Combined Cigar-rolling-table and Wrapper-cutter.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combined Cigar-rolling-table and Wrapper-cutter.
We, JOSEPH DE LA MAR, of 217 West 115th Street, in the City of New York,
County and State of New York, U.S.A., Mechanical Engineer, and BERNARD
VAN LEER, of 136 Water Street, in the City of New York, County and State of
New York, U.S.A., Merchant, 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 object of our invention is to provide a combined cigar-rolling-table and
wrapper-cutter, by the use of which the tobacco-leaf may be quickly and easily cut
into the required shape to form a cigar-wrapper, and the cut-wrapper so formel be
held in position upon the wrapping surface to facilitate the rolling or wrapping of
the same around the bunch of filler tobacco to form the cigar.
The machine of this invention is composed in substance of a moving wrapping-
table, a female-die carried by the wrapping-table, a male-die adapted to enter anl
pass up through the female-die when brought into registry therewith, a leaf support
or table below the wrapping table, means for holding the leaf to be cut in position
upon the leaf support while the wrapping-table is being moved so as to bring the
female-die into registry with the male-die, a clamp or clamps for holding the cut
wrapper in position upon the wrapping surface after the same is carriet up through
the female-die, mechanism for automatically bringing the clamp or clamps into
registry with the female-die when the wrapping-table is moved out of registry with
the male-die, and mechanism for moving the wrapping-table and for reciprocating
the male-die, although it is not to be understood that the invention is limited to a
machine necessarily comprising at once, all of the devices or mechanism before
mentioned, for the invention consists in certain various combinations
arrangements of devices and parts and the construction of certain devices
and parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter fully described, set forth and
claimed.
or
Such machine is fully and particularly shown and described in the following
Specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, wherein similar
letters and numerals of reference designate like or equivalent parts wherever found
throughout the several views, and in which :--
Fig. 1 is a side view looking from the right of the improved form of combined
cigar rolling-table and wrapper-cutter, R, desiguating in all the views the front
and S the rear of the machine;
Fig. 2, is a view of such machine in central vertical section, looking from the
left;
Fig. 3, is a top-plan view thereof when the table is in the extreme rearward or
at rest position; and
Fig. 4, is a like view thereof showing the table in the extreme forward or working
position;
Fig. 5, is a front view of the wrapping-table and mechanism on the line
of
Fig. 4, showing the position of the parts at the moment the wrapping-table has
reached the extreme forward position; and
Fig. 6, is a like view on the same line showing the position of the parts when the
male-die is at its highest position and the table is ready for the wrapping operation
to begin;
Fig. 7, is a top-plan view in detail of the leaf-table; and
Fig. 8, is a view of such leaf-table in cross-section on the line y-y of Fig. 7,
leaking in the dimnation of the am

page_text: Fig. 9, is a view in detail of the locking-bar and bolts ;
Fig. 10, is a view in detail of the link connecting the locking-bar with the die
supporting bar;
Fig. 11, is a detail view of the slide or ways in which move up and down the ends
of the die supporting bar and the lock-bar, showing the gib by which wear thereof
is taken up; and
Fig. 12, is a view on an enlarged scale of one end of the top frame and
wrapping-table, showing the shape of the locking-bolts and locking-holes.
Figs. 13 and 14, are views of a machine of a slightly modified form of construction
from that shown in the before mentioned views; and
Fig. 15, is a detail view of a portion of the construction shown in said Figs. 13
and 14.
A designates the supporting-frame; B the removable wooden table supported
thereby C is the moving wrapping-table supported by the frame A; D is the
male-die, reciprocating through the leaf-table F; E is the female-die carried by the
moving wrapping-table and coacting with the male-die D to cut the cigar-wrapper
from the leaf G is the leaf-holding-plate which serves to hold the tobacco-leaf in
position upon the leaf-table while the wrapping-table C is being brought into
position over the same; and H is the lock-bar which carries the bolts which serve
to lock the wrapping-table in position so that the male and female-dies will be in
exact registry one with the other; I is the die-supporting-bar which carries the
reciprocating male-die D; K is a lever, preferably in the form of a treadle, as
shown, the downward movement of which carries forward the wrapping-table C;
M is a lever, preferably a hand one as shown, which actuates the lock-bar H aud
die-supporting-bar I; N, is the right clamp and O the left clamp which serve to
hold the cut-wrapper in place upon the wrapping surface formed by the top of the
male-die D and that of the wrapping-table C; P is the main-shaft, and L is the
tobacco-leaf out of which the wrapper is to be cut, the same being shown by dotted
lines.
