JP7400368B2 - sanitary paper storage container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a bag-shaped sanitary paper storage container made of a flexible film, which stores a large number of sanitary papers folded in a pop-up manner, and has perforations that form slits for taking out the sanitary papers. It is something.

A sanitary paper storage container is known in which sanitary paper such as paper hand towels is folded in a pop-up manner and stored in a stacked state. Sanitary paper storage containers include paper-made carton-shaped containers (hereinafter also referred to as "carton-shaped storage containers"), as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, and those made of paper, such as those disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example. Another example is a bag-shaped container (hereinafter also referred to as a "bag-shaped storage container") made of a flexible film.

The former carton-like storage container has a stable shape and is easy to take out the sanitary paper, so it is mainly provided and used in the home. Among the latter bag-like storage containers, there are small and thin ones such as so-called pocket tissues that are portable and used, but bag-like storage containers of the same size as carton-like storage containers are smaller than carton-like storage containers. Because they have good manufacturing and transportation efficiency and can be provided at low cost, they are mainly provided to corporations and are used in offices, factories, etc.

Utility Model Registration No. 3109997 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-183034

By the way, bag-shaped storage containers made of film are usually used by being placed on a horizontal surface such as a tabletop, but when used at home, for example, there may be cases where there is no suitable space for placing the container in the desired location.
In addition, in the case of a sanitary paper storage container that stores paper hand towels, for example, because the paper hand towels are taken out from above the sanitary paper storage container with wet hands, water may leak into the sanitary paper storage container and the unused paper hand towels inside. It may drip and get wet.

This project was developed with a focus on these issues, and is a bag-shaped sanitary paper storage container made of film that can be installed without requiring space and that prevents unused sanitary paper from getting wet. The purpose is to Note that this purpose is not limited to this purpose, but also includes functions and effects derived from each configuration shown in "Details for Carrying Out the Invention" that will be described later, which cannot be obtained with conventional techniques. It can be positioned for other purposes.

The sanitary paper storage container of the present invention stores a large number of sanitary papers folded in a pop-up manner, and has perforations forming slits for taking out the sanitary papers, and is made of a flexible film and is shaped like a bag. This sanitary paper storage container is characterized in that a hanging hole is formed at at least one end in the direction in which the perforations extend.

Preferably, two hanging holes are formed in a pair at the one end.
It is preferable that the inner edge of the hanging hole has sawtooth-like unevenness.
It is preferable that the hanging holes are formed at both the one end and the other end in a direction opposite to the one end.

When the sanitary paper is full before use, it is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes two end faces at both ends in the longitudinal direction and four rectangular faces between the two end faces, and the hanging The lowering hole is formed in an ear provided on at least one of the two end face parts, and the perforation is arranged on any one of the four rectangular face parts, and the perforation is arranged along the longitudinal direction. Preferably, it is processed.
It is preferable that the perforations are formed partially in the central portion excluding the longitudinal ends.
The perforation is located at a position offset from the center in the width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in the front part of the four rectangular face parts of the packaging bag that faces the front when the packaging bag is hung. It is preferable.
It is preferable that the perforations are arranged near the boundary between the front part, which faces the front when the packaging bag is hung, and the side part, which faces the side when the packaging bag is hung, among the four rectangular face parts. .
Preferably, the ear portion is formed by polymerizing the flexible film and is provided with a reinforcing structure.
Preferably, the sanitary paper is one of paper hand towels, kitchen paper, paper towels, and wipes.

According to the present invention, a sanitary paper storage container that is normally placed on a horizontal surface can be used by being hung from a hook on an upright surface such as a wall. Thereby, it can be used even in places where there is not enough space to place the sanitary paper storage container, and it is possible to prevent unused sanitary paper from getting wet.

It is a figure which shows the sanitary paper storage container based on 1st Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a perspective view of the state mounted on the horizontal surface, and (b) is a front view. It is a figure which shows the usage state of the sanitary paper storage container based on 1st Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a perspective view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is directed to the vertical direction, and it is suspended, (b) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the container suspended with its longitudinal direction facing the horizontal direction. It is a figure which shows the sanitary paper storage container based on 2nd Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a front view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is orientated to the vertical direction, (b) is a front view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is oriented vertically. FIG. It is a figure which shows the sanitary paper storage container based on 3rd Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a front view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is oriented horizontally, (b) is a front view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is horizontally FIG. It is a figure which shows the sanitary paper storage container based on 4th Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a partial front view of the state where the longitudinal direction of a container is orientated to the vertical direction, (b) is a hole for hanging. FIG. 3(c) is an enlarged front view showing a hanging hole portion which is engaged with a hook.

