CN215936282U - Detection device, filter tip connecting device and cigarette making and plug assembling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a detection device, a filter tip connecting device and a rolling machine. The detection device is used for a filter tip assembler and comprises a first conveying mechanism used for conveying tipping paper after gluing is completed. The detection device comprises a controller, a first detection element and an alarm device, wherein the first detection element is arranged on one side of the first conveying mechanism and used for detecting gluing amount information of the tipping paper and sending the gluing amount information of the tipping paper to the controller, the controller receives a value of the gluing amount information sent by the first detection element, a threshold value is preset in the controller, and when the gluing amount information value is larger than an upper limit threshold value or smaller than a lower limit threshold value, an alarm signal is sent to the alarm device. According to the detection device, the filter tip connecting device and the cigarette making and tipping machine, the gluing amount of the tipping paper can be correspondingly detected, an operator is reminded of adjusting the gluing amount, powerful guarantee is provided for the cigarette production quality, and unnecessary loss is reduced.

Description

Detection device, filter tip connecting device and cigarette making and plug assembling machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of tobacco industry equipment, in particular to a detection device, a filter tip connecting device and a cigarette making and plug assembling machine.

Background

Tipping paper is a decorative paper obtained by printing and processing base paper, is also called tipping paper, is a cigarette packaging material, is specially used for cigarette filter tip rolling and packaging, and belongs to special industrial paper. Tipping paper has only one application, namely for use in conjunction with cigarette paper in a cigarette factory, as each cigarette is to be fitted with a filter. In order to improve the beauty of the cigarette filter tip, the tip is wrapped with a layer of outer wrapping paper so as to prevent the filter tip from being exposed barely.

The tipping paper is an important material for connecting the filter tip and the short cigarette by a cigarette making machine, in the production of cigarette, the cigarette filter tip is to put a double-length filter tip between two cigarettes without filter tips, firstly the tipping paper is coated with glue by a gluing wheel, and then the cigarettes and the filter tips are connected into a combined cigarette by the glue-coated tipping paper, so as to form a connected filter tip cigarette. However, in the prior art, after the tipping paper is glued by the cigarette making and plug assembling machine, the equipment does not have any detection for the gluing amount, and the situations of no glue, overlarge gluing amount and the like can occur. If the tipping paper is not glued or is partially glued, the finished cigarettes are turned around, air leaks and unqualified cigarettes are produced, and if the gluing amount of the tipping paper is too large, the glue accumulation of equipment can be caused, the cigarette receiving effect is influenced, and even quality accidents are caused. At present, the quality of cigarettes is ensured mainly by manual detection of operators, manual detection is often omitted, and tipping paper with unqualified gluing flows into the next procedure, so that the quality of the cigarettes is influenced, and quality accidents are caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, in order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a detection device, a filter tip tipping device and a rolling machine, which effectively solve the problem that after the existing rolling machine finishes gluing tipping paper, no corresponding detection is carried out on gluing amount.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detection device for a filter plug machine comprising a first conveyance mechanism for conveying tipping paper after sizing has been completed, wherein the detection device comprises: the device comprises a controller, a first detection element and an alarm device, wherein the first detection element is arranged on one side of the first conveying mechanism and used for detecting gluing amount information of the tipping paper and sending the gluing amount information of the tipping paper to the controller, the controller receives a value of the gluing amount information sent by the first detection element, a threshold value is preset in the controller, and when the gluing amount information is larger than an upper limit threshold value or smaller than a lower limit threshold value, an alarm signal is sent to the alarm device.

Preferably, detection device is used for the filter plug machine, the filter plug machine still includes second conveying mechanism, second conveying mechanism is used for carrying the filter tip and does not install the cigarette of filter tip, the tipping paper the filter tip with the quantity of cigarette props up is a plurality ofly, and one-to-one, detection device still includes second detecting element and rejects the mechanism, second detecting element is used for detecting the displacement information of filter tip, and will displacement information's signal send to the controller, the controller receive come from the signal that represents displacement information that second detecting element sent the value of rubberizing volume information of tipping paper is less than during the lower limit threshold value, controller control it is less than to reject the value that the mechanism rejected and installed rubberizing volume information the tipping paper of lower limit threshold value cigarette props up.

Preferably, the first detection element is a plurality of capacitive analog sensors and/or the second detection element is a displacement sensor.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tipper, wherein the tipper comprises a tipper body and an electrical cabinet connected together, the tipper body comprising the first conveyance mechanism comprising a conveyance path in which tipping paper sizing is completed, a plurality of wheels arranged in sequence comprising a filter cutting wheel and a reject wheel, and a control panel, and a detection device as described above.

Preferably, the controller is provided inside an electrical cabinet of the tipper.

Preferably, the first detection element is arranged on a conveying path of the tipping machine after gluing of the tipping paper is completed.

Preferably, the alarm means is provided on a control panel of the tipper.

Preferably, the second detection element is provided on a side of a filter cutting wheel of the tipper for cutting filters.

Preferably, the rejecting mechanism is arranged on a rejecting wheel of the filter tip assembler or on one side of the rejecting wheel of the filter tip assembler.

According to a third aspect of the utility model there is provided a cigarette making machine comprising a tipping device as described above.

According to the detection device, the filter tip connecting device and the cigarette making and tipping machine provided by the utility model, the gluing amount of the tipping paper can be correspondingly detected after the cigarette making and tipping machine finishes gluing the tipping paper, and meanwhile, the alarm device can give an alarm to remind an operator to adjust the gluing amount under the condition that the gluing amount of the tipping paper is unqualified, and unqualified cigarettes can be removed, so that powerful guarantee is provided for the cigarette production quality, and unnecessary loss is reduced.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 shows a functional flow diagram of a detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 2 shows a further functional flow diagram of a detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the utility model;

figure 3 shows a schematic structural view of a tipping device fitted with detection means according to an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 4 shows a schematic structural view of a filter tipping device electrical cabinet with a controller installed according to an embodiment of the utility model.

The attached drawings are as follows: 10-a controller; 20-a first detection element; 30-an alarm device; 40-a second detection element; 50-a rejecting mechanism.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in obtaining a thorough understanding of the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the disclosure of the present application. For example, the order of operations described herein is merely an example, which is not limited to the order set forth herein, but rather, variations may be made in addition to operations which must occur in a particular order, which will be apparent upon understanding the disclosure of the present application. Moreover, descriptions of features known in the art may be omitted for the sake of clarity and conciseness.

The features described herein may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples described herein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided merely to illustrate some of the many possible ways to implement the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

Throughout the specification, when an element (such as a layer, region, or substrate) is described as being "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" another element, it may be directly "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" the other element, or one or more other elements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," directly coupled to, "directly over" or "directly overlying" another element, there may be no intervening elements present.

As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any one of the associated listed items and any combination of any two or more of the items.

Although terms such as "first", "second", and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section referred to in the examples described herein may be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the examples.

For ease of description, spatial relationship terms such as "above … …," "upper," "below … …," and "lower" may be used herein to describe one element's relationship to another element as illustrated in the figures. Such spatial relationship terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "upper" relative to other elements would then be oriented "below" or "lower" relative to the other elements. Thus, the term "above … …" includes both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …" depending on the spatial orientation of the device. The device may also be otherwise oriented (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative terms used herein should be interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The singular forms also are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having" specify the presence of stated features, quantities, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, quantities, operations, components, elements, and/or combinations thereof.

Variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, may be expected. Thus, the examples described herein are not limited to the particular shapes shown in the drawings, but include changes in shape that occur during manufacturing.

The features of the examples described herein may be combined in various ways that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application. Further, while the examples described herein have a variety of configurations, other configurations are possible, as will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detection device for a filter plug-in machine, which detects the glue application amount of tipping paper of the filter plug-in machine and reminds an operator of performing a corresponding operation according to the glue application amount of the tipping paper. The filter tip assembler comprises a filter tip assembler main body and an electric cabinet which are connected, wherein the filter tip assembler main body comprises a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, the first conveying mechanism comprises a conveying channel after the gluing of tipping paper is completed, the conveying channel is used for conveying the tipping paper after the gluing is completed, the second conveying mechanism is used for conveying the filter tip and a cigarette without the filter tip, and the quantity of the tipping paper, the filter tip and the cigarette is multiple and one-to-one. The filter plug assembler main part still includes a plurality of wheels and the control panel that sets up in order, and a plurality of wheels include filter tip cutting wheel and inspection rejects wheel. A plurality of wheels that set up in order can assemble the tipping paper of one-to-one, filter tip and cigarette, and the filter tip cutting wheel is used for cutting the filter tip of the transmission of first transmission device, and the rejection wheel is used for rejecting the unqualified cigarette of quality.

The detection device comprises a controller (programmable logic controller) 10, a first detection element 20 and an alarm device 30. In the following description, the connection manner and the work flow of the controller 10, the first sensing member 20 and the alarm device 30 of the sensing apparatus will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment, the controller 10 is a means for receiving a signal and/or sending a command, and is configured to receive a value of the sizing amount information of the tipping paper, and set a standard threshold value of the sizing amount, and may send information obtained by comparing the value of the sizing amount information detected by the first detecting element 20 with the upper and lower threshold values to the alarm device 30 through the controller 10 based on the prior art. The first sensing element 20 and the alarm device 30 may each be communicatively coupled to the controller 10 via a connection line, such as a data transmission line. The first detecting element 20 is connected to an input module of the controller 10, which may be, for example, an analog quantity collecting module, and the alarm device 30 is connected to an output module of the controller 10, which may be, for example, a digital quantity output module.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment, a threshold value of the standard amount of glue is first set to the controller 10, and when the detection device operates, the controller 10 and the first detection element 20 operate simultaneously. First detecting element 20 sets up the first conveying mechanism at the filter plug assembler for detect the sizing volume information of tipping paper, when the value of the sizing volume information on the tipping paper was gathered to first detecting element 20, send the analog quantity collection module of controller 10 with the value of the sizing volume information on the tipping paper, the analog quantity collection module of controller 10 is through the value of the sizing volume information of analysis received tipping paper, and judge according to the information value: when the information value is larger than the upper limit threshold value set by the glue applying amount, the controller 10 sends an instruction through the digital output module, so that the alarm device 30 gives an alarm to remind an operator to adjust the glue amount and avoid glue accumulation of the equipment; when the information value is smaller than the lower limit threshold value set by the sizing amount, the controller 10 sends an instruction through the digital output module, so that the alarm device 30 gives an alarm to remind an operator to adjust the sizing amount, and production accidents caused by the fact that the produced cigarettes use tipping paper with small sizing amount are avoided.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the detection device may further include a second detection element 40 and a rejection mechanism 50. The second detection element 40 is used for detecting the condition of the station movement of the filter tip, and the rejecting mechanism 50 is used for controlling the rejecting wheel to reject the cigarettes. Both the second sensing element 40 and the rejection mechanism 50 may be communicatively coupled to the controller 10 via a connection, such as a data transmission line. In the following description, the connection manner and the workflow of the detection device including the second detection element 40 and the reject mechanism 50 will be specifically described with reference to fig. 2.

The second detecting element 40 is connected to an input module of the controller 10, which may be, for example, a digital input module; the rejecting mechanism 50 is connected to an output module of the controller 10, which may be specifically, for example, a digital output module;

as shown in fig. 2, in the embodiment, a threshold value of the standard glue application amount is first set to the controller 10, and when the detecting device operates, the controller 10, the first detecting member 20, and the second detecting member 40 operate simultaneously. When the first detecting element 20 collects the value of the sizing amount information of the tipping paper, the value is sent to the analog quantity collecting module of the controller 10, and the analog quantity collecting module of the controller 10 analyzes the value of the sizing amount information and judges: when the information value is larger than the upper limit threshold value set by the glue applying amount, the controller 10 sends an instruction through the digital output module, so that the alarm device 30 gives an alarm to remind an operator to adjust the glue amount and avoid glue accumulation of the equipment; when the information value is smaller than the lower limit threshold value set by the sizing amount, the controller 10 sends an instruction through the digital output module, so that the alarm device 30 gives an alarm, meanwhile, the controller 10 receives and analyzes the signal of the displacement information of the filter tip collected by the second detection element 40 at the moment, and sends an instruction through the digital output module according to the result obtained by analysis, so that the rejecting mechanism 50 works to reject the cigarette with the tipping paper, the value of which is smaller than the lower limit threshold value and is provided with the sizing amount information, and the cigarette is prevented from flowing into the lower section production flow.

Preferably, the controller 10 may be of a model such as Siemens S7-1500. However, the method is not limited thereto, as long as the selected controller can complete the above-mentioned detection process, detect the glue amount of the tipping paper, and at the same time, control the alarm device 30 to issue an alarm prompt, and also control the removing mechanism 50 to remove the cigarettes.

Preferably, the first detection element 20 may be, for example, a plurality of capacitive analog sensors. The capacitance analog quantity sensor can collect the analog quantity value of the sizing quantity of the tipping paper, and the tipping paper needs to be sized on two sides of the tipping paper in the sizing process, so that the sizing quantity of the two sides of the tipping paper needs to be measured, and then a plurality of capacitance analog quantity sensors are needed to detect the sizing quantity of the tipping paper. The plurality of capacitive analog sensors may transmit the values of the collected sizing information to an analog collection module in the controller 10.

Preferably, the second detection element 40 may be, for example, a displacement sensor. The displacement sensor may collect displacement information of the filter and transmit a signal of the collected displacement information to the digital quantity input module of the controller 10. When the value of the glue applying amount information of the tipping paper acquired by the first detection element 20 is smaller than the set lower limit threshold value, the controller 10 starts to analyze the displacement information of the cigarette acquired by the displacement sensor, calculates which cigarette is to be provided with the filter tip using the tipping paper with less glue, and sends out an instruction after the calculation is finished to perform the next operation of rejecting unqualified cigarettes.

Preferably, the alarm device 30 may be, for example, an alarm lamp or a device capable of giving an alarm sound, and the like, and may be selected according to the environment in the actual industrial production, so as to satisfy the function of reminding an operator to adjust the glue amount of the tipping paper.

Preferably, the rejecting mechanism 50 may be a device, such as a rejecting valve, capable of receiving the command of the controller 10 and controlling the rejecting wheel to perform a rejecting operation.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 to 4, according to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a tipping device comprising a tipper and a detection device as described above. This filter tip connects device through installing the detection device on the filter tip connects the installation at the in-process of cigarette production, realizes carrying out the function that detects to the rubberizing volume of tipping paper. The manner in which the components of the detection device are mounted on the filter tipping device will now be described in more detail with reference to figures 3 and 4.

The controller 10 is mounted inside the electrical cabinet of the tipper. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, a mounting rail, which may be a slide rail, is preset inside an electric cabinet of the filter plug assembler, the controller 10 is mounted on the slide rail and connected to a power supply inside the electric cabinet through a connecting wire, which may be a power cord or the like, so as to realize the functions of receiving signals and sending instructions.

The first detecting element 20 is arranged on a channel of a first conveying mechanism of the filter tip assembler after tipping paper gluing is completed, specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a support is welded on the channel of the tipping paper after gluing is completed, a fixing hole for fixing a bolt is formed on the upper side of the support, a fixing hole for fixing a bolt is also formed on the first detecting element 20, the first detecting element 20 is fixedly connected with the support through the bolt, the function of installing the first detecting element 20 is realized, and the first detecting element 20 can be in communication connection with the controller 10 through a connecting wire such as a data transmission wire.

The alarm device 30 is mounted on a control panel of the tipper, and specifically, as shown in fig. 2, an opening is opened in the control panel of the tipper for mounting the alarm device 30, the alarm device 30 is mounted in alignment with the opening, and the alarm device 30 is communicatively connected to the controller 10 through a connection line, which may be, for example, a transmission line or the like.

Preferably, the second detecting element 40 is disposed at a side of a filter cutting wheel of the filter plug-assembler for cutting the filter, and specifically, as shown in fig. 2, a bracket is welded at a side of the filter cutting wheel for cutting the filter, a fixing hole for fixing a bolt is formed at a side above the bracket, the second detecting element 40 is also formed with a fixing hole for fixing a bolt, the second detecting element 40 is connected with the bracket by the bolt, so that the function of installing the second detecting element 40 is realized, and the second detecting element 40 can be connected with the controller 10 in communication through a connecting line such as a data transmission line after installation. The rejecting mechanism 50 is provided at or on one side of the rejecting wheel of the filter tipping machine, and specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the rejecting mechanism 50 may be mounted on the rejecting wheel of the filter tipping machine by a mounting method such as welding, and connected to the rejecting wheel through an air inlet pipe of the rejecting wheel, while the rejecting mechanism 50 may be in communication connection with the controller 10 through a connection line such as a data transmission line. When the unqualified cigarettes are required to be removed, the air inlet pipe of the waste removing wheel is controlled by the removing mechanism 50, positive pressure is given to the waste removing wheel, and the unqualified cigarettes are removed by the waste removing wheel. And further the operation of controlling the waste rejecting wheel to reject unqualified cigarettes is realized. Specifically, when the second detecting element 40 detects, the displacement information of each filter tip can be recorded, when the glue-lacking tipping paper appears, the controller 10 can calculate the displacement information of the corresponding cigarette with the filter tip according to the displacement information of the tipping paper, and after the tipping paper, the filter tip and the cigarette are assembled through a plurality of wheels which are sequentially arranged, when the cigarette reaches the waste rejecting wheel, the cigarette is rejected through the control of the rejecting mechanism 50.

