Improvements relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Making Cigarettes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1895-Accepted, 29th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Making
Cigarettes.
We, CHARLES VICTOR ALBERT AUBREY DE VERE BEAUCLERK, EARL OF
BURFORD, of Bestwood, Arnold in the County of Nottingham, and WILLIAM
BRODRICK-CLOETE, of 90 Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our invention relates to an improved method of and apparatus for making
cigarettes.
We provide a cylindrical rod or roller of wood or other suitable material and of
any convenient length, and firmly attach thereto by one of its edges a rectangular
sheet of cloth, silk or other suitable flexible fabric or material which is preferably
about the same length as, and twice the width of, an ordinary cigarette paper. The
sheet may however be of any suitable dimensions.
To forin a cigarette by means of this apparatus in accordance with our improved
method, the operator will proceed as follows, that is to say: the sheet is unrolled
from the rod and a cigarette paper placed upon it with the gummed edge thereof
uppermost and the other edge parallel to the gummed edge lying parallel to and
adjacent to the rod. A suitable quantity of tobacco is arranged on the cigarette
paper and the rod is rolled up in the sheet attached to it with the tobacco and
cigarette paper inside. The rod is rotated until the tobacco is sufficiently tightly
packed, the sheet being held in the closed hand of the operator meanwhile. The
rod is then rotated in the opposite direction and begins to unroll itself from the
sheet from the inside thereof at the same time rolling the cigarette in the same
direction and finally leaving said cigarette in a cylindrical form and free from the
sheet and rod. The edge of the cigarette is then secured by means of the gum or
by simply damping the same.
The apparatus is very simple and inexpensive, and is easy of manipulation and
can be used for making cigarettes of any dimensions.
We may provide the rod with a handle of any suitable description to facilitate
the rolling of the cigarette.
The principle underlying our improved mode of making cigarettes may also be
utilized in automatic cigarette making machines, suitable provision being made for
reversing the direction of rotation of the rod as required.
Dated this 15th day of August 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Making
Cigarettes.
We, CHARLES VICTOR ALBERT AUBREY DE VERE BEAUCLERK, EARL OF
BURFORD, of Bestwood Arnold, in the County of Nottingham, and WILLIAM
BRODRICK-CLOETE, of 90 Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 a method of and apparatus for making cigarettes.
The apparatus consists essentially of a cylindrical rod or roller to which is firmly
connected one edge of a sheet of silk, cloth, or other suitable material that is
capable of being wound upon the said rod or roller. By placing a cigarette paper
and tobacco upon the unwound sheet and revolving the rod in a direction to wind
up said sheet onto said rod the tobacco and cigarette paper become wound up
within the sheet. By lightly grasping the wound up sheet in one hand and with
the other revolving the rod in the opposite direction the tobacco is gradually
enclosed within the cigarette paper and at the same time is rolled into a cylindrical
form within the space existing between the aforesaid rod and the inner surface of
the enclosing hand of the user. It is then only necessary to damp and secure the
gummed edge of the cigarette paper and the cigarette will then be ready for
smoking.
In order that our said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figures 1 to 3 shew the apparatus in its simplest form. Figure 1 is a plan view
shewing the sheet unwound and the cigarette paper and tobacco in position thereon.
Figures 2 and 3 are diagrammatic cross sections drawn to an enlarged scale;
Figure 2 shewing the tobacco and cigarette paper as they appear when being wound
up within the sheet; and Figure 3 shewing the tobacco and cigarette paper as they
appear when the sheet is being wound in the opposite direction and the cigarette
about to be delivered.
Figures 4 to 7 shew a modification of the above apparatus the rod being situated
within a casing, which latter takes the place of the user's hand for surrounding the
rod and sheet of silk during the formation of the cigarette. Figure 4 is a sectional
plan and Figures 5, 6 and 7 cross sections thereof drawn to an enlarged scale. In
Figure 5 the cigarette paper and tobacco are shewn in position on the sheet of silk
ready to be rolled; and in Figures 6 and 7 the cigarette is shewn substantially in
the same stages of formation as those shewn by Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 8 is a sectional plan shewing a modification of the apparatus illustrated
by Figure 4.
Like letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.
A is the cylindrical rod or roller, B the rectangular sheet of cloth or other
material, C the cigarette paper and D the tobacco.
When the arrangement illustrated by Figures 1 to 3 is employed, the sheet B is
first unwound so as to occupy the position indicated in Figure 1 and the cigarette
paper is laid thereon with its gummed edge upwards and its opposite edge parallel
with and adjacent to the rod A. A suitable quantity of tobacco is then arranged
on the cigarette paper and close up to the said rod. This having been done the
rod is revolved in the direction of the arrow in Figure 2 whereby the cigarette
paper and the tobacco become wound up together as seen in this figure. It will be
observed that at this time the cigarette paper does not actually surround the
tobacco. The sheet having been thus wound up the operator then encloses the
wound up sheet within his hand and continues to turn the rod in the same direction

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as before until the tobacco has been sufficiently tightly packed. The operator then
proceeds to revolve the rod in the opposite direction, thereby producing a bend or
bight" in the sheet, said bend or "bight", causing the cigarette during its
formation to be continually rolled against the rod A and at the same time the
tobacco to be enclosed in the cigarette paper so that when the cigarette is delivered
from the apparatus it will have an even and cylindrical form. The gummed edge
of the cigarette paper is then damped and attached to the body of the cigarette in
the ordinary way.
In the construction illustrated at Figures 4 to 8 the necessity of enclosing the
apparatus within the hand is avoided, the apparatus being provided with an outer
casing E. According to this construction the rod A is journalled in blocks
contained within the cylindrical casing E. Secured firmly to the said rod A is a
pair of pulleys a a* said pulleys being provided with cords a' a2 which are so
arranged that when one is wound up the other is unwound. The ends of these
cords project through an opening as formed in the casing E and by pulling upon one or
other of said cords the rod A. is caused to revolve in one or other direction.
upper part of the casing E is formed with an elongated opening E' through which
pass the sheet B and the tobacco to form the cigarette.
The
F is a piece of india-rubber tubing or other resilient material which is connected
to the interior of the casing and serves to put sufficient friction upon the sheet of
silk during the formation of a cigarette to produce a cigarette of cylindrical form.
G is a plate or platform with which the elongated opening E' may be provided
for the purpose of supporting the tobacco whilst it is being evenly arranged prior
to the rolling operation.
The operation of this apparatus is similar to that already described the cord a¹
being actuated to revolve the rod A in one direction and the cord a² to revolve said
rod in the reverse direction.
In the construction shewn at Figure 8 the apparatus operates in a similar manner
to that already described the only difference being that instead of revolving the
rod A by means of cords and pulleys we provide for this purpose a knob or milled
head a upon the end of said rod A.
In some cases we may replace the two pulleys shewn in Figure 4 by a single one
in which case the cord would be endless so that as one part is pulled the other part
is wound on the pulley.
Our improved method of making cigarettes is not only applicable to hand
cigarette apparatus such as that already described but is also applicable to
automatic cigarette making machines, suitable provision being made for the
reversal of the direction of rotation of the rod A at the required time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved method of making cigarettes consisting in first rolling the
tobacco and the cigarette paper within a sheet connected to a rod and afterwards
causing the tobacco to be enclosed in the cigarette paper by reversing the direction
of rotation of the rod, substantially as described.
2. In apparatus for making cigarettes the combination of the parts A, B and E
operating substantially as described with reference to Figures 4 to 7 or with
reference to Figure 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.