JP5973389B2 - Flexible packaging - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a flexible package.

  As a package for packaging contents such as liquids, viscous bodies, powders, and solids, a pouch (flexible package) formed by stacking films and sealing the peripheral edge thereof is known.

  The pouch is manufactured, for example, by inserting a folded bottom film between two side films from the crease side and sealing the peripheral edge between the films in contact with each other. In such a pouch, it is possible to make the pouch self-supporting by expanding the bottom film and forming the two side films in a cylindrical shape at the bottom.

  In the pouch disclosed in Patent Document 1, each film is surrounded by a sealed region, and a non-fused portion that is not sealed over a predetermined length in the height direction is provided. Infused to form an airbag.

  By the airbag, each side film is difficult to bend in the airbag and the vicinity thereof. For this reason, when making a pouch self-supporting, the shape of the whole pouch is hard to collapse, and it is easy to maintain independence. Further, when the pouch is transported or the contents are taken out, the vicinity of the airbag functions as a handle, so that it is easy to hold the pouch by grasping this portion.

JP 2006-123931 A

  Even if a gas injection part such as an air bag is provided on the pouch, if the repulsive force when the gas injection part is pressed is weak, the gas injection part tends to bend and contributes to stable independence of the pouch and ease of dispensing. do not do. Further, if the repulsive force is strong, the pressure of the internal gas is high, and there is a possibility that the gas injection portion is broken and the gas leaks. However, conventionally, the range of suitable repulsive force has not been sufficiently studied.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a flexible package having a gas injection part that has a certain degree of difficulty in bending and has a reduced risk of gas leakage.

One aspect of the present invention is a flexible packaging body having self-supporting characteristics in which at least a first side film and a second side film are overlapped, and a peripheral portion is sealed to form a storage portion. One or both of the two side edges, which are the sealed regions at the peripheral edges of the both sides of the film and the second side film, are surrounded by the sealed region and sealed for a predetermined length in the vertical direction. The one or more gas injection portions formed by injecting gas , having a uniform diameter except for the upper and lower ends and having a hemispherical shape at the upper and lower ends, are used as a handle of the flexible package. The gas injection part has a uniform diameter of 3 mm or more and 50 mm or less, and has flat surfaces from the first side film side and the second side film side so as to cover the entire gas injection part. Was sandwiched between the flat surfaces of the two jigs, the force required to be ulcers press until the scissors width is half of the uniform diameter of the gas injection portion, 23 ° C., at 1 atm, below 5 N or 26 N is there.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the flexible package body provided with the gas injection | pouring part which has the difficulty of a certain bending and reduced the possibility that gas leaks can be provided.

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(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a pouch (flexible package) 100 according to the present embodiment. The pouch 100 includes a first side film 101, a second side film 102, and a bottom film 103 inserted from the fold side in a folded state in a predetermined insertion length between them. It is formed. The storage part 105 is formed by sealing the peripheral part between the films in contact with each other except the part for injecting the contents. Assuming that the end of the pouch 100 where the bottom film 103 is inserted is downward, the portion for inserting the contents is, for example, the upper end of the second side film 102 of the first side film 101.

  As a material of the pouch 100, for example, a laminate including a resin or aluminum and having a certain rigidity can be used. As an example of the laminate, a laminate including polyethylene terephthalate, aluminum, nylon, and polyethylene can be given.

  Of the sealed regions at the peripheral portions of the first side film 101 and the second side film 102, the side edge 108, which is the end in the left-right direction, was sealed over a predetermined length in the vertical direction. An unsealed region 106 that is an unsealed region is provided surrounded by the region. The unsealed region 106 may be provided only on one of the left and right side edge portions 108, or may be provided on both. A cross-shaped slit 111 is formed near the upper end in the unsealed region 106. The slit 111 is formed by two cuts extending through the first side film 101 and the second side film 102 in the left-right direction and the up-down direction. The slit 111 may be formed not in the vicinity of the upper end of the unsealed region 106 but in other locations such as in the vicinity of the lower end. Further, instead of such a slit 111, a cut or a hole penetrating at least one of the first side film 101 and the second side film 102 may be formed. The slit 111 is used for gas injection into the unsealed region 106, as will be described later.

  Further, the pouch 100 is provided with a pouring part 104 where an opening is planned for pouring the contents. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the dispensing portion 104 is formed by attaching a spout member between the first side film 101 and the second side film 102. The shape and structure of the extraction part 104 are not limited to this, and may not be present.

