CN101784396A - Compact sheet dispenser - Google Patents
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Abstract
A compact, substantially non-shuttling sheet dispenser is provided. The dispenser includes (a) an upper member having a slot; (b) a lower member at least temporarily attached to the upper member thereby forming a housing; and (c) a stack of polymeric sheets assembled in a fan-fold configuration and disposed in the housing. Each sheet includes a tab end portion, an adhesive end portion, and opposing first and second surfaces, and a coating of repositionable adhesive disposed on the adhesive end portion of the second surface of each sheet, the adhesive covering from about 45% to 55% of the second surface. The stack of sheets is not attached to the lower member of the housing.
Description
To quoting of related application
It is relevant that the application and attorney docket are that 63306US002, name are called the application of Writing InstrumentWith Compact Sheet Dispenser (writing implement with compact sheet dispenser), and these two apply for the same date of part submission together therewith.
Background technology
3M company had released various products ﹠ services already, and consumer and deskman transmit to help, its information of organization and management.For example, proved Post-it
Flags (paste by the newspaper thing
Label) for being used for the exceedingly useful instrument of specific regions such as tab file, magazine, books.Usually, label (being also referred to as " mark ") is the material of substrate for what have first and second ends and relative first and second first type surfaces with polymer or paper.First first type surface of label or the first of second first type surface or second portion are re-binding alite paste parts.In the polymer-type label, first's normally transparent, its size is greater than second portion, usually by painted vividly.A plurality of labels are strippingly bonded to each other with fan fold (being also referred to as " z shape stacks ") form, and the repositionable adhesive in the feasible label separately alternately is positioned at the two ends that stack.Label has been incorporated in the writing implement, for example pen and e-Pointer.For example, 3M company sells Post-it
E-Pointer and Post-it
Pen.These integrated writing implements provide a kind of portable and mode easily, make the user where all can obtain label easily.Be attached to the pen and e-Pointer in label (as) U.S. Patent No. 6, on the books among 719,472 people such as () Windorski, the open US 2004/0234326 of U. S. application and US 2005/091114 and open No.JP2000025385 of Japanese publication and the No.JP11139081.
Similarly, Post-it
Durable mark sheet (for example product No.686-2GO) is extensive use of by the consumer in a plurality of application, is for example making label on the notebook, labels and be used for the project filing on file.Usually, durable mark sheet is made by the polymeric material firmer than the label described in the earlier paragraphs.The mark sheet is strippingly bonded to each other with the fan fold structure, and provides from roughly c-shaped distributor.Durable mark sheet stacks the bottom surface that is directly bonded to distributor.Durable mark sheet has visually transparent first, the repositionable adhesive on a first type surface and the vivid painted second portion that does not contain adhesive.
Post-it
Pop-up page marks device provides re-binding paper substrate note to stack the combination that stacks with label in distributor.Each note or label stack and all are adhered on the carrier, described in the open US 2007/0175913 of U. S. application.Relevant Post-it
The more information of product can
Www.Post-it.comSearch on the network address.Though the said goods is very useful, those skilled in the art are still continuing innovation so that other products to be provided.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the non-shuttle type dispenser for sheet material of compact, it has with fan fold structure sheet material strippingly bonded to each other and stacks.Each sheet material has and accounts for 45% to 55% adhesive coverage district.In a preferred embodiment, each sheet material has and accounts for 50% adhesive coverage district.
An aspect, the present invention relates to dispenser for sheet material, it has longitudinal axis, and comprises or basically by forming with the lower part: (a) upper component, it has the crosscut longitudinal axis and the slit that is positioned at central authorities that is provided with, and this slit has and is parallel to the width dimensions that longitudinal axis is measured; (b) lower member, it is attached to upper component at least temporarily and forms housing; And (c) sheet material stacks, this stacks the length dimension that has along its major axis, each sheet material during this stacks is constructed strippingly bonded to each other with fan fold and is arranged in the housing, each sheet material has: (i) mark sheet end, adhesive end and opposite first and second surface, and (ii) repositionable adhesive coating, it is arranged on the adhesive end of second surface of each sheet material, about 45% to 55% of adhesive coverage second surface, the bottom sheet material that wherein stacks is not attached to the lower part of frame member, and wherein slot width is about 1% to 10% of a stacked length.
