DK3103734T3 - PERFORATED BANDEROLE - Google Patents

Description

perforated WKAii band fie pfeserrt inversion mistes to a package band for encompassing one or more artl-dee, wherein the package band includes at least one perforation extending substan-dally parallel to tie circumferential direction and the fearing direction extends substantially parallel to the perforation.

The e^eetatlons :pt consumers on fie performance characteristics of products have increased StgnficSniiy in recent years. While in the past it was sufficient that the actual product met the expectations of the user satisfocfohiy, nowadays increasing^ secondary product features come into the focus. These secondary properties, ^ may be the consumption of resources in the production of theprodoci itself, the recy-oiabiisty and generally an easy handling. Herein, it is important that these properties a p p ly not only to the product l uf to a large extent also for the packaging wh ich protects the product. This should be functional and enyfenment friendly and ensure an easy handling. Thus, recently in some fields of applications the term 'Ttostfafion free* packaging can be found, which represents a specially configured packaging design which enables an easy access to the product without the use of auxiliary devices and optionally allows to such as a reclosure of the opened package. In particular, the feature of an easy eooeseibiilfy is of particular interest, since the opening of the package determines the first impression of the user about the product.

Some technical solutions for simplifying an opening process ere disclosed In the literature. For example, DE 20 2014 002 79? U1 describes a package band for wrapping rolled film products, In particular rubbish bags, consisting of paper and a seif-adhesive paper strip |Qulck-itop) mounted verticaliy to the longitudinal sider at the rear of the package band, wherein one end of the paper strip can be gripped at the edge of the package band in a semi-circular recess of the package band, characterised in that the package hand can fee opened by pullingthe paper strip «long this stig away from the roll and can fee r®FROW^-ifhMf*::^*»ira^l v^He#i Is wrapped fey the package hand yS A-4 580 S8& describes a package for elongate provided at a narrow end with e holder in which a transverse seal ands a portion of fh# pardtage adjacent thereto are held, immediately above the holder the package is provided with a circumferential perforation strip which extends parallel to the transverse seeing seem.: If the holder is held h one hand and is pulled at the opposite transverse seat the package tears at the transverse seeing seam and the food product can fee held apd eaten like an ice lolly. P6 20 2009 00671? U1, for example, discloses a packaging foil Including a perforation for facilitating the roraoval of the packaging foil, f”B 2 736 897 Å1 describes an individual packaging for single-use serviettes made of sf a cone is laid around the serviettes and thermally welded, W0relates to a package for mineral wool, wherein the mineral wool is roiled into the deslr^ sfeo and subsequently wrapped in the packaging material. Herein, the ends of the packaging material are at least partially dosed The packaging material Includes at least one perforation in the circumferential direction of the pack-age. yorooveri a package tor roof materials is disclosed in U$ 2009/042159 A1, wherein the match a is are wrapped in a pro-stretched polymeric membrane having an elasticity of at least 4%, ft (¾ therefore an object of the present inventie« to provide a packaging solution for sat© storage and subsequent easy removal of articles of the daily use, W§$h is environ-mentally friendly and is oharaotMised in particular in that fiw æmovat of the package cartbe implemented easily v#h^

Thic oh|eot is achieved by the festuresof claim 1M peckagetmnd according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from DE 20 20(39 008717 U1, FR2 ?mm A1 ami WO 2bhi/04ø4?S, f urther prefetfed embmiimertta are specified in the depihdent claims.

According to one embodiment, a package band for wrapping one or more articles is provided, whérein the package band haa atieaat one patforafio?* extending substantially parallel to the circumferential direction and the tearing difeetlbn extends substarv* dally parallel to the perforation.

This embodiment of the padbration according to the invention. b^'lib^fttpafeajilariy favorable in the field of frustration-free packaging by um means. of the arrangement of the predetermined breaking posnt, which extends perpendicular to the symmetry axis of the packaged produet, it can be provided that a user can easily take the good on both aides of the breaking point in both hands and can break through the perforation by a simple counter-rotational movement. In Ibis way two package baml halves can be produced bom the package band, which then both or Individually, as heeded, can be easljy removed from the product. This ease of removal cannot be ob-tained when perforation is mounted perpendicular to the cir cumferential direction. In these cases, the packaged product must be taken necessarily in one hand and the perforation must be removed perpendicular to the circumferential direction by means of the other hand, In a vertical thus more uncontroiledv so tbat the package can be easily damaged not only along the predetermined breaking pofhb be, the perforation, but also In (per packaging areas.

