EP2748079B1 - Heat activated adhesives for bag closures - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of making a polymeric woven bag, wherein the bag is sealable by a heat activated adhesive.
- U.S. 3,380,646 discloses a container of thermally weldable, plastic material and a method of producing the container by welding together multiple strips or sheets of plastic material to form a container having a welded closed, bottom part of the container. An open top of the container is collapsed and flattened to provide a pinch closed top.
- U.S. 5,048,692 discloses a bag folded one or more times to form a primary closure.
- a flap seal extends across the folded configuration.
- a string underneath the flap seal is used to tear open the flap seal and permit the bag to unfold.
- a zipper closure provides a secondary enclosure.
- US 2007/0292053 A1 discloses a bag of paper material and a paper tape coated with a hot melt adhesive, wherein the tape is folded to adhere the hot melt adhesive against a front panel of the paper bag to provide a glued paper-to-paper section.
- the tape substitutes for a stepped end of a multi-wall paper bag.
- the stepped end provides a sealing flap coated with hot melt adhesive, wherein the sealing flap can be folded over and sealed to the front panel of the paper bag.
- WO 2011/016965 A1 discloses a method for closing and sealing a polymeric material bag using an adhesive material which is heated to its adhesive state.
- Bags to be used for bulk packaging of granular or finely ground materials such as nutrients including, but not limited to, whole and ground grains, seeds, dry pet food, chemical fertilizers, other bulk food and non-food products, and growing plant treatments, must be durable to resist material degradation, abrasion, puncture, contamination and leakage of contents, and must withstand a drop test while sealed and filled with contents weighing up to about 22.68 kg (50 pounds), and even up to about 36.29 kg (80 pounds).
- such bags are typically disposed of after use, which requires an inexpensive and light-weight construction that is environmentally friendly, may be recyclable, and reduces waste in the supply chain from production, use of the bag, to disposal in either a recycling stream or landfill.
- multi-walled paper and polymer layer bags consisting of multiple paper layers and layers of polymer film
- Multi-wall paper/polymer layer bags traditionally used to package bulk products, are not recyclable and add significant amounts of materials to landfills.
- This invention overcomes many of the significant drawbacks of multi-wall paper/polymer layer bags, by offering a lighter weight bag that is less expensive, more durable and tear-resistant, resulting in significantly reduced waste in the supply chain, and is 100% recyclable in a suitable recycling stream.
- this invention can function essentially in the same way on existing bag filling and sealing equipment to perfect a pinch-sealed bag filled with product.
- a typical manufacturing production line provides apparatus to fill the bags with contents, and further provides apparatus to close the bag in a simple manner by pinch closing, and further provides equipment to seal the pinch closed bag.
- Bags of traditional construction can be close by sewing or alternatively, sealed with a hot melt sealant instead of sewing.
- Such bags of traditional construction include multi-wall bags fabricated of paper and polymeric film laminates. The bag construction must allow quick filling of the bag with contents and thereafter must allow closing and sealing the bag.
- the traditional bag construction has layers of polymer laminated with a paper layer or layers. Sealing of the traditional bags after filling is accomplished by re-melting a hot melt adhesive and/or meltable polymer layer at an elevated temperature while the paper resists damage to the bag construction.
- the high flash point inherent to paper is relied upon to withstand the application of heat at an elevated temperature and thereby to protect the bag from damage due to the heat and temperature.
- a thin polyethylene, PE, polymer coating on the paper surface can melt or soften together with the hot melt adhesive to adhere to the paper and form a secure seal.
- Existing end-user production line equipment applies hot air onto the bag to melt and activate the hot melt adhesive and/or meltable polymer layer, following the bag filling operation.
- the heat must be applied at a temperature that melts the hot melt adhesive, and further, to at least partially melt the polymer coating on the paper surface, while relying on the paper to withstand the heat and temperature, and to prevent bag weakening or burning due the heat and temperature.
- a major drawback of the multi-wall paper and polymer laminates is that they are composite materials not capable of recycling as either paper or plastic as a single material classification. Further, the multi-wall laminates of the traditional bag are not compostable, and consequently remain in one piece in landfills. Further, the multi-wall laminates are heavy, and add unnecessary shipping costs.
- apparatus is provided to fill the bags with contents through an open end of the bag, followed by closing and sealing the filled bag.
- Traditional production lines have employed stitching equipment to sew the bags shut.
- Alternative production lines have heated air jets to apply heat at an elevated temperature to melt and activate pre-applied hot melt adhesives that have been pre-applied to traditional bags of thick multiwall paper and polymer film laminate construction.
- a closure mechanism closes the bags in an advantageous manner simply by pinch closing the open ends. The closure mechanism applies pressure on the bags to close and hold the bags closed while the hot melt adhesive adheres to the closed bag and until the adhesive cools and hardens.
- the heat must be applied at a temperature that melts the hot melt adhesive, and further, which can melt portions of the polymer coating on the paper surface, while relying on the paper to withstand the heat and temperature, and prevent weakening or burning due the heat and temperature.
- the traditional bags have a construction of thick multi-wall paper and polymer film laminates. The one or more, thick paper layers of the traditional bags withstand the heat applied at elevated temperatures without weakening the bag strength and without burning the paper. Further, a laminated film coating of polyethylene, PE, on the paper surface partially melts while in contact with the melted, hot melt adhesive to form a heat seal with the adhesive.
- the embodiments of the invention provide a sustainable solution to the long existing need for bags that replace traditional bags of multi-wall paper and polymer laminates, and yet can withstand the application of heat and temperature to seal the bags, which continue to be prevalent in existing production equipment.
- Traditional multi-wall paper and polymer laminate bags each have about 275 grams of paper and 50 grams of polypropylene polymer, and a carbon footprint of about 11 as a measure of carbon emissions.
- Lighter weight bags of about 150 grams results from embodiments of the invention with fewer raw materials than those used in making the traditional bags, and result in a substantially reduced carbon footprint of about 5.
- Woven bags are fabricated of a recyclable polypropylene, and with structural components including a tubular woven (mesh) bag laminated inside of a non-porous polymeric film of a single layer or of laminated layers.
- the bags are fabricated of a polypropylene material that is recyclable and may be compostable due to having resin additives such as metallocene, and further that is free of recycled or contaminated polymers of unknown chemistry and unknown material mixtures.
- the bags according to embodiments of the invention are less heavy and are more resistant to abrasion, tearing and puncture, and are reusable compared with traditional multi-wall paper and polymer laminates that are susceptible to abrasion and damage.
- the bags produced according to embodiments of the invention reduce waste due to shipping costs, damaged bag contents and increased shelf life of the contents.
- the examples of bags fulfill a long existing need for lighter weight, strong bags having structural components that eliminate traditional non-recyclable paper-polymer laminates, and moreover, that are durable for reuse, and are degradable by composting in a landfill and are recyclable as a single material.
- the recyclable and/or compostable bags include water soluble adhesive materials as structural components of the bags. Embodiments of the adhesive materials can be pre-applied while soluble in water, a nontoxic solvent.
- the adhesive materials are applied onto opposed surfaces of the bags, followed by curing by exposure to radiant or entrained heat, electron beam, EB, radiation, air or other curing medium and/or to evaporate the nontoxic dispersion for environmentally safe removal from the activatable adhesive components of the dispersion mixture that attain a non-adhesive hardened state, which is non-reactive to water or humidity, and is nontoxic by incidental contact with nutrients being filled in the bags.
- An opposite end of each of the bags has a pinch bottom or alternatively, a flat bottom configuration that is closed and sealed by sewing, or by an adhesive preferably a nontoxic adhesive or by plastic welding or by a material including, but not limited to polymeric, paper or nonwoven tape.
- the bags are folded flat for shipment to another manufacturing facility where the bags are filled with contents and closed and sealed.
- the adhesive materials to seal the bag are activatable to a melted adhesive state using existing production line equipment that apply heat at a temperature sufficiently below the softening point temperature Tg of the polymeric structural components of the bag, and to bring the adhesive materials to an adhesive state without damaging the other structural components of the bag.
- the heat required to activate a hot melt adhesive to an adhesive state would be detrimental to a polymer woven bag and would destroy the structural integrity of the bag.
- a traditional multi-wall paper/polymer layer bag can be sealed with a hot melt adhesive, whereas on a polymeric bag the heat applied by existing end-user equipment to reactivate or re-melt a hot melt adhesive would further heat the polymer material of the bag above its softening point T g temperature causing the polymer material to soften, lose tensile strength or even undergo plastic deformation. Accordingly, typical known hot melt adhesives are not suitable for forming a seal on a polymeric bag.
- Figs. 1 and 1A disclose an embodiment of a polymeric woven bag 100, including an outer layer 104 having a single polymeric film or a laminate of multiple polymeric films, and a polymeric woven bag provides an inner layer 102 ( Fig. 3 ) laminated to or adhesively adhered to the outer layer 104.
