A New or Improved Cigarette Making Machine.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec,, 1898-Accepted, 7th Oct,, 1899
DEPORTIVATION.
A New or Improved Cigarette Making Machine.
We, WILHELM GOTTFRIED PEDERSEN, of 17 Carolinevej, Hellerup, Denmark,
Wholesale Dealer, LUDVIG ADLER, of 42 Vimmelskaftet, Copenhagen, Denmark,
Manufacturer, and PETER NICOLAI HOLST, of 15 Odensegade, Copenhagen,
Denmark, Director, 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 a cigarette-making machine in which the contents
of the cigarette are formed between two dies-one fixed and the other movable-
so that it may be inserted subsequently into the paper by the action of a rod
arranged so that it can be moved up and down. The movement of the rod and of
the movable die is obtained by means of a shaft made to oscillate by the action
of a pedal. The action of this shaft causes a small frame to rise and fall by
means of two discs provided with a lever and rollers. The object of this is to
hold and release the paper. The same shaft also actuates a pair of scissors by
means of bevel wheels.
Cigarette-making machines of this kind, as known at the present time, present
many serious defects. It may be pointed out especially that the operator has
not both of his hands free seeing that with the one he is obliged to work the
machine; further, only dry tobacco can be employed since otherwise all parts
of the machine become rusty and the use of dry tobacco produces much dust
and as the machines are not constructed dust-proof it is necessary to dismount
and clean them repeatedly and it is a difficult and inconvenient operation to
dismount the machine. By the use of cne machine only cigarettes of a certain
form can be made and the operation of cutting the cigarette cannot be effected
in the machine, but must be executed by hand by another operator, so that for
each machine two operators are required.
All these inconveniences have been obviated by the construction forming the
subject of this invention, seeing that the machine is actuated by a pedal, that
all parts as far as possible are made of glass which is not impaired by moisture
and causes the least amount of friction, that none of the bearings can be attacked
by dust, that the machine admits of being easily dismounted and finally that
all openings of the box are closed by fixed and movable shutters. We have to
point out as special advantages that by using die plates and parts of different
thickness and shape cigarettes of any shape may be produced. The scissors
also may be adjusted according to the desired length.
This invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure I shows the machine in front elevation,
Figure II the same in plan,
Figure III is a section on line A-B of Figure II,
Figure IV is a section on line C-D of Figure II,
Figure V shows the machine from the side of the scissors,
Figure VI shows the back of the table and of the pedal, and
Figure VII represents the same parts in side elevation.
The shaft 1 carries at one end the belt driven wheel 2 provided with a
counterweight 3 and a stopping device 4. In the machine frame, consisting

page_text: of a lower part of cast metal 5 and a cast metal casing 6, a toothed wheel 7 is
keyed on the shaft (Figure III). This wheel gears with a rack bar arranged
upon the bottom of the movable frame 8. In this latter frame an angular
groove 9 is provided passing in an upward direction (Figure II), which encloses
a tenon 10 (Figure III) provided with a roller and arranged upon the cover 11,
the front edge of which forms a cutter, which, when displaced sideways by the
groove, cuts the tobacco and encloses it. The cover 11 carries the movable
part 12 of the glass mould. The box is so constructed that the dust cannot pass
out. The slightly sunk front part carries the plate 13, and upon the outside
the fixed part 50 of the mould with the stationary cutter 14.
In the front space of the box the shaft 1 carries a fixed disc 15 (Figure II)
and a movable disc 16. Each of these discs is provided with a tenon having
a roller, which in due course lifts the lever 17 (Figures I and II), the long arm
of which is held down by a spring 18, whilst the short arm engages with a fork
on the back of the small frame 19, which moves vertically, and whose upper
edge is, by the action of the spring, forced against the mouthpiece 20. This
mouthpiece is arranged in a key or plug 21 (Figures II and V) which is seated
in a key-way on the side of the box and is retained by the action of a conical
tenon 22. The front part of the box is closed by a shutter 23 (Figures I to III)
which at the same time supports the fixed part of the mould and the stationary
cutter in their respective positions against the pressure from the movable part
of the mould and the movable cutter. The upper part 6 of the box is held
in position on the lower part 5 by the aid of four conical tenons 25 (Figures I
and II), so that the dismounting can be effected as easily as possible after the
screw 26 has been unscrewed.
