Patent ID: 7021125
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: A24C,B65B

Abstract:
1. Process for checking rod-like articles, in particular cigarettes ( 12 ), by means of at least one push rod ( 21 ) which is mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a moveable testing element ( 20 ), the or each testing element ( 20 ) being moved in the direction of the articles and the or each push rod ( 21 ) being displaced as it strikes against an article and an electrically evaluable signal—actuating signal ( 31 )—being generated as a result, characterized in that, upon generation of the actuating signal ( 31 ), the position of the testing element ( 20 ) is determined and the determined position is evaluated, wherein in the case of a plurality of push rods ( 21 ) for each actuating signal ( 31 ) triggered by in each case one push rod ( 21 ), the respective position of the testing element ( 20 ) is determined.