EP3066013B1 - Rigid container with hinged lid - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3066013B1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: collar; package; external container; bundle; internal wrapper
Prior art date: 2013-11-08
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EP14781267.1A

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Fiorenzo Draghetti

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IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA

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Gima TT SpA

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2013-11-08

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2014-07-28

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2019-10-23

2014-07-28 Application filed by Gima TT SpA filed Critical Gima TT SpA

2014-07-28 Priority to PL14781267T priority Critical patent/PL3066013T3/pl

2016-09-14 Publication of EP3066013A1 publication Critical patent/EP3066013A1/en

2019-10-23 Application granted granted Critical

2019-10-23 Publication of EP3066013B1 publication Critical patent/EP3066013B1/en

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
- B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
- B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
- B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
- B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
- B65D85/1056—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid
- B65D85/10564—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid having means for holding the lid in a closed position

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the present invention relates to a rigid container for smoking articles, preferably with a hinged lid and to a corresponding packaging method.
a rigid cigarette package with hinged lid includes an internal wrapper that encloses a bundle of cigarettes and an external rigid container that houses the internal wrapper.
this external package When a cigarette package is made that contains a limited number of cigarettes, for example ten cigarettes, this external package has dimensions that are proportionally reduced, so that it substantially occupies half the space of a container having double the amount of cigarettes, for instance twenty.
EP-A-2361839 discloses a rigid hinged-lid package for smoking articles which comprises a collar which is folded such as to at least partly cover two opposite sides of a top portion of an inner package.
US-A-4,850,482 discloses a cigarette box comprising an innerframe wherein two side panels are coupled to a innerframe back wall in order to provide a distance between said back wall and the outer package.
a top wall panel of the innerframe covers a gap between said back wall and the outer package.
the technical problem at the base of the present invention is therefore that of designing a rigid package for smoking articles, in particular cigarettes, that solves the inconveniences of the prior art described above, and in particular that is extremely practical, manageable, within the context of a simple and rational constructive solution.
the aim of the present invention is that of meeting the above needs and at the same time overcoming the inconveniences described above with reference to the prior art.
the reference number 1 is used to generally indicate a rigid package for smoking articles, in particular cigarettes.
the package 1 comprises an external container 2 made of stiff paper or cardboard, with a cup-like shape and an internal wrapper 3 housed inside the container 2.
the internal wrapper 3 encloses the bundle 4 of cigarettes of a parallelepiped shape ( Fig.4 ).
the external container 2 presents an open upper extremity 21 and it is equipped with a lid 22, having a cup-like shape and being hinged to the container 2 along a hinge 23 to rotate, with respect to the container 2, between an open position (illustrated in figures 1-3 ) and a closed position (not illustrated) of the open upper extremity 21.
the lid 22 when it is in its closed position, lends a rectangular parallelepiped shape to the external container 2 with a top wall and a bottom wall, parallel to and opposite each other, two large lateral walls, parallel to and opposite each other, and two small lateral walls, also parallel to and opposite each other.
a large lateral wall defines a front wall of the external container 2
the other large lateral wall defines a rear wall of the external container 2.
four longitudinal edges are defined, in this example right-angled, whereas between the top and bottom walls and the front, rear and lateral walls eight transverse edges are defined.
the package 1 further comprises a rigid collar 5 (i.e. made of cardboard or stiff paper), which is folded around the internal wrapper 3 to cover at least partially an upper portion of the internal wrapper 3 and which is attached (usually by means of gluing) to the external container 2 or to the internal wrapper 3 itself or even to both the internal wrapper 3 and to the external container 2.
the internal wrapper 3 is in turn attached by means of gluing to the external container 2 at a point where _ the collar 5 that is placed between the internal wrapper 3 and the external container 2 is not present.
the collar 5 partially projects from the open upper extremity 21 (together with the internal wrapper 3 that it partially covers) and involves a corresponding internal surface of the lid 22 when that lid 22 is placed in the closed position.
