JP3511235B2 - Wet tissue container - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wet tissue container in which wet tissues are continuously taken out one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Wet tissues are stored in a container body in a folded state, and wet tissues are continuously taken out one by one from an outlet formed in a lid body. Wet tissue container
It is described in JP-A-8-80980. According to this container for wet tissues, when the wet tissues are taken out through the take-out opening, a state in which a part of the wet-tecks is exposed from the take-out opening by sandwiching the subsequent wet-tissue between the holding pieces provided in the take-out opening is provided. By holding the wet tissue, the wet tissue is prevented from falling into the main body of the container, and the subsequent work of removing the wet tissue is smoothly performed.

According to the above-mentioned conventional wet tissue container, the wet strength of paper is 0.5 to 3.0 N / 2 so that the wet tissue can be treated by being poured into water after use, for example.
When using a weak material of about 5 mm,
The wet tissue was easily broken when passing through the extraction opening provided with the sandwiching piece.

The present invention enables the wet tissue to be taken out smoothly without breaking even when it contains a weak material of the wet tissue, and a part of the succeeding wet tissue is exposed from the extraction opening. An object is to provide a container that can be easily held.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises an inner bag having an inner bag opening into which a wet tissue is folded and enclosed, and the wet tissue is taken out, a container body and a lid member. A wet tissue container that is exchangeably housed and is configured by an outer container having an ejection opening for taking out the wet tissue, and continuously takes out the wet tissue one by one through the inner bag opening and the ejection opening. And the inner bag opening and the ejection opening have a shape that is bisected by a long axis and a short axis that intersect at right angles, and the long axis of the inner bag opening is longer than the long axis of the ejection opening. The above object is achieved by providing a wet tissue container in which the minor axis of the inner bag opening is shorter than the minor axis of the extraction opening.

The wet tissue is 0.5 to 3.0.
It preferably has a paper wet strength of N / 25 mm and a liquid impregnation rate of 150-250% by weight. Here, the paper wet strength is the strength of each wet tissue measured according to JIS P8135. Liquid impregnation rate refers to the ratio of the weight of liquid impregnated to the weight of unimpregnated wet tissue.

Examples of the shape bisected by the long axis and the short axis orthogonal to each other in the above description include an elliptical shape, an oval shape, and a rectangular shape.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A wet tissue container 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, folds a large number of wet tissue 11 impregnated with a liquid chemical for cleaning the buttocks, for example. Inner bag 12 enclosed in the closed state
And an outer container 13 accommodating the inner bag 12,
It is a container that allows the wet tissues 11 to be continuously taken out one by one through an inner bag opening 14 formed in the inner bag 12 and a take-out opening 15 formed in the outer container 13 for use.

The wet tissue 11 is 0.5 to 3.0.
It has a paper wet strength of N / 25 mm and a liquid chemical impregnation rate of 150-250% by weight, more preferably a paper wet strength of 1.9 N / 25 mm and a liquid chemical impregnation rate of 210% by weight. The wet tissue 11 has a length of about 15.5 cm and a width of about 19 cm, is easy to wipe, has a good feel to the touch, and can be easily discarded by, for example, putting it in a toilet and flushing it with water.

The wet tissue 11 is folded in two along a fold line parallel to the short side. As shown in FIG. 4, the two-folded lower half portion 11b of the wet tissue 11 which is laid on the upper side is laid on the lower side. Wet tissue 11
While being inserted between the upper half 11a and the lower half 11b, a large number of wet tissues 11 are folded and enclosed in an inner bag 12. Therefore, when the wet tissues 11 are picked up one by one from above and taken out, the lower half portion 11b of the taken out wet tissue 11 pulls up the upper half portion 11a of the wet tissue 11 located below, and the inner bag 1
The second inner bag opening 14 is projected.

The inner bag 12 is formed into a bag-like shape by heat-sealing a synthetic resin sheet, and when a plurality of wet tissues 11 are folded and filled and sealed, the inner bag 12 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. It becomes the shape. An oblong inner bag opening 14 covered with a seal piece 16 is formed in the center of the upper surface of the inner bag 12, and when the wet tissue 11 is used, the seal piece 16 should be peeled off to open the inner bag opening 14. Thus, it will be exchangeably housed in the outer container 13 in the opened state.

The outer container 13 is formed as a container made of synthetic resin by injection molding or the like, and as shown in FIG. 2, a container body 17 and a lid member mounted to cover the opening 19 on the upper surface of the container body 17. 18 and. The container body 17 has a length of 1
It has a hollow box shape of about 1 cm, width 19 cm, and height 8 cm, and has a size capable of accommodating the inner bag 12 in a tightly packed state, and is bent outward at the edge of the opening 19 on the upper surface. A projecting locking band 20 is provided over the entire circumference of the opening 19.

