Cigarette pack and process and device for producing it
AssigneeFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
InventorViktor Hein
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Abstract
An aroma-tight or moisture-tight pack for cigarettes (10) having an inner pack (12), produced from cardboard or a comparable packaging material, made tight as a result of corresponding treatment, and an outer pack (13) in the form of a hinge-lid box, however without a collar. A cigarette group (11) is positioned directly, that is without an inner envelope, in the inner pack (12). The inner pack is provided in an upper region, namely in the region of a cover (15) of the outer pack (13), with a particular opening aid. A closure tab (39) of the inner pack (12) is covered over its entire surface area by an actuating tab (42) which is realized as tape and is produced from a separate blank.
Claims9
A pack made of thin cardboard or similar-type packaging material comprising:
- an inner pack (12) for the pack contents, the pack contents being a cigarette group (11), wherein the inner pack (12) envelopes the pack contents and the inner pack comprises a closure tab (39) in the region of an end removal opening (35), which is covered by an actuating tab (42) provided with adhesive and forming a protruding closure edge or edge strip (43);
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- an outer pack (13) in the form of a hinge-lid box, wherein:
- a) the inner pack (12) is produced from the thin cardboard or similar packaging material, or from aroma-tight or moisture-tight material, or from thin cardboard with a coating of impermeable material,
- b) the inner pack (12) is directly surrounded by the outer pack (13),
- c) the actuating tab (42) is a separate blank tape and is attached directly to the inner pack (12) in the region of the removal opening (35),
- d) the inner pack (12) comprises an inside front wall (36) that comprises two part walls (46, 47), which together form the inside front wall (36) and which meet each other along a crosswise parting line (49), and
- e) the parting line (49) for defining the part walls (46, 47) of the inner pack (12) is located within the outer pack (13) and below a top closure edge (67) of the outer pack (13) formed by a box part front wall (17).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.