On the other hand, the present invention relates to dispenser for sheet material, it has vertical central axis, and comprise or: (a) upper component basically by forming with the lower part, it has the slit and first upper wall that is attached to the first relative end wall and second end wall respectively and second upper wall that are positioned at central authorities of the setting of crosscut longitudinal axis, and wherein this slit has the width dimensions that is parallel to longitudinal axis; (b) lower member, it is attached to upper component at least temporarily and forms housing; And (c) sheet material stacks, this stacks has length dimension, each sheet material during this stacks is constructed strippingly bonded to each other with fan fold and is arranged in the housing, each sheet material has: (i) mark sheet end, adhesive end and opposite first and second surface, and (ii) repositionable adhesive coating, it is arranged on the adhesive end of second surface of each sheet material, about 45% to 55% of adhesive coverage second surface.Distributor has from the first side direction end wall to the second side direction end wall length measured, and this length is at most 110% of stacked length.Bottom sheet material in stacking is not attached to the lower part of frame member.
Another aspect the present invention relates to writing implement, and it has central shaft, and comprises or basically by forming with the lower part: (a) shell portion, its have relative first terminal and second end, be located at the outer clamping surface and first internal cavity between the two; (b) identification element, its first end from shell portion extends and is arranged on first internal cavity; And (c) distribution portion, it has first relative terminal and second end, first end of distribution portion is communicated with second end of shell portion, distribution portion comprises: the dispenser for sheet material that (i) comprises lid, this lid has: (1) is by the sidewall of two substantial symmetry and the top that is formed by connecting later, each sidewall has crooked profile, this back is in abutting connection with second end of dispenser portion, (2) slit, it is located at along the central shaft of the half-way at top and crosscut writing implement, and (3) fixed mechanism, it is used for lid is attached to distribution portion; (ii) lower member, it is combined in the dispenser portion, make when lid is attached to distribution portion, cover and lower member between form shell; And (iii) second internal cavity, the lower member of its adjacent sub orchestration also is communicated with the part of first cavity.
An advantage of the invention is: because dispenser for sheet material is non-shuttle type distributor, so it is than U.S. Patent No. 4,770,320, No.4,907,825, No.6,719,472 and No.6,837, distributor described in 395 compacter (promptly having less occupied area) wherein when sheet material is extracted, stacks usually and shuttles back and forth to relative end wall from an end wall.Therefore, distributor of the present invention can be incorporated into writing implement with less occupied area, and its free space was just limited originally.In addition, as free-standing distributor, the compactedness of distributor of the present invention is convenient to effectively utilize the space, this becomes more and more important to many people, comprise the workman who walks about, these workmans may not have special working region, but move to another working region from a working region.Travel to and fro between with regard to carrying for the quantity and size of object of each working region, these workmans that walk about are subjected to actual restriction.
As used herein, term " non-shuttle type distributor " refers generally to pass slit and during first sheet material of initial extraction in stacking, next follow-up sheet material also just begins assigning process by moving in the slit, and does not need to move to opposite end walls with stacking the end wall of elder generation from distributor.Like this, the end wall of qualification distributor length only is slightly larger than the length that sheet material stacks.
