EP2989909A1 - Beutel zur Aufnahme von Fasermaterial, sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Beutels zur Aufnahme eines Fasermaterials - Google Patents

Beutel zur Aufnahme von Fasermaterial, sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Beutels zur Aufnahme eines Fasermaterials Download PDF

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EP2989909A1
EP2989909A1 EP14183072.9A EP14183072A EP2989909A1 EP 2989909 A1 EP2989909 A1 EP 2989909A1 EP 14183072 A EP14183072 A EP 14183072A EP 2989909 A1 EP2989909 A1 EP 2989909A1
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pouch
fibrous material
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Karen LOCKHART
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F23/00—Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco
    • A24F23/02—Tobacco pouches
    • 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
    • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
    • B65D33/25—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners
    • B65D33/2508—Riveting; Dovetailing; Screwing; using press buttons or slide fasteners using slide fasteners with interlocking members having a substantially uniform section throughout the length of the fastener; Sliders therefor
    • 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
    • B65D75/008—Standing pouches, i.e. "Standbeutel"
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5861—Spouts
    • B65D75/5866—Integral spouts

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  • the present invention relates to a pouch for containing a fibrous material and, in particular, to a pouch for containing tobacco that provides better ease of use as well as better retention of moisture.
  • Tobacco for Roll-Your-Own (RYO) or Make-Your-Own (MYO) smoking articles is traditionally held and stored in pouches made of leather or sealskin. More recently, as consumers move towards preferences for disposable products, tobacco has often been provided in large plastic pouches that may be used to store the tobacco before it is transferred, for example, to a smaller tobacco pouch, or employed in direct use for rolling cigarettes or other smoking articles, and/or for use with a tubing machine.
  • a pouch for containing a fibrous material comprising: a wall defining a cavity and extending in an axial direction of the pouch; a top portion; a bottom portion; and a dispensing aperture for dispensing fibrous material from the pouch in use, wherein the dispensing aperture is smaller than a largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction, such that the dispensing aperture allows the user to dispense any fibrous material contained within the pouch in a substantially rod-like shape.
  • the pouch of the present invention allows moisture to be retained in the contents of the pouch much more effectively than previous pouches. This is due to the size of the dispensing aperture being smaller than a largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the pouch; hence, less ambient air reaches the contents of the pouch once the dispensing aperture has been created in use.
  • the relatively small size of the dispensing aperture also provides the advantage of easier dispensing of any fibrous material contained within the pouch in a substantially rod-like shape, for example, when dispensing the fibrous material into a tubing machine or directly into filter paper of a RYO or MYO cigarette.
  • the configuration of the dispensing aperture of the present invention further reduces spillage and wastage of fibrous material contained within the pouch as the user is provided with a more controlled mechanism for dispensing said fibrous material.
  • the pouch may further comprise the fibrous material contained within the cavity and/or the fibrous material may be tobacco.
  • the dispensing location may be less than 80% of the largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction, and more preferably less than 50% of the largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction, and yet more preferably less than 30% of the largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction.
  • the dispensing aperture of the pouch may be elongate. More preferably, the dispensing aperture may be configured to be substantially the same shape as the receiving element of, for example, a tubing machine or the filter paper of a RYO or MYO cigarette. This configuration is advantageous in that spillage of the fibrous material can be minimized.
  • the dispensing aperture may be located at the bottom portion of the pouch, and in other embodiments, the dispensing aperture may be located at the top portion of the pouch.
  • a largest dimension of the top portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction may be smaller than that at the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction. This may provide the advantage of creating an interesting shape of pouch.
  • a shape of the pouch may taper from the bottom portion to the top portion to form an apex, thus providing a distinctive shape.
  • the dispensing opening may be formed within the apex, and so controlled dispensing of fibrous material held within the pouch may be optimized.
  • the dispensing opening may also therefore be configured to be created across the entire top portion of the pouch in this case, thus making it easier for the user to create the dispensing opening in use.
  • the pouch may be substantially triangular, trapezoidal, pyramidal or funnel shaped.
  • the pouch may be formed from at least one sheet of material that is folded in use.
  • the walls of the pouch may be formed, in this embodiment, by using a sealing material to seal together the edges of the single sheet of material.
  • This provides the advantage that the pouch is simple to manufacture and a single roll of material may be sized as appropriate to create individual pouches that may be further processed and shaped.
  • the pouch may be formed from at least two sheets of material that are adhered together, perhaps using a sealing material, during manufacture of the pouch.
  • the pouch may be made of material comprising oriented polypropylene (OPP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), metallised polyethylene terephthalate (MPET) or polyethylene (PE), or any combination thereof.
  • OPP oriented polypropylene
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • MPET metallised polyethylene terephthalate
  • PE polyethylene
  • the pouch may further comprise a second aperture for dispensing fibrous material from the pouch in use.
  • a second aperture for dispensing fibrous material from the pouch in use.
  • the second aperture may be formed at a distal portion of the pouch to the dispensing aperture.
  • the dispensing aperture and/or the second aperture may be configured to be re-sealable using sealing means.
  • sealing means could be defined by the dispensing aperture and/or the second aperture, for example, a zip lock, a hook and loop fastener, or it could be separate sealing means such as a sticky label, or a gripper, or any combination thereof.
  • the pouch may further comprise one or more indicators defining the dispensing aperture and/or the second aperture.
  • the one or more indicators could comprise, say, the zip lock or the hook and loop fastener that also act as the sealing means.
  • the one or more indicators could comprise, for example, markers or perforations that indicate visually to the user where the dispensing aperture should be made in the pouch.
  • the indicator on the pouch may define where the pouch should ultimately be opened and preferably the extent/size of such an opening. This may be achieved by providing a sealed aperture, such as a zip lock, as the indicator, and/or by providing a marker, such as a printed line, or perforation as the indicator, along which the user may cut/tear.
  • a user of the pouch may be guided by the indicator towards ensuring that the size of the dispensing aperture is smaller than a largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the pouch, for example, due to a physical indicator on the pouch, e.g. a zip lock, such that the indicator comprises the dispensing aperture.
  • the indicator comprises the dispensing aperture
  • the dispensing aperture is a zip lock
  • advantages that arise from the reduction in dispensing aperture size that is created at the location defined by the indicator, as compared with previous pouch arrangements, include reduced materials and therefore reduced material costs, and a more attractive appearance to consumers.
  • the user may be guided via an indicator formed by a marker such as dotted lines or perforations along which the dispensing aperture is intended to be made in the pouch.
  • a method for making a pouch for containing a fibrous material comprising: providing at least one sheet of material for forming the pouch; folding the sheet to form the walls of the pouch; providing a dispensing aperture on the pouch at which fibrous material may be dispensed from the pouch in use; and depositing a sealing material to seal the walls of the pouch and to define an inner space for holding fibrous material.
  • the method further comprises reducing the inner space towards the top portion of the pouch to leave some sacrificial pouch material; and punching out a section of the sheet to eliminate the sacrificial pouch material.
  • the method further comprises filling fibrous material into the pouch.
  • pouch 10 comprising a top portion 14 and a bottom portion 15 are shown.
  • Each pouch 10 is provided with a dispensing aperture 11, 12, 13 for dispensing fibrous material from the pouch in use
  • the dispensing aperture 11 is shown to be formed in the center of the top portion 14.
  • the dispensing aperture 12 is shown to be formed in center of the bottom portion 15.
  • the dispensing opening 11, 12, is shown to be elongate.
  • the dispensing aperture 13 is shown to be formed towards the corner of the top portion 14.
  • the dispensing aperture is smaller than a largest dimension of the bottom portion in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the pouch, such that a dispensing aperture formed at the dispensing aperture location allows the user to dispense any fibrous material contained within the pouch in a substantially rod-like shape. This provides benefits such as improved moisture retention, more controlled dispensing and less spillage/wastage of fibrous content during dispensing from the pouch.
  • the fibrous material is tobacco, although the fibrous material may equally be any other fibrous material.
  • pouch 20 comprises a top portion 24 and a bottom portion 25.
  • the pouch 20 has a largest dimension of its top portion 24 in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction being smaller than that at the bottom portion 25 in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction.
  • the pouch 20 has a shape that tapers from the bottom portion 25 to the top portion 24 to form an apex, where the dispensing opening 21 is located.
  • the shape of the pouch 20 may be described as substantially funnel-shaped.
  • FIG 3 shows an example method of manufacturing a pouch 30 of the present invention, where a single sheet of material is folded out from a roll 31 in order to form the walls of a plurality of pouches 32.
  • a sealing material may be deposited along the edges of the material in order to seal the walls and to define an inner space for holding fibrous material.
  • each individual pouch is cut out of the single sheet of material, and any redundant sacrificial material may be punched out after the inner space towards the top portion of the pouch is reduced, resulting in a substantially funnel-shaped pouch 30.
  • the pouch 30 may have an open end 33 where fibrous material such as tobacco may be used to fill the pouch 30 (not shown in Figure 3 ).
  • the dispensing opening may also be formed at the distal end to the open end 33 (not shown in Figure 3 ).

