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EP3672877B1 - Method and device for producing a blank from a packaging material - Google Patents

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EP3672877B1
EP3672877B1 EP18755790.5A EP18755790A EP3672877B1 EP 3672877 B1 EP3672877 B1 EP 3672877B1 EP 18755790 A EP18755790 A EP 18755790A EP 3672877 B1 EP3672877 B1 EP 3672877B1
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Martin Bischoff
Burkard Roesler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/02—Packaging cigarettes
    • B65B19/22—Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers
    • B65B19/228—Preparing and feeding blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/14—Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming
    • B31B50/146—Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming using tools mounted on a drum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B50/00—Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B31B50/74—Auxiliary operations
    • B31B50/88—Printing; Embossing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2241/00—Making bags or boxes intended for a specific use
    • B31B2241/003—Making cigarette boxes

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a blank from a packaging material, in particular from tinfoil, paper, foil or the like, for wrapping the contents of a pack for tobacco products, the blank having a lifting strip as a removal aid for removing at least part of the contents of the pack, and wherein the lifting strip is delimited by weakening lines in the blank, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a corresponding device according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • Lift strips of the type mentioned above are for example from the WO 2017/076481 A1 known to the applicant.
  • the lifting strip serves as part of an inner blank to facilitate the removal of at least one first cigarette from an inner pack.
  • Advantageous variants with regard to the construction of lifting strips are disclosed in the document.
  • the present application deals with the question of the production of corresponding blanks.
  • a method and an apparatus according to the preamble of claims 1 and 8 are from DE 10 2008 047773 A1 known.
  • the invention is based on the object of proposing methods and devices for the production of corresponding blanks.
  • a method according to the invention has the features of claim 1 to solve this problem.
  • the embossing device is preceded by a cutting device in which weakening lines for the lifting strip are attached to the continuous web of material for the blanks that run in the longitudinal direction of the continuous web of material.
  • weakening lines for the lifting strip which run in the transverse direction of the continuous web of material, to be applied in the cutting device following the embossing device.
  • a device according to the invention has the features of claim 8 .
  • a clamshell-type cigarette pack is shown as the outer pack 10 by way of example. It goes without saying that the invention is also applicable to other types or shapes of packaging.
  • the outer package 10 has a (lower) box part 11, a lid 12 and a collar 13.
  • the box part 11 has a front wall 14, a rear wall 15 and side walls 16.
  • the lid 12 is constructed in a similar manner with a front wall 17, rear wall 18 and side walls 19. Box part 11 and lid 12 are pivotably connected to one another, in this case in the area of the rear wall 15, 18 by means of a linear joint 20.
  • the contents of the pack are a group of cigarettes 37, ie a group of cigarettes 21.
  • the cigarettes 37 are arranged in rows with a front row and preferably at least one further row.
  • the cigarette group 21 is surrounded by a blank 22 made of packaging material such as tinfoil, paper, foil or the like.
  • the blank 22 preferably completely surrounds the cigarette group 21 and forms a closed, block-shaped inner pack 23 (so-called tinfoil block).
  • the blank 22 is in the embodiment in Figures 1 to 3 designed according to the longitudinal folding principle.
  • An elongated, particularly rectangular blank ( 3 ) forms successive areas for a front panel 24, a bottom panel 25 and a rear panel 26.
  • the panels are delimited from one another by (imaginary) longitudinal and transverse fold lines 27.
  • the blank 22 is folded around the cigarette group 21 in a U-shape.
  • An end wall 28 is made of folding flaps, present in the embodiment as an envelope fold with a trapezoidal design Longitudinal tabs 29, 30 formed.
  • the outer longitudinal tab 30 is connected to the front panel 24 of the panel 22 .
  • Side walls 31 of the inner pack 23 are formed from partially overlapping side flaps 32, 33, with the side flaps 32 connected to the front wall 24 lying on the outside in the folded blank 22, i.e. partially covering the side flaps 33 connected to the rear wall 26.
  • the inner pack 23 is partially surrounded by the collar 13 in an upper area facing the lid 12, namely by a front wall 34 and side walls 35 of the collar 13.
  • the front wall 34 is provided with a conventional recess 36 which allows access to the contents of the pack open lid 12 facilitates.
  • the subject of the invention is the provision of the cigarettes for the consumer, in particular when the first cigarettes are removed, i.e. at least one preferably middle cigarette 37 in the front row ( 2 ).
  • the provision relates above all to the fact that the one or more cigarettes 37 are moved by a lifting means into a raised position, and thus the end regions are exposed, when the cover 12 is open.
  • a lifting strip 38 becomes effective, which is pulled out of the outer pack 10, here in the area of the recess 36 of the collar 13, taking the at least one cigarette 37 with it.
  • the lifting strip 38 is part of the blank 22, in particular part of the front wall 24 and the bottom wall 25.
  • the lifting strip 38 is delimited by dividing or weakening lines 39 ( 3 ), but remains part of the blank 22 or connected to it via residual connections 40 .
  • two lines of weakness 39 extend on either side of the lift tab 38 with a plurality of residual connections 40 in the area of the front panel 24 attached at selected locations. Further residual connections 40 are arranged in the area of the bottom wall 25 where the two weakening lines 39 converge.
  • the lifting strip 38 here forms an end piece in the area of the bottom wall 25 that is important for the function, namely an end leg 41. Furthermore, residual connections are particularly distributed in this area. Details can of WO 2017/076481 A1 be taken, the content of which is explicitly referred to.
  • the lifting strip 38 is preferably actuated with the aid of a special partial area of the blank 22.
  • This is a tab that can be pulled off when the pack is used, in particular a pull flap 43.
  • This is defined as the upper, front-side area of the blank 22 and is delimited from the remainder of the blank 22 by portions of the line of weakness 39 (transverse or oblique).
  • the pull-flap 43 is removed from the inner pack 23 as part of the latter, so that the front cigarettes are exposed in the upper area.
  • this part of the blank 22 is separated from the connection and pulled out of the package while maintaining the unit.
  • a first device for producing the blanks 22 is shown schematically.
