EP1082257B1 - Bande adhesive de fermeture dechirable et recipient muni d'une telle bande adhesive de fermeture dechirable - Google Patents

Bande adhesive de fermeture dechirable et recipient muni d'une telle bande adhesive de fermeture dechirable Download PDF

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EP1082257B1
EP1082257B1 EP99925689A EP99925689A EP1082257B1 EP 1082257 B1 EP1082257 B1 EP 1082257B1 EP 99925689 A EP99925689 A EP 99925689A EP 99925689 A EP99925689 A EP 99925689A EP 1082257 B1 EP1082257 B1 EP 1082257B1
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Dean A. Miner
Timothy V. Stagg
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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
    • 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
    • B65D75/66—Inserted or applied tearing-strings or like flexible elements
    • 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
    • B65D33/24—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using self-locking integral or attached closure elements, e.g. flaps

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  • the present invention relates to adhesive tapes and containers. More particularly, the present invention relates to adhesive tapes for closing containers and containers having closing tape.
  • Containers such as bags and other packages, must be securely closed to contain their contents.
  • the container must remain closed during storage and shipping and must withstand vibrations and shocks of rough handling.
  • the consumer or end-user needs to open the container to remove the contents.
  • a container can be opened without tools or special skills. Achieving both secure closure and easy opening is difficult: many containers can be secure for shipment but are difficult to open. For example, multiple wall paper bags of dog food or fertilizer often have sewn tops which remain closed during shipping but are difficult for the end-user to open without tools or without damaging the bag and spilling unused contents.
  • U.S.-A-4,781,296 discloses making a Tyvek® spun-bonded olefin envelope openable. It improves upon the common paperboard envelopes which are relatively easy to open using conventional tearable tape strip tape products. This highly tear-resistant envelope material can be fused by ultrasonic sealing, creating lines of weakness.
  • EP-A- 447209 discloses an improved opening for Tyvek® envelopes. It uses reinforced strapping tape (or similar tape) which is nicked on the ends to control the direction of the tear through the envelope. It also includes cutting through the Tyvek® material, rather than just weakening it.
  • EP-A- 755868 discloses a paperboard envelope using a single tape to close and open the envelope.
  • a uniaxially-oriented plastic film is adhesive-coated on both sides, allowing it to function as a closing tape as well as an opening tape.
  • the tape is nicked to control the direction of tear.
  • the paperboard material of the envelope provides the tear resistance.
  • US-A-5,662,420 discloses a container for storing items having a flap for closing the container, wherein the flap has first and second major surfaces, and wherein the container comprises means for adhering the first major surface of the flap to the container to close the container, and a tearable tape strip located on one of the first and second major surfaces of the flap to open the container.
  • tear strip tape The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) has sold tear strip tapes for many years.
  • One version of tear strip tape (3M # 8612 tape) has a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) backing and a reinforcing filament of polyester. yarn or fiberglass coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA).
  • P PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PSA pressure sensitive adhesive
  • This tape is applied to the inside of a corrugated box or to the inside of a paperboard mailing envelope.
  • the corrugated board or paperboard is nicked on the outside of the tear strip to provide a tab which the end-user can pull.
  • the tape remains intact and is not split.
  • the tape pulls and tears through the corrugated board or paperboard.
  • This tear strip tape can only be used in light-weight situations because the force required to tear the tape is relatively low.
  • a tensilized polypropylene tape with a PSA and, optionally, a reinforced strapping tape can also be applied to the adhesive side of a wider film tape such as a box sealing tape or a heat shrinkable tape. Again, the wide tape is nicked to provide a tab and to initiate tearing. The distance between nicks is wider than the tear strip. This is only used for lightweight packages because the nicks tend to propagate prematurely during shipping, if used on a heavier shipping container. Using this kind of conventional tear strip on a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) tape backing would not function because the tear strength and the elongation of the LLDPE is too high.
  • LLDPE linear low density polyethylene
  • Lightweight film tear strip (with a PSA or with a heat-activated adhesive) is also applied to film overwraps on packages.
  • a PSA or with a heat-activated adhesive is also applied to film overwraps on packages.
  • One example is a pack of cigarettes.
  • the invention provides a container for storing items which has a flap for closing the container as defined in claim 1 and a tape as defined in claim 6.
  • a flap for closing the container as defined in claim 1 and a tape as defined in claim 6.
