EP3319883A1 - Emballage rigide doté d'un couvercle articulé et contenant un groupe d'articles de tabac de petite taille et procédé d'emballage correspondant - Google Patents

Emballage rigide doté d'un couvercle articulé et contenant un groupe d'articles de tabac de petite taille et procédé d'emballage correspondant

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EP3319883A1
EP3319883A1 EP16759858.0A EP16759858A EP3319883A1 EP 3319883 A1 EP3319883 A1 EP 3319883A1 EP 16759858 A EP16759858 A EP 16759858A EP 3319883 A1 EP3319883 A1 EP 3319883A1
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wall
container
tubular body
filling element
inner wrap
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Roberto Polloni
Luca Federici
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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
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/223—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers in a curved path; in a combination of straight and curved paths, e.g. on rotary tables or other endless conveyors

Definitions

  • the patent US4771882 describes a rigid package of cigarettes with a hinged lid that has been modified to house a group of small-sized cigarettes, i.e. a group of cigarettes smaller in respect to the total inner volume (because the group of cigarettes is formed by a lower number of cigarettes compared to the number of standard cigarettes, and/or because the cigarettes have a smaller diameter than the standard diameter) .
  • the package of cigarettes comprises a filling element, which is made of corrugated cardboard and is inserted inside the package of cigarettes to occupy the portion of the inner volume left free by the group of cigarettes.
  • the filling element described in the patent US4771882 has some drawbacks.
  • the insertion of the filling element inside of the package of cigarettes involves considerable constructional complications in the packing machine that must be modified for handling relatively large- sized solid objects (the filling elements) .
  • the filling elements always occupy significant volumes and therefore require a large occupation of space for their handling; consequently, in an existing packing machine it is challenging to find free space for adding the necessary elements for handling the filling elements.
  • said filling element uses a relatively high amount of material with an evident increase of expenses and environmental costs during production and disposal (after the use) of the package of cigarettes; consider, for example that the mass of the filling element is comparable, if not greater than the total mass of the wrapping material used to form the package of cigarettes.
  • Patent applications EP0443365-A2, EP0801011-A1 and EP2666736- Al describe a rigid package of cigarettes with a hinged lid that has been modified to house a group of small-size cigarettes.
  • the package of cigarettes comprises a collar, which is provided with containing elements that project inwards to rest against the group of cigarettes in order to prevent the group of cigarettes from "shaking" inside the package of cigarettes.
  • this technical solution has some drawbacks, as it is not always able to provide adequate holding of the group of cigarettes (i.e. it is not always able to effectively prevent the group of cigarettes from "shaking" inside the package of cigarettes) .
  • an existing packing machine that produces the standard type of cigarette packages (i.e.
  • the utility model DE29918461-U1 describes a rigid package of cigarettes with hinged lid provided on the inside with a waste container (i.e. an ashtray) open on the upper side and glued to a side wall of the package of cigarettes; in particular, the group of cigarettes is smaller than the package of cigarettes as part of the inner space is occupied by the waste container which is arranged on a side of the package of cigarettes itself.
  • the waste container has a stable and non-deformable shape
  • the waste container has a variable shape which by deformation changes the size of the waste container itself.
  • a package containing a group of small-sized tobacco articles and a corresponding wrapping method are provided, as claimed in the attached claims .
