EP1119502B2 - Zigarettenpackung - Google Patents

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EP1119502B2
EP1119502B2 EP99947366A EP99947366A EP1119502B2 EP 1119502 B2 EP1119502 B2 EP 1119502B2 EP 99947366 A EP99947366 A EP 99947366A EP 99947366 A EP99947366 A EP 99947366A EP 1119502 B2 EP1119502 B2 EP 1119502B2
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Heinz Focke
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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

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  • the invention relates to a cigarette pack, in particular soft pack cigarette, with at least one surrounding a group of cigarettes blank of multilayer packaging material, namely with a paper layer as the inside of the pack and with a thermally sealable plastic layer, wherein folding flaps are joined together by thermal sealing.
  • Such a cigarette pack is known from GB 1,128,155 A1.
  • the blank is multi-layered, namely with an inner paper layer and an aluminum layer facing the outside of the package.
  • On the outside of the aluminum layer may be provided a coating of a thermally sealable material.
  • the blank is wrapped around a cigarette block in a hose-like manner and overlapping kannlaps are bonded together by gluing or thermal sealing.
  • the folding flaps are folded in such a way that in each case the outside aluminum foil or the thermally sealable coating of the folding flaps to be joined are in contact with each other. For this purpose, an additional folding of one of the two folding flaps is to be made.
  • Another cigarette soft pack is known from US 4,351,433.
  • the packaging material shown there is on the outside and inside, so on the side facing the cigarettes, provided with a coating of a thermally sealable plastic (polyethylene).
  • polyethylene thermally sealable plastic
  • the invention has for its object to further develop a cigarette pack of the type mentioned, in particular such that the cigarette pack can be produced in a simple manner, while having sufficient stability.
  • a cigarette packet according to the invention has the features of claim 1.
  • the cigarette pack has a non-sealable material on the side facing the cigarette block. In this way, it can not come to a gluing of the blank with individual cigarettes of the cigarette block when sealing the folding flaps. Furthermore, no additional Palt suitse in the side wall area are required. This simplifies the manufacture of the cigarette pack.
  • This simple, two- or three-layer packaging material according to the invention is of particular importance in connection with the design of the cigarette soft pack, in particular in the embodiment of US Pat. No. 5,762,186.
  • the Z-shaped fold present in this pack form is lightweight and durable with the packaging material according to the invention can be produced, namely the fact that two legs of the Z-fold are connected to each other throughout, over the entire surface or at least in some areas by thermal sealing.
  • the seal of the Z-fold can be applied in the area of a continuous material web.
  • the bottom portion of the package according to US Pat. No. 5,762,186 with double-layered folding tabs is designed so that the thermally sealable outer layers of the packaging material lie against one another, so that a particularly dense, durable seal in the bottom wall can be achieved.
  • Another special feature of the cigarette pack consists in the design and arrangement of an opening aid for (soft cup) packs of other packaging material.
  • An opening tab is defined in the region of an end wall by means of perforation or other weakening lines in the (inner) blank. The perforation line is not visible before opening the package.
  • Such a pack consists of a single blank 10 of packaging material. This surrounds a cigarette group 11.
  • the blank forms a front wall 12, an opposite rear wall 13, two narrow, upright side walls 14, 15, a bottom wall 16 and an end wall 17.
  • the blank 10 is formed from special packaging material, namely with a multi-layered construction.
  • the main layer or carrier layer is a paper layer 18. This is laminated at least on the outside with a plastic layer 19. This consists of a thermally sealable material, preferably made of polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • a further layer may be attached by laminating, so an inner layer 20.
  • This may be made of plastic, but of a material having a melting point above the sealing temperature.
  • the inner layer 20 may be made of metal, e.g. Aluminum.
  • An inner layer consisting of metal can be applied to the paper layer 18 by lamination or vapor deposition.
  • FIG. 5 shows an advantageous simple embodiment of the packaging material one with a paper layer 18 as an inner layer and an outer plastic layer 19.
  • Fig. 6 again shows a three-layer structure.
