EP2817232B1 - Rigid packet of cigarettes - Google Patents
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- EP2817232B1 EP2817232B1 EP13720020.0A EP13720020A EP2817232B1 EP 2817232 B1 EP2817232 B1 EP 2817232B1 EP 13720020 A EP13720020 A EP 13720020A EP 2817232 B1 EP2817232 B1 EP 2817232B1
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- cigarettes
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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
- B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
- B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
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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
- B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
- B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
- B65D85/1048—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the shape of the container
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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
- B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
- B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
- B65D85/1056—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid
- B65D85/10564—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid having means for holding the lid in a closed position
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a rigid packet of cigarettes.
- a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes (or cigars, cigarillos or similar) comprises a cup-shaped outer container; and a lid hinged to the outer container and movable between an open and a closed position.
- the outer container defines a compartment for housing an inner package comprising a foil-wrapped group of cigarettes.
- the outer container is sized according to the size of the inner package (i.e. the group of cigarettes) so as to grip the group of cigarettes firmly between the walls of the outer container and prevent the group of cigarettes from moving with respect to the outer container, or even prevent adjacent cigarettes from moving with respect to one another, as the packets of cigarettes are transported and handled repeatedly between the production plant and the end user.
- the cigarettes in the group must be maintained in a given position inside the outer container, in that even only partial movement of the cigarettes inside the outer container may result in tobacco spillage from the 'tips' (i.e. the ends opposite the filters) or in bending or tearing of the cigarettes.
- packets of cigarettes of the above type must also permit easy withdrawal of the cigarettes, especially when the packet is full (i.e. when the packet is first opened).
- the need for a packet in which the group of cigarettes is housed loosely inside the outer container obviously conflicts with the need to hold the group of cigarettes firmly in a given position, as stated above.
- known rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes represent a trade-off between the above two demands, i.e. the need to grip the group of cigarettes firmly inside the outer container to prevent the cigarettes from moving during transport and handling, and the need to allow a certain amount of slack between the cigarettes in the group, so the first few cigarettes can be withdrawn without too much difficulty.
- Patent Application DE202010002096U1 regarded as the closest prior art, describes a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes with a trapezoidal cross section which is constant (i.e. always the same) along its whole length. Even this packet of cigarettes, however, represents a trade-off between the above two demands, i.e. the need to grip the group of cigarettes firmly inside the outer container to prevent the cigarettes from moving during transport and handling, and the need to allow a certain amount of slack between the cigarettes in the group, so the first few cigarettes can be withdrawn without too much difficulty.
- Patent EP0930245B1 proposes a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes, in which the outer container has three main axes perpendicular to one another, and is bounded by a number of main walls, each parallel to two of the three main axes, and by at least one connecting wall, which is located between at least two main walls and forms a given angle of other than zero with each of the three main axes, so the cross section of the packet varies along each of the main axes.
- the packet of cigarettes described in Patent EP0930245B1 is fairly complicated to produce on a standard (commercial) packing machine, and so calls for a specially designed machine that is much more expensive than an equivalent standard packing machine.
- Number 1 in Figures 1, 2 and 3 indicates as a whole a rigid packet of cigarettes.
- Packet 1 of cigarettes comprises a cardboard outer container 2; and an inner wrapper 3, which is housed inside outer container 2, encloses a group of cigarettes (shown in cross section in Figure 4 ), and has a top and front extraction opening by which to extract cigarettes 23.
- Cigarettes 23 in the group may be arranged in three rows of 6-7-7 cigarettes, making a total of 20 cigarettes.
- Outer container 2 has an open top end 4; and a cup-shaped lid 5 hinged to outer container 2 along a hinge 6 to rotate, with respect to outer container 2, between an open position ( Figure 3 ) and a closed position ( Figures 1 and 2 ) opening and closing open top end 4 respectively.
- outer container 2 When lid 5 is in the closed position, outer container 2 is in the form of a polyhedron with six faces in three opposite pairs. More specifically, outer container 2 has two end walls comprising a top wall 7 and a bottom wall 8 opposite and parallel to each other; and four lateral walls 9, 10, 11, which are perpendicular to top and bottom walls 7 and 8, and extend longitudinally to connect the edges of top wall 7 to the corresponding edges of bottom wall 8.
- the four lateral walls 9, 10, 11 comprise two opposite, parallel major (i.e. larger) lateral walls 9 and 10; and two opposite, non-parallel minor (i.e. smaller) lateral walls 11. More specifically, major lateral wall 9 defines a front wall 9 of outer container 2; and major lateral wall 10 defines a rear wall 10 of outer container 2.
- Four longitudinal edges 12 are defined between the two minor lateral walls 11 and front and rear walls 9, 10; and eight transverse edges 13 are defined between top and bottom walls 7, 8 and front, rear and minor lateral walls 9, 10, 11.
- packet 1 also comprises a U-shaped, rigid (i.e. rigid cardboard) collar 14 inserted inside outer container 2 and glued to outer container 2 to project partly outwards of open top end 4 and engage a corresponding inner surface of lid 5 when lid 5 is closed.
- Collar 14 comprises a front wall 15 positioned contacting front wall 9 of outer container 2; and two lateral walls 16 located on opposite sides of front wall 15 and positioned contacting minor lateral walls 11 of outer container 2.
- collar 14 has two projections 17, which project laterally from front wall 15 to interferentially engage the lateral walls of lid 5 to hold lid 5 in the closed position.
- top wall 7 is trapezoidal, and more specifically in the form of an isosceles trapezium (in geometry, an isosceles trapezium is defined as a quadrilateral, with two parallel sides known respectively as 'major' and 'minor' bases; with two oblique, congruent sides; and in which the two adjacent angles of each base are equal and congruent).
- Bottom wall 8 is rectangular, with the same perimeter as the trapezium of top wall 7 (in geometry, a rectangle is defined as a quadrilateral with equal opposite sides, and with adjacent sides perpendicular; a square is a particular form of rectangle with four equal sides).
- the bases of the trapezium of top wall 7 are parallel to the corresponding major sides of the rectangle of bottom wall 8.
- a cross section of outer container 2, parallel to top and bottom walls 7 and 8, varies continuously in a longitudinal direction (i.e. lengthwise of the polyhedron of packet 1 of cigarettes) to connect the trapezium of top wall 7 to the rectangle of bottom wall 8, so each longitudinal edge 12 is of constant shape and size along its whole length.
- any cross section of outer container 2 is always in the form of a convex quadrilateral.
- Figure 4 shows a cross section of packet 1 of cigarettes, parallel to top and bottom walls 7 and 8 and close to bottom wall 8, and in which 7a indicates the projection of top wall 7 in the cross section plane, and 8a indicates the projection of bottom wall 8 in the same cross section plane.
- the cross section close to bottom wall 8 i.e. adjacent to the base of packet 1 of cigarettes
- the cross section close to bottom wall 8 is still substantially rectangular, and so provides for keeping cigarettes 23 in the group of cigarettes in inner wrapping 3 compact, i.e. held firmly in the correct position.
- the cross section of the undeformed group of cigarettes is the same shape and size as the cross section of outer container 2 adjacent to bottom wall 8.
- the group of cigarettes therefore undergoes no deformation of any sort, whereas, in all the other parallel cross sections, the group of cigarettes is deformed slightly (i.e. cigarettes 23 in inner wrapping 3 are shifted slightly with respect to the initial undeformed condition), but this has no negative effect on cigarettes 23.
- the outer container 2 of an equivalent standard (i.e. rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped) rigid packet of cigarettes would have the same cross section as outer container 2 at bottom wall 8.
- cigarettes 23 undergo no compression, regardless of the cross section of packet 1 of cigarettes considered. This is due to the group of cigarettes being arranged in three rows of 6-7-7 cigarettes 23 (making a total of 20 cigarettes), and to the row comprising 6 cigarettes 23 being positioned facing the minor base of the trapezium of top wall 7 ( Figure 4 ).
- the group of cigarettes may also be arranged in three rows of 6-7-8 cigarettes 23 (making a total of 21 cigarettes - a format used in cigarette vending machines); in two rows of 9-11 cigarettes 23 (making a total of 20 cigarettes - a format particularly suitable for small-diameter 'slim' cigarettes); or in four rows of 4-5-5-6 cigarettes 23 (making a total of 20 cigarettes - a suitable format for 'superslim' cigarettes that can be packed in square-section packets).
- each minor lateral wall 11 has a twist, i.e. has a curved, partly spiral shape.
- any cross section of outer container 2 parallel to top and bottom walls 7 and 8, has the same perimeter (i.e. the perimeter of the cross section of outer container 2 is constant, by virtue of the lateral surface, in plan view, of outer container 2 being a rectangle).
- This is an important characteristic, by allowing outer container 2 to be wrapped easily in a rectangular plastic (e.g. cellophane or polypropylene) overwrap with excellent results in terms of appearance (i.e. with no unsightly 'creases' in the plastic overwrap).
- outer container 2 is formed from a flat, substantially elongated rectangular blank 18.
- Blank 18 has two longitudinal fold lines 19, and a number of transverse fold lines 20 defining, between longitudinal fold lines 19, a panel 9' forming part of front wall 9 of outer container 2 (in particular, the part of front wall 9 forming part of lid 5); a panel 7' forming top wall 7 of outer container 2; a panel 10' forming rear wall 10 of outer container 2; a panel 8' forming bottom wall 8 of outer container 2; and a panel 9" forming the rest of front wall 9 of outer container 2.
- Panel 9' is connected along a transverse fold line 20 to a flap 21, which is folded 180° and glued to an inner surface of panel 9' to locally reinforce lid 5.
- Panel 10' has two wings 11', which are located on opposite sides of panel 10', are separated from panel 10' by longitudinal fold lines 19, and form respective inner portions of the two minor lateral walls 11 of outer container 2.