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Can the present invention be described better with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1A illustrates the side sectional view of amplification of the dispenser for sheet material of prior art, and this dispenser for sheet material has sheet material and stacks in primary importance, and first sheet material in stacking stretches out the slit in the dispenser for sheet material;
Figure 1B illustrates the side sectional view of amplification of distributor of the prior art of Figure 1A, and wherein sheet material stacks and is arranged in the second place, and the major part in first sheet material is stretched out slit and attached on second sheet material that is in slack position;
Fig. 1 C illustrates the side sectional view of amplification of distributor of the prior art of Figure 1A, and wherein sheet material stacks and is arranged in the second place, and the major part in first sheet material is stretched out the part of the slit and second sheet material and stretched out slit;
Fig. 1 D illustrates the side sectional view of amplification of distributor of the prior art of Figure 1A, and wherein sheet material stacks and is arranged in the second place, first sheet material fully from dispenser for sheet material extract out and with second sheet separation, and the part of second sheet material is stretched out slit;
Fig. 2 stacks and can launch in the mode of similar accordion for the side view that the exemplary sheet material with adhesive coverage district of about 50% of the present invention stacks;
Fig. 3 A is the side sectional view of the amplification of an exemplary sheet material distributor of the present invention, and the sheet material that this dispenser for sheet material has Fig. 2 stacks, and first sheet material in stacking stretches out slit;
Fig. 3 B is the side sectional view of amplification of the distributor of Fig. 3 A, and wherein first sheet material just is drawn out of, and a part that makes major part in the sheet material of winning stretch out the slit and second sheet material is stretched out slit;
Fig. 3 C is the perspective view of the distributor of Fig. 3 A;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the invention, and wherein dispenser for sheet material has been incorporated in the writing implement;
Fig. 5 is the partial exploded view of the embodiment of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view of lid inside of the embodiment of Fig. 4; With
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of the embodiment of Fig. 4.
The accompanying drawing mode unrestricted by diagram described the present invention.Those skilled in the art can envision many other modification and embodiment within the spirit and scope of principle of the present invention.Accompanying drawing is Utopian, and not drawn on scale is intended to schematically illustrate.
The specific embodiment
The dispenser for sheet material of exemplary prior art shown in Figure 1A.Dispenser for sheet material 10 comprises housing, and housing has the housing top 11 of lower housing portion of being attached to 13.Housing top has and is applicable to and holds upper surface 14 and the sidewall 15 that sheet material stacks.Housing top can temporarily or forever be attached to lower housing portion 13 along periphery 16.Mark sheet part 17 is passed the slit 18 the housing top from the distributor extension.Sheet material stacks 30 and is arranged in the housing of dispenser for sheet material.For ease of discussing, sheet material stacks and comprises seven monolithics that are called sheet material 20a to 20g in the literary composition.When the user extracted the first monolithic 20a out from distributor, the second place 32 in stacking from primary importance 31 towards distributor moved.Following Figure 1B to Fig. 1 D further specifies shuttle.U.S. Patent No. 4,770,320 (people such as Miles) also have description to shuttle.
Shown in Figure 1B, because the first monolithic 20a partly extracts out from distributor, sheet material stacks and moves to the second place 32.In this stage of sheet material extraction, it is attached with the second monolithic 20b that is located immediately at below the first monolithic 20a that the part 201a of the first monolithic 20a keeps.When the first monolithic 20a further when distributor is drawn out of, pulling force is applied on the second monolithic 20b, a part that forces the second monolithic 20b is along with the part 201a of monolithic 20a passes slit 18.Fig. 1 C shows this form.
In Fig. 1 C, the position of the part 202b of the second monolithic 20b is near the oral area of slit 18.When the first monolithic 20a when distributor is pulled out, the adhesive phase 24a on the first monolithic 20a lower surface still adheres to monolithic 20b, makes the part 202b trend exit slot 18 of the second monolithic 20b.When the first monolithic 20a further when distributor is extracted out, the end 202b of the second monolithic 20b move more close exit slot 18.
Fig. 1 D illustrates the final stage in the shuttle, and wherein sheet material stacks in the second place 32, and the first monolithic 20a disconnects from the distributor extraction and with the second monolithic 20b fully, and the part of the second monolithic 20b is stretched out slit 18.In this stage, when monolithic 20b fully when distributor is extracted out, sheet material stacks and is in the position of returning with shuttling back and forth to primary importance 31.The length that the length of the distributor of this prior art stacks than sheet material grows a segment distance, and this distance is typically expressed as benchmark " L ".
