Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895

page_text: any desired length which is of a width to work between the sides of the hopper B
and is disposed at an angle to the bottom of the trough or hopper. This plate is
provided at its forward end with Interally projecting studs b which engage recesses
in the sides of the hopper B (see Fig. 5) and the said plate is reciprocated by a
crank shaft B journalled in the side plates A, and provided with a suitable crank,
engaging a bearing secured to the feeding plate B, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
The feeding plate or rake is provided on its under side with toothed portions having
straight and inclined faces, adapted to feed the tobacco with the forward movement
of the rake and to pass over the tobacco during its backward movement and said
rake is curved upwardly at its rear end to enable it to take the tobacco readily.
By means of the trough B and rake B¹ it will be seen that the tobacco is fed
forward and compressed into a compact stream and projected from the delivery end
of the tobacco trough or hopper and I prefer to term the 'said trough and feeding
plate the compressing feeding chute. Adjacent to the delivery end of the said
chute is located the tobacco separating knife or plunger C (see Figs. 5 and 6
particularly). This knife is preferably formed in cross section as shown in Fig. 5
having its lower edge provided with a longitudinal groove and forming a sharp
cutting edge on the side nearest the trough B.
The shank c of the knife or plunger C is pivoted to a bracket c' secured to one of
the side plates A (see Figs. 2 and 6) and the knife is held in its highest position by
a spring secured thereto and to a roke secured to the upper edges of the side
plates A A. The tobacco separating plunger or knife C is depressed by the
following instrumentalities. A vertical push bar c is mounted in guides secured to
one of the side plates A adjacent to the bracket c' to which the knife is pivoted, the
lower end of said push bar having a friction roll engaging the shank c of the knife
or plunger C as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. A knife operating lever c³ is pivoted upon
a stud secured to the side plate A and has its forward end pivotally connected to
the push rod ct as shown in Fig. 2. The rear end of said lever is provided with a
friction roll engaging a knife operating eam C' secured on a cam shaft D journalled
in the side plates A and extending through both of said plates. It will be noted
that the knife operating cam C has two high grades c c' each of which produces a
depression of the knife, the grade depressing the knife further than the grade c.
In operation when the grade ce strikes the lever e the knife will be depressed and
will cut off the tobacco projecting from the delivery end of the trough or chute B.
The roll on the end of lever then strikes the cut-away portion of the cam
between grades and c and allows the knife to rise so as to clear it from the
tobacco and the grade c' then depresses the knife again and carries it further down
causing it by reason of its concave lower face to act as a plunger and positively
press the tobacco into the cigarette forming devices which will be held in position
to receive the tobacco as shown in Fig. 5.
The cigarette is rolled or formed in that I term a "rolling blanket "E of
flexible material secured at its rear end to a travelling roller E' adapted to move in
a curved path and passing forward over the pivoted rolling table E has its forward
end secured to said table. In order to allow said blanket to be readily removed.
and a new one inserted I prefer to construct the roller E' in two parts and to clamp
the blanket between them as shown in Fig. 9, by means of screws, or I may employ
any other suitable construction for this purpose. The table E is pivotally mounted
in the side plates A A and is provided on its under side with a detachable plate e
between which and the bottom of the table, the forward end of the blanket E is
clamped (see Fig. 8). The table E2 is thicker at its rear edge than at its front
edge providing a broad rear side of considerable width between which and the
-roller E¹ the rolling blanket is depressed to form the pocket to receive the tobacco
filled. The table is also provided with a curved upper face which is given the
same curvature as the path of the roller E. The roller E' is carried by two
arms ff projecting from a rock shaft F journalled in the side plates A A and the
shaft of the roller E' is provided at one end with a pinion ex which gears with a

page_text: toothed rack E³ secured to one of said side plates as shown in Fig. 3, so that as the
roller is moved forward by the arms ff, the roller will be revolved rearwardly and
caused to roll up the blanket E as it travels over the pivoted table E2. The rear
face of the table E is given a slight inward curvature to, accommodate the
pocket of the rolling blanket, into which the tobacco is forced by the tobacco,knife
and said rear face meets the upper face of the table at a very considerable angle.
