Packaging for products of the tobacco industry, and method and apparatus for producing same
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorsDirk Förstmann, Christoph Schneider
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Abstract
A packaging for products of the tobacco industry, wherein the packaging has a box portion and a lid which is pivotably arranged on the box portion by means of a line hinge, and wherein a packaging content is arranged in the box portion, and wherein the packaging has a collar which at least partially surrounds the packaging content at several sides and which protrudes with the packaging content from the box portion which is open at the top. There is provision for walls of the collar to extend from a front side of the box portion up to the region of an opposing rear side of the box portion on which the line hinge is also located. A method and an apparatus for producing such a packaging.
Claims29
A packaging for products of the tobacco industry, wherein the packaging (10) has a box portion (11) and a lid (12) which is pivotably arranged on the box portion (11) by means of a line hinge (13), and wherein a packaging content (15) is arranged in the box portion (11), and wherein the packaging (10) has a collar (20) which at least partially surrounds the packaging content (15) at several sides and which protrudes with the packaging content (15) from the box portion (11) which is open at the top, wherein walls of the collar (20) extend from a front side of the box portion (11) up to the region of an opposing rear side of the box portion (11) on which the line hinge (13) is also located.
A method for producing a packaging (10) for products of the tobacco industry, wherein a group of products of the tobacco industry in an inner wrapper (17) as packaging content (15) of the packaging (10) and a blank for a collar (20) of the packaging (10) is supplied to a platform (45), and wherein the platform (45) is moved back and forth in the direction of a folding turret (41) which is arranged downstream of the platform (45) in order to bridge the spacing therefrom, and wherein in pockets (42) of the folding turret (41) preferably partially folded blanks (43) for an outer packaging (14) of the packaging are provided in each case, and wherein the packaging content (15) is moved together with the collar (20) which is folded around the packaging content (15) by means of a sliding member (61) from the platform (45) into a pocket (42) facing the platform (45) or the partially folded blank (43) which is provided therein and subsequently the blank (43) is folded around the packaging content (15) and the collar (20) to form a packaging (10), characterized in that the blank (43) for the collar (20) is folded around the packaging content (15) on the platform (45).
An apparatus for producing a packaging (10) for products of the tobacco industry, having a platform (45) for supplying a group of products of the tobacco industry in an inner wrapper (17) as packaging content (15) of the packaging (10) and a blank for a collar (20) of the packaging (10) in the direction of a folding turret (41) which is arranged downstream of the platform (45), wherein the folding turret (41) has pockets (42) for receiving preferably partially folded blanks (43) for an outer packaging (14) of a packaging (10), and wherein a sliding member (61) is provided in order to move the packaging content (15) together with the collar (20) which is folded around the packaging content (15) from the platform (45) into a pocket (42) facing the platform (45) or the partially folded blank (43) which is provided therein, wherein there are provided in the region of the platform (45) folding members (53, 54, 58) which are configured to fold the blank for the collar (20) around the packaging content (15) on the platform (45).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.