EP0378586B1 - Softpack-type cigarette packet and process for producing it - Google Patents

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EP0378586B1
EP0378586B1 EP89901519A EP89901519A EP0378586B1 EP 0378586 B1 EP0378586 B1 EP 0378586B1 EP 89901519 A EP89901519 A EP 89901519A EP 89901519 A EP89901519 A EP 89901519A EP 0378586 B1 EP0378586 B1 EP 0378586B1
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Norbert Brogyanyi
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  • the invention relates to a cigarette pack of the soft pack type, in which a multilayered cigarette stack for forming an essentially cuboid-shaped envelope which is in direct contact with the cigarettes is wrapped in a packaging film blank made of a composite film containing an aluminum film, the edges of which overlap one another and at least on one of the form a smaller envelope side surface with an envelope fold and with an envelope opening side running perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette and with an opening label attached to the envelope. It also relates to an advantageous method for producing this pack of cigarettes.
  • a cigarette pack of this type is known from FR-A-1090427.
  • a slot 16 is provided in the packaging film blank, which is covered by a strip-shaped film piece 7 releasably adhered to this cutting, which at the same time serves as a tear strip for a second cellophane sleeve which is applied to the packaging film blank manufactured first shell is applied.
  • the strip-shaped piece of film is pulled off in its longitudinal direction, thereby freeing the slot 16 in the casing and at the same time tearing open the outer cellophane casing.
  • the cigarettes can now be gradually removed through the opening that is created.
  • the area of the envelope bordered by the slot 16 forms a kind of cover for this opening, but this known package cannot be resealed.
  • the invention is first of all based on the object of specifying a soft-pack cigarette pack of the type mentioned at the beginning, which, after opening the pack and removing one or more cigarettes, allows the pack to be temporarily closed again.
  • the overlapping edges of the packaging film blank, which is provided with a decorative print are connected to one another at least for the most part by heat seals on the casing, such that a line of weakness is present in the composite film of the casing is provided, which is in a partial area within one of the smaller envelope side faces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette or on
  • the edge of these envelope side faces extends to the envelope opening side and which runs out at two near the edge of the envelope opening side or crosses this edge, and that the opening label is permanently glued to the envelope surface within a region of the weakened line and thereby at least partially abuts the aforementioned smaller envelope side surface parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette.
  • the opening label is advantageously not connected to the surface of the cover at an edge region facing away from the cover opening side.
  • the cigarette pack according to the invention is characterized in that the line of weakness extends not only within the aforementioned smaller envelope side surfaces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette but also within at least one of the two subsequent larger envelope side surfaces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette.
  • the line of weakness runs in a central region within the smaller envelope side surface mentioned, parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette, under the opening label and at two end regions on the large envelope side surfaces.
  • the cigarette pack according to the invention is characterized in that the composite film has a layer which is in contact with the packaged goods and is optionally formed by paper or a paper laminate, which over parts of its surface which lie outside the points of the weakening lines with the adjoining one Position of the composite film is not connected. These sub-areas are at least partly on the two large shell side surfaces.
  • the invention further relates to an advantageous method for producing the cigarette pack according to the invention.
  • This method is characterized in that the opening label is connected to the composite film before the casing is formed.
  • a composite film which, for example - starting from the inside of the pack - consists of bleached sodium kraft paper (60-120 g / m2) and an aluminum foil with a thickness of 7-9, which is laminated with this and has a decorative print on its free surface ⁇ m exists, whereby the printed surface is provided with a partial hot melt adhesive coating with a thickness of 10-20 g / m2.
  • a three-layer cigarette stack 1 is now formed, as indicated schematically in FIG. 1, which is pushed (in a guide not shown in FIG. 1) in the direction of arrow 2 into a slot 3 of a drum 4, whereby the composite film 6 fed in the direction of the arrow 5 is drawn from the cigarette stack 1 into the slot 3.