Fig. 2 is exemplary 130 the side view of stacking, and this stacks with the fan fold structure strippingly bonded to each other, and the purpose in order to discuss, and launches expression in the mode of similar accordion.Once more, comprise seven sheet materials (120a to 120g) for ease of discussing, stacking.Each sheet material has mark sheet end and adhesive end.For example, the first sheet material 120a has mark sheet end 120ax and adhesive end 120ay.Similarly, the second sheet material 120b has mark sheet end 120bx and adhesive end 120by.Each sheet material similarly comprises opposite first and second surface.First surface adhesive-free and preferably can writing.Adhesive coating 124 is located on the second surface, on adhesive end.Equal adhesive-free on the first surface of mark sheet end and the second surface.A plurality of sheet materials are stacked together, and make the adhesive on any two adjacent sheet be positioned at the opposite end that stacks.In one embodiment, the sheet material that obtains of sheet material and result stacks and is rectangle.Stack and have the length that equals its long side.
Optional is that the mark sheet end of this sheet material is by painted vividly, to highlight the zone that is labeled file.Can use any color, as long as color can attract consumer's notice.If desired, mark sheet end also can comprise mark or figure.In one embodiment, adhesive end is a substantially transparent, in order to avoid make any text on the file below sheet material just fuzzy.Sheet material can be made of a variety of materials, and comprises paper, synthetic paper and polymer film.In a preferred embodiment, sheet material is a polymer film, for example (but being not limited to) cellulose acetate and polypropylene.
Fig. 3 A and 3B illustrate the side sectional view of the amplification of an exemplary sheet material distributor 110 of the present invention, and this dispenser for sheet material is equipped with sheet material and stacks 130.Distributor has longitudinal axis along its length, generally is expressed as datum line 125.Distributor has second axis of crosscut longitudinal axis, and axis of pitch is represented as datum line 128.Distributor comprises upper component 112, and it has about the slit 118 that is positioned at central authorities that is provided with along the midpoint crosscut longitudinal axis of distributor length.Slit is divided into two basic parts that equate with upper component.First comprises the first upper wall 112a.Second portion comprises the second upper wall 112b.Four lateral sidewalls 115 form from the upper wall extension.Lateral sidewall comprises two relative end walls, the first end wall 115a and the second end wall 115b.Distance between these two end walls limits the length of distributor.Distributor comprises lower member 113.Upper component at least temporarily is attached to lower member by lateral sidewall, to form housing.
Each sheet material in stacking has about 50% adhesive coverage district, but as previously mentioned, the adhesive coverage district can be from about 45% to 55%.Illustrate as Fig. 3 A the best, when sheet material stacks when being in non-distribution state, each among the first upper wall 112a and the second upper wall 112b contacts respectively and surpasses 40% of top-sheet 120a surface area.The first sheet material 120a in stacking has the mark sheet end 120ax that stretches out slit.Adhesive end 120ay stays enclosure interior, makes the mark sheet end of the repositionable adhesive 124 contacts second sheet material 120b of the sheet material of winning.The point that mark sheet end and adhesive end are met is called " adhesive line " or " border " in the text, and generally is expressed as datum line 127.The border is positioned at the below of slit.Fig. 3 A illustrates the centre that the border is positioned at about slit, but as below further specify, it can be positioned at along slot width Anywhere.
In Fig. 3 B, when the first sheet material 120a when distributor is drawn out of, pulling force is applied on the second sheet material 120b, forces the part (being mark sheet end 120by in this case) of second sheet material to enter in the slit.Therefore, when extracting first sheet material out from stacking, next adjacent sheet is promptly by the folding assigning process that also begins in slit.Stack and before next sheet material begins assigning process, to shuttle back and forth to the side direction end wall, as shown in the distributor of the prior art of Figure 1A to Fig. 1 D.Though stacking 130, sheet material can move to next side direction end wall from a lateral ends wall with vacillating now to the left, now to the right, owing to the amount in the adhesive coverage district on each sheet material with owing to the tighter tolerances between stacked length and the distributor length, stack during distribution and can shown in Figure 1A to Fig. 1 D, not shuttle back and forth.
