EP3475186B1 - Packung für zigaretten - Google Patents

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EP3475186B1
EP3475186B1 EP17733351.5A EP17733351A EP3475186B1 EP 3475186 B1 EP3475186 B1 EP 3475186B1 EP 17733351 A EP17733351 A EP 17733351A EP 3475186 B1 EP3475186 B1 EP 3475186B1
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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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion
    • B65D75/5833—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall
    • B65D75/5838—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion for tearing out a portion of the wall combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs
    • 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
    • B65D85/10568—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container

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  • the invention relates to a pack, in particular for cigarettes, having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a method for producing such packs
  • the focus is on cigarette packs designed as sealed packs.
  • the formed cigarette group of several, in particular three, rows of cigarettes is surrounded by a sealing film, preferably according to the flow pack principle.
  • Closure and connection seams are multilayered, in particular in the formation as a fin fold with fins folded over against the (film) walls of the pack.
  • a holding or supporting member which at least partially surrounds the group of cigarettes is arranged within the film pack.
  • This support element - inner collar - can be designed in a simple manner as a tray.
  • a cup structure of the inner collar is advantageous. Particular durability is achieved with a cup-shaped inner collar, the walls of which - at least the collar front wall and collar rear wall - extend (approximately) over the full dimension or length of the cigarette group.
  • foil packs or flow packs with an inner collar are the WO 2011/009520 A1 as well as the WO 2011/110272 A1 as state of the art.
  • the film pack - sealing block - formed in the known or described manner is usually received in a dimensionally stable outer pack, in particular in a (conventional) hinged box or hinge lid pack as the outer pack.
  • the special design of the film pack or the sealing block in particular due to the design of the closure or sealing seams on the one hand and the complex inner collar on the other hand, can be achieved by the accumulation of one above or one next to one another lying material layers lead to the fact that the inner pack consisting of the sealing block cannot be inserted into an outer pack, in particular into a hinge-lid box, with standard dimensions.
  • the object of the invention is accordingly to limit the outer dimensions of the foil or sealing pack in the case of multi-layer or multi-layer packs of the type mentioned in individual areas or to adapt them to outer packs with standard dimensions.
  • a sealing pack in which a group of cigarettes is contained, which is surrounded by a tray-like inner collar without a rear wall, the front wall of which is fixed and stabilized by a retaining strip in order to stabilize the formation of the cigarettes.
  • the packing has multilayer side seams, each resting on the side walls of the packing, which increase the width of the packing and mean that the packing cannot be inserted into a standard outer packing without constraint.
  • the pack according to the invention is designed with the features of claim 1.
  • the cup-shaped inner collar is designed in such a way that spatial compensation is created in the area of the multilayered lateral seams of the foil pack produced by sealing, namely through the design of the inner collar, in particular when the seams produced by sealing have the structure of fin seams with folded fins exhibit.
  • the cup-shaped inner collar can in particular be designed in such a way that a transversely directed recess formed by punching is attached in the area of a collar rear wall, specifically in the area of a rear transversely directed connecting seam of the foil pack.
  • the transverse seam in particular designed as a fin seam with a folded fin, lies in the area of the recess, which extends over the full width of the rear wall of the collar and is preferably guided with an edge limb into the area of the side tabs. If there is a corresponding seam on the front is attached, so in the area of a film front wall, a collar front wall is provided with the recess accordingly.
  • outer side tabs of the inner collar are designed with a smaller width than the collar side wall itself.
  • a depression or offset is created on the outside of the inner collar that extends over the height of the side wall.
  • the (folded) fin seam of the foil pack is located in this area.
  • the collar side tabs are connected to one another by glue, in particular by points of glue which, according to the invention, are applied to collar side tabs during the production of a unit from the cigarette group and inner collar, namely to free outer sides of the inner collar side tabs preferably by means of glue nozzles arranged on both sides of the unit, which further preferably apply a series of glue dots in an area on the inner collar side flap which, in the finished inner collar, is covered by the outer collar side flap - with a reduced width.
  • the invention is therefore also concerned with the production method for the inner collar or a unit of inner collar and cigarette group.
  • the exemplary embodiments in the patent drawings relate to cigarette packs in which a group of cigarettes 10, namely a formed cigarette group 11, is received in a foil pack or in a sealing pack 12, forming a sealing block.
  • the cigarette group 11 which in the present case consists of three rows of cigarettes lying next to one another, is surrounded on all sides by a preferably moisture- and aroma-proof foil blank.
  • this is separated from a continuous film web 13 while wrapping the cigarette group 11, preferably in such a way that largely finished sealing packs 12 are separated from the tubular film web 13 to form a flow pack.
  • the cuboid foil or sealing packing 12 forms a foil front wall 14, a foil rear wall 15, narrow, upright foil side walls 16, a foil end wall 17 and a foil bottom wall 18. With the aid of connections preferably produced by thermal sealing - or sealing seams, a packing 12 that is tight on all sides is created.
