EP0158899A2 - Verpackung für Zigaretten, Zigarren oder dergleichen und Verfahren für ihre Herstellung - Google Patents

Verpackung für Zigaretten, Zigarren oder dergleichen und Verfahren für ihre Herstellung Download PDF

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EP0158899A2
EP0158899A2 EP85103790A EP85103790A EP0158899A2 EP 0158899 A2 EP0158899 A2 EP 0158899A2 EP 85103790 A EP85103790 A EP 85103790A EP 85103790 A EP85103790 A EP 85103790A EP 0158899 A2 EP0158899 A2 EP 0158899A2
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Franco Caselli
Marisa Sarti
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/321—Both sheets being recessed
    • B65D75/322—Both sheets being recessed and forming one compartment

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  • the proposed package comprises two flat and identical shells, of plastics material, connected to each other by means of a flexible hinge which is integral with said shells, so that the latter may be closed like the valves of a shell-fish.
  • Each shell is provided with rectilinear channels which are parallel to the hinge axis and are so shaped as to snugly receive and retain one cigarette in each of them.
  • Such containers which are of injection-molded plastics, are positioned horizontally in single file with the open side of each shell facing upwards, on a rectilinear conveyor which advances them in a direction which is perpendicular to the direction of the channels in said shells. While said shells are advanced, an upper suction drum withdraws the cigarettes from a reservoir wherein they are arranged parallelly to the channels in the shells therebelow and, through a rotary motion, transfers the cigarettes in a timed sequence into said channels. On completion of a cycle, the shells are closed like a book and the thus--formed package is packed within a sealed wrapper.
  • This system while permitting a high-speed packing of the cigarettes, has serious drawbacks that can be summarized as follows.
  • the German OS 1923588 discloses a cigarette package formed from two sheets of heat-sealable plastics material, one of which is flat and completely covers a shell which is formed from the other sheet and which is provided with parallel channel-shaped seats, each of which can accommodate a cigarette. These seats are shorter than the cigarettes, whereby the latter will have one end terminating in a single seat. Said seat is divided, transversely to a cigarette, into two portions which are fixed to each other by an outer pull-tape. By removing this tape, due to the flexibility of the material constituting the package, the latter may be opened at will, just like a conventional hard package. This attempt, however, presents difficulties in the high-speed manufacturing of a package formed by two portions fixed to each other by means of a pull-tape.
  • the invention proposes to pack the cigarettes into shells of plastics material which are closed thereafter by means of a sheet of aluminium or any other suitable heat--sealable material, as is known in the art of packing foodstuffs such as yoghourt, dessert, hydrogenated vegetal fats, mayonnaise or the like.
  • a sheet of aluminium or any other suitable heat--sealable material as is known in the art of packing foodstuffs such as yoghourt, dessert, hydrogenated vegetal fats, mayonnaise or the like.
  • the new package comprises two identical and substantially parallelepiped shells 1-1' which are normally of such dimensions whereby each of them can accommodate ten cigarettes S orderly arranged in a single layer, the depth of said shells being equal or slightly larger than the diameter of a cigarette S.
  • said shells are of plastics material and are made by a thermoforming process from a continuous sheet of thermoplastic non-toxic material.
  • said shells may be made of any other suitable material which, moreover, can be cold-drawn.
  • said shells may be drawn from a foil of aluminium and/or any other metal.
  • the shells are provided, at the top thereof, with an integral edge or collar 101 which interconnects said shells so that they may rotate around at least one intermediate hinge line 2.
  • the corner portions of the shells and of their top collar 101 are suitably rounded.
  • the bottom of said shells is provided with seats having the shape of parallel channels 3, each of which accommodates a cigarette and embraces a portion of its circumference.
  • the channels 3 are, preferably, of such a length as to extend on one or two opposed portions of the bottom of said shells, so that the remaining portion 4 of said bottom will be left flat.
  • the outer face of said flat portion may bear inscriptions indicating the product packed therein, or appropriate advertising messages.
  • Said inscriptions or messages may be previously printed on a sheet which is heat-sealed on the surface 4 during the thermoforming of the shells 1-1', or they may be printed directly on the sheet from which said shells will be formed.
  • the channels 3 may be constituted by a corrugated or pleated support member which is inserted into each shell.
  • the bottom of the shells may be entirely flat with the obvious advantages resulting from this condition, particularly the additional space for advertising messages.
  • said shells are sealingly closed by means of a continuous sheet 5 of aluminium and/or any other suitable material which may be affixed, by heat-sealing or any other suitable technology, to the edges or collars 101 of said shells.
  • the exposed surface of the covering 5 may be used for advertising messages.
  • each shell i.e. the edge 101', which is adjacent to one of the ends of the cigarettes S, and preferably adjacent to the end which is provided with a filter F, instead of being co-planar with the other three edges is actually at a lower level, i.e. at a short distance from the bottom of the shell, and parallel to the other edges.
  • the edges 101 which are adjoining to the edge 101' are connected to the latter through inclined merging portions 101".
  • the covering 5 is then sealed peripherally to the edges 101-101'-101" of each shell 1-1'.
  • the edge 101' may be co-planar with the bottom of the shells, said bottom being provided, if desired, with a rib 201 having also the purpose to suitably retain the cigarettes within said shells.
