MXPA00011585A - Package provided with a coupon and method for obtaining said package - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention concerns a package (2) comprising an opening line (20) consisting for example of a tear strip, whereby the user opens said package to reach its contents. A coupon (3), bearing advertising information or the like is fixed on one surface of the packaged parcel. The coupon also comprises an opening line (31) for acceding to the information contained in the coupon inside pages. By juxtaposing the package opening line (20) and that of the coupon (31), the user simultaneously opens the coupon and the package.

Description

PACKAGING AND PROVIDED OF A COUPON AND PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN SAID PACKAGING The present invention relates to a package provided with a advertising coupon or other envelope at least one of its outer faces as well as a procedure that allows to manufacture such packaging. Packages are found, particularly, but not exclusively, of cigar packets, provided on one side of a coupon that can be opened in order to be read, said coupon bearing advertising indications, a way of use, indications for a contest or all other appropriate indications. US-A-5,035,935 discloses a package of cigarettes provided with such a coupon disposed on the transparent film that covers the package of cigarettes. Such a provision needs to withdraw completely transparent film before you can access the coupon. On the other hand, given the need for the transparent film, this condition can not be adapted to a package consisting of a single layer, ie without the transparent outer film. Another drawback of the proposed means is that it is not possible to open simultaneously the cigar pack and the coupon. The application EP-A-0 803 450 also describes a package of cigarettes provided with a fiscal coupon under the outer transparent film. Since the coupon is fixed to the surface of the film strip that is against the package of cigarettes, it is necessary provide for an additional stage at the time of production of the film to arrange the release tape that simultaneously allows an opening of the transparent film and tearing of the fiscal coupon. It is noted that in this case the tax coupon is not intended to be read after the opening of the package. A first object of the invention is then to propose a packaging of one or a plurality of packages or objects, provided on at least one of its outer faces with a closed coupon, the means for opening the package and the coupon being coordinated in such a way that the opening of the packaging causes the simultaneous opening of the coupon. A second objective of the invention is to allow such an arrangement to be adapted to all types of packaging, particularly but not exclusively to packages of cigarette packages, of a rigid or soft type comprising an outer packaging film or a soft type consisting of a single thickness, that is without the outer film.

A third objective of the invention is to allow such an arrangement to be adapted to all types of coupons, for example coupons that partially or completely cover one or two sides of the packaging, coupons of various shapes and dimensions, coupons that may contain an insert. drop-down interior no matter how, the coupons that may contain a detachable insert, and so on. These different objectives are obtained by means of a package having the characteristics of claim 1. Various embodiments or variants are described in claims 2 to 12.

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Another object of the invention is to propose at least one method for producing such a package. Two different methods are described in claims 1 and 14, the variants being described in the claims 15 to 17. Various particular embodiments of a packaging according to the invention or of a manufacturing process are described below, the description being considered in relation to the attached design consisting of the figures where: Figure 1 represents a first embodiment of a package provided with a coupon according to the invention, in a closed state, Figure 2 1 represents the same Figure 1 when a portion of the transparent film has been removed and the coupon is open, Figure 3 shows another embodiment of a package provided with a coupon, Figure 4 shows yet another embodiment of a package provided with a coupon, Figure 5 represents yet another embodiment of a package provided with a coupon, Figures 6A and 6B are c cross sections of a first embodiment of a coupon, respectively in the closed state and the open state, FIGS. 7A and 7B are cross sections of another form of execution of a coupon, respectively in the closed state and in the open state, Figure 8 schematically describes a first procedure that allows to obtain a package provided with a coupon, and Figure 9 schematically describes another procedure that allows to obtain a package provided with a coupon. coupon Although the Figures and description that follow concern a package of cigarettes, the notions of package and packaging must be understood for all types of packaging no matter which product upon which a coupon may be disposed according to one or other of the ways described. The packaging form may also not be of the parallelepiped type as represented, if it can not be different, for example circular cylindrical. In Figure 1 there is a pack of cigarettes 1, for example of rigid type, covered with a film 2 of a material preferably transparent as cellophane, polypropylene or any other material commonly used for this purpose. The package 1 is provided here with a coupon 3 arranged on one of its faces, on the outside of the film 2. The outer face 30 of the coupon 3 is visible and may carry a logo, an advertising indication or any other indication. At the time of the sale of package 1, coupon 3 must be closed, its opening to read the information it contains or access to its content is not possible before the moment of or after the opening of the package 1. The manner in which coupon 3 is