Except as otherwise especially set forth, the various parts of the machine are
made of suitable metal, preferably iron or steel, and the various parts are preferably
of the shape shown.
The frame A consists of side portions 1, a top frame 2 having a back piece 3,
and side pieces 4; 5 is a suitable slide-way formed in the side-pieces (Figs. 3, 4, 5
and 6) along which slide the sides 6 of the reciprocating wrapping-table C being
held thereon by suitable side strips 7, a suitable gib 8 being provided to take up
wear by means of set-screws 9.
The side pieces 4 are each provided at the forward end with a downwardly
depending end portion 10, in which is formed a perpendicular slot or way, 11, in
which rest so as to slide easily up and down therein, the ends of the dic-supporting-
bar and lock-bar II, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the leaf-table F may in seine
cases he cast integral with the top frame 2, or it may be secured at the ends in the
top of the slots 11 by suitable bolts or otherwise. The bottom of the slots 11 are
closed by suitable plates 12, having a lug 13, secured in place by screw-bolts 14,
and have set screws 15, having lock-nuts 16, by the adjustment of which the extent
of the downward movement of the luck-hr If may be regulated.
The lock-bar H is provided with two upwardly extending lock-bolts 17 rigidly
secured thereto and with holes 18 and end-pivot-pins 19. The leaf-iable Fis
preferably of the shape shown in Figs. 5 and 6, having the end portions lower than
the central level portion thereof which forms the leaf-table proper, and the die
supporting-bar is preferably of substantially the same shape in vertical
longitudinal section, as is the leaf-table F, except that such bar I is preferably
provided with a downwardly depending central stiffening-rib or web, as shown, and
in top-plan view such bar I is at the ends of substantially the same shape as is the
lock-har H, being provided with holes similar to the holes 18 and with end pivots
or projections 50 similar to the pivots 19 of the bar H; and the male-die D is
firmly secured to the die-supporting-bur I by means of suitable screw bolts 20.

page_text: Extending horizontally outward from each of the side pieces 4, above the
slots 11, is a lug 21, provided with a vertical hole in line with a like hole formed
in a similar manner in and through the lug 13 located immediately below the same,
and sliding easily up and down in each pair of lugs, is a suitable vertical guide-
rod 22, passing through and rigidly secured to the die-supporting-bar I, and
passing in like manner through the holes 18 in the lock-bar H, but sufficiently
loose in such holes 18 to permit of free movement of such lock-bar up and down
thereon.
The female-die E, may consist merely of a suitable hole of the contour of the
wrapper required to be cut formed in and through the wrapping-table C, in which
case such table C is formed of suitable steel or other hard metal, or, the table
proper may be of cast iron, and a female-die or suitable steel or other metal, may
be secured in place in the central perforation thereof in any desired manner, so as
to be removable. The wrapping table (is preferably provided with a false top 23,
of some soft material such as britannia metal, wood, etc., to form a cutting surface
for trimming the leaf in pointing the cigar.
The male-die D, and the female-die E are of course both of the same contour in
horizontal section, the shape shown being that usually preferred where it is desired
to cut a wrapper for wrapping a right hand wrapped cigar, and such dies are of
such relative size that when a tobacco-leaf is placed between them and the male-die
is forced up through the female-die a cigar wrapper of the required contour will be
cut or punched from the tobacco-leaf L, and be carried up through the female
die E on the top or face of the male-die D, to a level with the soft metal false
top 23 of the wrapping table C.
