CN1212228A

CN1212228A - Cigarette packet plus method and device for manufacturing same

Info

Publication number: CN1212228A
Application number: CN98119588A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 海因茨·福克; 赫尔穆特·德因森; 拉尔夫·辛纳布林克
Original assignee: Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
Current assignee: Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
Priority date: 1997-09-25
Filing date: 1998-09-25
Publication date: 1999-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 2018-09-25
Also published as: JPH11157588A; BR9803948A; EP0905054A1; DE19742536A1; ID20911A; CN1107620C

Abstract

The invention relates to a cigarette package and a machine to carry out this production.The machine is surrounded by inner wrapping and mounnted out the package,particular in the open-package or sofe-package.The message is printed by laser printing ,particular a health warning. With this purpose,the printed field is at the visible section of the projecting inner wrapping (28) or the surface of open-package or sofe-package, correlative message is printed by laser printing at the packaged region.

Description

Cigarette packs and manufacturing method and apparatus thereof

The present invention relates to the cigarette packs of one or more cigarette groups, the cigarette group is surrounded by the blank of at least one (approaching) cardboard, paper, paper tinsel or other packing.In addition, the present invention relates to be used to make the method and apparatus of this cigarette packs.

Mainly contain two kinds of cigarette packs in the world, that is, a kind of is hinge-lid box, and another kind is a Soft Roll formula box.Content-cigarette group that two kinds of common situations of box are boxes-normally surround by the inner packing of paper, tinfoil paper or other thin packaging material.A deck of Xing Chenging is contained in virtual package like this, that is, in the external packing, external packing is hinge-lid box or Soft Roll.Inner packing and/or external packing promptly, relevant for the printing of content information, comprise the so-called healthy warning of the information that provides that Smoking is harmful to your health on hinge-lid box or the Soft Roll.

The objective of the invention is to propose the measure of cigarette packs design and production, to form the more mode of economical and effective, more reasonable, more diverse manufacturing cigarette packs.

For finishing above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, be characterised in that: when cigarette packs is opened, arrange about the particularly so-called healthy Printing Zone of warning of information by laser printing in the free appreciiable zone according to cigarette packs of the present invention.

Information is provided on cigarette packs, and particularly healthy warning can cause the problem on the production technology, this be since these information often must be based on various countries' rules in addition different design and layouts.In addition, also must be adapted to the language of the countries concerned.Above-mentioned adaptability revision means the expense of conversion, thereby causes serious loss.Specifically, must be ready to packing to a great extent in advance since so far always, above printed different health warning so that use as required.

On according to cigarette packs of the present invention, be preferably in the zone of wrapping machine by the laser printing applied information.Raise with the laser printing assembly on the one hand power should be enough under high speed of production, print necessary information for each packing box, on the other hand should be able to be in the short time and on the laser printing assembly with very low cost change printed contents.

It is frame work that laser printing method is used according to the present invention ablated with material (heat or chemistry).Therefore, according to the present invention, packing are provided with the local material coating, particularly comprise the print zone of at least one (colour) layer.In the laser printing process, text or necessary decorative pattern form at print zone, and the literal that produces, symbol or decoration can be identified by contrasting with (exterior) color layers.Best two the stacked color layers of print zone, they have the brightness or the color of contrast.

The print zone that has healthy warning or an out of Memory can be arranged on the different parts on the cigarette packs.For example, inner packing is suitable for the load member as this print zone, and this print zone is provided with to such an extent that can see from the outside when opening at box (hinge-lid box) at least.In addition or as an alternative, print zone can be arranged on the lateral surface of outer box, that is, be arranged on flip-shell or the Soft Roll formula box.

When making cigarette packs or packing, according to manufacturing process of the present invention be, in factory, on the tram of the packing of box, apply print zone, thin packing such as paper are placed on the corresponding sheet of material.When using prefabricated blank, for hinge-lid box, print zone also is arranged on the blank in factory.

