Pack for cigarettes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10414580-B2
Application number	US-201615777961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 21, 2015
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A cigarette pack having a foil block as an inner pack and a hinge-lid box as an outer pack is configured with an opening aid for the foil block, in which a closure tab for exposing a retrieval opening of the foil block is connected with a lid inner flap as part of the lid front wall. The lid inner flap is movable or pivotable, respectively. A relative movement of the lid inner flap takes place so as to be tuned to the opening procedure of the closure tab when the lid is opened.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pack for cigarettes ( 10 ) or other smokers' items, comprising:
an outer pack ( 25 ) having a box part ( 26 ) and a lid ( 27 );
an inner pack in the form of a sealed foil block ( 11 ) having a blank ( 12 ) from foil which surrounds a cigarette group, wherein the foil block ( 11 ) has an opening aid ( 18 ), wherein the opening aid ( 18 ) has a closure means or closure tab ( 20 ), which is fastened to the foil block ( 11 ) by means of a releasable adhesive bond and for opening the foil block ( 11 ) is at least partially torn off from the foil block ( 11 ) and on account thereof at least partially exposes a retrieval opening ( 19 ), wherein:
a) the closure tab ( 20 ) by way of a grip end, is connected to an activation flap of the lid ( 27 ) of the outer pack ( 25 ), the activation flap being movable in a pivotable manner relative to the lid ( 27 ); and
b) when opening the lid ( 27 ), the closure tab ( 20 ) by virtue of a tuned pivoting movement of the activation flap relative to the lid ( 27 ), is movable to an open position.

2. The pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the activation flap, which in terms of the entirety or of part-regions thereof is movable in a freely pivotable manner and is connected to the closure tab ( 20 ) or to a connection flap ( 24 ) attached to the closure tab ( 20 ), respectively, is attached to an inner side of a lid front wall ( 31 ) of the lid ( 27 ).

3. The pack as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a lid inner flap ( 33 ) that is not connected by glue to the lid front wall ( 31 ) wherein the inner flap ( 33 ) serves as the activation flap for the closure tab ( 20 ), wherein an activation end, or the connection flap ( 24 ), respectively, of the closure tab ( 20 ) is connected by adhesive bonding to a free inward pointing side of the lid inner flap ( 33 ) in such a manner that the lid inner flap ( 33 ) when opening the lid ( 27 ) by virtue of pivoting movements is movable along a linear joint first to an initial position, and thereafter by way of a continuing pivoting movement is movable to a transverse position, and finally to a stretched position, or to a position that has an obtuse angle relative to the lid front wall ( 31 ), in each case while entraining the closure tab ( 20 ).

4. The pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at the beginning of the opening procedure, the connection flap ( 24 ) that is connected to the activation flap or to the lid inner flap ( 33 ) respectively, by virtue of the activation of the lid ( 27 ) of the outer pack ( 25 ), is pivotable first to an oblique position and thereafter to a transversely-directed position, wherein the procedure of opening can be initiated by tearing off the closure tab ( 20 ) from the foil block ( 11 ) only once an upwardly directed oblique position of the connection flap ( 24 ) has been reached.

5. The pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the activation flap is part of the lid ( 27 ).

6. The pack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the activation flap is part of the lid inner flap ( 33 ) and is pivotable along a folding line, or along a linear joint ( 51 ), respectively, wherein the linear joint ( 51 ) lies on a side facing the end side of the pack, the activation flap in an initial position thus being directed downward.

7. The pack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the activation flap for the closure tab ( 20 ) is attached as holding flap to an inner side of the lid ( 27 ), or to the inner side of the lid front wall ( 31 ), respectively.

8. The pack as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the holding flap is configured as a peripheral flap, or a continuation of the lid inner flap ( 33 ), respectively, and is connected to the inner flap ( 33 ) in an integral manner, wherein the holding flap is folded toward the free side of the lid inner flap ( 33 ).