Jn the embodiment, according ίο the invention this is prevented in that both hands are used and thus the force can be easily limited to the area of the predetermined breaking point For this reason, a safe tearing at the predetermined breaking point in the circyrrs· |éiisht|ai direction can be achieved oven with relatively thin, i,e. unstable packaging ttiaferiais, By use ©f a two-handed, counier-rotatkmai movement: moreover, higher forces ©an be applied to the perforation compared to a one-handed tearing process, ao that even in the case of the use of sitffer packaging materials a safe feanng along the perforation seam without pgxiliary devioisis ensured. The result is consequently a fmstratiofviree packaging solution, which ip weii-suited for a variety of dsfieteri peP opt gepmethes, Å package band in the sense of the inveplcfi means paper or plastic film sir ips as such or, for example: printed which wrap products and belong to the packaging of the product or enclose them. The package bands can wrap the product only physically or #se be pU#d bf affixed thereto at some points.

The peilførafiondirection according to the invention substantially extends parallel to the circumferential direction, ibis meanslhslthe perforation emends longitudinaiiy and not traniyersely on the padkage hand and may form an angie of ~45e to *45* with respect to fte circumferential direebon of ihe ροΛρβ hand- if the package band: forexampie, wteiph a cylindrical product, the paclrage band forms a hollow cylinder open at both ends, which a^mmpdalBS tie product. The perforations thus according to the invention amende not toward ite open ends of the Mow cylinder, but only along the circumference of the hollow cylinder, However, if is also possible that over the circumference of the package band ho constant angle Is maintained, but the angle can change arbitrarily or modulated, that is with a certain period. Furthermore, the tearing direction extends subs^nialy paraliei t© the perforation, which means that the reicase process øf the package hand from the article is achieved by tearing Ib file direction of the perforation. Hare, the main llremion of fearing process is predetermined oy the extension dimctipn of the peroration, but can completely or partially vary by ± 20* with respect thereto. in pardcofar* by means of the packaging solution Itreording to thp lnvention articles for everyday Use can be wrapped, This means that either a single product or a plurality of products with a fixed spatial configuration can be wrapped by the package band. These products may include products having a cylindrical configuration, such as pens, tubes, yarns and rollers, but also coiled tubing and bags, such as in particular flash bags.

For the use of the package band according to théi Invention the perforation should have a certain extent, For example, the package band may have a perforation extending along the entire circumference. This implies that the entire circumference ofthe pack* age band, as wrapping the product, has a continuous perforation. However, the perforation can also appropnafety extend only over a 50% to s 100% of the circumference of the package band., preferably £ 7S% to £ 100% of the circumference of the package band. Even with this only partial perforation, a complete detachment ofthe package band can be achieved, Nete, the perforation consists of unchanged portions ofthe packaging materia! (lands) and weakened (perforated, embossed) portions, Here, the ; perforation can consist of generally alternating portions of punctured (perforated, em* bossed) and ηοη-punotured portions ofthe packaging pateriai. However, it is aiso in the sense of the invention that the perforation does hot Oprhpleteiy penetrate the peck-aging material in the perforated portions, but that the integrity of the packaging matenal at the perforated portions is weakened by embossing Embossing reduces the thickness of the packaging material at mips portions, a complete penetration through the packaging materia! is not required,

According to the invention the package Band consists of paper or coated paper* Fdr the material of the package band in pnnofple packaging materlais known to a parson skilled in the art can be used, however, fee use of paper has been found to he particularly appropriate in terms of environmerésifVfendiihass, the manufacturing costs, and the safe detachment of the package hand. Hens, fee paper can be used as such* as prtotsd paper or even iopfeer with a printed or unprinted coating. Here, as coatings ør Impregieifohs; coatings pie^fabiy inidf cf 1 polymeric material known to a person Skilled in the art come info consideration. In a specific embodiment the package band material due to environmental reasons may consist only If printed or imprinted paper.

According to the invent on the package band consists of papm wife an average tear resistance according to ISO 1974:2012 of ii 25 and s 700 mN. This tear resistances In combination with thi inventive arrangement of fee perforation have been found to be particularly suitable to be opened by a majority gf potential users with little effort* Higher tear resistances may be disadvantageous because despite of the perforation an excessive force is required to open the package* tower tear resistances can lead to package bands which afready breek up unintentionally before use, for example* in repacking processes of the product In the retail trade. in a particular embodiment of fee invention the use of aluminum, plastic and/or composites thereof may be excluded as package hand material.

