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WO2009040379A1 - Découpe de paquet de cigarettes et paquet obtenu à partir de celle-ci - Google Patents

Découpe de paquet de cigarettes et paquet obtenu à partir de celle-ci Download PDF

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WO2009040379A1
WO2009040379A1 PCT/EP2008/062790 EP2008062790W WO2009040379A1 WO 2009040379 A1 WO2009040379 A1 WO 2009040379A1 EP 2008062790 W EP2008062790 W EP 2008062790W WO 2009040379 A1 WO2009040379 A1 WO 2009040379A1
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Paul Gibson
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge

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  • the present invention relates to a smoking article pack blank and packs formed therefrom.
  • the blanks and packs according to the present invention are configured to enclose smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, loose tobacco and smokeless tobacco products such as snuff or the like.
  • smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, loose tobacco and smokeless tobacco products such as snuff or the like.
  • smoking articles For convenience and brevity these will be referred to hereinafter as smoking articles.
  • the invention relates particularly to packs for smoking articles being of the rigid (hard pack) type.
  • This invention also relates to methods of assembling the packs according to the invention.
  • a hinged lid pack generally comprises a container portion and a lid portion, the lid portion being operable to open and to close the container portion repeatedly whilst the contents of the pack are being consumed.
  • a pack is conventionally formed from a pack blank folded about a bundle of smoking articles which bundle may conveniently be wrapped in an inner foil.
  • the pack so formed is usually wrapped in a further outer wrapper, known as an overwrap, conventionally formed from a flexible plastic material such as cellophane, for example.
  • the overwrap provides a barrier layer which prevents the ingress and egress of moisture from the contents of the pack, thus maintaining the freshness of the smoking articles contained therein.
  • Packs of the conventional hinged lid type do not however, provide the consumer with an indication of the first opening of the pack, save for the opening of the overwrap.
  • GB1153723 discloses a pack having a container and lid arrangement formed of synthetic plastics material.
  • the lid portion has an edge portion adapted to overlie, and be secured to, the container when the lid is closed.
  • a tear strip is integral with the edge portion of the lid and is bound by uninterrupted bands of lesser thickness to facilitate removal of the tear strip by rupturing the bands.
  • the present invention is predicated upon the inventor's realization that there is a need for a pack which is simple and cheap to manufacture and which will be more readily disposed of than a pack formed from a synthetic plastics material.
  • a further aim of the present invention is the provision of a smoking article pack blank formable into the smoking article pack which provides evidence of first opening of the pack. It is convenient and desirable that the pack so formed may be opened and closed easily and repeatedly during the consumption of the contents of the pack.
  • the present invention provides a smoking article pack blank comprising a lid portion and a container portion, the lid portion and the container portion being connected by a removable portion.
  • the pack blank is formed of a non-plastics material.
  • the pack blank may be formed from a cardboard or paper material.
  • the removable portion preferably comprises a strip of material connected to the lid portion and to the container portion of the pack blank along a line of separation.
  • the line of separation comprises at least two lines of weakening along which the lid and container portion of the blank may be separated.
  • the lines of weakening may comprise lines of perforation.
  • the lines of perforation may be configured as straight, parallel lines or, alternatively, in a hounds tooth or herring bone configuration. It will be readily apparent to the skilled artisan in light of the present disclosure that other suitable configurations of the lines of perforation are envisaged and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.
  • the lines of perforation may be curved.
  • the removable portion may comprise a tear tape.
  • the removable portion is a tear strip.
  • the removable portion has a tear strip applied thereto.
  • the applied tear strip is preferably applied to the surface of the pack blank that will be innermost when the pack blank is assembled into a pack.
  • the applied tear strip comprises an adhesive surface by which same is applied to the removable portion.
  • the adhesive force of the tear strip will be greater than the force required to separate the blank material between the lid portion and the container portion in order that the removable portion may be removed by way of the consumer pulling on the applied tear strip.
