ES2328732T3 - CONTAINER WRAPPED WITH A LABEL. - Google Patents

Abstract

A wrapper container having a label (10) attached to the container (2) and to the wrapper, said tag comprising two parts, in which a first part (12) of the label (10) is attached to the container (2) and less strongly adhered or not adhered to the envelope, and a second part (14) of the label (10) is adhered to the envelope and less strongly adhered or not adhered to the container (2), whereby the second part (14) of the label (10) is at least partially separated from the first part (12) of the label (10) after removal of the envelope.

Description

Container wrapped with a label.

The present invention relates to a container wrapped that has a label and, in particular, to a container covered by a wrapper of smoker items, such as a pack of cigarettes, which has a fiscal stamp.

In many countries cigarette packs and other containers of smoking articles have to carry a tax stamp to indicate that the tariff has been paid correspondent. In addition, the fiscal stamp has to be normally applied in such a way that it is necessarily destroyed when the smoking container is opened by a consumer. To meet this last requirement, the tax stamps in the cigarette packs with rotating caps are normally adhered on the oblique line of the lid on one of the faces sides of the package, so that the fiscal stamp is broken when the consumer swings the lid back to access The cigarettes contained in the package.

A similar placement of the tax stamp in Other types of containers may, however, not be advantageous. By example, in packs of cigarettes such as those described in the WO-A-2004/089785, which is open by sliding a part of the lid of the package linearly with relation to a box part of it, which has the bell attached tax on the cover line (interface or coupling) can give place for the consumer to have an unacceptable major tensile force in order to break the fiscal bell and open the package. In addition, the surfaces of the article containers for smokers frequently carry graphic signs, logos of the brand and other information for the consumer that, depending on the shape and structure of the container, can be hidden by a fiscal stamp adhered thus to "seal" the container. Do not However, it would be desirable to be able to apply a tax stamp to any part of the surface of a cigarette pack with a lid rotating or to another container of smoking articles in such a way that a consumer could not access the contents of the package or container without destroying the integrity of the fiscal stamp.

Document DE-A-100 61 600 discloses a pack of cigarettes that has an outer wrap made of a film that has a line that opens by breakage. A separate blank space is located, as a site for printing or coupon, between the outer wrapper and the package, in the area of a wide side of the package. The separate blank space is connected to the inside of the upper part of the outer envelope and is therefore also releasably connected to the lower part of the wide side of the package. When the outer envelope is opened, the connection between the separated blank space and the upper part of the outer envelope causes the blank to be removed from position along with the upper part of the outer envelope without being destroyed or
deteriorated.

In accordance with the present invention, arranged a container with wrap that has a label attached to the container and to the envelope, in which a first part of the label is attached to the container and less strongly attached or not attached to the wrapper, and a second part of the label is adhered to the envelope and less strongly adhered or not adhered to the container, so the second part of the label is to less partially separated from the first part of the tag after the removal of the envelope.

Preferably, the first part of the tag It is attached only to the container. Preferably, the second part of the label is attached only to the envelope.

Preferably, the tag has a line weak between the first part and the second part, so the second part of the tag is at least partially separated from the first part of the tag along the weak line after the wrapper removal By arranging a weak line in the tag the second part of the tag is separated advantageously, at least partially, of the first part of the label along a predefined route after the withdrawal of the envelope. As well as providing a more neat and container uniform without wrap, the arrangement of such predefined path through the weak part facilitates the separation of the second part of the label of the first part of it, thus ensuring that the label is necessarily destroyed after the removal of the envelope, and therefore the opening of the container without any exaggerated effort by the consumer. Preferably, the second part of the tag is completely separated from the first part of the label after the removal of the envelope.

The first part of the label is attached to the outer surface of the container in any appropriate way, for example with an appropriate adhesive such as an adhesive of polyvinyl acetate (PVA). The second part of the label is adhered to the inner surface of the wrap in any way appropriate, for example with an appropriate adhesive such as with a adhesive such as a hot melt adhesive.

The position of the label on the container and the site where the first part of the label is attached to the container are advantageously selected to arrange the signs graphics, brand logos and other consumer information on the container and to take into account the relative sizes and the shapes of the container and the label.

The tag can be made of any material or combination of suitable materials that include, by example, paper, metallized paper, thin sheets of metal and / or plastic. Preferably, the tag is made of paper. The tag can have any desired shape, for example, rectangular, triangular, circular, etc. Typically, the label is printed. Yes Well the tag can carry any appropriate information, preferably the label is a fiscal stamp.

When the label comprises a weak line, the weak line can be formed by stamping, scratching, punching, dry printing or otherwise, compressing, cutting and / or weakening the label. The weak line can have any shape appropriate as desired including, for example, straight, wavy, Curved, triangular, rectangular or circular.

The wrap can be made of any material or combination of suitable materials that include, by example, paper, metallized paper, thin sheets of metal and / or plastic. Preferably, the tag is a film, more preferably a plastic film, in particular a film based on a or more polyolefins. Advantageously, the wrap is a film of transparent plastic, preferably a transparent film of polyethylene or polypropylene. More preferably, the wrap is a transparent polypropylene film, shrinkable in hot.

The container may be formed from any suitable material or combination of materials that include, for example, paper, cardboard, metal and / or plastic. Preferably, the container is a container of articles for smoker. When the container is a container of items for smoker can be a hard or soft individual package that comprises a plurality of smoking articles such as, for example, cigars, cigarettes and cigars and / or parts of tobacco, or a cardboard sample comprising a plurality of packages Individual items for smokers. Preferably, the Container is a pack of cigarettes.

