Cigarette ejecting system

Claim 1

IN A CIGARETTE MAKER, MEANS FOR SELECTING AND EJECTING OFF-WEIGHT CIGARETTES, WHICH INCLUDES A MEASURING HEAD AND CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED THERETO ADAPTED TO GENERATE ELECTRIC SIGNALS COMMENSURATE WITH THE WEIGHT OF TOBACCO IN THE CIGARETTES, A DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER WHICH HAS A SIGNAL INPUT ELECTRODE AND AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING IN SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT A A PRESELECTED REFERENCE VOLTAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF A PRESELECTED CIGARETTEE WEIGHT, A POLARIZED RELAY HAVING AN ACTUATION COIL CONNECTED IN SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT SO AS TO RESPOND TO SIGNAL VOLTAGE IN BOTH POLARITIES, A SECOND RELAY HAVING AN ACTUATING COIL CONNECTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY OPERATION OF SAID POLARIZED RELAY IN EITHER DIRECTION, A CIGARETTE CATCHER BELT, A STACKER BELT SPACED THEREFROM, A CIGARETTE EJECTOR INCLUDING A MOVABLE VANE POSITIONED NORMALLY TO BRIDGE THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID BELTS SO AS TO PROVIDE A CONVEYING SURFACE THEREBETWEEN, ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS FOR MOVING SAID VANE SO AS TO INTERRUPT SAID SURFACE AND PREVENT CIGARETTES FROM BEING CONVEYED TO SAID STACKER BELT, ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SECOND RELAY TO SAID ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS, FIRST DELAY-CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SIGNAL INPUT ELECTRODE, AND SECOND DELAY-CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE ACTUATING COIL OF SAID SECOND RELAY, SAID FIRST AND SECOND DELAY-CIRCUIT MEANS TOGETHER BEING PROPORTIONED SUCH THAT THE TIME DELAY BETWEEN THE DETECTION OF AN OFFWEIGHT CIGARETTE AND THE RESULTANT OPERATION OF SAID EJECTOR IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE TRAVEL TIME OF A CIGARETTE BETWEEN SAID MEASURING HEAD AND SAID EJECTOR.