JP2001301850A - Wet tissue container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wet tissue container smoothly taking out wet tissues formed of a weak material quality without being broken and easily holding a part of a following wet tissue in the state of being exposed from a take-out opening. SOLUTION: The wet tissue container 10 is provided with wet tissues 11 folded, overlapped together and sealed, and formed of an inner bag 12 with an inner bag opening 14, a container main body 17 and a cover member 18 and also provided with the replaceable inner bag 12 and an outer container 13 with the take-out opening 15, and the wet tissues 11 are taken out trough the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15. The inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 are of an elliptical shape, and a major axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 is longer than a major axis L1' of the take-out opening 15, and a minor axis L2 of the inner bag 14 is shorter than the minor axis L2' of the take-out opening 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wet tissue container for continuously taking out wet tissues one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wet tissue is accommodated in a container body in a folded state, and the wet tissues are taken out one by one from an outlet formed in a lid body. Wet tissue container,
It is described in JP-A-8-80980. According to this wet tissue container, when the wet tissue is taken out through the take-out opening, a state in which a part of the wet tissue is sandwiched between the holding pieces provided in the take-out opening and the subsequent wet tissue is exposed from the take-out opening. The container is held to prevent the wet tissue from dropping into the container body, so that the subsequent operation of taking out the wet tissue can be performed smoothly.

According to the above-mentioned conventional wet tissue container, the wet strength of the paper is 0.5 to 3.0 N / 2 so that the wet tissue can be treated, for example, by pouring it into water after use.
When storing and using a weak material of about 5 mm,
The wet tissue was easily broken when passing through the extraction opening provided with the holding piece.

[0004] The present invention enables a wet tissue to be smoothly taken out without breaking even when a wet tissue made of a weak material is housed, and a state in which a part of a subsequent wet tissue is exposed from a takeout opening. An object of the present invention is to provide a container that can be easily held.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises an inner bag provided with an inner bag opening through which a wet tissue is folded and sealed, and the wet tissue is taken out, a container body and a lid member. A wet tissue container which is exchangeably housed and comprises an outer container provided with a take-out opening for taking out the wet tissue, wherein the wet tissue is taken out one by one through the inner bag opening and the take-out opening. The inner bag opening and the take-out opening each have a shape bisected by a long axis and a short axis that are orthogonal to each other, and the long axis of the inner bag opening is longer than the long axis of the take-out opening. The above object has been achieved by providing a wet tissue container in which the short axis of the inner bag opening is shorter than the short axis of the outlet opening.

[0006] The wet tissue is 0.5 to 3.0.
It preferably has a paper wet strength of N / 25 mm and a liquid impregnation of 150 to 250% by weight. Here, the paper wet strength is the strength of each wet tissue measured in accordance with JIS P8135. Liquid impregnation means the ratio of the weight of the impregnated liquid to the weight of the unimpregnated wet tissue.

[0007] Examples of the shape bisected by the orthogonal major axis and minor axis in the above description include an elliptical shape, an elliptical shape, and a rectangular shape.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A wet tissue container 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, folds a large number of wet tissues 11 impregnated with a liquid medicine for butt wiping. Inner bag 12 sealed
And an outer container 13 in which the inner bag 12 is stored,
This is a container that enables the wet tissues 11 to be taken out one by one and used continuously through an inner bag opening 14 formed in the inner bag 12 and an extraction opening 15 formed in the outer container 13.

The wet tissue 11 is 0.5-3.0.
It has a paper wet strength of N / 25 mm and a liquid drug impregnation of 150-250% by weight, more preferably a paper wet strength of 1.9N / 25mm and a liquid drug impregnation of 210% by weight. The wet tissue 11 has a size of about 15.5 cm in length and about 19 cm in width, is easy to wipe off, has a good touch, and can be easily discarded, for example, by putting it in a toilet and flushing it with water.

The wet tissue 11 is substantially folded in two along a broken line parallel to the short side, and as shown in FIG. Wet tissue 11
A large number of wet tissues 11 are folded and sealed in the inner bag 12 while being inserted between the upper half portion 11a and the lower half portion 11b. Therefore, when the wet tissue 11 is picked out one by one from above and taken out, the lower half 11b of the taken out wet tissue 11 pulls up the upper half 11a of the wet tissue 11 located below, and the inner bag 1
The second inner bag opening 14 protrudes.

The inner bag 12 is formed in a sealed bag shape by subjecting a synthetic resin sheet to heat sealing or the like. When the wet tissue 11 is folded and filled and sealed, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped is formed. Shape. An oval inner bag opening 14 is formed at the center of the upper surface of the inner bag 12 and is covered with a seal piece 16. When the wet tissue 11 is used, the seal piece 16 is peeled off to open the inner bag opening 14. Thus, the container is exchangeably accommodated in the outer container 13 in an opened state.

