EP0925229B1 - Beutel mit komplementären profilverschlussstreifen sowie eine solche verschlussvorrichtung - Google Patents

Beutel mit komplementären profilverschlussstreifen sowie eine solche verschlussvorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0925229B1
EP0925229B1 EP98932203A EP98932203A EP0925229B1 EP 0925229 B1 EP0925229 B1 EP 0925229B1 EP 98932203 A EP98932203 A EP 98932203A EP 98932203 A EP98932203 A EP 98932203A EP 0925229 B1 EP0925229 B1 EP 0925229B1
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    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
    • B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
    • B65D33/2541—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor characterised by the slide fastener, e.g. adapted to interlock with a sheet between the interlocking members having sections of particular shape
    • B65D33/255—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor characterised by the slide fastener, e.g. adapted to interlock with a sheet between the interlocking members having sections of particular shape being provided with special visual, audible or tactile indicating means, e.g. indicating proper engagement
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
    • B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
    • B65D33/2541—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor characterised by the slide fastener, e.g. adapted to interlock with a sheet between the interlocking members having sections of particular shape

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  • the present invention is in the field of sachets comprising plastic closing devices. More in particular, the invention relates to fixed closure devices by welding on a bag wall.
  • each profile includes a base intended to be fixed on the wall of the bag and at least one closure element projecting from said base.
  • Each profile is fixed to the wall of the bag, so that each closing element of a profile either in front of a closing of the other profile which is complementary thereto.
  • patent FR 2 613 326 describes closure profiles separable with several fusible ribs, cross section rectangular, having sufficient mass to provide a layer of molten connection between the profile and the wall of the bag.
  • welding is sometimes difficult, reducing the efficiency of fixing and causing deformations of the profile, affecting the good cooperation of the closing elements.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an improvement to welding ribs of the closure profiles, on bag walls.
  • the invention is a plastic bag provided with a separable and reclosable closing device made up of two profiles, each profile consisting of a base provided on one side with a closure element, able to cooperate with that of the other profile and, on the opposite face, of at least one fixing rib of the base on a bag wall, by fusion and crushing of the fixing rib on said wall, characterized in that the rib has a generally triangular cross section whose width increases from the free end towards the base.
  • the width of the contact area between the rib and the wall of the bag is therefore variable and a function of the quality of the welding.
  • This rib profile has the advantage of being tolerant with respect to variations in the welding pressure of the profile on the film of the bag. In effect, if the welding pressure is low, the force on the tip is nevertheless sufficient to give an effective weld. However, more the higher the pressure, the larger the welding surface, thus imposing an even higher back pressure. This effect avoids the crossing of the total thickness of the film constituting the wall of the bag.
  • a pigment is introduced into the bulk of the plastic, at least at the level of ribs.
  • the wall of the bag is translucent or transparent, it a more or less colored band appears at the level of the fixing of the profiles.
  • the width and intensity of the color of this strip are then depending on the importance of the region of the rib having fused with the support. So the quality of fixing can be controlled optically after welding.
  • an asymmetrical coloring of the ribs on the part and other closing elements allows the manipulator to locate the meaning. in which the profile must be placed relative to the opening of the bag.
  • the closure element must have a high resistance the internal pressure of the contents of the sachet.
  • the same element must be able to be opened easily by the user and therefore have a less resistance to external pressure.
  • the closing elements have an asymmetry which must be able be identified during the profile welding step on the wall of the bag.
  • FIG. 1 a closure device 1 in plastic material, consisting of two sections 2. Each section 2 is consisting of a base 3. Each base 3 is a flattened strip of rectangular section.
  • the internal face is provided with at least one closing element 4.
  • the external face is provided with at least one fixing rib 5 of the profile 2 on a bag wall 10.
  • Each closure element 4 is parallel to the edge of the base 3.
  • closure elements 4 of each profile 2 are suitable for cooperate with each other to make the two profiles 2 integral with one of the other. These closure elements can be fitted one into each other and reversibly separated.
