Cigarette manufacture
US5797406A · kind A · utility
7Cited by
2References
13Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24C5/3412
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scanning device for a cigarette making machine comprises a low energy X-ray beam emitter (110) for passing an X-ray beam through the cigarette rod (116), and an X-ray detector (126;202) arranged to receive the beam after it has passed through the cigarette rod and to produce an output signal which can be amplified and fed to a control circuit (130) for the cigarette making machine.
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