Apparatus for controlling the diameter of cigarettes to be manuf

Details Apparatus for controlling the diameter of cigarettes to be manuf Apparatus for controlling the diameter of cigarettes to be manuf

1993-02-10

1994-12-06

Bahr, Jennifer

Tobacco

Cigar or cigarette making

Molding or forming

131 662, 131 841, 131906, 131905, A24C 518

Patent

active

053701372

ABSTRACT:
A control apparatus according to the present invention comprises a hinge for rockably supporting a second upper mold, which is utilized for the final formation of a tobacco rod, right over a lower mold of a cigarette production machine, an adjusting device for adjusting the diameter of the tobacco rod by rocking the second upper mold, a pulse motor for use as a drive source for the adjusting device, a pair of sensors for measuring diametrical widths of the formed tobacco rod with respect to two directions perpendicular to each other, a central processing unit for controlling the drive of the pulse motor in accordance with output signals from the sensors so that the diameter of the tobacco rod to be formed are within an allowable range, by means of a drive controller for the pulse motor.

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patent: 4865054 (1989-09-01), Lorenzen et al.
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