Improvements in Machines for Cutting Wrappers and Binders for Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897.
[Communicated from abroad by THE JOHN R. WILLIAMS COMPANY, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of New York, and having its principal
place of business at No. 102 Chambers Street New York United States of
America, Manufacturers of Cigar and Cigarette making machinery.]
Improvements in Machines for Cutting Wrappers and Binders for
Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like.
I, WILLIAM Robert 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:-
1
The invention relates to improvements in machines for cutting wrappers and
binders for cigars, cigarettes and the like, and consists in the novel features of
construction and combinations and organizations of parts hereinafter described
and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In this application and as presenting the preferred embodiment of the inven-
tion, is described and illustrated a machine for cutting wrappers for cigars, and
said machine, above its table or bed plate, comprises (1) a wrapper cutting die
connected with air suction and adapted to travel from the point at which it
receives the leaf to the point at which the cut wrapper is removed therefrom,
(2) means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon during the travel
of said die for effecting the cutting of the wrapper, and (3) means connected with
air suction for removing the cut wrapper from the die at the end of each move-
ment of the latter to its point of delivery and depositing the wrappers upon one
another to form a book. Below the table or bed plate of the said machine is
suitably arranged the mechanism for actuating said die and controlling the air
suction therefor, for controlling the vertical reciprocating movement of the rollers
which press the leaf upon the die during the travel of the latter, and for controlling
the movement and suction of the nozzle which removes the cut wrappers from the
die and deposits them upon one another to form the book.
The nature, construction and operation of the aforesaid cigar wrapper cutting
machine is fully described hereinafter and said machine is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a top view of a machine constructed in accordance with and em-
bodying my invention, the parts being shown in their normal position with the
die in position to receive the leaf preparatory to moving toward the left below
the pressure rollers and nozzle;
Figure 2 is a like view of same, but illustrating by full lines the cutting die
on its passage below the pressure rollers and by dotted lines its position below
the nozzle by which the cut wrapper is removed therefrom:
Figure 3 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of the machine, the parts
of the latter being shown in their normal position, illustrated in Figure 1;
Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section of the machine with its parts

page_text: in their normal or initial position, the section being on the dotted line 44 of
Figure 1;
Figure 5 is a vertical section through a detached portion of the machine on
the dotted line 5-5 of Figure 3;
Figure 6 is a detached vertical section through a portion of the frame surrounding
the vertical rod which carries the pressure rollers at its lower end;
Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of the machine on the dotted line 7-7
of Figure 2;
Figure 8 is an enlarged detached elevation of the lower end of the rod sup-
porting the pressure rollers, one of the latter and a portion of the frame for said
rollers being in vertical section;
Figure 9 is a detached vertical section of same on the dotted line 9-9 of
Figure 8;
Figure 10 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machine on the dotted
line 10-10 of Figure 2, but illustrating the cutting die below the nozzle
preparatory to having its wrapper taken by said nozzle;
Figure 11 is a bottom view, partly broken away, of the nozzle which is utilized
to remove the cut wrapper from the die;
Figure 12 is a detached top view of a collar connected with the neck of said
nozzle ;
.
Figure 13 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machine on the dotted
line 13-13 of Figure 1, and showing the nozzle in its elevated position;
Figure 14 is a like section on the same line, but illustrating the nozzle in its
lower position in which it releases the cut wrapper and permits the same to fall
into a suitable box which receives the cut wrappers;
Figure 15 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the frame of the
machine and illustrating by full and dotted lines the bell mechanism by which an
alarm is sounded when fifty wrappers have been cut and deposited in the box or
receptacle shown in Figure 14, the fifty cut wrappers constituting a book, which
upon being formed will be removed from the receiving box;
Figure 16 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the frame of the machine
and partly broken away, and illustrating, on an enlarged scale and in side eleva-
tion, the mechanism by which the cutting die and its carrying arm are given
an oscillating movement from the position in which said parts are shown in
Figure 1 to that in which they are illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 2;
Figure 17 is a detached vertical section through a portion of the machine ou
the dotted line 17-17 of Figure 16;
Figure 18 is a detached top view of the air box containing the valves by which
the suction on the cutting die and nozzle are respectively controlled;
Figure 19 is a vertical section of same on the dotted line 19--19 of Figure 18;
Figure 20 is a top view, partly broken away, of the cutting die, the table
surrounding the same and the oscillating arm by which said die and table are
carried;
Figure 21 is a vertical longitudinal section through same on the dotted
line 21 21 of Figure 20; and
Figure 22 is a front view, partly in section, of the said die, its surrounding
table and oscillating arm, the section being on the dotted line 22-22 of Figure 21.