  After injecting the contents, the storage unit 105 is sealed by sealing the upper ends of the first side film 101 and the second side film 102. The pouch 100 spreads the bottom film 103 and forms the first side film 101 and the second side film 102 in a cylindrical shape on the side on which the bottom film 103 is sealed, thereby allowing the bottom film 103 to be self-supporting. Is possible. FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the pouch 100 in this state, and FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line XX ′ of FIG.

  The unsealed region 106 is formed with a gas injection portion 107 having a shape in which gas is injected from the slit 111 and the first side film 101 and the second side film 102 swell in a columnar shape. Moreover, in the area | region in which the slit 111 was formed, after formation of the gas injection | pouring part 107, the 1st side film 101 and the 2nd side film 102 are sealed, and gas is prevented from escaping from the slit 111. . When the slit 111 is positioned near the upper end of the unsealed region 106, the seal for sealing the storage portion 105 and the seal near the slit 111 can be performed in the same process.

  The self-supporting stability of the pouch 100 and the ease of extraction are improved as the gas injection part 107 is not easily bent. The greater the repulsive force when the gas injection unit 107 is crushed, the more difficult the gas injection unit 107 bends. The inventor sandwiched the entire gas injection part 107 from the first side film 101 side and the second side film 102 side, and crushed until the sandwiching width became half of the diameter R of the gas injection part 107. It has been found that the difficulty of bending the gas injection part 107 can be suitably evaluated by the method of measuring the repulsive force. In FIG. 4, the expanded sectional view of the gas injection | pouring part 107 in the state (a) which is not crushed, and the state (b) which was crushed is shown. In this way, the entire gas injection part 107 is sandwiched between the flat surfaces of the two jigs 112 and crushed to half the width of the diameter R, whereby the volume reduction rate of the gas injection part 107 is reduced to its diameter R and length. It can be a constant value regardless of the value. Further, the repulsive force received by the jig 112 at this time can be regarded as a restoring force that the entire gas injection unit 107 tries to return to the original shape. Therefore, it is considered that this method can evaluate the difficulty of bending without greatly depending on the size of the gas injection portion 107.

  If the repulsive force is 23 ° C., 1 atm (101.325 kPa), and 4 N or more, the stability of the pouch 100 in a self-supporting state is improved. Moreover, if the repulsive force is 7 N or more, the shape of the pouch 100 at the time of pouring is not collapsed and the easiness of pouring is improved, which is more preferable. Further, if the repulsive force is 30 N or less, it is possible to prevent gas from leaking to the outside due to the gas injection part 107 being torn or the seal portion in the vicinity of the gas injection part 107 being peeled off at 23 ° C. Can do. If the repulsive force is 26 N or less, it is more preferable because such a gas leakage can be prevented even when the temperature of the gas injecting portion 107 reaches a high temperature of 50 ° C. Therefore, the repulsive force is preferably 4N or more and 30N or less at 23 ° C. and 1 atm, and more preferably 4N or more and 26N or less. Such repulsive force can be adjusted by adjusting the pressure of the gas blown into the gas injection part 107.

(Evaluation 1)
In the pouch 100, samples 1 to 15 having a diameter R of the gas injection portion 107 of 6 mm and different repulsive forces described above were prepared, and at 1 atm, at 23 ° C. (normal temperature), 40 ° C., and 50 ° C., respectively. The samples were stored for one month, and the stability of each sample and the ease of dispensing were evaluated. Each sample had a height of 282.5 mm, a width of 178 mm, and a capacity of 900 mm. The gas injection part 107 inject | poured gas into the unsealed area | region 106 of width 10mm, and made it the cylinder shape whose diameter R is 6 mm. The seal strength near the gas injection part 107 was 110 N / 15 mm. Each sample was prepared using a laminate including polyethylene terephthalate, aluminum, nylon, and polyethylene. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1 below.

  ++ in Table 1 indicates that the evaluation result is good and the gas injection part 107 is not easily bent, so that it can be made to stand stably, and the gas extraction part 107 can be easily held at the time of extraction. This means that the direction of the portion 104 can be easily stabilized and the contents can be easily poured out. Moreover, + means that the evaluation result was inferior to ++ and ease of pouring of the contents could not be obtained, but it could be made to be stable and was within an allowable range. In addition, the evaluation result is poor, and the gas injection part 107 is easy to bend or the gas leaks, and it does not contribute to the stability of the self-supporting and the ease of pouring, and the effect of providing the gas injection part 107 is confirmed. It means that it was not possible.

