EP0709306B1 - Emballage parallélépipédique pour cigarettes ou similaire - Google Patents

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EP0709306B1
EP0709306B1 EP95115105A EP95115105A EP0709306B1 EP 0709306 B1 EP0709306 B1 EP 0709306B1 EP 95115105 A EP95115105 A EP 95115105A EP 95115105 A EP95115105 A EP 95115105A EP 0709306 B1 EP0709306 B1 EP 0709306B1
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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
    • B65D85/1018—Container formed by a flexible material, i.e. soft-packages
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid 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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • 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
    • B65D85/1018—Container formed by a flexible material, i.e. soft-packages
    • B65D85/1027—Opening devices

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  • the invention relates to a cuboid packaging for cigarettes or the like with front wall, rear wall, narrow side walls and bottom wall and end wall, the packaging being surrounded by an outer wrapping made of transparent material, such as cellophane or polyfoil, and a pressure carrier or coupon made from a separate blank of the packaging is added, the print carrier or coupon being folded angularly.
  • Packaging for cigarettes is mainly designed as a soft cup pack or as a hinged box (hinge-lid pack).
  • the structure of such a packaging is such that the contents of the package, namely a group of cigarettes, are completely surrounded by an inner blank made of paper or tin foil.
  • a cigarette block formed in this way sits in the folding box made of thin cardboard or in an open cup made of paper.
  • An outer covering usually consists of cellophane or polyfoil.
  • the outer wrapping which is closed on all sides, is provided with a tear strip which usually extends below the end wall and which makes it possible to detach an upper cap of the outer wrapper.
  • packaging is often added to printing carriers or coupons formed from a separate blank. These are used for advertising purposes, but also for participation in competitions, raffles etc.
  • the print carrier is usually attached to the front or back wall of the packs.
  • EP-A-0 596 225 discloses a packaging according to the preamble of claim 1. In this case there is an anchoring part inside and a visible part outside the packaging.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the above packaging with regard to the design and arrangement of the printing medium (coupons).
  • the packaging according to the invention is characterized in that the angularly folded print carrier extends with a (transverse) leg in the area of one of the side walls and with at least one other leg in the area of the front or rear wall, in each case the print carrier according to the invention is designed and arranged so that it does not extend into the area of the bottom wall of the packaging. Furthermore, the print carrier is designed in such a way that it extends by folding at right angles to at least one of the upright packaging edges.
  • the pressure carrier can be designed so that the associated (transverse) leg extends over the full width of the side wall, but the other leg only over a small area of the front or rear wall. In spite of the presence of a relatively large-area print carrier, the outside thereof is partially or predominantly freely recognizable for the consumer.
  • the arrangement of the print carrier according to the invention also has advantages in the manufacture of the packaging or attachment of the print carrier. This can be brought into the folded position together with the outer wrapper. By folding the print carrier together with the outer wrapper, the print carrier is better fixed in the desired position on the packaging.
  • the print carrier is provided with a grip piece or grip tip which lies against the end wall when the packaging is closed. After removing an upper part of the outer casing, the handle is released. The print carrier can now be pulled out of the packaging with the aid of the grip piece, specifically from the area between the outer wrapping of the hinged box or, with a corresponding arrangement, between the inner wrapping and the soft cup.
  • the exemplary embodiments of packaging for cigarettes 10 shown in the drawings are designed as soft-cup packaging.
  • the basic structure of a package of this type is such that a cigarette group 11 is completely surrounded by an inner wrapper 12.
  • the inner wrapper 12 is placed around the cigarette group 11 in such a way that an overlap 14 is formed in the region of a rear wall 13.
  • the inner covering 12 is provided with a fold, likewise in the area of an end wall 16.
  • This end wall 16 has envelope-shaped trapezoidal front flaps 17 and 18, which partially overlap one another.
  • the cigarette group 11 forms a unit with the inner wrapper 12, namely a cigarette block 19.
  • the cigarette block 19 is the contents of the packaging.
