EP0439209A1 - Sac en papier avec poignée - Google Patents

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EP0439209A1
EP0439209A1 EP91200039A EP91200039A EP0439209A1 EP 0439209 A1 EP0439209 A1 EP 0439209A1 EP 91200039 A EP91200039 A EP 91200039A EP 91200039 A EP91200039 A EP 91200039A EP 0439209 A1 EP0439209 A1 EP 0439209A1
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carrying device
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Claus Carl Ferdinand Haubach
Agustin Ramos Blanco
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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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
    • B65D33/06—Handles
    • B65D33/10—Handles formed of similar material to that used for the bag

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  • This invention relates to a paper bag with carrying device. More particularly it relates to a paper bag with carrying device whereby the carrying device is provided as an extension of the top part of the bag, which top part is closed before the bag is filled from the bottom with a given quantity of goods. After filling, the bottom part of the bag is also closed.
  • Paper bags with a carrying device like a double added-on carrying handle, are in widespread use. Such paper bags have mostly an open top, although some of them may be equipped with an extension that can be folded over when the bag has been filled. Such paper bags are mostly handed out by shopkeepers for their customers to carry away the individual goods they bought. They are not suitable for packing and selling goods which are sold in a prepacked given quantity.
  • paper bags whereby a carrying opening, possibly with reinforcement, is provided on opposite sides near the edges of the open end of the bag, said open end being closed after filling by e.g. sewing, stitching or glueing across the full width of the bag underneath the carrying opening, said closure being torn apart when the contents of the bag is to be dispensed.
  • a carrying opening possibly with reinforcement
  • Such bags are used e.g. for pet food, cat litter, etc. but have the disadvantage that they can no longer be easily carried by the carrying openings once they have been opened.
  • the filled and closed package will not result in an optimum, space saving shape, in that the filled product will have the tendency to sag downwards and the extension with carrying hole will be standing up over the sagging bag.
  • British patent application 8923835.6 describes a package consisting of a paper bag compactly packing compressed flexible articles, said package being provided with an opening device as well as with a carrying device, said carrying device being formed by an extension of the top panel of the package.
  • the negative of the described carrying device is, however, that, in order to avoid raw edges which might make carrying of the bag less comfortable, a protective member is slid over the free top edges of the device and attached e.g. by a sewing line. This renders the bag more expensive since it not only means additional material but also an additional manufacturing step involving more equipment and more time.
  • German Utility Model G 8905480.6 describes how a paper bag is folded and closed at what will be the upper end of the bag and how a separate piece of material, incorporating a carrying handle, is glued in the middle of the just formed upper side of the bag. This is a somewhat expensive way of solving the problem since it requires an additional operation after the top of the bag has been closed on conventional equipment, as well as additional equipment.
  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide a carrying device for a paper bag which is generally used for sale of a prepacked quantity of goods.
  • the present invention provides a paper bag which has a carrying device which is integral with the top part of the bag which is closed before the bag is filled.
  • Said carrying device is formed by proper folding and glueing or sealing of extensions of the two opposite main side panels of the bag, possibly with addition of reinforcing material.
  • Crease lines (7, 8, 9) or any of the crease lines referred to hereafter, do not have to be visible in the carton blank before the folding and assembling operations start using conventional equipment, but are shown here to better explain hereafter the different steps the paper blank undergoes.
  • a fold achieved along a crease line shown in the blank is shown as a full line in the perspective views, but carries the same reference numeral.
  • Figure 2 shows a conventional way for a first step in the bag forming operation. This is achieved by folding the bag along crease lines (10 and 11) and attaching overlap strip (5) against the free end of main panel (1), so that a bag tube is formed.
  • Figure 3 illustrates how the bag tube has been formed as shown in Figure 2 and shows cuts (14, 15) that have been made along crease lines (12, 13, respectively 26) along the section separating extensions (1b, 2b) respectively (2b, 2c), from extensions (3b) respectively (4b).
  • FIG. 4 and 5 there is illustrated how the bag tube (of which the top part only is shown) is being opened and squared up so that the top panel can be closed and the carrying device can be formed.
  • extensions (1b and 1c) are folded outwardly by 90° whereas extensions (2b, 2c, 2d) are folded outwardly by 90° in the opposite direction.
  • Crease lines (10 and 11) are pushed inwardly until side panels (3 and 4) form a 90° angle with main panels (1 and 2).
  • extensions (3b and 4b) are folded inwardly towards each other by 90°.
  • the bag with the partially folded top part is flattened along crease lines (10 and 11) in such a way that extensions (1b and 1c) come to lie against main panel (1) whereas extensions (2b, 2c and 2d) are returned to their original plane with main panel (2).
  • reinforcement tube (16) is attached over extensions (3b and 4b) to cover the full surface of the bag top panel and reinforcement piece (17) is attached over extension (2c).
  • Figure 7 shows reinforcement tube (16) covering the top surface of the bag and reinforcement piece (17) covering extension (2c).
  • First extensions (1b and 2b) are folded over by 180° and attached to tube (16), whereas extensions (1c and 2c) are folded upwards by 90° with respect to the folded over extensions (1b and 2b) and attached to each other.
  • extension (2d) is folded over by 180° and attached against the free surface of extension (1c).
  • a carrying hole (18) is punched through extensions (1c, 2c, 2d) and reinforcement strip (17). This punching can be made after these extensions have been assembled but can also be made in the individual extensions and reinforcement strip before assembling.