  • the edges 7 and 8 of the packaging film are folded over and connected to one another by means of a hot-melt adhesive coating 9 attached to the outside of the composite film edge 8 by heat sealing.
  • Figures 5 to 9 each show a perspective schematic partial representation of the shell 15 with different variants of an opening aid.
  • a common feature of all these variants is an opening label made of flat material, optionally provided with a self-adhesive coating.
  • Such a self-adhesive opening label advantageously has the form of a self-adhesive paper label with a grammage of 50-80 g / m 2.
  • a paper-aluminum foil composite (aluminum foil 7-12 ⁇ m thick) can be used as the opening label material instead of the paper layer, the self-adhesive coating being carried out on the paper side, or an approximately 12-20 ⁇ m thick plastic foil, for example made of PETP or OPP, can be used.
  • opening labels which are glued to the surface of the envelope in the form of self-adhesive labels, are advantageously provided with a decorative or informative imprint on the front, the free aluminum surface generally being printed when aluminum composites are used as label material, but can also be made after the envelope 15 has been produced be applied to the still flat composite film serving as the shell material before forming the shell.
  • a weakening line 16 is provided in the casing material, which preferably consists of a series of short punchings in the composite film which are separated from one another by material bridges and which are arranged along the weakening line course.
  • the line of weakness 16 runs in the middle part within one of the smaller shell side surfaces 17 and in its two end regions within the two large shell side surfaces obliquely towards the shell opening side 18, these end lines of weakness ending at the edges of the shell opening side 18 .
  • an edge region 21 of the opening label 19 facing away from the case opening side is not connected to the surface of the case and thereby forms a narrow grip tab.
  • the opening label 19 is gripped at the edge region 21 and in the direction of the arrow 22 drawn.
  • the envelope region enclosed by the line of weakness 16 is entrained by the opening label 19 by tearing the line of weakness 16, after which it folds away from the opening of the envelope in the manner of a "lid” held by a film hinge and stiffened by two corners of the envelope. After cigarettes have been removed through this opening, this “lid” can be closed again and the edge 21 of the opening label 19 can be attached to its original position on the side of the envelope.
  • FIG. 6 shows a variant of the opening aid according to FIG. 5. It differs from this only in that the opening label 23, which is designed as a self-adhesive label, is only applied to the smaller envelope side surface 17. This makes it easier to attach them to the finished shell.
  • opening label 24 is applied to the composite film serving as the covering material even before the covering is formed.
  • the opening label 24 is therefore partially folded into the envelope fold of the envelope opening side 18 and is fixed even more strongly to the envelope 15 by the sealing of the envelope fold.
  • a self-adhesive label can be applied to the flat composite film much more easily than to the finished, but very soft packaging envelope.
  • FIG. 8 shows a variant of the opening aid with an opening label 25, the weakening line 16 ′ running in a U-shape along a section of the edge of the casing opening side 18.
  • This variant has the peculiarity that with filter cigarettes as packaged goods, when opening the pack, the filters in the area of the opening are exposed as little as possible, which may possibly be desirable for hygienic reasons.
  • an opening aid is described as the last variant, in which a U-shaped weakening line 26 runs on both sides of an envelope edge 27 parallel to the longitudinal extension of the cigarette, the ends of the weakening line ending at two edges of the envelope opening side 18.
  • An opening label 28 lies on both sides of this envelope edge 27 on the envelope 15 and covers the line of weakness 26 to the ends thereof.
  • the casing 15 is then opened by pulling on the edge 29 of the opening label 28 in the direction of the arrow 30, tearing the line of weakness and forming a "cover" stiffened by a casing corner in an analogous manner to that described in the variant according to FIG. 5. Analogous to FIG. 5, the casing 15 is also closed again.
  • FIG. 10 shows a partial section through the cigarette stack 1 provided with a “first casing”.
  • a composite film 31 is used - in deviation from the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 - which consists of an outer aluminum composite 32 which only has partial areas of the composite film surface with a paper layer 33, for example a bleached paper layer Kraft paper with a basis weight of 30-80 g / m2 is connected by a partial lamination that fits the decorative print.
  • the aluminum composite 32 can, for example, be constructed analogously to the composite film 31 used in the method variant described with reference to FIGS.