- the outer layer 104 of the bag includes either a single polymeric film or a laminate of multiple polymeric films.
- a laminate of the outer layer 104 includes a transparent film, a second film and printed graphics on either the transparent film or the second film, wherein the printed graphics are protected between the transparent film and the second film.
- the woven bag 100 has a first panel 106 and a second panel 108 configured either as a continuous tube or as separate pieces joined together to form a bag.
- the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 are joined along their side edges along sides 110 of the bag 100.
- An end 122 of the bag is open through which contents can be introduced into the bag 100.
- the end 122 is adapted to be pinch closed between end edges of the first panel 106 and the second panel 108.
- the panels 106, 108 are joined along their side edges and end edges by plastic welding of the edges or by an adhesive.
- the bag 100 is tubular, and the panels 106, 108 are defined by making folds or creases in the bag 100.
- An opposite end 124 of the bag 100 is closed by being sewn, taped, glued or plastic welded.
- the bag 100 is fabricated entirely of compostable polypropylene, PP.
- a structural component of the first panel 106 includes a first adhesive layer 600 on a portion of the first panel 106.
- a structural component of the second panel 108 includes a second or further adhesive layer 602 on a portion of the second panel 108.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 can be the same material applied simultaneously or, alternatively, applied separately.
- Figs. 2 and 2A disclose another embodiment of a polymeric woven bag 100 having a similar construction as the embodiment of the bag 100 disclosed by Figs. 1 and 1A , including the outer layer 104 having the single polymeric film or a laminate of polymeric films, the inner polymeric woven bag layer 102, the first panel 106, the second panel 108 and the open end 122 of the bag that is pinch closed by closing the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent the open end 122.
- a portion of the woven bag layer 102 is depicted with a woven appearance.
- the polymeric woven bag has a stepped, or step cut construction at the open end 122, wherein a portion of the first panel 106 is removed by severing, cutting or hot knife, and wherein the first panel 106 is made shorter than a longer portion 502 of the second panel 108 at the open end.
- the longer portion 502 provides a foldable flap portion 502 on the second panel 108.
- the inner woven layer 102 of the foldable flap portion 502 is exposed.
- the bag has a structural component including the adhesive coated, foldable flap portion 502.
- the structural component of a second adhesive layer 602 is on the adhesive coated, foldable flap portion 502.
- the bag has a further structural component of a first or further adhesive layer 600 on the adhesive coated first panel 106.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are air dried to a non-adhesive solid state to evaporate the dispersion mixture in air, by passage through a heated oven or directing fan blown heated air onto the adhesive layers 600, 602, or by passage through dry air at low relative humidity or by electron beam, EB, radiation.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 can be the same material applied simultaneously or, alternatively, applied separately.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are dried to a stable, non-adhesive state impervious to water, water vapor and ambient temperatures.
- An embodiment of the method of making the bag 100 of Figs. 2 and 2A includes, forming a bag end 122 between a first panel 106 and a second panel 108, applying the heat activated adhesive layer 600 on a portion of the panel 106, applying another heat activated adhesive layer 602 on a portion of the panel 108, wherein heat activation temperatures of the first adhesive layer 600 and the second adhesive layer 602 are below the softening point temperature of the polymeric materials of the bag 100, drying the adhesive layers 600, 602 to a stable non-adhesive state impervious to water or water vapor and ambient temperatures, wherein the end 122 of the bag 100 facilitates filling the bag 100 with contents, and thereafter the bag is closed and sealed by applying heat to activate an adhesive-to-adhesive seal between the adhesive layers 600,602.
- Figs 3 and 3A disclose another embodiment of the bag 100 including the outer layer 104 having the single polymeric film or a laminate of polymeric films, the inner polymeric woven bag layer 102, the first panel 106, the second panel 108 and the open end 122 of the bag that is pinch closed by closing the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent the open end 122.
- a portion of the woven bag layer 102 is depicted with a woven appearance.
- the polymeric woven bag has a stepped, or step cut construction at the open end 122, wherein a portion of the first panel 106 is removed by severing, cutting or hot knife, and wherein the first panel 106 is made shorter than a longer portion 502 of the second panel 108 at the open end.
- the longer portion 502 provides a foldable flap portion 502 on the second panel 108.
- the inner woven layer 102 of the foldable flap portion 502 is exposed.
- the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 are joined along their side edges along sides 110 of the bag 100.
- An end 122 of the bag is open through which contents can be introduced into the bag 100.
- the end 122 is adapted to be pinch closed between end edges of the first panel 106 and the second panel 108.
- the panels 106, 108 are joined along their side edges and end edges by plastic welding of the edges or by an adhesive.
- the bag 100 is tubular, and the panels 106, 108 are defined by making folds or creases in the bag 100.
- An opposite end 124 of the bag 100 is closed by being sewn, taped, glued or plastic welded.
- the bag 100 is fabricated entirely of compostable polypropylene, PP.
- a structural component of the first panel 106 includes a first adhesive layer 600 on a portion of the first panel 106.
- a structural component of the second panel 108 includes a second or further adhesive layer 602 on a portion of the second panel 108.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are dried to a non-adhesive stable state by passage through a heated oven or directing fan blown heated air onto the adhesive layers.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the adhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 can be of the same material applied simultaneously on the bag 100 or, alternatively, applied separately.
- the bag 100 has sides 110 in the form of side gussets 110.
- Longitudinal end folds or creases 112 join the side gussets 110 join with the first panel 106.
- Longitudinal end folds or creases 114 join the side gussets 110 with the second panel 108.
- Longitudinal folds or creases 116 are between foldable first portions 118 and foldable second portions 120 of respective side gussets 110.
- the stepped or step cut construction exposes the first portions 118 and the second portions 120 of respective side gussets 110.
- the bag 100 is foldable along a fold line 206 extending across the bag 100, wherein the fold line 206 extends across the first panel 106 between a panel first section 202 adjacent to a panel second section 204.
- the bag 100 is foldable without creasing, or alternatively is foldable along a crease formed along the fold line 206 by a creasing apparatus.
- the first adhesive layer 600 is applied on the first section 202 of the first panel 106, and on the second section 204 of the first panel 106, and on the exposed portions 118, 120 of the side gussets 110 exposed by the stepped or step cut construction.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are dried similarly as described above.
- the bag 100 is foldable along the fold line 206 to fold the first panel 106 on itself and to urge the adhesive layer 600 on the panel first section 202 into contact with the further adhesive layer 600 on the panel second section 204.
- the sealing flap portion 502 is folded onto the panel second section 204 of the panel 106 to hold the bag 100 in a folded configuration.
- An adhesive-to-adhesive seal is formed by applying heat to activate the adhesive layers 600, 602 ( Fig. 3 ) to adhesive states while in contact with each other.
- an adhesive material was required to be developed to provide a first adhesive layer 600 of heat activated adhesive material on a portion of the bag 100.
- the same or another adhesive material was required to be developed to provide a second adhesive layer 602 of heat activated adhesive material on another portion of the bag 100, wherein heat activation temperatures of the first adhesive layer 600 and the second adhesive layer 602 are below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material of the bag 100, and wherein the adhesive layer 600 can be urged into contact with the further adhesive layer 602 and form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal to close and seal the bag 100 at its end 122.
- Sealing was advantageously to be performed by using existing end-user production line equipment for applying controlled temperature heat to activate the adhesive layers 600, 602 to adhesive states.
- a soluble adhesive was developed, wherein the adhesive layer 600 and the adhesive layer 602 comprise an adhesive material soluble in an air dryable solvent.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 comprise adhesive material or materials soluble in water and air dried to dimensionally stable, non-adhesive states impervious to water or water vapor.
- the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 comprise respective adhesive materials having a melt temperature below 148.9°C (300 °F), which is below the softening point temperature T g of the polymeric materials in the layers 102, 104 of the bag 100. Further, each of the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602 comprise adhesive materials dried in air, at a temperature below the temperature required to activate to adhesive states.
- the embodiments of the bag 100 are prepared for storage and shipment.
- the end 122 of the bag 100 is pinch closed by closing the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent the open end 122.
- the end 122 of the bag 100 is folded flat while remaining unsealed, and the bag 100 is folded flat for storage and shipment to another manufacturing facility wherein the end 122 of the bag 100 is opened, the bag 100 is unfolded and expanded from the flat configuration, and the bag is filled with contents. Then, the end 122 is closed and sealed.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are activated to an adhesive state by applying heat at a heat activation temperature below the heat activation temperatures of standard or traditional hot melt adhesives or solvent based adhesives that can seal traditional paper and polymer laminated bags without damaging the paper layers, but which exceed the softening point temperature T g of polymeric bags 100 fabricated without paper layers.
