KR20150123299A - A blank of wrapping material - Google Patents

Abstract

A blank of packaging material foldable around a tobacco industry product (1) is disclosed. The blank of the packaging material is formed with a fragile line 12 to enable a portion of the blank of the packaging material to be separated from the rest of the blank of the packaging material along the fragile line 12. [ At least the portion of the fragile line 12 follows a non-linear path.

Description

A BLANK OF WRAPPING MATERIAL < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present invention relates to a blank of a packaging material folded around a tobacco industry product. The present invention also relates to a bundle of toddlers, including a charge of smoking articles and a wrapping material surrounding a portion of the toddlers, and a bundle of toddies received in the pack.

Smoking products such as cigarettes, cigars or cigarillos are typically bundled together and packed with a sheet of material, such as a sheet of paper on which metal foils are laminated. The sheet of material helps preserve the fragrance and freshness of the cigarettes of smokers. A packed amount of cigarettes is also stored in a pack protecting the cigarettes from mechanical and environmental damage. The pack can be enveloped with an outer transparent plastic film to further ensure that the toast is protected from any environmental impact.

To access the smokes, the user pulls the tabs of the plastic film open so that the plastic film is torn open. Thereafter, the user opens the lid of the pack to expose the stacked packaging material. A line of perforations is typically formed in the packaging material so that the user can easily separate portions of the packaging material to gain access to the internals.

According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a blank of a wrapping material capable of being folded around a tobacco industry product wherein a portion of the blank of the wrapping material is detached from the remainder of the blank of the wrapping material along the line of weakness , Wherein at least a portion of the fragile line follows a non-linear path.

The portion of the vulnerability line may follow a zigzag pattern, a vibrating path, an arcuate path, or a v-shaped path.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a bundle of smoking articles for insertion into a smoking pack which is enclosed within a sheet of packaging material having a front wall and a rear wall separated by sidewalls, Comprises a cul-de-sac that is capable of allowing a portion of the packaging material to separate from the remainder of the packaging material along the line of weakness to provide access to a cul-de- Wherein the portion of the vulnerable line extending across the front wall follows a non-linear path.

The portion of the vulnerability line may follow a zigzag pattern, a vibrating path, an arcuate path, or a v-shaped path.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a smoking pack comprising a bundle of smoking articles comprising any of the above-mentioned features, wherein the pack is configured such that when the lid is opened, Body and lead.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 shows a transparent front view of a packaged bundle of tofu according to the present invention;
Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the packaged bundle of toasts shown in Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a front view of a packaged bundle of smokies received in a pack according to the present invention;
Figure 4 shows a blank of a packaging material according to the invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 an aliquot of a packaged toast 1 in a pack for insertion into the pack 15. The package comprises a blank of a long sheet or packaging material 3 as shown in Fig. The sheet or blank of the packaging material 3 may be formed in the form of a paper in which foil or foil is laminated. The blanks of the wrapping material encompass a whole portion of the toast 1 so as to form the bundle 2 and to be arranged in rows with the longitudinal axis " A " of the respective oddities of the oddities .

The blank or sheet of material 3 surrounds a portion of the smokable articles 1. Which folds around a perimeter of smokers to form a front wall 4 and a rear wall (not shown), wherein the front wall 4 and the rear wall are parallel to the longitudinal axis " A & Do. The sheet of material (3) also forms a bottom wall (5) facing the combustible end (6) of smokables. In addition, a sheet of material forms sidewalls 8, 9 and a top wall 11 of wrapped portions of smokable foods 2, as now described.

The side walls 8 and 9 extend from the front wall 4 and the rear wall to side flaps 4a and 4b that extend toward the sides of the bundle and are folded around on the sides of the smokable items Lt; / RTI > The flaps 4a extending from the front wall 4 overlap with the flaps 4b extending from the rear wall.

Similarly, normal flaps 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d extending from the front wall 4, the rear wall and the two side walls 8, 9 toward the bottom wall 5 in the opposite direction, and folds across the mouth end (7) to form the top wall (11). The normal flaps 14c and 14d extending from the side walls 8 and 9 are folded first and then the normal flap 14b extending from the rear wall is folded and finally the normal flap 14b extending from the front wall 4 14a are folded so as to overlap with all other normal flaps 14b, 14c, 14d.

