Improvements in the Manufacture of Cigars, Bunches, and the like, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cigars, Bunches, and the like,
and Apparatus therefor.
I, OTTO WARTMANN, of 73 to 75 Cow Cross Street, in the County of London,
Cigar Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to the formation of the pointed ends of cigars and
bunches and is intended more particularly for use in conjunction with the machine
invented by me and for which Letters Patent of Great Britain were granted to
me dated September 24th 1887 No. 12933, but my invention is also applicable
in the formation of the points of hand made cigars and bunches.
According to my invention I draw the end of the cigar to be pointed into a
socket-like plasm, or matrix, the cavity of which corresponds with the shape to be
given to the point of the cigar, and retain it there until the cigar becomes more or
less set, after which I remove it and may either smooth the wrapping leaf around
it or leave it just as it comes from the matrix.
My apparatus comprises the matrix proper and the means for drawing the end of
the cigar or bunch into the matrix and removing it.
The cavity of the matrix is so formed as to fit the end of a cigar when finished,
plus the envelope presently described, different matrices being provided for shaping
the ends of various sizes and shapes of cigars &c., and from the pointed end of the
cavity, corresponding with the point of the cigar an opening is carried quite through
the block in which the matrix is formed which externally may be of any shape
convenient to handle.
The envelope is a tubular arrangement of animal membrane, textile fabric or the
like either woven as a tube or consisting of one or more pieces arranged annularly
or a number of detached pieces, fibres or threads similarly arranged, fastened at
one end to a ring or annular block of such size as readily to admit the insertion of
a cigar. The other end of the envelope is gathered together and passed through
the opening in the extremity of the matrix beyond which it extends far enough to
be readily grasped by the operator.
In using the apparatus the envelope is drawn forward, i.c. out of the matrix,
a short distance by the ring, and the end of the cigar or bunch to be pointed
is inserted through the ring into the envelope. The operator then seizes the
opposite end of the envelope viz. that projecting beyond the matrix, and forcibly
draws back the envelope, and with it the included end of the cigar into the
matrix so that the cigar end becomes compressed into the form intended to be
given to it.
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The cigar is left in the matrix until sufficiently set, and is then removed by the
operator drawing the ring out and with it the envelope and cigar, which latter is
thus released and may be removed, and the apparatus is then ready for the recep-
tion of another cigar.
The cigar so taken out will be found to have received a well formed point, this
may be manipulated and finished with the fingers if desired, or it may be left as it
comes from the matrix.
Bunches so treated are ready to receive their wrapping leaf and having a well
formed point are thus easy to finish and do not require such highly skilled or
expensive labour as when the pointing has to be performed entirely by hand.
Dated the 11th day of January 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cigars, Bunches, and the like,
and Apparatus therefor.
I OTTO WARTMANN of 73 to 75 Cow Cross Street in the County of London,
Cigar Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to the formation of the pointed ends of cigars and is
intended more particularly for use in conjunction with the machine invented by me
and for which Letters Patent of Great Britain were granted to me dated the
Twenty fourth of September 1887 No. 12933 but my invention is also applicable in
the formation of the points of hand made cigars in either case being employed when
operating on the bunches i.e. the cigar before the outer wrapping leaf is put on.
According to my invention I draw the end of the bunch to be pointed into a
socket-like plasm or matrix the cavity of which corresponds with the shape to be
given to the point of the bunch and retain it there until the bunch becomes more or
less set, after which I remove it and finish it by rolling the outside wrapper over it.
My apparatus comprises the matrix proper and the means for drawing the end of
the cigar into the matrix and removing it. The cavity of the matrix is so formed
as to fit the end of the cigar to be produced when it is finished, plus the envelope
presently described, different matrices being provided for shaping the ends of
various sizes and sliapes of cigars; and from the pointed end of the cavity corre-
sponding with the point of the cigar an opening is carried quite through the block
ór piece in which the matrix is formed, which externally may be of any shape
convenient to handle.
.