  • the completed top with carrying device of the paper bag according to this first execution is shown in Figure 8.
  • a first reinforcement of the carrying device is achieved by a reinforcement tube (16).
  • This type of reinforcement not only ensures perfect closing of the top panel of the filled bag but also prevents separation of extensions (1c and 2c) due to the gravity forces of the filled bag when it is carried by carrying hole (18).
  • Reinforcement strip (17) prevents tearing of the carrying hole when the bag is carried.
  • FIG 9 a different embodiment of a reinforcement sheet and a reinforcement piece for the carrying handle is shown.
  • a reinforcement sheet (19) is attached over extensions (1c', 1b', 2b', 2c', 2d', 3b and 4b).
  • reinforcement piece (20) is attached over the central area of extensions (2b', c', d').
  • Figure 11 shows the completed top with carrying device of the paper bag according to a second embodiment of this invention.
  • Carrying holes (24) are punched through extensions (1c', 2c', 2d') and reinforcement strip (17). This punching can be made after these extensions have been assembled but also in the individual extensions and reinforcement strip before assembling.
  • the reinforcement of the carrying device is achieved by provision of a reinforcement sheet (19), which type of reinforcement ensures not only perfect closing of the top part of the bag after filling but provides also a tube-like carrying device with double carrying holes which render carrying of the bag more comfortable thanks to the bridge area (28) between the carrying holes (24).
  • Figures 12 through 14 show still another specially preferred embodiment according to the present invention, which embodiment has the advantage of allowing convenient assembling of two filled paper bags with integral carrying device, be it for easy carrying or for group sale, e.g. in the case of promotion sales.
  • extension (1b" is folded over by 180° and extensions (2b", c") are attached to extensions (3b" and 4b").
  • extensions (1b" and 2d") are folded towards each other by 90° and are attached to each other.
  • extension (1c") is folded over by 180° to be attached against the free surface of extension (2d").
  • Figure 13 shows the completed top with carrying device of the paper bag according to a third embodiment of this invention.
  • a carrying hole (18) is punched through extensions (1b", 1c", and 2d") and reinforcement strip (25). This punching can be made after these extensions and strip have been assembled but also in the individual extensions and reinforcement strip before assembling.
  • Figure 14 shows clearly how a second bag of the third preferred embodiment can be easily carried or assembled with a first one, e.g. for promotion sales. Assembling can be achieved by any conventional means like glueing, stitching or sewing.
  • Paper bags with integral carrying device according to the invention can be made of a variety of qualities of paper. It has been found that papers or combined layers of paper, having a total basis weight in the range of from 70 to 125 grams per m2, are suitable. However, the qualities of paper that present the most advantages from the environmental point of view for making the bag with integral carrying device according to the present invention, are unbleached virgin papers or unbleached recycled papers. In order to be able to present an attractive package made with unbleached papers, it is however necessary to whitecoat the outside of these papers to allow good quality printing.
  • a two layer paper consisting of one layer of brown, unbleached kraft pulp/paper with good mechanical properties and one layer of light brown unbleached wood pulp/paper.
  • such two layer paper can be made either with a two or more screen paper making machine whereby, in the end product, the kraft pulp layer will be at the inside of the bag and the mechanical wood pulp layer will be at the outside of the bag.
  • Another solution is to have both layers made separately and subsequently glued together to form a laminate. It has been found that the glue laminated paper presents the best technical properties required for packing of, e.g., compressed disposables, while still retaining the environmentally desirable properties.
  • the layer of light brown unbleached mechanical wood pulp/paper can be low grammage whitecoated.
  • Another backup option would be to use a bleached paper quality with optimized environmental properties like (partially with oxygen) bleached paper. If such a paper is used, no whitecoating of the outer surface is needed to achieve a good quality basis for printing.
  • any type of biodegradable and/or easily recyclable material is in order.
  • Such materials can include paper, cotton webs, combinations of both, etc.
  • this attachment may be achieved in any conventional way, be it by glue, heatsealing of appropriate coatings applied during the printing step of the paper blanks, etc. It is highly recommended that the glue or heatsealing varnish be of a biodegradable composition.
  • this bag tube can also be formed by dividing the blank in such a way that the overlap strip, by attachment of which the bag tube is formed, is positioned in another location.
  • the advantage of positioning it as described in Figure 2 is that a perfectly smooth side panel is obtained, which facilitates printing of the blank or integration of the opening/dispensing device.
  • integral carrying devices shown in the above three preferred embodiments can be easily flattened against the top surface of the filled paper bag for shipping and storing and that they can easily resume their carrying position when needed.
  • Paper bags with integral carrying device according to the invention are extremely useful for packing e.g. disposable diapers, although their use is not restricted to this type of contents.
  • disposable diapers are mostly packed in plastic bags or, for smaller quantities, in cardboard cartons.
  • Plastic bags are not biodegradable and not yet easily recyclable so that there is a big advantage in being able to pack disposables in a paper bag.
  • the paper bag with integral carrying device according to the invention can be filled on the packing machines presently used for filling plastic bags with integral carrying device, with very little modification to the existing machinery.
  • the crease lines shown in the above examples can easily be replaced by score lines already formed on the paper blank, so that folding and squaring of the paper bag during the bag forming operation is enhanced.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Bag Frames (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
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  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP91200039A 1990-01-19 1991-01-11 Sac en papier avec poignée Expired - Lifetime EP0439209B1 (fr)

