CN105745162B - Packaging with easy opening characteristics - Google Patents

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CN105745162B
CN105745162B CN201480062788.7A CN201480062788A CN105745162B CN 105745162 B CN105745162 B CN 105745162B CN 201480062788 A CN201480062788 A CN 201480062788A CN 105745162 B CN105745162 B CN 105745162B
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of package component (10), the package component (10) includes the continuous-flow type packet wrapping (12) for accommodating product.Packaging materia (14) have opening characteristics, such as flap (26) or tear tape, the opening characteristics include the packaging materia material can preferentially be foldable outwardly with generate opening a part.Tongue (36) is attached to the opening characteristics, can hold the tongue to start to open at.The tongue is protruded from the surface of the packaging materia material.The packaging can have at least two faces, the tongue to be positioned in the intersection between two faces (18,22).The tongue (36) can partly be adhered to the floor portions of the packaging materia, and adhesive strength reduces on the direction of tip portion for being directed away from the opening characteristics adjacent to the base portion of the opening characteristics from the tongue.

Description

Packaging with easy opening characteristics
Technical field
The present invention relates to packagings, and specifically (but non-exclusively) it is related to food packaging, and more particularly, relate to And confectionary product packaging.
Background technology
Know product (including edible food such as chocolate bar and other confectionery or snack-like product) It is packaged in the packaging formed by the flexible membranous material of certain length.The material has the inner surface and the outer surface, inner surface court To food.In particular, the information useful to consumer can be printed or can be provided on the outer surface on the outer surface.
Packing arrangement is commonly referred to as continuous-flow type packet wrapping known to a kind of, it wraps up in packet method to connect substantially using continuous-flow type Continuous process production.This method is basicly stable and can wrap up in the product of packet film material around it particularly suitable for wrapping up in packet size, The shape of the general jointing product of material.The product may include single substantially rigid product block or it may include arranging At the product block of multiple substantially rigids of array.For example, as it is known that continuous-flow type packet wrapping commonly used in packaging substantially rigid Product block, chocolate or other confectionery or snacks profile bar etc..Alternatively, the product may include that the basicly stable inside of size holds Device, the internal container accommodate multiple product blocks or flowable products.In general, the product is generally block-like.However, can change The known method is to pack the product of different shape and type.
In continuous-flow type wraps up in packet method, film material is supplied in roller and is sent into machine, which makes film in turn Shape material is folded around each product so that the opposite longitudinal side of the material is contacted and is bonded together, and is formed longitudinal close Envelope.These sides can be bonded together by inner face of the inner surface can be with to form fin seal (fin seal) or side Another overlapping sideways are to form lap seal.Keep material curling laterally finned close to be formed in any longitudinal end of product Then envelope cuts the material so that each packaging is then detached with the remainder of film.In known arrangement, adhesive can be used (adhesive can be heat-sealing or cold-seal adhesive) so that material apparent surface's bonding, or by making material fusion shape together At welded seal, to form sealing.There are many known technologies to be used to form welded seal, including heat seal and ultrasonic Bomi Envelope.When packing product in this way, film material is usually known as packaging materia, because film material is wrapped up in around product Packet.
Continuous-flow type packet wrapping can be formed using a variety of materials (including polymer material, metal foil and paper).In general, Film material can be the laminate for having two or more layers different materials.For packing confectionary product, common laminate packet Include paper internal layer and metal (being usually aluminium) foil outer layer.Also by polymer material for packing film laminate, and these polymer Material includes (for example) thermoplastic material, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET).According to the class of used material Type, it is known that packaging can substantially impervious gas and waterproof.However, for some food and confectionery application, gas-tight seal packaging is not It is desirable.
Known continuous-flow type packet wrapping is the container that product formation is fully sealed.However, being used to form such packaging Material is usually very solid so that it is difficult to opening, because the material is not easy to tear in a controlled manner, it usually needs tear more It is secondary that product could be taken out from packaging materia.In order to solve this problem, it is known that provide and beat for this continuous-flow type packet wrapping Katal is levied, and a part for material can be preferentially foldable outwardly to form opening wherein in packaging materia.
A kind of opening characteristics of known type is tear tape, which may include one section of material, this section of material have one or A plurality of weakened line, the material are preferentially torn or detach along this one or more weakened line.The tear tape usually has tongue Part, user can catch the tongue portion to start to open at.It can in adhesiveness be adhered on the independent label outside tear tape Tongue is provided or the tongue can be used as a part for packaging materia and tear tape is integrally formed.
