Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
I, EDWARD THOMAS POLLARD, of The Grand Hotel, Liverpool, England,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in machines for the manufacture of
cigarettes, and its object is to remove the cigarettes when made rapidly and without
injury.
In cigarette making machines driven by power it generally happens that the
finished cigarettes are delivered from an inclined shoot and allowed to fall into
a basket or box kept for such purpose. When the delivery is at all rapid the
accumulation of cigarettes is so considerable that they are frequently crushed
and the bottom ones in the basket or box are frequently disfigured and broken by
the weight of those above. Moreover, when delivered in this manner they fall
and lie in disorder, necessitating the employment of sorters, who have to go
carefully through the cigarettes and arrange them in proper order.
This trouble
is increased when the cigarette bears some printed device upon the paper as they
have then all to be arranged in one direction.
By this invention these difficulties are obviated and the delivery shoot dispensed
with, the cigarettes as they are cut off by the ordinary knife being received upon
the surface of an endless band which will carry them away as they are made and
cause them to be symmetrically stacked up in boxes arranged for the purpose
with all the printed ends together and ready for packing.
In adapting such a device to the cigarette making machine described in the
Complete Specification No. 6350 of 1894 I utilise one of the spur wheels actuating
the circular saw which cuts the continuous cigarette into suitable lengths for
smoking. This spur wheel which works on a vertical axis underneath the saw bed
plate is caused to gear with another spur wheel carried by an adjustable bracket,
so that the gearing may be altered to vary the length of the cigarette to be cut.
The shaft of this latter spur wheel projects above the upper surface of the saw bed
plate and carries a worm which gears with a worm wheel, the axis of which is
parallel to the axis of the finished cigarette, and is situated on the side of the
delivery tube opposite to the circular saw. On the shaft of the worm wheel above
referred to, which is carried by pedestals, on the upper surface of the saw bed
plate, is one of a pair of rollers, round which is stretched an endless band, the
upper surface of which is below and clear of the delivery tube. A second roller is
The width
fixed at a convenient distance, round which the endless band travels.
of this band is determined by the length of the cigarette which is to be delivered
upon it.
The cigarettes as they are separated by the cutting knife pass through the
delivery tube and fall upon the endless band, by means of which they are carried
away from the tube and piled up as required. The cigarettes can, if desired, be
received upon the end of a spring or some equivalent device to regulate their
course squarely and evenly along the surface of the endless band.
Dated this 25th day of October 1805
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, EDWARD THOMAS POLLARD, of The Grand Hotel, Liverpool, England,
Engineer, 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 consists of improvements in machines for the manufacture of
cigarettes, and its object is to remove the cigarettes when made rapidly and without
injury.
In cigarette making machines driven by power it generally happens that the
finished cigarettes are delivered from an inclined shoot and allowed to fall into a
basket or box kept for such purpose. When the delivery is at all rapid the
accumulation of cigarettes is so considerable that they are frequently crushed and
the bottom ones in the basket or box are frequently disfigured and broken by the
weight of those above. Moreover, when delivered in this manner they fall and lie
in disorder, necessitating the employment of sorters, who have to go carefully
through the cigarettes and arrange them in proper order. This trouble is
increased when the cigarette bears some printed device upon the paper as they
have then all to be arranged in one direction.
By this invention these difficulties are obviated and the delivery shoot dispensed
with, the cigarettes as they are cut off by the ordinary knife being received upon
the surface of an endless band which will carry them away as they are made and
cause them to be symmetrically stacked up in boxes arranged for the purpose with
all the printed ends together and ready for packing.
The better to explain my meaning, reference is made to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Fig. 1. is a plan
Fig. 2. is a side elevation,
Fig. 3. is an end elevation of a conveyor constructed in accordance with my
invention,
Fig. 4. is a plan,
Fig. 5. is a section, and
Fig. 6. is an end elevation of an alternative arrangement of the same.
Similar letters refer to similar parts and the parts of apparatus shown which
belong to the body of the machine have the same lettering as given in ny
Specification No 6350 of 1891.
