CIGARETTE PACKET WITH BUTTS CONTAINER

Abstract

An ecological cigarette package having a cigarette butt-container therein is disclosed.

Claims

1. A cigarette packet comprising a head portion configured for housing a capsule configured to house at least one cigarette butt, wherein said capsule comprises up to twenty truncated-conical holes with flat circular bases and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said capsule, wherein each hole of said up to twenty holes is configured to releasably hold a cigarette butt in said cigarette packet.

2. The cigarette packet of claim 1, wherein said capsule is made of aluminum.

3. The cigarette packet of claim 1, wherein each hole of said up to twenty holes is configured to house at least partially a butt and to releasably retain a butt, and wherein each hole of said up to twenty holes is configured so that a butt inserted in one of said holes protrude from said hole for about a third of its length.

4. The cigarette packet of claim 3, further comprising an extinguish-butt strip in aluminum affixed in a front face of the cigarette packet.

5. The cigarette packet of claim 3, wherein said cigarette packet is made of recycled paper with ecological prints.

6. The cigarette packet of claim 5, further comprising a separation flap configured to separate the capsule from cigarette housed, in use, in said cigarette packet.

7. The cigarette packet of claim 6, wherein said separation flap is made of recycled paper and comprises a surface facing, in use, said capsule, wherein said surface is covered of a sheet of aluminum.

8. An assembly comprising a cigarette packet of claim 7 and a wrapper made of bio-plastic, wherein said cigarette packet is inserted into said wrapper.

9. A method of manufacturing a cigarette packet comprising the steps of: printing a design of an open cigarette packet into a sheet of recycled paper; cutting said design of a cigarette packet into said sheet of recycled paper; folding said design of a cigarette packet; and inserting a capsule configured to house at least one butt of exhausted cigarette in a head portion of said cigarette packet.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising a step of providing a separation flap configured in the to separate the capsule from cigarettes housed, in use, in said cigarette packet.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising a step of providing a sheet of aluminum on a surface of said separation flap facing, in use, said capsule.

12. The method of claim 10, comprising a further step of filling the cigarette packet with cigarettes.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising a step of enveloping said cigarette packet in a bio-plastic wrapper.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising a step of applying to said cigarette packet enveloped into said bio-plastic wrapper an extinguish cigarette strip.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] FIG. 1 is an open, unglued cigarette packet according to the invention showing the internal side thereof;

[0016] FIG. 2 is a top view of the capsule portion of the cigarette package of the invention;

[0017] FIG. 3 is a cross-section view of the capsule;

[0018] FIG. 4 is a second cross-section view of the capsule;

[0019] FIG. 5 is an open, unglued cigarette packet according to the invention showing the external portion thereof including the extinguish -butt strip thereon;

[0020] FIG. 6 is a view of an internal side of open packet according to the invention;

[0021] FIG. 7 illustrates the internal paper strip affixed to the inner portion of the packet;

[0022] FIG. 8 illustrates an open package internal view with the internal paper strip glued thereon;

[0023] FIG. 9 is a front view of the cigarette packet with the head portion containing the capsule therein in a closed position;

[0024] FIG. 10 is a front view of the cigarette packet with the head portion in an open position;

[0025] FIG. 11 is a side view of a cigarette packet with a closed head portion;

[0026] FIG. 12 is a side view of the cigarette packet with head portion in an open position;

[0027] FIG. 13 is a top view of the cigarette packet of FIG. 11, with the head portion in a closed position;

[0028] FIG. 14 is a top view of the cigarette packet of FIG. 12, with the head portion in an open position;

[0029] FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of the packet of FIG. 9;

[0030] FIG. 16 is a front perspective view of the packet of FIG. 10;

[0031] FIG. 17 is a front view of the cigarette packet illustrating the head portion thereof in an open position;

[0032] FIG. 18 is a frontal-angular view of the packet showing extinguish-butt strip;

[0033] FIG. 19 is an additional frontal-angular view of the packet showing head portion in an open position;

[0034] FIG. 20 is a side perspective view showing the packet with disposal instructions;

[0035] FIG. 21 is a front perspective view of the packet in a wrap covering

[0036] FIG. 22 is a close up showing the thin strip underneath the wrap covering;

[0037] FIG. 23-FIG. 24-FIG. 25-FIG. 26 are additional views of the capsule configured to house at least one butt of an exhausted cigarette.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0038] As a first operation, we print the design of the open package on the first sheet of recycled paper of a ream of already printed sheets of the outer faces. Then cuts are made at the contours of the open packet design and at the substantially horizontal dotted line of in FIG. 1, by means of a ream-cutting machine The substantially vertical dotted line of FIG. 1, refers to the execution of a groove to facilitate the natural folding of the head of the package by the user.

[0039] Then, we proceed with the gluing of the internal paper strip (12a in FIG. 7) integral to the separation flap (11a in FIG. 7), as indicated in FIG. 8, and the application of the adhesive on all the edges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 as in FIG. 5. Then, we proceed to fold these flaps (FIG. 1) and fix them inside the faces of the package, also folded.

[0040] Next, the capsule (27 in FIG. 17) is inserted inside the head (31 in FIG. 19) of the packet, using the same adhesive.

[0041] Finally we proceed to fill the packet 28 with cigarettes 29 (see FIGS. 16, 17, 19), close the head 31 and enveloping everything in the wrapper in bio-plastic (FIG. 21). It has an additional thin strip (14 in FIG. 21) of the same material glued underneath the casing in bio-plastic, which exits from this slightly at the back (FIG. 22) and follows the outline of the packet (previously cut), in order to facilitate the opening of the same with a tear. Also the same casing has a rectangular hole (13 in FIG. 21) of the same dimensions as the strip extinguish-butt. We then proceed to apply the strip extinguish-butt (10 in FIG. 18) with a rotor-shaped element (9 in FIG. 5) on the packet already bagged directly as in FIG. 5, always using the same adhesive.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

[0042] The inventive cigarette packet or package can be produced using existing packaging equipment for cigarettes, only requiring calibrating of the cutting machines, and programming them for the use of new ecological materials and adding other machines capable of inserting the aluminum capsules and extinguish-butt strips. The use of renewable energy is recommended for the production processes in order to have the lowest environmental impact in the production phases of the packet, complete with all its components.

NOTES

[0043] In the exposition of this invention no measurements have been inserted because each cigarette brand has dimensioned its own packets and the same cigarettes in a different way. The artisan will need to size the packet, in its entirety, in agreement with each manufacturer without undue experimentation. In addition, it will be understood that disclosed is only one of the many possible forms of realization of the invention and the use of certain materials has been presented. It is obvious, therefore, that any other form, dimension or material suitable for the realization of this invention in its entirety, always refers to this model of invention and belongs to the same domain of protection as this description and the following claims.