IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTE MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by James Burns, of Brooklyn, Mechanician;
Alexander Buckman, of Schodack Depot, Gentleman; Frank Putnam
Harder, of Castleton, Merchant; James Richard Downer, of Castleton,
Banker; Abram Lucas Schermerhorn, of Stuyvesant, Farmer; and John
Storm Baker, of Stuyvesant, Farmer, all of the State of New York, United
States of America.]
I, HERBERT JOHN ALLISON of 52 Chancery Lane, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTE MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Figure 1, is a front elevation of my machine,
Figure 2, a rear elevation of same.
Figure 3, an elevation of end nearest the wrapper holding and pasting devices.
Figure 4, an elevation of opposite end.
Figure 5, a transverse section, on the line x, x, of Fig. 1.
Figures 6 and 7, details of the tobacco shearing and compressing mechanism, in
different positions; the first of said Figures showing the tobacco entering into the
machine, beneath the upper die, with a piece of wrapper resting on the top of the
bed-die and ready to receive its charge of tobacco; and the other showing
the relative disposition of the parts while the tobacco is being compressed.
Figure 8, a front elevation of the wrapper feeding mechanism and box for the
lower end of the upper die.
Figure 9, a plan view of the same, with the box shown in section at the
line y, Y.
Figure 9 a, details of the combined ejector and wiper. attached to the wrapper
feeding mechanism.
Figures 10, 11 and 12; are detached details showing the bed-die and folders, and
the devices for actuating them.
Figure 13, a detail of the inner end of the wiper for cleaning the lower end of
the upper die.
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Figures 14, 15 and 16, are respectively, a front elevation, plan view, and end
elevation of the pasting device used for adapting our machine to the manufacture
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Figure 17, a detached front elevation of the bed-die, with its front removed, for
the purpose of showing the sliding-plate.
My Invention relates to improvements on machines for manufacturing cigarettes;
and it consists of the hereinafter described mechanism for effecting the following.
operations:
The wrapper is drawn into the machine, receiving in its course, a narrow line of
adhesive material near one of its edges, and where used from a continuous strip, it
is cut off into the required lengths. The tobacco, spread upon an endless belt, is
fed into the machine, beneath an upper die having a reciprocating motion; the said
die serves as a shear for cutting off the required charge of tobacco, which is forced
downward and delivered upon the piece of wrapper that is lying in position to
receive it; the piece of wrapper and the charge of tobacco are, by the continued
movement of the upper die, forced into a groove in the lower die, whereby the
charge of tobacco is molded into its proper form: the edges of the wrapper are
folded over and adhered by the automatic folders, and the finished cigarette is
discharged from the lower die coincidently with the introduction of another piece
of wrapper, for a repetition of the operations just described.
As illustrated in the Drawings, the principal framework of my machine consists
of a bed-piece A, and standard B, either of which may be made in the form shown,
or any other that is suited to the purpose, and the said standard may be made
either integral with the bed-piece, or of a separate piece to be bolted upon said
-bed-piece.
The main shaft C is arranged to rotate in bearings c, that are fixed or formed
upon the bed-piece A; the said shaft may be driven by hand or other suitable
power.
In the lower part of the standard B, a bed-die D-in which the cigarette is
molded and formed-is arranged to reciprocate vertically in the guides b; the said
bed-die is made in the form of an oblong box open at the top and bottom, and
contains a sliding plate d, which forms part of said bed-die while the cigarette is
being molded, but which, by extending below the bed-die, is adapted to be moved
independently of said bed-die for the purpose of discharging the finished cigarette
from the groove of the bed-die. The sliding plate d, while operating as part of the
bed-die D is sustained by its shoulders d', which rest.upon seats formed for that
purpose in the bed-die; a groove d², for containing the cigarette during the several
stages of its manufacture, is formed in the upper end of the bed-die, and its sliding
plate; the said groove extends across the entire width of the bed-die and its
transverse section forms a little more than a semi-circle, so that an inturned edge
will be formed at the opposite sides of said groove for the purpose of securely
holding the molded charge of tobacco and its wrapper in place until the cigarette is
completed; the upper end of the bed-die D, at each side of the groove.d², is
bevelled upward, and has, near its rearmost side, a strip d³, of india-rubber or other
elastic material inserted therein for the purpose of securely clamping the cigarette
wrapper, while the said wrapper is receiving its charge of tobacco in the manner
hereinafter set forth. In the upper part of the standard B, an upper die E is
arranged to reciprocate vertically in guides b¹, so as to coincide exactly with the
groove d², of the bed-die D; in the bottom of said upper die, a concave groove e is
made, whereby sharp edges are made on the front.and rear fices of the bottom end
of said upper die; the concavity of the groove e conforms to that of the groove d²
in the bed-die, and forms the complement to the circle of the; last named groove.