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In a softpack-type cigarette packet, a pile of cigarettes is forced into a rectangular parallelepipedal wrapper (15) consisting of a composite foil cut-out whose edges overlap to form envelope folds and are bonded together by heat sealing. For ease of opening, an essentially U-shaped line of weakness (16, 16', 26) is provided in the wrapper material. Said line bounds a region of the wrapper in the vicinity or on the edge of the opening face (18) of the wrapper and is located on the surface of the smaller lateral face (17) of the wrapper parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes. A preferably self-adhesive opening tab (19, 23-25, 28), permanently bonded to the wrapper (15), is located inside the region bounded by the line of weakness (16, 16', 26). To open the packet, the edge of the opening tab (19, 23-25, 28) is pulled, thereby rupturing the line of weakness (16, 16', 26). The packet can be temporarily reclosed by replacing the opening tab (19, 23-25, 28) in its original position. A thinner wrapper material can be used, if it consists of a composite film (31) comprising two layers (16, 16', 26) connected to the larger lateral faces (34) of the wrapper only along the lines of weakness (16, 16', 26).

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Zigarettenpackung der Softpack-Type, in welcher ein mehrlagiger Zigarettenstapel zur Bildung einer im wesentlichen quaderförmigen, direkt an die Zigaretten anliegenden Hülle in einem Verpackungsfolienzuschnitt aus einer eine Aluminiumfolie enthaltenden Verbundfolie eingeschlagen ist, dessen Ränder einander überlappen und dabei zumindest an einer der kleineren Hüllen-Seitenfläche eine Kuvertfaltung bilden und mit einer senkrecht zur Zigarettenlängsrichtung verlaufenden Hüllen-Öffnungsseite sowie mit einer auf der Hülle angebrachten Öffnungsetikette. Sie betrifft ferner ein vorteilhaftes Verfahren zur Herstellung dieser Zigarettenpackung.The invention relates to a cigarette pack of the soft pack type, in which a multilayered cigarette stack for forming an essentially cuboid-shaped envelope which is in direct contact with the cigarettes is wrapped in a packaging film blank made of a composite film containing an aluminum film, the edges of which overlap one another and at least on one of the form a smaller envelope side surface with an envelope fold and with an envelope opening side running perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette and with an opening label attached to the envelope. It also relates to an advantageous method for producing this pack of cigarettes.

Eine Zigarettenpackung dieser Art ist aus der FR-A-1090427 bekannt. Gemäß einer dort beschriebenen Packungsvariante wird in dem Verpackungsfolien-Zuschnitt ein Schlitz 16 vorgesehen, der von einer auf diesem Zuschnitt lösbar aufgeklebten streifenförmigen Folienstück 7 abgedeckt ist, das gleichzeitig als Aufreißstreifen für eine zweite Hülle aus Zellophan dient, die auf die aus dem Verpackungsfolien-Zuschnitt hergestellte erste Hülle aufgebracht ist. Beim Öffnungsvorgang wird das streifenförmige Folienstück in ihrer Längsrichtung abgezogen, gibt damit den Schlitz 16 in der Hülle frei und reißt gleichzeitig die äußere Zellophan-Hülle auf. Durch die dabei entstehende Öffnung können nun die Zigaretten nach und nach entnommen werden. Der von dem Schlitz 16 eingefaßte Bereich der Hülle bildet eine Art Deckel für diese Öffnung, doch ist diese bekannte Packung nicht wiederverschließbar.A cigarette pack of this type is known from FR-A-1090427. According to a packaging variant described there, a slot 16 is provided in the packaging film blank, which is covered by a strip-shaped film piece 7 releasably adhered to this cutting, which at the same time serves as a tear strip for a second cellophane sleeve which is applied to the packaging film blank manufactured first shell is applied. During the opening process, the strip-shaped piece of film is pulled off in its longitudinal direction, thereby freeing the slot 16 in the casing and at the same time tearing open the outer cellophane casing. The cigarettes can now be gradually removed through the opening that is created. The area of the envelope bordered by the slot 16 forms a kind of cover for this opening, but this known package cannot be resealed.

Der Erfindung liegt nun zunächst nun die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Softpackung-Zigarettenpackung der eingangs der Beschreibung genannten Art anzugeben, die nach dem Öffnen der Packung und der Entnahme von ein oder mehreren Zigaretten ein behelfsmäßiges Wiederverschließen der Packung gestattet.The invention is first of all based on the object of specifying a soft-pack cigarette pack of the type mentioned at the beginning, which, after opening the pack and removing one or more cigarettes, allows the pack to be temporarily closed again.

Diese Aufgabe wird in der erfindungsgemäßen Zigarettenpackung gelöst, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, daß an der Hülle die einander überlappenden Ränder des Verpackungsfolienzuschnitts, der mit einem Dekordruck versehen ist, zumindest zum größten Teil durch Heißsiegelungen miteinander verbunden sind, daß in der Verbundfolie der Hülle eine Schwächungslinie vorgesehen ist, die in einem Teilbereich innerhalb einer der kleineren zur Zigarettenlängsrichtung parallelen Hüllen-Seitenflächen oder am Rand dieser Hüllen-Seitenflächen zu der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite verläuft und die an zwei in der Nähe des Randes der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite ausläuft oder diesen Rand kreuzt, und daß die Öffnungsetikette innerhalb eines von der Schwächungslinie eingefaßten Bereiches der Hüllenoberfläche mit dieser permanent verklebt ist und dabei zumindest zum Teil an der genannten kleineren, zur Zigarattenlängsrichtung parallelen Hüllen-Seitenfläche anliegt. Dabei ist die Öffnungsatikette vorteilhaft an einem von der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite abgewandten Randbereich nicht mit der Hüllenoberfläche verbunden.This object is achieved in the cigarette pack according to the invention, which is characterized in that the overlapping edges of the packaging film blank, which is provided with a decorative print, are connected to one another at least for the most part by heat seals on the casing, such that a line of weakness is present in the composite film of the casing is provided, which is in a partial area within one of the smaller envelope side faces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette or on The edge of these envelope side faces extends to the envelope opening side and which runs out at two near the edge of the envelope opening side or crosses this edge, and that the opening label is permanently glued to the envelope surface within a region of the weakened line and thereby at least partially abuts the aforementioned smaller envelope side surface parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette. The opening label is advantageously not connected to the surface of the cover at an edge region facing away from the cover opening side.

