Improvements in Cigarette Making Machinery.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
Improvements in Cigarette Making Machinery.
I, HENRI FELIX MARIE LEMAIRE of 150 Rue de Rivoli, Paris in the Republic
of France Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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This invention relates to machinery for making cigarettes and the improved
machine is intended to contain the necessary appliances so that cigarettes may he
formed thereby without the attention of the attendant who has only to supply the
tobacco to a moving belt or apron by which it is fed to the machine.
The mechanical operations are as follows, The feeding and preluninary
compression of the tobacco its distribution in the mould, forming it into a cylindrical
shape, cutting off the cigarette filler thus formed, the feeding, rolling and sticking
of the paper, and finally the expulsion of the cigarette.
The mould is composed of eight parallel rollers and the tobacco is fed in the
direction of the axis of the mould in a continuous layer and is cut to a width of
about six millimeters to form the cigarette filler. Five of the rollers composing
the lower part of the mould are mounted in a rectangular box and the remaining
three rolleis are mounted in a cover hinged to said box and having pivoted in it
two plates having teeth meshing with each other and one of them having a
projection controlled by a spring
The main shaft carries a toothed wheel meshing with a wheel mounted on a
hinged support and meshing with a third wheel on the shaft of which is disk in
relation to a cam solid with the second wheel This cam when presenting a
projection to said disk causes the latter to be thrust back and so disengages the
second from the third wheel so that the latter comes to rest with the mechanism it
governs, namely the device for applying adhesive material to the paper and the
toothed pinions mounted on the ends of the rollers of the mould.
The mechanism for applying the adhesive material which may be called the
gumining mechanism comprises a caoutchouc belt passing around a roller dipping
into the liquid or semi liquid adhesive material and over another roller which
removes the excess of adhesive material A knife the extremities of which cany
pinions engaging with racks is called by two cranks on the same shaft which
carries a lever connected by a rod with the third toothed wheel before mentioned,
60 that this knife may come in contact with the belt so as to become charged with
adhesive material, and then in contact with a piece of paper placed on a table
connected to the rectangular box, whereupon it lifts this paper by adherence and
passes it into the mould when the latter opens.
The mechanisin for feeding the tobacco comprises three belts between frames on
the base of the machine. Two of these belts are arranged one above the other on
ollers of which some cally on their shafts bevelled wheels gearing with similar
wheels on vertical shafts driven from the main shaft. These belts may be stretched
by displacement of the rollers.
On a shaft carried by the fiame are mounted two levers, of which one carries a
stud engaging in a groove in a cam mounted on the main shaft. These levers
command a rod gunded in a sleeve and carrying another sleeve in which a od may
rise under action of a spring or fall under the action of two parallel rods provided with
abutments on which act cams on the shaft of one of the rollers of the tobacco feed.

page_text: These two rods carry a knife and the 1od that they command carries a plate which
is adapted to advance in a hollow guide in the frame.
The tobacco is spread by hand on one of the belts and a special roller causes it
to become engaged between the two others which compress it and carry it in the
guide o passage in the fame where the knife descends under the action of the
parallel 1ods in order to cut the tobacco. The rod connected with the former
descends at the same time and the plate which it caries receives a movement of
displacement from the cam ou the main shaft and causes the tobacco to be pressed
or fed into the mould.
The 1od which supports the plate intended to push the tobacco is during this
operation retained by a lever which engages therewith, but towards the end of this
operation the lever meets an abutment which releases the rod which uses under
action of the spring so that on its return course the plate cannot push back the
following tobacco.
The cover of the mould carries a lever connected by a rod to another lever which
15 commanded by a cam on the main shaft.
At the extremity of an intermedinte shaft commanded by the main shaft is
mounted a cam controlling a lever connected to a rack engaging with a pinion of
which the shaft carries a crank at the end of which is a dog engaging with a ratchet
of which the shatt carries a cylinder against which a second cylinder presses. The
paper for the wrapper of the cigarette is rolled on a eel and passes between
the said cylinders which cauly it intermittently forward to the table where the
necessay length is cut off by scissors of which one blade is fixed to the tablo and
the other is controlled by a cam, which latter is governed by a lever and a rod
articulated to one of the cranks which caries the gumming knife or blade.
After the change of tobacco has been cut off and fed into the mould the latter
closes and the rollers evolve bringing the change into a cylindrical form,
wheroupon the cover opens wlule the rollers stop their movement, during this time
the blade changed with adhesive material transfers a cut off length of paper into
the open mould which again closes. The rollers are again set in movement carrying
in the paper and rolling it about the tobacco. The finished cigarette is then
expelled upon the lifting of the cover by the plates pivoted in said cover.
Dated this 28th day of December 1894.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant
I HENRI FELIX MARIE LEMAIRE of 150 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, in the
Republic of France, Manufacturer 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 machines for making pasted cigarettes and the improved
machine is provided with all the necessary devices in order that the attendant may
only have to place the tobacco on a moveable belt which feeds the machine. All
other operations are mechanically done, and they are as follows Feeding and
compressing the tobacco, distributing the same in the mould, rolling the saine,
feeding rolling and pasting the paper and bnally cutting off and throwing out
the cigarette.
The mould of the machine comprises eight parallel rollers, the tobacco is fed
in the direction of the axis of the mould, in a continuous layer, of predetermined
dimensions, and cut to a width of about six millimeters to make the cigarette filler
so as to leave but few loose ends and thus prevent waste and also the annoyance

page_text: Fig. 5 is a side view of the machine.
Figs 6, 7, and 8 are respectively cross-sections on lines 7-8, 5-6, 3-4 of
Fig 3.
Figs. 9 and 10 represent a side view and a sectional clevation of the tobacco
cutting device
Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively a sectional elevation and a plan view of the
device for bringing the tobacco-feed iod in movement
Figs. 13 and 14 represent a cLoss-section and a plan view of the device for
operating the pasting knife
Figs. 15, 16, 17 are respectively an elevation, a cross-section and a plan view of
the device for throwing out the cigarette.
Figs 18 and 19 represent in elevation and in plau the device for controlling the
moveable blade of the paper scissors.
Figs 20, 21 and 22 are respectively an elevation, a longitudinal section and a
plan of the device and gearing for operating the mould rollers.
Figs 23 and 24 are respectively an elevation and the side view partly in section,
of a device which supports the roll of paper
Figs 25 and 26 represent on an enlarged scale the principal gearing and cam
mechanism
Fig. 27 is a transverse section of the mould.
Fig 28 is a partial view showing the mechanism which operates the lid of the
inould and also that of the pasting knife.
Figs. 29 and 30 are respectively an elevation and side view of the paper feeding
device
The machine compuses a frame a on which are fixed two parallel cheeks a' a¹, a
asing a aud the different bearings. The mould located at the top of the casing.
comprises eight rollers (Fig. 27) arranged in two series, the lower one consisting
of five rollers supported by two of the parallel sides of the casing a², the upper
series consisting of thee rollers supported by the cheeks of a cap o lid
capable of oscillation around a fixed axis the cap carries a cylindrical lug 7,³
en which are pivoted two levers and 6 geaning by then toothed ends, the
lever being provided with a wing subject to the action of au opposing
spring 7.
On the three bearings c³, c², c³ fixed on the frame a rests a main shaft c, one end
of which receives a pair of pulleys c¹ c³ one loose, the other fixed.
On the said shaft c is also a geni wheel d gearing with another gear wheel d
which can be put into gear with a thud gear wheel carried by an idle shaft e.
The gear wheel d¹ is carried by a shaft d³ capable of rotation in a beaung d loosely
mounted on the shaft and connected by a spiral sping to the bearing c³ of the
shaft e.
On the shaft d³ is also fixed a cam de at all tunes held in contact with a disc e¹
mounted on the end of the shaft e, by the sping d (Figs. 25 and 26); the disc e¹ 18
connected by a spindle e with a toothed plate which gears with a pinion et on
the shaft of which is mounted another pinion e' (Figs. 20, 21 and 22). Each of
the eight rollers of the mould bears at the outside a pinion 6° the five pinions.

page_text: of the lower series of fixed rollers are at all times in gear with the pinion while
the three pinions of the rollers fixed on the cap or lid only gear with the
pinion when the said cap is closed.
The pinions which are not intended to gear together, are arranged in two
circular rows separated from each other in such a way that the pinions are placed
alternately in the two rows
On the spindle e² is pivoted a pitman e connected with a crank arm e² on the end
of a shaft 8 passing through the casing a² on which are fixed two parallel crank-
arms ff in the eyes of these crank arms turns a spindle which is cuneiform in
cross-section, and on the cylindrical ends of which are carried two pinions which
gear with toothed segments fixed on the casing a (Figs 13 and 14).
On the said casing a is pivoted a table g which beats on a guided rod g' which
bears on a cam g' fixed on a shaft which carries at one end a conical pinion g⭑
gearing with a pinion go on the shaft e
On the other end of the shaft g³ 18 mounted a cam g (Figs 29 and 30) which
controls a level 97 pivoted to a toothed rack 9" and held in contact with the cam gª
by an opposing spring gº.
The said toothed rack 9 gears with a toothed pinion integral with a shaft
mounted in a bearing 2 and carrying a crank arm the latter is provided with a
pawl held contact by a spring, with a ratchet wheel, also engaged by
another pawl on the tail end of which presses a spring h. The shaft of the
ratchet wheel carries a cylinder 10 against which is pressed a similar cylinder /"
by springs which bear on pistons, rairied in beatings in the shaft of the
cylinder 4, the pressme exercised by the spings can be regulated by means
of a screw 6. On one side of the table is fixed one blade of the scissors y³ and
on the pivoted axis of the said table g is loosely mounted another blade g¹ subject
to the action of an opposing spung gand connected to cam g¹ mounted on the
same axIS a lever controlled by a connecting rod g pivoted to one of the
crank arms f.
On the shaft gis fixed a pulleys around which runs a rubber belt which passes
also round the pulleys stands and over two tallers 8, 6, the larger ones of which
is partially immersed in the liquid paste, contained in a vessel fixed to the
casing a The paper for making the paper tubes is wound on a dium' carried
by a shaft jounalled in bearings in support bolted on to the frame a, the end of
each of the gudgeons 14 partially embraced by a collir attached to a spring 85
the tension of which may be tegulated by a set screw so as to regulate the pressure
of the collar on the gudgeon the said collar thus performing the part of a
friction brake and allowing of opposing a pre letermined resistance to the rotation
of the gudgeons in the supports
Between the checks a' is arranged on rollers a feed belt one of the rollers A
18 mounted on the shaft of a toothed wheel which controls a wheel & by means of
a pinion. Two other endless belts º, are also arranged one above the other
within the cheeks a' a' and pass over tollers respectively, the upper endless
belt passing over a distance roller 4º and the to ve belt being supported near
its middle by a loose roller 10
The upper and lower rollers and are able to move in order to give the
required tension to the belts and Aª For that purpose the ends of the shaft of
the upper roller & are pivoted to small pitmen which are in turn pivoted to a
but through the said mut extends a scien provided with an operating handle/³
and bearing on a supporting plate fixed on the cheeks a¹ serving as guides to the
spindle of the roller which extend along the said grooves.
It will be understood that when the handle is tuned in the desired direction
the said oller may be raised or lowered and thus stretch or unstrotch the
belt A³.
The ends of the shaft or spindle of the lower roller ª are engaged by a forked
piece m and are movable as well as the said piece m in grooves m² in the cheeks a¹
the piece m bears a sciew threaded rod m² placed in a nut m³ which is housed in a

page_text: recess m³ in the frame a in which there is also a cylindrical hole, in which 19 housed
the rod m The nut m is provided with holes in its outside to alloy of operating
it When the said it is turned. the screw m³, which is prevented from turning
by the forked piece m. is either raised or lowered according to the direction in
which the nut m³ is turned, and carries along with it the roller which either
stretches or unstretches the belt {"
One of the ends of the shafts or spindles of four of the rollers and cames a
toothed pinion which gears with a pinion a, the four pinions a' gear together two
by two and are mounted respectively on vertical shafts which bear the pimons n³
gearing with other similar pinions mounted on the shrft e The lower end of one
of the shafts n is supported in a bracket n utegial with the frame a.
A roller o povided with ridges or points is mounted on a shaft or spindle
Journaled in beaugs in the cheeks a and carrying a toothed wheel of which gears
with a pinion of the spindle or pin of which is fixed to one of the cheeks a', the said
pinion gears with a wheel o on the shaft of one of the rollers
At the ends of a shaft p extending across the frame a are mounted two levers pl
one of which carries a button p which is engaged in the groove of a cylindrical
camp fixed on the shaft c. The ends of the levers p' are provided with oblong
holes in which are housed the ends of a cross-bar p integral with a 1od p moving
na shde pin two parts, which are integral with the cheeks a'.
The rod p has on its end a socket p' in which may slide a rod p³ subject to the
action of an opposing spring p' the rod is pierced by a slot plum which may
engage a small lever pl attached to spiral spring p" partially housed in a slot in
the socket and capable of coming in contact with an abutment or stop p*, fixed
on the casing a²
The rod is provided at its lower portions with two symetrical spurs pla and
with steel blade p having movement in a channel ple cut in the frame a. The
spurs pl³ can come into contact with the rods q carrying a knife q' and capable of
easy frictional movement in the cylindrical bosses on the frame a, these bosses
contain spial springs which tend to raise the rods the stroke of which is limited
by the nuts screwed on to then lower posILION
The rods cany studs q on which can simultaneously act cams qº carried by the
spindle of one of the 1ollets kª On the spindle is also mounted a cam r in the
groove of which takes the button of a lever able to oscillate on a spindle,
and pivoted also to small connecting rod the connecting rod * connects with a
lever integral with the cap 6.
Between the cheeks a' are arranged two bridges tt in the upper plane of the
belts so that the said plane is without a break except for the channel pl.
Lastly on one side of the casing a³ is anauged an elbow crank lever u one of the
ends of which is in contact with a cam integral with the pinion g
Operation The driving belt being on the fixed pulley c² the shaft c is rotated
and moves as requned all the working parts hereinbefore described The said
shaft c tuins the bevelled gear the shafts n³, the pinions n', which in turn rotate
the pinions and consequently the rollers and, the toothed wheels 1³ and o²;
the latter in respectively the wheels and o¹, as well as the rollers &¹ and o
through the pinions and o The belts also receive motion and the tobacco
which it is desired to transform into cigarettes is apportioned by hand on the feed
belt, this tobacco is fed to the roller o which forces it into the channel reserved
for it between the cheeks a' and the belts which feed it to the channel ple
which thus becomes filled with the necessary supply for one cigarette At this
moment the cams y act on the buttons g' and the odds q are lowered carrying with
them the rod p and the knife g' which cuts the tobacco When this operation is
over the canis clease the studs q the rods g are removed up by the springs q* and
then the cains and act simultaneously the former r to vibrate the lever which
trausnits its movement to the leser by means of the connecting rod and the
cap b' moves up, the latter cam p³, to vibrate the levers p' which give to the rod p

page_text: a transfeiring movement, during which the blade p₁, which moved down with the
knife, and is held in its lowermost position by the engagement in the slot pl⁰ of
the lever p drawn back by the spring 17 moves in the channel ple and pushes into
the mould the tobacco in front of it. At the end of its stroke the lever p meets the
stud which gives it sufficient movement to cause it to leave the slot po in the
rod which flies up under the action of the spring p so that when the rod p
comes back under the action of the camp, the blade p" cannot push the new
supply of tobacco, which moves forward in the channel p. At the end of this
return stroke, the spurs 2" again come into contact with the rods q.
During the introduction of the tobacco into the mould the cam is in contact,
by one of its projections, with the disc e' and for that reason its centre is sufficiently
far from it for the two wheels and to remain no longer in gea, the wheel d¹
can no longer transmit its moveinent to the wheel as the result being that all the
members controlled by this wheel and amongst them the mould-rollers are
stopped.
When the tobacco 18 introduced between the sand rollers b, the cam closes the
cap or lid & so that all the pinious 60 gear with the pinions c and the tobacco 18
vertically compressed.
At this moment the projection of the cam d leaves the disce the centres of these
menibers get neater under the action of the spring d which causes the support d'
to rock on the shaft c, the wheels and are again in geat, the latter moving
through the journal the toothed plate e and consequently the pinions e and e, as
well as the eight pinions 6° the rollers turn forming into a cylinder the tobacco
shut in between them The pinion continuously rotates the pinion g* and the
shaft g and, at a given moment the cam lifts the rod g¹ and the table which
comes and supports a leaf of paper which it carries against the knife f° besmeared
with paste as hereinafter described.
g
The said knife fº is then carried on together with the leaf adhering to it by the
crank arms f which receive their movement from the connecting rode and the
lever mounted on the same shaft as the said crank arms, while the pinions
which roll on the segments, rotate the knife in such a manner that at the
middle of its stroke it becomes vertical and presents horizontally the leaf of paper a
in the inside of the mould which has just opened under the action of the cam r as
hereinbefore described.
At this moment the second projection or caui-surface of the cam has
separated the genis d' and and the rollers 6 have stopped Then the cap or
hid & closes again the rollers take the paper and roll and paste it around
the tobacco and the cigarette 18 finished. The lid again rises whilst the
rollers continue to turn the cam causes the lever u to move, the free end of
the said lever strikes the wing which vibrates as well as the blade and the
blade in gear with it The two blades or plates and move in an angle above
the lower scies on set of rollers and throw out from the machine the finished
cigarette The cap or lid & remains open for tobacco to be introduced again, while
the rollers cease to rotate and the cam allows the lever u to fall, the said level
returning to its position of rest.
The pasting and paper feeding devices are as follows
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The pulleysotated by the shaft g³ gives continued movement to the belts³ the
latter rotating the pulleys s' and ', as well as the rollers and se, the roller s which
16' immersed in the liquid paste in the vessels besmears with paste the outer face
of the belt and should there be too much of this paste it 18 removed by the
roller which allows the surplus paste to fall back into the vessels. When the
knife ƒ has placed the leaf of paper into the mould and the wheels d' and d
have come into gent again, the journal es caried round by the rotation of the
latter wheel, as is also the connecting rode the lever c' vibrates as well as the
crank-arms ƒ pivoted to the same spindle e the knife fº approaches the mould in
turning upon itself as herein before described, and, at the end of its stroke it takes

page_text: & vertical position so as to become covered with piste by contact with the well.
After the journal e* has turned half a revolution, the said knife comes and places
itscli, covered with paste, above the table a.
The paper feeding devices are controlled by the cam g which notates with the
shaft in causing the lever g' to vibrate. When the said lever g' has lowered the
toothed rack the pinion rotates and moves the shaft and the crank arm h³
which latter, by means of the pawl, rotates the hatchet wheel and the
cylinder which communicates its movement to the cylinder and draws on the
When one
paper which unwinds on a dium and comes forward on a table g
of the crank aims which 18 pivoted to the small connecting rod acts on the
latter so as to vibrate the lever " the cam y" causes in its turn the blade go of the
scissors to vibrate in order to allow the paper i to pass on to the table
り but when
the small connecting rod g moves away from the mould and causes the cam q" to
turn in the opposite direction, the blade 10 is brought back by the spring gand
cuts the required length from the strip of paper placed on the table g, namely the
length intended to surround the cigarette
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same i to be performed declare that what I
claim is
In a roller mould cigarette machine
1 The combination consisting of a mould lid provided with a lever pivoted
to a pitman which in its turn is pivoted to a lover pivoted on a fixed spindle
and provided with a button r' engaged in the groove of a cam r substantially as
described.
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2. Means or feeding the tobacco into the longitudinal axis of the mould con-
sisting of endless belts & and the two latter and 1 of which are placed one
above the other and foum, with the checks a' of the machine a tapering channel
leading to a channel which itself leads to the mould and a feed od
connecting the two levers pl pivoted on the same spindle p, of which one is engaged
by a camp on the main shaft c, the said od p being integral with a socket p' in
which is located a od pa partially surrounded by an opposing spring p2 and having
a slot or notch po which may, when necessary, accomodate a lever p pivoted on
the socket p' and arranged opposite a fixed stud p" on the rectangular frame a²
which canie, the mould, substantially as herembefore described and for the
purpose specified,
3. A device for pasting and feeding the paper comprising a knife fº carried by
two crank aims and at the ends of which knife fo are arranged two piutons
geag with fixed tothed segments and endless belt passing over an inter-
medinte roller s immersed in the liquid paste and a voted table y for the paper,
the said table g bemg supported by a movable rod g¹ the latter resting on a cam g³
substantially as hereinbefore described and for the purpose specified.
and
4 A paper feeding device comprising a dium located on a fixed support
the journals of which drum are partially embraced by collars attached to
spiral springs which later are connected to tension screws and two tangent
cylinders placed one above the other the bearings of one of which
cylinders are movable and held by small pistons 18 pushed by tension
springs, the tension of which can be iegulated by screws the spindle of the
other cylinder 40 carrying a ratchet wheel 4 engaged by two pawls 7 h, the one
mounted on a fixed axis the other at the end of a crank arm carried by the
spindle of toothed pinion h' gearing with a toothed rack g pivoted to a lever g²
the latter being connected to a cam 9 and attached to an opposing spring y
substantially as her embefore described and for the purpose specified.
5. A paper cutting device consisting of two scissor blades 9" one of which g
is fixed on one side of the table g for the paper, and the other go attached to an
opposing spring g¹¹ is arranged under a cam g" carried by the axis of a lever g

page_text: pivoted to a controlling connecting rod g substantially as herein before described
and for the purpose specified.
6. A device for throwing the cigarette out of the mould comprising two blades
or plates pivoted on the cap or lid 6' of the mould and gearing by then
toothed ends, one of which blades & connected to an opposing spring & carries a
projecting lug in combination with an elbow leven one of the arms of which
elbow lever is rests on a cam u¹ substantially as herembefore described and for the
purpose specified.
7. A device for the transmission of power comprising three toothed wheels d, d³, d³
two of which d, d² are mounted in a fixed bearing and the other d' intermediate
between the two aforesaid wheels in a support d arranged for easy fiction on the
main shaft e and connected by an opposing sping with the fixed support c³;
the spindle e of the outer wheels having pivoted on it a disc el operatively
connected with a cam de carried by a spindle d³ of the intermediate wheel d'
and rendered subject, by a journal e to the same action as a toothed plate ³
gearing with a punon e integial with the pinion e controlling the pinions of
the mould, a connecting rod e pivoted to the journal e being connected with a
lever carried by the same spindle e as the crank arms of the paper pasting
device, substantially as herembefore described and for the pui pose specified.
8. The combination of the several devices which are the object of the foregoing
claiming clauses to constitute a machine for the manufacture of pasted cigarettes,
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of September 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co,
18 Buckingham Sticet, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.