Another characteristic according to the present invention discloses a package band, whirelrt the pertoraiion penetratssthc layer thickness of the package band material to e 60% and £ 100%. In order to achieve a predetermined breaking point extending over the entire circumference in the package band fee effective weakening of the integrity of fee package band is of Importance. This weakening can be achieved in that fee packaging material is compléléiy femoved at predetermined intervals along the perforations extending over the entire circumference. This can fee done in such a way that certain areas are punched along a fine extending over the entire circumference from the packaging material. However, it is also possible to weaken the integrity of the pack-aging materia! fey embossing. By embossing, for example, the layer thickness of the packaging material can fee reduced at the erhfeb^ed points up to 50%. This reduction of the layer thickness results in thet: under mechanical stress in particular these com fleeting points with reduced layer thickness fear and a simple separation of the two package band halves can be achieved, isii aspect of the invention die perforation may oonslstof in#-vidua! perfection holes which are configured asymmetrically, wherein the #rten#3ndf the perforation holes parallel to the circumferential direction is greater than the exfem sion of die perfornfiop holes perpendicular thereto. In paftieuitj; an aspr^nf^sj|y configured perforation can fee adapted to perform the process of detaching the package hand from the product at an even less effort. This may in particular result In that the proportion of perforated (removed) areas along the perforation is larger than the proportion of the non perforated areas (lands). This situation arises whenever the ex·* tension of the perforation along the perforation line is greats! than the extent of die perforated area perpendicular thereto* Ip this: csss feotangular configured areas with very narrow lands are obtained.

Furthermore, according to an additions! aspect the package band may have a greater layer thickness m the perforation area, in principis, It is possible that in addition to thi ratio of perforated to nan-perforated portions of the package band and the percentage of reduction of the layer thickness in the area of the perforation, tt e entire layer fhidk* ness in the area of the perforation, too. is used to adjust the required tearing force, For example, the paper layer ih fitess ateas may be made thicker, Byincreaslng the thickness greater forces can generallybe set which safesegueof|rcsn again he selectively lowered by selecting the symmetry of the perforation and the selected percentage of the redtietien in layer thickness. In this way particularly reproducifelstear open forces with a tow standard deviation of the tearing feme can be set iylereover, according to the invention it may fee the case ilia! the package hefep hp| exactly one perforation extending along the entire circumference, A particularly simple handling of the package band according to the invention can be achieved In that this package band has exactly one perforation extending along the entire circumference. This configuration is particularly useful if due to the product if Is revealed that both package band halves should be detached at once at the ba|ineifeg of#e use of the product. This may in particular be the ca se If on ly a single product is provided with the package hand or when a plurality of products should ho used at once.

According to a farther characteristicof the Invention the perforation may he arranged centrally on the package bend. This atmngemenf may fee particularly advantageous, since it allows a sw'nmetrieat surface segmentation of the package band surface. This in turn permits a partlculady defined tearing process since both pads have die same sfcæ and can be gripped the user to the same extent. With a central arrange ment two parts are produced after the tearing process, the surfaces of which differ maximum fey ± 10¾. If tee package band has a plurality of perforations, the specified ratio of the surfaces applies after^ tee first tearing process.

According to an additional embediment of the invention the perforation may separate the package band in an area ratio of 1:¾ to 1:5. In order to enable a sate tearing of the package band according to the Invention it has proved to fee advantageous If the area ratio of tee two surfaces divided fey the perforations does not differ too much. These conditions ensure cseeure grip of both surfaces hy the user and thus allow a safe handling.

FurirerfirstfOj according to oneaspeoi according to the invention the package band can comprise at feast two spaced apart perforat-ons Advantageously a plurality of perforations which auhetantiafly eirÉ^d parallel to hi# cfroumferentfaf direction, can he mounted on the paekag# hand, so that by means of a counter-rotational movement only a part of the package hand is detached:, in this manner, for example by mounting two pefforatidhs a central region of the package hand may remain at the product. By detaching tire edge regions of the package band the removal of the articles is significantly simplified, but a labelling of the products by means the middle package band area M still possible.

In the following examplessome embodiments according to the invention are shown. Th# figure# schematically show;

Fig, 1 a packaging solution for an article 1 comprising a package band 2 with icentral perforation (3);

Bg,:-:2 a packaging solution for a plurality of artides 1 wrapped by a package band 2 idfth a perforsthon 3, which is not provided centrally;

Fig, 3 s cross section of a packaging solution according to the invention Ih vdiich an artiie 11S wrapped by a package band 2, T he package ban# comprises a perforihP 3 and the packaging material is moreover reinforced adjacent^ the perforation 4; and

Fig. 4 a packaging solution according to the invention for a plurality at abides 1 which are wrapped by a package band 2 which comprises two perforations S.

