Cigarette package and method for production thereof
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsHenry Buse, Viktor Hein, Burkard Roesler
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Abstract
The invention relates to a (cigarette) package consisting of an outer package (10) and two inner packages (11, 12). The latter can be moved by a pivoting movement about a respective articulation joint in the region of an outer base wall (40) out of the closed position (upright within the outer package (10)) into an oblique open position. To this end a covering tab (28) which closes off the cup-shaped inner package (11, 12) on the upper face is automatically moved out of the closed position, such that the oblique inner package (11, 12) is ready for the removal of the contents of the packaging.
Claims15
A packaging for cigarettes, comprising an outer packaging and at least one inner packaging arranged in said outer packaging, for holding the cigarettes, wherein the inner packaging can be pivoted about a joint line in the region of an outer base wall of the outer packaging from a closed position within the outer packaging into an obliquely oriented open position partially outside the outer packaging, and wherein the inner packaging and the outer packaging are formed or folded in accordance with the principle of longitudinal folding, and a blank of the inner packaging is formed such that, an inner base wall is adjoined, at both sides, to folding lobes for mutually opposite side walls and for mutually opposite outer and inner walls, and wherein:
- a) the side walls of the inner packaging are of single-layer form and the outer wall and the inner wall are of double-layer form owing to approximately complete overlap of external and internal outer lobes and external and internal inner lobes, which are connected to the side walls,
- b) a blank of the outer packaging has folding lobes for a front wall and for an opposite rear wall, respectively, said folding lobes being arranged to both sides of an outer base wall and being integrally connected to the latter,
- c) a top wall of the outer packaging is integrally connected to the front wall or to the rear wall,
- d) the top wall is connected to the rear wall or to the front wall by a connecting tab,
- e) the inner packaging is cup-shaped and is closed at a top side when in the closed position within the outer packaging, by tabs of the inner packaging, which tabs open up the top side of the inner packaging during the movement into the open position,
- f) a cover lobe is connected to the internal inner lobe of the double-layer inner wall, and
- g) a retaining limb of the cover lobe is fastened to the top wall of the outer packaging, wherein the retaining limb remains fastened to the top wall when the inner packaging is in the closed position and in the open position, wherein the cover lobe serves as an upper cover of the inner packaging when the inner packaging is in the closed position, and serves as a limitation means for the oblique orientation of the inner packaging when the latter is in the open position,
- h) wherein the cover lobe comprises an opening joint forming a delimitation with respect to the retaining limb, a rim joint situated at the height of an upper free rim edge of the external inner lobe, and a main joint situated between the opening joint and the rim joint such that, when the inner packaging is in the closed position, the cover lobe is substantially parallel to the top wall of the outer packaging between the opening joint and the main joint and, when the inner packaging is in the closed position, the cover lobe is substantially perpendicular to the top wall of the outer packaging between the main joint and the rim joint.
A packaging for cigarettes, comprising an outer packaging and at least one inner packaging arranged in said outer packaging, for holding the cigarettes, wherein the inner packaging can be pivoted about a joint line in the region of an outer base wall of the outer packaging from a closed position within the outer packaging into an obliquely oriented open position partially outside the outer packaging, and wherein the inner packaging and the outer packaging are formed or folded in accordance with the principle of longitudinal folding, and a blank of the inner packaging is formed such that, an inner base wall is adjoined, at both sides, to folding lobes for mutually opposite side walls and for mutually opposite outer and inner walls, and wherein:
- a) the side walls of the inner packaging are of single-layer form and the outer wall and the inner wall are of double-layer form owing to approximately complete overlap of external and internal outer lobes and external and internal inner lobes, which are connected to the side walls,
- b) a blank of the outer packaging has folding lobes for a front wall and for a rear wall, respectively, said folding lobes being arranged to both sides of an outer base wall and being integrally connected to the latter,
- c) a top wall of the outer packaging is integrally connected to the front wall or to the rear wall,
- d) the top wall is connected to the rear wall or to the front wall by a connecting tab;
- e) one recess and one punched hole are formed in the region of the outer packaging at diametrically opposite positions of the front wall and of the rear wall, such that they interact with counterpart recesses and punched holes of the inner packaging to provide audible identification of the open position of the inner packaging;
- f) a cover lobe is connected to the inner packaging;
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- g) a retaining limb of the cover lobe is fastened to the top wall of the outer packaging and remains fastened to the top wall when the inner packaging is in the closed position and in the open position,
- h) wherein the cover lobe comprises an opening joint forming a delimitation with respect to the retaining limb, a rim joint situated at the height of an upper free rim edge of the external inner lobe, and a main joint situated between the opening joint and the rim joint such that, when the inner packaging is in the closed position, the cover lobe is substantially parallel to the top wall of the outer packaging between the opening joint and the main joint and, when the inner packaging is in the closed position, the cover lobe is substantially perpendicular to the top wall of the outer packaging between the main joint and the rim joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.