Year: 1888

page_text: 1, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, FUS, MIME of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street Laverpool, and b, Bank Street, Manchester both in the
County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement
This invention has reference to a bunching machine of that class, in which, by the
combined action of a suitable feeding mechanism, 1 cutting knife, plunger, a retain-
ing box for receiving the tobacco cut off by the knife, and a rolling device, bunches
composed of long-filler tobacco are automatically produced in any size ind
shipe
The object of this invention is to furnish a cigar bunching machine in which the
feed-mechanisin is so constructed that bunches of any shape and size can be produced
in a quick and perfect in inner, and in which the construction of the different parts of
the michine, such as the feeding device, the cutting knife, the plunger, the retaining
box, and the rolling device, are improved with a view to produce a bunch of perfect
shape and any desired size
To that end the invention (in the feeding-mechanism part thereof) consists in the
combinations herefter claimed of a closed stationary feed-box in which the filling is
primarily distributed by hand and then that distribution, the box being closed is
muntained throughout the feeding, and toothed feed-gripper having the four right
lined notions hereinafter described, the teeth of the feed-gripper entering through
slots in the feed-box and piercing the miss of the filling, and then moving it bodily
forward and withdrawing from it without disturbing its distribution, the operation of

page_text: the feed-gripper incidentally loosening up the mass that is fed forward, and (in the
rolling mechanism part thereof) consists in the combinations hereinafter claimed, with
the ordinary rolling table and apron of a bight-forming roller constructed to rotate
simultaneously with the bunching reciprocation, and by such rotation to wind up the
pron on it, so that its effective bearing surface on the bunch that is being rolled is
progressively increased as the rolling proceeds, and the bight of the apron also
progressively tightens
The invention also consists of the combinations herein ifter claimed in a cigar
bunching machine, of an improved feed mechanism composed of a stationary feed-box
and vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper, vertically recipro-
cating cutting knife moving up and down at the front end of the stationary food-box,
a retaining box for receiving the tobacco, provided with hinges and spring-actuated
bottom-gates, a vertically reciprocating plunger for transferring the tobacco cut off by
the knife, into a bight of the rolling apron, and a rolling device of improved con-
struction by which the binder is wound around the filler delivered by the plunger, in
such a manner that the apron is wound up directly on the roller, being preferably first
unwound from the roller so as to give out the required slach to receive the fillei, and
then wound up on the roller so as to take up the slach, raise the filler from the pocket
of the rolling table ind revolve it with the binder in the gradually tightening bight
formed by the apron, after which the bunch is delivered from the same
The inven-
tion consists further of certain details of construction and combination of parts, which
features will be fully set forth in connection with the description of said parts and
finally pointed out in the claims
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the
improved cigar bunching machine
Figure 2 is a side clevation
Figure 3 a plan
Figure 4 a vertical longitudinal section of the same drawn on a larger scale than
the first three Figures
Figures 5 and 5* are respectively a top view, and a side view of the stationary feed-
box, drawn on a larger scale
Figures 5 and 5° are a top view and a side view of the reciprocating feed-gripper,
also on a larger scile
Figures 5 and 5° are vertical transverse sections, respectively, of the stationary
feed-box and the feed-gripper, and of the feed-box with the gripper and cover removed,
said Figures being drawn on a still larger scale than the preceding Figures
Figures 6 and 6 re detailed side and end view of the cutting-knife
Figures 7 and 7 are a detailed side and bottom view of the plunger
Figures 8, 8, 8, and 8° are details of the retaining box in which the tobacco is
supplied after it has been cut off by the knife
Figures 9, 9ª and 9° are details showing the construction of the roller of the rolling
device
Figures 10, 11, and 12 are respectively plan and sectional side elevations of the
rolling device, showing the same respectively in the act of receiving the filler ind of
rolling the same
Figures 13, 14, and 15 are details of the cams by which notion is imparted
respectively to the cutting knife, plunger and feed-gripper
