JP2003525076A - Packaging supplies for wet tissues or similar consumables - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a flat heat-sealed bag packaging for a large number of moist tissues or other consumable articles, consisting of a flexible packaging material (1), which has a convenient resealable opening on the opening side (4) and a permanent adhesive coating on the adhesive side (5) which is opposite said opening side (4). The adhesive coating is covered by a protective film (6). Said protective film (6) is removed for use and the packaging is stuck onto a wall or onto another surface which is as stable as possible. The adhesive fixing lends the packaging new stability and rigidity which enables said packaging to be simply opened, the contents to be removed and to be resealed, in particular with one hand; an operation which is otherwise only possible with more complex packaging. To remove, the empty packaging can simply be peeled off the surface. The packaging consists for example of a plastic film, aluminium foil or of a composite material.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

The present invention is in the field of packaging technology and relates to a packaging article according to the preamble of the independent claim. The packaging contains multiple hydrated tissues or multiple similar consumables.

[0002] A series of packages for containing a plurality of moistened tissues from which at least one moistened tissue can be withdrawn in each case, many times at various time intervals. There is demand. The most important of these demands are:

Want to open and reseal packaging articles easily, advantageously with only one hand. • We want to seal the packaging so that the hydrated tissue remains hydrated during normal use, not only before the initial opening but also in the resealed condition.

The packaging should be stable so that the wet tissue can be removed from the first to the last one equally easily, and advantageously with only one hand.

[0005] It is desired that the packaging product can be manufactured by a simple process, can be disposable without problems, and is as inexpensive as possible.

The moistened tissues are usually provided individually in flat bags made of two foils. These flat bags are produced, for example, in a continuous process from two so-called endless foil strips. The stacked foil strips are joined together along the lengthwise edges, and the joined foil strips are alternately sealed and filled horizontally to form a filled and stripped foil strip. , Divide into individual flat bags in each area of the lateral seams.

[0007] Usually, such flat bags have a notch at one end so that they can be easily torn and opened to remove the moistened tissue. Such a package is not suitable for packaging a tissue containing a plurality of waters because it cannot be resealed once it is torn and opened. Thus, both hands are required to open the flat bag and remove the tissue containing water from the bag.

Tin cans, for example, have been proposed for packaging a plurality of wet tissues. Such tin cans have resealable openings and, if appropriate, may be secured to the wall by suitable wall mounting. With such a tin can, it is possible to satisfy the above-mentioned conditions up to the condition that they can be easily manufactured and are inexpensive.

Along with flexible packaging, such as flat tube packaging, it is also possible to provide an element of a rigid cover with a sealable opening so that it can be joined to the packaging (eg in the published AU-696902). Has been proposed. The packaging is disposable, but the cover is used for further packaging. Such a solution also fulfills the conditions mentioned above, including for one-handed operation, if the elements of the cover are fixed, for example on a wall. However, exchanging empty and full packages is even more difficult.

An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging article for a plurality of moistened tissues or a plurality of similar consumables, the article being simple and practical, yet simple. It can be produced at low cost. The packaging article according to the invention is essentially a freely selectable place, which may change with each use,
It can be used without the aid of elements that do not belong directly to the packaging, such as wall mounting or the like, and for the removal of consumables and, if appropriate, opening and resealing of packaging, Simple, especially one-handed operation.

This object is achieved by a packaging article as defined in the independent claims.

The packaging article according to the invention is a bag, for example a flexible packaging material which does not have an inherent hardness of nature, for example a flat tube made of a composite material such as plastic foil, aluminum foil or coated paper. It is packed in bags. The bag is flat, i.e. comprises two surface areas which are essentially parallel to each other and define the front side and the back side of the bag, the distance between the front side and the back side, i.e. the thickness of the bag, Not larger than the front and rear dimensions. The flat bag has a reasonably resealable opening on the front side, and the back side is at least partially covered with an adhesive having a permanent adhesive force. The adhesive may be covered, for example with a cover foil, at least when the bag is fresh.

To use the bag, remove the cover foil and place the bag on a wall or other stable surface (
For example, glue it on a table, sink, armchair of a chair, computer monitor, or piece of clothing, if applicable). This bag by itself has little stability, especially when it is not full, but by fixing it in this way it gains new stability and hardness, so that some of its contents can be removed, If possible, it can be opened and resealed. At the same time, the shape and hardness of the fixed bag only change to a negligible extent with further removal. That is,
The first withdrawal is essentially the same as the last withdrawal. An empty or still partially filled bag, due to its inherent flexibility, can be easily removed by peeling it off the applied surface.

An opening is placed according to the invention on the front side of the packaging article, ie on one side of the flat bag opposite the adhesive side. The construction of the adhesive side, the opening, and the means for resealing it, if applicable, shall be such that when a part of the contents is taken out of the package and, if applicable, the package is opened and resealed. They are adjusted to each other so that they do not create any force to separate the bag from the substrate. The openings in the new packaging do not have to actually exist, but may be defined by dotted lines, for example so that the openings are only formed when the package is first opened.

The packaging article according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings. FIG. 1 shows a preferred exemplary embodiment of the packaging according to the invention in longitudinal section. It is a flat tube bag package made of a flexible packaging material 1 and encloses the package contents 2 so as to seal the flat tube with two lateral seams 3 arranged opposite to each other. One side of the flat packaging article (front side or open side 4) has a resealable opening and the other side (rear side or adhesive side 5) is covered with an adhesive layer with permanent adhesion, The adhesive layer is preferably covered with a cover foil 6.

The package contents 2 are, for example, a stack of tissues containing water. However, the packaged article according to the present invention is not limited to storing a tissue containing water, and since the packaged article is not taken out all at once, the packaged article is removed between the removing operation and the removing operation. It may include a plurality of other consumables that can be resealed, and in which removal and opening and resealing are also necessary or at least advantageous. Thus, the contents of the packaging article may be a dry tissue such as a handkerchief, toilet paper, napkin, etc., as well as absorbent cotton pads, swabs or many other similar consumables.

The packaging material to be used depends on the contents of the packaging, but is sufficiently flexible that it can be removed by peeling the packaging from the substrate. Plastic foil or coated paper is suitable for packaging wet tissue. Advantageously,
The entire packaging article consists essentially of the same material, i.e., in addition to the tube bag, the sealing elements and cover foils described below also consist of the same material.

The resealable opening on the open side of the packaging article is formed, for example, as a predetermined dotted line 10 in the packaging material 1, said dotted line defining the opening and having a flexible sealing element 11 on top. Cover. The sealing element 11 may likewise consist of packaging material or other flexible material. As can be seen from FIG. 2 which shows the open side 4 of the packaging according to the invention, the sealing element 11 projects from the opening 12 defined by the dotted line 10 and has a handle area 13 and a hinge facing the handle area 13. Region 14 is included.

In the handle area 13, the sealing element 11 is advantageously not connected to the packaging material, so that it can be easily gripped when opening. If the sealable opening 12 is recognized in the form of a dotted line 12 as shown in FIG. 2, the sealing element 11 (to the handle area if appropriate) is peelably affixed onto the packaging. You should put it on. By suitable means with respect to the sealing element and / or the dotted line, it advantageously prevents the sealing element from being able to be peeled from the packaging even in the hinge area, thus closing the opening without having to put the sealing element in a new position. it can.

In FIG. 1, the sealing element 11 in the open position is shown in solid lines and the dotted line shows the sealing position. This allows the handle area 13 (of the sealing element 11 (
(Not bonded to the packaging material), peeling the sealing material 11 from the packaging article from this side, tearing the packaging material 1 along the dotted line 10 during the first opening, the part of the packaging material lying within the dotted line 10 Obviously, the contents of the packaging 2 can be freely removed by removing or lifting the with the sealing element from the opening. Hinge area 1
At 4, the sealing element 11 remains bonded to the packaging material 1. Therefore,
It is not necessary to hold the sealing element 11 during the removal of the contents, the sealing element 11 remains in the position for resealing.

Obviously, the openings may be designed differently, and in particular may not be resealable. Furthermore, the packaging according to the invention does not have to have an actual opening, which correspondingly should be an opening that the user opens, for example with a knife or scissors, before the first removal. It is enough to mark.

FIG. 3 shows the adhesive side 5 of the packaging article according to FIG. If the packaging has a longitudinal seam 20, it runs, for example, approximately centrally on the adhesive side 5. The central area on this side is covered with an adhesive 21. The coated area is covered with a cover foil 6 so that the coating is as completely covered as possible and that the cover foil 6 projects from at least in the edge area and can be grasped there for peeling. For example, the cover foil projects from the coating in the region of the uncoated lateral seams 3.

