Patent Publication Number: US-2021188486-A1

Title: Zipper and zipper-equipped bag

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a zipper which can be improved in unsealing ability and a zipper-equipped bag provided with such a zipper, in a zipper-equipped bag provided with an interlocking-type zipper so as to enable the bag to be resealed and unsealed after the bag is unsealed. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Zipper-equipped bag which are provided with an interlocking-type zipper (interlocking fitting tool) at their mouth parts where the content is taken in and out and can be resealed and unsealed after the bag is unsealed have been used in many fields such as foods, chemicals and miscellaneous goods (for example, Patent Documents 1, 2 and 3). 
     These zipper-equipped bags are usually produced in the following manner: a zipper formed into a tape form is prepared in advance and a base film as a bag raw material is sealed with the zipper to make a bag. 
     Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-244027 
     Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-355336 
     Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-276925 
     DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     Problem to be Solved by the Invention 
     In the meantime, this type of zipper-equipped bag is generally so constituted that it can be unsealed by tearing a bag raw material at the unsealing part by the hand without using scissors or the like. However, if the bag raw material is not well torn, it causes inconvenience in use after the bag is unsealed. 
     For example, if the bag raw material is cut so excessively when the bag is unsealed that the part to be held by the hand when the bag is unsealed by releasing the interlocking of the zipper or the sizes of this part are uneven, the bag is put in the state where it is unsealed with difficulty. Also, if even the zipper is cut by mistake when the bag raw material is torn, resealing with the zipper cannot be attained. 
     For this, various proposals have been offered to be able to tear the fixed position of the bag raw material. 
     For example, in Patent Document 1, a bag is reported in which an easily cuttable resin layer having a specific composition is disposed at the tape part of a zipper (bandy fitting tool) and the bag is unsealed along this easily cuttable resin layer. 
     However, in the bag proposed in Patent Document 1, the easily cuttable resin layer is formed of a composition including a mixture of two types of resin such that the direction in which the bag is unsealed is fixed by breaking the easily cuttable resin layer when the bag is unsealed. There is therefore the problem that fibrous cutting scum is generated on the broken surface, with the result that the content is contaminated with such cutting scum. 
     Also, in the case of the zipper of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prevent the easily cuttable resin layer from being heated by the heat from a heat seal bar when the zipper is bound with a base film used as a bag raw material by sealing such that the easily cuttable resin layer is prevented from adhering to the base film (for example, Patent Document 1, Paragraph No. [0018]). This zipper has the problem that, for example, not only it is necessary to prepare a heat seal bar having a predetermined seal surface but also strict alignment is required when the zipper is bound with the base film by sealing, requiring troublesome time and labor for the binding of the zipper with the base film. This zipper has therefore a large problem which must be improved to produce a zipper-equipped bag in an efficient manner. 
     Also, in Patent Document 2, a zipper-equipped bag (fastener bag) is proposed which is so devised that a cut tape is fixed to between a male zipper member and a female zipper member provided inside of a baggy container produced by binding the side edges of one lapping material with each other by heat sealing and a part of the baggy container is cut by the cut tape to unseal the container. 
     Although general automatic packaging machines may be applied to the fastener bag of Patent Document 2, so that this fastener bag makes it possible to avoid the complication of apparatuses and troublesome workings. The packaging means includes heat-sealing the side edge of the lapping material fitted with the zipper to make a cylinder body, heat-sealing the opening part of one of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the zipper and then filling the content from the opening part of the other end (see Patent Document 2, Paragraph No. [0023]). 
     For this reason, the shape of the fastener bag described in Patent Document 2 is limited to a flat form and it is difficult to apply this fastener bag to a standing bag which can be formed to be self-stood and has come to be frequently used in recent years. Also, because the zipper and the cut tape are constituted as separate bodies, the zipper and the cut tape must be installed separately (see Paragraph No. [0020]). This is the reason why a further improvement in production efficiency is desired. 
     Also, Patent Document 3 proposes a zipper-equipped bag (packaging bag) which is so constituted that an unsealing string is fitted to the band base part of the zipper (interlocking tool) in an embedded state along the longitudinal direction and the bag can be unsealed with a fixed orientation by pulling the unsealing string. 
     The zipper of Patent Document 3 is free from a problem such as those mentioned above which are involved in Patent Document 1 and also, it is unnecessary to fit the zipper and the unsealing string separately to the base film by sealing. This zipper-equipped bag is very superior also in production efficiency. 
     However, when the bag is unsealed by pulling the unsealing string, it is necessary to tear the band base part together with the base film and therefore, power is required to unseal and it is therefore pointed out that the bag is unsealed with difficulty by a powerless person. 
     In the conventional art technologies as mentioned above, each bag can be unsealed by tearing a fixed position of a bag raw material using a cut tape or an unsealing string and therefore, it is not inconvenient in use after unsealed. However, there is a room for improvement to comply with an increased demand for better performance in the market. 
     The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems involved in the foregoing conventional art technologies. It is an object of the present invention to provide a zipper which can be improved in the tearing-unsealing ability of a zipper-equipped bag and also to provide a zipper-equipped bag. 
     Means for Solving the Problem 
     A zipper according to the present invention includes paired male member having a male projection and female member having a female projection which are interlocked with each other, the zipper being fitted to a bag and enabling the bag to be resealed and unsealed after the bag is unsealed, wherein a tearing guide strip is integrated with at least one of the base parts of the male member and female member and the tearing guide strip can be separated from the base part of the male member or female member. 
     A bag equipped with the zipper having such a structure according to the present invention can be easily unsealed by pulling the tearing strip to tear a bag raw material and also, the force required for unsealing can be reduced to the utmost by adjusting the binding condition of the tearing guide strip to the base part of male member or female member properly. It is therefore possible to improve the unsealing ability with ease. 
     Also, the zipper according to the present invention may have a structure in-which in the state where it is fitted to the bag, a tearing guide strip is integrated with the end part in the width direction of the base part of the male member and/or base part of the female member positioned on the unsealing side of the bag, and the above tearing guide strip can be peeled from the above end part at the binding interface between the both. 
     Such a structure reduces a resistant feel when the bag raw material on the unsealing side against the zipper is torn to unseal the bag and also, it is possible to guide the direction of tearing with a fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper since the tearing guide strip is integrated with the zipper such that it can be peeled from the zipper by interfacial peeling at the binding interface. For this, the bag is easily unsealed, the unsealing mouth to be formed after the bag is unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. Moreover, since the tearing guide strip is separated as a result of the interfacial peeling at the binding interface at which the tearing guide strip is bound with the zipper/no cutting scum is generated at the peeled surface. 
