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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ivan Y Hirsh, London, EN;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, , EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 41 ;
Abstract
A testing device for filter-tipped cigarettes comprises a first source of positive or negative pressure arranged to be connected to at least one end of each cigarette to be tested, to produce an air flow through the wrapper of the cigarette, means for monitoring the pressure or flow rate of the air flow to detect the presence of an excessively leaky wrapping, and means for defining a chamber around the cigarette in the region of the joint between the filter and the tobacco-filled part of the cigarette and for connecting the chamber to a second source of negative or positive pressure.