TW201600419A - Pack for tobacco article - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention provides a pack for tobacco articles having an inner pack member and a hinged lid member wherein the sealing between the inner pack member and the hinged lid member is improved. The pack 1 for tobacco articles has an inner pack member 5 which has a front surface 10, a back surface 11, a slide surface 12 and a bottom surface 13, and an outer pack member 6 which has a back wall 17 and two elongate walls 18and two lateral walls 19A, 19B. The inner pack member 5 has a hinged lid 8 capable of opening and closing freely, the hinged lid 8 having an upper wall 14, a back wall, and slide walls 18. An extension 40 capable of freely bending is provided through a hinge line 41 on an upper edge of the upper wall 15 of the hinged lid 8.

Description

Box for cigarette products

The present invention relates to a rigid package for a cigarette product, and more particularly to a package for a cigarette product for accommodating a cigarette product comprising a group of paper cigarettes which are conventionally enclosed by a metal foil.

Conventionally, as a package for cigarette products, a box type package has been known. Such a package for a cigarette product has an inner box member in which a box member is formed inside a recess, and a recessed portion that is rotatably attached to the outer box member. Further, the inner box member is fitted with a hinged cover body that is opened when the inner box member is taken out from the outer box member.

When the user uses the package, the inner box member is taken out from the outer box member. At this time, the hinged cover is opened relative to the inner box member, and the cigarette article in the inner box member is taken out.

However, the conventional inner box member and the hinged lid have insufficient sealing properties, and even after the inner box member is housed in the outer box member, the powder of the cigarette product may be scattered from the inner box member to the outer side.

(previous technical literature) (Patent Literature)

Patent Document 1: European Patent Publication No. 764595

Patent Document 2: European Patent Publication No. 1066206

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a package for a cigarette product which can improve the sealing property between an inner member and a hinged lid.

The present invention relates to a packaging box, which is a box type cigarette product packaging box having a longitudinal axis, the packaging box having: an inner box member having a front side, a back side, two side surfaces, and a bottom surface; and an outer box member, a rear wall, two longitudinal walls, and two transverse walls, and a recess for receiving the inner box member is formed therein; the inner box member is hinged along a hinge between the front surface and the bottom surface a corresponding lateral wall fixed to the outer casing member; the inner casing member is circumscribing the hinge between the first position received in the outer casing member and the second position removed from the outer casing member The outer casing member rotates; the inner casing member has a hinged cover body including an upper wall, a rear wall connected to the back surface, and two side walls connected to the side surface; the hinged cover system and the upper wall and the upper wall The joining means between the corresponding lateral walls of the outer casing member are combined to automatically open when the inner casing member is taken out from the outer casing member; at the front end edge of the upper wall of the hinged cover An extension that is bent through a bending line is provided.

In the packaging case of the present invention, when the inner casing member is housed in the outer casing member and the hinged lid is closed, the bending line or the extension of the upper wall abuts against the upper edge of the front surface of the inner casing member, The aforementioned inner box member is closed by the aforementioned hinge type cover.

The package of the present invention is characterized in that the extension of the upper wall of the hinged lid body is bent inwardly to follow the inner surface of the upper wall.

The package of the present invention is characterized in that the extension of the upper wall of the hinged cover is bent outward and follows the outer surface of the upper wall.

The extended portion of the upper wall of the hinged lid body is not in contact with the upper wall and is maintained in a bent state.

As described above, according to the present invention, the sealing property of the inner box member and the hinge type cover can be improved.

