Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D85/1081—Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F15/00—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor
  • A24F15/12—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for pocket use
  • A24F15/18—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for pocket use combined with other objects
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
  • A24F19/00—Ash-trays
  • A24F19/0064—Ash-trays of the pocket type
• • 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
  • B65D2209/00—Provisions for used articles

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an ashtray associable with a pack of cigarettes, but also usable independently.
• This ashtray allows the almost instant extinction of cigarette butts, without crushing, by simple suffocation. It is produced and achievable in any type of non-flammable, flame-retardant, non-combustible material, both flexible and rigid, such as aluminum or aluminum-lined paper, of any material and material of whatever nature, natural, artificial, synthetic, chemical, directly or indirectly relating to the manufacture of said ashtray or capable of facilitating its extension, its development, and very particularly its recycling because it is disposable.
• This ashtray according to the invention is first of all in the form of a case, the bottom of which constitutes a chamber serving as a warehouse for ashes and / or butts or the like, which chamber has a variable volume and is delimited by the lower part of the envelope forming said case and through the bottom of the packet of cigarettes arranged in the latter, which chamber is accessible after displacement of said packet of cigarettes, to accommodate the deposits of ash and / or butts or the like, by the through a window fitted on one of the faces of said case, which window is positioned at a distance from the bottom of the case, also delimiting the reception capacity of said room so that it allows accommodation there a sufficient volume of ashes, butts or other.
• this ashtray also has the particularity of being usable autonomously and it comprises, arranged at its entrance, a valve which is articulated on the upper edge of the face of the case which for example is opposite to that comprising the window for introducing ashes, butts or the like, which flap retracts automatically when the cigarette pack is placed in said case, and it is provided with means which allow it to resume automatically and elastically its closed position of said inlet when the package is separated from said case, so as to give the ashtray its autonomous character.
• said ashtray and / or case can be used independently of the pack of cigarettes, with the same hermetic properties as those envisaged for the use of the ashtray and / or case, associated with the pack of cigarettes, which allows the extinction rapid glowing butts in both cases and which also allows automatic collection of butts, ashes and other cigarette residues, without risk of propagation of igneous elements, from said ashtray chamber and or case to the outside.
• the valve for automatically closing the inlet of the case comprises lateral tabs which act as a seal, cooperating with the internal faces of the lateral sides of said case, which tabs are in the form of triangle for example.
• the case comprises, on its lateral sides at its entrance, flaps folded inwards, serving as a guide for introducing the packet of cigarettes into the case, which flaps form a baffle, in cooperation with the tongues of the closing flap, so as to strengthen the seal when said case is used as a stand-alone ashtray.
• the flaps serving as a guide for introducing the pack of cigarettes have at their ends an articulated part, of triangular shape for example, serving as an anti-extraction device, once the pack of cigarettes is engaged.
• the elastic return means of the valve for automatically closing the inlet of the case consist of a spiral spring disposed between said valve and the face of the case comprising the articulation of said valve.
• the ashtray comprises, at the level of the face provided with the window for introducing ashes, cigarette butts or the like, a shutter for closing this window.
• This shutter can be located under the face which comprises said window, that is to say in the internal volume of the case and its surface is greater than that of the orifice constituting said window.
• the shutter valve for the window is articulated on one of the edges of the latter, and in particular the upper edge located on the side of the inlet of the case, which valve is stressed. elastically toward its normal window shutter position, and it has an extra thickness forming a kind of plug, arranged on its external surface, having the dimensions of the orifice constituting said window, which shutter shutter is placed and maintained in the active shutter position of the window by the pack of cigarettes itself same or, as the case may be, by the valve for automatically closing the entrance to the case, after removing said pack of cigarettes.
• the shutter shutter of the window is in the form of a drawer which is guided by sliding under the face of the case provided with said window, which drawer can comprise also a window whose dimensions correspond to that located on the pierced face of the case, which drawer window is retractable by means of a finger pass which makes it possible to move said drawer relative to said pierced face of the case to switch it from an active window shutter position to an inactive position and vice versa.
• the sliding drawer can comprise, on its lateral sides, a flap allowing it to slide in grooves arranged on internal parts of the lateral sides of the case, which flaps limit the stroke of said drawer, cooperating with stops disposed at the ends of said grooves on the side of the inlet of the case so as to prevent the extraction of said drawer.
• the drawer is associated with the external wall forming the bottom of the case, which bottom is articulated on the end of the face of the case which is opposite to the face comprising the window.