  • Particular embodiments of the container and the tape according to the invention are the subject matter of dependent claims.
  • the flap of the container according to the invention has first and second major surfaces and Is formed of a tear resistant film material.
  • the container includes means for adhering the first major surface of the flap to the container to close the container and a tearable tape strip.
  • the tape strip is located on one of the first and second major surfaces of the flap, and permits tearing of itself and the flap with a given force notwithstanding that the tear resistant film flap is otherwise not cleanly tearable.
  • the tearable tape strip can be located on the first major surface of the flap such that tearing the tearable tape strip tears through the flap.
  • the means for adhering the first major surface of the flap to the container can include an adhesive on at least part of the first major side of the flap, the container, or both.
  • the invention further provides a tape for use in closing a container having opposing ends which includes a base layer and a tearable tape strip.
  • the base layer includes a tear resistant backing having a first side and a second side, and an adhesive on at least part of the first side of the backing.
  • the tearable tape strip is located on the first side of the backing and has a first side and a second side.
  • the tearable tape strip permits tearing of itself and the tear resistant backing with a given force notwithstanding that the tear resistant backing is otherwise not cleanly tearable.
  • the adhesive can be located between the backing and the tearable tape strip and the tearable tape strip tears through the base layer when the tape is removed from the container.
  • the tear resistant backing can be LLDPE, low density polyethylene LDPE, cast polypropylene, and Kraton/polypropylene blends.
  • the tearable tape strip can be one of reinforced strapping tape, tensilized polypropylene, and filament reinforced tape.
  • the tearable tape strip can have at least one of filaments and ribs.
  • the tape can include a tab at one end.
  • the tab is formed by nicks extending from at least one of the ends of the tape and is located at least partially through the tearable tape strip which facilitate beginning tears.
  • at least one nick has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from at least one of the ends of the tape and passes through only the base layer and the second portion passes through the tearable tape strip. This allows the tab to adhere to the container to reduce the risk of the container opening before the proper time.
  • the tape can include a means for indicating whether the container has been opened and reclosed.
  • Using linear low density polyethylene as the tear resistant backing causes the torn edge of the tape to be distorted such that recovering the opened tape is noticeable even when covered with additional tape.
  • the tear strip tape 10 combines a base layer 12 which is a tear-resistant tape, with a tearable tape strip 14.
  • the base layer 12 includes a tear resistant backing 16 having a first side 18 and a second side 20. and an adhesive 22 which in the illustrated embodiments is located on the first side 18 of the backing 16.
  • the adhesive 22 can be applied to the backing 16 by any known method such as knife coating.
  • the tearable tape strip 14 can be attached to either the first side 18 or the second side 20 of the backing 16 of the base layer. In the illustrated embodiments, the tearable tape strip 14 is adhered to the first side 18 of the backing 16 using the adhesive 22. In use, the tearable tape strip 14 is located on the container 9 between the container and the base layer 12. without adhering to the container. In the illustrated embodiments, the tearable tape strip 14 includes a base layer 24 and its own adhesive 26 on one side of the base layer to assist adherence to the base layer 12 of the tear strip tape 10. In another embodiment, the adhesive 26 is on the other side of the tearable tape strip base layer 24 to adhere to the container 9. In another embodiment, the tearable tape strip 14 need not include an adhesive.
  • the backing 16 can be a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), cast polypropylene, Kraton/polypropylene blends, or other tear resistant film.
  • the tearable tape strip 14 can be tearable filament reinforced tape or a reinforced strapping tape (RST) having filaments or ribs 28. Suitable RSTs are described in U.S.-A- 5,079,066 and US-A-5,080,957.
  • the tearable tape strip 14 could also be tensilized polypropylene or other oriented or non-oriented films which tear preferentially in the longitudinal direction.
  • the ribs 28 constrain the tears in the tearable tape strip 14 to control the direction of tear.
  • Nicks 30 in the tearable tape strip 14 form an end tab 32 and initiate points of tear. Stress from handling the container 9 is concentrated at these points.
  • the tear resistant base layer 12 prevents the tear from propagating prematurely, yet allows a person to pull the end tab 32 to easily open the container 9.
  • a wide variety of tear resistant tapes 12 are available. By balancing the strength, premature splitting, and ease of opening, a tape 10 with the desired overall characteristics can be achieved.
