Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
A communication from abroad by WILLIAM MAXFIELD, of 104, Oak Street,
Brooklyn, King's County, New York, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
London, Consulting Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines for the manufacture of cigarettes, consisting
of a filler of tobacco and a wrapper of paper, tobacco, or other suitable material,
and comprises novel mechanism for forming the filler of the cigarette from loose
tobacco and for applying to it spirally a suitable wrapper so that the pasted scam
instead of extending longitudinally of the cigarette extends spirally around the
same.
Referring to the accompanying illustrative drawings,
Figure 1 represents a plan view of the machine,
Figure 2 shews a side elevation.
Figure 3 is a vertical section along line 3, 3, in Figure 1, and
Figure 4 such a section along line 4, 4, in Figure 1, the observer in both cases
looking towards the central portion of the machine. Figure 4. is drawn on an
enlarged scale.
Corresponding figures of reference throughout the different views refer to
corresponding parts.
In the drawings, 20 represents the main frame upon which the operating
mechanism is mounted, and which may be of any suitable construction and
dimensions. It is here represented in the form of a rectangular table, with the
larger and central portion of its top cut out so as to leave only longitudinal side
bars 21 and 22 and end cross bars 23 and 24 connecting therewith, and supported
by legs 25, 25.
As
At the forward end of the machine a tobacco feeding and disintegrating mechanism
of any suitable construction should be provided for the purpose of preparing and
picking the tobacco prior to depositing it upon a travelling apron or belt 26.
such a feeding and disintegrating mechanism forms no part of this invention,
and as such mechanisms are well known no description or drawing thereof is here
given.
Apron 26 is represented in the drawings as an endless belt, which at one portion
of its length is wound spirally to the extent of a full turn, more or less, around a
stationary bar 27, coming first in contact with its upper surface. Said bar 27 is
secured to the top of the frame of the machine in brackets 28 and 29, and is
preferably placed diagonally with reference to said frame and preferably at an
oblique angle to the direction under which the apron or belt 26 is made to travel
towards it. At the forward end of the machine the apron or belt 26 passes between
two rollers 30 and 31, the upper one of which is capable of being forced downwards
towards the lower one in vertically slotted bearings 32 by means of proper
adjusting screws 33, for the purpose of ensuring close contact of the belt or apron
with both of said rollers during its passage between the same, the said mechanism
serving as a brake to keep the upper portion of apron 26 perfectly taut.
At the rear end of the machine the belt or apron 26 passes over the top and over
the larger portion of the periphery of a horizontal drum 34, then between said
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page_text: drum and a similar drum 35, and over the top of the latter, and from thence
beneath the table portion of the frame of the machine, toward rollers 30 and 31 as
shown more particularly in Figure 2.
Parallel with and close to said bar 27 a second stationary bar 36 and a revolving
roller 37 are provided in such positions as to be close to each other and to
approximately meet in a plane extending vertically from the axis of bar 27.
Bar 36 is fixedly mounted in brackets 38 and 39, while roller 37 is revolubly
mounted in proper bearings in brackets 40 and 41. Bars 27 and 36 I will hereafter
designate as still bars. 42 is an endless belt wound to the extent of about one
turn, more or less, around still bar 36, so as to come first in contact with the lower
surface of the forward portion of the said bar substantially opposite to the point
where endless belt or apron 26 first comes in contact with still bar 27 and so as to
leave still bar 36 opposite to where belt or apron 26 leaves still bar 27. The
extent to which belt 42 is wound on bar 36 is such that the direction under which
said belt approaches said bar is different from that under which it leaves it. The
endless belt 42 and apron 26 leave their respective still bars under the same
directions and so as to have belt 42 substantially cover apron or belt 26. Belt 42
then passes around drums 34 and 35 in the same manner as and in close contact
with apron or belt 26. 43 is the axle of drum 34. The same is mounted in proper
bearings 44, 44, on the frame of the machine. Axle 46 of drum 35 is mounted in
bearings 47, 47, on said frame and carries a pulley 45 to which revolving motion
is imparted from any suitable source of power, the bearings 47 being capable of
adjustment towards and away from bearings 44, by having their securing
screws 48, 48, pass through slots 49, 49. As the forward end of belt 42 is held
between two rollers mounted in bearings 50, 50, in the same manner as the forward
end of belt 26 is confined, it will be seen that the upper members of both belts may
be tightly stretched by drawing their rear portions towards and around drums 34
and 35 and that then the central and rear portions of the upper branches of both
belts may be kept travelling together continuously after moving bearings 47
towards bearings 44 sufficiently to insure close frictional contact between said
belts where they pass upward between drums 34 and 35. When axle 43 and with
it drum 34 is revolved the upper members of both belts, tightly stretched, will be
drawn spirally around their respective still bars, apron or belt 26 at the same time
conveying the loose tobacco deposited upon its forward end towards said still bars.
