Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080283427 | Rigid Hinged-Lid Package for Tobacco Articles - A rigid package ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090038269 | METHOD OF FOLDING A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF PACKING MATERIAL ABOUT A PARALLELEPIPIED-SHAPED ARTICLE TO FORM A TUBULAR WRAPPING WITH AN OPEN END - A method of folding a rectangular sheet of packing material about a parallelepiped-shaped article; the method providing for: bringing an end wall of the article into contact with the flat sheet of packing material, so that major transverse edges of the article are parallel to the short sides of the sheet of packing material, and minor transverse edges of the article are parallel to the long sides of the sheet of packing material; folding the sheet of packing material into a U about the major transverse edges of the end wall, so that the sheet of packing material completely covers both the major lateral walls of the article; and folding the sheet of packing material about longitudinal edges of a major lateral wall and onto minor lateral walls of the article, before folding the sheet of packing material about minor transverse edges of the end wall. | 02-12-2009 |
20090038966 | Rigid Swing-Open Packet of Cigarettes - A rigid, swing-open packet of cigarettes having: at least one group of cigarettes; at least one inner container housing the group of cigarettes; an outer container housing the inner container and having at least one open lateral end; and a hinge connecting the inner container and the outer container to allow the inner container to rotate between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is at least partly extracted from the outer container; the hinge being located close to an edge of a wall of the inner container and close to an edge of a bottom wall of the outer container at the open lateral end of the outer container. | 02-12-2009 |
20090045084 | RIGID HINGED-LID PACKAGE FOR TOBACCO ARTICLES - A rigid package for tobacco articles has a parallelepiped-shaped container housing a group of tobacco articles and having a withdrawal opening; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the withdrawal opening; the container and the lid are formed by folding two independent separate blanks. | 02-19-2009 |
20090071101 | Method of Folding a Sheet of Packing Material with an Extraction Opening About a Group of Cigarettes, and Corresponding Package of Cigarettes - A method of folding a sheet of packing material, having an extraction opening, about a group of cigarettes; the method includes the steps of: bringing a first end wall of the group of cigarettes into contact with the flat sheet of packing material, so that the major transverse edges of the group of cigarettes are parallel to the short sides of the sheet of packing material, and the minor transverse edges of the group of cigarettes are parallel to the long sides of the sheet of packing material; folding the sheet of packing material into a U about the major transverse edges of the first end wall, so that the sheet of packing material covers both the major lateral walls of the group of cigarettes completely; folding the sheet of packing material onto a second end wall of the group of cigarettes; and folding the sheet of packing material onto the minor lateral walls of the group of cigarettes; the first end wall of the group of cigarettes is positioned asymmetrically with respect to the sheet of packing material, so that the first end wall of the group of cigarettes is closer to the short side of the sheet of packing material opposite the extraction opening, and is further from the short side of the sheet of packing material located close to the extraction opening. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077929 | METHOD AND PACKING MACHINE FOR COMBINING AN INSERT AND A GROUP OF CIGARETTES - A method and packing machine for combining an insert and a group of cigarettes; the group of cigarettes is fed to a first seat of a pocket, which first seat is designed to house the group of cigarettes; the insert is fed to a second seat of the pocket, which second seat is designed to house the insert and is separate from the first seat; and the group of cigarettes and the insert are expelled together from the pocket by a common ejector device, so as to combine the insert with the group of cigarettes. | 03-26-2009 |
20090152138 | Composite Hinged-Lid Packet of Cigarettes | 06-18-2009 |
20090308766 | HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKET - A hermetically sealed cigarette packet is fashioned from a flat blank of substantially rectangular outline, referable to a longitudinal axis, having at least one face coated with an impermeable and heat-sealable material. The blank is divided by two crease lines extending parallel to the axis and by further crease lines transverse to the selfsame axis into a series of panels aligned on the longitudinal axis, each furnished with two flaps extending from its opposite ends; each flap is separated from the adjacent flap by a V-shaped notch of which the tip is positioned at a given distance from the corresponding longitudinal crease line, on the side remote from the longitudinal axis, rather than extending the full depth of the flap and intersecting the selfsame crease line. | 12-17-2009 |
20090321437 | PACKET FOR ARTICLES OF ELONGATED SHAPE - A packet filled with articles of elongated shape comprises a substantially parallelepiped outer wrapper presenting a front wall, a rear wall or back, two flank walls, a top and a base, and scored or punched with a cutout delimiting a closure flap; the cutout appears as transverse line occupying a central area of the front wall, and two lines extending from the ends of the transverse line, at a predetermined distance from the corner edges of the relative flank walls, along the front wall and at least across the width of the top. The area of the wrapper occupied by the cutout is covered by an adhesive label furnished with a pull tab. The packet comprises an inner element serving to fill two longitudinal and substantially parallelepiped spaces within the wrapper, each coinciding positionally and dimensionally at one end with a relative portion of the top lying outside the line of the cutout. | 12-31-2009 |
20100276311 | Package of Cigarettes - A package of cigarettes having a group ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100287890 | CIGARETTE PACKING MACHINE AND METHOD - A method and machine for folding sheets of packing material about respective groups of cigarettes to form respective packages, and wherein a web of packing material is first fed through a control station for detecting the position of a reference mark made on the web at a work station upstream from the control station, and is then fed through a cutting station where the web is cut into sheets of packing material, each of which is fed to a packing station where each sheet of packing material is folded about the respective group of cigarettes. | 11-18-2010 |
20100320101 | Package of Tobacco Articles - A package ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110226640 | PACKAGE COMPRISING A WRAPPING WITH A RECLOSABLE WITHDRAWAL OPENING, AND RELATIVE PACKING METHOD AND MACHINE - A package of cigarettes having a group of cigarettes; and a sealed wrapping which encloses the group of cigarettes, has a cigarette withdrawal opening closed by a reclosable sealing panel, and is made from a sheet of multilayer packing material having at least an outer layer, and an inner layer superimposed with the outer layer and having a U-shaped first incision defining the withdrawal opening; the outer layer is larger than the sealing panel, and has a U-shaped second incision located outwards of the first incision, surrounding the first incision on three sides, and defining the edges of the sealing panel. | 09-22-2011 |
20110302886 | Packing Method and Unit for Folding a Sheet of Packing Material about an Article Such as a Group of Cigarettes - A packing method and unit ( | 12-15-2011 |
20120118780 | Hinged-Lid Package - A package having a parallelepiped-shaped container, which is cup-shaped and has a bottom wall, an open top end opposite the bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall opposite and parallel to each other, and two parallel lateral walls interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; and a lid, which rotates between a closed position and an open position respectively closing and opening the open top end of the container, and has a top wall hinged to the rear wall of the container, and a front wall which, in the closed position, is superimposed on the front wall of the container. | 05-17-2012 |
20120211380 | PACKET OF CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKET OF CIGARETTES | 08-23-2012 |
20140131232 | PACKET OF CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKET OF CIGARETTES | 05-15-2014 |
20140131234 | PACKET OF CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKET OF CIGARETTES | 05-15-2014 |