IE47763B1 - Flexible tubular container - Google Patents
Flexible tubular containerInfo
- Publication number
- IE47763B1 IE47763B1 IE2451/78A IE245178A IE47763B1 IE 47763 B1 IE47763 B1 IE 47763B1 IE 2451/78 A IE2451/78 A IE 2451/78A IE 245178 A IE245178 A IE 245178A IE 47763 B1 IE47763 B1 IE 47763B1
- Authority
- IE
- Ireland
- Prior art keywords
- tube
- container
- filamentary material
- adhesive
- length
- Prior art date
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- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 84
- 239000000853 adhesive Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 28
- 230000001070 adhesive effect Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 28
- 239000004831 Hot glue Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 6
- 239000004830 Super Glue Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 6
- FGBJXOREULPLGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N ethyl cyanoacrylate Chemical group CCOC(=O)C(=C)C#N FGBJXOREULPLGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 6
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 11
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims description 5
- 229920005989 resin Polymers 0.000 claims description 5
- 239000011347 resin Substances 0.000 claims description 5
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- RSWGJHLUYNHPMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Abietic-Saeure Natural products C12CCC(C(C)C)=CC2=CCC2C1(C)CCCC2(C)C(O)=O RSWGJHLUYNHPMX-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 2
- VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Ethene Chemical compound C=C VGGSQFUCUMXWEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000005977 Ethylene Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-HUOMCSJISA-N Rosin Natural products O(C/C=C/c1ccccc1)[C@H]1[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O1 KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-HUOMCSJISA-N 0.000 claims description 2
- 229920001577 copolymer Polymers 0.000 claims description 2
- 150000002148 esters Chemical class 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000004753 textile Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 229920001169 thermoplastic Polymers 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000004416 thermosoftening plastic Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N trans-cinnamyl beta-D-glucopyranoside Natural products OC1C(O)C(O)C(CO)OC1OCC=CC1=CC=CC=C1 KHPCPRHQVVSZAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000004804 winding Methods 0.000 abstract 1
- 229920003023 plastic Polymers 0.000 description 8
- 239000004033 plastic Substances 0.000 description 8
- 238000005422 blasting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 2
- -1 polyethylene Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 240000000491 Corchorus aestuans Species 0.000 description 1
- 235000011777 Corchorus aestuans Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 235000010862 Corchorus capsularis Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 229920000742 Cotton Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000004698 Polyethylene Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000004743 Polypropylene Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000003245 coal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000006835 compression Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000007906 compression Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000002360 explosive Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000005429 filling process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 1
- VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N methane Chemical compound C VNWKTOKETHGBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229920000573 polyethylene Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920001155 polypropylene Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920000915 polyvinyl chloride Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000004800 polyvinyl chloride Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000005086 pumping Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000009751 slip forming Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000002002 slurry Substances 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
- B65B51/04—Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips
- B65B51/08—Applying binding material, e.g. to twisted bag necks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
- B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
- B65D33/1616—Elements constricting the neck of the bag
- B65D33/165—Flexible elongated elements integral with or attached to bags or sacks ; Fastening thereof to the bag before closing
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Tubes (AREA)
- Adhesives Or Adhesive Processes (AREA)
- Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
Abstract
A flexible tubular container having at least one end gathered and bound by filamentary material (4) which is held in position by adhesive material. The container is advantageously made from a continuous length of flexible tube by gathering and constricting the tube (1) at spaced apart positions, winding filamentary binding material along a portion of the constricted tube, applying adhesive material to the binding material to fix the binding material in position and cutting the bound portion of the tube transversely (7) whereby a container sealed at each end is defined and separated from the adjacent portions of the flexible tube. The preferred adhesive is cyanoacrylate adhesive or hot-melt adhesive.
Description
This invention relates to a flexible tubular container which is sealed at least at one end by a compression closure embracing the gathered tube end and to a method of making the said container. Such containers are generally made by dividing a continuous length of stock tubular material, usually plastics material and often in the form known as 'lay-flat' seamless tube. The closures are often applied to a filled continuous length of tube before the tube is cut transversely to separate the individual sealed containers.
