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Cigarette package and method of fabricating the same

a technology of cigarette packaging and tobacco, which is applied in the field of cigarette packaging, can solve the problems of reducing the quality of cigarettes or filter cigarettes, affecting the taste of cigarettes, and affecting the taste of cigarettes, and achieves the effect of satisfactorily preserving the aroma and flavor of cigarettes bundles

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-08-23
JAPAN TOBACCO INC
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a cigarette package that can keep the smell and taste of the cigarettes fresh and last longer. The package is easy to make and can be used to extend the best-before date of the cigarettes.

Problems solved by technology

The technical problem addressed in this patent is the escape of aroma and flavor components from cigarette packages, which can compromise the quality and preservation of the cigarettes or filter cigarettes. Existing cigarette packages with an inner pack or inner blank have limitations in blocking the escape of aroma and flavor components, and may absorb the components, which is undesirable for long-term preservation. Additionally, the folding process of the inner frame or inner blank is complicated and slows down the production rate of the cigarette packages.

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first embodiment

[0034]FIG. 1 shows a cigarette package of a

[0035] The cigarette package has a hinged-lid outer box 2. The outer box 2 is formed by folding a paper outer blank. An upper portion of the outer box 2 is formed into a lid 4. The lid 4 is connected to a rear face of the outer box 2 through a self hinge 5. The self hinge 5 arrows the lid 4 to make a rotating movement. When the lid 4 is turned around the self hinge 5 from the position shown in FIG. 1, the outer box 2 is opened. The outer box 2 is further wrapped in a transparent film 8, which has a tear tape 6.

[0036] The outer box 2 contains an inner box 10 therein. The inner box 10 sealedly contains an inner pack 12 as shown in FIG. 2. The inner pack 12 includes a bundle of, for example, twenty filter cigarettes (not shown), and an inner wrapper, or soft aluminum-evaporated paper 14 for wrapping the cigarette bundle. The aluminum-evaporated paper 14 is first wrapped around the cigarette bundle in the shape of the letter U, and both ends o...

second embodiment

[0048]FIG. 7 shows a cigarette package according to a

[0049] The cigarette package of FIG. 7 includes a seal 42 instead of the transparent film 8. The seal 42 connects the front wall of the outer box 2 and the lid 4, and prevents the cigarette package from being tampered with as the transparent film 8 does.

third embodiment

[0050]FIG. 8 shows a cigarette package according to a

[0051] In the case of the cigarette package shown in FIG. 8, a part or whole of the inner box 10 can be pulled out from the open end of the outer box 2, so that an outer surface of the inner box 10 can be widely exposed from the outer box 2. Therefore, for instance, as shown by a broken line, it is possible to secure a print area PS such as advertisement in the front wall 10f of the box body 29. The print area PS may be secured also in the side walls 10s and the rear wall 10r of the box body 29.

[0052] The cigarette package may further include therein an emanating source 44 of aroma similar to one added to the filter cigarettes. The emanating source 44 is produced by applying an aromatic substance such as menthol onto an inner surface of the outer box 2 or the outer surface of the inner box 10. After the cigarette package is produced, the aroma released from the aroma-emanating source 44 is maintained so as to be filled in the gap...

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Abstract

A cigarette package has an inner pack 12 obtained by wrapping a cigarette bundle in aluminum-evaporated paper (inner wrapper), a tongue-lid inner box 10 that sealedly contains the inner pack 12, and a hinged-lid outer box 2 that contains the inner box 10, the package in which the inner box 10 is formed by folding an inner blank around the inner pack 12, and the inner blank has a layer structure in which a polypropylene resin layer is formed on each side of an aluminum layer.

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