Zipper and zipper-equipped bag

Abstract

A tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with a base part 21a or 21b of at least one of a male member 2a and a female member 2b constituting a zipper 2 in a peelable manner to improve the tearing unsealing ability of a zipper-equipped bag provided with an interlocking type zipper enabling resealing and unsealing after the bag is unsealed.

Claims

1. A zipper equipped bag comprising: a first base film; a second base film; a male member having a base part and a male projection, the base part being fixed to the first base film; a female member having a base part and a female projection, the base part being fixed to the second base film, wherein the male projection and the female projection are interlockable with each other; and a tearing guide strip provided along the longitudinal direction of the base part of the male member or the female member, wherein the tearing guide strip directly contacts with the base part of the male member and the first base film or with the base part of the female member and the second base film, and wherein the base part of the male member or the female member and the tearing guide strip are formed as one integrated molded article, by co-extrusion molding, wherein the tearing guide strip is configured to be peeled from the base part of the male member or the female member at a binding interface by interfacial peeling and is configured to tear only the first base film or the second base film which directly contacts with tearing guide strip.

2. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein the zipper additionally comprises a thickened part which makes up less than all of the base part is provided along the tearing guide strip.

3. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 2, wherein plural thickened parts are provided on the zipper.

4. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 2, wherein the thickened parts are provided on both sides of the tearing guide strip.

5. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag has an unsealed part that is provided at least one peripheral edge of the bag and is suitable as an opening for filling the bag with contents.

6. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag has an unsealed part that is provided at least one peripheral edge of the bag and is suitable as an opening for filling the bag with contents on the periphery and wherein said unsealed part of the bag and is suitable for being sealed after the bag content is filled.

7. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein a lug is provided in a part where a side seal on which the tearing guide strip is positioned is formed.

8. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 7, wherein the lug is formed of a part of the tearing guide strip and two films that are part of the first base film and the second base film and that are in the state where a part of the tearing guide strip is sandwiched, and the lug is capable of being cut from one of the two films, to which the tearing guide strip is bonded over the entire length of the tearing guide strip to form an unsealing mouth in the bag along the tearing guide strip by picking up and pulling the tearing guide strip.

9. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 8, wherein the tearing guide strip is exposable to the exterior of the bag through a half cut line.

10. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein a resin material forming the tearing guide strip and a resin material of the base part are incompatible with each other.

11. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein the base part of the male or the female member has an extended part, when the male or the female member are in an interlocked position, the base part of one of said male or female members extends laterally in a width direction beyond the end of the base part of the other of the male or the female members.

12. A zipper equipped bag according to claim 1, wherein the at least one film of the first base film and the second base film has at least two portions at which the male or the female member is bonded to the at least one film at the inner surface of the bag, wherein the tearing guide strip is bonded to the inner surface of the at least one film at a position between the at least two portions.

13. A zipper equipped bag comprising: a first base film; a second base film; a male member having a base part and a male projection the base part being fixed to the first base film; a female member having a base part and a female projection, the base part being fixed to the second base film, wherein the male projection and the female projection are interlockable with each other; and a tearing guide strip provided along the longitudinal direction of the base part of the male member or the female member, wherein the tearing guide strip directly contacts with the base part of the male member and the first base film or with the base part of the female member and the second base film, wherein the base part of the male member or the female member and the tearing guide strip are formed as one integrated molded article, and wherein a resin material forming the tearing guide strip and a resin material of the base part are incompatible with each other, wherein the tearing guide strip is configured to be peeled from the base part of the male member or the female member at a binding interface by interfacial peeling and is configured to tear only the first base film or the second base film which directly contacts with tearing guide strip.

14. A cut tape equipped bag comprising: a first base film; a second base film; a base part fixed to the first base film or the second base film; and a tearing guide strip provided along the longitudinal direction of the base part, wherein the tearing guide strip directly contacts with the base part and the first base film or the second base film which is fixed to the base part, and wherein the base part and the tearing guide strip are formed as one integrated molded article, wherein the tearing guide strip is configured to be peeled from the base part at a binding interface by interfacial peeling and is configured to tear only the first base film or the second base film which directly contacts with the tearing guide strip.

15. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 14, wherein the base part and said tearing guide strip have been integrated by co-extrusion molding.

16. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 14, wherein the cut tape additionally comprises a thickened part which makes up less than all of the base part, is provided along the tearing guide strip.

17. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 16, wherein plural thickened parts are provided on the cut tape.

18. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 16, wherein the thickened parts are provided on both sides of the tearing guide strip.

19. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 14, wherein the bag has an unsealed part that is provided on at least one peripheral edge of the bag and is suitable as an opening for filling the bag with contents.

20. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 14, wherein the bag has an unsealed part that is provided on at least one peripheral edge of the bag and is suitable as an opening for filling the bag with contents on the periphery and wherein said unsealed part of the bag and is suitable for being sealed after the bag content is filled.

21. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 14, wherein a lug is provided in a part where a side seal on which the tearing guide strip is positioned is formed.

22. The cut tape equipped bag according to claim 21, wherein the lug is formed of a part of the tearing guide strip and two films that are part of the first base film and the second base film and that are in the state where a part of the tearing guide strip is sandwiched, and the lug is capable of being cut from one of the two films, to which the tearing guide strip is bonded over the entire length of the tearing guide strip to form an unsealing mouth in the bag along the tearing guide strip by picking up and pulling the tearing guide strip.

23. The zipper equipped bag according to claim 22, wherein the tearing guide strip is exposable to the exterior of the bag through a half cut line.

24. A cut tape equipped bag comprising: a first base film; a second base film; a base part fixed to the first base film or the second base film; and a tearing guide strip provided along the longitudinal direction of the base part, wherein the tearing guide strip directly contacts with the base part and the first base film or the second base film which is fixed to the base part, wherein the base part and the tearing guide strip are formed as one integrated molded article, and wherein a resin material forming the tearing guide strip and a resin material of the base part are incompatible with each other, wherein the tearing guide strip is configured to be peeled from the base part at a binding interface by interfacial peeling and is configured to tear only the first base film or the second base film which directly contacts with the tearing guide strip.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the outline of a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing one example of an unsealing means of a zipper-equipped bag.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

(7) 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.

(8) 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.

(9) FIG. 9 is a sectional view along the line B-B of FIG. 8.

(10) 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.

(11) FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the outline of as zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

(12) 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.

(13) 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.

(14) FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing one example of an unsealing means of a zipper-equipped bag.

(15) 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.

(16) 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

(17) 1 Bag 10a, 10b Base film 14 Unsealing mouth 2 Zipper 2a Male member 21a Base part 2b Female member 21b 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

(18) Preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

First Embodiment

(19) First, a zipper-equipped bag of a first embodiment according to the present invention will be explained.

(20) FIG. 1 is a front view showing the outline of the first embodiment of the zipper-equipped bag according to the present invention.

(21) A bag 1 shown in FIG. 1 is produced by making a bag using base films 10a and 10b 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.

(22) 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.

(23) 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.

(24) The zipper 2 in this embodiment is constituted of paired male member 2a and female member 2b as shown in FIG. 2.

(25) The male member 2a is provided with a base part 21a formed continuously like a tape. A male projection 22a constituted of a head part 221a and a connecting part 222a connecting the head part 221a with the base part 21a is provided on one surface of the base part 21a and these parts are formed to be integrated continuously. Then, the other surface of the base part 21a is bound with the base film 10a by heat sealing. Similarly, the female member 2b is provided with a base part 21b formed continuously like a tape. A female projection 22b constituted of a pair of hook parts 221b and 221b is provided on one surface of the base part 21b and these parts are formed to be integrated continuously. Then, the other surface of the base part 21b is bound with the base film 10b by heat sealing.

(26) In the zipper 2 constituted in this manner, the head part 221a of the male projection 22a is fitted in a space formed between the hook parts 221b and 221b of the female projection 22b, whereby the male projection 22a and the female projection 22b 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 22a and the female projection 22b) is released, the takeout port of the bag 1 can be unsealed.

(27) The specific shapes of the male projection 22a and female projection 22b 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.

(28) The male member 2a and the female member 2b 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 (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and an ethylene/methacrylic acid copolymer may be used. The male member 2a and the female member 2b may have a multilayer structure using plural resins in consideration of the interlocking ability between the male member 2a and the female member 2b, the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics of the male member 2a and the female member 2b with the base films 10a and 10b.

