IP Library Granted Patent US 11,059,638
Granted Patent B2
US 11,059,638 · App. 16/338,516 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Container

Inventors: Michael Spallek (Ingelheim, DE); Johannes Geser (Gerlingen, DE); Philipp Spreng (Neu-Ulm, DE)
Assignee: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
B65D51/002A61J1/1406
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Patent No.
US 11,059,638
App. No.
16/338,516
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container has an at least partially filled container body and at least one cap part ( 10 ). The cap part has at least one sealing part ( 16 ) that, for removal of the container contents, can be penetrated by a hollow-spike-shaped insertion part ( 22 ) from the outside, with a predeterminable actuating force, in an introduction direction. The insertion part can be removed from the container again, with a predeterminable pull-out force, in an oppositely directed pull-out direction. A device ( 16, 18 ) makes it difficult for the insertion part ( 22 ) to be removed with the pull-out force being increased such that unintentional removal of the insertion part ( 22 ) is at least made difficult.

Claims (51)

1. A container, comprising:

a container body at least partially filled with contents;

a cap part being on the container body and having a through-hole in the cap part with a diameter of at least 6 mm and not greater than 8 mm; and

a sealing part being penetratable from an outside of the cap part in an insertion direction with a predeterminable actuating force by a hollow spike-shaped insertion part for removal of the contents, permitting removal of the insertion part from the cap part with a predeterminable retraction force in a retraction direction opposite to the insertion direction, making the retraction force greater than the insertion force making unintended withdrawal of the insertion part from the cap part more difficult, having a Shore hardness of 10 to 60 Shore A, being elastomeric, being at least one in the through-hole or directly contacting an edge of the through-hole, being attached to a bottom of the end cap and having a bead-shaped internal geometry with a difference of the diameter of the through-hole and a free internal diameter of the internal geometry being greater than 1.5 mm, portions of the sealing part being capable of being drawn into the through-hole during retraction of the insertion part.

2. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the container body is formed in a blow-fill-seal method and is closed at one end thereof with a pierceable diaphragm covered by the cap part.

3. A container according to claim 1 wherein

a radial distance is between the through-hole and the insertion part inserted in the through-hole forming an annular duct between the cap part at the through-hole and the insertion part, the annular duct being free of the sealing part during insertion of the insertion part in the through-hole and being at least partially packed by the sealing part upon withdrawal of the insertion part from the through-hole so as to apply the greater retraction forced by applying an increased frictional force on the insertion part by the sealing part.

4. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the through-hole and an outer circumference of the insertion part define an annular duct therebetween with the insertion part in the through-hole, the annular duct having a predeterminable axial length such that the annular duct is free of the sealing part during insertion of the insertion part in the through-hole and is completely packed upon withdrawal of the insertion part from the through-hole by a bead-shaped projection of the internal geometry being jammed into the annular duct so as to apply a clamping force on the insertion part inhibiting the withdrawal of the insertion part from the through-hole.

5. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the sealing part extends between the cap part and a head part of the container body and comprises a recess being coaxial to the through-hole and extending in an axial direction of the through-hole.

6. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the sealing part extends between the cap part and a head diaphragm of a head part of the container body and comprises a passage being disposed coaxial to the through-hole and extending in an axial direction of the through-hole.

7. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the internal geometry has an annular bead-shaped protruding radially into an inside of a recess or a passage of the sealing part, the annular bead being jamable in an annular duct between the through-hole and the insertion part upon withdrawal of the insertion part from the cap part.

8. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the sealing part has a recess closed by a piercing diaphragm of the container body, the piercing diaphragm being pierceable by the insertion part.

9. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the sealing part comprises an axial extension sealed and braced against a facing upper side of a head diaphragm of the container body.

10. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the through-hole is covered toward surroundings of the container body by a detachable strap.

11. A container according to claim 10 wherein

the detachable strap is a foil.

12. A container according to claim 1 wherein

the cap part is attached to a rim part of the container body located below a head part of the container body.

13. A container according to claim 1 wherein

an additional sealing part is housed in the cap part for passage of a cannula.

14. A cap part for a container, the cap part comprising:

a cap body having a through-hole in the cap body with a diameter of at least 6 mm and not greater than 8 mm; and

a sealing part being in the cap body, being penetrable by an insertion part, having a recess sealed by a piercing diaphragm separating an annular bead from an axial sealing ring of the sealing part, being penetratable from an outside of the cap body in an insertion direction with a predeterminable actuating force by a hollow spike-shaped insertion part, permitting removal of the insertion part from the cap part body with a predeterminable retraction force in a retraction direction opposite to the insertion direction, making the retraction force greater than the insertion force making unintended withdrawal of the insertion part from the cap body more difficult, having a Shore hardness of 10 to 60 Shore A, being elastomeric, being at least one of in the through-hole or directly contacting an edge of the through-hole, being attached to a bottom of the cap body, and having a bead-shaped internal geometry with a difference of the diameter of the through-hole and a free internal diameter of the internal geometry being greater than 1.5 mm, portions of the sealing part being outside of the through-hole during insertion of the insertion part in the through-hole and is-being capable of being drawn into the through-hole during retraction of the insertion part.

15. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the sealing part has an at least partial circumferential annular groove.

16. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the Shore hardness is between 20 and 50 Shore A.

17. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the Shore hardness is between 30 and 40 Shore A.

18. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the diameter of the through-hole is at least 6.2 mm and not greater than 7 mm.

19. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the diameter of the through-hole is at least 6.2 mm and not greater than 6.8 mm.

20. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the sealing part is attached by bonding to a bottom of the cap body directly adjacent the through-hole by at least one of welding or adhesive bonding.

21. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the difference is more than 2 mm.

22. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the difference is more than 2.5 mm.

23. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the through-hole is tapered toward a strap on an end of the cap body remote from the sealing part.

24. A cap part according to claim 14 wherein

the through-hole is at least partially packed by the sealing part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2019
From: SPALLEK, MICHAEL; GESER, JOHANNES; SPRENG, PHILIPP
To: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
Reel/Frame 048751/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 000 048.4 · Jan 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190225390A1 · Jul 25, 2019
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