Patent ID: 6446632
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A24C,B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting defective and/or incorrectly positioned cigarettes (16) in a cigarette magazine (10) of a cigarette-production and/or cigarette-packaging machine, characterized by:a stationary optical checking element (17) which is arranged in a region of the cigarette magazine (10) and is intended for scanning at least one image of a plurality of cigarettes (13, 16) located in the cigarette magazine (10); an image-processing device (18) for evaluating the image; means for producing an error signal if the scanned image is established as deviating from a reference image and/or from at least one reference value; and at least one or a plurality of adjacent ejecting units (19), which are arranged in a region of the cigarette magazine (10) and which are responsive to said error signal to eject a plurality of cigarettes (13, 16) located in an ejecting zone (A-D) of an ejecting unit (19).