Inclusion packaged product and preparation of the same

Details Inclusion packaged product and preparation of the same Inclusion packaged product and preparation of the same

1997-11-28

2003-06-10

Pyon, Harold (Department: 1772)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Hollow or container type article

Polymer or resin containing

C424S435000, C206S823000, C206S828000, C428S042200, C428S336000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06576307

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an inclusion packaged product and a process for producing the same, more particularly, to an inclusion packaged product that encloses a thin-leaf article with a sheet-like material, and a process for producing the same.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Recently, laminated cachous have become popular. For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 236,885/93, conventional cachous are prepared by shaping compositions, which contain along with polysaccharides with a satisfactory membrane-formability, viscous stabilizers, plasticizer, flavors, sweeteners, substances with acid or sourness, and extracts, into sheet-like products, and cutting the sheet-like products into thin-leaves. The cachous thus obtained are packaged into containers in a prescribed number of leaves, then supplied for users. Such cachous are, however, relatively-small in size and easily stuck together so that they should be packaged by hand one by one in containers while counting, resulting in an increase of the production cost.
Not restricted to cachous, it is widely tried to shape products into thin-leaf forms in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical fields. These thin-leaf products are easily handleable and transportable for users, and can be advantageously used in any numbers of leaves wherever one is, i.e., independently of indoors and outdoors, by taking them out from containers. From the producers' standpoint, however, there still exists a troublesome difficulty in handling the above products during their packaging even if they are shaped into thin-leaf products similarly as in cachous. In some cases, the products are even supplied to users without substantially being packaged to lower the increase of their production costs.
The output of the above thin-leaf products directly reflects today's diversified consuming-life-style. There has been a great demand for a packaging technique for thin-leaf products that fulfills user's needs and ensures satisfactory hygiene and handleability.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing, the first object of the present invention is to provide an inclusion packaged product containing a thin-leaf inclusion article which has a satisfactory handleability and is protected from contact with the atmosphere.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing such an inclusion packaged product at a relatively-low production cost.
The present inventors' energetic study revealed that the above objects can be solved by an inclusion packaged product comprising an inclusion cell formed by a base sheet and an overlapping sheet, and a thin-leaf inclusion article enclosed in the inclusion cell in a manner such that it can be freely detached from the base sheet.
The first object of the present invention is solved by an inclusion packaged product comprising an inclusion cell formed by a base sheet and an overlapping sheet, and a thin-leaf inclusion article enclosed in the inclusion cell in a manner that it can be freely detached from the base sheet.
The second object of the present invention is solved by a process for producing the inclusion packaging product, which comprises the steps of: (1) coating a base sheet with a solution of an inclusion article, (2) drying the coated solution, and (3) placing an overlapping sheet on the base sheet and sealing prescribed sections of the sheets to surround the area coated with the solution.


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