  • a continuous web of material 44 is first embossed in an embossing device 45 .
  • weakening lines 39 are applied in a cutting device 46 and finally individual blanks 22 are separated from the continuous material web 44 in a separating device 47 .
  • the embossing device 45 has two interacting embossing rollers 62, 63 between which the continuous material web 44 is guided and embossed.
  • the two embossing rollers 62, 63 have embossing elements on their periphery or their peripheral surface, for example in the form of pyramid-like teeth 70, which engage in one another in order to emboss the continuous material web 44.
  • the subsequent cutting device 46 has a magnetic roller 48 on the circumference of which one or more perforation knives 49 are held in order to attach weakening lines 39 to the material web 44 .
  • Magnetic roller 48 and perforation knife 49 together form a knife roller 76.
  • the perforation knife or knives 49 work together with a smooth counter-roller 50 on the other side of the continuous material web 44.
  • the cutting device 46 is driven by a servo motor 51 which is coupled to a main shaft 52 of the device or to the drive of the subsequent cutting device 47 .
  • the continuous material web 44 is first guided over deflection rollers 53 and then reaches the area of a cutting roller 54.
  • weakening lines 39 are applied to the circumference of the cutting roller 54, for which purpose one or more perforation knives 61 are provided, which are equipped with an eccentric counter roller 55 work together.
  • knives 56 are arranged upstream of the eccentric counter-roller 55 for the execution of a separating cut through the continuous web of material 44 in order to separate the blanks 22.
  • the individual blanks 22 are transferred to a subsequent transfer roller 57 and are kept ready there for the wrapping of the cigarette groups 21.
  • the cigarette groups 21 can be fed along a transport path 58. This can be done by means of a slide 59, which grasps the rear of the cigarette groups 21 and pushes them in the transport direction.
  • the slides 59 are driven by a toothed belt 60.
  • a special feature is that the perforation knives 49 of the cutting device 46 are set up for applying the weakening lines 30 which run in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web 44 .
  • the perforation knives 61 in the area of the separating device 47 serve to attach the weakening lines 39, which run transversely to the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web 44.
  • FIG. 5 shown second embodiment differs from that in 4 shown first embodiment in the following respect:
  • the embossing device 45 and the cutting device 46 have been merged into a common unit.
  • the second embossing roller 63 of the embossing device 45 works together with a perforation knife 64 which can be arranged on a magnetic roller 48 as in the first exemplary embodiment. It is provided that the perforation knife 64 is used to apply weakening lines 39 which run both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the continuous material web 44 . Accordingly, the separating device 47 does not have a separate perforation knife.
  • the embossing device 45 can be preceded by a cutting device 65 .
  • This cutting device 65 can be used to attach weakening lines 39 to the continuous web of material 44, which run in the longitudinal direction of the web of material 44.
  • the perforation knife 64 can then (only) be set up to apply the weakening lines 39 that run in the transverse direction of the material web 44 .
  • the corresponding weakening lines are in 3 marked by an "x".
  • the cutting device 65 serves to apply the weakening lines 39 which run both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the material web 44 .
  • the perforation knife 64 on the magnet roller 48 can be dispensed with.
  • FIG 6 shows a shell of the embossing roller 63 for the two blank variants according to FIG 3 . It is noticeable here that a counter surface 66 for the perforation blade 64 is provided on the embossing roller 63 . The counter surface 66 is embedded in the teeth 70 of the embossing roller 63 . It is also noticeable that the width of the embossing roller 63 is greater than the width 67 of the continuous material web 44.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show the corresponding situation for the magnet roller 48.
  • the perforation knife 64 is arranged in such a way that it is in contact with the mating surface 66 of the embossing roller 63 works together.
  • an elastic material 69 is preferably arranged around the perforation blade 64 on the magnetic roller 48, which serves to fix the material web 44 when the processing is carried out.
  • 9 also shows the shape of the peroration knife 64 with free spaces 68 for the remaining connections 40.
  • teeth 70 are provided for embossing the material web 44 instead of the elastic material 69 .
  • FIG. 11 shows a third embodiment in which, similarly to the second embodiment, the two embossing rollers 62, 63 and the magnet roller 48 are linked to form a unit of equipment.
  • the separate separating device 47 is missing in this exemplary embodiment, since the weakening lines 39 to be applied and the separating cut are applied to the magnetic roller 48 .
  • one or more perforation knives 61 are provided on the magnet roller 48, as well as a knife 56, which works together with an eccentric roller 55.
  • the perforation knife 61 works together with the embossing roller 63 in order to apply the weakening lines 39 .
  • the separating device 47 is formed by a grooving roller 71 and a counter-roller 72, between which the continuous web of material 44 is guided.
  • the creasing roller 71 has a projection 73 directed transversely to the continuous web of material 44 , which protrusion enters a corresponding groove-like depression 74 and in the process separates the web of material 44 .
  • knife blades 75 are arranged on the opposite rollers 71, 72, which cut through the material web 44 like a scissors cut.
  • the separating device 47 can also be designed analogously to the cutting device 46, or the methods described can be carried out correspondingly on the cutting device 46 and/or the separating device 47.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Zuschnitts aus einem Verpackungsmaterial, insbesondere aus Stanniol, Papier, Folie oder dergleichen, zur Umhüllung eines Packungsinhalts einer Packung für Rauchwaren, wobei der Zuschnitt einen Hubstreifen als Entnahmehilfe für die Entnahme mindestens eines Teils des Packungsinhalts aufweist, und wobei der Hubstreifen durch Schwächungslinien im Zuschnitt begrenzt ist, gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1. Ferner betrifft die Erfindung eine entsprechende Vorrichtung gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 8.The invention relates to a method for producing a blank from a packaging material, in particular from tinfoil, paper, foil or the like, for wrapping the contents of a pack for tobacco products, the blank having a lifting strip as a removal aid for removing at least part of the contents of the pack, and wherein the lifting strip is delimited by weakening lines in the blank, according to the preamble of claim 1. The invention further relates to a corresponding device according to the preamble of claim 8.

