Patent ID: 7775217
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A24C,A24D,C09D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for inspecting a continuous web of material containing a pattern, comprising: a capacitor detector for receiving information from the continuous web and forming electrical signals in response thereto; circuitry for processing the electrical signals by determining a presence of a pattern on the continuous web and for generating output signals; and computing logic for receiving the output signals and determining if the pattern represents an undesired pattern, wherein the continuous web is disposed on an automated cigarette making machine comprising a means for controlling the rate of supply of the continuous web; a means for providing a continuous cigarette rod by wrapping a tobacco filler in the continuous web; a means for controlling a speed of formation of the continuous cigarette rod; a means for controlling a location of an application of an additive material to the continuous web to provide a pattern of the application, relative to the location at which one of the plurality of cigarette rods is cut; and a means for cutting the continuous cigarette rod into a plurality of cigarette rods of predetermined lengths, each cigarette rod being cut at a controlled location.