Cigarette segregating apparatus
US5000323A · kind A · utility
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36Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/3412
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Moving cigarettes are inspected, particularly in the passages (10, 30) between the vanes (12, 32) in a cigarette packing machine hopper, by an optical ends inspector (74, 76) which is switched by a position detector (84, 86) responding to passage of individual cigarettes. Faulty cigarettes are arrested by a suction aperture (26) or an arrestor are (122, 222) and subsequently rejected from the passage, either in an axial direction or sideways through an opening (116, 244) in the vane. The position detector (84, 86) may activate the suction or arm for arresting the faulty cigarette.
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