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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1994
Fumio Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigemitsu Inomata, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitoring system comprises an inspection device incorporated in a cigarette manufacturing machine and a server computer connected to the inspection device by means of a communication line. The inspection device includes a measuring circuit for continuously calculating the fill of the cut tobacco in each of a given number of divisions of each cigarette in accordance with a detection signal from a density sensor, an enrollment control section for repeatedly storing calculation data from the measuring circuit in a quantity corresponding to a predetermined number of cigarettes at a time, and a CPU for computing average calculation data for each division of each cigarette in accordance with the stored calculation data. The server computer originates quality data for the cigarettes in accordance with the average calculation data and displays the quality data on a CRT.