Improvements in or relating to Cigar Making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: .Date of Application, 17th June, 1897--Accepted, 31st July, 1897
Improvements in or relating to Cigar Making Machines....
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111 Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex
Chartered Patent Agent (a communication from Société Anonyme Belge de
Machines à Cigares Paillet and Plume of 30' Rue de Luxom Brussels, in the Kingdom
of Belgium), do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the.
following statement :—
This invention relates to a machine for making cigars in which cigars can be
simultaneously rolled up by means of left hand and right hand leaves. The. cigars
are rolled by means of left-hand leave by rolls which turn in the same direction as for
right hand leaves but the axial position of the rolls is reversed, so that the point is in
the opposite direction for instance towards the left instead of towards the right hand
side whereby the direction of the rolling is reversed. This enables the mechanism of
a cigar making machine to be advantageously doubled by making the same driving
shafts drive two pairs of rolls, arranged in the opposite direction so that one pair can
work the right handed leaves and the other the left hand leaves as illustrated in
Figs. 1 to 4.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show respectively a front elevation a side elevation and a plan of
the duplicated machine.
Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section and elevation of the arrangement of the rolling"
rolls. One pair of rolls CC (Figs. 1 & 2) rolls from left to right and the
other pair C C₁ from right to left; the machine thus produces a double number of
cigars as compared with a machine rolling only in one direction..
The present invention also relates to an arrangement of two rolls for giving the
required shape to the cigars and a guide roll and a knife for forming the point or end q
and a device for securing or cementing the end.
The third, lower roll G has exactly the same shape as the two upper shaping rolls
only instead of freely rotating it is caused to rotate by an intermediate toothed wheel I
secured to a spindle A¹ supported in standards B B..
The peculiarity of the use of the three similarly shaped rolls consists in the special
shape which is necessary in order to enable the two upper rolls and the third roll to'
sufficiently approach the cigar, in order to bring their surfaces within reach or in
contact with the circumference of the cigar throughout its whole length. For this
purpose the ends of the three rolls are provided to a certain distance with narrow
circular grooves of suitable depth which form a corresponding number of thin discs D³.
The three rolls are placed together in such manner that the discs D¹ of the lower
roller G engage with the recesses or grooves of the two upper rolls CC or C¹ C¹ so that
the adjacent surfaces of the three equal rolls coincide with the outline of the cigar
which is thus received and shaped simultaneously by the three rolls.
In order to enable this arrangement to be better understood it is shown separately
in Fig. 4 in cross-section and front elevation. The cigar is in this manner firmly
held between the circumferences of the three rolls.
The knives for final cutting of the ends are marked q q and have the shape of
circular steel discs with sharp edges secured to the spindle A¹ of the lower roll so

page_text: that they shave with their cutting edges the ends of the cigars and thus remove
projecting parts of the leaf as it is rolled up so that a perfectly smooth end is
obtained.
The cementing device for the end of the leaf consists of a small roller the
circumference of which receives glue from an endless band which is guided over
two rollers and 75 the latter of which rotates in a vessel H filled with cementing
liquid two scrapers h h¹ being employed to remove superfluous cement from both
sides of the band.
As the end of the leaf of tobacco touches the roller 2 it receives sufficient cement
to secure the end of the cigar said end being pressed and shaped by a roller g' in th
form of a truncated cone. The latter rotates loosely on the frame of the rolls and
against the cigar end. The large knife or cutter Q which cuts or trims the head of
the completed cigar is operated by a hand lever I secured to the spindle E and serving
at the same time to determine the distance between the rolls in order to enable the
cigar to be removed and new material introduced. A second lever L¹ serves for the
knife or cutter q¹ of the second set of rolls C¹ C¹ the two pairs of rolls being arranged
so that the various movements required can be conveniently performed
The coupling of the driving spindle A¹ is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing;
by the action of the cam face of the lever L on the edge of the coupling sleeve M the
clutches or claws are liberated the spring R² being compressed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the same is
to be performed I declare that what I claim is :--
1. A cigar making machine comprising three shaping rolls provided with a series
of annular grooves at their ends forming a corresponding series of discs DI
alternating with the grooves in such manner that the discs of the lower roll engage
with the grooves of the upper roll substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In a cigar making inachine of the character described a circular cutter for
cutting the end of the cigar and means for constantly rotating the cutter substantially
as described.
3. In a cigar making machine of the character described the end of the cigar
consisting of a roller which is provided with a small quantity of cementing liquid
by means of an endless band passing over two rollers and through a vessel containing
cementing liquid said vessel being provided with scrapers to remove superfluous
cement substantially as described.
4. In a cigar making. machine of the character described a truncated cone roller
carried loosely in the frame of the rolls and adapted to touch and press the cigar end
whereby the latter is pressed and smoothed substantially as described.
5. In a cigar making machine of the character described duplicate sets of shaping rolls
arranged in opposite directions on the same shafts for the purpose of working
simultaneously right and left hand cut leaves the shaping rolls rotating in the same
direction substantially as described.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete cigar
making machine substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of June 1897
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.