A laser printing assembly is housed in the zone of wrapping machine, its work with the machinery of the print zone that applied or chemistry be changed to the basis.Apply the selected marking in the zone of the print zone of this assembly on material piece or Manufactured blank.In the situation outside print zone is arranged on the box, it is favourable finishing above-mentioned work thereon intact man-hour when cigarette packs to small part.

Another feature of the present invention is that the method and apparatus (laser printing assembly) that applies the marking is by a diaphragm that preferably has whole text to be printed.The preparation of the laser beam of laser printing assembly makes to have text or some other graphic diaphragm zone is arrived by laser beam detection fully, makes laser beam realize printing in single pass.

Contrast the following drawings describes the method and apparatus of cigarette packs and manufacturing cigarette packs in detail by embodiment now.

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the hinge-lid box for cigarette that is shown in an open position.

Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional figure of amplification that has the packing of print zone.

Fig. 3 represents to be used to make the part of the material band of inner packing.

Fig. 4 represents the part of the material band that is used for the production inner packing of another kind of structure.

Fig. 5 represents the blank of hinge-lid box.

Fig. 6 represents the part of the material band of Soft Roll formula box.

Fig. 7 is the simplified side view of the equipment of preparation packing.

Fig. 8 is the signal horizontal projection that has the rotating and folding assembly in packing box path.

Fig. 9 is with the part of enlarged side view presentation graphs 8 shown devices.

Figure 10 is the simplified side view of laser printing assembly.

Fig. 1 represents hinge-lid box for cigarette, and this cigarette packs is made by blank shown in Figure 5, and its basic structure comprises a box portion 10 and a cap 11.Box portion 10 by box antetheca 12, box rear wall, box

lateral plate

14 and 15 and bottom 16 constitute.Box

lateral plate

14 and 15 paired overlapping bonding formation box sidewalls.Exterior box lateral plate 15 is connected in box antetheca 12 sides.

Cap 11 correspondingly is provided with and covers antetheca 17, lid rear wall 18 and lid

lateral plate

19 and 20, also has upper end wall 21 in addition.On the hinge-lid box of completion, sheet 22 is folded in and is connected on the medial surface that covers antetheca 17 in the lid.Lid

lateral plate

19,20 is overlapping and be bonded into mutually to constitute over the ground and cover sidewall.

Box portion 10 and cap 11 interconnect in the zone of rear wall by being laterally hinged with line 23, so that can turn back.

Another part of hinge-lid box generally is a ring set 24 that is formed by other blank.This ring set comprises ring set antetheca 25 and ring set lateral plate 26.Ring set 24 is fixed in the box portion 10 by glue.In the part of ring set 24, the recess 27 of a rounding profile is arranged the zone of ring set antetheca 25 part of stretching out from box portion 10 promptly.

The content of box, that is, one group of cigarette is surrounded by inner packing 28, thereby forms a cigarette piece 29.

Thereby above-mentioned the sort of cigarette packs is made of two blanks.Inner packing 28 particularly is made of paper, tinfoil paper etc. thin packing.Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 represent two different embodiment of inner packing 28.Blank shown in Figure 2 is according to the principle design of ' horizontal bag '.In forming each zone of antetheca 30, madial wall 31 and interior rear wall 32 blank vertically on one after the other be provided with.Antetheca 30 in

limit sheet

33 and 34 is connected on the one hand, rear wall 32 in being connected on the other hand.On the inner packing of rolling well fully 28, the adjacent and partly covering mutually of these limit sheets, thus form and madial wall 31 opposed inside walls.

Upper and lower folding forms bottom flaps on the other hand with 34 and 35 for the end wall of inner packing 28 and diapire form edgefold on the one hand.The structure of end wall and corresponding diapire partly covers trapezoidal

vertical sheet

36,37 mutually.As shown in Figure 1, exterior vertical sheet 36 is connected in the interior antetheca 30 of inner packing 28.

