The application requires to submit on July 8th, 2004 be numbered 60/586355 U.S. Provisional Application and submitted on June 8th, 2005 be numbered 60/688605 U.S. Provisional Application No..It is included in here as a reference.
Background technology
Some consumable article chew gum for example bar-shaped or sheet can be contained in the packing, and chewing gum tablet is with an arranged in arrays in this packing, and this array makes it possible to easily distribute independent chewing gum tablet from packing.These chewing gum tablets can be wrapped up individually, make the chewing gum tablet that is wrapped to take out in the array from described packing individually.One that takes out in these chewing gum tablets forms a space in this array, this space makes adjacent chewing gum tablet be shifted.Particularly, if one or more chewing gum tablet tilts in this packing or falls, it is difficult so other chewing gum tablet being taken out from this packing.In addition, other chewing gum tablet may slide or rock in packing, and may drop to the outside of described packing.
Licensing to being numbered 5632378 US Patent and licensing to being numbered of people such as Balling some examples of available distribution package on market that are used to store such article of chewing gum tablet for example being shown in 5797494 the US Patent of Provost.People such as Provost and Balling shows a kind of packing, this packing by be wrapped in a plurality of stacked items for example the wrap member around the chew gum form.This wrap member comprises the tear-open upper end, to expose chewing gum tablet and it is taken out.A kind of adhesive agent is painted on the lower surface of this wrap member, chewing gum tablet is remained on releasedly the inside of described packing after opening wrap member.
Other some examples comprise and license to being numbered 5125211 US Patent and being numbered 5029712 US Patent of people such as O ' Brien, they show a kind of stick gum packing of Reclosable, and this packing is a kind of container with front portion, top ends and rear portion.Label is bonded in the front portion of container before the viscosity.Then, apply the flexible adhesion tabs, this bonding tabs covers label, top and the rear portion of container.This tabs also comprises non-adhesive pull tab.By mentioning described pulling-on piece, anterior separated, the front portion removes the top to unpack, and the rear portion of tabs also keeps connecting.This tabs can be sealed to the front portion of described packing again, so that described packing is by closed again.
In addition, license to the packing that 1751208 US Patent has been described a kind of candy or chewing gum that is numbered of Kappes, it comprises having the interior wrap member of a series of fold with firm maintenance chewing gum block, and when taking a chewing gum away, other piece will can not removed and drop out like this.This packing also comprises the outer wrapping part, this outer wrapping part be wrapped in this packing around so that interior wrap member keeps its original wrinkle shape, thereby prevent from himself to move from described packing.
From above-mentioned example, can see, exist the needs that a kind of like this article packing is provided, this article packing comprises a kind of container packet that is used to adorn one group of flap, this container packet has the cover of other Reclosable, like this when this packing is opened, only some container packet is opened, and make the article that the customer takes out to be needed, and other chewing gum tablet is maintained in the described box body.
The specific embodiment
Shown in Figure 1A-1C, the invention provides a kind of package component 10 of consumable article of the Reclosable that chewing gum tablet 14 arrays 12 are housed.Though shown in the preferred embodiments of the present invention is chewing gum tablet 14, also can use other consumable article.This package component 10 also comprises container packet 16, and container packet 16 keeps and encapsulate the array 12 of chewing gum tablet 14, will describe this point below.In addition, guard shield 18 covers and is fixed on this container packet, will be further described it below.
Chewing gum tablet 14 is the object of elongated rectangular shape normally, and it is wrapped up separately by interior wrap member 20 in the mode of routine, shown in Fig. 2 A.Wrap member 20 is rectangular-shaped objects in described, is preferably made by the cotton paper of bleaching.Usually, the long limit of interior wrap member 20 is overlapped, and its end is reversed on described 14 and encapsulates described 14, thereby wraps chewing gum tablet 14 fully, shown in Fig. 2 B.
As discussed above, before chewing gum tablet 14 was placed on container packet 16, shown chewing gum tablet 14 was wrapped up individually.Described wrap member 20 can be independent a slice or can comprise a plurality of or multilayer.Yet, it is pointed out that chewing gum tablet 14 can directly be placed in the described box body 16 with an array 12, and do not wrapped up individually.