  • the removable portion is a tear strip having a further tear strip applied thereto.
  • the tear strip may be formed from any suitable material, for example from cardboard, paper, polymer, metal, fibre, degradable or non- degradable.
  • the tear strip is the removable portion of the pack blank, it is preferably formed from the same material as the blank and is integral therewith. In use of a pack assembled from the blank of the present invention, the tear strip will be pulled with either a tool or by hand, thus, partially or completely removing the removable portion from the pack. In this way, access to the contents of the pack is facilitated.
  • the removable portion may extend from one marginal edge of the pack blank partially towards the opposite marginal edge thereof. In this configuration, the lid and container portions of the pack blank may be further connected along a hinge line.
  • the hinge line extends from the end of the removable strip distant from the marginal edge at which the strip begins to the opposite marginal edge of the pack blank.
  • the removable strip and the hinge line are co-linear and in combination extend from one marginal edge of the pack blank to the opposing marginal edge of the pack blank.
  • the removable portion may extend from one marginal edge of the pack blank to the opposite marginal edge thereof.
  • the lid portion of the blank is completely separable from the container portion.
  • the removable portion may be located transversely across the pack blank between two longitudinal marginal edges thereof.
  • the removable portion may be located longitudinally of the pack blank between two transverse marginal edges. In the latter arrangement, the pack formed from the pack blank will be of a so-called "side-opening" style.
  • the pack blank comprises a bottom panel, having at least one edge at a margin thereof, and a major panel connected along the edge of the bottom panel.
  • the major panel comprises a lid portion and a container portion connected by a removable portion.
  • the pack blank further comprises a second major panel.
  • the pack blank may comprise a further bottom panel, having at least one edge at a margin thereof, and the second major panel is connected along the edge of the bottom panel.
  • the pack blank may further comprise two minor panels connected to two bottom flaps.
  • the blank may further comprise at least one further major panel connected to a further bottom panel.
  • each major and minor panel comprises a lid portion and a container portion connected by a removable portion or a hinge line.
  • the pack blank further comprises a top panel depending from a top margin of the first major panel.
  • a second major panel depends from the opposing margin of the top panel.
  • the major panels and the top and the bottom panels depending therefrom are each comprised of a container portion and a lid portion connected by a removable portion or a hinge line.
  • the pack formed from the pack blank once folded will be hingeable about a longitudinal hinge line in a major panel thereof and will be a so-called side opening pack.
  • a side-opening pack is configured such that a charge of cigarettes received within the pack have their axes parallel to the axis of the hinge of the lid of the pack.
  • the pack further comprises a liner, or inner frame, portion partially enclosing the charge of cigarettes and preventing sideways escape from the pack but offering an actual or potential access opening for the removal of a cigarette from the pack in a direction generally parallel to the hinge axis, when the lid is open, in a region adjacent to one side of the pack.
  • a liner or inner frame, portion partially enclosing the charge of cigarettes and preventing sideways escape from the pack but offering an actual or potential access opening for the removal of a cigarette from the pack in a direction generally parallel to the hinge axis, when the lid is open, in a region adjacent to one side of the pack.
  • the blank comprises a first major panel connected to a first bottom panel along a mutual transverse edge and a second major panel connected to a second bottom panel along a mutual transverse edge, a first minor panel connected to a first bottom flap along a mutual edge, and a second minor panel.
  • An inner side flap depends from a first longitudinal margin of the second major panel, the inner side flap having a bottom flap depending from a transverse edge thereof and a top flap depending from an opposing transverse edge thereof.
  • the first minor panel interconnects the first and second major panels and depends from longitudinal margins thereof.
  • the second minor panel depends from the opposing longitudinal margin of the first major panel.
  • the first minor panel further comprises a top minor flap depending from a transverse edge thereof, which transverse edge opposes the transverse edge of the panel from which the bottom flap depends.
  • the first and the second major panels each further comprise top panels which depend from transverse edges of the respective panels opposite the transverse edges from which the bottom panels depend.