In adapting such a device to the cigarette making machine described in the
Complete Specification No. 6350 of 1894, I utilize one of the spur wheels actuating
the circular saw which cuts the continuous cigarette into suitable lengths for
smoking. This spur wheel is marked E' on Sheets 2 and 8 of the said specification,
and is similarly marked in the annexed drawings. It works on a vertical axis
underneath the saw bed plate B' and is caused to gear with another spur wheel A.
carried by an adjustable bracket A¹ so that the gearing may be readily changed or
altered when the series of wheels is modified in ratio to vary the length of the
cigarettes to be cut. The shaft of this latter spur wheel A. (marked A²) projects
above the upper surface of the saw bed plate and carries a worm which gears with
a worm wheel C, the axis of which is parallel to the axis of the finished cigarette,
and is situated on the side of the delivery tube opposite to the circular saw as
shown. On the shaft C₁ of the worm wheel above referred to, which is carried by
pedestals D. on the upper surface of the saw bed plate, is one of a pair of rollers

page_text: (marked respectively E and F) around which is stretched an endless band H. the
upper surface of which is below and clear of the delivery tube I*. The second
roller F. is fixed at a convenient distance, round which the endless band travels.
The width of this band is determined by the length of the cigarette which is to
be delivered upon it, or it can of course be made up of two or more separate
bands.
The cigarettes as they are separated by the cutting knife pass through the
delivery tube and fall upon the endless band, by means of which they are carried
away from the tube and piled up as required. This will be further explained in
reference to Sheet 2.
The cigarettes can, if desired, be received upon the end of a spring as shown
and marked J, this being a bent piece of metal formed as illustrated and attached
to one of the wooden sides of the channel way in which the cigarettes travel; or
some equivalent device as explained in reference to Sheet 2. may be used to
regulate their course squarely and evenly along the surface of the endless band.
In the plan Fig. 1. as the belt H. is shown broken at roller E. a gap in the channel
way leaves the axle G¹ and other parts of the circular saw mechanism exposed to
view. The Fig. 1A is a continuation of Fig. 1. and merely shows a tray-like
extension, whereon the cigarettes are deposited, or a box may be placed there to
receive them.
Referring now to Sheet 2. it will be seen that the driving mechanism for
actuating the endless band is applied to the opposite end of the channel way, the
equivalent wheels being similarly marked. In Fig. 4. it will be seen that a wheel A.
driven by a band from any convenient shaft (such as shaft U. Sheet 2. of my
above referred to Complete Specification) actuates a pinion B. equivalent to the
worm having the same letter in Sheet 1. through an axle A². This pinion works
the spur wheel C. and by axle C¹ actuates the roller E. this being the driving
one. Two bands H. H. may be used as shown, and they run around the second
roller F. at the reverse end of the machine. This is carried on an axle F¹ held in
a frame K. which can be adjusted laterally on the bracket L. For clearness
Fig. 14 may be here examined which shows the bracket and frame without the
upper work.
To tighten the endless band or bands, the bracket L. can be adjusted so as
to increase or decrease the stress. Now the spring J. in Fig. 1. is replaced by the
arm J. which is used to regulate the course of the cigarettes. By giving it a
centre J' about which it is oscillated by the rotation of a disc M. to which it is
connected by a pin J' each cigarette is met by the arm as it leaves the delivery
tube (shown dotted in Fig. 4) and given a lateral motion so that falling upon the
endless band it is carried away towards the receiver O. In order to facilitate the
entry of the cigarettes into the receptacle when more than one layer is already
there, the brushes P. rotated by a band Q. from a pulley on the axle carrying
roller E. are used to drive in the cigarettes without compressing or injuring them.
Alongside the rotating disc M. is a table N. which carries the pin J. This
produces a flush surface upon which the cigarettes are received. The disc is
mounted upon a spindle R. which at its lower end carries a sprocket wheel S.
This is rotated by a chain T. which passes over a loose pulley V. and over a
sprocket wheel W. which is attached to the spur wheel E7 and is rotated
therewith.
In Fig. 54 is shown the elevation of the roller driving mechanism, and in Fig. 6.
is shown the end elevation of the bracket and its appurtenances, thus clearly
elucidating the various parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what mauner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with the cigarette machine described in Specification No. 6350

page_text: of 1894 of a conveyor consisting of an endless band or bands, by which the
cigarettes are carried transversely to the delivery tube and stacked, substantially
as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this outh Inn of T1 1000
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.