JPH11155903A - Wet swab - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wet swab which enables preventing of the volatilization of a volatile liquid impregnated into a cotton hall part and moreover allows simply opening thereof without using scissors. SOLUTION: In this wet swab, a swab 1 which has a volatile liquid impregnated into a cotton ball part 3 provided at least at one end of a stick 2 is packed being sealed with a non-breathing film. A hot melting film is laminated on the internal surface of the non-breathing film and a heatproof film on the external surface thereof. The hot melting films are hot melted to be packed being sealed at a periphery part where the non-breathing films overlap while a perforation 12 for opening is provided on the heatproof film.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wet cotton swab which is excellent in handleability and can be used for various purposes such as cosmetics, washing, medical treatment and the like.

[0001]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cotton swab provided with cotton balls at both ends of a shaft has been widely used as an ear cleaning tool or the like. Recently, as an improvement of such a usual swab, a wet (wet) swab in which a cotton ball portion is impregnated with a disinfecting solution has been proposed (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 64-20857). In such a wet swab, the swab is sealed with a packaging bag in order to prevent the cotton ball portion from drying.

[0002]

The inventor of the present invention has proposed that when a cotton ball portion is impregnated with a volatile liquid such as ethyl alcohol, the cotton ball portion comes into contact with the skin during ear cleaning or the like. We found that a refreshing refreshing feeling can be obtained by evaporation. Such wet swabs are useful in pioneering new demand for swabs due to their refreshing sensation,
Since the cotton balls are impregnated with the volatile liquid, the cotton swabs must be completely sealed and packaged one by one so that the volatile liquid does not volatilize during transportation or storage. However, since the wet swab was conventionally simply sealed with a plastic film or the like, it was insufficient to prevent the volatile liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion from volatilizing. However, there is a problem that the gas gradually evaporates through the plastic film. In addition, the wet cotton swab sealed and packaged with the conventional plastic film,
When taking out from the packaging bag at the time of use, the bag must be opened using scissors or the like, so that there is a problem that the handling is complicated.

Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned technical problems and to provide a wet swab in which the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion does not easily volatilize even when stored for a long period of time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a hermetically sealed wet swab that can be easily opened without using scissors or the like. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a wet swab capable of giving a refreshing feeling to a user's skin by a volatile liquid impregnated in a cotton ball portion.

[0004]

A wet cotton swab of the present invention is characterized in that a cotton ball portion provided at at least one end of a shaft is impregnated with a liquid and hermetically sealed and packaged with a non-breathable film. . Preferably, in the wet swab of the present invention, a heat-fusible film is laminated on the inner surface of the non-permeable film, and the heat-fusible films are heat-sealed to each other at a peripheral portion where the non-permeable films overlap each other. It is sealed and sealed.

As the non-permeable film, an aluminum foil is preferably used. As described above, since the wet swab of the present invention is sealed and packaged with a non-breathable film such as aluminum foil, even when stored in a packaged state for a long time, the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion is volatilized. There is no. In particular, when the peripheral portion of the air-impermeable film is sealed with the heat-fusible film as described above, it is effective to prevent the volatilization of the liquid from the cotton ball portion.

Another wet swab of the present invention is a wet swab that is hermetically packaged with a non-breathable film in a state in which a liquid is impregnated in a cotton ball portion provided on at least one end of a shaft. A heat-fusible film is laminated on the inner surface of the non-breathable film, and a heat-resistant film is laminated on the outer surface, and the heat-fusible films on the inner surface are heat-fused with each other at a peripheral portion where the non-breathable films overlap each other. And the heat-resistant film is provided with perforations for opening.

In the present invention, since only the front heat-resistant film having the highest tear strength is provided with a perforation for opening, the cotton ball portion is formed by the non-breathable film located inside the heat-resistant film. In addition, the film can be easily opened by simply pulling both ends of the anti-drying film in which the cotton swab is sealed and packed at the time of use, since the film is torn at the perforations. The liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion may contain a cosmetic component, and the liquid may be a cleaning liquid (organic solvent, cleaning agent-containing aqueous solution, etc.), and may be used for plaque, tartar, etc. It may be a test solution for determining the soiling of teeth based on the like. Further, when the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion is a volatile liquid, the volatile liquid is volatilized from the cotton ball portion in contact with the skin when the swab is used, so that a refreshing feeling can be given to the user. it can.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a wet swab of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the wet swab of this embodiment is obtained by independently sealingly packing a plurality of swabs 1 one by one and connecting them individually so as to be detachable. The swab 1 comprises a shaft 2 and a cotton ball portion 3 formed by winding cotton around both ends thereof. The cotton ball portion 3 is impregnated with a liquid. As the shaft 2, for example, a plastic core, a paper core, or the like can be used.

The liquid to be impregnated into the cotton ball portion 3 is appropriately selected according to the application and purpose of use, and includes, for example, water, organic solvents, oils and the like in addition to volatile liquids. Examples of the volatile liquid include alcohols such as ethyl alcohol. These may be used alone, or may be used as a mixture with water or the like. If necessary, a chemical such as a disinfectant, a humectant, or the like may be added to the liquid. In the present invention, it is particularly preferable to use a liquid containing a cosmetic component. As cosmetic ingredients, aloe extract, collagen,
Examples include plant extracts such as lotion, baby oil, baby lotion, mugwort extract, loofah extract, rice bran extract, and various flavors. As long as these cosmetic components are liquid, they may be impregnated directly into the cotton ball portion, or may be dissolved in a solvent such as water and impregnated into the cotton ball portion.

