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US3387736A
US3387736A US554877A US55487766A US3387736A US 3387736 A US3387736 A US 3387736A US 554877 A US554877 A US 554877A US 55487766 A US55487766 A US 55487766A US 3387736 A US3387736 A US 3387736A
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Williamson David Theodo Nelson
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
    • B65D5/542—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
    • B65D5/5425—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body and defining after rupture a lid hinged to the upper edge of the container body
    • B65D5/543—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body and defining after rupture a lid hinged to the upper edge of the container body the container being provided with an internal frame or the like for maintaining the lid in the closed position by friction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • B65D43/163—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container and the lid being made separately
    • B65D43/169—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container and the lid being made separately the lid, the hinge and the element connecting them to the container being made of one piece
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/22—Details
    • B65D77/30—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during filling or closing of containers
    • B65D77/32—Tearing-strings or like flexible elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2401/00—Tamper-indicating means
    • B65D2401/15—Tearable part of the closure

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  • Such a packet ideally, requires an air tight seal from the time it is filled with cigarettes or the like until the ultimate user desires to commence consumption of its contents. After breakage of the seal by the user, it is desirable that the packet can be conveniently opened and closed as may be required until the contents have all been consumed and the packet is discarded, and at this stage complete sealing is of less consequence.
  • a packet for cigarettes or the like comprising a lid and a body both of plastic material, in which said lid has an edge portion adapted to overlie said body when the lid is closed and a tear strip integral with and lying between said edge portion and the remainder of the lid, said tear strip being bounded by weak bands to permit removal of the tear strip to disconnect the edge portion from the remainder of the lid.
  • heat may be applied to weld the edge portion to 1, tatQS P3126 t the body, adhesive may be employed, or a form of welding may be produced by the application of a tool whose tip is vibrated at ultrasonic frequency.
  • the filled and sealed packet reaches its ultimate user, he may open the packet by removing the tear strip, after which the lid can be opened and closed as desired. Removal of the tear strip is performed by a peeling action and preferably said tear strip has a protruding portion which may be gripped when the tear strip is to be removed.
  • the invention may be applied with particular advantage to packets of the hinged-lid or flip-top form.
  • the lid has a hinged connection to the body, said hinged connection extending across a substantial part if not the whole of the width of a rear wall of the packet, and the tear strip need only extend along the free edge of the lid, although said tear strip may include a small projection at one or both ends of said free edge for convenient removal.
  • Such a packet may readily be formed by a plastic moulding operation, requiring only that the mould used be of slightly different form from that necessary to produce a similar packet but without an integral tear strip.
  • Such packets will in the majority of cases be printed to indicate the nature and origin of their contents, and at the same time printing may be applied to the tear strip to indicate its presence and/ or function.
  • adjacent to the free edge of the lid one can distinguish three bands, the outermost one being relatively thin, the next being thicker e.g. of thickness comparable to the thickness of the walls of the packet, and the third again being thinner.
  • the first band, that adjacent to the free edge is in use sealed to the body of the packet, and the next band serves as the tear strip, as when either end of it is pulled in such a way as to peel it ofi", it is broken free of the packet by rupture of adjacent parts of the thin bands.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette packet of the hinged-lid or flip-top variety after filling and before it is closed and sealed.
  • FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the packet of FIG- URE 1, when it has been closed and sealed and opening by removal of the tear strip has been commenced;
  • FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary view, on a larger scale, of the packet of FIGURES 1 and '2, shown partly in section.
  • the packet shown comprises a body 1 hingedly c011- nected to a lid 2 and suitably dimensioned to receive a bundle 3 of cigarettes wrapped in foil.
  • the hinged connection between the lid and body is moulded integral with a rear wall 4 of the lid and :a rear wall 5 of the body, the whole packet being moulded from a synthetic plastic material e.g. rubber-modified polystyrene.
  • the lid has a front wall 6 which is rather deeper than its rear wall 4, while the body has a front wall 7 which is correspondingly less deep than its rear wall 5.
