IM- PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MAKING CIGARETTES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Gottheil, of 96, Leipziger Str., Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Patent Solicitor and Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MAKING CIGARETTES." A communication
from Hugo Gerike, Engineer, of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Gottheil at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th February 1879.
ROBERT GOTTHEIL, of 96, Leipziger Str., Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Patent
Solicitor and Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MAKING
CIGARETTES." A communication from Hugo Gerike, Engineer, of Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany.
The Invention consists in constructing a tobacco box provided with a cover to
serve for making cigarettes in the following manner :-The cover of the box has
two slits running parallel to its hinge and separate from each other by an elastic
sheet, and is provided with a ribbon attached at one end near the hinge of the cover
and at the other end to that edge of the elastic sheet which is furtherest from the
binge. This ribbon encloses a round shaft placed parallel to the hinge and supported
at both ends by the ends of two connecting rods which are attached at their opposite
ends to the bottom of the tobacco box in such a manner that in closing the cover
on the box the rods move its shaft along the inner side of the cover from the hinge
to the opposite edge. The ribbon is of such a length that on the box being opened
the ribbon projects through the slit nearest to the hinge, thus forming a pocket
into which cigarette paper and tobacco for a cigarette are placed. In closing the
box the motion of the said round shaft closes the pocket, thereby forming a cigarette
which is first wrapped into the ribbon, subsequently released, and finally turned out
through the second slit of the cover, viz., the slit further from the hinge. The appa-
ratus may be used for various sizes of cigarettes and constructed of any suitable
material, but preferably of sheet metal.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Robert Gottheil in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
August 1879.
ROBERT GOTTHEIL, of 96, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Patent Solicitor and Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MAKING
CIGARETTES." A communication from Hugo Gerike, Engineer, of Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany.
This Invention relates to a portable apparatus for making cigarettes by which the
tobacco and paper to be used for a cigarette are wrapped by means of a band or
ribbon, and in which the arrangement of the band in connection with the revolving
rollers is more practical than 'in the apparatus usually employed. The principle of
the apparatus is as follows:-The cover of the box or apparatus which constitutes
the apparatus proper, while the remaining space serves for the reception of tobacco
and paper, is a plate or frame, preferably rectangular, having near its hinge a slit
and a similar slit on the opposite side. The said slits are separated from each other
by an elastic sheet or spring of about the same width, and having its movable side
near the hinge. A ribbon of the width of the cover is attached with one end near
the hinge of the cover and with its other end to that edge of the elastic sheet which
is farthest from the hinge. This ribbon encloses a round shaft having approximately
the thickness of a cigarette and being supported by two connecting rods which are
attached to and have their fulcrum at the bottom of the tobacco-box. The ribbon
is of such a length that, on the box being opened, the ribbon will project through
the slit nearest to the hinge and form a pocket into which cigarette paper and
tobacco for a cigaretto are placed. In closing the apparatus gradually the said
pocket or fold becomes smaller and forms a cigarette, which is first wrapped into
the ribbon, subsequently released, and finally turned out through that slit of the
cover which is farthest from the hinge. The accompanying Drawings illustrate an
example of the apparatus, Fig. 1 being a vertical section through the same with the
cover open; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing the cover half open; and Fig. 3, a
vertical section through the apparatus when the cover is closed. Identical parts
are designated with the same letter of the alphabet in all Figures. The casing A,
serving for the reception of tobacco, is closed by the cover B which forms the
essential part of the apparatus and is provided with two slits c and e separated from
each other by the sheet or spring a capable of moving with the end nearest to the
hinge. The wrapping ribbon i is attached with one end near the hinge and with
the other end to the fixed side of the spring a, enveloping the easily turning shaft
w which is carried by the two connecting rods 8, 8.
The latter are fixed and have
their fulcrum at 8¹ on the bottom of the box A. The roller w is conducted along
inside of the cover by means of the two guides n, n. If the apparatus is opened, as
in Fig. 1, some tobacco is laid into the fold formed at i¹ and uniformly distributed
after having placed in it the cigarette paper necessary for making a cigarette. In
closing the cover to the position shown by Fig. 2 it will be seen that the fold closes
itself, the roller W pressing against the spring or elastic plate a. The projecting
edge of the cigarette paper may now be moistened and the cover completely closed,
as shown in Fig. 3, thereby finishing the rolling of the cigaretto and turning it
out at a through the slit e. A small supplementary cover prevents the falling out
of tobacco through the slits, while a rubber band 7 serves to attach to the cover %
the necessary quantity of paper.

page_text: the hinge to the upper edge of the spring, said ribbon enveloping a roller carried by
the ends of two connecting rods attached with their other end or fulcrum to the
bottom of the box in such a manner that, on the cover being closed, they move the
roller along the inside of the cover from the hinge to the outer edge, thereby rolling
into a round shape the tobacco placed in the fold formed in the slit nearest to the
hinge, and causing the finished cigarette to be turned out or presented through the
second slit.
(b.) The spring or elastic plate a, being essential for the correct working of this
kind of apparatus.
(c.) The production of thicker or thinner cigarettes by lengthening or shortening
the ribbon.
(d.) The arrangement of the cover, constructed as described, with the two slits
and the elastic plate or spring by which the latter are separated, in combination
with the roller or shaft supported by the two connecting rods, and the ribbon en-
veloping the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.
(e.) The general composition of the apparatus above described and illustrated by
the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Gottheil, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of August, A.D. 1879.
DADEPT COTT