Dispenser for cleaning wipes

Abstract

Dispenser (1) for cleaning wipes, characterized in that • the dispenser (1) has a dispenser unit 1 (10) and a dispenser unit 2 (11), • the dispenser unit 1 (10) is connected to the dispenser unit 2 (11), • the dispenser unit 1 (10) contains fine wipes (12) and • the dispenser unit 2 (11) contains coarse cloths (13).

Description

Cleaning wipes such as wet hygiene wipes for infants or infants are commonly offered in dispensers such as tubular bag packages. The cleaning wipes are used equally in any case of use, regardless of whether solids, urine or even just hands or mouth are to be cleaned.With continuous cost printing on this product line, both the size of a single cleaning cloth has decreased and the average basis weight has decreased greatly. If the base material had a basis weight above 0.05 kg / m 2, this is currently less than 0.04 kg / m 2.Currently commercially available cleaning wipe dispensers include a cleaning wipe, for example a 100% viscose fiber nonwoven wipe having a fiber titer of 1.7dtex and a basis weight of 0.038 kg / m 2. This fabric impregnated with care lotion is used for cleaning in many situations. These may be, inter alia, that• Purification of solid excrement• Purification of Liquid Waste• Cleaning off tramp of hands / arms• Cleansing off food residues on the face• Skin care after cleansingTo achieve a care effect, the end customer is expected to have a soft surface of the cleaning cloth. This softness is associated with a reduced consolidation of the nonwoven material, which results in a lower mechanical strength of the cleaning cloth.However, this leads to the fact that a large number of wipes are used to compensate for lack of wipe strength, especially when solid waste is cleaned, since a single layer is not sufficient for complete cleaning. Users therefore often use two or three wipes together. This is to ensure complete cleaning and uptake of waste, on the one hand, but also to protect the hands of the parents from contamination, on the other hand. This results in an increased consumption of fabric material.This leads to users frequently wanting to buy multiple packages with different types of wipes and also to have them ready to grip. A packaging according to the prior art can be taken from the web page https: / / dualwipes.com / . The disadvantage here is that such outer packaging is bulky and heavy, so that the dispenser box is not packed into the wrap-around bag.The object is therefore to make the user possible to prevent an increased consumption of cleaning wipes and to make cleaning wipes available to the user in a situation-appropriate manner.The object is achieved on the basis of the features of claim 1, advantageous embodiments are mentioned in claims 2-11,To produce conventional dispensers, commercially available cloth materials, for example made of nonwoven fabrics, are used. For this purpose, several fleece rolls can be placed in parallel in a processing machine and rolled off. Depending on the requirement, the fleece of the rolls is acted upon with or without care lotion, folded one inside the other and thus joined together in the form of a strand. This strand is then divided in a cutting unit by means of knives, so that a stack of cleaning wipes is produced.The width of a cloth results from the roller width, the cloth length results from the tacting of the knives in the cutting unit. Depending on the number of nonwoven rolls presented, the number of individual wipes per stack of wipes is obtained.Cleaning wipes have a standard size between 0.15-0.20 m in length and width and are usually cut to be rectangular. The interfolded Z- or S-fold configuration of the individual webs provides an overlap and loose connection of the individual wipes.Stacks of fabrics produced in this way are then separated after the cutting unit and then placed in a tubular bag machine, for example, for packagingDuring production, the tube is produced using flat film, wherein a hole and a closure unit are likewise introduced in the flat film as a removal opening, which ensure the removal and the closure of the dispenser. The flat film is folded in such a way that the single pack is first enveloped with flat film and a tube is formed by means of a longitudinal weld. By subsequently applying two transverse welds at the beginning and end of a stack of wipes, a dispenser for the cleaning wipes is formed.In a dispenser thus produced, the folded individual cleaning wipes are stacked in the package like an concertina bellows. When cleaning wipes are removed through the removal opening, the cleaning wipes are separated and provided to the user on account of the loose connection present as a result of the above-mentioned folding.Manufacturers of such machines are, for example, the company "Paper Converting Machine Company", Wisconsin, USA.The following parameters are determined according to the following test methods:• Basis weight according to WSP 130.1, stated in kg / m 2• Thickness according to WSP 120.6, section 7.2, measurement pressure 0.5 kPa, stated in mIn the context of the invention, nonwoven fabrics are used which can be produced and consolidated by all common methods. These can be taken from the book "Nonwoven fabrics", edited by Fuchs / Albrecht, published 2012 in the Wiley-VCH Verlag.In addition to airlay or airlaid nonwovens, preference is given according to the invention, but not limited thereto, to nonwovens made from staple fibers which are produced by the carding process and are mechanically consolidated by means of water jet consolidation or needle