Hubstreifen der vorstehend genannten Art sind beispielsweise aus der WO 2017/076481 A1 der Anmelderin bekannt. Dort dient der Hubstreifen als Teil eines Innenzuschnitts dazu, die Entnahme mindestens einer ersten Zigarette aus einer Innenpackung zu erleichtern. In der Schrift sind vorteilhafte Varianten hinsichtlich der Konstruktion von Hubstreifen offenbart. Die vorliegende Anmeldung befasst sich hingegen mit der Frage der Herstellung entsprechender Zuschnitte.Lift strips of the type mentioned above are for example from the WO 2017/076481 A1 known to the applicant. There the lifting strip serves as part of an inner blank to facilitate the removal of at least one first cigarette from an inner pack. Advantageous variants with regard to the construction of lifting strips are disclosed in the document. The present application, on the other hand, deals with the question of the production of corresponding blanks.

Ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung gemäß dem Oberbegriff der Ansprüche 1 und 8 sind aus der DE 10 2008 047773 A1 bekannt.A method and an apparatus according to the preamble of claims 1 and 8 are from DE 10 2008 047773 A1 known.

Hiervon ausgehend liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zu Grunde, Verfahren und Vorrichtungen zum Herstellen von entsprechenden Zuschnitten vorzuschlagen.Proceeding from this, the invention is based on the object of proposing methods and devices for the production of corresponding blanks.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe weist ein erfindungsgemäßes Verfahren die Merkmale des Anspruchs 1 auf.A method according to the invention has the features of claim 1 to solve this problem.

Demnach ist vorgesehen, dass der Prägeeinrichtung eine Schneideinrichtung vorgeordnet ist, in der Schwächungslinien für den Hubstreifen an der fortlaufenden Materialbahn für die Zuschnitte angebracht werden, die in Längsrichtung der fortlaufenden Materialbahn verlaufen. In diesem Fall ist vorgesehen, dass in der Schneideinrichtung im Anschluss an die Prägeeinrichtung Schwächungslinien für den Hubstreifen angebracht werden, die in Querrichtung der fortlaufenden Materialbahn verlaufen.Accordingly, it is provided that the embossing device is preceded by a cutting device in which weakening lines for the lifting strip are attached to the continuous web of material for the blanks that run in the longitudinal direction of the continuous web of material. In this case, provision is made for weakening lines for the lifting strip, which run in the transverse direction of the continuous web of material, to be applied in the cutting device following the embossing device.

Eine erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung weist die Merkmale des Anspruchs 8 auf.A device according to the invention has the features of claim 8 .

Weitere Details und Besonderheiten der Erfindung werden nachfolgend anhand von Zeichnungen beschrieben. Es zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine räumliche Darstellung einer geöffneten Packung für Zigaretten,
Fig. 2
die Packung gemäß Fig. 1 bei der Betätigung eines Pull-Flaps,
Fig. 3
einen ausgebreiteten Zuschnitt für eine Innenpackung der Packung gemäß Fig. 1,
Fig. 4
eine schematische Darstellung einer ersten Vorrichtung zum Herstellen des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 3,
Fig. 5
eine schematische Darstellung einer zweiten Vorrichtung zum Herstellen des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 3,
Fig. 6
eine Mantelfläche einer Prägewalze,
Fig. 7
eine Mantelfläche einer Variante der Prägewalze,
Fig. 8
einen Schnitt durch eine Prägewalze entlang Schnittlinie VIII - VIII in Fig. 6,
Fig. 9
eine Mantelfläche einer Schneidwalze,
Fig. 10
einen Schnitt durch die Schneidwalze entlang Schnittlinie X - X in Fig. 9,
Fig. 11
eine schematische Darstellung einer dritten Vorrichtung zum Herstellen des Zuschnitts gemäß Fig. 3,
Fig. 12
eine alternative Lösung zur Schneidwalze, und
Fig. 13
eine weitere alternative Lösung zur Schneidwalze.
Further details and special features of the invention are described below with reference to drawings. It shows:
1
a spatial representation of an opened pack for cigarettes,
2
the pack according to 1 when operating a pull flap,
3
according to a laid out blank for an inner pack according to the pack 1 ,
4
a schematic representation of a first device for producing the blank according to FIG 3 ,
figure 5
a schematic representation of a second device for producing the blank according to FIG 3 ,
6
a lateral surface of an embossing roller,
7
a lateral surface of a variant of the embossing roller,
8
a section through an embossing roller along section line VIII - VIII in 6 ,
9
a lateral surface of a cutting roller,
10
a section through the cutting roller along cutting line X - X in 9 ,
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a schematic representation of a third device for producing the blank according to FIG 3 ,
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an alternative solution to the cutting roller, and
13
another alternative solution to the cutting roller.

In den Zeichnungen ist als Beispiel eine Zigarettenpackung des Typs Klappschachtel als Außenpackung 10 gezeigt. Es versteht sich, dass die Erfindung auch bei anderen Packungstypen oder -formen anwendbar ist.In the drawings, a clamshell-type cigarette pack is shown as the outer pack 10 by way of example. It goes without saying that the invention is also applicable to other types or shapes of packaging.

Die Außenpackung 10 verfügt über ein (unteres) Schachtelteil 11, einen Deckel 12 und einen Kragen 13. Das Schachtelteil 11 weist eine Vorderwand 14, eine Rückwand 15 und Seitenwände 16 auf. In analoger Weise ist der Deckel 12 ausgebildet mit Vorderwand 17, Rückwand 18 und Seitenwänden 19. Schachtelteil 11 und Deckel 12 sind schwenkbar miteinander verbunden, vorliegend im Bereich von Rückwand 15, 18 mittels eines Liniengelenks 20.The outer package 10 has a (lower) box part 11, a lid 12 and a collar 13. The box part 11 has a front wall 14, a rear wall 15 and side walls 16. The lid 12 is constructed in a similar manner with a front wall 17, rear wall 18 and side walls 19. Box part 11 and lid 12 are pivotably connected to one another, in this case in the area of the rear wall 15, 18 by means of a linear joint 20.

Der Packungsinhalt ist eine formierte Gruppe von Zigaretten 37, also eine Zigarettengruppe 21. Die Zigaretten 37 sind vorliegend in Reihen angeordnet mit einer Frontreihe und vorzugsweise mindestens einer weiteren Reihe.The contents of the pack are a group of cigarettes 37, ie a group of cigarettes 21. In the present case, the cigarettes 37 are arranged in rows with a front row and preferably at least one further row.

Die Zigarettengruppe 21 ist umgeben von einem Zuschnitt 22 aus Verpackungsmaterial wie Stanniol, Papier, Folie oder dergleichen. Der Zuschnitt 22 umgibt die Zigarettengruppe 21 vorzugsweise vollständig und bildet eine geschlossene, blockförmige Innenpackung 23 (sog. Stanniolblock).The cigarette group 21 is surrounded by a blank 22 made of packaging material such as tinfoil, paper, foil or the like. The blank 22 preferably completely surrounds the cigarette group 21 and forms a closed, block-shaped inner pack 23 (so-called tinfoil block).

Der Zuschnitt 22 ist bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel in Fig. 1 bis 3 nach dem Längsfaltprinzip ausgebildet. Ein langgestreckter, insbesondere rechteckiger Zuschnitt (Fig. 3) bildet aufeinanderfolgende Bereiche für eine Vorderwand 24, eine Bodenwand 25 und eine Rückwand 26. Die Wandungen sind durch (imaginäre) längs- und quergerichtete Faltlinien 27 voneinander abgegrenzt.The blank 22 is in the embodiment in Figures 1 to 3 designed according to the longitudinal folding principle. An elongated, particularly rectangular blank ( 3 ) forms successive areas for a front panel 24, a bottom panel 25 and a rear panel 26. The panels are delimited from one another by (imaginary) longitudinal and transverse fold lines 27.

Der Zuschnitt 22 wird ausgehend von der geschlossenen, einlagigen Bodenwand 25 U-förmig um die Zigarettengruppe 21 herumgefaltet. Eine Stirnwand 28 wird aus Faltlappen, vorliegend in der Ausführung als Kuvertfaltung mit trapezförmig ausgebildeten Längslappen 29, 30 gebildet. Der äußere Längslappen 30 ist mit der Vorderwand 24 des Zuschnitts 22 verbunden. Seitenwände 31 der Innenpackung 23 werden aus einander teilweise überdeckenden Seitenlappen 32, 33 gebildet, wobei die mit der Vorderwand 24 verbundenen Seitenlappen 32 bei dem gefalteten Zuschnitt 22 an der Außenseite liegen, also den mit der Rückwand 26 verbundenen Seitenlappen 33 teilweise überdecken.Starting from the closed, single-layer bottom wall 25 , the blank 22 is folded around the cigarette group 21 in a U-shape. An end wall 28 is made of folding flaps, present in the embodiment as an envelope fold with a trapezoidal design Longitudinal tabs 29, 30 formed. The outer longitudinal tab 30 is connected to the front panel 24 of the panel 22 . Side walls 31 of the inner pack 23 are formed from partially overlapping side flaps 32, 33, with the side flaps 32 connected to the front wall 24 lying on the outside in the folded blank 22, i.e. partially covering the side flaps 33 connected to the rear wall 26.

Die Innenpackung 23 ist in einem oberen, dem Deckel 12 zugekehrten Bereich teilweise von dem Kragen 13 umfasst, und zwar von einer Vorderwand 34 und Seitenwänden 35 des Kragens 13. Die Vorderwand 34 ist mit einer üblichen Ausnehmung 36 versehen, die den Zugang zum Packungsinhalt bei geöffnetem Deckel 12 erleichtert.The inner pack 23 is partially surrounded by the collar 13 in an upper area facing the lid 12, namely by a front wall 34 and side walls 35 of the collar 13. The front wall 34 is provided with a conventional recess 36 which allows access to the contents of the pack open lid 12 facilitates.

Thema der Erfindung ist die Bereitstellung der Zigaretten für den Verbraucher, insbesondere bei Entnahme der ersten Zigaretten, also mindestens einer vorzugsweise mittleren Zigarette 37 der frontseitigen Reihe (Fig. 2). Die Bereitstellung bezieht sich vor allem darauf, dass die eine oder mehrere Zigaretten 37 bei geöffnetem Deckel 12 durch ein Hubmittel in eine angehobene und somit hinsichtlich der Endbereiche frei liegende Stellung bewegt werden. Hierfür wird ein Hubstreifen 38 wirksam, der aus der Außenpackung 10, vorliegend im Bereich der Ausnehmung 36 des Kragens 13, herausgezogen wird unter Mitnahme der wenigstens einen Zigarette 37.The subject of the invention is the provision of the cigarettes for the consumer, in particular when the first cigarettes are removed, i.e. at least one preferably middle cigarette 37 in the front row ( 2 ). The provision relates above all to the fact that the one or more cigarettes 37 are moved by a lifting means into a raised position, and thus the end regions are exposed, when the cover 12 is open. For this purpose, a lifting strip 38 becomes effective, which is pulled out of the outer pack 10, here in the area of the recess 36 of the collar 13, taking the at least one cigarette 37 with it.

Der Hubstreifen 38 ist Teil des Zuschnitts 22, insbesondere Teil der Vorderwand 24 und der Bodenwand 25. Der Hubstreifen 38 ist durch Trenn- bzw. Schwächungslinien 39 begrenzt (Fig. 3), bleibt jedoch über Restverbindungen 40 Teil des Zuschnitts 22 bzw. mit diesem verbunden.The lifting strip 38 is part of the blank 22, in particular part of the front wall 24 and the bottom wall 25. The lifting strip 38 is delimited by dividing or weakening lines 39 ( 3 ), but remains part of the blank 22 or connected to it via residual connections 40 .

Bei den in Fig. 3 gezeigten zwei Ausführungsbeispielen verlaufen zwei Schwächungslinien 39 zu beiden Seiten des Hubstreifens 38 mit mehreren Restverbindungen 40 im Bereich der Vorderwand 24, die an ausgewählten Positionen angebracht sind. Weitere Restverbindungen 40 sind im Bereich der Bodenwand 25 angeordnet, an der die beiden Schwächungslinien 39 zusammenlaufen. Der Hubstreifen 38 bildet hier ein für die Funktion wichtiges Endstück im Bereich der Bodenwand 25, nämlich einen Endschenkel 41. Weiterhin sind Restverbindungen in diesem Bereich besonders verteilt. Einzelheiten können der WO 2017/076481 A1 entnommen werden, auf deren Inhalt explizit verwiesen wird.At the in 3 In the two embodiments shown, two lines of weakness 39 extend on either side of the lift tab 38 with a plurality of residual connections 40 in the area of the front panel 24 attached at selected locations. Further residual connections 40 are arranged in the area of the bottom wall 25 where the two weakening lines 39 converge. The lifting strip 38 here forms an end piece in the area of the bottom wall 25 that is important for the function, namely an end leg 41. Furthermore, residual connections are particularly distributed in this area. Details can of WO 2017/076481 A1 be taken, the content of which is explicitly referred to.

Durch die Anordnung des Hubstreifens 38, dessen Bemessung (Breite) und durch die Anordnung und Bemessung der Restverbindungen 40 ist eine geordnete Bewegung des Hubstreifens 38 ohne Durchtrennung gewährleistet, und zwar insbesondere in der Weise, dass das bodenseitige Ende des Hubstreifens 38, also insbesondere der Endschenkel 41, bis zuletzt in der Verbindung mit dem Zuschnitt 22 gehalten wird. Eine Endverbindung 42 am unteren Ende des Hubstreifens 38 wird zuletzt getrennt. Dies führt dazu, dass beim Betätigen des Hubstreifens 38 zunächst der Endschenkel 41 in eine Schrägstellung gelangt, in der die durch den Hubstreifen 38 erfasste Zigarette 37 (oder die Zigaretten) in die Entnahmestellung bewegt wird. Bei fortgesetzter Zugbelastung des Hubstreifens 38 wird dieser vollständig gelöst und aus der Packung herausgezogen.Due to the arrangement of the lifting strip 38, its dimensioning (width) and through the arrangement and dimensioning of the remaining connections 40, an orderly movement of the Lifting strip 38 is ensured without severing, in particular in such a way that the bottom end of the lifting strip 38, ie in particular the end leg 41, is held in connection with the blank 22 to the end. An end connection 42 at the lower end of the lift strap 38 is severed last. As a result, when the lifting strip 38 is actuated, the end leg 41 first moves into an inclined position, in which the cigarette 37 (or the cigarettes) gripped by the lifting strip 38 is moved into the removal position. With continued tensile loading of the lifting strip 38, it is completely released and pulled out of the pack.

Die Betätigung des Hubstreifens 38 erfolgt vorzugsweise mit Hilfe eines besonderen Teilbereichs des Zuschnitts 22. Es handelt sich dabei um eine bei Ingebrauchnahme der Packung abziehbare Lasche, insbesondere um einen Pull-Flap 43. Dieser ist als oberer, stirnseitiger Bereich des Zuschnitts 22 definiert und von dem übrigen Teil des Zuschnitts 22 durch (quer- oder schräggerichtete) Abschnitte der Schwächungslinie 39 abgegrenzt. Der Pull-Flap 43 wird bei der erstmaligen Ingebrauchnahme der Packung als Teil der Innenpackung 23 von dieser abgezogen, sodass frontseitige Zigaretten im oberen Bereich frei liegen.The lifting strip 38 is preferably actuated with the aid of a special partial area of the blank 22. This is a tab that can be pulled off when the pack is used, in particular a pull flap 43. This is defined as the upper, front-side area of the blank 22 and is delimited from the remainder of the blank 22 by portions of the line of weakness 39 (transverse or oblique). When the pack is used for the first time, the pull-flap 43 is removed from the inner pack 23 as part of the latter, so that the front cigarettes are exposed in the upper area.

Durch die geometrische Gestaltung der Einheit aus Hubstreifen 38 und Pull-Flap 43 wird dieser Teil des Zuschnitts 22 unter Aufrechterhaltung der Einheit aus der Verbindung herausgetrennt und aus der Packung herausgezogen.Due to the geometric configuration of the lifting strip 38 and pull-flap 43 unit, this part of the blank 22 is separated from the connection and pulled out of the package while maintaining the unit.

Die in Fig. 3 links gezeigte Variante hinsichtlich der Gestaltung des Hubstreifens 38 ist aus der bereits erwähnten WO 2017/076481 A1 bekannt und dort im Detail beschrieben, sodass insofern auf diese Anmeldung verwiesen wird. Die rechts in Fig. 3 gezeigte Variante unterscheidet sich hiervon durch einen abweichenden Verlauf der Schwächungslinie 39 in einem oberen Bereich der Vorderwand 24. Dort verläuft die Schwächungslinie 39 nämlich etwa unter einem Winkel von 45° zum Verlauf der Schwächungslinie 39 in einem unteren Bereich der Vorderwand 24 in der Nähe zur Bodenwand 25.In the 3 The variant shown on the left with regard to the design of the lifting strip 38 is from the one already mentioned WO 2017/076481 A1 known and described in detail there, so that reference is made to this application. The right in 3 The variant shown differs from this by a different course of the weakening line 39 in an upper area of the front wall 24. There the weakening line 39 runs at an angle of approximately 45° to the course of the weakening line 39 in a lower area of the front wall 24 in the vicinity of the bottom wall 25

In Fig. 4 ist schematische eine erste Vorrichtung zum Herstellen der Zuschnitte 22 gezeigt. Dabei wird eine fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 zunächst in einer Prägeeinrichtung 45 geprägt. Danach werden in einer Schneideinrichtung 46 Schwächungslinien 39 angebracht und zuletzt in einer Trenneinrichtung 47 einzelne Zuschnitte 22 aus der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 herausgetrennt.In 4 a first device for producing the blanks 22 is shown schematically. A continuous web of material 44 is first embossed in an embossing device 45 . Thereafter, weakening lines 39 are applied in a cutting device 46 and finally individual blanks 22 are separated from the continuous material web 44 in a separating device 47 .

Die Prägeeinrichtung 45 verfügt über zwei zusammenwirkende Prägewalzen 62, 63 zwischen den die fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 hindurchgeführt und geprägt wird. Entsprechend verfügen die beiden Prägewalzen 62, 63 an ihrem Umfang bzw. ihrer Umfangsfläche über Prägeorgane, beispielsweise in Form von pyramidenartigen Zähnen 70, die ineinandergreifen, um die fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 zu prägen.The embossing device 45 has two interacting embossing rollers 62, 63 between which the continuous material web 44 is guided and embossed. Correspondingly, the two embossing rollers 62, 63 have embossing elements on their periphery or their peripheral surface, for example in the form of pyramid-like teeth 70, which engage in one another in order to emboss the continuous material web 44.

Die nachfolgende Schneideinrichtung 46 verfügt über eine Magnetwalze 48, an deren Umfang ein oder mehrere Perforationsmesser 49 gehalten werden, um Schwächungslinien 39 an der Materialbahn 44 anzubringen. Magnetwalze 48 und Perforationsmesser 49 bilden zusammen eine Messerwalze 76. Das oder die Perforationsmesser 49 arbeiten mit einer glatten Gegenwalze 50 auf der anderen Seite der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 zusammen. Angetrieben wird die Schneideinrichtung 46 von einem Servomotor 51, der mit einer Hauptwelle 52 der Vorrichtung oder dem Antrieb der nachfolgenden Trenneinrichtung 47 gekoppelt ist.The subsequent cutting device 46 has a magnetic roller 48 on the circumference of which one or more perforation knives 49 are held in order to attach weakening lines 39 to the material web 44 . Magnetic roller 48 and perforation knife 49 together form a knife roller 76. The perforation knife or knives 49 work together with a smooth counter-roller 50 on the other side of the continuous material web 44. The cutting device 46 is driven by a servo motor 51 which is coupled to a main shaft 52 of the device or to the drive of the subsequent cutting device 47 .

In der anschließenden Trenneinrichtung 47 wird die fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 zunächst über Umlenkrollen 53 geführt und gelangt dann in den Bereich einer Schneidwalze 54. Am Umfang der Schneidwalze 54 werden einerseits Schwächungslinien 39 angebracht, wofür ein oder mehrere Perforationsmesser 61 vorgesehen sind, die mit einer Exzentergegenwalze 55 zusammenarbeiten. Der Exzentergegenwalze 55 vorgeordnet sind andererseits Messer 56 für die Ausführung eines Trennschnitts durch die fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 zur Vereinzelung der Zuschnitte 22.In the subsequent separating device 47, the continuous material web 44 is first guided over deflection rollers 53 and then reaches the area of a cutting roller 54. On the one hand, weakening lines 39 are applied to the circumference of the cutting roller 54, for which purpose one or more perforation knives 61 are provided, which are equipped with an eccentric counter roller 55 work together. On the other hand, knives 56 are arranged upstream of the eccentric counter-roller 55 for the execution of a separating cut through the continuous web of material 44 in order to separate the blanks 22.

Die vereinzelten Zuschnitte 22 werden an eine anschließende Übergabewalze 57 übergeben und dort bereitgehalten für die Umhüllung der Zigarettengruppen 21. Beispielsweise können die Zigarettengruppen 21 entlang einer Transportbahn 58 zugeführt werden. Dies kann mittels eines Schiebers 59 erfolgen, der die Zigarettengruppen 21 rückseitig erfasst und in Transportrichtung schiebt. Im vorliegenden Fall werden die Schieber 59 durch einen Zahnriemen 60 angetrieben.The individual blanks 22 are transferred to a subsequent transfer roller 57 and are kept ready there for the wrapping of the cigarette groups 21. For example, the cigarette groups 21 can be fed along a transport path 58. This can be done by means of a slide 59, which grasps the rear of the cigarette groups 21 and pushes them in the transport direction. In the present case, the slides 59 are driven by a toothed belt 60.

Eine Besonderheit besteht darin, dass die Perforationsmesser 49 der Schneideinrichtung 46 zur Anbringung der Schwächungslinien 30 eingerichtet sind, die in Längsrichtung der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 verlaufen. Die Perforationsmesser 61 im Bereich der Trenneinrichtung 47 hingegen dienen zur Anbringung der Schwächungslinien 39, die quer zur Längsrichtung der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 verlaufen.A special feature is that the perforation knives 49 of the cutting device 46 are set up for applying the weakening lines 30 which run in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web 44 . The perforation knives 61 in the area of the separating device 47, on the other hand, serve to attach the weakening lines 39, which run transversely to the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web 44.

Das in Fig. 5 gezeigte zweite Ausführungsbeispiel unterscheidet sich von dem in Fig. 4 gezeigten ersten Ausführungsbeispiel in folgender Hinsicht:
Die Prägeeinrichtung 45 und die Schneideinrichtung 46 sind zu einem gemeinsamen Aggregat verschmolzen. Dabei arbeitet die zweite Prägewalze 63 der Prägeeinrichtung 45 mit einem Perforationsmesser 64 zusammen, welches wie im ersten Ausführungsbeispiel an einer Magnetwalze 48 angeordnet sein kann. Dabei ist vorgesehen, dass das Perforationsmesser 64 dazu dient Schwächungslinien 39 anzubringen, die sowohl in Längs- als auch in Querrichtung der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 verlaufen. Entsprechend verfügt die Trenneinrichtung 47 nicht über ein separates Perforationsmesser.This in figure 5 shown second embodiment differs from that in 4 shown first embodiment in the following respect:
The embossing device 45 and the cutting device 46 have been merged into a common unit. The second embossing roller 63 of the embossing device 45 works together with a perforation knife 64 which can be arranged on a magnetic roller 48 as in the first exemplary embodiment. It is provided that the perforation knife 64 is used to apply weakening lines 39 which run both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the continuous material web 44 . Accordingly, the separating device 47 does not have a separate perforation knife.

In einer in den Zeichnungen angedeuteten Variante der Vorrichtung kann der Prägeeinrichtung 45 eine Schneideinrichtung 65 vorgeordnet sein. Diese Schneideinrichtung 65 kann dazu dienen, Schwächungslinien 39 an der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 anzubringen, die in Längsrichtung der Materialbahn 44 verlaufen. In diesem Fall kann das Perforationsmesser 64 dann (nur) dazu eingerichtet sein, die Schwächungslinien 39 anzubringen, die in Querrichtung der Materialbahn 44 verlaufen. Die entsprechenden Schwächungslinien sind in Fig. 3 durch ein "x" gekennzeichnet.In a variant of the device indicated in the drawings, the embossing device 45 can be preceded by a cutting device 65 . This cutting device 65 can be used to attach weakening lines 39 to the continuous web of material 44, which run in the longitudinal direction of the web of material 44. In this case, the perforation knife 64 can then (only) be set up to apply the weakening lines 39 that run in the transverse direction of the material web 44 . The corresponding weakening lines are in 3 marked by an "x".

