IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOUTH- PIECES FOR CIGARETTES, AND IN TUBES OR CAKES WITH MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARETTES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adolph Strauss, of No. 14, Basinghall Street, in
the City of London, Manufacturer and Importer of Fancy Goods,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOUTH-
PIECES FOR CIGARETTES, AND IN TUBES OR CAKES WITH MOUTH-PIECES FOR
CIGARETTES."
Sealed the 23rd May 1878, and dated the 4th March 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adolph Strauss at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th March 1878.
I, ADOLPH STRAUSS, of No. 14, Basinghall Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer and Importer of Fancy Goods, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARETTES, AND IN TUBES OR CASES WITH MOUTH-PIECES FOR
CIGARETTES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of mouth-pieces for cigar-
ettes and in tubes or cases for cigarettes, and consists in forming tho
mouth-picce or the case and mouth-piece of paper, cardboard, or paper
pulp.
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page_text: According to the first method I make the mouth-piece from a strip of
paper rolled or twisted into shape. I prefer to roll or twist it into or with
an exterior spiral so that each layer partly overlaps the previous one,
and thus strengthens the body to which the tobacco holder or tube is
secured. I make the mouth-piece of tapered form at a straight angle or 5
at a rounded one, the edges of the overlaps offering a firm holding medium
by which the cigarette can be held in the mouth of the smoker with
security.
According to the second method I make the mouth-piece from
paper pulp moulded into shape under pressure, the exterior being of 1
tapered form, and with an irregular roughened or spiral surface, to
enable the smoker to hold the cigarette to which the mouth-pieco is
attached in his mouth.
According to the third method I mould by pressure the mouth-piece
and the tube from the same portion of pulp, the mould being shaped to 1
suit the exterior of the case and mouth-piece, and the matrix or plunger
the interior, the thickness of case, as also the diameter and length,
being determined by the quantity of pulp placed in the mould, and the
distance between the mould and the matrix. The mouth-piece in this
last method is formed tapered, and with depressions, raised portions, or 2
other devices for facilitating the holding of the same in the mouth. The
tubular portion only or the whole may be covered in the usual manner
by tobacco leaf to give the cigaretto the appearance of a cigar.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Adolph Strauss in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 4th September 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ADOLPH
STRAUSS, of No. 14, Basinghall Street, in the City of London, Manufac-
turer and Importer of Fancy Goods, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 8
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-

page_text: cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Adolph Strauss, Her
special licence that I, the said Adolph Strauss, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Adolph
Strauss, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARETTES, AND IN-
TUBES OR CASES WITH MOUTH-PIECES FOR CIGARETTES," upon the condition,
(amongst others), that I, the said Adolph Strauss, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, on one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
3 was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately.
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Adolph Strauss, do hereby:
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the-
) same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in-
and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of month-pieces for cigarettes,
and in tubes or cases for cigarettes, and consists in forming the mouth..
piece or the case and mouth-piece of paper, cardboard, or papor pulp.
According to the first part of my Invention I make the mouth-piece
from a strip of paper rolled or twisted into shape. I prefer to roll or.
twist it into or with an exterior spiral, so that each layer partly over-
laps the previous one, and thus strengthens the body to which the
tobacco holder or tube is secured. It also enables the lips or the teeth
of the smoker to nip the tip without destroying it, an advantage of
importance during conversation. I make the-mouth-piece of tapered
form at a straight angle or at a rounded angle, the edges of the overlaps
offering a firm holding medium by which the cigarette can be held in ¨
the mouth of the smoker with security.
The Invention will be understood by the accompanying Drawings, in.
which Figuro 1 is a view of a cigarette mouth-piece or tip a, formed by:

page_text: rolling a strip of paper or other equivalent material, such as shown in
Figure 2, into shape, which rolling may be effected by hand upon a pin
or rod, the diameter of the rod regulating the size of the hole through or
up the centre by which the smoke is drawn into the mouth of the
smoker. In the view Figure 1 the exterior surface from end to end or
nearly so is of straight formation, but that shown in Figure 3 is of
rounded formation upon the exterior from end to base, the rotundity of
the tip being formed by the shape of the strip of paper, the angle line
of which is more full or less full than that for the straight sided tip.
Figures 4 and 5 represent an apparatus by which the rolling up of the
paper for cigarette tips can be effected mechanically. This is composed
of a spindle or rod b, with a base c. The spindle 6 has a couple of hook-
like points d, d, projecting from it, on which the attendant first attaches
the broad end of the strip, say with his left hand, after he has laid the
edge of the paper against the base c. He then with his right hand
rotates the handle e, which causes the spindle 6 to rotate through the
pinions f, g, and the idle wheel h, the pinion and wheels being so
arranged that a single revolution of the handle effects one and a half
revolutions of the spindle; the consequence is that the cigarette tip or
mouth-piece is rolled into shape in an easy and quick manner. The
attendant then stops the rotation of the handle e, and applies a strong
adhesive substance to the free end of the paper strip, and fixes it upon
the last layer of the rolling to hold the end in place. He then gives the
tip a slight movement backwards to free the paper from the hooks,
which enables him to remove the tip from the spindle. It will be seen
that the pinions are enclosed within two plates i, j, of the apparatus,
the plates being upon a foundation or base plate, which can be made a
fixture upon a table or bench.
I do not limit myself to this special form of apparatus, as many
modifications can be made for the quicker rotation of the spindle, also
for facilitating the whole operation of rolling; for instance, wheels can
be arranged to rotate the spindle the required number of times by one
rotation, or a semi-rotation of the handle, and in cases where it is
required for the attendant to have both hands at liberty for rolling and
gumming purposes a gut line can be whipped partially or wholly round
a pulley or whorl upon the axle, which line can be in connection with
a pedal to be depressed by the foot, a spring being employed to bring the
pedal up again, and to reverso the rotation of the spindle directly after