In known flexible tubular containers, for example, those containing liquid or gelatinous materials such as slurry explosive compositions or grouting resin for anchor bolts used in mines, the tube ends are usually closed by self-sustaining metal or plastic clips. These clips are rather expensive and difficult to apply. The metal clips constitute a hazard in blasting operations in mines as they may give rise to
2o sparks which could ignite firedamp. Also during v „ , application’“to-the·; tube and in blasting the clips — 'can beiprojeefad /at high velocity and thus be a danger to personnel. The plastic clips tend to expand when ' the containers are stored under pressure with
..eqnsequent leakage or exposure of the contents.
' It is ah'object of this invention to provide a container sealed with an improved closure which is reliable and suitable for containers for use in coal mines.
In accordance With this invention a flexible tubular container having at least one of its ends closed by a length of filamentary material tightly wound in a generally helical manner along a gathered and constricted portion of said end and held in position by adhesive material, is characterised in that the container end and the filamentary material are coterminous and substantially the whole of the end turn of filamentary material lies in the same plane as the container end.
Preferably the filamentary material is bonded both to itself and to the tubular container by a mutually compatible adhesive material.
Convenient filamentary materials include flexible tying materials such as cord, tape, string and textile yarn. The adhesive material is advantageously a fast acting adhesive such as cyanoacrylate adhesive or a hot-melt adhesive comprising a mixture of thermoplastics resin and tackifying resin such as a mixture of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and rosin ester.
The container is advantageously made from a continuous length of flexible tube by a method which comprises gathering and constricting a portion of the flexible tube, binding the constricted portion with a length of filamentary material tightly wound in a generally helical manner along the constrict ed portion of the tube and applying adhesive material to the filamentary material to fix said filamentary material in position on the constricted tube portion, and is characterised in that the constricted portion of the tube and length of filamentary material are cut transversely to define two closed container ends on adjacent portions of the flexible tube with each closed end and substantially the whole of the turn of filamentary material adjacent thereto lying in the same plane. In a preferred method of making a container sealed with similar closures at both ends a continuous length of flexible tube is gathered and constricted at each of two spaced apart positions, a length of filamentary material is tightly wound in a generally helical manner along each constricted tube portion and fixed thereon with adhesive material and the filamentary material and constricted tube portions are cut transversely at each position to separate a tubular container closed at both ends from the adjacent closed portions of the flexible tube. It will -be understood that the tube may be constricted, bound and cut at the two positions consecutively, simultaneously or, in any order which is convenient. Thus the tube may be cut at one end of the container either before or after the filamentary material is applied around the tube at the position defining the other end of the container.
Tubes of smaller diameter, for example, 5 cm diameter or less, can. advantageously be gathered and constricted by the application of the filamentary material but with large diameter tubes or tubes containing highly viscous filling material it may be desirable to pre-waist the tube at the positions where the filanentary material is to be wound.
The adhesive may be applied to the filanentary material as it is being wound around the tube or it may be applied in a preliminary operation, the filamentary material serving as a carrier for the adhesive.
Advantageously the tubular container may contain the filling material which is to be packaged in the container. The filling may be a continuous length of deformable material which is displaced from the constricted portion of tube during the gathering and constriction of the tube, or it may be spaced apart discrete portions of rigid or dimensionally stable material, the filanentary material being applied around the tube at positions between these portions.
The invention is further illustrated by the method of forming containers of the invention which is hereinafter particularly described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein
Fig. 1 is a diagramatic fragmentary side view of a plastics tube filled with a continuous deformable material;
Fig. 2 is a diagramatic fragmentary side view of a plastics tube containing preformed discrete portions of a filling material;
Fig. 3 shows diagramatically the tube of Fig, 1 with a cord wound as a ligature around the tube and constricting a portion of the tube;
Fig. 4 shows diagramatically the tube of Fig. 2 with a cord wound around and constricting portions of the tube intermediate discrete portions of filling material;
Fig. 5 shows diagramatically the constricted tube of Fig. 3 with two adjacent constricted portions cut transversely to separate a sealed filled container from the adjacent tube portions;
Fig. 6 shows diagramatically the constricted tube of Fig. 4 with two adjacent constricted portions cut transversely to separate a sealed container containing a preformed portion of filling material from the adjacent tube portions. The same numeral is used to denote like elements in all Figs.
