Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Christian Junge · Karsten Eckert · Frank Grothaus · Bernhard Brinkmann · Michael Straube · Helge Frauen · Torsten Lietzke ·
Assignee(s)	Hauni Maschinenbau AG ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Venable LLP · Robert Kinberg · Cathrine M. Voorhees ·
Primary Examiner	Kidest Bahta ·
Application Number	US10411366
Filing date	04/11/2003
Issue date	10/24/2006
Prior Publication Data	US20040045563 - 03/11/2004
Predicted expiration date	06/01/2024
Patent term adjustment	417
U.S. Classifications	700/109  · 198/246  · 700/226  · 362/89  · 700/159  ·
International Classifications	G06F1900  ·
Kind Code	B2
Foreign Priority	DE10216069 - 04/11/2002 ·

Patent Family

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.

Independent Claims | See all claims (20)

1. 1. 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; and effecting an action on the product synchronously with respect to the machine cycle in dependence on the information associated with the product.
2. 17. 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; and an actuator for acting on the product in a synchronous relationship with the machine cycle in dependence on the information associated with the product.