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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O.o., Radom, PL;
Bartosz Cieslikowski, Radom, PL;
Abstract
Apparatus for determination of the position of an insert in rod-like articles () used in the tobacco industry, provided with a conveyor () for rod-like articles () adapted for transporting rod-like articles () in a direction of transporting (T) perpendicular to the lengthwise axis (Z) of the rod-like article () in a predetermined plane of transporting (A), a radiation source (), and at least one detector (A,B,C,D,E,F), characterised in that the apparatus is provided with a set of at least two sections (FF) of a detector (A,B,) and/or two detectors (C,D,E,F), where the sections (FF) of the detector (A,B,) or two detectors (C,D,E,F) are placed one behind the other in the direction of transporting (T) on the conveyor () of rod-like articles () in a predetermined spatial orientation in which the radiation (R) hitting on the sections (FF) of the detector (A,B,) or the detectors (C,D,E,F) passes through the rod-like article () at different angles (α); the apparatus is further provided with a controller () adapted to receive from the sections (FF) of the detector (A,B) and/or the detectors (C,D,E,F) a sequence of signals (S), where each sequence of signals (S) corresponds to the same rod-like article () transported on the conveyor (), and moreover the controller () is adapted so that it determines the position of the insert (E) in the rod-like article () on the basis of the sequence of signals (S) and the parameters of the predetermined spatial orientation of placement of the detectors (A,B,C,D,E,F).