Method and device for producing a blister tube, and blister tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12378053-B2
Application number	US-202418664808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2024
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

Systems for producing a strip of pouches are provided. A guide device is configured to receive a packaging material web, the packaging material web comprising a plurality of cover sections extending in a longitudinal direction of the packaging material web and having a transmission of less than 60% in the visible frequency range, a transparent material area with a transmission of greater than 80% in the visible frequency range extending in the longitudinal direction parallel to the cover sections and a plurality of data sections. A printing device is configured to apply data to the data sections and an application device is configured to apply an information unit to the cover sections. Methods for producing a strip of pouches are also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for producing a strip of pouches, comprising:
a guide device configured to receive a packaging material web, the packaging material web comprising:
a plurality of cover sections extending in a longitudinal direction of the packaging material web and having a transmission of less than 60% in the visible frequency range;
a transparent material area with a transmission of greater than 80% in the visible frequency range extending in the longitudinal direction parallel to the cover sections; and
a plurality of data sections;

a printing device configured to apply data to the data sections;
an application device configured to apply an information unit to the cover sections; and
a cover section device configured to apply the plurality of cover sections to the packaging material web.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the guide device is configured so that the data sections are assigned to the printing device and the cover sections are assigned to the application device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the guide device comprises a deflection roller.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a shaping device configured to receive the packaging material web.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the shaping device is configured to continuously shape in a running direction the packaging material web into a receiving area suitable for receiving small piece goods.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:
a joining device configured to join the shaped packaging material web to form a pouch of the strip of pouches.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a feed device configured to feed drug portions to the pouch.

8. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:
a deflection roller configured to feed the packaging material web to the shaping device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the printing device and the application device are each arranged downstream of the guide device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the strip of pouches comprises a plurality of pouches provided with information over a large area and optimized for an inspection system.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the printing device is a first printing device, the application device is a second printing device and the cover section device is a third printing device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cover section device is arranged downstream of the guide device, the printing device is arranged downstream of the cover section device and the application device is arranged downstream of the printing device.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cover sections is permeable to light in the near infrared range.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data section and the cover section are arranged on the same side of the strip of pouches.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the packaging material web received by the guide device comprises one of:
an inner layer, a carrier layer disposed on the inner layer and a cover layer disposed on a portion of the carrier layer less than the entirety of the carrier layer, the cover layer defining the cover section;
an inner layer, first and second portions of a cover layer disposed on the inner layer, the first portion of the cover layer defining the cover section and a protective layer disposed on the cover layer;
an inner layer and a cover layer disposed on a portion of the inner layer less than the entirety of the inner layer, the cover layer defining the cover section; and
a single layer comprising an inner layer portion and a cover layer portion, the cover layer portion defining the cover section.

16. A method for producing a strip of pouches, the method comprising:
receiving, by a guide device, a packaging material web having a transparent material area with a transmission of greater than 80% in the visible frequency range extending in a longitudinal direction;
printing, by a printing device, pouch-specific data onto a first data section of a plurality of data sections of the packaging material web;
applying, by an application device, an information unit to a first cover section of a plurality of cover sections of the packaging material web, the plurality of cover sections extending in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material web and having a transmission of less than 60% in the visible frequency range;
shaping, by a shaping device, a sub-section of the packaging material web into a receiving area, wherein at least a portion of a first cover section and the printed first data section are assigned to the receiving area and the pouch-specific data is arranged on an outside surface of the shaped sub-section; and
forming a pouch from the receiving area.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising one of:
applying the information unit to the first cover section before the receiving area is formed, wherein the information unit is arranged on the outside of the pouch; and
obtaining pouch-specific data and applying the information unit to the first cover section based on the obtained pouch-specific data.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
covering the first cover section with a protective layer.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the packaging material web received by the guide device comprises one of:
an inner layer, a carrier layer disposed on the inner layer and a cover layer disposed on a portion of the carrier layer less than the entirety of the carrier layer, the cover layer defining the cover section;
an inner layer, first and second portions of a cover layer disposed on the inner layer, the first portion of the cover layer defining the cover section and a protective layer disposed on the cover layer;
an inner layer and a cover layer disposed on a portion of the inner layer less than the entirety of the inner layer, the cover layer defining the cover section; and
a single layer comprising an inner layer portion and a cover layer portion, the cover layer portion defining the cover section.

Assignees

• Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Schüttfort Torben

Classifications

• B65B47/00

  Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved · CPC title

• B65B5/02

  Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles · CPC title

• B65B5/04

  Packaging single articles · 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

• B65B61/26

  for marking or coding completed packages · CPC title