The sharpened front edge of the bottom of the upper die, by co-acting with the
upper edge of a cross-bar F, which forms the front of a box through which the
lower part of the upper die E slides, produces at each downward stroke of said
upper dic, a shearing cut for separating the required charge of tobacco from the
incoming supply that is carried into the machine by the tobacco feeding mechanism.
On the outer face of the upper die E-there is a presser-plate G-attached by means

page_text: of a screw-stud g¹, through a slotted opening g², in such a manner that the die E
and plate g can each move independently when occasion requires. On the lower
end of the presser-plate G an outwardly projecting flange g extends across its
entire width, and the said presser-plate is forced downward by springs g³, whose
upper ends are connected to lugs g', (made on said presser plate) and whose lower
ends are connected to the rigid arms 62 that are fixed on the guides b₁. The
flange g on the presser-plate is designed for the purpose of pressing down and
holding in a compacted state the fibres of the tobacco while the upper die E is
cutting off the required charge for filling a cigarette. On the upward stroke of the
upper die E, when the latter has moved a certain prescribed distance, the stud g¹
engages against the upper end of the slotted opening g², and then, by the
continued upward movement of the upper die, the presser plate G will be
raised to a sufficient height to permit the incoming supply of tobacco to pass
freely into the machine (as shown in Fig. 6) beneath the raised upper die E,
whose lower end will then be a little above the lower face of the flange g. On the
downward stroke of the upper die E, the presser-plate G moves with it until the
tobacco becomes so compacted that the further progress of said presser-plate will
be prevented, and then the upper die E, by its continued descent, shears off the
charge of tobacco required for filling a cigarette, and then forces it downward
through an oblong box F, of which the cross-bar F¹, above referred to, forms the
front side.
The box F is made so that the lower end of the upper die E will slide snugly
through it, and has its lower end bevelled to receive the upper end of the bed-die D
(as shown in Fig. 7) and the two ends should be so arranged that the wrapper will
be clamped, by the elastic strip d³, at its rearmost edge, while the balance of the
wrapper will be left free to be drawn into the joint between the two dies, so that a
sufficient quantity of the wrapper may be obtained for depressing into the groove d²
to receive the charge of tobacco carried thereinto by the action of the upper die E.
Secured on the shaft C are the cams D' and D2, and eccentrics E¹. The cams D¹
are adapted to force the bed-die D upwardly until the latter is brought into
contact with the box F in the manner herein before described; the said bed-die is
held in contact with the working faces of the cams D¹ by means of the spiral
springs d which are connected to the studs d' that project from the back of the
bed-die, through slotted openings in the standard B; the downward stroke of the
bed-die D is effected by means of, the springs d. The cams D2 are fashioned and
arranged to raise, at the proper moment, the sliding plate d and effect the
dislodgement of the finished cigarette from the groove d² of the bed-die in such
manner that the cigarette will be left in position to be acted upon by the ejecting
device hereinafter described.
The return stroke of said sliding-plate is produced by pressing the charge of
tobacco into the groove d². The eccentrics E¹ are connected, by means of the
adjustable rods e¹, to a cross-head E2, that is jointed to the top of the upper die E;
springs e², are interposed between the nuts on the upper ends of the rods e' and
the cross-head E2 for the purpose of limiting the degree of compression that will
be applied, by the upper die E, in molding the charge of tobacco held in the
wrapper lying in the groove d² of the bed-die. The movements of the bed-die D,
and the upper die E must be so timed that the upper end of the bed-die will come
in contact with the under face of the box F just before the descending upper die
forces the charge of tobacco through said box, so as to deliver it into the piece of
wrapper in the groove d².
The tobacco feeding mechanism consists of the following parts: An, endless
apron H is carried by the rollers h and h¹, which are arranged in parallel lines at
the opposite ends of the table, over which said apron moves; the roller ! is
arranged directly in front of the cross-bar F¹ in such manner that the concavity.
of the projection, on the front of said cross-bar, will extend over that part of the
endless apron that bends over the roller h¹, and the upper face of said cross-bar
will forni a continuous plane with the upper face of said apron. An intermittent

page_text: motion is given to the endless apron H in such a manner that its upper part
will be moved toward the standard B, so that the supply of tobacco which is
placed thereon, will be carried into the opening, in said standard, beneath the upper
die E. The means that I preferably employ to produce the said intermittent
movement of the endless apron H consists of the following: A cam H¹ is secured
to the shaft C to impart a vibratory motion to an arm H2; the moving end of
said arm H², is connected by means of the rod h³, to an arm H³, adapted to
vibrate loosely on the shaft of the roller h; a spring pawl h³ is pivoted to the
arm H³, and engages in the teeth of a ratchet wheel, H, secured to the shaft
of the roller ; a spring , is connected to the end of the arm H³, and to any
fixed part of the machine so as to keep the arm H2 in constant contact with the
working face of the cam H'; and a detent-spring 75 engages in the teeth of the
ratchet wheel H to prevent the roller h from being rotated in a wrong direction.
The said tobacco feeding mechanism operates in the following manner: With each
revolution of the shaft C the cam H₁ compels the arms H and H³ to swing
outwardly, and the spring pawl h³ forces the ratchet wheel H, and its connected
roller h to make a partial revolution in such manner that the upper portion of the
apron H, and its supply of tobacco, will move toward the opening beneath the
upper die E, herein before referred to; and it must be understood that the parts
should be so proportioned and adjusted that the necessary quantity of tobacco to
fill one cigarette will be fed into the machine by each movement of the apron H;
as soon as the throw of cam H¹ permits, the spring he will swing the arms H2 and
H³ inwardly, thereby drawing back the spring pawl 3, to engage with other teeth
on the ratchet wheel H, and place the parts in position for a repetition of the
feeding movement just described; a tightening roller he is hung in adjustable
bearings beneath the under part of the endless apron H and affords the means for
regulating the tension of said apron. The side-plates h, fixed over the opposite
edges of the apron H-the said side-plates being arranged at a distance apart that
will conform to the width of the opening beneath the upper die E-will guide the
tobacco into said opening, and prevent the tobacco from falling off at the edges
of the apron H. The tobacco may be distributed, in an even layer, upon the
endless apron H by hand, or any suitable automatic mechanism. A guard plate H³
is fixed beneath the inner end of the tobacco feeding mechanism, for the purpose
of preventing the fibres of tobacco from falling into the underlying parts, and
interfering with the proper action of those parts.
Provision is made for preventing any dust or fibres of the tobacco from falling
into the groove 'd' in the bed-die; and for that purpose I employ an automatic
cut off, composed of the following parts: A plate I, is adapted to slide through an
opening in the back of the box F, so as to entirely close the vertical opening through
said box; the said plate is connected to the lower end of a lever, I, pivoted to the
back of the standard B. A spring i, exerts its pressure against the lever I', so as
to move the plate I inwardly and close the vertical opening through the box F.
For the purpose of moving the plate I in the opposite direction, a tripper e³ is
attached to the upper part of the upper die E; and said tripper is so arranged
that, when the upper die has descended a certain prescribed distance, it (the
tripper) will engage with the bevelled end it, of the lever I', and cause said lever
to move into the position indicated by the dotted lines on Fig. 5, and thereby slide
the plate I outwardly, so as to leave the vertical opening through the box F
unobstructed for the continued downward stroke of the upper die E; on the
upward stroke of said die, as the tripper es passes off of the bevelled end , of the
lever I', the said lever will be forced by the spring i, to return to its normal
position, whereby the plate I will be moved inwardly to reclose the vertical
opening in the box F. I usually make the wrapping material for the cigarettes
in a continuous strip, that is formed into a roll J and fixed upon a shaft j, that is
carried in the bearings j¹; the requisite tension upon the said strip is produced by
means of a weighted cord j2 which is carried over the grooved wheel 3. From the
roll J the strip of wrapper (which may be made of paper or other suitable

page_text: material) is carried over a pasting-wheel K; and by the said pasting-wheel a
narrow line of adherent material is applied to the under side of the strip of
wrapper near its outer edge.
