JP2006297762A - Method of manufacturing self-standing bag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a standing pouch type self-standing bag having the bottom formed in the form of a gusset, which excels in self-standing stability and in adaptability for a filling and sealing machine since the cut planes of the bottom do not stick even if the thickness of the sealant layer of the bag is thick. <P>SOLUTION: The self-standing bag is made in the form of the standing pouch type whose bottom is provided with the gusset portion 4. Each part of the bag is heat sealed, and then when the periphery is trimmed, the horizontal straight-line part 13 is provided in the center part of the lower end part of the gusset portion 4 of the bag bottom, on both sides of it there are provided slant cut parts 14a, 14b that are cut slantingly upward from the inside to the outside. At least the horizontal straight-line part 13 is cut with a thin edge tool or roll cutter whose edge is turn oppositely to the film running direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag, and more particularly, in a standing pouch-type self-supporting bag in which the bottom portion is formed in a gusset type to provide self-supporting properties, and further, the self-supporting stability is further improved. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag in which there is no adhesion between front and back films on a cut surface, and when filling a content with a filling and sealing machine, the bottom can be easily opened back and forth to fill the content.

Conventionally, as a self-supporting bag, a standing pouch-type self-supporting bag that is formed with a gusseted bottom and has self-supporting properties is not only self-supporting, but also has some features as a three-dimensional container, and has an excellent appearance. In addition to contents such as solids, granules and powders, liquid contents are widely used for sealed packaging of a wide range of contents.
Among these, especially when liquid contents are sealed and packaged, it is necessary to further stabilize the self-supporting property of the bag, to prevent leakage, and to provide strength against impacts such as dropping. Various measures have been taken to improve the shape of the bottom of the bag and the like, and for example, a relatively thick linear low-density polyethylene having a thickness of 80 μm or more has been used for the sealant layer of the laminated film of the bag.

  As a self-supporting bag that further stabilizes the self-supporting property of the standing pouch-type self-supporting bag, for example, (1) a protrusion formed by extending the front and rear films of the gusset portion at the lower ends of both front and rear wall surfaces of the bag A self-supporting bag having a configuration provided, and a self-supporting bag having a configuration in which the protruding portion is provided in a shape protruding in an arc shape from the entire lower side of the bag, and the protruding portion has a central portion of the lower side of the bag. A self-supporting bag having a configuration in which the tip of the projecting portion is formed in an arc shape in a part of the region, and the projecting portion is tab-shaped at the center of the lower side of the bag or at a plurality of locations on the lower side There is a self-supporting bag having a configuration provided in a shape (see Patent Document 1).

(2) A self-supporting bag having a structure in which wavy irregularities in the vertical direction are formed on a heat-sealing part of a ship bottom that heat-seals a lower gusset part of a standing pouch-type self-supporting bag, and (1) Similar to the described self-supporting bag, a protrusion formed by extending the front and rear films of the gusset portion is provided at the lower ends of the front and rear wall surfaces of the bag, and the vertical wavy irregularities are also molded on the protrusion. There is a self-supporting bag having a configuration (see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-72080 (pages 2 to 3, FIGS. 1 to 4) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-72081 (pages 2 to 3, FIGS. 1 to 5)

According to the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, in any case, the self-supporting ability of the standing pouch-type self-supporting bag can be further stabilized. However, even in such a self-supporting bag, when the liquid contents are hermetically packaged, as described above, a relatively thick linear low density polyethylene (L / LDPE) or the like is used as a sealant layer of the laminated film of the bag. In addition, since the protrusions are provided at the lower ends of the front and rear wall surfaces of the bag, in the bag making process of the bag, after heat-sealing the lower gusset portion and side portions of the bag, When trimming the periphery, at least the lower side of the bag could not be cut in a straight line, and was inevitably cut by a punching-type punching means such as a die set.
For this reason, especially in the gusset part at the bottom of the bag where the overlap of the film is large and the total thickness of the sealant layer is large, when the lower end is cut, the resin of the sealant layer mainly follows the cutting blade of the push-off method. When the gusset part is temporarily attached at the cut surface, the bottom opening of the bag deteriorates when filling the contents, and the suitability of the bag filling and sealing machine is impaired. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and the problem is that a standing pouch type self-supporting bag having a bottom portion formed in a gusset type to provide self-supporting stability. The bottom of the bag is easy to open back and forth when filling the contents with a filling and sealing machine, and the filling of the contents is hindered. It is to provide a method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag that can be performed without any problems.

