EP0303865B1 - Flan pliable pour cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP0303865B1
EP0303865B1 EP88112194A EP88112194A EP0303865B1 EP 0303865 B1 EP0303865 B1 EP 0303865B1 EP 88112194 A EP88112194 A EP 88112194A EP 88112194 A EP88112194 A EP 88112194A EP 0303865 B1 EP0303865 B1 EP 0303865B1
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Heinz Focke
Kurt Liedtke
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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
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
    • B65D85/1048—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the shape of the container

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  • the invention relates to a collapsible box made of foldable, thin cardboard or the like, in particular for cigarettes, with a box part having a front wall and rear wall and a lid hinged to the rear wall, with projections which reduce the internal dimensions and are arranged in the interior of the box part.
  • hinged boxes - also called hinge-lid packs - are widely used for cigarettes.
  • the interior of the hinged box is practically completely filled by the contents of the pack, in the case of cigarettes by a cigarette group wrapped in an inside wrap (tinfoil cut).
  • it is desirable to keep the size unchanged Pack folding boxes to pack objects that do not completely fill the interior.
  • cigarettes have recently been brought onto the market that have a smaller diameter than those previously used. This results in a smaller dimension, in particular a smaller depth of the cigarette group.
  • a separate spacer made of plastic polystyrene foam
  • DE-A-2 551 427 shows a hinged box according to the preamble of claim 1, in which in the region of the rear wall are formed by an additionally provided reinforcement as part of a reinforcement blank inward projections. There is a slight reduction in volume. Overall, this pack is also complex and costly.
  • GB-A-522 469 is a box with an outer sleeve and an inner slide part can be removed.
  • the latter has inwardly folded projections in the area of longitudinal edges for reducing the volume in these areas. This changes the outer contour of the corresponding edges of the slide part.
  • the type of pack is much more complex than the hinged box described above and cannot be compared with it.
  • the invention has for its object to develop and improve a folding box such that objects, in particular cigarette groups of smaller dimensions than those of the usual interior of a folding box, are supported and fixed within the folding box without additional packing parts.
  • the hinged box according to the invention is characterized in that the projections from the back wall of the box and / or the front wall of the box are formed and extend over a large area over the majority of the front wall and / or rear wall.
  • the projections serve to support the contents of the folding box, in particular the cigarette group, in such a way that, despite the smaller volume than the folding box, it is kept largely free of play within the latter.
  • the projections are molded into the walls of the hinged box and can have different shapes and sizes - depending on the shape of the contents of the hinged box.
  • the rear wall and / or front wall of the box part of the hinged box lend themselves to the attachment of large-area projections which protrude into the interior of the pack and which contain the contents of the pack support accordingly over a large area.
  • the projections can be made in various ways.
  • a corresponding embossing of a blank for producing the hinged box is advantageous.
  • the embossing is primarily done by compression molding. Male and female act on the blank in the area of the projection to be formed. In addition, heat and possibly moisture can be used to improve the embossing process.
  • the projections can be formed by folding the corresponding blank parts.
  • the rear wall and / or front wall are provided with fold lines formed in the blank, which lead to the formation of the projection when the hinged box is finished as a result of the folding processes.
  • folding boxes serve to hold cigarette groups 10, which are shown schematically in FIGS. 3 and 4 as a cuboid block, namely as a cigarette group with inner wrapping made of tin foil or the like.
  • the basic structure of the folding boxes corresponds to conventional packaging of this type.
  • a box part 11 and a lid 12 are hingedly connected to one another via a hinge line 13 in the region of a box rear wall 14 and a lid rear wall 15.
  • the box part 11 consists - apart from the box rear wall 14 - of the box front wall 16, box side walls 17, 18 and a bottom 19.
  • the lid 12 includes - besides the lid rear wall 15 - the lid front wall 20, lid side walls 21, 22 and top wall 23.
  • Inside the box part there is a collar 24 which is connected to the collar front wall 25 and the collar side walls 26, 27 in the upper region of the box part 11 with the box front wall 16 and the box side walls 17, 18.
  • the collar 24 protrudes with an upper part out of the box part 11 and is enclosed by the cover 12 in the closed position of the hinged box.
  • the package content namely the wrapped cigarette group 10
  • the box rear wall 14 is provided with an inwardly projecting projection 28 formed therefrom. This extends practically over the full dimension of the box rear wall 14.
  • An inward-facing support wall 29 of the projection 28 lies against the contents of the pack and thus forms a limitation or support for the latter within the hinged box.
  • the projection 28 is formed by folding.
  • a blank (FIG. 5) for the manufacture of the hinged box is provided with folding lines which, when the hinged box is folded into the three-dimensional shape, automatically or with the aid of appropriate folding tools, give rise to the projection 28.
  • the fold lines are formed in a conventional manner by sloping.
  • side fold lines 30, 31 are provided to delimit the projection 28 from the box side walls 17, 18 and an upper fold line and lower fold line 32, 33 to delimit the projection 28 from the lid 12 and the bottom 19.
  • Inner folding lines 34 are attached at a distance from the aforementioned folding lines 30..33. These delimit a rectangle, which also makes up the size of the support wall 29.
  • Miter lines 35, 36 go outwards from the corners of the rectangle delimited by the inner fold lines 34 in the direction of the fold line 30..33.
  • the miter lines 35, 36 run diverging from the corner point of the rectangle. This is possible because the side fold lines 30, 31 with the upper fold line 32 and the lower fold line 33 do not converge at a corner point, but are at a distance from one another.
  • the side folding lines 30, 31 are laterally offset from an upright rear edge of a conventional folding box, namely in the region of side tabs 37, 38 as part of the box side wall 17, 18.
  • the projection 28 is formed by the folding of the blank thus formed as a result of the arrangement of fold lines described. This is given a trapezoidal shape due to the inclined transition walls 39 in vertical section as well as in horizontal section.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 An alternative for a hinged box with projections in the area of the box part is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 using a spread blank.
  • a projection 40, 41 is formed here in the area of the box rear wall 14 as well as in the area of the box front wall 16. These projections 40, 41 are formed by stamping the blank. When it is spread out, it is inserted into an embossing press with a die and a patrix. The embossing is carried out to form the projections 40, 41 by pressure, possibly in conjunction with heat and moisture.
  • the projections 40, 41 are of smaller size here than the surface of the box rear wall 14 or box front wall 16. Nevertheless, the projections 40, 41 form the majority of the aforementioned box walls, so that the contents of the package are supported on both sides over a large area.
  • the shape of the projections 40, 41 is chosen such that - as in the exemplary embodiment described above - a trapezoidal shape is produced in the vertical section as well as in the cross section.
  • Each projection 40, 41 is delimited by outer edges 42 and inner edges 43.
  • the corner points of the edges 42, 43 combined into a rectangle are connected to one another by miter edges 44. This creates flat, large, inward-facing support walls 45.

