WO2007090588A1 - Piping bag and method of manufacturing a piping bag - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J47/00—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread
- A47J47/01—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread with dispensing devices
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- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23G3/00—Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
- A23G3/02—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor
- A23G3/20—Apparatus for coating or filling sweetmeats or confectionery
- A23G3/2007—Manufacture of filled articles, composite articles, multi-layered articles
- A23G3/2023—Manufacture of filled articles, composite articles, multi-layered articles the material being shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band or by drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the materials on a surface or an article being completed
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23G3/00—Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
- A23G3/02—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor
- A23G3/28—Apparatus for decorating sweetmeats or confectionery
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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
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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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- B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
- B65D75/5805—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness
- B65D75/5811—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness and defining, after tearing, a small dispensing spout, a small orifice or the like
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- the present invention relates to disposable piping bags as defined in the preamble to claim 1, and more specifically to disposable piping bags used for the handling of foodstuffs.
- Piping bags are mainly used for decorating pastries, confectionery or food with a viscous, semi-liquid or semi-fluid paste, such as whipped cream, marzipan, dough, cream cheese, sugar paste or the like. Piping bags can also be used for other purposes, for example for the application of glue, cement, plaster, moulding compound or the like.
- a disposable piping bag is shown in US 3,157,312. This piping bag consists of a plastic bag, formed from two layers of polymer film, which have been welded together along the edges of the bag. The piping bag is adapted, at one of its corners, to receive an essentially conical nozzle, through which a paste contained in the piping bag can be discharged. The nozzle can be provided with a selected profile, so that the extruded paste string can be given the desired appearance.
- a problem associated with prior art disposable piping bags is that the piping bag can be difficult to handle both during manufacturing and in connection with the dispensing operation.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a disposable piping bag, which reduces or eliminates the problems associated with prior art.
- the object is achieved by a piping bag and a method according to the respective appended independent claims. Embodiments are defined in the appended dependent claims as well as in the following description and drawings.
- a disposable piping bag comprising a container cf polymer film.
- the piping bag is characterised in that it is formed essentially from a pair of thin-walled polymer films, which for forming the container are joined along at least two edge portions (6, 9, 10) of the piping bag, and that an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag is provided with a rough surface structure.
- Disposable here means that the piping bag is to be discarded after use, and not cleaned and used again. However, this does not exclude that the piping bag is filled again and/or cleaned and, thus, used to spread more than one batch of flowable paste. In fact, disposable means that it must be possible to manufacture the piping bag in large quantities at a very low cost.
- Surface structure here means the three-dimensional structure of the surface.
- Joined means that the joining should be permanent, and not designed to be broken for access or pressurising of the contents of the piping bag.
- the surface structure of the piping bag reduces the risk of it slipping from the user's grip, especially if the user's hand, which may be fitted with a glove, is wet or smeared with, for example, oil or grease. Moreover, it is possible to provide a piping bag that is easy to grip without the addition of any friction-enhancing agent. Even if a friction-enhancing agent has been added, a surface structure may be advantageous because it creates a space between two abutting layers of polymer tube or pip- ing bags, said space eliminating or reducing the risk of the layers adhering to one another, which would make handling more difficult.
- a method for manufacturing a disposable piping bag comprising a container of polymer film.
- the method comprises forming the piping bag essentially by joining a pair of thin- walled polymer films along edge portion of the piping bag, and providing an outwardly oriented surface of the thin-walled polvmer film with a surface structure.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a piping bag.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the piping bag in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the step of rolling a polymer tube to form the piping bag in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank for forming the piping bag in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 5 illustrates a first example of a surface structure.
- Fig. 6 illustrates a second example of a surface structure.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a third example of a surface structure .
- Fig. 8 illustrates a fourth example of a surface structure.
- Fig. 1 shows a piping bag 1, which at a dispensing orifice 5 is provided with a nozzle 2 and which through an open end 4 has been filled with a flowable paste 3.
- the flowable paste 3 is dispensable through the nozzle 2 when the open end 4 of the piping bag 1 is closed, for example folded, and the piping bag 1 compressed.
- the piping bag 1 is formed from a polymer tube segment, preferably of polyolefin plastic, such as polyethylene, polypropylene or the like. When unfilled, as shown in Fig.
- the piping bag 1 has an essentially two-dimensional extension, its shape being defined by two parallel creases at the edges 9, 10, formed by the polymer tube being collapsed, and a joint 7 that is obliquely transversal to the edges 9, 10.