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GB9001290 1990-01-19
GB909001290A GB9001290D0 (en) 1990-01-19 1990-01-19 Paper bag with integral carrying device

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AT (1) ATE124922T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE69111086T2 (fr)
DK (1) DK0439209T3 (fr)
EG (1) EG19682A (fr)
ES (1) ES2074210T3 (fr)
FI (1) FI97462C (fr)
GB (1) GB9001290D0 (fr)
IE (1) IE66741B1 (fr)
MA (1) MA22045A1 (fr)
PT (1) PT96524B (fr)
SA (1) SA91110258B1 (fr)
TR (1) TR26069A (fr)

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WO2010102324A1 (fr) * 2009-03-13 2010-09-16 Anthony Kwaw Quansah Matériau laminé, et sacs recyclables et réutilisables faits avec ce matériau
US8961012B2 (en) * 2012-10-19 2015-02-24 Peel Plastic Products Limited Bag with handle
US12076221B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-09-03 The Procter & Gamble Company Natural fiber-containing packages for absorbent articles
US12090034B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-09-17 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article package material
US12110163B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-10-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article package material
US12178692B2 (en) 2020-10-09 2024-12-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Absorbent article packages with natural fibers and opening features
US12303371B2 (en) 2023-01-25 2025-05-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable packages
US12325576B2 (en) 2021-07-30 2025-06-10 The Procter & Gamble Company Sealed absorbent article package with natural fibers
US12611343B2 (en) 2023-02-09 2026-04-28 The Procter & Gamble Company Absorbent article packages with natural fibers

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FR1193764A (fr) * 1959-11-04
FR2013083A1 (fr) * 1968-07-17 1970-03-27 Windmoeller & Hoelscher
US4691368A (en) * 1985-06-20 1987-09-01 Ocor Products Corporation Flexible block packaging
EP0349050B1 (fr) * 1988-06-28 1994-04-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Sac souple remplis d'articles souples comprimés

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FR1193764A (fr) * 1959-11-04
FR2013083A1 (fr) * 1968-07-17 1970-03-27 Windmoeller & Hoelscher
US4691368A (en) * 1985-06-20 1987-09-01 Ocor Products Corporation Flexible block packaging
EP0349050B1 (fr) * 1988-06-28 1994-04-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Sac souple remplis d'articles souples comprimés

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2010102324A1 (fr) * 2009-03-13 2010-09-16 Anthony Kwaw Quansah Matériau laminé, et sacs recyclables et réutilisables faits avec ce matériau
US8961012B2 (en) * 2012-10-19 2015-02-24 Peel Plastic Products Limited Bag with handle
US12252320B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2025-03-18 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article package material
US12090034B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-09-17 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article package material
US12110163B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-10-08 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article package material
US12076221B2 (en) 2020-07-30 2024-09-03 The Procter & Gamble Company Natural fiber-containing packages for absorbent articles
US12178692B2 (en) 2020-10-09 2024-12-31 The Procter & Gamble Company Absorbent article packages with natural fibers and opening features
US12325576B2 (en) 2021-07-30 2025-06-10 The Procter & Gamble Company Sealed absorbent article package with natural fibers
US12303371B2 (en) 2023-01-25 2025-05-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable packages
US12364630B2 (en) 2023-01-25 2025-07-22 The Procter & Gamble Company Packages for absorbent articles
US12599515B2 (en) 2023-01-25 2026-04-14 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article packages
US12605291B2 (en) 2023-01-25 2026-04-21 The Procter & Gamble Company Recyclable absorbent article packages
US12611343B2 (en) 2023-02-09 2026-04-28 The Procter & Gamble Company Absorbent article packages with natural fibers

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PT96524A (pt) 1991-10-15
ATE124922T1 (de) 1995-07-15
MA22045A1 (fr) 1991-01-18
EP0439209B1 (fr) 1995-07-12
SA91110258B1 (ar) 2005-05-02
FI97462C (fi) 1996-12-27
GB9001290D0 (en) 1990-03-21
PT96524B (pt) 1998-08-31
IE910179A1 (en) 1991-07-31
FI910268A0 (fi) 1991-01-18
IE66741B1 (en) 1996-02-07
ES2074210T3 (es) 1995-09-01
FI97462B (fi) 1996-09-13
DE69111086D1 (de) 1995-08-17
TR26069A (tr) 1994-12-15
DE69111086T2 (de) 1995-11-16
DK0439209T3 (da) 1995-09-11
FI910268L (fi) 1991-07-20

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