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a rigid package of cigarettes in a closed configuration made according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the package of cigarettes of Figure 1 in a closed configuration
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are two different front perspective views of the package of cigarettes of Figure 1 in an open configuration
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of a group of cigarettes housed in the package of cigarettes of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic view and in cross section of the package of cigarettes of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a filling element and of an inner wrap of the package of cigarettes of Figure 1;
  • Figure 8 is a view of the filling element of Figure 7;
  • Figures 9, 10 and 11 are three schematic views of the filling element of figure 7 in a flat configuration, in an intermediate configuration and in an expanded configuration, respectively;
  • FIG. 13 is a plan view of a blank used to make the filling element of Figure 7;
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an alternative of the filling element of Figure 7;
  • FIG. 15 is a plan view of a blank used to make the filling element of Figure 14;
  • FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a further alternative of the filling element of Figure 7;
  • FIG. 17 is a plan view of a blank used to make the filling element of Figure 16;
  • FIG. 18 is a plan view of a different embodiment of the group of cigarettes of Figure 5;
  • FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a filling element and of an inner wrap shaped for housing the group of cigarettes of Figure 18;
  • FIG. 21 is a plan view of a blank used to make the filling element of Figure 19;
  • Figure 22 is a schematic view and in cross section of another alternative of the filling element of Figure 7;
  • Figures 23-27 schematically illustrate the coupling steps between the filling element of Figure 7 and the corresponding inner wrap during the manufacturing of the package of cigarettes of Figure 1;
  • Figure 28 is a schematic view and in cross section of another alternative of the filling element of Figure 7 with the tubular bodies in the expanded configuration;
  • FIG. 29 is a schematic view and in cross section of the filling element of Figure 28 with the tubular bodies in the flat configuration;
  • Figure 31 is a schematic view and in cross section of the filling element of Figure 30 with the tubular bodies in the flat configuration;
  • Figures 33, 34 and 35 are front perspective views of respective alternatives of the package of cigarettes of Figure 32;
  • FIG. 36 is a plan view of a rigid blank usable to make a container of the package of cigarettes of Figure 32;
  • Figure 37 is a plan view of a soft wrapper usable for forming a container of the package of cigarettes of Figure 32;
  • Figures 38-41 schematically illustrate the coupling steps between the filling element of Figure 7 and the corresponding inner wrap during the manufacturing of the package of cigarettes of Figure 32.
  • number 1 denotes, as a whole, a rigid package of cigarettes, which comprises a rigid container 2 which has a parallelepiped shape and a single (only one) inner wrap 3 (illustrated in figures 3 and 4) which encloses a group of cigarettes (illustrated in figure 5) and is housed on the inside of the container 2.
  • the inner wrap 3 has a parallelepiped shape and consists of a wrapper of metallized paper wrapped around the group of cigarettes.
  • the group of cigarettes comprises twenty cigarettes of reduced diameter compared to the standard size and arranged in four rows each having five cigarettes.
  • the inner wrap 3 (i.e. the group of cigarettes inside the inner wrap 3) has a cross section smaller (significantly) compared to the cross section of the container 2, and therefore in the container 2 a space of significant size (approximately 10-50% of the total volume of the container 2) remains, unoccupied by the inner wrap 3.
  • the inner wrap 3 is narrower compared to the container 2 (i.e. the width of the inner wrap 3 is less than the width of the container 2), the inner wrap 3 has the same depth of the container 2 (i.e. the depth of the inner wrap 3 is equal to the depth of the container 2), and the inner wrap 3 has the same height of the container 2 (i.e.
  • the height of the inner wrap 3 is equal to the height of the container 2) .
  • the inner wrap 3 is narrower compared to the container 2 (i.e. the width of the inner wrap 3 is less than the width of the container 2) and, at the same time, the inner wrap 3 is also not as deep compared to the container 2 (i.e. the depth of the inner wrap 3 is less than the depth of the container 2) and/or the inner wrap 3 is also shorter compared to the container 2 (i.e. the height of the inner wrap 3 is less than the height of the container 2) .
  • the collar 12 has the function of keeping the lid 5 in the closed position with a certain force to avoid unintentional opening of the lid 5 itself; said "locking" function of the lid 5 in the closed position is carried out due to the fact that when the lid 5 is in the closed position the inner collar 12 partially projects from the open end of the container 2 and then engages with a corresponding inner surface of lid 5: in this way to open the lid 5 it is necessary to slightly elastically deform the lid 5 and/or the collar 12 and therefore it is necessary to apply a certain force to the lid 5 to open the lid 5 itself.