In the drawings 30 denotes the table or bed plate of the machine, said table
being suitably supported upon legs or frames 31 of any desirable character. Above
the bed plate 30 are located the three main elements of the machine, the first
being the cutting die 32 connected with air suction and carried by the oscillating
arm 33, the second being the pressure rollers 34, carried at the lower end of the
plunger rod 35, which is held in the front end of the frame 36 and operated
by means of a substantially centrally pivoted lever 37, and the third element
being the nozzle 38 also connected with air suction and supported in the front
end of the hollow frame 39.
The cutting die is adapted to have a movement from its initial or normal

page_text: position shown in Figure 1 to the position in which it is indicated by the dotted
lines in Figure 2, the die receiving this movement by the mechanism hereinafter
described, by which the arm 33, carrying said die is oscillated. The pressure
rollers 34 are held stationary by the frame 36, so far as any lateral action is con-
cerned, but are adapted to have a vertical reciprocating movement imparted to
them from the lever 37 and the mechanism hereinafter described for actuating
said lever. The rollers 34 are in the path of the die 32 and aescend when the
die 32 starts to the left in order that as the die passes below them, they may
press the leaf thereon and thereby effect the cutting of the wrapper therefrom.
After the die 32 passes to the left beyond the rollers 34, the latter are given their
upward movement so as not to interfere with the die upon its return to its
normal position. The die 32 by a continuous movement passes from its position
34 and then to its
shown in Figure 1 to the left below the rollers
then
position shown by dotted lines in Figure 2 directly below the
elevated nozzle 38 and upon reaching this latter position, the nozzle 38
is caused to descend upon the die to elevate the cut wrapper from the
latter and thereafter the said nozzle 38 has a slight upward motion in order
to permit the die 32 to freely return to its normal position shown in Figure 1,
and then descends directly downward to the position in which it is illustrated in
Figure 14 to deposit the cut wrapper into the box or receptacle 40 which is
provided to receive the cut wrappers, which in said Figure 14 are indicated by
the numeral 41. After the nozzle 38 deposits the wrapper within the receptacle 40
it returns to its upward position, shown more clearly in Figure 13, preparatory
to again having the die 32 pass below it. The die 32 is connected with air
suction apparatus which holds the leaf thereon during the travel of the die from
the position shown in Figure 1 to its position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2;
and the nozzle 38 is connected with air suction apparatus so that by means of air
suction said nozzle may elevate the cut wrapper from the die 32 and hold it sus-
pended until the die 32 returns to its normal position. At the time when the
nozzle 38 is to take the wrapper from the die 32 the air suction is by suitable
means hereinafter described cut off from said die and turned on to said nozzle;
thus the die is caused to readily release the wrapper and permit the nozzle to
take the same.
The main elements located above the bed plate of the machine having thus
been preliminarily described and their general operation pointed out, each of
said elements will be described in detail and the mechanism operating the same
fully explained.
THE CUTTING DIE AND PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
The cutting die 32 will be in the outline of the wrapper to be cut and is sur-
rounded by the table 42, the cutting edges of the die extending slightly above
said table and the said die and its table 42 being secured to the front end of the
hollow oscillating arm 33 which receives its motion from mechanism located below
the main bed plate 30. The form of the die 32 and its table 42 is clearly indicated
in Figures 1 and 2 and the details of the construction of said die 32, table 42
and oscillating arm 33 are more clearly indicated in Figures 20-22 inclusive.
The front end of the oscillating arm 33 is enlarged and elongated in outline
forming a head 43, as clearly indicated by the dotted lines in Figures 1 and 20
and by full lines in Figure 22. Upon the head 43 of the oscillating arm 33 is
secured the plate 44 upon which is secured the die 32, the latter being held in
The die 32 is hollow and is
place by suitable lugs 451 in a well known manner.
arranged above the opening 45 in the plate 44 and said die is, as above described,
surrounded by its table 42, which, by means of the screws 46 passing through
sleeves 47, is secured to the plate 44, the latter being secured to the head 43 of
the arm 33 by means of screws 48. Within the die 32 is provided a perforated
5 or other suitable platen 49, the latter being yieldingly supported upon springs 50
The rods 51 pass
encompassing the rods 51 in a manner known in this art.

page_text: downward through elongated openings 52 in the base of the head 43 and are
provided with heads 53, as more clearly illustrated in Figure 22. When pressure
is applied upon the platen 49 the rod's will pass downward through the elongated
openings 52 and the springs 60 will be compressed and upon the pressure being
relieved from the top of the platen 49 the springs 50 will restore said platen and
the rods 51 to their former or normal position, illustrated in Figure 22. The
purpose of elongating the slots 52 in the base of the head 43 is to permit the
adjusting of the rods 51 toward or from one another to meet the requirements of
the different sizes of dies 32 and platens 49 which may be required for cutting
the various sizes of wrappers required. The front edges of the head 43 of the
arm 33 are provided with rollers 54, adapted to travel upon the tramway 55 formed
on the table 30, during the movement of the oscillating arm 33 from the position
in which it is shown in Figure 1 to that in which it is illustrated by dotted lines
in Figure 2 and back to its normal position, shown in Figure 1. The head 43
on the arm 33 is hollow and is in conumunication with the hollow interior of
the arm 33, as illustrated clearly in Figure 21; and the inner end of said arm 33
has the downwardly extending hollow portion 56 containing the opening 57 and
provided below said opening with the pivot end 58, said portion 56 and the
pivot end 58 extending downward through the bed plate 30 of the machine aud
into a hollow chamber 59 below said bed, as illustrated in Figure 10. Upon
the lower end of the pivot 58 connected with the arm 53 is secured the shank
of the toothed segment 60 shown by dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2, which
segment is in constant engagement with the vertical teeth 61 of the sliding
rack 62, which rack has a front and backward sliding movement and imparts
through the segment 60 the proper oscillating motion to the arm 33 and die 32.
The sliding rack 62 is supported in the bracket 63, as shown by full lines in
Figures 4 and 7, and is provided upon its lower surface with the series of teeth 64
which are in engagement with the toothed segment, 65, more clearly shown in
Figure 16 by dotted and full lines, said segment being mounted upon the stud 66
and connected by a rod 67 with the bell crank lever 68 which is fulcrumed on the
shaft 69 and has motion imparted to it from the cam 70 mounted upon the main
driving shaft 71. The two positions of the segment 66, bell crank lever 68 and
cam 70 are clearly illustrated by full and dotted lines respectively in Figure 16.
During the revolving of the shaft 71 and cam 70 the bell crank lever 68 will
impart an oscillating movement to the segment 65 and this segment being in
engagement with the lower horizontal teeth 64 of the sliding rack 62 will impart
a reciprocating or frontward and backward motion to the latter, and said slide 62
having its vertical or side teeth 61 in gear with the segment 60 will cause the
latter to have a horizontal oscillating motion and impart the same
to the arm 33 and die 32. Thus the oscillating motion of the arm 33
and die 32 from their normal position shown in Figure 1 to their final position,
indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2, and then back to their normal position, is
effected from the main driving shaft 71 through the cam 70, bell crank lever 68,
connecting rod 67, segment 65, sliding rack 62 and segment 60, the latter being
secured directly to the inner downwardly extending pivot end 58 of said arm 33.
The arm 33 and its head 45 are hollow and communicate with the hollow die 32
in order that air suction may be effected through the same for holding the leaf
upon the die preparatory to the cutting of the wrapper from the said leaf. As
above described, the hollow inner downwardly extending portion 56 of the arm 33
passes downward within the chamber 59 which loosely encompasses said portion 56
of the arm 33 as illustrated in Figure 10 and communicates at its rear side with
the air chamber 72 formed below the bed plate 30 and receiving the air box 73,
shown in detail in Figures 18 and 19. The air box 73 has along its upper edge
the flange 74 which is fastened to the lower edges of the air chamber 72, the latter
corresponding in outline with said air box 73 and being cast directly with the
bed plate 30. The air box 73 has formed in its top the valve seats 75, 75, adapted
to receive the air valves 76 and 77, which are connected to the valve rods 78 and 79

page_text: and are normally held upon their seats by the springs 80, encompassing said
rods 78, 79. The valve 76 controls the passage of the air through the hollow
arm 33 and die 32 and the valve 77 controls the passage of the air through the
nozzle 38. When the valve 76 is in its upward position, as indicated by the
dotted lines in Figure 10, the air suction will be effected through the die 32,
arm 33, air chamber 59, air chamber 72 and air box 73, to the main suction
pipe 81 leading to the usual blower, and when the valve 76 is thus in its elevated
position, and the suction is created through the hollow arm 33 the leaf spread
upon the die 32 will be securely held thereon by said suction during the travel
of the die from the position shown in Figure 1 to that in which it is illustrated
by dotted lines in Figure 2. When the die 32 reaches the position in which it
is illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 2, the valve 76 will be closed so as to cut
off the suction from the arm 33 and at such time the valve 77 will open and
permit suction to take place through the nozzle 38, thus enabling the latter to
take the cut wrapper from the die 32 preparatory to the latter returning to its
normal position, shown in Figure 1, to receive another leaf. The mechanism
for operating the valve 76. is clearly illustrated in Figure 10, in which it will
be observed that the valve rod 78 for said valve 76 is engaged by the lever 82
which is fulcrumed on the shaft 69 and is engaged by the cam 83 mounted upon
the main driving shaft 71. The rotation of the shaft 71 and cam 83 operates on
the arm 82 to push the valve rod 78 upward to open the valve 76 at the proper
time and when the suction is to be cut off from said hollow arm 33 and die 32,
the form of the cam 83 is such that it permits the arm 82 to move further inward
toward the shaft 71 and the spring 80 to expand itself and pull the valve 76
to its closed position. Thus the cam 83 on the main driving shaft 71 effects,
through the arm 82, the opening of the valve 76 and permits, by means of the
spring 80, the closing of said valve 76. The valve 76 should always be open
when the die 32 is to receive the wrapper and carry the same below the rollers 34
and to the nozzle 38, and upon reaching the latter point the valve 76 closes to
cut off the suction from the arm 33 and die 32.
THE PRESSURE ROLLERS AND MECHANISM CONNECTED THEREWITH.
The pressure rollers 34 press the leaf upon the die 32 to effect the cutting of
the wrapper therefrom, and, as above described, the rollers 34 have no lateral
motion but simply, in addition to their revoluble motion, a vertical reciprocation
from their upward position, shown in Figure 4, to their lower position, shown in
Figure 7. The details of the rollers 34 are probably most clearly illustrated in
Figures 4, 7, 8 and 9. The rollers 34 are mounted upon a horizontal shaft 84
passing loosely through said rollers and held at its ends in the rectangular
frame 85, which, by means of clips 86, 86, and screws 87, is supported from and
secured to the head 88 formed at the lower end of the vertical rod 35 which carries
said rollers and imparts to the same their vertical reciprocation. The clips 86
and screws 87 by which the frame 85 is connected with the head 88 of the rod 35
are removable, as clearly indicated in Figure 8, and hence the frame 85 with its
rollers 34 may be removed from the rod 35 whenever required either for their
own adjustment or correction or to permit the substitution for them of other
rollers to meet the requirements of the varying dies which may be carried by the
arm 33. Above the rollers 34 and below the top of the frame 85 are the transverse
bars 89 carrying rollers 90 and pressed upon by the coiled springs 91, as shown
in Figures 8 and 9, the said rollers 90 having a bearing upon the rollers 34 and
tending to press the same downward with a yielding pressure. The openings in
the rollers 34 through which the shaft 84. passes is greater than the diameter
of the shaft 84 and hence the rollers 34 may have a restricted vertical motion,
this being particularly provided in order that said rollers 34 may yield upward
slightly against the pressure of the springs 91 while passing over the cutting
edges of the die 32. We provide two of the cross bars or arms 89 for each
roller 34 and a spring at each end of each one of said cross bars or arms 89, and

page_text: said springs are in exposed positions as to be readily gotten at and varied, if
required, to suit the conditions of the leaf from which the wrappers are to be cut.
The springs 91 are also so secured that they will not be disturbed upon the
removal of the frame 85 from the vertical bar or rod 35 and their arrangement
in connection with the cross bars 89 is such that a very satisfactory pressure is
exerted upon the rollers 34. The small rollers 90 carried by the cross bars 89
are to prevent friction between said cross bars and rollers 34, and in addition
the middle portions of the cross bars 89 extend upward as shown more clearly in
Figure 9 so that the rollers 34 will not contact with any extended surface of said
cross bars. The rod 35 carrying the frame 85 and rollers 34 is mounted in the
front outer end of the frame 36 which is rigidly secured at its inner end to the
bed plate 30 by means of screws 92. The upper front end of the frame 36 is pro-
vided with a front plate 93 (see Figures 1 and 2) which permits of the insertion
and removal of the rod 35, and upon the upper central portion of the frame 36
is secured the fork 94 within which is mounted the lever beam 37 (see Figure 4)
whose front forked end engages the upper reduced end of the rod 35 and whose
rear forked end engages the upper end of the rod 96 which passes downward
through the sleeve 97 forming a part of said frame 36 and is encompassed within
said sleeve by the coiled spring 98, as more clearly shown in Figure 5. The
rod 35 carrying the rollers 34 receives its vertical motion from the main driving
shaft 71 through the medium of the cam 99 and lever arm 100 which is fulcrumed
on the shaft 69 and engages at its front end the lower end of the rod 96. During
the revolving motion of the shaft 71 and cam 99 the front end of the lever arm 100
will be depressed and will pull the rod 96 downward, this having the effect of
drawing the rod 35 and rollers 34 upward to their normal position shown in
Figure 4. The rollers 34 and rod 35 remain in their upward position at all
times except when the die 32 is passing directly below them, and at such time
the rollers 34 will be moved to their lower position, shown in Figure 7, in order
to press the leaf upon the die 32 and effect the cutting of the wrapper therefrom.
The form of the cam 99 is such that the rollers 34 will be held upward at all times
except when the die 32 is passing directly below them and at such time the
depression in the cam 99 will permit the inward motion of the rear end of the
lever arm 100 and consequent elevation of the front end of said lever
arm, whereby the expansion of the spring 98 is permitted to
rod 96 upward and the rod 35 and rollers 34 downward.
the die 32 has passed to the left beyond the rollers 34 the cam 99 will
immediately effect through the lever 100 the downward motion of the rod 96
and the upward motion of the rollers 34, thus causing the latter to asume their
normal position entirely clear of the die 32, the latter being thus permitted to
return to its normal position shown in Figure 1 without having to pass in contact
with the rollers 34. The rollers 34 are thus carried by the rod 35 and said rod
is controlled as to its vertical reciprocation from the main driving shaft 71
through the medium of the cam 99 lever arm 100 vertical rod 96 spring 98 and
beam lever 37.
THE NOZZLE 38 AND THE PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
move the
As soon as
The nozzle 38 has a lower perforated face, as shown in Figure 11, and in out-
line corresponds substantially with the outline of the die 32 from which it takes
the cut wrappers preparatory to depositing the same in the box or receptacle 40.
The nozzle 38 is supported within the front vertical end 101 of the hollow frame
or arm 39, as clearly illustrated in Figures 13 and 14. The neck 102 of the
nozzle 38 extends upward within said vertical portion 101 of the frame 39 and
has in its upper part the opening 103 which communicates with the hollow
interior of the arm 39 and affords a passage for the air upward through the
nozzle 38 to said arm 39. The upper end of the neck 102 of the nozzle 38 is
furnished with the stem 104 which is engaged by the front forked end of the lever
beam 105, the latter being pivoted in the fork 100 and engaged at its rear forked

page_text: end by the rod 107 which is adapted to have a vertical reciprocation and impart
the same to the nozzle 38. The lower end of the rod 107 is engaged by the lever
arm 108 which is fulcrumed on the shaft 69 and has its rear end in engagement
with the cam 109 secured upon the main driving shaft 71, as more clearly shown
in Figures 13 and 14. The form of the cam 109 controls the movement of the
lever 108 and nozzle 38 and in the present instance the cam 109 is given the
extended regular surface 110, the shallow depressed surface 111 and the extended
depressed surface 112. While the extended regular surface 110 of the cam 109
is in contact with the lever 108 the front end of said lever will be maintained
in its lower position and the nozzle 38 will be maintained in its upper or normal
position, shown in Figure 7, the spring 113 on the rod 107 being held compressed.
When the depressed surface 111 of the cam 109 reaches the lever 108 the spring 113
will cause the rear end of said lever to quickly enter said depression and thus the
front end of the lever 108 will, ascend and permit, under the action of the
spring 113, the descent of the nozzle 38 upon the die 32, as illustrated in Figure 10.
As soon as the nozzle 38 descends upon the die 32 the air valve 76 closes and the
air valve 77 opens, cutting off the air suction from the die 32 and turning it on
the nozzle 38, thus permitting the latter to take the cut wrapper from said die.
The time required for the nozzle 38 to lift the cut wrapper from the die 32 is
momentary and hence the depression 111 in the cam 109 is of limited extent.
As soon as the nozzle 38 has taken the cut wrapper from the die 32 the projec-
tion 114 on the cam 109 comes into contact with the lever arm 108 and slightly
elevates the nozzle 38 from the die 32 in order that the latter may return to the
right to its normal position without scraping against the cut wrapper held by
said nozzle; and thereafter the said projection 114 on the cam 109 having passed
the lever 108, the more extended and greater depression 112 of said cam 109
will reach the lever 108 and permit the rearward movement of the rear end of
the lever 108 and the upward movement of the front end of said lever, as shown
in Figure 14, whereby the spring 113 is enabled to press the rod 107 to its
extreme upward position and thereby, through the lever 105, cause the nozzle 38
to lower to its extreme lower position and enter the mouth of the box or
receptacle 40, upon arriving at which position the air valve 77 will close to cut
off the air suction from said nozzle and permit the cut wrappers to fall within
the said box or receptacle for them, said wrappers detaching themselves from the
nozzle and falling within the box 40 of their own weight. The spring 113
keeps the lever arm 108 constantly pressed against the cam 109 and thus the
cam 109 is enabled to control the movement of the nozzle 38.
After the wrapper
has been released from the nozzle 38, the regular surface 110 of the cam 109 will
again reach the lever arm 108 and drive the rear end of said lever upward and
frontward and depress the front end of said lever and the rod 107, thereby
restoring the nozzle 38 to its normal upward position and again compressing
the spring 113. The neck 102 of the nozzle 38 carries a collar 115 to which a
guide rod 116 is secured and upon the lower end of the vertical portion 101 of
the hollow arm 39 is provided the apertured lug 117 which receives said guide
rod 116 and co-operates with said rod in retaining the nozzle 38 in proper
alignment with the die 32.
It has been described herein before that the air suction for the nozzle 38 is
controlled by the air valve 77 and upon an inspection of Figures 13 and 14 it
will be seen that the inner vertical end of the arm or frame 39 supporting the
nozzle 38 is screwed to the bed plate 30 of the machine directly over an air box 118
which is in the nature of a neck of the outline indicated by dotted lines in
Figure 1 and communicates with the air chamber 72 hereinbefore described and
which is directly over and corresponds in outline with the air box 73 supporting
the said valve 77, as shown in Figure 19. The air valve 77 is held in its closed
position by the spring 80 encompassing the valve rod 79 and is adapted to be
pened at the proper time by the cam 119 on the main driving shaft 71, through
he medium of the lever arm 120 fulcrumed on the shaft 69. The lever arm 120

page_text: corresponds in outline with the lever arm 82 for operating the air valve 76 and
the cam 119 is in line with the cam 83 by which said arm 82 is actuated. The
cam 119 operates at the proper time to elevate the valve rod 79 carrying the
valve 77 and the spring 80 keeps the lever arm 120 against the cam 119 and
restores the valve 77 to its closed position, as soon as the inner rear end of the
arm 120 reaches the depression in said cam 119. The form of the cam 119 will
be such as to secure the opening of the valve 77 to create the air suction
through the nozzle 38 at the time when said nozzle is to lower upon
the die 32 for the purpose of lifting the cut wrapper therefrom, and
said valve 77 will remain open until the nozzle 38 holding the cut wrapper
descends to its lower position, shown in Figure 14, and is ready to release the
wrapper, whereupon the valve 77 will close, cutting off the air suction from the
nozzle 38 and permitting the wrapper to fall from said nozzle and be caught in
the box or receptacle 40. The box or receptacle 40 is simply a tin box of suitable
size dropped through an opening in the bed plate 30 and having a horizontal
flange along its upper edge by which it may rest upon the edges of said bed
plate surrounding said opening. The box or receptacle 40 is removable from the
bed plate so as to render it convenient to turn the wrappers 41 therefrom. It is
customary to form the wrappers 41 into books of fifty wrappers each and hence
it is desirable that some warning be given to the operator every time fifty
wrappers have been deposited within the box or receptacle 40; and to this end I
provide the machine hereinbefore described with a gong which will sound every
time fifty wrappers have been cut and deposited within the said box
receptacle 40. This gong and the mechanism operating the same is illustrated
in Figure 15, in which it will be seen that upon the shaft 69 is provided the disc
or wheel 121 having the series of notches 122 and carrying a pin 123 to engage
the notches 124 in the smaller disc or wheel 125. The disc or wheel 121 has ten
notches 122 and the disc or wheel 125 has five notches 124. The disc or wheel 121
is engaged by the pin 126 carried by the wheel 127 which is mounted on the
main driving shaft 71,-with each revolution of the shaft 71 and wheel 127
the said pin 126 engaging a recess or notch 122 in the wheel 121 and turning
the latter a distance equal to the space between two of its notches 122. With
each revolution of the shaft 71 one wrapper is cut and deposited in the box 40
and the wheel 121 is turned one space, and hence with every ten revolutions
of the shaft 71 and wheel 127 the wheel 121 will form one complete revolution;
with each revolution of the wheel 121 the pin 123 carried thereby will turn the
wheel or disc 125 a distance equal to the space between two of its notches or
recesses 124, and hence with every five revolutions of the disc or wheel 121 the
revolution being completed at the end of every fifty revolutions of the driving
shaft 71. Upon the completion of each revolution of the disc or wheel 125
8 tooth 128 formed thereon will strike the bell hammer lever
or
129
and cause the latter to sound the gong 130, this sounding of the
gong indicating to the operator that the driving shaft 71 has made fifty
complete revolutions and that fifty wrappers have been cut and deposited within
the box 40. The invention is not limited to the bell mechanism illustrated in
Figure 15 and Figure 1, but said mechanism will be found to be entirely reliable
and satisfactory.
OPERATION.
The operation of the machine herein before described will probably be under-
stood from the description herein before given, and only a further brief reference
to the operation will be necessary.
The normal initial condition of the machine is illustrated in Figure 1, and the
parts being in the position indicated in Figure 1, the leaf will be spread upon
the die 32 and its surrounding table 42, the air suction being turned on to said
die 32 by means of the cam.83 operating through the lever 82 to open the air
valve 76. The air suction will hold the wrapper smoothly over the die 32 and

page_text: the latter will promptly be moved toward the left by the oscillating action of the
hollow arm 33, the die passing below the rollers 34 and then directly below the
nozzle 38. Upon the approach of the die 32 toward the rollers 34 the latter will
descend and effect the pressing of the leaf upon the edges of the die 32 to ensure
the cutting of the wrapper from said leaf. As soon as the die 32 has passed
below the nozzle 38 the latter will descend, the valve 77 open and the valve 76
close, thus cutting off the air from the die 32 and turn into the nozzle 39 and
permitting the latter to take the cut wrapper from the die 32. The nozzle 38
will thereupon immediately ascend for a short distance only and the die 32 with
its arm 33 will return to its normal position, shown in Figure 1, and the
nozzle 38 will thereupon immediately descend and deliver the cut wrapper to
the box or receptacle 40, the valve 77 closing to permit the cut wrapper to fall
from the nozzle 38 and the valve 76 opening to restore the air suction in the
arm 33 and die 32 in order that the latter may be immediately supplied with
another leaf from which a wrapper may be cut. This operation is continued
until fifty wrappers have been deposited in the box 40 and the gong 130 has
been sounded, whereupon the operator will either remove the box 40 from
the machine to empty it or remove the wrappers from the box in
order that another book of fifty wrappers may be at once formed. The
air valve 76 controlling the suction through the arm 33 and die 32 is actuated
from the main driving shaft 71 through the cam 83, as shown in Figure 10.
The oscillating arm 33 and die 32 receive their oscillating motion from the
main driving shaft 71 through the cam 70, lever arm 68, connecting rod 67,
segment 65, horizontal sliding rack 62 and segment 60, the latter being secured
to the lower pivot end or stem 58 of said arm 33, as clearly shown in Figures 1,
2, 16 and 17. The rollers 34 have their vertical reciprocation imparted to them
from the main driving shaft 71 through the cam 99, lever arm 100, rod 96, pivoted
lever 27 and plunger rod 35, as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, and as above
described, the rollers 34 are in line with the path of the die 32 and are moved
downward to press the leaf upon the die 32 while the latter is travelling toward
the left to the nozzle 38, and thereupon the said rollers are elevated so as not
to contact with the edges of the die 32 upon the return of the latter to its normal
position, shown in Figure 1. The nozzle 38 receives its vertical motion, as
specifically pointed out herein before, from the main driving shaft 71, through
the cam 109 thereon, the lever arm 108, rod 107 and lever beam 105, as more
clearly shown in Figure 14; and the air valve 77 for said nozzle 38 is operated
from the main driving shaft 71 through the cam 119 and lever arm 120. Thus
all of the parts of the machine are actuated from the one driving shaft 71 and
this driving shaft receives its motion from the belt wheel 132. The driving
shaft 71 will be provided with any suitable form of automatic clutch 133 adapted
to automatically cut off the power of said wheel 132 from the shaft 71 at the
conclusion of each revolution of the latter. Thus at the end of each revolution
of the driving shaft 71 the machine will come to rest in order to enable the
operator to place the leaf upon the die 32 and table 42. The clutch 133 will be
released by the operator by the pressure of her foot upon a suitable treadle con-
nected with the rod 134, the latter being pivotally connected with the clutch
arm 135 as shown in Figure 3. Thus each time the operator has placed the leaf
upon the die 32 she will press with her foot upon the treadle in the usual manner
and release the clutch mechanism 133 and immediately remove her foot from said
treadle. Thus with each revolution of the driving shaft 71 the clutch mechanism
will automatically cut off the power of the belt wheel 132 from the shaft 71 and
the machine will come to a stop and upon the placing of the leaf upon the die 32
the operator by releasing the clutch mechanism will set the machine in motion
to perform its duty during another revolution of the driving shaft 71. With
each revolution of the driving shaft 71 the die 32 passes from its position shown
in Figure 1 to its position illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 2 and back to
its position shown in Figure 1, and the cut wrapper is taken by the nozzle 38

page_text: and deposited within the box or receptacle 40. The clutch mechanism 133 is of
well known form and construction in this art and is not claimed herein.