     Also, the zipper according to the present invention may have a structure in which the base part of the male member and/or the base part of the female member provided with the tearing guide strip is provided with a thickened part along the longitudinal direction in the part thereof in the vicinity of the tearing guide strip. 
     Even if the direction in which the bag raw material is torn is directed to the zipper side, such phenomenon is prevented that the zipper is torn to the vicinity of the interlocking part so that the part to be held by the hand when the interlocking of the zipper is released to reseal the bag is lost. Also, the direction in which the bag raw material is torn can be corrected to the normal direction. 
     The zipper according to the present invention may have a structure in which in the state where the male member is interlocked with the female member, the base part of one of the male member and the female member is extended projecting toward the unsealing side of the bag such that the length of its width is larger than that of the base part of the other of the male member and the female member, the tearing guide strip is integrated with the surface side on which the male projection or female projection is formed in the extended part of the base part of one of the male member and female member and the tearing guide strip is peelable from the base part of one of the male member and the female member. 
     Because in such a structure, the tearing guide strip is integrated with one of the male member and female member in such a manner as to be separable by peeling from the zipper, this reduces a resistant feel when the bag raw material on the unsealing side against the zipper is torn to unseal the bag. Also, because the part where the tearing guide strip is provided is projected more closely to the unsealing side than that of the other of the male member or female member, the direction of tearing can be guided with a fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper without being disturbed by the other of the male member or female member. 
     For this reason, the bag is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth formed after unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Also, the zipper according to the present invention may have a structure in which the tearing guide strip may be provided with a heat seal layer made of a resin that can be bound with the raw material forming the bag by heat sealing on the surface facing the raw material forming the bag by binding strength higher than the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip and the base part of one of the base part of the male member and the female member on which the tearing guide strip is to be formed when the zipper is fitted to the bag. 
     This makes it possible to effectively avoid the phenomenon that peeling is caused between the tearing guide strip and the bag raw material in unsealing and to allow the peeling of the tearing guide strip from the zipper to prevail. 
     Also, according to the present invention, the zipper is configured such that the peeling strength between the zipper and the tearing guide strip is preferably 15 N/15 mm or less. 
     This reduces the force required to peel the tearing guide strip from the zipper and therefore, a good unsealing feel is obtained because the force tearing the bag raw material is substantially the force required to unseal the bag. 
     Also, the tearing guide strip preferably has a higher rigidity than the base part of the male member and/or base part of the female member on which the tearing guide strip is to be provided. More specifically, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip is preferably 1.3 to 4 times that of the base part. 
     This makes it possible to prevent the tearing guide strip from being broken by material destruction, bringing about good peeling and making it possible to avoid any trouble to the tearing of the bag raw material. 
     Also, a zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention includes a zipper fitted thereto and provided with paired male member having a male projection and female member having a female projection which are interlocked with each other and enabling the bag to be resealed and unsealed after the bag is unsealed, wherein a tearing guide strip is integrated with the base part of the male member and/or the base part of the female member which are provided in the zipper at the end part in the width direction positioned on the unsealing side of the bag in such a manner that it can be separated from the base part at the binding interface between the end part and the tearing guide strip. 
     Such a structure reduces a resistant feel when the bag is unsealed and also, the tearing guide strip linearly guides the direction of tearing with a fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper. Therefore, the bag is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth formed after unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Also, another zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention includes a zipper fitted thereto and provided with paired male member having a male projection and female member having a female projection which are interlocked with each other and enabling the bag to be resealed and unsealed after the bag is unsealed, wherein the base part of one of the male member or the female member is extended such that the length in the width direction is longer toward the unsealing side than that of the other of the base parts of the male member and female member, the tearing guide strip is integrated with the surface on which the male projection or the female projection is formed in the extended part of the base part of one of the male member and the female member in a freely peelable manner and also, the tearing guide strip is bound with the same surface on which the other of the male member or the female member is bound with the raw material forming the bag. 
     Such a structure reduces a resistant feel when the bag is unsealed and also, the tearing guide strip linearly guides the direction of tearing with a fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper. Therefore, the bag is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth formed after unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Also, another zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention may have a structure in which the surface on the side on which the male projection or the female projection is formed along the end edge of the extended part of the base part of one of the male member and the female member is bound with the same surface with which the male member or the female member of the raw material forming the bag is bound to fit the zipper. 
     This eliminates the necessity of releasing the interlocking of the zipper when the content is filled, thereby making it possible to avoid the adhesion of the content to the interlocking part of the zipper. 
     Effect of the Invention 
     The present invention ensures that the tearing guide strip is integrated with at least one of the male member and the female member such that it is separated by peeling, whereby the bag equipped with the zipper can be easily unsealed by only pulling the tearing guide strip to tear the bag raw material. Also, the force required for unsealing can be reduced to the utmost by adjusting the binding condition of the tearing guide strip to the base part of the male member or female member properly. It is therefore possible to improve the unsealing ability with ease. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a plan view showing the outline of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  in the condition of a zipper-equipped bag after a top seal is provided to a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  after a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention is unsealed. 
         FIG. 4  is an explanatory view showing one example of an unsealing means of a zipper-equipped bag. 
         FIG. 5  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  in the condition of a zipper-equipped bag after a top seal is provided to a modification of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  after another modification of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention is unsealed. 
         FIG. 7  is a sectional view of a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  showing another example of a fitting means of a zipper according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a plan view showing the outline of other modification of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a sectional view along the line B-B of  FIG. 8 . 
         FIG. 10  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section B-B of  FIG. 1  after other modification of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention is unsealed. 
         FIG. 11  is a plan view showing the outline of a zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 12  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section C-C of  FIG. 11  in the condition of a zipper-equipped bag after a top seal is provided to a zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section C-C of  FIG. 11  after a zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention is unsealed. 
         FIG. 14  is an explanatory view showing one example of an unsealing means of a zipper-equipped bag. 
         FIG. 15  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section C-C of  FIG. 11  showing another example of a fitting means of a zipper. 
         FIG. 16  is a plan view showing the outline of a modification of a second embodiment of a bag according to the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS 
       1  Bag 
       10   a ,  10   b  Base film 
       14  Unsealing mouth 
       2  Zipper 
       2   a  Male member 
       21   a  Base part 
       2   b  Female member 
       21   b  Base part 
       211  Extended part 
       23  Tearing guide strip 
       231  Base material 
       232  Heat seal layer 
       233  Gap 
       24  convex streak (thickened part) 
     BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     Preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
     First, a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention will be explained. 
       FIG. 1  is a front view showing the outline of the first embodiment of the zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention. 
