Folded Sealed Bag Structure for Strong Sealing With Less Material

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sealed bags face issues with excessive material use, insufficient sealing performance, complex manufacturing processes, poor user experience, and structural instability, leading to deformation, breakage, and leakage, which affect portability, safety, and production efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A folding process for sealed bags involving preset folding baselines, plastic sealing, and side pressing to form symmetrical closings, ensuring balanced capacity and quality, with thermocompression parameters optimized for sealing strength and efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of substance

If traditional sealed bag design is used, then manufacturing is simple, but material use is excessive and sealing performance is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematerial useVSAvoidsealing performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The sealed bag is divided into multiple functional zones including a body portion, a first closing portion with first and second sides, and a second closing portion. This segmentation allows each zone to be optimized independently for material efficiency and sealing performance, reducing overall material use while maintaining reliable sealing through specialized design in each segment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the sealed bag are given different structural qualities - the body portion has one configuration while the closing portions have reinforced structures with overlapping layers and specific folding patterns. This local quality enhancement ensures strong sealing performance at critical areas without requiring excessive material throughout the entire bag.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Stability of the object's composition

If traditional closing design is used, then structure is simple, but the bag deforms or breaks during use affecting stability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The first closing portion has a asymmetric design where the first side includes a folded structure that overlaps with the body portion, while the second side has a different configuration. This asymmetric structure distributes stress unevenly to prevent deformation and breakage, enhancing stability without requiring symmetric reinforcement throughout.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Solution Approach 2:

The closing portions are pre-formed with folded structures and overlapping layers during manufacturing. These preliminary structural actions create inherent stability that prevents deformation during use, eliminating the need for complex reinforcement additions later.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If partial sealing is used, then production is faster, but material waste increases and portability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction efficiencyVSAvoidmaterial waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The sealed bag features a dynamic closing mechanism where the first and second closing portions can be selectively sealed or unsealed. This allows partial sealing for quick production cycles when needed, while the design ensures that when fully sealed, material waste is minimized through efficient edge utilization and no excess material is required for the closing structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Reliability

If complex opening and closing design is used, then sealing performance improves, but user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesealing performanceVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The complex sealing function is extracted into dedicated closing portions that are structurally integrated but functionally separate from the body. The first closing portion handles one sealing function while the second closing portion handles another, allowing each to be optimized for reliability while maintaining simple, intuitive user interaction through distinct opening and closing actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The process results in a compact, durable, and user-friendly sealed bag design that saves storage space, reduces costs, enhances portability, and improves production efficiency while ensuring strong sealing and structural integrity.

Implementation Method 1

performing a first plastic sealing on a gap between an overlapping area of the second folding portion and the first folding portion

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermocompression:

Implementation Method 2

the thermocompression temperature is 100-350°C and the thermocompression pressure is 8-20 kg/dm2

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal Energy: Heating

Implementation Method 3

performing side pressing on the paper roll along a first side pressing line preset on the paper roll so that the paper roll is embedded to form a first closing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical Force: Mechanical Force

Implementation Method 4

fully pressing the paper roll to remove air so that the projection of the third folding line falls on the first folding line

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCompression: Compression

Data Source

PatentEP4656370A1Sealed bag based on folding process and processing method thereof
Publication Date: 2025.12.03 DONGGUAN HE XIN PACKING CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a sealed bag based on a folding process and a processing method thereof, the method including presetting a folding baseline on an upper surface of a tiled base paper piece, and performing a first plastic sealing on a gap between an overlapping area of the second folding portion and the first folding portion so as to form a paper roll with two ends open and side surfaces enclosed; supporting the paper roll so as to perform side pressing on the paper roll along a first side pressing line preset on the paper roll so that the paper roll is embedded to form a first closing and a third folding line, wherein the area between the first folding line and the first side pressing line serves as a bottom surface of the first closing, and the area between the first side pressing line and the third folding line serves as a top surface of the first closing; plastically sealing the bottom opening of the fully pressed paper roll according to a preset bottom folding line to form a finished sealed bag. With a compact structure, the closing design effectively takes into account the capacity and quality of the sealed bag.