  • the body however, has extensions 8, 9 of its front and side walls, said extensions 8, 9 being overlapped by the lid 2 when the latter is closed. It will be noted that the body extensions 8, 9 are slightly set back as compared with the walls of the body proper, this enables the outer surfaces of the lid and body to be flush when the lid is closed.
  • the lid 2 has a specially formed edge portion, comprising three parallel bands it 11, 12. Immediately adjacent to the free edge of the lid (which it will be understood extends along its front and both sides) is the band It), which is relatively thin; next to this is the band 11 0 which is thicker, and finally is the band 12 which again is thin.
  • the band 11 can be made of the same thickness as the majority of the front wall 6 of the lid, while the bands 10, 12 may be made about half that thickness.
  • At least one end of the band 11 should have a projection 11a (FIGURE 3).
  • the band 19 of its lid may be sealed by adhesive or by welding to the front wall 7 and side walls of the body 1. This makes the packet for all practical purposes air tight and moisture tight.
  • a user may grip the projecting portion 11a of the band 11 and pull it away from the packet with a peeling motion; in FIGURE 2 the packet is shown as it would be immediately after such an action had been started.
  • the material of the bands 10, 12 tears due to the smaller thickness of these bands, so that the band 11 functions as a tear strip, being completely removed from the packet once the peeling action referred to has been completed.
  • the packet may then be opened and closed as desired, by simple movement of the lid, as with any of the established forms of hinged-lid cigarette packets.
  • a packet embodying the invention is of simple form and yet provides the notable advantage of aniextrernely effective seal, for protection of its contents, throughout the shelf life, i.e. the period from packing and sealing the packet to its first opening by the uitiniate consumer.
  • Such a packet has particular advantage when used for cigarettes, because of the importance of avoiding undue variation of the moisture content of this commodity during storage, but a packet embodying the invention may also be employed with advantage for packing many other articles.
  • a packet for cigarettes or the like comprising a lid and a body both of plastic material, in which said lid has an edge portion adapted to overlie said body when the lid is closed and a tear strip integral with and lying between said edge portion and the remainder of the lid, said tear strip being longitudinally bounded by weak bands and being thicker than said adjacent weak bands to permit the tear strip to be torn free of the packet along its longi tudinal edges by rupture of said adjacent weak bands.
  • a packet for cigarettes or the like comprising a lid and a body both of plastic material, said lid having an integral marginal portion at least a part of which is adapted to overlie said body when the lid is closed, said marginal portion comprising three parallel and contiguous bands, the band adjacent the edge of said lid being capable of being secured to said body, the central band being thicker than said adjacent bands and serving as a tear strip whereby said tear strip may be torn free of the packet along its longitudinal edges by rupture of said adjacent bands.

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US3765593A (en) * 1971-08-13 1973-10-16 Rand Whitney Packaging Corp Carton having diagonal flip-top corner cap
DE2551427A1 (de) 1975-11-15 1977-05-26 Focke Pfuhl Verpack Automat Packung mit klappdeckel zur aufnahme von zigaretten u.dgl. sowie verfahren zum herstellen derselben
US4789067A (en) * 1987-12-07 1988-12-06 Rocco Silano Carton
US4836378A (en) * 1987-11-18 1989-06-06 Philip Morris, Incorporated Package having magnetically coded tear tape or sealing strip
US4865203A (en) * 1987-02-07 1989-09-12 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Sealed paper container
US4938363A (en) * 1989-04-24 1990-07-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Container wrapper with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for making same
US4947994A (en) * 1988-05-25 1990-08-14 Scepter Manufacturing Company Limited Container wrapper, and methods and apparatus for making same
