US2565622A

US2565622A - Valve bag

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Publication number: US2565622A
Application number: US620693A
Authority: US
Inventors: Howard H Orr
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-10-06
Filing date: 1945-10-06
Publication date: 1951-08-28
Anticipated expiration: 1968-08-28

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H. H. ORR

Agg. 28, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed oct .v e,` v1945 ATTORNEYS l onf-ard H. rr

BY l e? *97 H. H. oRR

Aug. 28, 1951 VALVE BAG 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed OCb. 6. 1945 INVENToR.

Hqward H. Orr BY Cf ATTOZIYS Patented Aug. 28, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in paper bags, and, more particularly, to an improvement in multi-wall valve bags such as used for packaging powdered or granular materials, especially heavy powdered or granular materials suchas cement, plaster, and the like.

It is an object of this invention to provide a multi-wall valve bag which does not waste a portion of the length of the tube of multi-ply paper from which the bag is formed in order to provide a valve structure for the bag. cutting a bag-length from tubed multi-ply stock, it was necessary to out away a portion of the tube to provide a projection beyond one corner of the bag-length, which projection was tucked in to provide the valve flaps for the bag. I effect a substantial economy in the manufacture of valve bags by providing a valve structure and a bottom structure which permits each bag-length to be severed straight across the multi-wall tube and also permits the full amount of multi-wall paper tubing in each severed bag-length to ber used in the actual walls and bottom structures of my bag. As a consequence, approximately ten per cent more bags made according to my invention can be manufactured from a given length of multi-wall tubing than could be manufactured if the tubing were used to make prior art types of multi-wall bags of equal capacity.

It is a particular advantage of my invention that I not only effect asubstantial economy in multi-wall paper tubing, but in doing so I also provide an improved and better sealing valve structure and a stronger bottom structure. Bags made according to my invention are practically sift-proof, both at the valve and at the junction of the bottom and the side gussets. Due to the sealing string used in sealing the junction between the bottom and the side gusset, the bag bottom is not sharply creased and thereby weakened during storage; the sealing string may also be used for ripping the bag open.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following specilication, claims and drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bag-length o'f multi-wall tubing from which my bag is made.

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective View showing the manner of forming the valve pocket in a baglength of tubing shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3` is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the application of the separate valve-ap or patch.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an inner bottom hinge strip folded for insertion in a length of tubing as shown in Fig. 1.

Heretofore, in

Fig. 5 is an elevation of my bag partly completed.

Fig. 6` is a fragmentary `cross-section taken along the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig.7 is an elevation of my completed bag.

Fig. 8 is a cross-section taken along the line B--8 of Fig. '7.v

Fig. 9 is a detail fragmentary View showing the interior of the bag adjacent the valve when the bag is filled (contents removed in this View.)

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary cross-section showing the hinge-type of bottom employed in my bag, Fig. 10 being taken along the line I 0-I 0 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 `is an 4enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional detail taken along the line I I -I I of Fig. 9 and showing the bag valve closed by the contents of the bag.

The bag made according to my invention, as shown in the drawings, is made from conventional multi-pl-y paper tubing having inwardly pleated side-walls and being commonly used for making4 multi-wal1 paper bags; such tubing is comprised of a plurality of plies, each ply being formed into a tube by a longitudinal adhesively securedV seam and the seam of one ply being offset with respect to the seam of an adjacent ply so that the thickness of the Wall of the tubing is increased. at the seams by only the thickness of one ply; to keep the plies from slipping with respect to each other, longitudinal bands of adhesive (not shown) are located between the plies. All adhesive, inmy bag, used for forming the multi-ply tubing, as described above, or used elsewhere, as described below, is preferably of a flexible, nonembrittling type having a latex or similar rubbery base.

The tubing, as described above, is cut into desired'lengths by suitable' cutting means to provide a bag length I0, as shown in Fig. 1, having front and back walls II and I2 joined to the side walls I3 and I4 at the longitudinal folds ISL-Hi and I'I'- |18, the inwardly pleated side walls I3 and I4 being folded along the longitudinal medial fold lines I3 and I4', respectively.

As shown in Fig. 2, the pleated side wall I4 is opened to form the valve tuck 20. The trapezoidal valve tuck 20 is made by creasing the wall I4 transversely along a line 2| extending between the folds I 'I and I8 and then simultaneously folding inwardly the portion of the wall I4 above the line 2 I` and forming diagonal fold lines `extending upwardly from the junction of the lines I 1' and I8 with the line 2I to the serrated end Yof theV bag-length; when the tube is flattened after forming the tuck 20, diagonal fold lines extending from .the junction of the lines I'I and in Fig. 4.