1‧‧‧Package for cigarette products

3‧‧‧paper cigarette

4‧‧‧Inclusion body

5‧‧‧Inner box components

5', 6'‧‧ ‧ blanks

6‧‧‧Outer box components

7‧‧‧ Container

8‧‧‧Hinged cover

9, 21‧‧‧ Hinged line

9’, 21’‧‧‧ crease line

10‧‧‧ front

10', 11', 12', 12", 13', 14' ‧ ‧ panels

10", 34, 35, 37, 38' ‧ ‧ 折

11‧‧‧ Back

12‧‧‧ side

13‧‧‧ bottom

14‧‧‧上壁

15‧‧‧ Back wall

15', 17', 18', 19A', 19B'‧‧‧ panels

16‧‧‧ side wall

16’‧‧‧ triangular flaps

17‧‧‧ Back wall

18‧‧‧Longitudinal wall

19A‧‧‧Upper transverse wall

19B‧‧‧lower transverse wall

20‧‧‧ recess

22‧‧‧Restrictive movements

23, 23', 27, 27', 29a, 29a'‧‧‧ wings

24‧‧‧ incision

24’, 28, 28’ ‧ ‧ openings

25‧‧‧Reflexed stop

26‧‧‧Combined means

29, 29’‧‧‧ slots

32, 32' ‧ ‧ round opening

36‧‧‧ front end

40‧‧‧Extension

41‧‧‧Bend line

A, A', A" ‧ ‧ vertical axis

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view showing an embodiment of a package of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view showing an embodiment of the package of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the package of Fig. 1 in an open state.

Fig. 4(a) is a perspective view showing the package of Fig. 1 in an open state different from Fig. 3, and Fig. 4(b) is an enlarged view thereof, and the illustration of the outer casing member is omitted for the sake of convenience. .

Fig. 5 is a schematic view from the side showing the details of Fig. 4 Figure.

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the package of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing a blank for blanking a material for forming a package of Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 8 is a plan view showing a blank for blanking a material for forming a package of Figs. 1 and 2;

As shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 6, the package 1 for a cigarette product of the present embodiment is a box-shaped package having a longitudinal axis A, and an inner package made of metal foil is accommodated therein. The paper cigarette 3 (cigarette product) enclosed by the body 4.

The package 1 for a cigarette product includes an inner box member 5 and an outer box member 6, and the inner box member 5 has a container 7 including a front surface 10, a back surface 11, two side surfaces 12, 12, and a bottom surface 13, and mounting. In the hinged lid body 8 of the container 7, the outer box member 6 has a rear wall 17, two longitudinally extending walls 18 extending along the longitudinal axis A, and extending orthogonally to the longitudinal axis A. The two lateral walls 19A, 19B are formed with a recess 20 for accommodating the inner box member 5 therein.

The two lateral walls 19A and 19B of the outer casing member 6 are composed of an upper lateral wall 19A and a lower lateral wall 19B. Further, the inner box member 5 is hinge-fixed to the corresponding lower lateral wall 19B of the outer casing member 6 so as to rotate along the hinge line 21 formed at the joint portion between the front surface 10 and the bottom surface 13.

Therefore, the inner box member 5 can be housed in the outer box member 6 The inner first position and the second position partially removed from the outer casing member 6 are rotated about the hinge 21.

Further, as described above, the hinged cover 8 of the inner box member 5 has the upper wall 14, the rear wall 15, and the two side walls 16, 16. The rear wall 15 of the hinged cover 8 is attached to the back side 11 of the inner box member 5, and the side walls 16, 16 are connected to the side walls 12, 12 of the inner box member 5.

Further, the hinged cover 8 is combined with a coupling means 26 provided between the upper wall 14 and the upper lateral wall 19 of the outer casing member 6, and when the inner casing member 5 is taken out from the outer casing member 6, the hinged cover The body 8 is automatically opened.

On the other hand, when the inner box member 5 is housed in the outer box member 6, the hinged lid body 8 is closed by the joining means 26, and the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid body 8 is attached to the front side of the inner box member 5. 10 abuts, closing the inner box member 5 by the hinged cover 8.

As described above, the inner box member 5 is housed in the recess 20 of the outer box member 6 so as to be freely detachable. Further, the inner box member 5 has a container 7 including a front surface 10, a back surface 11, two side surfaces 12, 12, and a bottom surface 13, and a hinged lid body 8 attached to the container 7, the container 7 being hinged The body 8 is closed in a freely openable manner.

