An Improved Cigar or Cigarette, and Means for the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cigar or Cigarette, and Means for the Manufacture
of the same.
I, JASPER WETTER, Patent Agent and Consulting Engineer, of 37 and 39, Essex
Street, Strand, in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication from Julius Wilhelm von Pittler, Mechanical Engineer,
of Gohlis, near Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new kind of cigars or cigarettes, and to the process
and machinery for producing the same, the object being partly to obtain a more
uniform draught in smoking the cigar or cigarette, and partly to render the
manufacture more expeditious.
The cigar or cigarette contains one or more air passages extending from end to
end, and is produced by means of a press piston which presses the tobacco through
one or more cylindrical tubes or sleeves adapted to form a cylindrical rope or bar
from which the cigars or cigarettes can be cut off in any desired length. The
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former or cylinder which moulds the cigars into the desired shape contains
one or more wires which serve as cores for producing the said longitudinal air
passages.
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In the accompanying drawings:
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Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a cigar machine embodying this
invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section
of the same; Figs 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show various arrangements of "formers " on a
larger scale; Fig. 10 shows on a large scale the principal working tools of the
machine represented by Figs. 1 to 3; Figs. 11 to 23 show the principal working
organs separately; Fig. 24 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 25 an end view of a
finished cigar; Fig. 4 shows a device for providing cigarettes with paper envelope.
The special construction of the machine represented in Figs. 1 to 3 and 10 to 23,
by way of example, and its method of operation are as follows:-
The press piston e which moves to and fro in the cylinder f is fixed to a slide
block connected by a rod c with a crank disc mounted on a driving shaft a.
The press cylinder f consists of two parts f¹ and f", shown in detail by Figs. 11
to 13 and 14 and 15. As seen from these figures, the front part f¹ has a lateral
opening g, through which tobacco is fed to the press cylinder continuously by a pair
of rollers n and n³, shown in detail by Fig. 10. The rear part 1 (Figs. 14 and 15)
is made of hardened steel and its face is ground to form a sharp edge, in order that
the tobacco admitted through the feed opening may be cut off on the front edge
of the sleeve f" during the forward motion of the piston e.
In the machine shown by Figs. 1 to 3, the core wires i are held by a disc 7 which
abuts against the end of the sleeve fl and projects into the same, said disc being
provided with several openings for the passage of tobacco, as shown in detail
by Figs. 16 to 19.
Instead of using a separate disc h, the wires i may be fixed to a lug or bridge
piece forming part of the sleeve f" and projecting into the interior of the same.

page_text: After the press cylinder f follows in the direction of its axis a sleeve k which has
a funnel shaped mouth, shown in detail by Figs. 20 and 21, and is surrounded by a
hollow mantle or casing adapted to serve as a heating jacket and shown in detail
by Figs. 22 and 23.
At every out-stroke of the press piston e tobacco is pressed through the openings
of the disc h into the former k, so as to fill up the space around the core wires which
produce the air openings mentioned above. The pressure is so strong, that the
material forced out of the sleeve k constitutes a coherent cylindrical bar which need
only be cut off to the required length. In order to increase the pressure, it is only
necessary, to increase the length of the "former". The tube m situated axially
behind the former and adapted to receive the cylindrical mass, has the sole object,
to guide the product in a straight line, so as to avoid any bends or kinks.
The heating jacket of the casing is supplied with steam or hot water, to facilitate
the sliding of the tobacco in the disc h and former k. The former le is exchangeable,
to produce cigars of various diameters, and the disc may be exchanged for another
which has a different size, number or arrangement of core wires i.
The grooved feed rollers n n¹ are set in motion by means of a connecting rod o
fixed to the slide d, through the intermediary of a ratchet wheel mounted on the
axle of the roller n¹ and a ratchet pawl q mounted on an oscillating lever p, as shown
in Fig. 10. At every revolution of the shaft a the tobacco fed into the funnel 8 is
therefore transported by the rollers n, n¹ into the press cylinder f, after which it is
fed forward and compressed by the piston e.
The former k need not be mounted in the axis of the press piston e, as shown by
way of example in Fig. 10; it may be placed at any desired angle to the same, and
instead of one former, two or more may be provided for the same press piston or
compression chamber. In the example represented by Fig. the piston e forces
the tobacco into a former k mounted at a right angle to the same, and instead of
the disc shown in Fig. 10 a conoidal holder h is provided for attaching the core
wires i, said holder being situated in the cylinder fopposite the former k, and
mounted on a base screwed into the side of the cylinder f. The tobacco fills the
space left by the holder p and wires or needles i and is then forced into the
former k.
Figs. 6 and 7 show a similar arrangement, with several formers k placed radially
around the press cylinder.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the core wires of the several outlets or formers are held by the
same disc or frame situated in the press cylinder f.
In the multiple presses represented by Figs. 6 and 7, 8 and 9 the press piston e
is propelled by hydraulic pressure, for instance by means of a piston E indicated in
Fig. 6. The press piston may, however, bo propelled by a screw spindle or by
other known means. In the present case the cylinder f is filled with tobacco
through the opening gl, when the piston e stands above the same, and the tobacco
may previously be subjected to a preliminary compression, in order to increase the
speed at which the machine is capable of working. When the cylinder is full, the
piston e is caused to descend by admitting pressure to the hydraulic piston E or by
other suitable means, whereby the tobacco will be compressed and the same result
attained, as with the press represented by Fig. 10, where the tobacco is fed
continuously.
The automatic device for cutting off the cigars to the required length may be set
in motion from the driving shaft a by means of bevel wheels 1 and 2 and a shaft 3
which carries a crank 4 for imparting to the push bar 5 a to-and-fro motion, as
illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3. To the front end of the push bar is pivoted a short
arm or extension, which takes part in its to-and-fro motion and which can be turned
aside, so that it will hit the bar or slide 6 carrying the knife 7. In the normal
position of the arm 5, shown by Fig. 3, it will not meet the head of the cutter bar,
but if turned aside by a projection 9 formed on a revolving disc 10, the arm 5" will,
during its forward stroke hit the cutter bar 6 and cause the knife 7 to cut off the
cigar. The disc 10 is mounted on one extremity of a horizontal shaft 11 carrying at

page_text: its other end a concave or grooved roller 3 (Figs. 1, 3 and 10) situated underneath
the tube m and projecting into a longitudinal slot of the same, so that the
cylindrical bar or rope of tobacco passing through the tube will rest on the concave
circumference of the roller and turn the latter on its axis.
If it is desired, to provide the cigars or cigarettes with an envelope of paper, I
use the enveloping device represented by Fig. 4. This device chiefly comprises a
strip or ribbon of paper t, guide roller u, and platform v situated underneath guide
tube m, the paper strip being guided over the roller u on to the platform v, the sides
of which are bent upward to form a closed tube m² and force the paper to lay itself
firmly around the cylindrical rope or bar of tobacco. A roller mounted over the
edge of the platform v serves to gum one edge of the paper strip, so that the
finished paper tube will firmly hold together. Instead of paper, other materials
possessing the necessary flexibility and strength may be employed.
Care should be taken, that the finely divided tobacco is thoroughly dried, so as to
expel all moisture before supplying the tobacco to the machine, in order that the oil
squeezed out by the intense pressure may bind the particles together and form a
solid rod.
Dated in 4th day of Msn 1909
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Cigar or Cigarette, and Means for the Manufacture
of the same.
I, JASPER WEITER, Patent Agent and Consulting Engineer, of 37 and 39, Essex
Street, Strand, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a com-
munication from Julius Wilhelm von Pittler, Mechanical Engineer, of Gohlis, near
Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to a new kind of cigars or cigarettes, and to a process and
machinery for producing the same, the object being partly to obtain a more uniform
draught in smoking the cigar or cigarette, and partly to render the manufacture
more expeditious.
The cigar or cigarette contains one or more air-passages extending from end to
end, and is produced by means of a press piston, which presses the tobacco through
one or more cylindrical tubes or sleeves adapted to form a cylindrical rope or bar,
from which the cigars or cigarettes can be cut off in any desired length. The
"former" or cylinder which moulds the cigars into the desired shape contains one
or more wires of any suitable cross section, which serve as cores for producing the
said longitudinal air-passages.
In the drawings filed with the provisional specification,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a cigar machine embodying this invon-
tion; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of
the same; Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show various arrangements of "formers" on a
larger scale; Fig. 10 shows on a large scale the principal working tools of the
machine represented by Figs. 1 to 3; Figs. 11 to 25 show the principal working
organs separately; Fig. 24 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 25 an end view of a
finished cigar; Fig. 4 shows a device for providing cigarettes with paper envelopes.

page_text: The special construction of the machine represented in Figs. 1 to 3 and 10 to 23,
by way of example, and its method of operation are as follows:-
The press piston e which moves to and fro in the cylinder f is fixed to a slide
block a connected by a rod c with a crank disc b mounted on a driving shaft a.
The press cylinder f consists of two parts f¹ and f¹¹, shown in detail by Figs. 11
to 13 and 14 and 15. As seen from these figures, the front part f¹ has a lateral
opening, through which tobacco is fed to the press cylinder continuously by a
pair of rollers and n¹, shown in detail by Fig. 10. The rear part f" (Figs. 14
and 15) is made of hardened steel, and its face is ground to form a sharp edge, in
order that the tobacco admitted through the feed opening g may be cut off on the
front edge of the sleeve f" during the forward motion of the piston e.
which
In the machine shown by Figs. 1 to 3, the core wires i are held by a disc
abuts against the end of the sleeve f" and projects into the same, said disc being
provided with several openings h¹ for the passage of tobacco, as shown in detail by
Figs. 16 to 19.
Instead of using a separate disc h, the wires i may be fixed to a lug or bridge
piece forming part of the sleeve f" and projecting into the interior of the same.
After the press cylinder f follows in the direction of its axis a sleeve k which has
a funnel-shaped mouth, shown in detail by Figs. 20 and 21, and is surrounded by a
bollow mantle or casing adapted to serve as a heating jacket and shown in detail
by Figs. 22 and 23.
At every out-stroke of the press piston e, tobacco is pressed through the openings
of the disc into the former 1, so as to fill up the space around the core wires
which produce the air openings mentioned above. The pressure is so strong, that
the cylindrical mass forced out of the sleeve / constitutes a coherent cylindrical bar
or rope which need only be cut off to the required length. In order to increase the
pressure, it is only necessary to increase the length of the "former "k. The tube m
situated axially behind the former and adapted to receive the cylindrical mass, has
the sole object, to guide the product in a straight line, so as to avoid any bends or
kinks.
The heating jacket of the casing l is supplied with steam or hot water, to facilitate
the sliding of the tobacco in the disc h and former k. The former is exchange-
able, to produce cigars of various diameters, and the disc h may be exchanged for
another which has a different size, number or arrangement of core wires i.
The grooved feed rollers n n' are set in motion by means of a connecting rod o
fixed to the slide d, through the intermediary of a ratchet wheel mounted on the
axle of the roller n³ and a ratchet pawl q mounted on an oscillating lever 1, as shown
in Fig. 10. At every revolution of the shaft a the tobacco fed into the funnel s is
therefore transported by the rollers n, n¹ into the press cylinder f, after which it is
fed forward and compressed by the piston e.
The former need not be mounted in the axis of the press piston e, as shown by
way of example in Fig. 10; it may be placed at any desired angle to the same, and
instead of one former, two or more may be provided for the same press piston. In
the example represented by Fig. 5, the piston e forces tho tobacco into a former k
mounted at a right angle to the same, and instead of the disc h shown in Fig. 10, a
conoidal holder p is provided for attaching the core wires i, said holder being situated
in the cylinder f opposite the former k, and mounted on a base screwed into the side
of the cylinder f. The tobacco fills the space left by the holder p and wires or
needles and is then forced into the former k.
Figs. 6 and 7 show a similar arrangement with several formers placed radially
around the press cylinder.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the core wires of the several outlets or formers are held by the
same disc or frame p situated in the press cylinder f.
In the multiple presses represented by Figs. 6 and 7, 8 and 9 the press piston e
is propelled by hydraulic pressure, for instance by means of a piston E indicated
in Fig. 6. The press piston may, however, be propelled by a screw spindle or by
other known means. In the present case the cylinder f is filled with tobacco

page_text: through the opening g', when the piston e stands above the same, and the
tobacco may be subjected to a preliminary compression, in order to increase the
speed, at which the machine is capable of working. When the cylinder is full,
the piston e is caused to descend by admitting pressure water to the hydraulic
piston E, or by other suitable means, whereby the tobacco will be compressed aud
the same result obtained, as with the press represented by Fig. 10, where the tobacco
is fed continuously.
The automatic device for cutting off the cigars to the required length may be
set in motion from the driving shaft a by means of bevel wheels 1 and 2 and a
shaft 3 which carries a crank 4 for imparting to the push bar 5 a to-and-fro motion,
as illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3. To the front end of the push bar is pivoted a
short arm or extension, which takes part in its to-and-fro motion and which can
be turned aside, so that it will hit the slide or bar 6 carrying the knife 7. In
the normal position of the arm 5ª, shown by Fig. 3, it will not meet the head of
the cutter bar, but if turned aside by a projection 9 formed on a revolving
disc 10, the arm 5ª will during its forward stroke hit the cutter bar 6 and cause
the knife 7 to cut off the cigar. The disc 10 is mounted on one extremity of a
horizontal shaft 11 carrying at its other end a concave or grooved roller 8 (Figs. 1,
3 and 10) situated underneath the tube m and projecting into a longitudinal slot
of the same, so that the cylindrical bar or rope of tobacco passing through the
tube will rest on the concave circumference of the roller and turn the latter on its
axis.
If it is desired, to provide the cigars or cigarettes with an envelope of paper
or other flexible material, I use the enveloping device represented by Fig. 4.
This device chiefly comprises a strip or ribbon of paper t, guide roller and
platform v situated underneath the guide-tube m, the paper strip being guided
over the roller on to the platform v, the sides of which are bent upward to
form a closed tube m¹, and force the paper to lay itself firmly around the
cylindrical rope of tobacco. A roller w mounted over the edge of the platform v
serves to gum one edge of the paper strip, so that the finished paper tube will firmly
hold together.
Care should be taken, that the finely divided tobacco is thoroughly dried, so as to
expel ali moisture, before supplying the tobacco to the machine, in order that the
oil squeezed out by the intense pressure may bind the particles together and form a
solid rod.
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. A cigar or cigarette made of highly compressed tobacco, with air holes extending
from end to end, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for the inanufacture of cigars or cigarettes, the combination
of a compression chamber adapted to receive the tobacco supplied to the machine,
with a former or formers communicating with the compression chamber, and a
wire or wires fixed at one end in the compression chamber and extending into the
former or formers, the whole being arranged and adapted to operate substantially
as described.
3. A cigar or cigarette press provided with core-wires and with a device for
enveloping the longitudinally perforated tobacco-rope with paper or similar material.
substantially as described.
4. The various forms or types of cigar or cigarette presses, substantially as
described with reference to the drawings.