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- 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
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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
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- the invention relates to a package for oblong tobacco products having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
- packs which are usually referred to as a cap box, namely with a flat lower part (box part) for receiving the contents of the package, in particular a group of cigarettes with an inner wrapper (cigarette block).
- a frame running around it is arranged within the box part, the sections of which bear against the side and transverse walls of the box part.
- a flat lid is pivotally connected via a line joint with a free edge of a transverse wall of the box part.
- a cigarette group consisting of two rows is partially surrounded by an inner wrapper. This forms an unfixed top cover flap that extends across the full width of the cigarette group. Due to a connection of this Abdecklasche with the inside of the lid, the tab is moved when opening the lid in an open position, so that the cigarette group is exposed in the full width of the (upper) row of cigarettes. At the same time the cigarette group is lifted with the envelope in an inclined position ( GB 349 970 ). The cigarette block is fixed to an end wall (inner bottom wall) on the upright transverse wall of the box part or on an upright transverse web of the frame by full-surface glue connection.
- a closure tab extends at least in a region adjacent to the end wall over the full width of the front or top wall of the inner pack. With the help of the locking tab, the cigarette group can also be raised in an inclined position ( EP 0 134 549 ).
- a cap box is known in which a product receiving box is connected via a tab to an upper edge 63 of the box part of the cap box.
- a package according to the invention has the features of claim 1.
- the invention consists in providing a hinge for the cigarette block by attaching deformable, elastic connections of the inner pack or the cigarette block to an adjacent, bottom-side transverse wall of the box part or the frame, so that in an upper, the inside Front wall or -wandwand facing plane a pivot axis arises.
- the joint allows - with appropriate dimensional ratios - a free pivoting of the cigarette block in the obliquely directed removal position, without displacement of the inner pack within the cap box and without changing the relative position between the cigarette of the cigarette group.
- the return of the cigarette block in the starting position - after removal of a cigarette - is facilitated.
- the hinge will be provided by glue pads or glue spots for connecting the cigarette block - inner bottom wall - to the box part, which by gluing creates a bond between the cigarette block and box part (frame) to form a line hinge, opposite the closure label.
- suitable glue - hotmelt adhesive - in particular in the embodiment for fixing cards and samples in magazines or the like, an elasticity in the pivotal movements of the cigarette block in the area of the bottom side glue joints is also created, including a restoring force in the starting position of the cigarette block.
- the inner pack is designed as a sealing pack made of a thermally sealable sealing film.
- a removal opening for the cigarettes is preferably formed with a smaller width than the front or upper wall of the sealing pack.
- a closure label for the removal opening is connected to the lid of the outer package - cap box - inside, so that opening and closing the cap box at the same time causes an opening and closing of the closure label.
- the inner pack in the version as a sealing pack has lateral sealing seams - side seams - in the design as a fin seam. The side seams are arranged or formed so that the side seams are not a hindrance during the pivoting movements of the inner packs.
- the exemplified pack of cigarettes 10 consists of a lower, flat box part 11 and a (top) lid 12.
- the pack is called a cap box.
- the package contents is an inner pack 13, in the simplest embodiment, a cigarette block with an inner wrapping of tin foil, paper or foil, but in the present case as a seal with a moisture and aroma-tight, thermally sealable film.
- the flat formed box part 11 consists of a bottom 14 and around running upright box walls, namely box side walls 15, 16 and box transverse walls 17, 18.
- an insert in the box part 11 is mounted, namely a running around (inner) frame 19th
- This consists of longitudinal webs 20, 21 and transverse webs 22, 23 which bear against the side walls 15..18 of the box part 11 inside.
- the frame 19 is dimensioned such that the webs 20..23 protrude beyond the walls 15..18 of the box part 11.
- the lid 12 is pivotally connected to the box part 11, in this case by means of line joint 24 in the box transverse wall 17.
- the lid 12 is a flat, tray-like container, namely with a top wall 25, cover side walls 26, 27 and cover transverse walls 28th , 29.
- the lid 12 is so dimensioned in the closed position, the cover walls 26..29 flush on free edges of the box walls 15, 16, 17, 18 rest ( Fig. 3 . Fig. 5 ).
- the line joint 24 connects the (rear) box transverse wall 17 with the facing lid transverse wall 28.
- a projection is formed in the region of a transverse web 23 of the frame 19, namely a protruding by punching and deforming the free side of the nose 30.
- This receives engagement with a counterpart of the lid 12, namely the facing transverse wall 29. In the present case this is with a (small) opening 31, into which the nose 30 enters to create a Verhakungs bins ( Fig. 3 . Fig. 5 ).
- a peculiarity of the present package is the handling when removing cigarettes 10 by the consumer.
- the cover 12 Fig. 4
- the cigarette block or the inner pack 13 can be brought into a position advantageous for the removal of cigarettes, namely in an inclined position in which the removal side of the cigarette is raised, outside the box part 11 and the frame 19.
- Die mecanicpackung 13 °. der Cigarette block is designed as a seal.
- a thermally sealable film wrapping a group of cigarettes 10 arranged in rows forms a bottom wall 32 for abutment with the bottom 14 of the box part 11, a top wall 33, when viewed separately from the interior package 13, a front wall, opposing inside side walls 34, 35 and the like
- Inner transverse walls namely inner end wall 36 and inner bottom wall 37.
- the packing 13 is provided with - produced by thermal sealing - seams. This approximately central seam 38 extends with end portions in the region of the inner side walls 34, 35.
- the transverse seam 38 is formed as a fin seam, wherein the interconnected by thermal sealing strips of material to the are applied facing packing walls.
- the two inner side walls 34, 35 are each provided with a side seam 39, also in the execution as a fin seam. These are formed so that the interconnected strips of material - fins - are folded over and at the upper portion, in particular on one of the top wall 33 facing half of the inner side walls 34, 35 and suitably connected by fixing with these.
- the upward side seam 39 facilitates the insertion of the inner package 13 in the box part 11 even with repeated movement into the removal position ( Fig. 4 ).
- the inner pack 13 is provided with an opening aid in the region of upper wall 33 and inner end wall 36.
- a removal opening 40 extends in the end region of the upper wall 33 and at least partially in the adjacent region of the inner end wall 36.
- the removal opening 40 formed with a smaller width than that of the inner package 13 or the inner end wall 36 is provided by a reusable tab or Closed by a closure label 41.
- the closure label 41 is provided with an adhesive-free grip tab 42.
- a connecting leg 43 of the closure label 41 extends here into the area of the lower wall 32 of the inner pack 13.
- the closure tab or the closure label 41 is used in the present case as an aid to bring the inner pack 13 in the obliquely directed removal position.
- the inner package 13 When detecting the closure label 41 and pulling it off into the full open position, the inner package 13 is lifted out of the box part 11 with the area facing the opening side.
- the closure label 41 transmits a tensile force to this facing part of the sealing pack 13.
- the closure label 41 is pulled over a free, upper edge of the frame 19.
- the inner pack 13 is pushed back into the box part 11 until it touches the bottom 14, wherein the closure label 41 can be applied to the inner end wall 36 and finally folded completely by hand over the removal opening 40.
- a special feature is the fixation of the cigarette block or the inner pack 13 in the box part 11, such that the movement of the inner pack 13 into the removal position (FIG. Fig. 4 . Fig. 6 ) can be performed without constraint and while maintaining the formation of the inner pack 13.
- the inner package 13 opposite to the closure label 41 with the box part 11 and the frame 19 is connected.
- the inner bottom wall 37 is fixed to the adjacent transverse web 23 of the frame 19 via one or more glue joints.
- the glue joints in the present case consist of glue spots 44, 45 which are positioned in an upper (edge) region of the walls 23 and 37, adjacent to the top wall 33 of the inner packing 13.
- two glue spots 44, 45 are spaced apart, in particular adjacent to Corners of the box part 11, positioned.
- the glue spots 44, 45 are designed and arranged such that they allow pivoting of the inner pack 13 about an imaginary pivot line approximately in the area of the (upper) pack edge formed between the walls 33 and 37.
- the interior of the box part 11 and the frame 19 is formed with larger dimensions than the outer dimensions of the inner pack 13, so that a gap 46 between inner bottom wall 37 and frame crossbar 23 is formed, on the one hand for receiving the glue points 44, 45 and another to the free mobility of the inner pack 13 in the inclined position.
- the glue dots 44, 45 have a certain dimension (eg about 1 mm) (thickness of the glue dots 44, 45).
- the existing of corresponding material glue points 44, 45 are elastically deformable during the pivoting movement ( Fig. 4 ).
- the glue spots 44, 45 produce an elastic restoring force for the cigarette block 13.
- the glue spots 44, 45 preferably consist of a hot-melt adhesive, as used in the fixing of cards, sheets, etc., in magazines.
- FIG. 5 An alternative, but not inventive solution for the pivotable fixing of the cigarette block 13 shows Fig. 5, Fig. 6 ,
- One or more adhesive Connecting straps 47, 48 make the connection between the inner pack 13 and the box part 11.
- the connecting straps 47, 48 are fixed with a (horizontal) leg 49 on the inner pack 13 (top wall 33) and with a further leg 50 on the transverse outside of the frame 19, namely the cross bar 23.
- a connecting leg can serve as a continuation of the frame 19 or of the transverse web 23. Such an extension is folded as legs against the top of the inner package 13 - top wall 33 - and connected thereto by gluing.
- the connecting means is thus part of the frame 19th
- the fixed pivotal connection of the inner packing 13 preferably designed as a sealing block with the box part 11 or frame 19 is designed so that the block-shaped inner packing 13 is pivoted into the inclined position while maintaining the geometric shape, forming a wedge-shaped gap 46 and lifting off the bottom transverse edge the inner pack 13 from the bottom 14 of the box part 11.
- a virtual pivot axis for the inner package extends approximately in the region of a transverse (upper) pack edge 63 between the upper wall 33 and inner bottom wall 37 of the inner pack 13.
- the embodiment according to Fig. 5, 6 also shows an option for automatic actuation of the package or inner package 13.
- the closure label 41 is permanently connected to the inside of the lid 12 or the top wall 25, in a relative position which, when the lid is opened, is moved out of the closed position (FIG. Fig. 5 ) Initially, the detachment of the closure label 41 of the inner pack 13 causes, so the opening of the inner pack 13 and the exposure of the removal opening 40.
- the closure label 41 acts as a traction means for the actuation of the inner pack 13. This is raised by the transmission of appropriate tensile or lifting forces in conjunction with the support of the closure label 41 on the free edge of the frame 19 in the inclined position ( Fig. 6 ).
- the inner package 12 returns to the starting position and the closure label 41 in the closed position.
- the connection of the closure label 41 with the top wall 25 is effected here by glue, by two glue points - connecting points 61.
- FIGS. 7 to 9 The preparation of a packing with the connecting means in the execution Fig. 3, Fig. 4 is schematic in FIGS. 7 to 9 shown.
- finished, closed packages with box part 11, cover 12 and frame 19 are in the region of a feed station 51 an endless package conveyor 52 with pockets 53 for each pack 11, 12 passed in the region of an upper strand.
- the packages 11, 12 are opened, so that the box part 11 remains in the region of the pocket 53, while the cover 12 lies outside the respective pockets 53 next to a belt of the package conveyor 52.
- a gluing station 55 the glue spots 44, 45 are used as connection means in the embodiment according to FIG Fig. 3, Fig. 4 mounted in or on the package 11, 12, namely on the inside of the transverse webs 23.
- glue nozzles 56 are arranged with angled nozzle axis ( Fig. 8 ), so that the portionwise transferred during a stoppage phase of the package 11, 12 portions transferred glue on the intended inner sides or inner surfaces of the transverse web 23 are transmitted.
- Fixed, rail-shaped hold-down 57 cause the packages are kept in an exact Beleimungs sued.
- a laterally arranged alignment lever 58 at least in the area of the gluing station 55 is used.
- connection points 61 are positioned so that when closing the lid 12 during further transport following the gluing station 60, the connection points 61 cause the fixation of the closure label 41 on the top wall 25, namely upon reaching the closed position of the lid 12 and conditioning the cover wall 25 on the inner package 13 - top wall 33.
- the connection points 61 are positioned in the region of the grip tab 42 of the closure label 41 on the top wall 25 so that the in Fig. 6 shown compound is effective, namely by pressing the top wall 25 with the glue points on the grip tab 42nd
- connection points 61 on the top wall 25 of the cover 12 - during transport through the packing conveyor 52 - placed in an inclined position ( Fig. 9 ).
- This position is effected by guide members in the area next to the packing conveyor 52, in this case by a guide rod or by a circular guide 62, at the top of the lid 12 slides along during transport and from the horizontal starting position ( Fig. 8 ) reaches the inclination in the area of the gluing station 60.
- the circular guide 62 is continued and causes due to the corresponding position or shaping the erection of the lid 12 and finally the movement in the closed position. In the final phase, the circular guide 62 bears against the upper side of the closed lid 12 (FIG. Fig. 7 ).
