EP1213232A1 - Emballage pour cigarettes - Google Patents

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EP1213232A1
EP1213232A1 EP02002519A EP02002519A EP1213232A1 EP 1213232 A1 EP1213232 A1 EP 1213232A1 EP 02002519 A EP02002519 A EP 02002519A EP 02002519 A EP02002519 A EP 02002519A EP 1213232 A1 EP1213232 A1 EP 1213232A1
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Heinz Focke
Irmin Steinkamp
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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
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/06—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes
    • B65D75/08—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks initially folded to form tubes with the ends of the tube closed by folding
    • 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
    • B65D5/02—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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/06—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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end-closing or contents-supporting elements formed by folding inwardly a wall extending from, and continuously around, an end of the tubular body
    • B65D5/061—Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded inwardly beneath the closure flaps
    • 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 pack for tobacco products, in particular cigarettes at least one blank of foldable packaging material surrounding the package contents, such as paper, cardboard or the like, with folding flaps of the blank, in particular floor folding flaps, (partially) overlapping each other and with each other by glue are connected and continue to be adjacent to an (upper) end wall and / or a Z-fold of the blank is formed adjacent to a (lower) bottom wall.
  • cigarette packs of the soft cup type a modified version, namely preferably from a single blank Paper or comparable packaging material.
  • a cigarette pack in Be provided in the area of a bottom wall with material reinforcements, namely a double-layer Strips of material, from which the corresponding double-layered floor-folding flap Bottom wall are formed (US 5 762 186).
  • the invention has for its object packs of the aforementioned or similar Design in such a way that an improvement of the external appearance and an improved quality assurance for the package contents are guaranteed.
  • the pack according to the invention is characterized in that that between the folding flaps connected by glue on the one hand and the Package contents on the other hand a cover flap is arranged against the transmission of glue on the package contents.
  • the invention is based on the finding that the gluing of folding tabs Pack, in particular the gluing of bottom-folding flaps of a bottom wall, the There is a risk that glue particles may be transferred to the package contents, in particular to end areas of the cigarettes adjacent to the bottom wall of the pack against glue transfer.
  • the cover flap is expediently part of the cut in the region of the bottom wall, connected with it, preferably as an extension or supplement or approach of a floor corner flap which is usually positioned on the inside. This is a continuation of one of the narrow, upright side walls of the pack.
  • the procedure according to the invention is as follows: that the cover flap is part of the double-layer material strip in the area of the bottom wall is, but does not participate in the reinforcement of the pack in its area. Rather, a floor corner flap is created by appropriate die cuts, whose length corresponds to the width of the double-layered material strip. at In the finished pack, this extended bottom corner flap lies on the inside of the Bottom wall and forms the cover flap.
  • the (cigarette) pack of the type soft cup shown in perspective in FIG modified version consists of a single, one-piece blank (Fig. 7, Fig. 8th).
  • the rectangular blank surrounds the contents of the pack (a group of cigarettes) such that front wall 10, rear wall 11 and side walls 12, 13 are formed.
  • the side wall 13 is formed from two edge-side flaps 14, 15, which partially overlap each other cover, with the wider side flap on the outside and almost the width the side wall 13 covers.
  • the side tabs 14, 15 are glued together connected, in the present example by a plurality of glue points 16.
  • the blank forms an end wall 17.
  • a floor wall is located opposite 18.
  • End wall 17 and bottom wall 18 are partially separated by several overlapping folding flaps formed.
  • the bottom wall 18 consists of bottom folding tabs, namely bottom longitudinal tabs 19 and 20 and bottom corner tabs 21, 22 on the other hand.
  • the each pin-shaped longitudinal floor flaps 19, 20 are on the one hand with the front wall 10 and the rear wall 11 connected on the other hand.
  • the narrower floor corner flaps 21, 22 are connected to the side wall 13 on the other hand or continuations thereof.
  • the Floor corner tabs 21, 22 form the inside of the bottom wall 18, while the bottom longitudinal tabs 19, 20 are outside.
  • the bottom longitudinal tabs 19, 20 are by gluing interconnected, for example by glue points or the like.
  • a bottom area of the blank or package, namely a folding strip 24, is double-layered.
  • the folding strip 24 consists of two partial strips 25, 26.
  • the outer partial strip 26 formed at the free edge is along a fold line 27 for formation of the double-layer folded strip 24 folded over. From the double-layered folding strip 24 the floor lobes described are formed.
  • a cover flap is formed, between the bottom wall 18 and the package contents.
  • the cover flap protects the contents of the pack before transferring glue particles when gluing floor folding flaps.
  • the cover flap is in the embodiment shown by a bottom flap formed, namely by the bottom corner flap connected to the side wall 12 21.
  • the floor corner flap 21 is not double-layered for this purpose. Much more remains the bottom corner flap 21 in the predetermined by the width of the folding strip 24 Length, that is essentially twice as long as the bottom corner flap 22.
  • the blank is prepared for this by punching lines 28, 29. These extend to the lateral boundaries of the bottom corner flap 21, namely in the area of the folding strip 24 thus up to the fold line 27.
  • the regions of the partial strip 26 folded over to form the bottom longitudinal tabs 19, 20 and the bottom corner tabs 22 be, while the bottom corner flap 21 remains unfolded and thereby a corresponding has greater length.
  • the bottom corner flap 21 correspondingly dimensioned in the longitudinal direction of the side wall 12 extends on the inside along the bottom wall 18 to the opposite bottom corner flap 22 or across it (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
  • the package contents are accordingly fully covered by the floor corner flaps 21, 22 compared to the outside adjacent longitudinal flaps 19, 20. These are analogous to the end wall 17 Folded and bound together.
  • the gluing of the bottom folding flaps, namely the bottom longitudinal tab 19, 20 is advantageously carried out in one position corresponding to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
  • the package contents, namely the facing ends of cigarettes are covered throughout, namely by the single-layer Floor corner flap 21 on the one hand and by the adjoining floor corner flap 22 on the other hand.
  • Another special feature of the invention also relates to the design of the Pack in the area of multi-layer training of the blank.
  • the exemplary embodiment is concerned with one adjacent to the end wall 17 or directly underneath the same multi-layer material strip 31 running all around. This is as Z-fold formed.
  • the blank (FIG. 7) is in a front area with a folding strip 32 provided, which serves to form stim folding flaps, analogous to the design the bottom wall 18. It is therefore a matter of the formation of longitudinal stimuli 33, 34 and the narrower Stin corner flaps 35 and 36.
  • the Stim corner flap 36 is partial formed of two layers, namely analogous to the side wall 13.
  • an additional strip of material is formed, namely a Z-fold strip 37.
  • This is made from two partial strips, namely for legs 38, 39 of the Z-fold.
  • the stripe-shaped Legs 38, 39 are separated from each other by a Z-folded edge 40 and by the folded strip 32 by a folded edge 41 and front wall 10, rear wall 11 etc. by another Folded edge 42 delimited. These each form deflection edges of the material at the finished Z-fold (Fig. 5).
  • the design of the material strip 31 results in the region of the side wall 13 an accumulation of material layers (Fig. 6). This can lead to an undesirable opening of folding in this area.
  • the overlap area eliminates material layers so that the total number of each other overlying layers is locally reduced.
  • material layers are preferably inside lying layers, i.e. layers covered to the outside, with recesses, deletions, cut-outs or the like.
  • the edge is in the area of the Z-fold strip 37 a recess 43 open towards the free edge is arranged.
  • This is V-shaped and extends approximately centrally in the area of the Z-fold strip 37, that is to say both Sides of the z-fold edge 40.
  • the Z-fold in the area of the rest is first flat blank formed (Fig. 8). After that, the contents of the pack are replaced by the prepared blank wrapped, with the material covering in the area of the side wall 13 arises.
  • the recess 43 is in the (outer) side tab 15 facing Area of the Z-fold strip 37 arranged. Due to the Z-fold on the inside (Fig. 6), the recess 43 is covered on the outside by the finished pack an upper area of the side tab 15. Below the side tab 14 results a local material or layer reduction due to the shape and arrangement of the recess 43, namely in the area of the legs 38 and 39.
  • a particularly correct and durable connection in the area of the overlap of the ends of the multi-layer material strip 31 is given if in the area of the created Recess 43 layers of material are connected by gluing.
  • a glue point 44 is positioned in the region of the recess 43.
  • the (outside) side tab 15 is directly connected to the inside Side tab 14 connected, through the recess 43.
  • the arrangement of the glue point 44 is chosen so that this is positioned centrally to a (double) edge 45 delimiting the recess 43 is.
  • the outer side tab 15 is thereby also at the same time the facing leg 39 of the Z-fold strip 37 connected.
  • the cuts described are expediently made from a continuous material web divided by transverse separating cuts, the Z-fold strip 37 expediently extends in the longitudinal direction of the web.
  • the recess 43 is attached by or with a transverse cut for the blanks by appropriate design of a cutting knife. With the following one This creates a projection or a tongue 46 in the shape of the recess 43 and in continuation of the Z-folding strip 37. This tongue 46 disappears inside the finished pack.
EP02002519A 1998-08-19 1999-07-31 Emballage pour cigarettes Expired - Lifetime EP1213232B1 (fr)