The leaf-table F is provided with a central perforation 24 of similar contour to
the dies E and D, and in this perforation, with the top thereof on a level with the
high forward portion 25 of the central level portion of such leaf-table F normally
rests the male-die D (as shown in Fig. 5) the size of the perforation 24 being such
as to permit of free reciprocating movement of such die D therein. The central
level portion of said leaf-table F is provided with a rear portion 26, which is about
one-sixteenth of an inch or so lower in height than is the front high portion 25, and
the high portion 25 and low portion 26 of such leaf-table, where they meet at the
longitudinal centre of the perforation 24 of such leaf-table, end in an abrupt
shoulder 27, and extending from one shoulder 27 to the other around the rear
contour line of the perforation 24 is a guard-rib 28, of substantially the same
height as is the front high portion 25 of such leaf-table F, all as shown in
Figs. 7 and 8.
Secured to the rear edge of the central level portion of the leaf-table F, as
shown in Figs. 2 and 8, and extending downward and rearward therefrom, is a thin
metal plate 29, to the lower rear edge of which is secured by hinges 30, the
upwardly extending leaf-holding-plate G, kept normally in the rearward open
position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and by suitable springs 31.
Such plate G has a downwardly and forwardly bent front end portion 31¹ having
on each side a suitable spring 32, and the portion 311, is of just sufficient thickness
to fill the rear portion 26 of the leaf-table F level with the high front portion 25,
and guide-rib 28 thereof, when such plate is forced down upon the leaf-table into
the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 by the forward movement of the
wrapping-table C, and the front edge of such leaf-holding plate G is of such
contour as to conform to the shoulders 27 and to the rear contour line of the guard-
rib 28 of the leaf-table F. When the tabie C is moved forward, the pressure of
the same will be exerted upon plate G through the springs 32, whereby a yielding
spring pressure will be exerted upon the tobacco-leaf L, lying on the leaf table F.
Revolubly mounted in and through the wrapping-table C, as shown in Figs. 2, 3
and 4, are two vertical shafts 33, having top bosses 35, to which are secured in the
one case the left wrapper-holding clamp O and in the other the right wrapper-
holding clamp N. Such clamps are preferably of the construction shown, con-

page_text: sisting of arms or levers 34 hinged to the bosses 35 so as to permit of the upward
and downward movement of the outer free end thereof, such levers being normally
pressed down upon the surface of the wrapping table C by suitable flat springs 36
secured to the bosses 35, and such levers 34 are provided at their free ends with
suitable clamp heads 37 preferably of the shape shown, the bottom plates 381 of
which are so secured to the heads 37, and are of such size as to be forced down a
half inch or so into the female-die É when such heads are brought into registry
therewith as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
Rigidly secured upon the lower end of each of the shafts 33, by a set screw 38 is
a lever 39 and mounted in suitable studs (Figs. 2, 3, and 4) which project inward
from the side-pieces of the top-frame 2 of each side of the machine near the rear
thereof, are two pins or stops, 40, so situated as to come into contact with the
levers 39 located upon their respective sides of the machine so as to automatically
throw the wrapper-clamp-heads inward from the sides of the wrapping-table C, and
into the ends of the cavity of the female-die E, when the wrapping-table is pushed
rearward to the limit of its travel, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
In order to stretch the wrapper-leaf sidewise over the leaf table F, we prefer to
have the lever 39 on one or both of the wrapper clamps set so as to throw the
clamp plate a short distance inward toward the centre of the die, as shown in Fig. 3,
and to provide a suitable spring stop 41, on the inner side of the leaf-table F
against which the lever 39 will be brought during the last inch or so of the forward
movement of wrapping table C, so as to force the wrapper-clamp back to the
extreme end of the female-die E into the position of the right clamp M shown
in Fig. 4, and we prefer to make such stop 41 of a yielding or spring form, in order
to have the wrapper-clamp at all times brought tightly against the end of the
female die, so as to stretch the leaf to the fullest extent, without danger of the
clamps being pressed too tightly against the ends of such die.
