EP0032398A3 - Apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a cigarette maker - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a cigarette maker Download PDF

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EP0032398A3
EP0032398A3 EP81100183A EP81100183A EP0032398A3 EP 0032398 A3 EP0032398 A3 EP 0032398A3 EP 81100183 A EP81100183 A EP 81100183A EP 81100183 A EP81100183 A EP 81100183A EP 0032398 A3 EP0032398 A3 EP 0032398A3
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Jerome Sydney Osmalov
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Philip Morris USA Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
EP19810100183 1980-01-14 1981-01-13 Apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a cigarette maker Expired EP0032398B1 (en)

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US11152180A 1980-01-14 1980-01-14
US111521 1998-07-08

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EP0032398A2 EP0032398A2 (en) 1981-07-22
EP0032398A3 true EP0032398A3 (en) 1983-07-20
EP0032398B1 EP0032398B1 (en) 1986-09-03

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CA (1) CA1155032A (en)
DE (1) DE3175243D1 (en)

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GB8815175D0 (en) * 1988-06-25 1988-08-03 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture

Citations (6)

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FR1005426A (en) * 1947-07-17 1952-04-10 Process for treating wet fibrous materials, in particular tobacco, and devices for implementing this process
US2667172A (en) * 1946-08-21 1954-01-26 American Mach & Foundry Cigarette rod condition measuring and indicating
GB867143A (en) * 1957-01-09 1961-05-03 Industrial Nucleonics Corp Improvements in or relating to moisture gauges
FR1262620A (en) * 1959-04-17 1961-06-05 Molins Machine Co Ltd Machine for making cigarettes from a continuous roll
GB953728A (en) * 1959-04-17 1964-04-02 Desmond Walter Molins Improvements in or relating to continuous rod cigarette-making machines
US3411513A (en) * 1966-11-18 1968-11-19 Knobel Max Method and apparatus for gauging and controlling firmness in cigarettes and the like

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2667172A (en) * 1946-08-21 1954-01-26 American Mach & Foundry Cigarette rod condition measuring and indicating
FR1005426A (en) * 1947-07-17 1952-04-10 Process for treating wet fibrous materials, in particular tobacco, and devices for implementing this process
GB867143A (en) * 1957-01-09 1961-05-03 Industrial Nucleonics Corp Improvements in or relating to moisture gauges
FR1262620A (en) * 1959-04-17 1961-06-05 Molins Machine Co Ltd Machine for making cigarettes from a continuous roll
GB953728A (en) * 1959-04-17 1964-04-02 Desmond Walter Molins Improvements in or relating to continuous rod cigarette-making machines
US3411513A (en) * 1966-11-18 1968-11-19 Knobel Max Method and apparatus for gauging and controlling firmness in cigarettes and the like

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EP0032398B1 (en) 1986-09-03
DE3175243D1 (en) 1986-10-09
EP0032398A2 (en) 1981-07-22
CA1155032A (en) 1983-10-11

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