The blank of inner packing 28 shown in Figure 4 is according to simulated mode, that is, according to the principle design of vertical bag.Interior antetheca 30 is being connected a continuous interior diapire 38 with interior rear wall 32.

Side band

39,40 extends on the total length of microscler blank, partly covers mutually to form madial wall.Inner end wall is to be with 31,42 and form by the opposite end that is folded in blank.As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, above-mentioned folding is with 41, the 42 trapezoidal

vertical sheets

36,37 that are folded to form as the part of inner end wall.

The blank of inner packing 28 can be provided with seal seal and/or impression on its whole surface.Impression mainly is the inner packing that is used for tinfoil paper, but also can be used for the paper inner packing.In illustrated example, inner packing is just from box, that is, the part of stretching out from hinge-lid box has printing.Correspondingly, blank as shown in Figure 2 just has printing-out tape 43 on a side.This printing-out tape is preparation when making inner packing 28 in factory.Material can be to be rolled into one continuous band 44.Printing-out tape 43 is added on a side as a continuous band application, and it can be seen in box corresponding to the zone of the inner packing 28 that comprises non-breathing zone.

In fact, feature comprises that as shown in Figure 3, the blank of inner packing 28 has at least one print zone 45 in the zone of printing-out tape 43.Most important information literal is set in the zone of print zone 45, preferably desired healthy warning on the cigarette packs, that is, and about the information that Smoking is harmful to your health.

Print zone 45 is zones of blank or the band 44 of having used the particular form prepared beforehand.Handle by thermal ablation by laser printing in this zone.Print zone 45 comprises at least one color layers, and two

color layers

46,47 are arranged in this example.The color layers in back is arranged on another color layers, is made of the material that is suitable for the laser printing method.Selected

color layers

46,47 contrasts in color or brightness.Outer color layers 46 in the zone of the letter of the shape of groove 48 or other symbol by laser beam ablation.Thereby the bottom is that in-to-in color layers 47 and the literal or the symbol that form can be found out from the outside.Need not second color layers 47, bottom, for example the blank of inner packing 28 also can be used as the equivalent beds.The selected actual wavelength that is suitable for the color layers material for laser light of laser printing assembly should have high absorbent capacity.The thickness of

color layers

46,47 can be between 3 μ m and 10 μ m.

Print zone 45 can be applied on the suitable part of cigarette packs, as long as can see from the outside when cigarette packs is opened at least.In the example of Fig. 1, that is, on hinge-lid box, print zone is arranged in the zone of interior antetheca 30 and adjacent end walls, promptly on preceding, outer longitudinal slice 36.Here, the location of print zone 45 makes information literal (healthy warning) be in appreciable zone at least, in this example partly in the recess 27 that is formed by ring set antetheca 25.

As shown in Figure 4, the blank of inner packing 28 is what to separate with continuous band 49.The width of band 46 is corresponding to the width of the blank of inner packing 28.In order to guarantee the outward appearance of inner packing 28, as shown in Figure 1, type belt 50,51st respectively in the end of microscler blank, that is, forms in the zone of opening side in the face of box.

Type belt 50 in the inner packing front portion is provided with above-mentioned the sort of print zone 45.Here, print zone 45 is also at interior antetheca 30 and have in the zone of end wall of trapezoidal outside longitudinal slice 36 and extend.

Another feature of blank as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 is that print zone 45 is to form in the zone of sheet 52,53.As shown in Figure 3, sheet 52 is limited by angle perforation (angularperforations) 54.In the example of Fig. 3, a cross-perforating line 55 extends through the total length of blank or band 46 in the zone of preceding print zone 45.Prepare as the volume of giving of participating in competition as chankings 52,53, so, it is particularly advantageous applying print zone 45 in the zone of sheet 52,53.

The blank of the outer box of expression is the blank of hinge-lid box among Fig. 5 among Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, is the blank of Soft Roll formula box among Fig. 6.The former constitutes with press board, and Soft Roll is to be made of paper.