  • a suitably wide portion 105 of the covering 5 may be removed to expose the end portion of the cigarettes which is located near the lower edge 101', whereby due also to the particular location of the said lower edge, the cigarettes may be easily withdrawn unharmed from the shells, as shown in Figure 6.
  • the latter is provided, preferably on its undersurface, with a thread or band 6, possibly affixed previously to said covering or, anyhow, heat-sealed to the edges 101 of the shells, so that by acting on said tape the user can tear away said covering progressively.
  • the location of said pull tape may be indicated, if desired, either by a line printed on the exposed face of the covering 5, or by an end portion of said pull tape projecting from said covering 5.
  • a plurality of pull tapes may be provided, and that said pull tape might be as wide as the opening to be formed on the covering 5.
  • said pull tape may be so positioned or may have such a width as to cause the removal of only the portion 105' of covering 5 which is secured to the inclined portions 101" of the edges of said shells.
  • the pull tape may be even avoided if known solutions are used, e.g.
  • edges may be formed, if desired, with mating recessed and protruding portions, respectively 8 and 9, which co-operate with each other for mutually centering the two shells, said shells being held in their closed condition by a curved tab 10 formed integrally with one of said edges and co-operating with a snap action with the other edge, as shown clearly in the Figures 3, 4 and 5.
  • the portions 8, 9 and 10 may be formed during the heat--sealing of the covering 5, and/or during the thermoforming of the shells 1-1", or during a successive step, as described below.
  • the package P as described above is intended to be protected even when the shells are folded over each other so as to expose the respective covering 5.
  • the shells 1-1' may have either the same or different containing capacities, and that they may contain a number of cigarettes other than ten, and that the cigarettes may be arranged in a number of layers other than two.
  • the shells 1-1' may be formed separate from each other and may be so marketed.
  • the single-shell package P' may be provided with a lid 11 formed integrally with said shell as shown in Figure 9, or formed separately as in the embodiment of Figure 10 and adapted to be applied on said package, so as to protect the covering 5 and to avoid any leakage of tobacco from an opened package.
  • the single-shell package P' may contain any number of cigarettes arranged either in one or in a plurality of layers.
  • the numeral 12 indicates a bobbin for a continuous sheet of thermoplastics material for the formation of the shells 1 or 1-1' with the channels 3 disposed transversely to the feeding direction F of the sheet 12.
  • the numeral 13 indicates the direction-changing and strain--relieving rollers for the sheet 112, and the numerals 14--14' indicate grippers for advancing the sheet 112 in combination with the operative stations of the plant, as described below.
  • the numeral 15 indicates the station for heating the sheet 112, and the numeral 16 indicates the thermoforming station for creating the shells 1-'1' with their open side facing upwards.
  • the hinge lines 2 and the portions designed to constitute the closure means 8, 9, 10 may also be formed in this station.
  • the cigarettes S are introduced into the shells. This is effected at a station 18 which is provided with a plurality of operative units 118 arranged successively to each other and designed to introduce the cigarettes into the channels 3 in the shells, with a comparatively low operating rate so as to avoid any damage to the cigarettes.
  • the operative units -118 are of known type, such as described, for example, in the Swiss Patent mentioned in the preamble of this specification, and comprise rotary drums which withdraw the cigarettes from a feed hopper and transfer them timely- into the channels 3 of the shells.
  • the units 118 operate-at a lower rate (thus avoiding damaging the cigarettes) because they are in a plurality, so that the channels in the shells do not depend on only one unit. Each unit 118 fills only one fraction of the channels 3 passed therebelow, while the other channels are filled by the successive units 118.
  • a unit 19 for detecting any possible absence of cigarettes in the shells and controlling suitable means located downstream and described below, for removing automatically the defective packages from the operative line.
  • the covering sheet 5 of aluminium and/or any other suitable material is applied at a successive station 20 where it is affixed by heat-sealing to the composite edge 101-101', 101" of said shells.
  • the sheet 5 is unwound from a bobbin 17.
  • the pull tape 6 may be fixed previously to the sheet 5 or, alternatively, may be fixed thereto from a bobbin 21, means (not shown) being provided in this instance to affix the tape 6 to the sheet 5.
  • the numeral 22 indicates a blanking station for severing the shells from the continuous sheets from which said shells have been made.
  • This station may be designed to form also the pull tabs L for tearing the covering 5 ( Figures 1-8) and to form or to complete the-formation of the hinge or pivot lines 2 and of the portions 8-9-10.
  • All the stations 15-16-20-22 are mounted on synchronized slide and guide assemblies, diagrammatically indicated by the connecting line 23, by means of which said stations follow cyclically the sheet 112 during its advancement in the direction of the arrow F.
  • the shells 1 or pairs of shells 1-1' exiting from the blanking station 22 are collected onto a conveyor 25 and are transferred by the action of grippers 26 to the station Ql of a rotary conveyor 27 which is timely rotated in the direction of the arrow Fl ( Figure 11).
  • the closure tab 10 of the package P is formed, while at the station Q3 the shells 1-1' are closed like a book on each other and said tab 10 is thermally stabilized in its closure position.
  • suitable means are provided to eject any defective package (this is the station which is controlled by the detector 19 of the production line), while at the final station Q5 the packages P are stacked and packed to form a conventional carton.