51 is a leaf extending between side bars 21 and 22 of the machine table and
supporting end brackets 29, 39 and 41.
The forward end of roller 37 is conc-shaped and is placed preferably near the
edge of apron or belt 26 where the same approaches still bar 27. Both still
bars 27 and 36 extend forward from said cone-shaped end. The rear ends of the
still bars and of roller 37 may be made approximately even, as shown in Figure 1.
52 is a disk slightly inclined with reference to the upper surface of apron or belt 26
and so supported by a shaft in bracket 53 as to bring the most elevated portion of
its under surface close to still bar 36 and near to and underneath the conical end
of roller 37, and to make it cover the tobacco fed upon apron or belt 26 which is
constantly moving towards the still bars. Said disk revolving in the direction of
the arrow in Figure 1 will guide said tobacco underneath the conical end of roller 37
and into the space formed between the main body of said roller, and those portions
of apron or belt 26 and belt 42 which while being drawn over or around their
respective still bars face each other and face said roller. Revolving motion is
imparted to roller 37 in the direction indicated by arrow in Figure 1 from shaft 43
by a belt 54 engaging with a pulley 55 on said shaft and with the end of said roller
and passing around suitable idlers 56.
A bracket 57 extends from bar 21 of the frame of the machine towards
the forward portion of apron or belt 26 and carries a reel 58 on which the
material 59 from which the cigarette wrappers are to be made is wound. Such
material in this case is assumed to be a strip of paper, and the same is shown to
unwind, while resting upon apron or belt 26, in the same direction in which said
:

page_text: apron travels and to pass underneath roller 37 at an oblique angle to the direction
of said roller.
60 is a trough containing glue or paste into which a roller 61 dips. Said roller
transfers glue from its periphery to an auxiliary roller 62, the periphery of which
applies said glue to one edge of the strip of paper 59 near the point where the
same passes underneath roller 37. Revolving motion of glue applying rollers 61
and 62 is secured by means of coacting friction rollers 63 and 64 mounted on their
respective shafts, shaft 65 of rollers 61 and 63 carrying a pulley 66 which receives
its motion from a suitable pulley 67 on shaft 43 through belt 68. Revolving
motion is imparted to disk 52 from a pulley 69 on shaft 43 by a belt 70 which
passes over idlers 71.
72 is a leaf between longitudinal bars 21 and 22 of the
machine table and is employed in keeping apron or belt 26 in a level position where
it travels towards the still bars. 73 is a presser foot for confining strip of paper 59
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in contact with apron or belt 26.
The operation of the machine is as follows: The tobacco having been placed
upon the portion of endless apron or belt 26 near the forward end of the machine
in properly disintegrated condition is carried by the movement of said apron or
belt underneath the elevated portion of disk 52 and is conducted, owing to the
simultaneous movement of said apron or belt over or around still bar 27, and of
belt 42 around still bar 36, as well as the revolving motion of roller 37, (all pro-
duced as described above), into the space formed between said apron or belt 26
and belt 42 where they are wound over or around their respective still bars, and
between them and roller 37, and is conducted along said space and consolidated
therein into a continuous body travelling towards the point where the strip of
paper 59 by passing underneath roller 37 is introduced into such space.
opposite to this point, and to some distance beyond and towards the rear end of
the machine, apron or belt 26 and belt 42 are moving over or around their still
bars, being wound and drawn spirally around the same as described, the strip of
paper by coming in contact with said belts will be coiled spirally around the body
of tobacco constantly moving towards it, and the gluing together of its edges will
likewise be effected owing to the joint action of said apron and belt and roller 37.
