CN114379900A - Cigarette box with stalk receiving member - Google Patents

Abstract

An ecotype package of cigarettes with a stalk receiver is disclosed.

Description

Cigarette box with stalk receiving member

Technical Field

A package of cigarettes.

Background

There are many types of packs of cigarettes, which vary according to the size of the cigarettes.

Disclosure of Invention

Cigarette packs having a stalk-receiving element according to the present invention have been found to have reduced environmental impact of used cigarette stalks when left abandoned in nature.

In particular, the cigarette box according to the invention comprises a perforated capsule made of aluminium and inserted in the head of the box, which can snap up to twenty used stems inside the same box, to avoid discarding these stems in this way in an environment without special accommodations. In other words, the cigarette pack includes a capsule configured to receive a stalk of at least one used cigarette.

Further in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the cigarette box includes a stalk extinguisher strip also made of aluminum and attached to the front of the cigarette box.

According to another aspect of the invention, the envelope of the cartridge is made of a bio-plastic and is completely biodegradable.

Furthermore, according to another aspect of the invention, the cigarette box is in the form of a recycled paper with ecological prints.

The invention also relates to an assembly comprising a cigarette pack and a wrapper made of a bio-plastic, wherein the cigarette pack is inserted into the wrapper, and to a method of manufacturing a cigarette pack.

The box is in the form of recycled paper of appropriate grammage for packaging, and uses a chemical solvent-free and fully ecologically sustainable adhesive for gluing the wings (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 in fig. 5), the inner strip paper (fig. 7), the aluminium foil (11 b in fig. 8), the capsule (fig. 23-24-25-26) also made of aluminium and the stalk-extinguishing strip (fig. 18). In this way, the two aluminium sheets can be easily taken out and properly handled, also thanks to the indication of the box placed in the lower zone on the sides of the box (fig. 20).

The printed matter is made using environmentally friendly ink and/or ink-free laser burner technology.

Finally, in order to ensure the closure and integrity of the box until sale, the box is placed in a wrapper made of a bio-plastic which is completely soluble in water and capable of complete biodegradation (fig. 21).

The capsule of the key point of the invention (fig. 23-24-25-26) is made of aluminium and has 20 holes of truncated cone shape, shaped with a flat circular base and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flat circular base and the capsule itself.

The outermost bore has a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the stalk, while the innermost bore (overlying the bottom face of the lumen) approximately two thirds of the length of the stalk of the outermost bore has a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the stalk. In particular in view of the flexibility of the stalk, the stalk should be removed and disposed of properly before the package is discarded, as the geometry of the side surfaces of the frustroconical bore will allow the stalk to remain in the bladder bore due to scraping friction on the side surfaces of the two objects, but over approximately one third of its length.

The capsule (27 in fig. 17) is separated from the cigarettes by a large separating wing (11 c in fig. 17, 11a in fig. 7) integral with the inner strip paper (12 b in fig. 17, 12a in fig. 7) but not glued to the wrapper, but covered on the upper surface (11 b in fig. 8) of the aluminium sheet (surface in contact with the stalk), which is always made of recycled paper.

The stalk extinguisher bar (fig. 18), also made of aluminum, has a somewhat thick rectangular base from which is extruded a rotating member having a thickness of about five times that of the base.

Drawings

1/14: open package interior (fig. 1), bladder front view (fig. 2), bladder top view (fig. 3), bladder side view (fig. 4).

2/14: open package exterior (fig. 5).

3/14: open package interior (fig. 6), interior strip paper (fig. 7).

4/14: open package interior with glued interior strip paper (fig. 8).

5/14: a closed-head front view of the package (fig. 9), an open-head front view of the package (fig. 10).

6/14: a closed-head side view of the package (fig. 11), an open-head side view of the package (fig. 12).

7/14: a closed-head top view of the package (fig. 13), an open-head top view of the package (fig. 14).

8/14: a closed-head, front package angle view (fig. 15) and an open-head, front package angle view (fig. 16).

9/14: open-ended package front perspective view (fig. 17).

10/14: anterior angle view of the stalk blanking bar (fig. 18).

11/14: additional front corner view of open-head package (fig. 19).

12/14: side angle normal view of package with process instructions (fig. 20).

13/14: front corner view of the wrap (fig. 21) with enlarged thin strips on the lower surface (fig. 22).

14/14: various views of a capsule configured to receive a pedicle of at least one used cigarette (fig. 23-24-25-26).

