Cigarette packaging
The invention relates to a cigarette pack of the hinge-lid type comprising an opening ( 36 ) configured in the lower section of the front face, namely in a front wall ( 12 ) of the pack. A marking ( 38 ), applied to the inner wrapper for identifying the product, is visible through said opening.
1. A cigarette pack comprising at least two blanks, namely an inner blank, which is made of tin foil or paper and which surrounds a cigarette group on all sides, and a pack blank which is made of thin cardboard and which, by formation of a box part ( 10 ) and a lid ( 11 ), surrounds the cigarette group arranged in the inner blank as pack contents, characterized by the following features:
the pack blank is provided with at least one opening ( 36 , 37 ) in a region of at least one pack wall,
the inner blank has at least one printed or embossed marking ( 38 ) which in a finished pack lies at least partially in a region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ), and which is visible from outside the pack,
the box part ( 10 ) has a box front wall ( 12 ),
the opening ( 36 , 37 ) is in a region oft e box front wall ( 10 ),
the marking ( 38 ) on the inner blank is located on an inner front wall ( 27 ) of the inner blank in the region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ),
arranged in the box part ( 10 ) is a collar with a collar front wall ( 24 ) at the inner side of the box front wall ( 12 ), and
the collar front wall ( 24 ) projects with a downward-pointed protrusion ( 40 ) into the opening ( 37 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ) such that the marking ( 38 ) on the inner blank is visible from outside the pack.
2. A cigarette pack comprising at least two blanks, namely an inner blank, which is made of tin foil or paper and which surrounds a cigarette group on all sides, and a blank pack which is made of thin cardboard and which, by formation of a box part ( 10 ) and a lid ( 11 ), surrounds the cigarette group arranged in the inner blank as pack contents, characterized by the following features:
the pack blank provided with at lea one opening ( 36 , 37 ) in a region of at least one pack wall,
the inner blank has at least one printed or embossed marking ( 38 ) which in a finished pack lies at least partially in a region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ), and which is visible from outside the pack,
the box part ( 10 ) has a box front wall ( 12 ),
the opening ( 36 , 37 ) is in a region of the box front wall ( 10 ),
the marking ( 38 ) on the inner blank is located on an inner front wall ( 27 ) of the inner blank in the region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ),
arranged in the box part ( 10 ) is a collar with a collar front wall ( 24 ) abutting the inner side of the box front wall ( 12 ),
the opening ( 37 ) is located in a region of the box front wall ( 12 ) of the box part ( 10 ),
the collar front wall ( 24 ) extends across a full surface area or full dimension of the opening ( 36 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ),
the collar front wall ( 24 ) is provided with a collar opening ( 39 ) in the region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ), and
the marking ( 38 ) on the inner blank is located at least partially in a region of the collar opening ( 39 ).
3. The pack according to claim 2 , characterized by the following features:
a) the collar opening ( 39 ) is smaller than the opening ( 36 , 37 ) in the region of the box front wall ( 12 ),
b) the collar opening ( 39 ) lies completely within the region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ) in the box front wall ( 12 ), and
c) the marking ( 38 ) is situated completely in the collar opening ( 39 ).
4. A cigarette pack comprising at least two blanks, namely an inner blank, which is made of tin foil or paper and which surrounds a cigarette group on all sides, and a pack blank which is made of thin cardboard and which, by the formation of a box part ( 10 ) and a lid ( 11 ), surrounds the cigarette group wrapped in the inner blank as pack contents, said pack having an outer wrapper ( 41 ) made of plastic film, characterized by the following features:
a) the pack blank forms a lower box part ( 10 ) and a lid ( 11 ) connected thereto,
b) the pack contents, namely a cigarette group, is completely surrounded by an inner blank of paper or tin foil to form a cigarette block ( 26 ),
c) arranged in the box part ( 10 ) is a collar with a collar front wall ( 24 ) which abuts the inner side of a box front wall ( 12 ) of the box part ( 10 ) and has lateral collar tabs ( 25 ),
d) in a region of the box front wall ( 12 ), the box part ( 10 ) is provided with an approximately centered opening ( 36 , 37 ),
e) the collar front wall ( 24 ) extends to a point below the opening ( 36 , 37 ) so that the opening lies completely in a region of the collar front wall ( 24 ),
f) the collar front wall ( 24 ) is provided with a collar opening ( 39 ),
g) the collar opening ( 39 ) is smaller than the opening ( 36 , 37 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ) and lies completely within a region of the opening ( 36 , 37 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ),
h) in a region of an inner front wall ( 27 ), of the inner blank is an embossed or printed marking ( 38 ), and
i) the marking ( 38 ) is situated completely within the collar opening ( 39 ).
5. The pack according to claim 4 , characterized in that that the box front wall opening ( 36 , 37 ) and the collar opening ( 39 ), are configured in the shape of a triangle, square, rectangle or circle.
6. The pack according to claim 5 , characterized in that the opening ( 36 ) of the box front wall ( 12 ), and the collar opening ( 39 ), have different geometric shapes.