Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Cigarettes.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE LUDINGTON COMPANY, of the City and County
of New Haven, State of Connecticut, United States of America.]
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Cigarettes.
1. HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in whai manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in machines for making cigarettes, and which
are adapted to take from a 'mass the requisite quantity of tobacco for a single cigarette,
enclose the same in a paper wrapper, and deliver the cigarette complete from the
machine, and the invention is an improvement upon the machine described in the
Specification of Letters Patent No. 10372, September 1st 1885.
of a width corre
In that invention the wrapper was cut from a strip of paper,
sponding to the length of the cigarette, so that the fibres of the paper run transversely
across the wrapper, hence in pasting the edge of the wrapper preparatory to rolling,
the dampness would cause the paper to wrinkle, so as to interfere with the proper
finishing of the cigarette.
The object of the present invention is to adapt the machine to employ wrappers in
which the fibre of the paper runs longitudinally of the wrapper, instead of trans-
versely as in the previous machine, and also to bring the operative mechanisin into
more convenient positions for inspection and adjustment, as well as to bring a large
proportion of the mechanism above the feeding and rolling devices, instead of below,
as in the previous machine and it consists in the combination of mechanism as herein-
after described,
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 represents a front view of the machine, the pulley and the receiving devices
at the left being omitted.
Figure 2 is a side view looking from the left, the tobacco feeding devices being
broken to shorten the Figure.
Figure 3 is a side view from the right, with the saine break as in Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section.

page_text: Figure is a vertical section similar to Figure 4 some portions being OACH
away.
Figure 6 is a transverse section immediately in rear of the rolling-table enlarged to
illustrate the operation of the cutting slide and presser.
Figure 7 is a detached view of a portion of Figure 6 to illustrate the engagement
between the presser and cutter slide.
Figure 8 is a longitudinal section cutting through the forward drums of the feeding
device, through the bed and lower cutter, illustrating the operation of the cleaner for
the stationary cutter.
Figures 9, 10 and 11 are longitudinal sections to illustrate the rolling and delivery
mechanism, Figures 10 and 11 being parts broken from Figure 9.
Figure 12 is a plan view of the forward end of the rolling table showing the
delivering devices.
Figure 13 is a partial plan view showing the delivering band, the chute and receiver
for the cigarettes.
Figure 14 is a longitudinal section through the carriage and cutting through the
hopper.
Figure 15 is a perspective view of a portion of the carriage, showing also a
transverse section of the same with the receiver in place.
Figure 16 is a portion of the receiver detached.
Figure 17 is a front view in partial section of the paper feeding devices in the
normal position.
Figure 18 is a top or plan view of the same, parts broken away for convenience
of illustration.
Figure 19 is a view substantially the same as Figure 17, still further enlarged, and
showing the feeding fingers in the position for taking the paper.
Figure 20 is a detached view showing the forward side of the paper nippers..
Figure 21 is a detached view illustrating the cutting of the paper while in the grasp
of the fingers.
Figure 22 is a front view of the feeding fingers as turned down to the position for
delivering the wrapper to the rolling bed.
Figure 23 is a horizontal sectional plan illustrating the mechanism for imparting
longitudinal movement to the feeding fingers.
Figure 24 is an end view of the same showing guide for the carriage in section.
Figures 5 to 13 and Figures 14 to 24 inclusive are enlarged.
The frame of the machine consists of two uprights A A properly connected and
carrying at their upper end the driving shaft B, which is supported in suitable
bearings and to which power is applied through a pulley on the shaft or otherwise.
From the rear of the uprights an extension D is provided to form the feed table for
the machine. Over this extension one run of an endless band E passes forward, as
indicated in Figure 4 the other run returning below the table. At the forward end
of the table the band passes around a drum F and at the other end the band runs
around a corresponding drum G.
To impart a step by step advance movement to the upper run of the band a
ratchet His attached to the shaft of the forward drum F as seen in Figures 1 and 2
and on the axis of the drum shaft a bell-crank-lever I J is hung one arin J carrying
a pawl K to work into the teeth of the ratchet; from the other arm a rod L extends
into adjustable connection with a lever M on the end of a rock shaft N the rock shaft
carrying a second lever O which is acted upon by a cam P on the driving shaft so
that at each revolution of the driving shaft a partial rotation will be given to the
drum F and a corresponding advance to the band E.
Above the drum Fa drum R is arranged in suitable bearings, and in rear of the
drum R is a corresponding drum S, around which two drums an endless band T runs
the lower run of the band being above the band E. A corresponding advance move-
ment is given to the lower run of the band T by means of gears U, U see Figure 1
and so that the adjacent runs of the two hands move in the same direction, and with
substantially equal velocity.

page_text: The tobacco is laid upon the band E by the attendant so as to give substantially
the requisite thickness of the mass, from which to cut the quantity required for
cigarettes, and the tobacco is carried by the band E below the lower run of the
band T so that the said lower run operates upon the upper surface to condense the mass
to some extent. Each movement or feed of the bands corresponds to the quantity of
tobacco required for each cigarette to be made. The tobacco thus fed, passes forward
from beneath the bands, over a bed W see Figure 5. At the forward edge of this
bed a cutter a is arranged, the edge of which is substantially flush with the upper
surface of the bed and is parallel with the axis of the drum F.