  • one of the closure elements 4 is represented by an arrow which symbolizes a male element.
  • the other closing element 4 is represented by an open cylinder, which symbolizes a female element.
  • These elements are of any known form, capable of ensuring the closing function by nesting of the male element in the female element.
  • this closure is airtight.
  • Each fixing rib 5 is parallel to the edge of the base 3.
  • Each fixing rib 5 has a cross section whose width increases from the free end to the base 3. This section is generally triangular. The triangle thus defined is isosceles even equilateral. If it is isosceles, neither of the two sides of the same length does not coincide with base 3.
  • Each rib 5 can be arranged on the base 3 of several manners.
  • ribs 5 per profile 2, they are each located near a longitudinal edge 8 of the base 3, on the face of the base 3 opposite to that carrying the element 4.
  • this embodiment is not limiting and it is also possible consider only one rib 5 per profile 2, just like three or four ribs 5 per profile 2, or even more. In this case, two of them are each located for example, near a longitudinal edge 8 of the base 3.
  • the amount of material of the ribs 5 subjected to crushing at welding course may be variable. Plus merger operations and crushing the ribs 5 are effective, the larger the surface of the solder 6 ( Figure 3). Thus, the triangular shape of the ribs 5 allows direct visual control of the quality of the weld obtained.
  • the plastic, and in particular that of the ribs 5, of the closing device 1 can be colored in the mass by pigments. This improvement makes it possible to visualize the width l of the weld surface 6 by transparency, through the bag wall 10.
  • Pigmentation can be obtained with any type of pigment.
  • the pigment concentration may be less than 1% by weight.
  • the amount of pigment accumulated on the surface of the weld 6, is larger if the tip 7 of the rib 5 is crushed on greater height h ( Figure 3). So we can control the quality optically welding, not only thanks to the width l of the surface of the solder 6, but also thanks to the intensity of the color of the solder 6.
  • the ribs 5 can be dyed differently from one side and other closing elements 4.
  • Profile 2 can be made with different types of polymers. These polymers can be in particular a polyolefin or a mixture of polyolefins.
  • the base 3 and the closing elements can be produced in any polymer with mechanical characteristics allowing to ensure that the closure remains firm.
  • This polymer can be, for example, a low, medium or high density polyolefin.
  • the ribs 5 can be made of any polymer having good weldability characteristics and capable of being coextruded with the material of the base 2.
  • This polymer can be, for example, a polyolefin such as linear polyolefins, EVA, of metalocene, etc.
  • the constituent material ribs 5 may be different from that constituting the elements of closure 4 and base 3.
  • the material constituting the ribs has a melting point lower than that constituting closing elements 4 and base 3.
  • the ribs 5 have a geometry and a position on the base 3 which allow all of the two profiles 2 of the device to closure 1 to deform in order to have a reduced bulk the space between the guides 21 of said dies 20 ( Figure 4). More precisely, the sum of the widths L of the external faces 7 of the ribs 5 is approximately less than or equal to the thickness E of the assembly of the two sections 2 in line with the closure elements 4, when said elements 4 are nested one inside the other. In this way, we can obtain a deformed state of the profiles 2, for which the surface formed by the external face 9 of the base 3 between the ribs 5 and the internal faces 7 ' ribs 5, is generally planar.
  • the ribs 5 allow the profiles 2 to be precisely wedged in said dies 30, between guide elements 31, blades or rollers ( Figure 5).
  • the width of the base 3 between the bases of the internal faces 7 'of the ribs 5 is approximately complementary to the width of the elements of guide 31.

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  1. Beutel aus Plastikmaterial mit einer Verschlussvorrichtung (1), die trenn- und schließbar ist, aus zwei Profilen (2), wobei jedes Profil (2) einen Sockel (3) auf einer Fläche eines Verschlusselements (4), der mit dem des anderen Profils (2) zusammenwirken kann, und auf der gegenüberliegenden Fläche wenigstens eine Rippe (5) zum Befestigen des Sockel's (3) auf einer Wand des Beutels (10) durch Verschweißen und Zusammendrücken der Befestigungsrippe (5) auf der Wand (10) umfasst,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Befestigungsrippe (5) einen allgemein dreieckigen transversalen Querschnitt aufweist, dessen Breite von dem freien Ende her zu dem Sockel (3) hin zunimmt.