  • Containers 9 have been closed with this invention and have been subjected to severe rough handling tests. They have successfully withstood these stresses yet have allowed easy opening.
  • This tape 10 uses a weakness of the tearable tape strip 14, such as RST, (its tendency to split in the longitudinal or machine direction) coupled with an inability to tear cleanly through the tear resistant backing to form a very functional opening feature for containers.
  • Cleanly tear means to tear open consistently, with a relatively uniform tearing force, without excessive distortion of the torn film. There are not extended stretched-out or jagged edges.
  • a backing 16 made of tear resistant film such as LLDPE and an adhesive 22 such as PSA functions as the base layer 12 which closes the container 9.
  • a narrower filament reinforced tape or reinforced strapping tape is the tearable tape strip 14 and is laminated to the tear resistant base layer 12, adhesive to adhesive.
  • Nicks 30 through the tape 10 initiate points of tear. The nicks 30 are located through both the base layer 12 and the tearable tape strip 14 of the tape 10. The tape 10 is applied to the container 9. The end tabs 32 formed at the end of the tape assist opening the container 9.
  • the end tabs 32 can lay flat against the container 9 during shipping and distribution.
  • the nicks 30 start from the end of the tape 10 at a location such that they pass through only the base layer 12. The distance between the nicks 30 is greater than the width of the end tab 32.
  • the nicks are then directed to pass through part of the tearable tape strip 14 as well as the base layer. This direction change is shown as a smooth curve, but any shape can be used.
  • the end tab 32 includes part of the tape 10 with adhesive 22 to allow adhesive of the closure tape to hold lightly onto the bag, while the end tab 32 has at least a portion that extends through the tearable tape strip 14.
  • tape 40 in another embodiment shown in Figure 4, includes a tape layer 42 that is a strip of film tape, such as a box sealing tape made of biaxially oriented polypropylene.
  • the tape layer 42 includes a backing 44 and an adhesive 46.
  • This tape layer 42 is not tear resistant when nicked but provides good closure strength at a low cost.
  • the narrower tearable tape strip 14 is laminated to a tear resistant tape 12 of a similar width, such as a 3M # 8883 tape.
  • the tearable tape strip 14 includes a base layer 24 and an adhesive 26 and the tear resistant tape 12 includes a base layer 16' and an adhesive 22' although the adhesive is not required.
  • the tear resistant tape 12 is located only in the area where its function is required, the area straddling the two portions of the container 9 that are adhered to each other to close the container. (Note that if a box sealing tape was used with RST without a tear resistant film, nicks in the RST would propagate too easily.)
  • This embodiment like that of Figure 1, prevents a tear from propagating prematurely, yet allows a person to pull the end tab 32 to easily open the container 9.
  • This structure could be formed in several ways.
  • the tear resistant tape 12 such as #8883 tape, made by 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • an RST tape could be used as the tearable tape strip 14 and could be laminated to tear resistant tape 12 (3M #8883 tape) and provided to a customer in roll form. This would be applied to the box sealing tape layer 42 at the point of application.
  • Yet another method involves putting all of the layers together during manufacturing.
  • a tear resistant tape 12 is coated or laminated to a tearable tape strip 14. This multiple layer configuration is then attached to a tape layer 42 which includes a backing 44 and an adhesive 46.
  • Figure 5 shows an embodiment where there is no adhesive on the tear resistant layer.
  • the tear resistant base layer 16 only is located between the tape layer 42 and the tearable tape strip 14 to form tape 50.
  • a 20 kg (44 lb) bag of dog food was closed with a 40.6 cm (16 in) long strip of 48 mm wide tear resistant adhesive base layer 12, such as 3M #8883 tape, having a 0.008 cm (3 mil) LLDPE backing 16 and a PSA adhesive 22.
  • the 3M #8883 tape is a "stretchable tape” which is used here for its tear resistant properties.
  • a 12 mm wide strip of tearable tape strip 14 (3M # 864 RST tape) was applied and nicks 30 were formed in the ends to create end tabs 32.
  • This bag was subjected to drop tests according to ASTM D5276 standards. Drops of 76 cm (30 in) were made on the front, back, two sides, and two ends of the bag. The bag completed the six drops without opening. The bag was then lifted up several times by its "ears," the notches formed by the gussets, without opening and without the nicks propagating. The bag was easily opened by pulling the tab.
