Sale and storage packaging for zinc-air cells
| Title: | Sale and storage packaging for zinc-air cells |
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| Patent Number: | 6,889,840 |
| Publication Date: | May 10, 2005 |
| Appl. No: | 10/322396 |
| Application Filed: | December 17, 2002 |
| Abstract: | A packaging for galvanic cells including a carrier; a rotatable insert arranged on the carrier, wherein the rotatable insert has blisters to accommodate a plurality of the galvanic cells and the carrier has an opening to withdraw one of the cells from the insert; and a cover, arranged such that the insert is arranged between the carrier and the cover, the carrier and the cover being sealed together such that the insert is free to rotate, wherein the cover has an opening to accommodate the insert, and the carrier has a securable tab that allows withdrawal of one of the cells from the insert. |
| Inventors: | Schein, Herbert (Munningen, DE); Krüger, Anja (Ellwangen, DE); Hewelt, Helmut (Ellwangen, DE); Hägele, Manfred (Abtsgmünd, DE); Bradler, Manfred (Ellwangen, DE); Stelzig, Heinrich (Rosenberg, DE) |
| Assignees: | Varta Microbattery GmbH (DE) |
| Claim: | 1. A packaging for galvanic cells comprising: a carrier; a rotatable insert arranged on the carrier, wherein the rotatable insert has blisters to accommodate a plurality of the galvanic cells, several cell compartments for the cells, and a cell compartment is provided for each cell, and the carrier has a securable tab that allows withdrawal of one of the cells from the insert and an opening to withdraw one of the cells from the insert; and a cover, arranged such that the insert is arranged between the carrier and the cover, the carrier and the cover being sealed together such that the insert is free to rotate, wherein the cover has an opening to accommodate the insert, and the carrier has several pairs of protrusions arranged around the circumference of the opening, the protrusions protruding into the opening, and wherein a distance between two adjacent ones of the protrusions substantially corresponds to the width of an outer end of one of the cell compartments in the insert. |
| Claim: | 2. The packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the galvanic cells are zinc-air cells. |
| Claim: | 3. The packaging according to claim 2 , further comprising a label applied to the zinc-air cell to prevent air from entering the cell prior to being placed in service. |
| Claim: | 4. The packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the packaging is sales or storage packaging. |
| Claim: | 5. The packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the tab may be inserted into a slot provided in the cover. |
| Claim: | 6. The packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier or the cover are substantially planar. |
| Claim: | 7. The packaging according to claim 6 , wherein the carrier or the cover consist of cardboard. |
| Claim: | 8. The packaging according to claim 1 , further comprising a security seal applied to the tab, the security seal being arranged such that it will be destroyed the first time the tab is used or one of the cells is withdrawn from the packaging. |
| Claim: | 9. The packaging according to claim 8 , wherein the security seal is a self-adhesive label. |
| Claim: | 10. A packaging for galvanic cells comprising a rotatable insert arranged on a carrier, made from transparent material, wherein the rotatable insert has blisters to accommodate several cells and the carrier has an opening to withdraw individual cells from the rotatable insert, wherein the rotatable insert is arranged between the carrier and a cover that are sealed together such that the insert is free to rotate, and wherein the cover has an opening to accommodate the rotatable insert and the carrier has a securable tab that permits withdrawal of individual cells from the rotatable insert, and the cover has several pairs of protrusions arranged around the circumference of the opening that protrude into the opening, wherein spacing between paired adjacent protrusions substantially corresponds to the width of the outer end of the blisters to accommodate cells in the rotatable insert. |
| Claim: | 11. The packaging according to claim 10 , wherein the galvanic cells are zinc-air cells. |
| Claim: | 12. The packaging according to claim 11 , further comprising a label applied to the zinc-air cells to prevent air entering the cell prior to being placed in service. |
| Claim: | 13. The packaging according to claim 10 , which is a sale or storage packaging. |
| Claim: | 14. The packaging according to claim 10 , wherein the tab may be inserted into a slot to resecure the carrier, where the slot is provided in the cover. |
| Claim: | 15. The according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the carrier and cover is substantially planar. |
| Claim: | 16. The packaging according to claim 15 , wherein at least one of the carrier and cover is cardboard. |
| Claim: | 17. The packaging according to claim 10 , further comprising a security seal in the form of a label that will be destroyed the first time the tab is used or a cell is withdrawn from the packaging applied to the tab. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 206/704 |
| Patent References Cited: | 2233602 March 1941 Greeley 2971638 February 1961 Allison et al. 4015708 April 1977 Kelm 4270659 June 1981 Kuchenbecker 4953700 September 1990 DeDino 5203455 April 1993 Hewelt et al. 6039185 March 2000 Pedracine et al. 78 10 653 July 1978 3417371 November 1985 36 30 926 March 1988 41 28 248 March 1993 WO 0187732 November 2001 |
| Primary Examiner: | Gehman, Bryon P. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.06889840 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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