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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:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Cahill, Coventry, GB;
Paul R Wiese, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Molins PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; A24C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131280 ; 131 28 ; 131 841 ; 131910 ;
Abstract
In a cigarette making machine, each of a number of quality parameters of the product (individual cigarettes and/or packaged cigarettes) is monitored and a quality value for each parameter is continuously calculated in accordance with predetermined criteira; certain machine operating trends (including causes of stoppages) are monitored; and control devices are automatically operated under the control of a programmable control unit (computer) responsive to all these inputs so as optimize the total of the quality parameters and also the machine operating characteristics.