Gemäß einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung ist die erfindungsgemäße Zigarettenpackung dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schwächungslinie außer innerhalb der genannten kleineren, zur Zigarettenlängsrichtung parallelen Hüllen-Seitenflächen auch innerhalb zumindest einer der beiden anschließenden größeren, zur Zigarettenlängsrichtung parallelen Hüllen-Seitenflächen verläuft. Dabei verläuft gemäß einer vorteilhaften Variante die Schwächungslinie in einem Mittelbereich innerhalb der genannten kleineren, zur Zigarettenlängsrichtung parallelen Hüllen-Seitenfläche unter der Öffnungsatikette und an zwei Endbereichen an den großen Hüllen-Seitenflächen.According to an advantageous embodiment, the cigarette pack according to the invention is characterized in that the line of weakness extends not only within the aforementioned smaller envelope side surfaces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette but also within at least one of the two subsequent larger envelope side surfaces parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette. According to an advantageous variant, the line of weakness runs in a central region within the smaller envelope side surface mentioned, parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarette, under the opening label and at two end regions on the large envelope side surfaces.

Nach einer anderen vorteilhaften ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist die erfindungsgemäße Zigarettenpackung dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verbundfolie eine am Packungsgut anliegende, gegebenenfalls durch Papier oder einem Papierverbund gebildete Lage aufweist, welche über Teilbereiche ihrer Oberfläche, die außerhalb der Stellen der Schwächungslinien liegen, mit der daran anschließenden Lage der Verbundfolie nicht verbunden ist. Dabei liegen diese Teilbereiche zumindest zum Teil auf den beiden großen Hüllen-Seitenflächen.According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cigarette pack according to the invention is characterized in that the composite film has a layer which is in contact with the packaged goods and is optionally formed by paper or a paper laminate, which over parts of its surface which lie outside the points of the weakening lines with the adjoining one Position of the composite film is not connected. These sub-areas are at least partly on the two large shell side surfaces.

Die Erfindung betrifft ferner ein vorteilhaftes Verfahren zum Herstellen der erfindungsgemäßen Zigarettenpackung. Dieses Verfahren ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Öffnungsetikette vor Ausbildung der Hülle mit der Verbundfolie verbunden wird.The invention further relates to an advantageous method for producing the cigarette pack according to the invention. This method is characterized in that the opening label is connected to the composite film before the casing is formed.

Anhand der Figuren 1 bis 4 wird zunächst die Herstellung der quaderförmigen Hülle, in welcher der Zigarettenstapel eingeschlagen ist, beschrieben. Dabei ist aus Gründen einer besseren Übersichtlichkeit die erfindungsgemäße Öffnungshilfe noch nicht eingezeichnet.The manufacture of the cuboid casing in which the stack of cigarettes is wrapped is first described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. For reasons of better clarity, the opening aid according to the invention has not yet been drawn in.

Zur Herstellung dieser Hülle wird eine Verbundfolie eingesetzt, die beispielsweise - von der Packungsinnenseite ausgehend - aus einem gebleichten Natronkraftpapier (60-120 g/m²) und einer mit diesem kaschierten, an ihrer freien Oberfläche mit einem Dekordruck versehenen Aluminiumfolie einer Stärke von 7-9 µm besteht, wobei die bedruckte Oberfläche mit einer partiellen Heißschmelzkleberbeschichtung einer Dicke von 10-20 g/m² versehen ist.To produce this cover, a composite film is used which, for example - starting from the inside of the pack - consists of bleached sodium kraft paper (60-120 g / m²) and an aluminum foil with a thickness of 7-9, which is laminated with this and has a decorative print on its free surface µm exists, whereby the printed surface is provided with a partial hot melt adhesive coating with a thickness of 10-20 g / m².

