Compressed Hollow Coreless Re-Formable Roll Products

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-05-19
GPCP IP HLDG LLC
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[0013]Moreover, the present invention makes it possible to overcome consumer negatives associated with producing desirable combinations of sheet count and caliper without needing to achieve specific roll diameter requirements. Current rolled products have desired roll diameters for specific characterizations like “Regular Roll”, “Large Roll”, Big Roll”, “Giant Roll”, Mega Roll”, “Super Roll”, “Double Roll” and similar other size related descriptions. As sheet counts are reduced, it becomes more and more difficult to achieve the desired roll diameter, whether by increasing base sheet caliper, finished product caliper (i.e., throug

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Conventional hollow coreless products are also difficult

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[0049]The invention is described in detail below in connection with the various Figures for purposes of illustration, only. The invention is defined in the appended claims. Terminology used throughout the specification and claims herein are given their ordinary meanings as supplemented immediately below.

[0050]When we refer to the axial cavity of the product as “substantially collapsed”, the reference is to a flattened form as shown in FIG. 1A. Preferably, the gap between opposing sides of the cavity in the substantially collapsed configuration is less than 25 mm, preferably less than 10 mm, more preferably less than 5 mm and still more preferably less than 2 mm on average. In a preferred embodiment, opposing sides of the collapsed cavity are in contact over a major portion of their area, preferably over at least about 60%, more preferably over at least about 70%, even more preferably over at least about 80%, and most preferably at least about 90%, when rolls are in the compressed st...

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Abstract

A compressed hollow coreless roll of absorbent paper sheet produced by way of providing a roll of absorbent paper sheet by winding the sheet about a forming core member having a diameter in the range of 30 mm to 50 mm; removing the forming core member such that there is provided a hollow coreless roll of absorbent paper sheet with an axial cavity having a diameter in the range of 30 mm to 50 mm and compressing the hollow coreless roll such that the axial cavity is substantially collapsed. The compressed hollow coreless rolls are readily re-formed into cylindrical shape. Space-saving packages of the rolls are overwrapped with tubular polymer film to provide a flexible reconfigurable package of a series of individually encased rolls. Volume reductions of about 10 to about 20%, about 14% to about 20%, 30%, 40% and more as compared with conventional products are realized.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is based on U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 080,822, filed Nov. 17, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to roll products and, in a preferred embodiment, to compressed and hollow coreless rolls of absorbent paper products such as tissue and toweling, commonly referred to as tissue, in flexible packaging that enables the manufacturer to ship a larger usable area of tissue in a given volume while enabling the end user to store tissue in nooks and crannies that might not be suitable for tissue packaged in conventional configurations.BACKGROUND[0003]Transportation costs add substantially to the cost of absorbent paper products sold for consumer use as the volume of these products is such that when the entire allowable space in a trailer or container is filled with product, the weight is typically far less than the load carrying capacity of the tr...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/671A47K10/16B65D77/02B65D65/02B65D71/00B65D71/06B65H18/28B65B63/02
CPCB65D85/671B65H18/28A47K10/16B65B63/02B65D2571/00037B65D71/0092B65D71/063B65D77/02B65D2571/00012B65D65/02B65D2571/00018B65D85/07B65H2701/1924B65H2701/18422A47K2010/3206B65B25/146
Inventor LEMKE, SARAH A.ROBINSON, DOUGLAS E.DAUL, THOMAS J.MUELLER, PAMELA S.
Owner GPCP IP HLDG LLC
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