EP1046591A2 - Sac avec ouverture refermable - Google Patents

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EP1046591A2
EP1046591A2 EP00108686A EP00108686A EP1046591A2 EP 1046591 A2 EP1046591 A2 EP 1046591A2 EP 00108686 A EP00108686 A EP 00108686A EP 00108686 A EP00108686 A EP 00108686A EP 1046591 A2 EP1046591 A2 EP 1046591A2
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52Details
    • B65D75/58Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5844Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall the portion of the wall being a narrow strip, e.g. between lines of weakness
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D33/00Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/25Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
    • B65D33/2508Riveting; 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
    • B65D33/2516Riveting; 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 comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener
    • B65D33/2533Riveting; 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 comprising tamper-indicating means, e.g. located within the fastener the slide fastener being located between the product compartment and the tamper indicating means
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D33/00Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/16End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/25Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
    • B65D33/2508Riveting; 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
    • B65D33/2575Riveting; 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 the slide fastener providing access to the bag through a bag wall, e.g. intended to be cut open by the consumer
    • B65D33/2583Riveting; 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 the slide fastener providing access to the bag through a bag wall, e.g. intended to be cut open by the consumer the slide fastener being attached to one wall only

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  • the present invention relates to a bag at least one reclosable opening for Inside of the bag.
  • Such known bags often consist of Plastic and have a top reclosable opening such that a across the entire width of the opening of the bag extending bead made of plastic is provided, the in a corresponding, on the other side of the Groove pressed into the opening of the bag can be, creating a tight connection results; the bag is thus complete resealable.
  • conditional Bags are suitable especially not for sale in the filled Condition with, for example, pourable goods; it only the sale remains for personal use unfilled condition, such as a pouch for freezing of food.
  • the well-known bag also has due to its Sealed seam in the bottom area no possibility of Parking or putting up, that is, the sensible Storage on what is just at reclosable bags of increased Meaning, which is about the (still) part of the bag content that is not required (tip) safely to keep.
  • the bag as a block bottom bag or Block bottom bags or cross bottom bags is of particular importance to the invention, because this allows the (not) needed part the pourable goods are stable in the bag remain, with no risk that the Pouch tips over.
  • the present combines Invention the advantages of a known Blockboden milks or Klotzboden milks or funnelêt milks with the advantages of resealable to surprising, for the Expert in unpredictable ways, the Functionality is particularly convincing if the Bags expediently to form the reclosable opening on one part at least one bead and on its other part has at least one groove adapted to the bead.
  • the bead and the groove on opposite parts of the Be arranged plastic strip.
  • the present invention is the die cut line in shape formed at least one perforation line. On this way is a particularly smooth and reliable tearing or tearing of the Tear tab possible, the rest of the area reclosable opening of the bag Damage, for example due to unwanted Tear down, is safely protected.
  • the provision enables at least one Plastic layer on the inside of the wall of the Bag that the plastic strip with the Inside of the wall of the bag in essential to the invention connected by sealing can be.
  • the plastic strip on the inside of the wall of the bag can also be glued on.
  • the present bag shows the preferably paper wall of the bag at least one outer layer and at least one Inner layer on.
  • the inside of the Expedient ly have an outer layer of paper and / or the outside of the outer layer with plastic be coated.
  • Alternatively or in addition to this may have paper on the outside of the inner layer and / or the inside of the inner layer with plastic be coated.
  • the provision enables at least one Plastic layer on the inside of the inner layer of the bag that the plastic strip with the Inside of the inner layer of the bag in essential to the invention connected by sealing can be.
  • the plastic strip on the inside of the The inner layer of the bag can also be glued on.
  • the at least two layers to hoses lying one inside the other preferably to Square, rectangular or corrugated hoses, trained, preferably at least one Have longitudinal seam along which the at least two Layers at least in sections by gluing are interconnected.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention has the bottom view of ground edges opposite each other in pairs formed flat bottom of the bag two towards each other and around two opposite floor edges folded bottom flaps that form a outer bottom flap and an inner bottom flap placed on top of one another and forming the Are glued to the floor.
  • the present bag in particular to be developed in an inventive manner, so an embodiment is recommended in which the External location in the area of bonding the minimum two layers in at least one from the outside facing away inner part at least has at least one recess in places, in the the inside of the outer layer and / or the The inside of the inner layer is preferably direct rests on the outside of the inner layer.
  • both the inside of the outer layer as well each have paper on the outside of the inner layer can or can consist of paper ensures that when forming a longitudinal seam of the bag and / or in the formation of the bottom of the Bag not a direct concern of a paper having side of a layer of the bag on a with plastic coated side of a layer of Bag is done.
  • Block bottom bags or block bottom bags or Buchitzlessnesslessnessn is next to the longitudinal seams especially the formation of the soil, in particular the connection of the two bottom plates using Adhesive, with considerable problems been.
  • Adhesive Adhesive progress in this regard