(29) Also, the same thermoplastic resin made into a film form may be used for the base films 10a and 10b in consideration of the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics with the zipper 2 (male member 2a and female member 2b). The base films 10a and 10b 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.

(30) 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 2a is bound with the base film 10a by heat sealing among both ends in the width direction of the base part 21a of the male member 2a. In the example illustrated, the tearing guide strip 23 is disposed in such a manner as to be integrated with the male member 2a, directly, by binding the base material 231 with the base part 21a of the male member 2a so as to be peelable at the binding interface between the both.

(31) At this time, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip 23 and the male member 2a 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 2a 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 2a but the direction of tearing is toward to the male member 2a, causing a fear that the base part 21a of the male member 2a is eventually torn.

(32) Here, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip 23 and the male member 2a 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.

(33) A heat seal layer 232 made of a resin which can be bound with the base film 10a by heat sealing is disposed on the surface of the base material 231 facing the base film 10a of the base material 231 and the tearing guide strip 23 is designed to bind with the part where the base film 10a is torn when the bag 1 is unsealed as will be explained later.

(34) At this time, the binding strength between the base film 10a 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 2a. It is thereby possible to efficiently avoid the peeling of the tearing guide strip 23 from the base film 10a in unsealing and to allow the peeling of the tearing guide strip 23 from the male member 2a to prevail.

(35) 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.

(36) 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 21a of the male member 2a so as not to hinder the peeling of the tearing guide strip 23 from the male member 2a. Also, if the base material 231 is bound with the male member 2a in a freely peelable manner and can be bound with the base film 10a by a higher binding strength than the peeling strength required separating the male member 2a, by heat sealing, the heat seal layer 232 may be eliminated as desired.

(37) In this embodiment, the tearing guide scrip 23 may be integrated with the male member 2a simultaneously when the male member 2a 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.

(38) As the resin forming the base material 231, a resin incompatible with the resin used for the male member 2a may be selected. For example, in the case of using polyethylene for the male member 2a, polypropylene may be used for the base material 231. On the other hand, polypropylene is used for the male member 2a, 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.

(39) Also, as the resin forming the heat seal layer 232, one which has sufficient binding strength with the base film 10a 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 10a (or the heat seal layer for the male member 2a of the base film 10a) 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 10a (or the heat seal layer for the male member 2a of the base film 10a) 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.

(40) Also, the tearing guide strip 23 preferably has a higher rigidity than the base part 21a of the male member 2a to allow itself to be well separated from the male member 2a without being disturbed by material destruction when it is separated from the male member 2a and not to give hindrance to tearing of the base film 10a. More specifically, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip 23 is preferably 1.3 to 4 times that of the base part 21a of the male member 2a. At this time, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip 23 is particularly preferably in a range from 300 to 2500 MPa.

(41) 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.

(42) 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 2a or the tearing of the base film 10a.

(43) Moreover, such a disorder is caused that the tearing guide strip 23 is broken and the bag 1 cannot be unsealed resultantly.

(44) Also, according to such as the material, or the degree of orientation of the base film 10a, the base film 10a 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 2a, and in this case, there is the case where the male member 2a is torn together with the base film 10a.

(45) In order to avoid such an event, a convex streak 24 is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the male member 2a at a part close to the tearing guide strip 23 on the base part 21a of the male member 2a and the part is thickened than other part in the example illustrated. Thereby, even if the direction of tearing the base film 10a is toward to the part where it is bound with the male member 2a and a part of the male member 2a is torn, it is so devised that this convex streak 24 prevents the male member 2a from being further torn and also corrects the tearing direction of the base film 10a to the normal direction, that is, the direction along the part bound with the tearing guide strip 23.

(46) 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 2a) 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 10a is shifted, and the thickened part can correct the tearing direction of the base film 10a to the normal direction.

(47) 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 10a 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.

(48) The tearing guide strip 23 (base material 231) is integrated with the male member 2a along the end part of the base part 21a of the male member 2a such that it is separated from the male member 2a 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 10a is torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper 2.

(49) 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 2a 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.

(50) Here, an example of a specific means of tearing the base film 10a by the tearing guide strip 23 to unseal the bag 1 is shown in FIG. 4.