- a severance mark 8 runs parallel to the joint 7, which mark 8 is achieved in a manner obvious to a person skilled in the art, for example by means of perforation.
- a severance mark 11 extends perpendicularly to the edges 9, 10.
- a weaker welding joint (not shown) may be provided, which is such that upon tearing along the severance mark 11, the piping bag remains closed until a user deliberately opens it.
- this weaker welding joint can be achieved at a low temperature and under mechanical pressure.
- it is cut at the cutting line K, so that an orifice 5 of a desired size is obtained.
- the nozzle 2 can be applied or, alternatively, the piping bag can be used without a nozzle.
- Fig. 3 shows how a polymer tube 21 for manufacturing piping bags is collapsed by it being caused to travel through rollers 20 to form an essentially two-dimensional elongate blank 22 with double layers. The skilled person is familiar with forming a polymer tube through film blowing.
- Fig. 4 shows how the double layer blank 22 has been provided with oblique welding joints 7 and severance marks 8, 11 for the purpose of defining piping bags 31, 31' .
- the piping bag can be essentially transparent, i.e. transparent to such a degree that its contents are visible through the limiting surfaces of the piping bag.
- the piping bag may be tinted.
- An outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag 1 is provided with a surface structure, which improves the grip, i.e. its roughness increases the friction between the user's hand and the piping bag.
- Fig. 5 illustrates a first example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by adding grains and/or flakes to the polymer pulp before the film blowing to form the polymer tube is carried out. or in connection therewith. It will be appreciated that grains and/or flakes can also be applied to the surface of the plastic tube after the tube 21 or the blank 22 is formed.
- the grains or flakes may, for example, be of a plastic material having a higher density and/or melting point than the material of which the polymer tube is formed.
- the polymer tube may be made of low- density polyethylene (PE-LD) , the grains or flakes being made of high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) or of poly- propylene.
- the grains or flakes may consist of sawdust, fine sand, lime and/or solid or hollow micro glass spheres.
- Another way of achieving a surface similar to that shown in Fig. 5 is to apply a lacquer to the outside of the piping bag, which lacquer is provided with a surface structure-forming additive, for example additives of the kind described above.
- Fig. 6 illustrates a second example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by rolling the polymer tube 21, for example as shown in
- the polymer tube can be made of at least two laminated polymer material layers.
- a polymer tube of this kind may have a plurality of layers having different functions, for instance an inner layer intended to facilitate the feeding of flowable paste and prevent said paste from adhering to the inner walls of the piping bag and intended to facilitate the introduc- tion of the nozzle 2; a gas-tight layer, a supporting layer and/or an outer grip-enhancing layer.
- the above methods of providing a grip-enhancing surface structure can be used both in one-layer piping bags and in laminated piping bags.
- the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 5 is highly suitable for laminated piping bags, since it is sufficient to add grains or flakes to the material forming the outer layer of the polymer tube.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a further example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by adding an expanding agent to the material of which an outer layer of a laminated polymer tube is formed.
- an expanding agent to the material of which an outer layer of a laminated polymer tube is formed.
- the skilled person is familiar with the art of expanding.
- the polymer tube 21 By exposing, after film blowing, the polymer tube 21 to heat the expanding agent is caused to release a gas, bubbles being formed in the outer surface of the polymer tube, which bubbles burst, thus creating a rough surface the structure of which may be of the kind shown in Fig. 7.
- expanding agents are bicarbo- nate, AZO-dicarbonate amide and water.
- a grip-enhancing surface structure is shown in Fig. 8 and can be achieved by means of starve-feeding.
- Starve-feeding can be done using pure plastic or with a filler additive, such as silicates, chalk, carbonates, small glass beads, fine sand, etc, which is added to the material of which an outer layer of a polymer tube is formed.
- a filler additive such as silicates, chalk, carbonates, small glass beads, fine sand, etc, which is added to the material of which an outer layer of a polymer tube is formed.
- the skilled person is familiar with the process of starve-feeding.
- the extrusion apparatus used to feed the outer layer material is starve- fed, which results in a surface structure similar to that of Fig. 7 being obtained. In this case, the concentration and friction of the filler can be varied to obtain the desired surface roughness.
- a further example of a grip-enhancing surface structure similar to those shown in Fig. 7 or Fig. 8 can be achieved by means of cold-feeding, wherein the outer layer is starve-fed and the extruder is operatprl at- a lower temperature than normal. In this case, no filler is needed.
- the skilled person is familiar with the art of cold-feeding.
- the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 5 is combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 7 or Fig. 8.
- This embodiment can also be combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 6, and/or a friction-enhancing agent.
