WO1995024147A1 - Shape-restorer for compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls - Google Patents

Shape-restorer for compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls

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Publication number
WO1995024147A1
WO1995024147A1 PCT/FI1995/000126 FI9500126W WO9524147A1 WO 1995024147 A1 WO1995024147 A1 WO 1995024147A1 FI 9500126 W FI9500126 W FI 9500126W WO 9524147 A1 WO9524147 A1 WO 9524147A1
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Prior art keywords
shape
paper
restorer
compressed
core
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PCT/FI1995/000126
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French (fr)
Inventor
Petri Haikola
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Nokian Paperi Oy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/005—Working on damaged packages, e.g. reshaping collapsed cores
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A47K10/38—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge
    • A47K10/40—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means the web being rolled up with or without tearing edge with extensible or collapsible roll supports or roll spindles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/185—End caps, plugs or adapters

Definitions

  • the object of this invention is a shape-restorer for • compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls.
  • Compressed toilet paper products are available at least in the market of the United States, Estonia and Sweden.
  • the restoring of the shape of these products is left to the consumer, i.e., the product has to be compressed to the original, round shape by hand as well as possible.
  • the shaping of a tightly compressed roll by hand into the round shape is difficult, even impossible with respect to the core.
  • the purpose of the invention is to eliminate the drawback described above and to make it possible to restore the compressed toilet paper or paper towel roll to its normal round shape, which is necessary in order for the roll to be used, especially with respect to the inner core for conventional table and wall-mounted holders used in homes.
  • the shape-restorer according to the invention is characterized in that the shape- estorer consists of one or two cores which restore the paper roll into its normal, round shape when inserted into the ends of the core of the compressed paper roll.
  • the shape- estorer consists of one or two cores which restore the paper roll into its normal, round shape when inserted into the ends of the core of the compressed paper roll.
  • the invention eliminates the greatest problem of the logistically superior compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls, i.e., the restoring of the roll to a useful shape for home use.
  • Compressed tissue paper rolls take up to 2/3 less room than conventional rolls, depending on the product.
  • Fig. 1 shows compressed toilet rolls packaged in plastic film
  • Fig. 2 shows the shape-restorer, i.e., the pair of cores in the packaged position
  • Fig. 3 shows the cores of the shape-restorer as pressed into the paper roll
  • Fig. 4 shows the cores according to another embodiment for kitchen rolls, for instance.
  • the shape-restorer consists of one or two cores 1, 2 which restore the paper roll to its normal round shape when inserted into the ends of core 4 of compressed paper roll 3, as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the embodiment of Figs. 2 and 3 comprise core 1, 2 which is completely conical to the extent that when packaging, the pair of cores can be accommodated in a small space and the fitting of the cores into the paper roll is easier because of the conical shape.
  • the other end of the core comprises a flange-like collar 5 which makes it easier to install the core into the paper roll as well as to remove it from the paper roll.
  • the shape-restorer according to the invention is best adapted to the restoring of the shape of toilet paper rolls but it can be applied, according to the above, in other tissue paper rolls, such as paper towel and paper napkin rolls.

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Abstract

The object of the invention is a shape-restorer for compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls. The shape-restorer consists of one or two cores (1, 2) which restore the paper roll to its normal round shape when inserted into the ends of the core (4) of the compressed paper roll (3).

Description

SHAPE-RESTORER FOR COMPRESSED TOILET PAPER AND PAPER TOWEL ROLLS
The object of this invention is a shape-restorer for • compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls.
Compressed toilet paper products are available at least in the market of the United States, Estonia and Sweden. The restoring of the shape of these products is left to the consumer, i.e., the product has to be compressed to the original, round shape by hand as well as possible. The shaping of a tightly compressed roll by hand into the round shape is difficult, even impossible with respect to the core. The purpose of the invention is to eliminate the drawback described above and to make it possible to restore the compressed toilet paper or paper towel roll to its normal round shape, which is necessary in order for the roll to be used, especially with respect to the inner core for conventional table and wall-mounted holders used in homes.
The shape-restorer according to the invention is characterized in that the shape- estorer consists of one or two cores which restore the paper roll into its normal, round shape when inserted into the ends of the core of the compressed paper roll. Using the invention it is possible to make the core of the compressed roll fully symmetrical and the shape of the roll is restored nearly to its former shape in a few seconds. The core parts can easily be shifted into a new roll after the paper has been used up. Because of mass production, the very cheap plastic parts can first be distributed to each buyer of the product at the sales place or they can be placed inside/in connection with each bag.
The invention eliminates the greatest problem of the logistically superior compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls, i.e., the restoring of the roll to a useful shape for home use. Compressed tissue paper rolls take up to 2/3 less room than conventional rolls, depending on the product.
Different embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent Claims.
The invention is described in the following with the aid of an example with reference to the appended drawing in which:
Fig. 1 shows compressed toilet rolls packaged in plastic film, Fig. 2 shows the shape-restorer, i.e., the pair of cores in the packaged position,
Fig. 3 shows the cores of the shape-restorer as pressed into the paper roll, and
Fig. 4 shows the cores according to another embodiment for kitchen rolls, for instance.
The shape-restorer consists of one or two cores 1, 2 which restore the paper roll to its normal round shape when inserted into the ends of core 4 of compressed paper roll 3, as shown in Fig. 3. The embodiment of Figs. 2 and 3 comprise core 1, 2 which is completely conical to the extent that when packaging, the pair of cores can be accommodated in a small space and the fitting of the cores into the paper roll is easier because of the conical shape. The other end of the core comprises a flange-like collar 5 which makes it easier to install the core into the paper roll as well as to remove it from the paper roll.
The shape-restorer according to the invention is best adapted to the restoring of the shape of toilet paper rolls but it can be applied, according to the above, in other tissue paper rolls, such as paper towel and paper napkin rolls.

