WO1995017858A1 - Materiau de type fil a transporter sur soi - Google Patents

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WO1995017858A1
WO1995017858A1 PCT/JP1993/001898 JP9301898W WO9517858A1 WO 1995017858 A1 WO1995017858 A1 WO 1995017858A1 JP 9301898 W JP9301898 W JP 9301898W WO 9517858 A1 WO9517858 A1 WO 9517858A1
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dental floss
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Akira Ishizaki
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Ishizaki Shizai Co., Ltd.
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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
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/44—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes
    • B65D75/46—Individual packages cut from webs or tubes containing articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06114—Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures
    • A61B17/06133—Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures of parallelepipedal shape, e.g. made of rectangular or slightly oval panels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C15/00—Devices for cleaning between the teeth
    • A61C15/04—Dental floss; Floss holders
    • A61C15/041—Dental floss
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06114—Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures
    • A61B2017/06157—Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures containing a suture wound in a sinusoidal or zigzag configuration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A61B2050/314—Flexible bags or pouches
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A61B2050/314—Flexible bags or pouches
    • A61B2050/318—Multi-pouches, e.g. strips of side-by-side pouches

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  • the present invention dental floss, embroidery thread, sewing thread, gut used for fishing, it relates to a portable filamentous product obtained by housing a filamentous material such as surgical thread bag c BACKGROUND
  • dental floss that cleans the area between the teeth that the toothbrush cannot reach.
  • commercially available dental floss is housed in a container wound around a core material.
  • Such dental floss is withdrawn from a container, cut into desired dimensions, and used.
  • the method of use is to hold the both ends with fingers, insert the middle part into the gap between the teeth, and move the one end up, down, left and right to remove food residue and the like.
  • the dental floss contained in the container is wound multiple times so that it can be used by dividing it many times. Therefore, when equipping hotels, etc., the same thing is used by more than one person, which is not desirable, and users have a feeling of resistance. In addition, since the dental floss is merely stored in the container, dust and the like may enter from the outlet of the dental floss, and there is a problem in hygiene.
  • Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 5-31511 discloses a portable dental floss in which a dental floss of a predetermined length is accommodated in a container.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a portable thread-like material which is suitable for carrying, has high production efficiency, and is excellent in use performance.
  • a portable thread is accommodated in a bag whose center can be cut, and one thread is held in a state where both ends of the thread are held by both ends of the bag. It was done.
  • a cutting assisting portion for facilitating cutting of the bag may be formed in an intermediate portion of the bag.
  • the thread may be dental floss, and the dental floss is preferably sealed in a bag in a sterile state.
  • a plurality of the above-mentioned bags may be connected by a horizontal seal portion, and a partial cut portion including a thread-like material may be formed in the horizontal seal portion so as to be cut by hand.
  • a cutting step of cutting at the center
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional front view showing one embodiment of a portable thread according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front view showing another embodiment of the portable thread according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a usage example showing a state where the bag body of FIG. 1 is cut
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a portable thread manufacturing apparatus
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the apparatus for manufacturing a portable thread-like material
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the supply nozzle shown in FIGS. 4 and 5,
  • FIG. 7 is a partial front view showing another portable thread-like object.
  • FIG. 1 shows a portable dental floss which is a portable thread.
  • this portable dental floss while holding both ends of the dental floss 3 longer than the bag 1 with the horizontal seal portions 2 formed at both ends of the bag 1, the dental floss 3 is placed inside the bag 1. It was housed.
  • Examples of the material that can be used for the dental floss 3 include a material obtained by bundling several solid yarn fibers, a material obtained by subjecting them to wax processing, and a hollow fiber formed of a polymer membrane, for example, aromatic polysulfone, nylon 6 , Polycarbonate, polyethylene and the like.
  • Examples of the material that can be used for the bag 1 include cutable materials such as a composite laminate film, a polypropylene nonwoven fabric, a polyethylene-coated paper, a hot-adhesive plaster paper, and a paper.
  • the preferred portable dental floss is processed by, for example, a processing machine shown in FIG. 4 or FIG.
  • a plurality of rollers 5, a sensor 6, a slitter 7, a cylindrical body 8, a vertical sheet hot plate 9, a horizontal sheet A hot plate 10, a cutter 11 and a shunt 12 are provided respectively.
  • a plurality of detectors 4 a are provided at both sides of the sheet 4 at a predetermined pitch, and the detectors 4 a are detected by the sensor 6.
  • Four cylindrical bodies 8 are provided for convenience, and each vertically long sheet divided into four equal parts along the longitudinal direction by a slitter 7 is rounded into a cylindrical shape.
  • a supply nozzle 13 for supplying the dental floss 3 extends from the center of each cylindrical body 8 from above. The tip of the supply nozzle 13 is positioned above the horizontal sheet heating plate 10 by a predetermined dimension.
  • the dental floss 3 is wound around a core member 3b erected on a base 3a, and is conveyed into a supply nozzle 13 via a roller 3c.
  • a roller 3c for example, a roller having a U-shaped groove formed on the outer peripheral portion can be used, and using the roller 3c with the dental floss 3 wound at least once to prevent falling off. Is preferred.
  • a pair of rollers 13 a made of rubber or the like is provided at the tip end of the supply nozzle 13, and between the rollers 13 a With the dental floss 3 sandwiched between the rollers, one of the rollers 13a is driven at a predetermined speed via a string-shaped belt 13b (indicated by a two-dot chain line) by driving a motor (not shown). Anything that allows them to be used can be used.
  • the dental floss 3 may be supplied by sandwiching the roller 13a between the roller 13a and the inner wall of the supply nozzle 13 with one roller 13a. However, in this case, it is necessary to correct the tip shape of the supply nozzle 13 so that the dental floss 3 is supplied to the center of the bag 1.
  • the dental floss 3 is held by a pair of holding bodies, for example, a pad made of rubber or the like, and in this state, the dental floss 3 is moved by a predetermined dimension in the feeding direction. After that, move back to the original position Can be used.
