EP2146918A2 - Verfahren und einheit zur herstellung von auf zigarettenpackungen angebrachten stempeln - Google Patents

Verfahren und einheit zur herstellung von auf zigarettenpackungen angebrachten stempeln

Info

Publication number: EP2146918A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: strip; adhesive; roll; roller; unit
Prior art date: 2007-05-23
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP08762699A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2146918B1 (de

Inventor

Ivanoe Bertuzzi

Andrea Biondi

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

GD SpA

Original Assignee

GD SpA

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2007-05-23

Filing date

2008-05-16

Publication date

2010-01-27

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2008-05-16 Application filed by GD SpA filed Critical GD SpA

2010-01-27 Publication of EP2146918A2 publication Critical patent/EP2146918A2/de

2013-08-14 Application granted granted Critical

2013-08-14 Publication of EP2146918B1 publication Critical patent/EP2146918B1/de

Status Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current

2028-05-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
- B65H39/16—Associating two or more webs
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/10—Selective handling processes
- B65H2301/12—Selective handling processes of sheets or web
- B65H2301/121—Selective handling processes of sheets or web for sheet handling processes, i.e. wherein the web is cut into sheets
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
- B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
- B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
- B65H2701/192—Labels
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2801/00—Application field
- B65H2801/54—Cigarette making

Definitions

the present invention relates to a method of producing stamps for cigarette packets, and to a relative unit.
soft cigarette packets appear substantially parallelepiped in shape and comprise a first inner wrapper typically of metal foil paper, fully enveloping a group of cigarettes likewise substantially parallelepiped in shape, and a second outer wrapper or label wrap.
the second wrapper is fashioned from a leaf of wrapping material, generally paper, presenting two longitudinal edges and enveloping the inner wrapper all but for a top end face; thus, the label wrap presents a front face, a rear face and two flank faces.
the second wrapper is also folded over the bottom end of the first wrapper to establish the bottom end face of the packet.
the label presents one free longitudinal edge extending transversely around a predetermined peripheral portion of the packet, adjacent to the top end face of the metal foil inner wrapper.
packets of this type bear a revenue stamp, or seal, straddling the top end face and affixed by its two ends at points coinciding with the free top edge of the label wrap.
stamps are often prepared, in familiar manner, using dedicated units by which a continuous strip of paper material is drawn from a roll through the action of suitable decoiling means, and thereafter divided into a succession of discrete leaves, each constituting a single stamp.
An adhesive is then applied to one surface of each stamp by a gumming device, in such a way as to coat two bands at either end, adjoining a central band of the selfsame surface that remains devoid of adhesive.
each stamp presents a central non-adhesive portion offered to the exposed top end face of the inner wrapper, and two adhesive end portions connectable to the top edge of the label.
the object of the present invention is to provide a method and a unit for producing stamps applicable to cigarette packets, such as will be unaffected by the drawback mentioned above, and carried efficiently and easily into effect.
-figure 1 shows a unit for producing stamps according to the present invention, viewed schematically and in perspective;
-figure Ia shows a stamp produced by the unit of figure 1, enlarged and viewed from beneath;
-figure 2 shows a second possible embodiment of a unit for producing stamps, viewed schematically and in perspective;
-figure 2a shows a stamp produced by the unit of figure 2, enlarged and viewed from beneath;
-figure 3 shows a third possible embodiment of a unit for producing stamps, viewed schematically and in perspective;
-figure 3 a shows a stamp produced by the unit of figure 3, enlarged and viewed from beneath;
-figure 4 shows a cigarette packet of the soft type, viewed schematically and in perspective.
numeral 1 denotes a unit, in its entirety, for the preparation of stamps 2 applicable to cigarette packets 3.
the unit 1 extends along a predetermined feed path denoted P.
the unit 1 comprises a first roll 4 of adhesive strip material 5 rotatable about a horizontal axis A and a second roll 6 of non-adhesive paper strip material 7, located beneath the first roll 4, rotatable about an axis B parallel to the axis A first mentioned.
the adhesive strip 5 is aligned on a longitudinal axis of symmetry denoted X, whilst the non-adhesive strip 7 is aligned on a longitudinal axis of symmetry denoted Y, and presents a width dimension less than that of the adhesive strip 5.
first decoil roller 8 and second decoil roller 9 Interposed between the first roll 4 and the second roll 6 are a first decoil roller 8 and a second decoil roller 9, rotatable about respective axes A' and B' parallel to the horizontal axis A aforementioned, and coupled to drive means of conventional embodiment (not illustrated).
the first roller 8 rotates beneath and tangentially to the first roll 4, separated by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the adhesive strip 5.
the second roller 9 rotates above and tangentially to the second roll 6, separated by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the non-adhesive strip 7.
the first roller 8 is positioned above the second roller 9 at a distance equivalent to the combined thickness of the adhesive strip 5 and the non-adhesive strip 7, thereby creating a gap 10 through which the two strips 5 and 7 can be directed.
the two decoil rollers 8 and 9 function as decoiling and joining means 11 by which the adhesive strip 5 and the non-adhesive strip 7 are drawn from the rolls and united one with another.
the unit 1 Downstream of the decoil rollers 8 and 9, the unit 1 comprises a pair of feed rollers 12.
the unit 1 further comprises a cutter device 13 positioned downstream of the feed rollers 12.
the first roll 4 of adhesive strip material 5 rotates clockwise, as viewed in figure 1, whilst the relative decoil roller 8 rotates in the opposite direction, thereby causing the adhesive strip 5 to unwind progressively from the selfsame first roll 4 and wrap partially around the roller 8, following a path denoted Pl in figure 1.
the roll 4 of adhesive strip material 5 is coiled in such a manner that the adhesive surface of the strip 5 faces outwards; accordingly, when the strip 5 wraps partially around the first decoil roller 8, the surface of the strip 5 in contact with the roller will be the non-adhesive surface.
the second roll 6 of non-adhesive strip material 7 rotates anticlockwise, as viewed in figure 1, whilst the relative decoil roller 9 rotates in the opposite direction, thereby causing the non-adhesive strip 7 to unwind progressively from the selfsame second roll 6 and wrap partially around the roller 9, following a path denoted P2 in figure 1.
the adhesive strip 5 is paired face-to-face with the non-adhesive strip 7 as the two enter the aforementioned gap 10 between the two rollers 8 and 9, with the result that the non-adhesive strip 7 is brought into contact with the adhesive surface of the first strip 5 and the two strips bond together.
This bonding action is favoured as a result of pinch pressure exerted by the two rollers 8 and 9 on the strips 5 and 7 passing between them, and occurs progressively as the material is drawn from the two rolls 4 and 6.
a single composite strip of material 14 emerges on the outfeed side of the two rollers 8 and 9, of which one surface is adhesive in part.
the bonded strip 14 presents a non-adhesive median band 15, corresponding to the width of the non-adhesive strip 7, and two lateral bands 16 flanking the median band on either side, each one of width equivalent to half the difference between the width of the adhesive strip 5 and the width of the non-adhesive strip 7, as discernible in figures 1 and Ia.
the non-adhesive strip 7 is united with the adhesive strip 5 in such a way that the aforementioned axes of symmetry X and Y coincide.
the single composite strip 14 formed in this way is caused to advance along the feed path P by the feed rollers 12.
the strip 14 is divided up by the action of the cutter device 13 into a continuous succession 17 of individual leaves, each constituting a respective stamp 2.
the resulting single stamp 2, illustrated in figure Ia is affixed ultimately to a packet 3 of the type shown in figure 4, assembled in a suitable cigarette packer by conventional methods (not illustrated).
the unit 1 might utilize two rolls 18 and 19 of a non-adhesive strip material 100 and 101, in which case the two strips 100 and 101 would be united with the adhesive strip 5 in the same way as described previously.
the non-adhesive strip 7 can be prepared with a succession of longitudinally equispaced median holes 23, in such a way that when this same strip 7 is bonded to the adhesive strip 5, the resulting composite strip 14 will present a string of adhesive circular areas 24 along the non-adhesive median band 15, each equal in diameter to the diameter of the holes 23 presented by the non- adhesive strip 7.
each stamp 2 presents an adhesive circular 24 portion lying within the non-adhesive band 15, and two adhesive lateral bands 16, in such a way that when the stamp 2 is applied to the packet 3 it will also stick partially to the top end face of the inner wrapper.
the unit could operate, in all of the embodiments described above, utilizing a printed adhesive strip bearing the logo of the cigarette manufacturer by which the stamps 2 are used, in conjunction with a transparent non-adhesive strip.
the logo of the cigarette manufacturer using the stamps 2 might be printed on the non-adhesive strip, in which case a neutral adhesive strip would be utilized.