Figures 16 and 17 are details
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporting standard of the improved
cigar bunching machine, which is made of a pillow-shaped lower part A¹, and yoho-
shaped upper part A' and an arm A that extends sideways from the middle paits of
the yoke A The pillow-shaped lower part A' supports at its front part on brickets a,
a table B, and at its rear part a bracket B¹ on which the stationary feed-box C 13
supported The yoke-shaped part A' of the standard A and the arm A, are provided
with bearings for supporting the driving shaft S, which is rotated by a bolt and pulley
transmussion and thrown in or out of motion by a clutch S¹ of any approved construc-

page_text: tion operated by a clutch lever S' that is worked by a treadle S³, at the lower part of
the machine as shown in Figure 1, on the shaft S, are mounted inside of the yoke-
shaped upper part A³, a number of cams 0, 01, 0³, having cam grooves, by which
motion is transmitted to the different working parts of the machine, as will be fully
set forth in connection with the description of these parts
The working parts of the machine are a stationary feed-box, C, a vertically and
longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper D, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife E,
which moves up and down in guides at the front end of the feed-box, a retaining box
or chamber F for the tobacco cut off by the knife, a vertically reciprocating plunger G
and rolling device H, which latter is composed of a table H³, having a pocket h
vertically below the plunger G³, an apron H³ and a roller H³
The feed-mechanism of the improved cigar bunching machine is represented in
Figures 5 to 5° and in Figures 2 and 3 and 4, and comprises the detachable feed-box C
and the vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper D The feed box C
has a closed bottom C which is locked to the supporting bracket B' by means of a
longitudinal tongue A', which fits into a corresponding groove of supporting bracket
and is provided with an inclined front und a³ that engages the correspondingly inclined
end of the groove of the bracket B¹ The hook shaped rear end a³ of the tongue a¹ is
engaged by a weighted hook at that is pivoted to ears a' at the rear end of the
bracket B as shown clearly in Figure 2 The feed-box C is further provided with
longitudinal side rails a which are made rectangular next to the side walls and bottom
of the feed-box C, but arranged with a curved or tapering face, the shape of which
corresponds to the shape of the bunch to be produced, one side rul as being curved on
its upper face so as to form or shape the tip or mouth end of the cigar, and the other
side rail a being curved on its upper face so as to form or shape the butt or lighting
end of the cigar, as shown clearly in Figures 5d and 5* These side rails aⓇ are
readily removable and others of different shape and curvature on their upper surfaces
can be substituted where it is desired to change the shape of the ends of the cigars to
be made Also, the side rails a are capable of lateral adjustment on the bottom of the
feed-box C by means of screws a' which engage socket holes of the side ruls a and
are retained in the same by set screws a which engage annular grooves a' at the
inner ends of the screws a' so as to permit the axial turning of the screws in the
side rails a without permitting the detaching of the screws from said ruls
same
By the shape and lateral adjustment of the side rails aº, not only the quantity of
tobacco placed in the feed box is regulated, but also the size and ultimate shape of the
cigar, the tapering ends of the rails perinitting a larger quantity of tobacco to be
placed in the box at the middle part, and smaller quantity at the side rails, the
shapes of which determine the shape of the tip and butt ends of the cigars
By this
feature of the machine proper regard is had for producing the required length,
thickness and shape of the cigar, the shape being produced by the curved faces of the
Side rails, while the length and thickness is governed by the lateral adjustment of the
The feed-box is closed by a longitudinally grooved top plate C³, which is
attached thereto by suitable locking devices, which are preferably made of long-
tudinally sliding rods a that are guided in fixed arms all of the side walls of the
box C, said rods engaging perforated ears a¹ of the top plate C, as shown in Figures 5
and 5* For supplying the feed-box with tobacco, the same is removed from the
supporting bracket B₁ of the machine, the slotted top-plate C³ detached from the
box, and the latter then filled by spreading the tobacco in regular layers over
the bottom and side rails of the same, the length of the filling lying, of course, across
the width of the box When the feed-box U is properly filled with tobacco, the
top-plate is replaced and locked thereto by the slide rods a¹º, and the
feed-box returned to the supporting bracket B³, and locked to the same by
the bottom tongue a', and the weighted locking hook at, it being thus held in

page_text: 1 stationary position during the operation of the machine The depth of the
feed-box C increases slightly towards the front or delivery end of the same, so that
the tobacco gets looser as it approaches the front end of the box This is illustrated
in Figure 16, where the delivery or front end of the feed-box C is deeper than the
rear end of the feed-box The feeding of the tobacco from the box to the cutting
knife is performed by the feed gripper D, which is formed of a plate D¹ and of as
many longitudinal strips d armed with pins d' as there are longitudinal slots in the
top plate C³ The inner strip d is perminently attached to the plate D¹ of the feed-
gripper, while the outer strips are adjustable in lateral slots d³ of the apron D1 by
means of thumb nuts d³, which engage fixed threaded shanks of the movable strips d,
preferably at three points of the same, as shown clearly in ligures 5b and 5° The
outer rows of teeth or pins d are also vertically- adjustable downwards from their
position shown in Figure 5 by simply inserting a washer of the desired thickness
between the outer strip d th it holds the row to be lowered, and the plate D¹ and then
tightening up the thumb-nuts d' This is desirable when differently shaped side
rails a are employed
The
The plate D¹ of the feed-gripper D is guided horizontally in grooved guide-
pieces which are again vertically guided by centre-ribs d, in upright centrally
grooved arins B, attached to the bracket B₁ Longitudinally reciprocating motion is
imparted to the feed-gripper D by a lever do which is pivoted to a lug dⓇ of the feed-
plite D¹, sud lever being adjustably pivoted to the slotted lower end of a lever d²,
which is fulcrumed to upright side stand irds B at the front end of the feed-box The
upper end of the lover d' is provided with an antifunction roller, and operated by
cim groove of the cum O on the driving shaft S, shown in Figure 14 By adjusting
the end of the lever de higher or lower on the slotted lower end of the fulcrumed
lever d', the extent of the longitudinal forward and backward motion or stroke of the
feed-gripper D is regulated so is to produce the required thickness of the filler
longer the feed motion, the larger will be the quantity of tobacco fed to the cutting
knife, and the larger the filler, while the shorter the feed motion, the smaller will be
the quantity of tobacco fed to the cutting knife and consequently the smaller the
filler produced from the same When the forward motion of the feed-gripper D
by the lever and cam mechanism, just described, has been accomplished, in upward
motion is imparted to the feed-gripper D by a bell crank lever d, which is applied to
trinsverse rod do, connecting the guides D² of the feed-plate D¹ The bell crank
lever d' is also fulcrumed to the supporting standards B³, the upper end of the same
being provided in the usual manner with an anti-friction roller, that is engaged by a
cam groove d¹ of the cam O¹ of the driving shaft S, shown in Figure 15 By the
lifting-motion of the feed-gripper D, the teeth of-the-same-are withdrawn from the
tobacco which is retained in the feed-box by the top plate of the same, the feed-gripper
berg then moved backward clear of the tobacco by the action of the levers d³ d' and
the cam O, then lowered into the feed-box by the action of the lever d³ and cam 0¹,
and then moved forward by the action of the levers d and d', the alternating action
of these levers and cams producing successively the forward motion of the tobacco by
the forward motion in a right line of the feed-gripper, the raising of the feed-gripper
perpendicularly so as to clear the tobacco, the backward motion and the lowering per-
pendicularly of the same, so as to grip again the tobacco, and feed it forward again to
the cutting knife producing thereby the gradual forward feeding of the tobacco from
the stationary feed-box to the cutting knife in a very accurate and reliable manner,
and lightening up and loosening the tobacco, without disturbing its lateral arrange-
ment in the feed-box Thus the feed-gripper D is a four motion toothed feed-gripper
having first a motion towards the feed-box, its teeth piercing the mass of filling to be
fed, then a motion forward longitudinally of the feed-box, feeding the filling bodily
forward then a motion away from the feed-box, its teeth drawing entirely up from the
mass of filling, and then a motion backward longitudinally of the feed-box, to the point
of beginning When all the tobacco in the feed-box has been fed to the cutting knife,
the empty feed-box is removed and a new one which has been charged with tobacco,
inserted in its place, so as to continue the regular operation of the machine