By using a belt drawn around a stationary or still bar, I am enabled to give to
such belt the spiral winding hereinbefore mentioned and to thus assist in spirally
winding the wrapper around the filler. This could not be done as well by winding
a belt spirally around a roller, as in that case the coils of the belt would constantly
After this has been
have a tendency to shift their positions along such roller.
accomplished, and filler and wrapper have thus been united, they travel together
for some distance between said apron and belt and said roller, and thereby an
opportunity is given to the glue to thoroughly unite the edges of the wrapper,
and to the body of the filler to become thoroughly homogeneous before the
cigarette 74 passes from engagement with said apron and belt and near to the
rear end of the machine out of the space between roller 37 and said still bars.
(see Figure 4.) At this point of the machine a cutting mechanism for detaching
cigarettes of predetermined lengths from the emerging continuous cigarette body
may be employed. No such cutting mechanism is illustrated in the drawings, as
the present invention does not relate to such feature of a cigarette machine.
Various suitable devices of this nature are well known.
It will be seen that the diameter of the cigarette produced as described is
determined by that of the largest circle which can be placed between roller 37
and apron or belt 26 and belt 42 where wound on or over their respective
still bars. Approximately close contact between said apron and belt and also
roller 37 is required, so as to keep the tobacco confined between them, it being
however necessary to keep roller 37 sufficiently elevated above apron or belt 26,
say about of an inch, to guard against the glue on the wrapping strip being
deposited on said roller. Hence when it is desired to enlarge the diameter of
the cigarette this will have to be accomplished by slightly displacing either one
of the still bars or roller 37, laterally with reference to the other members. For

page_text: such purpose brackets 40 and 41 are secured to the frame of the machine by
screws 75 passing through suitable slots 76 in the bases of said brackets, whereby
lateral displacement of said roller is made possible. Either of the still bars
might be provided with similar adjustable brackets. A corresponding adjusting
arrangement is also illustrated in Figure 1 with reference to guiding disk 52, so
that its position may be varied correspondingly if desired.
While the machine bere illustrated for forming a cigarette body represents
means which in practice have given very satisfactory results, I do not wish to
confine myself to the details of construction and arrangement shown, as it will be
apparent to those versed in the construction of cigarette making machinery, and in
making cigarettes, that various modifications might be made in the mechanism
without departing from the spirit of the present invention, the essential features
of which comprise a roller, as 37, a bar, as 36, with travelling belt 42 wound on
the same, and a tobacco conveying apron or belt coacting therewith, suitably
supported either by still bar 27, as shown, or by other obvious means such as
a suitable extension of leaf 72 beneath the machine. The still bar 27 serves in this
organization simply as a support for the apron 26.
Thus the winding of said tobacco conveying apron 26 around a bar as 27, though
useful, might be dispensed with, providing said apron be so arranged with reference
to belt 42 on bar 36, and with reference to roller 37, as to keep the tobacco confined
and moving in the space formed between said portions of the structure. Apron or
belt 26 and belt 42 might be each made to join and to leave its corresponding still
bar, under any suitable angle with reference to its axis, aud the number of coils in
such belts may be varied as circumstances may require, it being even possible to
operate with belts wound on or over their still bars less than one turn. It will be
observed that while the roller 37 is placed parallel with the still bar 36, said roller
and bar need not be oblique to the direction of travel of apron 26, but may be
arranged longitudinally thereof, the wrapper, as 59, being always introduced in
a direction oblique to the roller and said still bar.
Dated this 6th dox of Sontombon 1802
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.
A communication from abroad by WILLIAM MAXFIELD, of 104, Oak Street,
Brooklyn, King's County, New York, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
London, Consulting Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, 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 the manufacture of cigarettes, consisting
of a filler of tobacco and a wrapper of paper, tobacco, or other suitable material,
and comprises novel mechanism for forming the filler of the cigarette from loose
tobacco and for applying to it spirally a suitable wrapper so that the pasted seam
instead of extending longitudinally of the cigarette extends spirally around the
saine.
Referring to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Figure 1 represents a plan view of the machine,
Figure 2 shews a side elevation.
