Package, especially for a group of cigarette packs, plus method and device for manufacturing same
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsHeinz Focke, Hermann Blome, Andreas Gummer
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Abstract
Package for a group of cigarette packs which are surrounded by an outer wrapping (11) made of paper, foil, thin cardboard or the like. For easy opening of such a package for cigarette packs in particular, a perforated line (27) is formed in the region of a long side wall (17), specifically in the region of a separation plane (14) between subgroups of the cigarette packs (10).
Claims14
Package for a group of cigarette packs (10) which are surrounded by an outer wrapping (11) made of foldable packaging material such as paper, film, thin cardboard, characterized by the following features:
- a) the group of cigarette packs (10) is surrounded on all sides by the outer wrapping (11),
- b) the cigarette packs (10) are arranged in (two) rows of packs (12, 13) in such a way that a continuous and rectilinear separation plane (14) is formed between the two rows of packs (12, 13),
- c) the separation plane (14) extends in the region of side walls (17, 18) of the outer wrapping (11),
- d) at least one side wall (17, 18) exhibits a weakened line, in particular a perforated line (27),
- e) the perforated line (27) extends along (approximately) the full length of the side wall (17, 18), specifically along the separation plane (14).
Method for manufacturing blanks for an outer wrapping (11) made of foldable packaging material, in particular paper, for a package for accommodating a group of cigarette packs (10), characterized by the following features:
- a) the blanks for the outer wrapping (11) are severed in succession from a continuous material web (29) of the packaging material,
- b) before the blanks are severed from the material web (29), transverse attenuated lines, in particular perforated lines (27), are applied to the material web (29) in the correct position, namely at intervals corresponding to the length of one blank for the outer wrapping (11),
- c) the length of the perforated line (27) is clearly less than the width of the material web (29) in such a way that at both ends of the perforated line (27) a material strip remains free for folding flaps of the end faces (19, 20) of the outer wrapping (11),
- d) the material web (29), transported in the longitudinal direction, is brought to a stop when the attenuated or perforated line (27) is applied,
- e) after the attenuated or perforated line (27) has been applied, blanks for the outer wrapping (11) are severed from the material web (29) in a region between successive perforated lines (27) in such a way that the perforated line extends in the region of a side wall (17) of the outer wrapping (11).
Device for applying an attenuated line, in particular a perforated line (27), to a blank made of foldable material such as paper, foil, thin cardboard for forming an outer wrapping (11) of a package, in particular of a package for a group of cigarette packs (10), characterized in that the blank or a material web (29) for producing blanks can be led through a perforation unit (30) which is equipped with a perforation tool, with the perforation tool applying a transverse perforated line to the blank or to the material web (29) during a standstill phase of the blank or material web (29).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.