page_text: THE CUTTING KNIFE
The cutting knife E is guided in vertical ways at the front end of the stationary
feod-box C It is vertically reciprocated by a cam groove e of the cam 03 Figure 13,
which engages in anti-friction roller at the upper end of the shank e¹ of the cutting
knife, said shank being forked so as to clear the driving shaft S, as shown in dotted
lines in Figure 2 During the forward motion of the tobacco by the feed-mechanism,
the cutting knife E, as well as the plunger G, are raised, while the knife is in lowered
posit on so as to close the front end of the feed box when the tobacco is not fed
forward Immediately when the forward feed has terminated, the cutting knife
descends by the action of its cam and cuts off the tobacco in connection with a
stationary copper plate at the front edge of the supporting plate of the feed-box The
cut off tobacco is taken up by the retaining box F until the plunger D descends.
The cutting knife E is provided with a number of transverse slots in its upper part,
as shown in Figures 6, said slots imparting a certain elasticity to the knife, so that
the same can be used for some time without re-sharpening The cutting knife E 18
attached by screws to 2 screw socket e which is adjusted higher or lower on the
shank e¹ The screw socket e is applied to the upper slotted portion of the knife,
the fastening screws passing through the knife at points intermediately between
the slots e³, as shown in Figures 6 and 6*
THE RETAINING CHAMBER AND PLUNGER
The retaining chamber F is applied in a detachable manner to the upright guide
rails of the cutting knife, as shown in Figures 8, 8ª, 8º, and 8ª These guide rails
are shown at A' in Figures 8 and 8° To these guide rails is applied the casing F
as shown
Within this casing F are placed the shipers F, supported as clearly
shown in Figures 8 and 8ª by a hooked arm_tahing over a part of the casing F
These shapers form the retaining chamber F as to its front and sides, the knife,
forming the back will of the retaining chamber The shapers F may be lifted
out of the casing F³, and others of different shaft substituted, as is the case in
passing from Figures 8b to 8° The horizontal cross section of the retaining
chamber F is so shaped that it corresponds to the shape of the filler and the ultion ite
shape of the bunch to be produced The bottom of the retaining chamber F is
formed of one or more hinged and spring ctuated gates or fingers f, which are hold
up in position to form the bottom of the chamber F by ordinary barrel or spiral
springs, and which are forced downward, and thus opened by the plunger G as it
descends so is to deposit the tobacco in the bight of the rolling apron, said bight
being formed in the pocket h of the rolling table H¹ As soon as the plunger in its
upward motion is withdrawn from the fingers, they instantly close again by the action
of their springs, so that the chamber F is ready to receive the tobacco cut off by the
downward stroke of the cutting knife The plunger G is straight at the lower ends,
but so shaped at the sides, that its horizontal cross section corresponds to the vertical
section of the tobacco in the fued chimber, while the horizontal section of the retaining
chamber corresponds to the shape of the filler, and the bunch to be produced there-
from, as shown in Figures 7 and 8 and 8° By making the shape of the retaining
chamber and of the plunger to correspond to the shape of the bunch to be produced,
any desired shape of cigar can be made by the improved bunching machine, which is
the feature that has not before been accomplished in similar machines of this class
For this purpose, the shapers or side walls F1 of the retuning chamber as well as the
plunger are made detachable and interchangeable The shapers or side walls F' of
the retaining chamber are detached by simply lifting them out of the casing F' as
described Having thus lifted out the shapeis, the plunger is readily unscrewed from
its operating lever, and also lifted out, and a differently shaped plunger and side walls
may be substituted by giving them the same cross section as that of the feed-box, the
shape of the filler as cut off by the knife is preserved, and the filler held together, so
as to be transmitted in its original shape 'o the bight of the rolling apron Vertically

page_text: Vertically below the plunger G and the retaining chamber F is arranged in the
rolling table a pocket h The rolling table H¹ extends backward below the front part
of the feed-box so as to leave a sufficient space for the reciprocating and axially turning
roller H³ as shown in Figures 4 and 11 When the plunger descends and transmits
the tobacco from the retaining chamber F to the rolling apron H, the roller H³ 18
located at the rear end of the rolling table H¹ back of the pocket h The rolling
apron His attached at its rear end to the roller H and at the front end to a transverse
