ITBO20100030A1 - PACKAGING WITH A COLLECTION PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING OF RE-HEELABLE EXTRACTION AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF WRITING AND PACKAGING MACHINE. - Google Patents

Description

"Packaging with a wrapping provided with a resealable pull-out opening and corresponding wrapping method and packing machine."

TECHNIQUE SECTOR

The present invention relates to a package with a wrapping provided with a resealable extraction opening and to the corresponding wrapping method and packing machine.

In the following description, reference will be made, for the sake of brevity, to a rigid packet of cigarettes with a hinged lid, without the present invention having to lose generality.

ANTERIOR ART

Normally, a rigid packet of cigarettes with a hinged lid comprises an inner wrapper that encloses a group of cigarettes and a rigid outer wrapper that houses the inner wrapping inside it.

To better preserve the organoleptic characteristics of the tobacco of cigarettes, the use of a sealed internal wrapping has been frequently proposed, which is made by folding and heat-sealing a sheet of waterproof wrapping material. The waterproof material is fed to a packing machine in the form of a continuous ribbon wound on a reel which in use is progressively unwound to separate the individual sheets of wrapping from the continuous ribbon itself by means of a transversal cut; moreover, the waterproof material is generally of the multilayer type, that is, it is composed of several overlapping and joined layers. To make a continuous tape of multilayer waterproof material, it is necessary to unwind the layers from respective coils in order to overlap and join the layers and then at the end of the union of the layers rewind the continuous tape of multilayer waterproof material to form a coil that can be fed. to a packing machine. However, if the various layers of the multilayer waterproof material are not perfectly uniform (for example if one of the layers affects only a limited part of the overall extension of the material), when the continuous tape of multilayer waterproof material is wound, the resulting coil presents some irregularities (i.e. the shape is not perfectly round but has `` eccentric humpbacks '') which on the one hand subject the material to localized tensions that can determine unwanted plastic (i.e. irreversible) formations and on the other hand they can create problems both in the winding process and in the subsequent unwinding process (the tension of the belt varies impulsively due to irregularities and this negatively affects the winding and unwinding processes).

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a package with a wrapping provided with a reclosable extraction opening and the corresponding wrapping method and packing machine, which package, method and machine are free from the drawbacks described above and are, at the same time, easy to and economic realization.

In accordance with the present invention, a package is provided with a wrapping provided with a reclosable extraction opening and the corresponding wrapping method and packing machine according to what is claimed in the attached claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will now be described with reference to the attached drawings, which illustrate some non-limiting examples of embodiment, in which:

- figure 1 is a front perspective view and in a closed configuration of a hinged lid packet of cigarettes;

Figure 2 is a front perspective view of the packet of cigarettes of Figure 1 in an open configuration and with a detail removed for greater clarity;

Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the packet of cigarettes of Figure 1 in a closed configuration;

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of a group of cigarettes enclosed in an internal wrapping of the packet of Figures 1-3;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan view of a multilayer wrapping sheet used to make an internal wrapping of the package of Figures 1-3;

Figure 6 illustrates an exploded perspective view of a part of the wrapping sheet of Figure 5;

Figure 7 illustrates a plan view of a variant of the multilayer wrapping sheet of Figure 5;

Figure 8 illustrates an exploded perspective view of a part of the wrapping sheet of Figure 7;

Figure 9 illustrates a plan view of a further variant of the multilayer wrapping sheet of Figure 5;

Figure 10 illustrates an exploded perspective view of a part of the wrapping sheet of Figure 9;

- figure 11 illustrates a perspective view, schematic and with parts removed for clarity of part of a packing machine which carries out the internal wrapping of the package of figures 1-3;

- figure 12 illustrates a perspective view, schematic and with parts removed for clarity of part of a further packing machine which creates the internal wrapping of the package of figures 1-3; And

- Figures 13-17 illustrate the operating sequence of a yielding device of the packing machine of Figures 11 and 12.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION In Figures 1, 2 and 3, the number 1 indicates as a whole a rigid packet of cigarettes. The pack 1 of cigarettes comprises an external container 2 made of cardboard or rigid cardboard and shaped like a cup and a sealed wrapping 3 (figure 2) housed inside the container 2. The sealed wrapping 3 contains a group 4 of cigarettes (shown in Figure 4) of parallelepiped shape and has an upper and frontal opening 5 for extracting the cigarettes, which is arranged centrally and involves a portion of a front wall of the sealed package 3 and a portion of an upper wall of the € ™ 3 sealed package.