• the internal lateral sides of the case have cutouts forming stops, which stops are arranged at the upper edge of the window and cooperate with the bottom of the pack of cigarettes to form an anti-extraction device. of the latter with respect to said case.
• the ashtray in the form of a case is shaped from a blank of suitable material, cardboard or the like, which blank mainly comprises: - a part forming the rear or dorsal face of the case ,
• the part of the blank forming the rear face comprises, on one side, the bottom of said case and in the extension from this bottom, the part forming the front face with the window, and this part forming the rear face comprises, on the other side opposite said bottom, the shutter closing the inlet of the case, which part forming the front face with the window comprises, in its extension, a part constituting the shutter shutter of said window, which part comprises a portion intended to be glued to the edge of said window where the joint of said flap is located, which portion is for example glued to the internal surface of the face comprising said window.
• said case in the case of a case comprising a shutter for closing the window, in the form of a sliding drawer, said case consists of a blank and a complementary piece forming said drawer, which blank comprises a part forming the rear or dorsal face of said case, extended on one side by the bottom of the case, which bottom is itself extended by the front face comprising the window, and said rear face comprises, laterally, a part constituting the automatic closing valve of said case, each of the parts constituting the dorsal face and the front face, comprises flaps forming the lateral sides of the case, which internal lateral flaps comprise guide grooves of the sliding drawer.
• the blank in the case of a case with a shutter associated with the bottom of said case, the blank comprises a part forming a rear or dorsal face, connected to the part forming a front face with window by means of one of the lateral sides of said case, said part forming the rear face is extended on one side by the bottom which itself is extended by said sliding flap and, on the other side, opposite said bottom, said rear face is extended by the automatic closing valve of said case, the lateral sides of the case, situated on either side of the part forming said rear face, extend, on the bottom side, in the form of flaps constituting during the setting in volume of said blank, the real bottom disposed inside said case and forming a seal.
• the part forming the rear or dorsal face of the case comprises, at the articulation of the valve for automatically closing the inlet of said case, two small notches at an angle helping to increase the spring effect of said valve.
• the outline of the window cutout may have a rectangular, round, square shape or a serrated or other outline, facilitating, for the user, the introduction of ashes and / or butts or other residues.
• the case may comprise, at its lateral sides and at the bottom, a bellows-like folding, making it possible, both for its packaging and for its transport, to retract it in the height direction .
• the parts of the case intended to be glued during the setting in volume can consist of self-adhesive zones allowing the user to directly mount said case himself.
• the parts of the case intended to be glued during the setting in volume may be provided with tabs which are inserted in one or more cutouts, located on the edge of the lateral sides, articulated on the part forming the bottom of the case.
• the part forming the bottom of the case and / or ashtray can be retractable, so that this ashtray can be emptied. Knowing that this valve can be resiliently biased towards its normal position for closing the bottom.
• FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the ashtray according to the invention in the form of a case for a packet of cigarettes;
• - Figure 4 shows the ashtray in section, serving as a case for a pack of cigarettes, according to the embodiment of Figure 1;
• - Figure 5 shows the case usable as an ashtray after the partial extraction of the cigarette pack, according to the embodiment of Figures 1 and 4;
• - Figure 6 shows, still in section, the ashtray in the form of a case, after reintroduction of the packet of cigarettes into the case, crushing the butts at the bottom of said case, still according to the embodiment of Figures 1 and 4 and 5 ;
• - Figure 7 shows the autonomous ashtray that is to say the ashtray shown in Figure 1 and Figures 4 to 6, but without the pack of cigarettes;
• FIG. 8 shows, in section, the ashtray of Figure 7 showing the wedging means of the window shutter allowing the introduction of ashes, butts or other;
• - Figure 9 shows the ashtray according to Figures 7 and 8, with the shutter resiliently replaced;
• FIG. 10 shows a blank in fireproof, non-combustible or other cardboard, usable for making the ashtray in the form of a case shown in Figures 1 and 4 to 9;
• FIG. 15 shows, in section, the ashtray acting as a case, according to the embodiment of Figure 2;
• FIG. 16 shows the ashtray corresponding to the embodiment of Figures 2 and 15, without the pack of cigarettes, constituting an autonomous ashtray;
• FIG. 17 shows the blank which allows, after setting in volume, to shape the ashtray according to the embodiment of Figures 2 and 15 and 16;
• FIG. 18 shows the ashtray in the form of a sectional case, according to the embodiment of Figure 3;
• - Figure 19 shows the same ashtray corresponding to Figures 3 and 18, used independently;
• FIG. 21 shows the blank for making this ashtray-case according to the embodiment of Figure 3, shown in Figures 18 and 19;
• FIG. 22 shows the shutter in the form of a sliding drawer
• FIG. 23 shows the volume setting of the blank with the shutter in the form of a sliding drawer
• FIG. 24 shows, schematically, in a section parallel to the front and rear faces of the case, the lateral stops arranged on the internal sides of the case.