     A bag  1  shown in  FIG. 1  is produced by making a bag using base films  10   a  and  10   b  used as a bag base material heat-sealed with a zipper  2  and is a so-called standing bag which is produced by providing a side seal  11  along the side edge in the state the bottom part  3  provided with a bottom seal  31  is folded along a fold line  32 . 
     Also, in the example illustrated, the upper edge of the bag  1  is unsealed part. After the content is filled, a top seal  13  is provided. 
       FIG. 2  is a sectional view showing a part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  in the state after the top seal  13  is provided. The top seal  13  is provided so as to form a predetermined space between the top seal  13  itself and the zipper  2  fitted to the upper part of the bag  1 . 
     The zipper  2  in this embodiment is constituted of paired male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  as shown in  FIG. 2 . 
     The male member  2   a  is provided with a base part  21   a  formed continuously like a tape. A male projection  22   a  constituted of a head part  221   a  and a connecting part  222   a  connecting the head part  221   a  with the base part  21   a  is provided on one surface of the base part  21   a  and these parts are formed to be integrated continuously. Then, the other surface of the base part  21   a  is bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing. Similarly, the female member  2   b  is provided with a base part  21   b  formed continuously like a tape. A female projection  22   b  constituted of a pair of hook parts  221   b  and  221   b  is provided on one surface of the base part  21   b  and these parts are formed to be integrated continuously. Then, the other surface of the base part  21   b  is bound with the base film  10   b  by heat sealing. 
     In the zipper  2  constituted in this manner, the head part  221   a  of the male projection  22   a  is fitted in a space formed between the hook parts  221   b  and  221   b  of the female projection  22   b,  whereby the male projection  22   a  and the female projection  22   b  are interlocked with each other. Thereby the takeout port of the bag  1  can be sealed (resealing) after the bag is unsealed by the zipper  2 . When the interlocking of the zipper  2  (interlocking between the male projection  22   a  and the female projection  22   b ) is released, the takeout port of the bag  1  can be unsealed. 
     The specific shapes of the male projection  22   a  and female projection  22   b  are not limited to those shown in the figure as long as these projections have fitting shapes which are paired and interlocked with each other. 
     The male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be formed, for example, by extrusion molding of a thermoplastic resin and the like. As the thermoplastic resin such as, for example, a polyolefin type resin such as polypropylene, low-density polyethylene (LUPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer may be used. The male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may have a multilayer structure using plural resins in consideration of the interlocking ability between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b,  the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics of the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  with the base films  10   a  and  10   b.    
     Also, the same thermoplastic resin made into a film form may be used for the base films  10   a  and  10   b  in consideration of the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics with the zipper  2  (male member  2   a  and female member  2   b ). The base films  10   a  and  10   b  may have a multilayer structure to allow these films to exhibit various functions as the bag. In this case, for example, the inside layer to be the inside surface of the bag  1  is formed of the same thermoplastic resin as above as the heat seal layer for the zipper  2 . Also, biaxially oriented nylon, biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate or biaxially oriented polypropylene may be laminated together with the heat seal layer as the outside surface of the bag  1 , and a barrier layer made of an aluminum foil or an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer film may be laminated as an intermediate layer. 
     In this embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 2 , the zipper  2  is provided with a tearing guide strip  23  integrated therewith along the longitudinal direction at the end part positioned on the side provided with the top seal  13  of the bag  1  in the state where the male member  2   a  is bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing among both ends in the width direction of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a.  In the example illustrated, the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed in such a manner as to be integrated with the male member  2   a,  directly, by binding the base material  231  with the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  so as to be peelable at the binding interface between the both. 
     At this time, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the male member  2   a  is designed to be preferably 15 N/15 mm or less. When the peeling strength exceeds this value, there is a fear that cohesive peeling is caused to generate cutting scum. Also, the force required to separate the tearing guide strip  23  from the male member  2   a  by peeling is increased and it is therefore difficult to obtain a good unsealing feel. Moreover, such a disorder arises that when the bag  1  is unsealed, the tearing guide strip  23  is not separated from the male member  2   a  but the direction of tearing is toward to the male member  2   a,  causing a fear that the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  is eventually torn. 
     Here, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the male member  2   a  means the largest load found when the both put in a bound state are cut into a test piece having a width of 15 mm and the test piece is subjected to a tensile tester carried out at a measuring atmospheric temperature of 23° C. at a tensile rate of 200 mm/min to peel the both from each other along the direction perpendicular to the direction of the width of the test piece. 
     A heat seal layer  232  made of a resin which can be bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing is disposed on the surface of the base material  231  facing the base film  10   a  of the base material  231  and the tearing guide strip  23  is designed to bind with the part where the base film  10   a  is torn when the bag  1  is unsealed as will be explained later. 
     At this time, the binding strength between the base film  10   a  and the tearing guide strip  23  is preferably made to be larger than the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the male member  2   a.  It is thereby possible to efficiently avoid the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  from the base film  10   a  in unsealing and to allow the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  from the male member  2   a  to prevail. 
     The zipper  2  in this embodiment which is provided with the tearing guide strip  23  like this may be fitted to the bag  1  by heat sealing in the same manner as in the case of conventionally known zippers without using a specific heat seal bar. 
     In the example illustrated, the heat seal layer  232  is disposed such that a gap  233  is formed at a position apart from the end part of the base part  21   a  of the male. member  2   a  so as not to hinder the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  from the male member  2   a.  Also, if the base material  231  is bound with the male member  2   a  in a freely peelable manner and can be bound with the base film  10   a  by a higher binding strength than the peeling strength required separating the male member  2   a,  by heat sealing, the heat seal layer  232  may be eliminated as desired. 
     In this embodiment, the tearing guide strip  23  may be integrated with the male member  2   a  simultaneously when the male member  2   a  is molded, for example, by extrusion-supplying the material forming the tearing guide strip  23  to one of the end parts in the width direction so as to carry out co-extrusion. 
     As the resin forming the base material  231 , a resin incompatible with the resin used for the male member  2   a  may be selected. For example, in the case of using polyethylene for the male member  2   a,  polypropylene may be used for the base material  231 . On the other hand, polypropylene is used for the male member  2   a,  a polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate may be used. A modifier may be added properly to these resins, to thereby adjust the peeling strength between the both such that the both are peeled at the interface between them. 
     Also, as the resin forming the heat seal layer  232 , one which has sufficient binding strength with the base film  10   a  and the base material  231  and is resistant to peeling from these materials when the bag  1  is unsealed is properly selected. For example, when polyethylene is used for the base film  10   a  (or the heat seal layer for the male member  2   a  of the base film  10   a ) and polypropylene is used for the base material  231 , metallocene type linear low-density polyethylene may be used. Also, when polyethylene is used for the base film  10   a  (or the heat seal layer for the male member  2   a  of the base film  10   a ) and polybutylene terephthalate is used for the base material  231 , a modified polyolefin type resin such as maleic acid anhydride modified polypropylene may be used. 