roller ¹ located below the front end of the rolling table H¹ In front of the rolling
table Hare pivoted receiving fingers h³ for the finished bunch to which a spring
action is imparted by a suitable torsion spring, sud retaining fingers being provided
with fingers h³ extending at right angles therefrom, bearing on the front part of the
apron H, so as to heep the same in proper tension These receiving and retaining
fingers h³ and h³ are held by a torsional spring 78, shown in Figure 17 or by other
suitable spring device in the position in which they are shown in Figure 2, except as
they are forced forward by the tension of the apron on the fingers h³ or by the roller
on its forward reciprocation, striking the fingers * The former is shown in Figure 11
in full lines The latter occurs as the rolling of each bunch is completed the rolled
bunch being delivered onto the fingers h³, ³, when the end of the table is passed The
binder is placed on the apron by the attendant, when the roller H³ is at the rear part
of the table back of the pocket, and before the filler is transmitted into the bight of
the apron by the plunger As soon as the filler bas been transmitted to the apron, the
forward motion of the roller H begins This motion is accomplished in such a manner
that during the forward motion of the roller the apron is first unwound therefrom, so
'as to give the required degree of slack to the apron, and permit the roller to pass over
the pocket of the table, without lifting the filler in the bight of the apron from the
pocket, and then gradually take up the slack of the apron, raise the filler from the pocket
of the table, and revolve it in the bight of the apron, and into the binder, until the
bunch is formed by the wrapping of the binder around the filler This motion is
imparted to the roller by a forked shaped lever h* that is applied to the shaft of
the same, the upper end of the forked shaped lever * being connected by
pivoted link to the standard A, and is applied by an anti-friction roller h* to
the cam groove g of the cam 0, the lever being extended above the-friction
roller and connected by pivot link H to a bracket arm h' of the standard A as shown
in Figures 1 and 2, the combined action of the lever hand pivot links h³ and h° and
the cam groove g, producing the forward and backward motion of the roller H' over
the table H at the proper time (to wit, after the same cam groove g operating on the
antifriction roller g³ has forced down and raised again the part gl, and with it the
plunger G) and providing at the same time for the vertical play of the roller H and
forked lever h³, during the motion of the roller over the table H¹ To one end of the shaft
of the roller H³ are applied two tension belts 1, 2, which are so arranged as to wind in
opposite directions on said shafts, they being separated by an intermediate washer i³ as
shown in Figure 10 The belt is attached by a clamp to a spiral tension spring *
which latter is attached to the stationary bracket B¹ The second belt is attached by a
clamp to the upper end of an oscillating and spring actuated arm, which is
pivoted to bearings at the under side of the table B as shown in Figures 11 and 12
By the forward and backward motion of the roller H³, the belts 1, 2 alternately
unwind from the shaft of the roller H so as to impart the required steadiness of
motion to the same, produce the uniform winding of the binder around the filler, and
exert on the bunch a yielding pressure corresponding to that of the hand in hand

page_text: made bunches
While the roller is moved horizontally over the rolling apron, it is
simultaneously turned on its axis, but in an opposite direction to the movement
imparted by its lever so as to wind up the apron as the rolling of the bunch proceeds
This produces the tightening up of the apron, a reduction in the size of the bunch,
and a larger number of rotations of the bunch on its axis By this winding up action
in connection with the tension belts, a uniform yielding pressure is exerted on the
bunch so that the binder is uniformly wrapped around the filler, and a bunch of the
required quality produced The form of the roller it is preferable to use is shown in
Figures 9, 9, and 9b, in which is the axle or shaft to which the rear end of the
apron is fastened, and is slotted sleeve adapted as shown to be applied to the roller
at its apron winding part, after the rear end of the apron has been fistened to the axle
or core of the roller, and 1 and 10 are the two pulleys on which the tension belts or
roller operating straps or bands 1, 1' are wound
The axle or shaft in the form of roller shown in Figures 9, 9 and 9b, consists of
a central shaft having the two pulleys and 210 it one end, and having an enlarged
portion along so much of the length of the roller as is over the table, sud enlarged
