GB1353949A - Classification of manufactured articles - Google Patents
Classification of manufactured articlesInfo
- Publication number
- GB1353949A GB1353949A GB2343271*A GB2343271A GB1353949A GB 1353949 A GB1353949 A GB 1353949A GB 2343271 A GB2343271 A GB 2343271A GB 1353949 A GB1353949 A GB 1353949A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- station
- article
- cigarettes
- path
- sensing
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
- B07C5/361—Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory
Landscapes
- Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
- Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
Abstract
1353949 Controlling cigarette making-machines; rejecting faulty cigarettes INDUSTRIAL NUCLEONICS CORP 19 April 1971 [23 March 1970] 23432/71 Heading A2C [Also in G4] A plurality of articles, e.g. cigarettes, to be classified into either of two categories, e.g. "reject" and "accept", according to at least one sensed characteristic of each article, are moved successively along at least one prescribed path past at least one sensing station and later past an operating station, the sensing station(s) responding to the characteristic(s) of the article(s) thereat to provide information signal(s) used to provide first category signal(s) when the article is in a first one of the categories, e.g. "reject", a first counter driven by timing pulses counting the article-interval movements of the articles along the path(s), an article-interval being the distance between successive articles, and programmed addressing means providing for each station in turn an address signal representative of the number of article-intervals from a common reference position to the station, this address signal being subtracted from the counter output, the result being used to address a memory, the category signal being written into the addressed location (in the case of a sensing station) or the location being read out to control the operating station (in the case of the operating station). There is a memory location (a single bit) for each article between the earliest sensing station and the operating station. The first-category signals placed in a given location by different sensing stations are effectively ORed together in the location. The address signals for the various stations come from a diode matrix driven by a second counter, and they are subtracted from the output of the first counter using complemented addition. Such a sequence of address signals is supplied for each article-interval movement. In part of the apparatus, two different paths are used by different articles, and the number of article-intervals, from the reference position, of each station downstream of where a single path is returned to, differs depending on which of the two paths was taken; for each of these stations, two address signals are used alternately since odd-numbered articles use one path and even-numbered use the other path. A third counter, at the memory output, counts the total number of rejects. Details of cigarette-making apparatus and the stations Tobacco is fed onto a moving conveyor belt, trimmed by a rotating equalizing knife, and wrapped at a rod former with paper from a reel, the paper being printed with brand name between reel and rod former. The continuous rod passes through a first sensing station using a beta gauge to measure the average density over each cigarette length and over each of a plurality of short segments of it. This provides servo-control of the equalizing knife (as well as a reject category signal for out-of-limit density). A second sensing station then checks the position and imprint density of the brand names. A cutter cuts the rod into cigarette lengths. A third sensing station checks for metal particles. The cigarettes are moved two at a time transversely off their path onto a pair of further paths, a filter being inserted between the two cigarettes and joined to them. A fourth sensing station performs a leak test, then the filter is cut in half to separate the two cigarettes (the printing was done so that it is adjacent the filter in both cases.) In one of the two paths, each cigarette is rotated through 180, then the two paths join together into one, with interleaving of the two streams of cigarettes. A fifth sensing station detects loose ends. Finally the operating station ejects (blows) reject cigarettes from the path. If any of the sensing stations detects out-of-limit values of the characteristic it is measuring, it produces a "reject" category signal used as above. A circuit following the memory permits non-reject cigarettes to be blown from the path instead, if desired. The apparatus may be operated in test modes, e.g. to eject every cigarette irrespective of the category signals.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US2192970A | 1970-03-23 | 1970-03-23 |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB1353949A true GB1353949A (en) | 1974-05-22 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB2343271*A Expired GB1353949A (en) | 1970-03-23 | 1971-04-19 | Classification of manufactured articles |
Country Status (8)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US3616901A (en) |