Zur Herstellung der Zigarettenpackung wird nun, wie in Fig. 1 schematisch angedeutet, jeweils ein dreilagiger Zigarettenstapel 1 gebildet, der (in einer in Fig. 1 nicht dargestellten Führung) in Richtung des Pfeiles 2 in einen Schlitz 3 einer Trommel 4 geschoben wird, wobei die in Richtung des Pfeiles 5 zugeführte Verbundfolie 6 von dem Zigarettenstapel 1 in den Schlitz 3 hineingezogen wird. Danach werden (siehe Fig. 2) die Ränder 7 bzw. 8 der Verpackungsfolie übereinandergeschlagen und mittels einer an der Außenseite des Verbundfolien-Randes 8 angebrachten Heißschmelzkleberbeschichtung 9 durch Heißsiegelung miteinander verbunden.For the manufacture of the cigarette pack, a three-layer cigarette stack 1 is now formed, as indicated schematically in FIG. 1, which is pushed (in a guide not shown in FIG. 1) in the direction of arrow 2 into a slot 3 of a drum 4, whereby the composite film 6 fed in the direction of the arrow 5 is drawn from the cigarette stack 1 into the slot 3. Then (see FIG. 2) the edges 7 and 8 of the packaging film are folded over and connected to one another by means of a hot-melt adhesive coating 9 attached to the outside of the composite film edge 8 by heat sealing.

Fig. 3 zeigt nun die in dieser Phase des Herstellungsverfahrens aus der Verbundfolie 1 gebildeten, den Zigarettenstapel 1 umschließende Hülse 10, welche im Bereich 11 eine in Fig. 3 durch eine Spezialschraffur angedeutete dekorativ gestaltete Oberfläche aufweist. In weiterer Folge werden aus den Endbereichen 12 und 13 der Hülse 10, die an ihren Außenseiten ebenfalls partiell mit Heißschmelzkleberbeschichtungen versehen ist, Kuvertfaltungen 14 (siehe Fig. 4) gebildet, von denen in Fig. 4 nur jene, welche die Öffnungsseite der Packung verschließt, zu sehen ist. Diese Kuvertfaltungen 14 werden nun durch Heißsiegelung fixiert.FIG. 3 now shows the sleeve 10 formed in this phase of the production process from the composite film 1 and enclosing the cigarette stack 1, which in area 11 has a decoratively designed surface indicated in FIG. 3 by special hatching. Subsequently, envelope folds 14 (see FIG. 4) are formed from the end regions 12 and 13 of the sleeve 10, which is also partially provided on its outer sides with hot-melt adhesive coatings, of which only those which close the opening side of the package in FIG. 4 , you can see. These envelope folds 14 are now fixed by heat sealing.

Auf die so hergestellte "erste Hülle" 15 wird nun zur Komplettierung der Zigarettenpackung - wie bei den eingangs beschriebenen bekannten Soft-Pack-Packungen - durch Einschlagen in eine mit einem Aufreißstreifen versehene transparente Kunststoffolie unter Herstellung von durch Siegelungen fixierten Kuvertfaltungen eine allseits geschlossene äußere Hülle aufgebracht.In order to complete the cigarette pack - as in the known soft pack packs described at the beginning - by wrapping into a transparent plastic film provided with a tear strip, producing an envelope which is fixed by seals, an outer casing is closed on the "first casing" 15 thus produced upset.

Die Figuren 5 bis 9 zeigen jeweils in perspektivischer schematischer Teildarstellung die Hülle 15 mit verschiedenen Varianten einer Öffnungshilfe. Alle diese Varianten haben als gemeinsames Merkmal eine gegebenenfalls mit einer Selbstklebebeschichtung versehene Öffnungsetikette aus flächigem Material.Figures 5 to 9 each show a perspective schematic partial representation of the shell 15 with different variants of an opening aid. A common feature of all these variants is an opening label made of flat material, optionally provided with a self-adhesive coating.

Eine solche selbstklebende Öffnungsetikette hat vorteilhaft die Form einer Selbstklebebeschichtung versehene Papieretikette mit einer Grammatur von 50-80 g/m². Bei anderen vorteilhaften Ausführungen kann als Öffnungsetikettenmaterial statt der Papierlage ein Papier-Aluminiumfolienverbund (Aluminiumfolie 7 - 12 µm dick), wobei die Selbstklebebeschichtung papierseitig erfolgt,oder auch eine etwa 12 -20 µm dicke Kunststoffolie z.B. aus PETP oder OPP, verwendet werden.Such a self-adhesive opening label advantageously has the form of a self-adhesive paper label with a grammage of 50-80 g / m 2. In other advantageous designs, a paper-aluminum foil composite (aluminum foil 7-12 μm thick) can be used as the opening label material instead of the paper layer, the self-adhesive coating being carried out on the paper side, or an approximately 12-20 μm thick plastic foil, for example made of PETP or OPP, can be used.