  • the inner layer 20 is also made of plastic.
  • the paper layer 18 is significantly thicker than the other layers, for example 60 g / m 2 (FIGS. 4 and 6) or 70 g / m 2 in a two-layered version (FIG. 5).
  • the outer plastic layer 19 has a thickness of 15 gr / m 2 to 30 gr / m 2 .
  • the layer construction of the blank 10 matches the illustrated configuration of the package.
  • the one-piece blank 10 surrounds the cigarette group 11 such that in the region of a side wall 15 edge strips 21, 22 partially overlap each other. These edge strips 21, 22 are connected to form the side wall 15 by sealing each other.
  • the outer edge strip 21 is connected to the outside, so the plastic layer 19 of the inner edge strip 22 by heat and pressure.
  • an inner layer 20 made of plastic or metal or the paper layer 18 is connected to the outer plastic layer 19 of the edge strip 22. This results in a over the full length of the blank 11 continuous sealing strip 23 approximately in the width of the overlap (hatched in Fig. 1 and 2).
  • the end wall 17 and analogous to the bottom wall 16 consist of mutually partially overlapping Folding tabs.
  • Trapezoidal longitudinal tabs 24, 25 are each connected to rear wall 13 and front wall 14 in the region of the end wall.
  • On the side walls 14, 15 close in the region of the end wall 17 side tabs 26, 27 at. These lie on the inside, that is partially below the longitudinal tabs 24, 25.
  • the side tabs 26, 27 are connected by triangular folding gussets 28, 29 with the longitudinal tabs 24, 25.
  • the Faltzwickel 28, 29 are below the longitudinal tabs 24, 25th
  • the folding tabs of the end wall 17 are connected to each other by thermal sealing.
  • the inside of the outer longitudinal tab 24 is connected to the sealable outer side, namely the plastic layer 19, of the inner longitudinal tab 25.
  • the side tabs 26, 27 and the folding gussets 28, 29, the latter are connected by thermal sealing with triangular areas of the side tabs 26, 27.
  • the outer plastic layers 19, 20 of the folding tabs 26, 27 on the one hand and the folding tabs 28, 29 on the other hand to each other, so that a particularly strong seal is given.
  • the end wall 14 is sufficiently closed or almost aroma-tight.
  • the bottom wall 16 may be formed analogously. In the present case, however, a special feature is given.
  • Bottom longitudinal tabs 30, 31, bottom side tabs 32, 33 and bottom folding gussets 34, 35 are double-layered or double-walled.
  • the blank 10 is provided on the bottom side with a folding strip 36. This is folded along a fold edge 37 to form a double-layered strip. The folding is performed so that partial strips 38, 39 with the inner sides, ie either with the paper layer 18 or the inner layer 20 of another material, abut one another.
  • the folding flaps 30..35 are sealable on both sides due to the two-layer design, so that in the hatched areas of the bottom wall 16 (FIG. 3), respective sealable surfaces, namely plastic layers 19, abut one another.
  • the bottom wall 16 is particularly stable and durable in this embodiment.
  • the folding strip 36 is designed or dimensioned such that a continuous edge strip 52 is formed. This extends in the finished package above the bottom wall 16 inside around as circumferential reinforcing strip, as shown in US 5,762,186.
  • a (control) band 40 extending transversely across the end wall 17 is provided.
  • the existing paper band 40 is connected here by thermal sealing both front wall 12 and rear wall 13 and with the end wall 17.
  • the plastic layer 19 is in each case turned outwards, so that the band 40 can be sealed over its entire surface corresponding to the hatching in FIG. 1.
  • a circumferential double fold is formed, namely a Z-fold 41.
  • This consists of a strip of material 42 of the blank 10 with two legs 43 , 44 of the Z-fold 41.
  • the Z-fold 41 is formed such that a lower fold edge 45 within the blank forms the (apparent) upper edge of the front wall 12, rear wall 13, etc. ( Figure 7).
  • a lower folding edge 46 is not visible due to the inner Z-fold 41 outside.