portion being integral with the central shift, or shrunk and immovable on the central
shift, sud enlarged portion having a longitudinal slot enlarged at its inner side is shown
in section in Figures 9° and 9° The rear end of the apron is corded in any suitable way,
and is then slipped into the slot from the end of the roller until it and its corded end
fill the slot from end to end The slotted sleeve 28 is then slid on to the roller from
the end of the roller away from the pulleys, the slot of the sleeve being sufficiently
wide to take in the thickness of the apron, one side of the slot sliding on one side of
the apron, and the other side of the slot on the other side of the apron, until the
sleeve extends a little way on each side of the apron when it is in position to operate
This sleeve ³ is made a snug sliding fit for the enlarged axle of the roller, ind when
in position it still further enlarges that part, to wit, the apron winding part of the
roller, up to more than the full diameter of the pulleys and 210, thereby winding up
the apron on the roller by its rotation faster than the roller moves forward over the
apron by its reciprocation, and so rolling the bunch in a rapidly tightening bight
of the apron
When the roller arrives at the front part of the rolling table H¹ the bunch is
delivered to the receiving fingers h³, ³, removed from the same by the attendant and
placed into the mould The receiving fingers are oscillated by the apron, and
facilitate the removal of the bunch from the rolling device The roller is thus an
In operating the machine, the side rails of the feed-box are adjusted according to
the shape and length of the bunch desired to be inade The food-box is then carefully
filled with tobacco, closed by its cover and placed on the supporting bracket B
When the feed-box is properly locked to the bracket B', the machine is started by
putting on the belt The tobacco in the feed-box is then intermittently fed forward
by the feed-gripper to the action of the cutting knife, which cuts off the required
quantity of tobacco that is to form the filler, and transmits it into the retaining
chamber from which it is transferred by the descending plunger into the bight of the
apron, said bight being located in the pocket of the rolling table On the ascent of
the plunger, the roller begins its forward motion and passes over the pocket in the
rolling table, so as to close the bight of the rolling apron when the latter is gradually
wound around the roller, so as to bunch and deliver the same to the receiving fingers
from which it is removed by the attendant Bunches of any desired shape, length
and thickness can be produced with the machine by properly uljusting the feed
mechanism, selecting and adjusting the side rails of the feed-box, and adjusting the
size of the retaining chimber and plunger As the machine turns out a large number
of bunches within a given time, a considerable saving of time and labour is the result,
while the skilled hands heretofore required for making bunches are dispensed with

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is -
1 In a cigar bunching machine the combination of the table and apron with an apron
winding bunching roller and rotating and reciprocating mechanism, whereby the
effective surface of the roller is increased and the bunch is rolled in a gradually
tightening bight, substantially as and for the purposes set forth
2 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the table and apron, the table
having a pocket at its rear end, with an apron winding bunching roller, and rotating
and reciprocating mechanism, the rear end of the apron being secured as shown on
the circumference of the roller, whereby the apron is first unwound from and then
wound upon the roller, substantially as and for the purposes set forth
3 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the table and apron with an
apron winding bunching roller having a removable slotted sleeve at its apron winding
part, and rotating and reciprocating mechanisın, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth
4 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the table and apron with an
apron winding bunching roller and reciprocating mechanism, the roller having two
drums or pulleys, and with two roller rotating straps or bands secured as shown, to
the upper periphery of the two drums or pulleys, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth
5 In a cigar bunching machine the combination of the table and apron with an
apron winding bunching roller and reciprocating mechanism, the roller having two
drums or pulleys, and with two roller rotating straps or binds secured at their outer
ends to spring devices, and at their inner ends to the inner periphery of two drums or
pulleys, substantially as and for the purposes set forth
6 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the four motion toothed feed-