The required movements of the roller E' are imparted to it by a roller operating
cam E', on the cam shaft D, (see Figs. 3, 34 and 3B) which cam engages a roller e¹
on a sliding bar having a slotted yoke & engaging the shaft D, the said bar
having its forward end connected with one of the arms of the rock shaft F.
A spring e extends from the yoke e to a suitable stationary support which holds
the friction roll & always in engagement with the cam E* but in order to insure the
positive retraction of the bar e and the roller E', the cam E is provided with an
auxiliary grade for this purpose, see Figs. 34 and 38.
Forward of the tobacco knife or plunger C is a stationary shield or partition a
as shown to prevent tobacco from getting into proximity to the pasting devices and
forward of this partition is the paste roller G having its shaft journalled in the side
plates A. Motion is imparted continuously to this roller when the machine is in
motion, in this instance from the cam shaft by the following means. A beit
connects a pulley d on the cam shaft D with a pulley on a short shaft G³, provided
with a pinion G engaging a similar pinion G on the shaft of the paste roller, as
shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Above the paste roller G is the paste receptacle G which
consists of a box open at top and bottom secured to the side plates A and having
its sides adjacent to the plate roller made to conform closely to said roller so as to
allow only a thin film of paste to be taken by the said roller. G³ is a weight fitting
the interior of the paste box, for pressing the paste down into engagement with the
roller G.
The paper is fed into the machine from a paper roll H and is of a width equal to
the length of the finished cigarette. The said paper roll is mounted upon a suitable
drum, the trunnions of which engage suitable recesses in the ends of supporting
arms h secured to the side plates A A at one end of the same. In order to
prevent the paper from being drawn off too rapidly and causing slack, I provide
the arms with adjustable slides carrying a pivoted brake shoe h
provided with a spring for causing it to exert a certain tension on the
paper roll.
The paper is fed into the machine by a milled or roughened feed roller I
journalled in the side plates A. A and having its shaft provided with a ratchet
wheel i and a pivoted arin carrying a spring pawl engaging said ratchet. The
armi is slotted and is engaged by a stud projecting from one end of a lever 11
pivoted on a stud projecting from one of the side plates A and having a bevelled
portion in position to be engaged by a grade 1 on the cam E which operates the
roller E', see Figs. 3 and 34, thereby feeding in sufficient paper to form a single
wrapper at every operation.
In order to hold the paper in engagement with the feed roller I, I provide a
yoke I pivoted to the side plates A A and carrying a milled or roughened pressure
roller which is held in engagement with the feed roller I by means of a spring &
having one end connected to a cross bar of said yoke l' and the other to a cross
bar supported in this instance by the paper supporting arms hh.
The paper is guided after leaving the rollers I, *, between stationary guide
plates, see Fig. 5, adjacent to which is located the paper cutting mechanism for
severing the paper web into individual sheets sufficient each for a wrapper.
This paper cutting mechanism consists of the shears illustrated in detail in
Fig. 2. K represents a horizontal stationary blade extending across the machine
above the path of the paper and provided with a bracket arm k secured to one of
the side plates A and K is a movable blade pivoted to the stationary arm, the
shears being set at an angle so as to cut in a direction perpendicular to the paper
web, as illustrated in Fig. 5. A spring k secured to the movable blade and to a

page_text: fixed stud on plate A (see Fig. 2) serves to hold the shears open and allows the
paper to be drawn between the blades. The movable blade is provided with a
bearing surface which is engaged by one arm of a bell crank lever K' pivoted on
a stud secured to the plate A, (see Fig. 2) the other arm having a projection in the
path of a friction roll or stud K' on the side of the tobacco knife operating cam.
When this roll or stud K' strikes the projection on the arm of the bell crank
lever K the other arm of said lever is brought into engagement with the bearing
surface of the movable shear blade thereby operating to close the shears and
sever the paper.