     Also, the tearing guide strip  23  preferably has a higher rigidity than the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  to allow itself to be well separated from the male member  2   a  without being disturbed by material destruction when it is separated from the male member  2   a  and not to give hindrance to tearing of the base film  10   a . More specifically, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is preferably 1.3 to 4 times that of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a.  At this, time, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is particularly preferably in a range from 300 to 2500 MPa. 
     When the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  exceeds the above range, the tearing guide strip  23  is broken when the bag  1  is unsealed, leading to such a disorder that the bag  1  is unsealed with difficulty. 
     On the other hand, when the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is less than the above range, the tearing guide strip  23  has only insufficient rigidity, causing a hindrance to the peeling from the male member  2   a  or the tearing of the base film  10   a.    
     Moreover, such a disorder is caused that the tearing guide strip  23  is broken and the bag  1  cannot be unsealed resultantly. 
     Also, according to such as the material, or the degree of orientation of the base film  10   a,  the base film  10   a  is not torn along the part where it is bound with the tearing guide strip  23  but the direction of tearing is toward to the part where it is bound with the male member  2   a,  and in this case, there is the case where the male member  2   a  is torn together with the base film  10   a.    
     In order to avoid such an event, a convex streak  24  is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the male member  2   a  at a part close to the tearing guide strip  23  on the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  and the part is thickened than other part in the example illustrated. Thereby, even if the direction of tearing the base film  10   a  is toward to the part where it is bound with the male member  2   a  and a part of the male member  2   a  is torn, it is so devised that this convex streak  24  prevents the male member  2   a  from being further torn and also corrects the tearing direction of the base film  10   a  to the normal direction, that is, the direction along the part bound with the tearing guide strip  23 . 
     Though in the example illustrated, one convex streak  24  is disposed, plural convex streaks  24  may be disposed. There is no particular limitation to the specific shape of the thickened part insofar as it prevents the occurrence of the phenomenon that the zipper  2  (male member  2   a ) is torn, so that the zipper  2  cannot be interlocked by the presence of the thickened part at the part close to the tearing guide strip  23  when the tearing direction of the base film  10   a  is shifted, and the thickened part can correct the tearing direction of the base film  10   a  to the normal direction. 
     The bag  1  provided with such the zipper  2  is unsealed by pulling the tearing guide strip  23  to thereby tear the part of the base film  10   a  which is bound with the tearing guide strip  23 . At the part that has been torn, an unsealing mouth  14  which is to be a port in and from which the content is taken is formed, as shown in  FIG. 3 . And, it is possible to take in or out the content by releasing the interlocking of the zipper  2 . Also, when the zipper  2  is interlocked, the bag  1  can be resealed. After the bag  1  is unsealed, the takeout port can be sealed or unsealed by the zipper  2 . 
     The tearing guide strip  23  (base material  231 ) is integrated with the male member  2   a  along the end part of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  such that it is separated from the male member  2   a  by interfacial peeling at the binding interface when the bag  1  is unsealed. Therefore, the resistant feel when the bag  1  is unsealed is reduced and also, the tearing guide strip  23  linearly guides the direction of tearing with a fixed orientation such that the base film  10   a  is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper  2 . 
     Therefore, the bag  1  is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth  14  to be formed after the bag  1  is unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag  1  obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. Moreover, the tearing guide strip  23  is separated from the male member  2   a  by interfacial peeling at the binding interface and therefore, no scum is generated on the peeled surface unlike the case shown in the aforementioned Patent Document 1. 
     Here, an example of a specific means of tearing the base film  10   a  by the tearing guide strip  23  to unseal the bag  1  is shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     In the example illustrated, half-cut treatment has been carried out in such a manner as to form a lug  12  penetrating through a part where the side seal  11  on which the tearing guide strip  23  is positioned is formed. It is so devised that at this time, the base film  10   b  constituting a part of the lug  12  is cut off from the other part of the base film  10   b  and the base film  10   a  constituting a part of the lug  12  is cut off from a part other than the part torn when the base film  10   a  is unsealed, to form the lug  12  in the state where the tearing guide strip  23  is sandwiched between the separated base films  10   a  and  10   b.    
     When the lug  12  is constituted in this manner, the lug  12  is, as is illustrated, picked up to pull the tearing guide strip  23 , whereby the base film  10   a  is torn by the tearing guide strip  23  to form the unsealing mouth  14 . 
       FIG. 4( a )  is an explanatory view showing the condition that the base film  10   a  is torn by the tearing guide strip  23  and  FIG. 4( b )  is an enlarged view of a major part of the tearing guide strip  23  when it is pulled. Also, in the example illustrated, a part of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  and base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  is cut off and put into the state sandwiched between the base films  10   a  and  10   b  under the lug  12 . The cut parts of the base parts  21   a  and  21   b  have no influence on the resealing function of the lug  12 . 
     According to this embodiment, as mentioned above, the tearing guide strip  23  is integrated with the zipper  2  such that it is separated from the zipper  2  by interfacial peeling at the binding interface. Therefore, a resistant feel is reduced when the bag raw material on the unsealing side against the zipper  2  is torn to unseal the bag  1 , and also, the tearing guide strip  23  works so as to guide the direction of tearing with fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is linearly torn along the longitudinal direction of the zipper  2 . Therefore, the bag  1  is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth  14  formed after the bag  1  is unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag  1  obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Moreover, the tearing guide strip  23  is separated by interfacial peeling at the binding interface and therefore, no scum is generated on the peeled surface. 
     Also, in this embodiment, the following modifications of the embodiment are possible without impairing such effects. 
     For example, the tearing guide strip  23  may be provided with a guide member  25  on the end part opposite to the side bound with the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  along the longitudinal direction of the end part as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     At this time, the tearing guide strip  23  is integrated with the guide member  25  in the same binding condition as in the case binding to the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a,  specifically, in the condition that the peeling strength is preferably 15 N/15 mm or less so as to enable interfacial peeling at the binding interface. Also, in the case where the tearing guide strip  23  is provided with the heat seal layer  232 , it is so devised that the same gap  233  is formed between the heat seal layer  232  and the guide member  25 . Also, the guide member  25  may be formed and integrated with the male member  2   a  simultaneously when the male member  2   a  is molded in such a manner as to carry out co-extrusion together with the tearing guide strip  23  by using the same resin material that is used for the male member  2   a.    
