Particulars upon the Cigarette Papers or Envelopes
Year: 1884

page_text: Particulars upon the Cigarette Papers or Envelopes.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I EDWARD PAYSON WILLS of the firm of W. D. & H. O. Wills of the City of
Bristol Tobacco Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "APPARATUS FOR USE WITH CIGARETTE. MAKING MACHINES FOR PRINTING
PARTICULARS UPON THE CIGARETTE PAPERS OR ENVELOPES" which Invention has
been communicated to me from abroad by The Bonsack Machine Company of
Salem in the State of Virginia in the United States of America to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provido Cigarette making machines with an
apparatus or addition by means of which trade names or other particulars can be
printed upon the paper or envelope as it is continuously passed into and used in
the said machines and this in such a manner that the said particulars appear in
their proper place upon each finished and cut off cigarette. In order to effect this
a wheel or roller is provided which carries the typo or particulars to appear upon
the cigarette and this wheel or rollor has motion imparted to it from the Cigarette
machine in such a manner that its movements correspond with those of the cuttor
or the length of Cigarette to be inade.
The mechanism according to this Invention consists of the aforesaid type wheel
which is mounted in proximity to an adjustable elastic roller over which the paper
passes and upon which the type impress the paper the said paper passing to the
said roller through a guide in which is a spring to pross gently upon the paper.
There is a slotted guard plate between the type roller and the paper to prevent tho
paper from adhering to the type and leaving its proper course. The ink for
the type is contained in a reservoir with an adjustable bottom to allow of the
regulation of the supply of ink to a roller intermittently operated by a pawl and
ratchet or equivalent device which may be worked by a lever and cam groove in
a wheel operated from the driving shaft, the axis of the said wheel carrying also
segmental pieces to which the ink is transferred from an adjustable roller which
takes the ink from the first named intermittently operated roller. The said
seginental pieces are rotated in such manner that the type inking roller will come
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page_text: in contact with the type and with a segment alternately. An ink distributing
roller is also provided, it having cam ends by which a longitudinal movement is
given to it. Thero is also a type inking roller which takes the ink from the
aforesaid segmental pieces as they rotate and transfer it to the types at the proper
times. This type-inking roller is made adjustable, which may be effected by
mounting it upon a lever centred to the axis which carries the segmental pieces, a
screw being provided to regulate the pressure on the types and there being also a
spring to allow the requisite yielding in the other direction.
The type printing roller is operated from any suitable part of the cigarette
machine and its revolutions exactly accord with the issue of the length of one
cigarette or with the action of the cutter which may be effected by making the
circumference of the circle which is described by the revolution of the type
exactly corresponding to the length of the Cigarette being made. The whole of
the foregoing mechanism is carried by a suitable framing supported by or attached
to the Cigarette machine and is preferably enclosed in a casing.

