Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines, applicable also for the Manufacture of Cheroots.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines, applicable also for the
Manufacture of Cheroots.
We, JULIUS HEINRICH SCHMIDT, of 733, Avenue E, and PETER HERBERT
SCHEFFLER, of 20, West Thirty-third Street, both in the City of Bayonne, Hudson
County, New Jersey, United States of America, Manufacturers, 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:-
The invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines, and con-
sists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter
described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
The purpose of the invention is to produce an efficient, small and inexpensive
cigarette making and trimming machine, capable of operation by manual power
and adapted for individual use or for use in small stores or factories in which
the usual power cigarette machines would be both impracticable for use and un-
attainable by reason of their expense.
The machine made the subject hereof is also adapted for the rolling of cigarette
bunches and cheroots, and hence the invention is not wholly limited to the pro-
duction of cigarettes or to the use of manual power.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a machine constructed in
accordance with and embodying the invention, this Figure illustrating the left
hand side of the machine and showing the parts in their normal position ready
to be put into operation for the rolling of a cigarette by the pressure of the foot
of the operator upon the foot treadle:
Fig. 2 is a like view of a portion of the left hand side of the machine, the
rolling mechanism being shown in an intermediate position in the operation
of rolling a cigarette;
Fig. 3 is a top view of a portion of the machine, the parts being shown in their
normal position, presented in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the machine;
Fig. 5 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the machine on the dotted
line 5-5 of Fig. 3; and
Fig. 6 is a detached view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of a portion
of the rolling mechanism.
In the drawings the numeral 10 indicates any suitable table or base upon which
the machine proper may be placed, and 11 denotes the bed or base plate of the
machine, which, as illustrated, is oblong in outline and the front portion of which
constitutes the rolling bed which is provided at its rear portion with the recess 12
and at its opposite sides with the tram-ways 13, 13, the latter at their upper
edges being on a slightly higher elevation than the upper surface of the rolling
bed proper 14.
To the base 11 is secured the side standards or frames 15 which extend upward
a suitable distance and then turn forward, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,
and at their upper front ends are provided with the sleeves 10 which form

page_text: bearings for the shaft 17 located substantially centrally over the rolling bed 14.
Upon the shaft 17 is secured the depending arms 18, 18, whose upper ends are
formed with the sleeves 19, fitting upon the said shaft 17, adjacent to the outer
sides of the sleeves or bearings 16, 16, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3. The
arms 18, 18, are operated by the axial motion of the rock shaft 17 and extend
downward and carry the vertically yielding side rods 20, 20, which pass through
lugs 21, 22, formed on said arms 18, and between which lugs said rods 20 are
encompassed by the coiled springs 23. The rods 20 above the lower lugs 22
are provided with the stops 24 to prevent any undue downward motion of said
rods 20; and the lower ends of the rods 20 below the arms 18 are provided with
the heads 25 carrying the pressure roller 26 for rolling the cigarettes. During
the forward motion of the pressure roller 26 the rods 20 may yield upward
until the upper edges of the heads 25 contact with the lower edges of the lugs 22
and at such time the rods 20 can have no yielding motion in an upward direction
and the limit of compression on the cigarette being rolled will then have been
reached. The parts are so disposed and arranged that the upper edges of the
leads 25 will contact with the lower edges of the lugs 22 and thus render the
pressure roller 26 rigid at about the time said pressure roller 26 is at the middle
portion of the rolling bed 14.
The arms 18 also carry a pocket forming rod 27 which extends transversely
between the lower ends of the vertically movable rods 28, 28, the latter being
held in guides 29, 30, carried by the arms 18, 18. The upper portion of the rods 28
below the upper guides 29 are connected with a transverse bar 31 and between
said transverse bar 31 and the lower guides 30, the rods 28 are encompassed by
the coiled springs 32 whose normal tension is to elevate the transverse pocket
forming rod 27 and the rods 28 with the transverse bar 31. The rods 28, pocket
forming rod 27 and transverse bar 31 constitute a frame carried by the arms 18
and adapted at the proper time to form the loop or pocket in the apron 33 as
shown in Fig. 5, the said frame being normally held upward by the springs 32
and depressed at the proper time by the action of the arm 34, hereinafter described,
upon the transverse bar 31 of said frame.