closed is described in detail below with respect to the explanations that i-_ j .13. ? í é. atfti a - »_-- *. ...? They concern Figure 6A. To open the package 1, the film 2 is provided here in a conventional manner with a release strip 20, integrated with the film 2 and which turns the side faces of the package 1, an end of the release strip 20 being provided. of a detachment tongue 21, shown here deployed to be removed. The coupon 3 is provided with a line 31 where the mechanical strength is weakened, for example by successive perforations, this line 31 of weakened strength being disposed essentially in a parallel manner and with respect to a portion of the release strip 20. The line of weakened strength separates the coupon 3 into two portions, a first portion 300, the most important one, which is fixed to the portion 22 of the film 2 which will remain on the package 1 after its opening, and a second portion 301 which is fixed to the portion 23 of the film 2 that will be removed at the time of the opening of the package 1 d after elimination. Thus, in view of the agreement of the line 31 on the strip of detachment 20, at the moment of the opening of the package 1 pulling the strip of detachment 20 to remove the upper portion 23 of the film 2 simultaneously opens the coupon 3 that allows the user to access the information it contains. Figure 2 shows the same pattern when the release band 20 and the upper portion 23 of the film 2 have been removed, leaving the lower portion 22 of the film 2 on the package 1, on which the coupon 3 is fixed. upper portion 10 of • t m ^ i i te? -t.? »- • -» - > - -., > . j. , - - _ ».-» < .,. . i * 4, l í 1 package 1 can now be opened in a conventional way to access the cigars or other objects it contains. Simultaneously, the inner faces or pages 302 and 303 of the coupon 3 which can not be accessed before when the package is closed, are maintained and accessible when the coupon 3 is deployed around a fold 32. Figure 3 shows another form of execution of a package of cigarettes 1 wherein the package 4 is obtained in a single sheet of a single layer, as described for example in the patent EP-B-0.633.201. Such a package that concerns a package of soft-type cigars does not comprise the preceding packaging film 2. Such a package may be provided with a release strip 40 and a release tab 41. The coupon 3 is represented here in an essentially circular manner, but could also be in a different form, comprising a fold 32 for the opening as above as well as a line of weakened resistance 31. In the embodiments below, it is noted that the upper face of the package 1 comprises the folded closures of the film 2 for the embodiment of Figure 1, or of the packaging sketch 4 for the embodiment of the Figure 3. Such a disposition of a face prevents to arrange the strip of detachment in view of the superposition of the folded layers. However, if it is desired to arrange a coupon 3 on one side of the package 1 carrying the folds of the film or of the packaging sheet such as for example the upper face or the lower face, it is possible to arrange the package 1 as shown in FIG. Figure 4, either in anticipation that the stripping band 20 is disposed in the vicinity of the ij-t -í l í I i? S? --faith. - «-« «* - t i! . contour of the upper face and fixing the main portion 300 of the coupon 3 essentially on the upper face, when the portion 301 is bent over a side face such that the weakened resistance line 31 is superimposed on a portion of the release strip 20. Figure 5 shows yet another embodiment of a coupon 3 that opens here in two parts. The coupon 3 represented here essentially covers an entire face of the package 1. The stripping band 20 is not arranged closer to one edge of the coupon 3 but in a more central position, so that the coupon opens according to two opposite parts. In the example shown in the Figure, the detachment band 20 has been removed, which tears the pre-weakened resistance line 31 of the coupon 3 and allows the two parts to be opened. It is not necessary that the two portions 300 and 301 of the coupon 3 be of equal dimensions, one or the other of the two said portions may be larger than the other. It is also not mandatory that the coupon 3 is arranged in such a way that the opening line 31 is parallel to the line of doubles 32; By arranging these two lines with a certain angle between them, it can be obtained that the two parts are of different shapes. The portion 301 attached to the portion 23 of the package that will be removed to, for example, adhere so that it can easily be partially or completely peeled off, or contain a removable self-adhering insert. According to a variant of this embodiment, the portion 300 of the coupon is disposed on a front or side face of the package when the portion i-i- ia t I 3 i i 301 is disposed on an upper face of the package, as shown in Figure 4. Such a variant is particularly well suited to a soft type package in a single layer as described above. Figures 6A and 6B as well as 7A and 7B show, in section, two possible embodiments of a coupon 3. In Figure 6A, it is formed by a sheet, folded around a fold line forming a fold 32, the portion 320 of the coupon 3 opposite the fold 32 being closed, for example by a closing means, for example a point or a line of glue 321 or by stamping, so as to keep the coupon closed before the opening of the package. It is also possible that instead of a folded sheet there are two sheets assembled along the line 32 as well as on the opposite portion 320. The line 31 of pre-weakened resistance, for example a pre-cut line disposed on the two overlapping portions of the sheet, is disposed here close to this closing line 321, the weakened resistance line 31 separating the coupon 3 in a main portion 300 and another portion 301. The face of this assembly, opposite the face 30 which is visible on the outside of the package 1, has glue, at least partially on a portion corresponding to the film 2, such that the pre-weakened resistance line 31 is parallel and approximately