EP0134550A2 - Emballage pour cigarettes muni d'un couvercle à charnière - Google Patents

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EP0134550A2
EP0134550A2 EP84109435A EP84109435A EP0134550A2 EP 0134550 A2 EP0134550 A2 EP 0134550A2 EP 84109435 A EP84109435 A EP 84109435A EP 84109435 A EP84109435 A EP 84109435A EP 0134550 A2 EP0134550 A2 EP 0134550A2
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Heinz Focke
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/804—Special receptacle or package with means to lift or draw out content

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  • the invention relates to a pack with a box part and a hinged lid (so-called cap box) connected thereto via an articulated axis for receiving a group of cigarettes or the like encased in an inner blank, in particular made of tinfoil, the cigarettes being oriented flat in the box part.
  • Cap boxes consist predominantly of relatively stiff cardboard. The cigarettes are laid flat - usually in two layers one above the other - in the box section. This will be position enclosed along a shelf set back inwards by the hinged lid.
  • the group of cigarettes is encased by an inner blank, usually made of tinfoil with an inner glassine layer.
  • the inner blank is designed and arranged in such a way that the upper side, that is to say an upper wall resting on the upper side of the cigarettes, consists of at least two overlapping, not interconnected locking tabs. These are pivoted to the side for the removal of cigarettes so that the full area of the cigarettes or the upper layer of the cigarette group is exposed. To reclose the cap box, the flaps are folded back into the starting position.
  • a pack of this type or an inner blank designed in this way allows an increased loss of aroma and moisture in the cigarette tobacco. It is also disadvantageous that the entire (upper) layer of the cigarettes is always exposed when the package is opened. Finally, the internal cut is not suitable to ensure sufficient cohesion due to its constructive design of the group of cigarettes.
  • the invention is based on the object of proposing a pack with an internal cut for cigarettes or the like, in particular a cap box, in which the above disadvantages are avoided.
  • the inner cut should give the cigarettes greater security against loss of moisture and aroma before the pack is put into use or afterwards.
  • the handling of the pack namely the removal of cigarettes, should be made easier.
  • the pack according to the invention is characterized in that an upward-facing wall of the inner blank (top wall) has a removal opening formed by punching and extending to one end of the cigarette facing edge of the top wall, which opening is at least the size of a closure flap the removal opening is covered.
  • the removal opening formed according to the invention in the otherwise closed top wall is arranged off-center, namely on an edge of the surface of the top wall facing one end of the cigarettes, and preferably over the full width thereof.
  • the cigarettes can thus be easily grasped at their ends when the closure flap is folded back and pulled out of the otherwise closed inner blank.
  • the closure flap can be pulled over a free, transversal edge of the box part of the cap box, in such a way that the group of cigarettes raises the inner blank on one side and thereby makes it easier to grasp a cigarette.
  • the closure flap is designed to be larger than the removal opening, specifically in such a way that the closure flap covers an area delimiting the removal opening - in particular across the cigarettes - with an edge strip. Since the closure flap on the one hand and the removal opening on the other hand are formed by U-shaped punching in the inner blank, the overlapping edge strip of the closure flap is created by effectively shortening the inner blank in an area adjacent to the removal opening, and in particular by means of a Z-fold in the longitudinal side tabs adjoining the removal opening.
  • the elongated, rectangular inner blank is folded in a U-shape around the group of cigarettes, in such a way that a continuously closed end wall is formed adjacent to the removal opening or to the closure flap, and an end wall formed from trapezoidal end wall tabs is formed opposite this.
  • the side walls are formed from longitudinal side tabs which partially overlap one another.
  • Such an inner wrapping is easy to drive by machine. Furthermore, a largely closed wrapper for the cigarette group is formed, as is otherwise customary only for hinge-lid packs.
  • a pack of the cap box type is shown in a highly schematic representation.
  • the cap box usually consists of a box part 10 and a hinged lid 11.
  • the latter is pivotally connected to the box part 10 in the region of a hinge axis 12.
  • the hinged lid 11 comprises a collar formed on the box part 10, which runs around and is set back inwards relative to the remaining part of the box part 10.
  • this collar is formed by an all-round collar 13 arranged inside the box part. This extends over the full height of the longitudinal walls 14 and transverse walls 15 of the box part.