Als weitere Variante ist es denkbar, dass die Schneideinrichtung 65 dazu dient, die Schwächungslinien 39 anzubringen, die sowohl in Längs- als auch in Querrichtung der Materialbahn 44 verlaufen. In diesem Fall kann auf das Perforationsmesser 64 an der Magnetwalze 48 verzichtet werden.As a further variant, it is conceivable that the cutting device 65 serves to apply the weakening lines 39 which run both in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the material web 44 . In this case, the perforation knife 64 on the magnet roller 48 can be dispensed with.

Fig. 6 zeigt einen Mantel der Prägewalze 63 für die beiden Zuschnittvarianten gemäß Fig. 3. Dabei fällt auf, dass an der Prägewalze 63 eine Gegenfläche 66 für das Perforationsmesser 64 vorgesehen ist. Die Gegenfläche 66 ist in die Zähne 70 der Prägewalze 63 eingebettet. Weiter fällt auf, dass die Breite der Prägewalze 63 größer ist als die Breite 67 der fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44. 6 shows a shell of the embossing roller 63 for the two blank variants according to FIG 3 . It is noticeable here that a counter surface 66 for the perforation blade 64 is provided on the embossing roller 63 . The counter surface 66 is embedded in the teeth 70 of the embossing roller 63 . It is also noticeable that the width of the embossing roller 63 is greater than the width 67 of the continuous material web 44.

Fig. 7 zeigt die Prägewalze 63 in einer Ausführung für die Durchführung eines Teils der Schwächungslinien 39, wohingegen Fig. 6 eine Prägewalze 63 zeigt, die dazu eingerichtet ist, die Schwächungslinien 39 komplett herzustellen. 7 shows the embossing roller 63 in an embodiment for the implementation of a part of the weakening lines 39, whereas 6 shows an embossing roller 63 which is set up to produce the lines of weakness 39 completely.

Fig. 9 und 10 zeigen die entsprechende Situation für die Magnetwalze 48. Das Perforationsmesser 64 ist so angeordnet, dass es mit der Gegenfläche 66 der Prägewalze 63 zusammenarbeitet. Ferner ist vorzugsweise um das Perforationsmesser 64 herum ein elastisches Material 69 an der Magnetwalze 48 angeordnet, das dafür dient, die Materialbahn 44 bei der Durchführung der Bearbeitung zu fixieren. Fig. 9 zeigt auch die Form des Perorationsmessers 64 mit Freiräumen 68 für die Restverbindungen 40. Figures 9 and 10 show the corresponding situation for the magnet roller 48. The perforation knife 64 is arranged in such a way that it is in contact with the mating surface 66 of the embossing roller 63 works together. Furthermore, an elastic material 69 is preferably arranged around the perforation blade 64 on the magnetic roller 48, which serves to fix the material web 44 when the processing is carried out. 9 also shows the shape of the peroration knife 64 with free spaces 68 for the remaining connections 40.

Schließlich kann es auch vorgesehen sein, dass statt des elastischen Materials 69 Zähne 70 zur Prägung der Materialbahn 44 vorgesehen sind.Finally, it can also be provided that teeth 70 are provided for embossing the material web 44 instead of the elastic material 69 .

Fig. 11 zeigt ein drittes Ausführungsbeispiel, bei dem ähnlich wie beim zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel die beiden Prägewalzen 62, 63 und die Magnetwalze 48 zu einer apparativen Einheit verknüpft sind. Allerdings fehlt in diesem Ausführungsbeispiel die separate Trenneinrichtung 47, denn die anzubringenden Schwächungslinien 39 und der Trennschnitt werden auf der Magnetwalze 48 angebracht. Hierzu ist einerseits ein oder mehrere Perforationsmesser 61 an der Magnetwalze 48 vorgesehen, sowie ein Messer 56, welches mit einer Exzenterwalze 55 zusammenarbeitet. Das Perforationsmesser 61 arbeitet wie im zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel mit der Prägewalze 63 zusammen, um die Schwächungslinien 39 anzubringen. 11 shows a third embodiment in which, similarly to the second embodiment, the two embossing rollers 62, 63 and the magnet roller 48 are linked to form a unit of equipment. However, the separate separating device 47 is missing in this exemplary embodiment, since the weakening lines 39 to be applied and the separating cut are applied to the magnetic roller 48 . For this purpose, on the one hand, one or more perforation knives 61 are provided on the magnet roller 48, as well as a knife 56, which works together with an eccentric roller 55. As in the second exemplary embodiment, the perforation knife 61 works together with the embossing roller 63 in order to apply the weakening lines 39 .

Fig. 12 und 13 zeigen alternative Lösungen für die Ausgestaltung der Trenneinrichtung 47. Bei der Lösung gemäß Fig. 12 ist die Trenneinrichtung 47 durch eine Rillwalze 71 und eine Gegenwalze 72 ausgebildet, zwischen den die fortlaufende Materialbahn 44 hindurchgeführt wird. Zum Zertrennen der Materialbahn 44 weist die Rillwalze 71 einen quer zur fortlaufenden Materialbahn 44 gerichteten Vorsprung 73 auf, der in eine entsprechende nutartige Vertiefung 74 eintritt und dabei die Materialbahn 44 zertrennt. Bei der Lösung gemäß Fig. 13 hingegen, sind an den gegenüberliegenden Walzen 71, 72 jeweils Messerklingen 75 angeordnet, die die Materialbahn 44 wie bei einem Scherenschnitt durchtrennen. Alternativ oder zusätzlich zur Anordnung der Rillwalze 71 mit Gegenwalze 72 bzw. der Messerklingen 75 kann die Trenneinrichtung 47 auch analog bei der Schneideinrichtung 46 ausgebildet sein, bzw. die beschriebenen Verfahren können entsprechend auf der Schneideinrichtung 46 und/oder der Trenneinrichtung 47 ausgeführt werden. 12 and 13 show alternative solutions for the design of the separating device 47. In the solution according to FIG 12 the separating device 47 is formed by a grooving roller 71 and a counter-roller 72, between which the continuous web of material 44 is guided. For severing the web of material 44 , the creasing roller 71 has a projection 73 directed transversely to the continuous web of material 44 , which protrusion enters a corresponding groove-like depression 74 and in the process separates the web of material 44 . In the solution according to 13 on the other hand, knife blades 75 are arranged on the opposite rollers 71, 72, which cut through the material web 44 like a scissors cut. As an alternative or in addition to the arrangement of the creasing roller 71 with counter roller 72 or the knife blades 75, the separating device 47 can also be designed analogously to the cutting device 46, or the methods described can be carried out correspondingly on the cutting device 46 and/or the separating device 47.