The external container 2 has an open upper end 7 and is provided with a lid 8, which is cup-shaped and is hinged to the container 2 along a hinge 9 to rotate, with respect to the container 2 itself, between a position of opening (illustrated in figure 2) and a closing position (illustrated in figures 1 and 3) of the open upper end 7.

The lid 8, when in its closed position, gives the outer container 2 a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an upper wall 10 and a lower wall 11 parallel and opposite to each other, two larger side walls 12 and 13 parallel and opposite to each other, and two smaller lateral walls 14 parallel and opposite to each other. In particular, a major lateral wall 12 defines a front wall 12 of the external container 2, while the other major lateral wall 13 defines a rear wall 13 of the external container 2. Four longitudinal corners 15 are defined between the side walls 14 and the front and rear walls 12, while eight transverse corners 16 are defined between the upper and lower walls 10 and the front, 13 rear and 14 side walls 12.

The package 1 also includes a collar 17, which is fixed (normally by gluing) folded in a â € œUâ € shape inside the external container 2 to partially protrude outside the open upper end 7 and engage a corresponding internal surface of the lid 8 when the lid 8 itself is arranged in the aforementioned closed position. The collar 17 is made of cardboard or rigid cardboard and comprises a front wall 18, which is arranged in contact with the front wall 12 of the external container 2, and two side walls 19, which are arranged on opposite bands of the wall 18 front and are arranged in contact with the minor side walls 14 of the external container 2.

According to a preferred embodiment, the collar 17 is provided with a pair of claws 20 which protrude laterally to engage the lateral walls of the lid 8 by interference so as to keep the lid 8 in the closed position.

As illustrated in figures 5 and 6, the sealed wrapping 3 is obtained by folding a sheet 24 of multilayer wrapping, which has a rectangular shape and is composed of the union of at least two layers 25 and 26 superimposed on each other and glued. Each layer 25 and 26 of the multilayer wrapping sheet 24 can be composed of a single material or it can in turn be of the multilayer type, that is, it can be composed of several superimposed layers. The ways of folding and stabilizing the wrapping sheet 24 around the group 4 of cigarettes are known and are, for example, described in patent applications IT2009BO00339 and EP2008935A1 incorporated herein by reference.

The wrapping sheet 24 comprises an inner layer 25, which in the sealed wrapper 3 is arranged in direct contact with the group 4 of cigarettes and an outer layer 26, which in the sealed wrapper 3 is arranged externally. The inner layer 25 has an incision 27 which is shaped like a `` U '' and defines the extraction opening 5 (therefore the incision 27 does not affect in any way the outer layer 26) while the outer layer 26 has a incision 28 which is shaped like a â € œUâ € (taking up the shape of incision 27), is placed outside the incision 27 to surround the incision 27 on three sides, does not affect the layer in any way 25 internal, and defines the edges of a sealing panel 6 of the â € œopen and closeâ € type capable of closing the aforementioned cigarette extraction opening 5. This sealing panel 6 normally adheres to the remaining part of the sealed package 3 to close (seal) the extraction opening 5 and can be temporarily lifted from the remaining part of the sealed package 3 to free the extraction opening 5 and therefore allows the extraction of a cigarette through the extraction opening 5 itself.

It is important to note that each of the incisions 27 and 28 can be complete (i.e. define from the beginning a clean cut without continuity of the respective layer 25 or 26) or partial (i.e. initially define a pre-weakening of the respective layer 25 or 26 which at the first opening of the sealed wrapping 3 determines a clean cut without continuity of the respective layer 25 or 26); preferably, the incisions 27 and 28 are partial so as not to excessively weaken the wrapping sheet 24 during the folding of the wrapping sheet 24 itself. The incisions 27 and 28 can be partial as they affect only a limited thickness of the respective layers 25 and 26 (i.e. they are not passing through), or they can be partial as they are not continuous but in `` sections '' (i.e. they form respective lines â € œ dashedâ €).

