Tube with application tip
AssigneeElanco Animal Health GmbH
InventorsJoerg Habig, Wilfried Hinxlage
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tube with an application tip for liquid or pasty material, in particular pharmaceutical. The tube has a tube body with an end which can be closed or has already been closed and with an outlet end. The outlet end of the tube has a tube neck with an outlet opening. Furthermore, the tube according to the invention has an application tip which is elongated in the longitudinal direction of the tube, is connected to the outlet end of the tube, and has an inner channel which connects an inlet opening and an application opening. A closure which closes the application opening is moulded onto the application opening of the application tip. The application tip has a gripping means.
Claims23
A method for producing a filled tube with an application tip, comprising the steps
- a. forming of a tube body with an open end and an outlet end which has a tube neck with an outlet opening,
- b. forming of an application tip with a gripping means over its entire length or over a portion of its length and an inner channel which connects an inlet opening and an application opening, and a closure which closes the application tip,
- c. moulding of the application tip with the region around its inlet opening onto the tube neck,
- d. filling of the tube body with a liquid or pasty material via the open end,
- e. transverse sealing of the open end,
- wherein the tube body and the application tip are independently characterized by a wall thickness and a length,
- wherein the application tip is formed with the gripping means in the region of the inlet opening, and
- wherein the gripping means comprises transverse ribs at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the application tip, and
- wherein the application tip is moulded onto the tube neck in a positively locking manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.