(51) 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 10b constituting a part of the lug 12 is cut off from the other part of the base film 10b and the base film 10a constituting a part of the lug 12 is cut off from a part other than the part torn when the base film 10a is unsealed, to form the lug 12 in the state where the tearing guide strip 23 is sandwiched between the separated base films 10a and 10b.

(52) 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 10a is torn by the tearing guide strip 23 to form the unsealing mouth 14.

(53) FIG. 4(a) is an explanatory view showing the condition that the base film 10a 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 21a of the male member 2a and base part 21b of the female member 2b is cut off and put into the state sandwiched between the base films 10a and 10b under the lug 12. The cut parts of the base parts 21a and 21b have no influence on the resealing function of the lug 12.

(54) 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.

(55) 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.

(56) Also, in this embodiment, the following modifications of the embodiment are possible without impairing such effects.

(57) 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 21a of the male member 2a along the longitudinal direction of the end part as shown in FIG. 5.

(58) 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 21a of the male member 2a, 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 2a simultaneously when the male member 2a 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 2a.

(59) The resin material used for the guide member 25 may be different from that for the male member 2a. 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 10a in almost parallel to the zipper 2.

(60) 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 10a, the base film 10a 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 10a can be guided more easily to the direction along the part where the base film 10a is bound with the tearing guide strip 23 such that the base film 10a is torn along the gap 233.

(61) 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 21a of the male member 2a, the length of the base part 21b of the male member 2b in the width direction is extended to the top seal 13 side such that the edge part of the base part 21b 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 10b 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.

(62) Such a structure makes it possible more exactly to tear the base film 10a or the bag 1 with ease by the tearing guide strip 23. This reason is as follows.

(63) Specifically, generally the zipper 2 (male member 2a and female member 2b) and the bag 1 (base films 10a and 10b) are formed using the chemically same materials to bind the male member 2a and female member 2b of the zipper 2 firmly with the base films 10a and 10b 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 10a and 10b (or heat seal layers (not shown) laminated on the base films 10a and 10b), low-density polyethylene may be selected as the male member 2a and female member 2b of the zipper 2 and polypropylene may be selected as the base material 231 of the tearing guide strip 23.

(64) If the base material 231 of the teaming guide strip 23 is in contact with the base film 10b 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 10a (or heat seal layers (not shown) laminated on the base films 10a and 10b) on the opposite side in the vicinity of the side seal 11 of the bag 1. This makes difficult to tear the base film 10a 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 10b disposed on the opposite side.

(65) 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 10a.

(66) Also, in the above embodiment, the tearing guide strip 23 is disposed on the male member 2a side. However, the tearing guide strip 23 may be disposed on the female member 2b side. The tearing guide strip 23 may be disposed on both the male member 2a and the female member 2b, so that the bag 1 can be unsealed from either the surface side (base film 10a side) or the backside (base film 10b side). Moreover, the positional relationship between the male member 2a and the female member 2b 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 2b side.

(67) Also, in the above embodiment, the male member 2a and female member 2b of the zipper 2 are bound with the base film 10a and the base film 10b 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.

(68) Specifically, the male member 2a is bound with the base film 10a by heat sealing and the edge of the surface of the base part 21b of the extended female member 2b on the side provided with the female projection 22b may be fitted by heat sealing to the base film 10a at a corresponding position closer to the upper edge side of the bag 1 than the position of the male member 2a.

(69) Such a fitting means enables the content to be filled in the bag 1 from the between the female member 2b and the base film 10b. 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.

(70) 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 2b and the base film 10b. Also, similarly to the case of the above embodiment, the positional relationship between the male member 2a and the female member 2b 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.

(71) 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.

(72) 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 2a and the female member 2b. However, the tearing guide strip 23 may be disposed on one of the male member 2a and the female member 2b also in this example. Also, the relative positional relationship between the male member 2a and the female member 2b may be reversed to that of the example shown in FIG. 9.

(73) 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.

(74) 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 10a and 10b of the bag 1 is initiated by making use of the notch 12 and these base films 10a and 10b can be torn linearly along the longitudinal direction of the zipper 2 (see FIG. 10).

(75) 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

(76) Next, a zipper-equipped bag of a second embodiment according to the present invention will be explained.

(77) 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 10a and 10b 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.

(78) 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.

(79) 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 2b and the base film 10b, the top seal 13 is provided.

