EP3494066B1 - Pack for cigarettes and method and apparatus for producing said pack - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a pack for cigarettes with an outer pack, preferably in the form of a hinge-lid pack with a box part and a lid pivotably mounted on the box part, and with an inner pack with a blank surrounding at least one group of cigarettes as the pack contents, preferably essentially on all sides a packaging material, wherein the inner pack has a removal opening to allow the consumer access to the package contents, and wherein the inner pack has a closure means, in particular a closure flap, which is attached to the inner pack by means of an at least partially releasable adhesive and for access to the The removal opening or the package contents can be removed from the inner pack, according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding method and a device according to the preamble of claims 7 and 11, respectively.

Such packs are known from practice. The DE102011119344A1 , the DE102008035467A1 , the WO02 / 079051 A1 and the DE102014011396A1 reveal cigarette packaging. In this context, it is seen as a problem that the adhesives used to bond the closure means to the inner pack could impair the contents of the pack.

Proceeding from this, the invention is based on the object of further developing packs of the type mentioned at the outset, in particular with regard to improved protection of the pack contents from harmful influences.

To achieve this object, a pack according to the invention has the features of claim 1.

This solution has the particular advantage that the blank attached to the underside of the closure means avoids or at least makes direct contact of the adhesive bond with the package contents. In addition, the blank also forms a barrier for any substances that may escape from the bond and which are suitable for influencing the quality of the contents of the pack.

According to a preferred development of the invention, it is provided that the blank attached to the closure means has smaller dimensions than the closure means, the closure means overlapping the blank on all sides or circumferentially such that the closure means can be glued completely around the blank to the inner pack.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention it can be provided that the closure means is provided with an adhesive layer on the side surface facing the inner pack, the adhesive layer preferably extending over the entire side surface (with the exception of a region of an actuating tab).

According to a further special feature, it can preferably be provided that the adhesive layer has areas of different intensity or strength of adhesion, in particular such that an adhesive zone with a comparatively weaker adhesive effect, then an adhesive zone with a comparatively stronger adhesive effect and in an area where the opening begins when the closure means is actuated another adhesive zone is formed with a higher adhesive effect.

Another special feature can preferably consist in the fact that the closure means or an actuating tab of the same is permanently connected to the inside of a cover front wall of the outer pack, preferably via a glue strip and / or glue points on the free outside of the actuating tab.

Another special feature can be that the blank has a cellulose layer, in particular a paper layer, on the side facing the cigarette group.

A method according to the invention has the features of claim 7.

The correct positioning of the blanks on the closure means on the one hand and the correct positioning of the closure means on the blanks on the other hand are monitored by sensors and drives of organs of the packaging machine for transporting the closure means and / or the blanks are controlled accordingly for the correct positioning.

According to a preferred development, it can be provided that the closure means are detached from a continuous carrier strip by deflecting it and transferred to a lay-on roller, the closure means being transported to the lay-on roller in such a way that one side of the closure means provided with adhesive faces away from the surface of the lay-on roller is and that blanks against the on the lay-on roller The closure means located are transferred and attached to them by gluing.

The interconnected closure means and blanks can be attached by the lay-on roller to a continuous material web for blanks for the inner pack or to individual blanks for the inner pack, namely in the correct position at the openings for the removal opening made in the material web or blanks.

A device according to the invention has the features of claim 11.

It is preferably provided that the blank can be fed to the closure means held on the lay-on roller by means of a transfer roller.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the feeding of the closure means to the lay-on roller can be controlled by means of a sensor and / or that the feed of the blank to the lay-on roller can be controlled by means of a sensor and / or that the feed of the closure means with the lay-on roller can be controlled by means of a sensor and / or that the feeding of the blanks or a corresponding material web into the area of the lay-on roller can be controlled by means of a sensor.

Furthermore, it can preferably be provided that the organs of the device are controlled by drive motors in accordance with the data recorded by the sensors, in such a way that the closure means with blanks attached are arranged in the correct position in the area of the removal opening.

