EP0804370B1 - Amelioration d'un emballage de paquets de cigarettes traditionnels - Google Patents

Amelioration d'un emballage de paquets de cigarettes traditionnels Download PDF

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EP0804370B1
EP0804370B1 EP96900356A EP96900356A EP0804370B1 EP 0804370 B1 EP0804370 B1 EP 0804370B1 EP 96900356 A EP96900356 A EP 96900356A EP 96900356 A EP96900356 A EP 96900356A EP 0804370 B1 EP0804370 B1 EP 0804370B1
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Marc Eugenio Tealdi
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/725—Incised or pre-scored openings or windows provided in the side wall of containers
    • 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
    • B65D85/1072—Bundle of cigarette packs

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  • This invention relates to a box or carton for containing a number of cigarette packs, and in particular a box or carton for displaying some of the packs contained therein.
  • EP-A-373 746 and US-A-2 771 988 each disclose a similar carton standing in a different orientation and provided with a dispensing opening.
  • the blank described in EP-A-373 746 is similar to that according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a dispensing portion is known for cigarette packs for slim cigarettes. Ten packs of twenty slim cigarettes are stacked one on top of the other on their flat side. The dimensions of this carton are such that this carton is not particularly stable because of the narrow dimension of the slim cigarette pack width. Furthermore, the removable dispensing portion only exposes one column of cigarette packs.
  • the present invention provides a display box for cigarette packs according to claim 2, the box containing or being capable of containing two columns of packs arranged side by side along the longitudinal side dimension of said packs, said packs having a front and a rear panel, two longitudinal sides and a top and a bottom side, and ensuing rows of pairs of packs being stacked in a superimposed relationship, and the box having a removable dispensing portion, the removal of which portion exposes at least one row of the two columns of packs.
  • the invention further provides a blank for a cigarette pack display box according to claim 1, the blank comprising a first or front panel having two longitudinal side margins, a top margin and a bottom margin, a first side panel extending from one of the longitudinal side margins of the front panel, the first side panel having a top margin and a bottom margin from which extend respectively a top inner flap and a bottom inner flap, a second side panel extending from the other of the longitudinal side margins of the front panel, the second side panel having a top margin and a bottom margin from which extend respectively a top inner flap and a bottom inner flap, the second side panel having a further longitudinal side margin from which extends a second or rear panel having a top margin and a bottom margin, a top outer flap and a bottom outer flap each of which may extend from a respective top margin or bottom margin of a front panel or rear panel, the rear panel having a further longitudinal side margin from which extends a narrow inner flap and one of the front or rear panels having a removable dispensing portion, the blank being characterised
  • front panel and rear panel should be considered interchangeable with the terms first panel and second panel respectively.
  • the indication of whether the first or second panel is at the front or back of the box is not necessarily important in terms of the layout of the blank for the box.
  • the longitudinal side margins of the blank are parallel to one another.
  • the top or bottom panel of the cigarette packs is exposed and more preferably the pack displays a brand trademark or brand imagery on its top or bottom panel, which trademark or imagery displays the brand to the consumer.
  • the removable portion of the box or blank is located in the front panel of the box or blank.
  • the removable portion exposes substantially more than one row of packs so that a further row of packs is partly exposed.
  • the removable portion extends across the width of the front panel and into the side panels of the box or blank.
  • top inner flaps and bottom inner flaps are each of a smaller length than the top outer flap and bottom outer flap.
  • the top inner flaps and bottom inner flaps may also be of differing lengths from one another.
  • one or more of the top outer flap and the bottom outer flap may be provided with an inwardly folding flap extending from the margin of the top outer flap or bottom outer flap remote from the top margin or bottom margin of the front or back panel.
  • the length of the top outer flap and the bottom outer flap is substantially equal to the width of the first and second side panels.
  • top outer flap and the bottom outer flap extend from the top and bottom margins of the same front or rear panel.
  • top and bottom margins of the box may be perforated.
  • the blank material may comprise cartonboard of a basis weight which produces a weight saving of at least 5% over a standard cartonboard weight material.
  • the weight saving may preferably be at least 6% and even more preferably about 7% or more.
  • the blank for the box is pre-glued together at the narrow inner flap and the first side panel.