• FIG. 25 shows a blank in fireproof cardboard, which blank is provided with two tabs located on the lateral sides of the part forming the top of the ashtray and / or case, as well as two cutouts located on the edge of the part forming the below the case and in which these legs are inserted, as well as two parts articulated on the end of the flaps serving as a guide for introducing the packet of cigarettes.
• FIG. 27 shows, schematically, in a section parallel to the front and rear faces of the case, the flaps serving as introduction guides provided with articulated parts serving as anti-extraction stops of the packet of cigarettes, once inserted in this ashtray and / or case.
• Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a pack of cigarettes 1 housed in a case 2 which forms as detailed below, an ashtray.
• This ashtray case 2 which can be combined with a pack of cigarettes 1, has the advantage of not increasing the external volume of the pack of cigarettes.
• FIG. 1 represents a first embodiment in which the window 4 is provided with a shutter 5 which closes the orifice of said window.
• This shutter 5 is shown in the active shutter position, Figure 1, and it is placed and maintained in this active position, directly by the package 1 which is housed in the case.
• FIGS 2 and 3 each show an alternative embodiment also generally using a shutter 5.
• This shutter 5 is in fact in the form of a sliding drawer 25 and 35 respectively.
• the drawer 25 extends under the front face 3 of the case 2 and it is retractable by means of a finger pass 6 arranged at the bottom of this front face, which finger pass gives access to said drawer for the change from its active shutter position of window 4 as shown in FIG. 2 to an inactive position detailed below in FIG. 15.
• the case 2 shown in FIG. 3 also includes a shutter 5 in the form of a sliding drawer, and this sliding drawer 35 also extends under the front face 3.
• This drawer 35 can be manipulated by means of a finger pass 6, arranged at the upper end of the front face 3 to pass from an active position for closing the window 4 as shown in FIG. 3, to an inactive position giving access to the internal volume of the case 2 when the pack of cigarettes 1 has been partially extracted from said case, freeing access to said window as shown in FIG. 18.
• FIG. 4 shows the case 2 in section in which is placed a pack of cigarettes 1. This pack of cigarettes 1 maintains the shutter 5 in its active shutter position of the window 4.
• the pack of cigarettes 2 is partially extracted from the case 2, releasing the shutter 5 and offering the user the possibility of house ashes, butts 7 or others, in the case itself, in particular in the chamber 8 of the case which is delimited by the bottom 9, the rear face 10 and the sides 11 of said case and the bottom 12 of the package cigarettes 1.
• the ashes, butts 7 or other are introduced through the window 4 and fall into the case 2 and in particular on its rear or dorsal face 10.
• the user can push the package 1 into said case, automatically closing the shutter 5 so as to immediately stop any combustion of the cigarette butt or butts 7 in said chamber, by suffocation.
• the package 1 and its ashtray case 2 can be kept as is until a new use.
• the chamber 8 of the case thus has a variable volume, acting as a warehouse for cigarette or other waste.
• FIG. 7 shows that the case 2 can also be used as an autonomous ashtray, after complete extraction of the package 1, or independently of any presence of a package.
• the window 4 on the front face 3 the shutter 5 which, as detailed below, is articulated at the edge 14 of the upper window 4, and in particular the edge located on the side of entry 16 of the case.
• the flap 5 is also shown in dotted lines in the open position in the case. Note that this flap 5 has an internal part 15 whose surface greater than that of the orifice constituting the window 4. This internal part 15 constituting the flap 5, is supplemented as detailed below, by an extra thickness in the form of a plug which truly closes the window opening 4.
• the inlet 16 of the case when the latter forms an autonomous ashtray, is closed by means of a valve 17.
• This closing valve 17 is articulated at the edge 19 forming the entrance to the case 2 , that is to say at the edge which constitutes the upper part of the rear face 12 of said case.
• the valve 17 comprises, laterally, lateral tabs 21 which slide on the internal lateral surfaces of the sides 11 of the case 2. These lateral tabs act as a seal between the valve 17 and the lateral sides 11 of the case .
• tongues 21 are for example in the shape of a triangle with an upper edge 23 which can be in contact with the internal surface of the upper face 3 when the valve 17 is in the active closed position and an edge 24 which can merge with the edge 25 of the lateral sides 11 of the case.
• the lateral sides 11 have, at their edge 25, flaps 26 also in the shape of a triangle.
• flaps 26 cover the tongues 21 and above all facilitate the guiding of the packet of cigarettes 1 during its introduction into the case 2. These flaps 26 also have a triangle shape matching the space left by the valve 17, as shown in FIG. 7 .
• Figure 8 also shows the case 2 constituting an autonomous ashtray, shown in section. Note that the shutter 5 is in position inactive, i.e. open. The window 4 arranged in the front face 3 makes it possible to introduce the ashes, butts or the like.
• FIG. 9 shows the case 2 acting as an ashtray, containing a few butts 7.
• the shutter 5 is shown in the active closing position of the window 4. This shutter 5 is resiliently biased towards its active closing position by means of the valve 17 which itself is shaped in such a way that it has a natural tendency to return elastically to the active closed position of the inlet 16 of the case.
• This valve 17 can also be permanently stressed by a complementary means such as for example a spiral spring 30 as shown in FIG. 9.
• This spiral spring 30 is interposed between the valve 17 and the rear face 10 of the case.
• FIG. 10 represents a blank made for example of material of the fireproof cardboard type for making the case 2 as shown in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 4 to 9.
• valve 17 In the extension of the rear face 10, opposite the bottom 9, there is the valve 17 provided, laterally, with its tongues 21.
• the valve 17 is linked to the rear face 10 by the edge 19 which forms a joint. Note, starting from the ends of this edge 19 and extending in the rear part 10, two small notches 31 which accentuate the spring effect of said articulation 19, for the valve 17.
• the front face 3 comprises the window 4, which window can be partially cut out as shown in FIG. 10, retaining a portion 33 which can be used to make the shutter 5.
• This portion 33 cut out in the front face 3 is held by a fold line 4, forming in a way the shutter plug of the window 4.
• the front face 3 is extended, opposite the bottom 9, by a portion 36 consisting of two portions: a portion 37 connected directly to the front face 3 by an edge 40, and a portion 15 in the extension, linked to said portion 37 by a joint 44 which, as indicated above, forms the joint 14 of the flap 5 on the front face 3.
• lateral parts 45 intended to form the internal lateral sides of the case.
• These side parts are provided at their end with flaps 46 positioned so as to fold over the bottom 9.
• These internal side parts 45 have cutouts 47 which are located at the upper edge 14 of the window 4. These cutouts 47 form stops which allow, as shown in FIG. 24, to avoid the total extraction of the packet of cigarettes 1. In fact, these stops 47 cooperate with the bottom of the packet of cigarettes 1, avoiding untimely extraction of the packet from the case 2.
• the blank is cut from a non-flammable material.
• External surfaces may include advertising or other inscriptions.
• the internal surfaces can be covered in whole or in part with a non-combustible and / or insulating material.
• FIGS. 11 to 14 The mounting of the case is shown in FIGS. 11 to 14. This mounting is carried out firstly by folding the part 37 around its edge 40 and bonding this part 37 to the internal surface of the front face 3. The portion 15 located in the extension of the part 37 is glued to the part 33 so as to form the shutter 5.
• the part 33 can also be completely cut out, forming a plug, and be glued to the portion 15, or be replaced by any other type of plug, glued to the said portion 15.
• the articulation 14 of the flap 5 relative to the front face 3 is constituted either by the connecting line 44 between the parts 37 and 15, or by the combination of this line 44 and the connecting line 34 between the part 33 and the front panel 3.
• This first arrangement is shown in FIG. 11, with the part 33 glued to the portion 15 so as to form the flap 5 which makes it possible to close the window 4.
• Figures 12 and 13 show the establishment of the valve 17 between the walls 1 and its tongues 21 folded between said side walls. They also show the folding of the flaps 26 inside the case.
• the shutter 5 is positioned between the internal lateral sides 45.
• the surface of this shutter 5 and in particular of its portion 15 is greater than the surface of the window opening 4.
