Improvements in Machines for Making All-tobacco Cigarettes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1895-Accepted, 22nd Feb.,, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Making All-tobacco Cigarettes.
I, JACOB STOLL DETRICK, of Number 205 East Preston Street, in the City of
Baltimore and State of Maryland, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to a machine for making all tobacco cigarettes, wherein
a full and complete operation of the machine embodies four distinct sub-
operations, viz. the cutting of a wrapper from a tobacco leaf, the pasting of a
wrapper, the severing of a charge of filler from a continuous filler, and the rolling
up of a charge of filler in a wrapper. These four steps in the production of a
cigarette, are performed successively and simultaneously, so that at each step one
cigarette is finished, or four cigarettes completed in a full operation of the machine,
as will hereinafter fully appear.
In the description of the said invention which follows, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and in which:
Figure 1 is a front view of the machine.
Fig. 2 is a side view.
Fig. 3 is a reverse side view.
Fig. 4 is a plan.
Fig. 5 is a partly sectional front view of the machine with certain parts thereof
removed.
Fig. 6 is a plan of Figure 5.
Fig. 7 is a side view of the machine with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 8 is a partly sectional front view with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 9 is a partly sectional side view with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 10 is a section of Figure 9 taken on the dotted line ... z.
Fig. 11 is a sectional front view of the machine with certain parts thereof
removed.
Fig. 12 is a top view of Figure 11.
Fig. 13 is a sectional side view with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 14 is an exterior side view with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 15 is a front view with certain parts thereof removed.
Fig. 16 is an enlarged top view of an intermittently rotated table forming a part
of the machine.
Fig. 17 is a transverse section of Figure 16.
Fig. 18 is an enlarged underside view of Figure 16.
Figs. 19 to 52 inclusive, are details of the machine, all of which, except Figs. 19,
23, 24, 25, 31, 42 and 43 are enlarged.
Referring now to the drawings, A is the base of the machine, consisting
of a hollow cylindrical casting with a flange a whereby it is secured to the floor.
B is the main frame, which consists of a hollow frustum of a cone, with four
pecings c which give access to its interior. At its lower end, it has a flange b
hereby it is secured to the base A, and at the upper end, another flange d
o which a circular-head C is fastened. In the centre of the head C is a
ownwardly extending boss e in which a spindle D is fitted to have a vertical
ovement only.

page_text: E is an annular table of the same diameter as the head C, and F a plate secured
to the head C having an upwardly extending central boss of which serves as an
additional guide for the spindle D. The annular table E is susceptible of a
circumferential movement about the spindle D, but in the operation of the machine,
it has an intermittent rotary motion of one-fourth of a revolution. In other words,
the table moves around a distance equal to a quarter of a revolution, then stops
for a period of time equal to, say, that (ccupied in performing the said quarter
revolution, then moves on again another quarter, and then stops as before, as will
hereinafter fully appear.
The mechanism whereby this intermittent circumferential motion of the table is
accomplished, consists as follows:
G is the main driving shaft supported in suitable boxes y, cast as a part of the
frame B. At one end of the driving shaft G is a loose driving pulley H, having
its outer end or face provided with clutch teeth adapted to engage with a clutch
susceptible of a longitudinal movement on a feather, to admit of its engagement
and disengagement with the clutch face of the pulley.
To move the clutch, the driving shaft is bored throughout its length, and in the
hole thus formed is a longitudinally moving rod J, having a collar which comes
in contact with the clutch. At the other end, the rod J is provided with a slotted
block h.
K is a lever having a handle at its upper end, fulcrummed to a bracket i
projecting from the frame B. This hand-lever is pivoted to the slotted block h, so
that by a movement of the lever, the clutch can be either connected with or
disengaged from the clutch face of the driving pulley, to start or stop the operation
of the machine.
To the driving shaft G is keyed a pinion L, which is in engagement with a
master gear wheel M fastened to the secondary shaft N, which is supported by a
stand O, and also by a cross bar P (see Fig. 31) bolted to the frame B and which
spans the rear opening c therein. Q.is a lever pivoted to a bracket & on the top of
the base A, having a toothed sector m at its upper end, which is in gear with a
beveled pinion n on a vertical shaft o (see Figs. 5 and 41). This shaft o is adapted
to turn within a revoluble sleeve p, which is supported in a bearing 9 pendent from
the underside of the fixed head of the frame B.
In
R is a roller on a stud r on the front face of the lever Q (see Fig. 41), which
enters an irregular groove s¹ in the rear face of the master gear wheel (see Fig. 42),
and rests against the edges or faces of the groove which constitute the cam.
the rotation of the master gear wheel M, the lever Q with its toothed segment m
is made to vibrate, and there is such proportion between the diameter of the
beveled pinion n and the stroke of the sector m, that the said pinion at each stroke
of the sector, makes one revolution, and then returns to its original position.
In other words, in the operation of the machine, the pinion n makes one complete
revolution in one direction, and then returns or makes a complete revolution in
the other.
As before stated, the table E is annular, and it will be seen that its inner edge
is provided with teeth after the manner of a gear wheel, as shown in Figs. 16, 17,
18, 19 and 20. The sleeve which is loose in the bearing y terminates at its
up per end in a pinion S (see Figs. 5 and 6), which is in engagement with the teeth
on the inner edge of the annular table E, and the pitch diameters of the pinion
and the teeth on the table, are as four to one. In other words, should the
pinion be made to revolve once, the table will make one-fourth of a revolution
only.
S' is a spring-held pawl (see Figs. 32 and 33), on a small plate t on the upper
face of a pinion S, and which is adapted to engage with a single tooth u in a circular
cup w which is keyed to the shaft o. From the foregoing description it will be
seen that upon each revolution of the master wheel M, the lever Q with its toothed
sector m makes one double stroke which causes the beveled pinion n with its shaft o
to make a complete revolution in one direction, and another complete revolution in

page_text: a contrary direction. Now it will be seen that in one direction of rotation of the
bevelled pinion n and its shaft, the pawl S' will effect a complete revolution of the
sleeve p and the pinion S which is in gear with the teeth of the annular table E,
and that in its reverse revolution, the pawl is inoperative to move the sleeve and
pinion and only clicks in passing the tooth u. As the same time is occupied in the
rotation of the shaft o in both directions, it is evident that the table will stop after
each quarter revolution, for the same period of time as that occupied in performing-
the said quarter revolution.
While the mechanism described is theoretically adapted to effect accuracy in the
distance moved by the table at each revolution of the pinion S, in practice, means
are required to make the movements of the table mathematically correct. [ effect
this result by providing the head C with one hole and the table E with four
holes al at a common distance apart, and arrange a dowel pin b1 to pass into the
registering holes (see Fig. 15) at the moment that the table completes its quarter
revolution and thereby hold the table accurately in position during the cigarette
making operations which are then being performed. Before the table starts again
on its quarter revolution, the dowel più has to be withdrawn from the hole a 1, as
will be readily understood.
To actuate the dowel pin, and at the same time support it, I extend that device
in a downward direction through a bearing bracket cl which projects from some
part of the frame B, and secure to the dowel pin, a block d 1. The said bracket
has an arm el leading horizontally from its lower end to which is pivoted a lever T
which at its outer end is connected to the block d 1, by a link v (see Fig. 15).
The lever T carries a roller V which rests on the circumference of a cam W on
the secondary shaft N, which is of such shape as will effect the operation of the
dowel pin b1 before described. As the cam serves only to lift the dowel pin b1,.
I effect its downward movement, and retain the roller V in contact with the
cam W, by means of a spiral spring X which is confined end wise between the upper
bearing fi of the dowel pin, and the block d 1. This spring is compressed in the
upward motion of the dowel pin, and in its extension pushes down the dowel pin
when the cam W allows it to fall.
A1 is a stationary table, (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10,) shown as of rectangular
shape, secured over the intermittently rotated table E, but elevated slightly above
it so as not to interfere with its action. In this stationary table is fastened the
die g 1 which, in connection with a punch hereinafter described, cuts wrappers for
the cigarettes from a tobacco leaf, and as a matter of course, the die is of the same
size and shape as the wrappers to be produced.
B1 is a crosshead secured to the spindle D, and it therefore has a vertical
reciprocating movement in common with the spindle. To the front end of the
crosshead B1 is attached a downwardly extending bar h 1 having a block i at its
lower end. This block is guided by a bracket C1 extending from the central
boss of the plate F.
The block 1 carries the punch j1 adapted to fit the die g 1.
The vertical reciprocating movement of the spindle D and consequently that of
the punch 1 is produced as follows: At the lower end of the spindle D is an
offset arm I supported by a stand m1 bolted to or formed integral with the
stand O before referred to. D1 (see Fig. 5) is a roller on the rear face of the
offset arm 1 which enters a cam slot E1 in the front face of the master gear
wheel M, (see Fig. 9.)
The edges bounding the slot El in the front face of the master wheel M are
operative as in the case of the slot sin the rear face of the said wheel, and the
punch cuts out four wrappers at each revolution of the table E, or one at each
quarter revolution.
As the wrapper when cut by the punch must be pushed from the die and downward
into a pocket arranged for its reception in the intermittently rotated annular
table E, as hereinafter fully described, the said punch is provided with a plunger
plate n 1 (see Figs. 8 and 9) which fits its interior, and is attached to the lower ends.

page_text: of two small rods o1 and p1 which pass through the block 1. The rod ol is
longer than the one p1 and is attached to the outer end of an arm F 1 on the upper
end of a vertically reciprocating bar G 1. This bar passes through the stationary
table A 1, and also through the head C at a point inside of the teeth of the
revoluble table so as not to interfere with the operation of that device, and through
the bracket C1 in which it is free to slide. It receives its reciprocal motion from
a cam H 1 on the secondary shaft N through the medium of a lever L 1 (see Fig. 8)
pivoted to the frame B, and carrying a roller 1 which rests on the periphery of
the cam, and a link s 1 which unites the said lever to a block 1 on the bar G 1.
A spring U1 wound around the bar G 1 and confined endwise between the
block 1 and the underside of the head C retains the roller 1 in contact with the
face or edge of the cam H 1.
The intermittently rotated annular table E, before briefly referred to, has four
wrapper pockets a 2 at equal distances apart into which the wrappers as cut from
the leaf are forced by the plunger plate n 1, (see Figs. 6, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19.)
These pockets have each a disappearing bottom consisting of two sliding
doors 62 (see Figs. 18, 19, 20, 22, 39 and 52) which come together at the centre of
the pocket. The sliding doors 62 have racks c 2 on their side with which toothed
sectors d2 engage. Fig. 18 is an underside view of the intermittently rotated
annular table E with its attachments. These toothed sectors are pivoted at e 2 to
the table E, and have levers f2 carrying pins g2 which project through curved
slots 2 in the said table, and have rollers 2 at their ends, (see Fig. 20.)
Springs y shown in Fig. 18, serve to yieldingly hold the sectors in the position shown
in that figure.
The projecting pins y 2 are used to open the doors 62 to admit of the wrapper
being carried downward to the rolling-up table, as will hereafter fully appear.
It is necessary to have some support for the .wrapper when cut by the punch and
die from the leaf, to keep it in an extended condition until it reaches the sliding
doors 62. To effect this support, a holder ; 2 is placed directly under the
doors 62 and fastened to a vertical rod k 2 adapted to have a sliding movement in
a hanger K 1, (see Figs. 8 and 9.)
The lower end of the sliding rod k 2 has a roller m 2 which rests on the edge of
a cam Land is supported laterally so as not to be thrown out of place by the
motion of the cam, by means of links n 2 which extend from the frame B.
The roller m 2 is retained in contact with the edge of the cam L' by a spring
coiled about the rod k 2 and confined end wise between the hanger Ki and the
block on the end of the rod which carries the roller m 2.
M1 M 1 are spring-held stems, preferably four in number, projecting from the
holder 2. These stems pass through holes in the sliding doors b 2 when closed
and come in contact with the under side of the wrapper a moment before it is
cut from the leaf. The holes in the sliding doors are shown in Figs. 18, 19 and 20,
and marked x. When the wrapper is cut it is held between the ends of these
stems and the plunger-plate n 1, and while thus held it is carried down by the
plunger-plate and the yielding stems to the sliding doors 62, upon which it is left.
The wrapper is subsequently subjected to
described, and as the said operation has a tendency to slide the wrapper in the
a pasting operation, hereinafter
pocket towards the periphery of the revoluble table, it is necessary that the
wrapper should be firmly held. To hold the wrapper each pocket has two
spindles, o 2 and p 2, the former in the pocket and the latter in the rear of the
pocket and within a recess in the intermittently-rotated table, which is not seen
from the top, (see Figs. 22, 39 and 52.) The spindles are geared together at one
end, the gears being represented by q 2 and r 2, and at the center of the spindle p 2
is a third pinion, t 2, (see Figs. 22, 39 and 52), in gear with teeth on a cylindrical
rack N1, the lower end of which enters a circular groove o 2 in the head C. (See
Figs. 22, 24 and 25.)
P1 is a sleeve fastened tightly around the stem o 2, provided with spring-
fingers 2 adapted to rest on the edge of the wrapper.

page_text: Spiral springs a 3 coiled about the stem p2 (see Fig. 34), serve to keep the
cylindrical rack N 1 down on the bottom of the circular groove o 2 (see Fig. 22),
in the head C, and at the same time make the fingers 2 bear on the wrapper.
From the above description it will be understood that when the cylindrical rack
5 is on the bottom of the circular groove o 2 in the head C, the fingers v 2 remain on
the wrapper; but should the said groove have any obstruction in it of such
character as to raise the cylindrical rack, the said fingers will be turned up and
carried to a position where they will not interfere with the introduction of the
wrapper into the pocket.
As the fingers 2 have to be in the elevated position described when the pocket
is under the wrapper-cutting punch, continuity of the circular groove O 2 is broken,
as shown in Figs. 24 and 25, and the said spring fingers are elevated as they
approach and pass under the punch, as shown in Fig. 52.
Now, it is necessary that the fingers v2 should remain up until the wrapper is
fully down on the sliding doors 62, after which they must suddenly drop and press
on the wrapper. This is effected by placing in the groove O2 a block c3, which
practically fills up the said groove for a short distance. The block c3 has a
stem d 3 on its under side, which is connected by a link Q1 to the upper end of
the spring-held lever R 1 fulcrumed at e 3 to a projection f3 on the hanger K 1.
The lower end of the said lever has a roller g 3 which is held against a cam T 1 on
the secondary shaft N. (See Fig. 25.)
At the time that the fingers have to be released so as to drop on and hold the
wrapper, the cam T1 throws back the lever R 1, and the block c3 passing from
under the cylindrical rack N 1 allows that device to fall to its normal position which,
as before described, causes the fingers to fall.
At the time that one wrapper pocket is being supplied with a wrapper, the next.
pocket in advance which has been supplied, is opposite the wrapper-pasting devices,.
which will now be described.
U 1 is a paste box (see Figs. 1, 4 and 28, supported by a bracket 3 from the-
stationary table A 1, and YI a roller which revolves partially within the paste.
box.
WI is a bracket bolted to the frame B, and i3 a brush-holder connected to
the bracket W 1 by a rod j 3.
A 2 is a brush arranged torn in the brush-holder to which it is united by a.
shaft m 3.
A clutch o 3 is fastened to the shaft m 3 (see Fig. 28), and the clutch is turned
by means of a disk p 3 carrying a pawl 93 and a pinion r3, which are free to.
revolve loosely on the said shaft. (See Figs. 28 and 35.)
B2 is a bell-crank placed loosely on the rod j 3, one arm of which has a toothed
sector 3 in gear with the pinion 3. The other arm u 3 is used to operate the
pasting mechanism, as will hereinafter appear.
On the central bearing f of the spindle D, is a bracket s 3, to which is pivoted.
a bell-crank t 3 (see Fig. 28).
One arm of this bell-crank is united by a link a 4 to a stud 64 ou the cross-
head B 1, and the other arm is connected by a link c4 to the arm u3 of the
bell-crank B 2.
It will be seen that in the vertical reciprocating movement of the spindle D,
the pasting brush is revolved, and in its revolution comes in contact with the
paste roller Y 1, which is intermittingly turned by a ratchet device d 4 and a link e 4.
attached to the arm 3 of the bell-crank B 2.
This mechanism is so arranged that the paste brush makes one revolution only,.
each time a wrapper is brought into position to be pasted, and in this revolution it
akes a supply of paste from the paste roller which is moved a portion of a:
evolution at each quarter revolution of the intermittently rotated table.
To retain the wrapper firmly in place in its pocket during the stroke of the paste
rush, a holder of some description is necessary. In Figs. 11 and 12 this is shown
s consisting of a plate f4 at the end of the long arm g4 of a bell-crauk C 2,.

page_text: adapted to rock on the stud h 4.
The short arm of the bell-crank C 2, is jointed
to a vertical spring-held stem i 4, the lower end of which passes through a guide ; 4
and is provided with a block k 4, having a pin m 4 at one side.
To this pin, one arm of a bell-crank D2 is attached, the other arm being fitted
with a roller 4, which rests on a cam E2 formed on one side of the master
wheel M. The cam E 2 is of such character, that as soon as the pocket containing
a wrapper is brought opposite the pasting devices, the plate 4, which has been
elevated, is pressed down onto the wrapper and holds it until the pasting operation
is completed.
A better plan, however, is illustrated in Figs. 37 and 38, in which the vertical
stem i4 is provided with an arm o 4 which is bent down at its end and attached
to the plate f 4.
It is of importance that the pasted portion of the wrappers should be of a
uniform and predetermined width, but to effect this by adjustment of the pasting
brush alone is practically impossible. I therefore provide the plate f 4 with a
shield F 2 (see Figs. 37 and 38), which covers all of the wrapper exposed by the
plate 4, except that part which is to be pasted. The pasting brush is then set
so as to strike the shield as well the wrapper, and the result is that a thorough
pasting is effected, and the pasted portion has a well defined inner edge.
The devices for preparing the charge of tobacco which ultimately becomes the
filler of the cigarette, and placing the same in such position as will admit of its
being deposited on the rolling up table, will now be described.
.
By reference to Figs. 9, 10, 20, 21 and 39, it will be seen that in the rear of
each wrapper pocket is a filler pocket, a 5, into which the charge of tobacco cut
from the compressed filler falls. These filler pockets have each a plate 65 of such
shape as to form not only a bottom to the pocket, but also a back, which back,
when the bottom is in a horizontal position, bears against the rear wall of the
opening (see Figs. 39 and 44). These plates are hinged to the underside of the
intermittently rotated table E, and springs c5 (Fig. 18) are coiled about the pin d5
of the hinge to keep the plates yieldingly in the position described.
The members of the hinge which move with the plate 5, have small arms e 5
(Fig. 44), which normally rest under holes f5 (see Fig. 20) in the said inter-
mittently rotated table, and at one point in the revolution of the table, certain pins
hereinafter described, descend through the holes f5 and striking the arms e 5,
partially invert the plates 65, so as to drop the filler charge onto the apron of the
rolling-up table, as will hereinafter fully appear. At other times the plates rest on
the upper face of the head C and cannot be turned down by force applied to them
from the top side.
G2 is a trough bolted to the frame B, and also to a bracket H 2 on the central
boss f, diametrically opposite the device for punching the wrapper from the leaf.
Within this trough are two pulleys 12 and J 2, and around these is stretched the
lower feeding belt K2 for the compressed filler. The pulley 1 2 has an intermittent
movement derived from the shaft L as hereinafter described. To effect this
intermittent movement, the secondary shaft N carries a mitre pinion M 2 in gear
with a similar pinion N 2 on a counter shaft O¹. (See Figs. 9, 10 and 31.)
At the end of the counter shaft O¹ is a grooved arm P 2 carrying a block i 5
which is adjustable in distance from the centre of the counter shaft by means of a
8 rew. The block 5 has a pin j5 which is connected to a ratchet arm k 5 on the
shaft L 2 by means of a rod m 5.
This ratchet arm k 5 has a pawl n' shown only in dotted lines in Fig. 9, the end
of which rests on the circumference of a ratchet wheel Q 2 on the shaft L 2.
From this description it will be seen that the secondary shaft revolves in common
with the counter shaft and that the proportion of the revolution which the shaft L 2
makes at each complete turn of the counter shaft, depends entirely on the distance
of the block i5 from the centre of it. In other words, by moving out the block,
the pawl has a greater stroke, and takes in, in its return or clicking movement, a
greater number of the ratchet teeth.

page_text: On the shaft L2 is a sprocket wheel no which, through the medium of a chain
helt o 5, drives a similar sprocket p5 on the shaft of the pulley I 2 which is the
driving pulley for the lower feeding belt K 2.
The upper feed belt is denoted by R 2 and it is supported by two pulleys S2
5 and T 2 the latter of which is driven from the shaft L2 by means of the gears U 2
and V 2.
W2 is a presser foot adapted to have a vertical movement in the inner end of.
the feed trough G2 to compress the continuous filler at that point. It is arranged
to slide in grooves in the side walls of the filler trough, and to lift before any
movement of tobacco in the trough towards the centre of the machine, effected by
the feed belts before described, takes place.
To effect the upward motion of the presser foot, and to allow of its having
yielding pressure on the filler, the presser foot is fitted with two stems 5 which
project from its upper edge and pass loosely through lugs r5 on the crosshead B 1
(see Figs. 47 and 48). The lift of the presser foot is regulated by the position of
the nuts s 5 on the stems q5 and the downward pressure of the foot, by the strength
of the springs 5 coiled about the stems which bear end wise against the lugs r 5
and the top edge of the presser foot.
In front of the presser foot, is a sliding block A 3 having a knife a 6 at its lower
end which is closely in contact with the inner face of the presser foot.
shears off the portion of the compressed filler which is projected by the feed
This knife
mechanism, beyond the presser foot, and allows it to fall to that filler pocket a 5 in
the intermittently rotated table, which at the time is directly below it.
This knife block has a stem 66 whereby it is fastened to the crosshead B-1 and
it consequently has a vertical reciprocating motion in unison with the crosshead.
In the side of the sliding knife block A 3 next to the centre of the machine, is a
cavity in which is seated a vertically moving plunger B 3 which serves to slightly
compress the tobacco sheared off by the knife after it is dropped into the filler
pocket. Its movement, effected as hereinafter described, is so timed that it comes
into contact with the charge as soon as the same has reached the bottom of the
pocket. In order to somewhat round up the filler charge in the pocket, in the
compressing operation described, and thereby better adapt it for subsequent
manipulations, the lower end or edge of the compressing plunger B3 is made
hollow, as shown in Fig. 47.
To accomplish the movement of the plunger B 3 herein before briefly referred to,
I employ a rod C 3 which is suitably guided and supported, and to the upper end
of it, secure an arm D 3 having at its end two small rods c 6 which are attached to
the plunger. Movement is given to the rod C 3 through the agency of a cam E 3
(see Fig. 2), on a shaft F 3 not before referred to, and a bell-crank G 3 one arm of
which is pivoted to the said rod, and the other provided with a roller d 6 which
rests on the cam E 3. A spring f6, as in the other cam movements described,
serves to keep the roller in contact with the cam (see Fig. 2).
H 2 is the rolling up table on which the wrapper is applied to the filler. It is
situated on the side of the machine opposite to the pasting devices, and partially
under the head C and the intermittently rotated table E.
ituation of the rolling up table the opening c in the frame at that side of the
To admit of this
nachine, is continued to the top and the head cut away.
The rolling up table is secured to the frame by two brackets I-3 one on each side,
nd has a curved surface after the manner of tables of this class.
J3 is the rolling-up apron (see Fig. 26) permanently attached at one end to a
od K 3 supported by the bars L 3, secured to the sides of the table H 3. At the
ther end, the apron is secured to a cross lever M 3 fulcrummed at g
able H 3, and pivoted to the upper end of a link N 3 jointed to another link 03
to the
inged to a bracket P3 which is bolted to a hanger Q3 pendent from the
able H 3. At the point of connection of the links N 3 and 03 is a roller / 6
hich rests on a cam i 6 on the shaft F 3 which is under the rolling-up table H 3.
This shaft F 3 is driven from the secondary shaft N by the gears R 3 and. S.3, the

page_text: last named being on the shaft F 3. A spring T3 serves to move the lever M 3 in
the direction opposite to that effected by the cam i 6.
U3 is a shaft supported by brackets 6 bolted to the base A, carrying the
rolling-up arms V 3 which are side by side, and at their upper ends.united by the
bunching roller m 6 over which the apron J 3 is drawn.
The upper part of the table H 3 is formed of a block A 4, and near its rear end
is formed the pocket or loop shown in Fig. 15, into which the charge of tobacco to
form a filler is finally deposited to be rolled up in the pasted wrapper.
The means for forming the pocket in the apron J3 consists of a transverse
finger 6 having at its end a hub o 6 whereby it is fastened to the top of a
vertically moving bar p 6 suitably guided in brackets 76. The lower end of this
bar is hinged in any suitable manner to a lever r6 pivoted to the hanger Q3. A
roller s 6 on the lever r6 rests on a cam B4 on the shaft F 3.
A spring shown
only in dotted lines, Fig. 15, is coiled about the rod p and compressed between the
upper bearing bracket 96 and a collar t 6 on the rod, and serves to keep the
rollers 6 in contact with the cam.
To get the vibratory movement of the rolling-up arms V 3, the shaft U 3 has an
arm C4 carrying a roller v6, which is held in contact with the cam D 4 by means
of a spring E 4. If desired the spring E 4 inay be assisted by another, as shown
in Figs. 13 and 14.
As a pocket containing a wrapper, and another containing a charge of filler, come
over the rolling-up table, the wrapper has to be deposited on the rolling-up apron,
and the charge of filler dropped into the loop or pocket formed in the same.
The first of these operations is performed by means of the following described
mechanism.
The sliding doors 62 in the wrapper pocket at this time are supporting the
wrapper, and before the wrapper can be carried down to the apron these doors
must be separated and moved out of the way. It will be remembered that the
pins g2 which project above the intermittently rotated table E and have rollers
ou their ends, are in curved slots 2 which allow of the pins being drawn back
to open the doors. This is accomplished by the ends of the pins with their rollers
entering a plate F 4 (Fig. 27) having a groove a 7 which is concentric with the path
of the said pins in the revolution of the table E.
This grooved plate slides forward and backward in grooved guides b7 bolted to
the upper side of the plate F, (see Fig. 4.) When the plate F 4 is in its extreme
forward position, the pins g 2 enter its groove without deviating from their path, and
consequently the doors 62 are not opened.
To draw the plate F 4 back, and thereby simultaneously open the doors 62,
the said plate is provided near its rear end with a slotted lug c7 connected to a
pin d 7 in a short cross lever e 7 pivoted to the arm G 4, which, like the other
arms, extends from the central bearing of the plate F. The upper end of this
cross lever e 7 has a pin f7 carrying a roller y 7 which rests in a slot 7 in a
hanger H 4 dependent from the vertically moving crosshead B 1. The upper and
major portion of the slot h7 is straight and vertical, but the lower portion is curved
and turns inward towards the centre of the machine.
When the pin and roller are at the end of the inwardly curved portion of the
slot h 7, the doors are closed, but upon the downward movement of the crosshead B1
and the hanger H 4 the roller is guided into the straight part of the slot, and by this
motion the plate F 4 is drawn back or towards the centre of the machine, and the
doors 62 thereby opened.
To open the bottom of the filler pocket and discharge its contents to the pocket
in the rolling-up apron, a stem I 4 is attached to the arm J 4 of the crosshead B 1
and guided in a boss K 4 on the arm G 4 (see Fig. 27). On this stem I 4 are two
elongated heads L 4 carrying two rods 7 (see Figs. 31, 11 and 39) which pass
through slots 7 in the sliding plate F 4 and through holes f5 in the intermittently
rotated table E so as to strike the arms e 5 on the hinge pins of the filler pocket
bottom 65 as the crosshead descends.

page_text: When the wrapper is brought over the rolling-up apron it is resting on the
sliding doors 2, and should the doors open or disappear without the wrapper
being supported the wrapper would fall to the apron and become disarranged. To
obviate this and conduct the wrapper in an extended and straight condition to the
apron, the wrapper is carried down between a top presser and yielding supporting
rods underneath.
The presser consists of a plate M 4 (see Figs. 13, 29 and 30), on a stem N 4 guided
in a boss 04 on the arm G 4. The upper end of the stem N 4 is fastened to an
arm P4 on a rod Q 4 guided in any suitable manner, and pivoted to a lever R 4
hinged to the banger Q3. A roller m 7 on this lever bears on the edge of a cam S4
on the shaft F 3. A spring, as in the other cam mechanisms described herein, keeps
the roller m 7 in contact with the cam S 4.
Referring to Figs. 29 and 30 it will be seen that the presser-plate M 4 is provided
at its under side with a hinged spring-held holding plate T4 having fingers o 7.
The object of this attachment to the presser-plate M4 is to hold the wrapper on the
apron until the rolling-up operation has fully commenced and there is no danger of
the wrapper becoming displaced.
The rise of the presser-plate does not take place until the loop or pocket of the
apron has passed onto the fingers o 7, but when the wrapper is fully caught the
spring plate is drawn from the wrapper and ascends with the presser.
A stem U 4 (Figs. 11 and 23), directly under the one N 4 has heads p7, from which
project upward, four or more small spring-held rods 27. The lower end of the
stem U 4 is jointed to a lever V 4 fulcrumed to the hanger Q 3. This lever has a
roller 7 which bears on the edge of the cam W 4 on the shaft F 3.
In the upward motion of the stem U 4 the four small rods q 7 are passed through
holes 99 in the rolling-up table, and similar holes 9 in the apron (see Fig. 49), and
through the slots s 7 (Figs. 18, 19 and 20), in the sliding doors 62, so as to come in
contact with the under side of the wrapper.
In this operation the small rods 97 touch the under side of the wrapper at the
same moment that the presser M 4, or rather its hinged plate T 4, comes in contact
with its upper side.
At this time the sliding doors 62 open, and then the presser descends, together
with the supporting rods, and the wrapper is placed on the rolling-up apron
in a straight and extended condition. The presser then ascends and the four
supporting rods fall below the surface of the table so as to clear the rolling-up
aprou.
The rolling-up levers now move outward and complete the cigarette, except
as to its length, which falls to a chute X 4 leading to some suitable receptacle.
The cigarette formed as described does not, however, have square ends, and the
filler projects somewhat beyond the wrapper, and as absolute uniformity in
length is required, the cigarette before passing to the chute must have its ragged
ends cut off.
To accomplish this, the cigarette drops on two spurs A 5, which are sharpened at
the edges and form a continuation of the sides of the chute X 4. A small shaft A 8
supported over the chute X 4 carries two curved knives B5 which, after the
cigarette is caught by the spurs, are suddenly thrown down and, in connection with
the sharpened edges of the spurs, shear off the ragged ends of the cigarette and
allow the perfected cigarette to fall to the chute.
To force the uncut cigarette onto the spurs, extensions of the sides of the
chute are provided with spring wires 68, which are carried back or compressed
by the rod m 6, which connects the ends of the rolling-up levers V 3. As the
said levers move back the compressed springs, in assuming their original position
press on the cigarette while it is leaving the rolling-up apron and force it onto
the spurs.
To effect the operation of the knives B 5 their pivoted shaft A 8 has an arm a 9,
which is connected by a link 69 to a lever c 9 (see Fig. 50), secured by a lug d 9 to
some part of the frame B not shown.

page_text: The lever c9 has a tooth e 9 which rests with spring tension, against the circum-
ference of a disk f9 on the shaft F 3, which disk has an indentation g 9 into which
the tooth e 9 will enter once at each revolution of the shaft F 3, and thereby cause
the knives B5 to perform their cutting stroke.
As the starting and stopping of the machine has to be under the control of the
attendant sitting at the table À 1, and as his hands are at all times occupied in
placing tobacco leaves under the wrapper cutting punch, the movement of the
clutch I has to be operated by foot power, I therefore attach to the lower end of
the hand lever K a link A 9 which connects it to an arm B 9 attached in any suitable
manner to a treadle C 9. On this treadle the operator places his foot.
Inclined spouts C 5 situated outside of the chute X 4 receive and carry off the
ends of the cigarette severed by the knives.
The general operation of the machine is as follows:
The operator standing in front of the stationary table, as soon as the punch is
elevated, places a tobacco leaf under it.
The punch on entering the die cuts a wrapper for the leaf. The supporting
stems have meantime come up from below to a point lerel with the top of the die
which is their highest point. The plunger plate inside the punch, when the punch
is at its highest elevation, stands above the lower edge of the punch, but in
descending has a faster motion than the punch and descends with the punch until
the leaf which rests above the die and on the supporting stems is caught between the
stems and the plunger, and held by them when the wrapper is cut. The supporting
stems are each independently elastic, being mounted on a spring, so that should
there be any irregularity in their length the long one would be pushed down by the
plunger plate and the level of their tops maintained; so too, if a vein in the wrapper
should fall on top of one stem, that stem would be independently depressed and
the others still maintain their hold upon the wrapper.
The plunger and stems holding the wrapper then descend together under the
influence of their respective cams, until the stems have passed below the sliding
doors and the wrapper lies upon them held down by the plunger plate. Before
raising the plunger plate the wrapper must be caught and securely held by suitable
devices so as not to become displaced. These devices before fully described
consist of the spring fingers v2 v2, carried by the rotating sleeve P 1. When the
intermittently rotated table E turns and carries a wrapper pocket under the punch
to receive a wrapper, the same motion of the table raises the vertical rack N'ı and
the fingers 2 into a vertical position. The rack N 1 rests upon the wedge c 3 which
is controlled by a cam and lever which are so arranged that at the instant at which
the wrapper rests upon the bed, the wedge c 3 is withdrawn from below the rack N 1,
and the fingers descend upon the edge of the wrapper and hold it. The plunger
plate then rises, and the table E moves a quarter of a revolution and stops, which
brings the pocket containing a wrapper, still held by the spring fingers v2 v2,
opposite the pasting devices.
The holding plate f4 and its shield F 2 (shown in Figs. 37 and 38) descends and
rests upon the wrapper leaving only a small portion exposed at the front edge to
which paste is applied by a revolution of the pasting brush. The continued
revolution of the cam E2 brings the high portion of said cam in contact with the
roller n 4 and lifts the holding plate from the wrapper, and leaves the table free to
move again, which it does, turning a quarter of a revolution. The wrapper is still
held by the fingers v2. There is a table, not shown, placed over the filler feeding
trough, having an opening through which loose tobacco is inserted in the said
trough and packed down on to the lower feeding belt, to a proper consistency and
thickness, by a second attendant.
This layer of filler is of a width equal to the length of the cigarettes to be made,
and is carried by the belt on which it is placed, under the upper feed belt R 2 and
presser foot W 2, toward the centre of the machine, and at the time of the arrival
of the pasted wrapper, carried by the intermittently rotating table, opposite to it,
a proper length of compressed filler equal when compressed to the diameter of a

page_text: cigarette, has been projected beyond the inner face of the presser foot and under
the shearing knife. The rotation of the table E carrying the wrapper has also
brought under the shearing knife and its compressing plunger, a filler receiving
pocket which is immediately in the rear of the wrapper pocket. The knife now
descends and the projecting portion of filler is sheared off and falls into the filler
receiving pocket, and rests on its bottom which is provided with ribs or
corrugations to prevent the filler shifting sideways by the rapid motion of the
revolving table.
Following the shearing knife, the filler former or compressing plunger B 3
descends, and shapes and consolidates the filler in the filler pocket.
The intermittently rotary table now moves again another quarter revolution,
which brings the filler and wrapper over the rolling up table, just prior to the
arrival of the filler and wrapper over the rolling up table, the finger. 6 actuated
by the cam B 4 has pressed the apron J3 down and formed a depression to receive
the filler, and immediately ascends, getting out of the way of the filler.
It is now necessary to drop the filler into the pocket of the rolling up apron, and
lay the wrapper upon the apron simultaneously. The filler is dropped as
follows:
The pins 7 actuated by the crosshead B1 and its attachments pass_down
through the slots j7 in the sliding plate F 4 and the holes f5 in the table E. and
striking upon the ends of the levers on the ends of the hinge pins of the bottom
plate of the filler pocket, depress it and drop its contents into the loop or pocket
of the rolling up apron. Simultaneously with this action the rods q 7 actuated by
the cam W 4 pass up through the holes 99 and r9 respectively in the rolling up
table and apron and also through the slots in the sliding doors 62 until they bear
against the underside of the wrapper which is resting upon the doors, lifting the
wrapper slightly off the doors. At the same time the rod N 4 carrying its presser
plate M 4 and binged finger plate T 4 descends, actuated by its cam S4, and rests
upon the top of the wrapper which is supported by the rods from below. Just
prior to the wrapper reaching its position over the rolling up table, the fingers v 2
have released their hold upon the wrapper.
After the wrapper has been caught between the rods q 7 and the presser plate M4,
the descent of the crosshead B 1 carries the slotted arm H 4 down, actuates the
lever e7, and moves the sliding plate F4 backward toward the centre of the
machine. The rollers g 2 which project through the intermittently rotated table E,
have meanwhile passed into the groove a 7 in plate F4 which is drawn back by
them, and the doors 62 are opened sideways quickly from beneath the wrapper,
leaving it held and stretched between the presser plate M4 and the rods g 7. The
shape of the cams W 4 and S4 are such, that the presser plate M 4 and the rods q7
will now be caused to descend together, still holding the wrapper between them.
As the rods q7 pass below the rolling up. apron, the wrapper will rest upon it
and be held there firmly by the presser plate M4. The bunching roller m 6
actuated by its levers V 3 now moves forward rolling the filler within the rolling
up apron, and still forward until it has caught the edge of the wrapper and the
fingers o 7 of the hinged plate T4, when it stops for an instant and the presser
plate M4 ascends, drawing the fingers o 7 from under the roller. The roller then
continues and completes the rolling of the wrapper upon the filler, and drops the
cigarette upon the spurs A 5.
When the presser plate M 4 has passed up through the wrapper packet a 2, the
doors 62 close and the table E revolves and brings the pocket under the wrapper
cutter for another wrapper.
The knives now drop and sever the ragged ends of the cigarette and it is
finished.
It will be understood that four distinct operations, that is to say, cutting a
wrapper, pasting a wrapper, cutting a filler and rolling up the filler in a wrapper,
are performed simultaneously, which results in the production of a completed

page_text: In other words, four
cigarette at each quarter of a revolution of the table E.
complete cigarettes are made during one revolution of the said table.
A tobacco cigarette wrapper in the moist condition in which it has to be worked
is frail, besides being sticky, and is difficult to handle. To handle it successfully
it is necessary that it should never be released from the moment at which it is cut
from the leaf until it is wrapped in a pasted condition upon the filler.
To accomplish this result I use the devices and the succession of movements
described herein.
As soon as the leaf is stretched across the die it is caught between the stems and
plunger plate, and while so held is cut from the leaf. By the stems and plunger
plate it is placed flat and undisturbed on the doors forming the bottom of the
pocket prepared for its reception. It is then caught at its inner edge by the spring
fingers, by which it is firmly held until it is delivered to the devices employed to
place it upon the rolling-up table. In order to insure against its disturbance by
the action of the pasting brush it is held by a holding, plate which rests upon it
while it is being pasted. It then passes to the rolling-up table, and while still
resting upon the sliding doors is caught between the presser plate and the six
upwardly moving rods by which it is raised slightly from the sliding doors and
supported. The doors are then withdrawn and the wrapper still held between the
rods and the presser plate, is lowered to the rolling-up apron, the rods passing
through and below the apron, and leaving the wrapper resting thereon still held
firmly down and flat by the presser plate. The bunching roller then rolls the filler
in the apron and comes forward and securely bites the edge of the wrapper before
the presser plate releases it. It is then rolled and the cigarette is finished. It is
thus seen that there is no instant during which the wrapper is not securely held
and prevented from buckling or getting out of place.
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 what I
claim is:
1. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a wrapper
pocket having a perforated bottom, a die situated over the wrapper pocket, a punch
adapted to enter the die, a plunger plate arranged to have a reciprocating movement
within the punch, stems which pass through the perforations in the pocket bottom
and serve to support the cut wrapper, and means to effect the operation of the
punch and plunger plate, separately, and other means to cause the stems to
co-operate with the plunger plate so as to clamp the cut wrapper and carry it
down in an extended condition to the perforated pocket bottom, substantially as
specified.
2. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a wrapper
pocket having a perforated bottom, a die situated over the pocket, a punch adapted
to enter the die, a plunger plate arranged to have a reciprocating movement
within the punch, stems which pass through the perforations in the pocket bottom
and serve to support the cut wrapper, mechanism to effect the operation of the
punch and plunger plate and the co-operation of the stems with the plunger plate
to clamp the wrapper and convey it in an extended condition to the bottom of the
wrapper pocket, and means to move the pocket inclosing the wrapper away, or
from under the punch and die, substantially as specified.
3. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination with a wrapper
pocket having a perforated bottom, and a punch and die situated over the pocket, &
plunger plate adapted to rest within the punch and means to carry it downward
from and out of the punch, a series of stems which penetrate the perforated pocket
bottom and mechanism to bring the upper ends of the stems up to the plunger plate
and then effect their movement in common with the plunger plate until the
wrapper situated between them is deposited upon the pocket bottom, substantially
as specified

page_text: 4. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a wrapper pocket having a
slotted bottom and means for opening the bottom, combined with a wrapper-
carrying plunger plate situated above the pocket, mechanism to effect a reciprocating
motion of the plunger plate, a series of stems which penetrate the pocket bottom
through the slots and devices to effect a reciprocating motion of the stems,
substantially as specified.
5. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a rolling-
up table having openings therein, and an apron with openings therein which register
with those in the table, a presser plate to push a cigarette wrapper down to the
apron with means to effect a vertical reciprocating movement of the presser plate,
and a series of rods with devices to bring their upper ends into contact with the
underside of the wrapper, and then carry them down with the presser plate and
wrapper, until the wrapper is seated on the rolling-up apron, substantially as
specified.
6. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination with a table
having a wrapper pocket provided with an opening bottom and means for opening
it, of a rolling-up table and an apron having openings which register one with the
other, a presser plate with means to push it down through the wrapper pocket as
the bottom thereof is opened and thereby press the wrapper to the rolling-up
apron, reciprocating rods which pass up through the openings in the said rolling-up
table and apron, and mechanism to effect a common movement of the said rods
and the presser plate, whereby the wrapper, while supported from above and
below, is transferred from the pocket to the rolling-up apron, substantially as
specified.
7. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of an inter-
mittently rotated table having a wrapper pocket with a perforated bottom, a die
situated over the wrapper pocket, a punch with means to reciprocate it and thereby
move its cutting edge into and out of the die, a plunger plate with devices to move
it into and out of the punch, stems which pass through the perforations in the
bottom of the pocket with means to operate them, the said stems being lowered
by the said plunger plate, to seat the wrapper, and fingers with means to
operate them to hold the wrapper to the bottom of the pocket as the plunger
plate ascends and leaves the wrapper, and the table moves on, substantially as
specified.
8. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a table
having a wrapper pocket, a wrapper holder and shield of a width less than the
wrapper, with means to bring them down onto the wrapper while the same is
seated in the pocket, and a pasting brush with devices to revolve it and
thereby apply paste to the exposed portion only of the wrapper, substantially as
specified.
9. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a table
having wrapper and filler pockets, a punch and die situated over the said table,
devices to place a wrapper cut by the punch and die into a wrapper pocket, &
filler-making device with means to deliver the filler into a filler pocket, a rolling-
up table and apron, means to intermittingly revolve the table, and mechanism to
deposit the wrapper and filler onto the apron of the rolling-up table, the said
operations being performed successively, substantially as specified.
10. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a rolling up table and apron
and means to operate the apron, combined with an intermittently rotated table
arranged over the rolling up table, having wrapper and filler pockets in pairs,
devices to charge the said pockets respectively with wrappers and fillers, wrapper
pasting apparatus, and mechanism to intermittently rotate the table and thereby
bring the pockets in pairs, that is to say, a filler pocket and a wrapper pocket,
successively over the said rolling up table and discharge their contents to the apron
thereof, substantially as specified.
11. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a rolling up table and apron
and means to operate the apron, combined with a revoluble table arranged over

page_text: the rolling up table, having wrapper and filler pockets in pairs, devices to charge the
said pockets respectively with wrappers and fillers, wrapper pasting apparatus, and
mechanism to intermittently rotate the table and thereby bring the pockets in pairs,
that is to say, a filler pocket and a wrapper pocket, successively over the said
rolling up table and discharge their contents to the apron thereof, substantially as
-specified.
12. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a rolling up table and apron
and means to operate the apron, combined with a revoluble table arranged over the
rolling up table, having pockets for fillers, and others for the wrappers so relatively
placed as to admit of a filler and a wrapper pocket being brought simultaneously
over the rolling up table, a punch and die.in the circular path of the wrapper
pockets to cut wrappers, and attendant devices to deposit the cut wrappers in
the wrapper pockets, a pasting apparatus, a filler feeding apparatus, a knife to
cut from a continuous filler charges for the filler pockets, mechanism to inter-
mittently move the table and thereby bring a wrapper and filler together over
the rolling up table and conduct the same to the apron thereof, substantially as
-specified.
13. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a revoluble table having wrapper
and filler pockets in pairs arranged on common radial lines and at equal circum-
ferential distances apart, wrapper and filler cutting devices on a diametrical line
on opposite sides of the revoluble table, pasting and rolling up apparatus on a
diametrical line at a right angle with the first diametrical line, mechanism to
intermittingly revolve the table, and bring each pair of pockets successively to the
wrapper cutting devices, the pasting devices, the filler feeding devices, and the
rolling up table, and mechanism to charge the said pockets and discharge them to
the rolling up table, combined substantially as specified.
14. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of rolling-
up mechanism, a revoluble table having pockets for wrappers, with mechanism to
carry the said pockets over the rolling-up mechanism, a punch and die to cut
wrappers, together with means to push the punched out wrappers to their pockets,
and other means to support the wrappers in their passage to the said pockets
from the under side thereof until seated on the bottom of the pockets, substantially
as specified.
15. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, an intermittently rotated
table having pockets adapted to receive charges of tobacco which ultimately
become fillers, a feeding mechanism, a knife to shear off charges of filler, a plunger
to press the charges in the pockets, a rolling-up table, and devices to drop the
charges from their pockets onto the said table as the latter moves from the filler
feeding mechanism and as the pockets come over the same, combined substantially
as specified.
°
16. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a revoluble table having
pockets for wrappers with opening bottoms, a punch and die to cut wrappers, and
mechanism to convey the wrappers from the punch and die to their pockets, a
rolling-up table aud apron, mechanism to rotate the pocketed table and bring the
pockets containing wrappers in succession over the rolling-up table, devices to open
the bottoms of the pockets while the same are over the rolling-up table, and others
to support the wrappers from the bottom after the opening of the bottom doors, and
mechanism to push the supported wrappers to the rolling-up apron, combined
substantially as specified.
17. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, an intermittently rotated
table having pockets for fillers with invertible bottoms, apparatus to charge the said
pockets, a rolling-up table and apron, devices to rotate or turn the pocketed table
and bring the charged pockets in succession over the rolling-up apron, and mechanism
to invert the said bottoms and thereby drop the contained charges to the loop of the
rolling-up apron, combined substantially as specified.
18. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, the combination of rolling-up
mechanism, an intermittently rotated table having pockets for wrappers with opening

page_text: bottoms, devices to open the bottoms, mechanism to cut wrappers and insert them.
in a supported condition in the said pockets and onto the opening bottoms thereof,
spring fingers with means to make them fall on and hold the wrappers on the said
bottoms and thereby prevent their subsequent displacement as the table moves.
and until the said wrappers are carried down to the rolling-up apron, substantially
as specified:
19. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a revoluble table having-
pockets for wrappers and devices to cut the wrappers and insert them in the
pockets, a pasting device, mechanism to bring the charged pockets to the pasting
device, a plate and means to bring it down onto each wrapper to hold it during
the pasting operation and means for operating it, all combined substantially as.
specified.
20. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, an intermittently rotated
table having a pocket for wrappers and means to place a wrapper in the pocket,.
a paste receptacle, mechanism to bring the pocket with its contained wrapper to.
the paste receptacle, a shield adapted to cover only a portion of the wrapper, with
devices to bring the shield down onto the wrapper, and mechanism to take paste
from the receptacle and apply it to the shield and wrapper, combined substantially.
as specified.
21. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a rotating table having a.
wrapper pocket with a bottom in sections, means to place a wrapper in the pocket,
a rolling-up table and apron, means to separate the sections of the pocket bottom
and devices to carry the wrapper through the pocket to the rolling-up apron,.
combined substantially as specified.
22. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a rotary table having
pockets for wrapper, combined with a pasting device which consists of a paste
box, a roller which is coated with paste from the box and rotary brush with.
means to intermittently rotate the brush and thereby take paste from the
roller and transfer it to the edge of the wrapper in the pocket, substantially as .
specified.
23. In a machine for making all-tobacco cigarettes, a revoluble table having a.
wrapper pocket with an opening bottom, a rolling-up table and apron, means to bring
the wrapper pocket with its contained wrapper over the rolling-up apron, means
to open the pocket bottom, a plate with actuating devices to press the wrapper
down through the wrapper pocket and onto the rolling up apron, rods and means
to bring them through openings in the pocket bottom and into contact with the
wrapper, and devices to support the wrapper while in its downward movement and
until it reaches, and is seated on the rolling-up apron, combined substantially as.
specified.
24. In a machine for making all tobacco cigarettes, the combination of a revoluble
table having wrapper pockets with opening bottoms, a rolling-up table and apron,
means to bring the wrappers over the rolling-up table and apron, a presser plate to.
push the wrappers down to the apron and means to operate it, a spring-held plate
hinged to the presser plate, which remains on the wrapper after the presser plate is..
raised and which is drawn from under the rolling-up apron in the rolling-up operation,.
devices to co-operate with the presser plate to support the wrappers from the under
side in their transfer from the wrapper pockets to the rolling up apron, and.
mechanism to open the bottoms of the wrapper pockets to admit of the discharge-
of the wrappers therefrom, substantially as specified.
Dated this 6th day of December 1895
JACOB STOLL DETRICK.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..