Process for producing a pack of smoking articles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10183770
APP PUB NO 20150329227A1
SERIAL NO

14712494

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The invention provides a process for producing a pack of smoking articles, such as cigarettes, which comprises: assembling packaging material, such as a packaging blank, around a charge of smoking articles to form a pack enclosing the charge smoking articles. The assembled pack includes a container portion to hold the charge of smoking articles, a lid in hinged connection with the container portion which is movable between a closed position for preventing access to the smoking articles in the container portion and an open position for accessing the smoking articles, and a magnetic closure having a first magnetic closure element and a second magnetic closure element which are configured and arranged to exert a magnetic force for holding the lid in the closed position. The process for producing the pack includes placing the first and second magnetic closure elements together or in combination with one another in the packaging material that forms the pack.

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  • JT INTERNATIONAL S.A.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collins, Tim Surrey, GB 25 1186
Kümpel, Jürgen Konz, DE 10 1
Mewha, Paul Igel, DE 1 1

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