Improvements in Cigar Rolling Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar Rolling Machines.
I, JOHN BUNN, of Binghamton, in the County of Broome and State of New
York, United States of America, Machinist, 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 that class of cigar rolling machines wherein the bunch
is rolled during the process of applying the wrapper thereto, and it consists in
certain details of construction of the various parts and novel combinations, sub-
stantially as hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.
The object of the invention is to so improve the construction of machines of
this character that they shall be capable of more efficiently and quickly wrapping
bunches, and shall be adjustable in respect to various parts so as to produce cigars
of various sizes and shapes.
Referring now to the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a machine constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line of Fig. 1, with the cap closing
the hollow end of the roller carriage removed to disclose the gears within said
hollow end.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the machine with the wrapper-supporting table
omitted.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section, on a line substantially the same as that of t
in Fig. 1, showing the cap in place upon the hollow end of the roller-supporting
carriage and the parts in the position they occupy when the feeding means for
aid carriage has been disconnected and the carriage is being returned to the
starting place.
Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectional view, showing the construction of the
movable means which engage the feeding worm for the roller carriage.
Fig. 7 is a view of the same, looking at the parts on a line at right angles
with that from which it is viewed in Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view, of the worm-engaging lug.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section, taken on the line y-y of Fig. 2.
Fig. 10 is a vertical section, taken on the line of Fig. 1 and looking
toward the left hand end of the machine, but showing the roller carriage tilted
to the rear.
Fig. 11 is a sectional detail view of the presser roller 20 and its supporting
devices.
Fig. 11 is an end view of the split sleeve in which the shaft of the roller is
supported.
Fig. 12 is a vertical section through the line aa of Fig. 13.
Fig. 13 is a detail front view of the means for forming the tip of the cigar
and cutting the wrapper.
Fig. 14 is an end view of the same.
Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 14, but showing the cutting knife in the
position it assumes while being operated.
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page_text: Fig. 16 is a detail view of the adjustable stop plate for the wrapper holder.
Fig. 17 is a detail view, partly in section, of the wrapper holder and said stop
plate.
Fig. 18 is a detail view of the means for attaching the lever of the wrapper
holder adjustably to the movable rod thereof.
Fig. 19 is a detail view of the roller 20 and the cam therein, and Fig. 20 is
a detail view of one side of the underside of the arm 36, showing. the slot therein
within which the roller supporting means is pivoted.
For convenience in describing the invention, that end of the machine commonly
known as the header end is hereinafter referred to as the left hand end, and the
end toward which the carriage moves in the operation of wrapping a bunch, is
hereinafter called the right hand end.
Like numerals indicate corresponding parts in each figure of the drawing.
1 designates a bed-plate having suitable standards 2 and 3 at its ends. Jour-
naled in said standards is a driving shaft 4, having one end extending through
and projecting beyond the standard 2, and loosely mounted on said projecting end
is a pulley 5 having an opening 6 in its face, which receives a disk 7 fixed on
said shaft. One face of this disk and the adjacent wall of the recess are formed
with frictional faces 8 of leather or other suitable material so that when they are
engaged rotary motion communicated to the pulley will be imparted to the disk
and thence to the shaft 4. The pulley 5 is adapted to slide on the shaft 4 and to
move into engagement with the disk 7.
A cap
is loosely mounted on the end
of said shaft and engaged by the upper end of a lever 10 which is pivoted at 11
to the end of the bed-plate 1 and has its free end 12 arranged to be engaged by
the knee of the operator, as seen in Fig. 4.
It will be seen in Fig. 9 that the end of the shaft 4, remote from the pulley 5,
is provided with a pinion 13 which intermeshes with a gear 14 mounted on the
end of a shaft 15. On the shaft 15 are the supports 16 and 17 of a carriage which
carries the presser rollers 18, 19 and 20, shown in Fig. 10, which assist in rolling
the bunch and applying the wrapper thereto. The presser roller 18 is carried by
a shaft 21 which is journaled near the front of the lower ends of the supports 16
and 17, and has within the support 16 a gear 22, and the presser roller 19, which
is located rearward and above said roller 18, is mounted upon a shaft 23 which
has a gear wheel 24 as seen in Fig. 3 upon its end within the support 16.
The shaft 15 carries a loosely mounted gear wheel 25 which is movable with
the carriage and is provided with a projection 26 that engages an elongated key-
way 27 formed in the shaft 15, and the gear wheel 25 is intermeshed with each
of said gears 22 and 24, whereby rotary motion is imparted to rollers 18 and 19
from the shaft 15. The roller 20 is supported above the roller 19 upon the end
of a normally stationary shaft 28 and is rotated by its frictional engagement with
the roller 19.
