DE2143596A1 - Boxes, in particular for packaging cigarettes - Google Patents

Description

Box j especially for packing cigarettes

The invention relates to improvements in boxes, and more particularly Cigarette sales packs.

Cigarette boxes are known which consist of a wide, flat and trough-shaped box body and a lid hinged to it. The lid partially fits over the box body when closed. If boxes of this shape are used to pack cigarettes, these
For example, laid out in two rows one above the other so that they are parallel to the broad sides of the box body and the lid side. A well-known form of box
of this type is sometimes referred to as "shoulder boxes". In these boxes, the box body has outer side walls, the edges of which represent shoulders. Corresponding edges of the side walls of the lid rest against these shoulders when the lid is closed. The inner side walls of these boxes: are higher than the outer walls and completely hold the contents, for example cigarettes. The box body

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of boxes of this design is usually equipped with four such composite side walls, the side walls are equal to each other with the exception of an outer side wall. The outer side wall is attached to a side wall of the lid directs.

In contrast, the box according to the present invention has a wide, flat box body, the three side walls of which have substantially the entire height or depth of the box and that with a shoulder on the outside between Base and side wall edge are equipped. The fourth side wall and the top opposite the base are open. The three side walls of the corresponding lid are so high that their edges rest against the shoulders of the box body or rest when the box is closed. A fourth side wall the lid has essentially the entire height of the box and is hinged to the box body. When the box is closed, then the fourth sixth wall of the lid is to be regarded as a common wall for the lid and the box body. if the lid is pivoted into the open position, then the box body is open on one side, which is why the contents of the Box is easily accessible.

An embodiment of the box according to the invention is shown in FIG the accompanying drawing.

In the structure shown in the accompanying drawing, the body of the box is supported by two nested inserts ι or troughs are formed, which by means of adhesive, a trough inside

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half of the other, are connected. The inner insert or trough

and

is made by a wide inner base 1 / by three inner, lateral ones Walls 2 formed which have the full depth of the box. The outer trough has a wide, outer base Io and three outer, lateral walls 3 which are narrower than the inner walls 2. The edges of the outer walls 3 form Shoulders 11 (only one of which is shown) on the outer surfaces of the inner walls 2. The opposite two inner walls 2 and the base 1 of the inner insert or trough are slightly shorter than the corresponding parts of the outer trough. In this way, at the open, fourth Side of the box body a gap 12 is formed which is located between the ends of the inner and outer troughs.

The lid part of the box has a wide wall 4 and three side walls 5 on. The walls 5 correspond to the three side walls 3 and are dimensioned in their depth or structural height so that that their edges rest against the shoulders when the box is closed.

On the fourth side of the lid there is a double wall on the side, which increases the total height when the box is closed owns the same. This double wall is formed by an outer wall 13 and an inner wall 6. The outer wall 13 is on the point indicated by reference number 7 in one piece with hinged to the outer base Io of the box body. An inner wall 6, which is somewhat narrower, is created by means of adhesive and shorter than the outer wall 13 is glued to the box body. There are thus close to the hinge 7 and the two edges

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the outer wall 13 paragraphs Ik formed which can be inserted into the gap 12 of the box body when the box is closed.

The inner .seitlichen walls 2 of the shahle body are on their free corners bent slightly inward, as shown at the point indicated by reference number 8. In this way prevents these edges from bending the edges of the side walls of the lid when the lid is in the closed position is pivoted.

According to the illustration, a layer of cigarettes C, partially wrapped in a film F, is inserted in two rows parallel to the base 1. The end faces of the cigarettes are oriented towards the open side of the box body. When the box is opened as shown, the cigarettes can easily be pulled out at their end from the box body to the front and are easily accessible. This possibility exists in contrast to the known “shoulder ^{boxes 11} , in which the box body has a fourth wall which completely covers the end faces of the cigarettes. With boxes of this design, it is less easy to pull the first cigarette out of the cigarette layer.

The illustrated cigarette box can be made from cardboard or from

unite / comparable material. A box according to the invention, however, should advantageously be selected from suitable Plastic materials are made, so made of polypropylene or polystyrene. The box is known by

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2U3596

Manufacturing process, for example by injection molding

In the event of deformation or thermoforming./den in the description illustrated boxes, the shoulders 11 are formed by three outer side walls 3, which extend from the outer base Io extend. The shoulders, however, can be integral therewith as desired and particularly when the box is made of plastic material the side walls 2 are formed on their outer surfaces.

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Claims (3)

-e- 2U3596 Molins Limited 2, Evelyn Street Deptford London, S.E.8 / England August 31, 1971 Attorney's file M-I734 patent claims 1.) Box, characterized in that it consists of a wide, flat box body is formed with a base (1) and three side walls (2), each of the side walls the total height of the box and on the outside between the base and the side wall edge with a shoulder (11) is equipped that the fourth side of the box body and the side opposite the base are open that a correspondingly wide cover body (M-) with three sides Walls (5) is provided, the height of which is such that when the box is closed on the shoulders (11) of the The box body, and that a fourth side wall (6; 13), the height of which corresponds to that of the box, is hinged to the box body. 2. Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the free edges (8) of the two side walls near the fourth, open side of the box body are bent inwardly towards each other. 209812/1027 -7- 2H3596 3. Box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that the shoulders (11) are formed by three outer lateral walls (3) extending from the base (1). 209812/1027 Blank page