     The resin material used for the guide member  25  may be different from that for the male member  2   a.  No particular limitation is imposed on the type of resin material used for the guide member  25  insofar as the guide member  25  can be bound with the tearing guide strip  23  in such a manner as not to hinder the tearing guide strip  23  from tearing the base film  10   a  in almost parallel to the zipper  2 . 
     The provision of the guide member  25  as mentioned above makes it possible to efficiently avoid the phenomenon that when the tearing guide strip  23  is pulled to tear the base film  10   a,  the base film  10   a  is torn in a direction toward the top seal  13  side. Particularly, in the case where, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the tearing guide strip  23  is provided with the heat seal layer  232  and the gap  233  is formed on the both ends in the width direction of the heat seal layer  232 , the tearing direction of the base film  10   a  can be guided more easily to the direction along the part where the base film  10   a  is bound with the tearing guide strip  23  such that the base film  10   a  is torn along the gap  233 . 
     Here, in the example shown in  FIG. 5 , it is so devised that when the guide member  25  is disposed together with the tearing guide strip  23  on the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a,  the length of the base part  21   b  of the male member  2   b  in the width direction is extended to the top seal  13  side such that the edge part of the base part  21   b  on the top seal  13  side is overlapped on the tearing guide strip  23  and the guide member  25 . This is to avoid the occurrence of the phenomenon that the tearing guide strip  23  (or the base material  231  of the tearing guide strip  23 ) is eventually brought into contact with the base film  10   b  disposed on the opposite side. In this case, it is only required for the extended part to be formed such that it is overlapped on at least the tearing guide strip  23 . 
     Such a structure makes it possible more exactly to tear the base film  10   a  of the bag  1  with ease by the tearing guide strip  23 . This reason is as follows. 
     Specifically, generally the zipper  2  (male member  2   a  and female member  2   b ) and the bag  1  (base films  10   a  and  10   b ) are formed using the chemically same materials to bind the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  of the zipper  2  firmly with the base films  10   a  and  10   b  of the bag  1  respectively by heat sealing. For example, linear low-density polyethylene (or linear low-density polyethylene polymerized using a metallocene catalyst) may be selected as the base films  10   a  and  10   b  (or heat seal layers (not shown) laminated on the base films  10   a  and  10   b ), low-density polyethylene may be selected as the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  of the zipper  2  and polypropylene may be selected as the base material  231  of the tearing guide strip  23 . 
     If the base material  231  of the tearing guide strip  23  is in contact with the base film  10   b  on the opposite side in the case of selecting resin materials in this combination, the base material  231  of the tearing guide strip  23  is firmly bound with the base film  10   a  (or heat seal layers (not shown) laminated on the base films  10   a  and  10   b ) on the opposite side in the vicinity of the side seal  11  of the bag  1 . This makes difficult to tear the base film  10   a  by the tearing guide strip  23 . In a typical case, this results in that the bag  1  cannot be unsealed. However, such a disorder can be efficiently avoided by preventing the base material  231  of the tearing guide strip  23  from being brought into contact with the base film  10   b  disposed on the opposite side. 
       FIG. 5  is a sectional view showing the outline of the part corresponding to the section A-A in  FIG. 1  in the state after the top seal  13  is provided in the same manner as in the case of  FIG. 2  in such an example.  FIG. 6  shows the state of the bag  1  unsealed by tearing the part bound with the tearing guide strip  23  of the base film  10   a.    
     Also, in the above embodiment, the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed on the male member  2   a  side. However, the tearing guide strip  23  may be disposed on the female member  2   b  side. The tearing guide strip  23  may be disposed on both the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b,  so that the bag  1  can be unsealed from either the surface side (base film  10   a  side) or the backside (base film  10   b  side). Moreover, the positional relationship between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be reversed to that of the example shown in  FIG. 2 . In this case, the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed on the female member  2   b  side. 
     Also, in the above embodiment, the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  of the zipper  2  are bound with the base film  10   a  and the base film  10   b  respectively by sealing to thereby fit the zipper  2  to the bag  1 . The fitting means of the zipper  2  is not limited to the above case and for example, the fitting means as shown in  FIG. 7  may be adopted. 
     Specifically, the male member  2   a  is bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing and the edge of the surface of the base part  21   b  of the extended female member  2   b  on the side provided with the female projection  22   b  may be fitted by heat sealing to the base film  10   a  at a corresponding position closer to the upper edge side of the bag  1  than the position of the male member  2   a.    
     Such a fitting means enables the content to be filled in the bag  1  from the between the female member  2   b  and the base film  10   b.  Therefore, when the content is filled in the bag  1 , it is unnecessary to release the interlocking of the zipper  2  and it is also possible to avoid the adhesion of the content to the interlocking part of the zipper  2 . Such a fitting means is particularly preferable in a standing bag as shown in  FIG. 1  which is limited in the port for filling the content. 
     Here,  FIG. 7  is a sectional view showing the outline of the part corresponding to the section A-A of  FIG. 1  in the state of the bag provided with the top seal  13  in the same manner as in the case of  FIG. 2 . In this example, the top seal  13  is provided after the content is filled from between the female member  2   b  and the base film  10   b . Also, similarly to the case of the above embodiment, the positional relationship between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be reversed to that of the example shown in  FIG. 7 . Moreover, like the example shown in  FIG. 5 , the guide member  25  may be integrated with the tearing guide strip  23  such that the gap  233  is formed between the guide member  25  itself and the heat seal layer  232  of the tearing guide strip  23 . This makes it easy to unseal the bag  1  more linearly. 
     Also, the shape of the zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention is not limited to those like standing bags, but may be desired shapes like flat bags and the like as shown in  FIG. 8 . The bag  1  shown in  FIG. 8  is provided with the top seal  13  on its upper edge and the side seal  11  along its side edge. After the content is filled from an unsealed part at the lower edge side of the bag  1 , the lower edge of the bag  1  is sealed. 
       FIG. 9  is a sectional view along the line B-B of  FIG. 8  wherein the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed on each of the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b . However, the tearing guide strip  23  may be disposed on one of the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  also in this example. Also, the relative positional relationship between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be reversed to that of the example shown in  FIG. 9 . 
     Moreover, as to each of two tearing guide strips  23  shown in  FIG. 9 , like the example shown in  FIG. 5 , the guide member  25  may be integrated with the tearing guide strip  23  such that the gap  233  is formed between the guide member  25  itself and the heat seal layer  232  of the tearing guide strip  23 . This makes it easy to unseal the bag  1  more linearly. 
