US 11,684,953 B2
Device and method for off-line detection of circumferential appearance quality of cigarettes
Ze Liu, Kunming (CN); Banghua He, Kunming (CN); Yuanzhen Zhou, Kunming (CN); Zhenjie Li, Kunming (CN); Changgui Qiu, Kunming (CN); Ji Yang, Kunming (CN); Jin Chen, Kunming (CN); Yunyue Cui, Kunming (CN); and Qian Sun, Kunming (CN)
Assigned to CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, Kunming (CN)
Appl. No. 17/776,600
Filed by CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, Kunming (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/122509
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/082509, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202011127394.9 (CN), filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388036 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B07C 5/02 (2006.01); A24C 5/34 (2006.01); A24C 5/345 (2006.01); B07C 5/10 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 5/02 (2013.01) [A24C 5/345 (2013.01); A24C 5/3412 (2013.01); B07C 5/10 (2013.01); B07C 5/362 (2013.01); B07C 5/38 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for an detection of circumferential appearance quality of cigarettes, comprising a mechanical system, wherein the mechanical system comprises:
a hopper,
a feed roller,
an auto-rotating roller,
an upper chute, and
a lower chute;
wherein a surface of the auto-rotating roller is axially evenly provided with multiple first circular slots;
the feed roller is provided at a lower right side of the hopper; the upper chute is provided between the feed roller and the auto-rotating roller; the lower chute is provided downstream of the auto-rotating roller; multiple distribution flaps are provided at an end of the lower chute;
the feed roller is axially divided into multiple sections comprising spaced-apart fixed roller sections and spaced-apart rotatable roller sections; each of the spaced-apart fixed roller sections comprises a fixed roller; each of the spaced-apart rotatable roller sections comprises a rotatable roller configured to rotate along a central axis of the feed roller;
surfaces of each of the fixed rollers and each of the rotatable rollers are axially evenly provided with multiple second circular slots; and
the multiple second circular slots on the surfaces of each of the fixed rollers are fixed circular slots with a diameter of not less than 7.8 mm; and the multiple second circular slots on the surfaces of each of the rotatable rollers are slots with a diameter of 7.8 mm, 6.4 mm, and 5.5 mm.