Above the bed W a slide bis arranged, in vertical guides e see Figure 6 to which
an up and down reciprocating movement is imparted by means of an eccentric & on
the driving-shaft. B see Figure 1. The slide 6 carries a cutter esce Figure 5 corre-
sponding to the cutter a helow and which is adapted as the slide descends and as
indicated in broken lines Figure 5 to work over the edge of the cutter a and sever
the tobacco which may project from the mass over the cutter a. Preparatory to this
cutting operation a presser is brought down upon the mass of tobacco adjacent
to the cutter so as to solidify it, and hold it firmly while the cut is being made. The
presser is supported and guided in its vertical movement by rods g. 9 see Figure 6
which extend vertically upward from the presser through stationary bearings h in the
frame; these rods also pass through openings in the slide b. Above the bearings h
each rod y is provided with an adjustable collar i which are adapted to rest upon the
bearings when the presser is in its extreme position, and as indicated in broken lines
Figure 6. Within the slide and around the rods y, y spiral are arranged which take
a bearing at their lower end upon collars m on the rods, and their upper ends rest
against corresponding points in the slide b. The collars m when the slide is in its
up position, as seen in Figure 6, rest upon corresponding points on the slide, so that
the presser is held in the up position by the said slide, then as the slide descends, the
presser descends with it, until it reaches the tobacco, which offers a resistance to the
descent of the presser, then the slide continuing its descent, hears upon the springs 1,1
on the rods, leaving the presser resting upon the tobacco, but under the pressure of
the springs, and as indicated in broken lines Figures 5 and 6. The springs will
bear upon the tobacco until the collars I above come to a bearing on the frame and as
indicated in Figure 6, these collars limiting the descent or force of the presser; this
presser holds the tobacco firmly, as before stated, so that as the cutter e passes downward,
it will cut the tobacco smoothly.
Unless some
It is necessary that the presser should rise with the slide, and so as to get out of
the way as quickly as possible, in order that the feed may commence.
provision to the contrary be made, the presser would remain stationary until the slide b
in its rise, should come against the collars m; to make an earlier rise of the follower,
a spring-latch n is hung upon the presser see Figures 6 and 7 which is adapted to
engage a corresponding shoulder r on the slide, when the slide reaches its extreme
down position, and as seen in Figure 7, and because of such engagement of the slide
and presser, when the slide commences its rise, the presser starts with it, and will
continue thus engaged until the slide approaches its up position, when the tails of
the latch will strike a corresponding stud t on the frame of the machine, and so as to
throw the latch out of engagement with the shoulder r and permit the presser to
drop, until the collars m come to their bearing upon the slide and ready for the
next operation.
In cutting the tobacco, as described, more or less guin from the tobacco will adhere
to the edges of the cutters, so that the cutters require frequent cleaning.
To make the cleaning of the cutters automatic, a cleaner 2 is arranged see Figures 5
and 8, in rear of the cutter a and so that it may slide obliquely forward and upward
over the edge of the cutter a and between it and the bed W the inclination of the
cleaner being substantially that of the edge of the cutter a. A reciprocating move-
went is imparted to the cleaner 2, backward and forward over the edge of the cutter a,
as indicated in broken lines Figure 8; this movement is produced by the slide b

page_text: through two levers 3, upon which the cleaner is hung, as seen in Figure 8
Thèse
levers form a cam-like projection on their face or front side, against which a
corresponding shoulder 5 on the slide is adapted to pass as the slide descends, and so
that as the slide descends, as indicated in broken lines Figure 8, the levers 3 will be
forced rearward, and take the cleaner 2 as indicated in broken lines Figure 8 to a
point to the rear of the edge of the cutter, and there will stand while the slide is
down, but as the slide ascends and passes from the cam 4 of the levers 3, the cleaner
is forced forward by springs 5 as seen in Figure 8, and so as to force the cleaner
across the edge of the cutter a and take from it the gum that may have adhered thereto
in consequence of the last cut.
As a cleaner for the movable cutter e the presser f is employed its forward edge
standing close against the face of the cutter, and so that after the slide rises and the
presser is tripped, as before described, the springs force the presser down over the
face and below the edge of the cutter, as seen in Figure 5, so as to scrape therefrom
the gum which may have adhered to it in the last cutting operation.