Detailed Description

In the first operation, we print the design of the open package on a first sheet of recycled paper, which is the outer face of a printed sheet; the cut is then made by means of a guillotine cutter at the contour line of the box open design in fig. 1 and at the substantially horizontal dashed line.

The dashed, generally vertical line of fig. 1 indicates that a recess is made to facilitate the natural folding of the head of the package by the user.

As shown in fig. 8, we then glue together the inner strip of paper (12 a in fig. 7) with the wings (11 a in fig. 7) that were not glued together and apply adhesive on all edges as in fig. 5. We then turn over the wings (fig. 1) and secure them into the face of the package while turning over in a direction out of the plane.

The bladder (27 in fig. 17) is then inserted into the head of the cartridge using the same adhesive.

Finally, we then fill the box with cigarettes, close the head and enclose everything in a wrapper made of bio-plastic (fig. 21). The wrapper has an additional strip (14 in fig. 21) of the same material glued to the lower surface of the casing made of bio-plastic, which leaves slightly at the rear from the wrapper (fig. 22) and follows the contour of the box (pre-cut), facilitating the opening of the box in a tearing manner. The housing also has a rectangular aperture (13 in fig. 21) having the same dimensions as the size of the stalk extinguisher bar: as shown in fig. 5, the same adhesive is then used throughout, followed by the application of the stalk-extinguishing strip (fig. 18) to the already directly bagged box.

Industrial applicability

Such a box can be produced using existing cigarette packing equipment, simply by calibrating the cutter, programming the cutter to use new ecological materials, and adding other machines that can insert the inserts in the aluminum.

It is recommended to use renewable energy sources in the production process, so as to have the lowest environmental impact in the production phase of the cartridge and all its components.

Matters of attention

In the explanation of the invention, no measurement unit is inserted, since each brand determines in a different way the dimensions of its own box and the dimensions of the same cigarette. You need to agree with each manufacturer to determine the size of the cartridge as a whole.

In addition, one of many possible implementations of finding and using certain materials has been shown.

It is therefore evident that any other forms, dimensions or materials, suitable for implementing the invention as a whole, always refer to a model of the invention and belong to the same protective scope as described in the present description and in the following claims.

Claims (13)

1. A cigarette pack comprising a head portion configured for receiving a capsule configured to receive a stem of at least one used cigarette, wherein the capsule is made of aluminum and comprises up to twenty frustoconical holes having a flat circular base and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the capsule, wherein each of the up to twenty holes is configured to catch a stem of a used cigarette in the cigarette pack.

2. The cigarette box of claim 1, wherein each of the up to twenty holes is configured to at least partially receive and retain a stalk, and wherein each of the up to twenty holes is configured such that the stalk inserted in one of the holes protrudes from the hole by approximately one third of a length of the stalk.

3. A box as recited in claim 2, further including a stalk blanking strip made of aluminum, which is attached to the front of the box.

4. A box according to claim 3, wherein, it is in the form of recycled paper with ecological prints.

5. A box according to claim 4, including separating wings configured to separate the capsule from the cigarettes contained in the box in use.

6. A box according to the previous claim, wherein the separating wings are made of recycled paper and comprise a surface which, in use, faces the capsule, wherein said surface is covered by an aluminium sheet.

7. Assembly comprising a packet according to the previous claim and a wrapper made of bio-plastic, wherein said packet is inserted in said wrapper.

8. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack, the method comprising the steps of:

-printing the design of the open cigarette pack onto a sheet of recycled paper;

-cutting the design of the packet on the sheet of recycled paper;

-folding the design of the packet;

-inserting a capsule into the head portion of the cigarette pack, the capsule being configured to receive the stem of at least one used cigarette.

9. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack as claimed in claim 8, the method including the step of providing separating wings configured to separate the capsule from the cigarettes contained in the cigarette pack in use.

10. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack as claimed in claim 9, said method including the step of providing an aluminium sheet in the surface of the separating wing that faces the capsule when in use.

11. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack as in claim 10, comprising the further step of filling the cigarette pack with cigarettes.

12. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack as in claim 11, further comprising the step of enclosing the cigarette pack in a bioplastic wrapper.

13. A method of manufacturing a cigarette pack as in claim 12, including the step of applying a stalk-extinction strip to the cigarette pack enclosed in the bioplastic wrapper.

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