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Packung für längliche Tabakerzeugnisse mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffs des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a package for oblong tobacco products having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
Im Vordergrund stehen Packungen, die üblicherweise als Kappenschachtel bezeichnet werden, nämlich mit einem flachen unteren Teil (Schachtelteil) zur Aufnahme des Packungsinhalts, insbesondere einer Gruppe von Zigaretten mit einer Innenumhüllung (Zigarettenblock). Üblicherweise ist innerhalb des Schachtelteils ein ringsherum laufender Rahmen angeordnet, dessen Abschnitte an Seiten- und Querwänden des Schachtelteils anliegen. Ein flacher Deckel ist über ein Liniengelenk mit einem freien Rand einer Querwand des Schachtelteils schwenkbar verbunden.In the foreground are packs, which are usually referred to as a cap box, namely with a flat lower part (box part) for receiving the contents of the package, in particular a group of cigarettes with an inner wrapper (cigarette block). Usually, a frame running around it is arranged within the box part, the sections of which bear against the side and transverse walls of the box part. A flat lid is pivotally connected via a line joint with a free edge of a transverse wall of the box part.
Bei einer bekannten Zigarettenpackung mit den vorstehenden Merkmalen ist eine aus zwei Reihen bestehende Zigarettengruppe von einer Innenumhüllung teilweise umgeben. Diese bildet eine nicht fixierte obere Abdecklasche, die sich über die volle Breite der Zigarettengruppe erstreckt. Aufgrund einer Verbindung dieser Abdecklasche mit der Innenseite des Deckels wird die Lasche beim Öffnen des Deckels in eine Öffnungsstellung bewegt, sodass die Zigarettengruppe in voller Breite der (oberen) Zigarettenreihe freiliegt. Zugleich wird die Zigarettengruppe mit der Umhüllung in eine Schrägstellung gehoben (
Bei einer Kappenschachtel mit einer als Dichtpackung ausgebildeten Innenpackung erstreckt sich eine Verschlusslasche mindestens in einem Bereich benachbart zur Stirnwand über die volle Breite der Vorder- bzw. Oberwand der Innenpackung. Mit Hilfe der Verschlusslasche kann die Zigarettengruppe ebenfalls in eine Schrägstellung gehoben werden (
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Bei der Erfindung geht es darum, die Packung hinsichtlich der Anordnung und Fixierung der Innenpackung so auszubilden, dass die Handhabung für den Verbraucher erleichtert und die Zigaretten bzw. die Innenpackung in ihrer Position gesichert ist, und zwar auch nach Entnahme von Zigaretten.In the invention, it is about the package with regard to the arrangement and fixation of the inner pack in such a way that the handling easier for the consumer and the cigarette or the inner pack is secured in position, even after removal of cigarettes.
Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe weist eine erfindungsgemäße Packung die Merkmale des Anspruchs 1 auf.To solve this problem, a package according to the invention has the features of claim 1.
Im Kern besteht die Erfindung darin, durch Anbringen von verformbaren, elastischen Verbindungen der Innenpackung bzw. des Zigarettenblocks mit einer benachbarten, bodenseitigen Querwandung des Schachtelteils oder des Rahmens ein Gelenk bzw. Scharnier für den Zigarettenblock zu schaffen, so dass in einer oberen, der Innen-Vorderwand bzw. -Oberwand zugekehrten Ebene eine Schwenkachse entsteht. Das Gelenk ermöglicht - bei entsprechenden Abmessungsverhältnissen - eine freie Schwenkbarkeit des Zigarettenblocks in die schräggerichtete Entnahmestellung, und zwar ohne Verschiebung der Innenpackung innerhalb der Kappenschachtel und ohne Veränderung der Relativstellung zwischen den Zigaretten der Zigarettengruppe. Dadurch ist auch die Rückführung des Zigarettenblocks in die Ausgangsstellung - nach Entnahme einer Zigarette - erleichtert.In essence, the invention consists in providing a hinge for the cigarette block by attaching deformable, elastic connections of the inner pack or the cigarette block to an adjacent, bottom-side transverse wall of the box part or the frame, so that in an upper, the inside Front wall or -wandwand facing plane a pivot axis arises. The joint allows - with appropriate dimensional ratios - a free pivoting of the cigarette block in the obliquely directed removal position, without displacement of the inner pack within the cap box and without changing the relative position between the cigarette of the cigarette group. As a result, the return of the cigarette block in the starting position - after removal of a cigarette - is facilitated.
Das Gelenk bzw. Scharnier wird durch Leimfelder oder Leimpunkte zur Verbindung des Zigarettenblocks - Innen-Bodenwand - mit dem Schachtelteil geschaffen werden, die durch Klebung eine Verbindung zwischen Zigarettenblock und Schachtelteil (Rahmen) unter Bildung eines Linien-Gelenks herstellen, gegenüberliegend zum Verschlussetikett. Durch Auswahl von geeignetem Leim - Schmelzkleber -, insbesondere in der Ausführung zum Fixieren von Karten und Warenproben in Zeitschriften oder dergleichen, wird zusätzlich eine Elastizität bei den Schwenkbewegungen des Zigarettenblocks im Bereich der bodenseitigen Leimverbindungen geschaffen, einschließlich einer Rückstellkraft in die Ausgangsposition des Zigarettenblocks.The hinge will be provided by glue pads or glue spots for connecting the cigarette block - inner bottom wall - to the box part, which by gluing creates a bond between the cigarette block and box part (frame) to form a line hinge, opposite the closure label. By selecting suitable glue - hotmelt adhesive - in particular in the embodiment for fixing cards and samples in magazines or the like, an elasticity in the pivotal movements of the cigarette block in the area of the bottom side glue joints is also created, including a restoring force in the starting position of the cigarette block.
