IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," Southampton Buildings, London, Doctor of Laws, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARS."
-A communication from abroad by George Whitfield Tanner, of
Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Scaled the 20th September 1872, and dated the 3rd August 1872.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 3rd August 1872, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton Buildings,
London, Doctor of Laws, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in. possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARS," and have petitioned Her Majesty
to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal
Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that it
has been communicated to me from abroad by George Whitfield Tanner,
of Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming a part of
this Specification :-
This Invention embraces, first, a novel construction and arrangement
of rollers for forming the fillers; second, a novel construction and
arrangement of rollers for applying the wrappers and finishing the
point; third, a peculiar mode of mounting and operating the movable
compressing roller; fourth, a peculiar mode of mounting and operating|
the movable releasing roller; fifth, a frictional gauge rod of novel and
DERUMIITION
THE
.
Figure 1 is a side clevation of one of my wrapping machines with
a portion of the smoothing plate broken away to exhibit the front bed
rollers in working position; Figure 2 is an end view of the same looking
from right to left; Figure 3 is a plan of the same with a portion of the
upper framework and the compression roller removed, and also with a
portion of the smoothing plate broken away to exhibit the mould-like
space surrounded by the rollers; Figure 4 is a transverse section on the
lines Y, Z, Figure 1; Figures 5 and 6 represent in perspective and in
longitudinal section the frictional gauge rod; Figure 8 is an elevation
of one of my "filler" forming machines with a portion of the smoothing
plate broken away to exhibit the bed rollers and the compressing roller
elevated out of working position; Figures 7 and 9 are end views of the
"filler" forming machine as viewed from the left and the right hand
respectively; Figure 10 is a top view of the "filler" machine with the
compressing roller elevated and with a "filler".in position as if just
formed and ready to be discharged; Figure 11 is a transverse section of
the "filler" machine on the line W, X, Figure 10.
The "filler" forming machine consists in part of the several bed
rollers A, which are mounted in bearings supported by vertical
standards, and arranged to occupy in cross section more than a half
circle, so that there can be no tendency for a binder to leave the forming
space enclosed by the bed rollers. The compressing roller B is mounted
in bearings within a pivotted swinging frame, and so arranged that it

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can readily be brought into proper working relations with the bed
rollers, or thrown back, thereby affording ready access to the "filler"
space between the bed rollers. The several bed rollers are provided.
with pinions which mesh with a central pinion on the shaft C, which,
receives motion from a main crank shaft by means of an inter-
mediate gear. The compressing roller B is also provided with a pinion,
which when the roller is in working position meshes with the central
driving gear on the shaft C. The shaft C is hollow and contains a
forcing rod D which extends through the shaft into the "filler" space
enclosed by the bed rollers. This rod D is capable of being readily
moved longitudinally so that its inner end can be made to traverse the
entire length of the "filler" rollers. E is a smoothing plate on which
the "binder" is smoothed; its surface is in a line with the upper side
of the front upper bed roller A. The several bed rollers may be slightly.
corrugated or roughened so as to secure proper contact with the surface
of the "
filler;" the upper front roller is by preference smooth, as the
binder is thereby worked in more readily. As shown in Figure 7, an
end gate F is pivotted to the standard and arranged to guard the end
opening of the filler space. To make a filler the operative throws back
the compressing roller B as shown in Figures 7, 8, and 10, and draws
out the forcing end as shown in Figures 8 and 10, and having selected
sufficient loose tobacco to form a cigar he places it into the space
through the opening on top and brings the compressing roller down
into working position. The crank is then turned a few times to give
to the mass a cylindrical form; the binder is then placed on the
smoothing plate and one end inserted at either end of the filler, and
inclined towards the opposite end. On turning the crank the filler will
be revolved, and the binder drawn in regularly until the filler is properly
enclosed. Paste or gum may be employed to secure the ends of the
binder. The end gate F should be placed across the end opening in
the filler space to prevent the tobacco from working out while being
revolved. After the filler has been properly bound the end gate is
swung away and the forcing rod advanced which discharges the filler.
from the end opening. The "wrapping" machine, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4,
is provided with a series of stationary bed rollers G mounted in bearings
and supported by standards. In the Drawing but three of these rollers
are shown. It has been demonstrated in practice however that four
can be profitably employed when arranged to occupy in section a little
less than a half circle. Each bed roller is provided at one end with a