  • upright side seams 19, in particular extending over the full height of the pack 12 are arranged in the region of the foil side walls 16 lying opposite one another. These are preferably designed as a fin seam, with a fin 20 folded over against the package wall - foil side wall 16 - resting against approximately half of the partial area of foil side wall 16, preferably in a rear area.
  • Another sealing seam namely a transverse or connecting seam 21, is located in the area of the large-area package walls, in this case in the area of the film rear wall 15.
  • the connecting seam 21 is formed approximately halfway up the film rear wall 15 and extends with end legs 22 in the area of Foil side walls 16.
  • the connecting seam 21 is preferably also designed as a fin seam, in particular with a fin 23 that is folded over upward - in the direction of the foil end wall 17.
  • the sealing packing 12 is preferably provided with an opening aid in the area of the foil front wall 17 and in an end area of the foil front wall 14.
  • the opening aid is provided with a conventionally designed opening flap 24 for opening and closing the flap 24, which is fixed to the packing 12 by means of adhesive and is in the open position ( Fig. 2 ) exposes a removal opening of the film pack 12.
  • the sealing packing 12 is arranged as a block-shaped inner packing in a preferably standard outer packing 27, in particular in a hinged box with a box part 28, a lid 29 and a collar 30.
  • the opening tab 24 can be opened and closed manually with the aid of the actuating strip 25.
  • a special feature is that the opening tab 24 is connected to the cover 29 for actuation of the same.
  • the actuating strip 25 is fixed on the inside of a cover front wall 31 or on an inner cover flap 32 of the same.
  • the collar has lateral collar side tabs 56 which, due to the arrangement of the collar 30, cover the film side walls 16 and thus the side seams 19 in the upper, exposed area.
  • the main task of this is to maintain the formation of the cigarette group 11 and to protect the cigarettes 10 against mechanical and / or thermal stress.
  • the inner collar 33 preferably consists of a one-piece blank ( Fig. 5, Fig. 6 ) with inner front wall 34, inner rear wall 35, inner bottom wall 36 and inner side walls, which are formed from inner side tabs 37 and outer side tabs 38.
  • the side flaps 37, 38 are folded over one another or are partially adjacent to one another.
  • corner tabs 39 are connected to the (inner) side tabs 37 via fold lines and, in the case of the finished inner collar 33, are folded against the inside of the inner bottom wall 36 ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the folded inner collar 33 forms a cup-shaped envelope for the cigarette group 11.
  • the inner collar 33 is preferably dimensioned such that the front wall 34, rear wall 35 and side walls 37, 38 are essentially flush with the cigarette group 11 or with appropriately positioned filter ends of the cigarettes 10.
  • the front inner front wall 34 is provided with a recess 40 which facilitates the removal of the cigarettes 10.
  • Cigarette group 11 and inner collar 33 form a unit 41 for the further packaging process.
  • the blank of the inner collar 33 is first brought into an angled or L-shaped intermediate folding position ( Fig. 7 ).
  • the inner rear wall 35 is preferably in a horizontal plane.
  • One leg made up of the inner bottom wall 36 and the inner front wall 34 is erected.
  • the inner side tabs 37 that is to say in the present case connected to the inner front wall 34, are erected and the corner tabs 39 are folded into the position in contact with the inner bottom wall 36.
  • the inner side tabs 37 connected to the inner rear wall 35 are also in an upright position according to the package.
  • the intermediate folding position according to Fig. 7 is preferably at the same time the insertion position for the cigarette group 11. This is inserted in the respective formation over the open side into the partially folded inner collar 33 until the cigarette ends rest on the bottom wall 36 or on the corner tabs 39. Thereafter, the inner front wall 34 - with the side flaps 38 - folded against the top of the cigarette group 11. Finally, the laterally directed outer side flaps 38 are folded until they come to rest against the inner side flaps 37 ( Fig. 9 ).
  • the (outer) side tabs 38 are bonded to the inner side tabs 37, preferably by a number of glue dots 43 arranged in a row Side tabs 37 arranged.
  • the glue dots 43 are preferably made after the cigarette group 11 has been inserted and the inner front wall 34 has been folded, that is to say in the position shown in FIG Fig. 8 , attached in the correct position by glue nozzles 44 on the free outer side of the side tabs 37, preferably one after the other during a transport movement of the inner collar 33.
  • the side tabs 37, 38 can alternatively be connected to one another by plug-in connections, i.e. possibly without glue. With an appropriate coating, a connection can also be made by thermal sealing.
  • the blanks for the inner collar 33 or the inner collar 33 itself are or is designed in such a way that compensation is created by means of recesses, punchings, depressions, embossings or material offsets in the area of material thickenings, in particular the film or sealing packing 12 the aim of reducing the effect of material thickening, in particular of multi-layer structures of the film or sealing packing 12, on the outer dimensions of the packing.
  • the inner collar 33 is provided with specifically made recesses or depressions.
  • the inner collar 33 is provided with a punching or an opening 45 which, due to the position of the connecting seam 21 in the present exemplary embodiment, extends in the area of the inner rear wall 35.
  • the preferably rectangular opening 45 extends over the full width of the inner rear wall 35 and extends with (short) opening legs 46 into the area of the adjacent side tabs 37.
  • the opening 45 causes a (partial) compensation of the material thickening by the folded connecting seam 21 ( Fig. 3 ).
  • the seam 21 or the fin 23 formed by it lies completely within the opening 45, which is preferably designed with a greater width or height than the fin 23, so that a free space 51 is created above and below it to better accommodate the material layers in the area of the fin 23.
  • the side seams 29 or their fins 20 extend in the region of halves of the side walls of the inner collar 33 formed by the side tabs 37, 38, preferably in the rear half.
  • the reduced width of the outer side tabs 38 creates an inwardly directed offset extending over the height of the inner collar 33 or a corresponding free space 52 which at least partially accommodates the side seam 19 or its fin 20.
  • the reduced side tabs 38 extend approximately to the middle of the respective side wall, so that approximately half a dimension of the inner side tab 37 is exposed for the contact of the fins 20.
  • the outer side flap 38 is expediently dimensioned in such a way that it is in the folded position (dashed lines in Fig.
  • FIG Fig. 4 A particularly critical accumulation of layers of the material positioned one on top of the other results in the area where the connecting seam 21 meets the side seams 19, in particular due to the end legs 22.
  • This layer structure is shown in FIG Fig. 4 shown. Due to the position of the fin 20 in the area of the opening 45, the layers are located extending into the opening legs 46.
  • Fig. 6 shows an example of a cut of an inner collar 33 with contoured, namely in the present case beveled, upright package edges (octagonal structure).
  • the side flaps 38, 39 are each delimited by two parallel fold lines 47, 48 with respect to the inner front wall 34 and the inner rear wall 35, respectively.
  • the fold lines 47, 48 can - like the other fold lines of the blanks - be created by embossing and / or by partial punching (perforation line).
  • the parallel fold lines 47, 48 delimit a strip of material 49 which, in the case of the folded inner collar 33 or the unit 41, forms beveled pack edges ( Fig. 10 ).
  • the recess or opening 45 extends over the perforation lines 47, 48 or over the material strip 49 with the opening leg 46 into the area of the transverse side tabs 37.
  • the outer side tabs 38 are also on the contour of the inner collar 33 with beveled edges customized. The width of the transversely directed side tabs 38 is selected so that space is created for the fins 20 in this embodiment as well. About half the area of the inner side flap 37 - up to the fold lines 47 - remains free for the positioning of the fins 20.
  • the contour or shape of the outer side tabs 38 comes into effect with a further accumulation of layers.
  • triangular gussets 54 are created at the ends (front side, bottom side), which in the present case are folded inward, namely in the area between the inner collar 33 and the film side wall 16 ( Fig. 1 ).
  • the end-side shortenings or bevels 42 namely their dimensions and shape, ensure that the gussets 54 do not come to a partial overlap with the outer side tabs 38.
  • the edges of the side tabs 38 on the one hand and the gusset 54 on the other hand lie next to one another.
  • the units 41 designed in the manner described or in a similar manner are enveloped by the film for forming the sealing packing 12.
  • the procedure is such that the continuous film web 13 - with opening aid - is placed from above onto the units 41 transported at a defined distance from one another and in the transverse direction.
  • the appropriately dimensioned film web 13 is folded around the units 41 to form a tubular film enveloping the units 41.
  • This forms a continuous sealing seam on the underside, namely the connecting seam 21.
  • the sealing packing 12 is produced in a sealing and separating station 50 by appropriate sealing and separating organs, namely by transversely directed sealing seams - side seams 19 - and by separating cut.
  • this station 50 there are also transversely movable folding members, namely folding forks 55 for folding in the (triangular) gussets 54 by moving the folding forks 55 transversely, which fold the gussets 54 of two consecutive sealing packings 12 in one folding cycle - during a movement section.
  • the finished packing 12 is then fed to a packaging device for bringing together packing 12 and outer packing 27.
  • List of reference symbols 10 Cigarette 42 bevel 11 Cigarette group 43 Glue point 12th Sealing packing 44 Glue nozzle 13th Film web 45 opening 14th Foil front wall 46 Opening leg 15th Foil back wall 47 Fold line 16 Foil side wall 48 Fold line 17th Foil front wall 49 Strip of material 18th Foil bottom wall 50 Sealing and separating station 19th Side seam 51 free space 20th fin 52 free space 21 Connecting seam 54 gore 22nd End leg 55 Folding fork 23 fin 56 Collar side flaps 24 Opening tab 25th Actuation strips 26th Removal opening 27 Outer packing 28 Box part 29 cover 30th collar 31 Lid front wall 32 Lid inner flap 33 Inner collar 34 Inside front wall 35 Inside rear wall 36 Inside bottom wall 37 inner lateral lobe 38 outer lateral lobe 39 Corner flaps 40 Recess 41 unit
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