(80) The zipper 2 in this embodiment is constituted of paired male member 2a and female member 2b as shown in FIG. 12.

(81) The male member 2a is provided with a base part 21a formed continuously like a tape. A male projection 22a constituted of a head part 221a and a connecting part 222a connecting the head part 221a with the base part 21a is provided on one surface of the base part 21a and these parts are integrated. Similarly, the female member 2b is provided with a base part 21b formed continuously like a tape. A female projection 22b constituted of a pair of hook parts 221b and 221b is provided on one surface of the base part 21b and these parts are integrated.

(82) In the zipper 2 constituted like this manner, the head part 221a of the male projection 22a is fitted in a space formed between the hook parts 221b and 221b of the female projection 22b, whereby the male member 2a and the female member 2b 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 22a and the female projection 22b) is released, the takeout port of the bag 1 can be unsealed.

(83) The specific shapes of the male projection 22a and female projection 22b 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.

(84) Also, in the zipper 2 of this embodiment in the condition that the male member 2a and the female member 2b are interlocked with each other and fitted to the bag 1, the base part 21b of the female member 2b in the width direction of the base part 21b 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 21a of the male member 2a as shown in FIG. 12. Then, on the surface of the extended part 211 on the side on which the female projection 22b is formed, a tearing guide strip 23 peelable from the female member 2b is integrated along the longitudinal direction of the female member 2b.

(85) 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 21b of the female member 2b to secure its heat seal surface with the base film 10a along the edge of the extended part 211 side of the base part 21b of the female member 2b.

(86) When the tearing guide strip 23 is formed on the base part 21b of the female member 2b, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip 23 and the base part 21b 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 21b 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.

(87) 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 21b.

(88) Here, the peeling strength between the tearing guide strip 23 and the base part 21b 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.

(89) 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 10a by heat sealing on the surface opposite to the binding interface of the base part 21b with the female member 2b, namely, on the surface facing the base film 10a and the tearing guide strip 23 is designed to be bound by sufficient binding strength with the part where the base film 10a is torn when the bag 1 is unsealed as will be explained later.

(90) At this time, the binding strength between the base film 10a 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 2b. It is thereby possible to efficiently avoid the peeling of the tearing guide strip 23 from the base film 10a and to allow the peeling of the tearing guide strip 23 from the base part 21b to prevail.

(91) 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 21a of the male member 2a which surface is opposite to the surface on which the male projection 22a is formed and the surface of the base part 21b of the female member 2b on which surface the female projection 22b along the edge of the extended part 211 with the same surface of the base film 10a by heat sealing. At this time, the tearing guide strip 23 is also bound with the base film 10a by heat sealing.

(92) 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 2b and the base film 10b. 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.

(93) Also, if the tearing guide strip 23 is bound with the base part 21b in a freely peelable manner and can be bound with the base film 10a by a higher binding strength than the peeling strength from the female member 2b by heat sealing, the heat seal layer 232 may be eliminated as desired.

(94) In this embodiment, the male member 2a and the female member 2b 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 2a and the female member 2b, the sealing strength and heat sealing characteristics of the zipper 2 with the base films 10a and 10b.

(95) Also, the same thermoplastic resin made into a film form may be used for the base films 10a and 10b in consideration of the sealing strength with the zipper 2 (male member 2a and female member 2b) and heat sealing characteristics. The base films 10a and 10b 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.

(96) The tearing guide strip 23 and the heat seal layer 232 may be integrated with the female member 2b simultaneously when the female member 2b is extrusion-molded, for example, by extrusion-supplying the material forming these parts so as to carry out co-extrusion when the female member 2b is extrusion-molded.

(97) As the resin forming the tearing guide strip 23, a resin incompatible with the resin used for the female member 2b may be selected. For example, in the case of using polyethylene for the female member 2b, 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 2b, 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.

(98) Also, as the resin forming the heat seal layer 232, one which has sufficient binding strength with the base film 10a 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 10a (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 10a (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.

(99) Also, the tearing guide strip 23 preferably has a higher rigidity than the base part 21a of the female member 2b to allow itself to be wall separated from the female member 2b without being destroyed by material destruction when it is separated from the female member 2b and to give no hindrance to tearing of the base film 10a. More specifically, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip 23 is preferably 1.3 to 4 times that of the base part 21a of the male member 2a. At this time, the tensile elastic modulus of the tearing guide strip 23 is particularly preferably in a range from 300 to 2500 MPa.