The outer layer 26 is glued to the inner layer 25 by interposing between the two layers 25 and 26 some repositionable adhesive which does not dry (i.e. the adhesive which allows even after a long time to separate the two layers 25 and 26 and therefore to reunite the two layers 25 and 26 for a high number of times). According to a preferred embodiment, the repositionable adhesive which does not dry is previously applied to the outer layer 26 (i.e. to the surface of the outer layer 26 which comes into contact with the inner layer 25) before coupling the outer layer 26 to the layer 25 internal. The presence of the repositionable adhesive that does not dry between the external layer 26 and the internal layer 25 determines the permanent (i.e. non-separable) bonding of the portion of the internal layer 25 enclosed within the incision 27 (i.e. correspondence of the extraction opening 5) to the sealing panel 6 delimited by the incision 28; therefore, when the sealing panel 6 is lifted from the wrapping sheet 24, the portion of the internal layer 25 enclosed within the incision 27 (i.e. in correspondence with the extraction opening 5) rises together with the sealing panel 6, freeing the € ™ extraction opening 5. The presence of the repositionable adhesive that does not dry between the outer layer 26 and the inner layer 25 determines a temporary (i.e. separable) bond between the portion of the inner layer 25 that surrounds the incision 27 (that is, that surrounds the Extraction opening 5) and the sealing panel 6 so as to normally keep the sealing panel 6 in contact with the wrapping sheet 24 to close (seal) the extraction opening 5.

According to a preferred embodiment, the sealing panel 6 is provided with a gripping tab 29, which is devoid of adhesive that can be repositioned towards the internal layer 25 (i.e. in the surface facing the internal layer 25) and is arranged in proximity of the extraction opening 5 generally below the extraction opening 5 itself. The catchable tab 29 is adapted to facilitate gripping of the sealing panel 6 when lifting the sealing panel 6 itself; in other words, to lift the sealing panel 6 a user can easily grasp the gripping tab 29, which is in no way fixed to the internal layer 25 unlike the rest of the sealing panel 6.

According to a possible embodiment, a selective rubber coating of the outer layer 26 is carried out in order to make the tab 29 which can be gripped, ie the outer layer 26 is rubberized everywhere except in correspondence with the tab 29; in other words, since the tab 29 must be glue-free towards the internal layer 25, it is possible to make the tab 29 simply by not applying the glue from the beginning in correspondence with the tab 29. However, this operating mode is theoretically simple but difficult to realize, as it requires very high precision in the deposition of the glue on the outer layer 26 and above all in the subsequent coupling of the outer layer 26 to the inner layer 25.

According to a preferred embodiment, an intermediate layer 30 is interposed between the external layer 26 and the internal layer 25 and in correspondence with the area affected by the gripping tab 29, in order to produce the gripping tab 29. The intermediate layer 30 is free of adhesive and therefore on one side the intermediate layer 30 adheres to the outer layer 26 (due to the effect of the glue present in the outer layer 26) and on the other side the intermediate layer 30 does not adhere to the inner layer 25 as it is glue-free towards the internal layer 25. In this way, where the intermediate layer 30 is present, the outer layer 26 does not adhere to the inner layer 25 due to the interposition of the intermediate layer 30 itself. It is important to note that the incision 28 also affects the intermediate layer 30, since part of the intermediate layer 30 must be part of the sealing panel 6 (that is, it must form part of the gripping tab 29 of the sealing panel 6). Furthermore, it is important to note that the intermediate layer 30 is arranged near the extraction opening 5 but is strictly arranged externally to the extraction opening 5 (that is, it is not in any way superimposed on the extraction opening 5 extraction). According to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the intermediate layer 30 is shaped as a strip which has a limited length and a width equal to the width of the other two layers 25 and 26 (i.e. the intermediate layer 30 also extends to the outside the tab 29 that can be gripped, therefore also outside the sealing panel 6). The part of the intermediate layer 30 external to the sealing panel 6 is â € œuselessâ € from a certain point of view, as it does not serve to constitute the gripping tab 29; therefore, according to a different embodiment, the intermediate layer 30 could be limited only to the area affected by the gripping tab 29 (ie only below the sealing panel 6). However, it is easier to apply an intermediate layer 30 shaped as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 (ie having a width equal to the width of the other two layers 25 and 26). Furthermore, in addition to the function of constituting the tab 29 that can be gripped, the intermediate layer 30 has the function of increasing the stiffness of the wrapping sheet 24 in correspondence with the extraction opening 5 (the increase in the stiffness of the wrapping sheet 24 in correspondence with the extraction opening 5 allows to reduce the sagging of the sealed package 3 when it is half-empty and makes it easier to close the sealing panel 6); when the intermediate layer 30 has a greater extension (that is, it also extends beyond the tab 29 which can be gripped as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6), the stiffening function of the wrapping sheet 24 in correspondence with the extraction opening 5 is decidedly increased, consequently improving the stability of the shape of the sealed wrapping 3 when it is half-empty and the closability of the sealing panel 6.