Two presser rollers 30 and 31 co-act with said rollers 18, 19 and 20 in the
wrapping of a cigar. These rollers 30 and 31 are frictionally engaged with said
roller 20 and are both driven by the same. In order that the degree of pressure
of the roller 20 on the rollers 19, 30 and 31 may be regulated and adjusted, the
shaft 28 of roller 20 is formed with a cylindrical portion 29 at one end thereof,
which is eccentrically set on the shaft and forms the support on which the roller 20
turns axially.
Projecting inwardly from the support 16 is a hub 16" in which one end of
the shaft 23 is journaled. 32 indicates a split sleeve having a downwardly extending
portion 32 at one end which is bored out to fit over the hub 16" and is provided
with a clamping screw 33. The sleeve 32 serves as a bearing for the shaft 28
and one end of the cylindrical portion 29 abuts against the end of the sleeve. The
other end of the cylindrical portion 29 is provided with a head 29 which has a
slot 29b to receive a screw driver, or similar device, by means of which the
shaft may be turned in the sleeve. It will be obvious that when the screw 33
is tightened up the portion 32ª will be firmly clamped on the hub and the shaft 28

page_text: be firmly clamped in the sleeve and held against movement. By this construction
it is also obvious that by loosening the screw 33 and turning the shaft 28 in its
bearing the position of the roller 20 relatively to the rollers 19, 30 and 31 may be
varied and its pressure thereon be adjusted as desired.
All of the rollers are faced with soft rubber, and it will be seen that their
construction, arrangement and operation is such as to similate very closely the
action of the hand in rolling cigars by hand.
The rollers 30 and 31 are journaled in the ends of frames 34 and 35 as seen
in Fig. 4, which are independently supported at the bifurcated front end of an
arm 36, as hereinafter more fully described which latter is attached to an arm 37
and extends rearward thereof. A foot treadle, not shown, is connected to the
rear end of the arm 36 for raising the rollers 30 and 31.
The arm 37 has depending projections 39 and 40 at its ends pivotally mounted
on a stationary shaft 41, as shown in Fig. 2, which shaft is journaled in sup-
ports 16 and 17 of the roller-carriage and is surrounded by a coiled spring 42,
one end of which is attached to said arm 37 and the other end of which engages
a projection 43 on the support 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 10, whereby the
spring 42 holds the rollers 30 and 31 yieldingly in a lowered position.
The projection 40 extends below the shaft 41 in position to engage the pro-
jection 43 when the arm 37 is tilted sufficiently to raise the rollers 30 and 31 out
of engagement with the wrapped cigar, and to engage a similar projection 44
at the rear, which latter likewise extends from the support 17 of the roller-carriage,
when said arm is in its normal position. The projections 43 and 44 thereby
serve, in conjunction with the lower end of the projection 40, as stops to limit
the movement of the arm 37 about its shaft 41, and the engagement of the pro-
jections 40 and 43 will, with each other, cause the roller carriage with all the parts
carried thereby, to turn upon the shaft 15, as hereinafter more fully described.
At the header end of the machine adjacent to the support 17 of the roller
carriage, as shown in Fig. 4, there is a plate 50 on the carriage, shown in detail
in Fig. 12, the inner face of which is recessed at 51, to form part of the cavity
which forms the tip of the cigar. The remaining portion of said cavity is formed
by a curved plate 52 which is attached to the outer end of a rod 53 which is
received by an opening formed in the plate 50. To the inner or rear end of the
rod 53 is attached a lever 55, which is pivoted at 56 to the plate 50 and is pressed
in one direction by a spring 54 and is connected by a link 57 with the adjacent
arm 37, whereby the movable portion of the cavity will be operated by the arm.
The plate 50 has a horizontal arm 58, extending laterally from its lower end and
formed with an opening 59 for the supply of paste to the tip-forming cavity.
On the support 17 of the roller carriage, is a paste reservoir 60, of any suitable
construction, which communicates with the opening 59 through the tube 61
usually employed for this purpose.
As seen in Fig. 5 the support 16 of the roller carriage has a rearwardly
extending plate or projection 65, which supports a lug 66, having an arm 130,
shown in Fig. 7, for the purpose hereinafter stated, that normally engages a
worm 67 on the shaft 4, to the end that rotation of the shaft shall cause the carriage
to be moved longitudinally on the shaft 15 from the left to the right hand end
of the machine. The support 16 is further provided with a depending post 68,
the lower end of which is engaged by one end of a coiled spring 69, as seen in
Fig. 3. The other end of this spring is attached to a lug 70 projecting from the
bed-plate 1, whereby the carriage is held yieldingly in position with the lug 66
in engagement with the worm."
To the support 16 a belt 71, is attached, as shown in Fig. 4, which extends to
and around a pulley 72 journaled in the standard 3 and thence, underneath the
bed-plate 1, to a coiled spring 73 which connects it with a screw 74, or other suitable
device, depending from the bed-plate. This belt and spring operate to return
the roller carriage to the starting place, when the formation of a cigar is completed
and the lug 66 is disengaged from the worm 67, and is particularly advantageous

page_text: in that the spring operates with great force at the beginning and with gradually
decreasing power, whereby the return of the carriage starts quickly but ends slowly
and without jar.
75 indicates a cutting blade which lies against the outer face of the plate 50,
as shown in Fig. 13, and is provided with a curved slot 76 near its upper end,
as shown in Fig. 15. A thumb lever 79 is provided with a vertically disposed
plate portion 78 which lies against the outer face of the blade, as seen in Figs. 13,
14 and 15, and this plate portion is pivoted on a screw 77, or other similar device,
which passes through the slot 76 into the plate 50. The blade 75 is pivotally
connected to the plate portion of the thumb lever by means of a pin 80, or similar
device, to one side of the pivot of the lever to the plate 50. One corner of the
cutting blade 75 is provided with a stud 81, and a similar stud 82 projects from
the rear corner of the thumb lever 79, as clearly shown in Fig. 12. 84 indicates
a coiled spring, the arms 83 of which are respectively coiled on the studs 81 and 82,
and the arm which is connected to the stud 81 extends below it and bears against
the front face of the plate 50; normally the parts occupied the position shown in
Figs. 12 and 14. When, however, the thumb lever is depressed the blade 75 will
move down with it until brought in contact with the upper face of the arm 58,
when further downward movement of the thumb lever will cause the lower end
of the blade to move along on the face of the arm 58 and cut the wrapper with a
draw cut, for during such downward movement of the lever, the blade will turn
on a pivot 80 and its upper end will move over the pivot screw 77, slot 76 per-
mitting such movement, and bring the two arms 83 of the spring towards each
other as shown in Fig. 15. As soon as pressure on the lever is removed the
spring 84 will return the parts to their normal position.
85 designates an arm projecting from the lower part of the support 16 of the
roller carriage as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and 86 designates a longitudinally movable
rod which extends loosely through the upper portion of the support 16, near the
front edge thereof and is supported by a sleeve 87 having an arm which is secured
to said end of the carriage. There is mounted in one end of the rod 86, a wrapper
holder, the outer end of which comprises a bent wire 88 which is designed to hold
the end of the wrapper against the butt end of the bunch and rotates with the
bunch. As seen in Fig. 17, the inner hollow end of the rod 86, which receives
the wire, is provided with a removable cam 89 which is formed with an opening
having flaring sides for the passage of the wire, whereby the wrapper holder may
easily be inserted or removed. In order that the wrapper holder may be with-
drawn from within the completely formed cigar and again replaced in position
to engage a bunch to be wrapped, the outer end of said rod 86 is provided with
a stud 90 which is adjustably secured on said rod and is received by an elongated
opening 91 formed in the upper end of a lever 92, which lever is pivoted at 98
to the arm 85 and has its lower end bifurcated and the parts 93 and 94 formed
thereby bent in reverse directions. There is attached to the bed-plate 1 a plate 95
having an upwardly bent end 96 formed with a slot 97. Thus it will be seen
that in the operation of forming the cigar, the wire 88 lies between the bunch
and the wrapper and is rotated by the rotation of the bunch while the same is
being wrapped and moves with the roller carriage. When said carriage has
almost reached that end of the machine at which the wrapper on the tip end of
the cigar is completed, the bent end 93 of the lever 92 is brought into engagement
with one side of the end 96 of the plate 95, which latter thereby acts as a stop
to prevent further movement of the rod 86 by the roller carriage, and as the move-
ment of the latter is continued the lever 92 will be caused to turn upon its pivot 98,
thus gradually withdrawing the wire 88 from the cigar.
