KR20170028959A - Package for smoking articles - Google Patents

Abstract

The smoking article packaging material (1) comprises an outer storage box (2), a first inner wrapping paper (3) surrounding the first smoking article bundle and a second inner wrapping paper (4) surrounding the second smoking article bundle, And the second inner wrapping paper 3 and 4 are accommodated in the outer storage box 2 and the smoking article packaging material 1 is inserted between the lid 5 and the outer wrapping paper 2 and the inner wrapping paper 3 and 4 (6) disposed on the outer circumferential surface. Here, the first and second inner wrappings 3, 4 occupy a volume smaller than the volume that is available as a whole by the external storage box 2 when it is received in the external storage box 2, 2) an inner cavity 70 is defined between the inner wrappers 3 and 4 and defined as an area without inner wrappers 3 and 4 and the feathers 6 are defined by folding tabs 7, 7 ').

Description

{PACKAGE FOR SMOKING ARTICLES}

The present invention relates to a packaging material for smoking articles, and more particularly to a packaging material for tobacco. More particularly, the present invention relates to a packaging material for storing two packed cigarette bundles.

The invention finds particular application in the tobacco industry in particular.

Cigarettes are traditionally packaged in rigid packaging material, having a substantially rectangular shape with a hinged lid rotating about the hinge axis to allow access to a plurality of cigarettes contained in the package.

Traditional tobacco packaging materials of the type described above mainly meet the requirements of the site, but various variations of alternative packaging have been proposed to give creativity and innovation that give incentives to consumers over time.

Of the many variants developed, tobacco packaging with external storage enclosed in two separate wrappers is particularly noteworthy.

In this type of wrapper, it may have two cigarette bundles packaged separately in one external storage bin.

Thus, the end consumer may delay opening the second wrapper until the end of the first bundle of cigarettes.

It is widely practiced to make an external storage box to be completely filled with a cigarette bundle arranged inside to optimally utilize available space in the packaging material.

When there is a limited number of cigarettes, it is common to make small-sized packaging materials.

The problem with compact tobacco packagings is that the available space of the outer surface is consequently reduced, limiting the amount of information that can be contained in the outer surface of the smaller package. Also, in countries where legislation requires the creation of a minimum amount of surface available for health alert messages, a reduced size packaging may not provide the minimum required surface area, while on the other hand there is sufficient room to insert other desirable information It is not left.

In the case of packages containing two bundles of cigarettes, each occupies a space that is smaller than the available space, leaving a vacant space so that the bundle of cigarettes can move freely within the storage, resulting in free movement Can have undesirable harmful effects on the tobacco structure.

Thus, the stability of the cigarette bundle needs to be ensured even when more space is available for use by the external storage space than the space occupied by the bundle of cigarettes received.

Thus, the technical problem in the basis of the present invention is to design a hard-to-pack product for tobacco products, particularly smoking articles, that overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art described above. In particular, within the scope of a simple and logical solution, it is possible to store in a stable manner two packs of separately packed cigarettes occupying a space smaller than the amount of space available by the external storage, without compromising the rigidity of the package itself have.

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the problems described above with respect to the prior art while meeting the aforementioned requirements.

This object can be achieved by a packaging material for a smoking article according to claim 1 of the present invention.

Dependency is defined as a preferred and particularly useful embodiment of the packaging material according to the invention.

Additional features and advantages will be apparent from the following detailed description of non-limiting embodiments of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, given by way of non-limiting example.

1 is a perspective view of a smoking article packaging material with a lid opened according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a top view of the blank for making the outer container and lid of Figure 1;
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank for making a feather in the package of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the collar of Fig. 3 folded into use in the interior of the package of Fig.
5 is a plan view of a blank for making a feather in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the collar of Fig. 5 folded into use in the interior of the package. Fig.
7 is a plan view of a blank for making a feather in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the collar of Fig. 7 folded into use in the package. Fig.

Referring to Figure 1, reference numeral 1 is used to denote smoking articles, in particular tobacco packing materials, in a general manner. The packaging material 1 includes first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 accommodated in the outer container 2 and having an outer container 2 made of cardboard or hard paper and having a cup shape, . Each of the inner wrappers 3 and 4 surrounds a parallelepiped-shaped cigarette bundle.