Rigidly secured to the main shaft P, which is revolubly or movably mounted in
the side-pieces 1 of the frame A, preferably one on either side of the machine and
within the frame A (Figs. 1 and 2) is a short lever 42, pivotly connected by
means of a suitable connecting-rod 43, with a lever 44, which is pivoted to the
downwardly depending front end portion 10, of the side piece 4 of the top frame 2,
by means of a short shaft 45, and such lever 44 is provided at its forward end with
a horizontal slot (shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6) in which rests the centre-pin 46 of the
link 47 shown in detail in Fig. 10. Each of these links 47 is provided with a lower
rounded hole 48 to receive one of the round pivoted ends 19 of the lock-bar H
and with an upper vertically elongated slot 49, adapted to receive one of the
projecting rounded end portions 50 of the die-supporting-bar f which are of such
shape and size as to play freely up and down in such siot.
As shown in Figs. 5 and 12, the ends of the lock-bolts 17 pass through holes 31
in the leaf table and side-pieces 4, and the upper pointed en is when the bar
carrying the same is forced upward enter holes 52 Hured at the bottom so as
to unerringly guide the bolts thereinto which are formed in and through the
tble C, and when shot fully home the extreme ends thereof lie in holes 53 in the
strip 7, whereby the table is locked firmly in position.
Rigidly secured to the main-shatt P, neferably to the right end thereof as
shown, is the hand-lever M by the movement of which such shalt P may be
partially rotated in its bearings, and loosely mounted upon the shaft P, within the
frame A, in such manner as to be wholly or partially revoluble thereon, is a
sleeve 54, (Figs. 1 and 2) to which sleeve is rigidly secured a lever 55, connected
at the other end by suitable connections with a connecting-rod 56, which rol 56 is
in its turn secured to the rear of the wrapping-table C; and also rigidly secured to
such sleeve 54 is a lever 57 suitably connected with a connecting-rod 58, secured in
any suitable manner at its other end to a lever or treadle K, the rear end of which is
pivotally supported upon a shaft 59, a spring 62 being secured at one end to the
frame A and at the other to the lever 57, by which the table C is kept uor.nally in

page_text: the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Wear of the ends of the lock-bar H and
guide-bar I, is taken up and provided for by gibs 34' and set screws 35' (Figs. 2
and 11).
Suitable spring-stops 60 and set screws 60' are preferably provided to limit the
movement of the wrapping-table and to act as buffers therefor.
The operation of the machine is as follows:
The parts being in the positions shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the operator takes
position at the front R of the machine and places a stripped tobacco-leaf L,
in position over the male-die D and on the leaf-table F, lengthwise of such table
and oie, with the rear part of the leaf extending down into the cavity or space
lying between the place 32 and the leaf-plate G, and the moment such leaf is in
position the operator presses with his foot upon the lever or treadle K, while
holding the leaf properly stretched in position over the die D, and as the wrapping
table C is in consequence moved forward, the first forward movement of such table
force the hinged-leaf-holding-plate G down upon the tobacco-leaf L, and then the
operator while still keeping his foot firmly pressed down upon the treadle K, takes
hold of the hand-lever M with his hand and presses down upon the same, this causes
an upward movement of the links 47, which carry upward with them the lock-bar 8
and the lock-bolts 17, starting into the holes 52 in the wrapping-table C, at once
draw such table into position to receive the male-die D, and as soon as the links 47
have been carried upward sufficiently far for the ends 50 of the die supporting-
bar I to come into contact with the bottom end of the slots 49, such bar I is
carried upward, carrying with it the guide-rods 22, to which such bar I is rigidly
secured, and as this upward movement continues the lock bolts 17 are pushed into
their lock-holes, and the male-die D is forced up through the female-die E in such
manner as to punch out of the tobacco leaf L, and carry upward through said
die E, to a level with the top of the wrapping-table C on top of said male-die D,
a cut wrapper punched from said tobacco leaf L of the shape and contour of said
die, which will be held in place on top of said male-die D in position for wrapping
by the spring, at which time all the parts will be in the position shown in Figs. 4
and 6; and the moving parts of the machine will be firmly locked in place, until
unlocked by the lifting upward of the hand-lever M.
The operator then slides the left clamp O off from the cut wrapper and male-die
into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and laying a cigar bunch upon
the cut wrapper, begins to roll such bunch in such wrapper in the well known
manner, beginning at the left end of such wrapper from which the clamp O has
just been removed, and rolling toward the right until close to the clamp N, such
clamp N serving to hold the wrapper in place during the rolling, after which such
clamp N is moved endwise to the right into the position shown in dotted lines in
said Fig. 4, when the wrapper will no longer be held in position in any manner
and the cigar may be pointed and finished in the usual way.
