the orientation of the tab being such as to prevent the box body (S) from coming off the additional box (A) when the tab engages said slot.
  • the second end flap (5) has a removable portion (5B) defined by two tear off lines and a fixed portion (5A) glued to the first end flap (1) when the box is formed, the removable portion being glued to the third end flap (9) when the box is formed, and being removable therewith.
  • the flaps of the box body and/or the flaps of the additional box there is provided information concerning the contents of the box, particularly that information being normally provided on the information slip, as well as information concerning the operation of the safety blocking system.
  • a further object of the invention is the box as obtainable from the above-mentioned blank.
  • the box obtained from the blank is entirely made of cardboard, such as the cases that are normally used for the packaging of medicines, and hence it is less expensive than the known safety boxes that are at least partially made of plastic. Furthermore, the box can be packed on high-speed lines.
  • Another advantage is that, though starting from a single-piece blank, the finished box, after it has been opened, actually consists of a "conventional" box being inserted in an outer box. Thereby, three walls of the outer box and four walls of the inner box, plus the pairs of closing tabs on both outer and inner boxes are available. It is thus possible to print (for example on the inner box) the information being normally provided on the information slip, thereby saving on the manufacture and packaging of the box.
  • the blank according to the invention comprises a plurality of flaps 1-5 that can be folded along folding lines to form a box tubular body S (fig.5) after the first end flap 1 has been fastened to the second end flap 5.
  • a plurality of tabs 1a-3a either for embedded or glued closure of the box.
  • the second end flap 5 there extends a plurality of additional flaps 6-9 that (fig. 5) externally envelop the box body S to form an additional box A containing the box body S.
  • one of said additional flaps 9 is fastened to the box body S by means of at least one tear off portion.
  • at least one (2) of the flaps of said box body S and at least one of the flaps (6) of the additional box A formed by the additional flaps 6-9 have blocking means for the box body within said additional box.
  • the additional flaps 6-9 have a size being substantially equal to, and slightly greater, than the corresponding flaps 1-5 of the inner box body S.
  • the blocking means comprise a tab 12 obtained from a corresponding cutting, i.e. die-cutting line, that is provided on additional flap 6 and a slot 11 being formed on flap 2 and engageable by the tab 12 when the box is formed.
  • the tab 12 is directed towards the flap 8, i.e. so as to prevent that the box body S may come off the additional box A when the tab engages the slot 11.
  • the flap 6 is both overlapped and external to the flap 2, and the tab 12 is partially overlapped to slot 11. Thereby, it will be sufficient to press on the tab 12 for the latter to bend within the box and engage the slot 11, fitting therein.
  • the tab 12 is provided with a curved portion or a projecting portion 14.
  • a curved portion or a projecting portion 14 As may be seen in figure 6 and in figure 7, when the tab 12 is pushed towards the inside of the box, it causes the curved or projecting portion 14 of the edge of slot 11 obtained in the flap 2 to bend and to position itself below the latter; the projecting portion 14 can be elastically bent and the engagement system is substantially snap operated.
  • the tab 12 is directed towards the bottom of the box, i.e. towards the flap 3 (and the corresponding additional flap 7); thereby, when one attempts to remove the box body S from the additional box A, the tab 12 abuts against the box body bottom wall, which is formed by the flap 3, thus preventing that the inner box S may be extracted and opened.
  • the box according to the invention is shown such a position.
  • the flap 6 carrying the blocking tab 12 has die-cutting lines 13 being arranged adjacent the tab 12 and extending in the opposite direction therefrom.
  • the purpose of the lines 13 is to form a flexible portion that may be pressed towards the inside of the box body S in order to have the projecting portion 14 brought again under the tab 12 and to have tab (12) disengaged from the underlying slot (11).
  • Identical and symmetrical tabs, slot and blankting lines may be provided on the flaps 8 and 4.
  • the blank according to the present invention forms, once packaged, a single, anti tamper box.
  • the additional box A is fastened to the second end flap 5 of box body S by means of a third end flap 9 of the additional box; as may be seen in the figures, the third end flap is fastened to the adjacent flap 8 by means of a tear off line 15.
  • the flap 10 is fastened to the flap 5.
  • the flap 5 is formed by two portions 5A and 5B.
  • the portion 5B is a removable portion being defined by two tear off lines 10, whereas portion 5A is fixed and glued to the first end flap 1 in order to maintain the inner box body formed.
  • the third end flap 9 is glued to the portion 5B of the second end flap 5 and can be removed therewith. In other words, to open the box the flap 9 is removed and, due to the tear off lines 10, also the portion 5B of the flap 5 is removed therewith, without this causing the inner box body S to collapse
  • At least one of the additional flaps 6-9 and of the flaps 2-4 of box body S provides information concerning the contents of the box that can be obtained from the blank and its operation.
  • the outer, i.e. additional box A provides the information being normally provided on a standard box or case
  • the flaps of the inner box body S provide the information being normally provided on the information slip.
  • the already folded blank is folded again in order to bring the outer side of flap 1 in contact with the glue points of portion 5A of flap 5 and to overlap flap 2 to flap 6 and slot 11 to the tab 12 (fig.3).
  • the subsequent step provides (fig. 4) that the already folded blank be folded again along the folding line between flap 6 and flap 7, such that the flaps 3 and 4 are overlapped to flaps 7 and 8, respectively, and then to glue the flap 9 to portion 5B of flap 5.
  • the product is now inserted in the inner box body S and the latter is closed by first folding the tabs 1A and 3A, then folding together the tabs 6A and 2A until the tabs 2A engage tabs 1A and 3A.
  • the last step provides that the tabs 8A be glued on the tabs 6A to close the box.
  • the flap 9, entraining portion 5B of flap 5 therewith is removed: thereby, the box body S can be removed from the additional box A by pulling in the direction of the arrow F in fig. 5 and 7.

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Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1892190A2 (fr) 2006-08-25 2008-02-27 Healthspan Limited Carton et ébauche
JP2015077979A (ja) * 2013-10-15 2015-04-23 株式会社タイヨーパッケージ 包装用箱及びその展開シート

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US1703042A (en) * 1923-03-22 1929-02-19 Kondolf Henry Edward Folding blank box
US4388999A (en) * 1980-11-19 1983-06-21 Robertson Paper Box Co., Inc. Double-walled carton and blank for forming same
FR2705083A1 (fr) * 1993-05-11 1994-11-18 Finega Etui de conditionnement.
US5779135A (en) * 1996-11-06 1998-07-14 International Paper Company Nested container package
DE20215333U1 (de) * 2002-10-04 2003-01-23 SCA Packaging Deutschland AG & Co. KG - SCA Verpackungswerke, 68219 Mannheim Faltschachtel

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1703042A (en) * 1923-03-22 1929-02-19 Kondolf Henry Edward Folding blank box
US4388999A (en) * 1980-11-19 1983-06-21 Robertson Paper Box Co., Inc. Double-walled carton and blank for forming same
FR2705083A1 (fr) * 1993-05-11 1994-11-18 Finega Etui de conditionnement.
US5779135A (en) * 1996-11-06 1998-07-14 International Paper Company Nested container package
DE20215333U1 (de) * 2002-10-04 2003-01-23 SCA Packaging Deutschland AG & Co. KG - SCA Verpackungswerke, 68219 Mannheim Faltschachtel

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1892190A2 (fr) 2006-08-25 2008-02-27 Healthspan Limited Carton et ébauche
EP1892190A3 (fr) * 2006-08-25 2008-04-02 Healthspan Limited Carton et ébauche
JP2015077979A (ja) * 2013-10-15 2015-04-23 株式会社タイヨーパッケージ 包装用箱及びその展開シート

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