In an embodiment of the present invention, each in the described chewing gum tablet that is wrapped 14 is placed with array 12 in aspectant mode.The described array 12 of chewing gum tablet 14 is placed in the described container packet 16 to keep and to encapsulate the array 12 of described chewing gum tablet 14, shown in Fig. 3 A-3C.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, container packet 16 is made by the plane domain 40 that cuts out from coiled material 42.This coiled material 42 is preferably made by the wrap of paper and paillon foil, shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B.Zone 40 comprises adhesive agent, and this adhesive agent is the flow coat thing (floodcoating) of heat fusing, shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B.This flow coat thing has covered the whole paper in zone 40.Described regional 40 by heating along the line that crosses whole length or bar, this adhesive agent is activated.Adhesive strip 41 engages with each chewing gum tablet 14, and when forming this box body, chewing gum tablet 14 remains in the described box body 16 bondedly like this.Take out one or more chewing gum tablets even this adhesive agent maintenance method makes in described packing, chewing gum tablet still remains positioned in the described packing.Such adhesive agent connects and has prevented chewing gum tablet taking-up or fall from this packing unintentionally.
Shown in the line among Fig. 4 A, zone 40 is folded to form described box body 16.This zone 40 is folded, to limit relative flat front 40a and rear surface 40b, relative top surface 40c and basal surface 40d and relative end surface 40e and 40f.End surface 40e and 40f are folded to form ends packet 16 in the mode of routine.The overall width of coiled material 40 is preferably about 102mm, wherein is used for folding this end separately at relative end 40c and the nearly 10mm in 40d place.
Shown in Fig. 4 B, about 15mm beginning marks indentation on zone 40 from the edge of distance areas 40, is preferably laser scored.As shown in Fig. 3 A, on the paper side in zone 40, but the foil side of not passing zone 40, laser scored 43 are defined as " smile shape otch ".
The degree of depth of laser beam cutting can be controlled so that this accurate cutting to be provided.When 16 pairs of described chewing gum tablets of box body provided protecting of zone 42 on every side, even adopt laser beam cutting, described box body still remained intact intact.
The plane domain 40 of Fig. 4 A and 4B is folded the array 10 that encapsulates described 12, to form the container packet 16 shown in Fig. 3 A-3C.Also have, the box body 16 in Fig. 3 is composites of paillon foil and paper, and laser penetration paper side is only to expose foil side, as shown in Figure 3A.As can be seen, the shape 43 of " smile shape otch " is engraved in the paper side of box body 16 from Fig. 3 B, makes the shield on every side of paillon foil remain on the appropriate location.Like this, when mentioning this box body 16, will mention paillon foil to tear along the laser through part.Described tearing is opened box body 16.Shown in Fig. 3 C, the array 12 of chewing gum tablet 14 is maintained at the appropriate location, extracts chewing gum tablet 14 up to the customer, makes chewing gum tablet 14 be bonded in the adhesive agent 41 (Fig. 4 A) of appropriate location thereby discharge.
Referring to Fig. 5 of the present invention, wherein show guard shield 18, described guard shield 18 preferably is made of the cardboard that comprises printed label.Shown in Figure 1A-1C, guard shield 18 covers especially and is fixed on this box body 16.Guard shield 18 extends jointly with the first type surface of box body 16.One end 18a of guard shield 18 limits openable tabs 50, and this tabs 50 covers the front portion of box body 16, shown in Figure 1A.The other end 18b of guard shield 18 covers and is fixed on the front surface of box body 16, shown in Figure 1B with boning.The other end 18b of guard shield 18 comprises the slit 52 at the center of being preferably located in and in the oval adhesive dots 54 of each side, shown in Fig. 5 and Figure 1B, with extra fixing packed assembly 10.Tabs 50 is included in the fin 50a at its top place, as shown in Figure 5.Fin 50a inserts or fills in the slit 52, to cover box body 16, shown in Fig. 1 C.In addition, as shown in Figure 5, guard shield 18 is drawn along top surface and basal surface indentation, and opening flap 50 makes box body 16 be opened along indentation 56 like this, thereby the array 12 of opening chewing gum tablet 14 is to distribute them, shown in Figure 1B.