Vorzugsweise ist die Innenpackung als Dichtpackung ausgebildet aus einer thermisch siegelbaren Dichtfolie. Eine Entnahmeöffnung für die Zigaretten ist vorzugsweise mit geringerer Breite ausgebildet als die Vorder- bzw. Oberwand der Dichtpackung. Ein Verschlussetikett für die Entnahmeöffnung ist mit dem Deckel der Außenpackung - Kappenschachtel - innenseitig verbunden, sodass ein Öffnen und Schließen der Kappenschachtel zugleich ein Öffnen und Schließen des Verschlussetiketts bewirkt. Die Innenpackung in der Ausführung als Dichtpackung weist seitliche Siegelnähte - Seitennähte - auf, und zwar in der Ausführung als Flossennaht. Die Seitennähte sind so angeordnet bzw. ausgebildet, dass bei den Schwenkbewegungen der Innenpackungen die Seitennähte nicht hinderlich sind.Preferably, the inner pack is designed as a sealing pack made of a thermally sealable sealing film. A removal opening for the cigarettes is preferably formed with a smaller width than the front or upper wall of the sealing pack. A closure label for the removal opening is connected to the lid of the outer package - cap box - inside, so that opening and closing the cap box at the same time causes an opening and closing of the closure label. The inner pack in the version as a sealing pack has lateral sealing seams - side seams - in the design as a fin seam. The side seams are arranged or formed so that the side seams are not a hindrance during the pivoting movements of the inner packs.
Weitere Einzelheiten der erfindungsgemäßen Packung werden nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigt:
- Fig. 1
- eine Packung in der Ausführung als Kappenschachtel in Schließstellung, perspektivisch,
- Fig. 2
- die Packung gemäß
Fig. 1 bei geöffnetem Deckel und geöffneter Innenpackung, ebenfalls in Perspektive, - Fig. 3
- die geschlossene Packung gemäß
Fig. 1 im Querschnitt entsprechend Schnittebene III-III inFig. 1 , bei vergrößertem Maßstab, - Fig. 4
- eine Schnittdarstellung der Packung gemäß
Fig. 2 in der Schnittebene IV-IV, ebenfalls vergrößert, - Fig. 5
- eine Darstellung analog
Fig. 3 für ein nicht erfindungsgemässes Ausführungsbeispiel, - Fig. 6
- das Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß
Fig. 5 in einer Darstellung analogFig. 4 , - Fig. 7
- einen Ausschnitt einer Vorrichtung zum Fertigen von Packungen gemäß
Fig. 1 bis Fig. 6 in perspektivischer Darstellung, - Fig. 8
- eine Einzelheit der Vorrichtung gemäß
Fig. 7 , nämlich Queransicht in der Ebene VIII-VIII bei vergrößertem Maßstab, - Fig. 9
- eine entsprechende Darstellung der Vorrichtung in der Schnittebene IX-IX.
- Fig. 1
- a pack in the execution as a cap box in the closed position, in perspective,
- Fig. 2
- the pack according to
Fig. 1 with open lid and opened inner pack, also in perspective, - Fig. 3
- the closed pack according to
Fig. 1 in section according to section plane III-III inFig. 1 on an enlarged scale, - Fig. 4
- a sectional view of the package according to
Fig. 2 in the section plane IV-IV, also enlarged, - Fig. 5
- a representation analog
Fig. 3 for a noninventive embodiment, - Fig. 6
- the embodiment according to
Fig. 5 in a representation analogFig. 4 . - Fig. 7
- a section of an apparatus for manufacturing packages according to
Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 in perspective, - Fig. 8
- a detail of the device according to
Fig. 7 , namely a cross-sectional view in the plane VIII-VIII on an enlarged scale, - Fig. 9
- a corresponding representation of the device in the sectional plane IX-IX.