Figure 3 is a vertical section along line 3, 3, in Figure 1, and
Figure 4 such a section along line 4, 4, in Figure 1, the observer in both cases

page_text: looking towards the central portion of the machine. Figure 4 is drawn on an
enlarged scale.
Corresponding figures of reference throughout the different views refer to
corresponding.parts.
In the drawings, 20 represents the main frame upon which the operating
mechanism is mounted, and which may be of any suitable construction and
dimensions. It is here represented in the form of a rectangular table, with the
larger and central portion of its top cut out so as to leave only longitudinal side
bars 21 and 22 and end cross bars 23 and 24 connecting therewith, and supported
by legs 25, 25.
At the forward end of the machine a tobacco feeding and disintegrating
mechanism of any suitable construction should be provided for the purpose of
preparing and picking the tobacco prior to depositing it upon a travelling apron or
belt 26. As such a feeding and disintegrating mechanism forms no part of this
invention, and as such mechanisms are well known, no description or drawing
thereof is here given.
Apron 26 is represented in the drawings as an endless belt, which at one portion
of its length is wound spirally to the extent of a full turn, more or less, around a
stationary bar 27, coming first in contact with its upper surface. Said bar 27 is
secured to the top of the frame of the machine in brackets 28 and 29, and is
preferably placed diagonally with reference to said frame and preferably at an
oblique angle to the direction under which the apron or belt 26 is made to travel
towards it. At the forward end of the machine the apron or belt 26 passes
between two rollers 30 and 31, the upper one of which is capable of being forced
downwards towards the lower one in vertically slotted bearings 32 by means of
proper adjusting screws 33, for the purpose of ensuring close contact of the belt or
apron with both of said rollers during its passage between the same, the said
mechanism serving as a brake to keep the upper portion of apron 26 perfectly
taut.
At the rear end of the machine the belt or apron 26 passes over the top and
over the larger portion of the periphery of a horizontal drum 34, then between
said drum and a similar drum 35, and over the top of the latter, and from thence
beneath the table portion of the frame of the machine, toward rollers 30 and 31 as
shown more particularly in Figure 2.
Bar 36
Parallel with and close to said bar 27 a second stationary bar 36 and a revolving
reller 37 are provided in such positions as to be close to each other and to
approximately meet in a plane extending vertically from the axis of bar 27.
is fixedly mounted in brackets 38 and 39, while roller 37 is revolubly mounted in
proper bearings in brackets 40 and 41. Bars 27 and 36 I will hereafter designate
as still bars. 42 is an endless belt wound to the extent of about one turn, more or
less, around still bar 36, so as to come first in contact with the lower surface of
the forward portion of the said bar substantially opposite to the point where
endless belt or apron 26 first comes in contact with still bar 27 and so as to leave still
bar 36 opposite to where belt or apron 26 leaves still bar 27. The extent to which
belt 42 is wound on bar 36 is such that the direction under which said belt
approaches said bar is different from that under which it leaves it. The endless
belt 42 and apron 26 leave their respective still bars under the same directions
and so as to have belt 42 substantially cover apron or belt 26. Belt 42 then passes
around drums 34 and 35 in the same manner as and in close contact with apron or
belt 26. 43 is the axle of drum 34. The same is mounted in proper bearings 44, 44,
on the frame of the machine. Axle 46 of drum 35 is mounted in bearings 47, 47,
on said frame and carries a pulley 45 to which revolving motion is imparted from
any suitable source of power, the bearings 47 being capable of adjustment towards
and away from bearings 44, by having their securing screws 48, 48, pass through
slots 49, 49. As the forward end of belt 42 is held between two rollers mounted
in bearings 50, 50, in the same manner as the forward end of belt 26 is confined, it
will be seen that the upper members of both belts may be tightly stretched by

page_text: drawing their rear portions towards and around drums 34 and 35 and that then the
central and rear portions of the upper branches of both belts may be kept travelling
together continuously after moving bearings 47 towards bearings 44 sufficiently to
insure close frictional contact between said belts where they pass upward between
drums 34 and 35. When axle 43 and with it drum 34 is revolved the upper
members of both belts, tightly stretched, will be drawn spirally around their
respective still bars, apron or belt 26 at the same time conveying the loose tobacco
deposited upon its forward end towards said still bars. 51 is a leaf extending
between side bars 21 and 22 of the machine table and supporting end brackets 29, 39
and 41.
