Method and apparatus for acting on articles in the tobacco-processing industry
AssigneeHauni Maschinenbau AG
InventorsChristian Junge, Karsten Eckert, Frank Grothaus, Bernhard Brinkmann, Michael Straube, Helge Frauen, Torsten Lietzke
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Abstract
A method is provided for acting on a product in a machine operating in a machine cycle in the tobacco-processing industry in dependence on information about the product. Information about the product is detected synchronously with the machine cycle. The information is associated with the product asynchronously with respect to the machine cycle. An action is effected on the product synchronously with respect to the machine cycle in dependence on the information associated with the product.
Claims20
A method of acting on a series of products in a tobacco-processing machine operating in a machine cycle in dependence on information about a respective product previously associated with the respective product, comprising the steps:
- detecting information about the product synchronously with respect to the machine cycle during the operation of the tobacco-processing machine;
- associating the detected information with the product asynchronously with respect to the machine cycle;
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- effecting an action on the product synchronously with respect to the machine cycle in dependence on the information associated with the product.
An apparatus for acting on a series of products in a tobacco-processing machine operating according to a machine cycle in dependence on information about a respective product, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor for detecting information about the product in a synchronous relationship with the machine cycle during the operation of the tobacco-processing machine;
- a control for associating the detected information with the product in an asynchronous relationship with the machine cycle;
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- an actuator for acting on the product in a synchronous relationship with the machine cycle in dependence on the information associated with the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.