The above problems can be solved by the following present invention.
That is, in the invention described in claim 1, at least the bottom portion of the bag is formed in a form having a gusset portion formed by inserting a bottom film into the inside between the lower portions of the front and back wall films, and the gusset portion is It is formed by heat-sealing with a bottom-bottom-shaped sealing pattern in which the inner central part is low and both sides gradually increase toward the side part of the bag, and the trunk part is formed on the left and right edges of the front and rear wall films. It is formed by heat sealing at the side seal part, the center part of the lower end part of the bottom gusset part is cut by a horizontal straight line, and both sides thereof are cut obliquely upward from the inside to the outside A method of manufacturing a self-supporting bag, wherein after trimming the periphery of the bag after heat-sealing each part of the self-supporting bag, at least a horizontal straight portion at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset portion is filled. Consists method for producing a self-standing bag, characterized in that so as to cut a thin blade or roll cutter in the flow direction opposite to the direction of thickness like a standing edge.

In the present invention, the self-standing bag can be made in a form in which one or two rows are abutted in a form in which the bags are connected adjacently in the horizontal direction, as in a normal standing pouch.
Further, after heat sealing each part of the self-supporting bag, the cutting method of the part other than the horizontal straight line part at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset part when trimming the periphery of the bag is particularly limited. Alternatively, the entire portion other than the straight portion may be cut by a push-cut method using a die set or the like, and when the side portion of the bag is a straight line, this portion can be cut by the shear cut method.

According to the invention described in claim 1, at least the bottom portion of the bag is formed in a form having a gusset portion formed by inserting a bottom film inwardly between the lower portions of the front and rear wall films, and the gusset portion is It is formed by heat-sealing with a bottom-bottom-shaped sealing pattern in which the inner central part is low and both sides gradually increase toward the side part of the bag, and the trunk part is formed on the left and right edges of the front and rear wall films. It is formed by heat sealing at the side seal part, the center part of the lower end part of the bottom gusset part is cut by a horizontal straight line, and both sides thereof are cut obliquely upward from the inside to the outside A method of manufacturing a self-supporting bag, wherein after trimming the periphery of the bag after heat-sealing each part of the self-supporting bag, at least a horizontal straight portion at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset portion is filled. This is a manufacturing method that cuts with a thin blade or roll cutter with the blade edge raised in the direction opposite to the flow direction, so this part is compared with the case of cutting with a punching punching device such as a die set. Even when the thickness of the sealant layer of the laminated film is relatively thick, the resin of the sealant layer is stretched by the cutting blade, and the front and back films are not temporarily attached to each other at the cut surface at the lower end of the gusset part, so that the bottom of the bag It can prevent the sex from deteriorating.
Therefore, in order to further improve the self-supporting property of the self-supporting bag, the bottom gusset portion of the bag is provided with a horizontal straight portion at the center and both sides thereof are cut obliquely upward from the inside to the outside. Even if it is made into a shape, it is possible to produce a self-supporting bag that has a good bottom opening and excellent filling machine suitability for contents.

  As for the self-supporting property of the self-supporting bag, the bottom portion of the bag is formed in the form having the gusset portion, the lower end portion of the gusset portion is cut by a horizontal straight line, and both sides thereof are inside. Since it is configured to be cut obliquely upward from the outside, it is formed on the outer periphery of the bottom of the bag when the self-supported bag is filled and sealed with the contents and the bag is placed on a stand or the like The tip of the leg portion by the heat seal portion comes into contact with the base surface in a wider area, and the self-supporting stability of the self-supporting bag is further improved.