The outer container 13 is formed as a container made of synthetic resin by injection molding or the like, and as shown in FIG. 2, a container body 17 and a cover member mounted over the opening 19 on the upper surface of the container body 17. 18 The container body 17 is
It has a hollow box shape of about 1 cm, 19 cm in width and about 8 cm in height, has a size that can accommodate the inner bag 12 in a tightly packed state, and is bent outward at the edge of the opening 19 on the upper surface. A projecting locking band 20 is provided over the entire circumference of the opening 19.

The lid member 18 is a substantially rectangular flat plate having a size sufficient to cover the opening 19 of the container body 17, and its peripheral edge is bent downward to form a locking wall 21. The lid member 18 is detachably mounted and fixed on the upper surface of the container body 17 so that the tip of the locking band 20 is locked on the inner surface of the wall 21. Also, at the center of the lid member 18,
A circular depression 22 is formed, and this circular depression 22 is formed.
An oval-shaped extraction opening 15 is formed at the center of the opening. Further, a circular opening / closing lid 23 is hingedly connected to a peripheral portion of the circular recessed portion 22 so as to be openable and closable on the cover member 18. The take-out opening 15 is closed by being fitted, and the take-out opening 15 is opened by turning the opening / closing lid 23 upward and opening from the fitted state. In addition,
When the inner bag 12 is accommodated in the container main body 17 and the lid member 18 is attached, the elliptical inner bag opening 14 located at the center of the upper surface of the inner bag 12 and the ellipse located at the center of the lid member 18 As shown in FIG. 3, the take-out opening 15 having the shape
1, L1 'and the short axes L2, L2' are arranged in a state where they are substantially matched in a plan view.

According to the wet tissue container 10 of the present embodiment, the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 are each an elliptical shape that is bisected by the long axes L1, L1 'and the short axes L2, L2' which are orthogonal to each other. And the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14
Is longer than the major axis L1 'of the take-out opening 15, and the inner bag opening 14
Is shorter than the short axis L2 ′ of the extraction opening 15. The length of the major axis L1 'of the takeout opening is
2 to 20% of the length (length of the short side) along the long axis L1 ′ of the wet tissue 11 accommodated in the second tissue.

Here, by making the major axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 longer than the major axis L1 'of the taking-out opening 15, a 0.5
Paper wet strength of ~ 3.0N / 25mm and 150 ~ 250
Wet tissue 11 with weight percent liquid drug impregnation
When accommodating, the subsequent wet tissue 11 pulled up by the wet tissue 11 taken out from the inner bag 12 through the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15,
It is possible to easily hold a part of the container body 17 in a state of being exposed from the opening 15 without dropping it into the container body 17. The length of the major axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15 is
Long axis L of wet tissue 11 stored in inner bag 12
Since the length of the wet tissue 11 is 20 to 60% of the length along the 1 ′, both ends of the wet tissue 11 are securely brought into contact with the inner surfaces of both ends in the direction of the long axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15 so that the wet tissue 11 is It can be held in the extraction opening 15 in a more stable state.

Further, by making the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening 14 shorter than the short axis L2 'of the opening 15, a 0.5
Paper wet strength of ~ 3.0N / 25mm and 150 ~ 250
Wet tissue 11 with weight percent liquid drug impregnation
In contrast, the wet tissues taken out through the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 can be taken out one by one without being continuously connected to the inner bag 12 and the wet tissues 11 can be taken out one by one. Is the opening 1
No break when passing through 5.

According to the present embodiment, as an example,
The length of the major axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 is 55 mm, the length of the minor axis L2 is 20 mm, and the length of the major axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15 is 5
0 mm, the length of the short axis L2 'is 35mm, and the length along the long axis L1' of the wet tissue 11 is 155mm.

According to the wet tissue container 10 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the circular opening / closing lid 23 is opened to open the take-out opening 15, the wet tissue 11 is picked by hand, and the inner bag opening 14 and the inner bag opening 14 are opened. The wet tissues 11 are taken out one by one through the take-out opening 15 and used for wiping, and the used wet tissue 11 is flushed to a toilet and discarded. here,
Since the major axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 is longer than the major axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15, and the minor axis L2 of the inner bag opening 14 is shorter than the minor axis L2 ′ of the extraction opening 15, the wet tissue 11 The wet tissue 11 can be smoothly taken out without being broken, and a part of the subsequent wet tissue 11 can be easily held in a state exposed from the opening.

The wet tissue container of the present invention comprises:
Various changes are possible without being limited to the above embodiment. For example, the wet tissue does not necessarily need to be impregnated with a liquid medicine for wiping the buttocks, and need not necessarily be one that can be treated by flowing it into water after use. Further, the outlet opening of the outer container need not necessarily be formed in the lid member, and may be formed in the container body.

