161 |
A METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGING BLANKS FOR CONSUMER GOODS |
US14648335 |
2013-11-29 |
US20150336348A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Mathias Beutler |
Method for producing a plurality of blanks from a continuous strip of material. Firstly, a continuous strip of material (101) is provided, the strip having a plurality of cut-outs (103) spaced along a longitudinal direction thereof. Then, the continuous strip is cut along a plurality of cut lines (203) to form the plurality of blanks (301), each cut line comprising a straight transverse section and a curved section. Each cut line intersects a respective cut-out in the strip in the curved section of the cut line. Each cut line, together with its respective intersected cut-out, corresponds to an edge (303, 305) of at least one of the plurality of blanks. There is also provided a blank (301) formed by the method and a container (400) for consumer goods, the container comprising an inner frame (301) formed from a blank formed according by the method. |
162 |
PACKET FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS |
US14377687 |
2013-03-05 |
US20150216228A1 |
2015-08-06 |
Patrizio Roila; Roberto Polloni; Marco Ghini; Stefano Negrini |
A packet for tobacco products includes an inner container housing a group of tobacco products. A bottom wall is positioned at end portions of the tobacco products. An outer container houses the inner container slidably in parallel with the axes of the tobacco products, thus allowing the inner container to slide between a retracted position, and an extracted or raised position. The bottom wall of the inner container forms a supporting portion abutting the end portion of one of the tobacco products. The top wall of the outer container includes an opening, and each sliding action of the inner container towards the raised position causes an axial movement towards the top wall of the outer container of the tobacco product abutting the supporting portion and causing a pickup portion of the tobacco product to come out through the opening in the outer container. |
163 |
METHOD FOR PACKAGING FINISHED TOBACCO GOODS IN A MASTER BOX |
US14426089 |
2013-01-09 |
US20150210412A1 |
2015-07-30 |
Frederik Bergwerff; Louis Jean Van Rennes; Robert George McCarthy; Simon Edward Cunningham |
In a method for packaging finished tobacco goods in a master box first a PE liner which is foreseen of an EVOH barrier or an Aluminium liner is folded in the master box. This can be done by an automatic machine or manually. In the manual embodiment the liner, already cut on the right sizes including a seal in the bottom, is pulled over a mall which has the same size as the master box. Then the master box is pulled over the mall including the liner. Then the master box including the liner is pulled of the mall and the master box is ready for storage.Next the master box with liner is filled with finished tobacco goods and sachets with oxygen and/or humidity absorbers are placed in the master box. Then the master box is placed in a vacuum room and the pressure in the vacuum room and in the liner and the master box is reduced. Next Nitrogen is injected in the vacuum room and/or the master box. Then the liner and the master box is sealed and the box is closed. |
164 |
Packaging for vaporizing device |
US14274396 |
2014-05-09 |
US09089166B1 |
2015-07-28 |
Mark Scatterday |
A package for electronic vaporizing devices and components thereof may include a base and a cover coupled to the base for opening and closing the package. The package may include one or more guiding elements providing for a plurality of slots of different lengths, e.g., for receiving various components of the electronic vaporizing device. The package may include a slot or compartment for housing a power adapter and/or replacement components of the electronic vaporizing device. |
165 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING OF COLLATIONS OF ROD SHAPED ARTICLES |
US14416100 |
2013-07-02 |
US20150197356A1 |
2015-07-16 |
Arvydas Virsila |
The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a predetermined collation of rod shaped articles, in particular smoking articles, comprising a feeder arrangement (1), and a pocket (3,4,5). The pocket is adapted to house a predetermined number of rod shaped articles (13,14,15) in the predetermined collation, wherein in the predetermined collation each rod shaped article has a predetermined position within the pocket. The apparatus further comprises a hopper (2) with a plurality of hopper vanes (9), wherein each hopper vane is at least associated to one predetermined position in the pocket. The feeder arrangement comprises a first feeder (6) being adapted to provide a first subgroup of rod shaped articles (13) of a first type to a first subset of hopper vanes, a second feeder (7) being adapted to provide a second subgroup of rod shaped articles (14) of a second type to a second subset of hopper vanes, and a third feeder (8) being adapted to provide a third subgroup of rod shaped articles (15) of a third type to a third subset of hopper vanes. The first, second and third subgroups of the rod shaped articles are a first, second and third part of the predetermined collation, respectively. The second feeder is arranged in between the first feeder and the third feeder. At least the first type of rod shaped articles is different from the second type of rod shaped articles and at least the second type of rod shaped articles is different from the third type of rod shaped articles. The invention further relates to a method for forming a collation of rod shaped articles and to a use of a feeding apparatus with three hoppers. |
166 |
CHARGING METHOD BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE BOX AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE BOX |
US14412423 |
