EP1497202B1 - Cigarette pack comprising a slide and case - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a package with a slider and a slide at least partially surrounding, open at both ends sleeve, in particular for receiving a cigarette group, said at least one bottom wall having slide by mutually corresponding stops and counter-attacks on sleeve and slider only to a limited extent relative is movable to the sleeve.

In cigarette packages in the embodiment with slider and sleeve, it is known to attach stops and counter-stops on the slide on the one hand and the sleeve on the other hand, such that relative movements between these Packungsteiten are limited. The stops and counterstops are positioned so that an open position and a closed position are defined as the end positions of the slider, such as in the package according to CH-A-370 699. The slider has a hinged lid in this known pack. With this a tab is connected, which has transverse webs in the region of the slider. These in turn enter lateral, longitudinally delimited slots of the sleeve. Ends of the lands emerge from the area of the slider and form exposed protrusions on the outside of the package.

Other packages of the "slide and sleeve" are also provided with organs for limiting the relative movement. In these known packages, however, the limiting members are each mounted so that they are perceptible from the outside at least in the case of open packaging (US Pat. No. 4,646,960, DE-A-2,809,548, US Pat. No. 4,050,622).

The invention has for its object to improve packages, in particular cigarette packs, the slide and sleeve with stops to limit the relative mobility in that the appearance of this type of pack is not affected by the attacks.

• a) die Hülse weist einen Randlappen auf, der an einer Innenseite mit einem Gegenlappen verbunden ist, nämlich mit einer Unterwand oder einem weiteren Randlappen,
• b) der innenliegende Randlappen weist eine einseitig offene Ausnehmung auf,
• c) an der Bodenwand des Schiebers ist ein Anschlaglappen angeordnet, der in die Ausnehmung des Randlappens eintritt,
• d) quergerichtete Ränder der Ausnehmung bilden Anschläge für den Anschlaglappen.

To solve this problem, the package according to the invention is characterized by the following features:

• a) the sleeve has an edge flap, which is connected at an inner side with a counter-flap, namely with a lower wall or a further edge flap,
• b) the inner edge tab has a recess open on one side,
• c) on the bottom wall of the slider, a stop tab is arranged, which enters into the recess of the edge flap,
• d) transversely directed edges of the recess form stops for the stop tab.

By attaching a stop defining recess in the region of an inner edge flap in connection with a stop tab in the bottom wall of the slide these cooperating organs remain concealed at each relative position of slide and sleeve are not visible from the outside. In addition, the package is very simple in construction, namely in terms of the design of the blanks for slide and sleeve. Also, manufacturing, namely industrial-scale assembly, is unproblematic, namely unchanged from the production of standard packages.

Fig. 1

eine Zigaretten-Packung mit Schieber und Hülse in Öffnungsstellung, in perspektivischer Darstellung,

Fig. 2

einen Zuschnitt für einen Schieber in ausgebreiteter Stellung,

Fig. 3

einen ausgebreiteten Zuschnitt einer Hülse,

Fig. 4

die Packung gem. Fig. 1 im Längsschnitt, in Schließstellung,

Fig. 5

die Packung gem. Fig. 4 in Draufsicht, teilweise geschnitten, in geöffneter Stellung,

Fig. 6

einen Ausschnitt der Packung gem. Fig. 5 in einer Querschnittsebene VI - VI der Fig. 4,

Fig.7

eine Darstellung analog Fig. 1 eines anderen Ausführungsbeispiels der Packung,

Fig. 8

einen ausgebreiteten Zuschnitt eines Schiebers für die Packung gem. Fig. 7,

Fig. 9

einen ausgebreiteten Zuschnitt einer Hülse für die Packung gem. Fig. 7,

Fig. 10

die Packung gem. Fig. 7 in Draufsicht, bei vergrößertem Maßstab und in Öffnungsstellung,

Fig. 11

einen Längsschnitt durch die Packung gem. Fig. 10 in der Schnittebene XI - XI,

Fig. 12

eine Einzelheit der Packung gem. Fig. 11 im Querschnitt in der Schnittebene XII - XII, bei vergrößertem Maßstab,

Fig. 13

eine Einzelheit der Packung gem. Fig. 12 in einer Schnittebene XIII - XIII,

Fig. 14

eine nicht zur Erfindung gehörende Ausführungsform einer Packung Schieber und Hülse im Vertikalschnitt, in Schließstellung,

Fig. 15

die Packung gem. Fig. 14 in Öffnungsstellung.