  • the pack blank of the present invention is configured such that the pack formed from the folded pack blank of the invention is such that smoking articles may be retained therein.
  • the pack so formed will have a substantially rectangular cross-section.
  • the major panels, minor panels and various flaps of the pack blank may be interconnected along edges foldable to form a sharp, single angle, or alternatively may be formable into a plurality of angles.
  • the pack formed from the respective blanks may have one or more square edges, rounded, bevelled or elliptical edges respectively.
  • the cross-section of the pack formed from an erected blank according to the present invention may be round, elliptical, square, triangular or rectangular for example. It will be readily understood that the cross-sectional shape of the pack is not essential to the present invention.
  • the pack blank may further comprise a separate or an integral inner frame.
  • the present invention further provides a smoking article pack formed from the smoking article pack blank according to the present invention.
  • the smoking article pack comprises a container portion and a lid portion, wherein the pack further comprises a removable portion operable to at least partially separate said container portion and said lid portion.
  • the pack is formed of a non-plastics material. More specifically the pack may be formed of a material selected from the group consisting essentially of cardboard and paper.
  • the pack of the present invention is preferably a rigid (hard) pack.
  • the assembled smoking article pack is retained in a closed position until first opening by the consumer by means of the removable portion and the hinge line (if present) connecting the container portion and the lid portion. Once the consumer has removed the removable portion by breaking the lines of weakening connecting same to the container and the lid portions of the pack on first opening, the pack may be reclosed by means of the lid portion. It is preferable that the assembled pack comprises a hinge line in a major and/or a minor panel thereof, such that upon removal of the removable portion, a hinged lid pack is thus formed. The hinge line thus maintains the container and the lid portions in connection with one another in the opened pack and facilitates simple and convenient re-opening and re-closure whilst the contents of the pack are consumed.
  • the hinge line and the lines of weakening delimiting the removable portion are parallel such that upon removal of the removable portion, the line of opening and the hinge line are in parallel alignment with one another thus allowing easy opening of the pack. It is much by preference that the removable portion and the hinge line are co- linear.
  • pack of the present invention formed from a pack blank according to the present invention may be of any dimensions and any suitable cross-section.
  • a smoking article pack according to the invention preferably has a substantially rectangular cross-section and comprises a front wall, a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and at least two side walls.
  • the walls of the pack are configured to provide a parallelepiped pack.
  • the walls are each rectangular in shape.
  • the front and rear walls suitably have a height dimension greater than the width dimension thereof.
  • front wall, top wall, rear wall and bottom wall do not imply any particular orientation of the pack and can equally well be replaced by the terms first wall, second wall, third wall and fourth wall respectively, where each occurs.
  • the smoking article pack described herein is preferably of generally rectangular configuration with four faces upstanding from a rectangular base.
  • a pack may have two major faces upstanding from a base, the two faces meeting at two edges.
  • the edges are formed by faces at right angles. That is not essential to the invention; the smoking article pack may have edges at least between the side walls and the front and rear walls which are rounded, bevelled or elliptical, or other edge shapes including those known in the art.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the base of the pack containing for example cigarettes may be a shape other than a rectangle, for example other quadrilateral shapes such as a square.
  • the smoking article packages herein described may be used to surround a charge of loose tobacco, referred to in the art for example as roll-your-own tobacco.
  • the smoking article package may further comprise an inner frame.
  • the inner frame may be disposed within the pack.
  • the inner frame has a major panel, two elongate side panels and a (bottom) end panel, and flap means comprising two flaps.
  • the long edges of the side panels and the end panel are the major edges and a minor edge, respectively, of the major face.
  • the flaps are at the top ends of the side panels.
  • the major face is not a complete rectangle, but has a recess in the top edge.
  • the end panel is shaped so that two blank, unfolded, frames placed end-to-end tessellate (i.e. can lie next to each other without overlaps or gaps) thus minimising the amount of material needed.
  • inner frames may have single folds between the panels (producing bevelled edges).