Next, the inner box member having the container 7 and the hinged lid body 8 and the outer box member 6 will be described. The hinged cover 8 has a wall 14 parallel to the bottom surface 13 and a triangle which occupies the same plane as the back surface 11 and is joined to the back surface 11 along the hinge line 9 and a triangle which occupies the same plane as each side surface 12 of the container 7. 2 side walls 16.

The hinged cover 8 is rotatable about the hinge line 9 and is disposed at a free end edge formed by the side wall 16 and the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8 when in the closed position shown in FIG. In contact with the free end edge formed by the side 12 and the front face 10 of the container 7, respectively.

As described above, the outer casing member 6 has, in addition to the main rectangular back wall 17 (Fig. 6), two longitudinally extending walls 18 that are firmly joined to the periphery of the rear wall 17 and laterally across the longitudinal axis. A is disposed above the lateral wall 19A and the lower lateral wall 19B.

The outer casing member 6 has a concave portion 20 (Fig. 6) which is in contact with the rear surface wall 17 of the outer casing member 6 with the rear surface 11 of the inner casing member 5, the bottom surface 13 is in contact with the lower lateral wall 19B, and the upper wall 14 is The upper lateral wall 19A is in contact with each other, and the side surface 12 is placed in contact with the longitudinal direction wall 18 of the outer casing member 6, and the inner casing member 5 is housed.

The depth of the outer casing member 6 is substantially equal to the depth of the inner casing member 5 having the side surface 12 having the lateral width.

The inner box member 5 is hingedly fixed to the end edge portion of the hinge line 21 which forms the lower lateral wall 19B of the corresponding outer casing member 6 along the corner (joining portion) connecting the front surface 10 and the bottom surface 13. The inner box member 5 is in a state of being completely accommodated as shown in Fig. 1 and a state in which one of the inner box members 5 is pulled out from the recessed portion 20 as shown in Fig. 4, and the package 1 is completely opened. Between the two positions, the hinge line 21 can be rotated.

A restraining movement coupling means 22 is disposed between the longitudinal direction wall 18 of the outer box member 6 and the side surface 12 of the inner box member 5, by which the inner box member 5 is rotated on the second hinge line 21 Within a predetermined angle of rotation. The restricted motion coupling means 22 includes a pair of flaps 23 formed by slits 24 provided in the respective side faces 12 and having their free ends projecting toward the front face 10 of the inner box member 5. Since each of the fins 23 is engaged with the adapted shape end edge of the reflexed stop portion 25 formed by the inner side surface of the corresponding longitudinal direction wall 18, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner box member 5 is determined to be wound. The angular movement within the limit range when the axis 21 is rotated.

A coupling means 26 is disposed between the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8 and the transverse wall 19 of the corresponding outer casing member 6, by means of the coupling means 26, when the inner casing member 5 is rotated and from the recess 20 of the outer casing member 6. When leaving, the hinged cover 8 automatically opens. The bonding means 26 includes: a single fin 27 formed by the opening 28 on the outer casing member 6 side and projecting from the end edge portion of the upper lateral direction wall 19 toward the rear wall 17 of the outer casing member 6; and formed on the hinge The groove 29 of the upper wall 14 of the cover body 8. Further, a front end portion 36 is formed at the front end of the opening 28 of the outer casing member 6.

The groove 29 functions to form a flap 29a that conforms to the angular edge between the upper wall 14 and the rear wall 15 of the lid.

As shown in Fig. 5, when the inner casing member 5 is rotated and taken out from the outer casing member 6, the flap 29a of the inner casing member 5 is engaged with the opening 28 of the outer casing member 6. At this time, when the inner box member 5 is pulled out from the outer box member 6, the flap 29a is gradually slid into the opening 28 while sliding on the front end portion 36 on the outer box member 6 side, and the last flap 29a is engaged with The opening 28 is engaged, whereby the hinged cover 8 is pulled rearward, and the hinged cover 8 is rotated about the hinge line 9.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the back of the outer casing member 6 The wall 17 has a circular opening 32 that can contact the back surface 11 of the inner box member 5, and allows the user to simply take out the inner box member 5 from the outer box member 6, and the lid 8 is automatically opened accordingly.

