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US 2007/0175058 A1Published application
Tool for identifying non-conformities
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorTarkan Bengi
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Abstract
A tool for identifying a non-conformity on a curved surface of an object, in particular on the circumferential surface of a cigarette, comprises a curved surface having a scale along a direction of curvature and a viewing portion associated with the scale through which, in use, at least part of the curved surface of the object is visible.
Claims16
A tool for identifying a non-conformity on a curved surface of an object comprising:
- a curved surface having a scale extending along a direction of curvature, the scale enabling a measurement along the direction of curvature;
- and a viewing portion associated with the scale through which, in use, at least part of the curved surface of the object is visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.