Referring to Figs, 1, 3 and 5, the flexible tube 1 is filled with a continuous deformable material 2 and lengths of cord 4 (Fig. 3) are wound tightly in helical manner around longitudinally spaced portions 6 of the tube 1 whereby the portions 6 are gathered together and tube 1 is closed. Adhesive material is applied to the cord lengths 4 whereby the cord lengths 4 are maintained tightly bound in position on the tube portions 6. The tube is then cut transversely at the positions 7, whereby the closed portions 6 and the surrounding cord lengths are divided into two parts 5, each part 5 forming a sealed closure on the tube, the portions of the tube between the adjacent cuts at positions 7 forming individual sealed containers.
The filling material in the plastics tube 1 of Fig. 2 is in preformed portions 3 and, in forming the individual sealed containers, the tube 1 is closed by cord lengths 4 wound around portions 6 and cut at positions 7 as described for Figs. 1, 3 and 5, the portion 6 in this case being intermediate the filling portions 3.
In putting the invention into practice the plastics tube 1 may conveniently be a thin tube of polyethylene, polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride which may be preformed or continuously formed from sheet material during the filling process. The tube may be filled, for exanple, by continuously pumping or extruding fluent material, or loading discrete portions of filling material into the tube. The filled tube is fed past a closure applying position where, at appropriate intervals, a length of cord is helically wound around the tube to close tube portions 6. Adhesive material is applied to the cord 4 or alternatively to the tube 1, to hold the cord 4 firmly in position. The portion 6 is then cut transversely to divide the closed portion 6 into two portions 5 and separate a sealed container from the following portion of filled tube 1, each portion 5 sealing an end of a container.
The cord 4 may conveniently be cotton, jute, or synthetic plastics string such as is used for conventional parcel binding.
An especially effective and preferred adhesive is cyanoacrylate adhesive, which may he obtained from Loctite (UK) Limited as Loctite (Registered Trade Mark) superfast cyanoacrylate adhesive I.S.-415 or I.S.-495, although, as previously mentioned, hot-melt adhesives are also advantageous. Vihen the adhesives are applied to the cord, this may be done before or after the cord is wound on the tube 1. Alternatively, the tube 1 may be pre-coated with adhesive before the cord 4 is wound around it. In any case the adhesive *
will advantageously bond the cord to itself and to the tube 1.
Claims (10)
1. A flexible tubular container having at least one of its ends closed by a length of filamentary material tightly wound in a generally helical manner along a gathered and constricted portion of said end and held in position by adhesive material, characterised in that the container end and the filamentary material are coterminous and substantially the whole of the end turn of filamentary material lies in the same plane as the container end.
2. A flexible tubular container formed from a continuous length of flexible tube by gathering and constricting said length of tube at intervals along its length and binding each constricted portion with a length of filamentary material tightly wound in a generally helical manner along the constricted portion and held in position by adhesive material, characterised in that each constricted tube portion and length of filamentary material are cut transversely to provide a closed end on each of two containers formed from adjacent portions of the flexible tube with each closed end and substantially the whole of the turn of filamentary material adjacent thereto lying in the same plane.
3. A container as claimed in Claim 1 having both its ends closed by a length of filamentary material as specified in Claim 1.
4. A container as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 3 inclusive characterised in that the filamentary material is adhered both to itself and to the container by an adhesive material which is compatible with the filamentary material and the container.
5. A container as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 4 inclusive characterised in that the filamentary material comprises cord, tape, string or textile yarn.
6. A container as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5 inclusive characterised in that the adhesive material is fast acting.
7. A container as claimed in Claim 6 characterised in that the adhesive material comprises cyanoacrylate adhesive or a hot-melt adhesive.
8. A container as claimed in Claim 7 characterised in that the adhesive material comprises a mixture of thermoplastics resin and tackifying resin.