  • the vertical sheet hot plate 9 heat-welds both side edges of each of the cylindrically-rolled vertically long sheets, and the horizontal sheet hot plate 10 heat-welds the vertical sheet in the horizontal direction to obtain a horizontal seal.
  • the dental floss 3 is simultaneously held by the heat welding by the horizontal sheet hot plate 10 at a substantially central portion thereof.
  • the cutter 11 is attached to the lower end of the mounting plate 14 fixed to the horizontal sheet hot plate 10, separated from the horizontal sheet hot plate 10 by the same dimension as the pitch of the detection unit 4 a.
  • the cutter 11 cuts the heat sealing by the horizontal sheet hot plate 10 at the substantially central portion thereof at the same time as the heat welding by the horizontal sheet hot plate 10.
  • the horizontal sheet hot plate 10 sandwiches each longitudinal sheet and heat welds, and at the same time, the cutter 11 heat seals the horizontal seal one time before. Cut approximately the center of part 2 with dental floss 3 clamped in the center.
  • the horizontal sheet heating plate 10 moves downward by a predetermined pitch while sandwiching each of the vertical sheets.
  • the dental floss 3 is clamped substantially at the center of the horizontal seal portion 2.
  • the sheet 4 moves downstream, is divided into four equal parts by the slitter 7, is rounded into a cylinder by the tubular body 8, and is formed by the vertical sheet heating plate 9 on both side edges.
  • the feeding speed of the dental floss 3 is faster than the descending speed of the sheet 4.
  • the total length of the bag 1 is about 5 cm (about 2 inches)
  • the contained dental floss 3 is 30 cm (about 1 inch). 2 inches).
  • the dental floss 3 is housed in order from the lower side of the bag 1, and does not become entangled in the housed state.
  • the processing is continued in the same manner as described above, the dental floss 3 is cut in a state of being stored in the bag 1, and the dental floss 3 is discharged through the chute 12.
  • the above-mentioned processing machine can be easily manufactured only by adding a little improvement to a conventionally known stick automatic filling and packaging machine. That is, conventionally, powders, granules, liquids, viscous materials, and the like have been supplied by the supply nozzle 13 of the processing machine described above. Instead, the dental floss 3 has a simple structure as described above. What is necessary is just to supply by a structure.
  • the sheet 4 is divided into four equal parts, but the sheet 4 may be equally divided into eight or ten equal parts, and the number is not limited.
  • the bag 1 is slim, it is easy to manufacture a plurality of bags at the same time.
  • the dental floss 3 is housed in the bag 1 made of the sheet 4 and is cut off from the outside, so that there is no danger of dust or the like adhering. Sanitary preferred. Although the cut surface of the dental floss 3 is exposed at the cut edge of the horizontal seal portion 2, this is a portion to be held by hand, and there is no hygiene problem. In addition, since both ends of the dental floss 3 are heat-sealed by the horizontal seal portion 2, no return or fraying occurs.
  • the middle portion of the bag 1 that is easily cut, such as paper, may be cut, and the lateral seal portions 2 at both ends of the bag 1 may be held.
  • both ends of the dental floss 3 accommodated in the bag 1 are sandwiched by the horizontal seal portion 2, as shown in FIG. 3, the dental floss 3 does not become entangled even after the bag 1 is cut. Very convenient.
  • the dental floss 3 when storing the dental floss 3 in the bag 1, if the dental floss 3 is disinfected, or at the same time, an antibacterial agent is stored, or a heat treatment is performed after the storage, the sanitary aspect is improved. Further improvement is achieved. In particular, if heat treatment is performed using steam, high-temperature steam, or the like after storage, a large amount of disinfection can be performed at once, which is extremely efficient.
  • a plurality of rollers 5, a sensor 6, a cylindrical body 8, a vertical heat roll 15 and a horizontal heat roll 16 are sequentially arranged from the wound sheet 4 side toward the downstream.
  • a cooling sheet press roll 17, a notch device 18 and a power meter 11 are provided, respectively.
  • the longitudinal heat roll 15 has a structure in which a pair of rolls 19 having large-diameter rollers 19 a and 19 b at both ends are arranged in parallel, and the sheet 4 formed into a tubular shape by the tubular body 8 is formed. Adhere the side edges on the same surface.
  • the large-diameter roller portions 19a and 19b are pressed against each other, and the side edge portion of the sheet 4 is welded by one large-diameter roller portion 19a.
  • the horizontal heat roll 16 has a structure in which a pair of rollers 20 having a plurality of press-contact portions 20 a formed in the longitudinal direction at a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction are arranged in parallel, and the conveying direction of the sheet 4 is By applying heat to the transverse portion perpendicular to the horizontal direction, the transverse seal portion 2 is formed by heat welding.
  • the cooling sheet press roll 17 has a structure substantially similar to that of the horizontal heating roll 16 and cools the horizontal seal portion 2. This is for lowering the temperature in the horizontal seal portion 2 to quickly strengthen the welded state.
  • the notch device 18 is for forming a notch 21 at a side edge portion welded by the vertical heating roll 15.
  • the sheet 4 is conveyed by the rotational force of the vertical heating roll 15 or the like, and is first rounded into a cylindrical shape by the cylindrical body 8, and then the side edges are the same by the vertical heating roll 15.
  • the horizontal seal portion 2 is formed by heat-welding the sheet 4 in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the sheet 4 with a horizontal heat roll 16 to form a bag having an opening only at the upper side.
  • the dental floss 3 supplied from the supplied nozzle 13 is simultaneously clamped at the center of the horizontal seal portion 2.
  • the dental floss 3 having a predetermined size is supplied into the inside, and the upper side thereof is heat-welded by a horizontal heating roll 16 so as to sandwich the dental floss 3 substantially at the center.
  • the horizontal seal portion 2 is cut at the center by the cutter 11 to complete the portable dental floss. In this cutting, the upper horizontal seal portion of the completed portable dental floss and the lower horizontal seal portion of the completed portable dental floss by the next cut are formed simultaneously.
  • the cutout 21 is formed at the side edge, so that the bag 1 can be easily cut at the center.
  • the thread may include a tape having a narrow width.
  • the size of the bag 1 and the amount of the thread contained therein may be changed as needed.
  • the thread is a tie, it is most suitable for a brush (one having a needle attached to the tip of the tie and having a predetermined length to be tied to a thread).
  • the notch 21 is formed at the side edge to facilitate the cutting of the bag 1, but a perforation may be formed at a substantially central portion of the bag 1. .
  • the intermediate portion of the bag body 1 is cut.
  • a thread-like material housed inside the bag body 1 may be pulled out from the lateral seal portion 2 on one end side. According to this, the thread can be taken out while preventing the intrusion of dust or the like into the inside. There is no worry that the rest will deteriorate.
  • the cutting is performed at the substantially central portion of the horizontal seal portion 2.
  • the cutting may be performed at any one of them.
  • the horizontal seal portion 2 is heat-welded.
  • other bonding methods such as pressure bonding, heat bonding, ultrasonic bonding, and high-frequency bonding may be used.

