Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 188
[Communicated from abroad by EDUARD SCHÜRMANN, of Coswig, Saxony, in the
Empire of Germany, Engineer.]
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
I, PHILIP. ARTHUR NEWTON, of The Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Hitherto cigarettes have been made oval in cross section by pressing them to that
form subsequent to their manufacture Oval cigarettes so made however have a
great tendency to lose their shape unless packed immediately after manufacture
in which case the moisture introduced into the tobacco during manufacture
remains in the cigarettes and spoils the flavour.
According to this invention cigarettes of oval form in cross section are produced
by laying the fibres of the tobacco to correspond to that shape before wrapping
so that there is afterwards no tendency for the oval form to be lost. Accordingly
the tobacco is supplied to a feeding apron which feeds it to a pair of distributing
rolls Thence it passes to a second apron and a second pair of feeding
and distributing rolls provided with pins or spikes and arranged in proximity to
charging and shaping shoots which the tobacco reaches in a uniform sheet suitable
for the size of cigarette desired to be produced. In the shoots the tobacco meets
the paper ribbon which is advanced along the bottom by means of an endless
belt. This belt is so arranged in connection with the frame or table of the
machine that its application or removal can be effected without disconnecting the
ends and its surface is rendered non-slipping by means of some plastic material or
by roughening so as to give a constant travel to the paper ribbon. Means are
also provided for preventing any lateral movement which would injure the even
running of the belt and the advance of the ribbon.
The charging and shaping shoots are of such form as to gradually reduce the
tobacco to a rope of the desired oval section and in connection with the forming
shoot is a vertically rotating disc having a milled circumferential groove therein
which draws the tobacco rope and paper ribbon and passes it forward to another
disc which feeds it on in a continuous rod to the cutter. There is also provided
near the drawing disc an adjustable closer for turning over the edges of the paper
ribbon one of which is gently pressed against a pasting disc before the edges are
finally closed, which is effected simultaneously by a suitably formed finger. In
connection with the shoots above mentioned is arranged a striker which periodically
is caused to knock against the shoots for the purpose of removing the dust of
tobacco which settles upon the front and sides thereof.
To ensure the uniform travel of the paper it is essential that the strip be uni-
formly unrolled from its bobbin.
For this purpose there is provided on the bobbin standard a flat spring which
acts as a brake on the hub of the spool.
Further there is provided an adiustable elastic pressing device pendent from

page_text: a swinging arm. This pressing device bears with a corresponding pressure upon
the highest point of the circumference of the paper spool. The paper strip passes
from the bobbin first through a spring clamp thence it is passed over guide rollers
to the endless belt of the filling and forming shoots. The spring clamp prevents
disturbances in the feed of the paper which might arise through the paper being
drawn off the spool too quickly by the impetus acquired by the latter.
The finished cigarette length as it comes from the machine is brought by the
conveyor belt to a cutting device by means of which the separate cigarettes are
cut to the desired length.
In a bracket mounted on à suitable standard is a shaft which slides as well
as rotates. On one end of the shaft is mounted a disc in the face off which is a
dovetail groove. In this groove is mounted an adjustable block carrying a pin.
Upon the pin of the block is loosely mounted a knife disc part of which by
reason of the eccentric position of the block relatively to the middle point of the
disc projects over the edge of the disc. This projecting portion of the knife disc
when the shaft rotates crosses the path of the advancing cigarette supported in
a suitable rest and severs a portion from the length thereof rotary motion being
imparted to the knife disc by means of a frictional device.
On the sliding and rotating shaft is also mounted a disc on both sides of which
bear two fixed but adjustable antifriction bowls. On rotating the shaft it with
the parts mounted thereon will reciprocate. Combined with this reciprocation,
a higher or lower speed of rotation of the shaft is necessary so as to cut cigarettes
of different lengths. This variation of the length of the cigarette, or the attain
ment of the various speeds of rotation of the shaft to produce it, has hitherto been
effected by the use of toothed change wheels but according to the present in-
vention the proportional gradations are secured by the use of a chain and a
selection of chain wheels to produce the various lengths of cigarette by varying
the rate of speed of the working parts.
The gradations of length may be accomplished by the use of toothed wheels in
place of chains, in such manner that by moving a single lever any change wheel
may be racked into or out of engagement with one of a series of graduated toothed
wheels mounted on the driving shaft. The chain is however preferred on account
of its smoother action.
Dated this 17th day of Januar 1000
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
I, Philip ArthUR NEWTON, of The Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement;
Hitherto, oval cigarettes have been made by subsequently pressing to an oval
shape, the cylindrical or four-sided " rope of tobacco formed by the cigarette
machine.
"
Cigarettes produced in this manner, however, immediately they are finished
have a tendency to regain their original form, that is to say, cigarettes made from
a cylindrical or four-sided "
rope," after being pressed to an oval shape, resume
the cylindrical or four sided form, if the oval form, be not maintained by some
extraneous means, which is not, however, available.

page_text: If packed immediately, the cigarettes become spoilt by the moisture remaining
in the tobacco, which is introduced during its preparation.
The present invention has reference to a process and machine for making oval
cigarettes, by means of which the tobacco, which is shot in loose; is turned out
as a permanently oval-shaped paper-wrapped cigarette "rope," which is then cut
up into single cigarettes, which preserve their oval shape, after being cut up,
without any subsequent pressing being required.
For the production of a perfect oval cigarette "rope," it is necessary, first of
all, that the automatic feed of the tobacco to the filling shoot be always uniform.
It is furthermore necessary that the tobacco fibres be laid together in an oval
form in cross section at the outlet, and not first in a cylindrical or four-sided
'rope" which is afterwards converted to an oval form by pressure.
To produce this form (oval in cross section), the loose tobacco is submitted to a
drawing action, as it passes from the bottom of the trough, between guide plates
with tapering grooves underneath a drawing disc.
By the operation of these parts, the "rope" of tobacco is positively brought to
an oval form in cross section the tobacco fibres being under uniform pressure
throughout the "rope," both at the minor and major axes of the oval. From
this it results that the fibres have no tendency to separate from each other, as
is the case when a cylindrical or four-sided " rope" is formed into an oval one by
pressure.
It is also necessary that the belt feed for supplying the cigarette paper, as
also this latter itself, should be carefully protected from any lateral motion, in
order that the gummed edge of the oval cigarette may always be parallel to the
side of the cigarette. According to the method above described, the tobacco
rope" is brought to its oval form before the closing of the paper cover is effected.
The closing down of both edges of the paper envelope around the "rope" being
uniform and simultaneous, there is no unequal pressure put upon it, so that the
oval section of the cigarette "rope" is unchanged, and the form of the cigarette
remains permanent.
In the accompanying drawings, there is shewn a construction of cigarette
machine provided with means for carrying out the above object,
Fig. 1 being a front view,
Fig. 2 a plan, and
Figs. 3 to 12 sections on the lines 1-10 shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 13 is a side view, and
Fig. 14 an end view, partially in section, of the machine, shewing chiefly the
feeding of the tobacco, the laying in of the belt, and the cutting device.
Figs. 13, 13, and 13, are details thereof, while,
Figs. 15 and 16 are front views of the cutting devices.
Figs. 17 and 18 are side and end views of a device whereby different lengths
of cigarette may be produced.
The cigarette paper, with the tobacco thereon, is drawn in through the trough-
shaped charging and shaping shoots a al by means of an endless band, or belt
of special kind, as hereinafter described.
The charging shoot is somewhat larger than the shaping shoots a', and these
shoots are connected together by slanting lateral projections, as seen in Fig. 2
(plan view). The charging shoot a is heightened by sloping side walls b, which,
at their lower edges, serve as a guide for the paper as it is drawn through the
shoot. For this purpose, flexible rails b¹, are mounted in longitudinal slots
between the protecting walls b and the points of attachment, as seen in Figs. 3,
and against the lower edges of these rails the edges of the paper lie, so that it
is effectually prevented from lateral movement during its travel. As the belt
also is easily liable to sideway movement on passing over the tapering junction
between the filling and shaping shoots, there are provided at this junction of the
shoots, removable belt guides (Figs. 1 and 3), with small hooks projecting into
the charging shoot a, which grip the edges of the belt, and so prevent any tendency
to sideway motion on the part of the latter.

page_text: The projecting walls carry on their inner ends cheeks 6*; between which runs
a drawing disc d, which receives motion from the machine proportionate to the
speed of the belt and the paper, and beneath which disc the filling shoot a merges
into the forming shoot . The cheeks are provided with grooves for guiding
the tobacco, which grooves, by reason of their peculiar form, as will be seen in
Figs. 3 to 6, cause the tobacco to be drawn in under a pressing or drawing disc d
which is adjustable by means of a screw . This disc d has a milled groove cut
in its periphery corresponding to the shape of the cigarette. By means of this
drawing disc, coacting with the specially-shaped guide-ways, the tobacco is at
once brought to the desired sectional form, thus producing a regular feed, and
shaping the tobacco "rope" in such manner that the pressure put upon all the
tobacco fibres, in every direction of the section, is absolutely uniform.
During the passage of the tobacco fibres through the entrance formed by the
drawing disc d, trough bottom «, and inlet grooves 6*, from which the tobacco
is now ready to receive its oval form, the tobacco fibres, massed together in the
form of a rope," are caused to aggregate in such a way, as they pass along,
that the oval shape is actually imparted to them at this particular point, that
is to say, they are not brought to this oval shape by subsequent pressure in a
hollow mould, as was formerly the case. The tobacco, therefore, arrives in the
shoot from the entrance above described, already in its oval form, so that the
chamber in which the wrapping then takes place has only to maintain that
shape.
On each side of the disc in the shoot, there is sufficient room left to allow any
laterally escaping fragments of tobacco to remain inside the paper, without the
paper becoming torn in its onward course. Behind the drawing disc d is mounted
an adjustable closer" e (Figs. 1, 2, & 7), which bears with its sharpened end
against the disc, and serves also as a scraper. This closer e also serves the purpose
of preventing the tobacco from escaping and the still vertical edges of the paper
are also guided by the sides of the
"
closer e.
One of the projecting edges of the paper is gently pressed against a pasting
disc by a sloping finger f, so that the disc may apply an even coating of paste
to its outer edge. The finger f is mounted on an arm f, movable in one direction,
to allow of the finger being thrown out of contact with the paper.
"
Behind the pasting device, is situate a feed disc h, adjustable by means of a
screw, and having a smooth groove cut in its periphery corresponding to the
form of the cigarette. This disc serves the purpose of maintaining the onward
Shed of the
rope" of tobacco formed by the drawing disc, together with the
paper, and also to prevent "jamming" in the wrapping chamber in front.
Against this feed disc h bears the guide finger i, one end of which acts as a
scraper on the feed disc h, and the other end projects into the tobacco wrapping
chamber. This finger is pushed between two small blocks, and held in position
by a clamping screw. The clamping screw works in a holder ³, pivotally
connected to a rigid bracket, so that by unscrewing the screw, and swinging the
holder outwards, the finger i may easily be changed. By reason of the form
given to both sides of the finger i, the simultaneous folding down of both vertical
edges of the paper in the wrapping chamber is ensured, while the form of the
finger at bottom preserves the tobacco in the form which it possesses when entering
the shoot, so that any alteration of this form during the operation of wrapping by
means of the cover finger, or the upper part k of the wrapping chamber, cannot
take place.
By the peculiar form of the grooves provided in the cover finger k, the edges
of the paper, supported by the sides of the guide finger i, are so guided that they
simultaneously close round the tobacco, as seen in Figs. 8 to 11.
It will be seen
from these figures that the tobacco, by reason of the simultaneous folding of both
edges of the paper, does not receive a one-sided pressure at its edges, and thus
the cigarettes to be cut off after the complete closure of the pasted joint behind
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page_text: the guide finger (see Fig., 12) permanently maintain the oval form imparted to
them in the machine.
Hitherto, in cigarette machines, the conveying forward of the paper strip with
the loose tobacco (formed into a rope) upon it, through the filling and forming
shoots, has been carried out by means of a belt conveyor, which could only be
made by joining the ends, when in position, into an endless belt. The fitting and
changing of the bands; however, causes an undesirable waste of time, during
which the machine must stand idle, and, further, the ends of the bands cannot be
sufficiently neatly fastened off.
To remedy these evils, in the present machine a belt-conveyor is used which is
made up into an endless band before being fitted to the machine.
This endless band the ends of which are joined up by sewing, cement, (or they
may be woven together), when introduced from the side into the filling and forming
shoots, casily accomodates itself to the guiding, stretching, and driving rollers pro-
vided for it, -shaped recesses being provided in the plummer blocks or bearings
at the necessary points, as will be seen without further description by referring
to the Figs. 13 and 14, to be subsequently described.
When the belt consists wholly of a woven fabric or any other stuff with a
smooth surface, it is not an uncommon occurrence that the strip of paper, with
the loose " rope of tobacco upon it, is not fed forward at the same speed as
the belt, and it frequently happens that the belt leaves the paper with the tobacco
behind, there not being sufficient cohesion between the belt and the paper:
To secure the uniform travel of the paper strip with the band, the band is
coated on the side next the paper with a layer of some material which will make
this side rough instead of smooth, and thereby secure a firmer frictional contact
between the paper strip and the belt.
This coating may be of some plastic material, similar to the compound used
for the inking rollers of printing machines, which dries without losing its
plasticity. The material is applied in a very thin layer or film, and may extend
right to the edges of the belt. Where, however, as in the present machine, the
belt is guided by hooks at its edges, it is better that the film should not extend
quite to the edges of the belt, as the guide hooks are liable to become clogged
with the plastic substance, and destroy the layer.
t
In place of roughening the belt surface by the application of a plastic material,
it may be also accomplished by weaving when making the belt.
As already above stated, it is necessary to the production of a perfect. oyal
cigarette rope, that the automatic feed of the tobacco be absolutely uniform.
To attain this. object, the following means are employed, as illustrated in
Figs. 13 & 14. .
Between two standards is mounted, in the usual way, a tobacco-carrying apron
(Fig. 14), the driving roller of which is set in motion in any suitable manner
from the source of power driving the machine.
In front of the driving roller are two guide rollers m m², mounted in bearings,
and adjustable at right angles to each other, and also set in motion from the
machine. These rollers, the upper one of which (m) is of greater diameter than
the lower (m), are grooved on their peripheries, so that they may the better grasp
the tobacco fed forward by the apron 7, and safely pass it on to a distributing
roller n, whence it passes to a conveying apron 12, situate beneath it. The dis-
tributing roller n, for the purpose of uniformly distributing the tobacco, is pro-
vided with pins or spikes arranged in. right and left-handed spiral rows.. This
roller n is likewise set in motion from the driving power of the machine.
By reason of their adjustability the guide rollers m m¹ may be accurately.
adjusted to suit any thickness of tobacco sheet intended for the production of the
cigarette rope with respect to the conveyor roll and the distributing roll n,. so
that the tobacco, during its passage onwards, never deviates from the right path.
In front of the second conveyor apron, two additional feeding rolls m² m³
are journalled, for further ensuring the uniform distribution of the tobacco, and:

page_text: a second distributing roll n¹, corresponding to the first roll n, is provided. The
process of distribution is repeated here, so that an absolutely uniform feed to the
filling shoot is obtained, even when the tobacco is unevenly shot onto the first
conveyor apron.
During the feeding of the tobacco into the filling shoot, the tobacco dust settles
on the sides and front thereof, and is knocked off by a striker, shewn in
Figs. 13, 13, and 14.
This device consists of a swinging spring-pressed lever o¹. Under one end of
this lever takes a pin o², projecting from the driving wheel of the drawing disc d,
and swings the lever o outwards at every revolution of the drawing disc d. As
the pin leaves the tail of the lever, its spring returns it suddenly to its former
position, and the hammer head on its other end strikes a blow upon the back of
the shoot, thus knocking off the adhering dust.
To ensure the uniform travel of the paper, it is essential that the strip be
uniformly unrolled from its bobbin.
For this purpose, there is provided on the bobbin standard a flat spring p, as
seen in Figs. 13 and 13°, which acts as a brake on the hub of the spool.
Further, there is provided an adjustable elastic pressing device p³, pendent
from a swinging arm p. This pressing device bears with a corresponding pres-
sure upon the highest point of the circumference of the paper spool. The paper
strip passes from the bobbin first through a spring clamp 7; thence it is passed
over guide rollers to the endless belt of the filling and forming shoots. The
spring clamp 7 prevents disturbances in the feed of the paper, which might arise
through the paper being drawn off the spool too quickly by the impetus acquired
by the latter.
The finished cigarette length, as it comes from the machine, is brought by the
conveyor belt to a cutting device, by means of which the separate cigarettes are
cut to the desired length, as shewn in Fig. 13.
Fig. 15 shews a left-hand front view of the cutting device, while Fig. 16 shews
a right-hand front view of the upper part of the same.
In a bracket mounted on a suitable standard is a shaft r, which slides as well
as rotates, as hereafter explained. On one end of the shaft is mounted a discs,
in the face of which is a dovetail groove. In this groove is mounted an adjust-
able block s¹, carrying a pin. Upon the pin of the block s¹ is loosely mounted
a knife discs, part of which, by reason of the excentric position of the block st
relatively to the middle point of the disc, projects over the edge of the disc s¹.
This projecting portion of the knife disc, when the shaft r rotates, crosses the
path of the advancing cigarette, supported in a suitable rest, such as the eye t,
and severs a portion from the length thereof, rotary motion being imparted to
the knife disc by means of a frictional device.
The eye is mounted in a small bracket t¹, which embraces the shaft r in such
manner that when the latter is moved in the direction of its length, it moves
with it the bracket.
For the purpose of imparting rotary motion to the rotary knife disc s³ during
its cutting period, a leather ring 3, is made fast on the hub of the knife disc.
A segments, adjustably connected to the bracket t¹, and concentric with the
disc s, is provided on its outer edge with a layer of some rough material. This
segment is so mounted that the hub of the knife disc, with its leather ring ³,
comes in contact with it, when the disc s rotates, and thus imparts motion to the
knife discs, thereby securing a uniform and smooth cutting action.
On the shaft r is also mounted a disc r¹, on both sides of which bear two fixed,
but adjustable, antifriction bowles. 273. On rotating the shaft r, it, with the
parts mounted thereon, will reciprocate. Combined with this reciprocation, a
higher or lower speed of rotation of the shaft r is necessary, so as to cut cigarettes
of different lengths. This variation of the length of the cigarette, or the attain-
ment of the various speeds of rotation of the shaft, to produce it, has hitherto
been effected by the use of toothed change wheels, but according to the present

page_text: invention, the proportional gradations are secured by the use of a chain and a
selection of chain wheels, to produce the various lengths of cigarette, by varying
the rate of speed of the working parts.
To this end, a number of graduated chain wheels, u, u¹, u³, u³, are mounted
upon the driving shaft z, and upon the intermediate shaft y a corresponding
series of similarly graduated chain wheels, v, v, 3, 3, are mounted.
Between the two shafts y and z is mounted an adjustable guide and tightening
roller w.
Accordingly, therefore, as the chain is applied to one or other of the chain.
wheels, so will the intermediate shaft y have a higher or lower speed imparted to
it, and the other parts driven thereby, viz., the chain and the shaft r; thus, the
knife discs acts to cut at longer or shorter intervals of time, and severs cigarettes
of less or greater length.
The gradations of length may be accomplished by the use of toothed wheels
in place of chains, in such manner that, by moving a single lever, any change
wheel may be racked into or out of engagement with one of a series of graduated
toothed wheels mounted on the driving shaft. The chain is, however, preferred,
on account of its smoother action.
Referring to Figs. 17 and 18, these figures shew side and end views of the
arrangement of graduated toothed wheels and lever with two toothed wheels for
the cutting device, in order to produce different lengths of cigarettes, if desired.
On the main driving shaft z there are keyed, for example, four graduated toothed
wheels, ut, u, u, u, and on the counter shaft y is mounted a toothed wheel 4, by
means of key and groove, which provides for shifting the same. A hand
lever is movably arranged on the hub of the wheel 4, said lever carrying a
toothed wheel constantly taking into wheel. By shifting the wheel v on
shaft y, and by turning the lever, wheel may be engaged into one of the
graduated wheels ut to u', whereby the rotation of the main shaft z is transmitted
at a slower or quicker rate, to the counter-shaft y, and from the latter by means
of chain to the cutter-shaft r, according to the desired length of cigarettes.
In Fig. 17, the lever is shewn in an elevated position, so that there is no
connection between the shafts
and z.
y
In Fig. 18, however, lever is shewn in a position in which the wheel 26
takes into the graduated wheel u. Lever may be arranged to rest in the teeth
of a bar in known manner, in order to secure its position, if the wheels are in
engagement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
from abroad, I declare that what I claim is :-
.
1. A process for the production of oval cigarettes by cigarette machines, in an
endless strand or rope, characterised by the fact that the feed of the tobacco fibres
to the shoot of the machine is effected in oval form, through the parts constituting
the mouth of the shoot, so that the oval form is attained by assembling the fibres
under uniform pressure by tension, and not simply by pressure only, as and for
the purpose above set forth.
2. For carrying out the process of Claim 1, a cigarette machine wherein the
feed of the tobacco fibres to the forming shoot a a¹ is effected by means of a
drawing disc d, adjustable, and running between two guide discs * with con-
verging and contracted guide curves, whereby the oval section of the strand,
during its formation, is ensured, while a rotating adjustable transport disc h,
mounted at the end of the forming shoot, and rotating at a like speed with the
disc d, serves to prevent the jamming of the strand before its wrapping, and
wherein an adjustable closer e is mounted behind the disc d covering the shoot,
and a finger i behind the disc h, said finger projecting under the cover finger b
covering the wrapping chamber, through the guide grooves of which the simul-

page_text: taneous wrapping of the oval tobacco strand with the paper strip, without pres-
sure upon the lesser sides of the strand, takes place (see Figs. 1 to 12).
3. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the arrangement of adjustable rails 6,
between the walls b, and their method of attachment, the arrangement of belt
guides e, at the junction of the filling and forming shoots, for the safe guiding
of the paper, and the feeding belt held against lateral movement, on its passage
through the machine, all substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1, 2,
and 3 of the drawings.
4. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the arrangement of a movable finger f,
governed by an arm f, and bearing obliquely against the pasting disc g, for
holding the paper in the right direction to receive an even coating of paste from
the paste disc g, substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the
drawings.
5. In the cigarette, machine of Claim 2, the use of a conveying belt, formed into
an endless band (before being mounted in the machine) by sewing, pasting,, or
weaving, for the purpose of mounting which belt, -shaped recesses are pro-
vided, as shewn in Figs. 13 and 14 of the drawings.
:
6. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the application of an endless belt.com-
veyor, said conveyor, for the simultaneous conveying with it of the paper strip,
being provided with a layer of rough or adhesive material, or roughened.. by
weaving.
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7. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the arrangement of conveying apron 7
and 72, adjustable grooved feed rollers m m² and m² m³, mounted at right angles
to each other, and a distributing roller or a mounted beneath, said roller being
provided with right and left-handed spiral lines of pins or spikes, for the purpose
of uniformly and, automatically feeding the tobacco from the first conveying
apron to the filling shoot a of the machine, substantially as described with
reference to Figs. 13 and 14.
8. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the use of a striker o¹ which inter-
mittently strikes against the tobacco receiving surface, to knock off the adhering
tobacco dust, substantially as described with reference to Figs. 13, 13 & 14.
9. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, a spring brake p, and an elastic
pressure device 22 for the paper spool, and a spring clamp for the unwound paper
strip, to prevent disturbances in the feed of the paper, as set forth.
10. In the cigarette machine of Claim 2, the use of a cutting device, charac-
terised by the employment of a small bracket s¹, having a knife disc s², loosely
rotating thereon, said knife being adjustable excentrically to a rotary disc s, in
such manner that a portion of the knife projects over the edge of the disc, and
an adjustable segment s mounted in such relation to the knife disc s2, that a
friction rings on the hub of the disc contacts with the segment st, to set the
knife disc in motion, as set forth with reference to Figs. 13 and 16 of the drawings.
11. In the cutting device of Claim 10, a means for cutting cigarettes of varied
length, consisting in the use of graduated chain discs a, e, which, by means of a
chain passed over a stretching roller w, impart, through a chainn, a greater or
lesser speed to the knife-driving shaft r, and consequently bring the knife disc 2
sooner or later into action.
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12. In the cutting device of Claim 11, replacing the chain wheels u, v, by
toothed wheels in such manner that, by shifting a lever, one of the toothed wheels
will be rocked, into or out of the teeth of one of the other graduated toothed
wheels on the main driving shaft, for the purpose claimed in Claim 9.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.