     Also, the unsealing means of the bag  1  is not limited to that of the above embodiment. For example, as shown in  FIG. 8 , paired right and left notches  12  are disposed on the upper side of the side edge of the bag  1  and the line connecting these paired notches  12  is made to accord to the peeling part of the tearing guide strip  23  so that the tearing of the base films  10   a  and  10   b  of the bag  1  is initiated by making use of the notch  12  and these base films  10   a  and  10   b  can be torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper  2  (see  FIG. 10 ). 
     Even in the case of adopting such an unsealing means, the tearing guide strip  23  may be provided on one of the male member and the female member. Also, the notch  12  may be disposed on only one of the right and left side of the side edge of the bag  1  if it is situated on the same line as the peeling part of the tearing guide strip  23 . 
     Second Embodiment 
     Next, a zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention will be explained. 
       FIG. 11  is a front view showing the outline of the zipper-equipped bag of an embodiment according to the present invention. A bag  1  shown in  FIG. 11  is produced by making a bag using base films  10   a  and  10   b  used as a bag base material heat-sealed with a zipper  2  and is a so-called standing bag which is produced by providing a side seal  11  along the side edge in the state the bottom part  3  provided with a bottom seal  31  is folded along a fold line  32 . 
     Also, in the example illustrated, the upper edge of the bag  1  is unsealed part. After the content is filled, a top seal  13  is provided. 
     Here,  FIG. 12  is a sectional view showing the outline of a part corresponding to the section C-C of  FIG. 11  in the state after the top seal  13  is provided. After the content is filled in the bag  1  from between a female member  2   b  and the base film  10   b,  the top seal  13  is provided. 
     The zipper  2  in this embodiment is constituted of paired male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  as shown in  FIG. 12 . 
     The male member  2   a  is provided with a base part  21   a  formed continuously like a tape. A male projection  22   a  constituted of a head part  221   a  and a connecting part  222   a  connecting the head part  221   a  with the base part  21   a  is provided on one surface of the base part  21   a  and these parts are integrated. Similarly, the female member  2   b  is provided with a base part  21   b  formed continuously like a tape. A female projection  22   b  constituted of a pair of hook parts  221   b  and  221   b  is provided on one surface of the base part  21   b  and these parts are integrated. 
     In the zipper  2  constituted like this manner, the head part  221   a  of the male projection  22   a  is fitted in a space formed between the hook parts  221   b  and  221   b  of the female projection  22   b,  whereby the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  are interlocked with each other. Thereby the takeout port of the bag  1  can be sealed (resealing) after the bag is unsealed by the zipper  2 . When the interlocking of the zipper  2  (interlocking between the male projection  22   a  and the female projection  22   b ) is released, the takeout port of the bag  1  can be unsealed. 
     The specific shapes of the male projection  22   a  and female projection  22   b  are not limited to those shown in the figure as long as these projections have fitting shapes which are paired and interlocked with each other. 
     Also, in the zipper  2  of this embodiment in the condition that the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  are interlocked with each other and fitted to the bag  1 , the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  in the width direction of the base part  21   b  is extended so as to be projected to the side where the top seal  13  is to be provided, such that the length of the base part  21  in the width direction is larger than that of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  as shown in  FIG. 12 . Then, on the surface of the extended part  211  on the side on which the female projection  22   b  is formed, a tearing guide strip  23  peelable from the female member  2   b  is integrated along the longitudinal direction of the female member  2   b.    
     Here, in the example illustrated, the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed apart from the edge of the extended part  211  side of the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  to secure its heat seal surface with the base film  10   a  along the edge of the extended part  211  side of the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b.    
     When the tearing guide strip  23  is formed on the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b,  the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the base part  21   b  is designed to be preferably 15 N/15 mm or less. When the peeling strength exceeds this value, there is a fear that the force required to separate the tearing guide strip  23  from the base part  21   b  by peeling is increased and it is therefore difficult to obtain a good unsealing feel. Moreover, such a disorder arises that the extended part  211  is also torn. 
     Also, although the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  may be any of interfacial peeling and cohesive peeling, the former is preferable. The interfacial peeling can prevent peeling scum from being produced on the peeled surface after the tearing guide strip  23  is separated from the base part  21   b.    
     Here, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the base part  21   b  means the largest load found when the both put in a bound state are cut into a test piece having a width of 15 mm and the test piece is subjected to a tensile tester carried out at a measuring atmospheric temperature of 23° C. at a tensile rate of 200 mm/min to peel the both from each other along the direction perpendicular to the direction of the width of the test piece. 
     Also, in the example illustrate, the tearing guide strip  23  is provided with a heat seal layer  232  made of a resin which can be bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing on the surface opposite to the binding interface of the base part  21   b  with the female member  2   b,  namely, on the surface facing the base film  10   a  and the tearing guide strip  23  is designed to be bound by sufficient binding strength with the part where the base film  10   a  is torn when the bag  1  is unsealed as will be explained later. 
     At this time, the binding strength between the base film  10   a  and the tearing guide strip  23  is preferably made to be larger than the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip  23  and the female member  2   b.  It is thereby possible to efficiently avoid the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  from the base film  10   a  and to allow the peeling of the tearing guide strip  23  from the base part  21   b  to prevail. 
     The zipper  2  in this embodiment which is provided with the tearing guide strip  23  like this may be fitted to the bag  1  by binding the surface of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a  which surface is opposite to the surface on which the male projection  22   a  is formed and the surface of the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  on which surface the female projection  22   b  along the edge of the extended part  211  with the same surface of the base film  10   a  by heat sealing. At this time, the tearing guide strip  23  is also bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing. 
     If the zipper  2  is fitted to the bag  1  in this manner, the content can be filled from the space between the female member  2   b  and the base film  10   b.  Therefore, when the content is filled in the bag  1 , it is unnecessary to release the interlocking of the zipper  2  and it is also possible to avoid the adhesion of the content to the interlocking part of the zipper  2 . Such a fitting means is particularly effective for a standing bag limited in the port for filling the content as shown in  FIG. 11 . 
     Also, if the tearing guide strip  23  is bound with the base part  21   b  in a freely peelable manner and can be bound with the base film  10   a  by a higher binding strength than the peeling strength from the female member  2   b  by heat sealing, the heat seal layer  232  may be eliminated as desired. 
     In this embodiment, the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be formed, for example, by extrusion molding of a thermoplastic resin. As the thermoplastic resin, for example, a polyolefin type resin such as polypropylene, low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer may be used. The zipper  2  may have a multilayer structure using plural resins in consideration of the interlocking ability between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b,  the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics of the zipper  2  with the base films  10   a  and  10   b.    