- the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 7 or Fig. 8 is combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 6.
- This embodiment can possibly be combined with a friction-enhancing agent.
- the piping bag may also be formed by one or more film layers being placed on top of each other and being joined along edge portions thereof, to define a container.
- the container may be triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, circular, elliptic, etc.
- the joining may be made in any manner opted for by the skilled person for providing permanent joining.
- a piece of film may be folded to form an edge portion, whereby the other edge portions are joined in according to the above, for forming the container.
- the film layers may be formed by the above mentioned film blowing or by e.g. film casting, which is also known to the skilled person.
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Abstract
A disposable piping bag (1) comprises a container of polymer film. The piping bag is formed essentially from a pair of thin-walled polymer films, and an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag has a rough surface structure.
Description
PIPING BAG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PIPING BAG
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to disposable piping bags as defined in the preamble to claim 1, and more specifically to disposable piping bags used for the handling of foodstuffs.
Background Art
Piping bags are mainly used for decorating pastries, confectionery or food with a viscous, semi-liquid or semi-fluid paste, such as whipped cream, marzipan, dough, cream cheese, sugar paste or the like. Piping bags can also be used for other purposes, for example for the application of glue, cement, plaster, moulding compound or the like. A disposable piping bag is shown in US 3,157,312. This piping bag consists of a plastic bag, formed from two layers of polymer film, which have been welded together along the edges of the bag. The piping bag is adapted, at one of its corners, to receive an essentially conical nozzle, through which a paste contained in the piping bag can be discharged. The nozzle can be provided with a selected profile, so that the extruded paste string can be given the desired appearance.
A problem associated with prior art disposable piping bags is that the piping bag can be difficult to handle both during manufacturing and in connection with the dispensing operation.
Therefore, there is a need for an improved disposable piping bag.
Summary of the Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a disposable piping bag, which reduces or eliminates the problems associated with prior art. The object is achieved by a piping bag and a method according to the respective appended independent claims. Embodiments are defined in the appended dependent claims as well as in the following description and drawings.
According to a first aspect, a disposable piping bag is thus provided, comprising a container cf polymer film. The piping bag is characterised in that it is formed essentially from a pair of thin-walled polymer films, which for forming the container are joined along at least two edge portions (6, 9, 10) of the piping bag, and that an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag is provided with a rough surface structure.
Disposable here means that the piping bag is to be discarded after use, and not cleaned and used again. However, this does not exclude that the piping bag is filled again and/or cleaned and, thus, used to spread more than one batch of flowable paste. In fact, disposable means that it must be possible to manufacture the piping bag in large quantities at a very low cost.
Surface structure here means the three-dimensional structure of the surface.
Joined means that the joining should be permanent, and not designed to be broken for access or pressurising of the contents of the piping bag.
The surface structure of the piping bag reduces the risk of it slipping from the user's grip, especially if the user's hand, which may be fitted with a glove, is wet or smeared with, for example, oil or grease. Moreover, it is possible to provide a piping bag that is easy to grip without the addition of any friction-enhancing agent. Even if a friction-enhancing agent has been added, a surface structure may be advantageous because it creates a space between two abutting layers of polymer tube or pip-
ing bags, said space eliminating or reducing the risk of the layers adhering to one another, which would make handling more difficult.
According to a second aspect, a method is provided for manufacturing a disposable piping bag, comprising a container of polymer film. The method comprises forming the piping bag essentially by joining a pair of thin- walled polymer films along edge portion of the piping bag, and providing an outwardly oriented surface of the thin-walled polvmer film with a surface structure.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a piping bag. Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the piping bag in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the step of rolling a polymer tube to form the piping bag in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank for forming the piping bag in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 illustrates a first example of a surface structure.
Fig. 6 illustrates a second example of a surface structure.
Fig. 7 illustrates a third example of a surface structure .
Fig. 8 illustrates a fourth example of a surface structure.
Description of Preferred Embodiments
Fig. 1 shows a piping bag 1, which at a dispensing orifice 5 is provided with a nozzle 2 and which through an open end 4 has been filled with a flowable paste 3. The flowable paste 3 is dispensable through the nozzle 2 when the open end 4 of the piping bag 1 is closed, for example folded, and the piping bag 1 compressed.