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Claims (9)

  1. Paquet à couvercle articulé en carton mince, pliable, ou analogue, en particulier pour cigarettes, avec une partie paquet (11) présentant une paroi avant (16) et une paroi arrière (14) et un couvercle (12), articulé à la paroi arrière (14), des saillies (28;40,41) restreignant les dimensions intérieures étant disposées, tournées vers l'intérieur de la partie paquet (11), caractérisé en ce que les saillies (28;40,41) sont formées à partir de la paroi arrière de paquet (14) et/ou de la paroi avant de paquet (16) et s'étendent, avec une grande surface, sur la plus grande partie de la paroi avant et/ou de la paroi arrière.
  2. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'une saillie de grande surface (28;40,41) s'étend sur à peu près la totalité de la surface de la paroi arrière de paquet (14), respectivement de la paroi avant de paquet (16).
  3. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (28;40,41) sont disposées dans des zones, associées à la paroi arrière de paquet (14), respectivement la paroi avant de paquet (16), d'un flan et sont réalisées avant pliage du flan.
  4. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 3 ainsi qu'une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (40,41) sont formées par matriçage-gaufrage du flan.
  5. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 3 ainsi qu'une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les saillies (28) sont formées par pliage, les lignes de pliage (30...36) destinées à délimiter la saillie (28) étant formées dans le flan.
  6. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 1 ainsi qu'une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce qu'une saillie (28;40,41) présente une paroi d'appui (29;45) (de grand surface) tournée vers l'intérieur et des parois de transition (39), orientées obliquement par rapport à la paroi d'appui (29;45) et menant dans la paroi arrière de paquet (14) ou dans la paroi avant de paquet (16).
  7. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de saillies (28), formées en particulier par pliage et recouvrant l'ensemble de la surface de la paroi arrière de paquet (14), la paroi de transition mène à des bords latéraux, respectivement supérieur et inférieur de la paroi arrière de paquet (14).
  8. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 1 ainsi qu'une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de saillies (28) formées par pliage, dans la paroi arrière de paquet (14), les lignes de pliage latérales (30,31) situées à l'extérieur et servant à délimiter latéralement la saillie (28) sont décalées vers l'extérieur, dans la zone de pattes latérales (37,38), en vue de former des parois latérales de paquet (17,18).
  9. Paquet à couvercle articulé selon la revendication 1 ainsi qu'une ou plusieurs des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de saillie (28) formée par pliage, sont disposées comme lignes de pliage des lignes d'onglet (35,36) qui s'étendent en divergeant, entre les angles des lignes de pliage (34) placées intérieurement et les extrémités des lignes de pliage latérales (30,31) placées à l'extérieur, ainsi que la ligne de pliage supérieure (32) et la ligne de pliage inférieure (33).
EP88112194A 1987-08-18 1988-07-28 Flan pliable pour cigarettes Expired - Lifetime EP0303865B1 (fr)

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DE19873727489 DE3727489A1 (de) 1987-08-18 1987-08-18 Klappschachtel fuer zigaretten
DE3727489 1987-08-18

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JP (1) JP2761550B2 (fr)
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DE3880398D1 (de) 1993-05-27
JPH01167044A (ja) 1989-06-30
US4895251A (en) 1990-01-23
JP2761550B2 (ja) 1998-06-04
BR8804159A (pt) 1989-03-14
EP0303865A2 (fr) 1989-02-22
EP0303865A3 (en) 1989-09-06
DE3727489A1 (de) 1989-03-02
ES2040785T3 (es) 1993-11-01

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