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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. 11, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth M Milliner, Macon, GA (US);
Tommy J Hinzman, Macon, GA (US);
Everett N Finn, Macon, GA (US);
Byron L Lowe, Macon, GA (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24C / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386391 ; 131282 ; 209535 ;
Abstract
A device for receiving and transferring cylindrical filter rods one at a time from a mass flow of filters. The receiving and transferring device is used to remove filter rods from the mass flow of filter rods to conduct, for example, quality control checks on the filter rods without interrupting production of the filter rods.