Method for manufacturing cigarette packages
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsJerry Wayne Pipes, Wesley Steven Jones, Randy Lee McKnight
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for making a hard pack cigarette package composed of a transparent material that includes an inner frame that is also composed of a transparent material. The package is assembled using a hot-melt adhesive material to bind the package together as well as to bind the inner frame insert and a foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles to the package. The hot-melt adhesive material is applied by an electronically controlled hot-melt adhesive applicator working in conjunction with a uniform contrast roller.
Claims23
A method of manufacturing an at least partially transparent container for smoking articles, the method comprising:
- providing a blank of a transparent material having a varnish material applied to an inside surface and an outside surface of the blank;
- feeding the blank to a hot-melt adhesive applicator;
- applying hot-melt adhesive to selected portions of the blank, wherein the selected portions having hot-melt adhesive applied thereto comprise varnish free areas of the blank;
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- folding the blank so that at least some of the selected portions are pressed against corresponding portions, wherein the folding results in a container having a volume for receiving smoking articles.
A method of manufacturing an at least partially transparent container for smoking articles, the method comprising:
- providing a blank of a transparent material;
- feeding the blank to a hot-melt adhesive applicator;
- applying hot-melt adhesive to selected portions of the blank;
- placing an inner frame insert comprising the transparent material onto a foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles;
- placing the foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles and the inner frame insert onto the blank prior to folding the blank;
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- folding the blank about the foil wrapped assemblage and inner frame insert so that at least some of the selected portions are pressed against corresponding portions, wherein the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage are in contact with hot melt adhesive applied to a selected portion of the blank.
A method of manufacturing an at least partially transparent container for smoking articles, the method comprising:
- providing a blank of a transparent material;
- feeding the blank to a hot-melt adhesive applicator;
- applying hot-melt adhesive to selected portions of the blank, the selected portions comprising an inner right wall, an inner left wall, an outer right wall, an outer left wall, an outer right lid wall and an outer left lid wall, wherein a longer application of the hot-melt adhesive is applied to one of the inner right wall and inner left wall, and a shorter application of the hot-melt adhesive is applied to the other of the inner right wall and inner left wall;
- placing an inner frame insert comprising the transparent material onto a foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles;
- placing the foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles and the inner frame insert onto the blank prior to folding the blank;
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- folding the blank about the foil wrapped assemblage and inner frame insert so that at least some of the selected portions are pressed against corresponding portions, the inner right wall contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage, the inner left wall contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage, ensuring that the longer application of the hot-melt adhesive contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles.
A method of manufacturing an at least partially transparent container for smoking articles, the method comprising:
- providing a blank of a transparent material;
- feeding the blank to a hot-melt adhesive applicator;
- applying hot-melt adhesive to selected portions of the blank, the selected portions comprising an inner right wall, an inner left wall, an outer right wall, an outer left wall, an outer right lid wall and an outer left lid wall;
- placing an inner frame insert comprising the transparent material onto a foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles;
- placing the foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles and the inner frame insert onto the blank prior to folding the blank;
- folding the blank about the foil wrapped assemblage and inner frame insert so that at least some of the selected portions are pressed against corresponding portions, the inner right wall contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage, the inner left wall contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage, and so that the application of the hot-melt adhesive on at least one of the inner right wall and the inner left wall contacts the inner frame insert and the foil wrapped assemblage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.