  • a similar bag of dog food was closed with a tape having 48 mm wide box sealing tape (3M # 372 tape) laminated to 12 mm wide 3M # 8883 tape and 12 mm wide 3M #864 tape.
  • Some bags were also closed with a structure of 48 mm wide box sealing tape and a 12 mm wide lamination of 3M # 864 tape and a 0.008 cm (3 mil) LLDPE film, and other bags were closed with a 0.010 cm (4 mil) LDPE film.
  • This structure also completed the drop tests and lifting tests well, followed by being easily opened.
  • a tape can be made from a tearable tape (such as 3M #8883).
  • This tape can be made tear resistant at its ends by applying a tab, such as a conventional paper tab.
  • nicks or perforations extend for the entire length of the tape.
  • Strengthening the tape can be performed by any known strengthening method. For example, ribs or filaments can be used. Also. the material used for the tab can be used along the entire length of the tape.
  • a container 60 includes a tape for sealing the container.
  • the container 60 can be flexible and can be a bag.
  • the tape can be a tearable tape strip 62 and can be part of the container 60 in a way to simplify the tape.
  • the container 60 can have a flap 64 for closing the container.
  • the flap 64 has first and second major surfaces and is formed of a tear resistant film.
  • Film is defined as being continuous and made from material other than sheetstock. (Sheetstock is defined as material that is made of fibers. The fibers can be felted, matted, beaten, or reined. and can be made of cellulose, as with traditional paper, or of other materials, including synthetic and plastic materials that can be bonded together.)
  • the flap 64 can be weakened (such as by slits, perforations, or score lines) along subsequent tear lines. As shown, the flap 64 is unweakened. Unweakened means that there are no slits, perforations, or score lines in the flap, and the flap is untreated in any way intended to weaken it.
  • the tearable tape strip 62 and the flap 64 can have nicks 70 at their ends to facilitate beginning the opening process. These nicks 70 can form a tab and do not weaken the flap 64 because the flap is made of a tear-resistant plastic.
  • the flap 64 need not be weakened because the tearable tape strip 62 makes the otherwise tear-resistant film relatively easy to tear to open the container. This is a significant difference from the known sheetstock envelopes and containers which require weakening in order to function well. Weakening involves extra manufacturing steps and increased costs.
  • the container 60 includes a mechanism, such as glue or adhesive 66, that adheres the first major surface of the flap to the container to close the container.
  • the adhesive 66 can be coated on at least part of the first major side of the flap 64, or on the other part of the container 60, or on both.
  • the adhesive 66 can optionally be protected by a release liner before the container 60 is closed.
  • the tearable tape strip 62 is located on either or both of the first and second major surfaces of the flap 64. The tearable tape strip 62 permits tearing of itself and the flap 64 with a given force notwithstanding that the tear resistant film flap 64 is otherwise not cleanly tearable.
  • an optional cover tape 68 can be located on the second major surface of the flap 64, opposite the tearable tape strip, as shown in Figure 6.
  • the cover tape 68 improves the ability to tear cleanly through the flap 64, perhaps by constraining the elongation of the flap during tearing. This is shown by the decreased force required for Example 2, which uses a box sealing tape, as compared with Example 1, which does not.
  • cover tape 68 including #371 Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) Box Sealing Tape, #355 PET Box Sealing Tape, #821 Acetate Tape, and #600 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Tape, all made by 3M, St Paul, Minnesota. These tapes all have lower elongation than the film used for the flap 64.
  • BOPP Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene
  • PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
  • the flap 64 can be made of LLDPE, LDPE, cast polypropylene, and blends of Kraton and polypropylene.
  • the tearable tape strip 62 can be RST, tensilized polypropylene, and filament reinforced tape. Also, the tearable tape strip 62 can include filaments, ribs, or both, formed on either or both of its first and second sides.

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  1. Récipient (60) pour stocker des objets ayant un rabat (64) pour fermer le récipient, dans lequel le rabat (64) a une première et une seconde surfaces principales et dans lequel le récipient (60) comprend :
    un élément (66) destiné à faire adhérer la première surface principale du rabat (64) au récipient (60) pour fermer le récipient (60), et
    un ruban de bande déchirable (62) situé sur l'une de la première et de la seconde surfaces principales du rabat (64),
    caractérisé en ce que
    le rabat (64) est formé d'un matériau de film résistant au déchirement, et
    le ruban de bande déchirable (62) permet un déchirement entre elle-même et le rabat (64) avec une force donnée bien que le film du rabat (64) résistant au déchirement ne soit autrement pas déchirable proprement.