Die beispielshaft gezeigte Packung für Zigaretten 10 besteht aus einem unteren, flachen Schachtelteil 11 und einem (oberen) Deckel 12. In der vorliegenden Ausführung wird die Packung als Kappenschachtel bezeichnet. Der Packungsinhalt ist eine Innenpackung 13, in der einfachsten Ausführung ein Zigarettenblock mit einer Innenumhüllung aus Stanniol, Papier oder Folie, vorliegend jedoch in der Ausführung als Dichtpackung mit einer feuchtigkeits- und aromadichten, thermisch siegelbaren Folie.The exemplified pack of
Der flach ausgebildete Schachtelteil 11 besteht aus einem Boden 14 und ringsherum laufenden aufrechten Schachtelwänden, nämlich Schachtel-Seitenwänden 15, 16 und Schachtel-Querwänden 17, 18. Vorliegend ist ein Einsatz im Schachtelteil 11 angebracht, nämlich ein ringsherum laufender (Innen-)Rahmen 19. Dieser besteht aus Längsstegen 20, 21 und Querstegen 22, 23 die an Seitenwänden 15..18 des Schachtelteils 11 innenseitig anliegen. Der Rahmen 19 ist so bemessen, dass die Stege 20..23 über die Wände 15..18 des Schachtelteils 11 hinwegragen.The flat formed
Der Deckel 12 ist schwenkbar mit dem Schachtelteil 11 verbunden, vorliegend mittels Liniengelenk 24 im Bereich der Schachtel-Querwand 17. Der Deckel 12 ist ein flaches, trayartiges Behältnis, nämlich mit einer Deckelwand 25, Deckel-Seitenwänden 26, 27 und Deckel-Querwänden 28, 29. Der Deckel 12 ist so bemessen, dass in Schließstellung die Deckelwände 26..29 bündig auf freien Kanten der Schachtelwände 15, 16, 17, 18 aufliegen (
In Schließstellung des Deckels 12 wird der obere Bereich des Rahmens 19 teilweise durch den Deckel 12 umfasst. Zur Sicherung der Schließstellung ist im Bereich eines Querstegs 23 des Rahmens 19 ein Vorsprung gebildet, nämlich eine durch Stanzen und Verformen zur freien Seite vorstehende Nase 30. Diese erhält Eingriff mit einem Gegenstück des Deckels 12, nämlich der zugekehrten Querwand 29. Vorliegend ist diese mit einer (kleinen) Öffnung 31 versehen, in die die Nase 30 unter Erzeugung eines Verhakungseffekts eintritt (
Eine Besonderheit der vorliegenden Packung ist die Handhabung bei Entnahme von Zigaretten 10 durch den Verbraucher. Bei geöffnetem Deckel 12 (
Die beiden Innen-Seitenwände 34, 35 sind je mit einer Seitennaht 39 versehen, ebenfalls in der Ausführung als Flossennaht. Diese sind so ausgebildet, dass die miteinander verbundenen Materialstreifen - Flossen - umgefaltet sind und am oberen Teilbereich, insbesondere an einer der Oberwand 33 zugekehrten Hälfte der Innen-Seitenwände 34, 35 anliegen und zweckmäßig durch Fixieren mit diesen verbunden sind. Die aufwärts gerichtete Seitennaht 39 erleichtert das Einführen der Innenpackung 13 in den Schachtelteil 11 auch bei mehrmaliger Bewegung in die Entnahmestellung (
Die Innenpackung 13 ist mit einer Öffnungshilfe im Bereich von Oberwand 33 und Innen-Stirnwand 36 versehen. Eine Entnahmeöffnung 40 erstreckt sich im stirnseitigen Bereich der Oberwand 33 und mindestens teilweise im angrenzenden Bereich der Innen-Stirnwand 36. Die mit einer geringeren Breite als die der Innenpackung 13 bzw. der Innen-Stirnwand 36 ausgebildete Entnahmeöffnung 40 ist durch eine mehrfach benutzbare Lasche bzw. durch ein Verschlussetikett 41 verschlossen. Durch Abziehen des mit einem Dauerkleber versehenen Verschlussetiketts 41 von der Innenpackung 13 (
Die Verschlusslasche bzw. das Verschlussetikett 41 wird vorliegend als Hilfsmittel benutzt, um die Innenpackung 13 in die schräggerichtete Entnahmestellung zu bringen. Beim Erfassen des Verschlussetiketts 41 und Abziehen bis in die volle Öffnungsstellung wird die Innenpackung 13 mit dem der Öffnungsseite zugekehrten Bereich aus dem Schachtelteil 11 herausgehoben. Das Verschlussetikett 41 überträgt eine Zugkraft auf diesen zugekehrten Teil der Dichtpackung 13. Das Verschlussetikett 41 wird dabei über eine freie, obere Kante des Rahmens 19 gezogen. Nach Entnahme einer Zigarette wird die Innenpackung 13 in den Schachtelteil 11 bis zur Anlage am Boden 14 zurückgedrückt, wobei das Verschlussetikett 41 an die Innen-Stirnwand 36 angelegt und schließlich von Hand komplett über die Entnahmeöffnung 40 gefaltet werden kann.The closure tab or the
Eine Besonderheit ist die Fixierung des Zigarettenblocks bzw. der Innenpackung 13 im Schachtelteil 11, derart, dass die Bewegung der Innenpackung 13 in die Entnahmestellung (
Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß
Die Leimpunkte 44, 45 sind so ausgebildet und angeordnet, dass sie eine Schwenkbarkeit der Innenpackung 13 ermöglichen um eine gedachte Schwenklinie etwa im Bereich der zwischen den Wandungen 33 und 37 gebildeten (oberen) Packungskante. Der Innenraum des Schachtelteils 11 bzw. des Rahmens 19 ist mit größeren Abmessungen ausgebildet als die Außenabmessungen der Innenpackung 13, sodass ein Spalt 46 zwischen Innen-Bodenwand 37 und Rahmen-Quersteg 23 entsteht, zum einen für die Aufnahme der Leimpunkte 44, 45 und zum anderen zur freien Bewegbarkeit der Innenpackung 13 in die Schrägstellung. Die Leimpunkte 44, 45 weisen eine gewisse Abmessung (z.B. etwa 1 mm) auf (Dicke der Leimpunkte 44, 45). Dadurch sind die aus entsprechendem Werkstoff bestehenden Leimpunkte 44, 45 bei der Schwenkbewegung elastisch verformbar (
Eine alternative, jedoch nicht erfindungsgemässe Lösung für die schwenkbare Fixierung des Zigarettenblocks 13 zeigt
Alternativ zu dieser Ausführung mit separater Verbindungslasche 47, 48 kann ein Verbindungsschenkel als Fortsetzung des Rahmens 19 bzw. des Querstegs 23 dienen. Ein solcher Fortsatz wird als Schenkel gegen die Oberseite der Innenpackung 13 - Oberwand 33 - gefaltet und mit dieser durch Klebung verbunden. Das Verbindungsmittel ist so Teil des Rahmens 19.As an alternative to this embodiment with a
Die fixierte Schwenkverbindung der vorzugsweise als Dichtblock ausgebildeten Innenpackung 13 mit dem Schachtelteil 11 bzw. Rahmen 19 ist so ausgebildet, dass die blockförmige Innenpackung 13 unter Aufrechterhaltung der geometrischen Form in die Schrägstellung geschwenkt wird, unter Bildung eines keilförmigen Spalts 46 und unter Abheben der bodenseitigen Querkante der Innenpackung 13 vom Boden 14 des Schachtelteils 11. Die Formation der Zigaretten 10 bleibt unverändert. Eine virtuelle Schwenkachse für die Innenpackung erstreckt sich annähernd im Bereich einer quergerichteten (oberen) Packungskante 63 zwischen Oberwand 33 und Innen-Bodenwand 37 der Innenpackung 13.The fixed pivotal connection of the
Das Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß
Die Herstellung einer Packung mit den Verbindungsmitteln in der Ausführung
In einer Beleimungsstation 55 werden die Leimpunkte 44, 45 als Verbindungsmittel bei der Ausführung gemäß
Bei Fortsetzung des Transports der (offenen) Packungen 11, 12 gelangen diese in eine Füllstation 59. Hier werden die fertigen Innenpackungen 13 entlang einer Förderbahn quer zum Packungsförderer 52 zugeführt und durch Absenkbewegung in den bereitgehaltenen Schachtelteil 11 eingeführt.Upon continuation of the transport of the (open) packs 11, 12 reach this in a filling
Danach gelangen die Packungen 11, 12 - bei weiterhin offenem Deckel 12 - in eine weitere Beleimungsstation 60. Hier geht es darum, eine Beleimung an der Innenseite des Deckels 12 anzubringen, nämlich an der Deckelwand 25. Auch hier geht es um zwei Leimpunkte, nämlich um die Verbindungspunkte 61. Diese sind so positioniert, dass beim Schließen des Deckels 12 während des weiteren Transports im Anschluss an die Beleimungsstation 60 die Verbindungspunkte 61 die Fixierung des Verschlussetiketts 41 an der Deckelwand 25 bewirken, nämlich bei Erreichen der Schließstellung des Deckels 12 und Anlage der Deckelwand 25 an der Innenpackung 13 - Oberwand 33. Zweckmäßigerweise sind die Verbindungspunkte 61 im Bereich der Grifflasche 42 des Verschlussetiketts 41 an der Deckelwand 25 positioniert, sodass die in
Zum Anbringen der Verbindungspunkte 61 an der Deckelwand 25 wird der Deckel 12 - während des Transports durch den Packungsförderer 52 - in eine Schrägstellung gebracht (
Claims (8)
- A pack for a group of elongated tobacco products, in particular cigarettes (10), wrapped in a inner blank that forms an inner pack (13), said pack comprising a box part (11) for accommodating the inner pack (13) as the pack contents, and a lid (12) joined to the box part (11) by means of a line joint (24), wherein the inner pack (13) or the inner blank thereof comprises a tab or a closure label (41) which serves in the open position as pull means for raising the inner pack (13) into an oblique position as a removal position for the cigarettes (10) inside the box part (11) and wherein, in addition, the inner pack (13) is joined to an upright cross wall of the box part (11) on the inner bottom wall (37) located opposite the tab or the closure label (41), characterized in that the inner pack (13) is joined to the box cross wall (18) or to a cross web (23) of a frame (19) in