Fig. 1

eine geschlossene Innenpackung in räumlicher Darstellung,

Fig. 2

eine geöffnete Innenpackung gemäß Fig. 1 in einer Außenpackung mit geöffnetem Deckel,

Fig. 3

einen Vertikalschnitt durch die Innenpackung entlang Schnittlinie III - III in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4

einen Zuschnitt für ein Verschlussmittel der Innenpackung,

Fig. 5

einen Schnitt durch das Verschlussmittel entlang Schnittlinie V - V in Fig. 4,

Fig. 6

einen Zuschnitt für die Innenpackung mit Verschlussmittel,

Fig. 7

einen Schnitt durch den Zuschnitt entlang Schnittlinie VII - VII in Fig. 6,

Fig. 8

einen Teil einer Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Packungen für Zigaretten in schematischer Seitenansicht,

Fig. 9

ein zweites Beispiel einer geschlossenen Innenpackung in einer Darstellung entsprechend Fig. 1,

Fig. 10

eine geöffnete Innenpackung gemäß Fig. 9 in einer Außenpackung mit geöffnetem Deckel,

Fig. 11

einen Vertikalschnitt durch die Innenpackung gemäß Fig. 9 entlang Schnittlinie XI - XI in Fig. 9,

Fig. 12

einen Zuschnitt für die Innenpackung gemäß Fig. 9 mit Verschlussmittel,

Fig. 13

einen Schnitt durch den Zuschnitt entlang Schnittlinie XIII - XIII in Fig. 12, und

Fig. 14

einen Teil einer zweiten Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Packungen für Zigaretten in schematischer Seitenansicht.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawing. In this show:

Fig. 1

a closed inner pack in a spatial representation,

Fig. 2

an opened inner pack according to Fig. 1 in an outer pack with the lid open,

Fig. 3

a vertical section through the inner pack along section line III - III in Fig. 1 ,

Fig. 4

a blank for a closure means of the inner pack,

Fig. 5

a section through the closure means along section line V - V in Fig. 4 ,

Fig. 6

a blank for the inner pack with sealing means,

Fig. 7

a section through the blank along section line VII - VII in Fig. 6 ,

Fig. 8

a part of a device for producing packs for cigarettes in a schematic side view,

Fig. 9

a second example of a closed inner pack in a representation accordingly Fig. 1 ,

Fig. 10

an opened inner pack according to Fig. 9 in an outer pack with the lid open,

Fig. 11

a vertical section through the inner pack according to Fig. 9 along section line XI - XI in Fig. 9 ,

Fig. 12

a blank for the inner pack according to Fig. 9 with locking means,

Fig. 13

a section through the blank along section line XIII - XIII in Fig. 12 , and

Fig. 14

a part of a second device for producing packs for cigarettes in a schematic side view.

The exemplary embodiments of the drawings deal with the design of packs 10 for cigarettes 11. A formed cigarette group, namely consisting of rows, is the content of an inner pack 12. In the first exemplary embodiment, this consists of preferably a blank 13 made of foil, in particular a moisture- and aroma-proof Foil.

The group of cigarettes 11 is preferably complete, i.e. H. on all sides, enveloped by the blank 13, accordingly forms a so-called sealing block with an inner front wall 14, inner rear wall 15, inner side walls 16, inner bottom wall 17 and inner end wall 18.

The blank 13 is designed or folded around the group of cigarettes 11 in such a way that the inner end wall 18 is free of folds, but rather forms a continuously closed wall. An opening aid is attached in this area, which enables easy, in particular automatic, access to the contents of the pack. For this purpose, the inner pack 12 has a removal opening 19 in the front area. The removal opening 19 preferably extends in the area of the inner end wall 18 and an adjoining, end-side section of the inner front wall 14. The removal opening 19 is preferably arranged in the center and with a significantly smaller width than the inner pack 12.