  • the sides of the frame may be rounded, for example to be used in a so-called "oval" pack.
  • the present invention is not limited to single bundles of cigarettes.
  • multiple bundles, each within an inner frame may be wrapped together in a single pack-forming blank, to form a pack containing multiple bundles.
  • a smoking article pack assembled from a blank of the invention may be overwrapped with, for example, a cellophane wrapper. It is much by preference that the overwrap material has a tear strip for easy removal thereof by the consumer.
  • a smoking article pack assembled from a blank of the invention is configured to contain a charge of smoking articles.
  • the charge of smoking articles may be wrapped in an inner wrap.
  • the inner wrap comprises a foil and/or a barrier material.
  • a smoking article carton formed from a smoking article pack blank according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the smoking article carton is configured to contain a plurality of smoking article packs.
  • the smoking article packs contained within the smoking article carton of the present invention are smoking article packs according to the second aspect of the present invention.
  • a smoking article carton according to the present invention may have any or all of the features of a smoking article pack according to the present invention, differing only in the dimensions of the carton required to contain further smoking article packs.
  • the carton of the invention may, for example, be of dimensions suitable for containing any number of smoking article packs therein. More specifically, the carton of the present invention may be configured to contain 10 packs of 20 cigarettes in a 5 by 2 pack arrangement, for example.
  • the present invention also provides a method of assembling a smoking article pack from a smoking article pack blank according to the first aspect of the present invention.
  • the method comprises the steps of feeding a planar smoking article pack blank according to the first aspect of the present invention to a pack assembly machine; providing a charge of smoking articles against a major panel of the smoking article pack blank, erecting the smoking article pack blank about the charge of smoking articles by folding a major panel out of the plane of the flat blank about the charge of smoking articles about a fold line parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blank; fully erecting said blank about said charge.
  • the method comprises the steps of feeding a planar smoking article pack blank according to the first aspect of the present invention to a pack assembly machine; providing a charge of smoking articles against a major panel of the smoking article pack blank, erecting the smoking article pack blank about the charge of smoking articles by folding a major panel out of the plane of the flat blank about the charge of smoking articles about a fold line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the blank; fully erecting said blank about said charge.
  • Figure 1 shows a smoking article pack blank according to a first preferred embodiment of the first aspect present invention
  • Figure 2 shows a smoking article pack blank according to an alternative arrangement of the first preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention
  • Figure 3 shows a further alternative arrangement of the smoking article pack blank of Figure 2
  • Figure 4 shows a yet further alternative arrangement of the smoking article pack blank of Figure 2;
  • Figure 5 shows an inner frame to be used in combination with a smoking article pack blank of Figures 1 , 2, 3 or 4;
  • Figure 6 shows a smoking article pack formed from the smoking article pack blank as shown in Figure 1 and being in the closed position prior to first opening;
  • Figure 7 shows the smoking article pack of Figure 6 in a partially opened position
  • Figure 8 shows the smoking article pack of Figure 6 in a fully opened position
  • Figure 9 shows a side view of the smoking article pack of Figure 6;
  • Figure 10 shows a smoking article pack blank according to a second preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
  • Figure 11 shows an alternative arrangement of a smoking article pack blank according to the second preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention
  • Figure 12 shows a pack assembled from the pack blank of Figure 10 empty and in an open position
  • Figure 13 shows assembled pack of Figure 12 containing a charge of smoking article and in an open position
  • Figure 14 shows a pack assembled from the pack blank of Figure 10 in a closed position.
  • Features in common to more than one Figure will be denoted by the same reference numeral.
  • Figure 1 depicts a smoking article pack blank (1 ) according to a first preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
  • Blank (1 ) has a first major panel (2) with first and second minor panels (4, 5) depending from the opposing longitudinal margins thereof.
  • a second major panel (3) depends from the opposing margin of the first minor panel (4).
  • the first minor panel (4) thus interconnects the first and second major panels (2,3).