The rolling apron 33 is secured at its front end to the forward edge of the
rolling bed 14 and at its rear edge is secured to the roller 35 shown on an enlarged
scale in Fig. 6, which roller 35 is provided upon one end with the ratchet wheel 36
and is adapted to be rotated by a knob or handle 37 for the purpose of winding
a part of the rear portion of the apron 33 upon said roller 35 to shorten said
apron or to unwind said apron from said roller 35 in order to lengthen said
apron. The apron 33 may therefore be adjusted as to its length in accordance
with the character of product desired. A spring pawl 38, shown in Fig. 6, is
provided to engage the ratchet wheel 36, and thereby lock the roller 35 and
apron 33 in their adjusted position and condition.
The arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26 and pocket forming rod 27, have
an oscillatory motion over the rolling bed 14, due to the axial rocking motion
of the shaft 17, and the shaft 17 has its axial rocking motion imparted to it by
means of the crank arm 39, secured to the left hand end of said rock shaft 17,
the connecting rod 40 secured to the rear end of said crank arm 39, the crank
arm 41 (see Figs. 1 and 4) secured to the shaft 42 and connected to the lower
end of said rod 40, the additional crank arm 43 secured to said shaft 42 and
having its rear end connected to the treadle rod 44, the foot treadle 45 connected
with said rod 44 and the spring 46 also connected with said rod 44. The normal
position of the arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26 and pocket forming rod 27
is that illustrated in Figures 1 and 5, and when the pressure of the foot of the
operator is brought to bear upon the foot treadle 45, the shaft 42 will have
imparted to it an axial rocking motion through the medium of the treadle rod 44
and crank arm 43 and said shaft 42 will impart motion through its crank arm 41,
rod 40 and crank arm 39 to the rock shaft 17, whereby, when the foot treadle 45
is depressed, the rock shaft 17 will be turned downward and forward and cause

page_text: the arms 18 with the parts carried thereby to have a forward movement along
the top of the rolling bed 14 to effect the rolling of the cigarette; and when
the foot of the operator is removed from the foot treadle 45 the spring 46 will
elevate the rod 44 and crank arm 43 and turn the shaft 42 in a reverse direction,
whereby the crank arm 41, rod 40 and crank arm 39 will be elevated and through
the rock shaft 17 will return the arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26, together
with the parts carried by said arms 18 to their normal position, shown in Fig. 1.
The upward motion of the rod 40 during the return of the arms 18 and pressure
roller 26 to their normal position is utilized to effect the depression of the pocket
forming rod 27 against the apron over the recess 12 at the rear portion of the
rolling bed 14, the object of this depression of the rod 27 being to force the slack
of the apron 33 into said recess 12 and thereby form a suitable pocket in said
apron to receive the filler tobacco. The parts intermediate the rod 40 and the
pocket forming rod 27, whereby the latter is operated by the upward movement
of said rod 40, comprise the rock shaft 47, the arm 34 connected with said rock
shaft 47 and having a bearing upon the transverse bar 31, as hereinbefore ex-
plained, the crank arm 48 secured upon the left hand end of said rock shaft 47
and a pin or other projection 49 extending transversely inward from the rod 40,
below said crank arm 48. When the rod 40 is depressed the pin 49 shown by
dotted lines in Figs. 1 and will move downward from the crank arm 48, as
indicated in Fig. 2, and at such time the rock shaft 47 will turn downward and
frontward under the tension of the coiled spring 50 and thereby elevate the
front portion of its arm 34 from the transverse bar 31, the effect of which is
that the springs 32 will elevate the rods 28 and pocket forming rod 27 upward
to the position they occupy in Fig. 2, the pocket forming rod 27 being about
on the same horizontal plane with the pressure roller 26. The downward motion
of the rod 40 only occurs when a cigarette is being rolled, and hence it is proper
at such time to elevate the pocket forming rod 27. During the upward motion
of the rod 40 under the action of the spring 46 the pin 49 carried by said rod will,
when the latter is about reaching its extreme upward position contact with the
crank arm 48 and impart a reverse motion to the rock shaft 47, thereby placing
the spring 50 under tension and causing the front end of the arm 34 to press
downward upon the transverse bar 31 and effect the downward movement of
the rods 28 and pocket forming rod 27 to the position in which said parts are
illustrated in Fig. 5. Thus, during the rolling of the cigarette, the pocket form-
ing rod is permitted to remain in an elevated position and upon the return of
the rolling mechanism to a normal condition, the pocket forming rod 27 is
depressed to drive the slack of the apron into the recess 12 at the rear of the
rolling bed 14, in order to form a suitable pocket to receive the succeeding charge
of filler tobacco.
