US3780908A - Bulk package for individual dispensing of substantially wet sheets from stacks - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT A bulk package for individually dispensing substantially wet sheets from a stack of such sheets, comprising a container receiving the stack of wet sheets and having an openable and readily resealable cover which, when closed, forms a substantially moistureproof seal between the container and the atmosphere; and a barrier member overlying the stack of wet sheets and interposed between the stack and the cover and having a restricting opening whose proximate surfaces frictionally engage the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the uppermost sheet is pulled outwardly of the package through such opening the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the uppermost sheet through the opening into frictional contact with the surfaces proximate thereto which produce a frictional force on the next succeeding sheet sufficient to overcome the force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the uppermost sheet will tear either of such sheets.
- the surfaces proximate the sheet restricting opening thus effect separation of the sheets with the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet extending outwardly
- wet or substantially wet sheets are intended to refer to sheet materials so wetted by an aqueous or other desired treatment medium that when they are wiped across a surface it is streaked by the liquid medium.
- the wet sheets employed in accordance herewith are believed to possess sufficient moisture contents (aqueous or otherwise) to form surface films thereon. It is postulated that the surface tension of these films produces the substantial forces between the wetsheets preventing sequential dispensing of the individual sheets employing conventional means.
- the wet sheets dispensed from the bulk package hereof are not loaded with moisture contents exceeding their holding capacities by more than a small quantity, i.e., ideally the amount of free liquid in the package, if any, should not exceed about percent by volume of the container.
- the wet sheets hereof may typically have liquid contents of from about 80 to 500 percent, preferably about 100-400 percent, of their total weight. Materials thus wetted have a softer feel than their dry counterparts and can transfer sufficient liquid to wet other surfaces to effect the desired cleansing or like functions.
- sheets will be understood to comprehend liquid-holding papers or similar sheet materials composed, for example, of paper, rayon or other cellulosics, nylons, polyesters, polyolefins, vinyl polymers, polyurethanes and the like, or mixtures of the aforesaid or similar materials.
- Such sheets may comprise creped, flat, woven or non-woven materials and may be provided in the form of single or multiply tissues, towelettes, or the like.
- Sheets dispensed from such roll dispensers may, as indicated by Cordis, require longitudinal and/or transverse reinforcing strips to impart sufficient strength to the wetted sheets; in the absence of such reinforcements the wet sheets may not be cleanly sheared and may rather tear unevenly.
- the necessity to rotate the supply roll during dispensing may lead (particularly when the roll itself is wetted) either to tearing of the web or require the use of a paper so strong as to resist sheet separation and impose possible chaining problems.
- French Pat. No. 2,061,000 published on June l8, 1971 describes another roll dispenser for the individual dispensing of wet sheets.
- the product described in this patent incorporates a continuous perforated roll'disposed within a cylindrical container, the individual sheets being unwound or uncoiled from the center of the roll, being pulled lengthwise of the container in a rope-like web, and being torn at the perforations as they are withdrawn through a small slit in an end wall of the container. It has been found that individual sheets may not uniformly separate from one another employing this type of bulk dispenser.
- FIG. 4 One such device is illustrated as a further embodiment (FIG. 4) in the aforesaid Cordis patents.
- dispenser the stack of sheets is maintained within a chamber supported on a spring-loaded follower plate and biased in the opposing direction by a pair of finger-like depressors mounted on the dispenser cover.
- the pressure exerted on the stack by the depressor fingers is varied for the purpose of facilitating manually grasping and withdrawing the successive sheets from the stack.
- the Cordis stack dispenser is, however, relatively complex mechanically, involving the application of a number of independent forces produced by the spring loaded follower and the separate depressor fingers.
- the pressures produced by these members are sufficient to separate sheets at the top of a full stack, they may not be sufficient to effect separation between the last few sheets in the stack.
- the pressures are adequate to effect separation between sheets at the bottom of a stack, they may be so great as to tear the sheets or even prevent dispensing of the first several sheets of such a stack.
- the application of such pressures limits the liquid contents of the sheets dispensed, the follower plate and the depressor fingers tending to squeeze the liquid from the sheets.
- the individual sheets of the Cordis stacks are not separated from one another to facilitate independent and successive dispensing thereof.
- the wet sheets may stick together, necessitating substantial manual dexterity to avoid grasping two or more sheets simultaneously.
- the pressures applied to the Cordis stack of wet tissues coupled with the. apparent tilting of the follower plate supporting the same may result in the escape of substantial amounts of liquid from the stack to the base of the dispenser housing.
