EP1687215A2 - Päckchenverschlussanordnung, so erhaltenes päckchen und herstellungsverfahren und -maschine - Google Patents

Päckchenverschlussanordnung, so erhaltenes päckchen und herstellungsverfahren und -maschine

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EP1687215A2
EP1687215A2 EP04805616A EP04805616A EP1687215A2 EP 1687215 A2 EP1687215 A2 EP 1687215A2 EP 04805616 A EP04805616 A EP 04805616A EP 04805616 A EP04805616 A EP 04805616A EP 1687215 A2 EP1687215 A2 EP 1687215A2
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assembly according
ridges
closure
complementary elements
support webs
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Philippe Eggermont
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S2F Flexico SARL
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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
    • B65D33/007—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags for facilitating the separation of the two walls, e.g. walls of inequal height, tabs; for maintaining the mouth of the sack or bag open
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/25—Zipper or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/2532—Zipper or required component thereof having interlocking surface with continuous cross section
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/25—Zipper or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/2532—Zipper or required component thereof having interlocking surface with continuous cross section
    • Y10T24/2534—Opposed interlocking surface having dissimilar cross section

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to the field of sachets equipped with a closure assembly adapted to allow multiple openings / closings successive on demand. More specifically, the present invention relates to the manufacture of such sachets using closure assemblies comprising two sections of thermoplastic material comprising complementary elements, adapted to be alternately engaged to allow the closure of the sachets and separated to allow opening of the sachets and access to their contents.
  • closure assemblies comprising two sections of thermoplastic material comprising complementary elements, adapted to be alternately engaged to allow the closure of the sachets and separated to allow opening of the sachets and access to their contents.
  • the aforementioned complementary elements are formed of hook structures or respectively male and female elements provided on. both profiles. Numerous closure assemblies and bags conforming to the aforementioned provisions have already been proposed. There are shown in Figures 1 and 2 attached, two known examples of embodiment of closure assemblies according to the prior art.
  • assemblies comprising two support webs 10, 20 carrying respective complementary elements 12, 22.
  • these elements 12, 22 are formed of profiles respectively male and female.
  • the two webs 10, 20 are provided on their internal facing surface, and on the outside of the sections 12, 22, with longitudinal ridges referenced respectively 14 and 24.
  • the closure assembly illustrated on FIG. 2 comprises similar longitudinal grooves 16, 26 on the external surface of the support webs 10, 20.
  • One of the functions of these streaks is to facilitate the handling of the support webs 10, 20 to ensure control upon opening and when the assembly is closed, i.e.
  • the ridges 14, 24, 16, 26 in fact allow the fingers of the user to be guided.
  • the ridges 14 and 24 also have the function of limiting the contact zone between the two profiles of the closure assembly and consequently avoiding the risks of welding during fixing on a movie.
  • Known closure assemblies have already done great service. However, they are not always entirely satisfactory. The present invention aims to improve the known closure assemblies.
  • a closure assembly comprising two sections of thermoplastic material comprising complementary elements adapted to be alternately engaged to allow the closure of sachets and separated to allow the opening of the sachets and access to their content, said complementary elements being carried by respective support sails, characterized in that one, and only one, of the support sails has ridges projecting on its internal surface directed towards the other sail.
  • the other support veil is provided with ridges projecting from its external surface.
  • the present invention also relates to sachets produced using such a closure assembly as well as a method and a machine for manufacturing such sachets.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 previously described schematically represent, in cross section, closure assemblies in accordance with the state of the art
  • FIG. 3 represents a similar view of a closure assembly in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 Figures 4 to 8 schematically show five alternative embodiments according to the present invention.
  • a closure assembly according to the present invention comprising two support webs 100, 200 substantially parallel respectively comprising a male closure element 110 and a complementary female closure element
  • Each of the two support webs 100, 200 extends on either side of the respective element 110, 210. It will be noted that, as illustrated in FIG. 3 according to the present invention, one and only one of the support webs 100, 200 is provided with longitudinal grooves 230 on its internal face directed towards the other support web 100, and this on the part of the support web 200 located on the outside of the profiled elements 110, 210 relative to the center of the bag. There is shown in Figure 4 attached, an alternative embodiment which differs from that illustrated in Figure 3 in that the second support web 100 has on its outer surface also a series of longitudinal ridges projecting 130.
  • FIG 7 an alternative embodiment according to which the two support webs 100, 200 are joined together in the form of a U-shaped structure by a connecting fabric 150 disposed on the inside of the closure assembly , that is to say the side opposite to the area of the support webs 100, 200 carrying the projecting ridges 130, 230.
  • Figure 8 a preferred embodiment of the invention which is characterized by the fact that each sail with ridges has exactly seven ridges.
  • each streak, of triangular section has a height and a width at the base of the order of a tenth of a mm.
  • the distance between two adjacent ridges is preferably between 0.5 and 2mm.
  • the number, density, size and section of the ridges 130, 230 can be the subject of numerous variant embodiments. They are not limited to the illustrations given in the appended figures.
  • the streaks provided on the outer surface of a veil may be identical to, or different, as to their number, their density, their section and their size, from the streaks provided on the other veil.
  • the closure assembly according to the present invention can be produced, for example by extrusion, in the form of an autonomous assembly intended to be attached to a film suitable for composing a sachet or to have come directly from material on such a film.
  • closure assemblies in accordance with the present invention offer the advantage of allowing easy handling thanks to the presence of the ridges 130, 230, without any risk of blockage liable to result, on certain closure assemblies conforming to the prior art , of the contact between two series of opposite streaks.
  • the present invention also applies to windows comprising complementary elements of the veiours / hook type.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Bag Frames (AREA)
  • Slide Fasteners (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Slide Fasteners, Snap Fasteners, And Hook Fasteners (AREA)
EP04805616A 2003-12-03 2004-12-02 Päckchenverschlussanordnung, so erhaltenes päckchen und herstellungsverfahren und -maschine Expired - Lifetime EP1687215B1 (de)

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FR0314187A FR2863254B1 (fr) 2003-12-03 2003-12-03 Ensemble de fermeture pour sachets, sachet ainsi obtenu ainsi que procede et machine de fabrication
PCT/FR2004/003096 WO2005056408A2 (fr) 2003-12-03 2004-12-02 Ensemble de fermeture pour sachets, sachet ainsi obtenu ainsi que procede et machine de fabrication

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EP1687215A2 true EP1687215A2 (de) 2006-08-09
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US (1) US20070271741A1 (de)
EP (1) EP1687215B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2007513021A (de)
CN (1) CN1890159B (de)
AT (1) ATE357376T1 (de)
BR (1) BRPI0417229A (de)
DE (1) DE602004005490T2 (de)
FR (1) FR2863254B1 (de)
RU (1) RU2350527C2 (de)
WO (1) WO2005056408A2 (de)

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FR2863254B1 (fr) 2006-03-10
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WO2005056408A2 (fr) 2005-06-23
DE602004005490T2 (de) 2007-11-29
CN1890159A (zh) 2007-01-03
RU2350527C2 (ru) 2009-03-27
RU2006123416A (ru) 2008-01-20
DE602004005490D1 (de) 2007-05-03
WO2005056408A3 (fr) 2005-10-06
US20070271741A1 (en) 2007-11-29
JP2007513021A (ja) 2007-05-24
FR2863254A1 (fr) 2005-06-10
CN1890159B (zh) 2010-09-15
ATE357376T1 (de) 2007-04-15

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