公开(公告)号：US09788570B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US14278456

申请日：2014-05-15

申请人： R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

发明人： Franklin Forrest Brantley ,  Eddie Lee Nuckols ,  Darrell Thomas Dixon ,  Timothy Frederick Thomas ,  Calvin Wayne Henderson ,  Balager Ademe

IPC分类号： A24C5/34 ,  A24C5/32 ,  G01N21/88 ,  G06T7/00

CPC分类号： A24C5/3412 ,  A24C5/32 ,  G01N21/8806 ,  G06T7/0004

摘要： An inspection system and associated method are provided for inspecting a smoking article having a smokable rod and a filter element serially secured together by a tipping material circumscribing a longitudinal periphery of the filter element and a portion of a longitudinal periphery of the smokable rod adjacent to the filter element. A transport device is configured to transport individual as-formed smoking articles from a first to a second position such that the tipping material associated with each smoking article is accessible at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article. An inspection device is configured to optically inspect each smoking article, at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article having the tipping material, as the smoking article is transported between the first and second positions, and to automatically determine from the optical inspection whether the inspected smoking article is defective.

公开(公告)号：US20140247339A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-04

申请号：US14278456

申请日：2014-05-15

申请人： R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

发明人： Franklin Forrest Brantley ,  Eddie Lee Nuckols ,  Darrell Thomas Dixon ,  Timothy Frederick Thomas ,  Calvin Wayne Henderson ,  Balager Ademe

IPC分类号： A24C5/34

CPC分类号： A24C5/3412 ,  A24C5/32 ,  G01N21/8806 ,  G06T7/0004

摘要： An inspection system and associated method are provided for inspecting a smoking article having a smokable rod and a filter element serially secured together by a tipping material circumscribing a longitudinal periphery of the filter element and a portion of a longitudinal periphery of the smokable rod adjacent to the filter element. A transport device is configured to transport individual as-formed smoking articles from a first to a second position such that the tipping material associated with each smoking article is accessible at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article. An inspection device is configured to optically inspect each smoking article, at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article having the tipping material, as the smoking article is transported between the first and second positions, and to automatically determine from the optical inspection whether the inspected smoking article is defective.

摘要翻译： 提供一种检查系统和相关方法，用于检查具有可吸烟杆和过滤元件的吸烟制品，所述吸烟制品通过围绕过滤元件的纵向周边的接装材料串联地固定在一起，并且可吸收杆的纵向周边的一部分与邻近 过滤元件 运输装置被配置为将单个的形成的吸烟物品从第一位置运送到第二位置，使得与每个吸烟制品相关联的接装材料至少可接近吸烟制品的纵向周边的部分。 检查装置被配置为在吸烟制品在第一位置和第二位置之间传送时，至少围绕具有接装材料的吸烟制品的纵向周边的至少约一部分来光学地检查每个吸烟制品，并且从光学 检查被检查的吸烟物品是否有缺陷。