• the flaps 46 located in the extension of the internal sides 45, are folded back to position themselves on the bottom 9 as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.
• FIG. 15 represents, in section, a variant of an ashtray case 2 corresponding to the embodiment of FIG. 2.
• This case 2 can accommodate a packet of cigarettes 1. It has on its front face 3 a window 4 allowing access to the internal volume 8 of the case. The particularity resides in the closing means of this window 4, which means consist of a flap 5 in the form of a drawer 25.
• This drawer 25 appears on the blank detailed in FIG. 17.
• This drawer 25 consists of a part of the blank which is located in the extension of the bottom 9, which bottom is attached by a fold line 50 to the rear face 10.
• This drawer 25 also has a window 51 which, in the normal position as shown in FIG. 16, is offset with respect to the window 4 arranged on the front face 3.
• This window 51 is placed in correspondence with the window 4 by displacement of the drawer 25, which drawer is accessible to the operator by means of the finger pocket 6.
• the drawer slides under the front face 3, with a movement which moves it towards the bottom of the case.
• the bottom 9 is articulated on the rear face 10 around the edge 50 and the drawer 15 forming the shutter is linked to said bottom 9 by the edge 52. As shown in FIG. 15, in the inactive shutter position, the drawer 15 projects beyond the bottom of the case, freeing the window 4 by placing its own window 51 opposite.
• the bottom itself of the case consists of two flaps 46 'which extend in the extension of the lateral sides 11, as shown in Figure 17. These two flaps 46' fold inside the case, in front of the background 9.
• This case 2 can be used as shown in FIG. 15 with a pack of cigarettes 1. It can also be used as a hermetic and autonomous ashtray as shown in FIG. 16 with all the attributes of the ashtray detailed previously in FIG. 7.
• This ashtray case can be obtained from the blank shown in FIG. 17.
• This blank comprises the rear face 10 which comprises, on either side the lateral sides 11 and in the extension of one of these lateral sides 11, the front face 3 provided with its window 4.
• the rear part 10 comprises the bottom 9, on one side and on the other side, opposite said bottom 9, the valve 17 which serves to close the opening of the case.
• FIG. 17 there is a part 53 intended to be folded over the internal surface of the front face 3, up to the window 4.
• This internal part 53 and the front face 3 envelop the drawer 25 and serve as a guide, in particular for its end 55 and the rest of the periphery of the window 51.
• the front face 3 comprises, opposite the lateral side 11, a side marked 11 'which is positioned inside the case, glued for example on the internal face of the other side 11.
• FIG. 18 represents in section, the case 2 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3.
• This case accommodates a packet of cigarettes 1 which is partially extracted, revealing the window 4 to allow the introduction of ashes, butts 7 or the like.
• This case 2 comprises a shutter 5 which is again in the form of a drawer 35 which slides under the front face 3, between the package 1 and the internal surface of this front face.
• the front face 3 comprises at the entrance of the case, a finger pass 6 which allows the operator to move the drawer 35 from its active position as shown in FIG. 19 to an inactive position as shown in FIG. 18.
• FIG 19 the case 2 is shown as a stand-alone ashtray, that is to say without the pack of cigarettes 1.
• This ashtray forms a closed box thanks to its valve 17 which has been detailed previously in connection with the other embodiments .
• the case 2 of this embodiment corresponding to Figure 3 and Figures 18 to 23, comprises two parts: the case itself obtained from a blank as shown in Figure 21 and the shutter 5 shaped drawer 35 obtained from a blank shown in FIG. 22.
• This shutter 5 or drawer consists of a sheet 56 whose width dimensions correspond to the internal dimensions of the case.
• This sheet 56 includes a window 57 whose dimensions correspond to those of window 4.
• flaps 59 which extend over a portion of the length of the edges of the sheet 56, about half.
• the blank constituting the case proper represented in FIG. 21, comprises the part constituting the front face 3 provided with the window 4, which front face 3 is extended by the bottom 9, which bottom is itself extended by the part constituting the rear face 10 and this rear face is extended opposite the bottom 9 by the closing valve 17.
• the front face 3 is bordered by lateral sides 45 'which, unlike the sides
• the rear face 10 is also bordered laterally by lateral sides 32 ′ which constitute the internal lateral sides. These lateral sides cooperate with the drawer 35. They each have grooves 60 which make it possible to guide the drawer 35. As shown in FIG. 21 in a simplified manner, the drawer 35 slides, guided on the bottom of the grooves 60, by means of its flaps 59 which extend outside the sides 32 '.
