WRAPPING MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND METHOD OF USE

Abstract: The invention concerns a wrapping material wherein there is a crêpe paper layer (1) and a tensioning film (3) attached onto the crêpe layer. The material is resistant to moisture and is suitable in particular for wrapping for irregularly shaped objects, such as paper rolls.

Description: Wrapping material, method of manufacture and method of use For the packaging of irregularly shaped objects, such as pieces of furniture, bicycles or various machine components, kraft crβpe has been used commonly. It is a material made of kraft paper by means of finely di¬ vided corrugation, whose most important property, besides the protective function, is stretching. The opening of the crδpe wrinkles on pulling permits wrapping of the material around irregularly shaped faces without form¬ ation of detrimental slack folds. It is a drawback of kraft crδpe that it is not resistant to moisture. Attempts have been made to solve the problem by manufacturing the crepe out of a-material onto which a film made of a suitable plastic has been laminated before creping. The manufacture of a product of this sort is, however, slow, and consequently quite expensive. According to the present invention, a ready- crδped kraft wrapping and a tensioning film of plastic are combined in such a way that they are interconnected only at the topmost portions of the crepe. When the product thus formed is tensioned around the object to be packaged, the wrinkles in the crδpe are straightened at the same time as the loose portions of the tensioning film are stretched and, by the effect of the tension, are pressed against the straightened crepe and, at the same time, against the object to be packaged. Owing to the film, the protective wrapping is fully waterproof. It is characteristic of the tensioning films that they can be stretched and that they also retain the tension produced by the stretching to some extent. When the tensioned film is damaged, as a rule, the hole becomes larger because of the tension. In the following, the construction and the manufacture of a product in accordance with the invention will be described in more detail. In the drawings related to the description. Figure 1 is an extensively enlarged sectional view of a crepe paper web in its longitudinal direction. Figure 2 is a sectional view of a material web in accordance with the invention in its longitudinal direction, and Figure 3 shows the material in accordance with the invention as wrapped onto an object. The kraft crepe paper 1 is formed by pressing a moistened paper web against a hot smooth cylinder, to whose face the web adheres. The web is detached by means of a doctor pressed against the face, which said doctor, at the same time, pushes the web colliding against the doctor so that wrinkles are formed in the web in its transverse direction. When the web is dried without stretching it, the wrinkles remain in the paper. In the wrapping material shown in Fig. 2, an adhesive 2 has been applied to the topmost portions of the wrinkles in the cr pe paper 1 , and a waterproof tensioning film 3 has been pressed into contact with the adhesive. The pressing is performed so lightly that the crepe is not squashed flat. In stead of an adhesive, it is also possible to use a hot-joining method in which the plastic film is heated until it becomes sticky, whereupon it is pressed, while in this state, against the ridges in the crepe. The hot-joining may be carried out in particular so that the film comes directly from the nozzle of an extruder. Of course, the plastic film may also be made sticky by other means, e.g. by means of a suitable solvent. Fig. 3 shows a wrapping in accordance with the invention as tensioned against a convex face 4. The wrinkles in the crepe 1 have been partly straightened, at the same time as the tensioning film 2 has been ex- tended between its fastening portions. Both materials have been pressed almost into contact with each other. The result is a mechanically strong and moisture-proof package, which has been pressed tightly around the object to be packaged. The crgpe gives the wrapping mechanical strength and elasticity and receives impacts. When, e.g., two layers of wrapping are used, the crepe part of the outer layer prevents, because of its mechanical toughness, access of a possible sharp object to the underlying film to damage it even if the outer film were damaged. Αt the same time, a tear in the film, if any, is confined to the area between two nearest crepe ridges. As the paper, it is, of course, also possible to use a crepe made of some other paper besides kraft. The characteristic form of crepe may also be produced, e.g., by means of corrugation equipment commonly used in the manufacture of corrugated fibreboard. In principle, a product in accordance with the invention is also produced in a machine that produces single-faced corrugated fibreboard when the tensioning film is used in stead of the facing paper. As the film, it is possible to use all plastic qualities that are used commonly when tensioning film is being produced. The most essential feature of the invention is the joining together of a paper or equivalent that is deformed mechanically by becoming straight and of an extensible film material in an economical way so that the combined product can be stretched at the desired points.

Claims: WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. Wrapping material, w h e r e i n there is a crepe paper layer (1) and a tensioning film (3) attached onto the crepe layer to the ridges of the crepe paper. 2. Wrapping material as claimed in claim 1 , - c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the tensioning film (3) is attached to the crepe paper (1) by means of an adhesive (2) . 3. Wrapping material as claimed in claim 1 , c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the tensioning film is attached to the cr€pe paper by hot-joining. 4. Wrapping material as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the crepe paper consists of kraft crδpe paper (1). 5. Wrapping material as claimed in any of the claims 1 to 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the tensioning film (3) is attached only to one side of the crepe paper (1). 6. Method for the manufacture of wrapping material, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that onto a crepe paper (2), to its ridges, a tensioning film (3) is attached. 7. Method for the packaging of an irregularly shaped object, in which method a wrapping is wrapped around the object, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that around the object a wrapping is wrapped which is pro¬ vided with a crepe paper layer (1) and with a tensioning film (3) attached onto it to the ridges of the crepe paper. 8. Method as claimed in claim 7, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that a wrapping is wrapped in which there is a tensioning film at one side of the cr€pe paper layer (1) only. 9. Method as claimed in claim 8, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that the wrapping is wrapped so that the crepe paper layer (1) becomes facing inwards. 10. Method as claimed in any of the claims 7 to 9, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the wrapping is wrapped around a paper roll.

Inventors: HOLM PEKKA, KAEKI OLLI, HOLM, PEKKA, KAEKI, OLLI
Applicants: YHTYNEET PAPERITEHTAAT OY
Application year: 1988
Main classification: B65D81
IPC codes: B32B3, B32B27, B65D65, D21H11, D21H23