  • the front wall 14 of the collar 12 is provided with a pair of extensions 50 which project laterally to interblock the lid 5 when lid 5 is in the closed position so as to keep the lid 5 in the closed position with greater force.
  • the front wall 14 of the inner collar 12 has no extensions 50.
  • the package 1 of cigarettes comprises a filling element 17, which is autonomous and separate from the collar 12, is arranged on the inside of the container 2, and is coupled to the inner wrap 3 to keep the inner wrap 3 in a correct position thus compensating for the smaller width of the inner wrap 3 compared to the width of the container 2.
  • the filling element 17 has the function to keep the inner wrap 3 in a correct position, i.e. to prevent the inner wrap 3 from performing unwanted movements on the inside of the container 2 (since the inner wrap 3 is smaller than the container 2 ) .
  • the filling element 17 comprises a base wall 18 which has the same size of the front wall 9 and of the rear wall 10 of the container 2, it is arranged parallel to the front wall 9 and to the rear wall 10 of the container 2, and rests against (with the interposition of the collar 12) the front wall 9 of the container 2 (according to an alternative and perfectly equivalent embodiment, the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 rests against the rear wall 10 of the container 2) .
  • the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 has the same size of the front wall 9 and of the rear wall 10 of the container 2 ; in this way, the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 is housed without appreciable clearance on the inside of the container 2 and thus keeps still the filling element 17 on the inside of the container 2 even when the inner wrap 3 begins sagging as the cigarettes contained therein are consumed (i.e. it is not necessary for the element 17 to be glued to the container 2 or to the inner wrap 3 or to the inner collar 12 to be kept still) .
  • the filling element 17 comprises a tubular body 19, which rises from the base wall 18 (that is, is supported by the base wall 18), is bounded on one side by the base wall 18, and has a smaller width compared to the base wall 18 (i.e. only a part of the base wall 18 more or less extended is involved with the tubular body 19) .
  • the inner wrap 3 rests against the base wall 18 of the filling element 17, next to the tubular body 19 (i.e. the inner wrap 3 rests against the part of the base wall 18 left free by the tubular body 19 and then is located side by side with the tubular body 19 itself) .
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 can freely be deformed in a flat configuration (illustrated in Figure 9) in which the tubular body 19 has a flat shape (i.e. the tubular body 19 is collapsed on the base wall 18 and is completely extended) and in an expanded configuration (illustrated in figure 11) in which the tubular body 19 has a parallelepiped shape (i.e. the tubular body 19 is raised from the base wall 18 thus defining a parallelepiped cavity internally) .
  • the tubular body 19 comprises a side wall 20, which is hinged to the base wall 18 (i.e. is connected to the base wall 18 along a hinge formed by a pre- weakened fold line) and rests against (with the interposition of the collar 12) a side wall 11 of the container 2, an intermediate wall 21 which is hinged to the side wall 20 (i.e. is connected to the side wall 20 along a hinge formed by a pre-weakened fold line) and rests against the rear wall 10 of the container 2, a central wall 22 which is hinged to the intermediate wall 21 (i.e.
  • connection tab 23 which is hinged to the central wall 22 (i.e. is connected to the central wall 22 along a hinge formed by a pre-weakened fold line) and is glued to the base wall 18 by means of glue D.
  • the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 rests against (with the interposition of the collar 12) the front wall 9 of the container 2 and the intermediate wall 21 of the filling element 17 rests against the rear wall 10 of the container 2 ; according to a different embodiment not illustrated, the filling element 17 is upside-down and thus the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 rests against the rear wall 10 of the container 2 and the intermediate wall 21 of the filling element 17 rests against (with the interposition of the collar 12) the front wall 9 of the container 2.
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 is deformed in the flat configuration and in the expanded configuration by rotating together the side wall 20 and the central wall 22 relative to the base wall 18; in other words, the side wall 20 and the central wall 22 rotate together and synchronously with respect to the base wall 18 while always keeping the intermediate wall 21 parallel to the base wall 18.
