Improvements in Continuous Cigarette Making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1897-Accepted, 3rd Apr., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by BRITISH-AMERICAN MACHINERY COMPANY,
LIMITED, a Corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey,
and having an office at No. 243 Washington Street, Jersey City, Hudson
County, New Jersey, United States of America, and also at 703 Broadway,
New York, United States of America.]
Improvements in Continuous Cigarette Making Machines.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in continuous cigarette making machines,
and consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts
hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In accordance with my invention the cigarette is formed in a continuous rod
which at the discharge end of the machine is severed into sections of appropriate
length, which sections constitute the finished cigarettes.
To attain this end the filler tobacco is fed by hand as smoothly as may be in a
loose state upon an endless carrier apron, and the layer of tobacco thus formed is
carried by said apron and an upper auxiliary endless apron in a somewhat
compacted state, to a picker roller, which acts upon the protruding end of the
layer of tobacco to disintegrate the same and deliver the thuis loosened tobacco to
an endless belt by which it is delivered to the filler rod forming mechanism.
From the filler forming mechanism the tobacco continuously emerges in the form
of a cylindrical rod which is fed upon the paper ribbon forming the wrapper, and
thereupon the tobacco rod and its wrapper are fed into the cigarette forming
mechanism where the wrapper is given form and its edges pasted together around
the tobacco rod, the whole being then fed in the form of a continuous cigarette to
the cutting mechanism, which severs the continuous rod, as it is fed onward, into
sections of appropriate length which are ejected one after another from the
machine as completed cigarettes.
The mechanism whereby the successive operations above outlined are performed
constitutes the subject matter of this application, and will be readily understood
from the following detailed description, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a top view of a machine constructed in accordance with and embodying
the invention, a portion of the right hand end of the figure, showing the delivery end
of the machine, being partly broken away for clearness of illustration, the omitted
part being shown on an enlarged scale in the succeeding figures of the drawings.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged top view of a portion of the delivery end of the machine
and showing more particularly the gearing by which motion is communicated from
the counter or auxiliary driving shaft to the mechanism by which the continuous
cigarette rod is severed into lengths appropriate for smoking;
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the complete machine;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through the driving shafts for
the cigarette filler rod forming rollers, this fig. being presented to illustrate the
gearing by which said shafts receive motion;

page_text: Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the left hand end of the machine, the
upper portion of the filler treating mechanism being partly broken away, the same
being fully disclosed in the succeeding figures of the drawings;
Fig. 6 is an enlarged detached top view of the rollers for forming the filler
tobacco into an appropriate continuous cigarette filler rod, the filler tobacco while
passing between the rollers being held within the trough-shaped belt illustrated;
Fig. 7 is an enlarged side elevation of the right hand portion of the machine,
this figure being a continuation of Fig. 5, showing the left hand portion of the
machine in side elevation;
Fig. 8 is a detached rear end elevation on an enlarged scale of certain tubes
through which the continuous cigarette rod passes at the delivery end of the
machine and between which tubes the said rod is severed by the revoluble cutter
into appropriate lengths for smoking;
Fig. 9 is a central vertical section of same on the dotted line 9-9 of Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 is an end view of the machine looking at the left hand end of Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 11 is a detached view, partly in section and on an enlarged scale showing
the brush for cleaning the inner side of the belt which carries the filler tobacco to
the filler rod forming rollers, and this figure also shows the means by which said
brush receives its revolving motion;
Fig. 12 is an end view of the machine looking at the right hand end of Fig. 1,
this figure showing the end of the machine opposite to the end thereof which is
illustrated in Fig. 10;
Fig. 13 is an enlarged detached top view of a portion of the machine and
illustrating more particularly the tube through which the cigarette rod and the
ribbon of paper pass and in which the paper is wrapped and pasted around said
rod; this figure also shows in top elevation the means for applying paste to the
edge of the ribbon of paper while the latter is travelling through the wrapping
tube;
Fig. 14 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the said wrapping tube shown in
Fig. 13;
Fig. 15 is an enlarged top view of a portion of the machine and illustrating
more particularly the sealing tube through which the wrapped cigarette rod, is
carried by an endless belt after said rod leaves the wrapping tube shown in
Figs. 13 and 14, preparatory to the passage of said wrapped cigarette rod to the
mechanism by which it is, as fed inward, severed into appropriate lengths for
smoking;
Figs. 16, 17, 18 and 19, are enlarged sectional views through different parts of
the wrapping tube shown in Figs. 13 and 14, the said sectional views being on the
dotted lines. 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively of Fig. 13 and illustrating, by dotted
lines, the position of the paper ribbon at various points through the wrapping
tube;
Fig. 20 is an enlarged detached vertical section through the means for feeding
the filler tobacco to the picker or carding roller preparatory to the said tobacco
being properly disintegrated and caused to descend to the mechanism by which
the same is formed into the continuous cigarette filler rod, this section being on
the dotted line 20-20 of Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 21 is an enlarged detached top view of the pasting mechanism by which
one edge of the ribbon of paper has paste applied thereto during its passage through
the wrapping tube ;
Fig. 22 is a vertical section through the said pasting mechanism on the dotted
line 22-22 of Fig. 23;
Fig. 23 is a side elevation partly broken away and partly in section of same on
the dotted line 23-23 of Fig. 22;
Fig. 24 is an enlarged end elevation of the mechanism for severing the continuouз
cigarette rod after being wrapped, into the appropriate lengths for smoking;
Fig. 25 is an enlarged front elevation of same;
Fig. 26 is an enlarged front elevation partly in section of a portion of same and

page_text: illustrating more particularly the eccentric and crank whereby vertical motion is
given to a telescopic rod connected with the bearing of the revoluble cutter ;
Fig. 27 is a top view of a clutch which is applied to the various operative parts
of the mechanism for cutting off the power therefrom when desired; and
Fig. 28 is a longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 28-28 of Fig. 27.
In the drawings the numeral 30 designates the supporting bed or table of the
machine, and 31 the legs therefor. The numeral 32 denotes the main driving shaft
which carries at its rear end the usual driving pulleys 33 and at its front end the
worm 34.
At the front end of the machine upon the table 30 is located the tobacco feed
trough 35, having at its outer end the roller 36 supported upon a spindle or shaft 37,
which upon its rearwardly projecting end carries the pulley 38 and gear wheel 39
(see Fig. 1). At the inner end of the feed trough 35 are the vertical sides 40
and 41 which are connected by and support the housing 42 to enclose the mechanism
located at the inner end of the said feed trough. Adjacent to the inner end of the
trough 35 there is mounted in the sides 40, 41, a spindle or shaft 43 carrying the
roller 44, upon which and the roller 36 is supported the endless feed belt or apron 45
occupying the length of the trough 35 and adapted to receive and carry inward the
layer of filler tobacco. A belt tightener 46 is provided beneath the trough 35 to
regulate the tension of the endless belt or apron 45. Between the sides 40 and 41
is mounted upon the shaft or spindle 47 the roller 48, and upon the rearwardly
projecting end of this spindle 47 is provided the gear wheel 49. The sides 40
and 41 are provided with vertical mortises 50 and 50', within which are arranged
the adjustable bearings 51 and 52 which are respectively provided with set screws 53
and 54, whereby said bearings and the roller 55 carried thereby may be raised or
lowered at will. The rollers 48 and 55 carry the upper or auxiliary endless feed
belt 56, clearly shown in Fig. 20.
Directly to the left of the mortises 50 and 50¹ in the sides 40 and 41 are provided
two additional vertical mortises 57 and 58 within which are arranged the adjustable
bearings 59 and 60 having set screws 61 and 62 respectively. The bearings 59
and 60 support the spindle 63 carrying thereon a roller 64 whereby by means of
said set screws 61 and 62 the tension of the endless belt or apron 56 may be
regulated at will. Directly below the roller 55 and to the right of the roller 44 is
mounted the roller 65 carried upon the spindle 66; and upon the rearwardly
projecting end of said spindle 66 is secured a pulley 67. Below the spindle or
shaft 47 and gear wheel 49 thereon is a stud 68 having thereon a gear wheel 69
meshing with the said gear wheel 49, and a pulley 70 which is connected to the
gear wheel 69. A belt 71 passes over the pulleys 70 and 67.
At the inner end of the trough 35 is mounted upon a shaft or spindle 73 the
picker roller 72, which is supported directly in front of the rollers 55 and 65; and
upon the projecting end of the shaft or spindle 73 is the pulley 74, over which
passes a belt 75 from the pulley 76 keyed on the main driving shaft 32 for the
purpose of imparting motion to the picker roller 72.
Upon the side 41 between the gear wheel 49 and the mortise 58 is a stud 77
upon which is mounted a gear wheel 78 in engagement with the gear wheel 49,
and upon said stud 77 beside the gear wheel 78 and keyed thereto is a pulley 79
over which passes a belt 80 from the pulley 38 carried upon the shaft 37.
Supported in hearings directly below the roller 36 is the shaft 81 having thereon
a cog wheel 82 in gear with the cog wheel 39 on the end of the roller shaft 37, and
near the middle of the shaft 81 is a beveled gear wheel 821. 83 is a shaft supported
in bearings on the frame of the machine below and lengthwise with the trough 35,
and having upon its outer end a beveled gear wheel 84 in gear with the beveled
gear wheel 82', and at the inner end of said shaft 83 is a cog wheel 85 in gear
with the worm wheel 34 on the main driving shaft 32.
86 denotes a clutch mechanism arranged upon the shaft 37 whereby the feeding
mechanism may be thrown into and out of operation, and it will be hereinafter
fully described.

page_text: Beneath the inner end of the trough 35 is supported in suitable bearings the
shaft 87 carrying a rotary brush 88 which serves to keep the upper side of the
apron 45 free and clean, and at the outer end of said shaft 87 is a pulley 89 which
is operated by a belt 90 passing over the same and a pulley 91 on the main driving
shaft 32.
From what has been explained above it will be understood that when the shaft 32
is rotated, motion therefrom is communicated by the worm gear 34, 85 through
the shaft 83 to the beveled gearing 82, 84 and thence to the cog wheels 82 and 39,
and rotate the shaft 37 carrying the roller 36, thereby causing the belt or apron 45
to travel through the trough 35. Simultaneously therewith the belt 80 which
passes over the pulley 38 on the shaft 37 and the pulley 79 on the shaft or spindle 77
will cause the cog wheel 78 to be rotated, and as the same is in gear with the cog
wheel 49 on the shaft or spindle 47 it will cause the roller 48 to rotate and the
apron 56 passing over said rollers 48 and 55 to travel in the direction indicated in
Fig. 20. By means of the cog wheel 69 on the shaft 68 which is in gear with the
cog wheel 49 on the shaft 47, the pulley 70 will be rotated and motion communicated
to the roller 66 through the belt 71 which passes over the pulley 67 on the roller
shaft 65, and the pulley 70 on the sha't 68.
The tobacco which is as evenly as may be by hand spread within the trough 35
is in a loose state carried inward by the aprons 45 and 56, being finally somewhat
compacted by and discharged between the rollers 55 and 66, where its protruding
edge as fed inward is acted upon and disintegrated by the picker roller 72,
which is rotated in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 20) with its spindle or shaft 73
by means of the belt 75 passing over the pulley 76 on the driving shaft 32 and the
pulley 74 upon the said shaft or spindle 73. As the tobacco is acted upon by the
picker roller 72 it descends over the inclined chute 92 to an endless belt 93 by
means of which it is then conveyed to the filler forming mechanism.
At the front side of the machine a short distance in rear of the side 41 are
supported in bearings upon the table 30 the shafts 94, 95 and 96, the shafts 94
and 95 having on their outer ends the smooth rollers 97 and 98 respectively, and
the shaft 96 having upon its outer end the grooved roller 99. Upon about the
middle of the shafts 94, 95, 96, are the gear wheels 100, 101, 102, and upon
the shafts 103 and 104 which are intermediate the shafts 94, 95 and 96 are the
wheels 105, 106, which are in gear with the wheels 100, 101, 102, and upon the
shaft 104 about midway of the distance between the cog wheel 106 and the outer
end of said shaft is a sprocket wheel 107.
Supported in bearings upon the frame of the machine below the table 30, and
directly heneath the shafts 94, 95 and 96, are the shafts 108, 109, 110 carrying upon
their outer ends the three grooved rollers 111, 112, 113, which diminish in diameter
in the order named. Within these grooved rollers work the smooth rollers 97
and 98 and the grooved roller 99. Upon said shafts 108, 109, 110 directly beneath
the gear wheels 100, 101, 102, are the gear wheels 114, 115, 116 aud upon
the
shaft 109 beside the gear wheel 115 is a sprocket wheel 117. Intermediate the
shafts 108, 109, 110, and supported in suitable bearings are the shafts 118, 119,
having thereon the gear wheels 120 and 121, gearing with the said wheels 114,
115, 116. Supported below the frame of the machine in bearings is the
shaft 122 having thereon at one end a pulley 123, and near its middle a sprocket
wheel 124 receiving a chain 125 passing over the same and the sprocket wheel 107
on the shaft 104; also fixed upon said shaft is a sprocket wheel 126 over which
and the sprocket wheel 117 on the shaft 109 passes the chain 127; and also fixed
upon said shaft 122 is a beveled gear wheel 128 which gears with the beveled
gear wheel 183 n the end of the counter-shaft 182. Below the side 40 is mounted
in the bearings 129 a short shaft 130 carrying a fixed pulley 131 and also
the beveled friction wheel 132 provided with a bollow hub 133 to receive a
spring 134 disposed upon the shaft 130 between the end of the hub 133 and the
bearing 129 to hold the friction wheel spring-pressed against the beveled friction
wheel 135 supported upon the spindle 136 in the bearing 137. 138 denotes a

page_text: rotary brush fixed upon the forward end of the said spindle 136, and operated by
the friction gearing aforesaid to maintain the inner surface of the belt 93 free and
clean. At a little to one side of the grooved roller 113 is a small roller 139, and
below the grooved roller 111 is supported in a suitable bearing a belt tightener 140
which is capable of horizontal adjustment by means of the set screw 141.
93 designates the endless belt whereby the tobacco is conveyed from the point
of its delivery by the inclined chute 92 to the filler forming mechanism, and said
belt passes over the pulley 130, the grooved rollers 111, 112, 113 and roller 139,
to and over the driving pulley 123 and also over the belt tightener 140.
To the underside of the frame is bolted a depending support 141 carrying at its
lower extremity a pivoted arm 142 provided at its lower end with a brush 143,
and at its upper end a weight 144 whereby the brush is held pressed against the
outer surface of the belt 93 to remove all tobacco which may have adhered
thereto.
From what has been described it will be seen that when the machine is in
operation, the endless belt 93 will be continuously carried through the filler
forming rollers, the upper series 97, 98 of which are rotated by means of the
sprocket wheels 107 and 124 through the chain 125, and intermediate gearings,
and the lower series of which are rotated towards the upper series by the sprocket
wheels 117 and 126 by means of the chain 127 and intermediate gearing.
The loose tobacco will as soon as it leaves the chute 92 be carried to the
forming rollers 97, 111, upon the belt 93, which before entering between said
rollers begins to curl, as indicated in Fig. 5; between these rollers 97, 111, the
tobacco will first be lightly compressed and then fed between the following
rollers 98, 112, where it will be further compressed, and finally pass between the
grooved rollers 99, 113, which cause the tobacco to be formed into a cylindrical
rod. Thereupon the cylindrical rod of tobacco is fed forward upon the apron 93
over the roller 139 to the further forming and wrapping mechanism..
At the front side of the machine is the trough 145 which is supported by the
adjustable bearings 146 and 147 upon a platform 148 bolted to the frame of the
machine. This trough 145 is open at its front end adjacent to the roller 139 and
its longitudinal edges are turned over to form guides for the paper which is
received in said trough 145 over the roller 149. From about the point indicated
by the section line 16-16 in Figure 13, the trough begins to merge into a tube
and when the point indicated by the section line 19-19 is reached one of the
longitudinal edges of said trough 145 will have overlapped the other and form a
tube as shown by the sectional view, Figure 19. Upon the outer sides of the
trough 145 near its open end are two upwardly projecting clips 150, 151, provided
with horizontal slits, and near the middle of said trough is secured a bale 152
provided at its top with a recess; 153 denotes a removable concave cover
provided at one end with a transverse portion forming the projecting lugs 154,
which are adapted to fit into the clips 150, 151; and situated on the upper side of
said cover near the rear end thereof is a stud 155 which is adapted to fit into the
recess in the bale 152 and serves to hold said cover 153 in position over a part of
the trough 145. 156 and 157 indicate two vertical guides secured to the trough 145
at its front or entering end directly above the roller 149, which guides serve to
direct the rod of tobacco from the belt 93 into the trough 145.
At the top of the cylindrical portion of the trough or tube 145 is a folding
lip 158 and a little in rear of said folding lip 158 is a recess 159. It is to be
observed that the rear longitudinal edge of the trough 145 is substantially vertical
from its end to the folding lip 158 and thereby forms a longitudinal opening in the
upper side of said trough.
At the front side of the machine is a cylindrical paste receptacle 160 which is
supported by the brackets 161 and 162 bolted to the frame of the machine.
Within the cylindrical receptacle 160 is provided the piston 163 having a threaded
stem 164 which projects below the bottom of the receptacle; and 165 denotes a
gear wheel which is supported beneath the base of the receptacle in a recess formed

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in the bracket 162 and serves to elevate or lower the piston 163 within its
receptacle when the same is rotated upon the stem 164. Integral with the top of
the cylinder is a bifurcated scraper 165', and in the receptacle directly between
the two members of the scraper 165 is an aperture 166 out of which the paste will
be forced as the piston 163 is elevated within its receptacle. Adjacent to said
receptacle 160 is a vertical sleeve 167 which is held attached to said receptacle by
a connecting section 168, and carries therein the shaft 169 having at its upper end
a pasting wheel 170, which works within the bifurcated scraper 165 and serves to
convey the paste which is forced out of the aperture 166 to the edge of the
cigarette wrapper projecting out of the trough 145; and at the lower end of the
shaft 169 is a pulley 171, over which passes a belt 172 from the pulley 173 on
the main driving shaft 32. 174 is a short shaft mounted in bearings in the
bracket 162 and having at its forward end a worm wheel 175 in gear with the
cog wheel 165 on the rod 164 of the piston working within the receptacle 160
and at the rear end of said shaft 174 is a pulley 176, on which a belt 177 passes
from a pulley 178 on the shaft 179. Upon one end of said shaft 179 is a pulley 178
and at the other end of said shaft is a beveled gear wheel 180 which meshes with
a beveled pinion 181 on the counter-shaft 182 which is supported in suitable
bearings, and carries at one end a beveled pinion 183 in gear with the beveled gear
wheel 128 on the shaft 122; upon the shaft 182 is a gear wheel 184 in mesh with
a similar wheel 185 on the main driving shaft 32, and at the extremity of the
counter-shaft 182 is a beveled gear wheel 186. Secured to the under side of the
frame below the paste receptacle 160 is a depending support 188 carrying at its
lower extremity a usual reel of cigarette paper 189 which forms the wrappers for
the cigarettes. The paper 190 passes from said reel over the roller 149 into the
trough 145 with the rod of filler tobacco, as shown.
Arranged in line with the trough 145 is the tube 191 which is secured in position
upon the platform 192; and 193 is the belt which passes through the tube 191 and
over the rollers 194 and 195 supported in bearings upon the said platform 192.
The belt 193 also passes over the driving pulley 187 and over the roller 196 of the
belt tightener which is supported in a carriage 197 working in ways on the under-
side of the platform 192, and provided with a set screw 198 whereby the said belt
tightener may be adjusted.
The belt 193 may pass through the tube 191 without regard to the combined
trough and tube 145, as indicated by the dotted line 193 in Fig. 7, or through both
said tubes 191 and 145, as indicated by the full belt lines 193 in Fig. 7.
Pivotally supported upon one of the legs 31 is an arm 208 having secured upon
one end a weight 209 and at its other end a brush 210 which is held pressed against
the belt 193 on the pulley and thereby serves to keep said belt clean. 211 designates
a clutch whereby the mechanism operated by the shaft 179 may be thrown into
and out of operation.
The operation of the wrapping mechanism is as follows:-
The filler rod is first received from the filler forming mechanism between the
guides 156 and 157 where it passes over the roller 149 to the ribbon of paper 190.
Thereupon, the said filler rod and paper move together into and through the
trough 145 where the wrapper is folded upon the filler rod. When the longitudinal
edge of the wrapper which projects upwardly out of the trough 145 reaches the
pasting wheel 170 the inner side of said projecting longitudinal edge will be pasted
or gummed by means of said pasting wheel 170, which receives and conveys to the
projecting edge of the wrapper the gum or paste which is forced through the
aperture 166 in the receptacle 160 as the piston 163 therein is caused to rise by
the actuating of the worm gearing 165, 175. After the wrapper has been thus
gummed it passes together with the filler rod through the trough 145 until the
folding lip 158 is reached, where the gummed edge of the wrapper is then deflected
and caused to overlap the opposite edge thereof. Thereafter the gummed edge
passes into the cylindrical portion of the trough 145 through the recess 159 in
the top thereof and is firmly pressed upon the opposite edge of the wrapper

page_text: thereby enveloping the filler and completing the continuous cigarette which is then
carried through the tube 191 within the belt 193 and thence to the mechanism
hereinafter described for severing said rod into sections or cigarettes of appropriate
length.
The filler rod and wrapper are conveyed to the wrapping and pasting mechanisms,
and the continuous cigarette to the cutting mechanism by means of the belt 193
driven from the pulley 187 upon the shaft 179 which receives its motion through
intermediate gearing from the main driving shaft 32.
The paste contained within the cylinder 160 is forced out of the same through
the aperture 166 in the top thereof by means of the piston 163 which is raised by
means of the gear wheel 165 carried upon the threaded piston rod 164, and rotated
by the worm wheel 175 on the shaft 174 which shaft is actuated by the pulley 176
and the belt 177 passing over said pulley 176 and the pulley 178 on the shaft 179,
which shaft, as before stated, receives its power through intermediate gearing from
the main driving shaft 32. The pasting wheel 170 and the shaft 169 to which the
pasting wheel is fixed, are rotated by means of the pulley 171 at the end of said
shaft 169, and the belt 172 which passes over said pulley 171 and the pulley 173
on the main driving shaft 32.
The mechanism for severing the continuous rod into appropriate lengths is fully
illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 24, 25 and 26, in which the revoluble cutter is
numbered 199, and is mounted upon a short shaft 200 upon which is secured the
grooved pulley wheel 201, the latter being connected with the large grooved
sheave 202 and receiving motion therefrom by means of the cord or other suitable
connection 205. The sheave 202 is secured upon the rear end of the main driving
shaft 32 and receives its motion from said shaft. The cutter wheel 199 revolves
with the shaft 200 and has imparted to it a slight reciprocating motion in line with
the length of the cigarette rod and also a vertical motion whereby it is caused to
ascend against and pass through said rod for the purpose of severing the same.
The means for imparting to the revolving cutter 199 its longitudinal reciprocating
and vertically reciprocating movements, form essential features of this application,
and both of these movements are directly attained from an eccentric 206 and crank
pin 207 mounted upon a shaft 213, which by suitable intermediate gearing receives
its revolving motion from the auxiliary driving shaft 182. The shaft 213 has
upon its inner end the pinion wheel 214 in engagement with the pinion wheel 215
on the auxiliary shaft 217 carrying the pinion wheel 218, the latter being in
engagement with the gear wheel 219 mounted upon the shaft 220 having upon its
inner end the beveled pinion wheel 221, which is in direct engagement with the
beveled pinion wheel 222 secured upon the end of said auxiliary driving shaft 182,
as illustrated in Figure 2. The beveled pinion wheel 181 also secured upon the
auxiliary driving shaft 182 engages the beveled gear wheel 180 mounted upon the
shaft 179, the latter carrying the driving wheel 187 (see Figure 7) for moving
the belt 193 which operates to draw the continuous cigarette rod through the
tube 191 and move said rod continuously to the cutting mechanism. The rod 223
shown in Figure 3, is a clutch rod and will be referred to hereinafter. The
shaft 213 which receives its motion from the auxiliary driving shaft 182 through
the train of gears, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221 and 222, is mounted in the bearing 224
which is secured upon the bracket 225 connected with the main frame of the
machine, as illustrated more clearly in Figs. 2, 7 and 26. Upon the lower rear
end of the bracket 225 is pivotally mounted the bar 226 which extends upward to
the upper part of the machine and is actuated through the arm 227 from the
shaft 213. The arm 227 is pivotally connected to the bar 226 and at its outer end
is in the form of an eccentric strap which encloses the periphery of the eccentric 206
which is secured on the shaft 213 and revolves therewith. Upon the outer side of
the eccentric 206 is formed or secured the crank wheel 228 carrying the crank-
pin 207, whereby, through the mechanism hereinafter described, the cutter 199 is
given its vertical movement. The eccentric 206 operates through the arm 227 to
impart through the bar 226 the reciprocating movement to the cutter 199. The

page_text: one shaft 213 therefore actuates, through intermediate mechanism, the cutter 199
to have both a vertical movement and a longitudinal movement.
The shaft 200 carrying the cutter 199 is mounted in the bearing 229 which is
supported upon the outer ends of the arms 230, 230, passing inward upon opposite
sides of the bar 226 and pivotally mounted upon the short rod 231 which extends
through the outer end of an arm 232 integral with and extending inward from the
said bar 226, as illustrated more clearly in Figs. 24 and 25. The shaft 200 carrying
the cutter 199 and mounted in the bearing 229 is enabled to have a limited swinging
movement with the arms 230, 230, and thereby while continuing to rapidly revolve may
have imparted to it the desired vertical movement against the cigarette rod.
Upon
the front of the bearing 229 are the auxiliary bearing blocks 233 which at their
lower ends receive the rod 234 carrying in a pivotal manner at its exposed end the
vertical rod 235 which extends downward within the tubular rod 236 pivotally
secured at its lower end to the crank pin 207. During the revolving motion of the
shaft 213, eccentric 206 and crank-wheel 228, the rods 236, 235, are given a vertical
reciprocation from the crank pin 207 and through the rod 234 and bearings 233
impart to the bearing 229 a like reciprocation, whereby the cutter 199 is caused
to elevate and pass through the cigarette rod and then descend to its normal
position. The arms 230, 230, admit of the vertical movement of the bearing 229
and cutter 199 without interfering with the continuous revolution of the pulley
wheel 201 under the action of the belt or cord 205. The rod 235 is adjustable by
means of the screw 237, within the hollow rod 236, in order to compensate for the
wear on the knife and render the latter especially suited for cutting the cigarette
rod under any and all conditions and adjustments of the various parts of the
machine.
The upper end of the bar 226 passes through a slot in the plate 238 as shown in
Figs. 4, 7 and 24, in order that the said bar may at its upper end be guided and
firmly maintained. The upper portion of the bar 226 has secured to it by means
of the strap 239 the tube 240 (Figs. 7, 8 and 9) which has a flaring entrance and
is in direct alignment with the stationary tube 241 through which the cigarette rod
passes on its way to and through the said tube 240. At the outer end of the
tube 240 is formed the plate 242, whose outer surface forms a cutting edge and
is tapered downward and inward, as illustrated in Fig. 9. To the plate 242 is
secured by means of a screw 243 the bracket 244 within whose end is mounted the
tube 245, which is in alignment with the tube 240 and has the tapered cutting
edge 246 facing the plate 242. The tube 245 has a continuous spring tension
toward the plate 242 by reason of the spring 247 secured by said screw 243 and
thence extending outward and downward and engaging the opposite side edges of
the outer end of said tube 245. The cutter 199 severs the cigarette rod while the
latter is within the tubes 240, 245, and said cutter during the severing operation
ascends between the plate 242 and tube 245, said plate and tube forming edges
between which the cutter may work. During the ascent of the cutter 199 between
the plate 242 aud tube 245, the latter is forced outward from said plate 242 by and
in order to permit the upward passage of the said cutter, and upon the descent of
the latter, the spring 247 will return said tube 245 to its normal position against
said plate 242. The tube 240, plate 242, bracket 244 and tube 245, are rigid upon
and move with the upper end of the bar 226 and hence will have a slight
reciprocating motion with said har under the action of the eccentric 206.
tubes 240, 245, through which the cigarette rod passes thus move rearward with
the cigarette rod during the time the cutter 199 is acting to sever the same, and
effectually maintain said rod under the action of the cutter while severing the
same.
The
The cutter 199 receives its longitudinal reciprocating motion from the
eccentric 206 and its vertical reciprocation from the crank pin 207, both
cccentric and crank-pin being on the end of the shaft 213; and the cutter has
for its co-operating edges the facing surfaces of the plate 242 and tube 245,
which only separate sufficiently to permit the entrance between them of the cutter.

page_text: The clutch mechanism referred to hereinbefore by the numerals 86 and 211 is
most clearly shown by the enlarged detail views, Figures 27 and 28. In said
figures, 250 designates the main portion of the shaft, and 251 the end thereof,
which is made smaller in diameter than the main portion, and consequently a
shoulder 252 is formed at the place of juncture of the main portion 250 and
the end portion 251 of said shaft. The entire end 251, and the portion 250 of
the shaft adjacent to the end 251 are made hollow, and provided with a longi-
tudinal recess 253, one-half of which recess is formed in the end 251 and the
remaining half formed in the portion 250. Within the hollow portion of the said
shaft is a solid stem 254 provided near its inner end with a spline 255 which
is about half the length of the longitudinal recess 253 into which said spline
extends, and at the outer end of said stem 254 is fixed a knob 256. 257 designates
the pulley which is fixed upon the small end of the shaft against the shoulder of
the main portion 250, by means of the washer 258 and nut 259, the inner face
of the hub of said pulley 258 being notched to receive the spline 255.
The effect of pulling out the stem 254 by means of the knob 256 is to cause
the spline 255 to engage with the driving pulley, and by forcing the stem 254
inward the spline 255 will be released from its engagement with the pulley and
caused to enter that portion of the recess 253 formed in the main portion 250, and
thereby permit the pulley to run idle.
The various parts of the machine having thus been described, and their several
functions indicated, a brief further explanation of the operation will be given.