  • FIG. 1 shows a display box 1 according to the present invention.
  • the removal of the removable dispensing portion exposes several cigarette packs in the display carton. One row of two columns of cigarette packs is fully exposed and part of the rows above and below are also exposed.
  • the removable dispensing portion leaves a dispensing opening 2 in the front wall 3 of the box 1.
  • An arcuate portion 4 of the dispensing opening 2 also extends into the side wall 5, and correspondingly into the non-visible opposing side wall.
  • Top outer flap 6 may have an inner foldable flap as shown in Figure 3 or may just comprise an outer flap as shown in Figure 2. Gluing of the outer flap to the inner top and bottom flaps may be essential or optional.
  • a blank 10 according to the invention, and suitable for producing the display box 1 of Figure 1, is depicted in Figure 2.
  • the blank comprises a front panel 11 having two longitudinal side margins 12,13, a top margin 14 and a bottom margin 15.
  • Extending from longitudinal side margin 12 is first side panel 16 which has a top margin 17 and a bottom margin 18 and a further longitudinal side margin 19.
  • Extending from top margin 17 is top inner flap 20.
  • Extending from bottom margin 18 is bottom inner flap 21.
  • Extending from longitudinal side margin 13 is a second side panel 22 which has two longitudinal side margins 13 and 23, side margin 13 being shared with front panel 11.
  • Second side panel 22 also has a top margin 24 and a bottom margin 25.
  • Extending from top margin 24 is a top inner flap 26.
  • bottom inner flap 27 Extending from bottom margin 25 is a bottom inner flap 27. Extending from the second longitudinal side margin 23 is a rear panel 28 which has a further longitudinal side margin 29 from which extends a narrow inner flap 30. Rear panel 28 also has a top margin 31 and a bottom margin 32. Front panel 11 has a top outer panel 33 and a bottom outer panel 34 which extend from top margin 14 and bottom margin 15 respectively. In construction, top outer panel 33 overlies top inner panels 20 and 26, whilst bottom outer panel 34 overlies bottom inner panels 21 and 27.
  • a removable dispensing portion 36 In front panel 11 there is indicated by chain line 35 a removable dispensing portion 36.
  • the location of the removable dispensing portion 36 is such that the bottom chain line is below the upper surface of the first cigarette pack.
  • the second and consequent cigarette packs are thus easily removed by finger and thumb grasping either end of the exposed cigarette pack in the recesses 37, 38 in the side walls 16 and 22 after the dispensing portion 36 has been removed in box 1.
  • the third, fourth and fifth row of packs drop down to become successively exposed. The first row of packs is removed after the packs above have been removed.
  • top outer flap 33 and bottom outer flap 34 have no inner folding flap at the margin remote top margin 14 and bottom margin 15 respectively, the use of glue is highly desirable to seal the top and bottom of the box 1.
  • Figure 3 depicts an alternative blank for the box 1 of Figure 1.
  • the same reference numerals are used for features identical to those in Figure 2.
  • the bottom outer panel 34 extends from bottom margin 15 of front panel 11.
  • Bottom outer panel 34 has a further margin 40 remote from bottom margin 15, from which margin 40 there extends a bottom inner foldable flap 41.
  • the top outer panel 33 extends from the top margin 31 of the rear panel 28.
  • a top inner foldable flap 42 extends from a further margin 43 remote from top margin 31 of rear panel 28.
  • glue may be decreased or be optional.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a further alternative blank for the box 1 of Figure 1.
  • the same reference numerals are used for features identical to those in Figure 2.
  • the removable dispensing portion 36 is shown in what is the rear panel 28 of Figure 2.
  • Panel 45 because it contains the dispensing panel, would normally be known as the front panel, i.e. the panel presented to the consumer, but can also be known as the first panel.
  • Front panel 45 is connected by one longitudinal side margin to a first side panel 46 having top and bottom inner flaps 49, 50 extending from top and bottom margins 47, 48 respectively.
  • a second side panel 51 extends from the other longitudinal side margin of front panel 45.
  • Top and bottom inner flaps 54, 55 extend from top and bottom margins 52, 53 respectively of side panel 51.
  • a second or rear panel 56 has top outer flap 59 and bottom outer flap 60 depending from top and bottom margins 57, 58 respectively.
  • a narrow inner flap 62 extends from the endmost longitudinal margin 61 of second or rear panel 56.
  • the blank of Figure 4 is very similar to the blank of Figure 3.
  • the exception is that the first or front panel, when presented to consumers, has no top or bottom outer flaps attached thereto. These panels are attached to the second or-rear panel 56. This means that the cut edges 63 and 64 of those flaps are at the front of the box, which is less than desirable from an aesthetic point of view.
  • the box 1 of Figure 1 produced from the blanks of Figures 2 and 3 does not require an outer cellophane wrapper which is a further materials saving over conventional 200's cartons.