In order to bring the severed end of the paper wrapper into engagement with the
paste roller G, I employ a pivoted pasting flap or blade L, see Fig. 5 and Figs. 10
to 17 inclusive. This blade L is carried by two arms ll on a shaft journalled in
the side plates A. A in the position indicated in the figures and when the paper is
introduced into the machine it passes from the guide plates 77 between the shear
blades L and K', then over the pasting blade L and then projects into the pocket
formed by the blanket E to receive the tobacco. As soon as the paper is cut off,
this pasting blade is turned rearward on its shaft and this brings the upper edge of
the paper directly into contact with the paste roller and thoroughly pastes it (see
Figs. 10 and 13). The blade is moved far enough to carry the pasted paper beyond
the paste roll and holds it in this position until it is drawn out of engagement with
the pasting blade by the rolling of the cigarette, thereby preventing the pasted
portion from coming into contact with loose tobacco or any part of the machine
that could become gummed up in consequence, see Fig. 14, after which the blade L
returns to its normal position. The proper movements are imparted to the pasting
blade at the proper time by the following devices. The shaft is provided with
an arm outside of the plates A A (see Fig. 2). This arm is connected by a
link with the lower end of a lever pivoted to a stud and having a bearing
surface to be engaged by a stud or roll L' on the inner face of cam C', the said
bearing surface being long enough to hold the blade L in its rearward position
until the paper is withdrawn from it by the rolling of the cigarette. A spring 17
connected with the lever and with a stud on plate A restores the blade to its
normal position after the stud L' releases it.
The operation of the cigarette forming devices I have illustrated progressively
in Figs. 11 to 17 inclusive and I will now describe the operation of forming a
cigarette.
The parts being in the positions shown in Fig. 5, the paper feeding devices are
operated by their actuating devices to feed the paper into the machine until the end
of the paper lies just within the pocket formed by the blanket E to receive the
tobacco, when a sufficient amount of paper will have passed the shear blades K K'
to form the wrapper for the cigarette. The tobacco knife is then operated., It
descends far enough to cut off the tobacco projecting beyond the end of the hopper
or trough B, then rises as before stated to clear itself from the tobacco and then
descends carrying the tobacco cut off down into the pocket formed in the blanket
as shown in Fig. 11. At this point the roller E' is inoved forward by its operating
cam E' into engagement with the rear side of the table E' thus pressing the tobacco
against the end of the paper and clamping it against the table.
While the paper
is thus held, the shear blade K¹ is operated and the paper severed from the web,
see Fig. 12, and the pasting blade is then operated to move the end of the paper
into engagement with the paste roller G as shown in Fig. 13 and to carry the
pasted end of the paper beyond said paste roller as shown in Fig. 14.
At this point the table E is tipped up at its forward end thereby depressing the
rear end below the plane of the roller E' so as to allow the rolling operation to
begin. The proper movements are imparted to the table by an arin m on a rock
shaft M mounted in the side plates A A (see Figs. 2, 5 and 7) which has an arm m¹
outside of the plates A A connected pivotally with an operating lever m³, having its
rear end provided with a friction roll held in engagement with a cam M¹ (see
Figs. 1 and 14) by a spring m³ secured to the lever m² and to a stud on the base

page_text: plate. The cam M' is provided with a grade indicated at 5 to impart the desired
movement to the table. The table is provided with an arm m' to which a spring m
is secured to hold the table in engagement with the arm m and to return it after it
has been operated by said arm and said table is also provided with an arm me which
engages in this instance a portion of the shaft F, to limit the forward movement of
the table under the influence of the spring. The spring m holds the table normally
in a position with the broad rear side in the path of the roller E' and with the
curved face of the table away from the path of said roller.
Returning to Fig. 14, as soon as the table is tilted as previously described to
bring the upper curved face of the table concentric with the path of the roller E'
the said roller is moved forward over the table E2, the roller being caused to
revolve rearwardly during its forward movement by the rack and pinion before
described thus rolling the tobacco within the blanket into cylindrical form and
rolling the paper wrapper around the tobacco as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. As
Boou as the paper has been drawn far enough into the blanket E to disengage it
from the pasting blade L, the said blade is returned to its normal position as shown
in Fig. 15 and the paper will fly over into the position shown in this figure and lie
upon the table E with the pasted portion uppermost. The continued forward
movement of the roller E¹ and consequent winding up of the apron as it moves
forward draws the paper entirely within the blanket and rolls the pasted portion
upon the wrapper forming a complete cigarette as shown in Fig. 16. At this
juncture the forward end of the table E' is given one, two or more (in this instance
three) upward movements to compress the cigarette at the point where the pasted
edge is rolled down (see Fig. 16) by means of three small grades indicated by 1, 2
and 3 in Figs. 1 and 14, thus insuring the accurate pasting of the wrapper.
The further forward movement of the roller E' carries it beyond the end of the
table E and disengages the finished cigarette from the blanket E and in order to
facilitate the discharge of the cigarette I prefer that the table E2 should be tilted
up slightly by its operating cam as shown in Fig. 17, the grade of the cam M
indicated at 4, being employed for this purpose. In order to trim the tobacco
which is liable to project from the ends of the cigarette, I provide a trimining
device best shown in Figs. 17 and 18, into which the cigarette is discharged from
the blanket E. In this instance, the trimming mechanism includes a trough N
carried by two arms n n secured to a rock shaft N' journalled in the side plates or
I may dispense with a trough N and deposit the cigarette in two recesses in the
upper ends of the arm n n. To the arms n n I pivot a shear or knife blade n' at
each end of the trough, the said blades being mounted on suitable studs and held
away from the trough N by springs n as shown. The rock shaft N1 is provided
outside of the plates A. A. with an operating arm n³, see Figs. 1 and 2, which is
engaged by a stud on a lever at having its rear end in position to be engaged by
the stud or roil L' on the cat plate C to depress said arm and bring the trimming
mechanism into the position shown in full lines, Fig. 17, to receive the cigarette.
A spring n secured to a stud on the base plate A' or other rigid support and to the
lever n draws down said lever when it is released by the roll Land throws the
arms of the trimming mechanism forward into the position shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 17. A cross bar N is supported by suitable arms secured to the side
plates A A in position to be struck by the shear blades or knives a³ n¹ as indicated
in Fig. 17, thereby stopping them while the arms n n continue to move forward
causing said knives or blades to cut off the projecting portions of the tobacco after
which the cigarette falls from the trough N of the trimming mechanism and may be
deposited in any suitable receptacle.
The main driving mechanism of the machine is as follows:
O represents the driving shaft which is mounted in bearings o o secured to the.
base plate A and is provided with a driving pulley O' to which power is applied
for driving the machine. Upon the driving shaft O is a pinion o' which beats
with a gear wheel D' on the cam shaft D and imparts motion thereto, as shown in
Figs. 3 and 4.

page_text: Upon the cam shaft D is a gear wheel D' gearing with a pinion
shaft B2 which imparts motion to the reciprocating feed plate or rake B
on the crank
The operation of the machine will be readily understood from the foregoing
description. I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction herein
shown and described as variations may be made therein without departing from the
spirit of my invention.
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. In a cigarette machine the combination with tobacco supplying devices, of the
blanket or apron, the travelling cigarette forming device secured to one end and the
movable table secured to the other end of said blanket or apron, substantially
as described.
2. In a cigarette machine the combination with the blanket, of the pivoted table
having the broad rear side, and the travelling roller, said blanket being mounted in
operative relation to said roller and table, said roller in one extreme of its movement
lying in a position relatively to the said table to form a pocket for the reception of
the filler, between said ruller and the said rear side of the table, substantially as
described.
3. In a cigarette machine the combination with tobaces and wrapper supplying
devices, of the rolling blanket mounted in operative relation to the roller and the table,
the travelling roller, the movable table having a broad rear side normally held in
the path of said roller and means for moving the said roller to clamp the wrapper
against the rear side of the table, substantially as described.
4. In a cigarette machine the combination with tobacco and wrapper supplying
devices, of the rolling blanket, mounted in operative relation to the roller and the
table, the travelling roller, the movable table having a broad rear face in the path
of the roller, means for moving the roller and means for withdrawing the table from
the path of the roller, substantially as described.
5. In a cigarette machine the combination with tobacco and wrapper supplying
devices, of the rolling blanket, the travelling roller secured to one end of said
blanket, the pivoted table secured to the other end of said blanket and having
a broad rear face in the path of said roller, and means for tilting said table to
withdraw it from the path of said roller, substantially as described.
6. In a cigarette machine the combination with tobacco and wrapper supplying
devices, of the rolling blanket, the travelling rotating roller secured to one end of
said blanket, the pivoted table secured to the other end of said blanket and having
a broad rear face in the path of said roller, means for tilting said table to withdraw
it from the path of said roller, and means for rotating said roller in a direction to
wind up the blanket, substantially as described.
7. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket, of the travelling
rotating roller secured to one end of said blanket, the movable table, said blanket
being mounted in operative relation with said table, means for moving said table
into and out of the path of the roller, and means for rotating said roller in a
direction to wind up the blanket, substantially as described.
8. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket, of the rotating
travelling roller secured to one end of said blanket and adapted to move in a curved
path, the table having its upper face of the same curvature as the path of the roller
and a broad rear face lying at an angle to said curved face, said blanket being
mounted in operative relation to said table, means for moving said roller and
for rotating it to wind up the blanket, means for holding said table in position with
its broad rear face in the path of the roller, and means for moving said table out of
the path of the roller to allow said roller to pass over said curved face, substantially
as described.
.9. In a cigarette machine the combination with wrapper supplying devices, of the
rolling blanket, the roller, the movable table provided with a broad rear side

page_text: normally in the path of the movable roller, means for moving the roller to clamp th ›
paper between different portions of the blanket against the rear side of the table, a
knife and means for operating it to cut the paper when so held by roller, blanket
and table, substantially as described.
10. In a cigarette machine the combination with the cigarette rolling devices
adapted to grasp one end of the wrapper. of the wrapper supplying devices
adanted to feed the wrapper into the bite of the rolling devices, a pasting device,
cutting mechanism for severing the paper while held in the rolling devices, and
means for carrying the severed end of the wrapper into engagement with the pasting
device while the other end of the wrapper is held in the rolling devices, substantially
as described.
11. In a cigarette machine the combination with the cigarette rolling devices
adapted to grasp one end of the wrapper, of the wrapper supplying devices.
adapted to feed the wrapper into the bite of said rolling devices, a pasting device,
cutting mechanism for severing the paper while held in the rolling devices, a
pasting blade for carrying the severed end of the wrapper into engagement with
and past the pasting device, and means for holding said blade in its extreme
position until the wrapper is withdrawn therefrom by the rolling of the cigarette,.
substantially as described.
12. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket, of the
travelling roller adapted to move in a curved path, the pivoted table secured to one
end of the blanket and having a face of the same curvature as the path of the roller,.
said face lying normally away from the path of the roller, and means for bringing
said face into operative relation with the path of the roller, substantially as.
described.
13. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket, of the
travelling roller adapted to move in a curved path, the pivoted table secured to one
end of the blanket and having a face of the same curvature as the path of the roller,
a spring holding said table in position with said curved face away from said path,
and operative means for moving said table from an eccentric to a position concentric
with the path of the roller, substantially as described.
14. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket, of the
travelling roller adapted to move in a curved path, the pivoted table having a curved
face, of the same curvature as the path of the roller, said face lying normally away from
the path of the roller, devices for moving said table into a position to bring said
face concentric with the path of the roller and devices for moving said table out of
said concentric position toward the roller to compress the pasted portions of the
cigarette, substantially as described.
15. In a cigarette machine the combination with the rolling blanket mounted
in operative relation to the roller and the table, the travelling roller, the pivoted
table and devices for moving said table toward the roller to compress the pasted.
edges of the wrapper against the cigarette, substantially as described.
16. In a cigarette machine the comioination with the compression feeding chute
comprising among its members the stationary trough having guiding recesses, and
the movable feed plate disposed at an angle to said trough and provided at one end
with studs engaging said guiding recesses, of an operating crank shaft-connected to
said feed plate adjacent to its other end, substantially as described.
17. In a cigarette machine the combination with the cigarette rolling devices, of
tobacco feeding devices, a tobacco separating plunger and operating means for the
same, giving said plunger a forward movement, then a retrograde clearing motion
and a further forward movement to press the tobacco into the rolling device,.
substantially as described.
18. In a cigarette machine the combination with the cigarette rolling devices, of
the trimming mechanism including among its members, the pivoted arms for
receiving a cigarette and discharging it from the machine, a knife blade pivotally
secured to cach arm for trimming the cigarette and stops for engaging said knives to

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force them into engagement with the cigarette during the movement of said arms to
eject the cigarette, substantially as described.
Dated this Fourth day of December 1894.
JAMES NELSON WOOD.
G. F. Redfern & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.