According to the variant illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the wrapping sheet 24 comprises a stiffening layer 31, which is interposed between the inner layer 25 and the outer layer 26 at the extraction opening 5. Preferably, the stiffening layer 31 is glued both to the inner layer 25 and to the outer layer 26, ie the stiffening layer 31 on one side is glued to the inner layer 25 and on the opposite side it is glued to the inner layer 25; alternatively, the stiffening layer 31 is glued only to the inner layer 25 or only to the outer layer 26. It should be noted that in any case the stiffening layer 31 must be glued to the outer layer 26 with repositionable adhesive which does not dry, while it can be glued to the inner layer 25 with repositionable adhesive which does not dry or also with permanent adhesive which dries; in fact, the sealing panel 6 which is part of the outer layer 26 must always be separable from the stiffening layer 31 (and from the underlying inner layer 25) to allow access to the extraction opening 5.

The stiffening layer 31 has the function of increasing the rigidity of the wrapping 3 sealed in correspondence with the extraction opening 5. As previously mentioned, the increase in the stiffness of the wrapping sheet 24 in correspondence with the extraction opening 5 allows to reduce the sagging of the sealed wrapping 3 when it is half-empty (therefore it facilitates the extraction of the cigarettes through the extraction opening 5 when the sealed wrapping 3 is half-empty) and facilitates the closing of the sealing panel 6.

According to a possible embodiment, the stiffening layer 31 is provided with pre-weakened folding lines 32 along the folds to which the wrapping sheet 24 is subjected during the making of the sealed wrapping 3. The stiffening layer 31 has a relatively high thickness and therefore a relatively high stiffness and in the absence of the pre-weakened folding lines 32 it makes the folding of the wrapping sheet 24 more difficult. Furthermore, in the absence of the pre-weakened folding lines 32, the folded stiffening layer 31 inside the sealed wrapping 3 would be the seat of relatively high springback forces which could determine an undesirable deformation of the sealed wrapping 3 itself. .

According to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the stiffening layer 31 is glued to the internal layer 25 and is affected by the internal incision 27 which also defines the extraction opening 5 in the stiffening layer 31. Alternatively, according to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 9 and 10, the stiffening layer 31 is provided with a through hole 33 which is superimposed on the underlying extraction opening 5 of the internal layer 25 and is no smaller than the ™ extraction opening 5 itself (that is, it has an extension that is equal to or greater than the extension of the extraction opening 5).

According to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, the stiffening layer 31 has a limited length and a width equal to the width of the other two layers 25 and 26; alternatively, according to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 9 and 10, the stiffening layer 31 has a length and a width that is more limited than the length and width of the other two layers 25 and 26.

In the embodiments illustrated in the attached figures, the inner layer 25 and the outer layer 26 have the same size which is equal to the entire size of the wrapping sheet 24 (i.e. both the inner layer 25 and the outer layer 26 extend to the entire wrapping sheet 24). According to an equivalent embodiment not shown, the inner layer 25 or the outer layer 26 have a smaller size than the size of the wrapping sheet 24 (i.e. the inner layer 25 or the outer layer 26 extend only over a limited part of the wrapping sheet 24). According to a first variant, the internal layer 25 has a dimension equal to the entire dimension of the wrapping sheet 24 (ie the inner layer 25 extends to the entire wrapping sheet 24) while the external layer 26 has a smaller dimension than The entire size of the wrapping sheet 24 and therefore smaller than the size of the internal layer 25 (ie the external layer 26 is present only in the vicinity of the extraction opening 3). According to a second variant, the outer layer 26 has a dimension equal to the entire dimension of the wrapping sheet 24 (i.e. the outer layer 26 extends to the whole wrapping sheet 24) while the inner layer 25 has a smaller dimension of the entire size of the wrapping sheet 24 and therefore smaller than the size of the outer layer 26 (ie the inner layer 25 is present only in proximity to the extraction opening 3).

