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Filter rod measuring station as well as method for measuring the mass of a softener, the moisture and/or the dry filter material in a filter rod

US7911212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

TEWS ELECTRONIK DIPL. ING. MANFRED TEWS · DE

Inventors

Rainer Herrmann · Hamburg, DE
Udo Schlemm · Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Sexauer · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2007
Grant date	Mar 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N22/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A filter rod measuring station is equipped with measuring devices which measure at least the mass (M) of a filter rod and the draw resistance (PD) of the filter rod, and a microwave measuring device is provided for measuring the mass of the softener and/or the moisture content and/or the dry mass of the filter rod.

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