Claims (17)

  1. Method for producing a blank (22) from a packaging material, in particular from tin foil, paper, film or the like, in order to wrap pack contents of a pack for tobacco products, wherein the blank (22) has a lifting strip (38) as a removal aid for removing at least a part of the pack contents, and wherein the lifting strip (38) is delimited by weakening lines (39) in the blank (22), wherein a continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22) is fed to a stamping device (45) with a stamped formation being applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), and that, by means of a cutting device (46), weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) are applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), and that, by means of a severing device (47), individual blanks (22) are severed out of the continuous material web (44), wherein each blank (22) has weakening lines (39) for a lifting strip (38), characterized in that upstream of the stamping device (45) there is arranged a cutting device (65) in which weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) are applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), said weakening lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web (44) .
  2. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22) is guided through a pair of stamping rollers (62, 63) of the stamping device (45) and is provided with a stamped formation thereby, and in that the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22) is then provided, in the cutting device (46), with weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38), which extend in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), and in that further weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) are then applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), said further weakening lines extending in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), and in that individual blanks (22) are then severed out of the continuous material web (44) in the severing device (47) .
  3. Method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that drives of the cutting device (46) and of the severing device (47) are coupled together.
  4. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that, in the cutting device (46), following the stamping device (45), weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) are applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), said weakening lines extending in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (22).
  5. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that, in the cutting device (65) arranged upstream of the stamping device (45), weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) are also applied to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), said weakening lines extending in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22).
  6. Method according to Claim 1 or any of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the continuous material web (44) is not stamped, in particular by the omission of the stamping device (45) or by the continuous material web (44) being guided through the stamping device (45) without being stamped.
  7. Method according to Claim 1 or any of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the weakening lines (39) are applied to the continuous material web (44) by means of one or more perforation knives (49, 61, 64) which are retained (magnetically) on the circumference of a magnetic roller (48).
  8. Apparatus for producing a blank (22) from a packaging material, in particular from tin foil, paper, film or the like, in order to wrap pack contents of a pack for tobacco products, wherein the blank (22) has a lifting strip (38) as a removal aid for removing at least a part of the pack contents, and wherein the lifting strip (38) is delimited by weakening lines (39) in the blank (22), wherein the apparatus has the following features:
    a) a stamping device (45) for applying a stamped formation to a continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22),
    b) a cutting device (46) for applying weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) to the continuous material web (44), and
    c) a severing device (47) for severing individual blanks (22) out of the continuous material web (44), wherein each blank (22) has weakening lines (39) for a lifting strip (38),
    characterized in that upstream of the stamping device (45) there is arranged a cutting device (65) which is designed to apply weakening lines (39) for the lifting strip (38) to the continuous material web (44) for the blanks (22), said weakening lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web (44) .
  9. Apparatus according to Claim 8, characterized by the following features:
    a) the stamping device (45) is arranged upstream of the cutting device (46),
    b) the severing device (47) is arranged downstream of the cutting device (46),
    c) the cutting device (46) is designed to apply weakening lines (39), directed in the longitudinal direction of the continuous material web (44), for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44),
    d) the severing device (47) is designed to apply weakening lines (39), directed in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44), for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44) and to sever individual blanks (22) out of the continuous material web (44).
  10. Apparatus according to Claim 8, characterized in that the stamping device (46) has a pair of stamping rollers with a first stamping roller (62) and a second stamping roller (63), between which the continuous material web (44) is able to be guided through with a stamped formation being applied thereto, and in that the stamping device (46) also has a knife roller (76) which is arranged at the circumference of the second stamping roller (63), wherein the stamped, continuous material web (44) is able to be guided through between the second stamping roller (63) and the knife roller (76), for the application of weakening lines (39) for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44).
  11. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that the knife roller (76) is designed to apply weakening lines (39) to the continuous material web (44), which are directed in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44).
  12. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that upstream of the stamping device (45) there is arranged a cutting device (65) which is designed to apply weakening lines (39) for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44), said weakening lines being directed in the longitudinal or in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44), and in that the knife roller (76) is designed to apply the weakening lines (39) directed in the respectively other direction to the continuous material web (44).
  13. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that the second stamping roller (63) has on its circumference an opposing face (66) for at least one perforation knife (61) of the knife roller (76) for applying a weakening line (39) for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44), wherein the opposing face (66) is surrounded by teeth (70) for applying the stamped formation.
  14. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that the perforation knife (61) of the knife roller (76) is surrounded by teeth (70) for applying a stamped formation and/or an elastic material (69) for bearing on the teeth (70) of the second stamping roller (63).
  15. Apparatus according to Claim 10, characterized in that the knife roller (76) is designed, as a cutting device (46), to apply weakening lines (39) for lifting strips (38) to the continuous material web (44), said weakening lines being directed in the longitudinal and in the transverse direction of the continuous material web (44), and, as a severing device (47), to sever individual blanks (22) out of the continuous material web (44) .
  16. Apparatus according to Claim 9, characterized in that the severing device (47) is in the form of a scoring roller (71) with a corresponding opposing roller (72), wherein the scoring roller (71) has on its circumference a protrusion (73) for separating the continuous material web (44) by applying a score extending transversely to the continuous material web (44), wherein the opposing roller (72) has a groove-like recess (74) corresponding to the protrusion (73) on the scoring roller (71), and wherein the protrusion (73) and recess (74) are dimensioned such that the continuous material web (44) is separated when the score is applied.
  17. Apparatus according to Claim 8 or any of the other preceding claims, characterized in that the apparatus is designed to apply the weakening lines (39) to the continuous material web (44) by means of one or more perforation knives (49, 61, 64) which are retained (magnetically) on the circumference of a magnetic roller (48) .
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