[0020]

The wet tissue container of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following Examples and Comparative Examples.

Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4 have substantially the same configuration as the wet tissue container 10 of the above embodiment,
The major axis L1, the minor axis L2 of the inner bag opening, the major axis L1 'of the taking-out opening, and the major axis L2' of the taking-out opening have the lengths shown in Table 1, respectively, of Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1-3. Comparative example in which the long axis L1 and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening of the wet tissue container and the inner bag opening have the lengths shown in Table 1, respectively, and the shape of the outlet opening is the conventional narrow mouth shape shown in FIG. With respect to the 4 wet tissue containers, 70 wet tissues were taken out from each wet tissue container, torn, caught, and connected, and evaluated as in the following (1) to (3). Table 1 shows the results. The wet tissue was 1.9 N /
It has a paper wet strength of 25 mm and a liquid drug impregnation rate of 210% by weight, a size of 15.5 cm in length and 19 cm in width, and is folded in two along a folding line parallel to the short side.
The lower half of the upper wet tissue is inserted between the upper half and the lower half of the lower wet tissue and sealed in a wet tissue container in a folded state.

(1) Evaluation of tearing When 70 pieces of wet tissue were taken out, none of the pieces were broken, and one piece was broken. (2) Evaluation of snagging When 70 wet tissues were taken out, most of the subsequent wet tissues kept a part of the wet tissues exposed from the opening, and three of the wet tissues fell into the container from the opening. The case of less than or equal to ○ and the case of 4 or more sheets as ×. (3) Evaluation of connection When 70 wet tissues were taken out, the succeeding wet tissues were easily taken out one by one without being connected continuously, and the succeeding wet tissues were taken out continuously. Is less than 10 sheets, and の is 11 sheets or more.

[0023]

[Table 1]

According to the results shown in Table 1, the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening
According to the wet tissue container of the first embodiment, which is longer than the major axis L1 'of the takeout opening, and the minor axis L2 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the minor axis L2' of the takeout opening, any of tearing, catching, and connection is caused. Also, good evaluation results were obtained. Further, according to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 1, the major axis L1 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the major axis L1 ′ of the takeout opening, and the minor axis L2 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the minor axis L2 ′ of the takeout opening. There is a problem in the evaluation of the connection. The wet of Comparative Example 2 in which the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening is longer than the long axis L1 'of the extraction opening and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening is longer than the short axis L21' of the extraction opening. According to the tissue container, it was found that there was a problem in the evaluation of tearing and catching. Further, the major axis L1 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the major axis L1 'of the takeout opening, and the minor axis L of the inner bag opening is
According to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 3 in which 2 is longer than the short axis L2 'of the takeout opening, there is a difficulty in tear evaluation, and according to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 4 having the conventional narrow takeout opening, It turned out that the evaluation of the tear had difficulty.

[0025]

According to the wet tissue container of the present invention, even when a wet tissue of a weak material is stored,
The wet tissue can be smoothly taken out without being broken, and a part of the subsequent wet tissue can be easily held in a state exposed from the opening.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a wet tissue container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a wet tissue container according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view illustrating a relationship between a long axis and a short axis of an inner bag opening and a long axis and a short axis of an extraction opening.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an inner bag illustrating a state in which a wet tissue is folded and sealed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the shape of a conventional narrow opening.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wet tissue container 11 Wet tissue 11a Upper half of wet tissue 11b Lower half of wet tissue 12 Inner bag 13 Outer container 14 Inner bag opening 15 Extraction opening 17 Container body 18 Cover member 19 Opening of upper surface of container body L1 Inner bag Long axis of opening L1 'Long axis of extraction opening L2 Short axis of inner bag opening L2' Short axis of extraction opening

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A wet tissue is folded and sealed,
An inner bag having an inner bag opening from which the wet tissue is taken out, an outer container comprising a container body and a lid member, accommodating the inner bag in a replaceable manner, and having an outlet opening for taking out the wet tissue. A wet tissue container for continuously taking out the wet tissue one by one through the inner bag opening and the take-out opening, wherein the inner bag opening and the take-out opening are respectively formed by orthogonal long axes and short axes. Wet having a shape bisected, and the major axis of the inner bag opening is longer than the major axis of the extraction opening, and the minor axis of the inner bag opening is shorter than the minor axis of the extraction opening. Tissue container. 2. The wet tissue according to claim 1, wherein said wet tissue is 0.5 to 3.
0N / 25mm paper wet strength and 150-250% by weight
The wet tissue container according to claim 1, which has a liquid impregnation ratio of: 3. The wet tissue container according to claim 1, wherein a length of a major axis of the takeout opening is 20 to 60% of a length of the wet tissue along the major axis.