The use of the product package assembly 10 of Reclosable is described with reference to Figure 1A-1C here.Figure 1A shows packed before use package component 10, and at this moment tabs 50 is bonded on the adhesive dots 54.As the fin 50a of customer's pull-up tabs 50 and when opening assembly 10, the bonding between tabs 50 and adhesive dots 54 is destroyed.In addition, the paillon foil part that makes box body 16 by opening flap is torn along laser scored 43, thereby can be near the array 12 of chewing gum tablet 14.As discussed above, chewing gum tablet 14 is connected the inboard of basal surface by adhesive agent, promptly is connected on the paillon foil part of box body 16, so that do not drop down at the 10 o'clock chewing gum tablets of unpacking.The customer can pull out chewing gum tablet 14 as much as possible as required.At last, the customer pulls down tabs 50 simply and fin 50a is filled in the slit 52, with closed package assembly 10.
Another embodiment of the packing of Reclosable of the present invention has been shown in Fig. 6-11.The embodiment that on the embodiment shown in Fig. 6-11 is substantially similar to, illustrates, and can make in substantially the same mode.Described product package assembly 100 comprises the array 112 (Fig. 9) of chewing gum tablet 114.The chewing gum tablet 114 of present embodiment is wideer and thicker chewing gum tablet, and it is littler than the product package assembly among Figure 1A-1C 10 to be arranged to product package assembly 110, and less like this chewing gum tablet 114 is supported in this packing.
Also with reference to Fig. 9 and 11, the same with top embodiment, package component 110 comprises container packet 116, and this container packet 116 keeps and encapsulate the array 112 of chewing gum tablet 114.Guard shield 118 covers and is fixed on the container packet 116.Chewing gum tablet 114 can also comprise independent wrap member or such wrap member is not provided.
Container packet 116 is made of the composite structure of paper/paillon foil, and can comprise on a surface that the adhesive coated layer is to remain on chewing gum tablet 114 wherein.Described box body forms (not shown) here by flat sheet material and is folded to limit packaging part around chewing gum tablet 114.
Box body 116 preferably marks indentation by laser scored mode, and to limit smile shape otch 121, this incision extension passes the paper part of box body 116, but does not pass the paillon foil part.
The guard shield 118 that illustrates more fully in Figure 10 and 11 is preferably made by paper or cardboard, and can comprise printed labels.Guard shield 118 covers and is fixed on the box body 116.End 118a comprises fin 118c.An end 118a of guard shield 118 limits openable tabs 150, and this tabs 150 covers the front portion of box body 116.The other end 118b of guard shield 118 covers and is fixed on the facing surfaces of box body 116 with boning.The other end 118c of described guard shield 118 comprises the slit 152 that is used for the fixing described guard shield of Reclosable.The fin 118c of end 118a can be inserted in the slit 152.
The product package assembly 110 of the Reclosable of present embodiment can with use in the same manner about the mode described in the embodiment of Fig. 1 above-mentioned.When opening assembly 110 when customer's pull-up tabs 150, this packing is opened.Opening flap makes the paillon foil part of box body be torn along the smile shape otch 121 that laser marks indentation further, thereby opens box body 116 and chewing gum tablet is exposed for taking-up.For closed package assembly 110, the customer pulls down tabs and the fin 118c of tabs is filled in the slit 152, so just closed this assembly.
Figure 12 illustrates another embodiment of the present invention.On package component 210 is substantially similar in conjunction with the described package component of previous drawings, and can operate in the same manner.
With regard to the current embodiment that illustrates, this packing ratio fwd packing is wideer shorter, because chewing gum tablet is not to be supported in the single array side by side, is depicted as the chewing gum block 212 of pillow.The chewing gum block 212 of pillow has foursquare front surface and is arranged to two arrays side by side with the relation of vertical stacking.Box body 216 and guard shield 218 be basically with previously described the same, and the size of determining them is to support this layout.The manufacturing of box body and guard shield is the same with previously described mode with operation.
Figure 13 illustrates another embodiment.Package component 310 is still the same with above-mentioned package component basically.In the current embodiment that illustrates, article side by side are arranged to the row of two vertical stackings, and limit the chewing gum block 312 of the pillow with rectangular front face.Box body 316 and guard shield 318 are configured to support a kind of like this layout.Equally, in all others, box body 316 and guard shield 318 are to be configured and to operate about the identical mode of front embodiment with above-mentioned.
Though described the present invention in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that under the situation that does not depart from appended essential characteristic that claim limited and scope of the present invention, various changes can be made with several examples.