DE29908636U1 - Arrangement of cigarettes in cigarette boxes - Google Patents

Description

Arrangement of cigarettes in cigarette containers

The present invention relates to a cigarette container in which a plurality of filter cigarettes are accommodated, with an opening for removing the filter cigarettes, wherein the filter cigarettes in the cigarette container are aligned relative to the opening and have a filter at one of their ends. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding method for packaging filter cigarettes in a cigarette container.

Cigarettes are usually packaged in a cigarette container, namely a cigarette box, a tin, a case or the like. These containers have an opening through which the cigarettes can be easily removed by hand.

Cigarette cases usually have a lid that can be opened so that the cigarettes contained in the case are exposed along their entire length. The smoker can then grab them from any point and remove them from the case.

In the case of the usual cigarette packets that are available for purchase, which consist of folded and glued cardboard, an adhesive point on the lid section of the cigarette packet is broken to open it and the lid section is then moved backwards by a tilting movement. This opening exposes an inner packaging, which usually consists of a so-called silver foil. This inner packaging has a perforation or predetermined breaking point, so that the part of the inner packaging that is visible in the opening of the cigarette packet can be easily torn off. After removing this part of the inner packaging, the cigarettes are immediately accessible. The front of the cigarettes protrudes approx.

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Utility model application: Arrangement of cigarettes in cigarette cases Applicant: Dr. Eckhardt Kaiser et al.

1.5 centimeters from the opening so that they can be easily grasped with the fingers.

In the case of filterless cigarettes, the end of the cigarette that protrudes from the opening consists of the pressure-sensitive cigarette paper and the tobacco wrapped in it. In the case of filter cigarettes, the robust filter attached to the cigarette protrudes from the opening of the cigarette packet. This means that when you remove a filter cigarette,

preventing damage to them.

With filter cigarettes, the part of the cigarette that is touched with the hands when taking it out of the box, namely the filter, is inevitably placed in the smoker's mouth. The problem is that the smoker's fingers may be dirty in some way or contain excessive amounts of harmful bacteria. This means that the smoker's mouth area is exposed to the cigarette filter, which is contaminated with dirt or bacteria, when smoking. This can result in health problems.

The object of the present invention is to prevent the smoker from being exposed to such areas of the cigarette contaminated with dirt or bacteria when smoking.

According to the present invention, this object is achieved in that according to claim 1, each filter cigarette in the cigarette box is aligned such that the end of the filter cigarette having the filter faces away from the opening and the other end of the filter cigarette faces the opening.

The above problem can also be solved according to the invention in that according to claim 3 a cigarette container is provided with an inner packaging which can be removed from the cigarette box through the opening and can be inserted back into the cigarette box in reverse, so that the inner packaging can be aligned opposite to the original direction.

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Furthermore, according to the invention, a method for packaging filter cigarettes in a cigarette container according to claim 4 is proposed, in which the cigarettes are aligned before packaging so that the alignment of the filters of the filter cigarettes relative to the center of the respective filter cigarettes is opposite to the alignment of the opening or the opening to be formed in the cigarette container to the center of the cigarette container. Finally, according to claim 5, a method for repackaging cigarettes is proposed, in which the cigarettes including the inner packaging are removed from the cigarette box and are inserted back into the cigarette box in reverse.

The attached drawings serve to explain the present invention in more detail. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows a cigarette container with a filter cigarette according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a cigarette container with a filter cigarette according to the prior art;

Fig. 3 shows a cigarette container with a second opening according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 4 shows a cigarette container with a removable inner packaging according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

The first embodiment of the present invention is now described with reference to Fig. 1. A cigarette container 1 is designed here in the form of a conventional cigarette box. The cigarette box 1 has an opening 2 for removing filter cigarettes 3 contained in the cigarette container 1. For the sake of clarity, only one

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Filter cigarette 3 is shown. A cigarette packet is usually filled with 19 to 20 cigarettes, all of which are aligned in the same way in the cigarette packet 1.