punching or thermally consolidated by means of calendering.The exemplary embodiments further mentioned in the description are explained as representative of all types of nonwoven with reference to staple fiber nonwoven fabrics produced by means of carding processes and consolidation by means of water jet needling, without being limited thereto.The term fine cloth (12) describes a cleaning cloth which has a basis weight in the range of 0.025 kg / m 2 to 0.050 kg / m 2 and has a thickness, measured in the dry state, of 0.0002 m to 0.001 m. A fine cloth (12) has a low absorbency of soils or body exudates. The focus is on softness and fluffiness of the fine cloth.The impregnation of the fine wipes (12) with a care lotion is optional and can be carried out in a application-specific manner.A fine cloth (12) may be formed from a nonwoven web of a blend of 100% viscose fibers available from Sander AG as Material Variant 01181, at a basis weight of 0.040 kg / m 2 and a thickness of 0.0006 m.The term coarse cloth (13) describes a cleaning cloth having a basis weight in the range of 0.050 kg / m 2 to 0.100 kg / m 2 and a thickness measured in the dry state of 0.0007 m to 0.0015 m.A coarse cloth (13) has a normal to increased absorbency of contaminants or bodily waste. The focus is on mechanical stability and cleaning off of contaminants. Coarse wipes may also have a surface structure such as dots, lines, or other structures that aid cleaning.For example, a nonwoven made of a mixture of 70% polyester fiber with 30% viscose fibers, available from Sander AG as material variant 01249 in a weight per unit area of 0.070 kg / m 2 with a thickness of 0.0009 m, which has a surface structure in the form of squares produced via a pattern drum, can be used for this purpose.For the production of non-woven fabrics which can be used as fine cloth (12) or coarse cloth (13), biodegradable fibrous materials such as viscose and / or lyocell fibers are preferably used. These can also be mixed with natural fibers such as cotton. In addition, mixtures of biodegradable fibers with non-biodegradable fibers such as polyester or polypropylene can also be used.Commercial dispensers of cleaning wipes contain only one type of cleaning wipes.FIG. 1 shows the view and FIG. 1 ashows the cross section of a prior art dispenser ( 1) for cleaning wipes with a dispenser chamber ( 3) for cleaning wipes ( 4). The stack (5) of cleaning wipes (4) is enclosed by the packaging film (6). The packaging film (6) is joined together on the opposite sides as well as on the side with film overlap. This overlap is usually carried out by means of ultrasound as a welded seam ( 7). The cleaning wipes (4) can then be removed from the dispenser chamber (3) of the dispenser via the removal opening (8). The removal opening (8) is usually covered with a cover flap (9) which is likewise adhesively bonded or welded on, so that the cleaning wipes (4) in the dispenser chamber (3) are protected against drying out or penetration of contaminants.The user is therefore faced with the challenge of cleaning with a cleaning cloth, in addition to care, also rough soiling.According to the invention, the dispenser (1) is designed in such a way that it has two dispenser units (10) and (11) permanently connected to one another, wherein the dispenser units (10) and (11) contain different cleaning-cloth designs such as fine cloths (12) and coarse cloths (13) and / or can also have different designs for connecting the dispenser units or their design.This enables the end user to have exactly the correct cleaning cloth to hand by means of a dispenser ( 1) according to the invention by differentiated supply of cleaning cloths, in order to remove either so-called heavy loads or just only a small store as thoroughly and efficiently as possible, i.e. with the least amount of material required. In this case, a fine cloth (12) is to be as soft as possible and thus careful, especially in the case of urine or mouth cleaning, in order to trigger little irritation to the skin, a coarse cloth (13) must not tear in the case of heavy loads and must absorb as much bodily waste as possible.Designs of dispensers (1) with dispenser units (10) and (11) designed according to the invention are shown in FIGS. 2 to 4a.Inventive Dispensers (1) of Construction 1:In Fig. 2 there is shown a dispenser (1) according to the invention of type 1 comprising two dispensing units. Fine wipes (12) are contained in the dispenser unit 1 (10) and coarse wipes (13) are contained in the dispenser unit 2 (11).According to the invention, the two dispenser units 1 and 2 ((10) and (11)) are connected to one another and subsequently at the connection point (14). See FIG. 2a.In the production of a dispenser ( 1) for cleaning wipes according to the invention, two wipe strands are first produced. One strand for producing fine wipes (12), a second strand for producing coarse wipes (13). These strands are cut in the respective cutting units into stacks of sheets of fine sheets (25) and into stacks of sheets of coarse sheets (26). These stacks are then brought together in such a way that the packaging station is provided with a stack of fine wipes (25) and a stack of coarse wipes (26) alternately.The packaging for producing the dispenser units ( 10) and ( 11) according to the invention is effected here as tubular bags using packaging film ( 6) as already described above.FIGS. 2 and 2 a show a connection ( 14) according to the invention of the two dispenser units ( 10) and ( 11). The connection point (14) of the dispenser unit 1 (10) and the dispenser unit 2 (11) is ensured by a transversely lying ultrasonic weld seam (7) of the packaging film (6). The two dispenser units 1 (10) and 2 (11) lying one after the other are thus connected to one another, but are also separated from one another by means of the transverse weld seam. The thus formed strand of dispensers (1) is then divided by means of a transverse separating unit.The height of the tissue stacks of coarse tissues (12) and fine tissues (13) is important in the production of a dispenser (1) of the type 1 designed according to the invention.As can be seen in FIG. 2 a, both stacks of fabrics ( 25) and ( 26) must have an approximately equal height before the packaging station after separation. Stacks of sheets (26) of fine sheets (12) therefore have a higher number of individual sheets due to the lower weight per unit area of fine sheets (12) compared to stacks of sheets (26) of coarse sheets (13) at the same height.Designed dispensers (1) according to the invention of type 1 generally contain in dispenser unit 1 (10) for fine wipes (12) at least one and a half times the number of individual wipes as in dispenser unit 2 (11) for coarse wipes (13). Typically, dispenser unit 1 (10) includes between 64 to 80 individual wipes (12). Dispenser unit 2 (11) for coarse wipes (13) usually contains 20 to 50 individual wipes.Dispensers (1) of the type 2 designed according to the inventionIn FIGS. 3, 3 a, 3 b, 4 and 4 a, dispensers ( 1) according to the invention of the second type of construction are shown.FIG. 3 shows a cross section of a dispenser ( 1) embodied according to the invention.The individual dispenser units ( 10) and ( 11) as in FIGS. 3, 3 aand 3 bmay be embodied simply as tubular bags as shown in FIG. 1.In the upper dispenser unit 1 (10), tissue stacks of fine tissues (25) are contained. These fine wipes (12) can then be pulled out via the top dispensing opening (8) of the dispenser unit 1 (10).In the lower dispenser unit 2 (11), tissue stacks of coarse tissues (26) are contained. These coarse wipes (13) can then be pulled out via the bottom removal opening (8) of the dispenser unit 2 (11).The two dispenser units (10) and (11) are permanently connected to one another at the connection point (14) on the bag base (17) of the respective dispenser units.According to FIG. 3, this connection point ( 14) can also take the form of adhesive spots ( 21) distributed over the contact surface of the two dispenser units.FIG. 3a is based on the same basic embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, the connection of the two dispenser units (10) and (11) is effected by means of adhesive beads (20).As shown in FIG. 3 b, the connection according to the invention of the two dispenser units ( 10) and ( 11) can also be effected by means of adhesive tape ( 18). In this case, adhesive tape strips (18) are applied to the respective two long sides (19) of the dispenser units (10) and (11) on both sides of the dispenser (1), and the connection point (14) is thus formed.A strapping of the two dispenser units (10) and (11) by means of stretch film tapes or adhesive tapes is also suitable for forming a dispenser (1) according to the invention.In contrast to the design 1 according to the invention, in the design 2 according to the invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the overall height of the dispenser unit 1 ( 10) and the overall height of the dispenser unit 2 ( 11) can be different. The number of fabrics can therefore be chosen as required. A dispenser unit 1 ( 10) with 72 fine wipes, a dispenser unit 2 ( 11) with 20 coarse wipes is therefore conceivable, for example.In FIG. 4, the dispenser unit 1 ( 10) and the dispenser unit 2 ( 11) have different designs.The dispenser unit 1 (10) corresponds to a tubular bag with a central removal opening (8) as shown in FIG. 1. This dispenser unit 1 (10) contains fine wipes (12).The dispenser unit 2 ( 11) is designed as a pocket ( 15) with a closure tab ( 16). Disposable washing gloves ( 23) can be stacked, for example, in a dispenser unit 2 ( 11) configured in this way.As can be seen from FIG. 4a, the dispenser unit 2 (11) is in the form of a pocket with a wide removal opening. The width is oriented to the width of the coarse cloths used, here on the disposable wash glove (23). The closure tab ( 16) has a closure ( 22), which is designed, for example, as a hook and loop fastener.Dispensers (1) designed according to the invention make it possible to specialize the cleaning wipes used, matched to the respective use and the target groups involved.Due to the specialized field of application, exactly the correct cleaning cloth can be developed. In sum, this can lead to a saving in material.The use of dispensers (1) according to the invention is also not limited to children's care, other cleaning wipes are conceivable in the dispenser units for machine cleaning, disinfection etc.The use of dispenser units designed according to the invention enables a packaging format to be newly considered, as well as optical differentiation in the shelf, which can lead to a novel and innovative perception in the shelf.List of reference numbers:1 Dispenser 2 Dispenser unit 3 Dispenser chamber 4 Cleaning cloth 5 Cloth stack 6 Packaging film 7 Weld seam 8 Removal opening 9 Cover flap 10 Dispenser unit 1 11 Dispenser unit 2 12 Fine cloth 13 Coarse cloth 14 Connection point 15 Pocket 16 Closing flap 17 Bag base 18 Adhesive tape strip 19 Long side 20 Adhesive bead 21 Adhesive point 22 Closure 23 Disposable glove 24 Stack of disposable gloves 25 Cloth stack of fine cloths 26 Cloth stack of coarse cloths