  • An upper folding edge 47 forms the transition into the end wall 17.
  • the Z-fold 41 is formed so that the two legs 43 and 44 with their (outer) plastic layers 19 abut each other.
  • a seal along the Z-folded material strip 42 causes a continuous connection of the legs 43, 44 with each other.
  • the opening aid namely a detachable opening tab 48
  • the opening aid is created in that areas of folding tabs to be joined together by sealing are not connected to each other by sealing due to appropriate design. As a result, an external folding tab can be grasped by hand and used to separate the opening tab 48.
  • a side region of the outer longitudinal tab 24 lying next to the band 40 is not connected to the facing (upper) side of the lower longitudinal tab 25.
  • a protective layer 49 is attached to the blank 10, at the top of the (inner) longitudinal tab 25, next to the band 40.
  • the protective layer 49 (protective lacquer) is arranged and designed so that a free edge region of the longitudinal tab 24 adjacent to Banderole 40 detected and a triangular grip portion 50 (Fig. 8) of the opening tab 48 can be separated from the longitudinal tab 24.
  • the opening tab 48 is defined by a U-shaped weakening line 51 in the blank 10. According to FIG. 9, the weakening line 51 extends from the free edge of the blank in the region of the two longitudinal tabs 24, 25 to the folded edge 47 or slightly beyond it.
  • the opening tab 48 thus comprises parts of the longitudinal tabs 24, 25, the side tabs 26 and the Faltzwickel 28, 29.
  • an end-side region of the end wall 17 is completely separated next to the banderole 40, so that an approximately rectangular opening is formed.
  • the weakening line 51 may be formed as a perforation line. In the present case, however, a weakening line 51 is formed with the aid of a corresponding mechanical separating member or by a laser device, which only extends over part of the cross section of the packaging material, namely on the inside only in the area of the paper layer 18 and, if present, in the region of the inner layer 20 ( Figures 10 and 11). The outer layer or the plastic layer 19 is maintained throughout, but is severed due to the small thickness in the separation of the opening tab 48.
  • the blanks according to FIG. 9 are produced from a continuous material web, in which the folding strips 36 and material strips 42 extend in the longitudinal direction of the material web.
  • the blank can be printed on the outside, namely in the area of the outer plastic layer, in the usual way.
  • FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 show details of a (cigarette) package with a modified version of an opening aid, namely an opening tab 48 in the region of the end wall 17.
  • the blank 10 used for this embodiment may be in the manner described be formed, but alternatively also without sealable coating, so for example from (coated) paper or the like exist (such an embodiment is not the subject of the claimed invention).
  • the two mutually overlapping transverse limbs 54 for separating part of the longitudinal tabs 24, 25 are also in the hidden position, namely underneath the band 40 (FIG. 14).
  • a triangular or trapezoidal grip portion 50 of the outer longitudinal tab 24 is detected and separated by lifting, along the outer transverse leg 54. Further actuation of the handle portion 50, the entire opening tab 48 along the (hidden) weakening line 51 separated.
  • the handle part 50 of the longitudinal tab 24 to be detected is provided with a marking.
  • this is an imprinted arrow 55, which at the same time indicates the actuation direction.
  • an outwardly visible mark can be attached by indentation or by slot in the handle portion 50.
  • the opening aid according to FIGS. 12 to 14 can also be used in an analogous manner for cigarette packages of the type soft cup in a conventional design, the longitudinal leg of the weakening line 53 being located below an upper edge of the soft cup (consisting of a separate blank).
  • the band 40 is fixed in this embodiment by gluing to the package, in the region of a transverse web 56 of the band 40 by two glue points 57, which are arranged outside the range of the weakening line 51.

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DE19845894 1998-10-06
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DE19915911 1999-04-08
DE19915911A DE19915911A1 (de) 1998-10-06 1999-04-08 Zigarettenpackung
PCT/EP1999/006856 WO2000020300A1 (de) 1998-10-06 1999-09-16 Zigarettenpackung

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