a top region, namely in a region facing a top wall (33) of the inner pack (13), by means of an articulated joint in such a manner that during the pivoting movement the inner pack (13) is pivotable into the oblique position about an imaginary axis approximately in the region of a cross edge (63) of the top wall (33) so as to form a substantially wedge-shaped gap (46) between the inner pack (13) and the box cross wall (18) or the cross web (23) of the frame (19), and in that the inner pack (13) is joined to the box cross wall (18) or to the cross web (23) of the frame (19) by means of at least one defined glue field having a plurality of glue points (44, 45) on the inner bottom wall (37) in a top region which faces the top wall (33), and in that the glue points (44, 45) consist of elastically deformable permanent adhesive.
- The pack as claimed in claim 1, characterized by two glue points (44, 45) which are arranged spaced apart from one another, positioned in an edge or corner region of the box part (11) on the cross web (23) of the frame (19).
- The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the further claims, characterized in that the glue points (44, 45) comprise a cross dimension or thickness of preferably between 1 mm and 2 mm and are arranged in a corresponding gap (46) between the inner bottom wall (37) of the inner pack (13) and the adjacent cross wall or cross web (18, 23).
- The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the further claims, characterized in that the inner pack (13) in addition to the glue join is pivotably joined to the box part (11) by means of a joining tab (47, 48) in the region of the top wall (33) of the inner pack (13).
- The pack as claimed in claim 4 or in one of the further claims, characterized in that at least one joining tab, preferably two joining tabs (47, 48) produced from film, paper or the like and arranged spaced apart from one another, are pivotably joined by means of adhesive to the inner pack (13) on the one hand and to the box cross wall (18) or the cross web (23) of the frame (19) on the other hand, wherein in each case one portion (49) of a joining tab (47, 48) is preferably joined to the top wall (33) of the inner pack (13) and another portion (50) is preferably joined to an outside surface of the cross web (23) of the frame (19) at the bottom.
- The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the further claims, characterized in that the inner pack (13) is realized as a sealed block with an opening structure which is arranged adjacent the line joint (24) of the lid (12) comprising a removal opening (40) and a closure label (41) which covers said removal opening in the closed position and is fixed to the inner pack (13) by means of permanent adhesive, wherein the closure label (41) extends in the region of the top wall (33), an end wall (36) of the inner pack (13) and with a portion in the region of a lower wall (32) of the inner pack (13) in such a manner that when the closure label (41) is activated to open the inner pack (13), said inner pack is raised on one side into an oblique position, wherein the closure label (41) is supported on a free edge of an end-side box cross wall (17) or of the cross web (22) of the frame (19).
- The pack as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that an end region of the closure label (41), in particular a glue-free grip tab (42) at the edge, is joined in a permanent manner to the inside surface of the lid (12), namely to a lid wall (25), in particular by means of glue or joining points (61), wherein the dimensions of the closure label (41) and the position of the joining points (61) are chosen such that when the lid (12) is actuated, the closure label (41) is initially pulled out of the closed position and the inner pack (13) is then raised into the oblique position.
- The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the further claims, characterized in that the inner pack (13), which is realized as a sealed pack, comprises lateral side seams (39) as closure seams which are produced as a result of thermal sealing in the realization as a fin seam, wherein the fin seam, which is formed by joining edge tabs, is folded in the region of inner side walls (34, 35) of the inner pack (13) to the top surface in the direction of the top wall (33) and preferably fixed on the inner side wall (34, 35).
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