The forward end of roller 37 is conc-shaped and is placed preferably near the
Both still
edge of apron or belt 26 where the same approaches still bar 27.
bars 27 and 36 extend forward from said cone-shaped end. The rear ends of the
still bars and of roller 37 may be made approximately even, as shown in Figure 1.
52 is a disk slightly inclined with reference to the upper surface of apron or
belt 26 and so supported by a shaft in bracket 53 as to bring the most elevated
portion of its under surface close to still bar 36 and near to and underneath the
conical end of roller 37, and to make it cover the tobacco fed upon apron or
Said disk revolving
belt 26 which is constantly moving towards the still bars.
in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1 will guide said tobacco underneath
the conical end of roller 37 and into the space formed between the main body
of said roller, and those portions of apron or belt 26 and belt 42 which while
being drawn over or around their respective still bars face each other and face
said roller. Revolving motion is imparted to roller 37 in the direction indicated
by arrow in Figure 1 from shaft 43 by a belt 54 engaging with a pulley 55 on
said shaft and with the end of said roller and passing around suitable idlers 56.
A bracket 57 extends from bar 21 of the frame of the machine towards the
forward portion of apron or belt 26 and carries a reel 58 on which the material 59
from which the cigarette wrappers are to be made is wound. Such material in this
case is assumed to be a strip of paper, and the same is shown to unwind, while
resting upon apron or belt 26, in the same direction in which said apron travels and
to pass underneath roller 37 at an oblique angle to the direction of said roller.
60 is a trough containing glue or paste into which a roller 61 dips. Said
roller transfers glue from its periphery to an auxiliary roller 62, the periphery of
which applies said glue to one edge of the strip of paper 59 near the point where
the same passes underneath roller 37. Revolving motion of glue applying rollers 61
and 62 is secured by means of coacting friction rollers 63 and 64 mounted on their
respective shafts, shaft 65 of rollers 61 and 63 carrying a pulley 66 which
receives its motion from a suitable pulley 67 on shaft 43 through belt 68.
Revolving motion is imparted to disk 52 from a pulley 69 on shaft 43 by a belt 70
which passes over idlers 71. 72 is a leaf between longitudinal bars 21 and 22
of the machine table and is employed in keeping apron or belt 26 in a level
position where it travels towards the still bars. 73 is a presser foot for confining
strip of paper 59 in contact with apron or belt 26.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-The tobacco having been placed
upon the portion of endless apron or belt 26 near the forward end of the machine
is in properly disintegrated condition is carried by the movement of said apron or
belt underneath the elevated portion of disk 52 and is conducted, owing to the
simultaneous movement of said apron or belt over or around still bar 27, and of
belt 42 around still bar 36, as well as the revolving motion of roller 37, (all
produced as described above), into the space formed between said apron or belt 26
and belt 42 where they are wound over or around their respective still bars, and
between them and roller 37, and is conducted along said space and consolidated
therein into a continuous body travelling towards the point where the strip of
As, opposite
paper 59 by passing underneath roller 37 is introduced into such space.
to this point, and to some distance beyond and towards the rear end of the machine,
apron or belt 26 and belt 42 are moving over or around their still bars, being wound

page_text: and drawn spirally around the same as described, the strip of paper by coming in
contact with said belts will be coiled spirally around the body of tobacco constantly
moving towards it, and the glueing together of its edges will likewise be effected
owing to the joint action of said apron and belt and roller 37. By using a belt
drawn around a stationary or still bar, I am enabled to give to such belt the spiral
winding hereinbefore mentioned and to thus assist in spirally winding the wrapper
around the filler. This could not be done as well by winding a belt spirally around
a roller, as in that case the coils of the belt would constantly have a tendency to
shift their positions along such roller. After this has been accomplished, and
filler and wrapper have thus been united, they travel together for some distance
between said apron and belt and said roller, and thereby an opportunity is given
to the glue to thoroughly unite the edges of the wrapper, and to the body of the
filler to become thoroughly homogeneous before the cigarette 74 passes from engage-
ment with said apron and belt and near to the rear cnd of the machine out of the
space between roller 37 and said still bars. (See Figure 4.) At this point of the
machine a cutting mechanism for detaching cigarettes of predetermined lengths
from the emerging continuous cigarette body may be employed. No such cutting
mechanism is illustrated in the drawings, as the present invention does not relate
to such feature of a cigarette machine.