(100) 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.

(101) 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 2a or the tearing of the base film 10a.

(102) Moreover, such a disorder is caused that the tearing guide strip 23 is broken and the bag 1 cannot be unsealed resultantly.

(103) The bag 1 provided with the zipper 2 is unsealed by pulling the tearing guide strip 23 to tear the part of base film 10a 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.

(104) As mentioned above the tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with the extended part 211 of the base part 21b of the female member 2b along the longitudinal direction of the extended part 211 such that it is separated from the female member 2b by peeling. Therefore, the bag 1 is decreased in resistant feel in unsealing and the tearing direction of the base film 10a can be guided linearly with a fixed orientation along the longitudinal direction of the zipper 2 without being disturbed by the male member 2a.

(105) 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.

(106) Here, an example of a specific means of tearing the base film 10a by the tearing guide strip 23 to unseal the bag 1 is shown in FIG. 14.

(107) 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 10b forming a part of the lug 12 is cut off from the other part of the base film 10b and the base film 10a forming a part of the lug 12 is cut off from a part other than the part torn when the base film 10a is unsealed, to form the lug 12 in the state where the tearing guide strip 23 is sandwiched between the separated base films 10a and 10b.

(108) 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 10a is torn by the tearing guide strip 23 to form the unsealing mouth 14.

(109) In the example illustrated, a part of the base part 21b of the female member 2b is cut off and put into the state sandwiched between the base films 10a and 10b. The cut part of the base part 21b has no influence on the unsealing function of the lug 12.

(110) According to this embodiment, as mentioned above, the tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with one of the male member 2a and the female member 2b 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 2a and the female member 2b, 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 2a and female member 2b.

(111) 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.

(112) Also, in this embodiment, the following modifications of the embodiment are possible without impairing such effects.

(113) For example, in the above embodiment, the tearing guide strip 23 is disposed on the female member 2b side. However, the tearing guide strip 23 may be disposed on the male member 2a side to thereby reverse the relative positional relationship between the female member 2b and the male member 2a to that of the example illustrated.

(114) Also, in the above embodiment, the male member 2a and female member 2b of the zipper 2 are bound with the base film 10a 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.

(115) For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the male member 2a may be bound with the base film 10a and the female member 2b may be bound with the base film 10b by sealing to thereby fit the zipper 2 to the bag 1.

(116) 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 this 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 2a and the female member 2b may be reversed to the case of the example shown in FIG. 15.

(117) 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.

(118) Then, the present invention will be explained in more detail by way of specific examples.

EXAMPLE 1

(119) A low-density polyethylene (melting point: 110 C.) having a density of 926 kg/m.sup.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.sup.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.sup.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.

(120) 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.

(121) 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.

(122) The above zipper tape and a base film obtained by dry-laminating a biaxially oriented nylon film (15 m) and a linear low-density polyethylene film (50 m) 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.

(123) The binding strength between the base film and the tearing guide strip was 30 N/15 mm.

EXAMPLE 2

(124) 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

(125) 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.

(126) 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

(127) 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.

(128) 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.

(129) The results of evaluation are as follows.

(130) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Tearing Cutting Overall resistance scum evaluation Example 1 Example 2 Comparative X X Example 1 (Evaluation standard) (1) Tearing resistance : The bag was easily unsealed without any resistant feel and was unsealed with a good feel. X: A resistance 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.

(131) 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 21a and 21b of the male member 2a and female member 2b and can be separated from the base parts 21a or 21b of the male member 2a or female member 2b.

(132) 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 21a and 21b of the male member 2a and female member 2b.

(133) Also, in the above first embodiment and second embodiment, the zipper 2 is bound with the base films 10a and 10b 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.

(134) In this case, it is not particularly necessary to provide the heat seal layer 232 in the tearing guide strip 23.

(135) Also, in all the above examples, the zipper 2 is not limited to one having a paired male projection 22a and female projection 22b as illustrated but may be one having plural paired male projections 22a and female projections 22b. In this case, plural paired male projections 22a and female projections 22b are formed on the same base parts 21a and 21b. 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

(136) 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.