Pack for cigarettes
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.
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 the free side of the lid inner flap ( 33 ).
20. The pack as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the activation flap for the closure tab ( 20 ) is attached to the free side of the lid inner flap ( 33 ) in such a manner that the holding flap ( 52 ), as an inwardly directed third ply of the lid front wall ( 31 ) in a closed position of the lid ( 27 ), bears on the connection flap ( 24 ).
21. The pack as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the holding flap ( 52 ) bears on a glue area of the connection flap ( 24 ).
22. The pack as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the plies or individual foils ( 42 , 43 ), respectively, for forming the opening aid ( 18 ) are provided with the dividing or separating cuts, respectively, in such a manner that the cut line ( 47 ) provided to the outer individual foil ( 42 ), which cut line ( 47 ) is for delimiting the outer contour of the closure tab ( 20 ) that is formed exclusively by the outer individual foil ( 42 ), is limited to the respective outer individual foil ( 42 ).
23. The pack as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the activation flap is the lid inner flap ( 33 ) that is connected to the connection flap ( 24 ).
24. The pack as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the activation flap is configured as part as the lid inner flap ( 33 ).
25. The pack as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the activation flap is a holding flap ( 52 ) that is connected to the lid inner flap ( 33 ).