Embodiments such as a film used for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention and a manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag will be described below with reference to some drawings.
First, the film used for the production of the self-supporting bag of the present invention is mainly a laminated film mainly made of plastic, but is not particularly limited, and any known laminated film used in various pouches is used. it can.
In a simple structure, a laminated film having a structure in which a sealant layer is laminated on a base film layer is used. However, the contents filled in the bag, the amount thereof, or the use conditions such as the presence or absence of heat treatment after filling the contents Furthermore, depending on the required performance such as water vapor and other gas barrier properties, light shielding properties and various mechanical strengths, water vapor and other gas barrier layers between the base film layer and the sealant layer, light shielding, etc. A laminated film having a structure in which a layer, a strength improving layer, and the like are laminated can be used.
The above-mentioned base film layer, water vapor and other gas barrier layers, light shielding layer, strength improving layer, sealant layer and the like may each be formed as a single layer, or may be formed by laminating a plurality of layers. .

Examples of the base film layer include a biaxially stretched film of polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene naphthalate, a biaxially stretched film of polyamide such as nylon 6, nylon 66, MXD6 (polymetaxylylene adipamide), and A biaxially stretched polypropylene film or the like can be preferably used.
These may be used singly or may be used by combining a plurality.

  Examples of the gas barrier layer include films of saponified ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer (EVOH), polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), MXD6, polyacrylonitrile (PAN), aluminum foil, silica, alumina, oxidation Biaxially stretched nylon film (ON film), biaxially stretched polyethylene with a coating layer of inorganic oxides such as zinc, magnesium oxide, ITO, or metals such as aluminum, or coating layers such as PVDC and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) A terephthalate film (PET film), a biaxially stretched polypropylene film (OPP film), etc. can be used.

The inorganic oxide or metal vapor-deposited layer can be formed by being deposited on the base film so as to have a thickness of about 200 to 1200 mm by means of vapor deposition, sputtering, ion plating or the like.
The inorganic oxide vapor-deposited layer may be formed of a single layer, but by forming it with a plurality of layers, a more excellent gas barrier property can be obtained.
In addition, the deposited layer of the inorganic oxide improves the adhesion or prevents damage such as cracks and effectively exhibits excellent gas barrier properties. Reactive acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin containing silane coupling agent, water-soluble polymer containing metal alkoxide, ethylene / vinyl acetate A gas barrier layer can be formed as a composite layer by providing a resin layer such as a polymer saponified product.

Of the gas barrier layers, an aluminum foil or a film provided with an aluminum vapor deposition layer is opaque and can also serve as a light shielding layer.
As the strength improving layer, any one of the base films may be additionally laminated as appropriate, and a biaxially stretched high-density polyethylene film or the like may also be laminated as a moisture-proof layer.
A known dry lamination method or extrusion lamination method (sandwich lamination method) can be used for laminating the base film layer, the gas barrier layer, the light shielding layer, and the strength improving layer.

For the sealant layer, low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (L / LDPE), ethylene / α-olefin copolymer, ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene / acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene In addition to acrylic acid ester copolymers and ionomers, polypropylene (PP) or copolymers thereof, polyester resins, and the like can be used.
For the lamination of the sealant layer, the above resin can be formed into a film and laminated by a dry lamination method or an extrusion lamination method, or the above resin can be extruded and laminated. However, in the case where the content easily penetrates into the sealant layer, it is preferable to laminate by the dry lamination method.

The linear low density polyethylene (L / LDPE) is excellent in heat seal stability and content resistance, such as stress cracking resistance against surfactants, and polypropylene (PP) is heat resistant, low odor. It is excellent in properties and is suitable for packaging contents that require these performances.
In particular, ethylene / α-olefin copolymer polymerized using a single site catalyst has a narrow molecular weight distribution and a stable copolymerization ratio, so low-temperature heat sealability and hot sealability It is suitable for a sealant layer of a pouch having a step due to a difference in film overlap in a heat seal portion such as a standing pouch in that it can prevent occurrence of pinholes due to omission of a seal.

