EP1422156B1 - Wiederverschliessbare Struktur - Google Patents

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EP1422156B1
EP1422156B1 EP03026447A EP03026447A EP1422156B1 EP 1422156 B1 EP1422156 B1 EP 1422156B1 EP 03026447 A EP03026447 A EP 03026447A EP 03026447 A EP03026447 A EP 03026447A EP 1422156 B1 EP1422156 B1 EP 1422156B1
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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
    • B65D33/1691—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using adhesive applied to attached closure 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
    • B65D33/25—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
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
    • B31B70/813—Applying closures
    • B31B70/8131—Making bags having interengaging closure 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
    • B65D2575/00—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
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing

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  • the present invention relates to packages for products in general, and more particularly to device and method for applying resealable flexible patches to packages.
  • Resealable packages are widely used in a variety of fields such as food, sanitary products etc.
  • Various methods and devices are used to allow for resealing of a package, yet most of these suffer of drawbacks such as poor sealing, short lifecycle, installation which is hard to made on soft packages and high manufacturing costs.
  • US6224262 discloses a recloseable bag includes a bag body having a first wall and a second wall connected together substantially around proximate perimeters.
  • the bag includes a first openable joint formed as perforations through the first wall and a patch secured to the first wall over the first openable joint.
  • the patch has a second openable joint formed as perforations in registry with the perforations of the first openable joint.
  • the patch can be composed of a material that tears in a controlled fashion along the perforations of the second openable joint.
  • a zipper arrangement can be sealed to the inside surface of the patch.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 are top and side view of a resaelable attachable patch according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • Figs. 3A and 3B are front and side cross sectional views of a package with a resealable attachable patch according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figs. 4 is a schematic isometric view of a rollable sheet with replaceable resealable attachable patches according to some embodiments of the present invention
  • Figs. 5A and 5B are top and cross sectional views of a package with a resealable attachable patch according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figs. 6A and 6B are three-dimensional isometric vies of a package with a resealable attachable patch according to some embodiments of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a resaelable attachable patch, usable for resealable packages.
  • a patch 10 is disclosed in which a manually operable sealing means, such as a zipper, is included.
  • Patch 10 may comprise of an attachable thin material 12 preferably flexible, a non-attachable portion 14 and sealing means 15 with engagable edges (not shown).
  • Non-attachable portion 14 may be made of thin flexible material and may be placed over an opening in a package.
  • Portion 14 may be cut along a line formed along sealing means 15 and sealing means 15 may be formed one at each of the edges of said cut in portion 14. Sealing means 15 may have any suitable form and design allowing the parts to engage or disengage from one another as desired.
  • Sealing means 15 may also include a manually operable handle 16 for engaging and disengaging engagable edges of sealing means 15.
  • Patch 10 may be attached to a wall of a package, onto a precut opening in said wall, in various ways such as manual sticking, automated sticking, heat bonding and the like. Patch 10 may also include strengthened areas 18 at each end of sealing means 15.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of patch 10 in which layer 22 may be an attaching material, attachable by means of adhesive material by manual sticking, automated sticking, heat bonding and the like, that may connect sealing means 15 onto an outer face of a package over a pre-cut opening in a flexible package.
  • Sheet 24 is part of a package onto which patch 10 may be attached by any of the aforementioned means.
  • Figs. 3A and 3B are a front and a side cross sectional views respectively of package 30, having an opening cut 32 in one of its surfaces.
  • Resaelable attachable patch 34 may be attached to package 30 using attaching means such as an adhesive manual sticking, automated sticking, heat bonding and the like applied in layer 40, and may include a resealing closure 38 with engagable edges (not shown) and with operating means 36 usable for opening and closing said closure 38.
  • a resaelable attachable patch may be provided on a carrying rollable sheet.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic isometric view of sheet 50 having plurality of resaelable attachable patches 52 of the type disclosed herein arranged on it.
  • Sheet 50 may be stowed in a roll 54 and may be used in automated production setups for attaching patch 52 onto a package in any appropriate stage of an automated or semi-automated manufacturing process.
  • the attaching of patch 52 may be carried out before the package has been formed, or afterwards, as desired.
  • Resaelable attachable patch of the present invention may have various forms and embodiments.
  • Package 62 may comprise a resealable attachable patch 64 which may be attached so as to cover an opening 66 cut in one side of package 62.
  • Package 62 may be made of soft and flexible material or of a non-flexible material.
  • Resealable attachable patch 64 may comprise an attachable area 66 substantially flat for attaching it to package 62 and sealing walls 67 substantially parallel to each other. Sealing walls 67 may have sealing edges 68 at their outer ends made to engage with each other, such as a in a zipper and operating means 69 made to seal or unseal resealable attachable patch 64 by engaging or disengaging sealing edges 68 from one another. Sealing walls 67 may be at a folded position, as illustrated in Figs.
  • sealing walls 67 may be used for stowing package 62 and for additional sealing while upright position of sealing walls 67 may be for allowing access to the content inside package 62.
  • the resealing device may be of various embodiments, and patch 10 may be applied onto a package during a stage later than the preparing of the package, and even after the package has been filled with its content. It will also be apparent that patch 10 may be attached to a flexible package before or after being filled without damaging the package or its content. It will also be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that a resealable attachable patch according to the present invention may have various shapes and forms such but not limited to a round or ellipsoid shape, and may comprise any desired form of engagable / disengagable means.