The rolling-bed 6 is arranged forward of the cutters, its upper surface presenting
the segment of a cylinder shape, the axis of the curve being substantially parallel
with the cutters. To the forward end of this bed a rolling-apron 7 is secured; this
apron is of any suitable flexible material, may be strong mustin, and it extends from
the forward edge of the bed, where it is attached, rearward over the surface of the
bed, its other end hung to a rod 8, which extends transversely across, and is supported
at each end in the levers 9, see figures 1 and 8, the levers being hung upon bearings
in the frame above. The length of the apron is such as to give a slack between the
rear edge of the bed and the bar, when the bar stands in its extreme rear position, as
seen in Figure 5, which produces a pocket 10, adapted to receive the tobacco which
has been cut from the mass. Immediately forward of the cutters a follower 11 is
attached to the lower end of a vertical rod 12, supported in guides 13, see figure 5,
and so that an up and down reciprocating movement may be imparted to said
follower, that the follower may pass down below the edge of the lower cutter, as
indicated in broken lines Figure 5, and return to a point above the presser, as also
seen in Figure 5, and so that the tobacco may be first projected between the cutters
below the follower, and then the descent of the cutter will separate the requisite
quantity for a cigarette, that quantity so separated then being below the follower 11.
The reciprocating movement is imparted to the follower 11 by means of a cam 14
on the driving-shaft, through a bell-crank lever 15, one arm of which forms a
segment 16, working into a corresponding segment 17 on another lever 18, which
lever 18 is in connection with the rod 12, as seen in Figure 4.
As the cutter descends to sever the requisite quantity of tobacco from the mass,
the follower also descends, strikes the projecting tobacco, and as it is cut, carries
it downward to a considerable distance below the edge of the cutter a, so far that
it is entirely clear from the cutter a, and cannot adhere thereto, the cutter a being
inclined downward and rearward upon its forward surface, so that the follower
clears the tobacco which has been cut, and leaves it free to fall into the pocket 10
formed by the apron.
An upward and forward movement is imparted to the apron-rod 8 by means of a
cam 19 on the driving-shaft B, as indicated in Figures 9 and 10, through a bell-
crank-lever 20, 21, the arm 20 working in contact with the said cam 19; the arm 21
connected by a rod 22 to a segment 23, which works into a pinion 24 on the axis of
the levers 9, and as seen in Figures 9 and 10 Figure 10 representing the cam
and its lever broken from Figure 9, so that figures 9 and 10 together substantially
show the connections between the driving-shaft and the apron-rod.
In the swinging movement of the apron-rod 8, as from the position Figure 5 to
that represented in Figure 9 the rear end of the apron is raised above the rolling-
bed, but in such movement the rod 8 swings into close contact with the rear edge 'of
the bed, as represented in broken lines Figure 5, contracting the pocket, and doubling
the apron over the tobacco, as indicated in broken lines Figure 5.

page_text: To give the true cylindrical shape to the tobacco and the cigarette, a guard 25
see Figure 5, parallel with the apron-rod S is attached at its two ends to the corre-
sponding levers 26, the said levers extending from a rock-shaft 27, which is arranged
below the bed, and is substantially the axis of the cylindrical surface of the rolling-
bed, and so that as the rock-shaft 27 is oscillated, the levers 26 carry the guard bar
upward and forward over the rolling bed, and as indicated in Figures 5 and 9.
The rocking movement is imparted to the shaft 27 from a cam 28 on a shaft 29°
arranged in the frame below, through a lever 30 in connection with an arm 31
extending from the shaft 27, and as seen in Figure 5. Revolution is imparted to the
shaft 29 from the driving shaft above, by a bevel-pinion 32 on the driving-shaft,
working into a corresponding bevel-pinion 33 on a vertical shaft 34, which in its turn,
through bevel-gears 35 communicates rotation to the shaft 29, corresponding to the
driving-shaft B.
After the tobacco has been deposited in its pocket 10 as before described, the
apron rod S advances, as indicated in broken lines figure 5, to a point over the bed,
immediately followed by the guard 25, and this guard closes the pocket over the
tobacco, and comes immediately forward of the tobacco, and doubles the apron close
upon the tobacco, as indicated in broken lines Figure 5. From this point the
advance of the guard corresponds to the rising movement of the apron-rod, and so
that as the apron-rod rises as seen in Figure 9, the guard holds the apron close down
forward of the tobacco, and so that the apron with the tobacco, rolls over the bed 6,
bringing it into the proper cylindrical shape and size preparatory to receiving the
wrapper.
The paper wrapper with which the cylinder of tobacco is to be enclosed, is cut to
the required width and length, and one edge of the wrapper is presented upon the
surface of the apron forward of the cylinder of tobacco, as seen in Figure 9, 36
representing the paper wrapper. To hold the wrapper preparatory to the tobacco.
coming upon it, nippers 37 are provided; these nippers are formed upon the ends of
vertical rods 38, see Figures 1 and 5, the rods being supported in guides 39 and in
the bed 6, as seen in Figure 5. At the lower end these rods are attached to a cross-
head 40, on one arm 41 of a lever, hung upon an axis 42 below; the other arm 43
of this lever extends to and is actuated by a cam 44 on the shaft 29, see Figure 4,
these nippers turn forward from the rods 88, so as to form a griping jaw, which will
act in conjunction with the surface of the bed. The apron is provided with openings
corresponding to the nippers, as represented in Figure, through which the nippers
may work.