The tobacco, as already described, is first placed in a loose even layer upon the
endless apron 45 in the trough 35, then carried forward upon said apron and under
the apron 56 (being there slightly compressed) to the rollers 55, 65, and by them
further compressed, the projecting end of the inwardly moving layer being then
acted upon by the picker roller 72. The loose or separated tobacco drops down-
wardly over the inclined chute 92 to the belt 93 and is conveyed thereby first
between the pair of filler forming rollers 97, 111 and pressed into a rod-like form,
thence between the pair of rollers 98, 112 where the filler rod is further com-
pressed, and finally between the grooved rollers 99, 113, where the filler rod
is still further compressed and caused to assume a cylindrical form. The
cylindrical filler rod is next passed between the guides 156, 157 over a
roller 149 into the trough part of the wrapping tube 145 upon the strip
of paper 190 which forms the wrapper. This strip of paper is also passed over
the roller 149 and together with the filler rod is carried through the trough 145
to the pasting wheel 170 where the inner side of the projecting longitudinal.edge
of the wrapper is gummed. When the said projecting edge of the wrapper wipes
against the folding lip 158 located at the top of the cylindrical portion of the
trough 145 the said edge of the wrapper will be deflected and caused to overlap
the opposite edge of the paper as it enters the recess 159 in said trough and be
firmly pressed upon said opposite edge to enclose the filler and thereby form the
continuous cigarette.
From the rear end of the wrapping tube 145 the continuous cigarette is carried
by the belt 193 through the finishing tube 191 to the tubes 240 and 245, through
which it passes and within which the rear end of the cigarette rod is cut off in the
correct length by the cutter 199, as above described. The severed sections cut
from the cigarette rod as the same passes rearward form the completed articles of
trade known as cigarettes. The cigarettes will be either oval or round in cross-
section in accordance with the shape of the tubes 145 and 191.
It will be observed upon reference to Figure 20 that the forward roller 55 of
the upper feed belt 56 is directly over the roller 66, which is directly in line with
the roller 43 and also in close proximity to the teeth of the picker roller 72. It
is of advantage to have the teeth of the picker roller 72 come as close to the
roller 66 as possible. The body of filler tobacco fed inward between the belts 45
and 56 terminates directly between the rollers 55 and 66 and said roller 55 is
vertically adjustable, as shown, in order that the requisite pressure may be
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page_text: maintained upon the inner end of the body of filler tobacco. The picker roller 72
is enabled to remove so much of the edge of the body of filler tobacco as is
released between the rollers 55 and 66, and in operation, under the conditions and
with the construction and arrangement shown and expressed, the filler tobacco is
thoroughly shredded and disintegrated by means of the one picker roller 72 and by
it directly prepared for the cigarettes. In accordance with the machine made the
subject hereof, there is no intermediate mechanism between the roller 72 and the
feeding belt 93 which takes the tobacco directly after the same leaves the picker
roller. The picker roller 72 revolves toward the roller 66, as indicated by the
arrow and thus the shredded and disintegrated filler tobacco passes directly
downward toward the belt 93. One of the objects accomplished by the
construction of feed mechanism shown and described is that thereby the fibres of
the tobacco are preserved in longer shreds or forms than has heretofore seemed
possible in any known cigarette machine.
It has been explained above that the belt 93 takes the tobacco falling from the
feed mechanism, and this belt is rendered trough-shaped on its passage between the
lower rollers 111, 112 and 113 and the upper rollers 97, 98 and 99, which rollers
prepare the tobacco and impart to the rod thereof the proper form, size and
consistency for the wrapping mechanism. It will be seen upon reference to
Figs. 5 and 6 that the rollers 111, 112 and 113 are grooved and in line with one
another and that the rollers 97, 98 and 99 enter; said grooves and vary in
thickness, the roller 97 having a smooth edge and being thicker than the roller 98,
which also has a smooth edge, while the roller 99 has a grooved edge and is
thicker than the roller 98. The roller 97 flattens and compresses the filler
tobacco carried between the rollers in the trough-shaped belt 93 and completes
the first step in the operation of forming the filler rod, which when complete
should be circular in cross section. The roller 98 being narrower at its edge than
the roller 97, presses directly upon the longitudinal central portion of the tobacco
carried inward from the rollers 97 and 111 and thereby causes the opposite
longitudinal edges of the then compressed mass of tobacco to turn upward
against the opposite surfaces of said roller 98 and from the facing vertical
surfaces of that portion of the belt 93 within the groove of the roller 112. The
roller 98 completes the second step in the operation of forming the filler rod, and
after it has acted upon the tobacco the latter passes between the rollers 99
and 113 and in view of the fact that said roller 99 is wider at its edge than the
roller 98 it will embrace within its grooved periphery the up-turned edges formed
in the mass of tobacco by the narrow roller 98 and compress said edges toward
the center of the rod of tobacco, and complete the formation of the same
preparatory to said rod entering the wrapping tube. The rollers 97, 98 and 99 of
the construction described, and succeeding one another, comprises an important
part of my invention, and give particularly satisfactory results.
As above described, after the rod of filler tobacco leaves the belt 93 it is
subjected to the wrapping and finishing operations in the tubes 145 and 191. The
utility of the tube 145 will be well understood and in a general sense the said
tube is of well known general form and construction. I have, however, especially
adapted the said tube for convenient use in the machine made the subject of this
application and it is believed to be new in respect of some of its details which
are pointed out in the claims. The finishing or sealing tube 191 is entirely
independent of the wrapping tube 145 and is elongated in length. The tube 191
receives the completely finished cigarette rod from the tube 145 and maintains
the same under pressure a sufficient length of time, and during sufficient travel of
the cigarette, to enable the cutting of the latter into appropriate lengths by means
of high speed cutting mechanism. The pasting mechanism is advantageous in its
arrangement and construction and as will be observed from the drawings, the
outlet for the paste is at the upper end of the pasting cylinder 160 and that the
pasting wheel 170 is directly between said outlet and the vertical exposed edge of
the paper within the tube 145, as shown in Fig. 23, hence, the paste is delivered
directly from the cylinder to the paper by the one wheel 170 and all further

page_text: intermediate mechanism between the outlet end of the cylinder and the edge of
the paper are dispensed with. The cutter 191 operated by the mechanism
above described is remarkably effective and can be driven at a high rate of
speed. The machine as a whole is capable of rapid effective work and is entirely
reliable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, combined with the endless belt receiving the tobacco from said feeding
means, the grooved rollers over which said belt travels and is rendered trough-
shaped, the pressure rollers which act upon the tobacco in the belt while the latter
is traveling over said grooved rollers, means for receiving and wrapping the rod of
tobacco as it leaves said grooved rollers and belt, and means for severing the
wrapped rod of tobacco into appropriate lengths; substantially as set forth.
2. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco to the filler forming devices, combined with the endless belt receiving the
tobacco from said feeding means, the grooved rollers over which said belt travels
and is rendered trough shaped, the pressure rollers which act upon the tobacco in
said belt while the latter is passing over said grooved rollers, the tube receiving
the rod of tobacco formed by said rollers and also the ribbon of paper and having
the longitudinal opening exposing one edge of the paper at a definite point to
receive the paste and also means for folding said edge upon the other edge of the
paper, means for drawing the wrapped rod through said tube, and means for
severing said rod into cigarettes of appropriate length; substantially as set forth.
3. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco to the filler forming devices, combined with the endless belt receiving the
tobacco from said feeding means, the grooved rollers over which said belt travels
and is rendered trough-shaped, the pressure rollers which act upon the tobacco in
said belt while the latter is passing over said grooved rollers, the tube receiving
the rod of filler tobacco and the ribbon of paper and having the longitudinal
opening exposing one edge of the paper at a definite point to receive the paste and
also means for folding said edge upon the other edge of the paper, the finishing
tube receiving the wrapped rod of tobacco, the endless belt drawing said rod
through said tubes, and means for severing said wrapped rod into appropriate
lengths for cigarettes; substantially as set forth.
4. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, means for forming said tobacco into the continuous filler rod, and the
wrapping tube having the tapered trough-shaped inlet, the guides for the paper on
opposite sides of said inlet, the removable cover section having means substantially
as described for attachment to the main body of the tube, the longitulinal opening
exposing one edge of the paper to receive the paste, the edge for folding the pasted
edge of the paper upon the other edge thereof, and the substantially closed portion
holding the pasted edge of the paper down, combined with means for drawing the
wrapped rod of tobacco through said tube, and means for severing the wrapped rod
into appropriate lengths; substantially as set forth.
5. In a cigarette making machine, the filler tobacco receiving trough, and the
endless feeder apron arranged to travel over the bottom of said trough, combined
with the endless belt supported above said feeder apron adapted for contact with
the upper surface of the layer of tobacco, means for acting on the front elge
of the layer of tobacco to remove and loosen the saine, means for holding said
layer of tobacco while its projecting edge is being acted upon, and means for con-
veying the said loosened or separated tobacco to the filler forming mechanism;
substantially as set forth.
6. In a cigarette making machine, the pasting mechanism comprising a paste
receptacle provided near its top with the aperture and bifurcated projection, the

page_text: piston within said paste receptacle, means for actuating said piston, a vertical
bearing supported by said paste receptacle at the side thereof, the spindle carried
within said bearing having thereon the pasting wheel adapted to convey the paste
from the aperture in said receptacle to the edge of the cigarette wrapper, and
means for rotating said pasting wheel, substantially as set forth.
7. In a cigarette machine, the pasting mechanism comprising the paste receptacle
provided near its top with outlet aperture and bifurcated projection, the piston
within said receptacle provided with the threaded stem, a gear wheel carried upon
said stem beneath the receptacle, the shaft having the worm wheel gearing with
the gear wheel aforesaid, means for rotating said shaft to actuate the piston within
the paste receptacle, a vertical bearing supported by said receptacle at the side
thereof, a spindle carried within said bearing having at its upper end the pasting
wheel working within the said bifurcated projection at the top of the paste
receptacle, and at its lower end the pulley, and means for rotating said pasting
wheel; substantially as set forth.
8. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, combined with the endless belt receiving the tobacco from the said feeding
means, the grooved rollers over which said belt travels and is rendered trough-
shaped, the pressure roller having a flat edge and arranged to act upon the tobacco
in the belt while the latter is traveling over the first of said grooved rollers, the
pressure roller having a flat edge and less in width than the first mentioned pressure
roller for acting on said tobacco while in the said belt after the same leaves the
wider pressure roller, and the grooved pressure roller of greater width at its edge
than the said narrow pressure roller for finally acting upon the tobacco preparatory
to its being subjected to the wrapping and cutting mechanism; substantially as
set forth.
9. In a continuous cigarette making machine the means for feeding the filler
tobacco and the endless belt receiving the tobacco from said feeding means,
combined with the grooved rollers over which said belt travels and is rendered
trough-shaped, pressure rollers which act upon the tobacco in said belt while the
latter is passing over said grooved rollers, the tube receiving the rod of filler
tobacco and the ribbon of paper and baving the longitudinal opening exposing one
edge of the paper at a definite point to receive the paste, and also means for
folding said edge upon the other edge of the paper and there pressing it, the
independent elongated finishing or maintaining tube in line with the wrapping
tube but separated therefrom, the endless belt passing through said finishing or
maintaining tube and moving the rod of tobacco therethrough, and means for
severing said wrapped rod into appropriate lengths; substantially as set forth.
10. In a continuous cigarette machine, the means for feeding the filler tobacco,
combined with the endless belt receiving the tobacco from said feeding means, the
grooved rollers 111, 112 and 113 over which said belt travels and is rendered
trough-shaped, the pressure rollers 97, 98 and 99 of the character shown and
described and which act upon the tobacco in said belt while the latter is passing
over said grooved rollers, the tube receiving the rod of filler tobacco and the
ribbon of paper and baving the longitudinal opening exposing one edge of the paper
at a definite point to receive the paste, and also means for folding said edge upon
the other edge of the paper and there maintaining it, the independent elongated
finishing or maintaining tube receiving the wrapped rod of tobacco from the
folding tube and being separated from said folding tube, the endless belt passing
through said independent finishing or maintaining tube and drawing the rod of
tobacco through the same, and means for severing said wrapped rod into appropriate
lengths; substantially as set forth.
11. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the filler tobacco receiving
trough and the endless feeder apron arranged to travel over the bottom of the said
trough and being of flexible material, combined with the endless belt of flexible
material supported above the inner end of said feeder apron and adapted for

page_text: contact with the upper surface of the layer of tobacco after the latter has been
spread upon the said feeder apron, the independent roller directly in front of the
said feeder apron, and directly below the inner roller of the said upper endless belt,
the picker roller arranged in close relation to said independent roller, the chute-
directly below said picker roller and means for conveying the tobacco to the filler
forming mechanism; substantially as set forth.