Figure 1 schematically shows the packaging solution according to the invention for s eingle cylindrical article 1. Of course, the packaging solution accord ingio the invention is aiso applicable to the packaging or labeling of multiple and noncylin·· dflppl articles. The product Is orrownferentsatly fully trapped by the package band 2.. wherein in this example the package band 2 l ias a central perforation 3.1'his perforation 3 of the packaging material forms a predetermined breaking point, which can he completely separated by a simple counter-rotational movement of the package band Halves amund ihe^breaking poirm so that the individual parts of the package Hand 2 can be easily removed toward both sides in a continuous hand movement after the separation process. This is achieved ip pariouiar due totheformats 3 substantially parallel to tee circumferential direction of the package band 2. This arrangement. ensures that the user of the product can grip the product including band 2 at both sites of lie peiorstibn I and ca^ perform a simple rotational movement. Thus, the perforation team in the Circumferential direction. This application is greatly simple flid compared to arrarpemehts In which a perforation Is provided perperteicuiarto tha circumferential direction, because the user can use both hands for simultaneous grip" pfng the product and the package band 2> By means of this arrangement a removal of the packing Is ensured without the additional use of tools, Additionally, it is left to the user to leave one or another part of the package band at the product, in this way. for pxlfiple in the case of several articles an easy remove! of indiidull atSdies whlie maintaining Important Information:, such as for example the minimum durability or the specific product name, cap be ensured.

Tigore 2: shows: an embodiment according to the invention for peckaging and labeling of several products 1. The package band 2 wraps the articles along the entire cimonT farenes and comprises a perforation 3 This perforation 3, too, can be separated easily by a countdnmtaticnal movement of tee package band halves. Then it is left to the wiser tø decide whether he removes both package band halves or Just one from the products the perforation 3 la not mounted centrally in this case add OhSbloe to leave either a smaller or a larger part of the package hand at the product. By leaving a larger port of the package hand It can be achieved that the individual products are still held together after the sepfation of the package band Leaving a smaller pert of the package band may foe appropriate when lie Sodlvlduoi products can be removed very easily and important Infotmafion for the user Should still be left at the product,

Pigrtri 3 shows a cross section of the packaging solution according to the invention*. The product 1 is completely wrapped by the package band 2, whesem the package Pahd 2 comprises a perforation 3. The perforation 2 consists of areas in which the package hand is embossed or punctured end areas in which the packaging material is intact. This view shows that the package hand 2 is completely punctured in the edge region , in addition* it can be seen that the packaging material in the ares of the perforation 3 has a greater layer tmcknesscompared to the real of the package hand. This may hi honeftoiai if it is desired to work with a small amount of packaging material, but still a safe stability has to be ensured in the perforation area

Figure 4 shows a spec$oembodiment of tie Invention, in which the package hand 2 eorhprises two perforations 3 extending along the entire circumference The concrete: arrangement of the perforations 3 is in principle arbitrary, but here it selected;sudh fhit a denter portion of the package band can remain dr the «dge regions of me package band have been amoved The decision on where the perforation is to be separated can be made by the user simply by choosing the gripping and rotation points. By removing lie two edge regions an easy removal of the articles is ensured and the remaining cenhaf region alleys the labeling of the articles and also provenu fte products from falling completely apart.

Claims (5)

FLORATED BANDEROLE 1. Banderole (2) intended for s «ttc. on "About several articles Hg where the banner (2) bore at least one perfamdo" (3)> which, in the YeaamtUge, runs parallel to • "iafåaigsi ^ ttu ^ mj-.ag uprniugsreirnngen in def essentially proceeds parallel to the perforation" ",. characterized in that binder (2) tear of paper or of laminated paper with an average abrasion resistance of ISO 1974: 2012 of »25 and <700 mN, 2. Banderole (2) iiMe requirements | ? where pertomlonea is found arrow the full extent 3. Baoderofe (2) according to any of the preceding claims * &amp; vM perttioiooe «<3) places igeratem lagy kkelsd tsaedk SB% and J 10ø% <4v Biösderolé | of some perfbradoosMs which are anomalous eye metrics, and the sfepaislott of the parlbratlonahullerao parallel atod PmfapgsretBmgen are the same as the ecapabslotieo of perforatfons &amp; uiieme vertices thereto I. S, BanderoJp 12) has an aboriginal layer thickness # ^ <k Batidejmlé (2) ilMge o # tv ^ in '^ de'forø ^ yie: .k £ av> where handphone perforatioohele roads «receive- 7- Baaderole 12) according to any of the foregoing ktax ?, wherein | the krforat shoot (3 | is &nbsp; mhkt on the banner roller (2). 8- Banderole (2) according to any of the kfgsy b% where the proton phone: | 3) divides the hand role (2) in a fade ratio of 1: 2 to 1.5. % Banderole (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the beer beer 12) has at least two perforadons (3) located at some distance from the immida '.