superimposed on a portion of the release strip 20, as the main portion 300 of the coupon 3 that is superimposed on the portion 22 of the film 2 that will subsequently subsist on the package 1 and that the other portion 301 of the coupon 3 carrying the closure line 301 is superimposed on portion 23 of film 2 that will be remote after the opening of package 1. Preferably the face of the coupon 3 to be bonded onto the film 2 is self-adhering, but it is also possible to provide some points or lines of glue 33. For a good opening of the coupon 3 it is necessary that at least the portion 331 (see Figure 1) of the coupon 3 bearing the end of the pre-weakened resistance line 31 on which the opening of the coupon 3 is initiated, either well glued by the line of glue 330 on the corresponding portion of the film 2 which bears the strip of detachment 20. In this way, when the user removes the detachment band 20, the corresponding portion of the coupon 3 remains attached and its opening is facilitated. Figure 6B shows the same coupon 3 after its aperture, respectively the opening of the film 2. By this, the user pulls the release strip 20, separating the film 2 into its two portions 22 and 23. The main portion 300 of the coupon 3 remains fixed in the portion 22 of the film 2 remaining in the package 1, after the portion 301 of the coupon 3 is eliminated with the portion 23 of the film 2. In view of the opening of the resistance line Once it has been pre-weakened, it is now possible to open the coupon 3 by unfolding around the sheet 32 and reading the information contained in the internal pages 302 and 303 of the coupon 3. As indicated above with respect to Figure 5, it is not necessary for the The pre-weakened resistance line 31 is disposed proximate the portion 320 of the coupon, but may be disposed in no matter where it lies between this portion and the fold 32. Figure 7A shows a coupon 3 according to another form of ex- ecution The coupon 3 is essentially constituted and fixed exactly in the same manner as that described just before, with the exception that a second folded sheet 34, for example, in accordion is fixed by an adhesive 340 on a portion of the face 303 of the first sheet next to the fold 32. The length of each folded page of the sheet 34 is such that these pages do not intersect the pre-weakened resistance line 31 of the first sheet. As before, after opening the package and coupon 3, it is possible to access pages 341 to 346 of sheet 34 above pages 302 and 303 of the first sheet. In a variant, it is possible to arrange a self-adhering insert 35 on any of pages 341 to 346 or 302 and 303, this self-adhesive insert which can represent the points to be collected, a participation bonus for a contest or lottery or any other object of the same kind, said insert 35 which can be detached when the coupon 3 is opened. Such an insert can obviously be provided on a coupon according to the first embodiment described. The described embodiments of a coupon 3 arranged on 'a film 2 are obviously valid also for the same coupon 3 arranged on a packaging sheet 4 as in the embodiment of the packaging of Figure 3. Figures 6A and B show two possible embodiments of a coupon 3 among numerous possibilities, in particular of the coupon 3 may be constituted more than of two sheets, possibly folded or glued in a manner different from that shown, each sheet may comprise a number of pages different from the one described, the constitution of coupon 3 may be different, for example in the form of a libretite rather of folding pages in accordion. The dimensions of length and width of the coupon 3 are essentially determined by those of the face of the package 1 on which the coupon 3 will be attached. It can be seen in Figures 1 and 3 that the coupon covers a portion of a front face, when the coupon of Figure 5 completely covers one face and that of Figure 4 partially covers two adjacent faces. Figure 3 shows that coupon 3 can be differently to square or rectangular. The weakened resistance line 31 may be of no matter what suitable type, for example a peel strip, a perforated line or a line of locally decreased thickness. Preferably, the coupon 3 closed as indicated above and provided with its pre-weakened resistance line 31, provided or not with a self-adhering layer for adhesion, is obtained in such a way from the coupon maker to be applied on the packaging as described below. With regard to packaging, it has been specified that it may be a hard or soft type packaging, whether or not covered by an outer protective film, intended not only to pack cigars or other products of the tobacco industry. In fact, from the foregoing description, it is understood that a coupon 3, according to any of the described or possible embodiments, may be arranged on the outermost layer of no matter what kind of packaging a medium of similar opening with a strip of detachment. It can be treated as described packaging of any products of the tobacco industry, food industry or other, the packaging in question here may be an outer packaging that packages a plurality of packages or objects in any way, such as a packing of a pack of cigarettes. Possible means of opening the package able to function as described may be slightly different from those described, for example the release strip 20 or 40 can be replaced by a detachment wire disposed inside the package and following the same path that was described for the strip of detachment. It can also be a pre-weakened resistance line, obtained for example by successive perforations or more generally by a decrease in the mechanical strength to the attraction according to a given line in the package, for example a local decrease in the thickness of the sheet. packaging obtained by no matter what known media. Various procedures for obtaining such a package provided with a coupon 3 can be devised. Figure 8 shows very schematically a first example of a method of obtaining a package provided with a cover according to any of the embodiments or variants described.

