JP2004224429A - Absorbent-item package bag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent item package bag that effectively utilizes the surface, rear, and sides of a bag body as printing faces, enhances appearance viewed from the front, and improves the commercial value of a product. <P>SOLUTION: The absorbent-item package bag has printing faces on the front, rear, and sides of the bag body, and stores stacks of absorbent items folded flat. Both sides of the bag body are folded inside round respective print margins so that the vertical print margins, created in the course of formation of the printing surfaces, are situated on the sides of the bag body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an absorbent article packaging bag having printed surfaces on both front and back surfaces and side surfaces of a bag body, and arranging, stacking, and storing a plurality of flatly folded absorbent articles, and more particularly, the bag body. The present invention relates to an absorbent article packaging bag in which both front and back surfaces and side surfaces can be effectively used as a printing surface, and the appearance from the surface is improved to improve the commercial value.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, in the packaging process, absorbent articles such as disposable disposable diapers, absorbent pads, or sanitary napkins are arranged and stacked in a flat bag, stored in a packaging bag, and then packed into a market from a factory. Shipped to.
[0003]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the above-described packaging process, and shows the process until the disposable disposable diaper 120 for an infant, which is an absorbent article, is packed in a bag in five steps S1 to S5.
[0004]
In step S <b> 1, a bag-making material (hereinafter, referred to as “polytube”) 100 is formed from a roll of a plastic film made of polyethylene or the like, and the side end is closed.
[0005]
In step S2, for example, a design 102, a character 103, a base 104, and the like are printed on both front and back surfaces of the flattened polytube 100 by a printing unit, and a printing surface 105 indicated by oblique lines is formed. At this time, portions that are not printed for the purpose of registration or the like, that is, print margin portions 106 and 107 are formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the polytube 100. The width of the margins 106 and 107 varies depending on, for example, the size of the bag or the print content, but is usually set to about 10 mm. Although FIG. 3 shows only the printing surface 105 on the front surface side of the polytube 100, the printing surface is similarly formed on the back surface side.
[0006]
In step S3, the polytube 100 in the flat state is sequentially opened in an elliptical shape from the tip end by the opening means.
[0007]
In step S4, both sides of the opened polytube 100 are folded inward by the folding means using the margins 106 and 107 as folding fulcrums. FIGS. 4A and 4B are front views schematically showing this state. FIG. 4A shows the traveling direction of the polytube 100 in the step S3, and FIG. 4B shows the traveling direction of the polytube 100 in the step S4. It is seen from the front. That is, when moving from step S3 to step S4, on the margin 106 side of the polytube 100, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 4A, a portion 106P1 located at the same position as the margin 106, and a predetermined distance therefrom. The part 106P3 located only on the back side is pulled out over the length of the polytube 100. At the same time, the part 106P2 located at an intermediate position between the parts 106P1 and 106P3 is drawn inward in the longitudinal direction of the polytube 100. On the other hand, on the margin 107 side, a part 107P1 located at the same position as the margin 107 and a part 107P3 located a predetermined distance away from the front side in the longitudinal direction of the polytube 100 in the same manner as described above. And the portion 107P2 at the intermediate position is drawn inward in the longitudinal direction of the polytube 100. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4B, in the polytube 100, the portions 106P2 and 107P2 are folded inward from both sides, and the portion 106P1 (the blank portion 106) and the portion 107P1 (the blank portion 107) are arranged diagonally. Is done. At this time, a side surface of the bag body 109 described later is formed by the portions 106P1 to 106P3 and the portions 107P1 to 107P3.
[0008]
In step S5, the polytube 100 is cut into a predetermined shape together with the handle 108 by the cutting means, and the bag body 109 is formed. At this time, the disposable diaper 120 is attached to the inside of the bag body 109 from the opening on the tip side of the bag body 109 (the bottom of the package 121 described later). The disposable diaper 120 is folded (e.g., folded into three) and flattened. A plurality of (e.g., 24) diapers are arranged, stacked (e.g., three tiers), stored in the bag body 109, and thereafter. The opening of the polytube 100 is sealed, and the package 121 is completed.
[0009]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the package 121 as viewed obliquely from the front. The package 121 is displayed at the store with the front printing surface 105 facing the customer.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional absorbent article storage bag, as shown in FIG. 5, vertically long margins 106 and 107 formed at the time of printing are provided on the front side and the rear side end of the package 121, respectively. Because of the appearance, there were the following disadvantages.
(A) The print area is reduced by the presence of the margins 106 and 107, and the printing space for the number of characters to be printed and the design is restricted.
(B) Due to the presence of the margins 106 and 107, printing of a series of characters, patterns, and the like from the front side to the side side is cut in the middle and cannot be performed.
(C) Since the packaging body 121 is displayed with the margins 106 and 107 facing the customer, the appearance is deteriorated and the commercial value is reduced.
[0011]
The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and the object thereof is to make it possible to effectively utilize both front and back surfaces and side surfaces of a bag body as a printing surface, to improve the appearance from the surface, and to improve the appearance of the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent article packaging bag with improved value.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article packaging bag having printed surfaces on both sides and side surfaces and side surfaces of a bag body, aligning a plurality of flatly folded absorbent articles, and stacking and storing the articles. An absorbent article packaging bag, characterized in that both sides of the bag body are folded inward around the print margin so that a vertically long printing margin generated at the time of formation is located on a side surface of the bag body. Achieved by providing.