According to the invention it has also been arranged a method of packaging items for smokers in a container with wrapper that has a fiscal stamp attached to the container and wrapper, comprising the method: adhere a first part of a tax stamp to a recipient of items for smoker; wrap the smoker's container and the tax stamp in a wrap made with the film, so that a second part of the fiscal stamp is attached to the envelope made with the film, so that the second part of the fiscal stamp be at least partially separated from the first part of the bell prosecutor after the removal of the wrap made with the film.

As will also be evident from the Following description, the existing machinery to apply the Tax stamps to cigarette packages can be quickly modified in order to produce containers of items for smoker according to the present invention.

The invention is described below, only by way of example, referring to the drawings that are accompany, which show a perspective rear view of a pack of cigarettes according to the invention.

The pack of cigarettes 2 shown in the Figure 1 generally comprises a lower case part 4 and a top cover part 6. In the closed position the box part bottom 4 and the top cover part 6 are coupled along an interface line 8 (shown in a bold line in the figure one). A generally rectangular label 12 is arranged in the rear face of the top of the lid 6 above the line interface 8. The tag 10 comprises a bottom 12 and a top 14 separated from each other by a V-shaped line of spaced cuts 16 extending down from the edge top of the fiscal stamp 10. The pack of cigarettes 2 and the label 10 are wrapped by a wrapper above transparent of a polypropylene film (not shown).

The lower side of the lower part 12 of the label 10 is attached to the rear face of the lid part 6 from package 2 for a line of polyvinyl acetate adhesive (PVA) 18 near and parallel to the bottom edge of the label 10. The upper side of the upper part 14 of the label 10 is adhered to the transparent film of the envelope above (not shown) by a central point of hot melt adhesive twenty.

During production, the bottom 12 of the label 10 is attached to the rear face of the cover part 6 from package 2 per polyvinyl acetate adhesive line (PVA) 18 in a conventional manner. The molten adhesive point on hot 20 is then applied to the upper side of the second part 14 of label 10 immediately before package 2 and the label 10 be wrapped above in the transparent film of hot-shrinkable polypropylene using a known apparatus. As package 2 and label 10 are wrapped above in the film, the upper side of the upper part 14 of the label 10 is attached to the bottom side of the film on the wrapper by hot melt adhesive 20. Package 2 wrapped above and tag 10 are then transported downstream to a funnel shrinkage in which heat is applied to contract the film transparent polypropylene and to seal together certain areas of it.

In use, when a consumer removes the film transparent wrapping above to open the package of cigarettes 2, the second part 14 of the label 10, which is adhered to the wrap by hot melt adhesive point 20, is separated from the first part 12 of the label 10 along of the perforation line 16, and is removed together with the envelope.

In the example described above the part bottom 12 of the label 10 is attached to the container 2, and the upper part 14 of the label 10 is attached to the envelope. However, it will be appreciated that in alternative embodiments of the invention, a lower part of the tag may, for example, be adhered to the envelope while a top of the label is attached to the container.

In addition, while in the example described previously the label is attached to the back side of the lid part of the cigarette pack, it will be appreciated that containers according to the invention may comprise labels adhered to other parts of its surface.

It will also be appreciated that, depending on, by example, the materials that make up the label and the wrapper, the first part of the label and the second part of the label they can be attached to the container and the wrapper, respectively, using alternative adhesives and / or any other appropriate form.

Claims (10)

1. A wrapper container that has a label (10) attached to the container (2) and the wrapper, said label comprising two parts, in which a first part (12) of the label (10) is attached to the container (2) and less strongly adhered or not adhered to the envelope, and a second part (14) of the label (10) is attached to the wrapper and less strongly adhered or not adhered to the container (2), so that the second part (14) of the label (10) is at least partially separated from the first part (12) of the label (10) after the wrapper removal 2. A container (2) according to the claim 1, wherein the first part (12) of the tag (10) is attached only to the container (2). 3. A container (2) according to the claim 1 or 2, wherein the second part (14) of the label (10) is attached only to the envelope. 4. A container (2) according to the claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the tag has a weak line (16) between the first part (12) and the second part (14). 5. A container (2) according to any previous claim, wherein the first part (12) of the Label (10) is attached to the container (2) with adhesive (18). 6. A container (2) according to any previous claim, wherein the second part (14) of the label (10) is attached to the wrap with adhesive (20). 7. A container (2) according to any previous claim, wherein the wrap is a film of Polypropylene. 8. A container (2) according to any previous claim, wherein the container is a package of cigarettes 9. A container (2) according to the claim 8, wherein the tag (10) is a bell fiscal. 10. A method of packaging items for smoker in a wrapper container that has a label on form of a fiscal stamp (10) attached to the container (2) and to the envelope, said label comprising two parts, and comprising the method: adhere a first part (12) of a bell fiscal (10) to a container (2) of smoking articles; Y wrap the container (2) of items for smoker and tax stamp (10) in a wrap made with the film, so that a second part (14) of the fiscal stamp (10) is attached to the wrap made with the film; so the second part (14) of the bell fiscal (10) is at least partially separated from the first part (12) of the fiscal stamp (10) after the removal of the envelope made with the movie.