公开(公告)号：USRE30964E

公开(公告)日：1982-06-08

申请号：US125727

申请日：1980-02-28

申请人： Dean C. Butner ,  Douglas C. Clark

发明人： Dean C. Butner ,  Douglas C. Clark

IPC分类号： B07C5/34

CPC分类号： B07C5/3404

摘要： A packaging handling system for detecting and rejecting faulty packages and for maintaining a packaging or boxing machine in operation for a specific period of time if one or the other goes down. The system comprises a plurality of photocell sensing units to detect the imperfectly formed packages and a .[.means for rejecting.]. .Iadd.pneumatic rejection device .Iaddend.the faulty packages. An accumulator is positioned in the conveyor line between the packaging machine and the boxer and will store a limited number of packages should the cartoning machine discontinue to operate and will feed a limited number of packages on the conveyor should the packaging machine become inoperative. When the system is utilized on a boxer being fed by two packers, a distribution table is also provided in the system to divide the work from one packer to both lines should the other packer cease to function.

公开(公告)号：US4502587A

公开(公告)日：1985-03-05

申请号：US486112

申请日：1983-04-18

申请人： Douglas C. Clark

发明人： Douglas C. Clark

IPC分类号： B65G60/00 ,  B65G1/00

CPC分类号： B65G60/00

摘要： Apparatus to accumulate automatically articles traveling between downstream and upstream machines in a production line. The accumulator includes an input magazine, a bin, and an output magazine. When the downstream machine ceases operation, a vertical plunger feeds articles into the input magazine, forming a stack. A loading plunger pushes the completed stack into the bin, where multiple stacks may be held, the stacks being moved from one position to another within the bin by a powered belt. To feed articles from the accumulator back into the production line, a stack is moved into the output magazine. There, a discharge plunger feeds successive lowermost articles in the output magazine onto an output conveyor. The output conveyor has at least twice the throughput capacity as the upstream machine, and articles from the accumulator may be merged into the production line stream, thus making up production time lost during shutdown of the downstream machine.

摘要翻译： 用于在生产线中自动积聚在下游和上游机器之间行进的物品的装置。 蓄电池包括一个输入盒，一个垃圾箱和一个输出盒。 当下游机器停止运行时，垂直柱塞将物品送入输入盒，形成堆叠。 装载柱塞将完成的堆叠推入容器中，其中可以保持多个堆叠，堆叠通过动力带从箱中的一个位置移动到另一个位置。 为了将蓄液器中的物品送入生产线，将堆栈移入输出仓库。 在那里，排放柱塞将输出仓中的连续最下面的物品输送到输出输送机上。 输出输送机具有上游机器的吞吐能力的至少两倍，并且来自蓄能器的物品可以合并到生产线流中，从而在下游机器关闭期间弥补生产时间损失。

公开(公告)号：US5052413A

公开(公告)日：1991-10-01

申请号：US104202

申请日：1987-10-02

申请人： Max N. Baker ,  Vernon B. Barnes ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  Jack F. Clearman ,  Gerhard Hensgen ,  Michael D. Shannon ,  Gary R. Shelar ,  Alfred Schubert

发明人： Max N. Baker ,  Vernon B. Barnes ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  Jack F. Clearman ,  Gerhard Hensgen ,  Michael D. Shannon ,  Gary R. Shelar ,  Alfred Schubert

IPC分类号： A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/004

摘要： A method for making a smoking article is described wherein an aerosol generating cartridge is inserted into a sleeve, preferably having a tobacco insulating material.Also described are articles of manufacture having an elongate jacket module with a rod segment and an annular segment. The rod segment has a length of rod of fibrous material. Disposed logitudinally on either side of the rod segment is an annular segment of insulating material.Additionally, articles of manufacture useful for making smoking articles are described having an elongate structure with two or more repeating sections wherein each section preferably has a tobacco-containing spacer segment and mouthend segment.

公开(公告)号：US4648413A

公开(公告)日：1987-03-10

申请号：US587325

申请日：1984-03-07

申请人： Barry L. Saintsing ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  John D. Weber

发明人： Barry L. Saintsing ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  John D. Weber

IPC分类号： A24D1/04 ,  A24D3/04

CPC分类号： A24D3/041

摘要： An adjustable-delivery cigarette and method for producing same, whose strength delivery may be altered by the consumer in a range between higher and lower values. The cigarette includes a tobacco rod, with paper wrapper, and the filter assembly. An overwrap encircles the filter element and may also join the filter element to the tobacco rod. The overwrap has an adjustment zone formed therein, which may be in the form of a circumferential slot. The circumferential slot may extend partially through the overwrap, or may extend completely through the overwrap and partially through the filter plugwrap. In the latter instance, the filter plugwrap should be relatively impervious to airflow. Application by the consumer of a bending moment to the filter assembly results in the adjustment zone being ruptured, allowing a greater degree of air dilution, resulting in a decreased perceptible strength to the consumer. This adjustable-delivery cigarette can be manufactured conveniently using laser apparatus known to the art, modified and adjusted to achieve the desired levels of penetration.

