EP0784572A1 - Resealable pack - Google Patents

Resealable pack

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EP0784572A1
EP0784572A1 EP95935740A EP95935740A EP0784572A1 EP 0784572 A1 EP0784572 A1 EP 0784572A1 EP 95935740 A EP95935740 A EP 95935740A EP 95935740 A EP95935740 A EP 95935740A EP 0784572 A1 EP0784572 A1 EP 0784572A1
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Prior art keywords
body portion
pack according
opening
roll
sealing member
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0784572A4 (en
EP0784572B1 (en
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Gianfranco Palumbo
Giovanni Carlucci
Aldo Amicone
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D31/06—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents with rigid end walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/008—Standing pouches, i.e. "Standbeutel"
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a resealable pack. It is particularly intended for use in the packaging of wet wipes, but it is to be understood that the invention is also applicable to the packaging of other articles.
  • wet wipes are articles in the form of small sheets which are impregnated with a skin- cleansing liquid and which are intended to be disposed of after a single use. Wet wipes are sometimes packaged individually, in which case the packaging is thrown away after it has been opened and the wet wipe removed therefrom. However it is also known to produce a pack containing a plurality of wet wipes. In that case, the pack must be provided with a resealable opening, since the skin-cleansing liquid with which the wipes are impregnated evaporates readily, and the wipes will therefore dry out unless the pack can be properly resealed after each wipe is removed.
  • a rigid tub of cylindrical cross- section is conventionally used for this purpose.
  • the pack is not always convenient from the point of view of the user, particularly where the pack is to be carried around in, for example, a handbag, and under such circumstances it would be preferable for the pack to be relatively flat and, preferably, at least slightly flexible. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pack which is a practical alternative to the rigid tubs conventionally used.
  • a pack having a body portion formed substantially of flexible sheet material and defining an article- receiving cavity, the body portion having a face in which is defined a dispensing opening; a resealable sealing member secured to the body portion and, in a closing position, covering the said opening and being in sealing contact with the body portion around the periphery of the said opening; and a plurality of sheet-form articles disposed within said cavity in the form of a flattenable roll, with one end of the roll being capable of extending through the said opening.
  • the body portion preferably has a thickness which is less than its length and is less than its width, and it is preferably in the general shape of a parallelepiped.
  • the body portion is preferably made of a flexible, sheet plastics material, and the sealing member is likewise preferably made of a flexible, sheet plastics material.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view showing the side of the pack in which the dispensing opening is provided, the closing member being in its closed position;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pack
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of the pack of Figure 2, again in its closed position
  • Figure 4 is an edge view of the pack of Figure 2, again in its closed position
  • Figure 5 is a view corresponding to Figure 2, but with the closing member shown partially opened;
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, but with the closing member opened to a greater extent than in Figure 5;
  • Figure 7 is a perspective view, with the closing member in approximately the same position as in Figure 6, and with the end of a wet wipe protruding from the dispensing opening;
  • Figure 8 shows, by way of example, six possible shapes for the dispensing opening
  • Figure 9 is a cross-section through the pack.
  • Figures 10a and 10b show diagrammatically a method of producing the pack according to the invention.
  • the illustrated pack is intended to hold from about 40 to about 200 wet wipes each approximately 230 x 160 mm, and each impregnated with a skin-cleansing liquid.
  • the pack comprises a body portion 1 which is formed of a flexible sheet plastics material, for example a polyethylene film, a polypropylene film or a laminate consisting of, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene layers, optionally with a layer of paper between them.
  • the body portion is formed wholly of flexible sheet plastic material.
  • the base of the bod portion that which is at the lower end as viewed i Figure 1, can be formed of a rigid material, for exampl a rigid plastics material.
  • the body portion i generally parallelepiped in form, though not precisel so.
  • One end of the body portion is provided by an en wall 2, and the other end of the body portion is provided by a flat seam 3.
  • the edges of the bod portion are provided by flat seams 4 and 5.