The outer container 2 has an open upper end delimited by the upper edge 20 and is cup-shaped, hinged on the outer container 2 along the hinge 50 to rotate relative to the outer container 2 A lid (5) is provided between the position where the lid (5) opens and closes the upper opening.

The lid (5), when in its closed position, is provided with an upper wall and a lower wall (24) parallel to and opposed to each other, giving a right-angled parallelepipedal shape to the external storage box (2) And two small side walls 23 facing each other. More specifically, the large side wall defines the front wall 21 of the external storage 2 and the other large side wall defines the rear wall 22 of the external storage 2. Between the small side walls 23, the front wall 21 and the rear wall 22, four longitudinal edges are defined as straight lines, and eight transverse edges are defined between the top and bottom walls and between the front, All are defined.

The packaging material 1 comprises a rigid collar 6 (generally made of cardboard or rigid paper) folded around the inner wrappers 3, 4 to at least partially cover the tops of the inner wrappers 3, And the collar 6 can be attached to the outer storage box 2, the inner wrappers 3 and 4 themselves or both the inner wrappers 3 and 4 and the outer storage box 2 (generally by an adhesive). The inner wrappers 3 and 4 can be adhered in turn to the outer container 2 at the point where the vagina 6 is free of adhesive, wherein the vagina 6 is wrapped between the inner wrappers 3 and 4 and the outer container 2, Respectively. The collar 6 extends partly out of the upper edge 20 (together with the partially wrapped inner wrappers 3 and 4) and when the lid 5 is in the closed position the inner surface of the corresponding lid 5 Lt; / RTI > Preferably, the collar 6 is provided with a pair of laterally projecting barbs 66, barb, so as to engage the side wall of the lid 5 to hold the lid 5 in the closed position.

According to the present invention, the first and second smoking article bundles wrapped in the respective first and second inner wrapping paper (3, 4) are provided by the external storage box (2) when accommodated in the external storage box , Leaving a cavity 70 defined as an area without the inner wrappers 3, 4 in the outer container 2.

The cavity 70 is a clearance space located between the inner wrappers 3, 4.

To ensure the stability of the cigarette bundles, the feathers (6) according to the invention comprise folding tabs (7). The folding tabs 7 of the vagina 6 are arranged so as to separate the first inner wrapping paper 3 from the second inner wrapping paper 4 so that the folding tabs 7 of the outer wrapping paper 2, The folded tabs 7 are arranged to hold the inner wrappers 3, 4 at a predetermined distance.

Each of the inner wrappers 3 and 4 has the same shape as a rectangular parallelepiped having front walls 31 and 41. The front walls 31 and 41 are disposed toward the front wall 21 of the outer storage box 2, The two walls 33 and 43 are arranged laterally with respect to the front walls 31 and 41 and the upper walls 32 and 42 are arranged on the upper wall 32 of the outer storage box 2 when the lid 5 is in the closed position, And the rear wall faces the rear wall 22 of the external storage 2.

One of the two sidewalls of each inner wrapper 3, 4 faces the cavity 70, with the remaining sidewalls of each inner wrapper 3, 4 facing the small side wall of the outer storage 2, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the external storage 2 is manufactured by folding an outer blank 200 made, for example, of cardboard, as in all embodiments of the present invention. The outer blank 200 includes a first portion 210 which is a storage body of the external storage 2 and a second portion 510 which is adapted to form a closed lid 5. The first portion 210 and the second portion 510 abut along the hinge line 90.

The outer blank 200 includes a first main panel 202 intended to be the rear wall 22 of the external storage 2. On the side of the first main panel 202 there are two inner side panels 203 'intended to be adhered to the side panels 203 forming the side walls 23 of the external storage 2. At the center of the side panel 203, a second mail panel 201 scheduled to be the front wall 21 of the external storage box 2 is disposed. Between the first main panel and the second main panel lies a first lateral panel 204 intended to be the bottom wall 24 of the external storage bin 2.

The side of the first transverse panel 204 has two inner flaps 204 'that are located near the bottom wall 24 within the bottom of the outer storage bin 2 when folded 180 °.

