CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a U.S. national phase of International Patent Application No. PCT/IB2019/051675 filed Mar. 1, 2019, which claims the benefit of priority from Italian Patent Application No. 102018000003168 filed on Mar. 1, 2018, the respective disclosures of which are each incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a packet of smoking articles and to the respective method for manufacturing the same.

PRIOR ART

A packet of smoking articles is known, which comprises: a group of smoking articles; a wrapping, which encloses the group of smoking articles and comprises an extraction opening for extracting the smoking articles from the wrapping, the which extraction opening is defined by an edge; a closing label, which is glued to the wrapping and that is mobile between a closing position, in which it closes the extraction opening of the wrapping, and an opening position, in which the access to the group of smoking articles is allowed.

Furthermore, the packet comprises a covering element, which is fixed to the closing label and faces and covers the extraction opening when the closing label is in the closing position. In particular, said covering element has the function of preventing the glue of the closing label from adhering to the smoking articles at the extraction opening of the wrapping.

In detail, the covering element of the known packet described above is dimensioned to protrude beyond the entire edge of the extraction opening. In other words, the covering element protrudes beyond all sides of the extraction opening.

However, the aforementioned packet requires a considerable use of wrapping materials and this results in a considerable production cost of the packet.

Patent applications WO2017167802A1, WO2016087827A1 and EP2361839A1 describe a packet of smoking articles provided with a closing label which is mobile between a closing position in which it closes an extraction opening of the smoking articles, and an opening position in which it allows access to the extraction opening of the smoking articles.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a packet of smoking articles, and a method for manufacturing the same, which overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks.

The aforesaid purpose has been obtained by means of a packet of smoking articles and a relative method according to the attached claims.

Advantageously, the proposed packet ensures that the glue of the closing label is not in contact with the smoking articles arranged in the wrapping and, at the same time, it allows to minimize (with respect to the known packet described above) the quantity of material used for manufacturing the packet itself.