Hereinafter, a sanitary paper storage container as an embodiment will be described.
The sanitary paper storage container stores a large number of sheets of sanitary paper folded in a pop-up manner. Examples of sanitary paper include paper hand towels, kitchen paper, paper dish towels, wipes, and other papers that are thicker than so-called tissue paper and can absorb a large amount of moisture even with a single sheet. Here, a sanitary paper storage container (also simply referred to as a "storage container") that stores paper hand towels (simply referred to as "paper towels" or "sheets") as sanitary paper will be described.

Note that "folded in a pop-up style" refers to sheet pieces in which each sheet formed in a rectangular shape is folded in two, and the sheet pieces are stacked downward between the two folded sheet pieces. This is a state in which a large number of sheets are stacked, with the sheet pieces of the sheets stacked above being inserted. As a result, when one sheet (or one set of sheets) is taken out from the slit-shaped opening (slit) of the storage container, some of the sheet pieces of the sheets stacked below protrude from the opening and are taken out one by one in a pop-up manner. .

[First embodiment]
First, a first embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), a bag-shaped storage container 1 made of a flexible film is fully stored with at least a predetermined number (for example, 200 sheets) of sanitary paper 10. It is formed into an almost rectangular parallelepiped. When the storage container 1 is placed horizontally, the vertical direction (also called height direction) is H, the short side direction (also called width direction) in the horizontal direction is W, and the long side direction (longitudinal direction) in the horizontal direction is ) is L.

The size (length) of the storage container 1 in the width direction W is slightly larger than the length of the short side of the sanitary paper 10 folded in two, and the size (length) of the storage container 1 in the longitudinal direction L is slightly larger than the length of the long side of the sanitary paper 10 folded in two. Further, the size (height) of the storage container 1 in the height direction H is approximately equal to or slightly larger than the stacking height of the sanitary paper 10 when it is full.

In addition, when the storage container 1 is placed horizontally, the upward facing surface is the upper surface part 11 and the downward facing surface is the lower surface part 12, and among the four vertical parts standing between the upper surface part 11 and the lower surface part 12, The two surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction L are side surfaces 13 and 14, and the two surfaces extending in the width direction W among the four vertical surfaces are end surfaces 15 and 16. In other words, the storage container 1 has two end surfaces 15 and 16 at both ends in the longitudinal direction L, and four rectangular surfaces between these two end surfaces 15 and 16 (the upper surface 11, the lower surface 12, the side surface parts 13 and 14). A perforation 18 is formed in the upper surface portion 11 along the longitudinal direction L to form a slit 17 for taking out the sanitary paper.

As the flexible film constituting the storage container 1, for example, polyolefins such as polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) can be used, but other materials such as polyethylene terephthalate, which are used for this type of storage container, can be used. You can use common ones. Further, the flexible film may be a laminate film in which several films are laminated. However, in order to provide a remaining amount visual confirmation part for checking the remaining amount of the internal sheet, it is preferable to use a transparent or translucent material. Note that the portion other than the remaining amount visual confirmation portion may be printed or the like.

The storage container 1 is formed by, for example, forming such a flexible film into a cylindrical shape, inserting a bundle 100 of a predetermined number of laminated sanitary papers 10 into the cylindrical shape, and then joining both ends. Ru. In other words, when a bundle 100 of sanitary paper 10 is inserted into a cylindrical flexible film, the surplus end in the longitudinal direction L of each side surface 13, 14 (the part protruding in the longitudinal direction L from the end of the bundle 100) ) are folded, and the extra ends of the upper surface part 11 in the longitudinal direction L are overlapped with the excess ends of the lower surface part 12 in the longitudinal direction L, and these are joined by heat fusion etc. to make it flat. I'm finishing it. As a result, end face portions 15 and 16 are also formed.

Therefore, this flattened portion (hereinafter also referred to as an ear portion) 19 is formed protruding from the end face portions 15 and 16. The ear portion 19 extends in a band shape in the width direction W of the storage container 1, and the width of the band (length in the longitudinal direction L of the storage container 1) is formed to be larger than a certain size. Furthermore, the ear portion 19 formed by gathering the respective surplus edges of the upper surface portion 11, the lower surface portion 12, and the side portions 13 and 14 has a rigidity above a certain level.

This ear portion 19 is formed with a hanging hole 20 for hanging the storage container 1 from a hook on an upright surface such as a wall. In this embodiment, two hanging holes 20 are formed in each of the ears 19 at both ends of the storage container 1, and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line CL, which is the center in the width direction W. ing. The inner diameter of the hanging hole 20 is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the hook provided on the wall surface. The width of the ear portion 19 is set to be larger than a certain value, which means that the width of the ear portion 19 is set to be large enough to form the hanging hole portion 20.

Note that the perforations 18 are formed in advance at required locations on the cylindrical flexible film. In this embodiment, the perforations 18 are arranged on the center line CL of the upper surface portion 11. This perforation 18 is not formed over the entire longitudinal direction L of the upper surface portion 11, but is formed partially in the center portion in the longitudinal direction L. Therefore, the slit 17 formed by tearing the perforation 18 is formed only in the central portion of the upper surface portion 11 in the longitudinal direction L, and is not formed in both ends.