As the paper is presented, the nippers are raised, and the rear edge of the paper.
introduced between the nippers and the bed, and then the nippers drop, so as to
grasp the rear edge of the paper upon the bed, and there hold it, until in the move-
ment of the apron the tobacco has been rolled onto that edge of the paper, then ast
the tobacco passes over the nippers onto the paper, the nippers rise, leaving the paper
free, when it will be rolled upon the tobacco, as the apron advances, and until the
end of the bed is reached, as represented in broken lines Figure 9, then as the guard;
passes beyond the end of the bed, and to which that end of the apron is attached,
the pocket which then encloses the rolled cigarette opens, so as to permit the
cigarette to escape, it then falls into receiving fingers 45, which stand ready to take
it'as seen in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5. The fingers 45 are hung upon an axis 46 parallel.
with the guard, and which after the cigarette has been delivered thereto, receives a
downward swinging movement causing the fingers to descend, as indicated in broken
lines Figure 9, until the cigaretie may escape therefrom.
The object of these fingers is to hold the cigarette in substantially the same longi-,
tudinal position in which it comes from the apron, and in order that the ends of the
cigarette may be trimmed. The trimming of the ends of the cigarette is produced.
by two swinging cutters 47, distant from each other the length of the cigarette :;
these cutters are hung upon a shaft 48, and so as to swing in a vertical plane, see:
Figures 4 and 5.
Immediately below the swinging cutters, corresponding stationary cutters 49 are

page_text: arranged, see Figures 5 and 9, and so that the cutters 47 vibrating, act in conjunction
with the cutters 49, as shears to clip the respective ends of the cigarette.
The required rocking movement is imparted to the rock-shaft 48 from à cam 50
on the shaft 29, through a rod 51, connecting with an arm 52 on the rock-shatt 48;
this cam is shown detached in Figure 11, the rod represented as broken from
Figure 9.
The fingers 45 carry the rolled' cigarette down, and leave it upon the stationary
cutters 49, then the cutters 47 descend, and trim the ends of the cigarette, and so
that thus trimmed, it falls complete from the machine, 53 Figure 9 representing a
cigarette thus dropped complete from the cutters.
The swinging movement is imparted to the fingers 45 through a cam 54 on the
cutter shaft 48, which as the cutter commences its descent, engages a stud or
shoulder 55 on a gear-wheel 56, which works into a corresponding gear 7 on the
finger shaft 46, and so that as the cutter descends, it turns the wheel 56, as indicated
in broken lines, thereby correspondingly turning the fingers, as also indicated in
broken lines and so as to deliver the cigarette to the cutters, as described.
To deliver the cigarettes from the machine, in a condition for being conveniently
introduced into boxes for market, and to avoid any considerable handling, when they
drop from the cutters, as before described, they successively fall upon an endless
band 58, see Figure 9, which passes around a drum 59, on a shaft 60 at the right
hand side of the machine, see Figures 1 and 3, and around a corresponding drum 61
at the opposite side of the machine, see Figures 14 and 1; a continuous travelling
movement is imparted to this band from a band 62 running from a pulley 63 on the
shaft. 29, around guide pulleys 64, to a pulley on the shaft 60, as seen in figures 1
and 3 the direction of the upper run of the band 58 is to the left, as indicated by
the arrow in Figures 13, 14 and 1. At the point where the band passes around the
drum 61 an inclined chute 65 is arranged, as seen in Figures 14 and 1, onto which
the cigarettes are successively delivered by the band 58, and this chute terminates at
a hopper 66 into which the cigarettes will slide from the chute. The bottom of this
hopper, see figure 16, is inclined to a delivery mouth 67, which is parallel with the
run of the band 58. The inclination of the bottom of the hopper to the mouth,
causes the cigarettes, as they are delivered into the hopper, to roll toward the mouth,
where they must come into the proper longitudinal position, and so as to pass directly
through the mouth downward from the hopper and successive cigarettes will necessarily
be parallel to those which have preceded them.
To retain the cigarettes in this parallel position in which they pass from the hopper,
a receiver is arranged below the hopper; this receiver consists of a series of thin
partitions 68, see Figures 14 and 15, made fast to one side 69 of a carriage, arranged
beneath the hopper, on a guide 70, so that the path of the carriage is at right angles
to the mouth of the hopper.
