Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kenichi Zentani

Fumio Kubo

A cigarette inspection apparatus is provided, which is capable of measuring ventilation resistances of a large number of filter cigarettes easily and accurately and which includes an inspection drum ( ) provided with part of an air-introducing unit for introducing air into a filter cigarette (C) from a non-filter side end face thereof, a measurement section ( ) provided with the rest of the air-introducing unit, pressure transducers ( ) for detecting inlet side and outlet side air pressures of the cigarette, and a data processor ( ) for determining the ventilation resistance of the cigarette based on a difference between the air pressures.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Zentani