Patent ID: 6843041

Claim:
A method for producing cigarette packs ( 10 ), of the hinge-lid box type, each of which comprises a box part ( 12 ), a lid ( 13 ) and a collar ( 14 ), the lid ( 13 ) being retained in a closed position by a closure aid by mutual interlocking of one interlocking element of the lid ( 13 ) with one interlocking element of the collar ( 14 ), wherein the interlocking elements of the lid ( 13 ) and of the collar ( 14 ), which are disconnected from each other during production of a pack ( 10 ), are brought into an interlocking position, corresponding to an effective position of the closure aid, before the pack ( 10 ) is completed, said method further comprising the steps of: a) initially completing the pack ( 10 ) to an extent that a lid front wall ( 22 ) of the lid ( 13 ), in the closed position, abuts a collar front wall ( 17 ) with no mutual engagement at the collar front wall ( 17 ), b) then, displacing the lid front wall ( 22 ) in an opening direction of the lid ( 13 ) such that the interlocking elements lie offset to one another, and c) finally, displacing the lid front wall ( 22 ) back into the closed position of the lid ( 13 ) as the interlocking element of the lid is guided into the interlocking position with the interlocking element of the collar before the pack is completed.