This application is not limited to details of form, arrangement or construction,
nor to the use in every instance of the nozzle 38, since the wrappers may in some
cases be removed from the die 32 by hand or means other than the said nozzle;
nor is the invention limited to the two rollers 34, 34, since in this art the use of
either one long roller or two shorter rollers to effect the cutting of the wrapper
is
well known.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention 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 machine of the character described, the cutting die, air suction apparatus
connected therewith, and means for moving said die from the position in which
it receives the leaf to the position in which it surrenders the wrapper, combined
with means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon to effect the
cutting of the wrapper, the nozzle adapted to remove the cut wrapper from said
die, suction apparatus connected with said nozzle, and means for imparting
a reciprocating movement to said nozzle; substantially as set forth.
2. In a machiné of the character described, the cutting die, air suction apparatus
connected therewith, and means for moving said die from the position in which
it receives the leaf to the position in which it surrenders the wrapper, combined
with means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon to effect the
cutting of the wrapper, mechanism for imparting a vertical reciprocation to said
pressing means, the nozzle adapted to remove the cut wrapper from said die,
suction apparatus connected with said nozzle and means for imparting a recipro-
cating movement to said nozzle; substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine of the character described, the cutting die, air suction apparatus
connected therewith, and means for moving said die from the position in which
it receives the leaf to the position in which it surrenders the wrapper, combined
with means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon to effect the
. cutting of the wrapper, the nozzle adapted to remove the cut wrapper from said
die, suction apparatus connected with said nozzle and means for imparting first
a downward motion to said nozzle to take the wrapper from the die, then an
upward movement to said nozzle to permit the escape of the die, and then a down-
ward movement of said nozzle to permit the delivery of the wrapper to the receiver
for the wrapper; substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine of the character described, the cutting die, air suction apparatus
connected therewith, and means for moving said die from the position in which
it receives the leaf to the position in which it surrenders the wrapper, combined
with the pressure rollers in the path of said die to effect the cutting of the wrapper,
and means for imparting to said rollers a reciprocating movement; substantially
as set forth.
5. In a machine of the character described, the cutting die, air suction apparatus
connected therewith, and means for moving said die from the position in which
it receives the leaf to the position in which it surrenders the wrapper, combined
with means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon to effect the
cutting of the wrapper, mechanism for imparting a vertical reciprocation to said
pressing means, and means for removing the cut wrapper from said die; sub-
stantially as set forth.
6. In a machine of the character described, the cutting die, means for holding
the leaf thereon, and means for moving said die from the position in which it
receives the leaf to the position in which it possesses the wrapper, combined with
the rollers in the path of said die to effect the cutting of the wrapper, and means
for imparting a vertical reciprocation to said rollers; substantially as set forth.
7. In a machine of the character described, the oscillating arm 33 connected
with air suction apparatus, means for oscillating said arm from the main driving

page_text: shaft of the machine, and the elongated head formed on the front end of said
arm and open at its upper side, combined with the plate 44 secured to said head
and having the opening 45, the die 32 secured upon said plate 44 over said
opening 45, the table 42 surrounding said die adjacent to its upper edges and
secured to said plate 44, the yielding platen within said die, the rollers 34 in
line with said die for pressing the leaf thereon to effect the cutting of the wrapper,
and means for lowering said rollers to effect the cutting of the wrapper and then
elevating them above the horizontal plane of said die, substantially as set forth.
8. In a machine of the character described, the hollow arm 33 connected with
air suction apparatus, the die carried by said arm for cutting the wrapper, and
means in the path of said die for pressing the leaf thereon, combined with the
segment 60 secured to the inner end of said arm 33, the sliding rack 62 having
teeth upon one side in engagement with said segment 60, the pivoted segment 65
having its teeth in engagement with the teeth at the lower side of said rack 62, the
lever 68 having one arm connected with said segment 65, and the cam 70 upon
the driving shaft and engaging the other arm of said lever 68 for oscillating the
same and thereby imparting motion through said segments and sliding rack to
said oscillating arm 33; substantially as set forth.
Dated this 14th day of Sentember 1897
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.