In another embodiment (not shown) of the package 1, it is also possible to provide a configuration in which the hinged cover 8 has a wall that occupies the same plane as the front face 10 of the inner box member 5. In this example, the two side walls 16 are not triangular but have a trapezoidal profile.

Next, the hinged cover 8 will be further described in detail. As shown in Fig. 7 which will be described later, the front end portion of the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid body 8 is provided with an extension portion 40 which is bent by the bending line 41 to increase rigidity (see Figs. 4(a) and (b). ).

The extension 40 of the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8 is bent outward by the bending line 41 to increase the rigidity of the front edge of the upper wall 14.

That is, the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8 is formed by punching the blank, but when the front end edge of the upper wall 14 is not provided with the bendable extension 40, the front edge of the upper wall 14 does not have Rigidity, therefore, it can be seen that when the front end edge of the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8 abuts against the front face 10 of the inner box member 5, the front end edge of the upper wall 14 is bent, and the upper wall 14 and the front side 10 are There is a gap between them. At this time, the powder of the cigarette product is scattered from the upper wall 14 and the front surface 10 to the outer side.

On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, since the extension portion 40 of the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid body 8 is bent outward by the bending line 41, the rigidity of the front edge of the upper wall 14 can be improved. When the hinged cover 8 When the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid 8 is closed and the front surface 10 of the inner box member 5 is closed, the bending line 41 or the extension of the upper wall 14 abuts against the upper edge of the front surface 10. At this time, since the front end edge of the upper wall 14 is reinforced by the extension portion 40 to increase the rigidity, the front end edge of the upper wall 14 is not bent. Therefore, the bending line 41 of the upper wall 14 covers the entire length thereof to abut the upper edge of the front surface 10, whereby the front surface 10 of the inner box member 5 can be more reliably sealed by the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid body 8.

In the above embodiment, the extension portion 40 of the upper wall 14 is bent outwardly via the bending line 41. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the extension portion 40 of the upper wall 14 may be oriented. The inside is bent.

Alternatively, the extension 40 of the upper wall 14 may be bent toward either the inner side or the outer side via the bending line 41, and the extension 40 may be attached to the outer or inner surface of the upper wall 14. Thus, since the extension portion 40 is bent and then attached to the upper wall 14, the rigidity of the front edge of the upper wall 14 can be improved.

That is, when the extension 40 is not attached to the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8, the extension 40 can reduce the gap by covering the gap created between the upper wall 14 and the front surface 10.

Further, when the extension portion 40 is next to the outer side of the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid body 8, the rigidity of the upper wall 14 can be increased, and the gap between the front surface 10 and the front surface 10 can be suppressed.

Furthermore, when the extension 40 is next to the inner side of the upper wall 14 of the hinged cover 8, the rigidity of the upper wall 14 can be increased, and the front face 10 can be suppressed. The gap is generated, and the upper portion 14 is expanded downward by the extension portion 40 toward the inner side to the thickness of the paper, so that the gap with the front surface 10 can be reduced.

Next, the blank of the inner box member 5 and the outer box member 6 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the symbols 5' and 6' indicate two flat blanks of the packaging material, and the inner casing member 5 is formed by performing a series of bending steps on the blanks. And the outer box member 6.

When the components of the blanks 5' and 6' are displayed below, the same component symbols as those of the conventional component symbols used for displaying the corresponding portions of the two cartridge members 5 and 6 are used at least in part.

The blank 5 of Fig. 7 is substantially rectangular in outline and is divided into a plurality of panels by crease lines extending in parallel with each other across the longitudinal axis A'.

The two panels 10' and 11' respectively corresponding to the front surface 10 and the back surface 11 of the inner box member 5, and the panel 13' positioned between the two panels and conforming to the bottom surface 13 are arranged on the longitudinal axis A'.

The panel 10' is joined to a flap 10" which is folded back in two layers along a crease line away from the intermediate panel 13' and which is extremely flattened relative to the panel 10'.