Fig. 3 C is the perspective view of the distributor of Fig. 3 A and 3B.Distributor has the slot width that is parallel to longitudinal axis 125 and (is labeled as S
w).In one embodiment, slot width is 1% to 10% of a sheet material stacked length.In another embodiment, slot width is 1% to 5% of a sheet material stacked length.Slit has sufficiently long length, stretches out slit to allow single sheet material.In one embodiment, slot length is slightly less than the distance between two lateral sidewalls that are parallel to longitudinal axis 125 settings.Distributor has the length that is substantially equal to the distance between two side direction end wall 115a and the 115b.Distributor has 110% the length that is at most the sheet material stacked length, thereby the occupied area of distributor is minimized.
Exemplary sheet material distributor (shown in Fig. 3 A, Fig. 3 B and Fig. 3 C) has rectangular shape, and is applicable to the distribution rectangular sheet.Should be noted that dispenser for sheet material and sheet material of the present invention can have any other shape.That suitable alternative form includes, but is not limited to is square, circular, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoidal, barbell shape, diamond or any other shape.In any shape in these shapes, sheet material stacks the length that equals have to stack the longest linear yardstick.For example, under square situation about stacking, square to stack the longest linear-scale be square diagonal.With regard to circle stacked, the longest linear-scale was a diameter.With regard to oval, the longest linear-scale is its major axis.
Dispenser for sheet material also is described as having independently upper component and lower member.Should be noted that upper component and lower member can form, and wherein have opening and stack with the new sheet material of packing into.Distributor can be made of a variety of materials, and comprises (but being not limited only to) plastics, paper, glass, metal or its combination.It is desirable to, distributor is formed by mouldable plastics.In one embodiment of the invention, upper component comprises molded plastics, and lower member comprises paper substrates.In some cases, it is desirable to upper component and form, make the user can see the inside of dispenser for sheet material by transparent material.
Refer now to another aspect of the present invention, Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 illustrates the multiple view of the writing implement that combines distributor of the present invention.Exemplary writing implement includes, but is not limited to e-Pointer, pen, marker pen and pencil.
Fig. 4 is not for the perspective view of the knocked-down writing implement 200 of writing element.Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the writing implement that has assembled of Fig. 4, and wherein dispenser for sheet material 240 illustrates with exploded view.Writing implement 200 has shell portion 210 and dispenser portion 220.In this specific embodiment, writing implement is the elongate tool with columniform basically cylindrical shell and distribution portion.Writing implement has the central axis along its length.Shell portion has first end 211, second terminal 213 and be arranged on grip 212 (being shown schematically as striated) between first terminal and second end.As shown in Figure 5, writing element 202 is stretched out from first end of shell portion.Not the time spent, first tip engages of top cover 201 and shell portion is to hide and the protection writing element.Writing element can be scribbled printing ink or write liquid to file.