Claims

A dispenser (1) for cleaning wipes, characterized in that • the dispenser (1) comprises a dispenser unit 1 (10) and a dispenser unit 2 (11), • the dispenser unit 1 (10) is connected to the dispenser unit 2 (11), • fine wipes (12) are contained in the dispenser unit 1 (10) and • coarse wipes (13) are contained in the dispenser unit 2 (11).Dispenser (1) according to Claim 1, characterized in that • the dispenser unit 1 (10) is connected to the dispenser unit 2 (11) by means of welding, adhesive bonding or strapping.Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • at least one of the dispenser units 1 (10) or dispenser unit 2 (11) is designed as a tubular bag.Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the dispenser unit 1 (10) and the storage unit 2 (11) are arranged lying one on top of the otherDispenser according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that • the dispenser unit 1 (10) and the storage unit 2 (11) are arranged one after the otherDispenser (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the coarse wipes (13) and the fine wipes (12) are formed from non-woven fabrics by a carding process and / or an aerodynamic non-woven manufacturing process.Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the coarse wipes (13) are formed from a nonwoven fabric having a weight per unit area of from 0.050 kg / m 2 to 0.100 kg / m 2The dispenser (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the fine wipes (12) are formed from a non-woven fabric having a basis weight of from 0.025 kg / m 2 to 0.050 kg / m 2 andDispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the fine wipes (12) used in the dispenser units 1 (10) or dispenser unit 2 (11) and / or the coarse wipes (13) consist of staple fibre nonwovens and / or airlaid nonwovens using biodegradable fibres and / or non-biodegradable or a mixture of both types of fibres.Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the coarse wipes (13) in the dispenser unit 2 (11) have a surface structureDispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the coarse wipes (13) in the dispenser unit 2 (11) are designed in the form of disposable gloves.Dispenser (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that • the number of fine wipes in the dispenser unit 1 (10) is at least one and a half times the number of coarse wipes in the dispenser unit 2 (11).

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