- the presence of such free liquid plus the notch opening permanently provided in the container pose substantial limitations on both the useful life and the portability of the Cordis product.
- the Rockefeller type dispenser enables the user to grasp only the leading edge of each succeeding sheet; at certain wetness ranges other areas of adjacent sheets adhere to one another with dispensing of more than one sheet at a time.
- the user must insert his fingers into the container to attempt to separate each successive individual sheet. It may be seen that increasing dexterity is thus required, particularly in the removal of the last several sheets from the stack.
- Dry tissue dispensers of this type are legion in the patent art and are embodied in most commercial cleaning or facial tissue dispensers.
- dispensing or control elements or inserts to insure and maintain pop-up of each successive tissue withdrawn from a dry tissue dispenser is consistent with the preceding explanation regarding the gravity separation of dry tissues.
- the basic purpose of such inserts is to increase the frictional engagement between successive tissues withdrawn from the dispenser in order that the first such tissue draws the next tissue with it through the container opening and prevents the latter from falling back into the container or carton.
- wet tissues there is no need to increase adhesion between the successive wet sheets to insure pop-up; to the contrary, the problem is to overcome adhesion between the successive sheets to facilitate sequential dispensing thereof, without tearing any of the individual sheets.
- dispensing individual wet sheets from a stack presents markedly distinct problems from those encountered in dispensing dry sheets from similar stacks.
- Bilezerian patent operate in the same manner as the dry tissue stacks previously known in the art, and are not subject to the chaining'problem involved in the individual, sequential dispensing of wet sheets from stacks incorporating the same.
- FIG. 1 of the attached drawings The distinct forces affecting the individual dispensing of stacked wet sheets as contrasted with dry sheets are illustrated in FIG. 1 of the attached drawings. That figure shows three plots of the shear forces required to separate different sheets from stacks as a function of the moisture contents of the respective sheets. The forces plotted correspond to the surface tension forces postulated between the respective sheets of the test stacks.
- sheets of first, an absorbent, high wet strength paper toweling stock and second, a non-woven, random laid cellulosic material were impregnated with water or mineral oil at varying moisture levels. Pairs of the several sheets inter-folded about their respective center lines (in a single or V fold) were placed in an Instron tester and the shear forces required to separate the sheets were determined at the various moisture levels. The shear forces were then plottedagainst the moisture contents.
- a bulk package for individually dispensing substantially wet sheets from a stack of such sheets comprising the stack of sheets; and a container receiving the stack and having a cover incorporating means for forming a substantially moisture-proof seal between the container and the atmosphere, and a barrier overlying the stack of wet sheets and having a sheet restricting opening therein through which the wet sheets may be individually and successively removed when the container is opened.
- Frictionally engaging means proximate the opening contact the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the first sheet adjacent the barrier (at any point in depleting the stack) is pulled outwardly of the package the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet (the second sheet) are drawn by and in contact with the first sheet through the opening into contact with the frictionally engaging means.
- the latter produces a frictional force on the second sheet sufficient to overcome the force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the first sheet will tear either of such sheets, and the frictionally engaging means effects separation of the two sheets with the leading surfaces of the second sheet extending outwardly of the opening positioned for subsequent manual grasping and removal from the package.
- wet sheets removed from the dispenser hereof not only retain their liquid contents but, it has been found, actually possess increasing liquid contents down through the stacks from which they are dispensed.
- the dispenser may, moreover, be provided in any suitable size or configuration for industrial, home, purse or pocket use. If desired, portions of the stacks of wetted sheets used in such dispensers may be removed therefrom for use in smaller bulk dispensers,
- Refill stacks of wet sheets mounted, for example, in a tub-like enclosure and sealed within moisture impermeable, removable foil packaging, may be readily adapted for use with any of the indicated dispensers for repeated and prolonged use.
- FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating the relationship of the adhesive forces between successive stacked inter-folded sheets as a function of the moisture contents thereof;
- FIG. 2 is a stress-strain curve diagrammatically illustrating the typical forces acting on a pair of wet sheets successively dispensed from a preferred embodiment of the bulk package of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention, showing the dispenser insert in assembled relation with the leading edges ofa topmost wet sheet extending through the restricting opening thereof, and the walls of the container being partially cut away to show the stack of wet sheets therein;
- FIGS. 4A-4C show, in partial, diagrammatic crosssection, three sequential stages of the removal of two successive wet sheets from the stack incorporated in the bulk package illustrated;
- FIG. 5 is a further perspective view of the preferred bulk package embodiment, with the cover shown in its closed position;-
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3 but showing the container with the stack of wet sheets removed, and the dispenser insert in exploded relation to indicate the internal structure of the container;
- FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are partial vertical sections taken along the lines 7--7, 88 and 9-9, respectively, in FIG. 5, showing details of the dispenser insert, cover and hinge constructions.
