A New or Improved Machine for Making the Fillings or Inner Parts of Cigars.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Making the Fillings or Inner Parts
of Cigars.
I, JEAN REUSE, of Quai au Charbon Hal, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Sculptor,
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 consists in improvements in the machine for making the fillings
or inner parts of cigars which forms the subject matter of Letters Patent granted
to me and bearing date the 30th November 1898 and numbered 25319.
The said improvements consist essentially in the connection to the machine of
an arrangement by the aid of which the desired quantity of tobacco for forming
the filling is mechanically supplied to the fashioning mechanism at the com-
mencement of each operation of the machine instead of the operator having to
deposit it by hand as heretofore.
The accompanying drawings represent a machine constructed according to my
invention having the said improvements applied thereto.
Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, one portion of the rolling-apron and of
its actuating mechanism being omitted and the parts being in the positions which
they occupy at the commencement of each operation.
Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the machine the parts being in the
positions which they occupy when the tobacco for forming the interior of a filling
is forced by the plunger into the pocket of the rolling-apron.
Figure 3 is a plan view showing the upper part of the machine as represented
in Figure 1 the tobacco distributor being removed.
Figure 4 is a partial plan view of the upper part showing the drawers in the
same positions as in Figure 2.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the said figures.
a is the moveable frame or drawer which is capable of sliding upon the flat top
plate of the machine frame the motion of which drawer a is limited by the
pin a¹ engaged in the slot a³.
6 is the second drawer or frame capable of sliding within the drawer a and
the sliding of which is prevented by the hook c fixed by a pivot against the
outer wall of the drawer a, until the projecting stop c¹ is brought by the advance
of the drawer a, into contact with the inclined piece of the machine frame
whereby the hook c is caused to oscillate upon its pivot and become disengaged
from the drawer b.
d is the third drawer situated within the drawer b and capable of sliding freely
therein until its curved outer front part meets the curved inner front part of
the drawer b. Adjustable stops d', screwed into the rear wall of the drawer d
and the heads of which come in contact with the inner face of the rear wall of
the drawer b at the beginning of each operation of the machine, permit regulation
of width of the space (Figure 3) into which the tobacco for forming the filling
is caused to pass.
A plate forming a lid covers the whole of the top of the machine and its

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drawer b.
Fixed on or cast in one with the plate f is a hopper e having at bottom a wide
opening e' which, when the parts of the machine occupy the positions illustrated
in Figure 1 lies exactly above the space, which is designed to receive the
tobacco.
The front of the hopper e carries the support g¹ of the plunger g.
Between the underside of the plate f and the upperside of the drawer d is a
space in which is mounted a knife the cutting edge of which is preferably
oblique relatively to its back edge. At the commencement of each operation
this blade lies entirely behind the opening e' of the hopper e but it is capable
of sliding within the space in which it is mounted in such manner that its cutting
edge passes across the opening e¹ and that its flat part intercepts all communication
between the hopper and the space at front of the drawer d.
The movements of the knife r and of the drawers db and a are controlled by
two cams cut in a lever 10 turning on a pivot w fixed upon one side of the
machine frame and operated through the medium of a rod w jointed to it and
furnished with a pull handle. A spring w³ fixed to the lever w beyond its pivot
returns the suid lever to its initial position when the handle of the rod i³ is
released after having been pulled in order to operate the knife and the drawers.
As will be clearly seen by examination of Figure 3, which shows the lever w
without the plate covering the rams y and, with the one of these cans marked y
is engaged the upper end of a pin or stud r the other end of which is fixed to the
rear part of the knife and with the other cam z is engaged the upper end of a
similar pin or stud d the other end of which is fixed to the rear part of the
drawer d.
A groove f³ in the cover f permits the pins or studs e¹ and № to advance
toward the front of the machine.
Owing to the shape of the openings in the lever te which constitute the cams y
and when the handle of the lever wis pulled so as to cause the latter to turn on
its pivot, the cam y alone will at first act causing the pin or stud and the
knife to which it is affixed to advance until the pin
cam z. At this moment the cutting edge of the knife
traversed the opening e' of the hopper e.
meets the hend ¹ of the
will have quite or nearly
On then continuing to pull the handle of the lever the cam will also come
into action causing the pin and the drawer d to advance, and the knife will
continue to advance with the drawer until the pin meets the bend y' of the
cam y.
At this moment the flat part of the knife will completely close the
opening of the hopper e and the curved front part of the drawer & will be in
contact with the curved inner side of the front of the drawer b.
On continuing to pull the handle of the lever the pin will alone continue
to advance, the drawer d will carry with it the drawer b and consequently the
drawer a with which the said drawer bis at that time engaged by the hook c,
until the stop a' of the drawer will have arrived at the end of the slot a³. The
stop of the hook e will then have met the inclined piece e, the hook e will be
disengaged and the drawer will be free to advance with the drawer d until
the said drawer & meets the stop at the forward part of the plate f, thus bring-
ing the tobacco compressed between the drawers band d under the plunger g
and over the opening of the pocket of the rolling apron into which the tobacco
can then be driven by means of the plunger g.
The parts then occupy the positions represented in Figure 2.
In order to prevent the drawer a from being carried along by friction by the
drawer d before the latter has completed the compression of the tobacco in the
space, a spring-actuated stopping hook, for retaining the drawer a in its
place, may be secured to the side of the machine frame. The nose of this hook
is preferably rounded so that the drawer a can be disengaged at the required
moment without need for too violet a pull on the handle of the lever w.

page_text: The mechanism acts as follows:
After the width of the space a, which receives the tobacco, has been regulated
by means of the screw stops d', according to the thickness or density of the fillings
to be made, the hopper e is filled with tobacco which is slightly rammed so that it
may descend into the space between the drawers 6 and d. The handle of the
lever is then pulled forward at one stroke until the drawer b meets the stop f³
the effect of which is first to cause the knife to advance between the space . and
the opening e¹ of the hopper e for separating that portion of the tobacco which is
within the space from that which is within the hopper e, then to cause the
drawer d to advance in order to compress the tobacco in the space while the
knife completes its forward movement, then to cause the drawers d, b and a to
advance together in order to bring the plunger g over the opening of the pocket
of the rolling apron and to cause the said opening to approach the bottom of the
plunger and lastly to cause the drawers b and d to advance to the end of their
stroke in order to bring the compressed tobacco between them under the plunger
and over the opening of the pocket of the rolling apron 7.
The plunger is then lowered in order to thrust the tobacco into the pocket of
the apron and is afterwards allowed to re-ascend by the action of its spring 9³.
The handle of the lever wo is then released and the spring w³ by its contraction
returns the said lever and all the parts, the motion of which it controls, to the
initial positions illustrated in Figures 1 and 3.
The making of the filling is then continued as described in the specification
of my Patent dated the 30th November 1898. When long tobacco is employed
for making the fillings it is well to plunge the hand lightly into the hopper e
prior to each operation in order to ensure the descent of the tobacco into the
space between the drawers and d.
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
I claim :-
First: In a machine for manufacturing cigar fillings of the kind described in
the Specification of my Patent of 30 November 1898 numbered 25319 a device
for mechanically feeding to the machine the quantity of tobacco necessary for
making each filling, characterized by a hopper for receiving a supply of tobacco,
communicating by a wide opening with the space designed to receive the tobacco
necessary for the production of a filling, and a knife which, at the commence-
ment of each operation of the machine, slides between the opening of the hopper
and the space containing the tobacco intended for producing the filling, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings
and for the purpose specified.
Secondly:Means for controlling the movement of the knife and the drawers
characterized by a lever oscillating on a pivot fixed upon one side of the machine
frame and in which are formed cam-openings with which are engaged pins or
studs fixed respectively, to the knife and to that one of the drawers which by
its movement actuates the others, the said cam-openings being of such form that
when the lever is caused to oscillate for the purpose of shaping or fashioning a
filling, the knife and the drawers will be successively set in motion at the
required moment, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Thirdly:—Means for regulating the width of the space which receives the
tobacco for the production of a filling, consisting in screw stops carried by and
capable of adjustment in the rear part of the diawer which compresses the
tobacco in the said space which said screw stops limit the backward stroke of the
said drawer substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.

page_text: Fourthly: A machine for manufacturing cigar fillings constructed arranged
and operating substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of March 1899.