When the pack 10 is closed, the removal opening 19 is covered by a closure means, in particular a closure tab 20. This preferably completely covers the removal opening 19 and preferably forms a strip-shaped overhang all around. In the area of an anchoring strip 21, the closure means is permanently connected to the inner pack 12, in particular in the area of the inner rear wall 15. Edge strips 22, 23, 24 are bonded to the inner pack 12, each in an edge strip surrounding the removal opening 19. The edge strips 22, 23, 24 are fixed with a releasable and multi-acting adhesive, in particular so-called PSA adhesive.

The closure means is provided with a grip or actuation tab 25 in one end area, namely in the area of a leg protruding into the inner front wall 14. This is preferably glue-free on the side facing the inner front wall 14 and can thus be detected. The actuating tab 25 preferably extends over the full width of the closure means as an edge strip thereof.

A special feature is that the actuating tab 25 is connected to a movable part of an outer pack 26 in the exemplary embodiments shown. The outer pack is here a hinged box with box part 27 and lid 28. This is pivotably connected to box part 27 in the area of a box rear wall 29 with a lid rear wall 30 via a line hinge 31.

The closure means is connected to the cover 28 in such a way that when it is opened, the closure flap 20 also moves into the open position ( Fig. 2 ). For this purpose, the actuating tab 25 is connected to the cover 28, preferably in the area of a cover front wall 32. This is preferably done by glue or by a glue strip extending in the longitudinal direction of the actuating tab 25 or a corresponding group of glue points.

The glue is preferably attached to the outside of the actuating tab 25. During the manufacture of the pack or when the inner pack 12 is inserted into the outer pack 26, in the closed position of the lid 28, the connection to the actuating tab 25 is made via the glue. A cover inner tab 33 is preferably provided on the inside of the cover front wall 32. The actuating tab 25 is preferably permanently connected to this. When the cover 28 is closed, the locking means also returns to the closed position ( Fig. 1 ) back.

In the first exemplary embodiment, the inner packing 12 is designed as a sealing block according to FIG Fig. 1 with an envelope fold in the area of the inner side walls 16. Overlapping folding flaps are also provided in the area of the inner rear wall 15. The folding flaps are tightly connected to one another by thermal sealing. In the area of the inner rear wall 15 in the manner of a fin seam, which is placed against the inner pack 12 after sealing. Furthermore, a support member, in particular a tray, can be arranged inside the inner pack 12. Such an inner pack with a tray is from the earlier application, for example WO 2013/053408 A1 known.

A special feature is that the removal opening 19 is at least partially free, that is to say without the opening tab located in the area of the removal opening 19 during the preparation of the blank 13. This is part of the film in the area of the removal opening 19. In the exemplary embodiments, the opening flap is completely eliminated. The blank 13 is accordingly provided with a recess which forms the removal opening 19 in the finished inner pack 12. Alternatively, a U-shaped punch can be made in the blank 13 to form an opening. The resulting opening flap then remains folded out along an edge in connection with the blank 13 and out of the area of the removal opening 19 and placed against a wall of the inner pack, usually on an inside of the inner rear wall 15 Opening formed as a removal opening 19.

Another special feature is the design of the glue areas or the glue pattern for the detachable connection of the closure means with the inner pack 12. As shown in particular Fig. 6 As can be seen, the closure means is provided with a frame-like pattern of glue surrounding the removal opening 19. During manufacture, this can be attached to the closure flap 20, which consists of a separate blank, and / or to the blank 13.

The glue pattern (preferably PSA adhesive), in particular with edge strips 22, 23, 24, is designed with different adhesive effects, corresponding to Stress when opening and closing the inner pack 12. Preferably, at least the edge strip 22 is designed with a lower adhesive effect than the other sections of the glue pattern. In the present case, areas of the edge strips 23, 24 are also formed with a lower adhesive effect, so that in particular the initiation of the opening process for the closure means is facilitated. The other parts of the glue pattern, namely the anchoring strips 21, are designed with a higher holding force in order to ensure the permanent fixation of the closure means on the inner pack 12.