- the preferred embodiment of the bulk package illustrated comprises a stack 13 of substantially wet sheets removably and replaceably stored in and dispensed from a container shown generally at 14.
- the container incorporates a cover 15 and has a barrier member or dispenser insert 16 overlying the stack and disposed between the stack and the cover.
- sheet restricting opening 17 is defined in the insert 16, the individual edges of which opening and the surfaces proximate thereto provide frictionally engaging means effecting separation of the substantially wet sheets and" facilitating pop-up of each successive sheet as it is withdrawn from container 14.
- the individual sheets 18 within stack 13 may, as indicated hereinabove, comprise any suitable sheet material capable of absorbing and/or adsorbing the bulk of the liquid impregnant utilized.
- the choice of the partic-' ular sheet material is related to the configuration and dimensions of the restricting opening 17 through which the sheets are successively removed from the bulk package, the composition of the impregnant, and the desired end use of the product.
- the liquid composition will, of course, also depend on the particular purpose for which the wetted sheets are to be used and may include water, mineral oil (for a baby lotion, for example), detergents or soaps, perfumes, surfactants, deodorants, or any other ingredients to be utilized for the particular cleansing, cosmetic or like application involved.
- the wet sheets may suitably be constituted of an absorbent paper toweling stock having a wet tensile strength of at least about 0.5 lb./inch, preferably at least about 1.0 to 1.5 lbs/inch, of width in the direction of dispensing, impregnated with a substantially aqueous medium incorporating deodorants, bacterial and mold growth inhibitors, perfumes and the like, in minor proportions.
- the stack 13 comprises a plurality of sheets 18, the faces F of which are arranged in substantial parallelism.
- the individual sheets are inter-folded or interleaved with one another, the use of alternating V folds about the center lines of the respective interfolded sheets being illustrated in the preferred form (FIGS. 3 and 4).
- the sheets may be otherwise inter-leaved (e.g., in a double or Z fold) in order that withdrawal of any sheet from container 14 through opening 17 draws the leading edges of the succeeding sheet through such opening.
- the stack of sheets may comprise a continuous zigzag strip so perforated that the individual sheets separate upon being withdrawn through the restricting opening. From the preceding it should be apparent that the particular manner of inter-folding or inter-leaving the successive wet sheets within the bulk package hereof is not a critical element of the present invention and may be varied as desired.
- the sheet restricting opening 17 in insert 16 is juxtaposed with the face F of the uppermost sheet 18a of the stack, disposed substantially parallel to such face and the corresponding faces or extended portions of the other sheets in the stack.
- the opening is so designed that when the uppermost sheet is pulled outwardly of the dispenser the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the first sheet through the opening into frictional contact with one or more of the substantially unyielding (i.e., frictionally engaging) edges and corners defined by the walls of the insert (19a-f of the generally diamondshaped cut-out forming the sheet restricting opening in the preferred embodiment shown).
- the mechanism of operation of the dispenser may be more fully understood in the light of the several stages involved in sequentially dispensing three successive wet sheets therefrom, which stages are illustrated in FIGS. 4A-4C and the approximate stress-strain relationship characteristic of which is plotted in FIG. 2.
- the stack 13 is impregnated with the desired treatment liquid, either prior to placing the stack within the container, or directly within the container.
- the uppermost wet sheet 18a is withdrawn from container 14 by drawing the leading edges thereof through the sheet restricting opening 17, the adjacent surfaces of the wet sheet frictionally engaging edges l9a and b and corners 19e and fadjacent the opening as the sheet is drawn therethrough.
- wet sheet 18a is drawn from the container it pulls with it the inter-folded leading portion of the succeeding sheet 1812 (FIGS. 4A and B).
- the leading edges of sheet 18b are thus drawn through the sheet restricting opening (FIG.
- sheet 18b When sheet 18b is similarly manually drawn from the container it pulls the leading surfaces of sheet 18c through the opening (FIG. 4C). The frictional drag imposed on sheet 18c by edges 19a and b and corners 19c and f facilitates separation and removal of sheet 18b without chaining with the succeeding sheet 18c. Sheet 18c may thereafter be withdrawn and the operation repeated to effect withdrawal, separation and removal of each succeeding wet sheet in the manner shown in the successive stages of FIG. 4.