In the reverse movement of the roller carriage, the bent end 94 of the lever 92
engages said end 96 of the plate and returns the wire 88 to its former position;
it being of course understood that said lever 92 and ends 93 and 96 are relatively
so arranged and constructed that the former two shall pass beyond and out of
engagement with the end 96 at a certain predetermined place in the reciproca

page_text: tion of said roller carriage. In order that the plate 95 may be adjusted to operate
upon said lever 92 at different places in the reciprocation of said roller carriage,
which is important, as all cigars are not of the same length, said plate is formed
with an elongated slot 99 through which a fastening screw 100 passes into the
bed-plate 1, as shown in Fig. 16.
Referring now to Fig. 3, 101 designates the vertically adjustable table for sup-
porting the wrapper. This table is hinged upon the upper end of a standard 102,
as shown at 103, and the standard is provided with a rearwardly-extending lug 104
having an adjusting screw rod 105 therein, the upper end of which bears against
the rear portion of the table and supports the latter in adjusted position. The
forward part of the table is engaged by the upper end of a spring 106, the lower
end of which is attached to the front face of said standard 102, whereby the rear
end of said table is held in engagement with the upper end of said adjusting
screw or rod 105.
The operation of the device is as follows:
The bunch is placed in the space between the rollers 18, 19, 30 and 31, with
its tip in the tip forming cavity, and the wrapper is properly located upon the
wrapper supporting table 101. The pulley 5 is connected by a belt with suitable
power, and the roller carriage is at the left hand end of the machine with the
lug 66 engaged with the worm 67. The operator forces the free end of the
lever 10 outward, thereby moving pulley 5 into frictional engagement with disk 7
and causing shaft 4 to be rotated and the roller carriage to be fed toward the
right hand end of the machine. The rotary motion of the shaft 4 is also com-
municated to the several presser rollers by the gearing above referred to, thus
rotating the bunch and winding the wrapper thereupon.
When the wrapper shall have been completely applied to the bunch, the roller
carriage will have reached the right hand end of the machine, and the wrapper
holder will be withdrawn from the cigar in the manner above described. The
worm 67 terminates at a slight distance from the standard 2 so that lug 66 will
be disengaged from the same and movement of the carriage thereby automatically
stopped without jar.
After the paste has been applied in the well known manner, and the excess of
wrapper severed at the tip of the cigar in the manner above stated, the rear end
of the arm 36 is depressed, thus moving arm 37 around the shaft 41. This initial
movement of arms 36 and 37 about said shaft 41, raises the rollers 30 and 31 out
of engagement with the wrapped cigar and also forces the movable side 52 of the
tip forming cavity out of engagement with the tip of the cigar, whereby the
latter is released and may easily be removed, and also brings the projection 40
of the arm 37 into engagement with the stop 43 of the roller carriage. Thus,
as the projection 26 on the gear wheel 25 has reached the end of the key way 27
formed in said shaft 15, continued pressure applied to said arm 36 will cause the
roller carriage to turn upon said shaft 15, against the force of the spring 69,
thereby moving the lug 66 below the plane of the worm 67 and allowing the
retactile spring-section 73 of the belt 71 to operate to return said carriage to its
original position for the wrapping of another cigar.
When the carriage has reached its original position, and a bunch has been
placed in position therein to be wrapped, pressure on said arm 36 is released,
so that the spring 69 may operate to return the carriage to position to engage
key 26 with the key-way 27 and lug 66 with the worm 67, and the spring 42
will operate on arm 37 to return the presser rollers 30 and 31 into position to
engage the bunch. During this return movement of the roller carriage, the
wrapper holder will automatically have been returned to position to engage the
new bunch, as above stated.
It will be understood that the number of wraps of the wrapper upon the bunch
depends upon the speed of the carriage in moving from one end of the machine
to the other, and that said speed is controlled by the pitch of the worm 67. In
order that said pitch may be made adjustable, the worm, instead of being formed.

page_text: upon the body of shaft 4, consists of a separately formed wire, preferably square
in cross section, coiled spirally around the shaft. The shaft has external
threads 110 formed therein near one end, which are engaged by an internally
threaded cap 111 to which one end of said worm is attached, the other end of
which is rigidly engaged with said shaft whereby by turning said cap in one
direction or the other upon said shaft 4, the pitch of the worm may be increased
or decreased, as desired.
Each side of the bifurcated front end of the arm 36 is slotted at 115 as shown
in Fig. 20, and is formed with an upwardly projecting lug 116 at the rear of
said slot. A shaft 117 extends across said front end of the arm 36, and upon
this shaft and located within the slots 115 are pivotally mounted two arms 118
each of which is formed with an upwardly projecting lug 119 arranged in front
of the lug 116 at its side of the arm 36. As shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 10, the
arms 118 have forwardly projecting studs 120, upon which are loosely mounted,
so as to be adjustable forward or rearward thereon, the upper ends of the roller
supporting frames 34 and 35 respectively, said frames being held in adjusted
position by the clamping screws 121. Extending loosely through openings
formed in the respective lugs 116 and screwed at their forward end in the lugs 119,
are adjusting screws 122 having heads 123 at their rear ends, and each of said
screws is encircled by a coiled spring 124, whereby the angle of inclination of
said frames 34 and 35 are independently adjustable, and consequently the rollers 30
and 31 made to bear with greater or less force on the cigar being wrapped.
As shown in Fig. 1, the arm 36 is formed with an elongated slot 125, through
which a clamping screw 126 projects into the arm 37, whereby said arm 36 may
be adjusted forward or rearward on said arm 37.
Referring now particularly to Figures 6, 7, and 8, it will be seen that the lug 66,
which engages the worm 67 as above stated, has an arm 130 which is located
immediately beneath the shaft 4 and extends parallel therewith. This arm is
movably mounted in a groove-way formed in the plate 65 and has a recess 131
near one end, which receives the end of a spring 132 projecting horizontally from
the support 17 of the roller carriage. In the operation of this part of the machine,
the worm shaft turns a complete revolution, more or less, before the worm therein
engages said lug 66, and then turns an additional portion of a revolution during
which latter period it operates to force said lug, against the action of the
spring 132, to the extreme of its movement in said plate 65, whereby feeding of
the carriage does not commence as soon as the driving shaft begins to operate
and the presser rollers are caused to rotate, but at a space of time thereafter
which causes the end of the wrapper to have been partly wound on the bunch
before the carriage begins its movement from one end of the machine to the other.
While the carriage is moving from the left to the right hand of the machine in
wrapping a bunch the end of the spring 132 engaged with the arm, is depressed
and the lug is held tightly engaged with the worm, but when the wrapping of
the bunch has been completed and the lug is disengaged from the worm in the
manner above described, the spring 132 is freed and operates to throw said lug
toward the left, in position properly to re-engage the worm at the left hand end
of the machine.
133 designates an L-shaped stop which projects beyond the end of said plate 65
in the path of movement of the arm 130 and is adjustably attached to the plate 65
by the set-screw 134. As this stop limits the movement of the arm 130 upon
the plate 65 and is adjustably secured in position, it will be seen that it serves
to regulate the time elapsing between the beginning of the rotation of the driving
shaft and the feeding of the carriage, and makes the time shorter when the bent
outer end of the stop is nearer the edge of the plate 65 than when it is further
from said edge, by reducing or increasing the extent of movement of the arm 130
upon the plate 65.
To limit the movement of the roller carriage around the shaft 15, a stop 135
is provided, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5, which stop is attached to the rear side of

page_text: the support 16 and when the carriage is tilted back the stop bears upon the
worm 67.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of a driving shaft having a
worm, a carriage having a lug to engage said worm, presser rollers supported
by said carriage, a shaft upon which the carriage is loosely mounted and about
which it is adapted to turn, a spring connected with the carriage for holding the
lug yieldingly engaged with the worm, means for tilting the carriage to disengage
the lug from the worm, and a belt attached at one end of the carriage and having
a spring section, as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination, with the shaft having a worm, and a second shaft having
a lengthened key-way, said shafts being geared together, of a carriage loosely
mounted on the second shaft, presser rollers mounted on shafts journaled in the
carriage, gears on the ends of the roller shafts, a gear movable with said carriage
and keyed on second shaft and intermeshing with said gears on the roller shafts,
a lug projecting from the carriage into engagement with said worm,
turning the carriage on its shaft to disengage said lug from the worm and means
for returning said carriage to the starting place when the lug is disengaged from
the worm, as and for the purpose set forth.
means for
3. The combination with the worm shaft, a second shaft, and a carriage loosely
mounted on said second shaft and having a lug engaged with said worm, of a
pivotally supported arm carried by said carriage, presser rollers carried by said
arm, and connections between the arm and carriage whereby when the arm is
tilted it will raise the presser rollers relatively to the carriage and also turn the
carriage upon its shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.
4. The combination with the carriage and means for feeding the same, of a
pivotally supported arm carried by the carriage, presser rollers carried by the
arm, and connections between said arm and the carriage whereby when the arm
is tilted it will turn the carriage to disconnect the feeding means and also raise
the presser rollers relatively to said carriage, as and for the purpose set forth.
5. The combination with the carriage, and means for feeding the same, of an
arm having presser rollers at one end, a second arm pivoted in said carriage and
attached to the first mentioned arm, a projection from the second arm, and a stop
projecting from the carriage in the path of said projection whereby the turning
of the arm upon its pivot operates to turn the carriage so as to disconnect the
feeding means thereof and to raise the presser rollers relatively to the carriage,
as and for the purpose set forth.
G. The combination with the carriage, and means for feeding the same, of an
arm having presser rollers at one end, a shaft supported by the carriage, a second
arm loosely mounted on the shaft and attached to the first mentioned arm, a stop
projecting from the carriage, a projection from the second arm located rearward
of said stop and designed to engage the same when the second arm has been turned
a short distance on its shaft, and a coiled spring encircling the shaft and secured
at one end to the second arm and at its other end to the carriage, as and for the
purpose set forth.
7. The combination with the driving shaft, having a worm, a second shaft,"
a carriage loosely mounted on the second shaft and having a lug engaged with
the worm, and a stop projecting from the carriage, of an arm, presser rollers at
one end of said arm, and a second arm pivotally mounted in the carriage and
attached to the first mentioned arm, the second arm having a projection so located
with respect to the stop as that it will engage the same after it has turned a short
distance, whereby tilting of the first-mentioned arm causes said presser rollers
to be lifted within the carriage and also disengage said lug from the worm, as and
for the purpose set forth.
8. The combination with the driving shaft, and a second shaft geared therewith,

page_text: of a carriage movable on said second shaft, gearing to connect the driving shaft and
carriage to move the latter along the second shaft, a stop projecting from the
carriage, an arm, presser rollers at one end of said arm, a second arm pivotally
mounted in the carriage and attached to the first mentioned arm, the second arm
having a projection so located with respect to the stop as that it will engage the
same after it has turned a short distance, whereby tilting of the first mentioned arm
lifts the presser rollers relatively to the carriage and disconnects the driving gearing
of the carriage, and means for automatically returning the carriage to the starting
place when its driving gear is disconnected, as and for the purpose set forth.
9. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine of a plate constructed to form
a part of the tip-forming cavity, a movable plate forming the other portion of
said cavity, a movable rod carrying the latter plate, a spring to normally hold
the plates in engagements, a pivoted arm, and connections between the pivoted arm
and movable plate, operated by the arm to force the movable plate outward, as
and for the purpose set forth.
10. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of a pivotally supported arm,
presser rollers supported by the arm, a plate constructed to form a part of the
tip-forming cavity, a movable plate forming the other portion of said cavity,
and connections between the arm and movable plate, whereby tilting of the former
operates both to lift the presser rollers and open the tip forming cavity, as and
for the purpose set forth.
11. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of a pivotally supported arm,
presser rollers carried thereby, a plate constructed to form a part of the tip
forming cavity, a movable plate forming the other portion of said cavity, a movable
rod carrying said movable plate, a pivoted spring presser lever engaged with
said rod, and a link connecting the upper end of said lever with the pivoted arm,
as and for the purpose set forth.
12. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of a pivotally mounted
carriage, rollers carried thereby, gearing for feeding said carriage from one end
of the machine to the other, and an arm pivotally supported within the carriage,
presser rollers carried by the arm, a plate constructed to form a part of the tip-
forming cavity, a movable plate forming the other part of said cavity, connections
between the pivoted arm and movable plate for causing the latter to be moved by
the tilting of the former, and connections between the pivoted arm and carriage
for causing said arm to tilt the carriage and thereby disconnect said feeding means,
as and for the purpose set forth.
13. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of a feeding worm, a pivotally
mounted carriage, having a lug engaged with the worm, rollers in the carriage,
an arm pivotally supported in the carriage, presser rollers at the forward end of
the arm, a stop extending from the carriage, a projection movable with the arm
and so arranged with respect to said stop as to engage the same after the arm has
been tilted a certain distance, a plate constructed to form a part of the tip forming
cavity, a movable plate forming the other part of the cavity, connections between
said pivoted arm and movable plate for causing the latter to be moved by the
former whereby the tilting of the pivoted arm raises the presser rollers carried
thereby, opens, the tip-forming cavity and disconnects the feeding gear of the roller
carriage, and means for returning said carriage to the starting place when the
feeding gear is disconnected, as and for the purpose set forth.
14. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with a feeding worm, a pivot-
ally mounted carriage having a lug engaged with the worm, rollers in the carriage,
a stop 43 projecting from one end of the carriage, and a shaft 41 at the rear end
of the carriage, of an arm loosely mounted on said shaft and having a projection
arranged to engage said stop when the arm has turned a certain distance less
than the full extent of its movement, a plate constructed to form a part of the
tip-forming cavity, a movable plate forming the other part of said cavity, a
movable rod carrying the movable plate, a pivoted lever attached at one end of
the rod, a link connecting the other end of the lever with the arm, a second arm

page_text: attached between its ends to the first mentioned arm, and presser rollers at the
forward end of said second arm, as and for the purpose set forth.
15. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of rollers for supporting the
bunch, an arm 36, a pivotally supported frame connected with the forward end
of said arm, means for adjusting the frame relatively to the arm, and a presser
roller journaled in said frame, as and for the purpose set forth.
16: The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of rollers for supporting the
bunch, an arm 36 having an upwardly-projecting lug, a second arm 118 pivotally
attached to the forward end of the arm 36 and having a lug in front of the lug
on the same, an adjusting rod threaded in one of said lugs and extending loosely
through the other lug, a spring encircling the rod between the lugs, a frame sup-
ported by the second arm, and presser roller journaled in the frame, as and for
the purpose set forth.
17. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, of rollers for supporting the
bunch, an arm 36, a second arm pivotally attached to the forward end of the arm 36
and having a forwardly projecting stud, a frame adjustably mounted on said stud,
means for adjusting the inclination of the second arm relatively to the arm 36,
and a presser roller supported by said frame, as and for the purpose set forth.
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18. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with rollers for supporting
the bunch, an arm having an elongated slot intermediate its ends and an upwardly
projecting lug near its front end, and a clamp-screw extending through said slot
and serving to secure the arm adjustably to its support, of a second arm, pivotally
attached to the forward end of said first-mentioned arm and having a forwardly
projecting stud and an upwardly projecting lug, an adjusting rod threaded in one
of said lugs and extending loosely through the other lug, a spring encircling
said rod between the lugs, a frame adjustably mounted on the stud, and a presser
roller journaled in the frame, as and for the purpose set forth.
19. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with rollers for supporting the
bunch, of a forwardly and rearwardly adjustable arm, a second arm pivotally
mounted on said first-mentioned arm, means for adjusting the inclination of the
second arm, relatively to the other arm a frame carried by the second arm and
adjustable forward and rearward thereon, and a presser roller journaled in said
frame, as and for the purpose set forth.
20. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with the rollers for supporting
the bunch, of a pivoted arm having a bifurcated front end, a shaft extending
across said front end of the arm, adjustable arms 118 pivotally mounted on the
ends of said shaft means for holding the latter arms independently in adjustable
position, separate frames independently adjustable forward and rearward on said
arms 118, and rollers journaled in said frames, as and for the purpose set forth.
21. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with a shaft 15, a carriage
thereon, means for driving said shaft, two roller carrying shafts journaled in said
carriage, one being slightly above and rearward of the other, gears on the ends
of said shafts, a gear on said shaft 15 meshing with each of the other gears, and
a roller 20 frictionally engaged with a roller on one of said shafts, of a pair of
rollers, 30 and 31 arranged end to end above the lower of said previously mentioned
rollers and frictionally engaged with said roller 20, and a pivotally-supported arm
carrying said rollers, 30 and 31, as and for the purpose set forth.
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22. The combination, in a cigar rolling machine, with the driving shaft, a second
shaft having a lengthened key-way, said shafts being geared together, a
on the driving shaft, a carriage loosely mounted on said second shaft and having
a lug engaged with the worm, and a gear on said second shaft movable with the
carriage and having a key traversing the lengthened key-way, of a pair of rollers
mounted on shafts journaled in said carriage, gears on the ends of said roller
shafts, both of said gears intermeshing with the gear on said second shaft, a third
roller frictionally engaged with one of said pair of rollers, a pair of rollers arranged
end to end and both in frictional engagement with said third roller, a pivoted arm
supporting the latter pair of rollers, and connections between the pivoted arm and

page_text: the carriage, whereby the tilting of the arm first raises the pair of rollers carried
thereby and finally turns the carriage upon its shaft 15, as and for the purpose
set forth.
23. In a cigar rolling machine, means for supporting and rotating the bunch,
said means containing a frictionally driven roller, a normally stationary shaft
having an eccentrically-set cylindrical part on which the roller turns, and means
whereby the shaft may be turned in the bearing, as and for the purpose set forth.
24. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with bunch supporting rollers.
of a roller 20 driven by frictional engagement with one of such rollers, a roller
driven by the roller 20, a normally stationary shaft having an eccentrically-set
cylindrical portion on which the roller 20 turns, and means whereby the shaft
may be turned in its bearing, as and for the purpose set forth.
25. In a cigar rolling machine, means for supporting and rotating the bunch,
said means containing a frictionally-driven roller, a shaft having an eccentrically-
set cylindrical portion within the roller and on which the latter turns, a split
sleeve supported on the machine and in which the shaft may be turned, and a
screw to clamp the sleeve on the shaft and prevent the latter from turning in
the former, as and for the purpose set forth.
26. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with a movable carriage,
rollers 18 and 19 carried thereby and arranged one above and rearward of the other,
rollers 30 and 31 arranged end to end, and a pivotally supported arm 36 carrying
said rollers 30 and 31, of a roller 20 frictionally engaged with each of said rollers 19,
30 and 31, a normally stationary shaft having an eccentrically-set cylindrical
portion on which the roller 20 turns, and means whereby the shaft may be turned
in its bearing to cause the roller 20 to bear with greater or less pressure upon the
rollers 19, 30 and 31, as and for the purpose set forth.
27. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the wrapping mechanism,
of a severing knife, an operating lever to which said knife is pivoted, a spring
connecting said lever and knife, and a stationary arm adjacent to the cutting point
of said knife whereby the knife will operate to make a draw cut, as and for the
purpose set forth.
28. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the wrapping mechanism,
of a knife having an elongated slot at one end, a thumb lever having a vertical
portion, a pivot for the vertical portion of the lever, said pivot extending in the
elongated slot and the knife and vertical portion of the lever being pivoted
together, a spring connection between the knife and lever, and a relatively station-
ary arm adjacent to the cutting portion of the knife, whereby the knife acts on
said arm with a draw action, as and for the purpose set forth.
29. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the wrapping mechanism,
and a plate adjacent thereto at the header end of the machine, said plate having
a tip-forming cavity and being provided with a horizontally projecting arm, of
a knife having an elongated slot at the end, a thumb lever having a vertical
portion pivoted on a stud projecting through said slot into the plate, the knife
and lever being pivoted together, a spring connecting the knife and lever together,
as described, whereby the knife will operate on the horizontal arm of the plate
with a draw action, as and for the purpose set forth.
30. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the driving shaft, the
carriage carrying presser rollers, and means for rotating said presser rollers simul-
taneously with the rotation of the driving shaft, of a worm on said driving shaft
and a lug projecting from the carriage, the worm and lug being normally out
of engagement when the carriage is at rest at its starting point, whereby the
shaft will rotate before the worm is operatively engaged with the lug, as and
for the purpose set forth.
31. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the driving shaft, and
the carriage carrying presser rollers, of a worm on said driving shaft, and a spring
pressed movable lug projecting from said carriage and engaged by the worm,
as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 32. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination of the pivotally-mounted
carriage carrying presser rollers, a worm, a spring-pressed movable lug projecting
from said carriage and engaged with the worm, and means for tilting the carriage
to disengage the lug from the worm, as and for the purpose set forth.
33. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination of the pivotally mounted carriage
carrying the presser rollers, a projection from the carriage having a grooved way,
a lug having an arm movably mounted in said way, a spring, engaging one end
of the arm and a stop at the other end thereof, a worm engaged by said lug, means
for tilting the carriage to disengage the lug from the worm, and means for
returning the carriage to the starting place when the lug and worm are discon-
nected, as and for the purpose set forth.
34. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the roller carriage, and
means for feeding the same, of à wrapper holder, a pivoted lever connected with
the former, and a stop plate acting on said lever to withdraw and replace the
wrapper holder, as and for the purpose set forth.
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35. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination with the roller,carriage and
means for feeding the same, of a wrapper holder comprising a longitudinally
movable rod supported in the carriage, a bent wire having one end journaled in
the inner end of said rod, a lever pivoted between its ends on a support movable
with the carriage and having its upper end adjustably attached to the rod and its
lower end bifurcated and bent in reverse directions, and a longitudinally adjustable
plate on a fixed part of the machine having a bent end arranged in the path of
the lower end of said lever and operating thereon to withdraw and replace said
wrapper holder as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 13th day of September 1898.