  • Blank (1 ) also has a minor side flap (6) depending from the opposing longitudinal margin of the second major panel (3).
  • Each of the panels (2, 4, 5) and the minor side flap (6) are comprised of a container portion (a) and a lid portion (b), the container (a) and lid (b) portions of the first major panel (2), the first and second minor panels (4, 5) and the minor side flap (6) are connected by removable portion (7).
  • the second major panel (3) has a container portion (3a) and a lid portion (3b) connected along hinge line (8).
  • Removable portion (7) is formed integrally with, and of the same material as, blank (1 ) and is connected to the lid (b) and container (a) portions of the first major panel (2), the first and second minor panels (4, 5) and the minor side flap (6) by two parallel lines of perforation (9).
  • the removable portion (7) further comprises a tear strip (not shown) which is adhesively applied to the inner surface of the portion of the removable portion (7) which is integral with the remainder of blank (1 ).
  • the tear strip comprises a tab (10) which, in use and in the assembled pack, is pulled on by the consumer or a tool to initially tear the blank along the lines of perforation (9) adjacent the tear strip tab (10), thus beginning the opening of the assembled pack.
  • Blank (1 ) also has first and second bottom panels (11 , 12) and first and second top panels (13, 14) depending respectively from the bottom and top margins of the first and the second major panels (2, 3).
  • First and second top flaps (15, 16) depend respectively from the top margins of the first minor panel (4) and the minor side flap (6), whilst first and second bottom flaps (17, 18) depend respectively from the bottom margins of the first minor panel (4) and the minor side flap (6).
  • margins of panels or flaps from which further panels or flaps depend are fold lines.
  • FIG 2 depicts an alternative arrangement of the first preferred embodiment of Figure 1.
  • Smoking article pack blank (20) comprises a removable portion (21 ) which is integral with blank (20) and is delimited by two parallel lines of perforation (22).
  • the consumer would grasp the end (23) of the removable portion (21 ) adjacent the free margin of the second minor panel (5) in order to remove the removable portion (21 ) from the pack.
  • the smoking article pack blank (30) depicted is identical in all respects to that shown in Figure 2 save for the rounding (31 ) of the longitudinal margins of the first and second major panels (2, 3).
  • the smoking article pack assembled from the blank (30) will have rounded, as opposed to square, longitudinal edges.
  • FIG. 4 shows a further alternative arrangement of the first preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention in which blank (40) has an alternative removable portion (41 ).
  • the removable portion (41 ) is delimited by so-called herring bone cuts/scores as opposed to by two parallel lines of perforations.
  • a herring bone configuration may be formed of a series of parallel V-shaped cuts or score lines, for example, orientated with respect to one another such that the apex of the V of one cut or score is adjacent the open portion of the V of the next cut or score.
  • the apexes of the cuts or scores preferably point towards the point of the removable portion at which the consumer would first grasp the removable portion prior to commencing the removal thereof.
  • the portion may be delimited by lines of perforation which are substantially parallel across the blank, each line being formed as a hounds- or saw- tooth perforation as opposed to a straight line of perforation.
  • Figure 5 shows an inner frame which may be used in combination with the pack blanks depicted in any one of Figures 1-4.
  • the inner frame (50) has a major panel (51 ) and two minor panels (52, 53) depending from the longitudinal margins of major panel (51 ).
  • a cut-out portion (54) is provided in the top marginal edge of major panel (51 ) is order to provide easy access to the contents of a pack in which the inner frame (50) is assembled.
  • the inner frame (50) is configured to be folded about a charge of smoking articles such that the major panel (51 ) rests against the first major panel (2) of the smoking article pack blanks of Figures 1 -4 and the minor panels (52 and 53) rest against the inner surface of minor panels 4 and 5 respectively.
  • the inner frame (50) may be secured to the inner surface of the pack blank by way of adhesive for example.
  • Figures 6-8 show the rigid (hard pack) of Figure 1 in various states of opening.
  • Figure 6 shows a pack (60) comprising a container portion (61 ) and a lid portion (62) conjoined by integral tear strip (63) when the pack (1 ) is closed.
  • Figure 7 shows pack (60) with tear strip (63) partially disjoined from the lid and container portions (62, 61 ), thus providing a partial opening in pack (60) and evidence that the pack has been opened for the first time.
  • Figure 8 shows pack (60) with the tear strip completely removed therefrom.
  • the pack (60) is in the open position with the lid portion (62) opened about hinge line (67) so as to provide access to the contents of the container portion (61 ).
  • the pack is of a hinge-lid style.
  • inner frame (50) is shown more clearly in Figure 5 and has a major panel (51 ) with side panels (52, 53) depending from the longitudinal margins of the major panel (51 ) along fold lines.
  • the major panel (51 ) of the inner frame has a cut-out portion (54) in the top transverse edge thereof, in order to provide easily access to the smoking articles contained within the pack (60).
  • the inner frame has two lugs which act to retain the lid of a hinged lid pack in the closed position as is well known in the art.
  • Alternative configurations of the inner frame are envisaged and will be within the understanding of the skilled artisan.
  • the smoking article pack of the present invention comprises bevelled or rounded front longitudinal edges
  • the inner frame will also have bevelled or rounded longitudinal margins between the major and the side panels thereof.
  • the inner frame may also be of greater longitudinal dimension such that same rests against the substantially the entire inner surface of the container portion of the front major panel of the erected pack.
  • Figure 9 shows the pack (60) of Figure 6 in side elevation.
  • tab (10) of the tear strip applied to the inner surface of the blank (1 ) prior to assembly of pack (60) about a charge of smoking articles is clearly shown.
  • the consumer or a tool grasps and pulls on tab (10).
  • the action of pulling on the tab (10) tears the lines of perforation (9) between the removable portion (7) and the lid and container portions (62, 61 ) of the pack, thereby separating the two portions of the pack (60).
  • the tearing of the lines of perforation (9) indicates to the consumer that the pack (60) has been opened for the first time.
  • Figures 10 and 11 depict alternative arrangements of a smoking article blank according to a second preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
  • These blanks assemble into packs by folding perpendicular to the axes of smoking articles, for example, cigarettes, which it contains or is to contain i.e. the charge of smoking articles may be positioned with a pre-erected inner frame of the pack to be assembled around it, or inserted with an inner frame after assembly of the pack, or both inner frame and blank may be assembled around a charge.
  • fold lines (130) define a first major panel (111 ) of a pack having a container portion (111 a) and a lid portion (111 b), separated by a removable portion (101 ) delimited by lines of perforation (131 ).
  • the lines of perforation (131 ) continue in parallel into top and bottom panels (121 , 132) which will, in the assembled pack, define top and bottom walls of the container and lid.
  • Second major panel (133) of the blank includes a hinge line (134) for the lid, dividing the second major panel into a container (133a) and a lid (133b) portion.
  • Bottom panel (132) has a flap (136) which is to be joined to the inner surface of the bottom portion of the second major panel (133) when the pack is assembled.
  • the blank further comprises a first minor panel (123) and a first side flap (137). In the assembled pack, first minor panel (123) will be adhesively connected to first side flap (137), to form a first side wall. The corners of the first side wall will be strengthened by inturned minor flaps (138) and (139).
  • the second side wall of the assembled pack is formed from second minor panel (114) and second side flap (139).
  • second minor panel (114) will be adhesively connected to second side flap (139), to form a second side wall of the pack.
  • the corners of the second side wall will be strengthened by inturned minor flaps (140) and (141 ).
  • Figure 11 shows an alternative arrangement of the pack blank according to the second preferred embodiment.
  • the blank of Figure 11 differs from that of Figure 10 in that flap (136) is omitted, with top (or bottom) panel (121 , 132) being repeated at (142) for securing under its counterpart. Corner tabs (140') and (141 ') are here shown on second side flap (139) and corner tabs (138') and (139') on first side flap (137).
