Method of packaging cigarettes and package
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsScott Fath, Steve Brown
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Abstract
A cigarette package formed by the steps of placing a group of cigarettes in a foil wrapper, forming a foil bundle, and placing the foil bundle with an inner frame, wherein the foil bundle and inner frame form a framed bundle. The framed bundle is inserted through an open end of an outer box to fill the outer box, and the end flaps of the outer box are closed to form the cigarette package.
Claims32
A method of packing cigarettes, comprising (a) forming a foil bundle by placing a group of cigarettes in a foil wrapper, (b) forming a framed bundle by placing the foil bundle with an inner frame, (c) filling an outer box by inserting the framed bundle through an open end of the outer box, and (d) closing end flaps of the outer box.
A cigarette package comprising an outer box, an inner frame and a foil bundle, the inner frame including a front panel, an optional rear panel, at least one side panel and a bottom panel.
A cigarette package comprising an outer box, an inner frame and a foil bundle, the inner frame including a first side panel, a second side panel, a rear panel extending between the first and second side panels, and a top panel and a bottom panel extending from the rear panel.
A cigarette packing apparatus including a foil bundle feed line feeding foil bundles, an inner frame feed line feeding inner frames, an outer box feed line feeding outer boxes, a first device which sequentially forms framed bundles by placing one of the foil bundles with one of the inner frames, and a second device which forms cigarette packages by inserting one of the framed bundles in an open end of one of the outer boxes.
An inner frame of a cigarette package comprising a front panel, an optional rear panel, at least one side panel and a bottom panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.