For factory use I sometimes prefer to form a number of matrices side by side in
a block or plank of wood so that the rings may be on the top and the tail ends of
the envelopes hanging down from the under side.
The envelope is a tubular arrangement of animal membrane, textile fabric or the
like, either woven as a tube or consisting of one or more pieces arranged annularly
or a number of detached pieces, fibres or threads similarly arranged, fastened at one
end to a ring or annular block of such size as readily to admit the insertion of a
bunch. The other end of the envelope is gathered together and passed through
the opening in the extremity of the matrix beyond which it extends far enough
to be readily grasped by the operator.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings I have represented the form of my
apparatus which I find most convenient for commercial use and have hereafter
named the materials of which I prefer to make it, but it will be at once perceived
that its external form may be varied at pleasure for instance a number of moulds
may be cast or formed in one piece and that it may be made of other materials than
those named.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my said apparatus with the ring and envelope drawn
forward for the reception the bunch to be pointed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the
same with the envelope drawn backwards in the position it assumes when the bunch
to be pointed is drawn fully into the matrix. Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig! 4'a section
of the same a small piece of the ring being represented as broken away to show the
thread in the groove b.
The drawings are to a scale of one and a half inches to an inch, that is to say hälf
as large again as the apparatus represented. When a number of matrices are made
in one plank or block the construction is precisely the same as that described below
except that instead of each matrix being in a separate piece; a number of them are
formed side by side in one plank, casting,.or the like. A is the mould preferably of
metal; pewter answers the purpose well the inner surface or cavity of which
marked a in Fig: 4 and indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 is the matrix
which gives the form to the cigar point. B is a ring preferably of like material,

page_text: o which the envelope is attached. The envelope C shown in the drawings and
which I find preferable to any other is formed of a series of threads, or one thread
passing backwards and forwards, each thread or turn passing up through one eye or
hole in the ring and back through the next as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end D
of the envelope is gathered up and tied or otherwise bound or fastened together.
The ring B may conveniently have an annular groove b sunk in its outer or upper
The
face within which groove the thread lies and is protected from undue wear.
thread which I prefer to use for making the envelopes is that manufactured by
Messrs. W. & J. Knox of Kilbirnie and sold as Unglaized Whited-brown Carpet
Thread No. 12.
In using the apparatus the envelope C is drawn forward i.e. out of the matrix
a short distance by the ring B and the end of the bunch to be pointed is inserted
through the ring into the envelope. The operator then seizes the opposite end D of
the envelope and forcibly draws back the envelope, and with it the included end of
the bunch into the matrix so that the bunch end becomes compressed and is moulded
into the form impressed on it by the cavity or matrix a.
The bunch is left in the matrix until sufficiently set for which a quarter of an
hour is usually a sufficient time but it may be left there as much longer as is con-
venient. In actual commercial use a considerable number of these apparatuses may
be used by each operator so that the operator may continue to fill fresh moulds until
the bunches in those first filled are set and ready for removal from the moulds.
The bunch is then extracted by the operator drawing the ring out and with it the
envelope and bunch, which latter is thus released and may be removed and the
apparatus is then ready for the reception of another bunch.
The bunch so taken from the mould will be found to have received a well formed
point and is ready for covering.
Bunches so treated are ready to receive their wrapping leaf and having a well
formed point are thus easy to finish and do not require such highly skilled or
expensive labour as when the pointing has to be performed entirely by hand.
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―
1. The method of and apparatus for forming the points of cigars substantially as
hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. The apparatus for forming the points of cigars consisting of a mould, an
envelope, and a ring, substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.
3. The hereinbefore described apparatus for forming the points of cigars
comprising a mould A with cavity or matrix a, an envelope C and a ring B sub-
stantially as shown in the drawings and for the purposes set forth.
4. The use in the manufacture of cigars of the apparatus substantially as
hereinbefore described and set forth.
5. Forming the points of cigars and the like by drawing them forcibly into a
mould by means of an envelope substantially as hereinbefore described and set
forth.
Daund thin 11th daw of November 1899