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Un matériau de type fil conservé dans un sachet est assujetti par ses deux extrémités aux deux parties extrêmes du sachet, qui peut être coupé en deux dans sa partie intermédiaire.
PCT/JP1993/001898 1993-12-27 1993-12-27 Materiau de type fil a transporter sur soi WO1995017858A1 (fr)

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ES2155774A1 (es) * 1999-02-22 2001-05-16 Ruiz Adela Isabel Diaz Sobre con porcion de hilo dental para una unica limpieza dental.

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JPS62254745A (ja) * 1986-04-30 1987-11-06 日本商事株式会社 外科用の針付き縫合糸の保持部材
JPS63288146A (ja) * 1987-05-20 1988-11-25 Nippon Medical Supply Corp 縫合糸包装用台紙
JPS6456046A (en) * 1987-08-25 1989-03-02 Alza Corp Package

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JPS62254745A (ja) * 1986-04-30 1987-11-06 日本商事株式会社 外科用の針付き縫合糸の保持部材
JPS63288146A (ja) * 1987-05-20 1988-11-25 Nippon Medical Supply Corp 縫合糸包装用台紙
JPS6456046A (en) * 1987-08-25 1989-03-02 Alza Corp Package

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2155774A1 (es) * 1999-02-22 2001-05-16 Ruiz Adela Isabel Diaz Sobre con porcion de hilo dental para una unica limpieza dental.

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