In the case where being laminated packaging materia material, it is known that the internal structure by being formed in laminate is tied with external Offset weakened line in structure limits tear tape in the material.The advantages of this arrangement, is that tear tape, which can be configured such that, to be weighed New closing.It authorizes in the international patent application WO2011/121337 of Cadbury Holdings Limited and discloses this type The content of the packaging of type, the patent application is herein incorporated by reference accordingly.
(it can be used in the packaging materia made of lamination or no lamination material providing and can sealing again in alternative known arrangement The tear tape closed) in, tear tape is limited between the weakened line spaced apart in packaging materia, and label adhesiveness be adhered to and tear Packaging materia above item.The lateral edge region of label extends beyond tear tape on either side, and with peelable and can be again Closed mode is adhered to the packaging materia outside weakened line.Adhesive strength between label and tear tape itself is higher than the transverse direction of label The adhesive strength between packaging materia outside fringe region and weakened line.Label is convex to be formed including not being fully bonded to packaging materia A part for tongue can catch the tongue to start to open at packaging.When user pulls tongue, the lateral edge region of label from Packaging materia outside weakened line is detached from, and the tear tape between weakened line remains attached to label and causes packaging materia along reduction Line detaches.The packaging is set to reclose to be contacted with packaging materia by pushing back the lateral edge region of label.
The opening characteristics of another known type includes the flap limited by one or more weakened line, which can be outside It folds to expose opening.In some known arrangements, which is limited between one or more weakened line of packaging materia.It should Flap usually has tongue, and the tongue can be caught to start to open at.It can be carried using the label for being attached to flap outer surface It can be integral with flap for the tongue or the tongue.In some known packing arrangements, flap Reclosable.It awards The WO2010/046623 (content of the patent is herein incorporated by reference accordingly) for giving Cadbury Holdings Limited is public Continuous-flow type packet wrapping is opened, wherein packaging materia is made of laminated material, and utilizes the internal structure of laminated material and outside Offset weakened line in structure defines the flap of Reclosable in the material.It is laminated in inside by external laminar structure The part in borderline region in structure and external laminar structure between weakened line defines opening tongue.
In known packing arrangement, usually in the plane of packaging provide open tongue and by the tongue be arranged to Packaging materia material flushes.
The shortcomings that known package is arranged is that tongue may be difficult to catch, it is therefore desirable to which the dexterity of height could be beaten Open packaging., the disadvantage is that, tongue is generally difficult to position, this makes user that can not find out how expection opens packet easily for another Dress.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide it is improved or substitute packaging, the packaging overcome or at least alleviate known package some or Whole disadvantages.
Invention content
According to the first aspect of the invention, a kind of package component is provided, which includes the flowing water for accommodating product Formula packet wrapping, the packaging include the packaging materia formed by the flexible membranous material of the certain length folded around the product, And using at least one sealing being longitudinally extended along the face of the packaging and utilize any longitudinal end positioned at the packaging Transverse end seal portion closing, the packaging materia have opening characteristics, the opening characteristics include packaging materia material can preferentially to For outer folding to generate a part for opening, which includes being attached to the tongue of opening characteristics, can hold the tongue with It starts to open at, wherein tongue is protruded from the surface of packaging materia material.
The packaging can limit at least two faces, and the tongue is positioned in the intersection between a face and another face. The product can be substantially block-like, has a pair of opposite interarea and a pair of opposite minor face, and the tongue can quilt It is positioned in the intersection between an interarea and one of minor face.
The tongue can be stamped, be molded or otherwise be handled prominent with the surface of the packaging materia from the packaging Go out.In this embodiment, tongue can be positioned in the substantially flat face of the packaging.
Opening characteristics can be limited by least one weakened line in packaging materia material, which preferentially can be along this at least One weakened line is detached with the remainder of packaging materia material.At least one weakened line may include line of weakness, and open spy Sign can be attached to the remainder of packaging materia material in a releasable manner.
In one embodiment, opening characteristics includes tear tape.
In one embodiment, opening characteristics includes that can surround the flap of edge fold.The flap can surround neighbouring and flat The edge of one in transverse end seal portion positioning of row around the side for being basically parallel to packaging and is parallel to longitudinal close The edge fold of envelope portion alignment.
The tongue has the base regions for being attached to opening characteristics and the exterior tip part far from opening characteristics, and extremely Few exterior tip region does not adhere to the floor portions of packaging materia material.Tongue is integrally non-sticking to close the bottom for arriving packaging materia material Part.
In alternative embodiments, tongue has the base regions for being attached to opening characteristics and the external point far from opening characteristics End part, and at least part of tongue is adhered to the floor portions of packaging materia material, the bottom of tongue and packaging materia material Adhesive strength between part is from base regions to reducing on the direction in exterior tip region.It can apply adhesive to convex Tongue so that the amount of adhesive increases being partially toward on the direction of base regions from exterior tip.Adhesive is may be selected and applies, Or tongue or packaging materia can be handled so that adhesive strength between tongue and the floor portions of packaging materia material from Reduce in base regions to the direction in exterior tip region.
The tongue may include a part for the outer surface for being adhered to opening characteristics of label.
Open part include flap one embodiment in, if flap can surround an edge fold and with by Across the free edge region that the line of weakness of packaging materia material limits, and the flap has the top far from one edge Point, the vertex are positioned in the intersection between a face of packaging and another face, then Adhesive Label can be adhered to packaging materia The outer surface for extending across weakened line, with the part two of the flap and packaging materia that are adhered to inside weakened line outside weakened line Person, tongue are limited by the part of the floor portions for not being fully bonded to packaging materia of label, which is located at adjacent to flap The vertex of the intersection.Flap can surround the edge fold adjacent and parallel to a positioning in transverse end seal portion.Mark Label can be adhered to part of the packaging materia outside weakened line in a manner of peelable and preferred Reclosable.Weakened line may include Extend fully through the line of weakness of the thickness of packaging materia material.Label can extend in the whole length of weakened line.
The tongue can be the integral part of packaging materia material.In one embodiment, packaging materia material is laminated material, It includes respectively at least that it, which has the external laminar structure for being adhered to internal laminar structure, external laminar structure and internal laminar structure, One flexible material layer;Opening characteristics is by at least one outside weakened line and internal laminar structure in external laminar structure At least one inside weakened line limits, at least one outside weakened line depict external laminar structure can along it is described at least Line drawing is weakened in the external opening part that one external weakened line is detached with the remainder of external structure, at least one inside Draw internal laminar structure be attached to external opening part and can be along at least one inside weakened line and internal structure The inside of remainder separation open part, wherein internal weakened line and external weakened line are offset from one another, and external opening In at least part of borderline region of the part between external weakened line and internal weakened line is attached in a releasable manner The bottom surface of portion's laminar structure, external opening portion boundary region can be removed with the bottom surface of internal laminar structure To cause internal part of opening also to be removed backward, to form opening in laminated film;Tongue is by external opening part in inside The part of borderline region between weakened line and external weakened line limits.The borderline region of external structure can be re-attached to inside The bottom surface of structure is to reclose opening.
According to the second aspect of the invention, a kind of package component is provided, which includes the flowing water for accommodating product Formula packet wrapping, the packaging include the packaging materia formed by the flexible membranous material of the certain length folded around the product, And using at least one sealing being longitudinally extended along the face of the packaging and utilize any longitudinal end positioned at the packaging Transverse end seal portion closing, the packaging materia have opening characteristics, the opening characteristics include packaging materia material can preferentially to For outer folding to generate a part for opening, which includes being attached to the tongue of opening characteristics, can hold the tongue with It starts to open at, wherein packaging limits at least two faces, tongue is positioned in the intersection between a face and another face, so that It is protruding from the surface of packaging materia material to obtain tongue.
According to the third aspect of the invention we, a kind of package component is provided, which includes the flowing water for accommodating product Formula packet wrapping, the packaging include the packaging materia formed by the flexible membranous material of the certain length folded around the product, And using at least one sealing being longitudinally extended along the face of the packaging and utilize any longitudinal end positioned at the packaging Transverse end seal portion closing, the packaging materia have opening characteristics, the opening characteristics include packaging materia material can preferentially to For outer folding to generate a part for opening, which includes being attached to the tongue of opening characteristics, can hold the tongue with Start to open at, wherein tongue be embossed to packaging materia from the package surface it is protruding.
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, a kind of package component is provided, which includes the flowing water for accommodating product Formula packet wrapping, the packaging include the packaging materia formed by the flexible membranous material of the certain length folded around the product, And using at least one sealing being longitudinally extended along the face of the packaging and utilize any longitudinal end positioned at the packaging Transverse end seal portion closing, the packaging materia have opening characteristics, the opening characteristics include packaging materia material can preferentially to For outer folding to generate a part for opening, which includes being attached to the tongue of opening characteristics, can hold the tongue with It starts to open at, wherein tongue has the base regions for being attached to opening characteristics and the exterior tip part far from opening characteristics, convex At least part of tongue is adhered to the floor portions of packaging materia material, and wherein tongue and packaging materia material floor portions it Between adhesive strength from base regions to reducing on the direction in exterior tip region.Tongue can be applied adhesive to, is made The amount of adhesive increases being partially toward on the direction of base regions from exterior tip.Be coated to tongue adhesive can by by Gradual change.
The method for forming the package component of either side in first to fourth aspect according to the present invention as described herein Can be claimed, the method included by these methods include the following steps in any or all:A) by tongue It is located in the intersection between a face of packaging and another face so that tongue is protruding from the surface of packaging materia material; B) tongue is imprinted so that in complete package component, the surface of tongue packaging materia from the package is protruding;And c) will Tongue is adhered to the floor portions of packaging materia material so that the adhesive strength between tongue and the floor portions of packaging materia material exists From base regions to reducing on the direction in exterior tip region, and in particular, the adhesive for being coated to tongue is made gradually to become Change, so that the amount of adhesive increases being partially toward on the direction of base regions from exterior tip.
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Several embodiments of the present invention are only described by way of example now with reference to attached drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of a part for the package component of first embodiment according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 be along X-X interception formation Fig. 1 package component a part packaging magnification ratio sectional view;
Fig. 3 is view similar with Fig. 2, but it shows alternate embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the perspective schematic view of the material of certain length according to first embodiment, which can be used to form packet Include the packaging of a part for the package component of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is the enlarged view of a part for the material of Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the plan view of the material of certain length according to second embodiment, which can be used to form including Fig. 1's The packaging of a part for package component;
Fig. 7 is the enlarged view of a part for the material of Fig. 4;
Fig. 8 is the perspective view of a part for package component according to another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the magnification ratio perspective view of a part for the package component of Fig. 8.
Fig. 1 shows one embodiment of package component 10 according to an embodiment of the invention.Package component 10 wraps Continuous-flow type packet wrapping 12 is included, which is formed by the packaging materia 14 of flexible membranous material 16, the flexible membranous Material is folded around product (not shown) and is sealed to surround the product completely.The lengthwise edge zones of the overlapping of packaging materia 14 It is bonded together to form longitudinal seam (not shown), which extends in known manner along behind packaging.It is longitudinal Seam can be fin seal portion, wherein the lengthwise edge zones being overlapped are bonded together by inner face of the inner surface or the longitudinal direction connects Seam can be lap jointing type sealing.The opposed distal edge region of packaging materia material be bonded together in the either end of product with Know that mode forms transverse sealed seams (being not shown in Fig. 1, but as described below referring to 170 in Fig. 8).
The product can be food, including but not limited to:Confectionary product, such as chocolate bar and candy strip;Cheese;Biscuit; And other snack-like food.However, the present invention is not limited to food packagings, and it is applicable to pack other kinds of production Product.
The product can be the product block of single substantially rigid, such as chocolate bar.Alternatively, the product may include arranging together At two or more individual substantially rigid product blocks of array.For example, the product may include edge-to-edge or end-to-end arrangement Two or more chocolate bars.Alternatively, the product may include the internal container of at least one substantially rigid, the internal container Accommodate two or more product blocks or flowable materials.
Term " substantially rigid " indicates that product block or container are in packaging materia 14 in combination product block and internal container use Its shape, the wherein shape of the packaging materia jointing product block or container are generally maintained when around its folding to form packaging.However, It should be appreciated that this is not required for product block or internal container is absolute rigidity.
In one embodiment, which has at least two substantially flat faces or side so that when packaging materia 14 surrounds When product folds, gained packaging 12 also has at least two faces, wherein in corner region or transition part, packaging materia is each pair of adjacent Change direction between face.In Fig. 1 in the disclosed embodiments, product is substantially block-like product, has a pair of opposite master Face and a pair of opposite minor face.When forming packaging 12, the shape of packaging materia jointing product so that packaging 12 has corresponding piece Shape shape, which has a pair of opposite interarea 18,20 and a pair of opposite minor face 22,24, wherein each pair of adjacent There are turning or transition parts 25 between face.In this embodiment, product is chocolate bar, and interarea 18,20 is than minor face 22,24 It is significantly wider.
Term " transition part " herein be used for refers to pack a region, in the region, packaging materia 14 in packaging one Change direction between a face and another face.The transition part may include sharp corner or more round transition part, but generally refer to wrap up in Packaging material is transitioned into the region in another substantially flat face from a substantially flat face.In the case where product is very thin, packaging can be real For only tool there are two substantially flat face, these faces are front principal plane 18 and back interarea 20 on border, and packaging materia is continuous around the side of product Bending.
Nearby there is packaging materia 14 flap portion 26, the flap portion to form the opening of sealing and Reclosable at one end Feature is in order to packing.Flap 26 and the main body 34 of packaging materia are foldably connected along an edge 28, in this embodiment, should Edge 28 is in substantially parallel relationship to the side of packaging or minor face 24 is aligned.The free outer edge region 30 of flap and packaging materia main part 34 boundary edge region 32 is overlapped.The free outer edge 30 of flap is bonded using peelable and Reclosable adhesive 35 To the boundary edge region 32 of the overlapping of main part 34.
Flap portion 26 has tongue 36 in its one end far from folded edge 28, and the tongue can be held by people To start to open at packaging.The tongue is connected to flap portion 26 in base regions 38 and has the outer point far from flap portion 26 End part 40.Tip portion 40 does not adhere to 14 material of bottom packaging materia outside at least distal side of tongue 36.Packaging materia 14 and flap Part 26 is constructed such that in being formed by packaging 12, tongue 36 is located at an interarea 18 and a minor face 22 for packaging 12 Between transition part or turning 25 at.This causes tongue 36 to be protruded from the surface of packaging materia 14, can easily catch so convex Tongue starts to open at packaging 12 and so that tongue 36 is more readily spotted.
Packet method can be wrapped up in using continuous-flow type to produce package component 10, and in the method, the film of material 16 is supplied to In roller, multiple products are packed with substantially continuous procedural order according to above-mentioned known method.Material 16 has to be set along its length The multiple packaging materia sections 14 set, each packaging materia section 14 have the flap portion 26 suitably positioned.The material is sent into machine, The machine makes each packaging materia section 14 sequentially be folded around product in turn so that opposite lengthwise edge zones contact and glue It is combined, forms longitudinal seam.So that the material is crimped in the either end of product to form lateral ends seam, then cuts The material is so that each packaging 12 is detached with the remainder of film 16.
The flap portion 26 of closing and sealing state is provided for package component 10.Consumer is by catching tongue 36 and will roll over Alar part 26 is removed to open packaging 10 to expose opening or trepanning from main part 34, can be taken out by the opening or trepanning A part for product or product.
Peelable seals portion between flap portion 26 and the boundary edge region 32 of main body 34 can be by fully close again Envelope, but be actually usually not desirable when flap recloses formed it is gas-tight seal.In most applications, following situations is Enough:The intensity that bonding is formed by when flap recloses is sufficient to make flap that can firmly hold remaining content Certain protection is provided in packaging and for product to protect it from environment influence.It is such as skilful for packaged food in the packaging In the case of gram force item, it is desirable to which before being initially opened, flap portion 26 is adequately sealed when packaging is formed.One In the case of a little, packaging will initially form gas-tight seal packaging, but for some food, gas-tight seal packaging simultaneously can not It takes.
In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, film material 16 is that there is internal laminar structure 41 and external lamination to tie The laminate of structure 42.Internal laminar structure 41 can be metal foil or another metallization material, and external laminar structure 42 can be modeling Property material.However, internal laminar structure 41 and external laminar structure 42 can be by any flexible materials for being suitable for packing product of interest Material is made.The example of typical material includes:Paper material;One or more polymer materials;And metal foil.Inside lamination knot Each of structure 41 and external laminar structure 42 itself can be the laminate with two or more material layers.It is in product In the case of food, laminated material 16 can substantially impervious water and airtight so that when packaging materia 14 is fully sealed, packaging 10 is Product provides hermetic container.However, this is not necessary.
Make folding with offset weakened line is generated in external laminar structure 42 by the inside laminar structure 41 in laminated material Alar part 26 is formed as the integral part of film 16, wherein the offset weakened line can be pass-through cuts or line of weakness.First or outer Portion's weakened line 44 is formed through external laminar structure 42, and depicts the external opening part 46 in external laminar structure Outer edge, which can externally weakened line detach with the remainder of external laminar structure 42.Second or interior Portion's weakened line 48 (it is (relative to flap portion 26) spaced inward with external weakened line 44) is formed through internal lamination Structure 41, and depict the inside in internal laminar structure and open part 50, which opens part and is attached to external opening It part 46 and can be detached with the remainder of internal laminar structure 41 along internal weakened line 48.Internal weakened line 44 and outside are weak Change the distance between line 48 limited boundary region 32, the edge of the external opening part 46 of external structure 42 and internal laminar structure 41 remainder is overlapped in the borderline region to form the free edge 30 of flap portion 26.
In this embodiment, internal laminar structure 41 and external laminar structure 42 pass through permanent in their most of region Property adhesive 52 is bonded together.However, the borderline region 32 between internal weakened line 44 and external weakened line 48 is at least In a part, laminar structure 41,42 is bonded together using peelable and resealable adhesive 52.For example, peelable And the adhesive 52 of resealable can be cold-seal adhesive or contact adhesive.In alternative embodiments, internal laminar structure 41 and external laminar structure 42 be used only single releasable adhesive in borderline region 32 and these structures rest layers It is bonded together in intermediate pressure section, but the arrangement is constructed such that the adhesive strength in boundary edge region 32 is less than laminating area Adhesive strength on remainder, so that boundary edge region 32 is preferentially stripped when flap 26 is opened.
Laser cutting machine 54,56 can be used to generate weakened line 44 as shown in the figure, 48, or can be for example using opposite Die-cylinder is die cut these weakened line using any suitable method and apparatus, and wherein die-cylinder has and material The cutting blade of the opposite flank engagement of material 16.Weakened line 44,48 is formed as further defining tongue 36, which is laminated by outside Part of the structure 42 between internal weakened line and external weakened line is formed, which is not fully bonded to internal laminar structure 41 Floor portions.
Fig. 3 shows that the alternative arrangement of the flap portion 26 for generating Reclosable, the flap portion can be with non-layers Pressure material is used together.In this embodiment, it is produced by laser treatment (for example, laser cutting/etching) packaging materia material 16 The free edge 30 of raw flap, to form overlapping region 60 along the free edge 30 and main body 34 of flap portion 26.In Fig. 3 It is shown, the notch 62 for following elongation or elongated serpentine path across the material is formd, in the free margins of flap portion Overlapping region 60 is formed between edge 30 and the edge of materials region 32 of main part 34.By peelable and preferred resealable Adhesive is coated to one of the free edge 30 of the flap portion of overlapping and the boundary edge region 32 of main part or two Person.The notch also limits tongue 36 in the distal end of flap, which is not fully bonded to the primer in packaging materia main body 34.
In order to further ensure that tongue 36 from the surface of packaging materia 14 protrude, tongue 36 can be imprinted or otherwise at Type is at least protruded when being formed as packaging 12 so that tongue tends to be prominent from packaging materia.Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are shown including wrapping up in The film 16 of the certain length of packaging material section 14, wherein generating flap portion 26 using any method discussed above.Flap portion The inner extension in 26 boundary edge region 30 is schematically shown by line 64.Tongue 36 is not fully bonded to bottom and wraps up in packet Material material, and be stamped and to form multiple ridges 66, these ridges are configured to cause the exterior tip region 40 of tongue 36 from wrapping up in packet The plane of material 14 protrudes.It should be appreciated that other imprinted patterns can be used to make the exterior tip region 40 of tongue 36 protrude.
At least exterior tip region of tongue 36 does not adhere to bottom packaging materia material.In one embodiment, tongue 36 Entirety does not adhere to bottom packaging materia material.In alternative embodiments, tongue 36 is partly adhered to primer, but the arrangement It is constructed such that adhesive strength from base regions 38 towards reducing on the direction of exterior tip 40, to make tongue 36 extremely Few exterior tip 40 is protruded from the surface of packaging materia material.For example, this may include gradually changing in adhesive 35 so that in tongue There is seldom or be not present adhesive, and the trepanning at base regions 38 at 36 tip 40, the amount of adhesive is just It is bigger.It can be measured as unit of every square metre of grams using the amount of adhesive as density.Alternatively or in addition, can root According to the intensity for needing change adhesive, to adjust adhesive strength.This schematically shows in figure 6 and figure 7, they show tool Have the film 16 of the certain length of packaging materia section 14, wherein generate flap portion 26 using any method discussed above, this with Fig. 4 discussed above is similar with Fig. 5.In figure 6 and figure 7, adhesive 35 is indicated with dark color, the adhesive is for making flap portion 26 boundary edge region 30 is adhered to the boundary edge region 32 of main body 34.It such as can most preferably find out in detail in the figure 7, bond Agent 35 is applied to tongue 36 with some pattern so that the amount (density) of adhesive subtracts from base regions 38 towards exterior tip 40 It is small.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 shows the second embodiment of package component 110 according to the present invention.The packages groups of second embodiment Part 110 is similar with the package component 10 of first embodiment, and in each case, and drawing reference numeral that is identical but increasing by 100 will For identification with it is identical in previous embodiment or execute identical function feature.