- the standard or traditional hot melt adhesives cannot be combined with polypropylene bags 100 because the temperatures needed to activate the adhesives are destructive to the PP material structure.
- Embodiments of the adhesive layers 600, 602 comprise, an aqueous dispersion of an adhesive material or a water based adhesive materials applied in liquid form and air dried or cured to a stable, non-adhesive state when air dried to ambient temperature.
- Further embodiments of the adhesive layers 600, 602 each are an acrylic based waterborne adhesive or a polyurethane dispersion adhesive, or a butyl, synthetic or natural rubber adhesive.
- Other embodiments of the adhesive layers 600, 602 include a polyurethane adhesive dispersed in water (PUD).
- a preferred embodiment is made up of 35 percent solids. It is applied at 1.75 grams/bag wet, assuming an 45.7 cm (18") wide bag, across the 7.6 cm (3") sealing area.
- the viscosity is adjusted to correspond with the mass flow rate of the preferred embodiments of an applicator apparatus and method, for example, a slot die applicator applying a stripe of the adhesive layers each of a viscosity of 800-1000 mPa ⁇ s and a coating weight sufficient to form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal that will withstand bag tests to be described herein.
- An embodiment of the adhesive layers 600, 602 for pinch sealing of PP woven bags 100 is comprised of synthetic polymer or co-polymer emulsions that are water- or solvent-based, including without limitation polyurethane dispersion adhesives, vinyls, acrylics, or other polymer or co-polymer emulsions, or may include natural or synthetic rubber-based adhesives, which are applied wet solubilized and then dried to a hardened state impervious to water and water vapor.
- Known application apparatus to use on a production line includes, but is not limited to spray applicators, wheels, or a slot die applicators.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal when activated to adhesive states by heat applied by a hot air jet or other thermal source at an elevated temperature up to about and less than about 148.9°C (300 degrees F.) which is below the melting point temperature of the polymeric, polyolefin films and/or PP woven materials of the bag panels 106, 108 and the bag gussets 110 when present.
- Such adhesive layers 600, 602 provide adequate bond and adhesion to polyolefin films and/or PP woven materials, are FDA approved for non-direct food contact, and provide adequate sheer, peel and bond strengths to meet bag testing parameters to be described herein.
- Two adhesive layers 600, 602 are an acrylic based waterborne adhesive and a polyurethane dispersion adhesive. Each has an adhesive state activation temperature below 148.9°C (300 °F), and below the softening point temperature T g of the polymeric layers 102, 104 made of compostable polypropylene, for example.
- An embodiment of the adhesive layers 600, 602 includes: a polyurethane adhesive dispersion of 35% solids in water, with a viscosity adjusted for application to the bags, for example, a viscosity of approximately or about 800 -1000 mPa ⁇ s for application by a slot die applicator, or less than about 800 mPa ⁇ s for application by a spray applicator.
- the viscosity is varied or adjusted to obtain an optimum mass flow rate and attain a desired coating weight as need for application by a specific form of applicator.
- Adhesive 1623-63A is available commercially from Bostik, Inc.
- the embodiments of adhesive layers 660, 602 as a structural component of the bags includes 1.75 grams adhesive material per bag applied wet, solubilized in water, assuming a 45.7 cm (18 inch) wide bag and a 7.6 cm (3 inches) wide stripe of adhesive on the bag, which is equivalent to 0.6 grams per bag dry or about 48.1 kg (10.6 lbs) per ream dry weight coating.
- the bag 100 includes heat sealable material or materials on a low melt temperature, woven and solid polyolefin films.
- the suitable adhesive material or materials are applied to the bag surfaces as a solution or emulsion, and are air dried at temperatures below their heat activation temperatures to evaporate the volatiles of solvent or water and solidify.
- the solid adhesive materials are not moisture or pressure sensitive to activate to an adhesive state, and thereby avoid contamination of the bag contents during bag filling.
- One suitable adhesive material for heat sealing polyolefin films of the bag 100 comprises a water based emulsion of triethylamine adhesive commercially available as AQUAGRIP® 19566F, manufactured by Bostik, Inc., 11320 Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 USA.
- the water based emulsion comprises triethylamine Cas # 121-44-8 Percent 0.5-1.5 which can be absorbed through the skin.
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- Adhesive layers 600, 602 are applied on one or both bag panels 106, 108 across an area of width ranging from 1.27 cm (1 ⁇ 2 inch) to 15.24 cm (6 inches) across the entire or part of a bag panel 106, 108.
- the bag 100 is filled with contents through the open end 122 of the bag 100 where one or both panels 106, 108 have heat activated adhesive layers 600, 602 applied across the width of the open end 122 of the bag 100, wherein the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 are left unsealed to form an open bag end 122 through which bag contents are filled.
- the panels forming an adhesive-to-adhesive seal, layer contact; the open bag end is then processed through a convention hot air or heat sealing apparatus, and the application of heat is at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material to re-melt the first layer of adhesive material and the second layer of adhesive material preferably before making contact with each other, or alternatively, while in contact with each other.
- the bag 100 After filling an embodiment of the bag 100 with contents on a manufacturing production line, the bag 100 is passed through a pinch sealing unit, not shown, that blows hot air onto the adhesive layers 600, 602 to activate the adhesive layers 600, 602 to adhesive states.
- a pinch sealing unit not shown, that blows hot air onto the adhesive layers 600, 602 to activate the adhesive layers 600, 602 to adhesive states.
- the panels 106, 108 are held together or pinched preferably until the adhesive layers 600, 602 form an adherent adhesive-to-adhesive seal, and further preferably until the adhesive layers 600, 602 harden and stabilize dimensionally and become impervious to water, water vapor and ambient temperatures.
- the longer flap portion 502 and the shorter first panel 106 are held together or pinched preferably until the adhesive layers 600, 602 form an adherent adhesive-to-adhesive seal.
- the bag 100 is folded along the fold line 206, the bag is foldable to fold the portion 202 of the first panel 106 on itself, and wherein the flap portion 502 is foldable toward the first panel 106 to hold the bag 100 folded by contact between the adhesive layer 600 and the further adhesive layer 602.
- the longer flap portion 502 and the shorter first panel 106 are held together or pinched and the panels 106, 108 are held together or pinched preferably until the adhesive layers 600, 602 form an adherent adhesive-to-adhesive seal, and further preferably until the adhesive layers 600, 602 harden and stabilize dimensionally and become impervious to water, water vapor and ambient temperatures. Further, in Fig.
- the adhesive layer 600 is applied on the sections 118, 120 of the gusseted sides 110 to fold along the fold line 206 and form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal when the sections 118, 120 of the gusseted sides 110 are closed and held or pinched against the section 204 of the first panel 106 to close and prevent leakage along the gusseted sides 110.
- An embodiment of structural components of a polymeric woven bag 100 includes a polymeric outer layer 104, an inner polymeric woven bag layer 102 laminated to or adhesively adhered to the outer layer 104, a first panel 106 and a second panel 108 and an open end 122 of the bag 100 to be pinched closed between the first panel 106 and the second panel 108 after filling the bag 100 with contents, a structural component of a portion of the first panel 106 having a heat activated first adhesive layer 600 on a portion of the first panel to form an adhesive-to adhesive seal by contact with a heat activated adhesive layer 660 on a structural component of a portion 108 or 502 of the second panel 108, wherein the first adhesive layer 600 and the second adhesive layer 602 have respective heat activation temperatures below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material, and wherein the first adhesive layer 660 and the second adhesive layer 602 are dried and are water impervious, and wherein after filling the bag 100 with contents through the end 122 the first adhesive layer 600 and the second adhesive
- Another embodiment of the structural components include a foldable flap portion 502 having a portion of the second adhesive layer 602 thereon to form the adhesive-to-adhesive seal.
- the structural components must pass the following tests without tearing the first panel 106 or the second panel 106 or an embodiment of the sealing flap 502, and without opening the adhesive-to-adhesive seal between the first adhesive layer 600 and the second adhesive layer 602.
- a suitable adhesive material for heat sealing polyolefin films of the bag 100 comprises a liquid state, acrylated epoxy based adhesive commercially available as the product name, VERSA-WELD TM 70-7879 adhesive material manufactured by Henkel Corporation P.O. Box 6500; 10 Finderline Avenue, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 USA, wherein the adhesives per se form no part of the present invention separate from being a structural component of the bags disclosed herein.
- VERSA-WELD TM 70-7879 adhesive material has a suggested running range of 162.78-190.55 ° C (325-375 0 F) designed for pre-application to polyethylene foam, and designed for application by slot (die) and roll coaters for high-viscosity hot melts.
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- a suitable polyolefin thermoplastic adhesive material for heat sealing films of the bag 100 comprises a liquid state, air driable, polyolefin adhesive commercially available as the product name, JOWAT TM HIGHTHERM 221.60 adhesive material, and/or 61-260.50 adhesive material, manufactured by Jowat Corporation, 6058 Lois Lane, Archdale, NC 27263, wherein the adhesives per se form no part of the present invention separate from being a structural component of the bags disclosed herein.
- the adhesive material has a suggested running range of 180-200 0 C (356-392 0 F) in the melt state and feed speed 18-80 m/min (54-240 ft. /min) designed for multiple applications, i e. for wrapping of decor paper foils to solid wood, particleboard or MDF. Good adhesion to aluminum, laminates of polyester, and melamine resins.
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- Polypropylene has a melting point temperature of ⁇ 160 °C (320 °F), as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
- the softening point temperature of polypropylene is below its melting point temperature.
- a polypropylene bag 100 can be heated to a temperature below its softening point temperature without causing heat damage of the polypropylene material.
- Respective embodiments of hot melt adhesive materials disclosed herein are applied to a bag 100 according to a process now to be described. Respective embodiments of the adhesive materials are heated to respective, recommended melt flow temperatures to obtain a liquid flow state.
- the melt flow temperature for an adhesive material to attain a liquid flow state can be greater than the melt temperature of a polymeric bag 100.
- the adhesive material is heated to attain a liquid flow state, to flow through an adhesive applicator apparatus.
- the adhesive material is heated to at least its melt flow temperature to flow as a liquid through an applicator apparatus.
- the adhesive material flows as a liquid through a spray applicator constituting a swirl gun applicator, which is capable of applying a thin coating of adhesive material, rather than a thicker bead of adhesive material.
- the adhesive material cools rapidly to a lower temperature below the melt temperature of polypropylene while being discharged from the applicator and applied by the applicator as a distributed thin coating onto the polypropylene surface of a bag 100.
- the discharged adhesive material cools rapidly due to its mass as a thin coating, which loses its thermal units of heat energy due to cooling in ambient air and due to heat transfer to the polypropylene.
- the thermal units of heat transfer to the polypropylene is insufficient to raise the temperature of the polypropylene to its softening point temperature.
- the adhesive material becomes more viscous at the lower temperature, and nonetheless retains a melt adhesive state to adhere to the polypropylene.
- the melt state adhesive forms the adhesive layers 600, 602 while at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric bag 100, which avoids heat damage to the bag 100.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 solidify by being dried, to drive off solvent and to cool to ambient temperature.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 formed by application of a water based emulsion solidify by being dried.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are rendered non-adhesive to the touch.
- the embodiments of adhesive material constituting the adhesive layers 600, 602 are non-adhesive at elevated ambient temperatures within a confined space in a truck or warehouse.
- Preferred embodiments of the solidified adhesive layers 600, 602 are insoluble in water including water vapor.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 remain non-adhesive unless and until heated or re-heated to a melt state.
- the bag 100 is then folded flat for shipping and handling.
- the bag 100 is available for sale and purchase, for a purchaser to fill the big 100 with contents, followed by closing and sealing the bag 100 to avoid bag leakage and contamination of the contents.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are activated to respective melt adhesive states by heating to an elevated temperature.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 activate to adhesive states by heating them to an elevated temperature below the softening point temperature of polypropylene, and without heating the adhesive layers 600, 602 to their melt flow state temperatures recommended by the manufacturers.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are activated to respective melt adhesive states, by heating at least to temperatures at which melt occurs, near their softening point temperatures, as distinguished from the higher melt flow state temperatures recommended by their manufacturers.
- a softening point temperature of the respective layers 600, 602 is construed to mean an elevated temperature level at which the respective adhesive layers 600, 602 soften without melt occurring.
- a softening point temperature of polypropylene is construed to mean an elevated temperature at which polypropylene softens without melt occurring.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are heated to a temperature sufficient to activate the adhesive layers 600, 602 to melt adhesive states, which is sufficient for them to form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal at a temperature unexpectedly below the liquid flow temperature of the adhesive materials themselves, and which maintains the adhesive layers 600, 602 in viscous adhesive states and prevents them from undergoing excessive liquid flow by avoiding being heated to their liquid flow temperatures.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are heated by blowing hot air at an air pressure of about 703-1055 gm/cm 2 (10-15 lb/inch 2 ) and at a temperature range of about 110-137.78 0 C (230-280 0 F), which is below their liquid flow temperature ranges.
- the open end of the bag 100 is pinched closed while the adhesive layers 600, 602 engage against each other in melt adhesive states.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 are heated to their melt adhesive states, and the open end of the bag 100 is pinch closed to engage the adhesive layers 600, 602 against each other while in melt adhesive states.
- the open end of the bag 100 is pinch closed, and the adhesive layers 600, 602 engage each other while they are heated to their melt adhesive states.
- the engaged adhesive layers 600, 602 solidify and become non-adhesive to the touch.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 become insoluble in water including water vapor.
- the adhesive layers 600, 602 form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal to seal the pinch closed end of the bag 100 in a manner sufficient to withstand repeated, seven-point drop tests and to prevent bag leakage and contamination of contents.
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- The present invention relates to a method of making a polymeric woven bag, wherein the bag is sealable by a heat activated adhesive.
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U.S. 3,380,646 discloses a container of thermally weldable, plastic material and a method of producing the container by welding together multiple strips or sheets of plastic material to form a container having a welded closed, bottom part of the container. An open top of the container is collapsed and flattened to provide a pinch closed top. -
U.S. 5,048,692 discloses a bag folded one or more times to form a primary closure. A flap seal extends across the folded configuration. A string underneath the flap seal is used to tear open the flap seal and permit the bag to unfold. A zipper closure provides a secondary enclosure. -
US 2007/0292053 A1 discloses a bag of paper material and a paper tape coated with a hot melt adhesive, wherein the tape is folded to adhere the hot melt adhesive against a front panel of the paper bag to provide a glued paper-to-paper section. The tape substitutes for a stepped end of a multi-wall paper bag. The stepped end provides a sealing flap coated with hot melt adhesive, wherein the sealing flap can be folded over and sealed to the front panel of the paper bag. -
WO 2011/016965 A1 discloses a method for closing and sealing a polymeric material bag using an adhesive material which is heated to its adhesive state. - The method according to the invention of making a polymeric woven bag in filled and closed state is described in claim 1.
- Preferred embodiments are enumerated in the dependent claims.
- Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is an isometric view of an embodiment of a bag having a pinch closed end. -
Fig. 1A is a side view of the bag inFig. 1 . -
Fig. 2 is an isometric view of an embodiment of a bag having a sealing flap portion. -
Fig. 2A is a side view of the bag ofFig. 2 with the sealing flap portion closed and sealed. -
Fig. 3 is an isometric view of an embodiment of a bag having gusseted sides and a stepped configuration. -
Fig. 3A is a view similar toFig. 3 with the sealing flap portion closed and sealed. - Bags to be used for bulk packaging of granular or finely ground materials, such as nutrients including, but not limited to, whole and ground grains, seeds, dry pet food, chemical fertilizers, other bulk food and non-food products, and growing plant treatments, must be durable to resist material degradation, abrasion, puncture, contamination and leakage of contents, and must withstand a drop test while sealed and filled with contents weighing up to about 22.68 kg (50 pounds), and even up to about 36.29 kg (80 pounds). Moreover, such bags are typically disposed of after use, which requires an inexpensive and light-weight construction that is environmentally friendly, may be recyclable, and reduces waste in the supply chain from production, use of the bag, to disposal in either a recycling stream or landfill.
- Currently, multi-walled paper and polymer layer bags, consisting of multiple paper layers and layers of polymer film, are heavy, expensive to produce and ship, easy to tear and puncture, and create waste in the supply chain. Multi-wall paper/polymer layer bags, traditionally used to package bulk products, are not recyclable and add significant amounts of materials to landfills. This invention overcomes many of the significant drawbacks of multi-wall paper/polymer layer bags, by offering a lighter weight bag that is less expensive, more durable and tear-resistant, resulting in significantly reduced waste in the supply chain, and is 100% recyclable in a suitable recycling stream. Moreover, this invention can function essentially in the same way on existing bag filling and sealing equipment to perfect a pinch-sealed bag filled with product.
- A typical manufacturing production line provides apparatus to fill the bags with contents, and further provides apparatus to close the bag in a simple manner by pinch closing, and further provides equipment to seal the pinch closed bag. Bags of traditional construction can be close by sewing or alternatively, sealed with a hot melt sealant instead of sewing. Such bags of traditional construction include multi-wall bags fabricated of paper and polymeric film laminates. The bag construction must allow quick filling of the bag with contents and thereafter must allow closing and sealing the bag.
- The traditional bag construction has layers of polymer laminated with a paper layer or layers. Sealing of the traditional bags after filling is accomplished by re-melting a hot melt adhesive and/or meltable polymer layer at an elevated temperature while the paper resists damage to the bag construction. The high flash point inherent to paper is relied upon to withstand the application of heat at an elevated temperature and thereby to protect the bag from damage due to the heat and temperature. Further, a thin polyethylene, PE, polymer coating on the paper surface can melt or soften together with the hot melt adhesive to adhere to the paper and form a secure seal. Existing end-user production line equipment applies hot air onto the bag to melt and activate the hot melt adhesive and/or meltable polymer layer, following the bag filling operation. The heat must be applied at a temperature that melts the hot melt adhesive, and further, to at least partially melt the polymer coating on the paper surface, while relying on the paper to withstand the heat and temperature, and to prevent bag weakening or burning due the heat and temperature. However, a major drawback of the multi-wall paper and polymer laminates is that they are composite materials not capable of recycling as either paper or plastic as a single material classification. Further, the multi-wall laminates of the traditional bag are not compostable, and consequently remain in one piece in landfills. Further, the multi-wall laminates are heavy, and add unnecessary shipping costs.
- In an end-user's manufacturing production line, apparatus is provided to fill the bags with contents through an open end of the bag, followed by closing and sealing the filled bag. Traditional production lines have employed stitching equipment to sew the bags shut. Alternative production lines have heated air jets to apply heat at an elevated temperature to melt and activate pre-applied hot melt adhesives that have been pre-applied to traditional bags of thick multiwall paper and polymer film laminate construction. Thereafter, a closure mechanism closes the bags in an advantageous manner simply by pinch closing the open ends. The closure mechanism applies pressure on the bags to close and hold the bags closed while the hot melt adhesive adheres to the closed bag and until the adhesive cools and hardens.
- The heat must be applied at a temperature that melts the hot melt adhesive, and further, which can melt portions of the polymer coating on the paper surface, while relying on the paper to withstand the heat and temperature, and prevent weakening or burning due the heat and temperature. The traditional bags have a construction of thick multi-wall paper and polymer film laminates. The one or more, thick paper layers of the traditional bags withstand the heat applied at elevated temperatures without weakening the bag strength and without burning the paper. Further, a laminated film coating of polyethylene, PE, on the paper surface partially melts while in contact with the melted, hot melt adhesive to form a heat seal with the adhesive.
- The embodiments of the invention provide a sustainable solution to the long existing need for bags that replace traditional bags of multi-wall paper and polymer laminates, and yet can withstand the application of heat and temperature to seal the bags, which continue to be prevalent in existing production equipment.
- Accordingly, there has been a long existing need for a bag fabricated of structural components capable of being recycled or resulting in less landfill material compared to traditional bags, and capable of being sealed by existing production equipment to avoid expensive replacement of existing production line equipment. Accordingly, to replace the existing structural components of a laminated paper and polymer bag with an improved bag, the improved bag must be heat sealed by existing production equipment while withstanding the application of heat and/or pressure to melt the adhesive and seal the bag. Moreover, there has been a long existing need to eliminate a paper and polymer laminate as one of the structural components of the bag, which is incapable of recycling and/or degradation in a land fill, and which add significantly higher weight and quantities of materials in a landfill.
- Traditional multi-wall paper and polymer laminate bags each have about 275 grams of paper and 50 grams of polypropylene polymer, and a carbon footprint of about 11 as a measure of carbon emissions. Lighter weight bags of about 150 grams results from embodiments of the invention with fewer raw materials than those used in making the traditional bags, and result in a substantially reduced carbon footprint of about 5.
- Woven bags are fabricated of a recyclable polypropylene, and with structural components including a tubular woven (mesh) bag laminated inside of a non-porous polymeric film of a single layer or of laminated layers. The bags are fabricated of a polypropylene material that is recyclable and may be compostable due to having resin additives such as metallocene, and further that is free of recycled or contaminated polymers of unknown chemistry and unknown material mixtures. Moreover, the bags according to embodiments of the invention are less heavy and are more resistant to abrasion, tearing and puncture, and are reusable compared with traditional multi-wall paper and polymer laminates that are susceptible to abrasion and damage. The bags produced according to embodiments of the invention reduce waste due to shipping costs, damaged bag contents and increased shelf life of the contents.
- The examples of bags fulfill a long existing need for lighter weight, strong bags having structural components that eliminate traditional non-recyclable paper-polymer laminates, and moreover, that are durable for reuse, and are degradable by composting in a landfill and are recyclable as a single material. Moreover, the recyclable and/or compostable bags include water soluble adhesive materials as structural components of the bags. Embodiments of the adhesive materials can be pre-applied while soluble in water, a nontoxic solvent. The adhesive materials are applied onto opposed surfaces of the bags, followed by curing by exposure to radiant or entrained heat, electron beam, EB, radiation, air or other curing medium and/or to evaporate the nontoxic dispersion for environmentally safe removal from the activatable adhesive components of the dispersion mixture that attain a non-adhesive hardened state, which is non-reactive to water or humidity, and is nontoxic by incidental contact with nutrients being filled in the bags. An opposite end of each of the bags has a pinch bottom or alternatively, a flat bottom configuration that is closed and sealed by sewing, or by an adhesive preferably a nontoxic adhesive or by plastic welding or by a material including, but not limited to polymeric, paper or nonwoven tape. The bags are folded flat for shipment to another manufacturing facility where the bags are filled with contents and closed and sealed.
- The adhesive materials to seal the bag are activatable to a melted adhesive state using existing production line equipment that apply heat at a temperature sufficiently below the softening point temperature Tg of the polymeric structural components of the bag, and to bring the adhesive materials to an adhesive state without damaging the other structural components of the bag.
- While a traditional multi-wall paper/polymer layer bag can be sealed with a remelted hot melt adhesive, these hot melt adhesives are not suitable for sealing polymeric bags, which typically are comprised of one or more polymeric layers of recyclable polypropylene, or a recyclable and/or compostable polypropylene woven bag and an outer polymeric layer or laminate of two or more polymeric layers of recyclable polypropylene or other polymer material, but not including either paper or an outer layer, which is not heat-sealable on traditional bag manufacturing production equipment. The heat required to activate a hot melt adhesive to an adhesive state would be detrimental to a polymer woven bag and would destroy the structural integrity of the bag. A traditional multi-wall paper/polymer layer bag can be sealed with a hot melt adhesive, whereas on a polymeric bag the heat applied by existing end-user equipment to reactivate or re-melt a hot melt adhesive would further heat the polymer material of the bag above its softening point Tg temperature causing the polymer material to soften, lose tensile strength or even undergo plastic deformation. Accordingly, typical known hot melt adhesives are not suitable for forming a seal on a polymeric bag.
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Figs. 1 and1A disclose an embodiment of a polymeric wovenbag 100, including anouter layer 104 having a single polymeric film or a laminate of multiple polymeric films, and a polymeric woven bag provides an inner layer 102 (Fig. 3 ) laminated to or adhesively adhered to theouter layer 104. Theouter layer 104 of the bag includes either a single polymeric film or a laminate of multiple polymeric films. For example, a laminate of theouter layer 104 includes a transparent film, a second film and printed graphics on either the transparent film or the second film, wherein the printed graphics are protected between the transparent film and the second film. The wovenbag 100 has afirst panel 106 and asecond panel 108 configured either as a continuous tube or as separate pieces joined together to form a bag. - The
first panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 are joined along their side edges alongsides 110 of thebag 100. Anend 122 of the bag is open through which contents can be introduced into thebag 100. Theend 122 is adapted to be pinch closed between end edges of thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108. Thepanels bag 100 is tubular, and thepanels bag 100. Anopposite end 124 of thebag 100 is closed by being sewn, taped, glued or plastic welded. Advantageously, thebag 100 is fabricated entirely of compostable polypropylene, PP. - The
open end 122 is adapted for being closed and sealed after thebag 100 has been filled with contents, as will now be discussed. A structural component of thefirst panel 106 includes a firstadhesive layer 600 on a portion of thefirst panel 106. A structural component of thesecond panel 108 includes a second or furtheradhesive layer 602 on a portion of thesecond panel 108. According to an embodiment of the invention, theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously. According to another embodiment of the invention, theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 can be the same material applied simultaneously or, alternatively, applied separately. -
Figs. 2 and2A disclose another embodiment of a polymeric wovenbag 100 having a similar construction as the embodiment of thebag 100 disclosed byFigs. 1 and1A , including theouter layer 104 having the single polymeric film or a laminate of polymeric films, the inner polymeric wovenbag layer 102, thefirst panel 106, thesecond panel 108 and theopen end 122 of the bag that is pinch closed by closing thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent theopen end 122. A portion of the wovenbag layer 102 is depicted with a woven appearance. Further, the polymeric woven bag has a stepped, or step cut construction at theopen end 122, wherein a portion of thefirst panel 106 is removed by severing, cutting or hot knife, and wherein thefirst panel 106 is made shorter than alonger portion 502 of thesecond panel 108 at the open end. Thelonger portion 502 provides afoldable flap portion 502 on thesecond panel 108. Further, the inner wovenlayer 102 of thefoldable flap portion 502 is exposed. The bag has a structural component including the adhesive coated,foldable flap portion 502. The structural component of a secondadhesive layer 602 is on the adhesive coated,foldable flap portion 502. The bag has a further structural component of a first or furtheradhesive layer 600 on the adhesive coatedfirst panel 106. Theadhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously. According to another embodiment of the invention, theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 can be the same material applied simultaneously or, alternatively, applied separately. Theadhesive layers - An embodiment of the method of making the
bag 100 ofFigs. 2 and2A includes, forming abag end 122 between afirst panel 106 and asecond panel 108, applying the heat activatedadhesive layer 600 on a portion of thepanel 106, applying another heat activatedadhesive layer 602 on a portion of thepanel 108, wherein heat activation temperatures of the firstadhesive layer 600 and the secondadhesive layer 602 are below the softening point temperature of the polymeric materials of thebag 100, drying theadhesive layers end 122 of thebag 100 facilitates filling thebag 100 with contents, and thereafter the bag is closed and sealed by applying heat to activate an adhesive-to-adhesive seal between the adhesive layers 600,602. -
Figs 3 and3A disclose another embodiment of thebag 100 including theouter layer 104 having the single polymeric film or a laminate of polymeric films, the inner polymeric wovenbag layer 102, thefirst panel 106, thesecond panel 108 and theopen end 122 of the bag that is pinch closed by closing thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent theopen end 122. A portion of the wovenbag layer 102 is depicted with a woven appearance. The polymeric woven bag has a stepped, or step cut construction at theopen end 122, wherein a portion of thefirst panel 106 is removed by severing, cutting or hot knife, and wherein thefirst panel 106 is made shorter than alonger portion 502 of thesecond panel 108 at the open end. Thelonger portion 502 provides afoldable flap portion 502 on thesecond panel 108. Further, the inner wovenlayer 102 of thefoldable flap portion 502 is exposed. Thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 are joined along their side edges alongsides 110 of thebag 100. Anend 122 of the bag is open through which contents can be introduced into thebag 100. Theend 122 is adapted to be pinch closed between end edges of thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108. Thepanels bag 100 is tubular, and thepanels bag 100. Anopposite end 124 of thebag 100 is closed by being sewn, taped, glued or plastic welded. Advantageously, thebag 100 is fabricated entirely of compostable polypropylene, PP. - In
Figs. 3 and3A , a structural component of thefirst panel 106 includes a firstadhesive layer 600 on a portion of thefirst panel 106. A structural component of thesecond panel 108 includes a second or furtheradhesive layer 602 on a portion of thesecond panel 108. Theadhesive layers adhesive layer 600 and theadhesive layer 602 are applied simultaneously. According to another embodiment of the invention, theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 can be of the same material applied simultaneously on thebag 100 or, alternatively, applied separately. - Further, in
Figs. 3 and3A , thebag 100 hassides 110 in the form ofside gussets 110. Longitudinal end folds orcreases 112 join theside gussets 110 join with thefirst panel 106. Longitudinal end folds orcreases 114 join theside gussets 110 with thesecond panel 108. Longitudinal folds orcreases 116 are between foldablefirst portions 118 and foldablesecond portions 120 ofrespective side gussets 110. The stepped or step cut construction exposes thefirst portions 118 and thesecond portions 120 ofrespective side gussets 110. - The
bag 100 is foldable along afold line 206 extending across thebag 100, wherein thefold line 206 extends across thefirst panel 106 between a panelfirst section 202 adjacent to a panelsecond section 204. Thebag 100 is foldable without creasing, or alternatively is foldable along a crease formed along thefold line 206 by a creasing apparatus. The firstadhesive layer 600 is applied on thefirst section 202 of thefirst panel 106, and on thesecond section 204 of thefirst panel 106, and on the exposedportions side gussets 110 exposed by the stepped or step cut construction. Theadhesive layers - In
Fig. 3A , thebag 100 is foldable along thefold line 206 to fold thefirst panel 106 on itself and to urge theadhesive layer 600 on the panelfirst section 202 into contact with the furtheradhesive layer 600 on the panelsecond section 204. The sealingflap portion 502 is folded onto the panelsecond section 204 of thepanel 106 to hold thebag 100 in a folded configuration. An adhesive-to-adhesive seal is formed by applying heat to activate theadhesive layers 600, 602 (Fig. 3 ) to adhesive states while in contact with each other. - According to embodiments of the invention, an adhesive material was required to be developed to provide a first
adhesive layer 600 of heat activated adhesive material on a portion of thebag 100. The same or another adhesive material was required to be developed to provide a secondadhesive layer 602 of heat activated adhesive material on another portion of thebag 100, wherein heat activation temperatures of the firstadhesive layer 600 and the secondadhesive layer 602 are below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material of thebag 100, and wherein theadhesive layer 600 can be urged into contact with the furtheradhesive layer 602 and form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal to close and seal thebag 100 at itsend 122. Sealing was advantageously to be performed by using existing end-user production line equipment for applying controlled temperature heat to activate theadhesive layers adhesive layer 600 and theadhesive layer 602 comprise an adhesive material soluble in an air dryable solvent. For example, theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 comprise adhesive material or materials soluble in water and air dried to dimensionally stable, non-adhesive states impervious to water or water vapor. - The
adhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 comprise respective adhesive materials having a melt temperature below 148.9°C (300 °F), which is below the softening point temperature Tg of the polymeric materials in thelayers bag 100. Further, each of theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602 comprise adhesive materials dried in air, at a temperature below the temperature required to activate to adhesive states. - Then, the embodiments of the
bag 100 are prepared for storage and shipment. Theend 122 of thebag 100 is pinch closed by closing thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 against each other at their end edges adjacent theopen end 122. Theend 122 of thebag 100 is folded flat while remaining unsealed, and thebag 100 is folded flat for storage and shipment to another manufacturing facility wherein theend 122 of thebag 100 is opened, thebag 100 is unfolded and expanded from the flat configuration, and the bag is filled with contents. Then, theend 122 is closed and sealed. Theadhesive layers polymeric bags 100 fabricated without paper layers. The standard or traditional hot melt adhesives cannot be combined withpolypropylene bags 100 because the temperatures needed to activate the adhesives are destructive to the PP material structure. - Embodiments of the
adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers - An embodiment of the
adhesive layers bags 100 is comprised of synthetic polymer or co-polymer emulsions that are water- or solvent-based, including without limitation polyurethane dispersion adhesives, vinyls, acrylics, or other polymer or co-polymer emulsions, or may include natural or synthetic rubber-based adhesives, which are applied wet solubilized and then dried to a hardened state impervious to water and water vapor. Known application apparatus to use on a production line includes, but is not limited to spray applicators, wheels, or a slot die applicators. Theadhesive layers bag panels bag gussets 110 when present. Suchadhesive layers - Two
adhesive layers polymeric layers - An embodiment of the
adhesive layers adhesive layers 660, 602 as a structural component of the bags includes 1.75 grams adhesive material per bag applied wet, solubilized in water, assuming a 45.7 cm (18 inch) wide bag and a 7.6 cm (3 inches) wide stripe of adhesive on the bag, which is equivalent to 0.6 grams per bag dry or about 48.1 kg (10.6 lbs) per ream dry weight coating. Once theadhesive layers - The
bag 100 includes heat sealable material or materials on a low melt temperature, woven and solid polyolefin films. The suitable adhesive material or materials are applied to the bag surfaces as a solution or emulsion, and are air dried at temperatures below their heat activation temperatures to evaporate the volatiles of solvent or water and solidify. The solid adhesive materials are not moisture or pressure sensitive to activate to an adhesive state, and thereby avoid contamination of the bag contents during bag filling. - One suitable adhesive material for heat sealing polyolefin films of the
bag 100 comprises a water based emulsion of triethylamine adhesive commercially available as AQUAGRIP® 19566F, manufactured by Bostik, Inc., 11320 Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 USA. The water based emulsion comprises triethylamine Cas # 121-44-8 Percent 0.5-1.5 which can be absorbed through the skin. - Before use consult the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Material Name: L9566F prepared and distributed pursuant to the Federal Hazard Communication Standard: 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200. The MSDS discloses the following:
- 1. US ACGIH Threshold limit values: Time weighted average (TWA) mg/m3 & ppm: TRIMETHYLAMINE 1 ppm.;
- 2. US OSHA Table Z-1-A (TWA): TRIMETHYLAMINE 40 mg/m3 & 10 ppm.;
- 3. Typical Physical Properties: Target solids 35%; pH 8.5; Density 10.3 g/cm3 (8.6 lb/gal); Odor: negligible; Color: Off White; Physical state Liquid; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) <0.024 g/cm3 (0.2 lb/gal.);
- 4.Flashpoint >93.3°C (200 0 F). Protect from freezing and direct sunlight and extremes of temperature;
- 5. HMIS Ratings: Health 1, Flammability 1, Physical Hazard 0, Personal Protection
- 6. SARA 311/312 Hazard Categories: Immediate Hazard Yes; Delayed Hazard No; Fire Hazard No; Pressure Hazard No; Reactivity Hazard No;
- 7. Hazardous polymerization does not occur;
- 8. Stable under normal conditions;
- 9. Hazardous combustion products may include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon fragments;
- 10. Triethylamine Cas # 121-44-8 can be absorbed through the skin;
- 11. WHIMS labeling: D2B - Other Toxic Effects -TOXIC.