page_text: the gum is applied to the free end of the paper strip. The tip thus
becomes free for the attendant to remove it from the spindle with tho
left hand, at the same time lifting a fresh strip with his right hand ready.
to be applied to the spindle and its hooks. The paper strip may be so
shaped that the tubular portion for holding the tobacco can be rolled up .
and formed along with the spirally wrapped tip.
What I claim in this first part of my Invention is the manufacture of
cigarette tips or mouth-pieces from strips of paper or its equivalent
material rolled into shape, and with a spiral upon the outside, as
herein-before described with reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the
Drawings.
Secondly. I claim the apparatus shown in the accompanying Drawings
at Figures 4 and 5, also the modifications referred to for making cigarette
.tips or mouth-pieces from strips of paper, as described.
Thirdly. I claim the manufacture of spirally wrapped cigarette tips or
mouth-pieces, with the tubular tobacco portions, the two being formed as
from one piece of paper, as described.
According to the second part of my Invention I make the mouth-picce
from paper pulp moulded into shape under pressure, the exterior being
) of tapered form, and with an irregular, roughened, or ringed surface, to
enable the smoker to hold the cigarette, to which the mouth-piece is
attached, in his mouth. This is shown with reference to Figures 6 and 7.
The pulp from which the tips or mouth-pieces are made is first put into
the trough A, the depth of which corresponds to the required quantity
5 of pulp for the tips. The pulp is permitted to flow into and to fill the
tubes B, B, while their bases are resting upon the plate O. The
plungers D, D, are then brought down by the hand lever E to exert a
pressure upon the pulp within the tubes. The base plate is then
depressed or drawn down a short distance by the lever F acting upon
) the excentrics G, G, and rods H, H, the remainder of the distance of
travel being accomplished partly by a continued motion of the lever F,
and partly by an additional downward motion of the hand lever E, for
forcing the compressed pulp tip out of the tubes. The base plate has a
series of pins I, I, upon it for forming the holes through the central
3 portions of the tips, and these with the pulp tips upon them aro
removed from the machine for the tips to be dried by exposure or by
artificial heat. Another plate with pins is then put upon the traveller J

page_text: " in register," and the lever F raised or rotated to bring the fresh base
plate up to the tubes B, B. The hand lever E is then lifted, and fresh
pulp put into the trough to be operated upon, as in the former case, and
pressure applied in successive order to make the tips. The loose tip
filled base plates are then fitted singly in another machine of a similar
character, so that the plungers, which in this case have hollows in them,
or are roughened or formed with rings, are caused by the pressure to put
correspondingly shaped projections roughened or ringed upon the tips,
the pressure also serving to consolidate the pulp, and make the tips firm.
The pressure is then removed, and the tips and the base plate taken
from the press to enable the tips to be drawn off from the pins, the plate
being then free to go into the pulp compressing apparatus when desired
for making fresh tips or mouth-pieces. The tips or mouth-pieces thus
made by compression, particularly those to have ringed surfaces if they
require a kind of glaze or polish upon them, can be first heated while
upon the pins, the plate with the tips upon them being placed over a
hot plate or heater for the purpose. Pressure.is then applied, and the
plungers caused to rotate or to vibrato in a circular direction, which not
only compels the tips to become polished but also to partake of the
pattern of the moulds or plungers with the edges of the rings sharp and
bold. The tubes may be in two picces, hinged at the bottom, and
capable of being bound at top by rings, as shown in Figure 8.
I claim in this second part of my Invention the manufacture of
cigarette tips or mouth-pieces from pulp by or under pressure in the
manner herein-before described.
Secondly. I claim the apparatus shown at Figures 6 and 7 of the
Drawings, by which such compression of cigarette tips can be effected,
also the hinged divided tube, shown in Figure 8, as and for the purposes
set forth.
Thirdly. I claim the method of roughing or forming rings upon
compressed pulp cigarette tips or mouth-pieces, as described.
According to the third and last part of my Invention I mould by
pressure the mouth-piece and the tube for the tobacco from the same
portion of pulp, the mould being shaped to suit the exterior of the case
and mouth-piece, and the matrix or plunger the interior, the thickness
of the case, as also the diameter and length, being determined by the
quantity of pulp placed in or permitted to flow into the mould and the

page_text: distance between the mould and the matrix. The mouth-piece in this
last method is formed tapered, and with depressions, raised portions, or
other devices for facilitating the holding of the same in the mouth, as in
the previous instance. The tubular portion only or the whole may bo
covered in the usual manner by tobacco leaf, to give the cigarette the
appearance of a cigar. This will be understood by reference to Figuro 9,
the mouth-piece portion being formed in the part marked K, and the
tube portion for the tobacco in the part marked L, the plunger M being
of such a size that a space is left for the occupation of the pulp from
which the tubular portion is formed. The tubular portion.can be made
from a finer kind of pulp, if needed, by first compressing the tip pulp
for tips only, and then after the base plate is removed to insert it into
another press while the tips are wet, the second press having plugs upon
it of smaller diameter than the interior of the tubes, so that the fino
pulp with which the press is charged can flow into and fill up the spaces
between the plugs and the tubes, and become, so to speak, parts and
parcels with the tips. I propose that the plugs should fit over the ends
of the press, so that they are moved from the press with the base plate
for the drying operation.
I claim in this last and third part of my Invention, the manufacture
of cigarette tips or mouth-pieces, with tubular parts for holding the
tobacco, in the manner described, also the modified method described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adolph Strauss, have hercunto sot
my hand and seal, this Third day of September, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.
ADATDI SIND & TIG