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Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
Making Paper Articles (AREA)
Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
Labeling Devices (AREA)
Package Closures (AREA)

EP08762699.0A 2007-05-23 2008-05-16 Vorrichtung und verfahren zur produktion von auf eine zigarettenverpackung aufzubringenden etiketten Not-in-force EP2146918B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
ITBO20070368 ITBO20070368A1 (it)	2007-05-23	2007-05-23	Metodo ed unita per la realizzazione di bollini per pacchetti di sigarette.
PCT/IB2008/001232 WO2008142526A2 (en)	2007-05-23	2008-05-16	A method and a unit for producing stamps applied to cigarette packets

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2146918A2 true EP2146918A2 (de)	2010-01-27
EP2146918B1 EP2146918B1 (de)	2013-08-14

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EP08762699.0A Not-in-force EP2146918B1 (de)	2007-05-23	2008-05-16	Vorrichtung und verfahren zur produktion von auf eine zigarettenverpackung aufzubringenden etiketten

Country Status (7)

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EP (1)	EP2146918B1 (de)
CN (1)	CN101678984B (de)
AR (1)	AR066698A1 (de)
BR (1)	BRPI0810392A2 (de)
HK (1)	HK1140741A1 (de)
IT (1)	ITBO20070368A1 (de)
WO (1)	WO2008142526A2 (de)

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CN101678984A (zh)	2010-03-24
CN101678984B (zh)	2012-09-05
AR066698A1 (es)	2009-09-09
HK1140741A1 (en)	2010-10-22
WO2008142526A3 (en)	2009-01-29
WO2008142526A2 (en)	2008-11-27
BRPI0810392A2 (pt)	2014-11-04
ITBO20070368A1 (it)	2008-11-24

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