I8 with the line 2| to the line I4' will be formed in the wall I4 below the line 2|, thus allowing the inwardly pleated side wall I4 to make a rightangle turn in forming the valve tuck 20. The distance a, from the line 2| to the edge of the bag length is equal to the distance b from the fold I8 to the fold I4 plus the depth c of a Inargin allowed for the staples 30 which secure the corners or ears in the bottom structure described below. Thus, the tuck 2| projects into the bag beyond the fold line I4' for the distance c (see Fig. 5.)

With the valve tuck 20 formed, then the valve tuck is opened up so that it is flat or substantially so and the valve-flap 22 is adhesively secured thereto along a seam of a width c to form a composite valve structure. As shown in Fig. 3, the valve flap 22 is preferably a single-ply rectangle of paper having a length equal to the base of the trapezcidal valve tuck 20; 'the width of the valve flap 22 is simply the distance which one desires to have the valve structure extend into the bag. Whereas, the prior art valve naps were formed out of the tubing from which the bag lengths were cut, thus tempting bag manufacturers to cut short valve flaps in order to reduce the waste of tubing cut away to form the valve flap, it should now be apparent that my composite valve may be provided with a flap of any desired length without wasting any tubing in forming the valve ap.

With the composite valve formed, the open ends of the bag length I are closed and my hinge type of bottom structure is formed by means of the inner hinge strips 25, the hinge strip 25 for the lower end of the bag length I0 being shown The hinge strip 25, as shown, is simply a single-ply strip of paper having any suitable width and a length d equal to the width of the front and back walls II and I2. The strip 25 is folded lengthwise along the line 26 into the trough-shape shown and the outer surfaces are coated with adhesive. A sealing string 21 is laid in the fold of the strip 25 and the strip 25 for the non-valved end of the bag-length is then inserted into the opened lower non-valved end of the tube so that the outer sides of the strip are adhered to the inner lower marginal surfaces of the front and back walls and the lower margins of the pleated side walls extend into the ends of the trough formed by the strip. By inserting the strip 25 until the fold line 26 is even with the end of the bag-length (see Fig. 6), the sealing string 21 is pressed into the ends of the pleated side walls i3 and I4, thus packing and sealing the joint between the ends of the pleated side walls I3 and I4 and the inner surface of the folded hinge strip 25. It is because of the packing effected by the sealing string 21 that it is desirable to cut the bag-lengths with a knife which will form a serrated edge; the serrations in the edge of the pleated side walls permit a better packing against the sealing string and permit the serrated edges to be deformed around it. See Fig. 8.) The upper valved end of the bag is similarly closed by another inner hinge strip 25, except, of course, that only one end of the strip and string seal the upper edges of the pleated wall I3, the other end extending between the edges of the folded valve ap 22, as shown.

To secure the sealing and packing of the ends of the pleated side walls and to strengthen the corners of the bag, the corners are stapled with the heavy staples 30 to secure the ends of the .strins 25, the ends of the pleated side Walls, and

the corners of the front and back walls together. At the valve, the upper corners of the valvetucks, the front and back walls, and the inner hinge strip are likewise all stapled together, all staples 3|] being spaced from the ends of the bag lengths within a suitable margin of the depth c. When so sealed and stapled, a partly completed bag 40 is formed, as shown in Fig. 5.

To complete the bag, supplemental outer hinge strips 35, somewhat longer than the inner hinge strips 25, but otherwise similar, are simply adhered over the top and bottom edges of the baglength I0. The supplemental hinge strips 35 function principally as a reinforcement for the hinge type of end closure employed.

The completed multi-wall Valve bag, as shown in Fig. 7, is, of course, stored in the flattened condition. As should be apparent from Figs. 6 and 8, the sealing string 21 also functions to prevent the hinge strips 35 and, particularly, the hinge strips 25 from being sharply creased during storage; such creases would otherwise seriously weaken the bottom structure of the bag.

To ll my valve bag, a lling nozzle is inserted into the opening provided by the valve tuck 2|) and pulverent material is iiowed into the bag in the usual manner, the pleated side-walls bellowing out and the front and back walls, being spaced by the bellowed side-walls, curving inwardly at the top and bottom to form, with opened hinge type of closures, the top and bottom closure structures for the bag. As the bag lls, diagonal gusset folds in the side walls form in the corners of the bag above the staples 3Q at the location indicated by the dot and dash line 31 in the lower right hand corner of Fig. 7.

To close the filled bag, the bag is turned upside down and the Weight of the contents flatten and close the valve-tuck 20 and valve-nap 22, as shown in plan in Fig. 9.