With reference to Fig. 2, the piping bag 1 is formed from a polymer tube segment, preferably of polyolefin plastic, such as polyethylene, polypropylene or the like. When unfilled, as shown in Fig. 2, the piping bag 1 has an essentially two-dimensional extension, its shape being defined by two parallel creases at the edges 9, 10, formed by the polymer tube being collapsed, and a joint 7 that is obliquely transversal to the edges 9, 10. A severance mark 8 runs parallel to the joint 7, which mark 8 is achieved in a manner obvious to a person skilled in the art, for example by means of perforation. At the open end 4 of the piping bag 1, a severance mark 11 extends perpendicularly to the edges 9, 10. At the open end, a weaker welding joint (not shown) may be provided, which is such that upon tearing along the severance mark 11, the piping bag remains closed until a user deliberately opens it. According to one embodiment, this weaker welding joint can be achieved at a low temperature and under mechanical pressure. To enable dispensing by means of the piping bag 1, it is cut at the cutting line K, so that an orifice 5 of a desired size is obtained. In the orifice, the nozzle 2 can be applied or, alternatively, the piping bag can be used without a nozzle. Fig. 3 shows how a polymer tube 21 for manufacturing piping bags is collapsed by it being caused to travel through rollers 20 to form an essentially two-dimensional elongate blank 22 with double layers. The skilled person is familiar with forming a polymer tube through film blowing.
Fig. 4 shows how the double layer blank 22 has been provided with oblique welding joints 7 and severance marks 8, 11 for the purpose of defining piping bags 31, 31' . The piping bag can be essentially transparent, i.e. transparent to such a degree that its contents are visible through the limiting surfaces of the piping bag.
According to one embodiment, the piping bag may be tinted.
An outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag 1 is provided with a surface structure, which improves the grip, i.e. its roughness increases the friction between the user's hand and the piping bag.
Fig. 5 illustrates a first example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by adding grains and/or flakes to the polymer pulp before the film blowing to form the polymer tube is carried out. or in connection therewith. It will be appreciated that grains and/or flakes can also be applied to the surface of the plastic tube after the tube 21 or the blank 22 is formed. The grains or flakes may, for example, be of a plastic material having a higher density and/or melting point than the material of which the polymer tube is formed. For example, the polymer tube may be made of low- density polyethylene (PE-LD) , the grains or flakes being made of high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) or of poly- propylene. According to other embodiments, the grains or flakes may consist of sawdust, fine sand, lime and/or solid or hollow micro glass spheres.
Another way of achieving a surface similar to that shown in Fig. 5 is to apply a lacquer to the outside of the piping bag, which lacquer is provided with a surface structure-forming additive, for example additives of the kind described above.
Fig. 6 illustrates a second example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by rolling the polymer tube 21, for example as shown in
Fig. 3, through an embossed roll, if necessary under the influence of heat, which allows the polymer tube to be provided with, for example, a granular (Fig. 6) or grooved (not shown) structure. According to one embodiment, the polymer tube can be made of at least two laminated polymer material layers. A polymer tube of this kind may have a plurality of layers
having different functions, for instance an inner layer intended to facilitate the feeding of flowable paste and prevent said paste from adhering to the inner walls of the piping bag and intended to facilitate the introduc- tion of the nozzle 2; a gas-tight layer, a supporting layer and/or an outer grip-enhancing layer. It is obvious to the skilled person how to obtain a laminated polymer tube by simultaneous extrusion and film blowing of inner and outer layers. Another prior-art manner of obtaining a laminated plastic film is to join two film layers using, for example, and adhesive and/or heating.
The above methods of providing a grip-enhancing surface structure can be used both in one-layer piping bags and in laminated piping bags. The surface structure described with reference to Fig. 5 is highly suitable for laminated piping bags, since it is sufficient to add grains or flakes to the material forming the outer layer of the polymer tube.
Fig. 7 illustrates a further example of a grip- enhancing surface structure, which can be achieved by adding an expanding agent to the material of which an outer layer of a laminated polymer tube is formed. The skilled person is familiar with the art of expanding. By exposing, after film blowing, the polymer tube 21 to heat the expanding agent is caused to release a gas, bubbles being formed in the outer surface of the polymer tube, which bubbles burst, thus creating a rough surface the structure of which may be of the kind shown in Fig. 7. Non-limiting examples of expanding agents are bicarbo- nate, AZO-dicarbonate amide and water.
Yet another example of a grip-enhancing surface structure is shown in Fig. 8 and can be achieved by means of starve-feeding. Starve-feeding can be done using pure plastic or with a filler additive, such as silicates, chalk, carbonates, small glass beads, fine sand, etc, which is added to the material of which an outer layer of a polymer tube is formed. The skilled person is familiar
with the process of starve-feeding. The extrusion apparatus used to feed the outer layer material is starve- fed, which results in a surface structure similar to that of Fig. 7 being obtained. In this case, the concentration and friction of the filler can be varied to obtain the desired surface roughness.