  • the bod portion has major faces 6 and 7, and a dispensing opening 8 is provided in face 6.
  • the dispensing opening 8 can have a variety of forms, and some of these are illustrated by way of example in Figure 8. Each of them comprises a main opening portion 8a connected by a slit 8b to a much smaller opening portion 8c or, in the case of example D of Figure 8, by two slits 8b to two small opening portions 8c. Having two opening portions 8c in theory permits the user to pull wet wipes from the pack on either one of two directions. However, since the opening portion 8c further from the tab 9a may in practice be difficult to use, that opening portion may be omitted, whilst retaining the adjoining slit 8b.
  • Figures 1 to 7 show the use of example E.
  • the reason for using dispensing openings of the form shown in Figure 8 will be apparent from the description given below of the use of the pack.
  • the dispensing opening 8 is covered by a sealing member 9 which, in its closing position, is sealed to the adjacent face 6 around the entire periphery of the dispensing opening.
  • the sealing member 9 is made of a flexible sheet plastics material, for example a polypropylene film or a laminate of paper/polyethylene, paper/polypropylene or polyethylene/polypropylene.
  • the member 9 is, however, provided with a tab 9a which is not sealed to the face 6, and which can be grasped by a user.
  • the adhesive used to seal the member 9 to the face 6 is such that the sealing member 9 can be repeatedly unsealed and resealed, to expose and close the opening.
  • an acrylic-based or rubber-based adhesive may be used.
  • the cut formed for this purpose may be deliberately made not completely continuous, with the result that the portion of the face 6 which would otherwise would have been severed therefrom remains attached to it at the end which, as viewed in Figure 6, is at the left-hand end, by a small bridge of material. This portion is partly visible in Figures 5, 6 and 7, where it is denoted by reference numeral 10.
  • the sealing member 9 has two slits 11 formed therein. Each of these is in the form of an L-shaped slit which has a hook-shaped portion at one end and which extends to the edge of the sealing member 9 at its other end. The purpose of these slits will become apparent from the following description of the use of the pack.
  • the body portion 1 defines a cavity 12 within which is received a roll 13 consisting of wet wipes joined end-to-end by perforated regions (not shown) .
  • the longitudinal axis of the roll extends generally parallel to the length of the said body portion.
  • the roll has inner and outer free ends, and the inner free end 14 is pulled lengthwise of the roll, during manufacture of the pack, so that it extends slightly from the end of the rest of the roll, whilst not extending through the dispensing opening 8.
  • the roll 13 When the roll 13 is loaded into the body portion during manufacture it is substantially cylindrical, but during use the flexibility of the body portion tends to permit the roll to become flattened, an effect which is advantageous since the pack is then less bulky. If the base of the body portion is rigid, it must not extend so far as to prevent flattening taking place.
  • the body portion of the pack according to the invention can be produced starting from a plastics sheet as indicated in Figure 10a. Assume that a face which is visible in the drawing is that which is to provide the exterior of the body portion. The sheet is folded along the fold lines F so that the end portions E both move downwardly as considered with reference to the plane of the paper. The sheet is also folded along the fold line G by depressing the portion of the sheet between the lines F into the plane of the paper. As a result, the sheet assumes a configuration which, as viewed from the edge, has the appearance of a flattened "W". The adjacent portions of the sheet are then sealed together over the areas indicated by shading.
  • FIG. 10b illustrates stages (i) to (vii) in going from the empty body portion to the final pack, as follows:
  • a cutter 20 cuts out the opening 8.
  • a sealing member 9 is applied over the opening 8 from a strip to which a plurality of sealing members are removably adhered.
  • steps (i) and (ii) can be reversed, and indeed preferably is, i.e. the openings 8 are cut in the material which is to form the body portion of the bag before the material is made into the body portion. This avoid any possibility of cutting through both sides of the bag.
