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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360655 | Material handling system having a scoop wheel A material handling system is provided. The material handling system includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving a solid material, and a wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping solid material from the tank and subsequ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357259 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated is provided. The material classifier includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving the liquid-solid mixture, and a scoop wheel including a plurality of circum... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6396017 | Method of and apparatus for monitoring the outlines of finished containers Successive packets of cigarettes or the like are monitored to ascertain the integrity or absence of integrity of their outer envelopes by conveying them across at least one curtain of radiation so that a packet having an improperly glued flap or tuck or l... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6377064 | IC device inspection apparatus An IC device to be inspected is received in a chamber, and an IC tester Judges performance of the IC device. An electrical connection device is arranged outside the chamber and has a conductive passage electrically connecting between the IC tester and the... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6225798 | Semiconductor device tester In an IC tester comprising a tester part and a handler which includes two test stations or an IC tester comprising a tester part and two handlers, useless waiting times wasted by the tester part are eliminated. Means (SO) is provided for inputting a simul... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5232100 | Method and apparatus for detecting and eliminating cigarettes with loose filter tips during cigarette manufacturing An apparatus and method for detecting and eliminating cigarettes having loose filter tips whereby the tobacco rod end of a filter cigarette is held in place and a pre-set separating force is exerted on the filter to see if the filter is secured properly t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4953573 | Rod monitoring device A sensor for detecting open longitudinal seams in the continuous wrapper of cigarette or cigarette filter rod produced by a continuous rod-making machine relies on detection by a microphone (54) of disturbance caused by the defective seam to an air stream... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4856538 | Process and apparatus for testing cigarettes The testing of cigarettes before their packaging is appropriately carried out in the region of magazine shafts (13, 14) of a cigarette magazine (10). To bring a layer (38) of cigarettes of a cigarette group (16) into an exact position for carrying out tes... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4517829 | Pneumatic sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for the temporary attachment of a testing air line to the end of a cigarette has an essentially hollow cylindrical sealing body with flanges projecting radially to the inside and outside of the sealing end. The other end of the seali... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4363235 | Sampling apparatus for a production line Apparatus for the automatic removal of a sample from a production line comprises a rotary removal arm connected to a vacuum source for bringing the sample into a position opposite a diametral bore in a rotary disc. The disc is intended to bring the sample... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4284198 | Method and apparatus for regulating the timing of operation of means for influencing cigarettes or the like Selected or successive cigarettes of a series of cigarettes which are conveyed in a making and/or processing machine are acted upon by ejecting, perforating and/or other cigarette influencing instrumentalities during travel along a selected section of the... | 08/18/1981 |