A filter cigarette 3 consists of a front section 5, which contains the tobacco to be smoked, which is wrapped in cigarette paper. The filter cigarette 3 also comprises a rear section 4, which is formed by a filter. The filter 4 serves as a mouthpiece when smoking the filter cigarette 3 and in particular filters

Soot particles from the smoke.

According to the invention, the filter cigarette 3 is aligned in the cigarette box 1 as shown in Fig. 1. This means that the rear section 4 of the filter cigarette 3 with the filter is located at the bottom of the cigarette box. The front section 5 of the filter cigarette 3 protrudes accordingly from the opening 2 of the cigarette box 1. The opening 2 of the cigarette box 1 is created when a lid section 6 of the cigarette box 1 is tilted backwards along a folded edge on the rear wall of the cigarette box 1. The lid section 6 encompasses the upper section of the front of the cigarette box 1. Therefore, when the lid section 6 is tilted back in the cigarette box 1, an opening 2 is created upwards and forwards with respect to the cigarette box 1. When the lid section 6 is opened, the filter cigarettes 3 contained in the cigarette box 1 are accessible from the front and above.

Fig. 2 shows how a filter cigarette 3 according to the state of the art is arranged in a cigarette packet 1. Here, too, for the sake of clarity, only one filter cigarette 3 is shown. The cigarettes protrude with their rear section or filter 4 from the opened cigarette packet 1. Usually, the cigarettes 3 only protrude from the opening 2 so far that the smoker can easily grasp them with his fingers. Typically, the cigarettes 3 protrude about 1.5 cm from the opening. Since the filter 4 is usually somewhat longer, only part of the filter 4 protrudes from the opening 2. It is precisely this part of the filter that comes into contact with the smoker's mouth area when smoking the filter cigarette 3. If

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When the smoker takes the conventionally packaged filter cigarette 3 and puts it in his mouth after removing it, he involuntarily transfers bacteria or dirt, e.g. oil, from his fingers to his mouth. This health-endangering process is prevented by the inventive packaging of the filter cigarettes 3 as shown in Fig. 1.

As can be clearly seen from Fig. 1, according to the invention only a part of the front section 5 of the filter cigarette protrudes from the opening 2. In a conventional cigarette packet, the filter cigarette 3 thus protrudes approximately 1.5 cm with its front section 5 outwards. When the filter cigarette 3 is removed, the bacteria and dirt particles adhering to the fingers are then only transferred to the tip of the front section 5. The mouthpiece of the filter cigarette, namely the back section or filter 4, is not contaminated. When the cigarette burns, the dirt particles and bacteria on the tip of the front section 5 of the filter cigarette 3 are burned by the fire and thus become harmless. This means that there is no risk to the smoker's health from harmful bacteria or the like.

The cigarette container 1 does not have to consist of the cigarette box shown in the figures. Rather, the cigarette container 1 can also consist of a cigarette tin, case, etc. It is important that the filter cigarette 3 does not protrude from the opening 2 with the filter 4 as is usual, but with the tip of the front section 5. It is unimportant how far the tip of the cigarette 3 protrudes from the opening 2. In principle, it is also possible for the front or any other side of the cigarette box 1 to be designed as a lid section, while in Fig. 1 it is only shown that the top part of the cigarette box 1 is designed as a lid section 6. The only important thing is that the smoker has the option of grasping the cigarette by a section other than the back section or filter 4 after opening the cigarette box 1.

A second embodiment of the present invention will now be explained with reference to Fig. 3. According to this second embodiment, the cigarette container 1 is provided with two openings 2 and 2'. The first opening 2 at the top of the

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Cigarette container 1 is covered by the lid section 6. A second opening 2 ^! is provided on the underside of the cigarette container 1, which is covered by a removable or tiltable lid section 6' similar to the lid section 6. In Fig. 3, the first lid section 6 is shown with its lower edge 7 in the open state, while the second lid section 6' is shown with its upper edge 7 ^£ corresponding to the lower edge 7 in the closed state.