The cigar having been finished, the lever M is lifted, and the wrapping-table
and other mechanisms are returned to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by the
action of the springs provided for that purpose, when the operation described may
be repeated.
It will be seen that during the operation of wrapping, the unused portion of the
tot acco-leaf lying between the leaf-holding-plate G and the plate 29 is by them
protected against injury or loss of moisture, and may be drawn therefrom into
position over the leaf-table to be cut.
The modified form of construction shown in Figs. 13 and 14, (Fig. 15, being a
view in detail of a portion of the mechanism thereof) differs from that heretofore
described only in the fact, that both the wrapping-table C and the male-die D are
actuated by the single continuous movement of a single lever, which is in this case
the treadle K.
To accomplish this, in place of the levers 44, levers 70 are provided which are
pivotally supported upon suitable pivot-studs 71 which are supported in suitable
projections 72 of the frame. The forward ends of such levers are of the same

page_text: form as the levers 44 and are connected in a similar manner with the links 47, but
unlike the said levers 44 the levers 70 are without any positive connection at their
rear ends with the moving mechanism, but are each provided on the upper side
with a rounded cavity 73 to receive the end of a cam 74, each of which cams is
mounted upon a short shaft 75 revolubly supported in a suitable stud 20 of the
frame, and rigidly secured to the shafts 19 are actuating levers 77 each of which
is pivotally connected with the lever 78, by means of a link or connecting-rod 79,
and the levers 78 are rigidly secured to the main shaft P of the machine, which is
mounted in suitable bearings so as to be at least partially revoluble therein, as in
the construction hereinbefore described, and with this main-shaft the lever or
treadle K is in actuating connection in the same manner as in the other construction
with the sleeve mounted upon such shaft. Rigidly secured to the rear of the
wrapping-table C is a cam-piece 80 having a rear hook portion 80' open at the
bottom, the forward edge of which hook merges by a somewhat abrupt curve, as
shown at 81, into a slip surface 82, and secured at its lower end to the main
shaft P is a lever 83 carrying at the upper end a friction-roller 84 of just sufficient
diameter to fit easily in the hook portion 81 of the cam-piece 80, as shown in
Figs. 13 and 14, and such friction-roller is preferably attached to such lever 83
by being revolubly mounted in the end of a rod 85 (Fig. 15) provided at its outer
end with a suitable fork 86 for that purpose, the inner end of this rod 85 being
supported in a suitable cavity 87 in the end of the lever 83 and being kept normally
pressed up in such cavity by a suitable coil-spring 88, and being kept from being
forced completely out of such cavity by a pin 89 and screw-cap 90 (as shown in
Fig. 15) an elongated slot being formed on one side of the cavity 87 to receive
the pin 89, of such form as to permit of free inward and outward movement of such
rod without rotation thereof.
Suitable springs (not shown) are provided and secured at one end to each of
the levers 70 and at the other to the top of the frame, by which the rear ends
of such levers are kept normally in the upper position shown in Fig. 13, with the
lock-bar and die-supporting-bar in consequence in their lower positions.
When the wrapper leaf is in position on the leaf-table F a single downward
movement of the treadle K will carry forward the table C, and as soon as the
same is in a position for the lock-bolts to register with the holes in such table, the
cams 74 will begin to force downward the rear ends of the levers 70 and thus
force the lock-bolts into place so as to force the male and female-dies into
registry, and the same continued movement of the lever K and cams 74 will
carry upward the male-die, in the manner hereinbefore described, (into the position
shown in Fig. 14) and the operation of this form of device is the same as that
of the other, save that the foot must be kept pressing upon the treadle during
wrapping, for as soon as the pressure on the treadle is released the springs for
that purpose will force all the moving parts into the positions shown in
Fig. 13.