9. The pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
a) the blank ( 12 ) for the foil block ( 11 ) is composed of at least two planar plies or individual foils ( 42 , 43 ), respectively, outer individual foil ( 42 ) and inner individual foil ( 43 ), that are permanently interconnected, of which at least one ply, or one individual foil ( 42 , 43 ), respectively, is configured as a sealing foil;
b) the plies or individual foils ( 42 , 43 ), respectively, for forming an opening aid ( 18 ) are provided with dividing or separating cuts, respectively; and
c) the inner individual foil ( 43 ), for delimiting an opening flap that is configured as part of the inner individual foil ( 43 ), is provided with cut or weakening lines ( 48 ), respectively, that are applied so as to be offset in relation to a cut line ( 47 ) provided to the outer individual foil ( 42 ).

10. The pack as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the cut line ( 47 ) for delimiting the closure tab ( 20 ) in the outer individual foil ( 42 ) is configured so as to be U-shaped and also delimits the a glue-free connection flap ( 24 ) attached to the closure tab ( 20 ) as part of the outer individual foil ( 42 ), and in that the cut or weakening line ( 48 ) of the inner individual foil ( 43 ) that is disposed within the U-shaped cut line ( 47 ) for delimiting on three sides an opening flap ( 35 ) that is assigned to the retrieval opening ( 19 ) is configured so as to be approximately U-shaped.

11. The pack as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising glue, or glue areas ( 21 , 22 , 23 ), that are applied to the closure tab ( 20 ) for connecting the closure tab ( 20 ) to the foil block ( 11 ) has/have regions with dissimilar adhesive intensities or forces, respectively.

12. The pack as claimed in claim 7 , wherein in the case of a configuration of the outer pack ( 25 ) as a hinge-lid box having the box part ( 26 ), the lid ( 27 ), and the collar ( 54 ), the activation flap, in terms of the shape and in particular of the dimensions is configured such that the activation flap in the case of when the lid ( 27 ) is closed finds a receptacle within a collar clearance ( 57 ) in a collar front wall ( 55 ) in such a manner that the activation flap in the case of when the lid ( 27 is closed bears directly on the foil block ( 11 ).

13. The pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the activation flap that is connected to the lid ( 27 ) of the outer pack ( 25 ), by virtue of a pretreatment, while entraining the closure tab ( 20 ) is deformable when opening the lid ( 27 ).

14. The pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opening aid ( 18 ) is located in the end-side region of an inner front wall ( 13 ) of the foil block ( 11 ) and at least in a part-region of an inner end wall ( 17 ) of the foil block.

15. The pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grip end connecting the closure tab ( 20 ) to the activation flap of the lid ( 27 ) is a glue-free connection flap ( 24 ).

16. The pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the lid inner flap ( 33 ) that is not connected by glue to the lid front wall ( 31 ) is in an initial position that bears on the inner side of the lid front wall ( 31 ).

17. The pack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the activation flap is part of the lid inner flap ( 33 ) of the lid ( 27 ).

18. The pack as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the activation flap is a separate activation flap ( 49 ) which is formed by a U-shaped punching line ( 50 ) and is connected to the closure tab ( 20 ) or to the connection flap ( 24 ), respectively.

19. The pack as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the activation flap for the closure tab ( 20 ) that is attached as holding flap to the inner side of the lid ( 27 ), or to the inner side of the lid front wall ( 31 ), respectively, is attached to

Assignees

• Focke & Co

Inventors

• Buse Henry
• Schneider Christoph
• Hein Viktor
• Schnakenberg Jan

Classifications

• B65D75/5838 Primary

  combined with separate fixed tearing means, e.g. tabs · CPC title

• B65D85/1045 Primary

  having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge · CPC title

• B65D85/10568 Primary

  opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container · CPC title

• B65D5/6602

  formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body · CPC title

• A24F15/12

  for pocket use {(A24F15/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title