Claims

1. A shape-restorer for compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls, characterized in that the shape-restorer consists of one or two cores, (1, 2) which restore the paper roll to its normal round shape when inserted into the ends of the core (4) of the compressed paper roll (3) .
2. A shape-restorer according to Claim 1, characterized in that the core (1, 2) is fully or partly conical.
3. A shape-restorer according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the other end of the core (1, 2) comprises a flange- like collar (5) .
4. A shape-restorer according to Claim 2, characterized in that the conicality of the core is so great that when packaging the pairs of cores, they can be fitted inside each other (Fig. 2) .
5. A shape-restorer according to any of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the core (1, 2) is manufactured from plastic.
PCT/FI1995/000126 1994-03-08 1995-03-06 Shape-restorer for compressed toilet paper and paper towel rolls WO1995024147A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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FI941081 1994-03-08
FI941081A FI941081A0 (en) 1994-03-08 1994-03-08 Formaotergivare Foer hoptryckt WC- och hushaollspappersrull

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Cited By (5)

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GB2321894A (en) * 1997-02-06 1998-08-12 Amakane Ltd Insert for wound paper products with a compressed core
DE102005020892A1 (en) * 2005-05-04 2006-11-09 Saint-Gobain Isover G+H Ag Packaging unit for pipe shells
EP2698090A1 (en) * 2006-03-27 2014-02-19 SCA Hygiene Products AB Package containing a pile of rolls
WO2015081404A1 (en) * 2013-12-03 2015-06-11 Conselvan Douglas Swain Device for restoring a tubular circumference
GB2624365A (en) * 2021-09-24 2024-05-22 Jackson Alan Innovative vacuum shrinkage process

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US1922716A (en) * 1932-08-31 1933-08-15 Robinett Richard Andrew Method of expanding alpha flattened paper roll
US3567146A (en) * 1969-06-02 1971-03-02 Us Caster Corp End core for rolls of paper
US3601328A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-08-24 Beach Mcclung Roller assembly for paper rolls
US4372500A (en) * 1981-02-18 1983-02-08 Alfred Saraisky Inserts for use with web dispensing means
US4909388A (en) * 1983-05-24 1990-03-20 Kouzou Watanabe Compressed roll paper, method of and apparatus for producing same
US5027582A (en) * 1989-04-14 1991-07-02 The Procter & Gamble Company Compact, core-wound paper product and method of making
US5277375A (en) * 1991-12-04 1994-01-11 The Procter & Gamble Company Spindle for use with compressed core wound paper products

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US1922716A (en) * 1932-08-31 1933-08-15 Robinett Richard Andrew Method of expanding alpha flattened paper roll
US3567146A (en) * 1969-06-02 1971-03-02 Us Caster Corp End core for rolls of paper
US3601328A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-08-24 Beach Mcclung Roller assembly for paper rolls
US4372500A (en) * 1981-02-18 1983-02-08 Alfred Saraisky Inserts for use with web dispensing means
US4909388A (en) * 1983-05-24 1990-03-20 Kouzou Watanabe Compressed roll paper, method of and apparatus for producing same
US5027582A (en) * 1989-04-14 1991-07-02 The Procter & Gamble Company Compact, core-wound paper product and method of making
US5277375A (en) * 1991-12-04 1994-01-11 The Procter & Gamble Company Spindle for use with compressed core wound paper products

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2321894A (en) * 1997-02-06 1998-08-12 Amakane Ltd Insert for wound paper products with a compressed core
DE102005020892A1 (en) * 2005-05-04 2006-11-09 Saint-Gobain Isover G+H Ag Packaging unit for pipe shells
US8196744B2 (en) 2005-05-04 2012-06-12 Saint-Gobain Isover Packaging unit for pipe sections
EP2698090A1 (en) * 2006-03-27 2014-02-19 SCA Hygiene Products AB Package containing a pile of rolls
US8740132B2 (en) 2006-03-27 2014-06-03 Sca Hygiene Products Ab End plug for a paper roll
US9994348B2 (en) 2006-03-27 2018-06-12 Sca Hygiene Products Ab End plug for a paper roll
US10994883B2 (en) 2006-03-27 2021-05-04 Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag End plug for a paper roll
WO2015081404A1 (en) * 2013-12-03 2015-06-11 Conselvan Douglas Swain Device for restoring a tubular circumference
GB2624365A (en) * 2021-09-24 2024-05-22 Jackson Alan Innovative vacuum shrinkage process

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