Control circuit for cigarette making machine transporter - selects actuating pulses for acting on transported cigarettes and filters

The control and actuating system is used in cigarette making industry, for cigarettes and filter plugs transported along a production machine. The transporter path operations are controlled by control signals which are delayed synchronously with the transport of the items. The interaction is ensured with precision even at high transporter speeds. A sequence of timing pulses are triggered while the items are transported through the successive transporter sections. A pulse is selected which controls the starting of the control signal active stage. This selected pulse ensures synchronous delay of the control signals. When the items have reached the point of interaction then the control signal becomes effective. Another pulse is selected for ensureing termination of the action of control signals.