The lid member 18 is a substantially rectangular flat plate-like member having a size that covers the opening 19 of the container body 17, and has a peripheral wall bent downward to form a locking wall 21. The lid member 18 is detachably attached and fixed to the upper surface of the container body 17 so that the tip of the locking band 20 is locked to the inner surface of the wall 21. Further, in the central portion of the lid member 18,
The circular depression 22 is formed, and the circular depression 22 is formed.
An elliptical take-out opening 15 is formed in the central portion of. Further, a circular opening / closing lid 23 is attached to the peripheral edge of the circular depression 22 to the lid member 18 so as to be openable / closable, and the opening / closing lid 23 is pivoted downward to attach to the circular depression 22. The insertion opening 15 is closed by fitting, and the extraction opening 15 is opened by rotating the open / close lid 23 upward to release it from the fitted state. In addition,
When the inner bag 12 is accommodated in the container body 17 and the lid member 18 is attached, the elliptical inner bag opening 14 located in the center of the upper surface of the inner bag 12 and the elliptical circle located in the center of the lid member 18. As shown in FIG. 3, the take-out opening 15 of the shape has a long axis L
1, L1 'and the minor axes L2, L2' are arranged in a state where they are substantially aligned when viewed in a plane.

According to the wet tissue container 10 of this embodiment, the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 are oval-shaped and are bisected by the long axes L1 and L1 'and the short axes L2 and L2' which are orthogonal to each other. And the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14
Is longer than the major axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15, and the inner bag opening 14
The short axis L2 of the above is shorter than the short axis L2 ′ of the extraction opening 15. In addition, the length of the long axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening is 1
It is 20 to 60% of the length (length of the short side) along the long axis L1 ′ of the wet tissue 11 housed in No. 2.

Here, by making the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 longer than the long axis L1 'of the extraction opening 15, 0.5
~ 3.0 N / 25 mm paper wet strength and 150-250
Wet tissue with liquid drug impregnation rate of 11% by weight
The following wet tissue 11 that is pulled up by the wet tissue 11 taken out from the inner bag 12 through the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 when housing the
It is possible to easily hold a part of the container body 17 exposed from the ejection opening 15 without dropping it into the container body 17. Further, the length of the major axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening 15 is
Long axis L of the wet tissue 11 housed in the inner bag 12
Since it is 20 to 60% of the length along 1 ', both end portions of the wet tissue 11 are surely brought into contact with the inner side surfaces of both ends of the extraction opening 15 in the long axis L1' direction, and the wet tissue 11 is It can be held in the extraction opening 15 in a more stable state.

Further, by making the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening 14 shorter than the short axis L2 'of the ejection opening 15, 0.5
~ 3.0 N / 25 mm paper wet strength and 150-250
Wet tissue with liquid drug impregnation rate of 11% by weight
On the other hand, the wet tissues taken out through the inner bag opening 14 and the take-out opening 15 can be smoothly taken out one by one without being continuously connected to the inner bag 12, and each wet tissue 11 can be taken out. Is the opening 1
Will not break when passing 5.

According to the present embodiment, as an example,
The major axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 has a length of 55 mm, the minor axis L2 has a length of 20 mm, and the major axis L1 ′ of the takeout opening 15 has a length of 5 mm.
0 mm, the length of the short axis L2 'is 35 mm, and the length along the long axis L1' of the wet tissue 11 is 155 mm.

According to the wet tissue container 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the circular opening / closing lid 23 is opened to open the extraction opening 15, the wet tissue 11 is picked by hand, and the inner bag opening 14 and The wet tissues 11 are taken out one by one through the taking-out opening 15 and used for wiping, and the used wet tissues 11 are poured into the toilet and discarded. here,
The long axis L1 of the inner bag opening 14 is longer than the long axis L1 ′ of the takeout opening 15, and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening 14 is shorter than the short axis L2 ′ of the takeout opening 15. The wet tissue 11 can be smoothly taken out without tearing, and a part of the wet tissue 11 that follows can be easily held in a state of being exposed from the extraction opening.

The wet tissue container of the present invention is
Various modifications are possible without being limited to the above embodiment. For example, the wet tissue does not necessarily have to be impregnated with a liquid medicine for wiping the buttocks, and need not necessarily be capable of being treated by pouring it in water after use. Furthermore, the extraction opening of the outer container does not necessarily have to be formed in the lid member, and may be formed in the container body.

[0020]

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the wet tissue container of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples.

[Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4] The wet tissue container 10 of the above embodiment has substantially the same structure,
The long axis L1 of the inner bag opening, the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening, the long axis L1 ′ of the takeout opening, and the long axis L2 ′ of the takeout opening have the lengths shown in Table 1, respectively. A comparative example in which the long axis L1 of the wet bag container and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening are the lengths shown in Table 1 and the shape of the ejection opening is the conventional narrow mouth shape shown in FIG. For each of the wet tissue containers of No. 4, 70 wet tissues were taken out from each of the wet tissue containers, torn, caught, and tied together, and evaluated as in the following (1) to (3). The results are shown in Table 1. The wet texture is 1.9 N /
Using a paper having a paper wet strength of 25 mm and a liquid chemical impregnation rate of 210% by weight, a size of 15.5 cm in length and 19 cm in width, folded in two by a broken line parallel to the short side,
The lower half of the wet tissue that is stacked above is inserted between the upper half and the lower half of the wet tissue that is stacked below and enclosed in a wet tissue container in a folded state.

(1) Evaluation of tearing When 70 wet tissues were taken out, the case where none were torn was rated as ◯, and the case where even one was torn was rated as x. (2) Evaluation of catching When 70 wet tissues were taken out, most of the following wet tissues kept a state in which a part of them were exposed from the extraction opening, and 3 of them dropped into the container from the extraction opening. When the number was within the range, it was evaluated as ◯, and when the number was 4 or more, it was evaluated as x. (3) Connection evaluation When 70 wet tissues were taken out, the succeeding wet tissues were easily taken out one by one without the succeeding wet tissues being continuously connected, and the succeeding wet tissues were continuously taken out. When the number of sheets was 10 or less, it was evaluated as ◯, and when it was 11 or more, it was evaluated as x.

[0023]

[Table 1]

According to the results of Table 1, the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening
Is longer than the long axis L1 'of the take-out opening and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the short axis L2' of the take-out opening. According to the wet tissue container of Example 1, any of tearing, catching, and connection Also, good evaluation results were obtained. According to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 1, the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the long axis L1 ′ of the takeout opening, and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the short axis L2 ′ of the takeout opening. There is a difficulty in evaluating the connection, and the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening is longer than the long axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening, and the short axis L2 of the inner bag opening is longer than the short axis L21 ′ of the extraction opening. According to the tissue container, it has been found that there is a difficulty in evaluation of breakage and catching. Further, the long axis L1 of the inner bag opening is shorter than the long axis L1 ′ of the extraction opening, and the short axis L of the inner bag opening is L.
According to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 3 in which 2 is longer than the short axis L2 ′ of the extraction opening, there is a difficulty in evaluation of tearing, and according to the wet tissue container of Comparative Example 4 having a conventional narrow extraction opening, It turned out that there was a difficulty in evaluating the breakage.

[0025]

According to the wet tissue container of the present invention, even when the wet tissue of a weak material is stored,
The wet tissue can be smoothly taken out without breaking, and a part of the wet tissue that follows can be easily held in an exposed state from the extraction opening.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a wet tissue container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a wet tissue container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view illustrating the relationship between the long axis and the short axis of the inner bag opening and the long axis and the short axis of the extraction opening.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an inner bag for explaining a state in which a wet tissue is folded and enclosed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the shape of a conventional narrow outlet opening.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Wet tissue container 11 wet tissue 11a Upper half of wet tissue 11b Lower half of wet tissue 12 inner bag 13 Outer container 14 Inner bag opening 15 Extraction opening 17 Container body 18 Lid member 19 Opening on top of container body L1 inner bag opening long axis Long axis of L1 'extraction opening L2 inner bag opening short axis L2 'Extraction opening minor axis

Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP 2001-234457 (JP, A) JP 2001-206818 (JP, A) JP 2000-254031 (JP, A) JP 2000-79075 (JP, A) Kaihei 11-279915 (JP, A) JP 11-206611 (JP, A) JP 11-152667 (JP, A) JP 8-80980 (JP, A) JP 9-216672 ( JP, A) Actual opening 7-28083 (JP, U) Actual opening 7-881 (JP, U) Actual opening 47-4135 (JP, U) Special table 11-505745 (JP, A) Registered practical use Model 3064372 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3061393 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3059633 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3056752 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 83/08 A47K 7/00 B65D 43/00 B65D 47/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A wet tissue is folded and enclosed,
An inner bag having an inner bag opening through which the wet tissue is taken out, and an outer container including a container body and a lid member, which accommodates the inner bag in a replaceable manner and has an outlet opening through which the wet tissue is taken out. A wet tissue container for continuously taking out the wet tissues one by one through the inner bag opening and the take-out opening, wherein the inner bag opening and the take-out opening are respectively formed by a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to each other. Wet having a shape that is bisected, the major axis of the inner bag opening is longer than the major axis of the extraction opening, and the minor axis of the inner bag opening is shorter than the minor axis of the extraction opening. Tesh container. 2. The wet tissue is 0.5 to 3.
Paper wet strength of 0N / 25mm and 150 ~ 250wt%
The wet tissue container according to claim 1, having a liquid impregnation rate of. 3. The wet tissue container according to claim 1, wherein the length of the major axis of the extraction opening is 20 to 60% of the length of the wet tissue along the major axis.