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  1. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung (30), welche umfasst:
    eine Verpackung, welche eine vorgeschnittene Öffnung (32) in einer ihrer Flächen aufweist; und
    ein wiederverschließbares Verschlussteil (10), welches umfasst:
    ein dünnes flexibles Materialstück (34), welches eine zum Anbringen geeignete klebfähige Zone, die an wenigstens einem Teil seiner Fläche ausgebildet ist, und einen Schnitt, der über mindestens einen Teil seiner Fläche ausgebildet ist, aufweist; und
    zwei ineinander eingreifbare Ränder (15), welche mit den Rändern des genannten Einschnitts in dem genannten dünnen flexiblen Materialstück (34) dergestalt verbunden sind, dass das gegenseitige Einreifen und Lösen dieser ineinander eingreifenden Verbindung zwischen den genannten ineinander eingreifbaren Rändern ermöglicht wird und dadurch ein ineinander greifbarer Verschluss gebildet wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    auf der genannten Verpackung Mittel vorhanden sind, um das genannte Verschlussteil über der genannten vorgeschnittenen Öffnung (32) anzubringen, nachdem die genannte Verpackung vorbereitet und gefüllt worden ist.
  2. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, bei welcher das Mittel zum Anbringen des genannten Verschlussteils eine im Wesentlichen ebene Zone und Anbringungsmittel umfasst, welche aus der Gruppe ausgewählt werden, zu denen das manuelle Kleben mit Kleber, das automatisierte Kleben, das Heißkleben u. dergl. gehören.
  3. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, bei welcher jede der genannten zwei ineinander eingreifbaren Ränder (15) eine zum Anbringen geeignete Zone (66) und eine abdichtende Wand (67) umfassen, wobei die genannte abdichtende Wand sich von der genannten, zum Anbringen geeigneten Zone über eine Knicklinie hinaus erstreckt und im Wesentlichen parallel zu der genannten abdichtenden Wand der anderen, zur Anbringung geeigneten Zone erstreckt und diese überlappt.
  4. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, bei welcher das genannte wiederverschließbare Verschlussteil von einem aufrollbaren Bandmaterial (50), welches eine große Anzahl der genanten wiederverschließbaren Verschlussteile trägt, bereitgestellt wird.
  5. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, welche ferner die Bedienung erleichternde Mittel umfasst, damit die genannten ineinander eingreifbaren Ränder von Hand miteinander in Verbindung gebracht und wieder getrennt werden können.
  6. Wiederverschließbare Verpackung nach Anspruch 5, bei welcher die genannte, zum Anbringen geeignete Zone an die genannte Verpackung durch eines der Verfahren Kleben mit Kleber, Heißkleben und chemischen Klebverbund angebracht werden kann.
  7. Verfahren zum Verschließen einer Verpackung, welches umfasst:
    das Aufnehmen einer vorbereiteten und gefüllten Verpackung, welche mit zum Anbringen geeigneten Mitteln ausgestattet ist;
    das Anlegen einer vorgeschnittenen Öffnung (32) in einer Fläche der genannten Verpackung;
    das Annbringen eines Klebemittels für das wiederverschließbare Verschlussteil über dem genannten Öffnungsschnitt,
    wobei das genannte Klebemittel für das wiederverschließbare Verschlussteil ein dünnes flexibles Materialstück (34) umfasst, welches eine zum Anbringen geeignete klebfähige Zone, die auf mindestens einem Teil seiner Fläche ausgebildet ist, und einen Schnitt, der über mindestens einen Teil seiner Fläche ausgebildet ist, aufweist sowie zwei ineinander eingreifbare Ränder (15), die mit den Rändern des genannten Schnitts in dem genannten dünnen flexiblen Materialstück (34) verbunden sind.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, bei welchem das genannte verschließbare Verschlusssteil von einem aufrollbaren Bandmaterial (50) abgenommen wird.
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