  Even when stored at any temperature, Samples 4 to 13 (repulsive force 7N or more and 26N or less) gave good results, and Sample 3 gave results within an allowable range. However, the sample 14 (repulsive force 28N) was good when stored at 23 ° C. and 40 ° C., but when stored at 50 ° C., the seal peeled from the gas injection part 107 to the side edge of the pouch 100. And gas leaked out. Sample 15 (repulsive force 30 N) was good when stored at 23 ° C., but when stored at 40 ° C. and 50 ° C., the seal peeled off and gas leaked out. Further, in Samples 1 and 2 (repulsive force 3N or less), the gas injection part 107 was easily bent and did not contribute to stable self-supporting and ease of pouring.

  Therefore, when the pouch 100 is stored at a room temperature of about 23 ° C., the repulsive force is preferably 4N or more and 30N or less, and more preferably 7N or more and 30N or less.

  In addition, when there is a possibility that the gas injection part 107 may be 50 ° C. or higher when high temperature contents are injected or left in a high temperature environment, the repulsive force is preferably 4N or more and 26N or less, 7N or more and 26N or less was confirmed to be more preferable.

(Evaluation 2)
In the above samples 1 to 15, each sample was prepared by changing the diameter R of the gas injection part 107 to 3 mm, 20 mm, and 50 mm, and stored for 1 month at 1 atm and an air temperature of 50 ° C. The sex and the ease of pouring were evaluated. The evaluation results are shown in Table 2 below. In Table 2, the result about the above-mentioned samples 1-15 whose diameter R of gas injection part 107 is 6 mm is shown again for comparison.

  The meanings of ++, +, and − in Table 2 are the same as those in Table 1. In any case, the results were good when the repulsion force was 7N or more and 26N or less. In the case of repulsive forces 28N and 30N, the result was good when the diameter R was 3 mm, but when the diameter was 6 mm or more, the gas leaked and the result was poor. When the repulsive force was 5N, the results were within the allowable range when the diameter R was 3 mm and 6 mm, and the results were good when the diameter was 20 mm and 50 mm. In the case of repulsive forces 1N and 3N, the results were all poor.

  Further, when there is a possibility that the gas injecting portion 107 becomes 50 ° C. or higher due to the high temperature contents being injected or being left in a high temperature environment, the range of the diameter R of the gas injecting portion 107 is 3 mm. It was confirmed that the repulsive force was preferably 4N or more and 26N or less, and more preferably 7N or more and 26N or less.

  As described above, the self-supporting pouch 100 including the bottom film 103 has been described as an example of the pouch. However, even a pouch that does not include a bottom film may be provided with a gas injection unit 107 in order to make the shape difficult to collapse and to facilitate the dispensing of the contents. The present invention can be applied to any pouch provided with a gas injection part regardless of its shape, size, and the like.

  The present invention is useful for a flexible package and the like, and particularly useful for a flexible package having a gas injection part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Pouch 101 1st side film 102 2nd side film 103 Bottom film 104 Extraction part 105 Storage part 106 Unsealed area 107 Gas injection part 108 Side edge part 111 Slit 112 Jig

Claims (1)

A flexible packaging having at least a first side film and a second side film, the periphery of which is sealed, and the portion surrounded by the sealed periphery being a storage part, having a self-supporting property Body,
The first side film and the second side film are provided at only one of two side edge portions that are sealed regions at the peripheral edge portions at both ends, and are surrounded by the sealed region, A gas injection part into which gas is injected without being sealed over a predetermined length in the direction ;
A pouring part provided at the other upper end of the two side edges,
The gas injection part is
Having a uniform diameter of 3 mm or more and 50 mm or less,
The gas injection part is sandwiched between the flat surfaces of two jigs having flat surfaces from the first side film side and the second side film side so as to cover the whole gas injection part, and the sandwich width is the gas injection part. of the uniform force required to crush the until half of the diameter, 23 ° C., at 1 atm, Ri der least 26N less 7N,
It is separated from the said housing portion by the sealing region of a predetermined width, ing the possession of the flexible packaging, flexible packaging.

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