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WO1998047780A1 - Dispositif automatique d'ouverture de sachets en plastique - Google Patents

Dispositif automatique d'ouverture de sachets en plastique

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WO1998047780A1
WO1998047780A1 PCT/US1998/007975 US9807975W WO9847780A1 WO 1998047780 A1 WO1998047780 A1 WO 1998047780A1 US 9807975 W US9807975 W US 9807975W WO 9847780 A1 WO9847780 A1 WO 9847780A1
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bag
gusset
side edges
wall
opening
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Robert Dematteis
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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
    • B65D31/00—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D31/10—Bags or like containers made of paper and having structural provision for thickness of contents with gusseted sides
    • 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
    • B65D33/065—Integral handles

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  • This invention relates to plastic bags that may be used for a multitude of purposes such as, but not limited to, produce bags in supermarkets, retail merchandise bags or trash bags in a commercial, industrial or home application. More specifically, this invention relates to a means of making plastic bags open easily.
  • a second commonly used bag style is a merchandise bag with a flush, straight cut, open top defining the bag mouth, which bag style typically has side gussets.
  • This bag style is frequently packed in cartons in units of 500 to 1000 bags and dispensed from the carton. They too can be difficult to open, as their gauges may be anywhere from .00045 to .00075 mil thickness.
  • Most of these bags are used in retail stores and supermarkets and the time required to open them could become a serious problem with store operations. For instance, in taking 5 seconds to open a bag, this means that in a case of 1000 bags, 5000 seconds of labor time is needed just to prepare the bags for use. This equates to 1.388 hours of time wasted in simply opening 1000 bags and preparing them for use.
  • a third commonly used bag is the T-shirt style bag, for instance of the variety in U.S. Patent 4,165,832 or those used in the system in U.S. Patent 5,209,371.
  • This bag style when put up on rolls, in unitary bag packs or dispensed from cartons is also difficult to open. The reasons are the same as the previous two styles, the thin gauges of the walls, usually from about .00045 to .00055 mil thickness, make them difficult to separate.
  • a fourth style of bag is one that has been used as a produce bag and a trash bag that is commonly referred to as a star-seal bag.
  • these bags begin as a flat web and are then folded in half lengthwise and then in half once again to form an eight ply flat tube. They are then sealed across the web, which forms the bottom of the bag. This creates a strong bottom seal resisting breakage.
  • This type of seal can be beneficial and can allow the bags to be made of thinner gauges than normal. For instance, one bag of this variety is described in U.S. Patent 5,135,146 and can effectively be made of a .0003 gauge high-density polyethylene film.
  • These star seal bags are also difficult to open because their thin gauge once again, make them difficult to pull apart and separate.
  • Blocking is caused by the compressing of the thin bag walls together during the manufacturing process. Many series of rollers are used to feed the film through printers and bag machines hence causing the ultimate compressing of the thin bag walls together. It tends to be an even greater problem with roll bags as there is continual pressure upon the bag walls in the wind-up process.
  • the present invention is a simple means of allowing the thin bag walls to separate regardless of the manufacturing process and even in spite of severely blocked, thin gauged film.
  • This means of opening is accomplished by incorporating overlapping gusset elements on the opposing portions of the bag walls.
  • This unique gusseting process forces the bag mouth to blouse open when any one or more of the gusset elements are pulled by the user, for instance a side gusset panel, an opposing gusset panel, or, one or more T-shirt bag handles or ties attached to the side gusset panels.
  • the unique opening means as described in the present invention can be applied during virtually any known manufacturing process including bags on rolls, bags that are stacked up and made into bag packs, or those that are simply loose packed in a carton.
  • This automatic opening process does not require adhesives or electrostatic treatment. It is simply accomplished by having the proper matched gusseters to create the desired overlapping gusset elements on the opposing bag walls.
  • the process of manufacturing is simple, reliable and cost effective.
  • the automatic opening process of the present invention can also be applied to any type of material or any size of bag.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention in a flush top, merchandise bag style with the bag mouth partially opened in order to illustrate the opposing gusset elements in which said elements are folded in the same direction;
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bag in Fig. 1 whereas the two side gusset panels are being pulled apart causing the adjacent opposing gusset elements to separate resulting in the bag mouth automatically blousing open;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of the bag of Figs. 1 and 2, partially opened with a variation in that the opposing gusset panels are folded in opposite directions;
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a T-shirt bag of the present invention which incorporates the gusseting schematic in Fig. 3 and illustrates how the pulling of two opposing handles causes the bag mouth to automatically blouse open;
  • Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of the bag in either Figs. 1 or 4, but with angled bottom seals on the outer gusset folds which will form a rounded bag bottom when loaded with articles;
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bag in Fig. 4, with the angled bottom seals in Fig. 5, so that when fully opened, the angled seals at the bag bottom create the rounded bottom.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic top view of a variation on the theme that can enable easy opening.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic top view of another variation on the theme that can also enable easy opening.
  • bag 10 has an open, flush cut mouth 12, a bottom 14 with a bottom seal 16, two side gusset creases 18 and 18', a front bag wall 20 and a rear bag wall 22.
  • first overlapping gusset elements defined as having two inside panels 25 and 27 which are connected at gusset crease 26 and a third component panel 29 which is connected to panel 27 at gusset crease 24.
  • the second overlapping gusset elements Located in the central portion of rear bag wall 22 are the second overlapping gusset elements defined as having two inside panels 25' and 27' which are connected at gusset crease 26' and a third component panel 29' which is connected to panel 27' at gusset crease 24'.
  • Fig. 2 the bag of Fig. 1 is being pulled open by hands H and H' which are grasping two respective side gusset elements, namely left side gusset front panels 30 and 32 and right side gusset rear panels 34 and 36, then pulling these side gusset elements outward with force F, as illustrated by the arrows.
  • the outward force F causes the bag mouth 12 to blouse open as the first opposing gusset elements and its three component panels 25, 27 and 29 move away from second opposing gusset elements and its three component panels 25', 27' and 29'.
  • the forcing open of bag mouth 12 can also be accomplished by pulling any two gusset panels such as 30 and 32 or 34 and 36 or; the grasping of multiple gusset panels as well; for instance, by simultaneous grasping and pulling outwards both front and rear panel components of the two side gusset elements. It is also seen that the two opposing gusset elements of the present invention on the front and rear bag walls can also be pulled outwards to force the opening of the bag mouth. And, it can be even be further seen that any one of the gusset panel elements, side or opposing, can be pulled outwards to force the opening of bag mouth 12.
  • FIG. 3 the schematic top view illustrates a partially opened bag mouth 40, front bag wall 42, first opposing gusset front panel portion 44, front panel crease 46, first inside panel portion 48, inside front panel crease 50 and second inside panel portion 52.
  • Fig. 3 further shows the rear bag wall 42', second opposing gusset rear panel portion 44', rear panel crease 46', first inside panel portion 48', inside rear panel crease 50' and second inside panel portion 52'. Note that opposing gusset elements are folded at creases 50 and 50' in opposite directions which effects more or less the same outcome as the opposing gusset elements of the bag in Figs. 1 and 2.
  • the T-shirt bag 60 has a partially open bag mouth 62, a bottom 64 with a bottom seal 66, two side gusset creases 68 and 68', a front bag wall 70 and a rear bag wall 72.
  • Located in the central region 69 of front bag wall 70 are the first overlapping gusset elements formed by two inside panels 75 and 77 which are joined at gusset crease 76 and a third component panel 79 which is joined to panel 77 at gusset crease 74.
  • second overlapping gusset elements formed by two inside panels 75' and 77' which are joined at gusset crease 76' and a third component panel 79' which is joined to panel 77' at gusset crease 74'.
  • T-shirt bag 60 is further defined as having two handles 80 and 80', said left side handle 80 being an integral part of the top portions of the left side gusset panels 82 and 84 which are joined at front outer crease 85, and side gusset panels 86 and 88 which are joined at a rear outer crease (not shown), said panel pairs being joined at crease 68, and; said right side handle 80' being an integral part of the top portions of the right side gusset panels 82' and 84' which connected at front outer crease 85', and side gusset panels 86' and 88' which are connected at a rear outer crease (not shown), said panel pairs connected at crease 68',
  • the outward force (represented by the arrows P) on handles 80 and 80' forces bag mouth 62 to blouse open as the first opposing gusset elements and its three component panels 75, 77 and 79 move away from second opposing gusset elements and its three component panels 75', 77' and 79'.
  • FIG. 5 cut-away bag 90 is of essentially the same construction as that in Figs. 1 and 4 and, as illustrated, has a front opposing gusset panel 99, front gusset panel crease 96 with an inside front gusset crease 97; a left side gusset panel 102 and left side crease 105 and; a right side gusset panel 102' and 105' with an inside right side gusset crease 108. Gusset creases 97 and 108' virtually abut one another and along with the virtual abutment of the reciprocal gusset creases on the left side (not shown) of bag 90. The preferred version of the opposing gusset elements of the present invention is thus illustrated.
  • Bag 90 has a bottom 92 defined by bottom seal 94 with bag skirt 98 therebetween, the bag skirt typically being about V ⁇ inch wide.
  • bottom seal portion 110 At the outer portions of bag bottom 92 and bottom seal 94 on the left gusset panel 102 (along with all related left side gusset panel elements not shown but previous illustrated in Fig. 4) is illustrated as bottom seal portion 110 and angles upward and outward at about a 15-20 degree angle, and; on the opposing right side gusset panel 102' (along with its related right side gusset panel elements not shown but previously illustrated in Fig. 4), bottom seal 94 and bag bottom 92 is illustrated as bag bottom portion 110' and also angles upward and outward at about a 15-20 degree angle.
  • the bag bottom portions 110 and 110' are sealed by bottom seal 94 through the entire set of related left and side gusset panel elements, and are also defined by bag seal 94 above, bag bottom 92 below and skirt 98 therebetween.
  • bag 120 (much like that of the bag in Fig. 4) is fully opened and loaded with articles, and illustrates a rounded bottom 122, which is facilitated by the angled outer bottom portions 124 and 124'.
  • the round bottom 122 is created by the expansion and opening up of all the gusset panel elements (not shown), such elements being the front opposing gusset elements, now only defined by crease 126 near the bag bottom, rear opposing gusset elements (not shown), left side gusset elements, defined by panels 128 and 130 and right side gusset elements (not shown).
  • FIG. 7 the schematic top view illustrates a partially opened bag mouth 140, front bag wall 142, a first front bag wall gusset element 144, a second front bag wall gusset element 146, a first inside panel portion 148, a second inside panel portion 150, a rear bag wall 142', first rear bag wall gusset element 144' and second rear bag wall gusset element 146'.
  • Upon applying an outward lateral force to any one or more gusset elements it will produce more or less the same outcome as the opposing gusset elements of the bag in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  • FIG. 8 the schematic top view illustrates a partially opened bag mouth 160, front bag wall 162, a first front bag wall gusset element 164, a second front bag wall gusset element 166, a first inside panel portion 168, a second inside panel portion 170, a rear bag wall 162', first rear bag wall gusset element 164' and second rear bag wall gusset element 166'.
  • Upon applying an outward lateral force to any one or more gusset elements it will produce more or less the same outcome as the opposing gusset elements of the previously illustrated bags.
  • each bag may be easily opened by simply grasping the upper gusseted edges of the bag. Such grasping will result in the opening of one or more gussets, thereby immediately enabling one to access the bag mouth and fully open the bag. It is not necessary, then, to attempt to separate the upper edges of the bag as is the case heretofore with available prior art bags.