There is a second lateral panel 502, contiguous from the first main panel 202, intended to be the rear wall of the lid 5. The second transverse panel 502 is a continuation of a third transverse panel 505 intended to be the top wall of the lid as shown in Figure 2 and the fourth transverse panel 501 is a continuous of the lid 5 And finally the ribs 501 'are bonded to the fourth transverse panel 501 by folding at 180 ° to reinforce the front wall of the lid 5. On the side of the fourth transverse panel 501 there are two lateral trapezoidal panels 503 intended to form the two sidewalls of the lid 5. The reinforcing of the side wall and the top wall of the lid 5 is made by a pair of trapezoidal fins 503 'and a rectangular pin 505', respectively, And third lateral panel 505 will be glued.

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 4, the feathers 6 include a first lug 6a folded in a U shape to enclose a first inner wrapping paper 3 for storing a first pack of cigarettes, And a second lid 6b folded in a U shape to enclose a second inner wrapping paper 4 for storing a second bundle of cigarettes.

The first and second lugs 6a and 6b are joined by a central lug 6c folded in a U shape with a central lug 6c extending between the first lug 6a and the second lug 6b, Respectively.

Each of the lugs 6a, 6b and 6c provides a front wall 61a, 61b and 61c, which are on a common plane, While the front walls 61a and 61b of the first and second louvers 6a and 6b are disposed inside the front walls 31 and 41 of the inner wrappers 3 and 4, And the front wall 61c of the center lug 6c faces the cavity 70. As shown in Fig.

The first and second lugs 6a and 6b each have a pair of side walls 63a and 63b and each of the pair of side walls 63a and 63b surrounds the inner wrappers 3 and 4, The center lug 6c has a pair of side walls 63c adjacent to the side walls 63a and 63b of the first and second lugs 6a and 6b.

The front walls 61a and 61b of the first and second louvers 6a and 6b are disposed on the side of the front wall 61c of the center louver 6c, They are placed side by side.

All the side walls of the lugs 6a, 6b, 6c are parallel to each other.

The folding tabs 7 disposed between the first and second inner wrapping paper 3 and 4 have a collar extending from the upper edge of the central lap 6c of the collar 6 joined by the fold line 71 .

In practice, the first and second lugs 6a, 6b surround the inner wrappers 3, 4 that accommodate respective cigarette bundles, and the central lug 6c with the tabs 7 surrounds the inner wrappers 3, , 4) of the cavity (7).

Therefore, the space by the inner wrapping paper 3, 4 accommodating the bundle of cigarettes is smaller than the size of the space available in the external storage box 2, and creates an empty space. The cavity 7, which is the empty space, is bounded by the center lug 6c of the collar 6.

In this way, the distance between the two inner wrappers 3, 4 is kept the same by the folding tabs 7.

So that the first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 for receiving the cigarette bundle are disposed in the outer storage box 2 with the center lug 6c and the folding tabs 7 of the feathers 6 disposed in the central region of the external storage 2, (6) is formed so as to be disposed on both opposite sides of the base (2).

Particularly, the first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 for receiving the bundle of cigarettes are held in contact with the small side wall 23 of the outer storage box 2 in which the vagaries 6 are scattered.

4, the folding tabs 7 of the center lane 6c lie parallel to the small side walls 24 of the external storage 2, the height of which is greater than the height of each of the first and second inner wrappers 3, 4 ).

More specifically, the folding tabs 7 of the central ledge 6c have two opposed two lateral edges 73 arranged to directly contact the side wall 63c of the central ledge 6c, And an upper edge 72 disposed in contact with the rear wall 22 of the rear wall 22 in the inward direction.

The folded part 7a extends from the upper edge 72 in the direction of the bottom wall of the external storage 2.

To facilitate access to the cigarettes, the front walls 61a, 61b of the first and second ferrules have portions removed along each of the incisions 65 to form an access window for the inner wrappers 3, 4 .

The folding tabs 7 of the central ledge 6c are hinged along the folding line 65 in the central region and for this reason the folding lines 71 of the folding tabs 7 are formed along the folding line 65 .

4, the front wall 61c of the central ledge 6c includes a removed area 67 that is the same area as the fold tab 7, 7 and will be in an invisible region when the lid 5 is in the open position. It will actually be below the upper edge 20 of the external storage 2.

3, the collar 6 of FIG. 4 is manufactured from one single blank 600 folded along the periphery of the inner wrapper 3, 4. The blank 600 extends along the symmetry axis Z and includes a plurality of panels delimited by fold lines.