     Also, the same thermoplastic resin made into a film form may be used for the base films  10   a  and  10   b  in consideration of the sealing strength with the zipper  2  (male member  2   a  and female member  2   b ) and heat sealing characteristics. The base films  10   a  and  10   b  may have a multilayer structure to allow these films to exhibit various functions as the bag. In this case, for example, the inside layer to be the inside surface of the bag  1  is formed of the same thermoplastic resin as above as the heat seal layer for the zipper  2 . Also, biaxially oriented nylon, biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate or biaxially oriented polypropylene may be laminated as the outside surface of the bag  1 , and a barrier layer made of an aluminum foil or an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer film may be laminated as an intermediate layer. 
     The tearing guide strip  23  and the heat seal layer  232  may be integrated with the female member  2   b  simultaneously when the female member  2   b  is extrusion-molded, for example, by extrusion-supplying the material forming these parts so as to carry out co-extrusion when the female member  2   b  is extrusion-molded. 
     As the resin forming the tearing guide strip  23 , a resin incompatible with the resin used for the female member  2   b  may be selected. For example, in the case of using polyethylene for the female member  2   b,  polypropylene may be used as the resin forming the tearing guide strip  23 . On the other hand, when polypropylene is used for the female member  2   b,  a polyester resin such as polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate may be used as the resin forming the tearing guide strip  23 . A modifier may be added properly to these resins, to thereby adjust the peeling strength between the both. 
     Also, as the resin forming the heat seal layer  232 , one which has sufficient binding strength with the base film  10   a  and the tearing guide strip  23  and is resistant to peeling from these materials when the bag  1  is unsealed is properly selected. For example, when polyethylene is used for the base film  10   a  (or the heat seal layer for zipper  2 ) and polypropylene is used for the tearing guide strip  23 , metallocene type linear low-density polyethylene may be used. Also, when polypropylene is used for the base film  10   a  (or the heat seal layer for the zipper  2 ) and polybutylene terephthalate is used for the tearing guide strip  23 , a modified polyolefin type resin such as maleic acid anhydride modified polypropylene or a resin containing the modified polyolefin type resin may be used. 
     Also, the tearing guide strip  23  preferably has a higher rigidity than the base part  21   a  of the female member  2   b  to allow itself to be well separated from the female member  2   b  without being destroyed by material destruction when it is separated from the female member  2   b  and to give no hindrance to tearing of the base film  10   a . More specifically, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is preferably 1.3 to 4 times that of the base part  21   a  of the male member  2   a.  At this time, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is particularly preferably in a range from 300 to 2500 MPa. 
     When the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  exceeds the above range, the tearing guide strip  23  is broken when the bag is unsealed, leading to such a disorder that the bag is unsealed with difficulty. 
     On the other hand, when the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip  23  is less than the above range, the tearing guide strip  23  has only insufficient rigidity, causing a hindrance to the peeling from the male member  2   a  or the tearing of the base film  10   a.    
     Moreover, such a disorder is caused that the tearing guide strip  23  is broken and the bag  1  cannot be unsealed resultantly. 
     The bag  1  provided with the zipper  2  is unsealed by pulling the tearing guide strip  23  to tear the part of base film  10   a  bound with the tearing guide strip  23 . An unsealing mouth  14  which is to be a mouth for taking in or out the content is formed at the place left after the above part is torn as shown in  FIG. 13  and therefore, the content can be taken in or out by releasing the zipper  2 . Also, if the zipper  2  is interlocked, the bag  1  can be resealed and after the bag  1  is unsealed, the takeout port can be unsealed or sealed by the zipper  2 . 
     As mentioned above, the tearing guide strip  23  is integrated with the extended part  211  of the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  along the longitudinal direction of the extended part  211  such that it is separated from the female member  2   b  by peeling. Therefore, the bag  1  is decreased in resistant feel in unsealing and the tearing direction of the base film  10   a  can be guided linearly with a fixed orientation along the longitudinal direction of the zipper  2  without being disturbed by the male member  2   a.    
     Therefore, the bag  1  is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth  14  formed after unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag  1  obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Here, an example of a specific means of tearing the base film  10   a  by the tearing guide strip  23  to unseal the bag  1  is shown in  FIG. 14 . 
     In the example illustrated, half-cut treatment has been carried out in such a manner as to form a lug  12  penetrating through a part where the side seal  11  on which the tearing guide strip  23  is positioned is formed. It is so devised that at this time, the base film  10   b  forming a part of the lug  12  is cut off from the other part of, the base film  10   b  and the base film  10   a  forming a part of the lug  12  is cut off from a part other than the part torn when the base film  10   a  is unsealed, to form the lug  12  in the state where the tearing guide strip  23  is sandwiched between the separated base films  10   a  and  10   b.    
     When the lug  12  is constituted in this manner, the lug  12  is, as is illustrated, picked up to pull the tearing guide strip  23 , whereby the base film  10   a  is torn by the tearing guide strip  23  to form the unsealing mouth  14 . 
     In the example illustrated, a part of the base part  21   b  of the female member  2   b  is cut off and put into the state sandwiched between the base films  10   a  and  10   b.  The cut part of the base part  21   b  has no influence on the unsealing function of the lug  12 . 
     According to this embodiment, as mentioned above, the tearing guide strip  23  is integrated with one of the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  such that it is separated from the zipper  2  by peeling. Therefore, a resistant feel is reduced when the bag raw material on the unsealing side against the zipper  2  is torn to unseal the bag  1 . Also, since the part where the tearing guide  23  is disposed is made to project toward the side closer to the unsealing side of the bag  1  than the other of the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b,  the tearing guide strip  23  works so as to guide the direction of tearing with fixed orientation such that the bag raw material is linearly torn along the longitudinal direction of the zipper  2  without being hindered by the other of the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b.    
     Therefore, the bag  1  is easily unsealed and the unsealing mouth  14  formed after unsealed is formed in a well shape-reproducible manner and the bag  1  obtained after unsealed is not resultantly inconvenient in use. 
     Also, in this embodiment, the following modifications of the embodiment are possible without impairing such effects. 
     For example, in the above embodiment, the tearing guide strip  23  is disposed on the female member  2   b  side. However, the tearing guide strip  23  may be disposed on the male member  2   a  side to thereby reverse the relative positional relationship between the female member  2   b  and the male member  2   a  to that of the example illustrated. 
     Also, in the above embodiment, the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  of the zipper  2  are bound with the base film  10   a  by heat sealing to thereby fit the zipper  2  to the bag  1 . The fitting means of the zipper  2  is not limited to the above case. 
     For example, as shown in  FIG. 15 , the male member  2   a  may be bound with the base film  10   a  and the female member  2   b  may be bound with the base film  10   b  by sealing to thereby fit the zipper  2  to the bag  1 . 