The different holding or connecting effects of the areas of the glue pattern can be brought about by appropriate selection of different types of glue and / or by different layer thicknesses and / or by different structures on the other hand.

This configuration of the glue connection of the closure flap 20 to the film block 11 can also be used accordingly in the case of conventional sealing packs and packs Figures 11 to 14 be applied. The conventional packs mentioned can be those in which the opening tab 35 remains in the starting position and is connected to the closing tab 20.

Another special feature relates to the construction of the blank 13 from several layers that are firmly connected to one another. In the present case, the blank 13 consists of at least three layers, namely an inner paper layer 33, a middle metallized layer 34 (for example aluminum) and an outer layer 35 made of a plastic (for example PET). This structure ensures that the blank 13 is moisture- and aroma-tight and can be closed by sealing. A cold sealing process can preferably be used as the sealing process. Fig. 6 shows the arrangement of a corresponding adhesive zone 36 which extends around the edge of the blank 13.

Another special feature is the construction of the closure tab 20 as a closure means. An upper plastic layer 37 is on the underside Adhesive layer 38 attached. This also serves to fasten a further blank 39 in the area of the removal opening 19.

In the present case, the blank 39 consists of two layers, namely an inner paper layer 40 and a metallized layer 41 arranged between the paper layer 40 and the closure flap 20. The structure of the blank 39 corresponds accordingly to the structure of the blank 13 with the exception of the missing plastic layer. Instead of a paper layer 40, a layer made of another cellulose can also be provided.

The arrangement or extension of the blank 39 is also important. The shape of the blank 39 is adapted to the shape of the removal opening 19, but the blank 39 protrudes slightly over the edge of the removal opening 19 on all sides, so that the blank 39 is the removal opening 19 or its edge circumferentially around the dimension "X" (see Figures 3, 6 and 7 ) overlaps. The overlap can be a few millimeters, for example. It is important that the overlap is large enough to at least counteract any impairment of the contents of the pack by substances that may emerge from the adhesive layer 39 of the closure flap 20.

In addition, the closure flap 20 naturally also overlaps the blank 39, namely again on all sides or circumferentially, so that a moisture-tight and aroma-tight closure of the removal opening 19 by the closure flap 20 is ensured.

With reference to Fig. 8 a device is described below which is suitable for attaching a closure tab 20 as a closure means and a blank 39 to a continuous material web 42 for blanks 13. Here, a continuous web of material 42 for blanks 13 is transported along a transport path 43 and provided with closure tabs 20 and blanks 39 in the area of the removal openings 19 during transport.

In a first work step, the removal opening 19 is attached to the material web 42. This takes place in the area of a hole cutting device 44 In the present case, the hole cutting device 44 consists of a pair of rollers which are arranged on different sides of the material web 42. The rollers preferably have cutting means on the circumference with which the removal openings 19 can be made. Any waste 45 that may arise is removed by means of a suction device 46. The hole cutting device 44 can be driven by means of a servomotor 47.

A sensor, in particular a print mark sensor, with which print marks 49 attached to the material web 42 can be scanned, in order to position the location of the removal opening 19 accordingly, is arranged upstream of the hole cutting device 44.

After the removal opening 19 has been made, the material web 42 arrives in the area of a lay-on roller 50 which works together with an adjustable pressure roller 51 arranged on the other side of the material web. A sensor 52 is again arranged upstream of the lay-on roller 50 in order to enable the fastening tab 20 to be attached to the material web 42 in a precisely positioned manner.

The sensor 52 can either scan the already mentioned print mark 48 or the removal opening 19 directly.