- F maximum force is about 850 grams; F may, however, vary from as low as about 500 grams to as much as about I grams in the same system, depending upon the spacing of the uppermost sheet inthe stack from insert 16 (and, consequently, the amount and degree of resistance created by curling of each succeedingsheet on itself).
- FIGS. 1-9 A preferred embodiment of the container structure is illustrated in FIGS. 1-9. Such embodiment is more fully described and claimed in copending application Ser. No. filed concurrently herewith in the names of Robert F. Tilp, Willian E. Fitzpatrick, Robert B. Cubitt and William A. Behlert, and entitled Bulk Package Incorporating Removable Insert for Individual Dispensing of Substantially Wet Sheets from Stacks.
- the container 14 may conveniently be provided in the form of a box-shaped member prepared, for example, by molding or vacuum forming of a suitable plastic, e.g., polypropylene, or from a similar substantially moisture resistant and impermeable material.
- both the cover l5 and the dispenser insert 16 of the preferred embodiment comprise a similar material.
- the insert is firmly and yet removably mounted in order that withdrawal of the successive sheets through the restricting opening will not dislodge the insert although it may be removed from the container by the user when it is desired to obtain access to the interior thereof, e.g., for removal or replacement of all or a portion of the stack of wet sheets therefrom.
- the insert has a tray-like configuration incorporating rigidifying front and rear elongated ribs 21 and corresponding elongated side ribs 22.
- a pair of detents 23 is provided integrally with each side rib 22, the respective detents having tapering cross-sections (see FIG.
- Molded columns or posts 25 are additionally formed integrally with and along the edges of the adjoining wall sections of container 14; the plural posts, four of which are provided in the disclosed embodiment, terminate in upper surfaces or ledges 26 which define a substantially horizontal supporting surface for the dispenser insert 16.
- the insert is positioned, resting on posts 25 and interlocked with the container housing by means of the mating detents and recesses 23 and 24 at the opposite side surfaces thereof. It is thus mounted in fixed relation above the stack 13 of wet sheets; when it is desired to remove or replace the stack, the insert need merely be snapped out of position, a new stack of sheets inserted, and the insert thereafter re-positioned.
- the cover 15 is secured to the body of the 5-14 by means of a flexible plastic hinge element 27.
- a flexible plastic hinge element 27 is preferred since it provides a relatively simple, integral linkage William securing the cover to the container in such a manner that a substantially moisture-proof or impervious seal may be readily and efficiently created therebetween upon closing the cover.
- the cover itself includes circumferentially-extending wall portions 28 having interior shoulder elements 29 extending along all but the hinged side thereof.
- the shouldered wall portions 28 cooperate with and engage upstanding wall elements 31 formed integrally with the container body.
- a plurality of detents 32 are formed integrally along the front wall portion 28a of cover 15, adapted to fit over and cooperatively engage mating detents 33 formed on the corresponding front wall element 31a of the container body.
- the respective wall sections 28 and 31 provide a substantially moisture-impervious sealing means (FlG.'8) when cover is closed.
- a further external ridge 34 may also be provided extending along the outer, front edgeof cover 15 to facilitate manual opening of the cover.
- one particularly preferred embodiment of the bulk Pa k ge. 9 t inve container 14 may. be a qmfi inches long by about 2% inches deep by about 2 inches high.
- the dispenser insert may have a thickness of about 1/16 inch and incorporates a diamond-shaped restricting opening therein having somewhat rounded corners, the length of each leg of the diamond being about 1% inches, and the major and minor axes X and Y of the diamond (FIG. 6) being about 2% and l-% inches long, respectively.
- the wet sheets may comprise the above-identified absorbent paper toweling stock having a wet tensile strength in the dispensing direction of from about 1.5 to 3.0 lbs/inch of width.
- They may be rectangular in shape, about 4- /2 inches by 4- /2 inches and inter-folded about their respective center lines, and may be arranged in a stack of about 100 such sheets, approximately l-k inches high.
- the sheets may be wetted by charging the container, with the stack therein, with a substantially aqueous solution containing minor amounts of emollients, detergents, bacterial and mold growth inhibitors, perfume additives and the like, as indicated hereinabove.
- the container 14 may be modified to incorporate a separate cover which need not be hinged to the container in the manner of cover 15 but which may merely engage the container by means of interlocking detents, rims or the like to form the desired substantially moisture-proof seal, and be readily and entirely removable therefrom.
- the barrier member may be permanently mounted and all or a portion of the stack of wet sheets removed or replaced through an appropriate opening in the base or a side wall of the container.
