Consumer bags and processes of manufacture, dispensers, and dispensing systems for consumer bags
AssigneeHilex Poly Co., LLC
InventorHarry B. Wilfong
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing bags and the resulting bag are disclosed. The bags may be continuously and detachably connected, and continuously and detachably connected bags may be wound onto a roll. In addition, a dispenser is disclosed for storing and dispensing bags. Also disclosed is an apparatus for use in dispensing plastic bags. A dispensing system is disclosed for continuously and detachably connected series of bags and in which the removal of a bag results in the subsequent bag in the series being at least partially opened.
Claims20
A wound roll of continuous and detachably connected bags, wherein the bags further comprise:
- (a) a mouth end;
- (b) a bottom end;
- (c) two or more opposing faces;
- (d) two or more lateral sides;
- (e) an arrangement of six plies;
- (f) a perforation line detachably connecting the bags;
- (g) a gusset on each lateral side;
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- (h) a center slit that does not overlap an inner point of the gusset;
- wherein the bags are wound in a direction such that the mouth end of each bag is dispensed before the bottom end of the bag.
A method for manufacturing a wound roll of continuous and detachably connected bags, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a heat seal in a roll of plastic tubing to form the bottom end of an individual bag;
- (b) forming a gusset in the plastic tubing;
- (c) perforating the plastic tubing to render adjacent individual bags continuously and detachably connected;
- (d) cutting the plastic tubing to form a mouth end for an individual bag;
- (e) cutting a center slit in the plastic tubing;
- (f) C-folding the plastic tubing at or within the inner gusset point to create six plies;
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- g) winding the bags on a core to dispense in mouth-first direction.
A dispensing system for use with a series of continuously and detachably separable bags wherein the removal of a bag at least partially opens the subsequent bag in the series, the dispensing system comprising:
- (a) a dispenser having a separation member;
- (b) a series of continuously and detachably separable bags, wherein the bags further comprise:
- (i) a mouth end;
- (ii) a bottom end;
- (iii) two or more opposing faces;
- (iv) or more lateral sides;
- (v) an arrangement of six plies;
- (vi) a perforation line separating the bags;
- (vii) a gusset on each lateral side;
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- (viii) center slit that does not overlap the gusset;
- (c) the series of continuously and detachably separable bags wound into a roll such that the mouth end of each bag is dispensed before the bottom end of that bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.