  • This consists here of a soft cup 20 made of paper or similar, foldable packaging material.
  • the soft cup 20 is also formed from a rectangular, one-piece blank in such a way that a large front wall 21 and the correspondingly designed rear wall 13 are formed opposite. Upright narrow side walls 22 and 23 connect front wall 21 and rear wall 13. A bottom wall is formed by folding the blank for the soft cup 20.
  • the soft cup 20 is open in the area of the end wall 16. This ends with an all-round cup rim 24 with a (small) distance below the end wall 16.
  • the end wall 16 is held in the closed position by a band 24, which extends in a U-shape from the front wall 21 over the end wall 16 to the rear wall 13.
  • the band 24 is usually a tax band.
  • the packaging formed in this way is surrounded on all sides by an outer wrapping 25.
  • This is made of transparent material, namely from a cellophane or plastic film.
  • a one-piece blank for this outer covering 25 is folded in such a way that an overlap 26 is formed in the region of the side wall 22.
  • the bottom wall and end wall are folded analogously to the inner covering 12.
  • the outer wrapper 25 To use the packaging, the outer wrapper 25 must first be opened or removed.
  • the outer covering 25 is provided with a tear-open aid, namely with a tear strip 27 running all around. This extends at a (small) distance below the end wall 16.
  • the tear strip 27 With a handle end 28, the tear strip 27 can be grasped and removed by severing the outer covering 25. As a result, a cap-like upper part of the outer wrapping 25 is cut off, so that the upper region of the packaging is released.
  • the packaging can be opened by tearing open the inner wrapping 12 in the region of the end wall 16.
  • a print carrier 29, 30, 31 is assigned to the packaging. In the present case, it is a rectangular blank that is printed at least on the outward side. This can be information, advertising information or details of a competition, a draw, etc.
  • the print carrier 29, 30, 31 can be designed in different ways and positioned in or on the packaging.
  • the pressure carrier 29 is arranged between the outer casing 25 and the soft cup 20.
  • the print carrier 29 is angular in horizontal section.
  • a first leg 32 extends in the region of a side wall 23, namely over the full width of the same.
  • Another leg 33 is at right angles to this in the area of the rear wall 13 (or front wall 21).
  • the leg 33 is formed with a significantly smaller width than the rear wall 13; in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the width of the leg 33 is approximately half the width of the rear wall 13. As a result, a considerable part of the same is also before removal of the print carrier 29 freely visible to the viewer.
  • the relative position of the pressure carrier 29 is such that it extends directly up to the end wall 16 at the top and maintains a greater distance from the bottom wall 15 at the bottom.
  • the pressure carrier 30 is positioned such that a transverse leg 34 extends in the region of the side wall 23 and two legs 35, 36 of the same width adjoining in the region of the rear wall 13 and the front wall 21.
  • the legs 35 and 36 are formed with a significantly smaller width than the rear wall 13 and front wall 21, namely only as strips on the edge. The predominant area of the aforementioned packing walls is therefore freely visible.
  • This pressure carrier 30 is also positioned between the outer wrapper and packaging in such a way that an upper end can be gripped and pulled out after removal of an upper part of the outer wrapper 25.
  • a separate grip piece 37 is attached to the print carrier 31 for grasping and pulling the print carrier 31 out of the packaging.
  • the pressure carrier 31 - as in the exemplary embodiments described above - can be positioned between the packaging itself, namely in the soft cup 20 and the outer wrapper 25.
  • the print carrier 31 within the packaging, that is to say within the soft cup 20, namely between the soft cup 20 and the inner casing 12.
  • the print carrier 31 is arranged in the packaging in such a way that the Handle 37 protrudes from the top of the soft cup 20.
  • the tongue-shaped grip piece 37 which in the present case has a circular contour, is folded over into the plane of the end wall 16 before it is put into use.
  • the handle 37 is covered by the outer casing 25 before opening the same.
  • the print carrier 29..31 can be produced from a continuous web of material by severing. This also applies to the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 3 and 4. As can be seen, the tongue-shaped grip piece 37 is punched out of the cross leg 34 of a subsequent pressure carrier 31 within the material web. Otherwise, the print carrier 31 corresponds in design and arrangement to the print carrier 30 in FIG. 2.
  • the respective print carrier 29, 30, 31 is held ready in one position with a blank for the outer wrapping 25 - or for the soft cup 20 - in one plane across the conveying direction of the packaging or the packaging contents. This is then pushed through a mouthpiece in the manner known in principle, taking the blank with it, the blank wrapping around the packaging or around the contents of the package in a U-shape.
  • the print carrier 29, 30, 31 is folded together with the blank and held in position due to the angled shape.
  • the print carrier 29, 30, 31, which may be made of thin cardboard, may already be provided with pre-embossed folding lines 38, 39.
  • All versions of the pressure carriers 29, 30, 31 can also be used in a conventional folding structure.
  • the geometric shape of the print carrier always looks such that no areas of the same extend in the plane of the bottom wall 15. Rather, the print carrier 29, 30, 31 is always folded around one or two upright packaging edges.

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  1. Emballage parallélépipédique pour cigarettes (10) ou analogues, en particulier paquet en godet souple ou boîte a rabat, avec une enveloppe extérieure (25) constituée d'une feuille transparente, l'emballage étant délimité par une paroi avant (21), une paroi arrière (13), des parois latérales (22, 23), une paroi de fond (15) et une paroi frontale (16) et, en outre, un support d'impression (29, 30, 31), respectivement un coupon constitué d'un flan séparé étant intégré dans l'emballage et plié en cornière, caractérisé par le fait que le support d'impression (29, 30, 31) s'étend exclusivement dans la zone de la paroi avant (21) et/ou de la paroi arrière (13) d'une part, au moins d'une paroi latérale (22, 23), d'autre part et éventuellement de la paroi frontale.
  2. Emballage selon la revendication 1 ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait qu'une branche (32) ou branche transversale (34) du support d'impression (29, 30, 31) en forme de cornière s'étend sur toute la largeur d'une paroi latérale (22, 23) et une autre branche (33; 35, 36) s'étend seulement dans une zone partielle plus petite de la paroi avant (21) ou de la paroi arrière (13).
  3. Emballage selon la revendication 1 ou l'autre revendication, caractérisé par le fait que le support d'impression (31) est plié en prenant une section transversale en forme de U, avec âme transversale (34) médiane dans la zone d'une paroi latérale (22, 23) et deux branches étroites (35, 36) dans la zone de la paroi avant (21) et de la paroi arrière (13).
  4. Emballage selon la revendication 1 ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que le support d'impression (29, 30, 31) est positionné entre l'emballage, en particulier un godet souple (20) d'une part, et une enveloppe extérieure (25) en feuille transparente ou entre l'emballage, en particulier le godet souple (20) et une enveloppe intérieure (12) destinée à un groupe de cigarettes (11).
  5. Emballage selon la revendication 4 ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que le support d'impression (29, 30, 31) s'étend jusque directement au-dessous de la paroi frontale (16).
  6. Emballage selon la revendication 1 ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisé parle fait que, sur le support d'impression,(31) est appliquée une pièce de contention (37) qui est exposée après enlèvement de l'enveloppe extérieure (25), ou lorsque l'emballage est ouvert, en particulier dans la zone d'une branche (32) ou d'une branche transversale (34) appuyant sur la paroi latérale (22, 23), la pièce de contention (37) étant pliée dans le plan de la paroi frontale (16), lorsque l'emballage est fermé.
  7. Emballage selon la revendication 6 ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisé par le fait que les supports d'impression (29, 30, 31) sont constitués par séparation à partir d'une bande de matériau continue, une pièce de contention (37) étant estampée à partir d'une branche transversale (34), appartenant à un support d'impression (31) venant ensuite.
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