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EP2213591A1 - Emballage rigide avec couvercle à charnière avec des cigarettes, avec un coupon et son procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

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EP2213591A1
EP2213591A1 EP09180907A EP09180907A EP2213591A1 EP 2213591 A1 EP2213591 A1 EP 2213591A1 EP 09180907 A EP09180907 A EP 09180907A EP 09180907 A EP09180907 A EP 09180907A EP 2213591 A1 EP2213591 A1 EP 2213591A1
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Andrea Biondi
Michele Squarzoni
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D85/00Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1081Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D85/00Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS 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
    • B65D85/00Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
    • B65D85/1054Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid

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  • Some packets of cigarettes contain a coupon in the form of a single or fan-folded sheet printed, for example, with advertising, or in the form of a picture card.
  • the coupon is normally located between the outer container and the transparent plastic overwrapping, so the coupon is visible without opening the packet; or is located inside the outer container, at the front, i.e. between a front wall of the inner package and a front wall of the outer container.
  • a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes with a coupon as claimed in the accompanying Claims, and a relative manufacturing method.
  • Container 2 has an open top end 6; and a cup-shaped lid 7 hinged to container 2 along a hinge 8 to rotate, with respect to container 2, between an open position ( Figure 2 ) and a closed position ( Figures 1 and 3 ) opening and closing open top end 6 respectively.
  • container 2 When lid 7 is in the closed position, container 2 is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped comprising a top wall 9 and a bottom wall 10 opposite and parallel to each other; two opposite, parallel major lateral walls 11 and 12; and two opposite, parallel minor lateral walls 13. More specifically, one major lateral wall 11 defines a front wall of container 2, and the other major lateral wall 12 defines a rear wall of container 2.
  • Four longitudinal edges 14 are defined between lateral walls 13 and front and rear walls 11, 12; and eight transverse edges 15 are defined between top and bottom walls 9, 10 and front, rear, and lateral walls 11, 12, 13.
  • container 2 is made from a corresponding flat, substantially elongated rectangular blank 25, the parts of which are indicated, where possible, in the following description using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of container 2.
  • Blank 25 has two longitudinal fold lines 26; and a number of transverse fold lines 27 defining, between the two longitudinal fold lines 26, a panel 11' forming a top portion of front wall 11 (in particular, the portion forming part of lid 7); a panel 9' forming top wall 9; a panel 12' forming rear wall 12; a panel 10' forming bottom wall 10; and a panel 11" forming a bottom portion of front wall 11 (in particular, the portion forming part of container 2).
  • Each panel 11', 11", 12' has two lateral flaps 13', 13" located on opposite sides of panel 11', 11", 12' and separated from panel 11', 11", 12' by the two longitudinal fold lines 26.
  • Panel 11' has a reinforcing flap 28; and each flap 13', 13" of panel 12' has respective rectangular tabs 29 located at opposite ends of flap 13', 13".
  • front portion 23 of coupon 21 does not extend the full length of panel 11", and is glued, before packet 1 of cigarettes is formed, to the inner surface of panel 11" by a transverse line 30 of weak-stick, possibly hot-melt, glue close to a bottom edge of front portion 23.
  • portion 22 springs slightly back up off top wall 19 of inner package 3, so the user of packet 1, to extract coupon 21 from packet 1, can grip portion 22 easily and pull slightly on it to detach coupon 21 completely from package 3 and extract it easily from container 2.
  • front portion 23 of coupon 21 does not extend the full length of panel 11", and is glued, before packet 1 of cigarettes is formed, to the inner surface of panel 11" by a transverse line 31 of strong-stick, possibly hot-melt, glue close to a bottom edge of front portion 23.
  • a precut transverse tear line 32 is formed beneath line 31 of strong-stick glue, and is torn when coupon 21 is extracted by the user from packet 1.
  • front portion 23 of coupon 21 is therefore divided into two portions : a central portion 33 connected to top portion 22, and which is removed by the user together with top portion 22; and a bottom portion 34 comprising line 31 of strong-stick glue, and which remains fixed firmly to package 3 even after coupon 21 is removed.
  • portion 22 springs slightly back up off top wall 19 of inner package 3, so the user of packet 1, to extract coupon 21 from packet 1, can grip portion 22 easily and pull slightly on it to tear transverse tear line 32, detach central portion 33 and top portion 22 of coupon 21 from bottom portion 34, and extract central portion 33 and top portion 22 easily from container 2.
  • the preliminary step of gluing coupon 21 to the inner surface of panel 11" or panel 12' of blank 25 may obviously be performed either at the plant producing blanks 25 and coupons 21, or on a packing machine for producing packets of cigarettes 1 of the type described above, prior to performing the folding steps to form the actual packet 1 of cigarettes.
  • Packet 1 of cigarettes as described above has numerous advantages. In particular, it is cheap and easy to produce, by simply gluing coupon 21 directly to blank 25 of outer container 2. This prevents any slippage of coupon 21 when forming outer container 2, thus simplifying the packing procedure and drastically reducing the number of packets 1 of cigarettes rejected due to wrongly positioned coupons 21.

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EP09180907A 2009-01-29 2009-12-29 Emballage rigide avec couvercle à charnière avec des cigarettes, avec un coupon et son procédé de fabrication Active EP2213591B1 (fr)

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ITBO2009A000039A IT1392631B1 (it) 2009-01-29 2009-01-29 Pacchetto di sigarette rigido con coperchio incernierato provvisto di coupon e relativo metodo di realizzazione.

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EP2213591A1 true EP2213591A1 (fr) 2010-08-04
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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0476882A1 (fr) * 1990-09-04 1992-03-25 Philip Morris Products Inc. Paquet de cigarettes dont une part de la structure interne est amovible
US5160024A (en) * 1990-09-04 1992-11-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Cigarette box with attached coupon
DE19938196A1 (de) * 1999-08-17 2001-02-22 Focke & Co Klappschachtel für Zigaretten
US20030089628A1 (en) * 1998-09-14 2003-05-15 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Flip top box for cigarettes

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0476882A1 (fr) * 1990-09-04 1992-03-25 Philip Morris Products Inc. Paquet de cigarettes dont une part de la structure interne est amovible
US5160024A (en) * 1990-09-04 1992-11-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Cigarette box with attached coupon
US20030089628A1 (en) * 1998-09-14 2003-05-15 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Flip top box for cigarettes
DE19938196A1 (de) * 1999-08-17 2001-02-22 Focke & Co Klappschachtel für Zigaretten

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IT1392631B1 (it) 2012-03-16
ATE521552T1 (de) 2011-09-15
EP2213591B1 (fr) 2011-08-24

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