Improvements in Planes for Cutting or Trimming Cigars in Process of Manufacture.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 2nd June, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Planes for Cutting or Trimming Cigars in Process of
Manufacture.
I, ERNST BÖTTGER, of Cigar Factory, Waldheim, Saxony, Cigar Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A plane according to this invention is intended to cut off the ends of cigar
rolls as they project from the cigar-roll moulds. For this purpose the plane-iron
is provided with two cutting edges lying in the same horizontal plane.
This new arrangement enables two cutting operations to be effected with the
plane without turning round either the plane or the mould or in any way alter-
ing their position.
The plane-iron cuts off the projecting ends of the rolls by means of one
cutting edge as the plane slides along the roll mould in one direction, and on
sliding along in the opposite direction it travels over the cut surfaces of the
rolls with the other cutting edge and thus shaves them smooth.
In an example of a plane according to this invention two parallel vertical
checks are connected together by a horizontal bar having a middle portion
oblique to the parallel cheeks, which are at such a distance apart that when
the plane is placed on the top edge of the roll mould they fit the latter and act as
bi-lateral guides for the plane as it slides over the mould. A handle for
grasping and moving the plane projects upwards from the cross bar. The
plane-iron is let into and fastened to the lower edge or surface of the cross bar.
This plane-iron, which is preferably of steel, has its two cutting edges at its
two opposite ends. It is let into the cross bar so as to be flush with the underside
thereof. The screws for securing the plane-iron to the cross bar are sunk so as
to be flush with the underside of the latter. The cutting-edges of the plane-iron
are preferably oblique, so that a good guillotine-cut will be obtained with either
direction of movement of the plane.
When the plane is to be used it is placed at one end of that side of the roll
mould from which the cigar roll ends project. Then the plane is passed over
this side by means of the handle, the cheeks serving as guides. The cutting
edge that projects forwards planes the roll ends away, and when the plane has
reached the end of the side of the mould it is brought back in a similar way.
the other cutting edge, which now projects forwards, coming into action and
planing smooth the roll cut. Hence to perform the two cutting operations only
a single to-and-fro movement is necessary, the roll mould and the plane being
kept in the same position or in the same relative position except as regards a
translation of the plane.
The cutting edges project beyond the cross bar on both sides so as to facilitate
the setting of the edges with a sharpener or whetstone, whilst the plane-iron
can be easily unscrewed in order to grind the cutting edges.
T 1
1000
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Planes for Cutting or Trimming Cigars in Process of
Manufacture.
I, ERNST BÖTTGER, of Waldheim, Saxony, Cigar Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
A plane according to this invention is intended for cutting or trimming the
ends of cigar rolls as they project from the cigar-roll moulds. For this purpose
the plane-iron is provided with two cutting edges lying in the same lori-
zontal plane.
This new arrangement enables two cutting operations to be effected with the
plane without turning round either the plane or the mould or in any way alter-
ing their position.
The plane-iron cuts off the projecting ends of the rolls by means of one
cutting edge as the plane slides along the roll mould in one direction, and on
sliding along in the opposite direction it travels over the cut surfaces of the
rolls with the other cutting edge and thus shaves them smooth.
An example of a plane according to this invention is shown in the accom-
panying drawings, Fig. 1 being a plan thereof, Fig. 2 a view thereof from
below, Fig 3 an end view, and Fig. 4 a side view.
Two parallel vertical cheeks a a are connected together by a horizontal bar b
having a middle portion oblique to the parallel cheeks a a, which are at such a
distance apart that when the plane is placed on the top edge of the roll mould
they fit the latter and act as bilateral guides for the plane as it slides over the
mould. A handle for grasping and moving the plane projects upwards from
the cross bar b. The plane-iron d, which is preferably of steel, has two cutting
edges m and n at its two opposite ends. It is let into the cross bar so as to be
flush with the underside thereof. The screws o for securing the plane-iron to
the crossbar are sunk so as to be flush with the underside of the latter. The
cutting edges m and n of the plane-iron are preferably oblique, so that a good
guillotine-cut will be obtained with either direction of movement of the plane.
When the plane is to be used, it is placed at one end of that side of the roll
mould from which the cigar roll ends project. Then the plane is passed over
this side by means of the handle c, the cheeks a a serving as guides. The cutting-
edge m that projects forwards planes the roll ends away, and when the plane
has reached the end of the side of the mould in question, it is brought back in a
similar way, the cutting edge n, which now projects forwards, coming into action
and planing smooth the roll ends. Hence to perform the two cutting operations
only a single to-and-fro movement is necessary, the roll mould and the plane
being kept in the same relative position except as regards the translation or to-
and-fro movement of the plane.
The cutting edges m and n project beyond the cross-bar on both sides so as to
facilitate the setting of the edges with a whetstone, whilst the plane-iron can be
easily unscrewed in order to grind the cutting edges.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A plane for cutting or trimming the ends of cigar rolls projecting out of
cigar-roll moulds, in which the plane-iron is fixed to the underside of the

page_text: plane and has two cutting edges (m, n) which lie in the same plane and of
which one edge cuts whilst the plane is moving forward, and the other whilst
the plane is moving backward, over the mould, so that it is unnecessary to turn
round either the plane or the mould in order to perform the two cutting opera-
tions, during which the two side cheeks (a a) act as guides for the plane.
2. The improved plane for cutting or trimming cigar rolls, constructed and
arranged as herein before described with reference to and shown in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of April 1900.
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.