Cigarette pack and process and apparatus for producing the same

Abstract

Cigarette pack of the soft-carton type, comprising an inner blank and an outer blank (12) which is designed in the form of a carton and is made of paper or the like. Folding tabs of the outer blank (12) , namely side tabs (18, 19) and folding tabs (20, 21) of the base wall, are connected to one another by adhesive bonding. For this purpose, hot-melt adhesive is applied in a precisely positioned manner in the region of a continuous material web for producing the outer blanks (12), to be precise the adhesive is applied as rectangular or square side applications of glue (27) and base applications of glue (28). Thereafter, the outer blanks (12) are severed from the material web and are processed in the customary manner in the region of a folding turret. In this case, the applications of glue are activated by heat before, during or after folding of the relevant folding tabs.

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