  • the inner layer of the outer Bottom bracket according to a particularly inventive Further training of the present bag at least a recess that at least partially with the recess in the outer layer of the inner Bottom bracket covers when the outer bottom bracket and the inner bottom flap to form the bottom are laid on top of each other.
  • both the inside the outer layer as well as the outside of the inner layer can each have paper or even made of paper can exist, so that the provided in between Gluing in the form of an adhesive layer its full Can have an effect, making a convincing Stabilization of the state of the art vulnerable bottom area of the bag.
  • the bags are according to the present invention often two layers, that is, with an outer layer and with an inner layer executed.
  • Special applications where the Pouch to be transported is something special high weight or a particularly high Moisture content, but can Require bags with three or more layers.
  • the Liner has at least one recess that yourself at least partially, preferably entirely of the recess in the outer layer.
  • the Recess in the intermediate layer at least partially, preferably entirely with the recess in the Inner layer covers.
  • the recesses in principle, a multitude of possible forms are conceivable, these forms differ according to the intended use the type of adhesive application and according to Available space.
  • at least one of the Recesses of round, oval, elliptical, square, rectangular and / or triangular Shape In preferably at least one of the Recesses of round, oval, elliptical, square, rectangular and / or triangular Shape.
  • At least one floor glue is used Gluing the bottom flaps provided. Independently of these or in addition to this can be found in the area of at least one punch a second floor glue be provided.
  • the bag 50 according to that in FIGS. 1 to 7C illustrated four embodiments of the present invention is a block bottom bag or Block bottom bag or cross bottom bag.
  • the bag 50 is one self-contained punching line 60 in the form of a Perforation line provided that an external, removable and strip-shaped Tear-off tab 70 forms (see FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, 5, 6 and 7A).
  • FIG Reclosure of the plastic strip 80 shown has a bead 140 on a part 130 of the plastic strip 80, the one in a correspondingly shaped groove 160 on the other, part 150 of part 150 of the Plastic strip 80 used and there is held positively.
  • This opens so that there is something in the bag 50 Well removed and the bag 50 after removal can be securely closed again.
  • the provision of the Plastic layer on the inside 90i of the wall 90 of the bag 50 that the plastic strip 80 with the inside 90i of the wall 90 of the bag 50 by sealing (-> sealing seams 110; see FIG. 2) connected is.
  • Figure 4A shows a second embodiment of a Bag 50, the block or block bottom 120 still is not educated and one with itself closed punching line 60 in the form of a Perforation line is provided, the one external, removable and strip-shaped trained tear-off tab 70 forms.
  • the tear-off tab 70 hides a plastic strip 80 (cf. the above explanations on the Figures 2 and 3), the inside of the outside Region of the tear-off tab 70 around the punching line 60 around with the inside 901 (cf. The above explanations for FIG. 2) of the bag 50 connected is.
  • the bag 50 is constructed in two layers, that is Bag 50 has an outer layer 10 on the Laminated on the outside 10a a plastic layer and whose inside 10i is made of paper, and an inner layer 20, the outside 20a of paper has and the inside 20i with plastic is coated.
  • outer layer 10 and the inner layer 20 are closed nested hoses formed like this not from the illustration in FIG. 4A, however from the representation of FIG. 7B for a comparable embodiment emerges (cf. in this connection also the explanations to Figure 7B below).
  • a U-shaped area 30 marked, including the floor area of the two folded bottom flaps 122, 124 with one Adhesive layer is provided, which is a Floor glue for gluing the bottom flaps 122, 124 acts.
  • FIG. 4B shows a third exemplary embodiment of a Bag 50 shown, the block or block bottom is not yet formed and that is from the second Embodiment of Figure 4A essentially differs in that the inner layer 20 of the Bottom flap 122 in its central area Has recess 25 in the form of a punched out, the roughly the shape apart from a segment of a circle. The function of this recess 25 will be explained below.
  • FIG. 5 shows the bag 50 from FIG. 4B, wherein whose block or block bottom is partially formed.
  • the bottom flap 124 is around the bottom edge 1204 folded, which shows that the Outer layer 10 of the bottom flap 124 in its central Area has a recess 15, which is also in Form a punched out and a similar shape to that described in Figure 4B Has recess 25.
  • the bottom flap 122 is around the bottom edge 1202 folded onto the bottom flap 124 so that the Bottom bracket 122 an outer bottom bracket and the Bottom flap 124 represents an inner bottom flap, glued together to form the bottom 120 are.
  • Figure 7A shows a side view of a fourth Embodiment of a bag 50 with a self-contained punching line 60 in the form of a Perforation line is provided, the one external, removable and strip-shaped trained tear-off tab 70 forms.
  • the tear-off tab 70 hides a plastic strip 80 (cf. the above explanations on the Figures 2 and 3), the inside of the outside Region of the tear-off tab 70 around the punching line 60 around with the inside 90i (cf. The above explanations for FIG. 2) of the bag 50 connected is.
  • the bag 50 is constructed in two layers, that is Bag 50 has an outer layer 10 on the Laminated on the outside 10a a plastic layer and whose inside 10i is made of paper, and an inner layer 20, the outside 20a of paper has and the inside 20i with plastic is coated.
  • the outer layer 10 and the inner layer 20 are closed nested hoses formed like this 7B shows a cross-sectional view shows along the section line A - A of Figure 7A.
  • hoses shown in Figure 7B so-called corrugated hoses, these have each have a longitudinal seam 10l, 20l, along which the Outer layer 10 and the inner layer 20 by gluing are interconnected.
  • the outer layer 10 in the area of the bond 30 (see FIG. 7C, the an enlarged cross-sectional view of the in Figure 7B circled area) of the two layers 10, 20 in one facing away from its outside 10a internal part has a plurality of recesses 17, in which the inside 10i of the outer layer 10 directly abuts on the outside 20a of the inner layer 20, wherein the inner layer 20 in the area of the adhesive 30 both on its outside 20a as well as on hers Inside 20i with the adjacent layers is glued.
  • 7A shows that those trained in the form of die cuts Recesses 17 are of round shape.