[0010] Further, instead of the cosmetic component, a cleaning agent such as a solvent, a dental test solution (for example, a test solution applied to the surface of a tooth to determine the degree of stain on a tooth by a colored color) may be used directly or appropriately. It can be used by dissolving it in a suitable solvent. Drying prevention films 4 and 5 for wrapping each swab 1
As shown in FIG. 3, a heat-fusible film 6, a non-breathable film 7, a heat-fusible film 8, and a heat-resistant film 9 are laminated and integrated in this order. Examples of the heat-fusible films 6 and 8 include polyethylene, examples of the non-permeable film 7 include aluminum foil, and examples of the heat-resistant film 9 include polyethylene terephthalate. Although the thickness of each film can be set as appropriate, the thickness of the heat-fusible film 6 is 20 to 60 μm.
m, the thickness of the air-impermeable film 7 is about 3 to 15 μm, the thickness of the heat-fusible film 8 is about 10 to 20 μm, and the thickness of the heat-resistant film 9 is about 8 to 16 μm.

In order to seal the swab 1 with the anti-drying films 4 and 5, the two films 4 and 5 are arranged above and below the swab 1 such that the heat-fusible films 6 on one side thereof face each other. 10 and the side edge portion 11 are each heated and pressurized and heat-sealed to form a sealed bag whose peripheral edge is heat-sealed. As shown in FIG. 1, each sealed bag body is formed in a long band shape which is detachably connected while accommodating the cotton swab 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the heat-resistant film 9 disposed outside the anti-drying films 4 and 5 in a state where the swab 1 is wrapped with the anti-drying films 4 and 5 includes:
A perforation 12 for opening is formed.

The shape of the perforation 12 can be arbitrarily determined, and may be, for example, a shape formed in a dotted line along the opening direction as shown in FIG. 4, or a shape as shown in FIG. Perforation 12 '. Also,
A plurality of rows of perforations 12 are formed in the opening area 13. The opening area 13 is, as shown in FIG.
A region where the films 4 and 5 are cleaved when both ends of the films 4 and 5 forming the bag are pulled in opposite directions, and are formed substantially at the center of the bag.

As described above, in this embodiment, the cotton swab 1 in which the cotton ball portion 3 is impregnated with the volatile liquid is hermetically packaged in a bag formed by heat-sealing the anti-drying films 4 and 5. I have. Since the unsealing area 13 composed of a plurality of rows of perforations 12 is formed in the anti-drying films 4 and 5, both ends of the anti-drying films 4 and 5 in which the cotton swab 1 is sealed and packaged are opposite to each other. By pulling (the pulling direction is indicated by an arrow f in FIG. 2), the opening area 13 is opened.
As a result, the films 4 and 5 are cleaved, so that the swab 1 can be easily taken out.

Further, since the perforations 12 are formed only on the heat-resistant film 9 disposed on the outside of the bag, the non-breathable film 7 located on the inside thereof allows
The volatile liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion 3 is prevented from volatilizing. Further, since the volatile liquid is impregnated in the cotton ball portion 3 of the cotton swab 1 removed from the bags of the anti-drying films 4 and 5, when the cotton ball portion 3 comes into contact with the skin, the volatile liquid is removed. A refreshing refreshing sensation can be obtained by the evaporation of water. Further, when the wet swab of the present invention is used, dirt that cannot be removed with a dry ordinary swab can be easily removed by rubbing with a swab swollen with a volatile liquid, and Therefore, there is an advantage that drying is promptly performed after removing the stain.

[0015]

The wet cotton swab of the present invention is sealed and packaged with a non-breathable film such as aluminum foil in a state where the liquid is impregnated in the cotton ball provided at at least one end of the shaft. Thus, there is an effect that the liquid is prevented from volatilizing, and long-term storage is possible.

Further, since the heat-resistant film laminated on the outer surface of the non-breathable film is provided with perforations, there is also an effect that opening can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an anti-drying film according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged plan view showing a shape of a perforation in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged plan view showing another perforated shape in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cotton swab 2 axis 3 Cotton ball part 6 Heat fusible film 7 Non-breathable film 9 Heat resistant film 12 Perforation

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A wet cotton swab, wherein a cotton ball portion provided at at least one end of a shaft is impregnated with a liquid and hermetically sealed and packaged with a non-breathable film. 2. A heat-sealing film is laminated on the inner surface of the air-impermeable film, and the heat-seamable films are heat-sealed at a peripheral portion where the air-impermeable films overlap each other, thereby sealing and packaging. The wet swab of claim 1 wherein said swab is made. 3. The wet swab according to claim 1, wherein the non-breathable film is an aluminum foil. 4. A wet cotton swab hermetically sealed with an air-impermeable film in a state where a liquid is impregnated in a cotton ball portion provided at at least one end of a shaft, wherein a heat-fused inner surface of the air-impermeable film is provided. The heat-resistant film is laminated on the outer surface, and the non-breathable film is hermetically sealed by heat-sealing the heat-fusible films on the inner surface at the peripheral portion where they are overlapped with each other, And a perforation for opening the heat-resistant film. 5. A wet swab according to claim 4, wherein said heat-fusible film, air-impermeable film and heat-resistant film are a polyethylene film, an aluminum foil and a polyethylene terephthalate film, respectively. 6. The wet cotton swab according to claim 1, wherein the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion contains a cosmetic component. 7. The wet swab according to claim 1, wherein the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion is a cleaning liquid. 8. The wet swab according to claim 1, wherein the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion is a test solution for determining soiling of teeth. 9. The wet swab according to claim 1, wherein the liquid impregnated in the cotton ball portion is a volatile liquid.