These partitions 68 form a series of pockets 71, see Figure 14 and 15 corresponding
in length and width substantially to the length and diameter of the cigarettes, and
may be more or less in number; the carriage is adapted to successively present the
pockets to the mouth of the hopper as represented in Figure 14. To this end an
intermittent movement is imparted to the carriage, from a shaft 72 below, which
carries a pinion 73 working into a corresponding rack 74 under the carriage. On
this shaft is a ratchet 75 and hung loosely upon the same shaft is a two-armed lever 76
and 77, the arm 77 carrying a pawl 78, and the arm 76 is connected by a rod 79 to a
crank 80 on the shaft 29, so that each revolution of the shaft 29, (that is at each full
operation of the machine,) a single vibratory movement is imparted to the lever 76, 77,
and this imparts through the pawl 78 one advance step to the ratchet 75, and con-
sequently to the carriage. This feeding mechanism for the carriage is designed to
work in both directions, so as to take the carriage step by step to one extreme, and
then return it, that is to say, so that one cigarette will be delivered to the first pocket,
the second cigarette to the second pocket, and so on through the series of pockets, and
then returning step by step, will in like manner deliver one cigarette to each pocket
on the return, and this reverse movement is produced by reversing the pawl 73. The

page_text: pawl is provided with a finger 81, with which a corresponding shoulder or stud 82 at
one end of the carriage, and 83 at the other end of the carriage, will engage, so that the
pawl being double acting, one nose will be thrown into engagement with the ratchet
at one extreme movement of the carriage, and the other nose thrown into engagement
at the other extreme, and so that the back and forward step by step movement is
imparted to the carriage, that the pockets 7.1 may be successively presented to the
mouth of the hopper. As a convenience for removing the cigarette from the pockets,
the pockets are all open at the front, and a receiver consisting of a front 84, having a
bottom composed of a series of fingers 82, see Figure 16, corresponding to the
respective pockets, is provided, and so that the receiver may be set upon the carriage,
the fingers 82 forming the bottom of the pockets, and as seen in Figure 16. The
receiver is provided with ends 86, and so that when set in place, as represented in
figure 13, the pockets are closed, then when the requisite number of cigarettes have
been delivered to the carriage, the receiver is lifted therefrom, the fingers at the
bottom taking all the cigarettes from the pockets, and the receiver retains the
cigarettes so taken, all in the same parallelism in which they are delivered to the
carriage.
In practice, the pockets may be adapted for a certain number of cigarettes, and
thereby avoid counting, each receiver for illustration, say being adapted to take from
the carriage one thousand cigarettes, and one receiver taken away, another is
introduced, and the work proceeds.
It will be evident that the wrappers may be introduced to the nippers on the
rolling-bed by hand, but an apparatus has been devised by which the paper may be
automatically presented to the nippers, which will now be described.
A spool 87 is hung upon an axis es, adapted to receive the strip of paper from
which the wrappers are to be cut. This strip in width corresponds to the width
required for the wrappers, and the wrappers are cut from this strip in lengths corre-
sponding to the length of the cigarettes, or length required for wrapping the cigarette,
and this is done that the direction of fibre may be lengthwise of the cigarette, in
contradistinction to circumferentially of the cigarette, as would be the case if the
strip in width correspond to the length of the cigarette, and so that in cutting from
the strip, cuts were made corresponding to the width of the wrapper required, and as
in the said patent. Because of using the pape: so that the fibre runs longitudinally
of the cigarette, the wrinkling of the paper at the edge, which occurs when the moist
adhesive material is applied to the edge of a wrapper in which the fibres run trans-
versely of the wrapper, that is circumferentially of the cigarette, is avoided.
The spool 87 stands substantially free upon its axis, so that the paper may be
readily drawn therefrom. The axis of the spool is parallel with the path of the
rolling devices, that is to say, the spool stands in a plane at substantially right anglès
to the direction of movement of the rolling devices.
From the spool the strip 89 is .led around a tension roller 90, thence through
guides 91, and thence it runs inward until its two edges pass between pairs of
nippers 92 and 93. These pairs of nippers are arranged one upon each side of the
strip, and so as to lap onto the strip to a slight extent, as represented in Figure 20,
and as also seen in Figure 22. The jaw 93 of each pair of these nippers is hinged
to the other jaw 92. The jaws 92 are each formed upon or as a part of arms 94,
which extend outward, and are hung upon a shaft 95, common to both, the two arms
being secured to the shaft, so that both arme must move simultaneously under a
movement imparted to one.
A spring 96 is arranged, say beneath one of the arms 94, as seen in Figure 19,
the tendency of which is to lift the arms, and as the arms are so raised, a stop 97
extends downward through the jaws 92, and so as to bear upon the hinged jaws 93,
consequently as the arms 94 are raised, the upper jaws 92 will correspondingly rise,
but the lower jaws 93 being prevented from so rising, will cause the jaws to open, as
indicated in broken lines Figure 20, when the jaws are so open, the strip of paper
stands free between the jaws, but when the jaws 92 are down, the jaws 93 under the

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action of springs 98, cause the nippers to close, and firmly grasp the edges of the strip
near its end.
The jaws 92 are drawn down by means of a rod 99 see figures 4 and 5, which is
in connection with one of the arms 94, as seen in Figure 19, the rod extending
downward into connection with one arm 100 of a lever, hung upon a fulcrum 101,
see Figures 4 and 5, the other arm 102 of the lever extending to a cam 103 on the
shaft 29, which cam is adapted to turn the said lever 100 and 102 so as to draw
down upon the rod, to bring the nippers to the closed position, or to permit their
opening at predetermined times. Stops 104 are provided above the arms 94, to
limit their ascent; these stops 104 like the stops 97, are in the form of screws, as
seen in Figures 20, 19, and 22, and so as to be readily adjustable, that the nippers
may be brought to the proper plane.