Above-mentioned blank is provided with the marking 56 (cross hatched regions) in factory.This marking is usually designed to some colors, changes according to brand.The marking 56 generally is in factory, that is, apply when producing blank shown in Figure 5 or the continuous band 57 at the blank 58 that is prepared as production Soft Roll formula box.

On the outer box of two kinds of embodiment, be provided with the print zone 45 of said structure.The blank of hinge-lid box (Fig. 5) designs to such an extent that print zone 46 is arranged in the zone of the box rear wall 30 adjacent with bottom 16.The print zone 45 of rectangle roughly extends on the width of box rear wall 13.

The blank 58 of Soft Roll comprises Soft Roll antetheca 59, the Soft Roll rear wall 60 of corresponding construction, and be arranged in therebetween Soft Roll sidewall 61, add sidewall sheet 62 and the connecting strap 63 on 58 liang of free edges of blank respectively.When Soft Roll was finished, sidewall sheet 62 covered connecting strap 63.These two parts are interconnective with glue.In addition, tabs 64 is connected in a side of blank 58 to form the diapire of bag.In band 57, the blank 58 of above-mentioned shape is an arranged in succession, blank 58 vertically on, continue mutually in the zone of above-mentioned wall.

As shown in Figure 5, blank is provided with the marking 57 that depends on brand.In addition, in the zone of the sidewall 61 of the bag of closure, blank 58 is provided with a print zone 45.Print zone 45 is arranged to a vertical oblong, just in time under the upper limb of Soft Roll, roughly in the width of the sidewall that wraps.In the present embodiment, print zone 45 is arranged in the marking of being determined by box 56.

On all above-mentioned packing, that is, in inner packing 28, and on the outer box blank shown in Fig. 5 and 6, print zone 45 applies in the manufacturing of factory or set up procedure easily.As the applying in the example of Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6, print zone 45 is applied on the band in moving, and this is favourable.Equally, the blank of Fig. 5 also can be gone out from continuous band, perhaps on " sheet material (panels) " of bending, that is, has from it on the bigger plate of blank and goes out.In these two kinds of situations, print zone 45 is to apply easily before the blank in Fig. 5 is gone out.

In every kind of situation, next in bagging area or the zone relevant, print the processing in district 45 with wrapping machine, apply literal or decoration.Fig. 7 represents the assembly of treatment map 3 or band shown in Figure 4.Correspondingly also can body plan be used to dispose the assembly of blank shown in Figure 6.

As shown in Figure 7, band 57 is pulled out from first movable drum 65.Another has used up the back at cylinder 66 at cylinder 65 and has introduced production procedure.

Band 57 operations comprise platen assembly 67 through a plurality of processing and control assembly, and for example, it is used to impress the band 57 of inner packing 28.

In the zone of the vertical part of band 68, a laser printing assembly 69 is set.The laser printing assembly comprises a housing 70 that has the lens combination 71 of pointing to band 57.Mirror deflecting yoke 72 leads to housing 70.In addition, an electric control line 73 is connected in housing 70, so that control is as the amperemeter of laser one part.The preferably known Nd-yac laser of laser.

Laser printing assembly 69 is controlled by following mode: every when print zone 45 is arranged in the zone of laser printing assembly 69, the printing activity all launches repeatedly circularly.The work speed of laser printing assembly 69 can be transferred band 57 continuously.

The band 57 that is provided with the print zone 45 of completion arrives the zone of blank assembly 47, and each blank is separated on accurate position, and fixes, so that encase one group of cigarette, that is, and a cigarette piece.

When the blank production hinge-lid box that uses as shown in Figure 5, blank is generally carried as the folded buttress of blank.For example pile up neatly on the blank path, just on rotating and folding assembly 76, be transferred, when being divided into single blank 75, print the printing in district 45 by the laser printing assembly when folded.Here, the location of blank 75 make print zone 45 in various situations all up, laser printing assembly 69 is arranged on the top in blank path.