Next, the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of this invention manufactured using the above laminated films is demonstrated.
As described above, the self-supporting bag manufactured by the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of the present invention has further improved its self-supporting stability as compared with a normal standing pouch-type self-supporting bag. At least the bottom portion of the bag is formed in a form having a gusset portion formed by inserting the bottom film into the inside between the lower portions of the front and back wall film, and the gusset portion has a lower central portion on the inner side and both sides of the bag are It is formed by heat-sealing with a ship-bottom-shaped seal pattern that gradually increases toward the side, and the trunk is formed by heat-sealing the left and right edge portions of the front and back wall films at the side seals. In addition, the central portion of the lower end portion of the bottom gusset portion is cut with a horizontal straight line, and both sides thereof are cut obliquely upward from the inside toward the outside.
The shape of the upper portion of the bag is not particularly limited, and may be a shape that is cut in a straight line in the horizontal direction, as in a normal standing pouch, or narrow as seen in a refillable pouch. It is good also as a shape which provided the spout part of the width | variety with the heat seal pattern, and also provided the notch part in the outer periphery.

When manufacturing a self-supporting bag as described above, it is possible to continuously supply the bottom film by, for example, using a bag making machine for a standing pouch to form bags in a form in which the bags are connected in the horizontal direction. From the viewpoint of excellent productivity.
In addition, when making bags by this method, the bottom of the self-supporting bag, that is, the lower end of the gusset portion is cut with a horizontal straight line at the center, and both sides thereof are inclined upward from the inside to the outside. Because it has a cut shape, after heat-sealing each part such as the bottom and sides of a self-supporting bag, when trimming the periphery of the bag, it is usually necessary to prepare a punching die with a die cutting set A method of punching the entire circumference or at least the lower end portion of the gusset portion is employed.

  However, when punching the periphery of the bag by such a method, as described above, the lower end of the gusset portion at the bottom of the bag where the film overlap is large and the total thickness of the sealant layer is increased is cut. At the time, mainly the resin of the sealant layer is stretched along the cutting blade of the push-cut method, and the hook-like portions before and after the gusset portion are temporarily attached to each other at the cut surface, and when filling the contents, Since there is a problem that the bottom opening property deteriorates and the filling suitability of the contents is impaired, in the method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention, for example, each part of the self-supporting bag is heat sealed with a bag making machine for a standing pouch. Later, when trimming the periphery of the bag, a thin cutter or roll cutter with a blade edge raised at least in the horizontal straight line portion at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset portion in the direction opposite to the film flow direction. In so as to cut, in which the bottom opening of the bag before and after the film was temporarily attached to the part was made to prevent the deterioration.

The length of the horizontal straight portion may be 30% or more with respect to the full width of the bag, and is preferably in the range of 30 to 80%. If the length of the horizontal straight portion is less than 30%, the bottom opening of the bag tends to deteriorate, and if it exceeds 80%, the width of the portion cut obliquely upward on both sides is reduced and the bag This is not preferable because it is difficult to obtain the effect of improving the self-supporting stability.
Thus, if even the center part of the lower end of the bottom gusset part of the self-supporting bag is cut so as not to be temporarily attached, when filling the bag with the filling sealer, the lower end part of the gusset part Since the center part easily spreads back and forth, even if the parts cut obliquely upward from the inside to the outside on both sides are cut and temporarily attached by the push-off method, the side parts on both sides from the center part Therefore, a large resistance is not exerted, and the entire bottom portion is easily spread back and forth, and the suitability of the bag filling and sealing machine is not impaired.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a main part for explaining the method of one embodiment of the method for producing a self-supporting bag of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main part for explaining the procedure for trimming the periphery, in particular, the bottom part of the self-supporting bag in the method for manufacturing the self-supporting bag of the present invention.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are front views each showing a configuration of an example of a self-supporting bag manufactured by the method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows, for example, the order of processing steps from heat sealing to trimming around a bag when a self-supporting bag is manufactured by a bag making machine for a standing pouch. The bag film 20 in a state in which the bottom film with the bottom film cutout portion provided between the lower portions and the bottom film cut-out portion is inserted is sent to the heat seal device 21, and the bottom portion (gusset portion) and both sides of the bag Heat sealing is performed on the side and, if necessary, the upper spout. Although the heat seal device 21 is shown as one block in the figure, it is divided into a plurality of sections as appropriate, such as the bottom and both sides, the spout, and the spot seal at the connection between the bottom and both sides. Heat sealed. Although not shown in the figure, a cooling and crimping device is usually arranged after the heat sealing device 21 to perform cooling and crimping of the heat sealing portion.

