Method and device for producing flap cases comprising a closing accessory
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsHeinz Focke, Martin Stiller
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Abstract
Hinge-lid boxes for cigarettes, comprising a box part (12) and lid (13), are frequently fitted with a closure aid for the lid (13). Said closure aid comprises interlocking elements which can be brought into engagement with one another, namely a lid inner tab (16), on the one hand, and a collar front wall (17), on the other hand. In order to ensure operativeness as soon as the pack is used, it is ensured that the closure aid is already in engagement when the pack is completed, i.e. before it is used for the first time. For this purpose, the lid (13) is partially opened after being substantially completed and is then moved into the closed position again thereby ensuring engagement of the closing elements.
Claims10
A method for producing (cigarette) packs (10) of the hinge-lid box type, comprising a box part (12), lid (13) and collar (14), the lid (13) being retained in the closed position by a closure aid comprising interlocking elements, namely by interlocking elements of the lid (13), on the one hand, and of the box part (12), on the other hand, characterized in that the interlocking elements, which are separated from one another during manufacturing of the pack (10), are brought into an interlocking position immediately before or after the pack (10) is completed, and the pack is completed in this interlocking position.
A device for producing (cigarette) packs (10) of the hinge-lid box type, comprising a box part (12), lid (13) and collar (14), the lid (13) being retained in the closed position by a closure aid comprising interlocking elements, namely by interlocking elements of the lid (13), on the one hand, and of the box part (12), on the other hand, characterized in that the pack (10), which is largely completed by folding of a blank (11), can be transported along a pack conveyor path (75), and in that elements are positioned in the region of the pack conveyor path (25), the said elements bringing the interlocking elements into engagement with one another by displacement of parts of the lid (13) relative to the box part (12) and movement of the parts back into the correct position in the pack.
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