Diese in Form von Selbstklebeetiketten auf die Hüllenoberfläche aufgeklebten Öffnungsetiketten sind vorteilhaft an ihrer Vorderseite mit einem dekorativen bzw. informativen Aufdruck vesehen, wobei bei der Verwendung von Aluminiumverbunden als Etikettenmaterial im allgemeinen die freie Aluminiumfläche bedruckt ist, und können nach Herstellung der Hülle 15 aber auch bereits vor der Ausbildung der Hülle auf die noch flache als Hüllenmaterial dienende Verbundfolie aufgebracht werden.These opening labels, which are glued to the surface of the envelope in the form of self-adhesive labels, are advantageously provided with a decorative or informative imprint on the front, the free aluminum surface generally being printed when aluminum composites are used as label material, but can also be made after the envelope 15 has been produced be applied to the still flat composite film serving as the shell material before forming the shell.

Fig. 5 beschreibt eine Öffnungshilfe bei der im Hüllenmaterial eine Schwächungslinie 16 vorgesehen ist, die vorzugsweise aus einer Reihe von kurzen und voneinander durch Materialbrücken getrennten Durchstanzungen in der Verbundfolie besteht, die längs dem Schwächungslinienverlauf angeordnet sind. Die Schwächungslinie 16 verläuft in ihrem Mittelteil innerhalb einer der kleineren Hüllen-Seitenflächen 17 und in ihren zwei Endbereichen innerhalb der beiden großen Hüllen-Seitenflächen schräg auf die Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 zu, wobei diese Schwächungslinien-Endbereiche an den Kanten der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 enden. Eine streifenförmige, als Selbstklebeetikette ausgebildete Öffnungsetikette 19, die über einen Teil ihrer Fläche an der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 und an dem restlichen Teil ihrer Fläche an der genannten kleineren Hüllen-Seitenfläche 16 anliegt, deckt dabei den Schwächungslinien-Mittelteil zum größten Teil ab, wobei sie innerhalb des schraffierten Bereichs 20 mit der Hüllenoberfläche verbunden ist. Wie man sieht, ist ein von der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite abgewandter Randbereich 21 der Öffnungsetikette 19 nicht mit der Hüllenoberfläche verbunden und formt dabei eine schmale Grifflasche.5 describes an opening aid in which a weakening line 16 is provided in the casing material, which preferably consists of a series of short punchings in the composite film which are separated from one another by material bridges and which are arranged along the weakening line course. The line of weakness 16 runs in the middle part within one of the smaller shell side surfaces 17 and in its two end regions within the two large shell side surfaces obliquely towards the shell opening side 18, these end lines of weakness ending at the edges of the shell opening side 18 . A strip-shaped opening label 19 designed as a self-adhesive label, which lies over part of its surface on the sleeve opening side 18 and on the remaining part of its surface against the smaller sleeve side surface 16 mentioned, covers the weakening line middle part for the most part, whereby it is connected to the shell surface within the hatched area 20. As can be seen, an edge region 21 of the opening label 19 facing away from the case opening side is not connected to the surface of the case and thereby forms a narrow grip tab.

Zum Öffnen der Hülle 15 wird die Öffnungsetikette 19 an dem Randbereich 21 angefaßt und in Richtung des Pfeiles 22 gezogen. Dabei wird der von der Schwächungslinie 16 eingefaßte Hüllenbereich von der Öffnungsetikette 19 unter Einreißen der Schwächungslinie 16 mitgenommen, wonach er nach Art eines durch eine Folienscharnier gehaltenen und durch zwei Hüllen-Ecken versteiften "Deckels" von der sich ausbildenden Hüllen-Öffnung abklappt. Nach Entnahme von Zigaretten durch diese Öffnung kann dieser "Deckel" wieder geschlossen und der Rand 21 der Öffnungsetikette 19 an seinen ursprünglichen Platz an der Hüllen-Seitenfläche befestigt werden.To open the casing 15, the opening label 19 is gripped at the edge region 21 and in the direction of the arrow 22 drawn. The envelope region enclosed by the line of weakness 16 is entrained by the opening label 19 by tearing the line of weakness 16, after which it folds away from the opening of the envelope in the manner of a "lid" held by a film hinge and stiffened by two corners of the envelope. After cigarettes have been removed through this opening, this “lid” can be closed again and the edge 21 of the opening label 19 can be attached to its original position on the side of the envelope.

Fig. 6 zeigt eine Variante der Öffnungshilfe gemäß Fig. 5. Sie unterscheidet von dieser nur dadurch, daß die als Selbstklebeetikette ausgebildete Öffnungsetikette 23 nur auf der kleineren Hüllen-Seitenflche 17 aufgebracht ist. Dies erleichtert ihr Anbringen an der fertigen Hülle.FIG. 6 shows a variant of the opening aid according to FIG. 5. It differs from this only in that the opening label 23, which is designed as a self-adhesive label, is only applied to the smaller envelope side surface 17. This makes it easier to attach them to the finished shell.

Anhand von Fig. 7 wird nun eine Öffnungshilfe beschrieben, bei der die Öffnungsetikette 24 bereits vor Ausbildung der Hülle auf die als Hüllenmaterial dienende Verbundfolie aufgebracht wird. Die Öffnungsetikette 24 wird also hier in die Kuvertfaltung der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 zum Teil eingefaltet und durch die Versiegelung der Kuvertfaltung noch stärker an der Hülle 15 fixiert. Außerdem kann eine Selbstklebeetikette wesentlich einfacher auf die flache Verbundfolie als auf die fertige, doch sehr weiche Packungs-Hülle aufgebracht werden.An opening aid is now described with reference to FIG. 7, in which the opening label 24 is applied to the composite film serving as the covering material even before the covering is formed. The opening label 24 is therefore partially folded into the envelope fold of the envelope opening side 18 and is fixed even more strongly to the envelope 15 by the sealing of the envelope fold. In addition, a self-adhesive label can be applied to the flat composite film much more easily than to the finished, but very soft packaging envelope.

Fig. 8 zeigt eine Variante der Öffnungshilfe mit einer Öffnungsetikette 25, wobei die Schwächungslinie 16' U-förmig längs eines Abschnittes der Kante der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 verläuft. Diese Variante hat die Besonderheit, daß bei Filterzigaretten als Packgut, beim Öffnen der Packung die Filter im Bereich der Öffnung möglichst wenig exponiert sind, was möglicherweise aus hygienischen Gründen gewünscht werden kann.FIG. 8 shows a variant of the opening aid with an opening label 25, the weakening line 16 ′ running in a U-shape along a section of the edge of the casing opening side 18. This variant has the peculiarity that with filter cigarettes as packaged goods, when opening the pack, the filters in the area of the opening are exposed as little as possible, which may possibly be desirable for hygienic reasons.

Anhand von Fig. 9 wird als letzte Variante eine Öffnungshilfe beschrieben, bei welcher eine U-förmige Schwächungslinie 26 zu beiden Seiten einer zur Zigarettenlängserstreckung parallelen Hüllen-Kante 27 verläuft, wobei die Schwächungslinien-Enden an zwei Kanten der Hüllen-Öffnungsseite 18 enden. Eine Öffnungsetikette 28 liegt zu beiden Seiten dieser Hüllen-Kante 27 an der Hülle 15 an und deckt dabei die Schwächungslinie 26 bis auf deren Enden ab. Das Öffnen der Hülle 15 erfolgt dann durch Ziehen am Rand 29 der Öffnungsetikette 28 in Richtung des Pfeiles 30 unter Einreißen der Schwächungslinie sowie Ausbildung eines durch eine Hüllen-Ecke versteiften "Deckels" in analoger Weise wie bei der Variante gemäß Fig. 5 beschrieben. Analog wie Fig. 5 erläutert geschieht auch das Wiederverschließen der Hülle 15.9, an opening aid is described as the last variant, in which a U-shaped weakening line 26 runs on both sides of an envelope edge 27 parallel to the longitudinal extension of the cigarette, the ends of the weakening line ending at two edges of the envelope opening side 18. An opening label 28 lies on both sides of this envelope edge 27 on the envelope 15 and covers the line of weakness 26 to the ends thereof. The casing 15 is then opened by pulling on the edge 29 of the opening label 28 in the direction of the arrow 30, tearing the line of weakness and forming a "cover" stiffened by a casing corner in an analogous manner to that described in the variant according to FIG. 5. Analogous to FIG. 5, the casing 15 is also closed again.

Eine andere Variante der erfindungsgemäßen Zigarettenpackung wird nun anhand von Fig. 10, die einen Teilschnitt durch den mit einer "ersten Hülle" versehenen Zigarettenstapel 1 zeigt, beschrieben. zur Bildung dieser ersten Hülle wird nun - in Abweichung von den anhand der Figuren 1 bis 4 beschriebenen Verfahren - eine Verbundfolie 31 eingesetzt, die aus einem äußeren Aluminiumverbund 32 besteht, welcher nur über Teilbebereiche der Verbundfolien-Fläche mit einer Papierlage 33 z.B. aus einem gebleichten Natrokraftpapier mit einem Flächengewicht von 30-80 g/m² durch eine mit dem Dekordruck passergerechte partielle Kaschierung verbunden ist. Der Aluminiumverbund 32 kann dabei z.B. analog aufgebaut sein wie die bei der anhand der Figuren 1 bis 4 beschriebenen Verfahrensvariante eingesetzte Verbundfolie 31, jedoch mit einer wesentlich dünneren Papierlage (20-30 g/m²). Dabei sind an den Flächenbereichen, die an den beiden größeren Hüllen-Seitenflächen 34 zu liegen kommen,jedoch mit Ausnahme an Bereichen, in denen die Schwächungslinien liegen, der Aluminiumverbund 32 und die Papierlage 33 nicht miteinander verbunden. Dies führt zu dem Effekt, daß sich die Papierlage 33 an den beiden größeren Hüllen-Seitenflächen 34 an die äußere Form des Zigarettenstapels mehr oder weniger anlegt, während der äußere Aluminiumverbund 32 hier, wo sïch ja der größte Teil des dekorativen bzw. informativen Aufdrucks befindet, eine glatte äußere Oberfläche beibehält. Im übrigen erfolgt die Herstellung dieser "ersten Hülle" analog wie anhand der Figuren 1 bis 4 erläutert.Another variant of the cigarette pack according to the invention will now be described with reference to FIG. 10, which shows a partial section through the cigarette stack 1 provided with a “first casing”. In order to form this first envelope, a composite film 31 is used - in deviation from the methods described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 - which consists of an outer aluminum composite 32 which only has partial areas of the composite film surface with a paper layer 33, for example a bleached paper layer Kraft paper with a basis weight of 30-80 g / m² is connected by a partial lamination that fits the decorative print. The aluminum composite 32 can, for example, be constructed analogously to the composite film 31 used in the method variant described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, but with a much thinner paper layer (20-30 g / m 2). Here, however, with the exception of areas in which the lines of weakness lie, on the surface areas which come to lie on the two larger envelope side surfaces 34 Aluminum composite 32 and the paper layer 33 are not connected to each other. This leads to the effect that the paper layer 33 is more or less in contact with the outer shape of the stack of cigarettes on the two larger casing side surfaces 34, while the outer aluminum composite 32 is located here, where most of the decorative or informative printing is located , maintains a smooth outer surface. Otherwise, the production of this “first casing” takes place analogously to that explained with reference to FIGS.

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  1. A softpack-type cigarette carton in which a multilayer pile of cigarettes is wrapped in a packaging foil blank consisting of a composite foil containing an aluminium foil to form a substantially parallelepipedal wrapper which is in direct contact with the cigarettes, the edges of which blank overlap each other and in so doing form an envelope fold at least on one of the smaller lateral faces of the wrapper, and with a wrapper opening face which runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes, and also with an opening tab attached to the wrapper, characterised in that on the wrapper (15) the overlapping edges of the packaging foil blank, which is provided with a decorative print, are at least for the most part connected together by heat seals, that a line of weakness (16, 16', 26) is provided in the composite foil (6, 31) of the wrapper (15), which line of weakness runs in a partial region inside one of the smaller lateral faces (17) of the wrapper which are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes or on the edge of this lateral face of the wrapper towards the opening face (18) of the wrapper and which ends at two points on or in the vicinity of the edge of the opening face (18) of the wrapper or crosses said edge, and that the opening tab (19, 23-25, 28) is permanently glued to the wrapper surface inside a region or the wrapper surface which is enclosed by the line of weakness (16, 16', 26), and in so doing lies at least in part against the said smaller lateral face (17) of the wrapper which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes.
  2. A cigarette carton according to Claim 1,
    characterised in that the opening tab (19, 23-25, 28) is not connected to the wrapper surface on an edge regions (21, 29) remote from the opening face (18) of the wrapper.
  3. A cigarette carton according to Claim 1 or 2,
    characterised in that, as well as within said smaller lateral faces (17) of the wrapper which are parallel to the longitudinal directions of the cigarettes, the line of weakness (16, 26) also runs within at least one of the two adjoining larger lateral faces (34) of the wrapper which are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes.
  4. A cigarette carton according to Claim 3,
    characterised in that a middle region of the line of weakness (16) runs within said smaller lateral face (17) of the wrapper which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes underneath the opening tab (19, 23-25) and on two end regions on the large lateral faces (34) of the wrapper.
  5. A cigarette carton according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the composite foil (31) has a layer (32), optionally formed by paper or a paper composite, which lies against the cigarettes and which is not connected to the adjoining layer (32) of the composite foil (31) over partial sections of its surface which are located outside the points of the lines of weakness (16, 16', 26).
  6. A cigarette carton according to Claim 5,
    characterised in that said partial sections lie at least in part on the two large lateral faces (34) of the wrapper.
  7. A method for producing a carton according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the opening tab (24) is connected to the composite foil (6) before the wrapper is formed.
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