A further example of a grip-enhancing surface structure similar to those shown in Fig. 7 or Fig. 8 can be achieved by means of cold-feeding, wherein the outer layer is starve-fed and the extruder is operatprl at- a lower temperature than normal. In this case, no filler is needed. The skilled person is familiar with the art of cold-feeding.
The ways of achieving a grip-enhancing surface structure described above may also be combined with the addition of known friction-enhancing agents, for example viscous high-molecular liquids such as polyisobutylene and/or glycerol esters.
According to one embodiment, the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 5 is combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 7 or Fig. 8. This embodiment can also be combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 6, and/or a friction-enhancing agent. According to another embodiment, the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 7 or Fig. 8 is combined with the surface structure described with reference to Fig. 6. This embodiment can possibly be combined with a friction-enhancing agent. The piping bag may also be formed by one or more film layers being placed on top of each other and being joined along edge portions thereof, to define a container. The container may be triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, circular, elliptic, etc. The joining may be made in any manner opted for by the skilled person for providing permanent joining.
Alternatively, a piece of film may be folded to form an edge portion, whereby the other edge portions are joined in according to the above, for forming the container. The film layers may be formed by the above mentioned film blowing or by e.g. film casting, which is also known to the skilled person.
Surface layers may be provided analogously with what has been described above.
Claims
1. A disposable piping bag (1), comprising a con- tainer of polymer film, wherein the piping bag is made essentially from a pair of thin-walled polymer films, which for forming the container are joined along at least two edge portions (6, 9, 10) of the piping bag, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag is provided with a rough surface structure.
2. A piping bag according to claim 1, wherein said pair of polymer films comprise first and second polymer films, which are joined along said at least two edge portions .
3. A piping bag according to claim 1, wherein said pair of polymer films are formed from one piece of polymer film, which is folded and -joined along said at least two edge portions of the piping bag.
4. A disposable piping bag, comprising a container of thin-walled polymer film, wherein the piping bag is substantially formed form a pair of thin-walled polymer films, which for forming the container are joined along at least one first edge portion (6, 9, 10) of the piping bag, and wherein at least one second edge portion (6, 9, 10) is formed by a crease of said polymer film, c h a r a c t e r i s e d in that an outwardly oriented surface of the piping bag is provided with a rough surface structure.
5. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the surface structure is formed by at least one of a) adding grains or flakes to the material of which the thin-walled polymer tube is made, b) pattern-rolling the polymer tube, and c) applying a lacquer to the outwardly oriented sur- 5 face combined with adding grains or flakes to the lacquer.
6. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outwardly oriented surface
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7. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the thin-walled polymer tube is made of a plastic film, preferably of polyolefin plastic.
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8. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the thin-walled polymer tube is essentially transparent.
20 9. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a wall of the thin-walled polymer tube consists of at least two laminated material layers, an outer material layer of which being provided with the surface structure. 25
10. A piping bag (1) according to claim 9, wherein the surface structure is formed by at least one of c) at least partly expanding the outer material layer,
30 d) at least partly starve-feeding the outer material layer, and e) at least partly cold-feeding the outer material layer.
5 11. A piping bag (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the thin-walled polymer tube has a severance mark (8) that is transversal to the longitudinal direction (Dl) of the tube.
12. A piping bag (1) according to claim 11, wherein the thin-walled tube has a joint (7), preferably a welding joint, that is parallel to the severance mark (8).
13. A method of manufacturing a disposable piping bag (1) comprising a container of polymer film, c h a r a c t e r i s e d by forming the piping bag essentially through joining a thin-walled polymer film along at least two edge portions of the piping bag, and providing an outwardly oriented surface of the thin- walled polymer tube with a rough surface structure.
14. A method according to claim 13, in which the step of providing the outwardly oriented surface with a surface structure comprises adding grains or flakes to the material of which the thin-walled polymer tube is made, and/or pattern-rolling the thin-walled polymer tube.
15. A method according to claim 13 or 14, further comprising forming the thin-walled polymer tube by laminating at least two material layers, an outer material layer being provided with the surface structure.
16. A method according to claim 15, in which the step of providing the outwardly oriented surface with a surface structure comprises at least partly expanding the material of which an outer layer of the thin-walled polymer tube is made, at least partly starve-feeding the material of which an outer layer of the thin-walled polymer tube is made, and/or at least partly cold-feeding the material of which ter layer of the thin-walled polymer tube is made.
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