The outside of covering shown in the decomposition diagram of Fig. 5, the i.e. visible side of user.In the perspective view of the lid of Fig. 6, the inboard of lid is shown, i.e. the side that stacks of contact sheet.Lid comprises that top, top comprise the central axis of crosscut writing implement basically and the slit 238 that is provided with.Slit be positioned at cover length midway near.Slit has the length that the sheet material in allowing to stack stretches out slit.The length direction of slit is arranged to crosscut or perpendicular to the central axis of writing implement.The width of slit is arranged to be arranged essentially parallel to the central axis of writing implement.The top of lid also comprises the upper walls 235 of two basic symmetries on the slit.Be assembled in the dispenser for sheet material and the user need be when dispenser for sheet material be extracted sheet material out when sheet material stacks, the user is exposed pulling on the sheet material 251 first, thereby uppermost sheet material directly contacts upper wall in causing stacking.Optional is that the top of lid also comprises two apertures 236 that are adjacent to upper wall 235.The sidewall 240 of two substantial symmetry extends from the top of lid.Lid also comprises not only from the top of lid but also the rear portion 234 of extending from sidewall.In one embodiment, the top of lid, sidewall and rear portion form integral unit.Along the length of writing implement, sidewall has crooked profile.In other words, if the cutaway view of the writing implement of lid is equipped with in intercepting between slit 238 and lock bolt 231, then this cutaway view can be different from the cross section between slit 238 and the rear portion 234.The rear portion of lid can randomly comprise aperture 239.In addition, lid can randomly comprise one group of second alignment device 237 with first contact surface 237a, on each sidewall one group.Yet, also can only use one group.Optional is that lid can be made by material transparent.
When lid is assembled on the distribution portion of writing implement, just be formed for the housing that sheet material stacks.First alignment device 267 and second alignment device, 237 these two groups of devices combine, together with end posts 235), can help sheet material to stack 250 between two parties with respect to slit 238 maintenances.First contact-making surface 237a of second alignment device 237 and the distance that is parallel between the end posts 265 of central axis are the length of distributor.Distributor length is at most about 110% of sheet material stacked length.Therefore, consider the amount in the adhesive coverage district on each sheet material and consider distributor length and the sheet material stacked length between tighter tolerances, when a monolithic is drawn out of, during the sheet material extraction, does not stack almost and move, also very little if any.
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of the embodiment of Fig. 4, and wherein shell portion 210 has been assembled on the distribution portion 220, but writing element and top cover are not all installed.Writing appliance has central axis, generally is expressed as C
L First cavity 214 of shell portion 210 has and the central axis of the writing implement central axis of conllinear basically.Distribution portion has the dispenser for sheet material above central axis 250 basically.Distribution portion has second cavity 280 of the central axis that is lower than writing implement.The lower member of second internal cavity 280 and distributor is adjacent and be communicated with the part of first cavity.In one embodiment, writing element is separately positioned in first cavity and second cavity of shell portion and distribution portion.In this case, when writing element entered distribution portion, it can not remain the central axis along writing implement, because the path that dispenser for sheet material 240 can hold it back.Therefore, writing element can crooked enter in second cavity with the path of taking to be lower than central axis.In shell portion, writing element will be basically be provided with the central axis conllinear of writing implement.In distribution portion, writing element can be aimed at and be arranged along second cavity 280.In another embodiment, writing element only is arranged in first cavity.No matter it also shows is to observe writing implement from right side view or left side view, and the sidewall of lid 230 has the curved profile shown in lines 234.
The adhesive that uses on sheet material of the present invention can be multiple material.Adhesive can be contact adhesive.Adhesive can be pressure-sensitive repositionable adhesive in addition.A kind of suitable repositionable adhesive is the microballon based adhesive.Exemplary microballon based adhesive comprises the polyacrylic acid analog derivative.Repositionable adhesive can be solvent-borne type, water base or can be not solvent-laden hotmelt.The repositionable adhesive that is fit to be included in the following United States Patent (USP) disclosed those: 3,691,140 (Silver); 3,857,731 (people such as Merrill); 4,166,152 (people such as Baker); 4,495,318 (Howard); 5,045,569 (Delgado); 5,073,457 (Blackwell) and 5,571,617 (people such as Cooprider), 5,663,241 (people such as Takamatsu); 5,714,327 (people such as Cooprider); US RE 37,563 (people such as Cooprider); And 5,756,625 (people such as Crandall); 5,824,748 (people such as Kesti); And 5,877,252 (people such as Tsujimoto).