摘要翻译： 可调式香烟及其制造方法，其强度递送可由消费者在较高和较低值之间的范围内改变。 香烟包括带有纸包装的烟草棒和过滤器组件。 外包装环绕过滤元件，也可以将过滤元件连接到烟丝条上。 外包装具有形成在其中的调节区域，其可以是周向槽的形式。 周向槽可以部分地延伸穿过外包装，或者可以完全延伸通过外包装并且部分地穿过过滤器包裹纸。 在后一种情况下，过滤器堵头应该相对不透气。 消费者将弯矩施加到过滤器组件导致调节区域破裂，允许更大程度的空气稀释，导致对消费者的可察觉的强度降低。 可调式输送香烟可以使用本领域已知的激光设备方便地制造，经修改和调节以达到所需的穿透水平。

公开(公告)号：US4638820A

公开(公告)日：1987-01-27

申请号：US825563

申请日：1986-02-03

申请人： Donald L. Roberts ,  Anthony L. Angel ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  Jack F. Clearman ,  T. Stephen Sink

发明人： Donald L. Roberts ,  Anthony L. Angel ,  Douglas C. Clark ,  Jack F. Clearman ,  T. Stephen Sink

IPC分类号： A24F13/06 ,  A24D3/04

CPC分类号： A24D3/041

摘要： A smoking article which delivers to a smoker during each puff a flowstream having a higher concentration of smoke during the first portion of the puff and a lower concentration of smoke during the remainder of the puff.

摘要翻译： 一种吸烟制品，其在每次抽吸期间向吸烟者递送在吹气的第一部分期间具有较高浓度烟雾的流动流，并且在其余部分期间具有较低浓度的烟雾。

公开(公告)号：US5088507A

公开(公告)日：1992-02-18

申请号：US75001

申请日：1987-07-17

申请人： Max N. Baker ,  Douglas C. Clark

发明人： Max N. Baker ,  Douglas C. Clark

IPC分类号： A24F47/00

CPC分类号： A24F47/004

摘要： Apparatus is described for inserting a component comprising an elongate cartridge containing an aerosol forming material, at one end of which there is a fuel element, within a jacket component comprising a rod, a sleeve of insulating material, or a combination thereof, the apparatus preferably providing for forming a passage in the jacket component and inserting the elongate cartridge therein. Preferably, the apparatus comprises a plurality of movably mounted stations for high speed manufacture of smoking articles.

公开(公告)号：USRE31478E

公开(公告)日：1983-12-27

申请号：US71334

申请日：1979-08-30

申请人： Colin S. McArthur ,  Douglas C. Clark

发明人： Colin S. McArthur ,  Douglas C. Clark

IPC分类号： A24C5/00 ,  B23K26/067 ,  G02B5/00 ,  H01S3/00

CPC分类号： B23K26/0676 ,  A24C5/007 ,  B23K26/067 ,  G02B5/005 ,  H01S3/0057

摘要： An optical laser beam chopper for converting a continuous beam into a series of scanning impulses for use in perforating a moving web is disclosed. The system utilizes a coherent light source which produces a beam for use in performing a thin paper web of the type used in producing cigarette filters. The beam passes through a rotary chopper, or shutter, system which incorporates a plurality of rotary discs each of which carries one or more annular rings divided into segments. Selected segments on each ring are formed of a reflective material to act as mirrors for the laser beam, while the remaining segments are in the form of apertures which allow the beam to pass through the disc. By properly aligning the various apertures and reflective surfaces, rotation of the discs will cause the beam to be cyclically directed along a variety of paths through the disc arrangement to periodically strike selected target areas on an adjacent target such as a web of paper, the repetitive cycling causing the beam to scan the various target areas. In the preferred form of the invention, the beam produces spaced perforations in the web, with motion of the paper web in a direction perpendicular to the direction of scan of the beam producing longitudinal rows of perforations, adjacent perforations being spaced in accordance with the speed of the web and the rate of scanning. The rotary disc segments thus serve to chop the laser beam into short impulses, each of which is directed to a target area corresponding to the angular position of the rotary disc.

公开(公告)号：US3939984A

公开(公告)日：1976-02-24

申请号：US534939

申请日：1974-12-20

申请人： Dean C. Butner ,  Douglas C. Clark

发明人： Dean C. Butner ,  Douglas C. Clark

IPC分类号： B65B19/02 ,  B07C5/34 ,  B65B5/04 ,  B65B11/42 ,  B65B19/28 ,  B65B35/04 ,  B65B57/02 ,  B65B57/10 ,  B65B57/14 ,  B65B61/24 ,  B07C5/02

CPC分类号： B07C5/3404 ,  B07C5/365 ,  B65B19/28 ,  B65B35/04 ,  B65B57/14

摘要： A packaging handling system for detecting and rejecting faulty packages and for maintaining a packaging or boxing machine in operation for a specific period of time if one or the other goes down. The system comprises a plurality of photocell sensing units to detect the imperfectly formed packages and a means for rejecting the faulty packages. An accumulator is positioned in the conveyor line between the packaging machine and the boxer and will store a limited number of packages should the cartoning machine discontinue to operate and will feed a limited number of packages on the conveyor should the packaging machine become inoperative. When the system is utilized on a boxer being fed by two packers, a distribution table is also provided in the system to divide the work from one packer to both lines should the other packer cease to function.

摘要翻译： 一种包装处理系统，用于检测和排除故障包装，并且如果一个或另一个停止运行，则维持运行中的包装或拳击机一段特定的时间。 该系统包括用于检测不完全形成的封装件的多个光电池感测单元和用于拒绝故障封装件的装置。 蓄能器定位在包装机和拳击手之间的输送线中，并且如果装盒机停止操作，则储存有限数量的包装，并且如果包装机不起作用，将在输送机上进给有限数量的包装。 当在由两个包装机供给的拳击手上使用该系统时，如果另一个封隔器停止工作，则系统中还提供分配表以将作业从一个封隔器划分为两条线。