Embodiments of the pack will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1

a cigarette pack with slide and sleeve in the open position, in perspective view,

Fig. 2

a blank for a slide in the extended position,

Fig. 3

a spread-out blank of a sleeve,

Fig. 4

the package acc. 1 in longitudinal section, in the closed position,

Fig. 5

the package acc. 4 in plan view, partially cut, in the open position,

Fig. 6

a section of the package acc. 5 in a cross-sectional plane VI - VI of Fig. 4,

Figure 7

1 is a representation similar to FIG. 1 of another exemplary embodiment of the pack,

Fig. 8

a spread blank of a slider for the package acc. Fig. 7,

Fig. 9

a spread blank of a sleeve for the package acc. Fig. 7,

Fig. 10

the package acc. 7 in plan view, on an enlarged scale and in the open position,

Fig. 11

a longitudinal section through the package acc. 10 in the sectional plane XI - XI,

Fig. 12

a detail of the package acc. 11 in cross-section in the sectional plane XII - XII, on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 13

a detail of the package acc. 12 in a sectional plane XIII - XIII,

Fig. 14

a not belonging to the invention embodiment of a pack slide and sleeve in vertical section, in the closed position,

Fig. 15

the package acc. Fig. 14 in the open position.

The illustrated packages of the slide and sleeve type consist of two parts, namely an outer sleeve 10 and a slide 11 movable therein, both in particular of thin cardboard.

The content of the pack is a cigarette group 12 of two rows of cigarettes. The cigarette group 12 is surrounded by an inner blank 13 and thus forms a cigarette block, which finds fitting in the pack recording.

Sleeve 10 and slide 11 each consist of separate blanks. In the embodiment gem. Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, the slider 11 consists of a support wall or bottom wall 14 and opposing tabs, namely a locking tab 15 and an opposite end tab 16. Side are attached to the bottom wall 14 side tabs 17, 18. These are folded in the finished folded slide 11 in an upright position, so that the slider 11 in the region of the bottom wall 14 has a U-shaped cross-section.

The closure flap 15 consists of an end wall 19 and a subsequent thereto plug-in tab 20 by punching cuts 21, the closure tab 15 of the side flaps 17, 18 delimited to form a partition 22. The individual areas or blank walls are delimited against each other by fold lines, the in the drawings are shown in dashed lines.

The end flap 16 consists of two areas, namely an end wall 23 and a subsequent thereto insertion tab 24th

As can be seen in particular from FIG. 4, the package contents - cigarettes block - are surrounded on all sides at least partially by the slide 11 in the closed position of the package. The end wall 19 abuts one end of the cigarette or cigarette block - in the area of filters in filter cigarettes - while the end wall 23 abuts the cigarette block at opposite ends of the cigarettes. The tabs 20 and 24 rest on the opposite side to the bottom wall 14 on the cigarette block.

The sleeve 10 forms an upper wall 25, an opposite lower wall 26 and narrow, elongated side walls 27, 28. To form a hollow body open at both ends with a rectangular cross section, an edge tab 29 of the blank of the sleeve 10 is connected to a free edge region of the lower wall 26, namely glued , The edge tabs 29 is applied to the inside of the bottom wall 26. The sleeve 10 surrounds the slider 11 together with the cigarette block such that the bottom wall 14 rests against the inside of the bottom wall 26. The side flaps 17, 18 are in contact with the inside of the side walls 27, 28.

The package is designed so that at least one, but preferably two end positions of the slider 11 are fixed relative to the sleeve 10 by inside, concealed arranged organs. The slider 11 protrudes so far out of the sleeve 10 that the free access to the cigarette group 12 - after previous removal of a flaps of the inner blank 13, is possible. The closed position (FIG. 4) is likewise fixed, that is to say a position in which the slide 11 is flush with the sleeve 10.

A special feature is the creation of the end positions of the slide 11 by means of stops and counter-attacks. According to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, a stop tab 30 is formed laterally on the slide 11 as part of the slide 11. In the area of the bottom wall 14 of the slide 11, a punching 31 is provided which limits the stop tabs 30. The stop tab 30 extends to the side flap 18. When using the package, two opposing stop edges 32 and 33 of the stop tab 30 come into effect.

Counter-organs, namely counter-stops, are formed on the inside of the sleeve 10, in the present case in the region of the bottom wall 26. The counter-stop is part of the edge tabs 29 and is formed by this. The edge flap 29 lying on the inside on the bottom wall 26 is provided with an (open) recess 34 whose transverse edges or edges act as a counter-stop, namely as an opening stop 35 and a closing stop 36.

In the finished folded and assembled pack of stop tabs 30 is in the region of the recess 34. The stop tabs 30 is inclined, thus exiting the plane The position of the stop tab 30 results from the material property, since the stop tabs 30 extends to a folding edge 37 between the bottom wall 14 and side tabs 18. The projecting area of the stop tab 30 is displaceable within the recess 34 during the actuation of the slide 11 until, during an opening movement, the stop edge 32 rests against the associated counter stop, namely at the opening stop 35 and thus fixes the end position. In opposite movement, the stop edge 33 comes to rest on the closing stopper 36 according to the closed position of the slide eleventh

The stop edge 33 and corresponding to the edge of the closing stopper 36 are inclined. As a result, the insertion of the slider 11 is facilitated in the sleeve 10 during assembly of the package. The insertion edge lying on the front stop edge 33 can be introduced without entanglement in the sleeve 10 until the positioning of the stop tab 30 within the recess 34th