Since the storage container 1 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, it can also be hung vertically with the longitudinal direction L facing the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. 2(a). As shown in FIG. 2(b), it can also be used by hanging horizontally with the longitudinal direction L facing the horizontal direction.
In either case, the upper surface section 11 having the perforations 18 is used facing forward (ie, as the front section).

When hanging vertically, the two hanging holes 20 formed in one end surface 15 (or 16) are hung from two hooks 30, 30 provided on a wall surface. When hanging horizontally, the two hanging holes 20 formed on one side of both end surfaces 15 and 16 are hung from two hooks 30 and 30 provided on the wall surface.

In this way, since it can be used by being hung from the hook 30 provided on a wall surface or the like, it can be installed without requiring much space. Furthermore, when the storage container 1 is placed on a table or the like, if you try to take out the paper towel 10 from above with wet hands, water droplets may drip onto the unused paper towel 10 and make it wet. When used in a hanging manner, the paper towel 10 is taken out from the side, which reduces the risk of the unused paper towel 10 getting wet.

In addition, by hanging from the two hooks 30, 30, the load of the storage container 1 is distributed to two points, so the shape of the storage container 1 can be easily maintained even when it is suspended, and the paper towel 10 can be easily taken out. Therefore, damage to the storage container 1 is also avoided or suppressed.

In particular, when used horizontally, the two hanging holes 20 formed on one side of the end surfaces 15 and 16 are hung on two hooks 30 and 30 provided on the wall. When used, the storage container 1 can be hung in a more stable state, the shape of the storage container 1 can be easily maintained even in a suspended state, and even if the contents of the storage container 1 (paper towels 10) decrease, the paper towels 10 can be hung more stably. Easy to take out.

In addition, since the ear portion 19 has a rigidity above a certain level, the shape of the ear portion 19 does not easily collapse even when used by hanging it from the hook 30. In particular, as the ear portion 19 is used, Although the number of paper towels 10 is reduced, it becomes difficult for the storage container 1 to maintain its shape, but by ensuring the rigidity of the ears 19, deformation of the storage container 1 is suppressed and ease of use is ensured.

Furthermore, since the perforation 18 is partially formed in the center portion of the upper surface portion 11 in the longitudinal direction L, the slit 17 formed by tearing the perforation 18 is formed at both ends of the upper surface portion 11 in the longitudinal direction L. is not formed. Therefore, the rigidity of the storage container 1 is ensured, and from this point of view as well, deformation of the storage container 1 is suppressed, and ease of use is ensured, such as making it easier to take out the paper towel 10.

[Second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b), the storage container 1A of this embodiment has three hanging holes 20 formed in the ears 19 only on one end surface 16. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment, and other than this, the structure is the same as that of the first embodiment.

According to the storage container 1A of this embodiment, the storage container 1A can be used by hanging it on the three hooks 30, 30, 30 by using all three hanging holes 20. , it can be used more stably than the shape and posture of the storage container 1A, and ease of use is improved.
Of course, the two hanging holes 20 on the left and right sides can be used to hang the storage container 1A on the two hooks 30, 30, or only the central hanging hole 20 can be used. Then, the storage container 1A can be hung on one hook 30 and used.

[Third embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b), in the storage container 1B of this embodiment, three hanging holes 20 formed in the ear portion 19 are formed in both end surfaces 15 and 16, respectively. The difference from the first embodiment is that the perforations 18 are offset from the center line CL of the upper surface portion 11, and the other points are that are configured similarly.

According to the storage container 1A of this embodiment, the storage container 1B can be suspended in various ways by appropriately utilizing the three hanging holes 20 as in the second embodiment.
Further, since the perforation 18 is offset from the center line CL of the upper surface portion 11, it is easy to use when taking out the paper towel 10 from a specific direction (direction offset from the center line CL of the upper surface portion 11). In particular, as shown in FIG. 4(b), it is easy to use when the storage container 1B is hung horizontally and the paper towel 10 is taken out diagonally from above.

Furthermore, if the perforation 18 is offset slightly (for example, by several millimeters) from the center line CL of the upper surface part 11, the usability will be almost the same as when the perforation 18 is provided on the center line CL of the upper surface part 11. Although this does not change, the end of the perforation 18 (the end of the slit 17) is less likely to tear, and the rigidity of the storage container 1 is more likely to be ensured than in the case where it is provided on the center line CL. Thereby, even if the number of paper towels 10 in the storage container 1B decreases, it becomes easy to take out the paper towels 10.