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Abstract

Un sachet en plastique (60) s'ouvrant automatiquement est constitué de parois opposées (70, 72) réunies par leurs bords du fond (64), l'une des deux paires de bords opposés étant réunis par un soufflet rentrant, l'autre paire de bords opposés des parois étant réunie par deux soufflets. En outre, les bords supérieurs des parois sont séparés l'un de l'autre sur une partie au moins de leur longueur, ce qui fait que des forces latérales opposées s'appliquant sur chacune des paires réunies de bords opposés provoquent systématiquement l'ouverture de l'embouchure du sachet.
PCT/US1998/007975 1997-04-23 1998-04-20 Dispositif automatique d'ouverture de sachets en plastique Ceased WO1998047780A1 (fr)

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DE2526961A1 (de) * 1974-11-23 1976-05-26 Marsal Maria Asuncion Forn Beutel
US4911560A (en) * 1988-04-08 1990-03-27 Sonoco Products Company Easy open bag
CA2054309A1 (fr) * 1990-12-13 1992-06-14 Dana M. Boyd Sac a provisions extensible
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US2279327A (en) * 1939-02-21 1942-04-14 Newspaper Service Corp Container
US2628764A (en) * 1946-09-23 1953-02-17 Auto Wrap Corp Ready wrapper
US3023947A (en) * 1955-08-16 1962-03-06 Int Paper Co Multiwall bag
US3180557A (en) * 1962-07-10 1965-04-27 Celloplast Ab Bag with handle of weldable plastic material
DE2526961A1 (de) * 1974-11-23 1976-05-26 Marsal Maria Asuncion Forn Beutel
US4911560A (en) * 1988-04-08 1990-03-27 Sonoco Products Company Easy open bag
CA2054309A1 (fr) * 1990-12-13 1992-06-14 Dana M. Boyd Sac a provisions extensible
US5219220A (en) * 1992-05-04 1993-06-15 Mobil Oil Corporation Four-film diagonal gusset seals for bags

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2016030766A3 (fr) * 2014-08-29 2016-07-07 Intelligent Energy Limited Récipient volumétrique souple

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