The panel 10' is coupled to the two side panels 12' on both sides in the longitudinal direction along the associated crease line.

Similarly, the panel 11' is coupled to the two side panels 12" on both sides in the longitudinal direction along the associated crease lines.

The panel 12' and the panel 12" are paired and overlapped to The above-described side surface 12 of the inner box member 5 is formed. Among them, the panel 12' is located on the outer panel, and the panel 12" is located on the inner panel.

The panel 11' is further divided from the panel 15' by a crease line 9' that conforms to the hinge line 9 of the cover, and then the panel 15' is further divided from the end panel 14' by the associated crease line .

The two panels 15' and 14' respectively conform to the rear wall 15 and the upper wall 14 of the hinged lid 8. Further, the extension portion 40 is coupled to the front end edge of the panel 14' via the above-described bending line 41.

Two triangular flaps 16' separated from the respective side panels 12" by oblique slits are combined with both ends of the panel 15' and are separated from the same panel by respective crease lines, and Arranged transversely across the axis of the longitudinal axis A'.

The two flaps 34 are combined with the two end portions of the side panel 12" away from the triangular flap 16' via respective crease lines, thereby functioning to join the side surface 12 and the bottom surface 13 of the inner box member 5 to each other. .

Similarly, the two flaps 35 are combined with the two triangular flaps 16' via the crease lines, and the upper wall 14 and the rear wall 15 of the hinged lid 8 are coupled to each other.

The side panel 12" has an opening 24' which functions to form a flap 23' which forms part of the above-described restricted motion coupling means 22.

The panel 14' has a groove 29' for forming a flap 29a' constituting a part of the joining means 26 shown in Fig. 6.

The blank 6' of Fig. 8 is transversely crossed by the longitudinal axis The crease lines extending A" and extending parallel to each other are divided into a plurality of panels.

The rectangular panel 17' having a circular opening, that is, the center of the hole (32') is connected to the two side panels 18' via the longitudinal direction crease line corresponding to the longitudinal direction side, and The horizontal crease lines intersecting in the lateral direction are connected to the two panels 19A' and 19B'.

The center panel 17' conforms to the rear wall 17 of the outer casing member 6, and the adjacent panels 18' and 19A', 19B' are aligned with the longitudinal direction wall 18, the upper transverse wall 19A and the lower transverse wall 19B. .

Then, the side panels 18' are connected along the respective longitudinal direction crease lines, and are connected to the corresponding end panels 25' which are folded in two layers and are extremely flattened with respect to the respective panels 18' so as to reinforce the lengthwise length. The directional wall 18 is formed by the action of the respective longitudinal end edges of the shape to form a folding stop portion 25 that engages with the flap 23 of the motion limiting coupling means 22.

The panel 36 connected to each other along the crease line and the upper lateral wall panel 19 is designed to function as a reinforcing element for the upper lateral wall 19A. In addition, the panel 36 has an opening 28' shaped to form a tab 27' that interacts with the slot 29 of the hinged cover 8 each time the package 1 is opened, thereby providing The combination means 26 described above.

It can be observed in Fig. 8 that the blank 6' is connected along the crease line 21' corresponding to the hinge line 21 to the panel 19B' for the lower lateral wall 19B located at the lower portion of the billet. The trapezoidal profile flap 37 is attached to the bottom surface 13 of the container 7 with an adhesive, and the outer box member 6 and the inner box member 5 are coupled to each other.

The two flaps 38' are coupled to the ends of the longitudinal direction panels 18' along the respective crease lines, and the longitudinal direction wall 18 and the upper lateral wall of the outer box member 6 are passed through the flaps 38'. 19A and the lower lateral wall 19B are connected to each other.

The main advantage provided by the above and the illustrated package 1 is that when the inner box member 5 is received in the recess 20, the hinged cover 8 will remain in the correct locked position, thereby providing an appropriate closed state. And the state can be maintained throughout the period in which the article to be consumed exists.

Another advantage is that the cover body 8 automatically opens when the inner box member 5 is taken out from the recess 20.

