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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wolfgang Wiethaup, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
B.A.T., Cigaretten-Fabriken GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 38 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the flow characteristics of a smokable article is provided. The apparatus comprises a smoking machine and a holding device coupled to the smoking machine for holding a smokable article. An air-tight chamber is movably mounted on the holding device for enclosing at least a portion of the smokable article. Flow characteristic measuring devices are coupled to the holding device for measuring the flow characteristics of a gas flowing through the smokable article.