2013-04-27 |
US20150189917A1 |
2015-07-09 |
Zhiyong Xiang |
A charging method based on electronic cigarette box and a corresponding electronic cigarette box. The charging method based on electronic cigarette box includes: when there is a power to be charged being connected to the electronic cigarette box, detects the charging voltage of the power to be charged (101), then determines the power to be charged is linear charging mode or switch charging mode according to the charging voltage (102). If determines that the power to be charged is linear charging mode, then uses the voltage corresponding to the linear charging mode to charge the power to be charged (103). The method may improve the charge efficiency of the electronic cigarette box charging power of linear charging management mode such as charging on battery rod. |
167 |
Method and apparatus for making a custom made cigar using resealable packaging unit or pouch having multiple cigar wrappers |
US13296335 |
2011-11-15 |
US09032969B1 |
2015-05-19 |
Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr. |
A pouch with multiple tear areas is provided. In one embodiment instructions are provided for resealing with heat. In one embodiment a zip-lock type reseal can be used in place of one of the multiple tear areas. |
168 |
SEALABLE CONTAINER |
US14337119 |
2014-07-21 |
US20150021216A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Stevan BLAGOJEVIC |
An embodiment of a container may comprise a cap and a body. The cap may include a top portion, cap walls that form an outer perimeter, and a protruding end that forms an inner perimeter sized smaller than the outer perimeter. The body may include a bottom portion and body walls with distal outermost ends that form a cavity and a body perimeter. The body perimeter may be substantially the same as the outer perimeter. The body may also include upper outer and inner rims disposed around the entire distal outermost ends and having a channel between them. The channel may be sized to receive the protruding end in a friction seal when the container is in a closed position. No portion of the cap may be configured to extend into the cavity or beyond the body perimeter in the closed position. |
169 |
Electronic cigarette case |
US13861141 |
2013-04-11 |
US08910783B2 |
2014-12-16 |
Qiuming Liu |
An electronic cigarette case includes a box body, a box cover hinged to the box body and an opening and closing mechanism. The opening and closing mechanism includes a spring piece built in the box body and an arc-shaped bulge formed on the box cover. The arc-shaped bulge clamped between the spring piece and inner wall of the box body and slidingly contact with the spring piece. When the box cover rotates a first predetermined angle relative to the box body, the spring piece drives the bulge to slide relative to the spring piece until the box cover is fully open. When the box cover rotates a second predetermined angle relative to the box body, the spring piece drives the arc-shaped bulge to slide relative to the spring piece until the box cover is fully closed. Thus, it is convenient to open or close the electronic cigarette case which has a simplified structure. |
170 |
Container for consumer goods |
US13810480 |
2011-07-18 |
US08800761B2 |
2014-08-12 |
Bodo-Werner Lutzig; Yuzo Yamamoto; Koko Ozono |
The current invention relates to a container (1) comprising a wrapped bundle of consumer goods housed within a box wherein the box further comprises a box bottom wall (11), a first box side wall (101), a second box side wall (100), a box back wall (10) and a box front wall (10) and wherein the container further comprises a lid (13), wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the box across a hinge line, and wherein the lid further comprises a lid top wall, a first lid side wall, a second lid side wall, a lid back wall and a lid front wall (132), and wherein the container comprises at least one wavy surface (104a) bounded by two undulating outlines (102a, 103a) wherein the at least one wavy surface is arranged between two adjacent walls of the lid or two adjacent walls of the box, such that the at least one wavy surface at least partially bridges the two adjacent walls. |
171 |
Acoustic Control Electronic Cigarette Case and Electronic Cigarette Device |
US13824977 |
2012-07-03 |
US20140007892A1 |
2014-01-09 |
Qiuming Liu |
This invention relates to an acoustic control electronic cigarette case and an electronic cigarette device. The electronic cigarette case comprises a battery device, an audio sensor, a memory module, an audio processing module connecting with the audio sensor and generating an electric detecting instruction during the predetermined period of time when the predetermined type acoustic signals is detected, an electric quantity detecting module, a display control module and a display module. The acoustic control electronic cigarette case and the electronic cigarette device of the present invention through disposing the audio sensor, the audio processing module generating an electric detecting instruction during the predetermined period of time when the predetermined type acoustic signals is detected, the electric quantity detecting module, the display control module and the display module achieve technical effects of being easily and conveniently to display the electric quantity, durable, and rapidly response. |
172 |
CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINER |
US13879636 |
2011-10-17 |
US20130256163A1 |
2013-10-03 |
David Cottle; Tom Collings; Jesper Svahn |
A child resistant container for nicotine products includes latching elements (8, 25) adapted to interlock with cooperating latching elements (9, 27) when a lid (3) is pushed onto a the base (2) to retain the lid (3) to the base (2). The latching elements (8, 25) are further adapted to disengage from the cooperating latching elements (9, 27) when a simultaneous force is exerted on all releasable latching arrangements (6, 7, 12, 13) by two hands of a user or the like. |