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Adhesive layers bag panels bag panel bag 100 is filled with contents through theopen end 122 of thebag 100 where one or bothpanels adhesive layers open end 122 of thebag 100, wherein thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 are left unsealed to form anopen bag end 122 through which bag contents are filled. Following a filling process, the panels forming an adhesive-to-adhesive seal, layer contact; the open bag end is then processed through a convention hot air or heat sealing apparatus, and the application of heat is at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material to re-melt the first layer of adhesive material and the second layer of adhesive material preferably before making contact with each other, or alternatively, while in contact with each other. - After filling an embodiment of the
bag 100 with contents on a manufacturing production line, thebag 100 is passed through a pinch sealing unit, not shown, that blows hot air onto theadhesive layers adhesive layers - In the embodiment of
Figs. 1 and1A , with theadhesive layers panels adhesive layers adhesive layers - Similarly, in the embodiment of
Figs. 2 and2A , thelonger flap portion 502 and the shorterfirst panel 106 are held together or pinched preferably until theadhesive layers - Similarly, in the embodiment of
Figs. 3 and3A , with theadhesive layers bag 100 is folded along thefold line 206, the bag is foldable to fold theportion 202 of thefirst panel 106 on itself, and wherein theflap portion 502 is foldable toward thefirst panel 106 to hold thebag 100 folded by contact between theadhesive layer 600 and the furtheradhesive layer 602. Thelonger flap portion 502 and the shorterfirst panel 106 are held together or pinched and thepanels adhesive layers adhesive layers Fig. 3 theadhesive layer 600, or alternately, theadhesive layer 602, is applied on thesections gusseted sides 110 to fold along thefold line 206 and form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal when thesections gusseted sides 110 are closed and held or pinched against thesection 204 of thefirst panel 106 to close and prevent leakage along thegusseted sides 110. - An embodiment of structural components of a polymeric woven
bag 100 includes a polymericouter layer 104, an inner polymeric wovenbag layer 102 laminated to or adhesively adhered to theouter layer 104, afirst panel 106 and asecond panel 108 and anopen end 122 of thebag 100 to be pinched closed between thefirst panel 106 and thesecond panel 108 after filling thebag 100 with contents, a structural component of a portion of thefirst panel 106 having a heat activated firstadhesive layer 600 on a portion of the first panel to form an adhesive-to adhesive seal by contact with a heat activated adhesive layer 660 on a structural component of aportion second panel 108, wherein the firstadhesive layer 600 and the secondadhesive layer 602 have respective heat activation temperatures below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material, and wherein the first adhesive layer 660 and the secondadhesive layer 602 are dried and are water impervious, and wherein after filling thebag 100 with contents through theend 122 the firstadhesive layer 600 and the secondadhesive layer 602 are activatable to adhesive states by an application of heat at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric materials of thebag 100 to form the adhesive-to-adhesive seal. - Another embodiment of the structural components include a
foldable flap portion 502 having a portion of the secondadhesive layer 602 thereon to form the adhesive-to-adhesive seal. - The structural components must pass the following tests without tearing the
first panel 106 or thesecond panel 106 or an embodiment of the sealingflap 502, and without opening the adhesive-to-adhesive seal between the firstadhesive layer 600 and the secondadhesive layer 602. - Bag Closure Test Requirements: 7 Point Drop Test
- The bag is filled to its capacity with the product in which the bag is produced to hold. In most cases, we test with 22.7 kg (50 lbs.) of dry pet (dog/cat) food.
- From a height of 122 cm (4 feet), the bag is dropped squarely first on the face or front panel of the bag, then the back panel. The drops are repeated for each side of the bag, followed by each corner of the sealed end being evaluated. The last drop is a square drop onto the sealed end being test.
- The seal area is checked for signs of failure after each drop. There is reason for concern if the seal begins to open at any point during the drop test, but the seal is not considered failed until product spills out.
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- The bag being tested is filled with 9.07 kg (20 lbs.) of sand.
- The bag is suspended, or hung, inside an environmental chamber with the weight of the sand against the seal that is being evaluated for resisting creep (inelastic deformation).
- The seal must pass under two conditions in the chamber:
- 1. -17.78 °C (Zero degrees F) for 72 hrs.
- 2. 60°C (140 degrees F) @ 70% relative humidity for 72 hrs. (and/or other test conditions can be added as required for suitability of bag use in the pet food market, human food market and other product markets.)
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- T-peel and sheer testing of sealed end are conducted on tensile tester.
- Both peel and sheer tests are done over a temperature range of -28.9°C (-20 degrees F) to +60°C (+140 degrees F.) (and/or other test conditions can be added as required for suitability of bag use in the pet food market, human food market and other product markets.)
- This data is collected and reviewed to see what the effective working temperature range of the adhesive is.
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- A variety of high fat content dry pet foods will be used to fill bags and the seal will be evaluated under simulation of distribution (i.e. vibration and compression).
- This will show whether or not the aggressive oils and seasonings in the food will attack the adhesive causing a seal failure.).
- The seal must pass under two conditions in the test chamber:
- 1. 9.07 kg (20 lbs.) of pet food with a minimum of 20% fat content hung or suspend in an environmental chamber with the weight of the product against the sealed end being evaluated;
- 2. Suspension for at minimum, 72 hours at 60°C (140 °F) at 70% relative humidity or other period adequate to test shelf-life and requirements suitable for the pet food market
- Another embodiment of a suitable adhesive material for heat sealing polyolefin films of the
bag 100 comprises a liquid state, acrylated epoxy based adhesive commercially available as the product name, VERSA-WELD ™ 70-7879 adhesive material manufactured by Henkel Corporation P.O. Box 6500; 10 Finderline Avenue, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 USA, wherein the adhesives per se form no part of the present invention separate from being a structural component of the bags disclosed herein. - VERSA-WELD ™ 70-7879 adhesive material has a suggested running range of 162.78-190.55 ° C (325-375 0F) designed for pre-application to polyethylene foam, and designed for application by slot (die) and roll coaters for high-viscosity hot melts.
- Before use of the VERSA-WELD ™ 70-7879 hot melt adhesive consult the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Product Number 70-7879, IDH #1218687 prepared and distributed pursuant to the Federal Hazard Communication Standard: 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200. The MSDS discloses the following:
- 1. A hot melt adhesive chemical family having components:
- Distillates, petroleum, hydrogenated heavy naphthenic (a naphthenes content), CAS number 64742-52-5, with concentration 10-30 weight %; and Stabilizer of 82323 with concentration < 1 ppm.
- 2. Typical Physical Properties: Solid mixture; tan solid color; Odor slight; Viscosity 21,000 mPa·s @ 176.67 °C (350 °F); Specific gravity 0.98; Bulk density 970.594 kg/m2 (8.1 1b/gal).
- 3. Insoluble in water
- 4. Boiling Point >260°C (500 0 F); Flashpoint >260°C (500 0 F). Storage temperatures 6.67-37.78 0C (20-100 0F).
- 5. Non-combustible fire and explosion hazard.
- 6. Hazard categories, distillates, petroleum, hydrogenated heavy naphthenic, ACGIH exposure limits 5.000 MG/M3 TLV-TWA (oil mist) only generated by spraying or use at elevated temperatures, OSHA exposure limits 5.000 MG/M3 TWA (oil mist) only generated by spraying or use at elevated temperatures.
- 7. No hazardous polymerization.
- 8. Stable under normal conditions.
- 9. Hazardous combustion products may include carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and unknown hydrocarbons.
- 10. Skin exposure to hot melt adhesive material may cause thermal burns.
- 11. HMIS ® Hazard Rating, a registered trademark of the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA); Health 0/2, Flammability 1; Reactivity 0. The adhesive material includes an air dryable solvent, and as used at elevated temperature can cause thermal burns and forms vapors and/or aerosols at elevated temperature that may be irritating to eyes and respiratory tract.
- Another embodiment of a suitable polyolefin thermoplastic adhesive material for heat sealing films of the
bag 100 comprises a liquid state, air driable, polyolefin adhesive commercially available as the product name, JOWAT ™ HIGHTHERM 221.60 adhesive material, and/or 61-260.50 adhesive material, manufactured by Jowat Corporation, 6058 Lois Lane, Archdale, NC 27263, wherein the adhesives per se form no part of the present invention separate from being a structural component of the bags disclosed herein. - The adhesive material has a suggested running range of 180-200 0 C (356-392 0F) in the melt state and feed speed 18-80 m/min (54-240 ft. /min) designed for multiple applications, i e. for wrapping of decor paper foils to solid wood, particleboard or MDF. Good adhesion to aluminum, laminates of polyester, and melamine resins.
- Techincal Data:
- Viscosity (mPas/cPs): approx. 16,000 at 180°C (356°F) Brookfield-Thermosel
approx. 13,000 at 190°C (374°F)
approx. 10,500 at 200°C (392°F) - Density (g/ml): approx. 0.90 (7.47 lbs./gal.)
- Softening Point: approx. 150°C (302°F) Ring & Ball
- Color: translucent
- Before use of the JOWAT ™ HIGHTHERM 221.60 hot melt adhesive consult the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), Product Information MSDS 02, for JOWAT ™ HIGHTHERM and JOWAT ™ TOPTHERM and JOWAT ™ THERM prepared and distributed pursuant to the Federal Hazard Communication Standard: 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200. The MSDS 02 discloses the following:
- MELTING POINT: N/A
- BOILING POINT: N/A
- VOC: <= 10 g/L
- WATER SOLUBILITY: negligible
- ODOR: mild ester odor
- FORM: at room temperature solid blocks, pellets or slugs
- FLASHPOINT: >250°C (>482°F) COC
- FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARDS: None known to Jowat Corporation.
- HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS: Like most organic products it may form carbon monoxide, -dioxide, and other byproducts.
- EXTINGUISHING MEDIA: Water fog, carbon dioxide, foam, dry chemical.
- STABILITY: Stable
- CONDITIONS TO AVOID: Do not heat above 220°C (430°F) for prolonged time.
- MATERIALS TO AVOID: None known to Jowat Corporation.
- Polypropylene has a melting point temperature of ∼160 °C (320 °F), as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The softening point temperature of polypropylene is below its melting point temperature. Thus, a
polypropylene bag 100 can be heated to a temperature below its softening point temperature without causing heat damage of the polypropylene material. - Respective embodiments of hot melt adhesive materials disclosed herein are applied to a
bag 100 according to a process now to be described. Respective embodiments of the adhesive materials are heated to respective, recommended melt flow temperatures to obtain a liquid flow state. The melt flow temperature for an adhesive material to attain a liquid flow state can be greater than the melt temperature of apolymeric bag 100. Typically, the adhesive material is heated to attain a liquid flow state, to flow through an adhesive applicator apparatus. The adhesive material is heated to at least its melt flow temperature to flow as a liquid through an applicator apparatus. According to an embodiment of the invention, the adhesive material flows as a liquid through a spray applicator constituting a swirl gun applicator, which is capable of applying a thin coating of adhesive material, rather than a thicker bead of adhesive material. The adhesive material cools rapidly to a lower temperature below the melt temperature of polypropylene while being discharged from the applicator and applied by the applicator as a distributed thin coating onto the polypropylene surface of abag 100. The discharged adhesive material cools rapidly due to its mass as a thin coating, which loses its thermal units of heat energy due to cooling in ambient air and due to heat transfer to the polypropylene. The thermal units of heat transfer to the polypropylene is insufficient to raise the temperature of the polypropylene to its softening point temperature. The adhesive material becomes more viscous at the lower temperature, and nonetheless retains a melt adhesive state to adhere to the polypropylene. The melt state adhesive forms theadhesive layers polymeric bag 100, which avoids heat damage to thebag 100. Theadhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers bag 100 is then folded flat for shipping and handling. Thebag 100 is available for sale and purchase, for a purchaser to fill the big 100 with contents, followed by closing and sealing thebag 100 to avoid bag leakage and contamination of the contents. - After filling the
bag 100 with contents through the open end of thebag 100, theadhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers respective layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers - The open end of the
bag 100 is pinched closed while theadhesive layers adhesive layers bag 100 is pinch closed to engage theadhesive layers bag 100 is pinch closed, and theadhesive layers - Upon cooling to ambient temperature, the engaged
adhesive layers adhesive layers adhesive layers bag 100 in a manner sufficient to withstand repeated, seven-point drop tests and to prevent bag leakage and contamination of contents. - This description of the exemplary embodiments is intended to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered part of the entire written description. In the description, relative terms such as "lower," "upper," "horizontal," "vertical,", "above," "below," "up," "down," "top" and "bottom" as well as derivative thereof (e.g., "horizontally," "downwardly," "upwardly," etc.) should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawing under discussion. These relative terms are for convenience of description and do not require that the apparatus be constructed or operated in a particular orientation. Terms concerning attachments, coupling and the like, such as "connected" and "interconnected," refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached to one another either directly or indirectly through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise.
- Although the invention has been described in terms of exemplary embodiments, it is not limited thereto. Rather, the appended claims should be construed broadly, to include other variants and embodiments of the invention, which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the claims.
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- A method of making a polymeric woven bag in filled and closed state, comprising:applying a heat activated first adhesive layer (600) on a portion of a first panel (106) of the bag to be pinched closed between the first panel and a second panel (108) of the bag after filling the bag with contents;applying a heat activated second adhesive layer (602) on a portion of the second panel, wherein the said layers are activatable at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material, wherein a chemical family of the adhesive layers is selected from chemical families comprising,(a) polyolefin thermoplastic components,(b) aqueous dispersions of adhesive material or water based adhesive materials applied in liquid form and air dried or cured to a stable, non-adhesive state when air dried to ambient temperature,(c) an acrylic based waterborne adhesive,(d) a polyurethane dispersion adhesive,(e) a vinyl polymer or co-polymer emulsion,(f) a butyl, synthetic or natural rubber adhesive,(g) a water based emulsion of triethylamine adhesive,drying the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer;flattening the bag for shipment and handling,activating the first adhesive layer (600) and the second adhesive layer (602) after filling the bag with contents by applying heat at a temperature below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material without heating the adhesive layers (600, 602) to their melt flow state temperatures; andpinch closing the end of the bag to urge the adhesive layers into contact and to form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal.
- The method of claim 1 wherein the heat activated adhesive layers extend in an area across the bag and the layers have respective widths ranging from 1,27 cm to 15,24 cm.
- The method of claim 1 wherein, the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer comprise adhesive materials solidified after their application to the portion of the first panel and the portion of the second panel, respectively.
- The method of claim 1 wherein, the adhesive layer and the further adhesive layer are the same material.
- The method of claim 1 wherein the portion on the second panel comprises a sealing flap portion (502) and the further adhesive layer is on the sealing flap portion.
- The method of claim 1 wherein the bag is foldable to fold the portion of the first panel (106) on itself, and wherein the sealing flap portion (502) is foldable toward the first panel to hold the bag folded by contact between the adhesive layer and the further adhesive layer.
- The method of claim 6 wherein, the adhesive layer and the further adhesive layer are on opposite panels of the bag.
- The method of claim 6 wherein, each of the adhesive layer and the further adhesive layer comprises polymeric adhesive dispersed in water having a melt temperature below 148,9 °C and below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material of the bag.
- The method of claim 6 wherein, each of the adhesive layer and the further adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive layer of heat activated adhesive material on a portion of a reclosable and re-sealable bag, and a second adhesive layer of heat activated adhesive material on another portion of the bag, wherein heat activation temperatures of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are below a softening point temperature of the polymeric material of the bag, and wherein the adhesive layers are separable apart to re-open the bag, and thereafter, to re-close and seal the bag by applying heat at a temperature below a softening point temperature of the polymeric material of the bag to activate an adhesive-to-adhesive seal between the adhesive layers.
- The method of claim 9 wherein, each of the adhesive layers comprises an adhesive material soluble in an air dryable solvent.
- The method of claim 9 wherein, each of the adhesive layers comprises a polymeric adhesive dispersed in water having a melt temperature below 148,9 °C and below the softening point temperature of the polymeric material of the bag, or wherein, each of the adhesive layers is dried after application to the portion of the first panel, and the second panel, respectively.
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