gripper having mechanism to give it the four lined motions described, with the
stationary closed foed-box having longitudinal slots opposite the teeth of the feed-
gripper, whereby the filling is fed bodily forward through the feed-box longitudinally
of the same without disturbing its distribution substantially as and for the purposes
set forth
7 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the four motion toothed
feed-gripper, having mechanism to give it the four right lined motions described with
the stationary closed feed-box, cigar shaped and transverse section, and having slots
opposite the teeth of the feed-gripper, whereby the filling is primarily distributed in
the feed-box, and is fed bodily forward without disturbing that distribution, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth
8 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the four motioned toothed
feed-gripper, having mechanism to give it the four right lined motions described with
the station try closed feed-box, having longitudinal side rails or shaping strips, and
having slots opposite the teeth of the feed-gripper, whereby the filling is primarily
distributed in the feed-box and is fed bodily forward without disturbing that
distribution, substantially as and for the purposes set forth
9 In a cigar bunching machine, the combination of the four motioned toothed feed-
gripper with the stationary closed feed-box, increasing in depth towards the delivery
end and having slots opposite the teeth of the feed-gripper, whereby the filling is fed
bodily forward, and is loosened up without disturbing its distribution, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth
10 The combination of a detachable feed box, means for locking the same in
position upon the machine frame, a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-
gripper operating in said box, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining
chamber, having a hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating plunger
operating in said chamber, and a rolling device for rolling the binder around the filler,
delivered by the plunger, substantially as set forth
11 The combination of a detachable feed-box, means for locking it in position on

page_text: the frame of the machine, a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper
operating in said box, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining chamber
having a hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating plunger operating in
said chamber, a rolling table, having a pocket vertically below the plunger, a rolling
apron attached at one end to a stationary point of support, and at the other end to the
roller, and a horizontally reciprocating roller that is adapted to turn on its axis in a
direction opposite to its reciprocating motion, substantially as set forth
12 The combination of a detachable feed-box, having a longitudinally slotted top-
plate or cover, a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper operating in
said box and having teeth passing through said slotted top-plate, a vertically recipro-
cating cutting knife at the front end of the feed-box, a retaining chamber having a
hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating plunger operating in said
chamber, a rolling table having a pocket vertically below said plunger, a reciprocating
roller, and a rolling apron attached at the front end to a fixed point of support and at
the rear end to the roller, said roller having an axial motion in a direction opposite to
its reciprocating motion, substantially as set forth
13 The combination of a detachable feed-box, having laterally adjustable side ruls,
and a slotted top-plate, a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper
operating in said box, and having central stationary teeth and laterally and vertically
adjustable side teeth, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining chamber
having a hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating plunger operating in
said chamber, a rolling table having a pocket vertically below said plunger, a recipro-
cating and axially turning roller, and a rolling apron attached at the front end to a
stationary point of support, and at the rear end to the roller, substantially as set
forth
14 The combination of a supporting frame having a horizontal and longitudinally
grooved bracket, a detachable feed-box provided with a longitudinal bottom tongue
locited in the grooved bracket, and fulcrumed locking hook engaging said tongue, a
vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper operating in said box, a
vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining chamber having bottom gate or gates,
and a vertically reciprocating plunger, operating in said chamber, substantially as set
forth
15 The combination of a supporting standard, having a horizontal longitudinally