It should be noted that the way of mounting the components in the detection device on the filter plug assembler is not limited to the way given in the embodiments, as long as the components are mounted at the corresponding positions and the function of detecting the gluing amount of the tipping paper can be realized.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, in one embodiment of the tipping device, the specific workflow of the tipping device is as follows: the power is switched on, the tipping device is communicated, a standard tipping paper gluing amount threshold value is set in the controller 10, when the tipping device works, the first detection element 20 collects the gluing amount of the tipping paper, and when the gluing amount of the tipping paper is between the set threshold values, the equipment normally operates. When the glue amount of the tipping paper is larger than the set upper limit threshold value, the alarm device 30 sends out a prompt such as flashing of an alarm lamp or alarm prompt tone to remind an operator to adjust the glue amount, so that the glue accumulation phenomenon of the equipment due to excessive glue is avoided. When the rubberizing volume of china cypress paper is less than the lower limit threshold value of settlement, alarm device 30 sends and can for example be the suggestion of warning light scintillation or warning prompt tone etc, remind the operation workman to adjust the glue water volume, the signal transmission of the displacement information of the filter tip that second detecting element 40 will gather this moment simultaneously gives controller 10, controller 10 calculates through the analysis, calculate which cigarette of installing the filter tip can use the china cypress paper of this section less glue, when this cigarette reachs the reject wheel, controller 10 is through the control of rejecting mechanism 50, make the reject wheel reject this cigarette, avoid this cigarette to flow into in the hypomere process. The filter tip receiving device overcomes the defect that the glue applying amount of the tipping paper of the original filter tip receiving machine can not be detected, and can reject the cigarettes using the tipping paper with less glue, and can timely remind an operator to adjust the glue amount, thereby providing powerful guarantee for the quality of cigarette production and reducing unnecessary loss.

Further, according to a third aspect of the utility model there is provided a cigarette making machine comprising a tipping device as described above.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present application, and are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, but not limiting the same, and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and although the present application is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent substitutes for some technical features within the technical scope disclosed in the present application; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a detection device for the filter plug machine, the filter plug machine includes first conveying mechanism, first conveying mechanism is used for carrying the tipping paper after the rubberizing is accomplished, its characterized in that, detection device includes: a controller, a first detection element and an alarm device,

the first detection element is arranged on one side of the first conveying mechanism and used for detecting gluing amount information of the tipping paper and sending the gluing amount information of the tipping paper to the controller, the controller receives a value of the gluing amount information sent by the first detection element,

the controller is preset with a threshold value, and when the value of the gluing amount information is larger than an upper threshold value or smaller than a lower threshold value, an alarm signal is sent to the alarm device.

2. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the device is used for a filter tip loader, the filter tip loader further comprises a second conveying mechanism, the second conveying mechanism is used for conveying filter tips and cigarette rods without filter tips, the tipping paper, the filter tips and the cigarette rods are in a plurality of numbers and in one-to-one correspondence, the detection device further comprises a second detection element and a rejection mechanism, the second detection element is used for detecting displacement information of the filter tips and sending signals of the displacement information to the controller, the controller receives signals representing the displacement information sent by the second detection element,

when the value of the sizing amount information of the tipping paper is smaller than the lower limit threshold value, the controller controls the rejecting mechanism to reject the tipping paper with the sizing amount information smaller than the lower limit threshold value.

3. A testing device according to claim 2, wherein the first testing element is a plurality of capacitive analogue sensors, and/or

The second detection element is a displacement sensor.

4. A filter tipping device, comprising a filter tipping machine and a detection device according to claim 2 or 3,

the filter plug assembler comprises a filter plug assembler main body and an electric cabinet which are connected, the filter plug assembler main body comprises a first conveying mechanism, a plurality of wheels and a control panel, the wheels and the control panel are sequentially arranged, the first conveying mechanism comprises a conveying channel after tipping paper gluing is completed, and the wheels comprise a filter plug cutting wheel and a waste rejecting wheel.

5. The filter tipping device of claim 4, wherein the controller is disposed inside an electrical cabinet of the filter tipping machine.

6. A filter tipping device according to claim 4, wherein the first sensing element is provided on a feed path of the tipping machine after the tipping paper has been sized.

7. A filter tipping device according to claim 4, wherein the alarm means is provided on a control panel of the filter tipping machine.

8. A filter tipping device according to claim 4, wherein the second sensing element is provided on a side of a filter cutting wheel of the filter tipping machine for cutting a filter.

9. The filter tipping device of claim 4, wherein the rejecting mechanism is provided at or to one side of a reject wheel of the filter tipping machine.

10. A cigarette making machine comprising a filter tipping arrangement according to any one of claims 4 to 9.

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