  • an assembled pack (200) is made in a substantially conventional manner from a blank formed of card or the like to provide a container portion (202) and a lid portion (203) initially connected by removable portion (101 ), and having an end wall (204), a front wall (205) and top and bottom walls (206, 207).
  • the assembled pack (200) differs from that of a conventional hinged-lid pack in that its major dimension a is parallel to an axis (210) about which the lid (203) pivots relative to the container portion (202).
  • the dimension b ( Figure 14) from the top of the lid to the opposite end wall is usually the major dimension.
  • the container portion (202) is cuboid. It has a major front panel (211 ) to which is parallel a major back panel in the plane of which, or very closely adjacent to the plane of which, lies the hinge axis (210). The major back panel continues into a back wall (212) of the lid portion.
  • the inner frame has a front wall (151 ) which lies within and abuts face-to-face with at least part of the inner surface of the major front wall (211 ) of the body, and a rear wall (152) ( Figure 17) which lies within and abuts face-to-face with at least part of the inner surface of the major back panel of the container portion.
  • a front wall (151 ) which lies within and abuts face-to-face with at least part of the inner surface of the major front wall (211 ) of the body
  • a rear wall (152) ( Figure 17) which lies within and abuts face-to-face with at least part of the inner surface of the major back panel of the container portion.
  • Joining these front and rear wall (151 ) and (152) is an enclosure- forming side wall (154).
  • the inner frame also has a base (not shown in these Figures).
  • the projecting part of the inner frame has no top wall, and the top corners of the inner frame front wall (151 ) and side wall (154) are both cut away in an open S shape as seen at 155 in Figures 12 and 13.
  • an access opening to the contents of the container is formed at a corner portion of the pack, when the lid (203) is open.
  • edge 218 of the front wall (205) of the lid (203) abuts an edge 219 of the front wall (211 ) of the body portion of the pack, and edges 208 and 209 will be adjacent edge 220 of the top wall (221 ) and of a base (not shown in these Figures) of the body portion.
  • Edges 208, 209 will not abut edge 220 in the opened pack as the removable portion has been torn away from the packs depicted in Figures 12 and 13. Until first opening of the pack, the removable portion (101 ) (clearly shown in Figure 14) adjoins edges 208, 209 with edge 220.
  • the contents of the pack is intended to be a charge of (for example) twenty cigarettes, part of which charge is seen at 222 in Figure 13.
  • the charge may be cigarettes only, a foil-wrapped bundle of cigarettes or a part-foil-wrapped bundle, for example.
  • the charge may be inserted as a whole together with the inner frame (213) from one side or other of the pack during its assembly, or inserted as a charge into a pack pre- assembled with the inner frame, while conventional end closure flaps at side wall (223) on the pack body are open at an intermediate stage of assembly of the pack. Once assembled, it is not intended that the inner frame should be moved for the extraction of cigarettes, or otherwise.
  • the central axes 224 of the cigarettes lie parallel to the hinge axis 210 of the lid (203) and also in this case to the major dimension a of the pack.
  • the consumer may remove a cigarette through the access opening, by a movement along the axis 224 after removing the removable portion (101 ) and at least a corner of any foil or other wrapping of the cigarettes.
  • the pack can be reclosed after opening by a normal pivoting movement of the lid about the hinge axis (210) with the inner frame acting in the manner of the frame of a conventional hinged-lid pack, to exert frictional and/or over-centre action on the lid as it moves.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une découpe (1) de paquet de cigarettes comprenant un couvercle et un contenant, le couvercle et le contenant étant connectés par une partie amovible (7) qui, lorsqu'elle est enlevée, implique l'ouverture pour la première fois du paquet assemblé à partir de la découpe de paquet de cigarettes de l'invention.
PCT/EP2008/062790 2007-09-25 2008-09-24 Découpe de paquet de cigarettes et paquet obtenu à partir de celle-ci Ceased WO2009040379A1 (fr)

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