-Iliib * -i < *? < ^ - -M-aM-iMa - aa-4-k-iia-a-aik This procedure is based on the fact that the coupon 3 is going to be placed on the outside of the packaging and that it can be placed therefore in package 1 when the packaging is finished. In a portion of the machine 5 on which the packages 1 circulate, for example on an endless band 50 in the direction indicated by the arrow, there is a dispenser 51, known in the art., provided with a reservoir 52 filled with coupons 3. A detector 53, for example a photoelectric cell, makes it possible to detect the presence and position of a packet 1 within the radius of action of the dispenser 51 and, by means of the command unit 54. , the actuation of the distributor 51 is ordered to deposit a coupon 3 on the detected package 1, according to a calculated position in order to match the pre-weakened resistance line of the coupon 3 with that of the package 1 package. If the back of coupon 3 is self-adhering it adheres directly on the packaging. In the opposite case, a complementary device 55 for applying glue stitches, glue lines or a glued surface is also ordered by the command unit 54 in order to prepare the glue on a package 1 before the application of the coupon 3. The advantage of this procedure is that the necessary equipment is very simple to conceive, little embarrassing and that it can be installed in no matter what portion of a machine 5 where the packages 1 circulate as described. It can also be installed in a simple package transfer facility 1. Figure 9 also shows very schematically another example of a method of obtaining a package provided with a coupon according to any of the embodiments or variants described. In this case, the coupon 3 is arranged on the packaging portion before it is not applied on the object or package to be packaged. The machine portion 6 shown here is, for example, the portion of a machine for preparing a package from a web 200 of the material intended to form the packaging, said web being unwound from a reel not shown in the packaging. Figure. The driving means, not shown anymore, drag the band 200, in the direction indicated by the arrow. A cutting means, schematized by the rotating knife 61 and the counter roller 610 sequentially cuts the band 200 in order to form the pieces destined to become the packages 2. The actuation of the rotary knife 61 is ordered by the command unit 75 After cutting the band 200, the pieces are treated in a known manner in order to constitute each one a package 2. The first pre-weakened resistance line 20 has already been generally made longitudinally on the band 200. The device described later it is completed here by a positioning arm 7 of known technique used here for the positioning of the coupons 3. The positioning arm 7 comprises support means of a first coil 70 of a belt and 71 on which the couplings 3 adhere temporarily, being arranged one behind the other on the tape 71, slightly separated between MÁá they. The positioning arm 7 also comprises means for supporting a second reel 72 loaded with the reel of the belt 71 after the coupons 3 have been detached from the known manner inside the positioning loop 7. Each detached coupon 3 is brought immediately afterwards. by pneumatic or other means to a positioning finger 73 placed in the immediate vicinity of the portion of the moving web 200 immediately preceding the rotating knife 61, the positioning finger 73 applying the coupon 3 on said portion, such so that the pre-weakened resistance line 31 of the coupon is placed with respect to the first pre-weakened resistance line that exists on the band 200, by a correct lateral shoring of the positioning finger 73 relative to the width of the band 200 A flat support surface 74 can be provided on the other side of said portion in order to offer a stable support at the time of this operation. As above, the coupon 3 can be self-adhering or glue placement means similar to those described above can be provided to make the coupon 3 adhere on the band 200. The command unit 75, ensures the synchronization of the action of the positioning finger 73 with the rotating knife 61, so that each coupon 3 is correctly positioned, respectively, as placement assumption along the length of the band 200 corresponds to a place corresponding to the face of the finished package on which it must be placed . This example of a coupon placement procedure 3 is only illustrative of a way to apply coupon 3 over a . i 1 i 200 band of product destined to constitute the packaging. Other band treatment devices 200 are known, they can all be equipped in a general way with a positioning arm 7, synchronized with any means of the machine in order to align the two lines of pre-weakened resistance and place the coupon on the band. Obviously, it is also possible to equip a packaged transfer unit, as shown in FIG. 8, with a positioning arm 7 as shown in FIG. 9, just as it is also possible to equip the installation for preparing a package starting from of a band, represented in Figure 9, of a distributor 51 as shown in Figure 8. The tests have shown that for a good opening simultaneously of the package and the coupon, it is not absolutely necessary that the two lines of resistance weakened, coupon and packaging, are superimposed exactly, a certain lateral positioning tolerance of the order of 1 mm being admissible and / or preferable.