After heat-sealing each part, the bag film 20 is sent to the cutting process and trimming around the bag is performed. In the self-standing bag manufacturing method of the present invention, at least the lower end of the bottom gusset part of the bag First, the horizontal straight portion at the center of the portion and other portions are cut by separate sections, and first, the first cutting device 22 uses the horizontal at the center at the lower end of the bottom gusset portion of the bag. The straight line portion is continuously cut with a thin blade having a blade edge standing in the direction opposite to the flow direction of the bag film 20 as shown (the end of the cut bag film 20 is Then, it is sucked and removed downward by a blower or the like.) Next, it is sent to the second cutting device 23, and parts other than the horizontal straight portion are punched out by a punching type punching device such as a die set. The Is obtained by so as to trimming, after trimming around the bag, although not shown, is integrated is conveyed to the stacking unit is separated into individual bags.
As the first cutting device 22 for cutting the horizontal straight portion at the center of the lower end portion of the bottom gusset portion of the bag, the thickness of the cutting edge is raised in the figure opposite to the flow direction of the bag film 20 in the figure. Although a thin blade (a blade with a straight edge) is shown, it can be replaced with a roll cutter.

  FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part (lower half of the bag) for explaining a procedure for trimming the periphery of the self-supporting bag, in particular, the bottom portion, in the method for manufacturing the self-supporting bag of the present invention, and FIG. In the bag manufacturing method, the bag film 20 in which the parts are heat-sealed in a form in which the bags are connected in the horizontal direction is sent in the direction indicated by the arrow, and first, the first cutting device 22 is sent. The portion indicated by “[1] horizontal straight line portion cut by the first cutting device (22)” is continuously cut, and then sent to the second cutting device 23, where “[[ 2] A portion indicated by “a punching line other than the horizontal straight portion punched by the second cutting device (23)”, that is, a portion cut obliquely upward from the inside to the outside on both sides of the horizontal straight portion. , And subsequently the bag In which vertically portion is cut in the right side showed a shape punched.

Next, FIG. 3 is a front view showing a configuration of a first example of a self-supporting bag manufactured by the method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention.
The self-supporting bag 100 shown in FIG. 3 has a gusset part 4 in which the bottom part of the bag is inserted between the lower part of the front and rear wall film 1, 1 ′ and the bottom film is folded inward to the bottom film folding part 2. In this case, semicircular bottom film cutouts 3a and 3b are provided in the vicinity of the lower ends of both sides of the bottom film formed in the form and folded inward, and the gusset part 4 has a bay extending from both sides to the center. It is formed by heat-sealing with a bottom-shaped bottom seal part 5 that is concave in a curved shape, and the body part is heat-sealed with the side seal parts 6a, 6b at the left and right edges of the front and rear wall films 1, 1 '. The lower end portion of the gusset portion 4 at the bottom portion is cut by a horizontal straight portion 13 at the center portion, and the diagonal cut portion whose both sides are cut obliquely upward from the inside toward the outside. 14a, 14b, and the horizontal straight portion 13 at the center of the lower end of the gusset portion 4 is cut with a thin blade or roll cutter with the blade edge raised in the direction opposite to the flow direction of the bag film. It is what I did.
Further, the upper part of the self-supporting bag 100 is heat-sealed by the upper seal part 7 having a predetermined width. Since this part is used as a filling port for the contents, an unsealed opening is provided before filling the contents. After being filled, the product is heat sealed and sealed. The lower seal portion 7 is provided with a half-cut line 11 and a notch 12 at its end as a bag opening means.