  • the area where opening 8 is to be formed may have a reinforcing layer applied to the reverse side thereof, with the cutter cutting through both the bag materials and the reinforcing layer. This makes it possible to use thinner material as the bag material.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Sealing Material Composition (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)

Abstract

A pack having a body portion (1) defining an article-receiving cavity (12), the body portion having a face (6) in which is defined a dispensing opening (8). A resealable sealing member (9) is secured to the body portion and, in a closing position, covers the opening and is in sealing contact with the body portion around the periphery of the opening. A plurality of sheet-form articles, for example wet wipes, are disposed within the cavity in the form of a flattened roll (13), with one end (14) of the roll being capable of extending through the opening. The body portion is preferably in the general shape of a parallelepiped, and both body portion and sealing member are preferably made of sheet plastics.

Description

RESEALABLE PACK
This invention relates to a resealable pack. It is particularly intended for use in the packaging of wet wipes, but it is to be understood that the invention is also applicable to the packaging of other articles.
As is well known, wet wipes are articles in the form of small sheets which are impregnated with a skin- cleansing liquid and which are intended to be disposed of after a single use. Wet wipes are sometimes packaged individually, in which case the packaging is thrown away after it has been opened and the wet wipe removed therefrom. However it is also known to produce a pack containing a plurality of wet wipes. In that case, the pack must be provided with a resealable opening, since the skin-cleansing liquid with which the wipes are impregnated evaporates readily, and the wipes will therefore dry out unless the pack can be properly resealed after each wipe is removed.
Where a large number of wet wipes, say 40 to 200, is to be held in a pack, a rigid tub of cylindrical cross- section is conventionally used for this purpose. However, this is not always convenient from the point of view of the user, particularly where the pack is to be carried around in, for example, a handbag, and under such circumstances it would be preferable for the pack to be relatively flat and, preferably, at least slightly flexible. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pack which is a practical alternative to the rigid tubs conventionally used.
According to the present invention there is provided a pack having a body portion formed substantially of flexible sheet material and defining an article- receiving cavity, the body portion having a face in which is defined a dispensing opening; a resealable sealing member secured to the body portion and, in a closing position, covering the said opening and being in sealing contact with the body portion around the periphery of the said opening; and a plurality of sheet-form articles disposed within said cavity in the form of a flattenable roll, with one end of the roll being capable of extending through the said opening.
The body portion preferably has a thickness which is less than its length and is less than its width, and it is preferably in the general shape of a parallelepiped. The body portion is preferably made of a flexible, sheet plastics material, and the sealing member is likewise preferably made of a flexible, sheet plastics material.
An embodiment of the invention is shown diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view showing the side of the pack in which the dispensing opening is provided, the closing member being in its closed position;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pack; Figure 3 is a plan view of the pack of Figure 2, again in its closed position;
Figure 4 is an edge view of the pack of Figure 2, again in its closed position;
Figure 5 is a view corresponding to Figure 2, but with the closing member shown partially opened;
Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, but with the closing member opened to a greater extent than in Figure 5;
Figure 7 is a perspective view, with the closing member in approximately the same position as in Figure 6, and with the end of a wet wipe protruding from the dispensing opening;
Figure 8 shows, by way of example, six possible shapes for the dispensing opening;
Figure 9 is a cross-section through the pack; and
Figures 10a and 10b show diagrammatically a method of producing the pack according to the invention.
The illustrated pack is intended to hold from about 40 to about 200 wet wipes each approximately 230 x 160 mm, and each impregnated with a skin-cleansing liquid. The pack comprises a body portion 1 which is formed of a flexible sheet plastics material, for example a polyethylene film, a polypropylene film or a laminate consisting of, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene layers, optionally with a layer of paper between them. In the illustrated embodiment, the body portion is formed wholly of flexible sheet plastic material. Alternatively, however, the base of the bod portion, that which is at the lower end as viewed i Figure 1, can be formed of a rigid material, for exampl a rigid plastics material. The body portion i generally parallelepiped in form, though not precisel so. One end of the body portion is provided by an en wall 2, and the other end of the body portion is provided by a flat seam 3. The edges of the bod portion are provided by flat seams 4 and 5. The bod portion has major faces 6 and 7, and a dispensing opening 8 is provided in face 6.
