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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Wilke van Hove, Hamburg, DE;
Manfred Gebauer, Lübeck, DE;
Topack Verpackungstechnik GmbH, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Abstract
The integrity of the contents of containers (such as cartons containing arrays of cigarette packets) is ascertained in an apparatus wherein a continuously or intermittently operated conveyor advances successive containers of a series of such containers onto and beyond a weighing device (such as a strain gage) which transmits signals denoting the weights of successive containers to a circuit wherein such signals are compared with a reference signal denoting the weight of a container having satisfactory contents. If the difference between the weight of a freshly weighed container and a desired or required weight exceeds a preselected value, the respective container is expelled from the path for acceptable containers. The reference signal can be updated upon completed weighing of each acceptable container.