From the pasting-wheel the strip of wrapper is carried on to the wrapper-bed L,.
beneath a wheel L, whose weight exerts sufficient pressure to retain the free end of
the strip in place until it is required to be fed into the machine; a delicate spring
is fixed by the outer side of the wrapper-bed L, so as to slightly elevate the pasted
edge of the strip of wrapper, and prevent it from smearing the upper face of
said bed.
An intermittently vibrating knife M, preferably made with a serrated cutting
edge, by co-acting with the inner end of the wrapper-bed L, effects the severance
of the strip of wrapper into the lengths required for making the finished cigarettes.
The knife M vibrates on the pivot m and is connected by the rod m', to the
vibratory lever m² which derives its motion (in one direction) from a cam M¹
secured to the shaft C, and the said cam is so formed that it will cause the cutting
movement of said knife to be made very rapidly, and so, that when the knife has
regained its elevated position, it (the knife) will remain in a state of rest while the
wrapper feeding mechanism is performing its function. A spring m³ is connected to
the outer end of the lever m² so as to keep the opposite end of said lever in constant
contact with the working face of the cam M' and effect the upward movement of
the knife M. The wrapper feceding mechanism is composed of the following
parts: A horizontal sliding bar, N, is placed behind the box F, and is held in
frictional contact against the shoulder 63 formed on the standard B. The requisite
friction on said sliding bar, is produced by means of hooked plates n and n¹,
attached to the back of the standard, and engaging under the sliding bar N ; the
hooked plate n contains slotted holes for receiving the screws by which it is
attached to the standard B; a spring n², secured to the plate n and adjustably
connected to a stud in the back of the standard B, exerts its force to press the
sliding bar N into frictional contact with the shoulder b³. For the purpose of
producing a greater resistance at the commencement of the inward movement of
the sliding bar N, a block n³, of leather or other suitable material, is attached to a
leaf spring n, that is secured to one side of the standard B, in such a manner that
the lower end of the block n³, will bear against the upper face of the sliding
bar N; this device is so arranged that, when the sliding bar is pushed outwards
the spring n will yield without creating any friction upon the sliding bar, but on
the return movement of said sliding bar, the spring will be held to prevent its
yielding and the block n³ will then exert its full pressure on the sliding bar N.
A bifurcated lever N₁ is hinged to one end of the sliding bar N, as shown in
Figure 8, in such a manner that the upper side of said lever will lie against the
under side of the sliding bar; the two limbs no, of the said bifurcated lever when
the latter is in its raised position-lie at the opposite sides-front and rear of the
box F; a pendent arm, n³, is formed on the pivoted end of the bifurcated lever N',
and the free ends of the limbs 250 have, on their under faces, a facing of
india rubber, or other suitable yielding material, that will form a close contact
with the wrapping material, and produce sufficient frictional adhesion
therewith to enable the lever N₁ to draw said wrapping material into its
place in the machine. The front limb n° is adapted to receive a combined
ejecting and cleaning device, that is composed of a spring no having at
its free end, a head n', to which a facing n³, of felt, leather, or other
suitable material, is attached, and the said device is adapted to operate in
the manner hereinafter explained. A reciprocating movement is imparted to the
sliding bar N in the following manner, or any other that is substantially the same:
A slotted crank-wheel, O, is secured to the end of the shaft C, and is provided
with an adjustable wrist pin o; a jointed connecting rod O¹, having one of its'
ends attached to the wrist pin o and its opposite end connected to the short arm of
the bent lever 02, which is adapted to vibrate on the stud o'; the joint-pin o'
projects from the opposite sides of the joint in the middle of the connecting rod O'"

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and the ends of said joint-pin engage in slotted openings, o³, formed in the
stationary yokes 0³, for the purpose of governing the direction of the movement
of said joints; the slotted openings o3 have, at, or near the middle of them,
angular offsets for the purpose of deflecting the joint of the connecting rod O' from
à direct line, so as to create a slight retardation or pause in the endwise movement
