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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Uwe Heitmann, Hamburg, DE;
Torsten Morke, Dissau, DE;
Hauni Machinenbau AG, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The mass of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry is ascertained by advancing a multi-layer mass flow of plain or filter cigarettes or analogous rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry over one or more stationary and/or mobile weighing devices which generate signals denoting the combined weight of articles in successive increments of the mass flow. Such signals are processed with signals denoting the numbers of articles in the respective increments and/or with signals denoting the speed of advancement of the mass flow to generate signals denoting the average mass of discrete articles in successive increments of the mass flow.