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Claims (20)

1. CLAIMS 1. Packaging of a package or of one or a plurality of objects, said package consisting in particular of an outer packaging sheet provided with an opening means constituted particularly by a first opening line disposed on at least one side of said packaging, characterized in that a closed coupon and / or peelable fold is fixed on at least a portion of at least one outer face of said outer packaging sheet, said coupon and / or unfolding being provided with a second opening line arranged so that the opening of the packaging causes a simultaneous opening of the coupon and / or unfolding. The packaging according to claim 1, characterized in that the coupon and / or foldout is constituted by at least one sheet bent the length of at least one fold line, the portion of said sheet opposite the fold line being closed, said second opening line being disposed between the fold line and said closed opposite portion, the coupon and / or unfolding being fixed on the package such that said second opening line is arranged parallel in an immediate vicinity of at least a portion of said first opening line, said coupon and / or foldout comprising a first portion disposed between the folding line and the second opening line as well as a second portion disposed between the following opening line and said portion opposite closed, said first portion of the coupon and / or unfolding being fixed to a first portion of the package when said second át t. »> , -,. », _Jfa,". . - 1 --- ..-- -. -, i. . . .-... ", ... -» A t i, í portion of the coupon and / or drop down is fixed to a second portion of the packaging. The package according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the first opening line is constituted by 5 a strip of detachment. The packaging according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the first opening line is constituted by a first line of weakened mechanical resistance as well as by a detachment wire superimposed on said opening line and 10 arranged on the inner face of said outer packaging sheet. The package according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second opening line is constituted by a second line of weakened mechanical resistance. The package according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the first and / or the second line of weakened resistance is constituted by a perforated line. The package according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the first and / or the second line of weakened resistance is constituted by a line of decreased thickness. The packaging according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least a portion of the coupon and / or unfolding is fixed on a side face of the package. 9. The package according to claim 8, characterized in that a portion of the coupon and / or unfolding is fixed on one side of 25 end of the packaging. The packaging according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the coupon and / or fold-out comprises an inner insert that can be unfolded after the opening of the coupon and / or fold-out, respectively of the packaging. eleven . The packaging according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the coupon and / or fold-out comprises a detachable inner insert. The package according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least the portion of the side of the coupon and / or deployable applied against the packaging, comprising the end of the second opening line on which the opening of the coupon and / or drop-down will be initiated, is stuck on said packaging. Method for producing a packaging according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in a place of a machine where the packaged packages circulate in a certain direction, a position detector of a package indicates an application means of a package. coupon and / or drop-down, arranged in relation to the package on which the coupon and / or drop-down will be applied, to apply said coupon and / or drop-down on said package. The method for producing a packaging according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that in a packaging preparation machine in which a band of the material intended to constitute said packaging circulates in a direction m ^^^ _ ^ í Í ^ * ÍJIÍM determined, a means of applying a coupon and / or clesplegable sequentially applies a coupon and / or drop onto a corresponding portion of said web, said application being commanded by a control unit suitable to synchronize the application of the coupon and / or drop down with any means of the packaging preparation machine. The method according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the means for applying a coupon and / or a drop-down is a coupon and / or drop-down distributor. 16. The method according to one of the claims 13 or 14, characterized in that the means of applying a coupon and / or drop is a placing arm bearing a support tape to which the coupons and / or deployable are fixed on a non-permanent way, said placing arm being provided with detachment means of the coupon and / or unfolding of said support band and application of said coupon and / or unfolding. 17. The process according to one of claims 15 or 1 6, characterized in that a glue applicator applies one or more spots, one or more lines or a surface of glue to the wrapping before application of the coupon and / or dropdown on said packaging or said band. 1 8. Carton packaging a plurality of packets of tobacco industry products provided with a package according to one of claims 1 to 1 2. 19. Package of tobacco industry products provided with i s • & • Í i ÜÁÍI. * t g-áfef. . packaging according to one of claims 1 to 12. 20. The package according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it is intended for packaging one or more packs or products of the food industry. itt .il 4 i. i! .. »-« -...- ^ .-. • «HüiÉf * j i