of the connecting rod while its joint pin o² is passing the off-set portion of the
slotted openings 03. The upper end of the long arm of the bent lever 02 is
connected by the rod of, to the pendent arm n³ of the bifurcated lever N¹. The
operation of the above described wrapper-feeding device is as follows: Taking as
a starting point, the position of the several parts as shown in Fig. 1, in which the
sliding bar N', is represented at the extremity of its outward movement (toward
the knife M) and is about to commence its return, or inward movement; and it is
obvious that the moment a drawing strain is applied to the pendent arm no, as
indicated by the arrow 1 on Fig. 8, to draw the sliding bar N inwardly, the first
effect of such a strain, will be to force the free ends of the bifurcated lever N
downward, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 8, where its rubber coated ends will
come into close contact with the end of the strip of wrapper that is held, under
the wheel, on the wrapper-bed L; by the downward movement of the limbs no
the ejector n', will be carried down behind the outer end of the finished cigarette
then lying in the groove of the bed-die D; by the continued movement of the
sliding bar N and bifurcated lever N¹, in the direction indicated by arrow 1 on
Fig. 8, the end of the strip of wrapper will be drawn into the machine until a
sufficient length of said wrapper to cover a cigarette has been drawn toward the
bed-die D; then there occurs a slight pause in the movement of the sliding bar N,
(which pause is caused by the deflection of the rod O' as herein before described)
and at that moment the knife M descends and severs the required piece of wrapper
from the strip; the free end of said wrapper is retained beneath the wheel Z, and
the severed piece is carried by the continued inward movement of the lever N¹, to
its place over the bed-die D. It will readily be seen that any increase of the
frictional resistance to the movement of the sliding bar N must produce a
proportionate increase of the pressure exerted by the ends of the limbs no upon
the wrapper, and consequently the said pressure may be increased or diminished as
_occasion requires. While the feeding movement of the bifurcated lever N is taking
place as above described, the ejector n', which, as before stated, has engaged with
the outer end of the finished cigarette lying in the groove d², forces the said
cigarette endwise from said groove, before the newly severed piece of wrapper is
fed to its place over the bed-die D; and, by the successive movements of the said
ejector, the finished cigarettes are pushed toward and into the spout no, and from
the latter may be discharged into any proper receptacle. On the completion of
the movement of the sliding bar N in the direction above described, the crank
wheel O, and intermediate mechanism will be in position to reverse the direction of
the movement of the sliding bar N; the first effect of this change will be to convert
the strain applied to the pendent arın n³ from the drawing strain, indicated by
the arrow 1 on Fig. 8, to a thrusting one as indicated by the arrow 2, on same figure;
this will cause the bifurcated lever N¹ to swing up close to the under side of the
sliding bar N, as indicated by the dotted lines on Fig. 8 before the sliding bar
commences its return movement; by the upward movement of the bifurcated
lever N, its two limbs n50, will lie on the opposite sides, front and rear, of the
box F, and the injector n' will be behind the inner end of the said box; then as
the bifurcated lever N₁ is pushed outward, the spring no, by engaging in the
groove f, in the box F, will deflect the ejector n7 outwardly so that it will pass in
front of the box F; when the ejector has passed by said box, the spring no will
restore the said ejector to its normal position between the limbs 0; and on the
termination of the movement of the sliding bar N in the direction last described,
the several parts will be in the positions they were in at the starting point
herein before referred to, and ready for a repetition of the operation above
described.
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page_text: By means of the facing n³ of leather, or other material, fashioned to fit into the
groove d² of the bed-die, the ejector n is adapted to remove any particles of
tobacco or other substance that may fall into the groove d², and the movement of
said ejector for discharging the cigarettes, will, at the same time, effect the cleaning
of the groove d²; when preferred the facing n8 may be omitted and the device
will then only be used for effecting the discharge of the cigarettes.