Various suitable devices of this nature are
well known.
It will be seen that the diameter of the cigarette produced as described is
determined by that of the largest circle which can be placed between roller 37 and
apron or belt 26 and belt 42 where wound on or over their respective still bars.
Approximately close contact between said apron and belt and also roller 37 is
required, so as to keep the tobacco confined between them, it being however
necessary to keep roller 37 sufficiently elevated above apron or belt 26, say
about of an inch, to guard against the glue on the wrapping strip being deposited
on said roller. Hence when it is desired to enlarge the diameter of the cigarette
this will have to be accomplished by slightly displacing either one of the still bars
or roller 37, laterally with reference to the other members.
For such purpose
brackets 40 and 41 are secured to the frame of the machine by screws 75 passing
through suitable slots 76 in the bases of said brackets, whereby lateral displacement
of said roller is made possible. Either of the still bars might be provided with
similar adjustable brackets. A corresponding adjusting arrangement is also
illustrated in Figure 1 with reference to guiding disk 52, so that its position may
be varied correspondingly if desired.
While the machine here illustrated for forming a cigarette body represents means
which in practice have given very satisfactory results, I do not wish to confine
myself to the details of construction and arrangement shown, as it will be apparent
to those versed in the construction of cigarette making machinery, and in making
cigarettes, that various modifications might be made in the mechanism without
departing from the spirit of the present invention, the essential features of which
comprise a roller, as 37, a bar, as 36, with travelling belt 42 wound on the same,
and a tobacco conveying apron or belt co-acting therewith, suitably supported
either by still bar 27, as shown, or by other obvious means such as a suitable
extension of leaf 72 beneath the machine. The still bar 27 serves in this
organization simply as a support for the apron 26.
Thus the winding of said tobacco conveying apron 26 around a bar as 27, though
useful, might be dispensed with, providing said apron be so arranged with reference
to belt 42 on bar 36, and with reference to roller 37, as to keep the tobacco
confined and moving in the space formed between said portions of the structure.
Apron or belt 26 and belt 42 might be each made to join and to leave its corre-
sponding still bar, under any suitable angle with reference to its axis, and the
number of coils in such belts may be varied as circumstances may require, it being
even possible to operate with belts wound on or over their still bars less than one
It will be observed that while the roller 37 is placed parallel with the still
bar 36, said roller and bar need not be oblique to the direction of travel of apron 26,
turn.

page_text: but may be arranged longitudinally thereof, the wrapper, as 59, being always
introduced in a direction oblique to the roller and said still bar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in a machine for making cigarettes of a suitably supported
travelling apron, a still bar fixedly mounted on proper supports, a belt wound on
part of its surface, a roller, and means for conducting tobacco into the space
between the roller apron and belt, the arrangement and operation being substantially
-such as set forth.
2. The combination of a machine such as referred to in the preceding claim, with
two still bars fixedly mounted on proper supports and each having a belt wound on
part of its surface as set forth.
3. In a machine such as hereinabove referred to the combination and arrangement
of parts comprising a travelling belt, means for supporting it, a still bar, a second
belt wound on part of its surface, a roller provided with a conical forward end
portion, and an inclined disk adjusted to conduct tobacco towards the said conical
end portion, substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine such as herein before referred to for making cigarettes provided
substantially in the manner described for varying the relative positions of the roller
and operative portions of the belts.
5. In a machine such as hereinbefore referred to for making cigarettes the
combination and arrangement of parts comprising a roller, two still bars each
provided with a suitable belt, mechanism for conducting tobacco into the space
between the roller and the belts, and means for guiding the wrapping material
towards the roller obliquely the whole operating substantially as set forth.
6. Machinery or apparatus substantially as described and illustrated for making
cigarettes.
Dated this ozh
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W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.