JP (1) | JPS548938B1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA927496A (en) |
DE (1) | DE2113841A1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2085050A5 (en) |
GB (1) | GB1353949A (en) |
SE (1) | SE380170B (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA711383B (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2178293A (en) * | 1984-07-26 | 1987-02-11 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | Ascertaining the condition of rod-shaped articles |
CN109398839A (en) * | 2018-02-13 | 2019-03-01 | 中国烟草总公司北京市公司物流中心 | A kind of unpacking system and its corresponding automatic Cigarette Sorting System |
Families Citing this family (20)
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US3778051A (en) * | 1971-10-21 | 1973-12-11 | J Allen | Superposed sheet detector |
US3819046A (en) * | 1973-04-04 | 1974-06-25 | K Klema | Armature testing device and method |
US3867283A (en) * | 1974-03-22 | 1975-02-18 | Industrial Nucleonics Corp | Article classifying system and method |
US3939984A (en) * | 1974-12-20 | 1976-02-24 | Butner Dean C | Package inspection and handling system |
US4082188A (en) * | 1976-06-23 | 1978-04-04 | Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. | Apparatus for color recognition and defect detection of objects such as capsules |
US4134498A (en) * | 1976-07-12 | 1979-01-16 | Geosource Inc. | Multiplexed sorting apparatus |
DE2740430A1 (en) * | 1977-09-08 | 1979-03-22 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | PROCEDURE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE SUPPLY OF TOBACCO |
US4299326A (en) * | 1979-11-05 | 1981-11-10 | Fmc Corporation | Weight sorting memory circuit |
USRE30964E (en) * | 1980-02-28 | 1982-06-08 | R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Package inspection and handling system |
DE3125663A1 (en) * | 1980-07-11 | 1982-03-18 | Hauni-Werke Körber & Co KG, 2050 Hamburg | Method and arrangement for the functional control of test devices of a machine producing rod-shaped smoking articles |
US4484591A (en) * | 1981-04-14 | 1984-11-27 | Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. Kg. | Method of testing and classifying cigarettes or the like |
US4445520A (en) * | 1982-02-08 | 1984-05-01 | Philip Morris Incorporated | Cigarette detection and rejection device |
US4792049A (en) * | 1986-12-22 | 1988-12-20 | Carrier Vibrating Equipment, Inc. | System and process for sorting and conveying articles |
IT1290673B1 (en) * | 1997-02-11 | 1998-12-10 | Gd Spa | CIGARETTES CONTROL METHOD. |
DE19947282A1 (en) * | 1999-09-30 | 2001-04-05 | Hauni Maschinenbau Ag | Process for the production of packs by wrapping a packaged product |
DE10216069A1 (en) | 2002-04-11 | 2003-10-23 | Hauni Maschinenbau Ag | Method and device for acting on articles of the tobacco processing industry |
EP1449445A1 (en) * | 2003-02-18 | 2004-08-25 | TOPACK Verpackungstechnik GmbH | Method of forming groups of tobacco products |
DE102006017106A1 (en) * | 2006-04-10 | 2007-10-11 | Focke & Co.(Gmbh & Co. Kg) | Process for the production and / or packaging of cigarettes in a production and / or packaging plant |
US20160120213A1 (en) * | 2014-10-31 | 2016-05-05 | R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Tobacco product component recovery system |
US11033049B2 (en) | 2018-08-01 | 2021-06-15 | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Apparatus for recovering tobacco material and related method |
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1970
- 1970-03-23 US US21929A patent/US3616901A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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1971
- 1971-03-03 ZA ZA711383A patent/ZA711383B/en unknown
- 1971-03-10 CA CA107373A patent/CA927496A/en not_active Expired
- 1971-03-23 SE SE7103760A patent/SE380170B/en unknown
- 1971-03-23 JP JP1681771A patent/JPS548938B1/ja active Pending
- 1971-03-23 DE DE19712113841 patent/DE2113841A1/en active Pending
- 1971-03-23 FR FR7110252A patent/FR2085050A5/fr not_active Expired
- 1971-04-19 GB GB2343271*A patent/GB1353949A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
GB2178293A (en) * | 1984-07-26 | 1987-02-11 | Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg | Ascertaining the condition of rod-shaped articles |
CN109398839A (en) * | 2018-02-13 | 2019-03-01 | 中国烟草总公司北京市公司物流中心 | A kind of unpacking system and its corresponding automatic Cigarette Sorting System |
CN109398839B (en) * | 2018-02-13 | 2019-10-11 | 中国烟草总公司北京市公司物流中心 | A kind of unpacking system and its corresponding automatic Cigarette Sorting System |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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CA927496A (en) | 1973-05-29 |
SE380170B (en) | 1975-11-03 |
ZA711383B (en) | 1971-11-24 |
US3616901A (en) | 1971-11-02 |
DE2113841A1 (en) | 1971-10-14 |
JPS548938B1 (en) | 1979-04-19 |
FR2085050A5 (en) | 1971-12-17 |
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Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
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PS | Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949] | ||
PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |