Improved Apparatus for Making and Holding Cigarettes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Making and Holding Cigarettes.
1, ALBERT ROMAROWSKI of 53 Adalbertstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 relates to an apparatus for making cigarettes with cigarette
paper either in the form of sheets or tubes, in which the cigarettes after being
made in the apparatus may be left therein in such manner that the apparatus
can be used as a cigarette holder while the cigarette is being smoked.
And in order that the said invention may be fully understood I will now proceed
to describe the same with the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the apparatus, Figure 2 an elevation of
same with the parts a b of Figure 1 in the opened position, Figure 3 a cross
section taken on the line x-x of Figure 2, and Figure 4 a sectional view showing
the parts ab closed together into the form of a tube and drawn into the outer casing
after the cigarette is completed, the latter being shown as left projecting from the
end of the cylindrical outer casing d.
Figure 3 shows that the holder for receiving the tobacco consists of two semi-
circular trough-shaped pieces a b connected together by a hinge so that they can
be closed together to form a tube. The inner end of the tube a b is completely
cylindrical and contains a fixed piston c. It projects inwards a short distance into
the cylindrical casing d when drawn out as far as the small knob or finger piece f,
which is fixed to the inner end of the tube a band slides in the slot e of the outer
casing d, will permit.
The pistone and the solid or hollow piston rod 9 may be made of any suitable
material aud the latter passes through the rear end or bottom of the cylindrical
casing d and is there secured either by a nut, when the piston rod is solid as in
Figure 1, or by a mouthpiece h fixed permanently to the casing d when the piston
rod is hollow. Figure 1 shows the cigarette-making apparatus with a solid
piston rod and without a mouth piece, and Figure 4 a cigarette-making apparatus
with a hollow piston and mouth piece which enable the apparatus to be used also
as a cigarette holder.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:--
The knob or finger piece f is first pushed out from the position shown in
Figure 4 into the position shown in Figure 1, whereby the same circular trough-
shaped pieces ab are moved out of the casing d and fall of themselves into the
opened position shown in Figures 2 and 3. These parts can then be filled in any
convenient manner with tobacco, and be then closed together so as to form a tube
which is then pushed back about two millimetres into the casing d whereby the
parts a bare held together in the closed position. When using cigarette paper in
sheet form, a sheet of the paper is then wound tightly round the tube a b, the
longitudinal edges of the paper are then moistened in any suitable way and
stuck together, the knob f is then drawn back in the slot e of the casing d.
The tube a b follows this movement and is drawn into the casing d over the fixed
piston c, leaving the tobacco which had been filled into it behind in the paper tube
thus formed and which on the drawing in of the tube a b into the casing d, remains
clamped at its inner end between the latter and the tube a b.

page_text: By the clamping of the paper tube between the tube a b and the casing d the
cigarette, formed as above described, is held ready for lighting and the whole
cigarette apparatus is thus adapted to serve as a cigarette holder for smoking.
When cigarette paper in the form of previously prepared tubes is to be used a
smooth rounded head or guide may be placed in the end of the tube ab to facilitate
the pushing on of the paper tube over the said tube a band after this is accom-
plished the said head or guide is removed from the tube a b. The head or guide
can however be dispensed with by making the parts of the tube a sufficiently
springy to allow of their being pressed slightly inwards to reduce temporarily the
diameter of the tube so that the paper tube can be easily drawn over it. The fixed
piston e prevents the entrance of tobacco into the casing d, and secures that all the
tobacco is included in the paper sheet or tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. A cigarette-making apparatus consisting of two semicircular trough-
shaped parts a b hinged together so as to form a tube when closed together and
adapted to receive and contain the tobacco, a cylindrical casing d, a fixed piston c
and piston rod g, a slot e in the casing d and a knob or finger piece f fixed to the
tube a band passing through the said slot, combined, arranged and operating
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Second. In a cigarette-making apparatus of the kind forming the subject of the
first claiming clause hereof the hollow fixed piston c, the hollow fixed piston rod g
secured to the hinder end of the casing d, and the mouth piece h, combined and
arranged substantially as described with reference to Figure 4 of the drawings and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 18th day of July 1895.