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US 9,089,165 B2Granted
Package of tobacco articles with an inner package fitted with a sealing flap fixed to a hinged lid
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsIvanoe Bertuzzi, Antonio Vitali, Andrea Biondi
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Abstract
A package of tobacco articles having a group of tobacco articles; a cup-shaped outer container having an open top end, and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the outer container, between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end respectively; and an inner package, which is housed in the outer container, encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a sealing flap; the sealing flap having a connecting tab glued permanently and non-removably to the lid, so that opening and closing the lid also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing flap.
Claims21
A package of tobacco articles comprising:
- a group of tobacco articles;
- a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect to the outer container (2), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (6) respectively;
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- an inner package (3), which is housed in the outer container (2), encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening (4) closed by a sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) comprises a connecting tab (16) glued permanently and non-removably to the lid (7) by permanent glue (17a), so that opening and closing the lid (7) also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing flap (5);
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- wherein the connecting tab (16) is separated from the rest of the sealing flap (5) by a fold line (19);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) is fixed to the inner package (3) by non-dry, re-stick glue (17b) about the extraction opening (4), to allow the sealing flap (5) to be repeatedly detached partly from and re-fixed to the inner package (3);
- wherein the connecting tab (16) has permanent glue (17a) but no re-stick glue (17b);
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- wherein the fold line (19) dividing the connecting tab (16) from the sealing flap (5) is separated from the re-stick glue (17b) on the sealing flap (5) by a distance (D) of other than zero so that there is a gap between the re-stick glue (17b) on the sealing flap (5) and the connecting tab (16).
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A package of tobacco articles comprising:
- a group of tobacco articles;
- a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect to the outer container (2), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (6) respectively;
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- an inner package (3), which is housed in the outer container (2), encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening (4) closed by a sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) comprises a connecting tab (16) glued permanently and non-removably to the lid (7) by permanent glue (17a), so that opening and closing the lid (7) also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing fla (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) is fixed to the inner package (3) by non-dry, re-stick glue (17b) about the extraction opening (4), to allow the sealing flap (5) to be repeatedly detached partly from and re-fixed to the inner package (3);
- wherein the connecting tab (16) has permanent glue (17a) but no re-stick glue (17b);
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- wherein there is a clear space with no re-stick glue (17b) between the connecting tab (16) and the sealing flap (5) so that there is a gap between the re-stick glue (17b) on the sealing flap (5) and the connecting tab (16).
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A package of tobacco articles comprising:
- a group of tobacco articles;
- a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect to the outer container (2), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (6) respectively;
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- an inner package (3), which is housed in the outer container (2), encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening (4) closed by a sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) comprises a connecting tab (16) glued permanently and non-removably to the lid (7) by permanent glue (17a), so that opening and closing the lid (7) also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) is fixed to the inner package (3) by non-dry, re-stick glue (17b) about the extraction opening (4), to allow the sealing flap (5) to be repeatedly detached partly from and re-fixed to the inner package (3);
- wherein the connecting tab (16) has permanent glue (17a) but no re-stick glue (17b);
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- wherein there is a gap between the re-stick glue (17b) on the sealing flap (5) and the connecting tab (16).
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A package of tobacco articles comprising:
- a group of tobacco articles;
- a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect to the outer container (2), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (6) respectively;
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- an inner package (3), which is housed in the outer container (2), encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening (4) closed by a sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) comprising a connecting tab (16) glued permanently and non-removably to the lid (7) by permanent glue (17a), so that opening and closing the lid (7) also simultaneously opens and closes the sealing flap (5);
- wherein the sealing flap (5) is fixed to the inner package (3) by non-dry, re-stick glue (17b) about the extraction opening (4), to allow the sealing flap (5) to be repeatedly detached partly from and re-fixed to the inner package (3);
- wherein the connecting tab (16) has permanent glue (17a) but no re-stick glue (17b);
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- wherein the sealing flap (5) has an area, which is free of glue on both sides and is arranged between the permanent glue (17a) connecting the bottom tab (16) of the sealing flap (5) to the lid (7) and the re-stick glue (17b) connecting the sealing flap (5) to the inner package (3).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.