Package component 110 includes continuous-flow type packet wrapping 112, and the continuous-flow type packet wrapping is by flexible membranous material 116 The formation of packaging materia 114, the flexible membranous material are folded around product (not shown) and are sealed to surround the product completely.Flowing water Formula packet wrapping 112 is similar to above with respect to the packaging 12 described in first embodiment, and similar mode can be used and manufacture.Cause This, will only be described in detail and those of be different from the first embodiment feature.
Packaging 112 includes openable flap portion 126, and in this embodiment, the flap portion is surplus with packaging materia 114 Remaining part point is foldably connected along an edge 128, and the edge 128 is adjacent and parallel to one in transverse end seal portion 170. Flap portion 126 is limited in packaging materia material by simple weakened line (being indicated with dotted line 172), to limit flap portion 126 " freedom " outer edge 130.Flap portion 126 is formed as having far from folded edge 128 and lateral shift front principal plane The vertex 174 of 118 center line so that the vertex be positioned in the front principal plane 118 of packaging and one of secondary side 22 it Between transition part or turning 125 at.
Since flap portion 126 is limited by simple straight weakened line 172, flap portion 126 will not be with packaging materia The boundary edge region of 114 main body 134 is overlapped.In order to open and reclose flap, label 176 is adhered to and wraps up in packet The outside of material, to make free outer edge 130 and boundary edge area of the main body 134 outside weakened line 172 of flap portion 126 Domain 132 is overlapped.Label 176 is formed as the profile of the free edge 130 of fitting flap portion 126.The label has main body 178 With tongue portion 136, wherein main body 178 is adhered to packaging materia 144, and at least exterior tip 140 of tongue portion 136 is unbonded To packaging materia 114.The entirety of tongue portion 136 can the unbonded or tongue portion can be used with above with respect to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 The similar mode only partially bonds.Main body 178 can be transparent so that permeable main body is seen outside packaging materia 114 On any print content, and can be printed in tongue 136 so that tongue can be easily seen.
Tongue 136 is positioned at the vertex 174 of flap portion, which is located between front principal plane 118 and secondary side 122 Transition part or turning 125 at so that the tongue tend to from packaging materia protrude, to enable the tongue be easy to be found and catch.
The main body 178 of label 176 is adhered to packaging materia main body 134 weak in a manner of peelable and preferred Reclosable Change the borderline region outside line 172, but is adhered to boundary edge region 130 of the flap portion 126 inside weakened line 172, with So that label will remain attached to flap portion in opened condition.Permanent adhesive can be used that label 176 is adhered to folding Alar part 126 is adhered to main body using peelable and Reclosable adhesive (such as cold seal glue).Alternatively, phase can be used Label 176 is adhered to both flap portion 126 and main body 134 with adhesive, but the arrangement be constructed such that label 176 with Adhesive strength between flap portion 126 is higher than the adhesive strength between label and main body 134.
As first embodiment, tongue 136 can be stamped or otherwise be molded or be handled, to promote this convex Tongue is protruded from packaging materia 114.
Flap portion 126 is positioned adjacent to one end of the packaging so that once opening packaging, product can be existed by opening It is skidded off from the main part of packaging 134 on longitudinal direction.In the case where product is for example to be divided into several parts of chocolate bar, it is only necessary to Chocolate bar is set to skid off amount remote enough to enable the customer to the one or more parts that fracture as needed.Surplus products can then be made It slides back in packaging, and flap portion 126 reseals so that it keeps secured.
In one embodiment, weakened line 712 be extend fully through packaging materia material thickness run through notch or quarter Trace line.In this embodiment, weakened line 172 can be formed after label 176 to be applied to packaging materia material.The embodiment it is excellent Point is that packaging materia material might not be torn packing the when of opening.In this embodiment, in order to ensure sufficiently sealed, mark Label will usually extend along the whole length of weakened line 172.However, in alternative embodiments, weakened line 172 can only partially prolong The thickness of packaging materia material is extended through to maintain the integrality of packaging, without making label cover the whole length of weakened line.
In the described embodiment, tongue 36,136 are positioned in transition part or turning between two adjacent surfaces of packaging At 25,125, to promote tongue to be protruded from packaging materia.However, in alternative embodiments, tongue can be integrally located in packaging 12, It in 122 face, but is formed, imprints or otherwise handled, so that the tongue is protruded from packaging materia.
Previous embodiment is not intended to limit the protection domain that claims are provided, and is intended to how description will incite somebody to action this Invent the example to try out.