In order to make the packaging article as stable as possible by sticking it on a stable surface, the area on the rear side of the package which is fixed to the surface via the adhesive is , Make it as large as possible. A regular or irregular coating pattern, or coating only on the edges of the areas to be fixed or only on those edges may be considered.

The adhesive has a permanent adhesive property, which is, for example, a hot melt permanent adhesive, a dispersible permanent adhesive or an adhesive that can be polymerized by UV irradiation after application.
Since the adhesive is advantageously transparent, the printing of the packaging material 1 is still visible through the adhesive. The packaging material 1 made of plastic foil includes, for example, Casanin AG (Casa
Nin AG (Switzerland, 6033 Bookline (Buchrain)) Shinkoran (SY
NCOLLAN) 76240 is suitable as an adhesive. The adhesive is applied, for example, through a nozzle to form a complete layer, strip, bead, or dot. It may be applied by spraying, spin coating, sputtering or rolling.

The cover foil 6 is, for example, a transparent plastic foil, or is made of siliconized paper or wax paper.

When determining the dimensions of the opening 12 on the opening side 4 of the packaging article and the adhesive coating 21 on the adhesive side 5 of the packaging article, when the object is taken out through the opening 12, the packaging is performed from the surface to which it is attached. Care should be taken not to create a force that would peel the entire article off. That is, the openings 12 do not extend beyond the end areas of the adhesive coating 21, respectively, on the central area of the adhesive coating 21 or on the central area of the area fixed by the adhesive coating, respectively, or It should be arranged so that it does not extend beyond the area at the edge of the area of the package secured by the adhesive coating. The same applies when the peelable sealing element 11 is provided above the opening. When peeling off the sealing element, there should be no force to peel off the packaging article. That is, for a sealing element that does not have a pre-determined peel direction, the peeled area should not protrude from the fixable area on the adhesive side. Of the peelable areas of the sealing element having a predetermined peeling direction, defined by the handle area, at least the area where peeling begins should protrude from the rear adhesive (fixable) area. Absent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a preferred embodiment of a packaging article according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the opening side (front side) of the packaging product according to FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows the adhesive side (rear side) of the packaging article according to FIG.

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A packaging article for a plurality of moistened tissues or similar consumables, wherein the packaging article is a flat tube bag packaging having two lateral seams, the flexible packaging material ( 1), which comprises on the opening side (4) an extraction opening (12) or a dotted line defining the extraction opening, and on the adhesive side (5) opposite the opening side, the packaging adheres to a wall or other surface. The packaging article is characterized in that it is covered with a permanent adhesive so that it can be fixed and can be removed by peeling it from it, the ejection opening (12) being fixed to the surface. A packaging article that is essentially centrally located on a possible adhesive side area and does not extend beyond the edges of this fixable area. 2. A sealing element (11) is provided on the extraction opening (12), the sealing element being designed such that it can be peeled off at least partly and projecting from the extraction opening on all sides, The peelable area of the sealing element (11) is
Package according to claim 1, characterized in that it does not extend beyond the edge of the fixable region on the adhesive side of the package. 3. A sealing element (11) is arranged on the ejection opening, said sealing element projecting from said ejection opening on all sides, starting from the handle area (13),
Designed to be at least partially peeled in a predetermined peel direction, at least a part of the peelable region of the sealing element (11) at which peeling begins, the fixable side of the adhesive side of the packaging article. 2. Packaging article according to claim 1, characterized in that it does not project from the edge of the region. 4. Packaging article according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the adhesive coating (21) is covered with a cover foil (6). 5. The adhesive having a permanent adhesive property is a hot-melt adhesive, a dispersible adhesive, or an adhesive capable of being polymerized by ultraviolet irradiation after being applied. The packaging article according to any one of 1. 6. Packaging article according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a longitudinal seam (20) extending on the adhesive side (5). 7. The packaging article according to claim 1, wherein the packaging material (1) is a plastic foil, an aluminum foil, or a mixed material. 8. The adhesive coating (21) covers the fixable area of the package only in a regular or irregular coating pattern or only along the edges of the fixable area of the package. The packaging article according to any one of claims 1 to 7. 9. A package for packaging a plurality of moistened tissues.
Use of the packaging article according to any one of 1 to 8. 10. The packaging article according to claim 1, for packaging any of a plurality of handkerchiefs, a plurality of toilet papers, a plurality of napkins, a plurality of cotton swabs, or a plurality of absorbent cotton pads. use.