CA2446661A1 - Stack of fan folded material and combinations thereof - Google Patents

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CA2446661A1
CA2446661A1 CA002446661A CA2446661A CA2446661A1 CA 2446661 A1 CA2446661 A1 CA 2446661A1 CA 002446661 A CA002446661 A CA 002446661A CA 2446661 A CA2446661 A CA 2446661A CA 2446661 A1 CA2446661 A1 CA 2446661A1
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Gerald Keith Sosalla
John David Amundson
Andrew Kuo
Yung Hsiang Huang
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H37/00—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
    • B65H37/04—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/16—Associating two or more webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/22—Longitudinal folders, i.e. for folding moving sheet material parallel to the direction of movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/28—Folding in combination with cutting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K2010/3266—Wet wipes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/42—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
    • A47K2010/428—Details of the folds or interfolds of the sheets

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
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  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a stack of fan folded material and related systems and processes. The stack includes at least two clips of fan folded material. Each clip includes a plurality of fan folded sheets, with each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line. Each clip is joined to an adjacent clip by a last sheet of one clip being separable joined to a first sheet of a succeeding clip.

Claims (60)

We Claim:
1. A stack of fan folded material comprising:
at least two clips of fan folded material;
each clip comprising a plurality of fan folded sheets, each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line; and each clip joined to an adjacent clip by a sheet of one clip being separably joined to a sheet of a succeeding clip.
2. The stack of claim 1 wherein the weakened line comprises perforations.
3. The stack of claim 1 wherein the weakened line is formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
4. The stack of claim 1 wherein the plurality of fan folded sheets comprise fold lines formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
5. The stack of claim 1 wherein separably joined comprises adhesively joined or interfolded.
6. The stack of claim 1 further comprising a liquid in combination with the stack of fan folded material, the liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
7. A stack of fan folded material comprising:
at least two clips of fan folded material;
each clip comprising a plurality of fan folded sheets folded along a machine direction of the sheets, each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line formed in the machine direction of the sheets; and each clip joined to an adjacent clip by a last sheet of one clip being adhesively joined to or interfolded with a first sheet of a succeeding clip.
8. The stack of claim 7 wherein the weakened line comprises perforations.
9. The stack of claim 7 further comprising a liquid in combination with the stack of fan folded material, the liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
10. A process for forming a stack of fan folded material comprising:
providing an elongate web of material;
weakening the elongate web of material along a plurality of lines to form a plurality of panels joined to adjacent panels along the plurality of lines;
folding the plurality of panels together;
cutting the plurality of panels to form a plurality of clips; and joining each clip to an adjacent clip by reparably joining a bottom portion of one clip to a top portion of a succeeding clip.
11. The process of claim 10 wherein weakening comprises perforating along the plurality of lines.
12. The process of claim 10 wherein weakening comprises weakening along the machine direction of the panels.
13. The process of claim 10 wherein folding comprises folding the plurality of panels along the machine direction of the panels.
14. The process of claim 10 wherein separably joining comprises adhesively joining.
15. The process of claim 10 further comprising adding a liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the elongate web of material.
16. The process of claim 10 further comprising folding each sheet upon itself at least once.
17. The process of claim 10 wherein cutting the plurality of panels occurs in the cross machine direction.
15. A process for forming a stack of fan folded material comprising:
(a) providing an elongate web of material;

(b) weakening the elongate web of material along a plurality of lines to form a plurality of panels joined to adjacent panels along the plurality of lines;
(c) folding the plurality of panels together to form a first ribbon of panels;
(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) for at least a second elongate web of material and thereby forming at least one succeeding ribbon of panels; and (e) joining the first ribbon to the succeeding ribbon by separably joining a top portion of the first ribbon to a bottom portion of the succeeding ribbon to form a ribbon stack.
19. The process of claim 18 wherein weakening comprises perforating along the plurality of lines.
20. The process of claim 18 wherein weakening comprises weakening along the machine direction of the panels.
21. The process of claim 18 wherein folding comprises folding the plurality of panels along the machine direction of the panels.
22. The process of claim 18 wherein separably joining comprises adhesively joining or interfolding.
23. The process of claim 18 further comprising adding a liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the elongate web of material.
24. The process of claim 18 further comprising folding each sheet upon itself at least once.
25. The process of claim 18 further comprising cutting the ribbon stack to form a plurality of clips of fan folded material.
26. The process of claim 18 wherein cutting the ribbon stack occurs in the cross machine direction.
27. A dispensing system for fan folded material comprising:
a dispenser comprising a base and a top enclosing an interior;