• the front end at least of the grooves 60 comprises, on the side of the inlet 16 of the case, stops 61 which make it possible to limit the stroke of the drawer 35 and thus avoid its untimely extraction.
• Figure 23 shows the case volume setting operation.
• the drawer 35 is positioned on the internal lateral sides 32 '. Its window 57 is located towards the bottom of the case; in this position, the drawer 35 is in the inactive position, that is to say that it closes the window 4 of the front face of the case.
• the valve 17 closes the entrance to the case. This valve 17 extends under the drawer 35.
• the bottom 9 is doubled by the flaps 46 located at the ends of the sides 45 '.
• the flaps 26 are arranged at the end of the sides 45 ′, at the entrance to the case.
• the sides 32 ′ also include the cutouts 47 forming the anti-extraction stops which cooperate with the bottom 12 of the pack of cigarettes as shown in FIG. 24. These stops 47 are located inside the case and remain elastically protruding at the inside.
• FIG. 25 represents a blank made for example of material of the fireproof cardboard type or coated with aluminum. On this blank, there is a part constituting the front face 3, the bottom 9 which is interposed between this face and the part forming the rear face 10.
• valve 17 In the extension of the rear face 10, opposite the bottom 9, there is the valve 17 provided, laterally, with its two tongues 21.
• valve 17 is linked to the rear face 10 by the edge 19 which forms a joint. Still in Figure 25, there are the flaps 26 arranged on the lateral sides of the case in particular on the parts 45 forming the outside of said sides.
• the flaps 26 have at their ends a part 71 of triangular shape for example. These parts 71 are articulated on the flaps 26 by the edge 72. These parts 71 or anti-extraction stops cooperate with the bottom 12 of the pack of cigarettes as shown in FIG. 27.
• These parts 71 or stops prevent the total extraction of the pack of cigarettes 1. Indeed, these parts 71 cooperate with the bottom of the packet of cigarettes 1, avoiding untimely extraction of the packet from the case, when the latter is associated with the ashtray and / or case.
• the front face 3 comprises the window 4, which window can be partially cut out as shown for example in FIGS. 10 and 11, retaining a portion 33 which can be used to make the shutter 5.
• This portion 33 cut out from the front face 3 is held by a fold line 4, in a way forming the shutter plug of the window 4.
• the front face 3 is extended, opposite the bottom 9, by a portion 36 consisting of two portions: a portion 37 connected directly to the front face 3 by an edge 40, and a portion 15 in the extension, linked to said portion 37 by a joint 44 which forms, as indicated above, the joint 14 of the flap
• lateral parts 45 intended to form the internal lateral sides of the case.
• the blank is cut from a non-flammable material.
• External surfaces may include advertising or other inscriptions.
• the internal surfaces can be covered in whole or in part with a non-combustible and / or insulating material.
• FIG. 26 represents these two tabs 73 coming to be inserted in the cutouts 75 situated on the edge of the lateral sides 32, articulated on the part 10 forming the underside of the case, as well as two articulated parts 71, situated on the end of the two flaps 26 serving as a guide for introducing the pack of cigarettes, knowing that the parts 71 serve as an anti-extraction device, once the pack of cigarettes is engaged.
• 27 shows the flaps 26 have at their ends a part 71 of triangular shape for example, articulated on the flaps 26.
• These parts 71 or anti-extraction stops cooperate with the bottom 12 of the pack of cigarettes as shown in Figure 27.
• These parts 71 or stops prevent the total removal of the cigarette pack 1.
• these parts 71 cooperate with the bottom of the packet of cigarettes 1, avoiding untimely extraction of the packet from the case, when the latter is associated with the ashtray and / or case.
• window 4 has been shown with a rectangular shape on the front face 3; this contour can take other forms: square, oval, circular or even partially or totally serrated.
• the surfaces of the different blanks, intended to be glued may include an arrangement of the self-adhesive type so as to allow the user to assemble the case himself.
• the lateral sides 11 and the bottom 9 may include a bellows type arrangement which makes it possible to reduce its volume.
• the part forming the bottom 9 may include an arrangement allowing an automatic shaping of the bottom.
• the part forming the bottom 9 of the case and / or ashtray can be retractable, so that one can empty this ashtray. Knowing that this valve can be resiliently biased towards its normal position for closing the bottom.

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