EP0710609B1 - A cigarette packet with a hinged lid - Google Patents

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EP0710609B1
EP0710609B1 EP95830464A EP95830464A EP0710609B1 EP 0710609 B1 EP0710609 B1 EP 0710609B1 EP 95830464 A EP95830464 A EP 95830464A EP 95830464 A EP95830464 A EP 95830464A EP 0710609 B1 EP0710609 B1 EP 0710609B1
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packet
container
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Antonio Gamberini
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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

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  • the present invention relates to a cigarette packet with a hinged lid.
  • the present invention relates to a cigarette packet of substantially rigid embodiment, typically comprising a box-like container with a predominating longitudinal axis, exhibiting a front panel disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis and open at one end, a lid associated hingedly with the container and capable of movement in relation thereto away from and toward a position whereby the open end is closed, also a frame element comprising a first portion located internally of the container and disposed at least partially in contact with the front panel, and a second portion projecting from the container by way of the open end.
  • US-A-3708108 it is disclosed a flip-top carton consisting of a one-piece blank and essentially comprising an inner box structure consisting of front, back, and intervening sidewall panels connected along fold lines, and an outer box structure comprising a sidewall panel, converted by a fold line to the edge of the inner back panel, and fold connected front, side and back panels.
  • a series of Deboss score lines extend at intervals across the inner front panel in order to afford necessary stiffening to assist in the erection and loading operations.
  • US-A-3708108 does not refer to a packet fashioned from particularly thin sheet material.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a packet of the type described above such as can be fashioned from particularly thin sheet material and yet remain unaffected by the drawback in question.
  • the stated object is realized in a cigarette packet with hinged lid according to claim 1.
  • 1 denotes a rigid packet serving to accommodate a group of cigarettes (not illustrated), which comprises a container 2 at bottom embodied essentially as a box with an open top end 3, and a lid 4 uppermost, also of box-like appearance, hinged to the container 2 and rotatable thus between open and closed positions in which the top end 3 is exposed and concealed, respectively.
  • the container 2 exhibits a front panel 5 and a rear panel 6, mutually opposed and parallel, two lateral or flank panels 7 disposed mutually parallel and perpendicular to the front and rear panels 5 and 6, and a bottom end panel 8 disposed perpendicular to the remaining panels 5, 6 and 7.
  • the lid 4 has a front panel 9 and a rear panel 10, mutually opposed and parallel, two flank panels 11 disposed mutually parallel and perpendicular to the front and rear panels 9 and 10, and an end panel 12 disposed perpendicular to the other four panels 9, 10 and 11.
  • the top and bottom edges presented respectively by the rear panel 6 of the container and by the rear panel 10 of the lid are permanently and pliably associated along a crease line affording a hinge 13 about which the lid 4 can be rotated between the open and closed positions mentioned above.
  • the packet 1 also incorporates a frame element 14 of "U" shape projecting in part from the open end 3 of the container and affording a central section 15 which in turn is composed of an upper portion 16 extending upward from behind the front panel 5 of the container and a lower portion 17 associated rigidly with an inside face of the front panel 5.
  • the frame element 14 further comprises two lateral portions 18, each secured to the inside face of the corresponding flank panel 7 and projecting beyond the open end 3 into the lid 4.
  • the frame element 14 affords a plurality of stiffening ribs 19 extending across the lower portion 17 of the aforementioned central section 15, transversely to a predominating longitudinal axis 20 of the container 2, of which the function is to add rigidity both to the central section 15 itself and to the front panel 5 of the container 2 associated therewith.
  • the ribs 19 are rectilinear in the example illustrated, taking the form of ridges impressed forcibly from the sheet material in which the frame 14 is fashioned.
  • the ribs 19 might well exhibit a shape other than rectilinear as illustrated, for example sinusoidally curvilinear, and could be impressed directly into the front panel 5 of the container 2 rather than into the frame element 14.
  • the ribs 19 might be dispensed with and replaced by a stiffening element rigidly associated with the inside face of the front panel 5.
  • a stiffening element rigidly associated with the inside face of the front panel 5.
  • an added stiffening element of the type in question could take the form of a tongue or flap (not illustrated) extending from the top end of the front panel 5, bent over and flattened against the front inside face of the container and perhaps also exhibiting ribs similar to the ribs 19 shown in the drawings.

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EP95830464A 1994-11-07 1995-10-31 A cigarette packet with a hinged lid Expired - Lifetime EP0710609B1 (en)

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ITBO940483 1994-11-07
ITBO940483A IT1274093B (it) 1994-11-07 1994-11-07 Pacchetto con coperchio incernierato per sigarette

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EP0710609A1 EP0710609A1 (en) 1996-05-08
EP0710609B1 true EP0710609B1 (en) 1998-05-20

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EP (1) EP0710609B1 (it)
JP (1) JPH08217171A (it)
CN (1) CN1072168C (it)
BR (1) BR9505073A (it)
DE (1) DE69502569T2 (it)
IT (1) IT1274093B (it)

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JP5516864B2 (ja) * 2010-02-12 2014-06-11 相互印刷紙器株式会社 箱形収容ケース
CN103282282A (zh) * 2010-12-07 2013-09-04 菲利普莫里斯生产公司 具有至少一条折痕线的内框架，包括所述内框架的容器，所述内框架坯料的用法和增加容器稳定性的方法
KR101722347B1 (ko) * 2012-11-21 2017-03-31 제이티 인터내셔널 소시에떼 아노님 흡연 물품의 팩 및 관련된 패키징 방법
DE102019108824A1 (de) * 2019-04-04 2020-10-08 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co. Kg) Packung für Produkte der Tabakindustrie und Verfahren zur Herstellung derselben

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US3708108A (en) * 1971-09-22 1973-01-02 Burt Co Inc F Flip top carton
DE2334190A1 (de) * 1973-07-05 1975-01-23 Copaco Gmbh Schachtel mit klappdeckel
EP0204933B1 (de) * 1985-05-02 1988-04-20 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) Klappdeckelschachtel für Zigaretten oder dgl.
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ITBO940483A0 (it) 1994-11-07
IT1274093B (it) 1997-07-15
JPH08217171A (ja) 1996-08-27
DE69502569T2 (de) 1998-09-10
CN1132714A (zh) 1996-10-09
BR9505073A (pt) 1997-10-21
CN1072168C (zh) 2001-10-03
DE69502569D1 (de) 1998-06-25
ITBO940483A1 (it) 1996-05-07
EP0710609A1 (en) 1996-05-08

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