GB1568972A - Apparatus providing output indication of tobacco rod firmness - Google Patents

Apparatus providing output indication of tobacco rod firmness Download PDF

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GB1568972A
GB1568972A GB50796/76A GB5079676A GB1568972A GB 1568972 A GB1568972 A GB 1568972A GB 50796/76 A GB50796/76 A GB 50796/76A GB 5079676 A GB5079676 A GB 5079676A GB 1568972 A GB1568972 A GB 1568972A
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foot
gage
strain gage
tobacco
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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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1807—Forming the rod with compressing means, e.g. garniture
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S131/00—Tobacco
    • Y10S131/906—Sensing condition or characteristic of continuous tobacco rod
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S131/00—Tobacco
    • Y10S131/908—Sensing unique characteristic or specific condition of finished product

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  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
GB50796/76A 1975-12-05 1976-12-06 Apparatus providing output indication of tobacco rod firmness Expired GB1568972A (en)

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US05/638,080 US4033360A (en) 1975-12-05 1975-12-05 Apparatus providing output indication of tobacco rod firmness

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GB1568972A true GB1568972A (en) 1980-06-11

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CH (1) CH612330A5 (enExample)
DE (1) DE2654821A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1568972A (enExample)

Cited By (1)

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GB2153654A (en) * 1984-02-09 1985-08-29 Bat Cigarettenfab Gmbh A device for determining continuously the hardness of a smokable article

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US4418705A (en) * 1979-05-22 1983-12-06 G. D. Societa Per Azioni Method and relative manufacturing machine for simultaneously producing two continuous cigarette rods
US4326542A (en) * 1980-01-14 1982-04-27 Philip Morris Incorporated Firmness control in a cigarette maker
US4413637A (en) * 1981-01-19 1983-11-08 Philip Morris Inc. Dynamic circumference gage
US4535789A (en) * 1983-08-02 1985-08-20 Philip Morris, Inc. Tobacco rod firmness sensor
IT1186557B (it) * 1985-01-23 1987-12-04 Gd Spa Dispositivo di controllo e di correzione delle dimensione trasversali di prodotti a forma di barretta,in particolare per macchine confezionatrici di prodotti da fumo
US5168882A (en) * 1990-06-26 1992-12-08 Fabriques De Tabac Reunies, S.A. Device for checking a stream of tobacco before trimming
US6486767B1 (en) * 2001-07-27 2002-11-26 Cts Corporation Rotary position sensor using a strain gage
CN1655696A (zh) * 2002-04-26 2005-08-17 日本烟草产业株式会社 棒状物品成形装置
CA2980521A1 (en) 2015-03-31 2016-10-06 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited A user interface and system for supplying gases to an airway
CN114569856A (zh) 2016-08-11 2022-06-03 费雪派克医疗保健有限公司 可塌缩导管、患者接口和头戴具连接器

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US2522117A (en) * 1945-04-30 1950-09-12 Curtiss Wright Corp Strain measuring instrument
US2667172A (en) * 1946-08-21 1954-01-26 American Mach & Foundry Cigarette rod condition measuring and indicating
US3411348A (en) * 1966-06-30 1968-11-19 W C Dillon & Company Inc Electronic dynamometer

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2153654A (en) * 1984-02-09 1985-08-29 Bat Cigarettenfab Gmbh A device for determining continuously the hardness of a smokable article

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CH612330A5 (enExample) 1979-07-31
US4033360A (en) 1977-07-05

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Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee