Year: 1899

page_text: In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section;
Figure a front view;
Figure 3 a partial plan view with a horizontal section of the upper tobacco
drawer of the machine.
Figure 4 is a front view of the arrangement of knife for cutting the end
of the cigar;
Figure 5 represents a front view of the mechanism for cutting the leaf to
a point and shows the gumming brush.
On the frame or table A, three tobacco drawers M are superimposed horizontally
the upper one of which is provided with a hopper N for the introduction of short
tobacco. In the middle drawer a layer of tobacco leaf of uniform quality is
introduced by the rear end, and into the lower drawer a leaf of better or superior
quality, but in such a way that the leaves are not placed longitudinally but
transversely in the drawer, as shown in Figure 3. The compression of the
leaves in transverse position in the drawers is effected by presser bars or
plungers W which, guided on the ends of the drawers are connected by links W
with a lever V which pivots on the frame or table A, and on which it is
sufficient to exert any suitable pressure in order to compress sufficiently the
leaves of tobacco against a valve Q arranged in front of the other ends of the
drawers. The valve Q is located in such a way that the portion of tobacco
compressed, projects beyond the end of the drawers to a given extent so as to
be capable of being separated from the remainder by the action of a cutter o
in order to be then directed by the valve (which is then turned down in an
inclined position as shown in dotted lines in the drawing) towards a series of
rolling cylinders arranged behind the drawers in such a way that the workman
may have access to the portion of internal tobacco or filler, cut up in the longi-
tudinal direction of the leaves in order to arrange the said filler on the wrapper
leaf placed in the rolli cylinder D which are mounted parallel to this direction
in such a way that the short tobacco is held in the midst of the filler which is
then completed by the rolling of the whole between the cylinder.
The cutter o serving to separate or cut the portion of tobacco which is pressed
against the portion of the valve Qby the plungers or presser bars W is fixed
to a frame B guided vertically in the frame A and held normally in its upper-

page_text: most position by strong springs B2 whilst in order to effect the cutting it is
lowered by the foot of the workman being placed in a stirrup fixed at the lower
end of the frame which then descends with a knife and cuts off a portion of
tobacco, corresponding to a filler. Further the cutter o pivots on its frame B so
that any cutting which may be imperfectly made on the lowering of the frame,
can eventually be completed by the workman operating the cutter by the
handle O¹.
Slides Q applied to the frame B serve to maintain in position the valve Q
during the compression and cutting of the tobacco, as during this operation
it is pressed against the slides, whilst after the cutting has been finished, the
valve turns down over the slides which thus also serve to raise the valve into
its normal position when they rise with the frame.
The series of rolling cylinders is arranged on the frame A similarly to the
arrangement for preparing the fillers. This set of rollers consists essentially
of three cylinders of special construction, two of which D are arranged in a
stationary position in a transverse direction to the frame in front of the valve Q
which delivers to them the portions of tobacco prepared in the drawers M for
forming the fillers, whilst the third cylinder K is arranged at the summit of
the frame B carrying the slides Q' in such a way as to be raised and lowered with
the latter at will, and in the manner herein before described, by means of the
workman's foot.
Each of these three cylinders is formed of several truncated sections, dis-
tributed symmetrically from the centre to the extremities of each cylinder so
as to together form perimetral lines conforming to the shape to be given to the
cigar. These conical sections or rollers are not rigid with the spindles D' of
the cylinders, but they revolve freely and loosely on the said spindles under
the action of the friction exerted thereon by indiarubber rollers C correspond-
ing exactly to the form of the external lines of the rolling cylinders, that is to
say having the form of the cigar C which is to be manufactured between the
rolling cylinders one being situated between the two lower rolling cylinders
in the frame A, and the other against the upper rolling cylinder K in the frame B.
The india-rubber evlinders C are rotated by means of pinions F keyed on
their axes, which pinions when the frame B is lowered by the pressure of the
workman's foot are both in gear with a large spur wheel G which sets them in
rotation in the same direction. The spur wheel G is driven by means of a
barrel H revolving freely on the shaft of the toothed wheel G. and on which is
wound a cord H¹ fixed to a stirrup H adapted to be lowered by the foot of the
workman, said barrel carryin a pawl which engages studs g on the large
toothed wheel for setting in rotation the rolling cylinders when the stirrup is
depressed whilst the pawl yields or slips under the studs when the stirrup is
released for winding up the cord, so that the toothed wheel then remains
stationary. Of course this is only an example of the method of operating, seeing
that the friction cylinders may be operated according to requirements and in
any other suitable manner.
The rolling cylinders composed of several rollers having an external forma-
tion coinciding with the form of the cigars to be made, and capable of revolving
on a common axis, independently one of another has the advantage of avoiding
the drawbacks resulting from variable or different speeds in the perimeters of
cylinder machines in general, because the perimetral speed of each of the
sections or rollers corresponds exactly to the speeds of different parts of the peri-
meter of the cigar in rotation, so that no irregularity or tearing of the wrappers
can be produced during the rolling.
For cutting the wrapper leaf at the point of the cigar, a knife P is applied in
front of the point, said knife pivotting at P under the pull of a tension spring P¹
at the one end and intermittent depressions exerted by a multiple cam J on the
cther end and also a rotary brush I which coats the leaf lightly with gum,
said brush turning round the end C" of the axis of the lower indiarubber

page_text: cylinder, whilst the cam J turns with the axis C of the upper indiarubber
cylinder C, as shown in detail in front view in Figure 5.
The other end of the cigar is cut off by a knife T which is guided in tenons T
fixed to the frame B, the upper end of the knife having a knob E to enable it
to be handled.
The working of the machine may be easily deduced from the preceding de-
scription. After having arranged the tobacco in the drawers M in the manner
described and having compressed it against the valve Q by means of the
plungers or press bars W₁ operated by the lever V, the workman places the
wrapper of the filler on the lower cylinders 1), and depresses the stirrup B₁
with his foot thus cutting off the portion of tobacco in front of the valve (which
latter places it on the said wrapper) and pressing down and imprisoning the
whole between the three cylinders D D¹. Then the workman depresses once
or twice the stirrup H" thus setting the system in rotation as herein before
described, and finishing the filler between the rolling cylinders.
Then the same filler (or even a certain quantity of fillers thus prepared in
advance) may be wrapped by the same mechanism of cylinders, and in the man-
ner hereinbefore described, the cigars being finished by the cutter arrangements
hereinbefore mentioned.
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1000
I, EDMOND DUBOIS, of 102, Rue du Marais, Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Mechanician, 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 has for its object a machine for making cigars, which works
in such a way as to form first the interior or the filler and then to immediately
wrap the latter in the wrapper leaf by means of the same mechanical parts.
In the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification:-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section;
Figure 2 a front view;
Figure 3 a partial plan view with a horizontal section of the upper tobacco
drawer of the machine.
Figure 4 is a front view of the arrangement of knife for cutting the end
of the cigar;
Figure 5 represents a front view of the mechanism for cutting the leaf to
a point and shows the gumming brush.
On the frame or table A, three tobacco drawers M are superimposed horizontally
the upper one of which is provided with a hopper N for the introduction of short
tobacco. In the middle drawer a layer of tobacco leaf of uniform quality is
introduced by the rear end, and into the lower drawer a leaf of better or superior
quality, but in such a way that the leaves are not placed longitudinally but
transversely in the drawer, as shown in Figure 3. The compression of the

page_text: leaves in transverse position in the drawers is effected by presser bars or
plungers W which, guided on the ends of the drawers are connected by links W
with a lever V which pivots on the frame or table A, and on which it is
sufficient to exert any suitable pressure in order to compress sufficiently the
leaves of tobacco against a valve Q arranged in front of the other ends of the
drawers. The valve Q is located in such a way that the portion of tobacco
compressed, projects beyond the end of the drawers to a given extent so as to
be capable of being separated from the remainder by the action of a cutter o
in order to be then directed by the valve (which is then turned down in an
inclined position as shown in dotted lines in the drawing) towards a series of
rolling cylinders arranged behind the drawers in such a way that the workmen
may have access to the portion of internal tobacco or filler, cut up in the longi-
tudinal direction of the leaves in order to arrange the said filler on the wrapper
leaf placed in the rolling cylinders D which are mounted parallel to this direction
in such a way that the short tobacco is held in the midst of the filler which is
then completed by the rolling of the whole between the cylinder.
The cutter o serving to separate or cut the portion of tobacco which is pressed
against the portion of the valve Q by the plungers or presser bars WT is fixed
to a frame B guided vertically in the frame A and held normally in its upper-
most position by strong springs 132 whilst in order to effect the cutting it is
lowered by the foot of the workman being placed in a stirrup fixed at the lower
end of the frame which then descends with a knife and cuts off a portion of
tobacco corresponding to a filler. Further the cutter o pivots on its frame B so
that any cutting which may be imperfectly made on the lowering of the frame,
can eventually be completed by the workman operating the cutter by the
handle 0¹
Slides Qapplied to the frame B serve to maintain in position the valve Q
during the compression and cutting of the tobacco, as during this operation
it is pressed against the slides, whilst after the cutting has been finished, the
valve turns down over the slides which thus also serve to raise the valve into
its normal position when they rise with the frame.
The series of rolling cylinders is arranged on the frame A similarly to the
arrangement for preparing the fillers. This set of rollers consists essentially
of three cylinders of special construction, two of which D are arranged in a
stationary position in a transverse direction to the frame in front of the valve Q
which delivers to them the portions of tobacco prepared in the drawers M for
forming the fillers, whilst the third cylinder K is arranged at the summit of
the frame B carrying the slides Q¹ in such a way as to be raised and lowered with
the latter at will, and in the manner herein before described, by means of the
workman's foot.
Each of these three cylinders is formed of several truncated sections, dis-
tributed symmetrically from the centre to the extremities of each cylinder so
as to together form perimetral lines conforming to the shape to be given to the
cigar. These conical sections or rollers are not rigid with the spindles D' of
the cylinders, but they revolve freely and loosely on the said spindles under
the action of the friction exerted thereon by indiarubber rollers C¹ correspond-
ing exactly to the form of the external lines. of the rolling cylinders, that is to
say having the form of the cigar C which is to be manufactured between the
rolling cylinders, one being situated between the two lower rolling cylinders
in the frame A, and the other against the upper rolling cylinder K in the frame B.
The indiarubber cylinders C are rotated by means of pinions F keyed on
their axes, which pinions when the frame B is lowered by the pressure of the
workman's foot are both in gear with a large spur wheel G which sets them in
rotation in the same direction. The spur wheel G is driven by means of a
barrel H revolving freely on the shaft of the toothed wheel G. and on which is
wound a cord H₁ fixed to a stirrup H" adapted to be lowered by the foot of the

