Bag body, film body, and method for manufacturing bag body

A bag comprising:

• a bag body made of at least one folded or overlapped film, the bag body comprising a plurality of face portions at least comprising mutually facing first face portion and second face portion, the face portions defining a housing space;
• an elongated member provided on the first face portion, the elongated member comprising an elongated tearing guide piece and a zipper tape, the zipper tape comprising a first member comprising a belt-shaped base and a first engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped base and a second member comprising a belt-shaped body and a second engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped body and engageable with the first engagement portion;
• a tab comprising an outer edge defined by a cutting line penetrating through the belt-shaped base and the first face portion, the tab allowing the tearing guide piece to be pinched;
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• a cut portion formed at a position different from the tab in the tearing guide piece and the first face portion, the cut portion being configured to cut the first face portion and the tearing guide piece in a manner intersecting the width direction of the tearing guide piece, wherein the belt-shaped base is extended in a width direction to protrude beyond a first end of the belt-shaped body in the width direction when the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged,
• an extended part of the belt-shaped base and the belt-shaped body are bonded to the first face portion with a surface provided with the first engagement portion and a surface not provided with the second engagement portion, respectively,
• the belt-shaped base is interposed between the second face portion and the tearing guide piece,
• a protector covering the tab is provided on a surface of the first face portion provided with the belt-shaped base and a surface of the belt-shaped base opposite from the tearing guide piece.

A film assembly comprising:

• a film;
• a plurality of elongated members provided on one surface of the film in a manner mutually spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the film;
• and
• a tab, wherein
• the elongated members each comprise:
• an elongated tearing guide piece;
• and a zipper tape,
• the zipper tape comprises:
• a first member comprising a belt-shaped base and a first engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped base;
• and a second member comprising a belt-shaped body and a second engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped body and engageable with the first engagement portion,
• the belt-shaped base is extended in a width direction to protrude beyond a first end of the belt-shaped body in the width direction when the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged,
• the extended part of the belt-shaped base and the belt-shaped body are bonded to the film with a surface provided with the first engagement portion and a surface not provided with the second engagement portion, respectively,
• the belt-shaped base is provided on a surface of the tearing guide piece opposite a surface of the tearing guide piece facing the film,
• the tab comprises an outer edge defined by a cutting line penetrating through the belt-shaped base and the film, the tab allowing the tearing guide piece to be pinched,
• a protector covering the tab is provided on a side of the film provided with the belt-shaped base and a surface of the belt-shaped base opposite from the tearing guide piece, and
• a length of the film in a width direction is more than twice as large as a length of each of the elongated members in a longitudinal direction.

A manufacturing method of a bag, the method comprising:

• feeding an elongated member on a film, the elongated member comprising an elongated zipper tape and an elongated tearing guide piece, the zipper comprising a first member comprising a belt-shaped base and a first engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped base and a second member comprising a belt-shaped body and a second engagement portion continuous with the belt-shaped body and engageable with the first engagement portion, the belt-shaped base being extended in a width direction beyond a first end of the belt-shaped body in the width direction when the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged, the tearing guide piece being provided on a surface of the belt-shaped base provided with the first engagement portion along a longitudinal direction of the belt-shaped base, the film having a length in a width direction that is more than twice as large as a length of the elongated member in the longitudinal direction, the elongated member being fed in the longitudinal direction so that the tearing guide piece faces the film and the belt-shaped base faces opposite the film;
• providing a cutting line penetrating through the belt-shaped base and the film to form an outer edge of a tab that allows the tearing guide piece to be pinched;
• bonding a protector covering the tab on the surface of the film and a surface of the belt-shaped base opposite from the tearing guide piece;
• folding peripheral ends of the film toward an inner side provided with the elongated member and bonding an overlapped portion to form a linear bonding portion, thereby turning the film into a tubular film;
• bonding a folded part and an unfolded part of the film along a transverse direction intersecting the bonding portion to form a bottom portion of the bag;
• packing contents in an inside of the tubular film;
• after the contents are packed in the inside of the film, bonding a folded part and an unfolded part of the film at a position remote from the bottom portion along the bonding portion to form a top portion of the bag;
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• cutting the film at the top portion of the bag or a part of the top portion located opposite a side of the top portion packed with the contents.