page_text: 'pinion and at the other end with a horn-shaped finger a, which may
be made separately and afterwards united, or in one piece, having the
proper configuration. The tips of the horn-shaped fingers converge to
a common centre which is coincident with the axial line of the space
enclosed by 'the several rollers, and they correspond in their interior
lines with the desired form of the points of the cigars to be made.
'
In the Drawing referred to H is a releasing roller, which like the
others is provided at one end with a pinion and at the other with a
horn-shaped finger. It is mounted in bearings attached to the spring
spindles b, which are in turn fitted to slide bearings in a cross bar, which
is sustained at each end by the standards c. The two spindles are
connected by a yoke d attached thereto near their outer ends. Each
spindle is embraced by a spiral spring so set as to constantly force the
releasing roller into working relation with the other rollers. A trigger
lever e pivotted to hangers on the under side of the cross bar has its
upper end in contact with the yoke d at a point midway between its
two ends. By drawing the lower end of the trigger lever forward the
releasing roller is thrown backward away from the other rollers; on
releasing the trigger lever the roller promptly resumes its former
position. I is the compression roller; like all the others it is provided
with a pinion at one end, and a stationary horn-shaped finger at the
other. It is mounted in bearings which are connected at each end to
vertical sliding spindles f, which are in turn attached near their upper
ends to a curved yoke g. The yoke g at a point midway between it's two
ends is connected by a curved bar to a vertically sliding rod / extending
downwards through the bed plate of the machine, and attached to a
treadle lever or other suitable device for depressing it. An expansive
spiral spring encircles the rod, which is so set that it constantly main-
tains the rod and the compressing roller at an elevated position above
the other rollers, except when by the application of a downward counter
force the power of the spring is overcome.
;
Instead of having the compression roller arranged as described and
arranged to move vertically up and down, it may be mounted in a
pivotted frame, and arranged to swing upward and backward with
substantially the same movement of the compression roller B of the
"filler" machine already described; when so arranged however a double-
acting spring is desirably so set that it can bear against the frame, and
force the roller downward when in-working position and also hold it
".

page_text: backward out of the way when elevated and not required for use. Such
a spring may readily be formed of flat spring metal when curved so as
to bear against two edges of a flat surface: prepared for it on the frame
in which the roller is mounted. All of the rollers are slightly curved
and more or less corrugated to secure contact with the cigar. A gear
is mounted on the shaft K, around which the pinions of the several
rollers are distributed and from which they all derive motion. The end
of the shaft K adjacent to the rollers is hollow and slotted, as shown in
Figures 3, 5, and 6. Within the shaft is a gauge rod L which is con-
nected with an annular .sliding knob i by means of a pin extending
radially from the rod through the slot in the shaft K. Within this knob
is a spring n so set that it will bear continuously against the exterior
of the shaft, and serve as a frictional device for holding the " gauge
rod" longitudinally in any desired position in or out of the shaft. The
end of the gauge rod is provided with a swivelled head m, so arranged
that it is capable of being stationary while the gauge rod revolves.. The
shaft K derives its motion from a crank shaft with which it engages
by suitable gearing; M is the smoothing plate from which the wrapper
is fed into the machine.
The operation of the wrapping machine is as follows:-A "filler" is
placed in proper position between the rolls, the frictional gauge rod is
advanced with sufficient force against the adjacent end of the "filler"
to carry the latter toward and against the horn-shaped fingers while the
crank is being turned and the compression roller is in proper working
position. After a few turns of the crank with slight pressure on the
gauge rod, the "filler" will assume the proper form corresponding with
the mould-like space between the rollers. If at any time, owing to the
fact that the filler is somewhat smaller than usual, it should not freely
revolve, the head m on the gauge rod will remain stationary or move
with the tobacco, and thus prevent any injury to that end of the
filler with which it is in contact. After the filler" has been properly
rolled a wrapper of suitable form and properly cut with relation to the
veins is placed on the smoothing plate M, and inserted at one end
adjacent to the tip m of the gauge rod, the crank is then turned, and
the wrapper is thereby drawn in smoothly and laid regularly upon the
"filler.". Before the end of the wrapper is drawn in it is slightly pasted
or gummed, and is then drawn in at the horn-shaped fingers to evenly
form the point, a few turns of the crank will give the cigar a smooth

page_text: exterior, after which the compressing roller is elevated and the releasing
roller thrown back to admit of the ready removal of the cigar,, which
requires only to have its tuck end squared off to complete it.. While it
will probably be deemed more desirable for the use of ordinary operatives
that the filler and "<
wrapper" be made separately as described, I
have found by actual experiment that a machine can be constructed
which in the hands of experienced operatives may be profitably employed
in making the complete cigar..
"
Such a machine is a modification only of the machine shown in
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, and differs from that in having four stationary
bed rollers, which occupy in section a little less than a half circle, and
in arranging the releasing roller with relation thereto, so that the whole
will occupy nearly or quite five-sixths of a circle in section.
"
It is obvious that with this arrangement the mould-like space will be
as capable of receiving the filler stock and applying the binder as is
the "filler machine herein described, and also that when so formed
the wrapper can be applied as with the present "wrapping machine,”
and on completion the releasing roller and the compressing roller having
been withdrawn from the bed rollers, the finished cigar can readily be
removed.
Having thus described the said improvements as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same,
I wish it understood that I claim,―
First. The combination of the series of stationary bed rollers A, the
compressing roller B, and forcing rod D, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
Second. The combination of the scries of stationary bed rollers, the
releasing roller, and the compressing roller, all of which are provided
with stationary horn-shaped fingers and arranged to simultaneously be
rotated in one direction, substantially as described.
Third. The compressing roller I controlled by a spring and arranged to
vibrate to and from the bed rollers, substantially in the manner and for
the purposes specified.
Fourth. The releasing roller H mounted in sliding bearings held in
contact with the bed rollers by means of springs and controllable by the
trigger lever e, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

page_text: Fifth. The gauge rod L mounted within the driving shaft and arranged
so as to be capable of being frictionally fixed with its tip mat any desired
longitudinal point within the mould-like space between the rollers, sub-
stantially as described and for the purposes specified.
Sixth. The swivelled tip m on the gauge rod, substantially as and for
the purposes specified.
In witness whercof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
CHAS. J. GOOCH.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)