a stack of fan folded material stored in the interior, the top comprising an opening through which the fan folded material can pass to an external position outside the dispenser;
the stack of fan folded material comprising:
at least two clips of fan folded material;
each clip comprising a plurality of fan folded sheets, each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line; and each clip joined to an adjacent clip by a last sheet of one clip being separably joined to a first sheet of a succeeding clip.
28. The system of claim 27 wherein the opening is formed of a yieldable and pass through resistive material which yieldably and resistively allows sheets of the fan folded material to move from the interior of the dispenser to the external position.
29. The system of claim 27 wherein the top includes a flexible, rubber-like material, and the opening is formed in the flexible, rubber-like material.
30. The system of claim 27 wherein withdrawal of a sheet through the opening pulls a subsequent adjacent sheet through the opening and the sheet is separable from the adjacent sheet after at least a portion of the adjacent sheet passes through the opening.
31. The system of claim 27 wherein the weakened line comprises perforations.
32. The system of claim 27 wherein the weakened line is formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
33. The system of claim 27 wherein the plurality of fan folded sheets comprise fold lines formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
34. The system of claim 27 wherein separably joined comprises adhesively joined.
35. The system of claim 27 further comprising a liquid in combination with the stack of fan folded material, the liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
36. The system of claim 27 wherein each sheet is folded at least once upon itself.
37. A dispensing system for fan folded material comprising:
a dispenser comprising a base and a top enclosing an interior;
a stack of fan folded material stored in the interior, the top comprising an opening through which the fan folded material can pass to an external position outside the dispenser;
the stack of fan folded material comprising:
at least two clips of fan folded material;
each clip comprising a plurality of fan folded sheets, each sheet joined to at least one adjacent sheet by a weakened line; and each clip joined to an adjacent clip by a sheet of one clip being separably joined to a different sheet of a succeeding clip.
38. The system of claim 37 wherein withdrawal of a sheet through the opening pulls a subsequent adjacent sheet through the opening and the sheet is separable from the adjacent sheet after at least a portion of the adjacent sheet passes through the opening.
39. The system of claim 37 wherein the weakened line comprises perforations.
40. The system of claim 37 wherein the weakened line is formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
41. The system of claim 37 wherein the plurality of fan folded sheets comprise fold lines formed in a machine direction of the sheets.
42. The system of claim 37 wherein separably joined comprises adhesively joined.
43. The system of claim 37 further comprising a liquid in combination with the stack of fan folded material, the liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
44. A process for dispensing a stack of fan folded material from a dispenser comprising:
pulling a first sheet of the material through an opening of the dispenser;
separating the first sheet from a subsequent adjacent second sheet of the material at a weakened line between the first and second sheets;

pulling a subsequent third sheet of the material through the opening of the dispenser; and separating the subsequent third sheet of the material from a subsequent adjacent fourth sheet of the material at a separably joined interface between the third and fourth sheets wherein the separably joined interface between the third and fourth sheets is a different type of separably joined interface from the weakened line between the first and second sheets.
45. The process of claim 44 wherein the material comprises wet wipes and the separating the first sheet step and the separating the subsequent third sheet step comprise using a normalized dispensing force in the range of about 3.2 g/cm to about 37.3 g/cm.
46. The process of claim 44 wherein the material comprises wet wipes and the separating the first sheet step and the separating the subsequent third sheet step comprise using a normalized dispensing force in the range of about 5.3 g/cm to about 32 g/cm.
47. The process of claim 44 wherein the material comprises wet wipes and the separating the first sheet step and the separating the subsequent third sheet step comprise using a normalized dispensing force in the range of about 8.0 g/cm to about 26.7 g/cm.
48. The process of claim 44 wherein the material comprises wet wipes and the separating the first sheet step and the separating the subsequent third sheet step comprise using a normalized dispensing force in the range of about 10.7 g/cm to about 21.3 g/cm.
49. The process of claim 44 comprising using a dispensing force which may differ between the separating steps by no more than about 35%.
50. The process of claim 44 comprising using a dispensing force which may differ between the separating steps by no more than about 20%.
51. The process of claim 44 comprising using a dispensing force which may differ between the separating steps by no more than about 10%.
52. The process of claim 44 comprising using a dispensing force which may differ between the separating steps by no more than about 0%.
53. The process of claim 44 wherein separating the first sheet step comprises tearing perforations at the weakened line between the first and second sheets.
54. The process of claim 44 wherein separating the first sheet step comprises separating along a machine direction of the sheet at the weakened line.
55. The process of claim 44 wherein all the pulling and separating steps comprise pulling and separating sheets wetted with a liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
56. A process for dispensing a stack of fan folded material from a dispenser comprising:
pulling a first sheet of the material through an opening of the dispenser;
separating the first sheet from a subsequent adjacent second sheet of the material at a first type of separably joined interface between the first and second sheets;
pulling a subsequent third sheet of the material through the opening of the dispenser; and separating the subsequent third sheet of the material from a subsequent adjacent fourth sheet of the material at a second type of separably joined interface between the third and fourth sheets wherein the second type of separably joined interface is a different type of separably joined interface from the first type of separably joined interface.
57. The process of claim 56 wherein the separating the first sheet step comprises separating the first type of separably joined interface at a member from the group consisting of perforations and adhesive.
58. The process of claim 56 further comprising forming the first type of separably joined interface in a machine direction of the sheets.
59. The process of claim 56 further comprising forming fold lines in the plurality of fan folded sheets in a machine direction of the sheets.
60. The process of claim 56 further comprising adding a liquid in combination with the stack of fan folded material, the liquid at an add-on rate of about 25 to about 600 weight percent based on a dry weight of the stack of fan folded material.
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US09/871,020 US6612462B2 (en) 2001-05-31 2001-05-31 Stack of fan folded material and combinations thereof
US09/871,019 US6905748B2 (en) 2001-05-31 2001-05-31 Stack of fan folded material and combinations thereof
US09/871,020 2001-05-31
US10/161,166 2002-05-30
US10/161,166 US7081080B2 (en) 2001-05-31 2002-05-30 Stack of fan folded material and combinations thereof
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