The filler tobacco for the cigarettes is fed inward by means of an endless belt 51
upon which the filler tobacco will be spread in a well-known manner and which,
by an intermittent motion, will convey the tobacco inward toward the rolling
mechanism. The traveling belt 51 is mounted upon rollers 52 and 53. the
latter being mounted upon a shaft 54 having upon its left hand end. as shown
in Fig. 1, a ratchet wheel 55 and upon its right hand end a gear wheel 56 of
usual character. indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Above the roller 53 is
mounted the roller 57, whose shaft has upon its right hand end the gear wheel 58
in mesh with the gear wheel 56 of the roller 53, the purpose of the gear wheels 56,
58, being to permit the transmission of motion from the roller 53 to the roller 57
in a well known manner. In advance of the roller 57 is journalled a small
roller 59 and upon the rollers 57, 59 is arranged the belt 60. which extends in
advance to the main feed helt 51 and is directly over the plate 61 which constitutes
a table in advance of the endless belt 51 upon which the filler tobacco in the
form of a layer is fed, under the pressure of the belt 60. The plate or table 61
is supplemented by a downwardly and rearwardly inclined front plate 62. as
shown in Fig. 5, and the front edge of said table or plate 61 constitutes an edge

page_text: against which that portion of the body of filler tobacco fed forward beyond the
plate or table 61 is severed by the descending knife 63, the removed portion of
the filler tobacco being caught in the charge box 64 and subsequently, by the
turning of said charge box to the position in which it is seen in Fig. 5, discharged
into the pocket of the rolling apron 33 in advance of the pocket forming rod 27.
The belt 60 receives its motion from the roller 57 and the roller 57 receives its
motion through the gear wheels 56, 58, and from the shaft 54, of the roller 53.
The roller 53 imparts an intermittent motion to the feed belt 51 and receives
its intermittent motion from the ratchet wheel 55 on the right hand end of its
shaft 54, said ratchet wheel being operated to turn the roller 53 by and only
during the forward movement of the arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26. As
shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ratchet wheel 55 is engaged by a pawl 65 carried
by a swiveled plate 66 which is connected by a rod 67 with the right hand arm 18,
and hence, during the forward motion of the said arm 18 the rod 67 will pull
the pawl 65 against the teeth of the ratchet wheel 55 and effect the rotation of
said ratchet wheel and the parts connected with it. During the reverse or return
motion of the arm 18 the rod 67 will move rearward and at such time the pawl 65
will simply slide over the teeth of the ratchet wheel 55, allowing the latter and
the parts connected with it to remain at rest. Thus during the forward motion
of the arms 18 to effect the rolling of a cigarette the feed belts 51 and 60 will
be in motion and will feed inward the filler tobacco beyond the front edge of
the plate or table 61 and into the charge box 64, and during the return of the
arms 18 to their normal position after the cigarette has been rolled the feed
belts 51 and 60 will remain at rest.