In this embodiment, the smoker has the possibility to

Cigarette pack 1 can be opened either at the top or at the bottom. He can therefore choose whether to take the filter cigarette out of the cigarette pack 1 by holding it at the back section or filter 4 or at the front section 5.

want to touch.

A third embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to Fig. 4. A cigarette container 1 usually contains an inner packaging 8 in which the cigarettes are packed when purchased. This inner packaging is glued to the cigarette box 1 when it is folded and glued. This means that the inner packaging 8 cannot be removed from the cigarette box 1 according to the prior art. According to the third embodiment of the present invention, it is now provided that the inner packaging 8 is not glued to the cigarette box 1 so that the inner packaging 8 can be removed from the cigarette box 1. The smoker therefore has the option of after removing the inner packaging 8 including the cigarettes contained therein from the cigarette box 1, turning the inner packaging 8 with the cigarettes by 180 degrees and reinserting it into the cigarette box 1. After turning the inner packaging 8 over, the cigarettes in the cigarette box 1 are aligned in the opposite direction to their original state. This means that if the cigarettes with their filters were originally aligned so that the filters were facing the opening 2, the front sections 5 of the cigarettes are now facing the opening 2 and the filters 4 are facing the bottom section of the cigarette box 1. After opening the inner packaging

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For example, the smoker can grasp the cigarettes by their front sections using the perforated tear-off edge indicated in Fig. 4, which can be provided on both the bottom and the top of the inner packaging 8.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the inner packaging 8 does not have to be reinserted into the same cigarette box 1 after being removed from the cigarette box 1, but it can also be inserted into another cigarette container in the desired orientation.

The second and third embodiments are similar to the first embodiment not limited to the cigarette box 1 shown in the figures, but any type of cigarette container, e.g. can or case, can be used accordingly.

The second and third embodiments offer the smoker the same advantages as the first embodiment.

Claims (1)

[File: 100250834//WO27K02] Protection claims 17JMayJ999 _# J \ ···. Utility model application: Arrangement of cigarette butts Applicant: Dr. Eckhardt Kaiser et al. Protection claims 1. Cigarette container (1) in which a plurality of filter cigarettes (3) are accommodated, with a first opening (2) for removing the filter cigarettes (3), wherein the filter cigarettes (3) in the cigarette container (1) are aligned relative to the first opening (2) and have a filter (4) at one of their ends, characterized in that the filter cigarettes (3) are aligned in the cigarette container (1) such that the end of each filter cigarette (3) having the filter (4) faces away from the first opening (2) and the other end of the filter cigarette (3) faces the first opening (2). Cigarette container according to claim 1, wherein the cigarette container (1) has a second opening (2 ^£ ) on the side opposite the first opening (2), so that the filter cigarettes (3) can be removed selectively from the first or second opening. Cigarette container with an inner packaging (8) in which a plurality of cigarettes (3) can be accommodated, and an opening (2) for removing the cigarettes (3), wherein the inner packaging (8) is aligned in a first direction in the cigarette container (1), characterized in that the inner packaging (8) can be removed from the cigarette container (1) through the opening (2) and can be inserted back into the cigarette container (1) in reverse, so that the inner packaging (8) can be inserted in the first and in a second, the first -1- [File: 100250834//WO27K02] Protection claims 17JMay,W99 _# J I" Utility model application: Arrangement of cigarettes in ^igarettes Applicant: Dr. Eckhardt Kaiser et al. Direction opposite direction in the cigarette container (1) can be aligned. 4. Cigarette box (1) in which a plurality of filter cigarettes (3) can be accommodated, with an opening (2) for removing the filter cigarettes (3), characterized in that 10 the opening (2) is located on a side of the cigarette box (1) that is aligned parallel to the filter cigarettes (3) to be placed in the cigarette box (1). -2-