EP0391459A3 (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-08-14 Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Medicament package for increasing compliance with complex therapeutic regimens
USD326339S (en) 1989-06-19 1992-05-19 Colgate-Palmolive Company Dental floss dispenser housing
US5192262A (en) * 1989-04-24 1993-03-09 Philip Morris Incorporated Container wrappers with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for making same
US5996784A (en) * 1992-08-12 1999-12-07 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Cigarette pack made from plastic film
USD471804S1 (en) 2002-03-12 2003-03-18 Starbucks Corporation Chewing gum tin
USD500641S1 (en) 2003-08-04 2005-01-11 Starbucks Corporation Gum tin
US20050130822A1 (en) * 2002-02-20 2005-06-16 Josef Rath Container, especially for cigarettes
USD509732S1 (en) 2003-07-01 2005-09-20 Robin Staples Mint tin
US20090032534A1 (en) * 2001-04-12 2009-02-05 Ropak Corporation Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover plastic cover,including break tab feature,and related apparatus and methods
WO2016102917A1 (en) * 2014-12-22 2016-06-30 Parkside Flexibles (Europe) Limited Package
US20160227835A1 (en) * 2015-02-06 2016-08-11 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Container with tamper evident portion
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US3765593A (en) * 1971-08-13 1973-10-16 Rand Whitney Packaging Corp Carton having diagonal flip-top corner cap
DE2551427A1 (de) 1975-11-15 1977-05-26 Focke Pfuhl Verpack Automat Packung mit klappdeckel zur aufnahme von zigaretten u.dgl. sowie verfahren zum herstellen derselben
US4865203A (en) * 1987-02-07 1989-09-12 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Sealed paper container
US4836378A (en) * 1987-11-18 1989-06-06 Philip Morris, Incorporated Package having magnetically coded tear tape or sealing strip
US4789067A (en) * 1987-12-07 1988-12-06 Rocco Silano Carton
US4947994A (en) * 1988-05-25 1990-08-14 Scepter Manufacturing Company Limited Container wrapper, and methods and apparatus for making same
EP0391459A3 (en) * 1989-04-03 1991-08-14 Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Medicament package for increasing compliance with complex therapeutic regimens
US4938363A (en) * 1989-04-24 1990-07-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Container wrapper with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for making same
US5192262A (en) * 1989-04-24 1993-03-09 Philip Morris Incorporated Container wrappers with integral tear tape, and methods and apparatus for making same
USD326339S (en) 1989-06-19 1992-05-19 Colgate-Palmolive Company Dental floss dispenser housing
US5996784A (en) * 1992-08-12 1999-12-07 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Cigarette pack made from plastic film
US20110017740A1 (en) * 2001-04-12 2011-01-27 Frano Luburic Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover including break tab feature and related apparatus and methods
US20090032534A1 (en) * 2001-04-12 2009-02-05 Ropak Corporation Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover plastic cover,including break tab feature,and related apparatus and methods
US7837052B2 (en) 2001-04-12 2010-11-23 Ropak Corporation Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover plastic cover, including break tab feature, and related apparatus and methods
US20050130822A1 (en) * 2002-02-20 2005-06-16 Josef Rath Container, especially for cigarettes
US7290652B2 (en) * 2002-02-20 2007-11-06 Josef Rath Container, especially for cigarettes
USD471804S1 (en) 2002-03-12 2003-03-18 Starbucks Corporation Chewing gum tin
USD509732S1 (en) 2003-07-01 2005-09-20 Robin Staples Mint tin
USD500641S1 (en) 2003-08-04 2005-01-11 Starbucks Corporation Gum tin
WO2016102917A1 (en) * 2014-12-22 2016-06-30 Parkside Flexibles (Europe) Limited Package
US20160227835A1 (en) * 2015-02-06 2016-08-11 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Container with tamper evident portion
US10562662B2 (en) * 2015-09-25 2020-02-18 Philip Morris Products S.A. Container including outer film
ITUB20155004A1 (it) * 2015-10-29 2017-04-29 Gd Spa Pacchetto di articoli da fumo rigido con coperchio incernierato.
EP3162734A1 (en) * 2015-10-29 2017-05-03 G.D S.p.A. Rigid packet of smoke articles with a hinged lid

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