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1. a kind of package component, the package component includes the continuous-flow type packet wrapping for accommodating product, and described includes by enclosing The packaging materia that the flexible membranous material of the certain length folded around the product is formed, and using along the face of packaging longitudinal direction At least one sealing extended and the transverse end seal portion closing using any longitudinal end positioned at the packaging, it is described It includes that capable of being preferentially foldable outwardly for the packaging materia material is open with generating that packaging materia, which has opening characteristics, the opening characteristics, A part, the packaging includes being attached to the tongue of the opening characteristics, can hold the tongue to start to open at, The tongue is connected to the opening characteristics in base regions and has the outer tip portion far from the opening characteristics, In at least described outer tip portion do not adhere to the floor portions of the packaging materia material and from the table of the packaging materia material Face protrudes;Product described in wherein at least one is substantially block-like, has a pair of opposite interarea and a pair of opposite minor face, The packaging limits the corresponding opposite interarea of a pair and the opposite minor face of corresponding a pair, and the opening characteristics is limited at institute The first face in the interarea of packaging is stated, and the tongue is located so that the outer tip portion in the interarea Intersection between adjacent surface in first face and the minor face protrudes.
2. package component according to claim 1, wherein the tongue is stamped or is molded, with from the institute in the packaging The surface for stating packaging materia protrudes.
3. package component according to claim 1, wherein the opening characteristics is by least one in the packaging materia material Weakened line limits, and the opening characteristics preferentially can be along the remainder of at least one weakened line and the packaging materia material Separation.
4. package component according to claim 3, wherein at least one weakened line includes line of weakness, and described beat Katal levies the remainder for being attached to the packaging materia material in a releasable manner.
5. package component according to claim 1, wherein the opening characteristics includes tear tape.
6. package component according to claim 1, wherein the opening characteristics includes that can surround the flap of edge fold.
7. package component according to claim 1, wherein the floor portions of the tongue and the packaging materia material Between adhesive strength from the base regions to reducing on the direction of the outer tip portion.
8. package component according to claim 7, wherein the tongue passes through adhesive bonding to the packaging materia material The floor portions, and described adhesive is applied to the tongue so that the amount of described adhesive is from the outer point End part is towards increasing on the direction of the base regions.
9. package component according to claim 1, wherein the tongue, which includes label, is adhered to the opening characteristics The part of outer surface.
10. package component according to claim 9, wherein opening part include can surround an edge fold and Flap with the free edge region limited by the weakened line in the packaging materia material, the flap have far from described one The vertex at a edge, the vertex are positioned between first face of the interarea and the adjacent surface of the minor face The intersection, Adhesive Label are adhered to the outer surface that the packaging materia extends across the weakened line, described weak to be adhered to Change part both of the flap and the packaging materia inside line outside the weakened line, the tongue is by the label The part for not being fully bonded to the floor portions of the packaging materia limits, and the floor portions are located at institute adjacent to the flap State the vertex of intersection.
11. package component according to claim 10, wherein the flap can be surrounded adjacent and parallel to the transverse end The edge fold of a positioning in sealing.
12. the package component according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the label be adhered in a releasable manner it is described The part of the packaging materia outside the weakened line.
13. package component according to claim 12, wherein the label be adhered in a manner of Reclosable it is described The part of the packaging materia outside the weakened line.
14. package component according to claim 1, wherein the tongue is the integral part of the packaging materia material.
15. package component according to claim 14, wherein the packaging materia material is that have to be adhered to internal lamination knot The laminated material of the external laminar structure of structure, the external laminar structure and the internal laminar structure include respectively at least one Flexible material layer;The opening characteristics by the external laminar structure at least one outside weakened line and described internal be laminated At least one inside weakened line in structure limits, and at least one outside weakened line depicts the external laminar structure Can along the external opening part that at least one outside weakened line is detached with the remainder of external structure, described at least one Internal weakened line depict the internal laminar structure be attached to the external opening part and can be along described at least one Part is opened in the inside that internal weakened line is detached with the remainder of internal structure, wherein the internal weakened line and the outside Weakened line is offset from one another, and boundary of the external opening part between the external weakened line and the internal weakened line At least part in region is attached to the bottom surface of the internal laminar structure, the external opening portion in a releasable manner The borderline region divided can be removed with the bottom surface of the internal laminar structure to lead to the internal opening part Also it removes backward, to form opening in laminated film;The tongue is by the external opening part in the internal weakened line The part of the borderline region between the external weakened line limits.
16. package component according to claim 15, wherein the borderline region of the external structure can be attached again To the bottom surface of the internal structure to reclose the opening.
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