Immediately forward of the nippers a pair of cutters 105 106 are hung, upon a
pivot 107 see figures 5 and 18, and so as to swing in a vertical plane, and at right
angles to the line of the strip of paper, one blade 105 being above, and the other
blade 106 below the paper, as indicated in Figure 5. These blades are normally held
open by means of a projection 108 from a lever 109, extending upward from a rock-
shaft 110. The projection 108 works between the arms of the blades, the
corresponding edges of the said arms constructed each with a cam 111, so that as
the projection 108 is forced toward the pivot of the blades, the blades are separated,
as seen in figure 5, but when the projection is thrown toward the blades, from
between the cams 111, then the blades are closed by the action of a spring 112,
provided for the purpose, and as seen in broken lines Figures 5, therefore if the
strip of paper be drawn outward between the blades when open, the closing of the
blades, as described, will cut the projecting portion of the paper from the strip.
The rocking movement is imparted to the shaft 110 from a cam 113 on the
shaft 34 see figures 3 and 20, the cam operating upon a horizontally arranged
lever 114, which lever is connected by a rod 115 with a lever 116. on the shaft 110,
the cam operating to force the projection 108 between the canis of the cutters, and
the spring of the cutters serve to throw the projection 108 from the cams- of the
cutters, when the cam 113 leaves the lever 114, free from such movement.
The mechanism described for conducting, holding and cutting the paper, is arranged
at a considerable distance above the rolling table, but to one side thereof, as seen in
Figure 1.
To take the wrapper thus cut from the strip, and present it to its proper place on
the bed, a pair of fingers 117 and 1.18 are provided, which are in length substantially
the length of a wrapper, and in width somewhat less than the width of the strip. The
one finger 117 is made fast to an arm 119, which is fixed to a rock-shaft 120, this
shaft being parallel with the rolling devices. The said shaft 120 is also free for a
certain amount of longitudinal movement, as will be presently described.
The finger 118 is arranged to slide upon the arm 119 toward and from the finger 117
as indicated in broken lines figure 19, that is to say, the finger 118 projects from a
slide 121, which is guided upon the arm 119, and so that while having this opening
and closing movement of its own, it must also partake of both the rotative and
longitudinal movement of the shaft 120 which carries the arm 119.
The shaft 120 is arranged in bearings on a line midway between the rolling bed
and the strip of paper, as represented in figure 5. The fingers normally stand over
the bed, as represented in Figure 1, and distant from the paper cutting blades, as
also seen in figure 19. The longitudinal movement of. the shaft 120 is sufficient to
take the fingers 117 118 from their position in Figures 1 and 19, to that seen in
Figure 21, and under this movement, the fingers pass between the cutting blades,
onto the paper which is held by the nippers, the one above and the other below the
paper, as seen in Figure 19.
The longitudinal movement of the shaft 120 is produced from a vertical shaft 122,
see figures 3, 23, and 24, which shaft carries a toothed segment 123, working into a
toothed rack 124 on a slide 125, working upon guides 126 parallel with the shaft 120,

page_text: see figure. 24. This slide 125 is connected with the shaft 120 by a projection 127
therefrom, which stands between two collars 128, and 129 on the shaft 120, as
indicated in Figure 23, and so that as the segment 123 is turned in either direction,
it will impart a corresponding longitudinal movement to the said shaft 120.
The segment 123 receives its oscillatory movement from a bevel-segment 130,
working into a corresponding bevel-pinion 131 on the upper end of the shaft 122,
and the segment 130 receives its oscillation from a grooved cam 132 on the driving-
shaft B, through a Jod 133 connecting said cam with said segment 130 as seen in
Figures 1 and 3.
The position of the fingers 117 and 118 is represented in Figures 19 and 23,
as upon the paper, and between the nippers which hold the paper by its edges, the
fingers in Figure 19 shown as open, preparatory to grasping the paper. When this
position is reached, the finger 118 is forced upward against the underside of the
This closing
paper, and so as to firmly grasp the portion of the strip between them.
movement of the finger is produced by means of a sliding cam 134, which is con-
structed with a vertically oblique slot 135. The said cam is carried by a slide 136,
arranged in a longitudinal groove in the shaft 120. The cam 134 works through a
radial slot in the slide 121 of the finger 118, and as clearly seen in Figure 21. Across
the slot in the slide is a pin or roller 137, which passes through the slot 135 in the
cam. As the slide 136 is forced through the slide 121, the inclined slot 135 causes
the slide 121 and the finger 118 to move radially from the shaft 120, and so that the
finger 118 is carried toward the finger 117, until it firmly closes upon the paper, and
the paper is grasped between the fingers 117 and 118, and as represented in broken
lines Figure 19. Longitudinal movement is imparted to the slide 136 by means of a
sliding bar 138, supported in bearings 139, see Figure 1, and backward and forward
sliding movement is imparted to the bar 138 from cams 140 and 141, through a
lever 142, see Figures 3 and 23; the bar 138 carries an arm 143, which extends up
over the shaft 120, as seen in Figures 5 and 19, and which as the bar 138 is thrown
inward, will strike the cam 134, and give to it the closing movement for the
finger 118 before described, and as indicated in broken lines Figure 19, and so that
the paper is firmly grasped between the said fingers, and as indicated in broken lines
Figure 19, thereupon the grippers 92 93 are opened to leave the paper free, and the
strip thus grasped is drawn forward between the blades, as represented in Figure 21,
there the fingers rest for an instant, while the blades come together, as represented in
Figure 21, to sever the portion of the paper held by the fingers from the strip, the
fingers then advance to their extreme inward position, as represented in broken lines
Figure 19, and as also seen in Figure 1.
