Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 1st Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Dec., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
I, HENRI HILAIRE HIPPOLYTE BOBIN, of 77, Rue de Paris, Pantin, France,
Engineer, 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 machine for making and finishing cigarettes.
Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.
Figure 3 shews it in longitudinal sectional elevation during one stage of
working.
Figure 4 is a similar view at a second stage.
This machine consists of two parts, the one intended to prepare the roll of
tobacco around which a leaf of paper is to be rolled and afterwards to effect the
rolling of this paper in order to form the cigarette.
The other portion of the machine is intended to gum or fasten the paper leaf
and during its transport to put it in a suitable position to be engaged by the
previously mentioned mechanism for forming the cigarette, as will be presently
set forth.
The whole is mounted on a pedestal or base a. The portion of the apparatus
intended to form the roll of tobacco and to wrap it with the paper sheet, com-
prises a cylindrical roll mounted on an axis e supported by two fixed arms d d.
To within a very slight distance of this roll can be brought another roll e
mounted on an axis supported in arms g g pivoted upon an axis h.
This rolle can thus be brought into two positions, one in which it is separated
from the roll by a fairly large space, Figure 1, and the other in which it is
applied against this roll 6 or more exactly, brought to within a very slight dis-
tance thereof, as shewn on Figure 3. When the rolls and ce are brought to
their closest position, they can be maintained there by means of a hook k
Upon the axis e of the roll band to the extremities thereof are pivoted two
small arms i supporting two rollers jj which when the rolls and e are
applied one against the other are immediately beneath them, Figures 3 and 4.
Around the two rolls or cylinders and e, as well as around the rollers j j
passes a band, sheet or apron of linen or other suitable material fixed at one
of its ends to a frame m pivoted at n and controlled by a spring o; at its other

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end this band is fixed to a frame pivoted at q; upon causing this frame p
to oscillate, the band can be moved which tightens, travels around the rolls be
and rollers and draws the frame m which is recalled by the spring as soon as
the frame p is released.
This band passes over the rolls and c and the rollers ; as shewn on the
drawing; the rollers jj cause it to form a perceptibly cylindrical trough.
Above this arrangement for shaping the cigarette is placed that for gumming
and carrying the leaf of paper. The latter arrangement consists of a plate r
upon which are situated the packet of superposed paper leaves or sheets s. This
plate is supported by two arms t t provided with grooves wherein are engaged
screws which fix them. The position of the plate can thus be regulated
according to the sizes of the paper sheets which it is wished to use.
To this plate r is fixed the device for coating or pasting each sheet at its edge
and for carrying it over to the position in which it is taken by the rolls, and e.
This device comprises a tube integral with arms, pivoted to a cross-shaft,
and which tube contains the liquid adhesive material in a state of suitable
fluidity; this material can issue through a narrow slit formed by two plates y y.
The tube is closed by means of a stopper or cap; this latter is hollow and
screwed in such a manner as to allow the capacity of the paste tube v to be
diminished when the supply of liquid has sensibly decreased.
The whole is arranged in order that in one of the extreme positions (Figure 3)
which can be occupied by the tube, the two plates or strips y y forming the
nose or exit by which the paste passes out, are moved to the edge of the leaf to
be gummed or pasted, and that in the other position (Figure 4) the leaf which
has been transferred or carried over by the double strip or nose-piece y y to
which it adheres, is engaged by the edge opposite to the gummed edge in the
small space formed between the two rolls band e when they are drawn together.
With this apparatus I proceed to make a cigarette in the following manner. The
rolls band being separated, the parts are then in the position shewn on
Figure 1; I place within the chamber or cavity formed by the band between
the cylinders b and c and rollers, the quantity of tobacco necessary, according to
the thickness of the cigarette which it is wished to make, then I bring the rolls
and together and they are held in such position by means of the hook k.
An oscillating movement is then imparted to the frame and the band
thus travels upon the rolls be and rollers j; by means of this movement, the
mass of tobacco is formed into a cylindrical roll. The leaf of paper is then
arranged in place; I move the gumming or pasting tube in such a manner as
to coat a sheet of paper, as previously explained, Figure 3, then to transfer the
sheet and to carry it by its ungummed side into the space between the rolls
(Figure 4).
By means of the frame p, the band is then moved; the paper leaf is drawn
along, wrapped around the roll of tobacco and the cigarette is formed very regu-
larly upon separating the rolls b and c it may be withdrawn and I proceed as
before.
It will be remarked that these different stages succeed very rapidly and that
a single to and fro movement of the band suffices to form the tobacco roll and
to wrap it in the paper leaf. The parts being in the position of Figure 1, the
tobacco is inserted, the cylinders (Figure 3) are brought together, the frame p
is oscillated and brought to the position indicated on Figure 4, the tobacco roll
is then formed; whilst maintaining the frame so as to prevent the return of
the band, the leaf of paper is inserted; the frame is then freed; the band is
recalled by the frame m and this movement suffices to wrap the sheet of paper
around the tobacco roll.
I wish to state that the gumming of the paper leaf takes place in the most
favourable conditions; in fact, when the nose piece y y is placed upon the
paper leaf, the fluid paste or gum which is upon the slit of the nose piece y y
is squeezed between this and the leaf and when the leaf is drawn by the band,

page_text: it slips from the nose y; this movement assures the renewal of the paste or
other medium at the slit of the nose piece and prevents its thickening at this
point.
I do not restrict myself strictly to the details of the construction of the machine
which I have just described and I may modify them in any manner without
changing the essential characteristics of the working of the parts set forth.
The arrangement for forming the tobacco roll and wrapping the same with the
paper leaf is not necessarily connected to the gumming and carrying device,
and I may use either of these arrangements independently.
The adhesive material employed may be paste, gum or any of the other media
usually used for this purpose and the paper sheets herein referred to may be
made of rice paper of other substance used for the wrappers or containers of the
tobacco rolled to the shape of the cigarette.
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:-
(1). A machine for making a cigarette by forming a roll of tobacco and then
wrapping it in a sheet of paper, consisting essentially of two rolls one of which
is mounted on a fixed axis and the other on an axis supported by two jointed
arms in such a manner as to be able to be brought closer to, or to be removed
from, the first roll, a band receiving a to and fro movement passing around the
said rolls, and around two rollers placed under these latter towards their ends,
which rollers limit the length of the roll of tobacco and inflect the band to form
the practically cylindrical chamber where in the cigarette is formed, substantially
as above set forth with regard to the annexed drawings.
(2). In a cigarette making machine as described, the means for affording the
band or sheet a to and fro movement, characterised by two frames to which it is
fixed at its ends, the one of these frames being recalled by a spring, substan-
tially as above set forth with regard to the annexed drawings.
(3). In a cigarette making machine, an arrangement for coating with paste or
gum at one of its edges, a sheet of paper and for bringing it to a position in
which it can be seized by its opposite and ungummed edge, consisting essentially
of a reservoir tube mounted upon arms turning around an axis, the liquid
adhesive passing from this tube between two strips forming a nose-piece, which
strips are placed at the slit upon the edge of the sheet to be gummed and carried
over, substantially as above set forth with regard to the annexed drawings.
(4). A cigarette making machine comprising the arrangement for forming the
tobacco roll and wrapping the same within a sheet of paper, as claimed in
Claims 1 and 2, and the arrangement for coating with adhesive the edge of the
paper sheet and for carrying over the latter, substantially as described with
reference to the annexed drawings.
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