The sheet of material (3) comprises a fragile line (12). The line may be struck, perforated or perforated to form a weakened line. The fragile line 12 extends between opposing long edges of the sheet of material 3 as shown in Figure 4, which forms part 13 of the sheet of material. When the sheet of material 3 encircles the bundles 1 of the bundle the fragile line 12 extends along the front wall 4 and its corresponding side flap 4a forming the side walls 8,9 of the bundle, (Only one flap in Fig. 2 is visible). Thus, this portion 13 forms the upper end of the smokies of the bundle.

The user can pull the normal flap 14a extending from the front wall 4 of the packaged bundles 2 of the toddler 2 to remove the portion of the bundle from the smoking article 12 ). The user pulls in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the toilets indicated by the arrows 'B' in FIGS. This direction is referred to as a first direction.

The fragile line 12 follows a path that is oblique to the first direction. Thus, the fragile line 12 has a longer length than is known in the art. Advantageously, this configuration requires greater force to separate this portion 13 from the package, compared to a package containing a vulnerable line perpendicular to the direction of the pulling force. Thus, the packaging according to the present invention has improved strength compared to the prior art.

Due to the increased stability of the package, the sheet of material 3 can be made thinner than the sheets of material used to package bundles of todies known in the prior art. For example, a sheet of material according to the present invention can have a thickness of 0.1 mm or less without its strength being reduced, while a conventional package with a weakening line perpendicular to the direction of the traction force makes it less than 0.1 mm Can not be avoided because the vulnerable line or any other part of the sheet of material can be accidentally torn.

The sheet of material is a more cost effective material than is known from the prior art, because it can be made thinner without compromising the strength of the packaging material.

The fragile line 12 according to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 4 forms a zigzag pattern, but the scope of the present invention includes any pattern or path that at least a portion extends squarely with respect to the first direction do. For example, the fragile line 12 may have first and second portions, wherein the first portion extends at a first angle relative to the first direction and the second portion extends at a second angle relative to the first direction And the second angle is different from the first angle. Thus, the fragile line can be a zigzag pattern, as described previously, or an arbitrary curve including a sinus curve, an oscillating path, or any of the first and second portions of different angles inclined relative to the first direction. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > Random < / RTI >

It is also contemplated that the scope of the present invention includes fragile lines extending across the front wall 4 of the packaged bundle of toys along the arcuate or v-shaped path.

Referring now to Fig. 3, a transparent front view of pack 15 shows bundles of smoking articles 2 housed within frame 16 and pack 15. The bundle of the frame 16 and the toast 2 is shown by dashed lines. The pack 15 includes a body 17 and a lid 18 wherein an upper edge 19 is formed in the body 17 adjacent the corresponding edge of the lid 18 when the pack is sealed.

When the bundle of the toast 2 is received in the pack 15, the portion 13 visible to the user when the user opens the lid 18 and removes the portion 13 of the bundle of the to- The friable line 12 is positioned below the upper edge 19 of the body 17 so that a separate edge is formed in the body 17. The corresponding distinct edge formed on the remainder of the bundle of toddlers 2 is concealed to the user when the edge is located below the upper edge 19 of the body 17 of the pack 15. [

It should be appreciated that bundles of toast (2) as described above are not limited to packs described herein. Bundles of toddlers can be used with any pack that enables a package of toddlers to be packaged with a package having a removable portion.

The term "smoking article ", as used herein, includes cigarettes, tobacco derivatives, expanded tobacco, recycled tobacco or tobacco substitutes and also cigarettes based on heat-not- Smoking products such as cigars or cigarillos. The smoker may be provided with a filter for gas flow sucked by the smoker.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to smokers. It can be expected that the blank or sheet material of the warp material can be used to wrap or fold around any tobacco business product.