In order to facilitate understanding of the arrangement of the panels, the reference numerals used in Fig. 3 are the same as those used for the collapsed feathers 6 shown in Fig.

According to the second embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6, for convenience of description, the feathers 6 'identified by the same reference numerals as the first embodiment have a number of differences thereon.

More specifically, the difference in the second embodiment is as follows. Folding tabs labeled 7 'are found in other areas. There is no region 67 removed from the front wall 61c of the center lug 6c having the same area as the folding tab 7.

With respect to the folding tab 7 'of the second embodiment, it is obvious that a U-shaped incision can be obtained in the center lug 6c of the vest 6'.

This incision is applied to the central region of the front wall 61c of the central lumen 6c.

The U-shaped incision has two parallel side incisions 74 which are opposite to each other and are arranged side by side along the fold line between the front wall 61c and the respective side wall 63c of the central lumen 6c and the central lumen 6c, The lateral incision 75 is formed by the transverse incision 75 of the front wall 61c of the transverse incision 75 and the transverse incision 75 forms a U-shape together with the two side incisions 74. [

A tab 7 'that folds back the area inside the U-shaped cut and blocks the inner wrappers 3 and 4 and maintains the distance due to the fold line 71' arranged in parallel with the lateral cut-out 75, Can be formed.

Basically the folding tab 7 'according to the second embodiment can be found in a further lower position with respect to the folding tab 7 of the first embodiment described above, Can be accessed from the outside when it is opened.

As shown in FIG. 5, the collar 6 'of FIG. 6 can be made of a single single blank 600' folded to enclose the inner wrappers 3, 4.

The blank 600 'extends along the symmetry axis Z and comprises a plurality of panels delimited by fold lines.

In order to facilitate understanding of the arrangement of the panels, reference numerals used in Fig. 5 are the same as those used for the folded feathers 6 'shown in Fig. 6.

According to the third embodiment, as shown in Fig. 8, the feathers 6 "identified by the same reference numerals as the preceding embodiments for convenience of description have a number of differences thereon.

More specifically, the flags 6 "include:

A front wall 61 disposed in contact with the front walls 31 and 41 of the inner wrapping paper 3 and 4 so as to be in contact with the front wall 21 of the outer storage box 2 so as to be in contact with the outside;

- disposed laterally with respect to the front wall 61 and in contact with the inner side of each side wall of the inner wrappers 3 and 4 and in contact with the side wall 23 of the outer storage 2 Two side walls 63;

- folding tabs 7 "spaced apart from each other in a stable manner and disposed between the first and second inner wrappings 3,

.

In practice, the folding tab 7 " allows two inner wrappers 3, 4 to be held in a fixed and stable position disposed within the cavity 70 defined in the previous embodiments.

In other words, the folding tab 7 " of the third embodiment performs the same function as the tabs of the two previous embodiments described above.

It should be borne in mind that the external storage box is the same for all embodiments described herein, and the inner packaging map is arranged in the same manner in all of the described embodiments.

In this third embodiment, the folding tab 7 "of the collar 6" is arranged in parallel with the bottom wall 24 of the external storage 2, the height of which is greater than the height of each of the first and second inner wrappers 3, 4).

The folding tabs 7 "disposed between the first and second inner wrappings 3 and 4 are also separated from the upper edge of the collar 6" by the fold line 71 " To form a spaced apart portion 6 ".

In particular, the folding tab 7 "of the collar 6" has two lateral edges 73 " disposed facing each other and in direct contact with the sidewalls of the inner wrappings 3,4, Quot;) < / RTI > disposed in contact with the rear wall 22 of the base plate 22 in the inward direction.

As can be seen in the first embodiment, the folded part 7a "extends from the upper edge 72" towards the bottom wall of the external storage 2.

To facilitate access to the cigarette, the front wall 61 of the collar 6 "has a portion removed along each incision 65" to form an access window for the inner wrappings 3,4.

The folding tab 7 "of the collar 6" is hinged along the folding line 65 "in the central region and consequently the folding line 71" of the folding tab 7 " As shown in FIG.