As described above, the length w of the horizontal straight portion 13 may be 30% or more of the full width of the self-standing bag 100, and is in the range of 30 to 80%. It is preferable.
The maximum height h at the outer end of each of the oblique cut portions 14a and 14b on both sides of the horizontal straight portion 13 is the dimension of the self-supporting bag 100, particularly the width and height of the gusset portion 4 (the folding length of the bottom film). However, in the case of a self-supporting bag having a general size of about 300 to 1200 ml, the maximum height h is preferably in the range of about 2 to 6 mm. However, this maximum height h is the maximum height of the portion excluding the rounded portions when the corners of the oblique cut portions 14a and 14b are rounded.
By adopting the configuration and the manufacturing method as described above, a self-supporting bag that is further excellent in self-supporting stability, has good bottom opening when filling the contents, and has excellent suitability for filling and sealing the contents is manufactured. be able to.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a configuration of a second example of a self-supporting bag manufactured by the method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention.
The self-supporting bag 200 shown in FIG. 4 is the same as the self-supporting bag 100 shown in FIG. 3 except that a narrow and tapered spout 10 is heat-sealed around the outside at one corner of the top of the bag. And provided with a notch 9b on the upper side of the spout 10 and a notch 9a on the lower side to project the spout 10; As the opening means at the opening position of the spout 10, the half cut line 11 and the notch 12 are provided at the upper end thereof, except for the portion provided with the spout 10 in the upper part of the bag. Since it is used for the filling port of the contents, as in the self-supporting bag 100 shown in FIG. 3, it is heat-sealed by the upper seal portion 7 after filling the contents, but as a means for opening the bag below the upper seal portion 7 Half cut line 11 provided and notch 1 at its end 2 is a configuration that is removed because it is unnecessary, and the body and bottom other than the top of the bag are formed and configured in the same manner as the self-supporting bag 100 shown in FIG.
By adopting such a configuration and manufacturing method, the content filled and sealed in the self-supporting bag 200 is a fluid content such as liquid, and when the content is used, the bottle or the like has a small diameter. Even when the container is transferred to a container, the contents can be safely and easily transferred and used, and the bag is more self-supporting and has a bottom opening when filling the contents. Well, it is possible to manufacture a self-supporting bag that is excellent in suitability for filling and sealing the contents.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples.

The self-supporting bag having the structure shown in FIG. 4 is manufactured by the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the self-supporting bag having the following dimensions is formed using the wall film and the bottom film having the following structure. A self-supporting bag of Example 1 was manufactured by the manufacturing method shown in FIGS.
(1) Configuration of wall surface film 1, 1 ′ (outside) ON film (thickness 15 μm), printing layer / adhesive / aluminum deposition layer (thickness 400 μm), PET film (thickness 12 μm) / adhesive / L / LDPE film ( Thickness 120μm)
(2) Structure of bottom film (outside) ON film (thickness 15 μm) ・ Printing layer / adhesive / aluminum vapor deposition layer (thickness 400 mm) / PET film (thickness 12 μm) / adhesive / L / LDPE film (thickness 100 μm)
The above films are bonded together by the dry lamination method, and the adhesive between the films is a two-component curable polyurethane adhesive for dry lamination (coating amount 3g / m ² when dried). It is a thing.

(3) Dimensions of each part of the self-supporting bag The external dimensions of the self-supporting bag are 110 mm in width and 190 mm in length, and the length of the bottom gusset part 4, that is, the length from the bottom of the bag to the bottom film folding part 2 Was 35 mm.
The length w of the horizontal straight portion 13 at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset portion 4 is 70 mm, and both sides thereof are cut diagonally upward from the inside toward the outside, and the outside The oblique cut portions 14a and 14b are provided so that the maximum height h at the end portion is 3 mm.

  Further, as shown in the figure, the spout portion 10 provided at one corner portion (left corner portion in the figure) of the upper part of the self-supporting bag has an outer periphery of the heat seal portion at the tip side on the upper side and left side of the bag. It was provided at a position on the inner side of each side, the taper angle of the spout portion was set to 64 °, and the opening position, that is, the full width of the position where the half cut line 11 was provided was set to 19 mm. Further, the half-cut line 11 itself was provided at a position where the wall film on the front and back of the bag overlapped by laser light irradiation, and a V-shaped notch 12 was provided at the upper end thereof.

  In the manufacture of the self-supporting bag of Example 1, the length w of the horizontal straight portion 13 at the center of the lower end portion of the bottom gusset portion 4 is changed to 60 mm, and the length of each side is 25 mm. Except for being cut obliquely upward from the inner side to the outer side and changing the maximum height h at the outer end portion to 5 mm, respectively, and providing the oblique cut portions 14a, 14b, all the same as in Example 1. The self-supporting bag of Example 2 was manufactured.