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EP85103790A 1984-04-17 1985-03-29 Verpackung für Zigaretten, Zigarren oder dergleichen und Verfahren für ihre Herstellung Withdrawn EP0158899A3 (de)

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IT1249684 1984-04-17
IT12496/84A IT1180481B (it) 1984-04-17 1984-04-17 Pacchetto per sigarette sigari o simili prodotti e procedimento per la fabbricazione su scala industriale di tale pacchetto

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DE102018127740A1 (de) * 2018-11-07 2020-05-07 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Packung für Produkte der Zigarettenindustrie und Verfahren sowie Vorrichtung zur Herstellung derselben
DE102018127739A1 (de) * 2018-11-07 2020-05-07 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Packung für Produkte der Zigarettenindustrie und Verfahren sowie Vorrichtung zur Herstellung derselben

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GB1207439A (en) * 1968-07-31 1970-09-30 Erwin Helmut Geldmacher Packaging cigarettes
GB1289027A (de) * 1969-08-18 1972-09-13
CH529004A (fr) * 1970-09-02 1972-10-15 Christl Alois Procédé pour conditionner des cigarettes et installation pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé
US4184591A (en) * 1969-05-08 1980-01-22 Geldmacher Erwin H Method for producing cigarette packages and packages produced by this method

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1207439A (en) * 1968-07-31 1970-09-30 Erwin Helmut Geldmacher Packaging cigarettes
US4184591A (en) * 1969-05-08 1980-01-22 Geldmacher Erwin H Method for producing cigarette packages and packages produced by this method
GB1289027A (de) * 1969-08-18 1972-09-13
CH529004A (fr) * 1970-09-02 1972-10-15 Christl Alois Procédé pour conditionner des cigarettes et installation pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102018127740A1 (de) * 2018-11-07 2020-05-07 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Packung für Produkte der Zigarettenindustrie und Verfahren sowie Vorrichtung zur Herstellung derselben
DE102018127739A1 (de) * 2018-11-07 2020-05-07 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Packung für Produkte der Zigarettenindustrie und Verfahren sowie Vorrichtung zur Herstellung derselben

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