Improvements in Machines for Rolling Tobacco, and for the Manufacture of Cigarettes and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1396
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Rolling Tobacco, and for the
Manufacture of Cigarettes and the like.
I, BENJAMIN HAMMOND, of 251 Park Road, Hockley, in the City of
Birmingham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange machines
for rolling tobacco and for the manufacture of cigarettes and the like, my object
being to produce a simple and durable machine that can be readily operated and
conveniently adjusted to adapt it for making rolls of tobacco of varying sizes.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct the base of the machine
preferably from cast iron, having its upper face and inclined sides or projections
accurately planed to form a bed for the sliding plate or saddle. The sliding plate
is formed suitably for its reciprocation upon the bed, and is provided with dove-tail
grooves corresponding with the inclined projecting surfaces of the bed. To permit
of adjustment of the saddle or plate, I attach a bevelled packing strip upon one
side by means of screws or studs in the ordinary manner.
At the front end of the cast iron base I form a flat or horizontal rolling surface,
its inner end being inclined or tapered towards the saddle, and at the outer
extremity I attach a curved metal dish or other suitable receptacle for the
cigarettes or the like.
Upon the top of the plate or saddle I attach an operating handle, and also arms
or brackets which project over the front of the bed, and carry at the outer
extremity a circular bar or roller, the ends of the bar being free to turn or revolve
within its bearings.
On each of the inner sides of the base, and beneath the sliding plate or saddle
I form slides or recesses for the reception of an adjustable tension plate, to the
front of which is attached, by means of a brass or other suitable clamping plate,
one end of a canvas, rubber or other flexible strip or band, which passes over the
circular bar or roller carried at the end of the projecting brackets. The opposite
end of the strip is clamped to the extremity of the base preferably by the upper
end of the metal dish or receptacle herein before described.
The length of the strip is sufficient to form a loop or pocket in front of the
circular bar or roller, within which is placed the tobacco to be rolled. On drawing
the saddle across its bed towards the front end of the machine by means of the
attached handle, the tobacco is rolled up the inclined or tapered end of the rolling
surface, and along the flat or horizontal portion of the same, and in this manner it
is compressed to a diameter which is fixed by the adjustable tension plate.
In the manufacture of cigarettes, the paper or other wrapping material is placed
upon the horizontal portion of the rolling surface, and thus the tobacco and the
paper are rolled and compressed evenly together.
The tension plate is adjusted to suit the particular diameter of tobacco roll or
cigarette required, by means of a screwed spindle arranged for convenient operation
by the fingers, which passes through a nut on the under side of the plate, and thus
a movement of the plate is effected in either direction as required.
The compressed rolls or cigarettes on reaching the end of the horizontal rolling

page_text: surface are discharged into the metal dish or like receptacle hereinbefore
described.
In the manufacture of cheroots or like tapered rolls, I set the strip or band at an
angle by a circular adjustment of the tension plate arranged in any convenient
manner.
When rolling hard pressed tobaccos, I sometimes form or attach a toothed rack
or racks on the saddle or bed and employ a toothed wheel or pinions for gearing
into the same, such pinions being fixed upon a suitable shaft or spindle arranged
for convenient operation.
Instead of reciprocating the saddle by hand I sometimes provide a treadle lever
and connections for operation by foot, and I make other modifications in the
application of my invention to suit the requirements of varying services.
Dated this 30th day of December 1895.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Machines for Rolling Tobacco, and for the
Manufacture of Cigarettes and the like.
I, BENJAMIN HAMMOND, of 251, Park Road, Hockley, in the City of
Birmingham, 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 relates to the manner in which I construct and arrange machines
for rolling tobacco and for the manufacture of cigarettes and the like, my object
being to produce a simple and durable machine that can be readily operated and
conveniently adjusted to adapt it for making rolls of tobacco of varying sizes.
In the, accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to.-
Figure 1 is a side elevation representing one form of my improved cigarette
making machine, and Figure 2 a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the machine, and
Figure 4 a sectional side elevation illustrating the adjusting mechanism.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
I construct the base A of the machine preferably from cast iron, having the
upper faces A¹ and the inclined sides A2 of the dove-tailed projections accurately
planed to form a bed for the sliding plate or saddle B. The sliding plate B is
formed suitably for its reciprocation upon the bed, and is provided with dove-tail
grooves corresponding with the inclined projecting surfaces of the bed. To permit
of adjustment of the saddle or plate I attach a bevelled packing strip B' (Figure 3)
upon one side by means of screws or studs in the ordinary manner.
At the front end of the cast iron base I form a flat or horizontal rolling
surface A3, its inner end A being inclined or tapered towards the saddle, and at
the outer extremity I attach a curved metal dish such as C or other suitable
receptacle for the cigarettes or the like.
Upon the top of the plate or saddle B I attach an operating handle D, and also
arms or brackets E which project over the front of the bed, and carry at the outer
extremity a circular bar or roller F, the ends of the bar being free to turn or
revolve within its bearings.
On each of the inner sides of the base, and beneath the sliding plate or saddle

page_text: I form slides or recesses for the reception of an adjustable tension plate G to the
front of which is, attached, by means of a brass or other suitable clamping plate,
one end of a canvas, rubber or other flexible strip or band H, which passes over
the circular bar or roller F carried at the end of the projecting. brackets. The
opposite end of the strip is clamped to the extremity of the base preferably by the
upper end of the metal dish or receptacle C.
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The length of the strip is sufficient to form a loop or pocket H¹ beneath the
circular bar or roller F, within which is placed the tobacco to be rolled.
drawing the saddle B across its bed in the direction indicated by the arrow at
Figure 4 by means of the handle D, the tobacco is rolled up the incline or tapered
end of the rolling surface, and along the flat or horizontal portion of the sime, and
in this manner it is compressed to a diameter which is fixed by the adjustable
tension plate.
In the manufacture of cigarettes, the paper or other wrapping material is placed
upon the horizontal portion of the rolling surface, and thus the tobacco and the
paper are rolled and compressed evenly together. To hold the paper in position
upon the rolling surface A³ I sometimes provide a gripper or holding down piece
attached to pivotted arms or levers at the front end of the machine; the paper
then held by the gripper until the pivotted arms are pushed forward by the
advance of the roller F.
The tension plate is adjusted to suit the particular diameter of tobacco roll or
cigarette required by means of a screwed spindle J arranged for convenient
operation by the fingers, which passes through a nut on the under side of the
plate, and thus a movement of the plate can be effected in either direction as
required.
The compressed rolls or cigarettes on reaching the end of the horizontal rolling
surface are discharged into the metal dish or like receptacle.
In the manufacture of cheroots or like tapered rolls of tobacco, I set the strip or
band at an angle by a circular adjustment of the tension plate arranged in any
convenient manner.
When rolling hard pressed tobaccos I sometimes form or attach a toothed rack
or racks on the saddle or bed and employ a toothed wheel or pinions for gearing
into the same, such pinions being fixed upon a suitable shaft or spindle arranged
for convenient operation.
I sometimes make the rolling surface A³ of sufficient width to make two or more
cigarettes with one movement of the saddle B, providing a suitable knife blade in
the bed to cut or separate the mass of tobacco placed in the pocket H' into the
required lengths.
Instead of reciprocating the saddle by hand I sometimes provide a treadle lever
and connections for operation by foot, and I make other modifications in the
application of my invention to suit the requirements of varying services.
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. A machine for rolling tobacco and for the manufacture of cigarettes and the
like having a base such as A with horizontal or inclined rolling surfaces A³
and A and a bed for a sliding plate or saddle B, such plate or saddle having
projecting arms or brackets carrying a roller F over which passes the adjustable
strip or band H substantially as described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In machines for rolling tobacco and for the manufacture of cigarettes and the
like the use of an adjustable tension plate in combination with a flexible strip or
band substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
3. The general combination and arrangement of parts forming my improved

page_text: machine for rolling tobacco and for the manufacture of cigarettes and the like
substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of September 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.