Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 12th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Feb., 1887.
I GEORGE HENRY SMITH of 207 Victoria Park Road, in the county of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines, the main
object of the invention being to simplify the construction and operation of such
machines.
In carrying out my invention I employ any suitable known arrangement for
supplying the tobacco to the cutting knife which is also of the ordinary construction
but is operated by means of a cam on the main shaft from which all the notions of the
machine are obtained.
The paper is supplied from an endless roller and is fed by means of a curved
platform to which a to and fro or vibrating movement is communicated by means of a
eam from the main shaft. The said platform is provided with a spring finger also
operated by a cam on the main shaft whereby the paper is held to and released from
the platform.
.
The paster consists of a flexible plate adapted in the operation of the machine to
pass under a pasting roller and over or under the scissors in such a manner that as the
paper is cut by the scissors the paster passes over the edge of the paper cut. off so as to
leave thereon the required amount of paste. The paster is operated by means of a
sliding bar driven by a cam on the main shaft the said sliding bar being provided
with a rack into which gears a pinion on the spindle of the paster. As the paster is
moved forward the said sliding bar by means of a projection and connecting bar closes
the scissors and cuts off the paper, the return movement of the sliding bar carrying
back the paster and opening the scissors.
For forming the pocket fingers are employed operated by a quadrant platform
driven by means of a cam on the main shaft, the said cam being of such a form as to
give the required amount of roll to the tabacco and the required amount of dwell to
allow of delivering, cutting off, and pasting the paper.
The operation of my improved machine is as follows:
The main shaft being driven by hand or power the tabacco is moved forward to the
cutting knife and the quadrant shaped platform having by means of the fingers formed

page_text: the pocket the tobacco is cut off and falls into the said pocket, as the said platform rolls
the tobacco the paper is moved forward by its platform and the edge thereof carried
between the quadrant platform and a pinching roller, the paper-platform is then moved
backwards and the scissors are brought into operation to cut off the length of paper,
the edge of which is then pasted by the forward movement of the paster and the
pasted cut off piece of paper is then rolled by the next movement of the quadrant
platform over the rolled tobacco thereby completing the cigarette.
Instead of the quadrant platform it will be.obvious that a parallel action or motion
may be employed and it will also be obvious that the length of paper to be cut off at
each operation can be regulated by simply regulating the stroke of the curved
platform.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
1, GEORGE HENRY SMITH, of 36 Scylla Road Peckham Rye in the county of Surrey,
Engineer, 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 improvements in cigarette-making machines, the main
object of the invention being to simplify the construction and operation of such
machines.
In carrying out my invention I employ any suitable known arrangement for
supplying the tobacco to the cutting knife which is also of the ordinary construction,
but is operated by means of a cam on the main shaft from which all the motions of
the machine are obtained.
The paper is supplied from a roller and is fed by means of a curved platform to
which a to-and-fro or vibrating movement is communicated by means of a cam from
the main shaft. The said platform is provided with a spring finger also operated by a
cam on the main shaft whereby the paper is held to and released from the platform.
The paster consists of a flexible plate adapted in the operation of the machine to
pass under a pasting roller and over or under the scissors in such a manner that as the
paper is cut by the scissors the paster passes over the edge of the paper cut off so as
to leave thereon the required amount of paste. The paster is operated by means of a
sliding bar driven by a cam on the main shaft, the said sliding bar being provided
with a rack into which gears a pinion on the spindle of the paster. As the paster is
moved forward, the said sliding bar by means of a projection and connecting bar
closes the scissors and cuts off the paper, the return movement of the sliding bar
carrying back the paster and opening the scissors.

page_text: For forming the pocket, as usual fingers are employed operated by a quadrant
platform driven by means of a cam on the main shaft, the said cam being of such a
form as to give the required amount of roll to the tobacco and the required amount of
dwell to allow of delivering, cutting off, and pasting the paper.
Instead of the quadrant platform it will be obvious that a parallel action or motion
may be employed, and it will also be obvious that the length of paper to be cut off at
each operation can be regulated by simply regulating the stroke of the curved
platform.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 is a plan and
figure 2 a side elevation of a cigarette-making machine constructed according to my
invention; figure 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Similar letters in all
the figures represent similar parts.
A is a travelling band for supplying in the usual manner the tobacco to the cutting
knife B, which is of ordinary construction; a, represents the cam for operating the
knife B, the said cam being fixed on the main shaft C, and working over a roller b, on
the bent end of a lever c, pivotted at d, to the frame D, of the machine; to the lever c,
is jointed a connecting rod e, jointed at its upper end to the free end of the knife B,
which works on a pivot ; g, is the roller from which the paper is fed to the machine;
h, is the curved platform by means of which the said paper is fed; i, is the cam on the
main shaft C, which cam in combination with a spring a communicates a to-and-fro
or vibrating movement to the curved platform h, by operating on a roller j, on the end
of a projecting arm k, forming part of an oscillating lever 1, which carries the said
platform; the length of paper to be fed can be varied by means of a set screw d², by
operating which the length of travel of the platform can be regulated; m, is the spring
finger with which the platform h, is provided and n, is the cam on the main shaft C for
raising the same by bearing on the underside of an arm o, projecting from a bar p,
sliding vertically on the oscillating lever 7; 9, is the spring whereby the finger is kept
pressed down upon the paper to hold the same to the platform h, when the finger is
not operated by the cam n;, is the flexible plate which I employ for pasting the edge
of the cut off paper; the plate », rotates with a spindle s, carrying a pinion t, working
in a rack u, on a sliding bar e, to which a rising and falling motion is given by means
of a came, on the main shaft C, bearing on a projection, thereon; y, is the usual
pasting roller to which the required rotary motion is imparted by a pawl e², attached
to the sliding bar v, operating a ratchet wheel, on the spindle of.the roller y, under
which the flexible plate or paster r, is caused to pass as the bar e, is raised by the
means described for the purpose of receiving the required amount of paste to be left on
the edge of the piece of paper cut off; , is the projection on the sliding bar v, and a¹
is the connecting bar jointed thereto and to one end of the scissors blade b', pivotted
at c¹ by means of which connecting bar the scissors are closed so as to cut off the
paper as the paster, is moved forward; the downward movement of the sliding
bare, whereby the paster r, is carried back and the scissors opened, is effected by
means of a spring d; e, e', represent the fingers for forming the pocket; is the
quadrant platforin pivotted at g', and ', is the cam on the main shaft C, which cam,
(in combination with a spring ) communicates a to-and-fro motion to the quadrant
platform, by bearing on a roller ', on the latter; ', is the usual band for rolling the
tobacco and paper, is a roller over which the band, passes in the manner shewn
in figure 3, as the tobacco is being rolled, the said roller also serving to pinch or
secure the edge of the paper fed forward prior to the piece being cut off and pasted;
the said figure 3 shews the roller, in position ready to be brought down on the
edge of the paper for this purpose; the roller ¹, is carried by an arm l', at each side
of the machine, one of the said arms being fixed to a lever m², operated by a cam n',
on the main shaft C, so as to raise the roller k, at the required time a spring e², serving
to press the roller on the edge of the paper; for regulating the thickness of the
cigarettes to be made I provide a tightening device at one end of the band j',
consisting of a nut o¹, adapted to tighten or slacken the band which has its end

page_text: clamped between two metal plates p'; q', is a shoot which delivers the completed
cigarettes as they leave the band j¹.
The operation of my improved machine is as follows:-
The main shaft C, being driven by hand or power in the direction shewn by the
arrows in the drawings the tobacco is moved forward to the cutting knife B.
The part of the quadrant platform (in which the pocket is formed by the band j',
being caused to enter the same by means of the fingers e', e',) being in position
immediately under the tobacco knife B, and a portion of tobacco to form a cigarette
having been previously cut off by the operation of the knife B, and fallen into the
pocket, the quadrant will be first moved by its cam h³, in a right-hand direction into
the position shewn in full lines in figure 3, by which movement the tobacco will have
been rolled and the platform will be allowed by its cam to dwell in this position
whilst the paper platform h, is carried in the direction herein before stated, and will
carry along the paper coming from the roller g, (the spring finger m, being brought
down by its spring q, tightly upon the paper to allow of this being effected) and
present its edge between the pinching roller k' and the platform f; the pinching roller
is then brought by its spring c², tight down upon the edge of the paper, which is
thereby held while the paper platform ', is returned to its former position by its
spring a, the spring finger m, having previously been raised by its cami n; the
scissors blade 1, is then brought down by the bar v, in the manner hereinbefore
described so as to cut off a length of paper and the paster, will by the same
movement of the bar e, be passed under the pasting rollery, and will paste the edge
of the piece of paper; the quadrant platform f, will now be caused by its cam ¹, fo
resume its motion whereby the paper will be drawn into and rolled round the tobacco
by the band when the platform f¹, has arrived at the end of its movement in the
herein before stated direction as shewn by the dotted lines in figure 3, the completed.
cigarette will be ejected into the shoot q'; the platform f¹, will then quickly return into
the position first described ready to receive another supply of tobacco and so on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination of parts forming the improved cigarette-making machine
substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.