[Comparative Example 1]
In the manufacture of the self-supporting bag according to the first embodiment, when trimming the periphery of the self-supporting bag, the entire circumference including the horizontal straight portion 13 at the center of the lower end portion of the bottom gusset portion 4 is punched out. A self-standing bag of Comparative Example 1 was manufactured by processing in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the punching method was changed to the punching method.

  About the self-supporting bags of Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 manufactured as described above, in particular, whether the self-supporting bag has good bottom opening when filling the contents with a filling and sealing machine, and the self-supporting after the contents filling seal. In order to evaluate the quality of the bag's self-supporting stability, each of the 100 self-supporting bags is filled with water from the unsealed upper opening (the upper seal portion 7) as a content using a filling sealer for standing pouches. Fill and seal 350ml and check for bottom opening failure. For self-supporting stability, place the self-supporting bags after filling and sealing on a flat table and place them on the base of the legs formed on the outer periphery of the bottom of the self-supporting bag. The grounding situation, in particular, the grounding situation at the lower end of the central part before and after the free-standing bag, which is likely to lift, was examined visually.

As a result of the above test, as for the bottom opening property of the self-supporting bag in the filling and sealing machine, both of the self-supporting bags of Examples 1 and 2 had good bottom opening property and suitability for the filling and sealing machine. On the other hand, the self-supporting bag of Comparative Example 1 has a phenomenon in which the front and rear films are temporarily attached to the cut surface at the bottom lower end, the bottom opening property is poor, and the liquid level rises at the time of filling. Some of the liquid overflowed when the part 7 was sealed, and the suitability of the filling and sealing machine was poor.
In addition, regarding the self-supporting stability of the self-supporting bags after filling and sealing the contents, the lower ends of the center portions of the self-supporting bags in Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 that are particularly prone to lift are on the base surface. It was stably grounded and was more excellent in self-supporting stability.
By the way, assuming a turntable of a microwave oven, I tried standing up a self-supporting bag on a similar turntable and rotating it, but there were no self-supporting bags to tip over.

  The method for manufacturing a self-supporting bag of the present invention is a standing pouch-type self-supporting bag in which the bottom is formed in a gusset form, and is more excellent in self-supporting stability, and the front and back films are in close contact with the cut surface at the lower end of the bottom gusset part, particularly in the center. When filling the contents with a filling and sealing machine, the contents filled in the self-supporting bag can be suitably used to produce a self-supporting bag with good bottom opening and excellent filling and sealing machine suitability. There are no particular restrictions on the application.

It is a conceptual diagram of the principal part explaining the method of one Example of the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of this invention. It is a top view of the principal part explaining the procedure at the time of trimming the circumference | surroundings of a self-supporting bag, especially a bottom part with the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the 1st example of the self-supporting bag manufactured with the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of this invention. It is a front view which shows the structure of the 2nd example of the self-supporting bag manufactured with the manufacturing method of the self-supporting bag of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1 'Wall surface film 2 Bottom film return part 3a, 3b Bottom film notch part 4 Gusset part 5 Bottom seal part 6a, 6b Side seal part 7 Upper seal part 8 Outlet part seal part 9a, 9b Notch part 10 Spout part 11 Half cut line 12 Notch 13 Horizontal straight line part 14a, 14b Diagonal cut part w Horizontal straight line length h Maximum height of diagonal cut part 20 Bag film 21 Heat seal device 22 First cutting device 23 Second cutting device 100, 200 Free-standing bag

Claims (1)

At least the bottom portion of the bag is formed in a form having a gusset portion formed by inserting the bottom film into the inside between the lower portions of the front and back wall film, and the gusset portion has a lower central portion on the inner side and both sides of the bag are It is formed by heat-sealing with a ship-bottom-shaped seal pattern that gradually increases toward the side, and the trunk is formed by heat-sealing the left and right edge portions of the front and back wall films at the side seals. And a center part of the lower end portion of the bottom gusset part is cut by a horizontal straight line, and both sides thereof are cut obliquely upward from the inside toward the outside,
After heat-sealing each part of the self-supporting bag, when trimming the periphery of the bag, at least the horizontal straight line part at the center of the lower end of the bottom gusset part, the cutting edge is opposite to the film flow direction. A method for producing a self-supporting bag, characterized by cutting with a thin blade or roll cutter.

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