page_text: workman, said barrel carrying a pawl which engages studs G" on the large
toothed wheel for setting in rotation the rolling cylinders when the stirrup is
depressed whilst the pawl yields or slips under the studs when the stirrup is
released for winding up the cord, so that the toothed wheel then remains
stationary. Of course this is only an example of the method of operating, seeing
that the friction cylinders may be operated according to requirements and in
any other suitable manner.
The rolling cylinders composed of several rollers having an external forma-
tion coinciding with the form of the cigars to be made, and capable of revolving
on a common axis, independently one of another has the advantage of avoiding
the drawbacks resulting from variable or different speeds in the perimeters of
cylinder machine in general, because the perimetral speed of each of the
sections or rollers corresponds exactly to the speeds of different parts of the peri-
meter of the cigar in rotation, so that no irregularity or tearing of the wrappers
can be produced during the rolling.
For cutting the wrapper leaf at the point of the cigar, a knife P is applied in
front of the point, said knife pivotting at 12 under the pull of a tension spring Pl
at the one end and intermittent depressions exerted by a multiple cam J on the
other end; and also a rotary brush I which coats the leaf lightly with gum,
said brush turning round the end C of the axis of the lower indiarubber
cylinder, whilst the cam J turns with the axis C of the upper indiarubber
cylinder C, as shown in detail in front view in Figure 5.
The other end of the cigar is cut off by a knife T which is guided in tenons T
fixed to the frame B, the upper end of the knife having a knob E to enable it
to be handled.
The working of the machine may be easily deduced from the preceding de-
scription. After having arranged the tobacco in the drawers M in the manner
described and having compressed it against the valve Q by means of the
plungers or press bars W operated by the lever V the workman places the
wrapper of the filler on the lower cylinders D, and depresses the stirrup B
with his foot thus cutting off the portion of tobacco in front of the valve (which
latter places it on the said wrapper) and pressing down and imprisoning the
whole between the three cylinders D D. Then the workman depresses once
or twice the stirrup H", thus setting the system in rotation as hereinbefore
described, and finishing the filler between the rolling cylinders.
Then the same filler (or even a certain quantity of fillers thus prepared in
advance) may be wrapped by the same mechanism of cylinders, and in the man-
ner hereinbefore described, the cigars being finished by the cutter arrangements
herein before mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a cigar making machine, the apparatus making the fillers from one
or more kinds of tobacco, consisting of several superimposed drawers having rear
pressure bars or plungers for compressing the suitably arranged leaf and short
tobacco against a valve advancing against the ends of the drawers in order to
determine the quantity of tobacco for one stroke and the valve being actuated
by the slides of the frame of the cutter for the tobacco, substantially as de-
scribed.
2. The mechanism for rolling the filler and wrapping the cigar consisting
of rolling cylinders composed of a certain number of sections or rollers of
variable profile revolving freely on fixed spindles under the action of friction
rollers of cigar form in such a way that each section or roller revolves with a
peripheral speed equal to that of the corresponding parts of the friction roller
or cigar shaped niece, substantially as herein before described.
3. The general construction and combination of parts taken as a whole form-

page_text: ing the improved cigar making machine effecting simultaneously the formation
of the filler and the wrapping of the cigar substantially, as described and illus-
trated.
Dated this 4th day of May 1900.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6. Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.