Blister packaging, cover film and production method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10865026-B2
Application number	US-201716077160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Priority date	Feb 17, 2016
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A blister package comprises a plastic foil molding furnished with cavities and an opaque cover foil having at least one transparent region arranged outside of the cavities. The plastic foil molding defines the front side of the blister package and the opaque cover foil defines the back side of the blister package, and the blister package additionally has in a certain region, which is formed outside of the region of the cavities of the plastic foil molding and is arranged overlapping at least the transparent region of the opaque cover foil, a semi-transparent function layer. The semi-transparent function layer is constituted such that the blister package has in the transparent region of the opaque cover foil upon viewing in incident light a first, visually recognizable color and upon viewing in transmitted light has a second, visually recognizable color.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A blister package comprising:
a plastic foil molding furnished with cavities; and
an opaque cover foil having at least one transparent region arranged outside of the cavities,
wherein the plastic foil molding defines the front side of the blister package and the opaque cover foil defines the back side of the blister package, and
wherein the blister package further comprises a semi-transparent function layer in a certain region, which is formed outside of the region of the cavities of the plastic foil molding and is arranged overlapping at least the transparent region of the opaque cover foil, and
wherein the semi-transparent function layer is constituted such that the blister package has in the transparent region of the opaque cover foil,
upon viewing in incident light a first, visually recognizable color and
upon viewing in transmitted light, a second, visually recognizable color.

2. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent function layer is formed on a carrier substrate and the carrier substrate furnished with the semi-transparent function layer is arranged between the plastic foil molding and the opaque cover foil.

3. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent function layer is formed on a carrier substrate, and the opaque cover foil is arranged between the plastic foil molding and the carrier substrate furnished with the semi-transparent function layer.

4. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent function layer is formed either directly on the plastic foil molding or within the plastic foil molding.

5. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent function layer has a multilayer construction having two semi-transparent metallic layers and a dielectric layer arranged between the two semi-transparent metallic layers.

6. The blister package according to claim 5 , wherein the two semi-transparent metallic layers are formed independently of each other from a metal and the metal respectively is chosen from the group consisting of Al, Ag, Ni, Cr, Cu, Au and an alloy of one or several of the hereinabove mentioned elements and the dielectric layer is a SiO2 layer, a ZnO layer, an Al2O3 layer, a TiO2 layer, a layer of a nitride or oxynitride of the elements Si, Zn, Al or Ti or a MgF2 layer or a nitrocellulose layer, obtainable by printing technology.

7. The blister package according to claim 6 , wherein the two semi-transparent metallic layers are chosen from Al or Ag and the dielectric layer is a Si02 layer.

8. The blister package according to claim 5 , wherein the blister package in the transparent region of the opaque cover foil upon viewing in incident light appears gold-colored and upon viewing in transmitted light has a blue color tone.

9. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent function layer is obtainable by printing technology by means of an effect pigment composition.

10. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the opaque cover foil is a metallic foil and the transparent region of the opaque cover foil is formed in the form of a recess in the opaque cover foil.

11. The blister package according to claim 1 , wherein the blister package is a blister for pharmaceutical products.

12. A method for manufacturing a blister package, the method comprising:
providing a plastic foil molding furnished with cavities;
providing an opaque cover foil having at least one transparent region; a
covering the plastic foil molding furnished with the cavities with the cover foil such that
the at least one transparent region is arranged outside of the cavities,
the plastic foil molding defines the front side of the blister package and the opaque cover foil defines the back side of the blister package; and

providing a semi-transparent function layer to the blister package in a certain region, which is formed outside of the region of the cavities of the plastic foil molding and is arranged overlapping at least the transparent region of the opaque cover foil, wherein
the semi-transparent function layer is constituted such that the blister package has in the transparent region of the opaque cover foil,
upon viewing in incident light, a first, visually recognizable color and
upon viewing in transmitted light, a second, visually recognizable color.

Assignees

• Giesecke & Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Wessely Stephan

Classifications

• A61J1/035 Primary

  Blister-type containers (blisters in general B65D75/36) · CPC title

• B65D75/327

  and forming several compartments · CPC title

• B65D75/367 Primary

  and forming several compartments · CPC title

• B65B11/52

  one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin- {, blister-, or bubble-} packaging · CPC title

• B65D65/40

  Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes {(B65D1/0215, B65D1/28, B65D3/22, B65D5/0281, B65D5/563, B65D9/30, B65D29/02, B65D31/02, B65D75/26, B65D77/2024, B65D81/1275, B65D81/3811, B65D81/3823, B65D81/3834, B65D81/3846, B65D81/3858, B65D81/3874, B65D81/3886, B65D81/3897 take precedence; laminates per se or laminated packages characterised by the composition or)} · CPC title