SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER ASSOCIATED WITH A SMOKING ARTICLE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

• Main Authors: ADEME, BALAGER, WOOD, GARY LEE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.09.2015
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MEASURING; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; PHYSICS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; TESTING; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

A system and associated method for analyzing a smoking article filter is provided. An emitter emits an initial signal toward a smoking article filter. The initial signal may have a frequency between about 0.1 teraHertz and about 10 teraHertz. A sensor may detect a resultant signal resulting from interaction of the initial signal with the smoking article filter. An analysis unit may receive the resultant signal from the sensor, determine a filter status based on the resultant signal, and output an indicium indicative of the filter status. The filter status may include a capsule presence within the smoking article filter, a capsule absence from the smoking article filter, a proper insertion of a capsule into the smoking article filter, a defective insertion of a capsule into the smoking article filter, a proper capsule within the smoking article filter, and a defective capsule within the smoking article filter.