- Panel 9" has two wings 11", which are located on opposite sides of panel 9", are separated from panel 9" by longitudinal fold lines 19, and form respective outer portions of the two minor lateral walls 11 of outer container 2.
- Panel 9' has two wings 11"', which are located on opposite sides of panel 9', are separated from panel 9' by longitudinal fold lines 19, and form further respective outer portions of the two minor lateral walls 11 of outer container 2.
- Each wing 11' has two tabs 22, which are located at opposite ends of wing 11', are separated from wing 11' by two transverse fold lines 20, and are folded 90° so as to contact an inner surface of panel 7' and an inner surface of panel 8' respectively.
- edges 12 and 13 are all 'sharp'; in alternative embodiments, some edges 12 and 13 may be bevelled or rounded.
- packet 1 of cigarettes slides open transversely, and comprises a rigid inner container inserted inside and partly separable from outer container 2.
- packet 1 of cigarettes comprises a rigid inner container housing the group of cigarettes and itself housed inside outer container 2 to slide, with respect to outer container 2, between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside outer container 2, and an open position, in which the inner container is partly extracted from outer container 2.
- outer container 2 has no lid 5, and one minor lateral wall 11 is replaced with an opening through which the inner container slides.
- the inner container may slide with respect to outer container 2 by translating with respect to it, or by rotating with respect to it about a hinge connecting the two containers.
- the inner container is normally the same shape as outer container 2 (obviously, slightly smaller so as to fit inside outer container 2), but may even be a different shape from outer container 2.
- cigarettes 23 in the group are allowed a certain amount of slack at open top end 4, so they can be withdrawn easily from outer container 2 of packet 1 of cigarettes, especially when packet 1 of cigarettes is full (i.e. is first opened) and the first cigarette 23 is withdrawn from open top end 4 of outer container 2.
- packet 1 of cigarettes described is cheap and easy to produce, by being producible easily even on a standard (commercial) packing machine, by virtue of the blank of outer container 2 being more or less the same shape as a conventional blank.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT000076A ITBO20120076A1 (it) | 2012-02-20 | 2012-02-20 | Pacchetto rigido di sigarette o simili. |
PCT/IB2013/051389 WO2013124801A1 (en) | 2012-02-20 | 2013-02-20 | Rigid packet of cigarettes or similar |
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EP2817232A1 EP2817232A1 (en) | 2014-12-31 |
EP2817232B1 true EP2817232B1 (en) | 2015-12-09 |
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EP13720020.0A Not-in-force EP2817232B1 (en) | 2012-02-20 | 2013-02-20 | Rigid packet of cigarettes |
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EP (1) | EP2817232B1 (zh) |
JP (1) | JP2015508046A (zh) |
KR (1) | KR20140139487A (zh) |
CN (1) | CN104136332B (zh) |
IT (1) | ITBO20120076A1 (zh) |
WO (1) | WO2013124801A1 (zh) |
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US10618684B2 (en) | 2014-12-19 | 2020-04-14 | Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. | Blank for a reclosable container |
ES2742521T3 (es) * | 2015-09-18 | 2020-02-14 | Philip Morris Products Sa | Recipiente para bienes de consumo con acción de cerrado de tapa fácil |
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GB8401163D0 (en) * | 1984-01-17 | 1984-02-22 | British American Tobacco Co | Hinged-lid packets |
DE3519485A1 (de) * | 1985-05-31 | 1986-12-04 | Maschinenfabrik Alfred Schmermund Gmbh & Co, 5820 Gevelsberg | Packung mit klappdeckel, zuschnitt hierfuer und verfahren zu ihrer herstellung |
IT1299317B1 (it) * | 1998-01-15 | 2000-03-16 | Gd Spa | Pacchetto di sigarette. |
ITBO20010054A1 (it) * | 2001-02-02 | 2002-08-02 | Gd Spa | Confezioni di tipo rigido per aticoli da fumo |
ITBO20010522A1 (it) * | 2001-08-22 | 2003-02-22 | Gd Spa | Pacchetto rigido con coperchio incernierato |
ITBO20060748A1 (it) * | 2006-10-31 | 2007-01-30 | Gd Spa | Confezione per articoli da fumo |
DE202010002096U1 (de) * | 2010-02-09 | 2010-04-22 | Mayr-Melnhof Karton Ag | Verpackung und Zuschnitt zur Herstellung einer Verpackung |
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- 2013-02-20 WO PCT/IB2013/051389 patent/WO2013124801A1/en active Application Filing
- 2013-02-20 KR KR1020147023175A patent/KR20140139487A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2013-02-20 JP JP2014558242A patent/JP2015508046A/ja active Pending
- 2013-02-20 EP EP13720020.0A patent/EP2817232B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2013-02-20 CN CN201380010075.1A patent/CN104136332B/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
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EP2817232A1 (en) | 2014-12-31 |
CN104136332B (zh) | 2016-10-19 |
CN104136332A (zh) | 2014-11-05 |
KR20140139487A (ko) | 2014-12-05 |
WO2013124801A1 (en) | 2013-08-29 |
JP2015508046A (ja) | 2015-03-16 |
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