     Here,  FIG. 15  is a sectional view showing the outline of the part corresponding to the section C-C of  FIG. 11  in the state of the bag provided with the top seal  13  in the same manner as in the case of  FIG. 12 . In his example, the top seal  13  is provided in such a manner as to form a predetermined space between the top seal  13  itself and the zipper  2  fitted to the upper side of the bag  1 . Also, similarly to the case of the above embodiment, the relative relationship between the male member  2   a  and the female member  2   b  may be reversed to the case of the example shown in  FIG. 15 . 
     Also, the shape of the zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention is not limited to those like standing bags, but may be desired shapes like flat bags and the like as shown in  FIG. 16 . The bag  1  shown in  FIG. 16  is provided with the top seal  13  on its upper edge and the side seal  11  along its side edge. After the content is filled from an unsealed part at the lower edge side of the bag  1 , the lower edge of the bag  1  is sealed. 
     Then, the present invention will be explained in more detail by way of specific examples. 
     Example 1 
     A low-density polyethylene (melting point: 110° C.) having a density of 926 kg/m 3  and a MFR of 1.5 g/10 min was melt-extruded to extrusion-mold a male member. At the same time, using random polypropylene (melting point 134° C.) having a density of 900 kg/m 3  and a MFR of 7.0 g/10 min was used as the base material and metallocene type low-density polyethylene having a density of 900 kg/m 3  and a MFR of 4.0 g/10 min was used as heat seal layer, these raw materials were extrusion-supplied to one end in the width direction of the male member to integrate a tearing guide strip with the male member simultaneously when the male member is molded, thereby obtaining the male member provided with the tearing guide strip. At this time, the heat seal layer of the tearing guide strip was formed 0.6 mm apart from the base part of the male member in such a manner as to form a gap. 
     A female member provided with a tearing guide strip was molded in the same manner, and a zipper tape provided with paired male member and female member as shown in  FIG. 9  was obtained. 
     As to both the male member and the female member, the peeling strength of the binding interface between the tearing guide strip and the base part of the male member or female member was 4 N/15 mm and the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip was 813 MPa. Also, each base part of the male member and the female member had a tensile elastic modulus of 237 MPa. 
     The above zipper tape and a base film obtained by dry-laminating a biaxially oriented nylon film (15 μm) and a linear low-density polyethylene film (50 μm) were used to make a bag by a three-way bag machine such that the side of the above zipper tape on which side the tearing guide strip was disposed was located on the unsealing side and the linear low-density polyethylene film side of the above base film was to be the inner surface. Also, a notch was formed on the edge of the bag in such a manner that it is disposed on the same line as the binding part between the zipper tape and the tearing guide strip, to obtain a zipper-equipped bag as shown in  FIGS. 8 and 9 . 
     The binding strength between the base film and the tearing guide strip was 30 N/15 mm. 
     Example 2 
     A zipper-equipped bag as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2  was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that only the male member was provided with the tearing guide strip and the means shown in  FIG. 4  was used as the unsealing means. 
     Comparative Example 1 
     A zipper-equipped bag was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the zipper tape was obtained according to the Example 1 of Patent Document 1. 
     The notch to be formed on the side edge of the bag was positioned on the center in the width direction of the easy cuttable resin layer. 
     Evaluation 
     Each zipper-equipped bag obtained in Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 was unsealed by tearing the base films on the both front and back sides from the notch formed on the side edge of the bag and carry out a functional test concerning the tearing resistance at this time. Also, the exposed surface of the zipper tape after the bag was unsealed was observed to evaluate whether cutting scum was present or not. 
     With regard to the zipper-equipped bag obtained in Example 2, it was subjected to tests to evaluate the tearing resistance and the presence or absence of cutting scum when the lug was picked up to pull the tearing guide strip, thereby tearing the base film with which the tearing guide strip was bound to unseal the bag, in the same manner as above. 
     The results of evaluation are as follows. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Tearing 
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                 Example 1 
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                 ◯ 
               
               
                   
                 Example 2 
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                 ◯ 
               
               
                   
                 Comparative Example 1 
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                 X 
                 X 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Evaluation standard) 
               
               
                   
                 (1) Tearing resistance 
               
               
                   
                 ◯: The bag was easily unsealed without any resistant feel and was unsealed with a good feel. 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     (Evaluation Standard) 
     (1) Tearing Resistance 
     ◯: The bag was easily unsealed without any resistant feel and was unsealed with a good feel.
 
X: A resistant feel was felt and the bag was unsealed with a poor feel.
 
     (2) Cutting Scum 
     ◯: No cutting scum was observed.
 
X: Cutting scum was observed.
 
     Although the invention has been described in its preferred embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above first and second embodiments and it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of present invention insofar as the tearing guide strip  23  is integrated with at least one of the base parts  21   a  and  21   b  of the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b  and can be separated from the base parts  21   a  or  21   b  of the male member  2   a  or female member  2   b.    
     Then, the bag  1  equipped with the zipper  2  like this can be easily unsealed by pulling the tearing guide strip  23  to tear the bag raw material. Also, the unsealing ability of the bag can be improved because the force required to unseal the bag can be reduced to the utmost by adjusting the binding state of the tearing guide strip  23  with the base parts  21   a  and  21   b  of the male member  2   a  and female member  2   b.    
     Also, in the above first embodiment and second embodiment, the zipper  2  is bound with the base films  10   a  and  10   b  as the bag raw material by heat sealing when the zipper  2  is fitted to the bag  1 . However, an adhesive may be applied to the binding interface between the zipper  2  and the bag raw material of the tearing guide strip  23  to bind the zipper  2  with the bag raw material. If it is so devised that the zipper  2  is bound with the bag raw material by using an adhesive, even paper having no heat sealing ability may be used as the bag raw material. 
     In this case, it is not particularly necessary to provide the heat seal layer  232  in the tearing guide strip  23 . 
     Also, in all the above examples, the zipper  2  is not limited to one having a paired male projection  22   a  and female projection  22   b  as illustrated but may be one having plural paired male projections  22   a  and female projections  22   b.  In this case, plural paired male projections  22   a  and female projections  22   b  are formed on the same base parts  21   a  and  21   b.  Moreover, a zipper which is not provided with the tearing guide strip  23  is prepared separately from the zipper  2  provided with the tearing guide strip  23  and these zippers are fitted to the bag  1  such that the zipper  2  provided with the tearing guide strip  23  is located on the unsealing side. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     As explained above, the present invention may be widely utilized for a zipper-equipped bag which is freely sealed and unsealed since it is provided with an interlocking type zipper at the mouth for taking in and out the content.