Package comprising stack of z-folded web material

Abstract

A package for web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, including: a stack of web material for hygiene products, including web material being folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along said folding lines, and a width perpendicular to said folding lines, said panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of said stack, and a wrapper including a wraparound strip encircling said stack and extending over said height of the stack, so as to maintain the integrity of the stack during transport and storage thereof, the wraparound strip forming a joint region, where a first end of the wraparound strip is adhered to a second end of the wraparound strip using a closure, and a gripper, being arranged adjacent said first end of the wraparound strip, enabling gripping of said wrapper for removal thereof from the stack.

1 . A package for web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, comprising:
 a stack of web material for hygiene products, comprising web material being folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along said folding lines, and a width perpendicular to said folding lines, said panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of said stack, and   a wrapper being free from connection to the web material of said stack,   said wrapper comprising:
 a wraparound strip encircling said stack and extending over said height of the stack, so as to maintain the integrity of the stack during transport and storage thereof, the wraparound strip forming a joint region, where a first end of the wraparound strip is adhered to a second end of the wraparound strip using a closure, and 
 a gripper, being arranged adjacent said first end of the wraparound strip, enabling gripping of said wrapper for removal thereof from the stack, 
   wherein said closure is openable while leaving the second end of the wraparound strip material intact, thereby allowing the wraparound strip to be opened and removed from the integrity of the stack by positioning the package such that the stack rests on an outer surface over which the wraparound strip initially extends, opening said closure and pulling said gripper, thereby allowing said second end of the wraparound strip to slide underneath said outer surface of the stack.   
     
     
         2 . A package in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said closure is openable by pulling said gripper. 
     
     
         3 . A package in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said closure is an openable welded closure. 
     
     
         4 . A package in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said closure is an openable adhesive closure. 
     
     
         5 . A package in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein said adhesive closure comprises a non-sticky adhesive. 
     
     
         6 . A package in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein said adhesive closure comprises a sticky adhesive which is arranged to have a stronger adhesion to said first end of the wraparound strip than to the second end of the wraparound strip. 
     
     
         7 . A package in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein said adhesive closure ( 19 ) comprises a peelable glue. 
     
     
         8 . A package in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein said adhesive closure comprises a peelable adhesive tape. 
     
     
         9 . A package of web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, comprising:
 web material being folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels extending over a length along said folding lines and along a width, said panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of said stack, and   a wrapper being free from connection to the web material of said stack and extending at least over said height of the stack, so as to maintain the integrity of the stack during transport and storage thereof,   said wrapper comprising:
 a wraparound strip encircling said stack, and forming a joint portion where a first end of the wraparound strip is attached to a second end of the wraparound strip via a closure, and 
 a gripper being arranged adjacent said closure enabling gripping of said wraparound strip for removal thereof from the stack, 
 the wraparound strip having a predetermined opening portion, 
 said predetermined opening portion is arranged between a first portion of the wraparound strip comprising the closure and the gripper, and a second portion consisting essentially only of strip material, thereby allowing the wraparound strip to be opened and removed from the integrity of the stack by positioning the package such that the stack rests on an outer surface over which the wraparound strip initially extends, and pulling said gripper, thereby allowing said second portion of the wraparound strip to slide underneath said outer surface of the stack. 
   
     
     
         10 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein said gripper is arranged such that said predetermined opening portion is openable by pulling said gripper. 
     
     
         11 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein said predetermined opening portion is a weakening portion. 
     
     
         12 . Package in accordance with  claim 11  wherein said weakening portion is weaker than said closure, such that, upon pulling said gripper, the weakening portion breaks and not the closure. 
     
     
         13 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the closure is an adhesive closure or a heat welded closure. 
     
     
         14 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the gripper comprises a flap. 
     
     
         15 . A package in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein said flap comprises strip material. 
     
     
         16 . A package in accordance with  claim 14 , wherein said flap comprises a separate piece of material attached to said strip material. 
     
     
         17 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the closure is arranged to form at least one continuous closure line. 
     
     
         18 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the closure is arranged to form intermittent closure areas. 
     
     
         19 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein said first end and said second end of the wraparound strip are arranged to overlap each other in said joint region. 
     
     
         20 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the gripper is provided with a visual indicia for facilitating visual perception thereof. 
     
     
         21 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the gripper and/or the wrapper is provided with a visual indicia indicating the pulling direction for opening and removing the wraparound strip. 
     
     
         22 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the wrapper is provided with a visual indicia indicating an introduction direction for correct introduction of the package into a designated dispenser. 
     
     
         23 . A package in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the stack comprises at least one continuous web material being Z-folded about transverse folding lines. 
     
     
         24 . A package in accordance with  claim 23 , wherein said web material is provided with lines of weakness dividing said web into individual sheets. 
     
     
         25 . A package in accordance with  claim 24 , wherein said stack comprises a first web material divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness, and a second web material divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness, said first and second webs being interfolded with one another so as to form said stack, and the first and the second webs are arranged such that the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to each other along the webs. 
     
     
         26 . Method for opening a package in accordance with  claim 9 , the method comprising:
 positioning the package such that the stack is resting on an outer surface thereof, opening said package and pulling the gripper, so as to allow the second end of the wraparound strip to slide underneath the outer surface of the stack.   
     
     
         27 . Method in accordance with  claim 26 , wherein said gripper is arranged such that said predetermined opening portion is openable by pulling said gripper, wherein the opening of said closure is accomplished by pulling said gripper. 
     
     
         28 . A method for introduction of a stack into a storage space of a dispenser, comprising performing the method in accordance with  claim 26  while the package rests on a support surface of said dispenser.