Because the staples secure the front, pleated side walls, and back wall together at the corners of the bag, ears are formed at the staples. Otherwise the entire bag-length I is utilized in forming walls and bottom structure in the bag. Fig. 10 shows the manner in which the ends of a baglength are joined together by the

opened hinge strips

25 and 35 at either the top or bottom of the bag, forming a substantially butt joint of the multi-ply walls adhesively secured by the hinge strips. The joint is nearly as strong as the multiply wall and far stronger than the sewn seams generally used heretofore; further, none of the material of the multi-ply tubing is lost in seaming, as heretofore.

Fig. 11 shows the manner in which my built-up valve provides a better closing valve than the valves which were used heretofore and in which the multi-ply wall stock was used in forming the valve ilap. Such heavy multi-ply stock is stiff and resists sharp creasing. Thus, when the valve flap is made entirely of multi-ply stock, a leak permitting sifting remains just inside the creases of the ilattened, closed valve. By using my builtup valve having a single ply flap, not only is it possible to provide a long flap without sacricing tubed multi-ply valve stock, but the thin single ply flap 22 is sharply creased when flattened and closed, thus providing a substantially siftproof seal foi` the less completely closed valve tuck 20 of heavy multi-ply stock. The single ply iiap 2|! is, of course, made of stock amply strong enough to seal the valve tuck and is of suiicient length and strength to prevent the valve tuck from being pushed out by the Weight of the contents; because of thel tendency to provide the prior art bags with short valves, not only did such short valves tend to sift or leak but, under sudden loads, as by dropping, such short valve flaps would sometimes be forced inside out, allowing the contents to spill; in my bag, the flap renders the built-up valve too long to be turned inside out.

It is to be understood that specific features of my bag may be incorporated in bags which do not employ al1 the features of the above disclosed preferred embodiment of my invention; my invention, therefore, is not limited to the specific embodiment disclosed but may be modified in Whole or in part without departing from the scope of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-wall valve bag comprising an openended bag-length of multi-ply paper tubing having reentrant pleated side walls and front and back walls, a valve tuck formed in one corner of said bag-length, a flap of paper adhered to said valve tuck and extending inwardly of said tuck to provide a valve flap, a hinge seal for the open non-valved end of said bag comprised of a strip of paper folded to enclose the ends of the pleated side walls and adhered to the inner surfaces of the front and back walls, a hinge seal for the open valved end of said bag-length comprised of a strip of paper folded to enclose the end of the pleated side wall opposite the valved corner and extending across said bag length to a point within the valve tuck, said Strip being adhered to the inner surfaces of said front and back walls, and a sealing string located in the fold of each strip and held thereby against the end of a pleated side wall to pack and seal the space between the end of a side wall and the fold in a strip.

2. A bag as defined in claim 1 including staples securing said front and back walls, said pleated side Walls and said sealing strips together at the non-valved corners of said bag to reinforce said corners and maintain the seal of the ends of the side wall and reinforcing hinge strips coextensive with the said first hinge strips, said reinforcing l hinge strips being adhered to the outer surfaces of said front and back walls.

3. A hinge seal for the open-end of a bag length of paper tubing comprised of front and back walls joined by inwardly pleated side walls along parallel fold lines, said seal being comprised of an inner strip folded to enclose the ends of the' pleated side walls and extending across the open end of said bag-length from the said fold lines at one corner to the said fold lines at the opposite corner, adhesive securing said inner strip to the inner surfaces of said front and back walls so that the fold in said strip is substantially flush with the edges of said bag-length, and a sealing string held in the fold of said sealing strip against the ends of the pleated side walls to pack the joint between the ends of said side walls and the fold in said strip.

4. A hinge seal for the open-end of a bag length of paper tubing comprised of front and back walls joined by inwardly pleated side walls along parallel fold lines, said seal being comprised of an inner strip folded to enclose the ends of the pleated side walls and extending across the open end of said bag-length from the said fold lines at one corner to the said fold lines at the opposite corner, adhesive securing said inner strip to the inner surfaces of said front and back walls so that the fold in said strip is substantially flush with the edges of said bag-length, and serrations in the ends of the said side Walls, a sealing string held in the fold of said sealing strip against the serrated ends of the pleated side walls to pack the joint between the ends of said side walls and the fold in said strip, a staple securing said side walls, front and back walls and sealing strips together to reinforce the sealed corners and a reinforcing hinge strip covering the edges of said front and back walls and secured to the outer surfaces of said walls.

HOWARD H. ORR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,944,089 Litchfield Jan. 16, 1934 1,968,981 Baker Aug. 7, 1934 2,151,523 Orr Mar. 21, 1939 2,275,505 Crawford et al Mar. 10, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 487,917 Great Britain June 28, 1938