- a bulk package for individually dispensing substantially wet sheets from a stack of such sheets which comprises a. a stack of the wet sheets; b. means for temporarily interconnecting the successive sheets within said stack producing a sheet-tosheet force resisting separation of successive sheets and effecting removal of successive sheets outwardly from the package upon withdrawal of each preceding sheet therefrom; and c. a container receiving the stack of wet sheets and having i a cover having means for forming a substantially moisture-proof seal between the container and the atmosphere; and
- a barrier overlying the stack of wet sheets and having a sheet restricting opening therein through which the wet sheets may be individually and successively removed when the cover is opened and including frictionally engaging means proximate said opening for contacting the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the sheet adjacent the barrier is pulled outwardly of the package the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the sheet adjacent the barrier through the opening into contact with said frictionally engaging means which means produce a frictional force on the next succeeding sheet sufficient to overcome said sheet-to-sheet force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the sheet adjacent the barrier will tear either of such sheets, and said frictionally engaging means effecting separation of the sheets with the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet extending outwardly of the opening positioned for subsequent manual grasping and removal from the package.
- a bulk package for individually dispensing substantially wet sheets from a stack of such sheets which comprises a. a stack of a plurality of individual wet sheets, the successive sheets of which are interfolded with one another to define a temporary inter-engaging means producing a sheet-to-sheet force resisting separation of successive sheets and effecting removal of successive sheets outwardly from the package upon withdrawal of each preceding sheet therefrom; and b. a container receiving the stack of wet sheets and having i a cover having means for forming a substantially moisture-proof seal between the container and the atmosphere; and
- a barrier overlying the stack of wet sheets and having a sheet restricting opening therein through which the wet sheets may be individually and successively removed when the cover is opened and including frictionally engaging means proximate said opening for contacting the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the sheet adjacent the barrier is pulled outwardly of the package the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the sheet adjacent the barrier through the opening into contact with said frictionally engaging means which means produce a frictional force on the next succeeding sheet sufficient to overcome said sheet-to-sheet force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the sheet adjacent the barrier will tear either of such sheets, and
- said frictionally engaging means effecting separation of the sheets with the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet extending outwardly of the opening positioned for subsequent manual grasping and removal from the package.
- a bulk package for individually dispensing substantially wet sheets from a stack of such sheets which comprises a. a stack of wet sheets, the successive sheets being connected to one another by a line of weakness to define a temporary interconnecting means producing a sheet-to-sheet force resisting separation of successive sheets and effecting removal of successive sheets outwardly from the package upon withdra'wal of each preceding sheet therefrom; and
- a barrier overlying the stack of wet sheets and having a sheet restricting opening therein through which the wet sheets may be individually and successively removed when the cover is opened and including frictionally engaging means proximate said opening for contacting the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the sheet adjacent the barrier is pulled outwardly of the package the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the sheet adjacent the barrier through the opening into contact with said frictionally engaging means which means produce a frictional force on the next succeeding sheet sufficient to overcome said sheet-to-sheet force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the sheet adjacent the barrier will tear either of such sheets, and
- said frictionally engaging means effecting separation of the sheets with the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet extending outwardly of the opening positioned for subsequent manual grasping and removal from the package.
- the barrier comprises a substantially rigid member having an opening which is restricted with respect to the dimension of the sheets presented thereto as the sheets are successively withdrawn therethrough.
- a substantially moisture resistant and impermeable container receiving the stack of wet sheets and having i a cover having means for forming a moistureproof seal between the container and the atmosphere, and
- a substantially rigid barrier member overlying the stack of wet sheets and having an opening which is restricted with respect to the dimension of the sheets presented thereto as the sheets are successively withdrawn therethrough, the opening being disposed in overlying relation with respect to the faces of the respective superposed wet sheets in the stack, and including frictionally engaging means proximate said opening for contacting the adjacent surfaces of the successive sheets withdrawn from the stack such that when the sheet adjacent the barrier is pulled outwardly of the package the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet are drawn by and in contact with the sheet adjacent the barrier through the opening into contact with said frictionally engaging means which means produce a frictional force on the next succeeding sheet sufficient to overcome the force resisting separation of the two sheets yet not so large that the force required to remove the sheet adjacent the barrier will tear either of such sheets, and
- said frictionally engaging means effecting separation of the said sheets with the leading surfaces of the next succeeding sheet extending outwardly of the opening positioned for subsequent manual grasping and removal from the package.
- tainer is formed of a plastic.
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