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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1980
Hans-Walther Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Gerd Schumacher, Pinneberg, DE;
B.A.T. Cigaretten-Fabriken GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for simulating a human smoking a smokable object which comprises an inhaling device for drawing smoke from the object and a motor which is coupled to the inhaling device for driving the inhaling device. The apparatus further comprises a control circuit for controlling the operation of the motor. The control circuit includes a circuit for receiving an analog signal corresponding to a human draw profile of the smoking of the object, a converter coupled to the receiving circuit for converting the analog signal to a pulse signal and a switching device for applying the pulse signal to the motor for controlling the operation of the motor.