Claims
- 1. In a rod making machine comprising means to forward material such as tobacco from which a rod is to be made in the form of a stream along a predetermined path, and a throat along the path in which material is compressed to rod-shape as it is forwarded along the path, the improvement that the throat comprises at least one curved elongated segment free on all sides from the other throat components, a cantilever arm fixed at one end to the machine and at the other end to the segment, a strain gauge mounted on the cantilever arm between the machine and the segment, and means to detect the output of the strain gauge.
- 2. The machine claimed in claim 1 in which the throat is formed by a garniture and a tongue piece.
- 3. The machine claimed in claim 2 in which the downstream end of the tongue piece is separated from the upstream end of the tongue piece and the downstream end is mounted to the arm.
- 4. The machine claimed in claim 2 in which the downstream end of the tongue piece is separated from the upstream end of the tongue piece, the downstream end is split into at least two sections, each section is mounted to a separate arm a strain gauge is placed on each arm and the output of each strain gauge is detected.
- 5. The machine claimed in claim 2 in which a segment of the garniture is formed as an insert in the garniture and the insert is mounted to the arm.
- 6. The machine claimed in claim 1 in which the arm is thin parallel to the direction of the prescribed path between the segment and the machine.
Priority Claims (2)
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73/9394 |
Dec 1973 |
ZA |
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74/5369 |
Aug 1974 |
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Parent Case Info
This invention relates to and is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 529,869, now abandoned. The invention is concerned with the determination of the condition of cigarette rods, including filter rods, during their manufacture.
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2163415 |
Stephano |
Jun 1939 |
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2523117 |
Holt et al. |
Sep 1950 |
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2667172 |
Broekhuysen et al. |
Jan 1954 |
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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995,604 |
Jun 1965 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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529869 |
Dec 1974 |
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