The charge box 64 is of triangular shape and is in its discharging position,
as shown in Fig. 5, when the arms 18, carrying the pressure roller 26 are in
their rear or normal position. When the arms 18 are moving forward to effect
the rolling of a cigarette the charge box 64 closes against the plate 62 depending
downward and rearward from the front edge of the plate or table 61 so as to
receive the tobacco cut from the main layer or body of filler tobacco by the
knife 63. The box 64 has a pivotal motion and is held in its closed position, as
shown in Fig. 2, by means of the coiled spring 70 connected with the lever arm 7.1
rigid with the pivotal end of said box 64. As soon as the arms 18 start forward
the spring 70 closes the box 64 to the position shown in Fig. 2, and as soon as
the arms 18 return to their rear position a pin 72, shown in Fig. 4.
carried by the right hand arm 18, contacts with the upper end of the
lever arm 71 and by extending the spring 70 turns the box 64 to its open or
discharging position, shown in Fig. 5, in which position said box 64 is constantly
maintained until the arms 18 start forward and thereby relieve the pin 72 from
the lever arm 71 and permit the spring 70 to pull the box 64 to its closed position.
The knife 63 by which the charges of filler tobacco are severed from the main
body of filler tobacco at the front edge of the plate or table 61 has a vertical
reciprocation in the guides 73 from the rock shaft 17 through the medium of
the crank arm 74 on said shaft and the connecting arm 75 intermediate the
rear end of said crank arm 74 and said knife 63. The downward motion of the
crank arm 74, due to the rocking of the shaft 17, causes the knife 63 to descend
and sever a charge of filler tobacco, the severed charge being caught in the
box 64; and the upward motion of the crank arm 74 due to the movement of
the rock shaft 17 effects the return of the knife 63 to its upward position as
shown in Fig. 5.
The cigarettes as they are rolled from the front end of the rolling bed 14 have
their ends trimmed by means of the stationary knives 76 and movable knives 77,
located in advance of the rolling bed 14. The trimming of the cigarettes is
effected from the rock shaft 42 and during the unward motion of the rod 40 and
the rearward motion of the arms 18 and pressure roller 26. The movable knives 77
are pivotally mounted upon a shaft 78 and are connected by a bar 79 to which
is pivotally secured the connecting rod 80 whose lower end, as shown in Fig. 5,

page_text: is pivotally secured to a crank arm 81 mounted upon the rock shaft 42. The
stationary knives 76 are of hooked form and are adapted to receive the cigarettes
rolled from the rolling bed 14 and retain them while the movable cutters 77
ascend against the ends of the cigarettes. When the arms 18 carrying the
pressure roller 26 are in their rear position, the movable cutters 77 are in the
vertical position in which they are illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, but during the
forward motion of the arms 18 and pressure roller 26 to effect the rolling of a
cigarette, the rock shaft 42, through the intermediate connections, pulls the
movable knives 77 downward and rearward, as indicated by the intermediate
position of said knives in Fig. 2, so that when the pressure roller 26 has reached
its extreme forward movement the knives 77 will have reached their extreme
downward and rearward movement and leave the knives 76 entirely free to catch
and retain the cigarette. During the rearward motion of the arms 18 and
pressure roller 26, the reverse motion of the rock shaft 42 will, through the
intermediate connections, drive the knives 77 upward against the ends of the
cigarette projecting laterally from the knives 76 and thereby effect the trimming
of the cigarette, the trimmed ends falling laterally upon the table 10 and the
cigarette passing down the chute 82 to any receptacle placed to receive it.
The operation of the machine will probably be understood from the foregoing
description with but slight further explanation.
The filler tobacco will in the usual manner be placed upon the traveling belt 51
and be by the said belt and the belt 60 carried inward toward the rolling
mechanism. The wrapper for the cigarette will be placed upon the apron 33
over the rolling bed 14 and will have an edge of paste as usual applied to its
outer portions. During the onward feeding of the filler tobacco by means of the
belts 51 and 60 the charge box 64 will be in its closed position, shown in Fig. 2.
The outward motion of the arms 18 with the pressure roller 26 to effect the rolling
of a cigarette is simultaneous with the downward motion of the knife 63 by
which a charge of the filler tobacco is severed and left within the charge box 64.
then in its closed position. Upon the return of the arms 18 and pressure roller 26
to their rear position the pin 72 carried by the left hand arm 18 will strike the
lever 71 above its pivotal center and turn the charge box 64 to its open or dis-
charged position, shown in Fig. 5, the charge of filler tobacco thus being allowed
to descend to the pocket in the rolling apron 33. The pocket in the apron 33
is formed as soon as the arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26 return to their
rear position and said pocket is formed by the pocket forming rod 27, which is
depressed by the action of the lever arm 34 upon the transverse bar 31.
The
depression of the lever arm 34 against the transverse bar 31 is effected
during the upward movement of the rod 40 by the pin 49 thereon
coming into contact with and elevating the crank arm 48 and thereby
turning the rock shaft 47 to move its arm 34 aforesaid downward
against the said transverse bar 31. As soon as the arms 18 and pressure roller
26 start forward to effect the rolling of a cigarette the pin 49 on the rod 40 will
lower from the crank arm 48 and permit the spring 50 to reverse the motion of the
rock shaft 47 and thereby turn the lever arm 34 upward from the transverse bar
31 and permit the springs 32 to elevate the side rods 28 and the pocket forming
rod 27. When the pocket forming rod 27 is in its upward position it will be in
line with the pressure roller 26, as shown in Fig. 2, and the belt or apron 33 will
lie between said rod 27 and the said roller 26 and hence the rod 27 while serving
to form the pocket, also materially aids in preserving the uniformity of the apron
33 during the forward and rearward motions of the arms 18 and pressure roller 26.
The cigarettes as formed are rolled in the usual manner from the front end of the
rolling bed 14 and they pass into the hook-shaped knives 76 wherein they are
trimmed by the upward movement of the knives 77, the ends cut from the cigar-
ettes falling laterally upon the table 10 while the finished cigarettes pass down
the chute 82 into any suitable receptacle placed to receive them. The down-
ward motion of the foot treadle 45 under the pressure of the foot of the operator
and the upward motion of said treadle under the action of the spring 46 effects

page_text: the feeding of the tobacco, the severing of the charges, the formation of the pocket
in the rolling apron, the rolling of the cigarette, the trimming of the cigarette
and the return of the parts composed in the rolling mechanism to their initial
condition preparatory to the rolling of another cigarette. The attention of the
operator is required to place the wrapper upon the apron 33 over the rolling
bed 14 and to see that the filler tobacco is properly upon the feed belt 51. The
feeding belts 5.1 and 60 receive their movenient through intermediate mechanism
connecting them with the arms 18 and hence with every rolling of one cigarette
sufficient filler tobacco is fed inward to the charge box for the next cigarette
to be rolled. The mechanism connected to operate the arms 18 carrying the
pressure roller 26 is also connected with the movable knives 77 and hence with
certainty the knives 77 are moved downward and rearward with every forward.
motion of the arms 18 and pressure roller 26, and then moved upward and for-
ward to trim the cigarette with every rearward motion of said arms 18 and.
pressure roller 26. Thus with the rolling of each cigarette the knives 76 and 77
are in position and condition to receive and trim the ends of same.
As above indicated, the feed belts 51, 60, feed the filler tobacco onward and
the knife 63 descends while the arms 18 carrying the pressure roller 26 are
moving forward to effect the rolling of the cigarette. The onward movement
of the feed belt 51 continues for a very short time after the knife 63 passes down-
ward to sever the charge of filler tobacco, and the purpose of thus having the.
feed belt 51 continue its movement after the knife 63 has descended, is to cause
the feeding inward of the layer of filler tobacco against said knife 63 in order.
that the forward edge of the layer of filler tobacco may be uniform and full,
and, without any doubt as to the matter, that sufficient filler tobacco will, after
the knife 63 has ascended, be fed into the charge box 64 to meet the requirements
of the next cigarette to be rolled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we'
claim is
1. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and the apron
thereon, combined with the side frames, the rock shaft mounted in the upper
ends of said side frames, and extending transversely over the rolling bed, the
arms 18 secured to said rock shaft, the pressure roller carried by said arms, the
rods 28 also carried by said arms, the pocket forming rod 27 carried by said
rods 28, the springs for imparting to said rods 28 the said pocket forming rod 27
a normal upward tension, and means for driving said rods 28 and rod 27 to
their downward position when said arms 18 are at their rear or initial position,
whereby said rod 27 is caused to form the pocket in the said rolling apron, sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and the rolling
apron thereon, combined with the side frames, the rock shaft mounted in the
upper ends of said side frames and extending transversely over the rolling bed;
the oscillating arms 18 secured to said rock shaft, the pressure roller carried
by said arms the rods 28 also carried by said arms, the pocket forming rod 27
connecting the lower ends of the rods 28, the transverse bar 31 connecting the
upper portions of said rods 28, the coiled springs 32 intermediate said transverse
bar 31 and the lower guide for said rods 28, the rock shaft 47 having the lever
arm 34 in position to engage said transverse bar 31, the crank arm 48 on said
rock shaft 47, means operable from the foot treadle for actuating said rock
shaft 47 to depress the arm 34 upon said bar 31, and the spring connected to
said rock shaft 47 for effecting a normal upward tension of said lever arms 34
from said transverse bar 31: substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and the rolling
apron thereon, combined with the side frames, the rock shaft mounted in the
upper ends of said side frames and extending transversely over said rolling bed,

page_text: means for actuating said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said
rock shaft, the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms 18, the guides 29, 30, on
said arms 18, the rods 28 mounted in said guides, the pocket forming rod 27
carried by said rods 28, the transverse bar 31 connecting the upper portions of
said rods 28, the springs 32 intermediate said transverse bar 31 and said guides 30
for maintaining said rod 27 in its upward position, means for depressing said
rod 27 to form the pocket in the rolling apron when the pressure roller 26 is
at its rear position, and means for maintaining said rod 27 in close relation to
said roller 26 during the forward motion of said roller to effect the rolling of
a cigarette, whereby said rod 27 is enabled to form the pocket in the rolling
apron and also during the oscillating motion of said roller 26 aid in preserving
the rolling apron in a uniform even condition; substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and rolling apron
on said bed, combined with the rock shaft extending transversely over said rolling
bed, means for actuating said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said
rock shaft and having the guiding lugs 21, 22, 29 and 30, the rods 20 mounted in
said lugs 21, 22, and having the heads 25 at their lower ends, the springs 23
on said rods 20, the reciprocating roller 26 carried in said heads 25, the rods 28
mounted in said guiding lugs 29, 30; the pocket forming rod 27 connecting the
lower ends of said rods 28, the springs 32 upon said rods 28 for imparting to said
rod 27 an upward tension, means for imparting to said rods 28 and rod 27 a
downward motion when the said arms 18 and roller 26 are at their rear position,
and means for maintaining said rod 27 in close relation to the roller 26 during
the forward and rearward motions of said roller, whereby said rod 27 when at its
rear position may form the pocket in the rolling apron and may also during
the oscillating motion of said arms 18 maintain said rolling apron in uniform
even condition; substantially as set forth.
5. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and the rolling
apron thereon, combined with the rock shaft mounted transversely above said
rolling bed, the arms 18 carried by and extending downward from said rock
shaft, the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms 18, the reciprocating rods 28
carried by said arms 18, the pocket forming rod 27 connecting the lower ends
of said rods 28, the transverse bar 31 connecting the upper portions of said
rods 28, the springs imparting to said rods 28 and rod 27 a normal upward
tension, the rock shaft 47 having its arms 34 in position over said transverse
bar 31 to depress the pocket forming rod 27 when said arms 18 are at their rear
position, the crank arm 48 connected with said rock shaft 47, the
crank arm 39 connected with said rock shaft mounted transversely over
the rolling bed, the rod 40 connected with said crank arm 39 to operate the
same, the foot treadle operatively connected with said rod 40, and the pin 49
on said rod 40 for engaging said crank arm 48 during the upward motion of
said rod 40 for the purpose of depressing said arm 34 against said transverse
bar 31 for the purpose of driving the rod 27 downward to form the pocket in the
rolling apron substantially as set forth.
6. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed and the rolling
apron thereon, combined with the transverse rock shaft 17 extending over the
said rolling bed, the oscillating arms 18, carried by said rock shaft, the pressure
roller 26 carried by said arms 18, the feed belt 51 for filler tobacco, the rollers
upon which said feed belt is mounted, the table 61 in advance of the forward one
of said rollers, the knife for severing the charges of filler tobacco from the body
of tobacco fed inward upon said belt 51, the crank arm 74 mounted upon said
rock shaft 17, the rod 75 connecting said crank arm 74 with said knife for
severing the charges of tobacco, the charge box 64 to receive the severed charges
of filler tobacco and discharge them into the pocket of the rolling apron, means
intermediate said arms 18 and said feed belt 51 whereby, the said arms 18,
during their forward motion, effect the movement of said belt 51, means for
maintaining said charge box in its closed position during the forward motion of

page_text: said arms 18, and pressure roller 26, and means connected with said arms 18 for
tilting said charge box into its open or discharge position as said arms 18 reach
their rear position; substantially as set forth.
7. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, the rolling apron
thereon, the rock shaft extending transversely over said rolling bed, means for
operating said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said rock shaft,
and the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms 18, combined with the endless
feed belt 51 for the filler tobacco, the rollers upon which said belt is mounted
the table 61 in advance of said feed belt, the knife for severing the charges of
filler tobacco as the body of tobacco is fed inward upon said belt 51, means
intermediate said knife and said rock shaft for operating said knife from said
shaft, the pivotally mounted charge box 64 in advance of said table 61, the spring
for maintaining said charge box during the forward and rearward motion of
the said roller 26, the lever 71 connected with said charge box, the stud con-
nected with one of said arms 18 for contact with said lever 71 to turn said
charge box to its open position upon the arrival of the arms 18 at their rear
position, and means intermediate said arms 18 and said feed belt 51 for imparting
an inward motion to said feed belt during the forward motion of said arms 18
while effecting the rolling of a cigarette; substantially as set forth.
8. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, the rolling apron
thereon, the transverse rock shaft 17 over said rolling bed, means for operating
said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said rock shaft and
the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms, combined with the feed belt 51 for
filler tobacco, the rollers upon which said feed belt is mounted, the table 61
in advance of said feed belt, the knife for severing the charges of
filler tobacco from the body of tobacco fed inward upon said belt 51, means for
operating said knife to descend during the forward motion of said arms 18 and
roller 26, the charge box for receiving the severed charge of filler tobacco, means
for maintaining said charge box in its closed position during the forward motion
of said arms 18 and roller 26, means for opening said charge box to discharge
its contents when said arms 18 and roller 26 are arriving at their rear position,
and means intermediate said arms 18 and said feed belt 51 for effecting the
onward travel of said feed belt during the forward motion of said arms 18 and
roller 26, the relation of the parts being such that the inward travel of the feed
belt 51 continues for a short space of time after the said knife has descended in
order that the body of filler tobacco may be fed up against said knife prior to
the ascent of the latter; substantially as set forth.
9. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, the rolling apron
thereon, the rock shaft 17 extending transversely over said rolling bed, means
for operating said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said rock shaft,
and the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms, combined with the feed belt 51,
the rollers 52, 53, upon which said belt is mounted, the table 61 in advance
of said feed belt 51, the roller 57 mounted over the roller 53, the small roller 59
mounted over the forward portion of said table 61, the belt 60 upon said
rollers 57, 59, the intermeshing gear wheels connecting said rollers 53, 57,
whereby motion from said roller 53 is communicated to said belt 60, the knife 63
for severing the charges of filler tobacco, means intermediate said knife and said
rock shaft 17 for operating said knife from said shaft, the pivotally mounted
charge box 64 in advance of said table 61, means for maintaining said charge
box in its closed position during the forward travel of said arms 18 and pressure
roller 26, and means for opening said charge box to discharge its contents upon
the said rolling apron upon the arriving of said arms 18 and pressure roller 26
at their rear position; substantially as set forth.
10. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, having the recess
at its rear portion, the rolling apron upon said bed and secured at its front end
to the front portion of said bed, the roller 35 upon which the front end of said
apron is secured, the ratchet wheel 36 upon said roller, the spring pawl 38

page_text: engaging said ratchet wheel and the knob or handle 37 for operating said roller at the
rear edge of the rolling apron to lengthen and shorten said apron, combined with
edge of the rolling apron to lengthen and shorten said apron, combined with
the transverse rock shaft 17, the arms carried by said rock shaft and the pressure
roller 26 carried by said arms for co-operation with said rolling apron to effect
the rolling of the cigarette; substantially as set forth.
11. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, the rolling apron
thereon, the transverse rock shaft 17 mounted over said rolling bed, means for
operating said rock shaft, the oscillating arms 18 carried by said rock shaft
and the pressure roller 26 carried by said arms, combined with the feed belt 51
for the filler tobacco, the rollers upon which said feed belt is mounted, the
table 61 in advance of said feed belt, the rearwardly inclined plate 62 extending
downward from the front edge of said table 61, the triangular-shaped charge
box 64 pivotally mounted in advance of said table and having one of its sides
adapted to engage said rearwardly inclined plate 62, means for maintaining
said charge box in its closed position against said plate 62 during the forward
motion of said arms 18 and roller 26, means for turning said charge box to its
open position upon the arriving of said arms 18 and roller 26 at their rear posi-
tion, the knife for severing the charges of filler tobacco, and means for operating
said knife; substantially as set forth.
12. In a machine of the character described, the rolling bed, the rolling apron
thereon, the transverse rock shaft over said rolling bed, the arms 18 carried by
said rock shaft, and the pressure roller 26. carried by said arms, combined with
the rock shaft 42 below the rolling bed, the crank arms 39 and 41 on said rock
shafts respectively, the rod 40 connecting said crank arms 39, 41, means cen-
nected with said rock shaft 42 for operating the same and through it said rock
shaft over the rolling bed, the stationary knives 76 of hook shape at the front
of said rolling bed, the pivoted movable knives 77 co-operating with said
knives 76, the rod 80 connected with said knives 77, the crank arm 81 on said
rock shaft 42 and connected with said rod 80 and means for actuating said rock
shaft 42 and through it said movable knives 77, the construction and arrangement
of the parts being such that when said oscillating arms 18 and pressure roller 26
are in their rear position the said knives 77 will be in their upper forward posi-.
tion, and that during the forward motion of said arms 18 and said roller 26 the
knives 77 will receile to their downward position, leaving the knives 76 free
to receive the cigarette to be trimmed by the subsequent upward and forward
motion of said knives 77; substantially as set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1898.
JULIUS HEINRICH SCHMIDT.
PETER HERBERT SCHEFFLER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.