Wrapping material for tobacco industry products
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorThomas Robert Allen
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Abstract
An elongate web of wrapping material having a longitudinal axis and a series of lines of weakening spaced from each other in a direction along the axis is disclosed. Each line of weakening is configured to form an extraction opening for the removal of smoking articles from a bundle of smoking articles wrapped in a longitudinal section of the wrapping material cut from the web. A portion of each line of weakening extends in a longitudinal direction, and at least a part of said portion extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis. A method of manufacturing an elongate web of wrapping material is also disclosed.
Claims6
An elongate web of wrapping material having a longitudinal axis and a series of U-shaped lines of weakening spaced from each other in a direction along the axis, each line of weakening being configured to form an extraction opening for the removal of smoking articles from a bundle of smoking articles wrapped in a longitudinal section of the wrapping material cut from the web, wherein each line of weakening comprises rounded ends spaced from each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, a portion of each line of weakening extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein each line of weakening is a continuous curve extending between said rounded ends, wherein no part of said continuous curve extending between said rounded ends is parallel to the longitudinal axis.
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