Finally, in the package 1 embodied in accordance with the present invention, the inner box member 5 and the outer box member 6 may have at least one longitudinally-angled corner edge which is rounded or chamfered. Thereby, in addition to the advantages already stated, another advantage of achieving economical manufacturing can be provided.

In essence, the above description and drawings are provided with an outer casing member 6 of paper cigarettes and an attached hinged cover 5 shown in Fig. 1, both of which have sharply pointed corners However, it is equally applicable to all types of inner box members or outer box members which are formed by rounding or chamfering at least a plurality of corner edges of the longitudinal direction and/or the transverse angular edges. For example, the rounded corners may be rounded or chamfered without forming the right-angled corners, or the transverse corners of the longer ones may not be connected (the upper horizontal wall 19A and the lower horizontal side of the outer casing member are connected). The direction wall 19B and the back wall 17 are connected to the right-angled edge of the upper wall 14 and the back surface 11 of the inner casing member 5 to have a right-angled shape and are rounded or chamfered. In addition, it is also possible not to make the vertical length The corner edges of the corner edges and the plurality of corner edges of the lateral direction are rounded or chamfered in a right angle shape.

Further, when other embodiments of the embodiment are not employed, both the outer casing member 6 and the inner casing member 5 may have the shape of the paper cigarette package disclosed in Patent Document 2. At this time, the back wall 17 of the outer box member 6 and the front surface 10 and the back surface 11 of the inner box member 5 are convex, and each has a flat central portion and two curved side portions with creases attached thereto, the attached creases The curved side portion is combined with the flat central portion on one side, and on the other side along the longitudinal direction edge of the acute angle at which the front end is not pointed, with the outer side of the outer box member 6 and the inner box member 5. link.

1‧‧‧Package for cigarette products

3‧‧‧paper cigarette

4‧‧‧Inclusion body

5‧‧‧Inner box components

8‧‧‧Hinged cover

9, 21‧‧‧ Hinged line

10‧‧‧ front

11‧‧‧ Back

12‧‧‧ side

13‧‧‧ bottom

14‧‧‧上壁

15‧‧‧ Back wall

16‧‧‧ side wall

18‧‧‧Longitudinal wall

19A‧‧‧Upper transverse wall

19B‧‧‧lower transverse wall

22‧‧‧Restrictive movements

23‧‧‧ wing

24‧‧‧ incision

25‧‧‧Reflexed stop

26‧‧‧Combined means

28‧‧‧ openings

29‧‧‧ slots

34, 35, 37‧‧‧ 折

Claims (5)

A package for a cigarette-type cigarette product having a longitudinal axis, the package having: an inner box member having a front surface, a back surface, two side surfaces, and a bottom surface; and an outer box member having a back surface a wall, two longitudinal direction walls, and two lateral walls, and a recess for accommodating the inner box member is formed inside; the inner box member is hingedly fixed to the front along a hinge between the front surface and the bottom surface a corresponding lateral wall of the outer box member; the inner box member being wraparound relative to the outer box between a first position received in the outer box member and a second position removed from the outer box member The inner box member has a hinged cover body including an upper wall, a rear wall connected to the back surface, and two side walls connected to the side surface; the hinged cover system and the upper wall and the outer casing a combination means of the corresponding lateral wall of the member is combined to automatically open when the inner casing member is taken out from the outer casing member; and the front end edge of the upper wall of the hinged cover is provided with An extension that is bent by a bend line. The package according to claim 1, wherein when the inner box member is received in the outer box member and the hinged cover is closed, the bent line or extension of the upper wall and the inner box member are The front upper edge abuts, by the aforementioned hinged cover Close the aforementioned inner box member. The package of claim 1 or 2, wherein the extension of the upper wall of the hinged cover is bent toward the inner side to follow the inner surface of the upper wall. The package of claim 1 or 2, wherein the extension of the upper wall of the hinged cover is bent outwardly to follow the outer surface of the upper wall. The package according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the extension of the upper wall of the hinged lid body is not in contact with the upper wall and is maintained in a bent state.