EP2860133A1 - Système de distribution de lingettes humides non-entrelacées dans un récipient flexible - Google Patents

Système de distribution de lingettes humides non-entrelacées dans un récipient flexible Download PDF

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EP2860133A1
EP2860133A1 EP20140188531 EP14188531A EP2860133A1 EP 2860133 A1 EP2860133 A1 EP 2860133A1 EP 20140188531 EP20140188531 EP 20140188531 EP 14188531 A EP14188531 A EP 14188531A EP 2860133 A1 EP2860133 A1 EP 2860133A1
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wet wipes
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Manuel De Jesus Marin-Quintero
Lucia Del Carmen Sanchez-Fernandez
Carlos Canales-Espinosa De Los Monteros
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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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall
    • B65D83/0811—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall with means for assisting dispensing
    • B65D83/0823—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall with means for assisting dispensing the articles being pushed and slid through the aperture
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall
    • B65D83/0811—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall with means for assisting dispensing
    • B65D83/0835—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall with means for assisting dispensing the articles being pulled out of the container
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/16—Paper towels; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/18—Holders; Receptacles
    • A47K10/20—Holders; Receptacles for piled sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/0805—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession through an aperture in a wall

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  • the present invention refers to the technical field of containers for storing personal hygiene products. Particularly, the invention refers to containers for storing, containing, transporting and dispensing wet wipes.
  • the known containers and dispenser devices may be manufactured in rigid or flexible plastic material, cardboard, heavyweight paper or other materials that provide the structural characteristics required to the container. Some of these containers have hinged lids with mechanical or adhesive sealing to keep the moisture of the liquid in which the wipes are. However, most of these containers have the disadvantage of not possessing elements for dispensing the products during its use. There is a wide plurality of patent documents in the prior art related to rigid and flexible containers with elements to dispense tissue-type paper products or wet wipes.
  • European patent application EP1090852 describes a flexible packing for intertwined wet wipes, which has a rigid hinged lid covering a top opening in the package which provides access to the wipes.
  • the invention consists of a sealing element comprising micro-hooks placed at the periphery of the opening, and its complement (micro-loops) placed at the top of the packing, such that when the lid is closed, the micro-hooks attach to the micro-loops, sealing the packing.
  • the sealing element may also have adhesive.
  • the sealing system described herein does not provide elements for dispensing the wipes one at a time.
  • Japanese patent application JP2012001270 describes a packing, which can be flexible or rigid, for wet wipes, having a hinged lid.
  • the packing has a wipe fastening element consisting of a hinged tab that is held by one of its ends through adherible means and contacts the stack of wipes inside the packing by its other end through fastening devices.
  • the adherible end of the tab can be fastened both from a hinged lid and from the packing itself.
  • patent US7934597 considers the first tissue as a sacrifice product when adding an adhesive deposit which interacts with the adhesive material of the lid. Therefore, these patent documents have the disadvantage that the lid is detachable and the adhesive fastening element is not useful to lift the subsequent tissues of the stack contained inside the container. Moreover, another disadvantage refers to the fact that the use of adhesives as the fastening element for lifting wipes does not provide the appropriate fastening strength in the wet wipes.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a flexible container with a system for dispensing the non-intertwined wet wipes contained inside it one at a time.
  • the object of the present invention is that the system allows for dispensing only the top wet wipe of the stack contained inside the container.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide the appropriate sealing means to keep the container tightly closed.
  • the present invention consists of a flexible container (10) with a system for dispensing a plurality of non-intertwined wet wipes (30) contained inside said flexible container.
  • Figure 1 shows the flexible container (10).
  • the flexible container (10) is substantially parallelepiped-shaped with a top face (11), a front face, a rear face, two side faces and a bottom face.
  • the flexible container (10) is made from a thermoplastic material which is attached by its two longitudinal ends (12).
  • the top face (11) of the flexible container (10) has a lid (20) with an inner face and an outer face.
  • the lid (20) has adhesive means in the entire inner face surface for its coupling to the top face (11) of the container and has an adhesive-free tab (21).
  • the lid (20) is made of transparent material and a perforated portion (13) of the top face surface (11) of the flexible container (10) may be observed.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the flexible container (10) with the lid (20) in an opened position, wherein the perforated portion (13) adheres to the inner face of the lid (20) thus uncovering an opening (15) in the body of the top face (11).
  • the opening (15) allows the access to the wet wipes (30) product contained inside the flexible container (10).
  • the perforated portion (13) has one fastening element (25) in its bottom surface.
  • Figure 3 shows a view of the inner portion of the lid wherein all the cited technical elements may be clearly seen.
  • the user can lift the lid (20) by pulling up the tab (21).
  • the first time the perforated portion (13) will detach from the flexible container (10) forming the opening (15) and will remain adhered to the lid (20), so when the container is sealed again by the lid (20), the perforated portion (13) will match the opening (15).
  • the fastening element (25) is permanently adhered to the inner surface of the perforated portion (13) as shown in Figure 3 , which illustrates the inner portion of the lid (20) detached from the container.
  • the fastening element (25) detachably adheres to the top wet wipe product (30) of the stack contained inside the flexible container (10), so when the container is opened by pulling the tab (21) upwards, the top wet wipe (30) is pulled up along with the lid, as shown in Figure 2 , for its easy removal.
  • the lid (20) is positioned again in the closed position of figure 1 , allowing the outer peripheral area of the lid (20), which is not in contact with the perforated portion(13), to tightly seal the container (10) through its adhesives means, allowing for the fastening element (25) to contact the wet wipe that remained at the top of the stack, thus detachably attaching it.
  • Wet wipes (30) are generally made of a non-woven material that can have different compositions, such as cellulose, cotton, rayon, polyolefins, viscose, among others.
  • the non-woven material can be manufactured by different methods such as carding, hydroentanglement, extrusion, among others.
  • the non-woven material is cut, folded, stacked and moistened with cosmetic, sanitary, cleaning and cleansing lotions, among others.
  • a cohesive strength is created between them, which can lead to pulling two or more wipes when trying to remove one wipe from the container.
  • the fastening element (25) is a mechanical fastening element, such as the hook element of the hook and loop system.
  • the hooks of the fastening element (25) attach to the loops of the top wet wipe (30) of the stack and pull it upwards when opening the lid (20) of the container (10).
  • the top portion (11) of the same will also go down when sealing the container, so that both, this top portion (11) and the perforated portion (13) which contains the fastening element (25), will always contact the top wet wipes (30) of the stack of wipes, so the fastening element (25) will be again attached to the subsequent top wet wipe (30) and so forth.
  • the fastening element (25) In order for this dispensing system to be effective, it is necessary that the bond strength of the fastening element (25) to the non-woven fabric of the top wet wipe (30) is greater than the cohesion strength between the wipes. Therefore, the fastening element (25) must have a bond strength to the non-woven fabric of the wet wipes that is 20% greater than the cohesion strength between the stacked wet wipes. According to the measurement tests performed on several commercial wet wipes products, it was determined that the average cohesion strength between the wet wipes ranges between 100 and 240 grams, therefore, the fastening element (25) shall produce a fastening strength with the top wet wipe (30) between 120 and 290 grams. To obtain the operationally suitable bonding within this range, the shape, height, density and space among the hooks of the fastening element (25) may be modified.
  • the flexible container has also the opening on the top face.
  • a hinged rigid lid is placed on top of said opening, preferably with a mechanical sealing mechanism, which has at least one fastening element in its bottom surface, with the same technical features as those previously identified in the above described preferable embodiment.

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