It is evident that many changes, in the construction, combination, and
arrangement of the various parts of the improved device herein shown, may be
made without departing from the scope of said invention, and the same is not
intended to be limited to such or any other particular form, construction, or
arrangement thereof, but :-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A. combined cigar-rolling-table and wrapper cutter, wherein the wrapper is
cut or punched from the tobacco leaf and carried up through the wrapping-table
into position for wrapping, with or without clamps or devices for holding the
cut-wrapper in position for wrapping after being cut, substantially as shown and
described.
2. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination of a moving or

page_text: reciprocating wrapping-table C, a female-die E carried by the wrapping-table, a
leaf-support F, a leaf-holding-plate G for holding the leaf to be cut on the
support F, a male-die 1) mounted upon a reciprocating die-supporting bar I, a
lock-bar H carrying lock-bolts 17 for forcing and locking the table C in position
so the male die will register with the female die, and mechanism for moving the
table C and the lock and die-bars in such manner that the table will be locked in
position before the male-die begins to move or enter the female-die, substantially
as shown and described.
3. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a wrapping-
table of a female-die E carried by the wrapping table, a male die D, and
mechanism for actuating the various parts so that the male-die will cut the wrapper
from the tobacco-leaf and carry the same up through the wrapping-table into position
for wrapping, substantially as shown and described.
4. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a wrapping-
table C of a female-die E carried by the wrapping-table, a male die D and a clamp
or clamps for holding the cut wrapper in position upon the wrapping surface, and
mechanism for actuating the various parts so that the male-die will cut the
wrapper from the tobacco-leaf and carry the same up through the wrapping-table
into position for wrapping, substantially as shown and described.
5. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving
or reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-dic E carried by the same, a leaf-
table F for supporting the tobacco-leaf to be cut, a leaf-holding-plate G for
holding the leaf on the leaf-table F, a male-die D, and mechanism for moving the
wrapping-table and the male-die, substantially as shown and described.
6. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving or
reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-die E carried by the same, a leaf-
table for supporting the tobacco-leaf to be cut, a leaf-holding-plate G for
holding the leaf on the leaf-table F, a male-die D and a clamp or clamps for
holding the cut-wrapper in position upon the wrapping-surface, and mechanism
for moving the wrapping-table and the male-die, substantially as shown and
described.
7. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving or
reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-die E carried by the wrapping-table,
a support for the leaf to be cut, a male-die D and a locking mechanism for
locking the table C in place so that the male and female-dies will register, and
mechanism for moving the wrapping-table C, and the male-die D, substantially as
shown and described.
8. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving or
reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-die E carried by the wrapping-table,
a vertically reciprocating die-supporting-bar I, a male-die D carried by the bar I,
a lock-bar H carrying lock-bolts 17 which are adapted to enter locking-holes 52
in the table C flared at the bottom to receive the same, links 47 each having a
hole 48 to receive the end of the lock-bar H and a vertically elongated slot 49
for receiving the end of the die-supporting-bar I, a lever or levers 44 for actuating
the links or the lock-bar H, and mechanism for actuating the table C and the
lever or levers 44, substantially as shown and described.
9. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving or
reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-die E carried by the wrapping table,
a leaf-support F, a leaf-holding-plate G for holding the leaf to be cut on the
support F, a vertically reciprocating die-supporting-bar 1, a male-die D carried
by the bar I, a lock-bar H carrying lock-bolts 17 which are adapted to enter
locking-holes 52 in the table C flared at the bottom to receive the same, links 47
each having a hole 48 to receive the end of the lock-bar I and a vertically
elongated slot 49 for receiving the end of the die-supporting-bar I, a lever or
levers 44 for actuating the links or the lock-bar II, and mechanism for actuating
the table C and the lever or levers 44, substantially as shown and described.
10. In a cigar machine of the class described, the combination with a moving

page_text: or reciprocating wrapping-table C, of a female-die E carried by the wrapping-
table, a vertically reciprocating male-die E for acting in conjunction with the
female-die for cutting the wrapper, a leaf-support F for the leaf to be cut, a
plate 29 secured to the support F, and a leaf-holding-plate G having the bent
portions 31 pivotally secured to the plate 29, substantially as shown and
described and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 8th day of October 1895
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicants.