G.d Societa' Per Azioni

G.d S.p.a.

Alberto Franchini

Fiorenzo Draghetti

Silvano Boriani

Marco Brizzi

A wrapper with a hinged lid for tobacco products presents a front face (), a rear race (), two flank faces (), a top end face () and a bottom end face (), and comprises a container (), a lid () hinged to the container along a crease lid (), and a reinforcing frame (). The wrapper () is fashioned from a flat diecut blank () comprising a central panel (), two lateral panels () flanking the central panel () and an end panel (), all aligned along a first axis (), also an appendage () aligned with the central panel () along a second axis () perpendicular to the first axis (), connected to one end of the central panel () and destined lo provide the lid (). The frame () is incorporated directly into the blank (), created by a process of deformation that involves selectively embossing portions () of the front () and the flanks () of the container ().

Cigarette box with hinged lid

A rigid pack for tobacco products comprises an outer wrapper () furnished with a container () presenting an open top (), surmounted by a lid () hinged to the container () and rotatable between a position in which the open top () is exposed and a position, interacting with a frame () anchored to the open top (), in which the open top is closed, the tobacco products being enveloped by an inner wrapper (). The pack () presents four lateral faces () arranged in two parallel pairs, also a top end face () and a bottom end face () disposed transversely to the lateral faces (), which define a front, a back and two flanks. At least one of the lateral faces () presents a deformation referable to at least one bend line (), coinciding with a crease line () impressed previously on the blank from which the pack is fashioned, and obtained by subjecting the flank faces () to compression in such a way that the bend line () is forced into relief.

Method of manufacturing rigid cigarette packs including deforming at least one lateral face of the wrapper

A rigid cigarette packet (), in the form of a right parallelepiped and extending along an axis (Z), has a container (), and a lid () hinged to the container () along a hinge () so as to move between a closed position and an open position in which the lid () permits access to a compartment (), housing cigarettes (), through an opening () in the container (), which has a front wall (), a rear wall (), two lateral walls (), a bottom wall (), and a top wall (); the opening () extends along the front wall (), between the hinge () on the front wall () and a free edge () of the front wall ().

Rigid cigarette packet

A method and device for conveying folded sheet elements, whereby a sheet element, folded to have at least two superimposed portions connected along a fold, is fed along a given path by a movable gripping head, which engages and retains by suction a first of the two portions of the sheet element, and simultaneously deforms the fold to retain the second portion in contact with the first as the sheet element is conveyed.

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Monteveglio, Italy

Alberto Franchini