  2. Récipient (60) selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le matériau de film résistant au déchirement est non affaibli.
  3. Récipient (60) selon la revendication 1 dans lequel le ruban de bande déchirable (62) est situé sur la première surface principale du rabat (64) de manière à ce que le déchirement du ruban de bande déchirable (62) on déchire à travers le rabat (64).
  4. Récipient (60) selon la revendication 1 dans lequel l'élément (66) destiné à faire adhérer la première surface principale du rabat (64) au récipient (60) comprend un adhésif sur au moins l'une de (a) au moins une partie de la première face principale du rabat (64) et (b) le récipient (60).
  5. Récipient (60) selon la revendication 1 comprenant en outre une bande de couverture (68) située sur la seconde surface principale du rabat (64) opposée au ruban de bande déchirable (62).
  6. Bande (10) à utiliser pour fermer un récipient (9) ayant des extrémités opposées et comprenant :
    une couche de base (12) comprenant un support (16) ayant une première face (18) et une seconde face (20),
    un ruban de bande déchirable (14) situé sur la première face du support (16) et ayant une première face et une seconde face, dans lequel le ruban de bande déchirable (14) permet de déchirer entre lui-même et le support résistant au déchirement (16) avec une force donnée bien que le support résistant au déchirement ne soit autrement pas déchirable proprement,
    un premier élément (26) destiné à faire adhérer la couche de base au ruban de bande déchirable (14), et
    un second élément (22) destiné à faire adhérer la bande au récipient (9).
  7. Bande (10) selon la revendication 6 dans laquelle le premier élément (26) et le second élément (22) comprennent un adhésif sur au moins une partie de la première face du support (16), et dans laquelle l'adhésif est situé entre le support (16) et le ruban de bande déchirable (14) et dans lequel la première face du ruban de bande déchirable (14) est en face de l'adhésif de manière à ce que le ruban de bande déchirable (14) se déchire à travers la couche de base (12) lorsque la bande est retirée du récipient (9).
  8. Bande (10) selon la revendication 6 dans laquelle la bande comprend une languette (32) à l'une des extrémités de la bande, dans laquelle la languette est formée par des entailles (30) s'étendant à partir d'au moins une des extrémités de la bande et situées au moins partiellement à travers le ruban de bande déchirable (14) qui facilitent le commencement du déchirement.
  9. Bande (10) selon la revendication 8 dans laquelle au moins une entaille (30) a une première portion et une seconde portion, dans laquelle la première portion s'étend d'au moins une des extrémités de la bande et passe à travers seulement la couche de base et dans laquelle la seconde portion passe à travers le ruban de bande déchirable (14), pour permettre à la languette d'adhérer au récipient (9) pour réduire le risque d'une ouverture du récipient (9) avant l'instant correct.
  10. Bande (10) selon la revendication 6 comprenant un moyen indiquant si le récipient (9) a été ouvert et refermé comprenant du polyéthylène à basse densité linéaire comme support résistant au déchirement (16) qui distord le bord déchiré de la bande de sorte qu'une récupération de la bande ouverte est notable même lorsqu'elle est couverte avec une bande additionnelle.
  11. Bande (10) selon la revendication 6 dans laquelle la couche de base (12) et le ruban de bande déchirable (14) ont des largeurs similaires et dans laquelle la bande comprend en outre une couche de bande ayant une première face et une seconde face, et un troisième élément pour faire adhérer la couche de bande à la couche de base (12).
  12. Bande (10) selon la revendication 11 dans laquelle le troisième élément comprend un adhésif (46) déposé sur au moins une partie d'au moins une de la première face de la couche de bande et de la première face du support (16).
  13. Récipient (9) pour stocker des objets comprenant la bande (10) selon la revendication (6) dans lequel la bande ferme solidement le récipient (9) pour empêcher le récipient (9) de libérer les objets avant le moment désiré tout en permettant une ouverture facile du récipient (9) pour libérer les objets au moment désiré.
  14. Récipient (9, 60) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 13 dans lequel le récipient (9) est au moins un récipient flexible ou un sac.
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