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US7651290B2 (en) 2005-05-09 2010-01-26 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Device with pull tab activation
US7950864B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2011-05-31 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Device with internal pull tab activation
US20160368683A1 (en) * 2012-02-13 2016-12-22 Polytex Fibers Corporation Methods of Making Easy Open Plastic Bags
US10913587B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2021-02-09 Polytex Fibers Corporation Easy open plastic bags
US11027888B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2021-06-08 Polytex Fibers Corporation Easy open plastic bags
US11305927B2 (en) 2014-04-04 2022-04-19 Polytex Fibers Llc Easy open plastic bags
US11459157B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2022-10-04 Polytex Fibers Llc Woven plastic bags with features that reduce leakage, breakage and infestations

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US3581978A (en) * 1969-03-19 1971-06-01 Windmoeller & Hoelscher Crossed-bottom sack
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US5692837A (en) * 1996-08-08 1997-12-02 Fres-Co System Usa, Inc. Gussetted flexible package with reclosable mouth using a snap type reclosure strip
US5806984A (en) * 1996-07-03 1998-09-15 Innoflex Incorporated Recloseable bag with profile strip fastener assembly
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US2864549A (en) * 1956-05-28 1958-12-16 Bemis Bro Bag Co Bag
FR1252774A (fr) * 1959-12-23 1961-02-03 Rotosac Sac étanche destiné à contenir des substances liquides ou pulvérulentes et plus particulièrement des substances alimentaires liquides
US3581978A (en) * 1969-03-19 1971-06-01 Windmoeller & Hoelscher Crossed-bottom sack
DE8232631U1 (de) * 1982-11-20 1983-01-27 Bischof Und Klein Gmbh & Co, 4540 Lengerich Flexibles Verpackungsbehaeltnis
US5601368A (en) * 1995-05-11 1997-02-11 Lakeland Micro, Inc Tamper-evident container with reclosable fastener and method for making
US5806984A (en) * 1996-07-03 1998-09-15 Innoflex Incorporated Recloseable bag with profile strip fastener assembly
US5692837A (en) * 1996-08-08 1997-12-02 Fres-Co System Usa, Inc. Gussetted flexible package with reclosable mouth using a snap type reclosure strip
DE19805720A1 (de) * 1998-02-12 1999-08-19 Reuther Verpackung Block- bzw. Klotz- oder Kreuzbodenbeutel

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US7651290B2 (en) 2005-05-09 2010-01-26 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Device with pull tab activation
US7950864B2 (en) 2005-12-13 2011-05-31 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Device with internal pull tab activation
US20160368683A1 (en) * 2012-02-13 2016-12-22 Polytex Fibers Corporation Methods of Making Easy Open Plastic Bags
US10913587B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2021-02-09 Polytex Fibers Corporation Easy open plastic bags
US11027888B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2021-06-08 Polytex Fibers Corporation Easy open plastic bags
US11066212B2 (en) * 2012-02-13 2021-07-20 Polytex Fibers Corporation Methods of making easy open plastic bags
US11459157B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2022-10-04 Polytex Fibers Llc Woven plastic bags with features that reduce leakage, breakage and infestations
US11897660B2 (en) 2012-02-13 2024-02-13 Polytex Fibers Llc Easy open plastic bags
US11305927B2 (en) 2014-04-04 2022-04-19 Polytex Fibers Llc Easy open plastic bags

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