The dispensing opening 8 can have a variety of forms, and some of these are illustrated by way of example in Figure 8. Each of them comprises a main opening portion 8a connected by a slit 8b to a much smaller opening portion 8c or, in the case of example D of Figure 8, by two slits 8b to two small opening portions 8c. Having two opening portions 8c in theory permits the user to pull wet wipes from the pack on either one of two directions. However, since the opening portion 8c further from the tab 9a may in practice be difficult to use, that opening portion may be omitted, whilst retaining the adjoining slit 8b. Figures 1 to 7 show the use of example E. The reason for using dispensing openings of the form shown in Figure 8 will be apparent from the description given below of the use of the pack. The dispensing opening 8 is covered by a sealing member 9 which, in its closing position, is sealed to the adjacent face 6 around the entire periphery of the dispensing opening. The sealing member 9 is made of a flexible sheet plastics material, for example a polypropylene film or a laminate of paper/polyethylene, paper/polypropylene or polyethylene/polypropylene. The member 9 is, however, provided with a tab 9a which is not sealed to the face 6, and which can be grasped by a user. The adhesive used to seal the member 9 to the face 6 is such that the sealing member 9 can be repeatedly unsealed and resealed, to expose and close the opening. For example an acrylic-based or rubber-based adhesive may be used. If desired, when the main opening portion 8a is formed in the face 6, the cut formed for this purpose may be deliberately made not completely continuous, with the result that the portion of the face 6 which would otherwise would have been severed therefrom remains attached to it at the end which, as viewed in Figure 6, is at the left-hand end, by a small bridge of material. This portion is partly visible in Figures 5, 6 and 7, where it is denoted by reference numeral 10.
As can be seen most clearly in Figure 1, at its left-hand end the sealing member 9 has two slits 11 formed therein. Each of these is in the form of an L-shaped slit which has a hook-shaped portion at one end and which extends to the edge of the sealing member 9 at its other end. The purpose of these slits will become apparent from the following description of the use of the pack.
As can be seen from Figure 9, the body portion 1 defines a cavity 12 within which is received a roll 13 consisting of wet wipes joined end-to-end by perforated regions (not shown) . The longitudinal axis of the roll extends generally parallel to the length of the said body portion. The roll has inner and outer free ends, and the inner free end 14 is pulled lengthwise of the roll, during manufacture of the pack, so that it extends slightly from the end of the rest of the roll, whilst not extending through the dispensing opening 8. When the roll 13 is loaded into the body portion during manufacture it is substantially cylindrical, but during use the flexibility of the body portion tends to permit the roll to become flattened, an effect which is advantageous since the pack is then less bulky. If the base of the body portion is rigid, it must not extend so far as to prevent flattening taking place.
The way in which the above-described pack is used is as follows. When the user desires to remove a wet wipe from the pack, he grasps the tab 9a and uses it to pull the sealing member 9 away from the dispensing opening 8. In so doing, the portion 10 remains adhered to the reverse side of the closing member, as can be seen in Figures 5, 6 and 7. A stage is reached at which the part of the closing member which remains adhered to the adjacent face 6 of the body portion is that to the left of the line A-A shown in Figure 1. Continued pulling on the tab 9a has the effect that the portion of the member 9 between the slits 11 ceases to be adhered to the face 6, while the portions outwardly of the slits 11 remain adhered to the face 6. However, when the non-adhered portion reaches the line B-B, i.e. the left-hand of the slits 11, the user experiences a greatly increased resistance to continued peeling of the closing member 9 from the face 6. Indeed, further peeling is virtually impossible without tearing the sealing member. As a result, under all but exceptional circumstances the user will cease pulling on the tab at this point and the portion of the sealing member 9 to the left of line B-B will remain adhered to the face 6.