  • the tubular body 19 forms a freely deformable articulated quadrilateral ?, in which the base wall 18 forms the fixed frame, the side wall 20 and the central wall 22 forms the cranks, and the intermediate wall 21 forms the connecting rod.
  • the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 has a window 24 which overlaps the window 16 of the front wall 14 of the collar 12 so as to facilitate the extraction of the cigarettes (i.e. so as not to cover, from the inside, the window 16 of the front wall 14 of the collar 12) .
  • the container 2 and the lid 5 are obtained starting from a flat blank 25 having a substantially rectangular elongated shape and of a known type; the blank 25 is provided with pre-weakened fold lines that guide the folding (in the absence of pre-weakened fold lines the thickness of the blank 25 would not allow to obtain an adequate precision in forming the folds) .
  • the collar 12 is obtained starting from a flat blank (not illustrated) of known type which is shaped to be cut without waste (scrap) from a continuous strip of wrapping material.
  • the filling element 17 is obtained starting from a flat blank 26 which is shaped to be cut without waste (scrap) from a continuous strip of wrapping material.
  • the blank 26 is folded and glued onto itself (by applying glue D between the connection tab 23 and the base wall 18) so as to form the filling element 17.
  • the blank 26 has four pre-weakened fold lines 27, which separate a panel 18' which forms the base wall 18, a panel 20' which forms the side wall 20, a panel 21' which forms the intermediate wall 21, a panel 22' which forms the central wall 22, and a panel 23' which forms the connection tab 23.
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 is open on the upper side and is used to house other objects (such as a lighter) that may be inserted during the formation of package 1 of cigarettes or they can be inserted in use, by the user, after the first opening of the package of cigarettes.
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 comprises an upper wall 28 which closes, on the upper side, the tubular body 19 itself (i.e. closes an upper end of the tubular body 19) .
  • the upper wall 28 of the tubular body 19 is hinged to the base wall 18 and has a connection tab 29, which is hinged to the upper wall 28, it is folded by 90° relative to the upper wall 28 and rests against (and is possibly glued) to the intermediate wall 21 which is opposite to the base wall 18.
  • the upper wall 28 of the tubular body 19 is hinged to the intermediate wall 21 and has a connection tab 29, which is hinged to the upper wall 28, is folded by 90° relative to the upper wall 28, and it rests against (and is possibly glued) to the base wall 18 that is opposite to the intermediate wall 21.
  • FIGS. 1-17 show a group of cigarettes (illustrated in Figure 5) having a cross section that is close to a square shape (i.e. having a similar width, although still slightly larger, compared to the depth) .
  • FIGS 18-21 an alternative is illustrated, wherein the group of cigarettes (illustrated in Figure 18) has an elongated cross-section (i.e. having a significantly larger width than the depth) ; in this alternative, the group of cigarettes (illustrated in Figure 18) comprises twenty cigarettes arranged in six rows laterally, each having three cigarettes and a centrally arranged row having two cigarettes.
  • the filling element 17 has a single tubular body 19 arranged on one side of the inner wrap 3.
  • the filling element 17 has two distinct tubular bodies 19, which are arranged on opposite sides of the inner wrap 3; in this embodiment, therefore, the inner wrap 3 is arranged in the centre and is surrounded on both sides by the two tubular bodies 19 of the filling element 17.
  • the two tubular bodies 19 of the filling element 17 can have the same size, or can also have different sizes.
  • the filling element 17 can freely be deformed in the flat configuration and in the expanded configuration only when located on the outside of the container 2 (i.e. is not forced by the mechanical constraints imposed by the walls 9, 10 and 11 of the container 2) . Furthermore, the filling element 17 can be inserted into the container 2 only in the expanded configuration (i.e. the container 2 can be formed by folding the blank 25 around the filling element 17 only when the filling element 17 is in the expanded configuration) . Finally, the filling element 17 when arranged on the inside of the container 2 is no longer deformable from the expanded configuration (that is, it is locked in the expanded configuration) due to the geometric constraints imposed by the walls 9, 10 and 11 of the container 2.
