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A flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic material with an open bottom having an in

A flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic material with an open bottom having an internal peripheral shoulder and a base made of a separate plastic/metal foil laminate that is bonded to the shoulder by induction heating a heat-activated adhesive covering the metal foil of the base. The body has a central internal front-to-back stiffening rib and an access opening in its top and front panels with a surrounding ledge to which is adhesively bonded a removable foil closure. After the access opening is closed with the foil closure, cigarettes are inserted into the container body through the open bottom thereof. A protective paperboard liner that prevents adherence between the heat-activated adhesive and the cigarettes is inserted into the open bottom and supported by the central rib and the cigarettes. The base laminate is then inserted into the open bottom and bears on the shoulder so that when the adhesive is activated by induction heating, the base bonds to the shoulder and seals the container. An adhesive-backed label wrap with brand specific indicia is applied to the outer surfaces of the container.

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A flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic material with an open bottom having an in

A flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic material with an open bottom having an internal peripheral shoulder and a base made of a separate plastic/metal foil laminate that is bonded to the shoulder by induction heating a heat-activated adhesive covering the metal foil of the base. The body has a central internal front-to-back stiffening rib and an access opening in its top and front panels with a surrounding ledge to which is adhesively bonded a removable foil closure. After the access opening is closed with the foil closure, cigarettes are inserted into the container body through the open bottom thereof. A protective paperboard liner that prevents adherence between the heat-activated adhesive and the cigarettes is inserted into the open bottom and supported by the central rib and the cigarettes. The base laminate is then inserted into the open bottom and bears on the shoulder so that when the adhesive is activated by induction heating, the base bonds to the shoulder and seals the container. An adhesive-backed label wrap with brand specific indicia is applied to the outer surfaces of the container. h speed in response to the discriminating signal such that an object moving in said passage and to be discriminated is flipped by said deflection plate into said deflection passage upon protruding of said deflection plate into said passage; anda control section for controlling said deflection drive section according to the discriminating signal of said discrimination section such that when an object in said passage is to be discriminated, said deflection plate is protruded into said passage and when an object in said passage is not being discriminated, said deflection plate is not protruded into said passage.2. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said deflection drive section further includes a solenoid which drives said deflection plate.3. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:said discrimination section has an area sensor section where pixels for photoelectric conversion are arranged two-dimensionally;the pixels have a photoelectric conversion section for imaging an optical image, a signal comparison section for comparing a signal electrified in the photoelectric conversion section with a reference signal and outputting the result and a signal holding section for holding an output signal of the signal comparison section, and the pixels use a solid state image sensing device, to which address lines are connected respectively for the pixels, and which specifies necessary address lines from the plural address lines and takes out signals into a data line only from the signal holding sections of the pixels specified based on the address signals from the specified address lines;the specified address lines correspond to concentric circles on a disc-shaped object to be discriminated;the object to be discriminated being discriminated based on data on the concentric circles taken out by the address signals of the specified address lines;the pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix along said passage for moving disc-shaped objects to be discriminated at a constant speed; andthe position of the center of a disc-shaped object to be discriminated moving along said passage at the constant speed is determined on said area sensor section according to the position of a pixel that first forms an image of the disc shaped object to be discriminated among the pixels of said area sensor section.4. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:said discrimination section has an area sensor section where pixels for photoelectric conversion are arranged two-dimensionally;the pixels have a photoelectric conversion section for imaging an optical image, a signal comparison section for comparing a signal electrified in the photoelectric conversion section with a reference signal and outputting the result and a signal holding section for holding an output signal of the signal comparison section, and the pixels use a solid state image sensing device, to which address lines are connected respectively for the pixels, and which specifies necessary address lines from the address lines and takes out signals into a data line only from the signal holding sections of the pixels specified based on the address signals from the specified address lines;the specified address lines correspond to concentric circles on a disc-shaped object to be discriminated;the object to be discriminated being discriminated based on data on the concentric circles taken out by the address signals of the specified address lines;the pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix along said passage for moving disc-shaped objects to be discriminated at a constant speed; andthe position of the center of a disc-shaped object to be discriminated mo ving along said passage at the constant speed being determined on said area sensor section according to the position of a pixel that first forms an image of the disc shaped object to be discriminated among the pixels of said area sensor section.5. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said deflection plate is positioned opposite a deflection port of said deflection passage with said passage being interposed between said deflection plate and said deflection port of said deflection passage.6. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said deflection plate has a vertical dimension smaller than a vertical dimension of said deflection port of said deflection passage.7. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said deflection plate has an upper end positioned lower in a vertical direction than an upper end of said deflection port of said deflection passage and a lower end positioned higher in the vertical direction than a lower end of said deflection port of said deflection passage.8. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said deflection drive section is arranged to move said deflection plate in its entirety in a direction toward said deflection port of said deflection passage.9. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said passage is defined by a passage wall, said opening being formed in said passage wall.10. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a front surface of said deflection plate is flush with an inner surface of said passage wall.11. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said deflection drive section further includes a solenoid which drives said deflection plate, further comprising a bracket for attaching said solenoid to an outer surface of said passage wall.12. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said deflection drive section is arranged to move said deflection plate in its entirety in a direction toward said deflection passage.13. A discrimination object deflecting apparatus, comprising; a discrimination section for continuously discriminating a moving object to be discriminated and generating a discriminating signal when the moving object is to be discriminated;a passage through which the object to be discriminated moves according to a discriminating speed of said discrimination section;a deflection passage connected to one side of said passage;a deflection drive section having an opening provided on an opposite side of said passage from said deflection passage such that said opening of said deflection drive section is opposite said deflection passage and a deflection plate arranged in said opening of said deflection drive section, said deflection drive section being arranged to move said deflection plate between a first position in which said deflection plate is not situated in said passage and a second position in which said deflection plate is situated in its entirety in said passage at high speed in response to the discriminating signal such that an object moving in said passage and to be discriminated is flipped by said deflection plate into said deflection passage upon movement of said deflection plate from said first position to said second position; anda control section for controlling said deflection drive section according to the discriminating signal of said discrimination section such that when an object in said passage is to be discriminated, said deflection plate is moved into said second position in said passage and when an object in said passage is not being discriminated, said deflection plate is kept in said first position.14. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said deflection drive section further includes a solenoid which drives said deflection plate.15. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:said discrimination section has an area sensor section where pixels for photoelectric conversion are arranged two-dimensionally;the pixels have a photoelectric conversion section for imaging an optical image, a signal comparison section for comparing a signal electrified in the photoelectric conversion section with a reference signal and outputting the result and a signal holding section for holding an output signal of the signal comparison section, and the pixels use a solid state image sensing device, to which address lines are connected respectively for the pixels, and which specifies necessary address lines from the address lines and takes out signals into a data line only from the signal holding sections of the pixels specified based on the address signals from the specified address lines;the specified address lines correspond to concentric circles on a disc-shaped object to be discriminated;the object to be discriminated being discriminated based on data on the concentric circles taken out by the address signals of the specified address lines;the pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix along said passage for moving disc-shaped objects to be discriminated at a constant speed; andthe position of the center of a disc-shaped object to be discriminated moving along said passage at the constant speed being determined on said area sensor section according to the position of a pixel that first forms an image of the disc shaped object to be discriminated among the pixels of said area sensor section.16. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said deflection plate is positioned opposite a deflection port of said deflection passage with said passage being interposed between said deflection plate and said deflection port of said deflection passage.17. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said deflection plate has a vertical dimension smaller than a vertical dimension of said deflection port of said deflection passage.18. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said deflection plate has an upper end positioned lower in a vertical direction than an upper end of said deflection port of said deflection passage and a lower end positioned higher in the vertical direction than a lower end of said deflection port of said deflection passage.19. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said passage is defined by a passage wall, said opening being formed in said passage wall.20. The discrimination object deflecting apparatus according to claim 19, wherein a front surface of said deflection plate is flush with an inner surface of said passage wall.