IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTE MAKING APPARATUS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRANK BLOOR 80. Crookes moor Road Sheffield, in the County of. York
Collector do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
CIGARETTE MAKING APPARATUS to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in pocket apparatus for cigarette making,
the object of the invention being to simplify the construction, and to make them
more compact and portable.
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My improved apparatus somewhat resembles a pocket pencil case and is
constructed as follows.
I make a tube or cylinder from any suitable material, such as sheet metal for
example, of the required length for the purpose specified; say three inches or
thereabouts, and of about five sixteenths of an inch diameter, having a longitudiual
slit or opening extending from end to end.
Passing down the centre of the tube or outer case, I fix a roller having its
bearings through the end plates of the outer case, and so that it can be turned
round by means of a milled head or button fixed upon one (or both) of the ends of
the roller which is (or are) made to project through the end of the case. I attach
to the roller a piece of silk (or other material suitable for the purpose) that can be
wound up inside the case, or be drawn out by the hand, the loose end having a
protection to prevent it being drawn through the slit into the case.
When the silk is drawn out, the tobacco is laid upon it close to the case, and the
case being turned over the tobacco it is enclosed in a fold of the silk; on turning "
the roller the reverse way the silk is wound into the case, and the tobacco is rolled
into shape; when partly wound up place a paper in position and continue rolling,
the paper will be coiled round the tobacco and the silk be wound into the case, the
completed cigarette being left in the palm of the hand-It will thus be seen that in
my apparatus neither the tobacco nor the paper enter the case.

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My improved apparatus somewhat resembles in appearance a pocket pencil case,
and in order that my Specification may be clearly understood, I annex a sheet of 1
drawings illustrating the same.
Fig. 1, represents the apparatus when closed.
Fig. 2, a sectional view of same.
Fig. 3, represents the apparatus open.
In carrying out my invention I make the tube or Cylinder A, of any suitable 1
material, but preferably of sheet metal, of the required length for the purpose
specified, (say three inches in length and three eighths of an inch in diameter)
having a longitudinal opening B, extending from end to end, and closed by the
caps C, C.
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I fix a roller D, through the centre of the cylinder A, having its bearings in the
caps C, C, and provided at one projecting end (or at both ends) with a button E, or
other suitable means by which it may be turned round by the fingers.
I attach to the roller D, a piece of silk F, or other material suitable for the purpose,
that can be wound up inside the cylinder by turning the button, or drawn out by
hand, the loose end of the silk being secured to a bar of wire G, to prevent it being
drawn through the opening B, into the interior of the Cylinder.
I prefer to fix a longitudinal roller at the mouth of the opening B, for the silk to
work against, instead of against the edge of the metal.
The method of using the apparatus is as follows; the silk F is drawn out to its
full extent, and the tobacco laid upon it close to the Cylinder. The Cylinder is
now turned over the tobacco, enclosing it in a fold of the silk, so that when the
roller is turned by means of the button, and the silk partially wound up, the
tobacco is rolled into shape. A paper is placed in position on the silk, and the
rolling continued, which coils the paper round the tobacco until the silk is all
wound into the Cylinder, when the completed Cigarette will drop into the palm of
the hand.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The Apparatus for making Cigarettes, as herein described and illustrated.