Improvements in or relating to Cigar Making Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 5th May, 1900
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cigar Making Machines.
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I, JULIUS HAARER, of 46, Humboldstrasse, Frankfort on
Empire of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
nd in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
nd ascertained in and by the following statement : ---
The object of this invention is a new or improved guiding channel or track
or cigar making machines which has as compared with those hitherto used
he advantage that owing to its peculiar sectional shape it adapts itself to the
form of the cigar core or filling.
In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the subject matter of the
invention, Fig. 1 is a side view of the cigar making machine, the guiding
channel or track being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine
in which the feed hopper and the guiding track are shown in section. Fig. 3
is a plan of the machine. Figs. 4 and 5 are side views partly in section and a
plan of the mechanism for feeding the tobacco cores into the core moulds.
Upon the usual framework is arranged the guiding channel b which is
exchangeable and has as shown in Fig. 2 a bulging out bottom, which fits the
form of the core or filling for which it is designed. This channel is covered
over in the manner shown in Fig. 3 with one or more spanning or stretching
bars c which prevent the tobacco fed along such channel or track from stretching
or expanding upwards. The feed of the tobacco in the guiding channel bon
the right hand side of Fig. 1 is carried on in the usual manner by means of
The feed
a hopper and feeders. The further feeding throughout the whole length of the
guiding channel is effected by the feed bars d and the carrier y.
bars d which operate over the longest part of the guiding channel and the
carriers are toothed at their lower ends in such a manner as to form circular
The feed bars & are connected by means of the stirrups c through
recesses.
which the shaft f passes, the latter being couplied by means of the coupling
pieces
to the shaft h, and being actuated by the aid of the levers and con-
At their left end
necting rods i, k, l, by the tappet o and the spiral spring n.
the feed bars d are jointed to the levers which are actuated by means of the
levers and connecting rods v, t, r, by the cam g and the spiral spring 8; the
latter cam being mounted together with the tappet upon the common axis.
To the lever is likewise jointed the arm which carries the carrier y by
means of the link. This forked arm is guided on the axis h by its right hand
end as clearly shown in the drawings. The feed bars d and the carrier y
receive a to-and-fro motion at the same time as an up-and-down oscillatory
motion in consequence of the rotation of the shaft p. The downward stroke of
the feed bars d and hence of the coupling pieces g is limited by the projection 2
and the screw 7, while the motion of the connecting rod t towards the right
At the left hand end of the channel is
0 hand side is limited by the screw .
arranged a stoppage device which prevents the tobacco from expanding too fa
and consists of two or more adjoining plates 7 arranged to turn on the arms
against the tobacco pushed out of the
and resiliently pressed by the spring
channel b. The small plates may be withdrawn from the channel b by causing
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page_text: the screw 4 of the cutter 3 to exert a pressure on the lever 5. A tilting mouth
piece 10 is arranged on the frame a adapted to receive the tobacco issuing
from the channel 6. This mouth piece can turn through an angle of 99° and
allows a pusher not shown in the drawings to press down the tobacco on the
core-path or inclined table 11 fastened in a suitable position on the frame u.
The modus operandi is as follows:--The rotation of the shaft > imparts as
already mentioned--a to-and-fro and up-and-down motion to the feed bars d
and the carrier y. At their descending and forward motion these feed bars d
and carrier y seize the tobacco with force and feed it forward, while during
their ascending and backward motion these devices release the said tobacco which
is prevented from expanding upwards by the spanning bars c. As it issues
from the channel or track b the tobacco is held by the plates 7 under elastic
pressure until the cutter has cut off the requisite quantity or length from the
same and the plates have been removed upwards in consequence of the pressure
of the screw 4 on the lever 5. The tobacco has now entered the mouth
piece 10 which turns an angle of 90° and allows the presser foot, not shown in
the drawings, to press down the tobacco on the core path. As the cutter 3 is
subsequently raised the plates 7 return to their stopping position. To forward
the cores falling from the inclined plane or table 11 directly into the core
mould, the frame 12 (Figs. 4 and 5) arranged at one side of the machine is
made use of. Upon this frame slides the rack rod 13 which carrier the core
mould 14 on its upper surface, this mould being designed to receive the tobacco
cores. This mechanism is set in motion by the long spring pawl 15, the crank
lever 16 and the cam 17 mounted on the shaft 18. In the frame or standard 12
is fixed a pivot on which the lever 19 is fulcrumed, its left hand end carrying
the rod 20 whereby its knocks the core down as it comes out of the shears 23.
