US20040057637A1 - Pouch with a straw hole and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
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- B65D75/5894—Preformed openings provided in a wall portion and covered by a separate removable flexible element
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
- B65D75/008—Standing pouches, i.e. "Standbeutel"
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- the present invention relates to a pouch making it possible for users to insert a straw from a straw hole into inside the inside of the pouch for drinking such drinks as juice or milk therein as well as to a method of manufacturing the same.
- the pouch In a case of a pouch for drinks with a straw hole, the pouch is automatically manufactured by a bag making machine, so that substantial contrivance is required for sealing the straw hole from inside of the pouch.
- a seal tape 22 is set inside the pouch in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 5 so that the seal tape 22 covers the straw hole 21 from inside thereof, and a circumference of the straw hole 21 indicated by the sign W in FIG. 7 and portions 24 , 24 a crossing the side seals 23 , 23 a in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 respectively are heat-sealed.
- the thickness of the pouch 20 in the section where the seal tape 22 is applied becomes larger as compared to those in other areas thereof, and when this pouches 20 are set in a magazine of an automatic filling machine or the like, the pouches 20 are not well aligned, which may easily cause troubles.
- the content is easily stuck to and deposited on the tape 22 a , and fungus or bacteria deposited on the tape 22 a may cause contamination of the content.
- the present invention was made in the light of the circumstances as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sanitary pouch with a straw hole which causes no trouble when the content is filled therein, and which does not generate any pin holes in the side-sealed sections, and also which does not cause any trouble in an automatic filling machine, and to provide a method of manufacturing the pouch with a straw hole.
- FIG. 1A is an explanatory view showing a standing pouch according to the present invention
- FIG. 1B is an explanatory view showing a gazette pouch according to the present invention.
- FIG. 1C is an explanatory view showing a standing pouch having cutting portion on the both sides;
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a cross section taken along the line A-A′ in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a front view seen in the direction a in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for a method of manufacturing the pouch according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a pouch with a straw hole based on the conventional technology
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B′-B′ of FIG. 5;
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the straw hole based on the conventional technology.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 each show a pouch according to the present invention.
- a pouch 1 according to the present invention has a straw hole sealing material 3 slightly larger than a straw hole 2 heat-sealed from the inner side of the straw hole 2 formed on a front-side film 4 .
- FIG. 4 shows a method of manufacturing the pouch 1 described above, and in this method, at first the straw hole 2 is punched by a straw hole punching machine 12 on the front-side film 4 . Then a seal-material tape 6 is fed to the back side of this straw hole 2 .
- This seal tape 6 has a hole temporally punched (or partially punched) by a temporally punching machine 13 a with the size slightly larger than that of the straw hole 2 .
- the temporally punched section 13 of this seal material tape 6 is guided to the back side of the straw hole 2 , and then a periphery of the temporally punched section 13 is temporally heat-sealed by a temporally heat-sealing device 7 .
- the sign 15 indicates a reel which winds up the seal material tape 6 a after the seal material 3 is punched out therefrom.
- the seal material of the invention does not interfere with the side seal section, so that no pin holes are generated in the side seal section.
- the pouch of the invention does not become thicker by the thickness of the seal material, so that no trouble occurs when the content is filled therein.
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- The present invention relates to a pouch making it possible for users to insert a straw from a straw hole into inside the inside of the pouch for drinking such drinks as juice or milk therein as well as to a method of manufacturing the same.
- In a case of a pouch for drinks with a straw hole, the pouch is automatically manufactured by a bag making machine, so that substantial contrivance is required for sealing the straw hole from inside of the pouch.
- In one of the methods known currently, a
seal tape 22 is set inside the pouch in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 5 so that theseal tape 22 covers thestraw hole 21 from inside thereof, and a circumference of thestraw hole 21 indicated by the sign W in FIG. 7 andportions side seals - Because of this feature, inside the
pouch 20, a portion other than the heat-sealed area of theseal tape 22 is separated from thepouch 20 toward the content therein as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and this separated portion of thetape 22 a sometimes cause troubles in filling content in the bag. Further the thickness of the sections where side seals 24, 24 a are applied to theseal tape 22 is larger by the thickness of theseal tape 22 than thatside seals other side seals - In addition, as the thickness of the
pouch 20 in the section where theseal tape 22 is applied becomes larger as compared to those in other areas thereof, and when thispouches 20 are set in a magazine of an automatic filling machine or the like, thepouches 20 are not well aligned, which may easily cause troubles. - Further, the content is easily stuck to and deposited on the
tape 22 a, and fungus or bacteria deposited on thetape 22 a may cause contamination of the content. - The present invention was made in the light of the circumstances as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sanitary pouch with a straw hole which causes no trouble when the content is filled therein, and which does not generate any pin holes in the side-sealed sections, and also which does not cause any trouble in an automatic filling machine, and to provide a method of manufacturing the pouch with a straw hole.
- FIG. 1A is an explanatory view showing a standing pouch according to the present invention;
- FIG. 1B is an explanatory view showing a gazette pouch according to the present invention;
- FIG. 1C is an explanatory view showing a standing pouch having cutting portion on the both sides;
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a cross section taken along the line A-A′ in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a front view seen in the direction a in FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for a method of manufacturing the pouch according to the present invention;
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a pouch with a straw hole based on the conventional technology;
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B′-B′ of FIG. 5; and
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the straw hole based on the conventional technology.
- FIGS.1 to 3 each show a pouch according to the present invention. A
pouch 1 according to the present invention has a strawhole sealing material 3 slightly larger than astraw hole 2 heat-sealed from the inner side of thestraw hole 2 formed on a front-side film 4. - FIG. 4 shows a method of manufacturing the
pouch 1 described above, and in this method, at first thestraw hole 2 is punched by a strawhole punching machine 12 on the front-side film 4. Then a seal-material tape 6 is fed to the back side of thisstraw hole 2. Thisseal tape 6 has a hole temporally punched (or partially punched) by a temporallypunching machine 13 a with the size slightly larger than that of thestraw hole 2. The temporally punchedsection 13 of thisseal material tape 6 is guided to the back side of thestraw hole 2, and then a periphery of the temporally punchedsection 13 is temporally heat-sealed by a temporally heat-sealing device 7. Then thefront side film 4 and arear side film 5 are aligned with each other bypinch rollers machine 7 is finally sealed by a finallysealing machine 11. Then, after abottom seal 9 a is applied by abottom seal bar 9, aside seal 8 a is applied by aside seal bar 8, and finally the bags are cut into discrete pieces by acutter 10. - In this figure, the
sign 15 indicates a reel which winds up theseal material tape 6 a after theseal material 3 is punched out therefrom. - As described above, in the pouch with a straw hole according to the present invention, only the back side of the straw hole is heat-sealed with a seal material, which provides the following advantageous effects.
- 1. In a manner that is different from the conventional type of pouches, there is no odd portion of the seal material of the invention that may cause a problem when the content is filled therein.
- 2. In a manner that is different from the conventional type of pouches, the seal material of the invention does not interfere with the side seal section, so that no pin holes are generated in the side seal section.
- 3. In a manner that is different from the conventional type of pouches, the pouch of the invention does not become thicker by the thickness of the seal material, so that no trouble occurs when the content is filled therein.
- 4. There is no odd tape left inside the pouch of the invention after sealing, so that the pouch is not contaminated by fungus or bacteria and the inside is always kept clean.
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