According to the embodiment illustrated in the attached figures, the sealing panel 6 is oriented so as to arrange the gripping tab 29 at the front wall of the sealed package 3; consequently, the opening of the sealing panel 6 takes place from the bottom upwards (i.e. from the front wall of the sealed package 3 to the upper wall of the sealed package 3) and an upper portion of the sealing panel 6 remains always in contact with the upper wall of the sealed package 3. According to a variant not shown, the sealing panel 6 is oriented so as to arrange the tab 29 which can be gripped in correspondence with the upper wall of the sealed package 3; consequently, the opening of the sealing panel 6 takes place from top to bottom (i.e. from the upper wall of the sealed package 3 to the front wall of the sealed package 3) and a lower portion of the sealing panel 6 remains always in contact with the front wall of the sealed package 3. To facilitate gripping of the gripping tab 29, the gripping tab 29 could project partially (i.e. only a part of the gripping tab 29) or completely (i.e. the entire gripping tab 29) from the upper wall of the sealed wrapper 3 towards the wall back of the sealed package 3 itself.

According to a possible embodiment, the sealed package 3 is glued to the collar 17 so as to limit the sagging of the sealed package 3 when the sealed package 3 is half empty; in this way the extraction of the remaining cigarettes is simplified when the sealed package 3 is half empty. In particular, the sealed package 3 is glued to the side walls 19 of the collar 17 (which are arranged on opposite sides of the withdrawal opening 5 and therefore are able to keep the sealed package 3 in the correct form even when it is half empty. ) and can optionally also be glued to the front wall 18 of the collar 17 (which is located below the withdrawal opening 5 and therefore has a more limited effect in keeping the sealed package 3 in the correct shape even when it is half empty). According to a different embodiment not shown, the pack 1 of cigarettes has, instead of the outer container 2 made of cardboard or rigid cardboard, a soft outer wrapping which partially encloses the sealed wrapping 3, leaving at least one upper wall of the wrapping free 3 sealed itself. According to a further embodiment not shown, the pack 1 of cigarettes is devoid of the external container 2 and consists solely of the sealed packet 3.

Figure 11 illustrates as a whole and schematically a wrapping machine 34 for making a pack 1 of cigarettes of the type described above and illustrated in Figures 1-10. The packing machine 34 comprises a forming station 35 which produces a succession of sheets 24 of multilayer wrapping and a wrapping station 36 (realized for example as described in patent applications IT2009BO00339 and EP2008935A1) which folds each sheet 24 of multilayer wrapping received from forming station 35 around a group 4 of articles to form a sealed package 3 which encloses the group 4 of articles itself.

In the forming station 35, the layers 25, 26 and 30 (and, if present, also the stiffening layer 31) are in the form of continuous strips unwound from respective coils 37-40 and are superimposed by means of a roller pressing device 41. In particular, there is a coil 37 from which the inner layer 25 is unwound, a coil 38 from which the outer layer 26 is unwound, a spool 39 from which the intermediate layer 30 is unwound, and a reel 40 from which the intermediate layer is unwound. the stiffening layer 31 (if provided).

According to a preferred embodiment, the outer layer 26 is self-adhesive, that is, it has been previously provided with the repositionable adhesive which does not dry and therefore when it is unwound from the reel 38 it is already ready to be superimposed on the inner layer 25; alternatively, between the reel 38 and the roller pressure device 41 a gumming device can be provided which deposits the repositionable adhesive which does not dry on the outer layer 26. In the same way, preferably also the stiffening layer 31, if foreseen, has been previously provided with the repositionable adhesive which does not dry; alternatively, between the reel 40 and the roller pressing device 41 a gumming device can be provided which deposits the repositionable adhesive which does not dry on the stiffening layer 31.

Downstream of the roller pressing device 41 there is a cutting device 42, which makes a transversal cut to separate each sheet 24 of wrapping.

Between the roller pressing device 41 and the cutting device 42 there is an engraving device 43 which can be of the mechanical or laser type and makes the incisions 27 and 28 on each sheet 24 of wrapping (clearly the two incisions 27 and 28 must be performed on opposite sides of the wrapping sheet 24). In this embodiment both the incisions 27 and 28 are made after having superimposed the layers 25, 26 and 30 (and, if present, also the stiffening layer 31); alternatively, one or both of the incisions 27 and 28 can be made before superimposing the layers 25, 26 and 30 (and, if present, also the stiffening layer 31). Figure 12 illustrates a different embodiment of the packaging machine 34 in which the most evident difference is the size of the outer layer 26 (much smaller than that illustrated in Figure 11). Figure 12 does not show the cutting device 42 and the incision device 43 is divided into two parts 43a (which makes the incision 27 in the internal layer 25) and 43b (which makes the incision 27 in the 26 external).