  • the pocket 30 has a "U" shape in cross section and is laterally bounded by two side walls 31 which give the pocket 30 itself a smaller size compared to the overall size of the filling element 17 with the tubular body 19 arranged in the flat configuration (as illustrated in figure 25) .
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 Upon entering into the pocket 30, the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 hits against a side wall 31 of the pocket 30 and therefore is deformed by passing from the flat configuration to the intermediate configuration (as illustrated in Figure 26) ; in other words, the entrance in the pocket 30 determines the deformation of the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 that passes from the flat configuration to the intermediate configuration by way of the impact against a side wall 31 of the pocket 30.
  • the impact of the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 against a side wall 31 of the pocket 30 and therefore the consequent deformation of the tubular body 19 are determined by the fact that the pocket 30 has a smaller size compared to the size of the filling element 17 with the tubular body 19 arranged in the flat configuration.
  • the tubular body 19 is arranged in the expanded configuration, and therefore the content of the package 1 of cigarettes (as illustrated in Figure 27) is completed.
  • the blank (not illustrated) of the collar 12 is folded in a known manner and then the blank 25 is folded in a known manner so as to form the container 2 provided with the lid 5.
  • the tubular body 19 (or each tubular body 19 if two tubular bodies 19 are provided) of the filling element 17 is arranged next to the inner wrap 3, i.e. between the inner wrap 3 and a corresponding side wall 11 of the container 2 so as to compensate for a smaller width of the inner wrap 3 compared to the width of the container 2.
  • each tubular body 19 (of course it could also be alternatively provided that a single tubular body 19) is arranged behind the inner wrap 3, i.e. between the inner wrap 3 and the rear wall 10 of the container 2 so as to compensate for a smaller depth compared to the depth of inner wrap 3 of the container 2.
  • the base wall 18 of each tubular body 19 is arranged parallel to and rests against a corresponding side wall 11 of the container 2 and has the same size of the side wall 11 itself.
  • the filling element 17 comprises a further connection wall 32, which connects the two base walls 18 to one another, is arranged perpendicular to the two base walls 18, rests against the front wall 9 of the container 2 and has the same size of the front wall 9 itself.
  • each filling element 17 the base wall 18 is parallel to and rests against a corresponding side wall 11 of the container 2, the side wall 20 is arranged parallel to and rests against the rear wall 10 of the container 2, the intermediate wall 21 is perpendicular to the rear wall 10 of the container 2 and does not rest against any wall of the container 2, and the central wall 22 is parallel to the rear wall 10 of the container 2 and rests against (from behind) the inner wrap 3.
  • the filling element 17 is rotated by 180° so as to rest the connection wall 32 against the rear wall 10 of the container 2 and thus rest the side walls 20 of the tubular bodies 19 against the front wall 9 of the container 2.
  • the filling element 17 also comprises two containing bodies 33 that project inwards from the base wall 18 so as to laterally rest against the inner wrap 3 and compensate for a smaller width of the inner wrap 3 compared to the width of the inner container 2.
  • Each containing body 33 comprises an intermediate wall 34 which is arranged perpendicular to a corresponding base wall 18, a central wall 35 which is arranged perpendicular to the intermediate wall 34 and rests against the inner wrap 3, and a connection tab 36, which is perpendicular to the central wall 35 and is glued to the connection wall 32 by means of glue E.
  • connection tab 23 is formed by a portion of a corresponding intermediate wall 34 by means of a "U"-shaped through-incision which separates the connection tab 23 from the intermediate wall 34; in other words, each intermediate wall 34 has a "U"-shaped through- incision which separates a corresponding connection tab 23 from the intermediate wall 34 itself.