Tbe paper thus held by the nippers, is of the required size for a single
wrapper, the edge of the wrapper projects both sides the fingers, as represented in
Figure 5.
The device for applying the adhesive material is arranged directly back of the
fingers when in this normal position. The adhesive or pasting device consists of a
hopper 144, arranged over a pair of rollers 145 and 146, the axes of the rollers being
parallel with the fingers which carry the paper. The roller 146 stands in a position
relatively to the fingers, when the wrapper has been brought to the position just
indicated, so that the edge of the paper, on that side of the fingers, will come in
contact with the surface of the roller 146. The pasting rollers revolve, as indicated
by the arrow in Figure 5, by any suitable mechanism applied thereto, here represented
as by a band 147 running from a pulley 148 on the driving-shaft, onto a pulley 149,
carrying a gear, which works into corresponding gears on the pasting rollers, and
as represented in figures 1 and 2, so that the pasting roller 146 will always present
a fresh surface, and will rub across the edge of the paper presented by the fingers,
applying paste to the under surface at that edge. The wrapper is now ready to be
presented to the rolling table.
To bring the wrapper to its place on the rolling table, a rotating movement is
imparted to the shaft 120, which will turn the arm 119 and the fingers thereto
attached, with the paper, down to the rolling table, as represented in broken lines
B

page_text: Figure 5, and to the position indicated in Figure 22. This movement brings what
was before the outer edge of the wrapper upon the apron, and under the nippers 37,
which are then raised for the purpose; the nippers then descend, and grasp that edge
of the paper, the now outer edge is the pasted edge. The rotative movement which
has been described, is imparted to the shaft 126 by a segment 150, which works into
a corresponding pinion 151 on the shaft 120, the said pinion being applied to the
shaft, so that while the shaft is forced to partake of its rotative movement, the shaft
may at the same time receive a longitudinal movement independent of the pinion.
This is a common spline and groove construction, which is too well known to require
particular description.
The segment 150 receives its vibratory movement from a cam 152 on the driving-
shaft B, operating upon a lever 153, from which a connecting rod 154 extends to the
said segment 150), and as clearly indicated in Figure 3.
After the grippers have caught the then rear edge of the wrapper, as before
described, the finger 118 is raised from the finger 117, as indicated in broken lines
Figure 19, by the return movement of the bar 138; in this return movement an
arm 155 which extends from the bar 136 below the shaft 12, strikes a corresponding
shoulder 156 on the cam slide 136, and imparts to that slide a return movement, as
indicated in broken lines. Figure 22, and under which movement the cam slot 135
withdraws the finger 118 from the finger 117, as represented in broken lines
Figure 22, and so that the wrapper is now free; thereupon the shaft 120 is given a
return rotation, to bring it to the up position preparatory to receiving a second
wrapper.
To insure the finger 118 remaining in the closed position, a spring 157 is provided,
the tendency of which is to hold the finger in its closed position, but yield under the
opening movement of the finger.
The wrapper which is loft upon the apron, and held by the grippers 37, has the
upper surface of its opposite or free edge pasted, as before described, and so that as
the rolling operation before described is completed, the pasted edge adheres to the
corresponding surface of the wrapper.
As the outward movement of the fingers 117 118 in taking the wrapper to the
position for transfer to the rolling table is necessarily quick, and of so great extent,
the stopping of the fingers at the point for cutting off the paper, would, because of
the momentum attained by the moving fingers be liable to proceed beyond the desired
point, a positive stop for the fingers is therefore provided when they shall have
reached the point for cutting off the paper, that point being indicated in Figure 23.
This stopping device consists of a dog 163 hung upon a feed 164, and so as to
"swing in a horizontal plane above the rack 124, and which, during the advance of
the fingers and rack, is turned into a position forward of a projection or shoulder 165
on the rack or carriage, as indicated in broken lines Figure 23, so that when the
said shoulder comes against the nose of the dog, the carriage will be positively
stopped, and that stopping point is the point for cutting, then after the cutting has
been made, the dog is thrown out of engagement with the carriage, as seen in
Figure 23, when the carriage with the fingers will continue the movement to the
proper position for transfer, this completed movement being indicated in broken lines
Figure 23.
The dog is operated from a can 166 on the shaft 34, through a lever 167, connected
by a rod 168, with the tail of the dog, as seen in Figures 23 and 24.
It will be observed that the mechanism described for receiving the finished cigarettes
from the machine is applicable to other machines which deliver the cigarette complete,
also it will be understood that this mechanism may be omitted from the machine if
desired.
As before indicated, the wrappers may be introduced to the machine by hand,
therefore the wrapper feeding mechanisin described may be omitted if desired, and it
will be understood that the paper feeding mechanism may be employed in other
cigarette. machines which are adapted to take the wrappers from the delivering
fingers.