grooved bracket, a detachable feed-box located therein, and having a longitudinal
bottom tongue fitting into the groove of said bracket, a longitudinally slotted top-plate
and laterally adjustable side rails, a pivoted and weighted locking hook for engaging
the feed-box, and a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper, operating
in said box, having a central fixed row of teeth, and laterally adjustable side rows of
teeth, substantially as set forth
16 The combination of a detachable feed-box, having laterally adjustable side rails,
and a longitudinally slotted top-plate, and a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating
feed-gripper operating in said box, and having a row of fixed centre teeth and rows of
adjustable side teeth, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining chamber
having a hinged bottom gate or gates, and a vertically reciprocating plunger operating
in said chamber, the horizontal section of said retaining chamber and plunger corre
sponding to the vertical cross section of the feed-box formed by the bottom side rails
and top-plate of the feed-box, substantially as set forth
17 The combination of a detachable feed-box having laterally adjustable and
tapering side rails, a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating feed-gripper operating
in said box, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife, a retaining chamber having a
removable side wall and a hinged bottom gate or gates, a detachable plunger operating
in side chamber, the horizontal cross-section of the retaining chamber and plunger
corresponding with the vertical transverse section of the feed-box, substantially as
set forth
18 The combination of a detachable feed-box, a vertically and longitudinally
reciprocating feed-gripper operating therein, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife,
a retaining chamber having a hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating

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the plunger, a horizontally reciprocating roller, a rolling apron, attached at the front
end to a stationary point below the table and at its rear end to the roller, and tension
belts applied in opposite directions to the axle of the roller, whereby an axially-rotary
motion is imparted to the roller in direction opposite to the direction of its
reciprocating motion, substantially as set forth
19 The combination of a detachable feed-box, vertically and longitudinally
reciprocating feed-gripper operating therein, a vertically reciprocating cutting knife,
retaining chamber having a hinged bottom gate or gates, a vertically reciprocating
plunger, operating in suid chamber, a rolling table having a pocket vertically below
said plunger, spring actuated retuning fingers at the front of said rolling table, n
horizontally reciprocating roller, rolling apron attached at its front end to a fixed
point of support below the table, and at its inner end to sad roller, and spring actuated
tension belts applied in opposite duection to the axle of the roller, so is to impart to
the same an axially rotary motion in a direction opposite to the direction of its
reciprocating motion, substantially as set forth
20 The combination of a supporting standard, having a horizontal bracket provided
with grooved upright arms, a detachable feed-box locked to said bracket, longitudinally
grooved guide pieces guided vertically in said arm, a reciprociting feed-gupper guided
by said guide pieces, cams on the driving shaft having cum-giooves, and intermediate
levers connecting the feed-grippers and the guide pieces of the same, with said cams,
so as to impart a vertically and longitudinally reciprocating motion to said feed-
gripper, substantially as set forth
21 The combination of a roller, rolling table, a rolling apron, a forked oscillating
lever, a rotary driving shaft, a cam having a cam-groove, engaging the upper end of
said lever, and pivoted-links connecting the forked lever with fixed points in the
supporting standard, said points being respectively above and below the connection of
the forked lever with the cam-groove, for imparting horizontally reciprocating motion
to the said roller over the rolling table, substantially as set forth
22 The combination of a rolling table, a rolling apron, a roller attached to the rear
end of said apron, hinged spring fingers at the front end of said table, tension-belts
applied in opposite direction to the axle of the roller, spring arms attached to opposite
ends of said belts, a forked oscillating lever applied to the roller, a rotary driving
shaft and a cam having a cam-groove engaging the upper end of said lever, so as to
impart reciprocating motion to the rollers simultaneously with an axially-rotary motion
in a direction opposite to the reciprocating motion, substantially as set forth