The thin bilge construction of in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, further representing wrapping machine.Rotating and folding assembly 76 rotates around a vertical axis, is provided with to such an extent that can carry out the double track operation, that is, box 77,78th, arranged in pairs, each is used for accepting a blank 75.Therefore, in the zone of taking out station, roughly finish folding hinge-lid box for two and released rotating and folding assembly 76 simultaneously and push a continuous straight packing box path 81.In the zone in this path, the lateral film 15 and the enclosing cover lateral plate 20 that extend in and the last plane at hinge-lid box 79,80 outstanding in the side are folded.

Be provided with the laser printing assembly 69 of a said structure above the packing box path, its lens combination 71 is pointed to hinge-lid box 79,80 down.In the zone up of box, be provided with at least one print zone 45, can be arranged in the zone of outer box lateral plate 15 or be arranged in the zone of box antetheca 12 up.When box along the path 81 when carrying, laser printing assembly 69 processing print zones 45.

Figure 10 represents the characteristic that another is very important, the basic structure of Here it is laser printing assembly 69.As shown in figure 10, described assembly is by a diaphragm, and particularly one style diaphragm 82 work have the marking of preparing to be applied on the print zone 45 on the diaphragm, and laser can pass diaphragm, and diaphragm has the hole that is made of letter especially.The literal that preparation applies is with the mirror image setting.

The whole literal to be applied or the regional area of other marking or its qualification are applied by laser beam in a working cycle.For this purpose, change the common laser beam 83 that arrives optical module 84 zones, pattern diaphragm 82 can be detected.For this purpose, at first laser beam 83 is launched, form circular parallel light path by lens 86 then by first lens 85 (divergent lens) and second lens 86 (convergence lens).The collimated laser beam of expansion is acted on the pattern diaphragm 82, thereby detect the pattern diaphragm 82 that designs fully.

Another optical module 87 has at least one lens 88 focuses on the hole 89 laser beam.The laser beam 83 that forms according to pattern diaphragm 82 passes hole 89, with the image of pattern diaphragm 82 or predetermined words transfer printing on band, blank or as shown in figure 10, is transferred to leading flank, that is, and and on the box antetheca 12 of hinge-lid box 79,80.The print zone 45 of laser printing is applied to above-mentioned zone, that is, be applied on the lower edge zone of box antetheca 12.

If packing-band of coiling or the blank of going out-in factory, be the ready words of the processing in the wrapping machine in advance, so, above-mentioned technology also can be applied on other packing box in a comparable manner.

Claims

1. the cigarette packs that is used for the cigarette group, the cigarette group is surrounded by the blank of at least one (approaching) cardboard, paper, paper tinsel or other material; Be preferably with the inside liner (28) of paper, tinfoil paper or the paper tinsel of direct encirclement cigarette group, it is characterized in that: at least one in the described blank has at least one print zone (45), described print zone at least can be in sight when cigarette packs is opened, on described print zone, be provided with information, particularly so-called healthy warning, these information are that the basis is applied by laser printing with the material ablation.

2. cigarette packs according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the cigarette group that has inside liner (28) is arranged on outer box as the cigarette piece, promptly, on hinge-lid box or the Soft Roll formula box, the print zone (45) that has the information of laser printing formation is arranged in the zone of the inside liner (28) that stretches out from outer box when box is opened at least outside.

3. cigarette packs according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: the print zone (45) that has the marking that is formed by laser printing is arranged on the lateral surface of outer box, particularly is arranged on the lateral surface of hinge-lid box or on the lateral surface of Soft Roll formula box.

4. cigarette packs according to claim 3 is characterized in that: print zone (45) is applied on the narrow upright side walls of outer box, the outer box lateral plate (15) that particularly is applied to hinge-lid box go up or the sidewall (61) of Soft Roll formula box on.

