IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC- TURE OF CIGARS AND CIGARETTES, AND IN THE APPARATUS USED THEREFOR
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Lloyd Wise, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF CIGARS AND CIGARETTES, AND IN THE APPARATUS USED THEREFOR."
A communication from abroad by Alexandre Marengo and Joseph Marengo,
both of the City of Montreal, in the County of Hochelaga, and Province of
Quebec, Robert Peel McGinnis, of the Town of Iberville, in the County of
Iberville, and said Province of Quebec, and Raphael Marengo, of the said City
of Montreal, all in the Dominion of Canada.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Lloyd Wise at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th November 1877.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the County of Mid-
dlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS AND CIGARETTES, AND
IN THE APPARATUS USED THEREFOR." (A communication from abroad by Alexandre
Marengo and Joseph Marengo, both of the City of Montreal, in the County of
Hochelaga, and Province of Quebec, Robert Peel McGinnis, of the Town of Iberville,
in the County of Iberville, and said Province of Quebec, and Raphael Marengo, of
the said City of Montreal, all in the Dominion of Canada.)
The nature of the said Invention is thus described by my correspondents:-" The
novelty in the process of manufacture which forms parts of the Invention consists in
the manner in which the wrapping or external leaf is prepared previous to being
placed around the cigar or cigarette, and the mechanism which we have devised is
for the several purposes of preparing such leaves properly, rolling the tobacco,
forming the body of the cigar, cheroot, or cigarette, and of enveloping it with the
wrapper.
These may be briefly described as follows:-In order to render the tobacco leaf
used as a wrapper flat and smooth, it is after being moistened (the centre rib being
first taken out) subjected to pressure in any suitable press, either at one or several
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page_text: at a time, and is then ready to be rolled round the tobacco forming the body of the
cigar.
The body of the cigar, cheroot, or cigarette is formed by placing the tobacco in
the bight of an endless belt passing over two rollers, one carried in pivotted or
hinged supports, and the other in rigid supports, the slack of this belt being regu-
lated by an adjustable or gauge rod or spindle. These rollers close upon the bight
of the belt, and being rotated, form the cigar, et cetera. This same mechanism also
serves to envelope the body of the cigar with the wrapper, treated as above men-
tioned, and prepared in the usual way, or to cover the cigarette with the ordinary
paper outside.
By altering the shape of the rollers between which the tobacco is rolled and
wrapped, cheroots and dovetails may be manufactured equally well with the
ordinary straight cigars such as "whips" or "suisses," or cigarettes."
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Lloyd Wise in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
May 1878.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS AND CIGARETTES, AND IN THE
APPARATUS USED THEREFOR." (A communication from abroad by Alexandre
Marengo and Joseph Marengo, both of the City of Montreal, in the County of
Hochelaga, and Province of Quebec, Robert Peel McGinnis, of the Town of Iberville,
in the County of Iberville, and said Province of Quebec, and Raphael Marengo, of
the said City of Montreal, all in the Dominion of Canada.)
The said Invention is thus described by my correspondents :—
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"The novelty in the process of manufacture, which forms part of this Invention
consists in the manner in which the wrapping or external leaf is prepared previous
to being placed around the cigar or cigarette, and the mechanisin which we have
devised is for the several purposes of preparing such leaves, properly rolling the
tobacco forming the body of the cigar or cigarette, and of enveloping it with the
wrapper.
These may be briefly described as follows:-In order to render the tobacco leaf
used as a wrapper flat and smooth, it is, after being moistened (the centre rib being
first taken out) subjected to pressure in any suitable press, either alone, or several
at a time, and is then ready to be rolled round the tobacco forming the body of the
cigar.
The body of the cigar, cheroot, or cigarette is formed by placing the tobacco in
the bight of an endless belt passing over two rollers, one carried in pivotted or
hinged supports, and the other in rigid supports, its slack being regulated by an
adjustable gauge rod or spindle. These rollers closing upon the bight, and being
rotated, form the cigar, &c. This same mechanism also serves to envelop the body
of the cigar with the wrapper treated as above mentioned, and prepared in the usual
way, or to cover the cigarette with the ordinary paper outside.

page_text: By altering the shape of the rollers between which the tobacco is rolled and
wrapped, cheroots and "dovetails" may be manufactured equally well with the
ordinary straight cigars such as "whips,” 'suisses,” or cigarettes.
For full comprehension, however, of the Invention, reference must be had to the
annexed Drawings, in which,-
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ordinary straight cigars such as “whips,” 'suisses,” or cigarettes.
For full comprehension, however, of the Invention, reference must be had to the
annexed Drawings, in which,-
Fig. 1 is a front view of the machine for rolling cigars and cigarettes.
Fig. 2 is a side view of ditto.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of ditto.
Figure 4 is a detail of rollers, etc., for making cheroots.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of press for wrappers.
Fig. 6 is a side view of ditto.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
A, A, are frames of any suitable size and strength, usually secured to a table, in
these being formed bearings for a shaft B, carrying upon its end a pinion b, inter-
meshing with the spur wheel C, the spindle of which has also its bearings in the
frame A. Upon this spindle c, and turning upon it as a pivot, are hung loosely at
either end of the frame arms D, held together by a transverse bar connected by
loose links E, E, E¹, and intermediate bar e, with the treadle F.
These arms D
are also provided with springs & of any suitable description to keep them up, unless
when acted upon by the treadle.
To the arms D at their pivot point are secured frames in which are formed
bearings for the shaft G, on which is mounted a pinion g, intermeshing when in
position with the spur wheel C, motion being imparted through the shaft B above
mentioned, rotated by a crank handle H, or in any suitable way. K is an endless
belt passing over the shafts B and G, and having a bight as at k, Fig. 3, formed
between them, in which the tobacco to be rolled is placed. L is a shaft, by which
the slack of the belt K is taken up so as to lessen or increase the seize of the bight,
this being carried in any suitable frame capable of being raised and lowered, and
secured in place by set screws l'.
In Figure 4 are shewn at B, G, and L, severally enlarged views of the fixed,
moveable and gauge rollers adapted to make cheroots or "dovetails."
For making
and wrapping cigars and cigarettes these rollers will be straight or otherwise modi-
fied in shape.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew the press which we propose to use in flattening out the veins
of the wrapper leaf, M being a frame to which is pivotted, as shewn, a cam lever
N operating upon a press plate O laid on the wrapper pattern plate P, under
which the leaf is placed, it being carried on the plate Q, resting on the sliding
bed R.
Pins S, with coiled springs S¹, operate to keep the plate O in proper position, and
raise it when pressure is withdrawn.
The process of manufacture and the operation of the mechanism just described is
as follows: The tobacco from which the body of the cigar, cheroot, or cigarette
is to be made is introduced into the bight of the belt between the two rollers
B and G (the size of this bight, and consequently of the cigar to be rolled, being
governed by the adjustable roller E and the hardness or softness of the cigar to be
produced being regulated by the proximity of the roller G to that marked B, which
may be governed by lugs or stops), and the treadle being pressed down the rollers
are brought into proximity to each other, and being turned by the crank H or
other motive power quickly cause it to assume the shape of a cigar, cheroot, or
cigarette.
The wrapper is prepared by first removing from the leaf the centre rib, moistening
in the usual way, and then placing it upon the plate Q, and subjecting it to pressure
sufficient to flatten all the ribs, making it smooth and straight; it is then by the
wrapper pattern plate cut off to the proper size, pasted, and introduced into the
bight, the movement of the rollers brought into action enveloping with it the roll
of tobacco which is then withdrawn from the machine (the roller G being allowed to
fall off), and cut into two or more lengths.

page_text: When these wrapping leaves, having been prepared in this way, are put in store,
they should be placed in air-tight boxes, and if several are pressed at once, plates
of any hard substance should be interposed between them.
A cigarette wrapper
will of course be of paper, and be put on as above mentioned."
Having thus described the said Invention as communicated to me as aforesaid,
I claim as follows:―
1st. The combination in a machine for making cigars and cigarettes of the endless
belt K with two rollers, one fixed and the other movable, and their operative
mechanism, all as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2nd. In combination with the endless belt and rotating rollers the gauge roller L,
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
3rd. The tapering rollers B, G, and L adapted with the endless belt K to make
cheroots or "dovetails," as herein described.
4th. In the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, the treatment of the wrapping
leaf by subjecting it to pressure as and for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lloyd Wise, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
W LLOYD WISE (i)
W LLOYD WISE
(is)
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