page_text: I, EDWARD PAYSON WILLS of the firm of W. D. & H. O. Wills of the City of
Bristol Tobacco Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention
for "APPARATUS FOR USE WITH CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE FOR PRINTING
PARTICULARS UPON THE CIGARETTE PAPERS OR ENVELOPES" which Invention has
been communicated to me from abroad by The Bousack Machine Company of
Salem in the State of Virginia in the United States of America and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
This Invention has for its object to provide Oigarette making machines with an
apparatus or additional mechanism by means of which trade marks names or other
particulars design or devices can be printed upon the Cigarette paper or envelope
as it is continuously passed into and used in the said machines and this in such a
manner that the said trade marks names or other particulars or devices appear in
their proper place upon cach finished and cut off Cigarette. In order to effect this
a wheel or roller is provided which carries the type, device, or design, or parti-
culars to appear upon the Cigarette, and this wheel or roller has motion imparted
to it from the Cigarette machine in such a manner that its movements correspond
with those of the cutter or the length of Cigarette to be made.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan
of the additional or printing mechanism constructed and arranged according to this
Invention and which consists of the type wheel or cylinder A, carried on an axle A³
operated by gearing or otherwise from any suitable part of the Cigarette forming
mechanism and mounted in proximity to an adjustable elastic roller B over which
the Cigarette paper or envelope O passes to the Cigarette forming mechanism and
upon which roller B the type or design on the cylinder A impresses the paper O as
it passes onto the roller B through a guide D which is provided with a spring d
pressing gently upon the paper in its passage to the roller B so as to impart
sufficient tension thereto to prevent it creasing or buckling and between the type
roller or cylinder A and the roller B is a slotted guard plate E to prevent the
paper from adhering to the type or design on the cylinder A and leaving its proper
course. The roller B is carried in a slide B capable of being adjusted by the
thumbscrew B³ so as to impart the proper degree of pressure of the paper against
the type cylinder. The ink for inking the type is contained in a reservoir F
vided with an adjustable bottom f the position of which is adjusted by a regulating
screw f³ so as to allow of the proper supply of ink to a roller G which is inter-
mittently operated by a pawl Ĥ and ratchet I or by an equivalent device so as to
present at each intermittent motion a fresh portion of the surface of the roller to
receive the ink. The pawl H may be operated by a lever K acted upon by a cam
groove or a pin L in a wheel M rotated by gearing M³ from the axle A³ of the type
cylinder A. the axis of the wheel M carrying also segmental pieces or distributing
surfaces to which the ink is transferred by the distributing roller P and the
roller P¹ which takes the ink from the first named intermittently operated roller G.
The segmental pieces O are rotated in such manner that the type inking roller Q
which receives a supply of ink from the segments or surfaces ✪ will come in contact
pro-

page_text: with the type and with a segment O alternately. The ink distributing roller P¹ is
provided with cam surfaces at its ends which as the roller revolves act upon bowls
or friction rollers p which cause the roller P¹ to receive in addition to its rotary
motion a to and fro lateral motion whereby the ink is moro uniformly distributed
over the surfaces O. The motions of the type inking roller Q are arranged to take
the ink from the aforesaid segmental pieces O as they rotate and transfers it to
the types or device on the cylinder A at the proper times. The type inking
roller may be made adjustable by mounting it upon a lever R as shown centered
to the axis which carries the segmental pieces O, a screw S being provided to
regulate the pressure of the roller Q on the types or device, there being also a
spring T to allow the said roller the requisite yielding in the other direction.
The type roller A may be operated from any suitable part of the Cigarette
Machine its revolutions being made to accord with the issue of the length of one
Cigarette or with the action of the cutter which may be effected by making the
circumference of the circle which is described by the revolution of the type exactly
corresponding to the length of cigarettes being made. The whole of the foregoing
mechanism is carried by a suitable framing Ū supported by or attached to the
cigarette machine and it is preferably enclosed in a casing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. In combination with machines for making continuous cigarette rolls to be
cut up into cigarettes, of additional apparatus for printing on the continuous paper
or envelope as it is being supplied to the Cigarette forming mechanism trado
marks, names or other particulars or devices and at such distances apart that the
envelope or paper of each cigarette when separated from the continuous cigarette
roll, will have printed thereon a complete trade mark, name or other particulars or
device as herein before described.
2. In combination with machines for making continuous cigarette rolls to be cut
up into cigarettes of additional mechanism for printing on the continuous paper or
envelope as it is being supplied to the cigarette making mechanism, trade marks,
names or other particulars or devices, the said additional mechanism being con-
structed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner herein before described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In mechanism for printing on continuous cigarette paper or envelope as it is
being supplied to the cigarette forming mechanism the combination of the ink
reservoir F provided with an adjustable bottom of the ink roller G ratchet I and
pawl Harranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
4. In combination with the subject matter of the preceding claim of the distrl-
buting rollers P, P¹ distributing surfaces or segment wheel O and type cylinder A
the whole being constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. In mechanism for printing a continuous cigarette envelope or paper as it is
being supplied to the cigarette making mechanism the combination of the typo
cylinder A the adjustable impression cylinder B paper guide D with its spring d
and the guard E the whole being arranged to operate substantially in the manner
and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.