An Improved Machine for Making Cigarettes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
COME LEIE OF MULTICATION.
An Improved Machine for Making Cigarettes..
RICHARD POPE Commission Agent 114 City Road Bristol 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for use in the manufacture of
cigarettes, whereby the tobacco can be rolled to the required size and shape,
and the paper or covering put round the cigarettes by one movement of the
handle.
The machines are constructed with a band to travel to and fro over a cylinder
and rollers, and with an automatic appliance for pasting or gumming the papers and
laying them on the band in position to be folded round the tobacco and fastened
while passing between the rollers: all the parts being adjustable, so that
cigarettes of any size or shape can be made by slight adjustment of the various
parts.
My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan of the
machine, and Fig. 4 is a cross section, showing the action of the band in rolling
and shaping the cigarette.
The same letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.
A is a stand made of wood, iron, or any suitable material, with brackets or feet
for attaching it firmly to a table or bench when in use: B B are two circular discs,
connected at part of their periphery by a curved plate C, which forms part of a
cylinder revolving on a central shaft D working in bearings E E; the ends of the
shaft project beyond the bearings, and to these ends, lever arms F are attached,
connected at the ends by a rod G which forms a handle, by which the machine is
operated, a spindle H having flanges hh revolves in standards I I which are
adjustable by means of bolts in the slots i, so that the spindle H may be set at any
required distance from the cylinder segment C: the discs B B are also connected
by a rod J to which the ends of a broad band of glazed textile material K are
attached, thus forming an endless band which is previously passed over the central
shaft D, the segmental plate C and the spindle H, then back to the rod J : the band
being longer than is necessary to cover the parts named, the additional length forms a
loose fold or pocket at L, the size of the pocket being regulated by turning the
rod J, and fixing it at the required length, and the proximity of the spindle to the
cylinder: plates M are attached to the stand having slots in which arms or
levers N are fastened by lock nuts, the levers N have slots n with an opening at the
top, in which pins O projecting from the sides of the discs B.engage, the eccentric
motion of the pins O operate the levers N and then pass out of the slots when the
levers have been drawn sufficiently forward: on the upper part of the levers, which
are connected at the ends by a rod, are slots in which set-screws with pointed ends
are inserted, the points engaging in the ends of a wedge-shaped box P, to hold
paste, gum, or the like: at the bottom of the box is an opening extending from one
end to the other, which is closed by a revolving spindle R, forming a rounded
edge to the bottom of the box: at one end of the spindle is a disc r with a milled

page_text: edge, and when this edge comes into contact with the edge of the disc B, it rotates
the spindle, bringing a small quantity of paste from the inside of the box to the
outer surface of the spindle. At the back of the stand is a platform on which an
adjustable frame for holding papers is fixed to the platform by set screws working
in slots, with a side and end piece also adjustable, by which
papers of any size may
be kept in position ready for use: at one end of the platform a guide plate is
erected, shaped as shown at S, a pin p projecting from the end of the paste box
engages on the plate and regulates the passage of the box to the pile of papers, so
that the spindle at the bottom of the box, having a small quantity of paste adhering
thereto, falls on the back edge of the papers in the part marked V, ready to remove
the top paper when the levers G and N are drawn forward.
The various parts of my machine being provided and fitted as described, their
operation is as follows:-The paste-box is fitted with suitable material for quickly
sticking the papers, and a supply of papers laid in position on the platform, the
length of the band and the distance of the spindle H from the cylinder also
regulated according to size of the cigarettes required, the operator commences to
make cigarettes by placing the proper quantity of tobacco in the pocket L and
drawing the handle G forward, this moves the cylinder on which the glazed fabric
rests, the spindle H moving in an opposite direction, the tobacco is rolled by the
action of the fabric to the desired size and shape: the pins O at the ends of the
discs B which are engaged in the slot n bring the lever N forward at the same time
that the lever G isepulled, this raises the paste box, which by its pasted spindle R
has been resting on the pile of papers, and brings away the top paper; in Fig. 1
the handle G and lever N are shown drawn slightly forward and the paste box
with the paper v attached, on its way to the band; when the disc r comes in contact
with the edge of the disc B it slightly turns the spindle and deposits the paper
on the band in the position to be carried forward by the action of the cylinder and
rolled around the cigarette, the pressure of the fabric causes the small quantity of
paste which has been left on the paper by the spindle to stick the paper, and
the cigarette is made and turned out at the back of the fabric when the handle is
pulled to its furthest extent. The pin O which was disengaged from the slot when
the lever N was brought about half way forward, re-engages in the slot when
the handle is pushed back, and the lever with the paste box is carried back, and the
spindle which by the turning of the disc has received a fresh supply of paste,
rests on the pile of papers ready for the next cigarette: the operation of laying
the tobacco in the pocket and pulling the handle forward is repeated in the
manufacture of each cigarette.
Instead of the cylinder being pulled forward each time to make a cigarette,
a treadle may be connected by ordinary mechanical means to the central shaft, and
thus the operator can work the machine with his foot, leaving both hands free to
manipulate the tobacco.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I am
aware that it has been proposed to construct the pasting apparatus of cigarette
machines, so as to oscillate and convey the pasted papers one by one from the top
of a pile into position for being rolled around the tobacco. I therefore make no
general claim for so constructing the pasting apparatus. I also wish it to be
understood that I make no claim in itself to the use of the adjustable spindle H,
but what I claim is :-
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1. In cigarette making machines, the arrangement of a band of textile material
around a cylinder or segment of a cylinder and round an adjustable spindle, with a
loose portion to form a pocket to receive the tobacco, the said cylinder or segment
being constructed to oscillate and roll the cigarette into the required shape,
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
2. In cigarette making machines, the attachment of a separate lever, actuated by

page_text: an eccentric from the central cylinder from which lever a box containing paste or
other adhesive matter is suspended, substantially as shown and described.
3. In cigarette making machines, forming the box which contains the paste with.
a V shaped lower edge and a small aperture extending its whole length, which is
closed by a spindle working in a bearing at the ends, and having a disc with
a milled edge, which is slightly turned each time it comes into contact with other
parts of the machine, to keep the outer surface of the spindle supplied with paste,
to be applied to cigarette papers, substantially as shown and described.
4. In cigarette machines, the construction of the box to hold the papers with
extending sides and ends, set screws working in slots holding them in position so
that any size papers may be used in making the cigarettes.
OVBIO
5. The construction of machines for making cigarettes, the various parts of
which are adjustable, so that cigarettes of any size may be made, substantially as
and for the purpose herein set forth and described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 6th dow of June 1893
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.