12. In a cigarette making machine, the filler tobacco receiving trough and the
endless feeder apron, arranged to travel over the bottom of said trough, combined
with the endless belt of flexible material supported above the inner portion of said
feeder apron and adapted for contact with the upper surface of the layer of tobacco
after the latter has been spread upon the said feeder apron and carried inward
thereby, the independent roller 66 directly in front of the said feeder apron and
directly below the front roller of the said endless belt, the picker roller 72
arranged in close relation to said independent roller 66, gearing for turning said
picker roller downward toward said roller 66, the chute directly below said
picker roller, the endless belt at the lower end of said chute and means for
forming, wrapping and severing the filler rod of tobacco; substantially as set.
forth.
13. In a continuous cigarette making machine, means for feeding the filler
tobacco, and the belt receiving and feeding onward the tobacco from the said
feeding means and being trough shaped along its upper portion, means for
maintaining said trough shaped form in the belt, the comparatively wide pressure
roller for flattening and compressing the width of the filler tobacco in said belt, the
succeeding narrow edged pressure roller for acting on the longitudinal center of
the mass of tobacco fed on said belt and turning the longitudinal edges of said mass.
upward and inward toward each other, and the succeeding grooved pressure roller
of greater width than said narrow-edged pressure roller for acting upon said
tobacco in said belt and pressing the inwardly and upwardly turned edges of
same inward and downward to complete the formation of the filler rod preparatory
to its being subjected to the wrapping and cutting mechanism; substantially as
set forth.
14. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, and means for forming the filler-rod, combined with the tube receiving the
rod of tobacco and ribbon of paper and having the longitudinal opening exposing
one edge of the paper to receive the paste and also means for folding the said edge
upon the other edge thereof and there pressing and maintaining it, the independent
elongated maintaining tube in line with the wrapping tube but separated therefrom,
the endless belt passing through said independent tube and moving the cigarette
rod therethrough, and means for severing said rod into appropriate lengths;
substantially as set forth.
15. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, means for forming said tobacco into the continuous filler rod, and the
wrapping tube having the trough-shaped inlet, the guides for the paper on opposite
sides of said inlet, the removable cover section having at one end the stud 155 and
at its other end the lugs 154, the recessed bale on the trough to engage said stud,
the slotted clips 150, 151, on the trough to engage said lugs, the longitudinal
opening exposing one edge of the paper to receive the paste, the edge for folding
the pasted edge of the paper upon the other edge thereof, and the substantially
closed portion holding the pasted edge of the paper down, combined with means
for moving the wrapped rod of tobacco through said tube, and means for severing
the wrapped rod into appropriate lengths; substantially as set forth.
16. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the means for feeding the filler
tobacco, the belt receiving the tobacco from said feeding means and conveying the
same to the filler rod forming devices, and the rollers for forming the filler rod,
combined with the wrapping tube having the tapered trough-shaped inlet, the guides
for the paper on opposite sides of said inlet, the removable cover section, the

page_text: longitudinal opening exposing one edge of the paper to receive the paste, the edge
for folding the pasted edge of the paper upon the other edge thereof and the
substantially closed cylindrical portion at the outlet end of said wrapping tube for
holding the pasted edge of the paper down, the elongated independent tube 191 in
line with said wrapping tube but separated therefrom, the belt passing through
said elongated tube for moving the wrapped cigarette therethrough, and means for
severing the wrapped rod into appropriate lengths; substantially as set forth.
17. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the revoluble cutter 199, and means for reciprocating said cutter through the
cigarette rod, combined with the reciprocating tubes 240, 245, through which the
said rod passes and between which the cutter moves, said tube 245 having a
yielding spring tension toward the tube 240; substantially as set forth.
18. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the revoluble cutter 199, and means for reciprocating said cutter through the
cigarette rod, combined with the reciprocating tubes 240, 245, through which the
said rod passes and between which the cutter moves, and the spring 247 exerting a
tension on the tube 245 toward the tube 240 the inner end of tube 245 being beveled ;
substantially as set forth.
19. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the revoluble cutter 199, and means for reciprocating said cutter through the
cigarette rod, combined with the bar 226 pivoted at its lower end, the arm
connected with said bar at one end and at its other end engaging a driving
eccentric, and the tubes 240, 245, carried by said bar 226 in the path of the
cigarette rod and between which said cutter moves, the tube 245 having a spring
tension toward the tube 240; substantially as set forth.
20. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the pivoted bar 226, and the eccentric for moving said bar, combined with the
revoluble cutter, the movable bearing for the shaft of said cutter and swung
from said bar 226, and the crank connected by a rod with said bearing for elevating
and lowering said cutter; substantially as set forth.
21. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the pivoted bar 226, and the eccentric for moving said bar, combined with the
revoluble cutter, the movable bearing for the shaft of said cutter and swung from
said bar 226, and the crank on the same shaft with said eccentric and connected by
a rod with said bearing for elevating and lowering said cutter; substantially as set
forth.
22. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the pivoted bar 226, and the eccentric for moving said bar, combined with the
revoluble cutter 199, the movable bearing for the shaft of said cutter and swung
from said bar 226, the crank, and the rod formed of adjustable sections connecting
said crank with said bearing for elevating and lowering said cutter; substantially
as set forth.
23. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the revoluble cutter 199, the swinging bearing therefor, and the support for said
bearing, combined with the eccentric and crank on a driving shaft, and means
respectively connecting said eccentric and crank with said support and bearing for
imparting the movements to said cutter; substantially as set forth.
24. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the bar 226, the eccentric 206, and the arm 227 connecting said eccentric and bar
for actuating the latter from the former, combined with the revoluble cutter 199,
the bearing for the cutter-shaft, the swinging arms connected at one end to said
bearing and at the other end to said bar, the crank on a driving shaft, and the rod
connecting said crank with said bearing; substantially as set forth.
25. In a continuous cigarette making machine, the cutting mechanism comprising
the bar 226, the revoluble cutter 199, and the movable bearing for the cutter shaft
swung from said bar 226, combined with the combined eccentric and crank on a
driving shaft, the arm connecting said eccentric with said bar, and the rod

page_text: connecting said crank with said bearing, whereby from the one shaft the cutter
receives both its longitudinal and vertical reciprocations; substantially as set
forth.
Dated this Thirtieth day of November 1896
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.