JP2000060523A - Cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cigarettes capable of visually attracting the smoker. SOLUTION: This cigarettes is provided with a roll paper 13 having a tobacco-leaf section 11, which is mainly printed with a general design 15 of e.g. characters, figures or patterns in the place other than a commodity- discriminating mark 14. Accordingly, the smoker can receive a visual sense of beauty by seeing the general design while smoking, thus making the smoking more relishable. The fluorescent ink used for printing the general design results in embossing the section 11 with the design when smoking in a dark place of e.g. light-extinguished room or the outdoor at night, thus further enhancing its visually attractive property.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to cigarettes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cigarette cigarette cases have conventionally been given various novel designs to motivate smokers to purchase. However, cigarettes themselves are A small part of the product, for example, a product identification mark such as a character or a symbol indicating the product name is printed in a small size at the boundary between the filter and the tobacco leaf. However, such printing is merely a merchandise display and does not add any visual appeal to smokers. That is, the conventional cigarettes provide comfort to the smoker only by smoking, and little consideration has been given to make the smoker entertaining visually.
The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cigarette that allows a smoker to have a visually appealing interest.

[0003]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the structural feature of the invention described in claim 1 is that a predetermined portion of the outer surface of a wrapping paper that wraps tobacco leaves in a tubular shape. In a cigarette having a product identification mark printed on it, characters, figures,
A general design such as a pattern is printed.

In the invention of claim 1 configured as described above, a graphic is formed on at least a part of the outer surface part other than the predetermined part to which a product identification mark such as a product name or a pigeon mark on the surface of the wrapping paper is attached. Since a general design such as a pattern is printed, a smoker can obtain a visual aesthetic feeling by looking at these signs when smoking. As a result, the interest in smoking is further enhanced.

A feature of the invention described in claim 2 is that the general design of the cigarette according to claim 1 is printed with fluorescent ink. In the invention of claim 2 configured as described above, in addition to the effect of claim 1, when smoking in a dark place such as a room where lighting is turned off or outdoors at night, the design appears to be raised. This will further enhance the visual interest.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cigarette according to the embodiment. The cigarette is a tobacco leaf portion 11 which is a collection of cut tobacco leaves.
The filter portion 12 and the filter portion 12 are wound with a wrapping paper 13 to form an elliptic cylinder shape. Tobacco leaf portion 11 on the outer surface of the wrapping paper 13
A product identification mark 14, such as a product name or a graphic representing the product, is printed in the vicinity of the boundary between the filter portion 12 and the product.

A general design 15 is printed on the tobacco leaf portion 11 and the filter portion 12 of the wrapping paper 13 excluding the printed portion of the product identification mark 14. The general design includes a combination of simple figures such as circles, triangles and squares and patterns, as well as all figures such as landscapes, buildings and people, and also includes characters and symbols. Also, the colors are not limited to achromatic colors and chromatic colors, and not only one color but also multiple colors are used. Further, the area in which the general design 15 is arranged may be the entire area or a part of the area excluding the predetermined area with the product identification mark.

In the cigarette having the above structure, the wrapping paper 1
Since the figure, the pattern, etc. are printed on the outer surface portion other than the predetermined portion having the product identification mark 14 on the surface of 3, the smoker can smoke and look at these general designs 15. It is possible to obtain a visual beauty. Therefore, the interest in smoking is further enhanced for smokers.

Further, in the above embodiment, as the ink for printing the general design 15, a fluorescent ink can be used instead of the normal ink. As a result, when smoking is performed in a darkened room such as a room where lights are turned off or outdoors at night, the design is raised and the visual interest is further enhanced. The area where the fluorescent ink is used may be the whole or a part of the general design 15.

The cigarette shown in the above embodiment is not limited to the cigarette with a filter and may be the cigarette without a filter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Tobacco leaf part, 12 ... Filter part, 13 ... Wrapping paper, 14 ... Product identification mark, 15 ... General design.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cigarette in which a product identification mark is printed on a predetermined portion of the outer surface of a wrapping paper that wraps a tobacco leaf in a tubular shape. Cigarettes featuring a printed design. 2. The cigarette of claim 1, wherein the general design is printed with fluorescent ink.