Packaging bag

• US 8,434,637 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2006
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Mita, Kozo, Hamada, Yoshitaka, Takahagi, Atsuko, Yamada, Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
• Application Number:
  US11/887,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20090035424A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,590 Days
• Field of Search: 220/495.03, 383/66
• US Class Current: 220/495.03
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/32 comprising polyolefins comprising vinyl (co)polymers or acrylic (co)polymers B32B27/30
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/34 comprising polyamides
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/36 comprising polyesters
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/26 Articles or materials wholly enclosed in laminated sheets or wrapper blanks
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/225 Pressure relief-valves incorporated in a container wall, e.g. valves comprising at least one elastic element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3461 Flexible containers, e.g. bags, pouches, envelopes

Abstract

A packaging bag for microwave oven heating, is manufactured by using a complex film at least one side of which comprises a sealant layer, folding the complex film or placing the complex films one upon another so as to encounter the sealant layers to each other, sealing the peripheral of the overlapped complex films by a main seal part to form a sealed bag, and providing in the bag a region which is isolated from a space for storing contents by a steam port seal part. The steam port seal part surrounds a steam easy permeable element. The lamination strength between the layers of the complex film in hot condition is not less than 1.5 N/15 mm in width, and the seal strength at least at the steam port seal part in hot condition is not more than 28 N/15 mm in width.

Claims

1. A packaging bag for microwave oven heating:

which is manufactured by using a complex film at least one side of which comprises a sealant layer, folding the complex film or placing the complex film upon another same complex film so as to encounter the sealant layer of the folded complex film or the sealant layers of the complex film and the another complex film to each other, sealing the peripheral of overlapped parts of the complex film or the peripheral of overlapped complex films by a main seal part to form a sealed bag, and providing in the bag a region which is isolated from a space for storing contents by a steam port seal part,

wherein the steam port seal part is formed consecutively from the main seal part or is formed as a part independent of the main seal part, and

wherein the steam port seal part surrounds a steam easy permeable means, wherein the lamination strength between the layers of the complex film in hot condition is in the range of 1.5 N/15 mm in width to 5 N/15 mm in width or at the level of the material destruction of the film, and the seal strength at least at the steam port seal part in hot condition is in the range of 5 N/15 mm in width to 28 N/15 mm in width.

2. The packaging bag according to claim 1,

wherein the bag is manufactured by using the complex film at least one side of which comprises the sealant layer;

preparing a lower member from the complex film, wherein the sealant layer is set as an upper face of the lower member; and

also preparing an upper member from the complex film, wherein the upper member has a wing part which is formed by folding a part of the complex film so that the sealant layer of the folded part of the complex film faces each other and sealing at least side edges of the folded part, and wherein the sealant layer at parts other than the folded part is set as a lower face of the upper member;

putting the upper member on the lower member;

sealing the peripheral of the overlapped members by the main seal part to form the sealed bag;

forming at a centre region of the wing part a point-seal part as the steam port seal part in conjunction with the sealed or folded tail end edge of the wing part; and

providing at least one of the steam easy permeable means within the point seal part.

3. The packaging bag according to claim 2,

wherein control seal parts are provided almost in parallel with the tail end edge of the wing part and toward the point-seal part from both side edge seal parts of the wing part.

4. The bag according to claim 2,

wherein the packaging bag further comprises a casing box for storing the bag, which box has an prearranging portion capable of forming an opening, at the position that the wing part of the packaging bag installed therein is located, wherein the opening is that for pulling out the wing part to the outside of a box.

5. The bag according to claim 1,

wherein the bag has a self-standing shape.

6. The packaging bag according to claim 1,

wherein the complex film comprises at least the sealant layer and a substrate layer, and wherein the substrate layer further comprises an inorganic oxide vapor deposition layer on the surface faced to the sealant layer.

7. The packaging bag according to claim 6,

wherein the inorganic oxide vapor deposition layer further has a gas barrier film on the surface faced to the sealant layer, wherein the gas barrier film is formed by coating a gas barrier composition which comprises at least one alkoxide represented by the following general formula:

R¹_nM(OR²)_m

(wherein R1 and R2 are mutually independently an organic group having 1-8 carbon atoms, M is a metallic atom, n is an integer of not less than zero, m is an integer of not less than one, and m+n represents the valence of the M.);

and a polyvinyl alcohol type resin and/or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, and which can polycondense according to the sol-gel method under the pressure of a catalyst for the sol-gel method, an acid, water, and an organic solvent; and

allowing the composition to polycondense.

8. The packaging bag according to claim 6,

wherein the inorganic oxide vapor deposition layer further comprises a primer layer on the surface faced to the sealant layer, wherein the primer layer is formed by coating a polyurethane or polyester type resin composition which comprises polyurethane or polyester type resin as a main vehicle ingredient and a silane coupling agent at an amount of 0.05- 10% by weight based on an amount of 1-30% by weight of the polyurethane or polyester type resin, and drying up the coated film.

9. The bag according to claim 3,

wherein the packaging bag further comprises a casing box for storing the bag, which box has an prearranging portion capable of forming an opening, at the position that the wing part of the packaging bag installed therein is located, wherein the opening is that for pulling out the wing part to the outside of a box.