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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Applicant:
Shinzo Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinzo Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting ventilation of filter cigarettes FT has a plate-like packing. The packingcovers the opening of a movable cylinderand is relatively pressed with the end face of a filter cigarette FT. The packingincludes a holepositioned to coincide with the center of the end face against the packing, an inner circular areasurrounding the hole, and an outer circular areasurrounding the inner circular area. The outer circular areais elastically deformed more easily than the inner circular areaand is brought into tight contact with the outer circumferential edge of the end face pressed against the packing.