Patent ID: 6629397
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: B65B,G05B

Abstract:
A cigarette producing machine including a plurality of interacting units with an apparatus for optically monitoring an area of at least one of said units that is not readily accessible for direct observation, the apparatus comprising:an optical receiver for receiving light reflected from said area; a monitoring device at a location remote from said optical receiver for forming at said location a picture of said area from said reflected light; and an elongated, deformable optical line having at one end thereof said optical receiver and being connected to said monitoring device, wherein said optical line includes a fiber optic cable for conducting light from a light source to illuminate said area and a light-conducting strand for transmitting reflected light from said receiver to said monitoring device, said optical line being deformed into a configuration bringing said optical receiver into a desired position relative to said area to be monitored.