The wrapper folding mechanism of my machine consists of the following: The
folders P, which have the under side of their adjacent edges hollowed out as shown
in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, are arranged parallel to each other at opposite sides of the
bed-die D; said folders are secured to the upper ends of levers p, which vibrate on
the pivots pl fixed in the standards p²; the lower ends of said levers are connected
together by the spring p³, as shown in Fig. 5, so as, to effect the opening movements
of the folders P by means of said springs. The cams P¹ secured to the shaft C,
are for imparting a closing movement to the folders P, and, in order to effect that
purpose, each of the levers p is provided with an inwardly projecting arm p¹ which
bears against its appropriate cam, and is held in constant contact with the working
face thereof by the spring ps. The pivot centres p' for the folders are so arranged
that the working edges of said folders, while moving toward the unfinished
cigarette, will move downward through an arc of a circle, and by this arrangement
each folder, while it is folding down its allotted edge of the wrapper, will, in
addition to its folding movement, move in a downward direction to snugly press
the edges of the wrapper upon the molded form of tobacco contained in said
wrapper, and held in the groove d³. Several phases of the movements of the
folders P are shown in detail in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, in which for
convenience of reference, the folder that is fixed in front of the bed-die is
marked with a star. In Fig. 10, said folders are shown in their normal, or open
positions after having completed the folding of the wrapper around the cigarette
that is shown raised up in the groove d², of the bed-die. In Fig. 11, the forward
folder has just come in contact with the pasted flap of the wrapper, and the back
folder has just started on its movement towards the unpasted flap. And in Fig. 12
the full lines show the position of the two folders at the moment when the forward
folder has completed its folding movement, in which position it is momentarily
held until after the back folder is moved up into the position indicated by the
dotted lines, to fold over the upper flap of the wrapper, at which point the back
folder is, in its turn, held stationary for a moment (or until the upper flap is
adhered to the pasted flap of the wrapper), during which time the forward folder will
move back into the position indicated by the dotted lines at that part of the
Figure; after which both folders will be thrown back, by the spring p³, into their
normal positions, as shown in Fig. 10. From the foregoing it will be understood
that the movements of the two folders Pare so timed and arranged, that the
forward folder will move inwardly, slightly in advance of the back folder, and so
that the pasted (under or front) flap will be folded down first, and held in place
until the back folder has folded down the upper flap over and upon the pasted
flap; the forward folder then recedes towards its normal position, while the back
folder is held stationary for a moment while it is pressing down the upper flap on
the pasted one, to produce a perfect adhesion of the two edges of the wrapper
after which the back folder, in its turn recedes to its normal position.
Provision is made for removing any particles of tobacco, and all gummy
substances from the lower end of the upper die E by means of the following
described mechanism: A sliding rod, or wiper Q is arranged to slide in a hole
formed in the standard B in line with the groove e, when the upper die E is at
the highest point of its movement; at or near its inner end, the wiper Q, as
shown in Fig. 13, is provided with a head or band q, composed of felt, yarn,
leather, or other suitable material, of a yielding or spongy nature.
The outer end of said wiper is guided by a bracket g³, secured to the side of the
standard B; and the required motion is imparted to the wiper Qfrom a grooved
cam Q', secured to the shaft C.; the said cam has a peripheral groove q², that is cuț

page_text: in a direct line around said cam, excepting at the part q³, where a V-shaped
digression is made for the purpose of producing a quick inward and outward
imovement of the wiper Q. An arm Q2, is pivoted to the bracket q, and provided
with a stud q, that engages with the groove q² to impart the required movement
to the arm Q; the upper end of said arm is connected by means of a link 26, to
lugs q7 on the wiper Q. The operation of this wiping mechanism is as follows.
Just as the upper die reaches the highest point of its stroke, the cam Q1 causes the
arm Q to move the wiper Q in a very rapid manner inwardly and outwardly;
during this movement the band q is held in close contact with the groove e, in the
lower end of the upper die E, and effects the cleaning of said groove in a very
perfect manner. The operation of my machine may be summarized as follows:
The piece of wrapper, having its edge pasted, is drawn into the machine, by the
herein before described action of the wrapper-feeding mechanisın, and lodged in
place upon the upper end of the bed-die D; the said bed-die is then forced upward
to clamp the piece of wrapper against the under side of the box F. A charge of
tobacco has, during the operations just described, been carried by the endless
apron into the opening beneath the upper die E; the said upper die then moves
downward, cutting off the charge of tobacco, and forcing the said charge
downward with the piece of wrapper into the groove d², wherein the tobacco and
its wrapper are molded into proper shape for the finished cigarette. The upper
die E, is then forced upward, and the bed-die D is moved down to its lowest
position; when the latter has been accomplished, the folders P, operating in the
manner herein before, described, fold over and adhere the piece of wrapper around
the molded charge of tobacco, thereby completing the formation of the cigarette.
The sliding plate & then moves upward to dislodge the finished cigarette from the
groove d², and the next succeeding inward movement of the wrapper feeding
mechanism causes the ejector n³, to push the finished cigarette endwise far enough
to clear the bed-die D for a repetition of the operation just described. To adapt
this machine to the manufacture of cigarettes with wrappers of leaf tobacco, or
with any kind of wrapper that is cut to the required size before it is put into the
machine, the knife M, its operating lever m² and intermediate parts, the wheel
and spring should be first removed. The guide stops 12 must be fixed on the
wrapper bed L, for indicating the exact place for putting the pieces of wrapper;
and the pasting device shown in Figs. 14, 15 and 16 must be attached to the
machine in the position shown in said Figures. The said pasting device consists of
a reservoir R, for containing any suitable adhesive material, and a narrow faced
pasting-wheel r, preferably made with a serrated periphery; the said pasting-wheel
should be adjusted to rotate in the reservoir R, in such manner that the inner face
of. the pasting-wheel will lie at a slight distance from the outer edge of the
wrapper bed L, and the highest part of the periphery of said wheel should come a
trifle above the surface of said wrapper bed; all of the above named parts should
be so arranged that, when a piece of wrapper is being drawn into the machine, it
will pass over the pasting-wheel r, which will, by its rotations apply a narrow line
of adhesive material to the under side of the wrapper near one of its edges. The
movements of the sliding bar N must be suitably increased to meet the requirements
of this change, and this increase can be readily effected by means of the adjustable
wrist pin o in the slotted crank wheel O. The pieces of wrapper, cut to an exact
size are laid, one at a time, upon the wrapper bed L against the guide stops l' and
then the wrapper feeding mechanism will operate, as herein before explained, to
draw the pieces of wrapper into the machine and effect the pasting of the edge of
each piece of wrapper, in the manner set forth. 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 :-
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1. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a reciprocating bed-die D, and
sliding plate d, having a longitudinal groove d² whose transverse form consists of a
segment of more than a semi-circle as herein set forth, and a reciprocating upper
die E having in its lower end a longitudinal concave groove e, that will combine

page_text: with the groove d² to form a complete circle as herein described, with the means,
substantially as specified, for reciprocating the said dies D and E toward and from
each other, as and for the purpose herein set forth.
2. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with a vertically reciprocating bed-.
die D, having a vertical sliding plate d, which forms part of said die, the die and
plate having a longitudinal groove d³, consisting of more than a semi-circle as
herein described, the cams D1 and D2, and the springs d, for actuating said bed-die,
of the folders P, and mechanism substantially as described, whereby the said
folders are caused to turn over, in consecutive order, first the pasted edge, and then
the unpasted edge of the wrapper, whereby the adhesion of the wrapper around
the molded form of tobacco is effected substantially as herein specified.
3. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a reciprocating bed-die D
provided with a reciprocating sliding-plate d, and a tobacco-feeding mechanisın,
substantially as described, for feeding the tobacco into the machine, of a vertically
reciprocating upper die E arranged in relation to said bed-die, and having on its
lower end a cutting edge, as herein set forth, the cross-bar F', and mechanism
substantially as described for reciprocating the dies D and E, in the manner and
for the purpose herein specified.
4. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with the box F and bed-die D, the
latter containing a sliding plate d, the said die and plate having a longitudinal
grooved formed therein as herein described, and the said die being provided with
a strip d³, of a yielding material for clamping one edge of a wrapper between said
box and die, as herein set forth, and mechanism, substantially as described, for
feeding the tobacco into the machine, of the upper die E having a reciprocating
movement, and adapted to sever a charge of tobacco from the incoming supply, and
to force the said charge, and its enclosing wrapper into the groove d² of the
bed-die D and sliding plate d, as herein specified.
5. In a cigarette machine, a reciprocating bed-die adapted to retain a molded
charge of tobacco and its enclosing. wrapper, folders for turning over and causing
the edges of said wrapper to adhere, a reciprocating upper die, adapted to cut off
the required charge of tobacco and force it, with its enclosing wrapper, down into
the groove of the bed-die, and a sliding plate adapted to reciprocate in the bed-die
for the purpose of dislodging the finished cigarette from the groove in said bed-die,
in combination with the mechanisms, substantially as shown and described for
reciprocating said bed-die, sliding plate, and upper die, and for actuating the said
folders in the manner and order herein specified.
6. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the reciprocating bed-die D,
reciprocating upper die E, and folders P, as herein shown and described, of the
mechanisms, substantially as described for feeding in the wrapper and pasting the
edge thereof in the manner herein specified.
7. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a pasting wheel, K, and wrapper
bed L, of the spring, arranged on the front edge of said wrapper bed, for the
purpose of raising the pasted edge of the wrapper as herein specified.
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8. In a cigarette machine, the wrapper feeding device, consisting of a sliding
bar N, frictionally retarded, substantially as set forth, and a bifurcated lever N₁,
pivoted to one end of the sliding bar N, and provided with a pendent arm n³; the
said pendent arm being connected to mechanism for actuating the said wrapper
feeding mechanism in such a manner that a combined vibrating and sliding
movement will be imparted to the said bifurcated lever, as and for the purpose
specified.
9. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with a wrapper feeding device,
consisting of the sliding bar N, and a bifurcated lever N¹, pivoted to said sliding
bar and adapted to operate as herein set forth, the wrapper bed L, and vibrating
knife M, of the bed-die D, upper die E, folders P, and the several mechanisms
substantially as described, for actuating the said parts in the manner herein
specified.

page_text: 10. In a cigarette machine, the wrapper feeding mechanism herein described,
consisting of a sliding bar N, and a bifurcated lever N¹ pivoted to one end of said
sliding bar and provided with a pendent arm n³ for the purpose of giving to said
bifurcated lever a combined vibratory and sliding movement as herein set forth, in
combination with an ejector n attached to the bifurcated lever N¹ and adapted to
effect the discharge of the cigarettes as herein specified.
11. In a cigarette machine, the ejector n' provided with a facing n³, as herein
described; the said ejector being adapted to reciprocate, and to effect the cleaning
of the groove d² of the bed-die D, in the manner herein specified.
12. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a tobacco feeding mechanism,
a reciprocating upper die E having the presser plate G attached directly thereto,
and a cut off I, and box F, all arranged to operate as herein described, of the
several mechanisms, substantially as described, for actuating the said upper die and
cut off, in the manner herein specified.
13. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a reciprocating upper die E,
bed-die D, having a groove d², and folders P adapted to move consecutively as
herein set forth, of the sliding plate d adapted to discharge the finished cigarette
from the groove d² and the ejector n', as and for the purpose herein specified.
14. In a cigarette machine, the reciprocating bed-die D having a groove d², that
consists of a segment greater than a semi-circle, whereby inturned edges are formed
at the opposite sides of said groove, for the purpose of retaining the molded
cigarette in place, and a sliding plate d adapted to dislodge the finished cigarette
from the groove d², in the manner herein specified.
15. In a cigarette machine, the wrapper feeding mechanism substantially as
described, and consisting of a sliding bar N, and a bifurcated lever N¹ having the
free end of its limbs 50 faced on the under side with rubber, or other elastic
material, for producing a more perfect adhesion to the wrapper; the said bifurcated
lever being pivoted to one end of the sliding bar N, and having at its pivoted end a
pendent arm n as herein described, in combination with mechanism, substantially
as described, whereby a combined sliding and vibratory movement is imparted to
the bifurcated lever N', as and for the purpose herein specified.
16. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the lower die D, and sliding
plate d, having a longitudinal groove de, as herein set forth, of the folders P and
the mechanism, substantially as described, for actuating the said folders in such
manner that they will first fold over one edge of the wrapper, and hold it in place
until the second edge is folded over and adhered to the first, in the manner herein
specified.
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17. In a cigarette machine, the combination with an upper die E having a
groove e in its lower end, as herein described, of the reciprocating wiper Q adapted
to clean the groove e in the manner herein specified.
Dated this. 26th day of February 1884.