[0013]
Hereinafter, the content of the present invention will be described in detail by taking as an example the case where the absorbent article is a disposable disposable diaper.
[0014]
FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) show a part of a packaging step of storing an absorbent article, that is, a disposable diaper in a packaging bag according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows steps S3 and S4 in the described conventional packaging step, corresponding to FIG. This embodiment is substantially the same as the above-described conventional one except that the configuration of the step S3 and the step S4 is partially different. Therefore, the following components are the same as those described above. Will be described with the corresponding two-digit numbers and symbols.
[0015]
In the present embodiment, when the printing surface 15 is formed at a predetermined position on the front and back surfaces in the same manner as described above in the previous step, that is, steps S1 to S3, and the polytube 10 whose leading end is opened in an elliptical shape is transferred to step S4. The both sides of the polytube 10 are folded inward by the folding means with the margins 16 and 17 inside. FIGS. 1A and 1B are front views schematically showing this state. FIG. 1A shows the polytube 10 in step S3, and FIG. 1B shows the polytube 10 in step S4 as viewed from the front in the traveling direction. Things. That is, when moving from step S3 to step S4, on the margin 16 side of the polytube 10, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 1A, the portion 16P1 located at the same position as the margin 16 is drawn inward, At the same time, a portion 16P2 located at a position away from the portion 16P1 on the front side by a predetermined distance and a portion 16P3 located at a position away from the back surface side are drawn out in the longitudinal direction of the polytube 10. As a result, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), in the polytube 10, the portions 16P1 and 17P1 are folded inward from both sides, and the portion 16P1 (margin portion 16) and the portion 17P1 (margin portion 17) face each other. Is done. In this way, a bag body 19 (not shown) for storing the disposable diaper 20 in the present embodiment is formed. When the bag body 19 is transferred to step S5, a predetermined amount of the disposable diaper 20 (not shown) is stored in the bag body 19 in the same manner as described above, and the opening is sealed to complete the package 21.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the packaging body 21 of the disposable diaper 20 thus completed as viewed obliquely from the front. As shown in the figure, on the front side of the package 21, a design 12, characters 13, a base 14, etc. are printed by printing means, and a printing surface 15 shown by oblique lines is formed. The package 21 is carried by holding the handle 16 and is displayed at the store with the front side facing the customer. A printed surface (not shown) is similarly formed on the back surface of the package 21.
[0017]
In the present embodiment, the bag body 19 is formed as described above, and the package 21 is formed. Therefore, the vertically long blank portion 16 is positioned at the side of the bag body 19, that is, at the center position on both sides of the package 21. Be placed. Therefore, according to the paper diaper packaging bag, since the printing surface is not interrupted by the margin 16, for example, as shown in FIG. Printing can be performed from the entire surface to the side. In addition, since the unsightly vertical blank portion 16 is arranged on the side surface of the package 21 and does not appear on the surface, the appearance is improved, thereby improving the commercial value.
[0018]
As described above, the contents of the present invention have been described by taking a packaging bag for storing a disposable diaper as an example. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to such a bag, and an absorbent pad, or an absorbent pad such as a sanitary napkin. Needless to say, the present invention may be applied to a packaging bag for articles, and further to a packaging bag for general products such as clothing and foodstuffs.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, the present invention relates to an absorbent article packaging bag that has a printed surface on both sides and side faces and side faces of a bag body, aligns a plurality of flatly folded absorbent articles, and stacks and stores them. An absorbent article formed by folding both sides of the bag body inward with the print margin as a center so that a vertically long print margin generated at the time of forming the printing surface is located on a side surface of the bag body; In the packaging bag, the blank portion does not appear on either the front surface or the back surface of the bag, so that the following effects can be obtained.
(A) Since the printing space is increased, both the front and back surfaces and the side surface of the bag body can be effectively used as the printing surface.
(B) A series of characters, pictures, etc. can be printed from the front side to the side.
(C) The appearance from the surface is improved, and the commercial value is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a forming process of a packaging bag according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (A) shows an opening process and (B) shows a folding process as viewed from the front in the traveling direction.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a package completed through the above steps in one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional packaging process according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a packaging bag forming process in the conventional packaging process.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a package completed through the conventional packaging process.
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 100 Polytube 12, 102 Design 13, 103 Character 14, 104 Base 15, 105 Printing surface 16, 17, 106, 107 Margin 18, 108 Handle 19, 109 Bag body 20, 120 Paper diaper 21, 121 Package

Claims (1)

In an absorbent article packaging bag having a printed surface on both front and back and side surfaces of a bag body, and arranging a plurality of flatly folded absorbent articles, and stacking and storing them, a vertically long printing margin generated when the printing surface is formed. An absorbent article packaging bag, wherein both sides of the bag body are folded inward around the print margin so that the portion is located on a side surface of the bag body.

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