A tobacco industry product refers to any article made or sold by the tobacco industry, and typically includes a) for pipes (based on cigarettes, tobacco derivatives, expanded tobacco, renewed tobacco or tobacco substitutes) (roll-your-own) cigarettes for cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, cigarettes; b) non-smoking products including tobacco substitutes such as tobacco, tobacco derivatives, expanded tobacco, recycled tobacco or snuff, snus, hard tobacco and fire retardant products; And c) other nicotine delivery systems such as inhalers, lozenges, and gums. These items are not exclusive, but merely illustrate the range of products made and sold in the tobacco industry.

The tobacco industry pack represents any pack that can contain / contain or accept tobacco industry products.

To address various issues and develop this field, the entirety of this disclosure illustrates by way of example various embodiments that can implement the claimed invention (s) and provide superior bundles of todays. The advantages and features of the present disclosure are merely representative examples of embodiments, and are not exhaustive / exclusive or exclusive. They are meant only to help and guide the understanding of the claimed principles. It should be understood that they are not intended to represent all claimed inventions. Thus, certain aspects of the present disclosure have not been discussed herein. Such alternate embodiments may not be depicted or may be available for a particular portion of the present invention, and such other, non-illustrated alternative embodiments should not be construed as a waiver of such alternative embodiments. It will be appreciated that many of these unexplained embodiments are included in the same principles of the invention and others are equivalent. It is, therefore, to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that modifications may be made without departing from the scope and / or spirit of the present disclosure. Thus, all examples, implementations and / or examples are considered to be non-limiting throughout this disclosure. In addition, inferences should not be drawn about such embodiments discussed herein for what is not discussed herein other than for the reduction of space and repetition. The various embodiments may suitably comprise, be configured, or essentially comprise various combinations of the disclosed elements, components, features, parts, steps, means, and so on. Parts of the disclosed features, elements, implementations, etc., may be contradictory to one another, i.e. they can not co-exist in a single embodiment. Similarly, some features are applicable to one aspect of the present disclosure, and are not applicable to other aspects. In addition, this disclosure includes other inventions not currently claimed. Applicants claim all such inventions and have all the rights of the presently uncharged inventions, including the right to claim additional, continuing, partial continuation, division and / or filing of these inventions. Thus, the benefits, embodiments, examples, functions, features, structures, and / or other aspects of the disclosure are not to be considered as limitations on the disclosure as defined by the claims or as limitations on equivalents to the claims Should be understood.

Claims (13)

A blank of a packaging material foldable around a tobacco industry product,
The blank of the packaging material is provided with a fragile line to enable a portion of the blank of the packaging material to be separated from the remainder of the blank of the packaging material along the fragile line,
At least the portion of the fragile line follows a non-linear path,
Blank of packaging material that can be folded around tobacco industry products.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the portion of the vulnerable line follows a zigzag pattern,
Blank of packaging material that can be folded around tobacco industry products.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the portion of the vulnerable line follows a vibratory path,
Blank of packaging material that can be folded around tobacco industry products.
The method according to claim 1,
The portion of the vulnerability line follows an arcuate path,
Blank of packaging material that can be folded around tobacco industry products.
The method according to claim 1,
The portion of the fragile line follows a v-shaped path,
Blank of packaging material that can be folded around tobacco industry products.
As a bundle of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack,
Comprising a number of smokers enclosed within a sheet of packaging material having a front wall and a rear wall separated by sidewalls,
The packaging material having a portion extending across the front wall to allow a portion of the packaging material to be separated from the remainder of the packaging material along the line of weakness to provide access to a cul- ≪ / RTI >
The portion of the fragile line that extends across the front wall is formed along a non-linear path,
Bundles of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the portion of the vulnerable line follows a zigzag pattern,
Bundles of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the portion of the vulnerable line follows a vibratory path,
Bundles of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack.
The method according to claim 6,
The portion of the vulnerability line follows an arcuate path,
Bundles of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack.
The method according to claim 6,
The portion of the fragile line follows a v-shaped path,
Bundles of smoking items for insertion into a smoking pack.
11. A smoking-flavoring pack comprising a bundle of smoking products according to any one of claims 6 to 10,
A body configured to conceal a portion of the vulnerable line to the user when the lid is opened,
A smoking pack containing a bundle of smoking items.
Blank of packaging material substantially as previously described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Bundles of smoking items substantially as previously described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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