Package of sheet products and method of manufacturing thereof
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorsAnnie Sporre Thorburn, Bjorn Larsson, Magnus Falk
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Abstract
A package (1) of folded sheet products, in particular hand wipes, made of tissue paper or nonwoven. The package (1) includes a stack (2) of said sheet products, which stack (2) having an upper surface (3), a lower surface (4), and four side surfaces (5, 6, 7, 8) connecting said upper and lower surfaces (3, 4). A binding material (17) is applied on at least two opposite side surfaces (5, 6; 7, 8) of said stack (2) and bonded to at least two of said sheet products for retaining package integrity during handling thereof, whilst allowing separation of end sheet products (9; 11) from said package (1). A method for producing a package (1) is also provided.
Claims15
A package (1) of folded sheet products, in particular hand wipes, made of tissue paper or nonwoven, said package (1) comprising a stack (2) of said sheet products, which stack (2) having an upper surface (3), a lower surface (4), and four side surfaces (5, 6, 7, 8) connecting said upper and lower surfaces (3, 4), characterised in that a binding material (17) is applied on at least two opposite side surfaces (5, 6;
- 7, 8) of said stack (2) and bonded to at least two of said sheet products for retaining package integrity during handling thereof, whilst allowing separation of end sheet products (9;
- 11) from said package (1).
The package (1) according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that said at least two opposite side surfaces (5, 6;
- 7, 8) are formed by edge surfaces (13, 14) of said sheet products, said binding material (17) is applied and bonded to at least said edge surfaces (13, 14) of each end sheet (9;
- 11) of said package (1), and in that said binding material (17) directly or indirectly provides a force transfer connection between at least said end sheets (9;
- 11), such that said package (1) is prevented from falling apart.
The package (1) according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that at least 50% of all sheet products of said package (1) are bonded to said package (1) by means of said binding material (17), preferably at least 75% of all sheet products of said package (1), and more preferably at least 90% of all sheet products of said package (1).
The package (1) according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that a bond is provided by said binding material (17) between every neighbouring sheet products at said at least two opposite side surfaces (5, 6;
- 7, 8) of said stack (2).
The package (1) according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that said binding material (17) provides a non-permanent bond between sheet products and retainer element (18) and/or between neighbouring sheet products.
Method of manufacturing a package (1) of folded sheet products, in particular hand wipes, made of tissue paper or nonwoven, characterised by the steps of:
- providing a package (1) comprising a stack (2) of said sheet products, which stack (2) having an upper surface (3), a lower surface (4), and four side surfaces (5, 6, 7, 8) connecting said upper and lower surfaces (3, 4);
- applying a binding material (17) on at least two opposite side surfaces (5, 6;
- 7, 8) of said stack (2) and bonding said binding material (17) to at least two of said sheet products for retaining package integrity whilst allowing separation of end sheet products (9;
- 11) from said package (1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.