US20190375553A1 - Lightweight Continuous Band for the Manufacture of Bags for Fruit and Vegetable Produce and Similar Products - Google Patents

Lightweight Continuous Band for the Manufacture of Bags for Fruit and Vegetable Produce and Similar Products Download PDF

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US20190375553A1
US20190375553A1 US16/479,298 US201816479298A US2019375553A1 US 20190375553 A1 US20190375553 A1 US 20190375553A1 US 201816479298 A US201816479298 A US 201816479298A US 2019375553 A1 US2019375553 A1 US 2019375553A1
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    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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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
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    • B65D33/01—Ventilation or drainage of bags
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/06—Handles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • B31B2155/001—Flexible containers made from webs by folding webs longitudinally
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00—Flexible containers made from webs
    • B31B2155/002—Flexible containers made from webs by joining superimposed webs, e.g. with separate bottom webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2170/00—Construction of flexible containers
    • B31B2170/20—Construction of flexible containers having multi-layered walls, e.g. laminated or lined
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B70/81—Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
    • B31B70/82—Forming or attaching windows
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/04—Windows or other apertures, e.g. for viewing contents
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
    • B65D85/52—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs

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  • the object of the present invention is an innovative continuous band featuring windows closed by fragments of plastic material, said fragments having a plurality of holes evenly distributed throughout their surface.
  • Continuous bands for the manufacture of bags are well known, these are joined along their longitudinal edges to form a continuous tube which is divisible into a plurality of sections corresponding to the respective bags.
  • the bags When the product contained in the bags is fruit and vegetable produce and similar products, the bags must provide appropriate ventilation, this being achieved in various ways, quoting by way of an example that the material of the bag may be of a reticular nature or that the band may feature windows, usually closed by mesh fragments; these solutions also enable consumers to see the product packaged.
  • one of the drawbacks is the impossibility to include any type of printed information, and another drawback is the damage which the filaments may inflict on the product.
  • the solution which combines windows and mesh fragments enables the printing of any type of information and the visual inspection of the product, but for the bag to feature sufficient mechanical strength, the thickness of the filaments of the mesh must be considerable, entailing a greater use of plastic products and consequently an increase in costs.
  • the present invention advocates a continuous band which, for the closing of the windows, includes fragments of plastic material featuring a plurality of holes evenly distributed throughout their surface, which solves the aforementioned drawbacks, enabling the printing on the areas without windows, and the visual inspection of the product, and additionally, the weight of a fragment of plastic material with its corresponding holes, providing the same mechanical strength as a mesh fragment of like dimensions, is approximately 40% less; there is thus a saving in the materials employed, entailing financial savings and less use of products which, when they become waste, are difficult to eliminate.
  • the lightweight continuous band for the manufacture of bags for fruit and vegetable produce and similar products which is the object of the present invention, consists of a continuous sheet of plastic of the same width as that of the aforementioned band; said band features at each of the aforementioned sectors one or more windows of like or different sizes; at least one of the windows is closed by means of a fragment of plastic material of a shape and dimensions suited to said at least one window, and whose edges are fixed to the periphery of the same by thermo-welding or similar procedure; said fragment of plastic material features a plurality of stamped holes of like size, which are evenly distributed throughout the surface of said fragment.
  • the continuous sheet should have no windows, and to stamp throughout its surface or in areas chosen beforehand a plurality of holes; however, to obtain a bag with the same mechanical strength as that obtained by the present invention, this would imply that the thickness of the continuous sheet of plastic would be greater, thus eliminating the saving in material and costs, as well as increasing the environmental problems generated when discarding the bags.
  • FIG. 1 portrays a perspective view of one sector of the continuous band.
  • FIG. 2 portrays a perspective view of one sector of the continuous band.
  • FIG. 3 portrays a perspective view of the fragment of plastic material.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 portray a preferred embodiment of the lightweight continuous band for the manufacture of bags for fruit and vegetable produce and similar products which is the object of the present invention, and which features a handle ( 4 ).
  • the continuous band ( 1 ) is formed by a continuous sheet ( 2 ) of plastic of the same width as that of the aforementioned band; said band features at each of the aforementioned sectors one or more windows ( 5 ) of like or different sizes; at least one of the windows is closed by means of a fragment ( 3 ) of plastic material of a shape and dimensions suited to said at least one window, and whose edges are fixed to the periphery of the same by thermo-welding or similar procedure; said fragment of plastic material features a plurality of stamped holes ( 6 ) of like size, which are evenly distributed throughout the surface of said fragment. Said holes may be square in shape, with rounded corners and may be arranged in a staggered manner in order to give the appearance of a net.
  • the band may feature a plurality of perforations of like or different sizes to enhance the ventilation of the product packaged in the bag manufactured therewith.
  • the windows may be centred in each of the sectors or disposed symmetrically with regard to the longitudinal axis of the band; in these two cases the fragment of plastic material may be a strip with a width smaller than that of the continuous band.
  • reinforcements of plastic material are disposed at the areas foreseen for the handles, the thermo-welds and at the edges of the windows; said reinforcements are attached to the side of the continuous sheet of plastic material intended to be the internal part of the bags by means of thermo-welding or similar procedure.

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ES201730150A ES2678095B1 (es) 2017-02-08 2017-02-08 Banda continua aligerada para la fabricacion de bolsas para productos hortofruticolas y similares.
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