  • a group of cigarettes 16 is received within the box part 10 thus formed. In the example shown, these are aligned parallel to the joint axis 12. Furthermore, three layers of cigarettes are arranged one above the other. This creates a cuboid-shaped cap box that has the format of a conventional hinge-lid pack.
  • the group of cigarettes 16 is encased in an inner blank 17 made of tin foil or the like, so that a tin foil block 18 is formed as the package contents.
  • the inner blank 17 is an elongated, rectangular shape as a spread starting product (FIG. 6). Areas or fields for forming an upper wall 19, an end wall 20 and a lower wall 21 are arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction of the blank. End wall tabs 22 and 23 are connected in the longitudinal direction on the free sides to the top wall 19 and to the bottom wall 21. On the sides there are longitudinal side tabs 24 and 25 on both sides in the area of the top wall 19 and the bottom wall 21. These are continued in the area of the closed end wall 20 and the end wall tabs 22 and 23 as corner tabs 26 and 27.
  • the inner blank 17 thus formed is folded around the end of the group of cigarettes in a U-shape, in such a way that the end wall 20 remains closed and free of folds.
  • an end wall 28 is formed from the end wall tabs 22 and 23. These are folded over in a trapezoidal shape with partial coverage.
  • side walls 29 of the tinfoil block 18 are formed by the longitudinal side tabs 24 and 25 by folding them over with mutual overlap.
  • the corner flaps 26 adjacent to the end wall 20 are folded into the plane of the side wall 29, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • a removal opening 30 is formed in the area of the top wall 19, which is otherwise continuous and free of folds. This is arranged off-center, namely assigned to one end of the cigarettes 16. It stretches over the full width of the top wall 19 and - in the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes 10 - up to the adjacent transverse wall 15 of the shaft part 10.
  • the removal opening 30 is covered by a closure flap 31, which is formed from the inner blank 17 itself, specifically by the area of the same corresponding to the removal opening 30.
  • the closure flap 31 accordingly extends over the full width of the removal opening 30.
  • the closure flap 31 In the longitudinal direction (of the cigarettes), the closure flap 31 has a larger dimension than the removal opening 30 on, that is to say a strip-shaped section adjoining the removal opening 30.
  • the edge strip 32 lies loosely on the top wall 19, but can also be done with a detachable connection, e.g. a peel-seal strip can be attached to the top wall 19.
  • the closure flap 31 is first pivoted back by hand into the position according to FIG. 3. Subsequently, the closure flap 31 can be pulled over an upper edge 33 of the box part 10 or of the collar 13 in the region of the transverse wall 15. By exerting the tensile force, the tinfoil block 18 is raised on one side into the position according to FIG. The remaining cigarettes remain in the fan-shaped inner blank 17.
  • the removal opening 30 and the locking tab 31 are formed by a U-shaped stamping 34 in the inner blank 17 (FIGS. 6 and 7).
  • the punch 34 extends here with its legs on the edge of the top wall 19, but is continued with an extension 35 into the region of the end wall 20, namely on the sides thereof. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the extensions 35 of the punch 34 extend over the full height of the end wall 20.
  • the removal opening 30 is laterally delimited within the blank by the longitudinal side tabs 24.
  • the inner blank 17 In order to create the overlapping edge strip 32 of the closure flap 31, the inner blank 17 must be "shortened” in the area of the removal opening 30.
  • a Z-fold 36 which shortens, is formed in the two longitudinal side tabs 24. This is caused by sliding areas of the longitudinal side tabs 24 one on top of the other such that an intermediate strip 37 is pushed between the outer and inner layers of the longitudinal side tabs 24.
  • the width of the Z-fold or the intermediate strip 37 corresponds to the width of the edge strip 32 of the closure flap 31.
  • the finished pack is not affected by the Z-fold 36, since it is located within the box part 10, namely between the group of cigarettes 16 on the one hand and the longitudinal walls 14 of the pack on the other.
  • the closure tab 31 can rest "loosely", ie without connection, on the cigarettes 16 in the closed position. However, it is also possible to releasably connect the protruding edge strip 32 to the covered part of the top wall 19, e.g. through a glue point (peel seal).

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EP84109435A 1983-08-16 1984-08-08 Emballage pour cigarettes muni d'un couvercle à charnière Expired EP0134550B1 (fr)

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DE3329454 1983-08-16
DE19833329454 DE3329454A1 (de) 1983-08-16 1983-08-16 Kappenschachtel fuer zigaretten oder dergleichen

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US4607748A (en) 1986-08-26
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DE3472938D1 (en) 1988-09-01
JPS6077886A (ja) 1985-05-02
BR8404088A (pt) 1985-07-16
EP0134550B1 (fr) 1988-07-27
EP0134550A3 (en) 1986-06-04
CA1238606A (fr) 1988-06-28

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