CN1180338A - Flexible tubular package - Google Patents

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CN1180338A
CN1180338A CN 96193028 CN96193028A CN1180338A CN 1180338 A CN1180338 A CN 1180338A CN 96193028 CN96193028 CN 96193028 CN 96193028 A CN96193028 A CN 96193028A CN 1180338 A CN1180338 A CN 1180338A
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H·恩格维斯特
M·伊斯克拉
H·W·肖埃林
R·斯马加
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Johnson and Johnson Consumer Inc
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A simple, strong overwrap package which has a generally tubular shape and which incorporates features to help the user to open the package in a controlled manner at a controlled location is disclosed. The overwrap package has a longitudinal seam formed of: (a) a first narrow longitudinal strip portion of outwardly facing, sealable inner surface which is superposed over a corresponding longitudinal strip portion of the outer surface; (b) a second narrow longitudinal strip portion of outwardly facing outer surface adjacent said sealable inner surface; and (c) a third narrow longitudinal strip portion of inwardly facing sealable inner surface which is superposed over and sealed to the first and second longitudinal strip portions. Preferably, the first narrow strip is formed by folding a portion of the inner surface of the packaging material over the outer surface. The seam therefore provides a reinforced teraing strip, and a tear originating at the first generally flattened end proximate the longitudinal seam away from the first lateral side is capable of following the longitudinal seam toward the second generally flattened end. The method of making such packages is also disclosed.

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Flexible tubular package
Invention field
The present invention says that generally relating to a kind of flexible elongated wraps up in packing outward, and it has the structure that is generally tubulose, has flat termination and a longitudinal seam that tears bar as the reinforcement of opening this packing.Should outer wrap up in packing can shield in the storage before healthy prevention articles for use (as tampon) use.
Background of invention
The present technique field that is packaged in of tubular products is well-known.In some application scenario, as the outer packing of wrapping up in of tampon, prevent that importantly the product that is wrapped up is subjected to owing to the pollution that is caused is opened in carelessness, its packing is to make with more solid material.Such packing is made with the paper of plastic sheeting, paper and band coating usually.Use more solid paper then to increase the difficulty of user when unpacking controllably with in the controollable position.
The US Patent No 5 of Kadel, 133,457 and people's such as Norquest U.S. Patent No. 4,881,644 are providing so outer wrapping up in to make some trials aspect the packing, it is made, yet can controllably this packing be opened again by having higher tension, antiburst, the anti-tear material that pulls intensity.These packings have adopted such as materials such as space polypropylene, low density polyethylene (LDPE) and paper.The outer material of wrapping up in described in these bibliographys has comprised the wrap break-up device, as with the perpendicular line of weakness of the length direction of this packing.Use line of weakness preferentially to determine the outer position of wrapping up in the packing opening, but some weak point is arranged.At first, depicting line of weakness needs high-precision technological process control, passes the N/R hole on the packing to avoid wrapping up in outside.These holes may become source of pollution.Secondly, make line of weakness on the packaging and except making the required step of this packing itself, require extra processes step.
Therefore, people are needed to be a kind of simple, solid outer packing of wrapping up in, and it has a shape that is generally tubulose, and have help the user controllably, open the characteristics of this packing in the controollable position.
Brief summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of flexibility and wrap up in packing outward, it comprises that one is generally the sheet of packing meterial of tubulose, and it has an outside face and a sealable inside face.These packing are made a tubulose, and along a longitudinal seam and normally flat first and second ends sealing.Packing after the sealing has a first side.The orientation of this longitudinal seam is near the first side of the first flat usually end and second end, this longitudinal seam has: (a) first narrow taeniae part towards outer salable inside face, and it is stacked on the taeniae part corresponding with it of an outside face; (b) one near above-mentioned salable inside face, towards the second narrow taeniae part of outer outside face; (c) the 3rd narrow taeniae part of the inside salable inside face of one side, it is stacked and be sealed on first and second taeniaes part.This first fillet preferably outwards is folded to the part of the inside face of packing on the outside face and forms.Therefore, this longitudinal seam provides tear bar and one of a reinforcement to originate near longitudinal seam, away from the first flat end of being generally of first side, can lead to the tear seam of second end that is generally flat along longitudinal seam.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of wrapping up in packing according to tampon of the present invention outward;
Fig. 2 is the top plan view that this tampon is wrapped up in packing outward;
Fig. 3 is the lateral plan that this tampon is wrapped up in packing outward;
Fig. 4 is the end elevation that this tampon is wrapped up in packing outward;
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B are the partial schematic diagrams that the present invention packs manufacturing process;
Fig. 5 C is another scheme drawing that the present invention packs manufacturing process.
Detailed description of the invention
Referring to Fig. 1-Fig. 4, a flexibility is wrapped up in packing 10 outward and is comprised a common sheet of packing meterial 12 in a tubular form, it has an outside face 14, one sealable inside face 16, a longitudinal seam 18 and is generally flat first and second terminations 20 and 22, and each termination has a first side 24 respectively.The orientation of longitudinal seam 18 is near the first side 24 that is generally flat first and second terminations 20,22.
Longitudinal seam 18 has first a narrow taeniae part 26 towards outer salable inside face.This narrow taeniae part 26 is stacked on the corresponding taeniae part 28 of outside face.Longitudinal seam 18 also comprises second a narrow taeniae part 30 towards outer outside face, and it is near the taeniae part 26 of above-mentioned sealable inside face.Another part of longitudinal seam 18 is one the 3rd a narrow taeniae part 32 towards interior salable inside face, and it is stacked on the first and second narrow taeniae parts 26,30 and with it and is sealed.The first narrow taeniae part 26 preferably forms the part of the inside face of packing to outside face 28 turnovers.Therefore, longitudinal seam 18 provides tear bar and who has strengthened to originate near longitudinal seam 18, away from flat 20 places, termination of being generally of first side 24, can be along longitudinal seam 18 towards the tear seam that is generally flat second termination 22.In order to determine the reference position of this tear seam, can make a breach 34 being generally flat 20 places, first termination.
In another embodiment, longitudinal seam 18 can also comprise stiffening device 35.This stiffening device 35 is the continuous parts of length direction of seam 18 longitudinally preferably.One class is representative, but the available stiffening device 18 that is not limited thereto comprises that cotton rope, plastic tape, monofilament, certain heat are melted, the continuous lines and the similar substance of the polymeric material of cold-adhesion.
In use, the customer can be with the thumb of first hand of user and the left side 20a that forefinger is held first end 20, and with the thumb of second hand of end user and the right side 20b that forefinger is held first end 20.Then the end user's second hand can reverse lightly and (or) tear the outer right side of wrapping up in packing 10, make it to separate with the left side, tear seam that originates in breach 34 will be normally seam 18 along the longitudinal, the outer content 36 of wrapping up in packing 10 is come out.
Although wrapping up in packing 10 outward describes as protection applicator tampon 36; but it also can be used to protect long article, as said digital tampon, tampon inserter, vaginal medication and (or) application device, feminine hygiene articles and the similar articles of spermatocide.
Packing can be any suitable flaky materials, and it comprises (not being formed on this but do not limit to) thin polymer film, paper, weave or non woven fibre, these any array configuration, and similar substance.These flaky materials can carry out coating or coating as required.Being preferably packing is a kind of polymer thin film, paper or coated paper.These packing preferably have a salable surface at least, and for example, one deck thermoplastic layer or one deck adhering and sealing layer carry out mechanical seal, heat seal, ultrasonic sealing, cold sealing or their combination, and similar operations.In a specific preferred embodiment, packing are a kind of paper that polymeric coating is arranged.In another preferred embodiment, packing are polyethylene coating paper.Such polyethylene coating paper is the white craft paper of low density polyethylene ene coatings, and it has the basis weight (30g/m of 55g/m2 2Paper and 25g/m 2Coating).This material can obtain from the PKL of German Linnich, name of an article SUPRAFERM67030-25.
Consult Fig. 5 A-5C now, wrapping up in packing outside this can form like this, and the sheet band of a flexible packages 100 is carried along the machine direction consistent with the longitudinal axis of packing 100.The bar of packing 100 has a sealing surfaces 102 and outside face 104, the first and second sides are respectively 106 and 108 and longitudinal axiss.One first sealing band 112 can be made by at folding station 113 places the one fillet part of packing 100 close first sides 106 being turned down about 180 ° backward.
Packing 100 after folding can form a pipe 114 by material 100 is swathed on moulding plug 116, the diameter of plug is consistent with the internal diameter that the finished product tubulose is wrapped up in packing outward.Packing 100 are wrapped on the plug 116, so salable surperficial 102 form the inside face of pipe 114, outside face 104 forms the outside face of pipe 114, and one be stacked on first sealing band 112 and second sealing band 120 near salable 118 of second side 108, and the latter is by being positioned near first sealing band 112, forming away from the outside face 104 of first side 106.Subsequently in a containment station 121, by the known mode of those of ordinary skill in the present technique field, salable 118 near second side 108 can be sealed on first and second sealing bands 112,120, to form a longitudinal seam 122, for example, above-mentioned surface can adopt heat-sealing, ultrasonic sealing, adhering and sealing, cold sealing, mechanical seal, adhesive seal and similar approach to seal.
Subsequently, the pipe 114 after the sealing can get the raw materials ready 124 to form single packing at separation station 125 places by disjunction.Finishing of this operation can adopt cutter blades, rotating knife, shearing, crushing cutting, water jet, stretching through pre-weakening part, laser and the known method for dividing of other present technique field professional person.Single packing get the raw materials ready 124 can be sent to along with the bogey 126 of continuous pipe movement in vertical direction on.Individual packaging gets the raw materials ready 124, and to be sent to choose opportunities on the bogey 126 be to make longitudinal seam 122 point to such position, and its is near a side of flat end when flat end is sealed.Location orientation device 130 can be packed the orientation that 124 half-twists of getting the raw materials ready are realized longitudinal seam 122 by making.The angle of rotating is not a key issue, and it can be in the scope about 30 ° to 150 °.Like this, get the raw materials ready 124 rotation of packing is enough to make longitudinal seam 122 to be positioned at flat end side near this termination when sealed.The packing of having good positioning is got the raw materials ready and 132 can be sent to one first end containment station 134 subsequently, for example heat seal wheel, roller and (or) band, it the packing after the orientation can be got the raw materials ready 132 one first vertically end 136 flatten and sealing.First flat vertical end 136 also can be made breach.Should outer wrap up in packing subsequently and can insert product, and the second vertically collapsible and sealing of end.These steps are well-known for having those of ordinary skill in the present technique field.
Provided specification sheets and embodiment above, purpose is to make everybody to the present invention disclosed herein complete and a be not limited thereto understanding be arranged.Because under the situation that does not deviate from essence of the present invention and scope, the present invention can make many versions and embodiment, so the present invention belongs to the back claims.

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1. a flexibility is wrapped up in packing outward, it comprises that one is generally the sheet of packing meterial of tubulose, it has an outside face, a sealable inside face, a longitudinal seam and normally flat first and second ends that a first side is arranged, being oriented to of this land edge seam wherein near the first usually flat end and the first side of second end, and this longitudinal seam comprises:
A) first narrow taeniae part towards outer salable inside face, it is stacked on the taeniae part corresponding with it of outside face;
B) one near above-mentioned salable inside face, towards the second narrow taeniae part of outer outside face;
C) the 3rd narrow taeniae part towards interior salable inside face, it is stacked and be sealed on first and second taeniaes parts.
Thereby, one originate near longitudinal seam, can be away from the tear seam of the first flat end of being generally of first side along longitudinal seam towards being generally the second flat end.
2. wrap up in packing outside as claimed in claim 1, wherein salable inside face is a heat seal surface.
3. wrap up in packing outside as claimed in claim 1, wherein longitudinal seam also comprises intensifying device.
4. the outer packing of wrapping up in as claimed in claim 3, wherein this intensifying device is in the 3rd fillet part of longitudinal seam and first and second fillets part between at least one.
5. the outer packing of wrapping up in as claimed in claim 3, wherein this intensifying device can be selected from organizing material with next, and cotton rope, poly-mer adhesive tape and heat are melted material.
6. wrap up in packing outside as claimed in claim 1, wherein also comprise a breach, it is positioned near first end that is generally flat, thereby tear seam can originate in the position of being controlled.
7. the outer packing of wrapping up in as claimed in claim 1, wherein packing are selected from next group material, comprise Ju Hewubaomo paper and coated paper.
8. wrap up in packing outside as claimed in claim 7, wherein packing are coated papers.
9. wrap up in packing outside as claimed in claim 7, wherein this coated paper comprises one deck paper and one layer of polymeric coating.
10. packaged coating tampon, it comprises:
A) tampon applying device, it has the tubbiness spare and the plunger member that fill tampon, its structure constitute can be in tubbiness spare telescopic slide and tampon released from tubbiness spare;
B) wrap up in packing outward for one, it comprises that one is generally the sheet of packing meterial of tubulose, it has an outside face, a sealable inside face, a longitudinal seam and normally flat first and second ends that a first side is arranged, wherein the orientation of this longitudinal seam is near the first flat usually end and the first side of second end, and this longitudinal seam comprises:
A) first narrow taeniae part towards outer sealable inside face, it is stacked on the taeniae part corresponding with it of outside face;
B) one near above-mentioned salable inside face, towards the second narrow taeniae part of outer outside face;
C) the 3rd narrow taeniae part towards interior salable inside face, it is stacked and be sealed on first and second taeniaes parts.
Thereby, one originate near longitudinal seam, can be away from the tear seam of the first flat end of being generally of first side along longitudinal seam towards being generally the second flat end.
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