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Method and device for the electropneumatical testing of the air permeability in cigarettes

CA 1165587 A · Owner: Sasib S.P.A. · Inventors: Pezzi, Giovanni

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A device for the electropneumatical testing of the air permeability wherein each cigarette is subjected to at least one test consisting of applying pneumatic pressure to one end of the cigarette and determining the resistance or the pressure drop at the input to the cigarette. The measured pneumatic pressure is transformed into electric measurement signals which are compared with electric reference or threshold signals. According to the invention the, electric measurement signals are compared with the electric reference signals which are shaped as sawtooth signals and are generated in synchronism with the cigarette tests, that is with the measurement signals. The ascending portions of the …

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  • Granted April 17, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 17, 2001.
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FiledOctober 6, 1981
GrantedApril 17, 1984
Term endedApril 17, 2001
Patent numberCA 1165587 A
Classification (IPC)G08B1/00 +2 more

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1982198419861988199019921994199619982000Application filedOct 6, 1981Patent grantedApril 17, 1984Term endedApril 17, 2001

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