Global Patent Index - EP 3328754 A1

EP 3328754 A1 20180606 - CIGARETTE PACKET AND A METHOD FOR MAKING IT

Title (en)

CIGARETTE PACKET AND A METHOD FOR MAKING IT

Title (de)

ZIGARETTENPACKUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON

Title (fr)

PAQUET DE CIGARETTES ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION ASSOCIÉ

Publication

EP 3328754 A1 20180606 (EN)

Application

EP 16760169 A 20160728

Priority

  • IT UB20152672 A 20150730
  • IB 2016054504 W 20160728

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017017629A1] A packet (1) of cigarettes (2) or other smokable articles, each having a first and a second end (201, 202), elongate in shape and extending along a longitudinal direction, comprises: a group (3) of cigarettes having a first zone (303), facing towards the first end of the cigarettes (2), and a second zone (304), longitudinally spaced from the first zone (303) and facing towards the second end of the cigarettes (2); a sealed wrapper (4) enclosing the group (3) of cigarettes, made from a film (401) of thermoplastic material and having an extraction opening though which the cigarettes (2) can be taken out; a sealing panel (402) applied to the opening of the sealed wrapper (4); a reinforcing element (5), made of thin cardboard, located inside the sealed wrapper (4) in contact with the group (3) of cigarettes to surround it at least partly, and having a front wall (501), a rear wall (502), two side walls (503) and a bottom wall (504) in contact with the first end (201) of the cigarettes (2). The reinforcing element (5), in the second zone (304) of the group (3) of cigarettes, annularly surrounds the group (3) of cigarettes and, in the first zone (303) of the group (3) of cigarettes, defines side openings (509).

IPC 8 full level

B65D 85/10 (2006.01); B65B 19/02 (2006.01); B65D 77/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65B 19/025 (2013.01 - EP); B65B 19/223 (2013.01 - EP); B65D 77/26 (2013.01 - EP); B65D 85/1027 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 85/1045 (2013.01 - EP US); B65B 2230/04 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2017017629A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017017629 A1 20170202; EP 3328754 A1 20180606; EP 3328754 B1 20191225; IT UB20152672 A1 20170130; PL 3328754 T3 20200727

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2016054504 W 20160728; EP 16760169 A 20160728; IT UB20152672 A 20150730; PL 16760169 T 20160728