The rod 20 is constantly held in a vertical position by the lever 21 whilst it
accomplishes its downward stroke. The motion of this lever 19 is carried out
by the cam 26 likewise mounted on the shaft 18 with the aid of the tail or
short curved arm 25 of such lever. The lever 22 carries the shears 23 and its
arm 27 extends within the groove of the disc 28 mounted on the shaft 18. The
shears 23 are held, while the lever 22 accomplishes its lateral stroke, in a
position parallel to that which it occupied normally, by the aid of the counter
bar (24). Moreover a gong 31 is fixed to the frame 12 and is struck by the
rod 32 fixed to the rack rod 13 whenever the core mould 14. has reached its
extreme position at the right hand side of the machine, after which the pin 30
of this gong is driven with the latter on to the same right hand side until it
is struck by the pin 29 of the grooved disc 28 and thus a sound is emitted at
each turn of this grooved dise indicating that the core mould 14 is filled and
must be replaced by another. The above contrivance operates in the following
manner- The shaft 18 is connected with the driving shaft of Figs. 1 to 3
in such a manner that at the moment when the core rolls off the core table 11,
the lever 22 is moved to one side by the grooved disc 28 until the shears 23
are placed under the front edge of the core table 11 and receive the rolling off
The shaft 18 continuing to rotate, the lever 22 is moved back again until
the shears 23 arrive exactly over a division of the core mould 14 and accurately
under the rod 20. An up-and-down motion is imparted to the latter by the
cam 26 mounted on the shaft 18 whereby the core in the shears is pressed
down in the part of the core mould placed thereunder. In the drawings the
rod is shown during this operation, the cam 17 having just drawn the mould 14
a distance to the right hand side by the aid of the crank lever 16 and of the
long spring pawl 15. After the core has been fed into the core mould, the
same series of operations recommence until the outermost division on the left
hand side of the core mould 14 is filled and the long spring pawl 15 runs loose,
whereby the position reached by the core mould on the right hand side causes
the rail 32 to turn the gong 31 so far to the right that the gong finger 30 is
struck by the pin 29 of the grooved disc 28, so that at each revolution of the
core.

page_text: latter a sound is produced and indicates that the core 14 is filled and muse
replaced by a new one.
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
1 claim is:―
1. A channel or track for cigar making machines characterized by the to-
and-fro and up-and-down oscillating motion of the feed bars d and carrier
imparted by the levers and rods g, i, k, l, o, and a, u, v, t, r, by the aid of the
tappeto and of the spring n, of the cam and of the spring 8; the said feed
bars d and carrier y seizing alternatively the tobacco and feeding it forward so
as to subsequently slip loosely back over the same, the feeding being rendered
as uniform as possible by the spanning bars c.
2. In the channel or track arrangement, such as above claimed, a stopping
device consisting of the plates 7 which are held by the spring 9 against the
advancing tobacco, until the latter is introduced in the mouthpiece 10 and until
the cutter 3 cuts off the tobacco as it descends and at the same time causes by
a pressure exerted on the lever 5 the plates 7 to move upwards.
3. In the channel or track arrangement above claimed, the arrangement of
an exchangeable ground channel or bottom having a dished form, which fits
the shape of the cigar core being operated upon at the time.
4. In the channel or track arrangement claimed above, the arrangement of
mechanism for feeding the tobacco cores into the core moulds characterized:
by a core mould operated upon a frame 12 by means of a cam 17, a crank
lever 16 and a rack and pawl 13 and 15; by a striking rod actuated and guided
by the cam 26, the lever 19, and a counter lever 21; by the shears actuated
and guided by the grooved dise 28, the lever 22 and the pull rod 24 and finally
by the gong 31 placed in position by the rail 2 fixed to the rack rod 13 and
actuated by the pin 29 secured to the grooved disc 28.
Dogombo 1899
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents for the Applicant.