The user then grasps the exposed end of the roll of wet wipes and pulls on it at such an angle as to emerge through the opening portion 8c. Once a complete wet wipe has emerged, continued pulling, to which the opening portion 8c presents considerable resistance, causes the wet wipe grasped by the user to be separated from the rest of the roll along a perforation line, and leaves a portion of the next wet wipe extending therethrough. This can be seen in Figure 7.
The user then tucks the exposed end portion of the next wet wipe back through the opening 8, where it is ready to be grasped the next time the pack is used, and reseals the sealing member 9 to the face 6. The body portion of the pack according to the invention can be produced starting from a plastics sheet as indicated in Figure 10a. Assume that a face which is visible in the drawing is that which is to provide the exterior of the body portion. The sheet is folded along the fold lines F so that the end portions E both move downwardly as considered with reference to the plane of the paper. The sheet is also folded along the fold line G by depressing the portion of the sheet between the lines F into the plane of the paper. As a result, the sheet assumes a configuration which, as viewed from the edge, has the appearance of a flattened "W". The adjacent portions of the sheet are then sealed together over the areas indicated by shading.
Figure 10b illustrates stages (i) to (vii) in going from the empty body portion to the final pack, as follows:
(i) The empty body portion, (ii) A cutter 20 cuts out the opening 8. (iii) A sealing member 9 is applied over the opening 8 from a strip to which a plurality of sealing members are removably adhered.
(iv) The body portion plus sealing member, (v) A roll of wet wipes 13 is inserted in the body member, after a longer roll 21 thereof has been impregnated with wet wipe liquid by a spray device 22 and severed into a number of shorter rolls. (vi) The body portion plus sealing member plus roll of wet wipes.
(vii) The open end of the body portion is closed by a sealing device 23.
It should be noted, however, that the order of steps (i) and (ii) can be reversed, and indeed preferably is, i.e. the openings 8 are cut in the material which is to form the body portion of the bag before the material is made into the body portion. This avoid any possibility of cutting through both sides of the bag. Optionally, the area where opening 8 is to be formed may have a reinforcing layer applied to the reverse side thereof, with the cutter cutting through both the bag materials and the reinforcing layer. This makes it possible to use thinner material as the bag material.

Claims

1. A pack having a body portion formed substantially of flexible sheet material and defining an article- receiving cavity, the body portion having a face in which is defined a dispensing opening; a resealable sealing member secured to the body portion and, in a closing position, covering the said opening and being in sealing contact with the body portion around the periphery of the said opening; and a plurality of sheet-form articles disposed within said cavity in the form of a flattenable roll, with one end of the roll being capable of extending through the said opening.
2. A pack according to claim 1, wherein the body portion is elongate and has a thickness which is less than its length and is less than its width.
3. A pack according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the body portion is in the general shape of a parallelepiped.
4. A pack according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the roll is aligned with its longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the length of the said body portion.
5. A pack according to any preceding claims, wherein the body portion is made of a plastics material.
6. A pack according to any preceding claim, wherein the sealing member is made of a flexible sheet plastics material.
7. A pack according to any preceding claim, wherein the roll is so arranged that said one end is the radially inner end thereof.
8. A pack according to any preceding claim, wherein the dispensing opening comprises a main opening portion and at least a smaller opening portion connected to the said main opening portion by a slit.
9. A pack according to claim 8, wherein there are two of the said smaller opening portions each connected to the said main opening portion by a respective slit.
10. A pack according to any preceding claim, wherein the sealing member has a first end at which it is provided with a tab which is not sealed to the body portion and which can be grasped by a user.
11. A pack according to claim 10, wherein the sealing member has a second end, remote from said first end, at which it is provided with at least one slit therethrough which defines a sealing member portion which is adapted to remain in sealing contact with the body portion and prevent complete removal of the sealing member from the body portion.
12. A pack according to any preceding claim, wherein the roll is a roll of wet wipes.
13. A pack according to claim 12, wherein the wet wipes are connected to one another by perforated regions.
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