Example
Distribute force test method
Stacking the distribution width from sheet material is that 0.375 inch (9.5mm), length are that 1.75 inches (44.4mm) long required power of polymer sheet provides with Instron (Instron) testing machine.Sheet material is stacked with the fan fold structure.Stack and be maintained in the distributor, this distributor is incorporated into writing implement, for example the Post-it that is provided by 3M company
Flag Highlighter label e-Pointer.U.S. Patent No. 6,179,472 are illustrated in the schematic diagram of the distributor that uses in this test.The length of distributor is about 2.3 inches (59mm), and wherein slot width is about 0.0625 inch (1.6mm).
E-Pointer is attached on the Instron anchor clamps with two-sided tape.In addition, with two (about 5 inches of length) Scotch
Magic adhesive tape (product No.810) further is fixed to e-Pointer on the anchor clamps.Article two, adhesive tape is on the divider areas of e-Pointer.
The mark sheet end of sheet material is admitted in the claw of Instron anchor clamps, and this claw will be marked the sheet material of sheet end in distributor with the about 100 inches speed of per minute and stack mark and pull out the sheet.Such test class is similar in estimating peel adhesion commonly used 90 and peels off test.Then, with the fors be the peak value that unit record distributes the required power of sheet material.
Example 1
The distributor of discussing in above-mentioned " Dispensing Force Test Method (distribution force test method) " has adopted two pads to retrofit, and each pad is about 7.6mm, wide 9.5mm.Each pad is used to stop an end of distributor.Therefore, the effective length of distributor is about 43.8mm, or deducts about 25% from initial length.
Sheet material stacks (each sheet material has its adhesive end, has the area of coverage of about 50% repositionable adhesive on its second surface) and is disposed in the distributor of remodeling, and its acceptance of the bid sheet end stretches out slit.Measurement is passed slit with each sheet material and is extracted required power out from distributor.Use three different sheet materials to stack, each stacks has about 50 sheet materials.Respectively test 8 samples (amounting to 16 sheet materials) in preceding two stack, and test 9 samples in the 3rd stacks, three stack 25 samples of total.Distribute the required peak load of each sample to be recorded in the table 1 together with peak load mean value.
Comparative examples A
This example is finished as in the above-mentioned example 1, and each that different is in the label has the minimum repositionable adhesive area of coverage greater than about 60% (average about 63%) on its second surface of its second end.Equally, as in the above-mentioned example 1, use 3 different stacking, amount to 25 samples.Stack that (St.Paul MN) makes, and as Post-it by 3M company
The part of FlagHighlighter is sold, as the label substitute.Distribute the required peak load of each sample to be recorded in the table 1 together with peak load mean value.
Table 1: distribution power
| Sample number into spectrum | Example 1 (fors) | Comparative examples A (fors) |
| ??1 | ??77.5 | ??776.8 |
| ??2 | ??88.4 | ??660.5 |
| ??3 | ??11.2 | ??953.2 |
| ??4 | ??91.6 | ??977.6 |
| ??5 | ??73.5 | ??905.4 |
| ??6 | ??80.3 | ??970.8 |
| ??7 | ??76.7 | ??959.1 |
| ??8 | ??79.6 | ??630.1 |
| ??9 | ??70.5 | ??690.5 |
| ??10 | ??70.4 | ??952.2 |
| ??11 | ??73.1 | ??974.2 |
| ??12 | ??71.3 | ??638.6 |
| ??13 | ??69.7 | ??711.2 |
| ??14 | ??67.7 | ??959.7 |
| ??15 | ??72.3 | ??969.3 |
| ??16 | ??97.3 | ??627.6 |
| ??17 | ??73.7 | ??610.4 |
| Sample number into spectrum | Example 1 (fors) | Comparative examples A (fors) |
| ??18 | ??65.0 | ??558.9 |
| ??19 | ??66.2 | ??728.5 |
| ??20 | ??77.1 | ??858.9 |
| ??21 | ??66.9 | ??952.1 |
| ??22 | ??65.2 | ??492.3 |
| ??23 | ??69.9 | ??653.5 |
| ??24 | ??88.2 | ??793.7 |
| ??25 | ??64.2 | ??952.5 |
| Mean value | ??74.9±8.7 | ??749.3±160.6 |
Shown in the data in the table 1, the non-distributor that shuttles back and forth of compact of the present invention (such as in the example 1 enforcement) distribution power less than the about order of magnitude of distribution power of the label that distributes prior art by the non-distributor that shuttles back and forth of identical compact (label that promptly on its second side, has average about 63% adhesive coverage district).Though the label of prior art can distribute by the non-distributor that shuttles back and forth of the present invention, extract about 749 grams of the required pulling force average out to of (promptly distributing) label out, this pulling force is similar to the power that the consumer is pulled out label by force from distributor.Big like this distribution power is inappropriate.