  • the package 1 of cigarettes is of a rigid type, i.e. comprises a rigid container 2 provided with a hinged lid 5 and a collar 12 which partially projects outwards from the upper open end 4 of the rigid container 2; the inner wrap 3 and the filling element 17 are coupled together and arranged in the rigid container 2 so as to be completely surrounded (i.e. completely non-visible from the outside) when the lid 5 is closed.
  • the package 1 of cigarettes is of a soft or semi-rigid type, i.e. comprises a semi-rigid or soft container 37, which is open on the upper side and has no lid; the inner wrap 3 and the filling element 17 are coupled together and arranged in the semi-rigid or soft container 37 so that an upper wall of the inner wrap 3 and an upper portion of the filling element 17 are arranged in the area of an upper open end 38 of the container 37.
  • the container 37 is soft and therefore has a reduced thickness; whereas, in the case of a semi-rigid type package 1 of cigarettes, the container 37 is semi-rigid and therefore has a greater thickness.
  • the container 37 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and has an open upper end 38, a bottom wall 39 opposite to the open upper end 38, a front wall 40 and a rear wall 41 parallel and opposite to one another, and two side walls 42 parallel and opposite to one another.
  • the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 comprises the upper wall 28 which closes, on the upper side of the tubular body 19 itself (i.e. closes an upper end of the tubular body 19) .
  • the band 43 is arranged in the area of the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17, i.e. closes, on the upper side, the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 (regardless of the fact that the tubular body 19 is or is not provided with the upper wall 28) .
  • the band 43 is centred relative to the inner wrap 3 (i.e. symmetrically covers the upper wall of the inner wrap 3) and does not touch (if not marginally) the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17.
  • the band 43 has the same size of the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 and therefore completely covers the tubular body 19 without touching (if not marginally) the upper wall of the inner wrap 3.
  • the band 43 has a larger size compared to the size of the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 and therefore, beside completely covering the tubular body 19, also partially covers the upper wall of the inner wrap 3.
  • the container 37 in the semi ⁇ rigid version is obtained starting from a flat blank 44 having a substantially rectangular elongated shape and of known type.
  • the blank 44 is provided with any pre-weakened fold lines that guide the folding (in the absence of pre-weakened fold lines the high thickness of the blank 44 would not allow to obtain an adequate precision in forming the folds) .
  • the container 37 in the soft version is obtained starting from a wrapper 45 having an elongated rectangular shape and of known type.
  • the wrapper 45 is entirely devoid of pre-weakened fold lines that guide the folding (the reduced thickness of the wrapper 45 allows to obtain an adequate precision in forming the folds even in the absence of pre-weakened fold lines) .
  • the filling element 17 can freely be deformed in the flat configuration and in the expanded configuration only when located on the outside of the container 37 (i.e. is not forced by the mechanical constraints imposed by the walls 40, 41 and 42 of the container 37) .
  • the filling element 17 is inserted into the container 37 only in the expanded configuration (i.e.
  • the container 37 can be formed by folding the blank 44 or the wrapper 45 around the filling element 17 only when the filling element 17 is arranged in the expanded configuration) .
  • the filling element 17 when placed on the inside of the container 37 is no longer deformable from the expanded configuration (that is, when it is locked in the expanded configuration) due to the geometric constraints imposed by the walls 40, 41 and 42 of the container 37.
  • the inner wrap 3 is made in a known manner by forming the group of cigarettes and then by folding a soft wrapper around the group of cigarettes itself.
  • the filling element 17 with the tubular body 19 in the flat configuration is fed, and then the inner wrap 3 is coupled to the filling element 17 with the tubular body 19 in the flat configuration by resting the inner wrap 3 against the base wall 18 of the filling element 17 next to the tubular body 19 (as illustrated in figure 38) .
  • the inner wrap 3 together with the filling element 17 are inserted together in a pocket 46 of a packing conveyor 47 (a packing wheel in the embodiment illustrated) with the interposition of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45 (as illustrated in figure 38) .