the collar 5 has a pair of barbs 6 (shown in figure 4 ) that project laterally to engage the lateral walls of the lid 22 in order to keep the lid 22 in the closed position.
two lateral interspaces 7 are formed between the internal wrapper 3 and the external container 2.
the internal wrapper 3 is smaller than the external container 2, as on the sides of the internal wrapper 3 two interspaces are formed.
Each interspace 7 is comprised between the lateral wall of the external container 2 and the lateral wall of the internal wrapper 3.
the collar 5 comprises a front wall 51, which is internally located in the central area that is in contact with a front wall of the internal wrapper 3 and externally placed in contact with the front wall of the external container.
Two lateral walls 52 which are laterally placed with respect to the front wall 51, are externally placed in contact with the lateral walls of the external container 2 and internally they face each other in the respective interspace 7;
two top walls 53 which internally face in the respective interspace 7 and, when the lid 22 is in the closed position, a gap is formed between two top walls 53 and the internal side of the top wall of the external container 2, i.e. the lid 22.
the internal wrapper 3 extends upwards for a portion that forms a lateral ridge with the respective top wall 53 of the collar 5.
a central portion is removed from the front wall 51 of the collar 5 to form a front access opening.
the portion is removed along a U-shaped cutting line.
the internal wrapper 3 has a parallelepiped shape with a front wall 31, which is externally placed in contact with the collar 5; two lateral walls 32, located laterally with respect to the front wall 31, are externally located facing the respective interspace 7; a top wall, which, when the lid 22 is in its closed position, is externally placed in contact with the top wall of the external container 2; and a rear wall, which is externally placed in contact with the rear wall of the external container 2.
the collar 5 is made of a single blank 50 that is folded around the internal wrapper 3.
the blank 50 comprises: a main panel 51' which forms the front wall 51 of the collar 5; two panels 53' which form the top walls 53 of the collar 5 and which are divided from the main panel 51' by a respective transverse weakened line 60; and two panels 52' to form the lateral walls 52 of the collar 5, placed on opposite sides of the main panel 51' and divided from the main panel 51' by two longitudinal weakened lines 61.
the blank 50 comprises two tabs 53" that are glued internally to the two panels 53' forming the top walls 53' of the collar 5, and they are placed on opposite sides of the panels 53' and divided from the panels 53' by the longitudinal weakened line 61.
the top walls 53 of the collar 5 have their free edges in contact with the lateral wall 32 of the internal wrapper 3 so as to distance the internal wrapper 3 from the external container 2 at the interspace.
the distance between the lateral wall of the external container 2 and the lateral wall of the internal wrapper 3 is held at a fixed distance by the top wall 53 of the collar 5 that places itself right between the lateral wall of the external container 2 and the lateral wall of the internal wrapper 3.
top walls 53 of the collar 5 are located coplanar to each other and parallel to and distanced from the top wall 33 of the internal wrapper 3.
top wall 53 of the collar 5 at a height that is less than the height of the internal wrapper 3 makes it possible to obtain optimal stabilization of the internal wrapper 3.
top walls 53 have their lateral edges 53a in direct contact with the lateral walls 32 of the internal wrapper 3, again at a predefined distance with respect to the top wall of the internal wrapper 3.
the collar can present two lateral recesses, indicated as 55 in figure 8 , that are placed in direct contact with the internal wrapper 3.
Each of these recesses is made by applying a pair of parallel cuts 56 to create a collar portion between the cuts that is folded.
the pair of cuts 56 runs perpendicular and passes along the respective longitudinal weakened line 61, cutting a portion of the main panel 51' (which forms the front wall 51 of the collar 5) and a portion of the respective panel 52' (which constitutes the lateral wall 52 of the collar 5).
the rigid package for smoking articles according to the present invention makes it possible to meet the needs and overcome the drawbacks discussed in the introductory part of the present description with reference to the prior art.
an external container of standard dimensions for example a container for twenty cigarettes, to contain also a smaller number of cigarettes, for example ten, while at the same time preserving an ordered and functional placement inside an internal wrapper of appropriate dimensions, and held firmly inside a larger external container.

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PL14781267T PL3066013T3 (pl)	2013-11-08	2014-07-28	Sztywny pojemnik z zawiasową pokrywką

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IT000613A ITBO20130613A1 (it)	2013-11-08	2013-11-08	Confezione rigida con coperchio incernierato
PCT/IB2014/001402 WO2015067999A1 (en)	2013-11-08	2014-07-28	Rigid container with hinged lid

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EP3066013A1 EP3066013A1 (en)	2016-09-14
EP3066013B1 true EP3066013B1 (en)	2019-10-23

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IT (1)	ITBO20130613A1 (it)
PL (1)	PL3066013T3 (it)
RU (1)	RU2016111701A (it)
WO (1)	WO2015067999A1 (it)

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