EP0234106B1 - Flan pour envelopper un paquet - Google Patents

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EP0234106B1
EP0234106B1 EP19860309521 EP86309521A EP0234106B1 EP 0234106 B1 EP0234106 B1 EP 0234106B1 EP 19860309521 EP19860309521 EP 19860309521 EP 86309521 A EP86309521 A EP 86309521A EP 0234106 B1 EP0234106 B1 EP 0234106B1
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Dominique Edouard Berthet
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Philip Morris Products SA
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Fabriques de Tabac Reunies SA
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D65/00Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/02Wrappers or flexible covers
    • B65D65/22Details
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D5/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4216Cards, coupons or the like formed integrally with, or printed directly on, the container or lid
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D5/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/425Decoration elements

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  • the present invention relates to a bundle wrap blank, that is a sheet of paper or other wrapping material for wrapping, for example, a bundle of packs of cigarettes.
  • Cigarettes are usually distributed in bundles containing 200 cigarettes, in ten packs each of 20 cigarettes. These bundles are wrapped in paper or other wrapping material usually carrying the cigarette manufacturer's name along with the cigarette brand name and other information. The bundles of cigarette packs are wrapped in automatic wrapping machines fed with wrapping material from a continuous supply of blanks.
  • each blank comprises discrete areas corresponding to, in the wrapped bundle, the top wall 11; 31; 51, the bottom wall 13; 33; 53, the two opposed side walls 15, 15'; 35, 35'; 55, 55', and end walls 17, 17'; 37, 37'; 57, 57'.
  • the blanks also comprise underlaps 19; 39; 59 which in the finished bundle wrapper underlie one of the walls and are secured thereto by adhesive.
  • FIGS 1a, 1 b and 1c serve to close the end walls of the wrapped bundle, and are secured in place by the end wall portions of the blank 17,17'; 37,37'; 57, 57', which are secured in place with adhesive.
  • the blanks are introduced into the automatic bundle wrapping machines in the direction of the arrows, where they are cut along the lines shown solid in Figures 1a, 1 b and 1 and folded along the lines shown dashed around the bundle of packs of cigarettes to form a wrapped bundle. Adhesive is applied to the underlap and the end wall areas during folding.
  • the present inventor desired to provide a blank for wrapping bundles which could be used in any one of several types of automatic bundle wrapping machine.
  • a blank which may be used in any of several automatic bundle wrapping machines for wrapping bundles of individual packs, such as cigarette packs, the wrapped bundles having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, the blank comprising discrete areas of design corresponding to each of the walls of the wrapped bundle characterised in that the blank comprises two discrete end wall areas of design corresponding to each end wall of the wrapped bundle whereby the blank can be cut and folded so that either one or the other of said end wall areas appears on the end wall of the wrapped bundle.
  • orientation of the design of one of the said discrete end wall areas is reversed relative to the orientation of the design on the other end wall area.
  • a blank which may be used in any of several automatic bundle wrapping machines for wrapping bundles of individual packs, such as cigarette packs, the wrapped bundles having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, characterised in that the blank comprises two end wall areas corresponding to each end wall of the wrapped bundle, each of said end wall areas carrying a design, the orientation of the design on one end wall area being reversed relative to the orientation of the design on the other whereby the blank can be cut and folded so that either one of said areas or the other appears on the end wall of the wrapped bundle.
  • orientation of the design on each member of the pairs of end wall areas relative to the orientation of the design on the other member of the pair and to the designs on the side wall areas is such that, in the wrapped bundle, the design appears on both the end walls and the side walls in the same orientation.
  • the design elements comprised the designs on the wall areas are dimensioned and spaced apart from each other such that, when the blank is folded by any of the said automatic bundle wrapping machines, the folds do not impinge upon the design elements.
  • the blank carries optical sensor activating marks in positions corresponding to the optical sensors on each of several automatic bundle machines.
  • the prior art blanks of Figures 1a, 1b and 1c have already been discussed.
  • the blank according to the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawing all comprise areas corresponding to the top wall 71; 91; 111, the bottom wall 73; 93; 113 and the side walls 75, 75'; 95, 95'; 115, 115' of the wrapped bundle. These areas are defined by the printed designs, such as that shown in the drawings associated with the brand of cigarette contained in the bundle, which will appear on each wall of the wrapped bundle.
  • Blanks of the invention also comprise two pairs of areas 77, 77' and 79, 79'; 97, 97' and 99, 99'; 117,117' and 119, 119' corresponding to the pair of end walls of the wrapped bundle.
  • the first pair of end wall areas 77, 77'; 97, 97'; 117, 117' are each adjacent a respective end of the top wall area 71; 91; 111 and the second pair 79, 79'; 99, 99', 119, 119' are each adjacent a respective end of the bottom wall area 73; 93, 113.
  • An underlap 81; 101; 121 is also provided on the blank, which is, in the wrapped bundle, affixed under a side wall 75'; 95'; 115' by adhesive in some machines and under the bottom wall 73; 93; 113 in others.
  • the remainder of the blank is composed of areas (unnumbered) which, in the wrapped bundle, are folded to close off the ends of the bundle, in a conventional manner, and are held in place by whichever pair of end wall areas 77, 77' or 79, 79'; 97, 97' or 99, 99'; 117, 117' or 119,119' is employed to form the end walls of the bundle.
  • Blanks according to the invention may be provided with several such marks 83, 83'; 103,103'; 123,123' in positions corresponding to the positions of the optical sensors on the machines with which the blank is to be used. Alternatively, a single mark may be provided on each blank, and the position of the optical sensors on the automatic bundling wrapping machines adjusted accordingly.
  • a reel composed of successive blanks supplies blanks to the automatic bundle wrapping machine in the direction of the arrow in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
  • the chain lines A, B and C in Figures 2, 3 and 4 show where the blank is cut by the machine from the preceding and the following blanks when it is used with the machine normally supplied with the blank of Figure 1a, 1b and 1c respectively.
  • first pair of end wall areas 77, 77'; 97, 97'; 117, 117' or the second pair 79, 79'; 99, 99'; 119, 119' are cut along the appropriate solid lines in Figures 2, 3 or 4.
  • the blank is then folded in a conventional manner by the automatic bundle wrapping machine to wrap a bundle of cigarettes supplied to the machine in a conventional manner.
  • the orientation of the design appearing on the end walls of the wrapped bundle is the same whether the first pair 77, 77'; 97, 97' or the second pair 79, 79'; 99, 99' of end wall areas are used to form the visible end walls, the orientation of the design on the first pair 77, 77'; 97, 97' is reversed in the respect to that in the second pair 79, 79'; 99, 99'. It is particularly preferred that, in the wrapped bundle, the designs appearing on the side walls and the end walls all have the same orientation. To achieve this, a blank of the type shown in Figures 2 and 3 is used.
  • the orientation of the design on each member of the pairs 77 and 77', 79 and 79'; 97 and 97', 99 and 99' of end wall areas is reversed with respect to the orientation of the design on the other member of the pair.
  • the orientation of the design on the side wall areas 75, 75', 95, 95' is chosen to conform to the orientation of the end wall designs, as is often done in conventional blanks.
  • the blank of Figure 4 is conveniently used in cases in which the orientation of the design is of less importance. It will be noted whichever pair of end wall areas 117, 117' or 119, 119' are used to form the end walls, the orientation of the design of the end walls is the same relative to the orientation of the design on the side and top and bottom walls. However, one side wall and one end wall carry the design orientation whilst the other side wall and end wall carry it in the reverse orientation. Similarly, the design on the top wall is in the reverse orientation to that on the bottom wall.
  • the design element that is the parts of the design which are not background, such as a cigarette brand name, should be suitably small and suitably spaced from neighbouring design elements that it remains wholly on the wall upon which it is intended to appear, whichever type of machine the blank is used with. This may involve a slight reduction in the size of the design element compared with that on conventional blanks.

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1. Flan qu'on peut utiliser dans n'importe laquelle parmi plusieurs machines automatiques d'enveloppement de cartouches pour envelopper des cartouches de paquets individuels, les cartouches enveloppées possédant une paroi supérieure, une paroi inférieure, une paire de parois latérales opposées et une paire de parois extrêmes opposées, ce flan comprenant des zones distinctes (71 à 79, 75' à 79') (91 à 99, 95' à 99'), (111 à 119, 115' à 119') d'un dessin correspondant à chacune des parois de la cartouche enveloppée, caractérisé en ce que ce flan comprend deux zones distinctes de paroi extrême (77, 77' et 79, 79'), (97, 97' et 99, 99'), (117,117' et 119,119') d'un dessin correspondant à chaque paroi extrême de la cartouche enveloppée, de sorte que le flan peut être découpé et plié de façon telle que c'est soit l'une, soit l'autre desdites zones de paroi extrême qui apparaît sur la paroi extrême de la cartouche enveloppée.
2. Flan suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel l'orientation du dessin situé sur l'une des deux zones séparées de paroi extrême (77,77'), (97, 97'), (117, 117'), d'un dessin correspondant à chaque paroi extrême de la cartouche enveloppée, est inversée par rapport à l'orientation du dessin situé sur l'autre zone séparée de paroi extrême (79,79'), (99, 99'), (119, 119') de dessin.
3. Flan qu'on peut utiliser dans n'importe laquelle parmi plusieurs machines automatiques d'enveloppement de cartouches pour envelopper des cartouches de paquets individuels, les cartouches enveloppées possédant une paroi supérieure, une paroi inférieure, une paire de parois latérales opposées et une paire de parois extrêmes opposées, caractérisé en ce que ce flan comprend deux zones distinctes de paroi extrême (77, 77' et 79, 79'), (97, 97' et 99, 99'), (117, 117' et 119,119') d'un dessin correspondant à chaque paroi extrême de la cartouche enveloppée, chacune de ces zones de paroi extrême portant un dessin, l'orientation du dessin situé sur l'une des zones de paroi extrême (77, 77'), (97, 97'), (117, 117') étant inversée par rapport à l'orientation du dessin situé sur l'autre (79, 79'), (99, 99'), (119, 119'), de sorte que le flan peut être découpé et plié de façon telle que c'est soit l'une, soit l'autre desdites zones qui apparaît sur la paroi extrême de la cartouche enveloppée.
4. Flan suivant la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, dans lequel l'orientation du dessin situé sur un élément (77, 79), (97, 99), (117, 119) des paires de zones de paroi extrême par rapport à l'orientation du dessin situé sur l'autre élément (77, 79'), (97', 99'), (117', 119') de la paire et aux dessins situés sur les zones de paroi latérale (75, 75'), (95, 95'), (115, 115') est telle que, dans la cartouche enveloppée, le dessin apparaît sur l'une et l'autre des parois extrêmes et des parois latérales suivant la même orientation.
5. Flan suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les éléments de dessin faisant partie des dessins situés sur les zones de paroi (71 à 79, 75 à 79'), (91 à 99, 95' à 99'), (111 à 119, 115' à 119') sont dimensionnés et espacés les uns des autres d'une façon telle que, lorsqu'il est plié à l'aide de l'une quelconque des machines d'enveloppement de cartouches, les lignes de pliage ne tombent pas sur ces éléments de dessin.
6. Flan suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le flan porte des marques de déclenchement de capteur optique (83,83'), (103,103'), (123,123') dans des positions correspondant aux capteurs optiques disposés sur chacune des différentes machines automatiques d'enveloppement de cartouches.
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