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FR328305A (fr) * 1903-01-06 1903-07-09 Edward Hafer Perfectionnements aux petits sacs de poche particulièrement destinés à contenir du tabac
DE369922C (de) * 1923-02-24 Karl Drescher Tabakbehaelter
US2442091A (en) * 1946-05-18 1948-05-25 Breslee Mfg Company Pouch and method of making the same
GB898641A (en) * 1957-07-24 1962-06-14 Selwyn Brown Improvements relating to packaging and packages
US20090152139A1 (en) * 2004-11-19 2009-06-18 Focke & Co., (Gmbh & Co., Kg) Packaging sachet and method and device for producing the same
NL2006781C2 (en) * 2011-05-13 2012-11-14 Schur Flexible Benelux B V Tobacco pouch, method for forming pouches and method for filling pouches.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE369922C (de) * 1923-02-24 Karl Drescher Tabakbehaelter
FR328305A (fr) * 1903-01-06 1903-07-09 Edward Hafer Perfectionnements aux petits sacs de poche particulièrement destinés à contenir du tabac
US2442091A (en) * 1946-05-18 1948-05-25 Breslee Mfg Company Pouch and method of making the same
GB898641A (en) * 1957-07-24 1962-06-14 Selwyn Brown Improvements relating to packaging and packages
US20090152139A1 (en) * 2004-11-19 2009-06-18 Focke & Co., (Gmbh & Co., Kg) Packaging sachet and method and device for producing the same
NL2006781C2 (en) * 2011-05-13 2012-11-14 Schur Flexible Benelux B V Tobacco pouch, method for forming pouches and method for filling pouches.

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