As an example of the manner in which we obtain a very tight fit, one shutter 23
is shown fitting closely to a fixed projecting shutter of the lower part 5, and by
the aid of a projecting hub forming the bottom of the shaft bearing, while the
movable shutter likewise provided with a projecting hub forms the upper part
of the support. A crank 53 is attached to the shaft opposite the shutter 23 and
by the aid of a rod 27 this crank pulls and pushes the rod 28 by means of which
the tobacco core is inserted into the paper; this rod slides in a tube arranged
between the box and a bearing 29 so that the latter can be easily removed by
unscrewing the bottom spindle 30 and the tenon 31, by which the rod 28 is
drawn by means of the rod 27 (Figure IV) is provided with a roller 32 which
is arranged to rotate between the rails 33 and 34, and thus imparts the necessary
stability. Upon the free portion of the shaft 1, behind the box, a bevel wheel 35
(Figure II) is mounted, which by the aid of a corresponding wheel 36 actuates
a shaft 37 arranged perpendicularly to the shaft 1.
The shaft 37 carries upon its outside a disc 38 provided with a tenon 39 which
at the proper moment lifts a lever 40 arranged upon the same shaft 41 as the
movable arms 42 and 43 of the scissors.
The fixed arm 44 is cast into a piece of the lower part of the box whilst the
other arm 45 is carried by a frame 46 which is adjusted by a screw 47 and
encloses a tube 48 fastened to the shaft 41, on which the movable arm 43 is so
arranged that the latter follows the movements of the frame 46.
again opens the scissors when the tenon 39 has released the lever 40.
The machine works in the following manner:-
A spring 49
After the operator has taken a suitable quantity of the tobacco from a box
arranged above, the machine, and has placed the same between the two parts
of the mould 12 and 50 (Figure III) and after having placed the cylindrical
paper cover over the mouthpiece 20 (Figure II), he applies pressure upon the
pedal by the aid of which the shaft is turned through an angle of 180 degrees
in the direction of the arrow 51.
By the movement of the shaft 1 the frame 8 is set in motion, through the
medium of the toothed wheel 7 and of the rack bar arranged on the frame 8,
in the direction indicated by the arrow 52 (Figure II). Thus the movement

page_text: is produced and the groove 9 causes the tenon 10 and consequently the cover 11
to move forward, so that the cutting edge of the latter cuts off the superfluous
tobacco. The retained tobacco is then pressed by the glass mould 12 against
the part 50 of the mould (Figure V) and a tobacco core is thus formed.
At the same time the tenon of the disc 15 holds up the lever 17 in a resting
position, so that the paper cover can be placed over the mouthpiece 20; subse-
quently the lever 17 is moved down by the action of the spring 18 so that the
other end of the lever is now lifted and causes the paper cover to be held between
the mouthpiece and arm 19 (Figures I and II).
The crank 53 then by the action of the rod 27 commences to move the rod 28,
which passes between the arms 12 and 50 and drives the core into the paper
cover.
When the movement of the rod 28 is stopped, the tenon of the disc 15 com-
mences to lift the lever 17 whereby the filled cigarette is disengaged and slides
from the mouthpiece 20. The same is then placed by the operator upon the
lower arm of the scissors which has been previously adjusted to the length of
the cigarette. At the same time the machine is set in motion and the bevel
wheels 35; 36 rotate the disc 38. At the end of the course the tenon 39 of the
dise 38 exerts a strong pressure against the upper arm 40, so that the upper
arm is pressed against the lower arm, whereby the cigarette is cut and subse-
quently drops.
When the operator releases the pedal the machine is returned to its position
of rest.
If the machine is to be adjusted for another size of cigarette, the scissors may
be adjusted by the aid of the screw 47 (Figure 1) thus changing the position
of the tenon of the disc 16 relatively to the tenon of the fixed disc 15 whereby
the arm 19 is forced to release the cigarette at the proper moment so as to obtain
the suitable length. For altering the shape of the cigarette other glass moulds 12
and 50 and another plate 13 are employed, and another key or plug 21 with
another mouthpiece 20 is inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In a cigarette making machine in which the tobacco is introduced into
the paper cover by means of a rod, the arrangement by which various forms of
cigarettes can be obtained by applying plates (13), dies (12 and 50) of various
form and thickness and mouthpieces 20 of a variable form; the device of
scissors (42, 43, 44, 45) serving to cut the cigarettes and being actuated by
the shaft of the machine, passing sideways and being adjustable to the desired
length of the cigarette, in combination with a pedal device so arranged as to
enable the operator to freely use both hands.
2. In machines of the kind ascertained in the First Claim, the arrangement
by which the box is rendered dust-proof and capable of being dismounted by
unscrewing the screw (26) and by removing the four conical tenons (25); the
plates and the parts of the mould being made of glass.
Dated this 10th day of December 1898.