Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897

page_text: adjustments to which the rollers H are adapted, I provide additional bearings 4 for
the flexible shaft 1 on each end of the roller 3. The bearings 4 are carried by the
bent arms 5 which extend rearwardly and are supported in a block 6 as shown in
Figs. 4 and 6, one at each end thereof. The ends of the arms which pass through
the block are threaded and provided with adjustable nuts 7 by means of which
arms 5 can be separately adjusted backward or forward, and thereby more the
ends of the friction roller 3 correspondingly, as may be desired. The block 6 is
perforated and fits over the post F on which it can be vertically adjusted and held
in position by the set screw 8. The friction roller 3 can therefore be adjusted
vertically and laterally to keep it in engagement with the presser and forming
rollers H at all times.
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10 represents a double needle the function of which is to hold the wrapper
against the burch at the butt end when starting to roll the wrapper on the bunch.
The double needle is carried by a stem 11 which has free rotary movement in the
sliding rod 12 the latter being supported in a sleeve 13 secured to the frame of the
machine. In order to give the rod 12 a reciprocating movement a lever 14 is
pivoted to a fixed support on the frame, its upper end being connected to the sliding
rod 12 and its lower end connected by a slotted connection to one end of a rod 15
the other end of the rod being connected to one arm of a bell crank 16 pivoted to
a.standard 17.
18 represents a shaft loosely journaled in bearings on the main frame of the
machine. An arm 19 extends from this shaft and is connected by a link 20 to a
bent arm 21 connected to the aleove O on the shaft M. As the sleeve is given
a quarter turn. first in oue direction and then back again in the opposite direction,
the same movement will be imparted to the shaft 18. Another arm 22 extends
from the shaft 18 and is connected to the other arm. of the bell crank 16 by
a link 23. The operation of this part of the device is as follows:
As shown in Fig. 2 the table L is in the position it occupies when a cigar bunch
bas just been wrapped and the gear O' is in engagement with the gear p and the
continued movement of the driving shaft A. will swing the table to the left ready
to receive a new wrapper. As the sleeve O turns in this movement it will cause the
shaft 18 to make a quarter turn and lift the outer end of the arm 22. This will
rock the bell crank 16 and push the rod 15 to the left thereby rocking the lever 14
and moving its upper end and the sliding rod 12 to the right which will bring the
double needle to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.
Supposing now the butt end of a wrapper is laid upon the double needle and a bunch
upon the wrapper, the operator will bring the gear O' into engagement with the
gear and the sleeve O and table L will begin to turn in the opposite direction.
In the meantime the rolling and shaping rollers will begin to roll the wrapper on
the bunch and the double needle being free to turn in the sliding rod 12 will
securely hold the wrapper against the bunch until the butt end has been
overlapped. In the meantime the shaft 18 will also be moving in the opposite
direction and thereby causing the rod 15 to move to the right. The first part of this
movement will not effect the lever 14 owing to the slotted connections between it
and the rod. 15. When the right hand end of the slot is reached however the,
lever 14 will begin to move thereby throwing its upper end to the left and
withdrawing the double needle 10 from the cigar. This withdrawal does not take
place however, until the wrapper is fairly started around the bunch.
Referring now to the pasting devices, the cylinder K is provided with a cap 25
having a circumferential groove 26 on its periphery. This cap is held in position
by means of hooks 27 secured to the cylinder K which engage the groove 26. The
cap can therefore have rotary movement but no vertical movement. The cap 25
is provided with a central boss 28 projecting upwardly and having a threaded hole
through which the threaded stem 31 of the piston 30 extends. The piston 30°fits
closely within the paste cylinder K and is intended to bear upon the paste.
The cap 25 of the pasting device is provided with a circular rack 29 the teeth 36
of which are engaged by the pawl 32. The teeth of the rack have an inclined side

page_text: upon which the pawl will ride when moved in one direction. The pawl 32 is
connected to the upper end of the lever 33 which is pivoted at 33' to the paste-
cylinder K. The lower end of the lever 33 is connected by a link 34 to an arm 35.
extending from the projecting end of the shaft 18. It is obvious that by moving
the shaft 18 already described the lever 33 will be rocked to and fro. The lever is.
BO arranged that a movement in one direction will shift the pawl from one tooth to
the next, and its opposite movement will rotate the cap slightly and press the
piston 30 downwardly to a sufficient extent to force enough paste into the tip.
forming chamber ; to paste the tip end of a wrapper, and this operation will be.
repeated with each cigar wrapper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;
1. In a cigar machine the combination with cigar bunch supporting and rotating
rollers, of a series of adjustable forming and presser rollers supported end to end,.
and a friction roller carried by a positively driven flexible shaft and engaging the
forming and presser rollers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with cigar bunch supporting and rotating rollers, and a
series of presser and forming rollers supported end to end and separately adjustable
to conform to the shape of the cigar bunch, of a flexible shaft supported in.
bearings and positively driven, a friction roller carried by said shaft, additional
bearings for the flexible shaft near the ends of the rollers and means substantially
as described to adjust the latter bearings vertically and laterally to keep the
friction roller in engagement with the presser and forming roller in their several
adjustments substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a cigar machine, the combination with the bunch supporting and rotating
rollers, and the pivoted wrapper supporting table, of a double needle, a sliding
rod in which the double needle is rotably supported and mechanism to reciprocate
the sliding arm to and fro as the wrapper supporting table is swung back and
forth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In a cigar machine, the combination with the bunch supporting and rotating
rollers, the wrapper supporting table, the shaft supporting the table, the sleeve
keyed on the shaft and the mechanism to turn the sleeve and shaft alternately in
opposite directions, of a shaft loosely journaled in the frame of the machine, an.
arm extending from the shaft, a bent arm extending from the sleeve, a link
connecting said arms, a sliding rod carrying a double needle a pivoted lever
connecting at its upper end to the sliding rod, a bell crank pivoted to a fixed
support on the machine, an arm on the shaft, a link connecting said arm to one.
arm of the bell crank and a rod leading from the other arm of the bell crank and
having a slotted connection with the lower end of said lever, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
5. In a cigar machine, the combination with a double needle adapted to hold.
the butt end of the wrapper against the cigar bunch, of a sliding rod in which
the needle is rotably supported, a lever pivoted to a fixed support on the machine.
and connected at its upper end to the sliding rod, a rod having a slotted connection
at the lower end of the lever, and mechanism, substantially as described to.
reciprocate the last named rod, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of March 1897
CHARLES JUNGE,
Agent for Applicant.