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DE19837469A DE19837469A1 (de) 1998-08-19 1998-08-19 Packung für Zigaretten
DE19837469 1998-08-19
EP99940107A EP1121297B1 (fr) 1998-08-19 1999-07-31 Paquet a cigarettes

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KR (1) KR20010072716A (fr)
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AT (2) ATE229452T1 (fr)
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DE10104301A1 (de) 2001-01-30 2002-08-01 Focke & Co Zigarettenpackung sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen derselben
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US5762186A (en) 1993-10-25 1998-06-09 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Soft pack for cigarettes
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CN1439583A (zh) 2003-09-03
ATE299118T1 (de) 2005-07-15
JP2002523303A (ja) 2002-07-30
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ATE229452T1 (de) 2002-12-15
EP1121297A2 (fr) 2001-08-08
DE19837469A1 (de) 2000-02-24
WO2000010877A2 (fr) 2000-03-02
KR20010072716A (ko) 2001-07-31
ES2243604T3 (es) 2005-12-01
BR9913114B1 (pt) 2009-01-13
CN1117016C (zh) 2003-08-06
TR200103837T2 (tr) 2002-06-21
TR200100626T2 (tr) 2001-07-23
CN1288046C (zh) 2006-12-06
EP1213232B1 (fr) 2005-07-06
PL346707A1 (en) 2002-02-25
CN1314864A (zh) 2001-09-26
US6494318B1 (en) 2002-12-17
ES2187183T3 (es) 2003-05-16
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