GLASS CONTAINER FOR PHARMACEUTICAL, MEDICAL OR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS

• Main Authors: Waschbüsch, Michael, Mangold, Stephanie, Fratzer, Oliver, Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline, Anton, Andrea
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.07.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; BABY COMFORTERS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; CONVEYING; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; GLASS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TRANSPORTING

A glass container includes a hollow body of a glass material. The hollow body surrounds an inner volume and has a lower end and an upper end. A container opening extends through the upper end into the inner volume. The hollow body further includes a container collar surrounding the container opening, a container neck, a container shoulder, a container body, a container bottom closing the lower end, and an inner container surface facing the inner volume and an outer container surface facing away from the inner volume. The glass container is coated on its outer container surface at least partially with a coating and the coated glass container has an increased scratch resistance with respect to a contact of the glass container with at least one further glass container.