  • a movable folding member 48 arranged next to the pocket 46 performs a relative movement with respect to the pocket 46 (i.e. with respect to the packing conveyor 47) to fold by 90° a first flap of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45 projecting from the pocket 46 and, simultaneously, to deform (push) the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 from the flat configuration (illustrated in figures 38 and 39) to the expanded configuration (illustrated in figures 40 and 41) .
  • the thrust of the movable folding member 48 on the tubular body 19 of the filling element 17 deforms the tubular body 19 by transforming the tubular body 19 itself from the flat configuration (illustrated in Figures 38 and 39) to the expanded configuration (illustrated in Figures 40 and 41) .
  • the packing conveyor 47 performs an advancing step to move the pocket 46 towards a subsequent processing station; the movement of the packing conveyor 47 brings a second flap of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45, projecting from the pocket 46, against a fixed folding member 49 that is arranged on the opposite side of the movable folding member 48; in this way, the second flap of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45 is folded by 90° onto the first flap of the blank 44 or of the previously folded wrapper 45 thus completing the tubular folding of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45 around the inner wrap 3 and the filling element 17. Subsequently, in the packing conveyor 47 the folding of the blank 44 or of the wrapper 45 forming the lower wall 39 is completed, and therefore finishing the manufacturing of the package 1 of cigarettes.
  • the rigid, semi-rigid or soft package 1 of cigarettes is normally wrapped with a transparent plastic overwrapping provided with a tear-off strip that facilitates the opening thereof.
  • the package 1 of cigarettes described above in all its versions is simple to produce even in an existing packing machine (which is to be subjected to very few non-invasive modifications) .
  • the package 1 of cigarettes described above with respect to a similar standard package of cigarettes has a single additional component, i.e. the filling element 17 which can be fed in the machine by using, without substantial changes (if not by format adaptation) , a feeding line of known type designed for a possible coupon.
  • the filling element 17 is initially completely flat (i.e. quite similar to a coupon), and has a comparable size to that of a coupon, and especially does not require any type of active folding operation as it is able to expand (i.e.
  • the filling element 17 is made with a few simple folds of a blank 26, which is obtainable with no scraps from a continuous strip of wrapping material with similar processes to those performed for the manufacturing a standard blank for a collar.
  • the inner wrap 3 rests against (i.e. is locked) the inside of the main chamber 18 in a particularly stable and durable manner; consequently, in the package 1 of cigarettes described above the inner wrap 3 is prevented, in an effective way, from "shaking" inside the package 1 of cigarettes.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un emballage rigide (1) pour articles de tabac ayant : un contenant (2) ; une seule feuille d'emballage intérieure (3) qui renferme un groupe d'articles de tabac, qui est logée sur la partie intérieure du contenant (2) et qui a une taille qui est inférieure à la taille du contenant (2) ; un couvercle (5) qui est articulé sur le contenant (2) ; un collier (12), qui est agencé sur la partie intérieure du contenant (2) pour venir faire saillie partiellement vers l'extérieur ; et un élément de remplissage (17), qui est agencé sur la partie intérieure du contenant (2), qui est couplé à la feuille d'emballage intérieure (3), qui est constitué d'une ébauche (27) qui est pliée et collée sur elle-même, et qui compense la plus petite taille de la feuille d'emballage intérieure (3) par rapport à la taille du contenant (2) ; l'élément de remplissage (17) a un corps tubulaire (19), qui peut être déformé en une configuration plate, dans laquelle le corps tubulaire (19) a une forme plate, et en une configuration déployée, dans laquelle le corps tubulaire (19) a une forme parallélépipédique.
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ITUB2015A002064A ITUB20152064A1 (it) 2015-07-10 2015-07-10 Pacchetto rigido con coperchio incernierato e contenente un gruppo di articoli da fumo di dimensione ridotta e corrispondente metodo di incarto.
PCT/IB2016/054120 WO2017009761A1 (fr) 2015-07-10 2016-07-08 Emballage rigide doté d'un couvercle articulé et contenant un groupe d'articles de tabac de petite taille et procédé d'emballage correspondant

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