page_text: In Figures.1 and 2 a stopping and starting mechanism is illustrated, which consists
of a vertical shaft 158, supported in bearings 159 on the frame, and which carries at
its upper end a fork 160, which engages with a clutch mechanism 161 on the shaft,
and so that under an oscillation of the shaft 158 by means of the lever 162, the clutch
may be thrown into or out of engagement with the driving pulley, a common device
for engaging a pulley with the driving shaft, and for which any other known suitable
starting and stopping mechanism may be substituted.
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 correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of a feeding device to
deliver a predetermined quantity of tobacco, a stationary cutter below, and a vertically
reciprocating slide above, carrying a corresponding cutter, and between which cutters
the tobacco is so delivered, the presser fyieldingly supported in said slide, springs
between said slide and presser, and a spring-latch also between said slide and presser,
with a shoulder adapted to engage said latch as the slide commences its ascent, and
a stationary shoulder t in the path of said latch as it ascends with the slide,
substantially as described, and whereby said latch is tripped as the slide approaches its
upward position.
Second. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of a feeding device
to deliver a predetermined quantity of tobacco, a stationary cutter a over which the
tobacco so delivered passes, and a corresponding reciprocating cutter e above, with
the sliding cleaner 2 arranged in rear of said cutter a, and so as to move forward over
the edge of the cutter at predetermined times, and mechanism for imparting such
sliding movement to said cleaner, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Third. In a cigarette machine, the combination of the rolling table 6, the flexible
apron 7 attached by its forward end to the outer edge of the said table, a bar 8 at the
rear of the table, to which the other end of the apron is attached, swinging levers 9
carrying said bar S, guard 25 arranged to double the apron over the tobacco as the
apron is drawn forward over the table, levers 26 carrying said guard 25, mechanism
for imparting swinging movement to said bar and guard, nippers 37 working through
openings in the table and apron and adapted to grasp the inner edge of the wrapper,
and hold it upon the apron, and so that as the tobacco is rolled by said apron and
guard over the table, the said wrapper will be wound around the tobacco, with two
pairs of cutters 47 49 arranged forward of the bed, and to which the rolled cigarette
is delivered, substantially as described, said cutters being adapted to clip the ends of
the cigarette.
Fourth. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of the rolling table 6,
the apron attached by its forward end to the forward edge of the table, the said apron
adapted to receive the requisite quantity of tobacco for a cigarette at the rear edge of
the table, mechanism substantially such as described, to double said apron over the
tobacco and roll it over the table to its forward edge, nippers 37 working through
openings in the table and apron to grasp the inner edge of the wrapper, fingers 45
forward of the table, and arranged to receive the rolled cigarette as it is delivered
from the apron, with two pairs of cutters 47 49 arranged distant from each other
corresponding to the length required for the cigarette, with mechanism substantially
such as described to turn. said fingers 45 downward to deliver the cigarette to the
said cutters, substantially as described.
Fifth. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of the rolling table, and
feeding and rolling mechanism, a carrier at the forward edge of the table, moving in
a path parallel with the table, and adapted to receive the cigarettes as they fall from
the apron, a hopper 66 to which the cigarettes are delivered from said carrier, the
bottom of the said hopper inclined to a mouth 67, the said mouth corresponding in
width substantially to the diameter of a cigarette, and forming a conductor for the
discharge of the cigarettes, substantially as described.

page_text: Sixth. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of the. rolling table, a
feeding and rolling mechanism, a carrier at the forward edge of the table moving in a
path parallel with the table, and adapted to receive the cigarettes as they fall from the
apron, a hopper 66, the bottom of the said hopper inclined to a mouth 67, a carriage
below said hopper, and movable in a path at right angles thereto, the said carriage
constructed with a series of vertical partitions 68 forming a corresponding series of
parallel pockets 71, with mechanism substantially such as described to impart step by
step movement to said carriage, and whereby the said pockets are successively brought
beneath the mouth of the hopper, substantially as described.
Seventh. A receiver for cigarettes, consisting of a series of vertical partitions 68
forming a corresponding series of pockets 71, the said pockets open at the top and one
end, combined with a removable front 84 constructed with fingers 82 projecting from
its lower edge, the said fingers corresponding to and adapted to form false bottoms for
the said pockets, substantially as described.
Eighth. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of mechanism adapted
to deliver the requisite quantity of tobacco and roll the same into its wrapper, a spool
carrying the paper from which the wrapper is to be taken, the axis of said spool being
parallel with the path in which the cigarette is rolled, two pairs of nippers 92 93
arranged above and at one side of said rolling devices, a pair of fingers 117 118 hung
upon a shaft parallel with the run of the paper and with the path of the rolling
cigarette, to said shaft being midway between the nippers holding the paper and the
table over which the cigarette is rolled, mechanism substantially such as described to
impart the said shaft a longitudinal reciprocating movement a pair of blades 105 106
arranged to cut the paper, with mechanism substantially such as described to impart
rotative movement to said shaft, substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1889
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,-
Agents for the Applicant.