7, the collar 6 "of FIG. 8 is manufactured from one single blank 600 folded along the periphery of the inner wrappers 3, 4. The blank 600 extends along the symmetry axis Z , And three panels separated by a folding line to form a front wall 61 and a side wall 63 of the collar 6 ", respectively.

In order to facilitate understanding of the arrangement of the panels, reference numerals used in Fig. 7 are the same as those used for the collapsed feathers 6 "shown in Fig.

The term feather in the present invention should be interpreted as any rigid component disposed between the outer casing of the package and the inner wrapper.

As can be seen from this specification, the smoking article packaging material according to the present invention makes it possible to overcome the disadvantages described in the introduction of this specification and meet the requirements with reference to the prior art.

In particular, the smoking article packaging material according to the present invention assures adequate stability for the inner wrapping paper that accommodates two separate cigarette bundles while at the same time imparting rigidity to the larger size packaging material.

Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible to those of ordinary skill in the art to which a person skilled in the art may adapt to the contingent specific needs, and all matters falling within the scope of protection of the invention as defined by the following claims.

Claims (12)

A cup-shaped outer container (2) having an opening, a first wrapping paper (3) surrounding the first bag of smoking article, and a second wrapping paper (4) surrounding the second bag of smoking article, And the second inner wrapping paper 3, 4 are accommodated in the inside of the external storage box 2,
(3, 4) so as to approach both the first and second inner wrapping paper (3, 4), and an open position for opening the opening of the outer storage box (2) (5) movable between a closed position for closing the opening of the first inner wrapper (2), and a collar (6) disposed between the first and second inner wrappers (3, 4)
The external storage box (2) is configured such that when the first and second wrapping paper (3, 4) surrounding the respective first and second smoking article bundles are received in the external storage box (2) To occupy a volume smaller than the volume available by the storage box 2 so as to leave a cavity 70 inside the external storage box 2 defined by the area without the inner wrapping paper 3 and 4 ,
The cavity (70) is disposed between the first and second inner wrappings (3, 4)
The collar 6 is disposed inside the cavity 70 so as to maintain the first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 at a distance from each other at a predetermined distance, And a smoking article packaging material. The method according to claim 1,
The external storage box 2 has a parallelepiped shape including two small side walls 23 facing the side surface and two large side walls 21 and 22 facing the front side and the rear surface respectively,
The folding tabs 7 and 7 'of the collar 6 are arranged to support the first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 in the vicinity of each small side wall 23 of the outer container 2, Packaging materials. 3. The method of claim 2,
The folding tabs 7 and 7 'of the collar 6 are disposed transversely to the side walls 21, 22 and 23 of the external storage box 2 and the upper walls of both the first and second inner wrapping paper 32, 42). ≪ / RTI > 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the folding tabs 7, 7 'of the collar 6 are hingedly coupled along the fold lines 71, 71' of the collar 6. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the cavity (70) is disposed in a central region of the external storage bin (2), and a predetermined distance between the first and second inner wrappings (3, 4) is at least 4 mm or more. The method according to claim 4 or 5,
Said vagina (6) providing an access window to first and second inner wrappers (3, 4) for receiving a cigarette bundle,
Wherein the access window is defined by a cut-out 65 of the collar 6 and a fold line 71, 71 'extending in parallel with the cut-out 6. 7. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6,
Wherein the folding tabs (7) of the collar (6) comprise an upper edge (72) disposed in contact with the rear wall (22) of the external storage box (2). 8. The method of claim 7,
The upper edge 72 extends along a fold line parallel to the fold line 71 of the hinge and an appendix 7a extends from the upper edge 72 toward the bottom wall of the external storage 2 Extension packaging for smoking articles. 9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Wherein a folding tab (7 ') of said collar (6) is formed by two parallel cuts (74) in said collar (6). 10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The vagina (6) provides a front wall (61) and two sidewalls (63) that respectively contact the front wall (21) and the side walls (23) of the external storage box (2). 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The collar 6 includes a first lug 6a, a second lug 6b and a third lug 6b,
The first and second louvers 6a and 6b surround the received first and second inner wrappers 3 and 4 and the third louver 6c surrounds the cavity 70, Folded tabs (7, 7 ') of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 12. The method of claim 11,
The first, second and third lugs 6a, 6b and 6c are each provided with a front wall 61a, 61b and 61c and two opposing side walls 63a, 63b and 63c, .

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