Claims (13)
1. dispenser for sheet material, it has longitudinal axis and comprises:
Upper component has the described longitudinal axis of crosscut and the slit that is positioned at central authorities that is provided with, and described slit has and is parallel to the width dimensions that described longitudinal axis is measured;
Lower member is attached to described upper component at least temporarily and forms housing; And
Sheet material stacks, the described length dimension that has along its major axis that stacks, and each sheet material in described the stacking is constructed strippingly bonded to each other with fan fold and is arranged in the described housing, and each sheet material has:
Mark sheet end, adhesive end, opposite first and second surface, and
Repositionable adhesive coating, described repositionable adhesive coating are arranged on the described adhesive end of described second surface of each sheet material, the described second surface of described adhesive coverage about 45% to 55%,
Bottom sheet material in wherein said the stacking is not attached to the described lower member of described housing, and
The width of wherein said slit is about 1% to 10% of the described length that stacks.
2. dispenser for sheet material, it has longitudinal axis and comprises:
Upper component has the slit that is positioned at central authorities of the described longitudinal axis setting of crosscut, and first upper wall and second upper wall that are attached to the first relative end wall and second end wall respectively, wherein said slit have and be parallel to the width dimensions that described longitudinal axis is measured;
Lower member is attached to described upper component at least temporarily and forms housing; And
Sheet material stacks, the described length dimension that has along its major axis that stacks, and each sheet material in described the stacking is constructed strippingly bonded to each other with fan fold and is arranged in the described housing, and each sheet material in described the stacking has:
Mark sheet end, adhesive end, opposite first and second surface, and
Repositionable adhesive coating, described repositionable adhesive coating are arranged on the described adhesive end of described second surface of each sheet material, about 45% to 55% of the described second surface of described adhesive coverage;
Wherein said distributor has from the first side direction end wall to the second side direction end wall length measured, and described length is at most 110% of described stacked length, and
Bottom sheet material in wherein said the stacking is non-cohesive on the described lower member of described housing.
3. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein said upper component is transparent.
4. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein said repositionable adhesive is a polyacrylate microballon based adhesive.
5. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, the described sheet material during wherein said sheet material stacks is selected from the group of being made up of paper, synthetic paper, cellulose acetate and polypropylene.
6. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein the described adhesive end of each sheet material is transparent.
7. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein said upper component is made by polymeric material, and described lower member is made of paper.
8. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein said repositionable adhesive cover each sheet material described second surface surface area about 50%.
9. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein for each sheet material, described mark sheet end and described adhesive end are met at boundary, and described border is aimed under the described slit of described upper component substantially.
10. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein stack when extracting first sheet material out from described, next next-door neighbour's sheet material is by the folding assigning process that begins in described slit.
11. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, wherein the described adhesive end of each sheet material is by painted vividly, and has the color of the first that is different from described sheet material.
12. according to claim 1 or the described distributor of claim 2, the width of wherein said slit is about 1% to 5% of the length that stacks of described sheet material.
13. distributor according to claim 2, the width of wherein said slit are about 1% to 10% of the described length that stacks.
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