Patents by Inventor Andre Brink

Andre Brink has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cigarette segregating apparatus
    Patent number: 5024333
    Abstract: Single cigarette rejection, particularly in a passage (10) between vanes (12) in a cigarette packing machine hopper, is performed by axial ejection of faulty cigarettes using suction generated by exhausting high pressure air adjacent an ejection aperture (22) in an end wall (16) of the passage. A short cylindrical casing (24) is located around the aperture (22) and defines a duct (28) through which the cigarette is ejected. The casing (24) includes an annular pressure chamber (32) and venturi orifice (34) for generating suction in the duct (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Molins PLC
    Inventors: Andre Brink, Michael J. Cahill, John Dawson, Juilian W. Gardner, Alan A. Thierry