173 |
PACKAGE FOR CIGARETTES OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND/OR BRANDS |
US13858808 |
2013-04-08 |
US20130213835A1 |
2013-08-22 |
Yanko YANCHEV |
A cigarette pack capable of carrying different-sized and different-branded cigarettes is disclosed. The cigarette pack may consist of a first portion, a second portion hingedly coupled to the first portion, and a top portion hingedly coupled to a sliding portion slidably disposed within the second portion. The cigarette pack may also include sleeves disposed within the first portion and second portion and configured to support cigarettes within the sleeve. The cigarette pack may also include a platform for supporting cigarettes within either of said portions. |
174 |
Smoking article and method |
US13182957 |
2011-07-14 |
US08469038B2 |
2013-06-25 |
Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr. |
A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled and packaged, at least one sheet including cellulose. In one embodiment, cellulose and tobacco sheet material are separately rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged. In another embodiment, the sheet is a laminated sheet of tobacco and cellulose layers that can be optionally wrapped around (or pre-rolled inside) a form casing. These sheets can be filled with custom tobacco to make one or more new cigars for an end user. In another embodiment, a complete cigar filled with tobacco material can be disassembled by an end user to produce tobacco and cellulose sheets, enabling the end user to form two new cigars using his or her own custom tobacco. |
175 |
Packages |
US13106341 |
2011-05-12 |
US08413805B2 |
2013-04-09 |
Andrew Jonathan Bray; Alan Douglas Tearle |
A package comprises first and second packs each capable of containing items. The packs are connected in a Jacob's ladder arrangement by straps which are initially joined together by a line of weakness, and which separate along the line of weakness upon first movement of the first and second packs relative to each other. |
176 |
Humidification control device |
US12074072 |
2008-03-03 |
US20090217934A1 |
2009-09-03 |
John Soyak; Matthew Bogosian |
A humidification control device comprising a container with a chamber for storing and dispensing liquids and a base section in which is formed an opening with a contact surface around the opening's periphery. Also provided is a cigar having at least one exposed cut end and a receptacle, which is hermetically sealed, inside the container's chamber for receiving and retaining the cigar. Additionally provided is a closure plug having a tubular housing member with a closed bottom, a top with an opening and a projecting flange for engaging the opening in the base section conformable to the shape of the area of the container peripheral to the opening. The device includes a humidification source and a tubular case, which is adapted to releasably join with the tubular housing member of the closure plug, for holding the humidification source, and an opening defined by a projecting rim in the tubular case through which the humidification vapors may freely pass. The projecting rim is adapted to be placed in or in near abutment with the exposed cut end of the cigar to enable the direct flow of the humidification vapors into and throughout the cigar. |
177 |
SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHOD |
US12108946 |
2008-04-24 |
US20080271745A1 |
2008-11-06 |
Daniel S. Sinclair |
A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled and packaged, at least one sheet including cellulose. In one embodiment, cellulose and tobacco sheet material are separately rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged. In another embodiment, the sheet is a laminated sheet of tobacco and cellulose layers that can be optionally wrapped around (or pre-rolled inside) a form casing. These sheets can be filled with custom tobacco to make one or more new cigars for an end user. In another embodiment, a complete cigar filled with tobacco material can be disassembled by an end user to produce tobacco and cellulose sheets, enabling the end user to form two new cigars using his or her own custom tobacco. |
178 |
Tobacco products merchandising method |
US10376124 |
2003-02-28 |
US20030159406A1 |
2003-08-28 |
John
F.
Roscoe |
Disclosed is a method of merchandising cigarettes, both in factory-made form and in the form of loose tobacco of the same blend and other related products bearing the same brand. |
179 |
Container for filter tipped cigarette tubes used in hand made cigarettes |
US64724 |
1998-04-23 |
US5957278A |
1999-09-28 |
Marek S. Krawec; Edward G. A. Simpson |
A cigarette tube container for containing and transporting a multiple of cigarette tubes having cigarette filter tips is provided the container has partitions for dividing the container space into multiple segments with the tubes being placed upright with the filter tips located at the top of the container and a closure for each segment of the container where each closure may be individually opened to permit withdrawal of the cigarette tube by its filter tip. |
180 |
Package for components of hand made cigarettes |
US840704 |
1997-04-25 |
US5794771A |
1998-08-18 |
Marek S. Krawec; Edward G. A. Simpson; Jean L. Mailhot |
The invention relates to a packaging system for hand made cigarettes using loose tobacco and pre-made, filter tipped cigarette tubes. The packaging system includes a reusable container with a bottom section and a top section. Loose tobacco is stored in the bottom section and is separated by a divider from the top section. A removable storage canister holds the empty cigarette tubes and fits within the top portion of the reusable container. |