  2. Beutel nach Anspruch 1,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das durch den transversalen Querschnitt der Befestigungsrippe (5) definierte Dreieck gleichschenklig ist und keiner seiner zwei Schenkel mit der gleichen Länge mit dem Sockel (3) zusammenfällt.
  3. Beutel nach Anspruch 1,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das durch den transversalen Querschnitt der Befestigungsrippe (5) definierte Dreieck gleichseitig ist.
  4. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    jedes Profil zwei Rippen (5) aufweist, wobei jede in der Nähe einer Längskante (8) des Sockels (3) und auf der Fläche des Sockels (3) gegenüber derjenigen mit dem Verschlusselement (4) angeordnet ist.
  5. Beutel nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    jedes Profil (2) vier Befestigungsrippen (5) umfasst, die auf der Fläche des Sockels (3) gegenüber derjenigen mit dem Verschlusselement (4) angeordnet sind und von denen zwei jeweils in der Nähe einer Längskante (8) des Sockels (3) angeordnet sind.
  6. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Material jeder Befestigungsrippe (5) eingefärbt ist.
  7. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Rippen (5) derart eingefärbt sind, dass sie sich auf beiden Seiten von den Verschlusselementen (4) unterscheiden.
  8. Beutel nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Summe der Breite der Außenflächen (7) von zwei Befestigungsrippen (5), die jeweils auf jedem Profil vorgesehen sind, in etwa kleiner als oder gleich der Dicke der Einheit aus zwei Profilen (2) rechtwinklig zu den Verschlusselementen (4) ist, wenn die Elemente (4) miteinander verhakt sind.
  9. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) für die Herstellung eines Beutels nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche aus zwei Profilen (2), wobei jedes Profil (2) einen Sokkel (3) auf einer Fläche eines Verschlusselements (4), der mit dem des anderen Profils (2) zusammenwirken kann, und auf der gegenüberliegenden Fläche wenigstens eine Rippe (5) zum Befestigen des Sockels (3) auf einer Wand des Beutels (10) durch Verschweißen und Zusammendrücken der Befestigungsrippe (5) auf der Wand (10) umfasst,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Befestigungsrippe (5) einen allgemein dreieckigen transversalen Querschnitt aufweist, dessen Breite von dem freien Ende her zu dem Sockel. (3) hin zunimmt.
  10. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 9,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    jedes Profil zwei Rippen (5) aufweist, wobei jede in der Nähe einer Längskante (8) des Sockels (3) und auf der Fläche des Sockels (3) gegenüber derjenigen mit dem Verschlusselement (4) angeordnet ist.
  11. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 9 oder 10,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Material jeder Befestigungsrippe (5) eingefärbt ist.
  12. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 9 bis 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Rippen (5) derart eingefärbt sind, dass sie sich auf beiden Seiten von den Verschlusselementen (4) unterscheiden.
  13. Verschlussvorrichtung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 9 bis 12,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Summe der Breite der Außenflächen (7) von zwei Befestigungsrippen (5), die jeweils auf jedem Profil vorgesehen sind, in etwa kleiner als oder gleich der Dicke der Einheit aus zwei Profilen (2) rechtwinklig zu den Verschlusselementen (4) ist, wenn die Elemente (4) miteinander verhakt sind.
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FR9707490A FR2764582B1 (fr) 1997-06-17 1997-06-17 Sachet comprenant un dispositif de fermeture forme de profiles complementaires et dispositif de fermeture a cet effet
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PCT/FR1998/001248 WO1998057863A1 (fr) 1997-06-17 1998-06-15 Sachet comprenant un dispositif de fermeture forme de profiles complementaires et dispositif de fermeture a cet effet

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