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  1. Ebauche (10) pour boíte de présentation (1) de paquets de cigarettes, l'ébauche comportant un premier panneau ou panneau avant (11, 45) ayant deux bords latéraux longitudinaux (12, 13), un bord supérieur (14) et un bord inférieur (15), un premier panneau latéral (16, 46) s'étendant à partir de l'un des bords latéraux longitudinaux (12) du panneau avant (11, 45), le premier panneau latéral (16, 46) ayant un bord supérieur (17, 47) et un bord inférieur (18, 48) à partir desquels s'étendent respectivement un volet intérieur supérieur (20, 49) et un volet intérieur inférieur (21, 50), un second panneau latéral (22, 51) s'étendant à partir de l'autre (13) des bords latéraux longitudinaux du panneau avant (11, 45), le second panneau latéral (22, 51) ayant un bord supérieur (24, 52) et un bord inférieur (25, 53) à partir desquels s'étendent respectivement un volet intérieur supérieur (26, 54) et un volet intérieur inférieur (27, 54), le second panneau latéral (22, 51) ayant un autre bord latéral longitudinal (23) à partir duquel s'étend un second panneau ou panneau arrière (28, 56) ayant un bord supérieur (31, 57) et un bord inférieur (32, 58), un volet extérieur supérieur (33, 59) et un volet extérieur inférieur (34, 60), chacun pouvant s'étendre à partir d'un bord supérieur respectif (31, 14, 57) ou un bord inférieur respectif (15, 58) du panneau avant (11) ou du panneau arrière (28, 56), le panneau arrière (28, 56) ayant un autre bord latéral longitudinal (29, 61) à partir duquel s'étend un volet intérieur étroit (30, 62) et un des panneaux avant ou arrière (11, 45, 28, 56) ayant une partie de distribution amovible (36), caractérisée en ce que le panneau avant (11, 45) et le panneau arrière (28, 56) ont chacun une largeur suffisante pour contenir deux paquets de cigarettes agencés côte à côte le long de la dimension latérale longitudinale desdits paquets, lesdits paquets ayant un panneau avant et un panneau arrière, deux côtés longitudinaux et un côté supérieur et un côté inférieur, et des rangées constituées de paires de paquets consécutives étant empilées dans une relation superposée sur lesdits deux paquets de cigarettes, les deux panneaux latéraux (16, 22 ; 46, 51) de ladite ébauche ayant une largeur égale à l'autre dimension respective des paquets de cigarettes.
  2. Boíte d'exposition (1) pour paquets de cigarettes, la boíte contenant ou pouvant contenir deux colonnes de paquets agencées côte à côte le long de la dimension latérale longitudinale desdits paquets, lesdits paquets ayant un panneau avant et un panneau arrière, deux côtés longitudinaux et un côté supérieur et un côté inférieur, et des rangées consécutives constituées de paires de paquets empilées dans une relation superposée, et la boíte ayant une partie de distribution amovible (36), l'enlèvement de cette partie exposant au moins une rangée des deux colonnes de paquets.
  3. Ebauche (10) ou boíte (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle la partie amovible (36) de ladite ébauche ou de la boíte est positionnée dans le panneau avant (11), ou dans le panneau (45) présenté au consommateur, de ladite ébauche ou boíte.
  4. Ebauche (10) ou boíte (1) selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle ladite partie amovible (36) s'étend à travers la largeur dudit premier panneau ou panneau avant (11, 45) et jusque dans ledit panneau latéral (16, 26 ; 46, 51) de la boíte ou de l'ébauche.
  5. Ebauche (10) ou boíte (1) selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans laquelle ladite partie amovible (36) expose nettement plus d'une rangée de paquets.
  6. Ebauche (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle un ou plusieurs desdits volets intérieurs supérieurs (20, 26, 49, 54) et desdits volets intérieurs inférieurs (21, 27, 50, 55) ont une longueur plus petite que ledit volet extérieur supérieur (39, 59) et ledit volet extérieur inférieur (34, 60).
  7. Ebauche (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle un ou plusieurs parmi ledit volet extérieur supérieur (33) et ledit volet extérieur inférieur (34) est muni d'un volet pliant vers l'intérieur (42, 41) s'étendant à partir du bord (43, 40) dudit volet extérieur supérieur (33) ou dudit volet extérieur inférieur (34) éloigné du bord supérieur ou du bord inférieur du volet avant ou arrière (11, 28).
  8. Ebauche (10) ou boíte (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle la longueur dudit volet extérieur supérieur (33, 59) et dudit volet extérieur inférieur (34, 60) est sensiblement égale à la largeur desdits premier et second panneaux latéraux (16, 22 ; 46, 51).
  9. Ebauche (10) ou boíte (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle ledit volet extérieur supérieur (33, 59) et ledit volet extérieur inférieur (34, 60) s'étendent à partir des bords supérieur et inférieur de ce même panneau avant ou arrière (11, 56).
  10. Boíte (1) selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle le panneau supérieur ou inférieur des paquets de cigarettes maintenus dans ladite boíte est exposé.
  11. Boíte (1) selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle les bords supérieur et inférieur de ladite boíte sont perforées.
EP96900356A 1995-01-17 1996-01-16 Amelioration d'un emballage de paquets de cigarettes traditionnels Revoked EP0804370B1 (fr)

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GBGB9500807.4A GB9500807D0 (en) 1995-01-17 1995-01-17 Improvements relating to smoking article packaging
PCT/GB1996/000074 WO1996022231A1 (fr) 1995-01-17 1996-01-16 Amelioration d'un emballage d'articles pour fumeurs

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PT804370E (pt) 2001-09-27
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GR3035995T3 (en) 2001-09-28
ATE200062T1 (de) 2001-04-15

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