Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 27th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of
Cigarettes.
I, EDWARD COLSTON LOVELL, of Fromeside Cottage, Mary Street, Stapleton Road,
Bristol Engineer and Pattern Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for making cigarettes, by the use of which the
complicated machines and appliances now in operation may be dispensed with.
The object of this invention is to provide a simple handy apparatus which may be
carried in the waistcoat pocket like an ordinary pencil case, and which will be very
effective as a cigarette maker.
To carry my invention into effect, 1 procure a cylinder of very thin metal about
the same size as, and an inch longer than an ordinary cigarette, one end of the
cylinder being closed; at the distance of about half an inch from the closed end I
cut across the cylinder through about a quarter of its circumference, from tho cuds
of this cut I make a couple of parallel cuts to the other end of the cylinder, which
will remove a section and leave a circular trough or receiver in which the tobacco is
to be placed fitting over this receiver and made to slide from one end to the other
I provide a circular band or ring having an internal plug or driver which is fastened
to the ring at one point only, so that the plug may slide in the inside and the ring on
the outside of the receiver. These two parts being provided as described, the
apparatus is complete and is ready to be used in the following manner;-the ring
and plug are passed over the recriver as far as where the cross cut was made, a
sufficient quantity of tobacco is then pressed by the fingers of the operator into the
receiver, and a cigarette paper is folded round the receiver outside the tobacco, the
gumined edge being wetted and stuck in the usual way, then by gently pressing
the ring and plug towards the open end of the receiver, the paper and the
tobacco will be simultaneously expelled from the receiver, and a cigarette will be
produced.
To protect the apparatus from injury when not in use and to permit of its being
carried in the pocket, a cylinder of brass, nickel, or other metal is provided, in which
the receiver is placed, so that the closed end of the internal cylinder and the outer
one will present the appearance of a closed pen and pencil case.
Dated this 9th day of October 1900.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of
Cigarettes.
I, EDWARD COLSTON LOVELL, of Fromeside Cottage, Mary Street, Stapleton Road,
Bristol, Engineer and Pattern Maker 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 the manufacture of a simple pocket apparatus for making
cigarettes, by the use of which the complicated and cumbersome pocket machines now
generally sold may be superseded.
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and handy appliance which may
be carried in the waistcoat pocket like a pencil case, and which will be an effective

page_text: cigarette maker, without any wheels or rollers such as are at present used in cigarette
machines, in consequence of which, it is not liable to get out of order.
To carry my invention into effect, I bend a piece of suitable metal previously cut
to the necessary shape and size, and form therewith an open receiver of cylindrical
shape, which is closed at one end by a cap; in and around this receiver I place an
expeller, so constructed that the outer part removes the paper and the inner part the
tobacco from the receiver at the same time; this expeller is placed near the closed
end of the receiver, so that when a suitable quantity of tobacco has been placed in
the receiver and the paper wrapper outside the receiver, the tobacco and the paper
will be removed simultaneously from the receiver by pushing the expeller towards the
open end, and a cigarette ready for use will be produced; to protect the machine
from injury and to enable it to be carried in the pocket, I provide an outer cylinder,
in which the receiver slides when not in use.
My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, in which, for the sake of clearness, all the figures are made con-
siderably larger than their actual size:
Fig. 1 is a piece of thin metal, cut the size and shape for making the receiver,
Fig. 2 is a side view and
Fig. 3 a front view of the expeller,
Fig. 4 is a machine put together ready for the insertion of the tobacco,
Fig. 5 is a cylindrical protector for the machine, and
Fig. 6 shows the general construction of the machine, with the protecting cylinder
partially enclosing the receiver, and the expeller a short distance from the closed end.
The piece of metal as shown in Fig. 1 and the expeller, Figs. 2 and 3, being
provided as described and shown, the metal is bent into cylindrical shape, leaving an
elongated opening H which forms the receiver, the parts a a being put together as
shown in Fig. 6, the end cap bis put on to keep it firm, the expeller c is put over the
cylindrical receiver, a circular slot d being cut of the required size; and to prevent
the expeller from sliding out and getting lost when used in pushing out the cigarette,
indentations e are made in the end of the receiver, which stop the internal part of the
expeller from passing; is the protecting cylinder, and in Fig. the machine is
shown in the cylinder.
The machine being constructed as described, and shown in Fig. 6, it is used in the
following manner; the outer cylinder f is removed, and the expeller c pushed back
against the cap b, a sufficient quantity of tobacco is placed in the receiver H, a
cigarette paper is wrapped round the receiver and tobacco, the paper damped and
fastened in the usual manner, then by pressing the expeller c towards the outer ende,
the tobacco will be removed from the inside, and the paper from the outside, of the
receiver at the same time, producing a cigarette ready for use.
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. The construction of a machine for making cigarettes substantially as herein
described and set forth, and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of an expeller which will remove the tobacco and paper
simultaneously from a cylindrical receiver, substantially as and for the purpose
described, and set forth in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of November 1800
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.