9. A container as claimed in Claim 8 characterised in that the hot-melt adhesive comprises a mixture of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and rosin ester. 10. A method of making a flexible tubular container from a length of flexible tube which method comprises gathering and constricting a portion of the flexible tube, binding the constricted portion with a length of filamentary material tightly wound in a generally helical manner along the constricted portion of the tube and applying adhesive to the filamentary material to fix said filamentary material in position on the constricted tube portion characterised in that the constricted portion of the tube and length of filamentary material are cut transversely to define two closed container ends on adjacent portions of the flexible tube with each closed end and substantially the whole of the turn of filamentary material adjacent thereto lying in the same plane. 11. A method as claimed in Claim 10 characterised in that a continuous length of flexible tube is gathered and constricted at each of two spaced apart positions, a length of filamentary material is tightly wound in a generally helical manner along each constricted tube portion and fixed thereon with adhesive material and the filamentary material and constricted tube portion are cut transversely at each position to separate a tubular container closed at both ends from the adjacent closed portions of the flexible tube. 12. A method as claimed in Claim 10 or Claim 11 characterised in that the filamentary material is bonded both to itself and to the tubular container. 13. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 12 inclusive characterised in that the flexible tube is gathered and constricted by the application of the filamentary material. 14. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 13 inclusive characterised in that the adhesive material is applied to the filamentary material as the material is being wound around the tube. 15. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 14 inclusive characterised in that the adhesive material is applied to the filamentary material before the filamentary material is wound around the tube. 16. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 15 inclusive characterised in that the continuous length of flexible tube contains a continuous length of deformable material which is displaced from the constricted portion of the tube during the gathering and constricting of the tube. 17. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 16 inclusive characterised in that the flexible tube contains discrete portions of rigid or dimensionally stable material and the filamentary material is applied around the tube at positions between these portions. 18. A method as claimed in any one of Claims 10 to 17 inclusive wherein the adhesive material comprises cyanoacrylate adhesive or a hot-melt adhesive. 19. A flexible tubular container substantially as described herein and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
10. - 10 20. A method of making a flexible tubular container substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB368778 | 1978-01-30 |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| IE782451L IE782451L (en) | 1979-07-30 |
| IE47763B1 true IE47763B1 (en) | 1984-06-13 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| IE2451/78A IE47763B1 (en) | 1978-01-30 | 1978-12-12 | Flexible tubular container |
Country Status (11)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| EP (1) | EP0003256B1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU4268978A (en) |
| BR (1) | BR7900523A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1117492A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE2861064D1 (en) |
| HK (1) | HK8583A (en) |
| IE (1) | IE47763B1 (en) |
| IT (1) | IT1110914B (en) |
| MY (1) | MY8300188A (en) |
| NZ (1) | NZ189208A (en) |
| ZA (1) | ZA786996B (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATE210578T1 (en) * | 1996-07-31 | 2001-12-15 | Olaechea Rosalina Paniagua | METHOD FOR CLOSING TUBULAR BAGS FOR FRUIT OR VEGETABLE PRODUCTS |
Family Cites Families (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB235762A (en) * | 1924-09-30 | 1925-06-25 | Reckitt & Sons Ltd | Improvements in and relating to fastenings for bags of washing blue and other colours |
| US3397775A (en) * | 1965-12-22 | 1968-08-20 | Mayer & Co Inc O | Clip and seal package |
| US3922834A (en) * | 1974-04-03 | 1975-12-02 | Norpak Machines Limited | Apparatus for closing of wrapping bags or sleeves |
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1978
- 1978-12-07 DE DE7878300769T patent/DE2861064D1/en not_active Expired
- 1978-12-07 EP EP78300769A patent/EP0003256B1/en not_active Expired
- 1978-12-12 IE IE2451/78A patent/IE47763B1/en unknown
- 1978-12-14 ZA ZA00786996A patent/ZA786996B/en unknown
- 1978-12-18 NZ NZ189208A patent/NZ189208A/en unknown
- 1978-12-19 AU AU42689/78A patent/AU4268978A/en active Pending
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1979
- 1979-01-10 CA CA000319427A patent/CA1117492A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-01-18 IT IT19414/79A patent/IT1110914B/en active
- 1979-01-29 BR BR7900523A patent/BR7900523A/en unknown
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- 1983-03-10 HK HK85/83A patent/HK8583A/en unknown
- 1983-12-30 MY MY188/83A patent/MY8300188A/en unknown
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| IE782451L (en) | 1979-07-30 |
| EP0003256B1 (en) | 1981-09-09 |
| AU4268978A (en) | 1979-08-09 |
| NZ189208A (en) | 1981-12-15 |
| BR7900523A (en) | 1979-08-28 |
| IT7919414A0 (en) | 1979-01-18 |
| ZA786996B (en) | 1979-11-28 |
| IT1110914B (en) | 1986-01-13 |
| CA1117492A (en) | 1982-02-02 |
| DE2861064D1 (en) | 1981-11-26 |
| MY8300188A (en) | 1983-12-31 |
| EP0003256A1 (en) | 1979-08-08 |
| HK8583A (en) | 1983-03-10 |
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