US5080227A
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Pack made of thin cardboard, especially for cigarettes
Assignee: Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1990-10-04
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Granted: 1992-01-14
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Expires: 2010-10-04
Abstract
Abstract Pack made of thin cardboard, especially for cigarettes. In slide packs, a cigarette group (11) enwrapped by an inner wrapping (12) is located within a box part (17) being open at the top. This box part (17) is slideably arranged in a casing (18) open on one side (push-out opening 29). An oppositely situated side wall (30) is closed except for an actuating opening (41). For mechanically producing such packs, the casing (18) is designed such that in an intermediate folding position it can be folded down flat. In this intermediate folding position, side tabs (39, 40) for forming the side wall (30) of the casing (18) extend in the plane of front wall (32) and rear wall (33).
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Focke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:44
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/07; B65D85/08; B65D85/10; B65D85/1036; B65D5/00; B65D5/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/815; Y10S206/817
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A cuboidal pack made of cardboard, especially for cigarettes, consisting of an inner box part (17) and a cup-like (18) surrounding said box part (17) in closed position, said casing (18) having a push-out opening (29) and a side wall (30) situated opposite thereto, said box part (17) and said casing (18) being slideable relative to one another, characterized in that in an intermediate folding position, the casing (18) is flatly foldable and erectable therefrom to a three-dimensional form from which it can be finally folded; wherein the side wall (30) consists of two partial side walls (38) which are arranged at a distance from one another and between which an actuating opening (41) is formed; and wherein said partial side walls (38) each consist of two side tabs (39, 40) covering one another and being connected to one another, said side tabs (39, 40) being connected to a front wall (32) and a rear wall (33), respectively, of said casing (18).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A cuboidal pack made of cardboard, especially for cigarettes, consisting of an inner box part (17) and a cup-like (18) surrounding said box part (17) in closed position, said casing (18) having a push-out opening (29) and a side wall (30) situated opposite thereto, said box part (17) and said casing (18) being slideable relative to one another, characterized in that in an intermediate folding position, the casing (18) is flatly foldable and erectable therefrom to a three-dimensional form from which it can be finally folded; wherein the side wall (30) consists of two partial side walls (38) which are arranged at a distance from one another and between which an actuating opening (41) is formed; and wherein said partial side walls (38) each consist of two side tabs (39, 40) covering one another and being connected to one another, said side tabs (39, 40) being connected to a front wall (32) and a rear wall (33), respectively, of said casing (18).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
The pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the intermediate folding position, said casing (18) is open on two opposing sides, namely in the region of said push-out opening (29) and in the region of the oppositely situated side wall (30), and wherein after said casing (18) has been erected, side tabs (39, 40) for forming the side wall (30) are foldable into the final position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
79 words
The pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in order to form the flatly foldable casing (18), a covering tab (36) linked to the front wall (32) or the rear wall (33) is connected to a joining flap (37) adjoining the rear wall (33) or the front wall (32) to form an end wall (35) of said casing (18), while the side tabs (39, 40) extend in the plane of the front wall (32) and rear wall (33), respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cigarettes (10) being arranged in the cup-like box part (17) being open at the top are enwrapped by an inner wrapping (12) which, in the region of upper corners being exposed when the pack is opened has a cap-like tear-off flap (16) defined by weakening lines (50, 51).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The pack as claimed in claim 4, wherein said weakening lines (50, 51) extend in the region of a front face, rear face, top face and a side face of the inner wrapping (12) in an exposed corner region thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The pack as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inner wrapping (12) is made of a rectangular blank folded in the region of the upper face and side the face, said blank having angular perforation lines (50, 51) on two corner regions located apart from one another.
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