5. cigarette packs according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: for the hinge-lid box that comprises box portion (10) and cap (11), by at least one color layers, two mutual stacked color layers (46 preferably, 47) print zone of Gou Chenging (45) is applied on the interior antetheca (30) of inside liner (28), specifically, be cap (11) when opening from the zone that box portion (10) stretches out.

6. cigarette packs according to claim 5 is characterized in that: print zone (45) or its part are arranged on the interior antetheca (30) of inside liner (28) in the zone of the adjacent vertical sheet (36) of the zone of the recess (27) of the ring set antetheca (25) of a ring set (24) and/or inside liner (28) end wall.

7. make the method for the cigarette packs of cigarette group, the cigarette group is enclosed in the zone of wrapping machine at least one blank that (approaching) cardboard, paper, paper tinsel or other packing make, it is characterized in that: in wrapping machine or relative zone, have information, the marking of particularly so-called healthy warning is applied on the blank by the laser printing of ablating based on heat or chemical material and/or is applied on the cigarette packs of all or part of completion.

8. method according to claim 7, it is characterized in that: at first be suitable for being applied to a print zone (45) on the blank or be applied on the blank packing or be applied on the cigarette packs based on the layer of the laser printing of material ablation by applying at least one, thereafter, in the zone of wrapping machine, form the marking by the laser printing on print zone (45).

9. according to claim 7 or 8 described methods, it is characterized in that: print zone (45) is by different or the contrast color, and stacked mutually two (color) layer (46,47) constitutes, in order to apply the marking, the material of outer (color) layer (46) is ablated in laser printing.

10. method according to claim 7, it is characterized in that: packing, in particular for producing the band that blank is prepared, or be in particular the blank that hinge-lid box is prepared in factory, before introducing wrapping machine, be provided with by at least one (color) layer (46,47) print zone of Gou Chenging (45), the printing of print zone (45) just applies by the laser printing in the zone of wrapping machine.

11. be used to make the wrapping machine of cigarette group packing box, described cigarette group is enclosed at least one blank by (approaching) cardboard, paper, paper tinsel or other packing, described blank can be sent to rotating and folding assembly (76) or other Foldable assembly of wrapping machine, it is characterized in that: a laser printing assembly (69) is arranged in the conveyor zones of the cigarette packs of the conveyor zones of conveyor zones, blank itself of the band that is used for producing blank or all or part of completion, so that apply the marking in the zone of print zone (45).

12. wrapping machine according to claim 11, it is characterized in that: described laser printing assembly (69), for the print zone (45) in band (57) prints, be arranged in the zone of vertical part (68) of band, make laser beam (roughly) in the horizontal direction, in order to be printed on the print zone (45) on the blank or on all or part of cigarette packs of finishing, then be arranged in the zone in level or bevelled box path or blank path, laser beam is pointed to down.

13. according to claim 11 or 12 described wrapping machine, it is characterized in that: in the process of making hinge-lid box, the hinge-lid box of part completion can be drawn the box path (81) that rotating and folding assembly (76) enters level diametrically, on box, point to the tabs (14) of side direction in the plane, that is, outer box lateral plate (14) can be subjected to being arranged on the effect of the laser printing assembly (69) of top, box path (81) in the zone that is arranged in print zone (45) on the box lateral plate (14) or on box antetheca (12).

14. wrapping machine according to claim 11, it is characterized in that: laser printing assembly (69) is provided with a testplate, one style diaphragm (82) particularly, it has preparation as the hole and is transferred to literal or other symbol on the print zone, and the whole marking of print zone (45) or its subregion of delimiing a boundary line can be applied by the laser beam that passes pattern diaphragm (82) (83) in the one action circulation.

15. wrapping machine according to claim 14, it is characterized in that: the laser beam of an incident (83) is relevant with its lateral dimension to be launched by a laser lens system, whole pattern diaphragm (82) can be acted on by (expansion) laser beam (83), after passing pattern diaphragm (82), laser beam can focus on the print zone (45).