[Fourth embodiment]
Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.
While the shape of the hanging hole 20 according to the first to third embodiments is circular, as shown in FIGS. The hanging hole 21 formed in the hole 21 has saw blade-like unevenness (a recess 21a and a protrusion 21b) formed on its inner edge, and is formed in a star shape. This point is different from the first embodiment, and other than this, the configuration is the same as the first embodiment.

Note that the maximum inner diameter d1 of the hanging hole 21 (the inner diameter where the concave portion 21a is located) is set larger than the outer diameter d3 of the locking portion of the hook 30, and the minimum inner diameter of the hanging hole 21 (the inner diameter where the convex portion The inner diameter (inner diameter) d2 where the hook 21b is located is set smaller than the outer diameter d3 of the locking portion of the hook 30.

According to the storage container 1C of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. Since the engagement area between the inner edge of 21 and the hook 30 increases, the suspended storage container 1C becomes more stable. Thereby, even if the number of paper towels 10 in the storage container 1C decreases, it becomes easy to take out the paper towels 10.

In addition, since the inner edge of the hanging hole 21 is pressed and deformed to hang on the hook 30 so as to expand the diameter of the saw-blade-shaped convex portion 21b, the rigidity of the deformed convex portion 21b is also affected by the engagement with the hook 30. Acts as a resultant force. Also from this point of view, the storage container 1C can be stably locked. Moreover, since the load is dispersed at the inner edge of the hanging hole 21, damage to the ear portion 19 of the storage container 1C is avoided or suppressed.

〔others〕
Although each embodiment has been described above, the present invention can be implemented by appropriately changing the above embodiments.
For example, in the above embodiment, an example was described in which two or three hanging holes 20, 21 were formed in the ear part 19, but the number of hanging holes is not limited and may be one. You can.

Further, the storage containers 1, 1A to 1C are formed by forming a flexible film into a cylindrical shape, inserting a bundle 100 of sanitary paper 10 stacked by a predetermined number of sheets into the cylindrical shape, and then joining both ends. However, the method of manufacturing the storage containers 1, 1A to 1C is not limited to this example.

In the embodiment described above, the ear portion 19 has a reinforced structure in which the excess edges in the longitudinal direction L of the upper surface portion 11, lower surface portion 12, and side portions 13, 14 are overlapped and joined to form a flat surface. Although rigidity is ensured, a reinforcing sheet may be added separately and reinforced by polymerization.

Further, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4(b), perforations 18a may be formed on the side surface. In particular, when the storage container 1B is hung horizontally and the paper towel 10 is taken out from diagonally above or below, there is a perforation near the corner C of the boundary between the top surface (front part) and the side surfaces 13 and 14 on the side to be taken out. By providing this, the shape of the storage container becomes stable, and even if the amount of sanitary paper in the storage container decreases, it becomes easier to take out the sanitary paper.

1, 1A, 1B, 1C Sanitary paper storage container (storage container)
10 Paper hand towel (paper towel, sheet) as sanitary paper
11 Upper surface part of storage container 1 (front part, rectangular surface part)
12 Lower surface part (rectangular surface part) of storage container 1
13, 14 Side surface part (rectangular surface part) of storage container 1
11a, 12a, 13a, 14a Edge 15, 16 End face of storage container 1 17 Slit 18, 18a Perforation 19 Ear 20, 21 Hanging hole 21a Recess 21b Convex 30 Hook 100 Bunch of sanitary paper 10 H Vertical direction (height direction) of storage container 1
W Short side direction (width direction) of storage container 1
L Long side direction of storage container 1 (longitudinal direction)

Claims (7)

A bag-shaped sanitary paper storage container made of a flexible film that stores a large number of sanitary papers folded in a pop-up manner and has perforations forming slits for taking out the sanitary papers, the container comprising:
Hanging holes are formed at both longitudinal ends of the sanitary paper storage container where the perforations extend;
When the sanitary paper is full before use, it is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes two end face portions at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and four rectangular face portions between the two end face portions,
The perforation is located in the vicinity of the boundary between the front part and the side part that faces to the side when the sanitary paper storage container is hung , in the front part of the four rectangular face parts that faces the front when the sanitary paper storage container is hung . A sanitary paper storage container characterized by being arranged in a. 2. The sanitary paper storage container according to claim 1, wherein two hanging holes are formed in pairs at each of the both ends. The sanitary paper storage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner edge of the hanging hole is provided with saw-blade-like unevenness. The hanging hole is formed in an ear provided on at least one of the two end face parts,
The sanitary paper storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the perforations are processed along the longitudinal direction. 5. The sanitary paper storage container according to claim 4, wherein the perforations are partially formed in the center portion excluding the longitudinal ends . 6. The sanitary paper storage container according to claim 4 , wherein the ear portion is formed by polymerizing the flexible film and is provided with a reinforcing structure. The sanitary paper storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the sanitary paper is any one of a paper hand towel, kitchen paper, a paper towel, and a wiper.

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