In the embodiment gem. Fig. 7 to Fig. 13 is a peculiarity of the package in the embodiment of the slider 11. This consists of the bottom wall 14, the locking tab 15 and the end flap 16, but has no side flaps. In the region of the side flaps, ie in a plane extending transversely to the bottom wall 14, the stop system of the packing acts. For this purpose, a protruding stop tab 30 is disposed on a free edge of the bottom wall 14, which is rectangular in this example. For material-saving production of blanks for slide 11 in the embodiment of FIG. 8 is opposite to the stop tabs 30 a punched 38 of the same size and shape formed.
The sleeve 10 is formed in a special way, namely, has a second edge tabs 39, opposite to the edge tabs 29. The two edge tabs 29 and 39 together form the side wall 28 of the sleeve 10, wherein the edge tabs 29, 30 overlap each other and by gluing or the like are connected to each other. The edge tab 39 lies outside and extends over the full height or width of the side wall 28.

The inner edge tab 29 cooperates with the stop tabs 30 and has an open recess 34 for this purpose. This has a rectangular shape below Formation of transverse attacks, namely opening stop 35 and closing stop 36th

The one stop, namely opening stop 35, is formed in a special way, limited by a short incision 40 and thus provided with an exposed end piece 41. This is deformed inwardly (Fig. 13) and thus forms a particularly effective and unsurpassable stop for the stop edge 32 of the stop tab 30th

The package acc. FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 are provided with a differently designed organ for determining end positions of the slide 11. It is a connection tab 42 which is mounted within the sleeve 10 between slide 11 on the one hand and sleeve 10 on the other. In the embodiment shown, the connecting tab 42 is positioned in a remote from the locking tab 15 area. One end portion of the connecting tab 42 is connected to the bottom wall 14 of the slider 11 and another end portion to the bottom wall 26 of the sleeve 10, in the present case by glue spots 43, 44. The connecting tab 42 is made of a thin, flexible material, for example, tear-resistant paper , Foil or the like. Upon movement of the slider 11 within the sleeve, the connecting tab 42 is moved from one extended position to another. In one extended position, the closed position is defined (FIG. 14) and in the other extended position the open position (FIG. 15). In the embodiment shown, the connecting plate 42 is formed as a double-layered body, namely as a closed loop, which forms flat legs together. Alternatively, the connecting straps 42 may be single-layered.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

shell

11

pusher

12

cigarette group

13

inner blank

14

bottom wall

15

flap

16

end flap

17

side flap

18

side flap

19

bulkhead

20

insertion flap

21

chad

22

partition

23

end wall

24

insertion flap

25

upper wall

26

under wall

27

Side wall

28

Side wall

29

peripheral tab

30

stop tab

31

punching

32

stop edge

33

stop edge

34

recess

35

opening stop

36

closing stop

37

fold

38

punching

39

peripheral tab

40

incision

41

tail

42

connecting strap

43

Leimstelle

44

Leimstelle

Claims (5)

1. A pack having a slide (11) and a shell (10) which partially encloses the slide (11), is open at both ends and is intended, in particular, for accommodating a cigarette group (12), it being possible to move the slide (11), which has at least one base wall (14), only to a limited extent relative to the shell (10) as a result of mutually corresponding stops and mating stops on the shell (10) and slide (11), characterized by the following features:

   a) the shell (10) has a peripheral tab (29) which is connected at an inner side to a mating tab, namely to a bottom wall (26) or another peripheral tab (39),

   b) the inner peripheral tab (29) has a recess (34) open on one side,

   c) arranged on the base wall (14) of the slide (11) is a stop tab (30) which enters into the recess (34) of the peripheral tab (29),

   d) transverse edges of the recess (34) form stops (35, 36) for the stop tab (30).
2. The pack according to Claim 1, characterized in that the stop tab (30), which is provided on the slide (11), is part of the base wall (14) and projects beyond the plane of the base wall (14) such that at least one sub-region of the stop tab (30) projects into the recess (34). (Fig. 1 to Fig. 6)
3. The pack according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the stop tab (30) adjoins the base wall (14) of the slide (11) laterally and extends transversely or perpendicular to the base wall (14) in the region of a side wall (28) of the shell (10), the stop tab (30) projecting into the recess (34) formed in the region of the side wall (28). (Fig. 7 to Fig. 13)
4. The pack according to Claim 1, characterized in that an edge of the recess (34) forming an opening stop (35) for the stop tab (30) forms, by way of material deformation, an elevated protrusion for the stop tab (30), namely by way of deformation of the peripheral tab (29) in the region of the recess (34).
5. The pack according to Claim 1, characterized in that an edge of the recess (34) forming the closing stop (36) is directed obliquely, and that a stop edge (33) of the stop tab (30) facing the closing stop (36) has a correspondingly oblique configuration.

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