Apparatus and process for testing cigarettes or the like
Abstract
Abstract FILTER CIGARETTES ARE TESTED ON A REVOLVING DRUM PROVIDED WITH A SET OF NOZZLES EACH OF WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH AN AIR COMPRESSOR DURING TRAVEL PAST A TESTING STATION. A FIRST PORTION OF THE STREAM WHICH ISSUES FROM A NOZZLE IS DEFLECTED BY THE ADJACENT END FACE OF THE CORRESPONDING CIGARETTE, AND THE REMAINING SECOND PORTION OF THE STREAM PASSES THROGH THE CIGARETTE. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEFLECTED FIRST PORTIION OF THE STREAM AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STREAM (AFTER IT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE FILLER OF THE CORRESPONDING CIGARETTE) ARE INDICATIVE OF THE CONDITION OF SUCH CIGARETTE. THESE PORTIONS OF EACH STREAM ARE EXAMINED BY A PNEUMATIC TESTING UNIT WHICH EFFECTS EJECTION OF DEFECTIVE CIGARETTES FROM THE DRUM.
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- 👤 Uwe Heitmann
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