The lay-on roller 50 is used to attach closure tabs 20 with the blank 39 attached to the material web 42. The feeding of the closure tabs 20 and the blanks 39 will be described later. The material web 42 provided with closure tabs 20 and blanks 39 is then guided past a pressure element 53 and finally checked with a further sensor 54, in particular with regard to the correct position and / or attachment of the closure tab 20 etc.

The closure tabs 20 are fed from a reel 56 on a continuous carrier strip 55, on which they are attached at intervals from one another, and are deflected in the area of a drive roller 57. This is followed at a distance by a compensating pendulum 58, which the carrier strip 55 passes through.

In the area of a deflection 59, the carrier strip 58 is strongly deflected and, guided over a further drive roller 59 and a further compensating pendulum 61, wound onto a further reel 62. As a result of the deflection, the closure tabs 20 are released individually from the carrier strip 55 and reach the periphery of the lay-on roller 50, where they are preferably held by means of negative pressure. Via a transfer roller 63 arranged adjacent to the lay-on roller 50, blanks 39 are fed in the correct position and pressed against the closure tabs 20 located on the pressure roller 51.

The blanks 39 can either be separated from a continuous web of material 64, as in FIG Fig. 8 shown. In this case, the material web 64 is first guided over transport rollers 65 and transported by means of a pair of feed rollers 66 into the area of a cutting unit 67, where individual blanks 39 are separated from the material web 64 and transferred to the transfer roller 63. There the blanks 39 are held on the circumference by means of negative pressure. The remaining material web 64 is wound up again following the cutting unit 67. If the blanks 39 can be separated from the material web 64 without waste, this step can of course be omitted.

Further sensors are arranged within the device in order to be able to monitor or control the correct position or correct position merging of the individual parts. For this purpose, the deflector 59 is preceded by a sensor 68 which is used to detect the closure tabs 20 on the carrier strip 55. A sensor 69 is assigned to the transfer roller 63, which detects the position of the blanks 39 on the transfer roller 63. After the blank 39 and the closure tab 20 have been brought together, a sensor 70 is arranged on the circumference of the lay-on roller 50 in order to detect the position of the closure tab 20 on the lay-on roller 50. The device is driven by various servomotors 71. With the help of a suitable control, the information determined by the sensors can be evaluated and the device can be controlled by controlling the servomotors so that the closure tabs 20 and blanks 39 are correctly positioned in the area of the removal openings 19.

In Figures 9 to 13 a second embodiment of a pack 10 is shown. This second embodiment differs from the first embodiment shown essentially only in the construction of the inner pack 12. The inner pack 12 is formed from a thin cardboard which can be coated with a dense material. In the case of this inner pack 12, too, a closure flap 20 with an additional blank 39 is attached as in the first exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 shows a corresponding device analogous to the first embodiment. The closing tabs 20 and blanks 39 are supplied in the same way as in the first exemplary embodiment. However, the blanks 13 for the inner pack 12 are not separated from a continuous material web 43, but are individually removed from a blank magazine 72 and transferred to an upper run 73 of an endless conveyor 74 arranged in the transport path 43.

The blanks 13 lie flat on the upper run 73 and are held between drivers 75 of the endless conveyor 74.

Following the attachment of the closure tabs 20 with blank 39, the pressing member 53 and the sensor 54, the blanks 13 are transported by means of a push-off conveyor 76 into the area of a stacking device 77, where a stack 79 of blanks 13 is formed between lateral guides 78, the rests on the underside on a lifting member 80 movable in the vertical direction.

The stacks 79 are transferred from the stacking device 77 to a further push-off conveyor 81 with which the stacks 79 are transported away.

The stacks 79 can initially be stored in a packaging machine for later processing and processed directly in this. List of reference symbols 10 pack 50 Lay-on roller 11 Cigarette 51 Pressure roller 12 Inner packing 52 sensor 13 Cutting 53 Pressing member 14th Inside front wall 54 sensor 15th Inside rear wall 55 Carrier strip 16 Inside sidewall 56 Bobbin 17th Inside bottom wall 57 Drive roller 18th Inside front wall 58 Compensating pendulum 19th Removal opening 59 Redirection 20th Locking tab 60 Drive roller 21st Anchoring strips 61 Compensating pendulum 22nd Verge 62 Bobbin 23 Verge 63 Transfer roller 24 Verge 64 Material web 25th Actuation tab 65 Transport rollers 26th Outer packing 66 Preferred roles 27 Box part 67 Cutting unit 28 cover 68 sensor 29 Box back wall 69 sensor 30th Lid back panel 70 sensor 31 Line joint 71 Servo motor 32 Lid front wall 72 Blank magazine 33 Paper layer 73 Upper run 34 metallized layer 74 Endless conveyor 35 outer layer 75 Carrier 36 Adhesive zone 76 Push-off conveyor 37 Plastic layer 77 Stacking device 38 Adhesive layer 78 guide 39 Cutting 79 stack 40 Paper layer 80 Lifting device 41 metallized layer 81 Push-off conveyor 42 Material web 43 Transport route 44 Hole cutting device 45 waste 46 Suction device 47 Servo motor 48 sensor 49 Print mark

Claims (14)

1. A pack for cigarettes (10) having an outer pack (26), preferably realized as a hinge-lid pack with a box part (27) and a lid (28) which is mounted on the box part (27) so as to be pivotable, and having an inner pack (12) with a blank (13) produced from packaging material which surrounds at least one cigarette group as pack contents preferably substantially on all sides, wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a removal opening (19) in order to make it possible for the consumer to access the pack contents, and wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a closure means, in particular a closure flap (20), which is fastened to the inner pack (12) by means of an at least partially releasable adhesive bond and is removable from the inner pack (12) for access to the removal opening (19) or to the pack contents, and wherein for forming the removal opening (19) the blank (13) is provided with an opening which is closable by the closure means, wherein the closure means comprises a coverage region which, with the closure means in the closed position, surrounds the removal opening (19) on all sides or circumferentially and is connectable by means of adhesion to a region of the blank (13) which surrounds the removal opening (19) circumferentially, characterized in that a separate blank (39) produced from packaging material is fastened by means of adhesion on the closure means on the side pointing to the inner pack (12), said separate blank, with the closure means in the closed position, covering the removal opening (19) entirely and projecting beyond an edge of the removal opening (19) on all sides with an overlap region (X).
2. The pack as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the separate blank (39), which is provided on the closure means, comprises smaller dimensions than the closure means, wherein the closure means overlaps the separate blank (39) on all sides or circumferentially, in such a manner that the closure means is bondable to the inner pack (12) all around the separate blank.
3. The pack as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the closure means is provided with an adhesive layer (38) on the side surface pointing to the inner pack (12), wherein the adhesive layer (38) preferably extends over the entire side surface and only an actuating flap (25) of the closure means is glue-free.
4. The pack as claimed in claim 3 or in one of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the adhesive layer (38) comprises regions of varying intensity or strength of adhesion, in particular in such a manner that in a region of the beginning of the opening, when the closure means is actuated, an adhesive zone with a comparatively weaker adhesive action is realized, followed by an adhesive zone with a comparatively stronger adhesive action and a further adhesive zone with a higher adhesive action.
5. The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the closure means or an actuating flap (25) of the same is connected permanently to the inside surface of a lid front wall (32) of the outer pack (26), preferably by means of a glue strip and/or glue dots on the free outside surface of the actuating flap (25).
6. The pack as claimed in claim 1 or in one of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the separate blank (39) on the side pointing to the cigarette group comprises a layer produced from a pulp, in particular a paper layer (40).
7. A method for producing a pack (10) for cigarettes (11) as claimed in one of the preceding claims, having an outer pack (26), preferably realized as a hinge-lid pack with a packet part (27) and a lid (28) which is mounted on the packet part (27) so as to be pivotable, and having an inner pack (12) with a blank (13) produced from packaging material which surrounds at least one cigarette group as pack contents preferably substantially on all sides, wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a removal opening (19) in order to make it possible for the consumer to access the pack contents, and wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a closure means, in particular a closure flap (20), which is fastened to the inner pack (12) by means of at least one partially releasable adhesive bond and is removable from the inner pack (12) for access to the removal opening (19) or to the pack contents, and wherein first of all a removal opening (19) is provided on the blank (13) and that in the next step the closure means for the removal opening (19) is provided in a situationally correct manner on the blank (13) in the region of the removal opening (19), characterized in that, prior to the provision on the blank (13), a separate blank (39) produced from packaging material is fastened by means of adhesion on the closure means on the side pointing to the inner pack in such a manner that said blank, with the closure means in the closed position, covers the removal opening (19) entirely and projects beyond an edge of the removal opening (19) on all sides with an overlap region (X) and wherein the separate blank (39) is covered on all sides or circumferentially by the closure means.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the situationally correct provision of the separate blanks (39) on the closure means, on the one hand, and the situationally correct provision of the closure means on the blanks (13), on the other hand, is monitored by sensors and drives of members of the packing machine are controlled correspondingly for transporting the closure means and/or the blanks (13, 39) for the situationally correct provision.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the closure means are detached from a continuous carrier strip (55) as a result of deflection of the same and are transferred to an application roller (50), wherein the closure means are transported in such a manner on the application roller (50) that a side of the closure means provided with adhesive is remote from the surface of the application roller (50), and in that blanks (39) are transferred to the closure means located on the application roller (50) and are fastened thereto as a result of bonding.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the interconnected closure means and blanks (39) are provided by the application roller (50) on a continuous material web (42) for blanks (13) for the inner pack (12) or on individual blanks (13) for the inner pack (12), namely in a situationally correct manner at the openings, provided in the material web (42) or the blanks (13), for the removal opening (19).
11. An apparatus for producing a pack (10) for cigarettes (11) as claimed in one of the claims 1-6, having an outer pack (26), preferably realized as a hinge-lid pack with a box part (27) and a lid (28) which is mounted on the box part (27) so as to be pivotable, and having an inner pack (12) with a blank (13) produced from a packaging material which surrounds at least one cigarette group as pack contents preferably substantially on all sides, wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a removal opening (19) in order to make it possible for the consumer to access the pack contents, and wherein the inner pack (12) comprises a closure means, in particular a closure flap (20), which is fastened to the inner pack (12) by means of at least one partially releasable adhesive bond and is removable from the inner pack (12) for access to the removal opening (19) or to the pack contents, characterized by a hole cutting apparatus (44) for providing a removal opening (19) on the blank (13), an application roller (50) which is arranged downstream of the hole cutting apparatus (44) for providing the closure means on the blank (13) in the region of the removal opening (19), wherein a separate blank (39) produced from packaging material is fastened by means of adhesion on the closure means on the application roller (50) on the side pointing to the inner pack (12) in such a manner that the separate blank, with the closure means in the closed position, covers the removal opening (19) entirely and projects beyond an edge of the removal opening (19) on all sides with an overlap region (X) and wherein the separate blank (39) is covered on all sides or circumferentially by the closure means.
12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the separate blank (39) is suppliable by means of a transfer roller (63) to the closure means held on the application roller (50).
13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the supplying of the closure means to the application roller (50) is controllable by means of a sensor and/or in that the supplying of the separate blank (39) to the application roller (50) is controllable by means of a sensor and/or in that the supplying of the closure means with the application roller (50) is controllable by means of a sensor and/or in that the supplying of the blanks (13) or of a corresponding material web (42) into the region of the application roller (50) is controllable by means of a sensor.
14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the members of the apparatus are controlled by drive motors in accordance with the data acquired by the sensors in such a manner that the closure means with separate blanks (39) mounted thereon are arranged in a situationally correct manner in the region of the removal opening (19).

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