According to a possible embodiment illustrated in Figures 13-17, the packing machine 34 can be provided with a sniffer device 44 which produces in each sheet 24 of wrapping a yielding (or pre-folding) of the tab 29 which can be gripped along a line 45 of weakening (Figures 12-16) which separates the gripping tab 29 from the remaining part of the sealing panel 6; this operation of yielding or pre-bending (i.e. preventive bending) consists in bending the gripping tab 29 along the weakening line 45 (normally by an angle greater than 90 ° and close to 180 °) and then returning the gripping tab 29 in its original flat form by means of a reverse bending or simply by means of elastic return. The yielding or pre-bending of the gripping tab 29 along the weakening line 45 causes the permanent deformation of the fibers of the gripping tab 29 astride the weakening line 45 in such a way that, due to elastic return, the gripping tab 29 naturally tends to rise from the sealing panel 6 (as illustrated in Figure 17) thus facilitating the taking by a user of the pack 1 of cigarettes.

The sniffer device 44 acts while the wrapping sheet 24 is advanced along a feed path 46 and comprises a lifting member 47 which, by suction, slightly raises the gripping tab 29 with respect to the rest of the wrapping sheet 24 (i.e. it folds for about 20%). 30 ° the tab 29 which can be grasped around the weakening line 45). Furthermore, the stretching device 44 comprises a fixed bender 48 which is disposed immediately downstream of the lifting member 47 and engages the gripping tab 29 raised previously by the lifting member 47 to bend the gripping tab 29 around by almost 180 ° to line 45 of weakening. Finally, the stretching device 44 comprises a folding roller 49 which is disposed immediately downstream of the fixed folder 48 and engages the gripping tab 29 folded by the fixed folder 48 to bend the gripping tab 29 by 180 ° around the weakening line 45 with a relatively high pressure.

The cigarette pack 1 described above has numerous advantages, since thanks to the fact that the sealing panel 6 is integrated in the outer layer 26, the multilayer wrapping sheet 24 can be made by overlapping the layers 25 and 26 directly in the packaging machine immediately before the folding of the wrapping sheet 24 around the group 4 of cigarettes. In this way, once the multilayer wrapping sheet 24 has been made, the multilayer wrapping sheet 24 itself is not wound on a reel and then unwound at a later time, but is immediately used. Consequently, all the reels used in the packing machine contain only web materials of uniform thickness and therefore are free from irregularities.

Furthermore, the sealed package 3 ensures the cigarettes contained within it a high level of protection against external agents and therefore is able to preserve the integrity of the organoleptic characteristics of the tobacco for a long time.

Finally, the sealed wrapping 3 has a high rigidity around the extraction opening 3 (even if a limited amount of wrapping material is required overall to make a sealed wrapping 3) particularly when the layer 31 of stiffening; in this way, the sealed package 3 does not collapse when it is half-empty (so even when the sealed package 3 is half-empty the extraction of the last cigarettes) and the closing of the sealing panel 6 is simple.

As a consequence of the numerous advantages of the package described above, this package can also be used to contain items other than cigarettes, for example foods (sweets, chocolates or other sweets).

Claims (4)

R I V E N D I C A Z I O N I 1) Package including: a group (4) of items; a wrapping (3), which encloses the group (4) of articles and has an opening (5) for extracting the articles closed by a reclosable sealing panel (6); a rigid external container (2) that houses the sealed wrapping (3), is cup-shaped, and has an open upper end (7) and a lid (8), which is cup-shaped and is hinged to the external container (2) along a hinge (9) to rotate, with respect to the external container (2) itself, between an open position and a closed position of the open upper end (7); And a collar (17), which is fixed folded in a â € œUâ € shape inside the external container (2) to partially protrude outside the open upper end (7) and engage a corresponding internal surface of the lid (8) when the lid is in the closed position; the packaging (1) is characterized by the fact that the sealed wrapping (3) is fixed to the collar (17). 2) Packaging according to claim 1, in which the sealed package (3) is fixed to the collar (17) by means of glue. 3) Packaging according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the collar (17) comprises a front wall (18), which is arranged in contact with a front wall (12) of the external container (2), and two lateral walls (19), which are arranged on opposite sides of the front wall (18) and are arranged in contact with minor lateral walls (14) of the outer container (2); And the sealed package (3) is fixed to the side walls (19) of the collar (17). 4) Packaging according to claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the extraction opening (5) extends over a limited and centrally arranged portion of a front wall of the wrapping (3) and over a limited and arranged portion centrally of an upper wall of the wrapping (3).