Improvements in Apparatus for Making Cigarettes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Da't of Application (in United Kingdom), 3rd Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 3rd Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making Cigarettes.
1, Louis Léon TISSIER, of 56, Rue Saint Sabin, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to a handy pocket apparatus for making cigarettes in a
simple, quick and efficacious manner, and it consists mainly in communicating the
required rolling action to an endless riband which forms the cigarette by means of a
corrugated actuating roller operating one of the rollers over which the riband
passes, the latter roller being carried by arms hinged to the ends of the case of the
apparatus.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation; Figure 2 is a plan partly in section; and,
Figures 3 and 4 are end views of an apparatus for making cigarettes constructed
according to my invention, the apparatus being shewn closed:
Figure 5 is a section on the line 12 of Figure 1 shewing a cigarette in the course
of formation:
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 4 but shewing the apparatus open:
Figure 7 is a longitudinal elevation; and,
Figure 8 is an end elevation of the corrugated actuating roller.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I provide a case made in two parts or shells a and a
hinged together at b and enclosing the mechanism, there being a longitudinal
aperture b¹ in the top of the case when the two parts are closed together as shewn
in Figure 5; I provide two corrugated or fluted rollers c and d over which the
endless riband e works. The roller c is pivotted in the part a of the case and the
roller d is carried in the two arms f, hinged at g to the part a¹ of the case.
The corrugated actuating roller is pivotted at i, i in the said part a¹ of the case
and is adapted to be rotated by means of a milled head; upon one of the pivots of
the roller so that, when the two parts of the case are pressed close together, the
roller will bear upon the periphery of the corrugated roller d and thereby give the
required motion to the riband e, which is of such slight thickness that it offers no
impediment to this driving action of one roller by the other. The arms f,fare
placed parallel with each other in order that the rollers d and h shall be perfectly
parallel when the case is closed to bring them together. Lugs k, k are provided on
the part a of the case, against which lugs the upper ends of the arms f, fabut,
when the case is closed, for the purpose of pressing the roller d against the roller h.
To make a cigarette by means of my improved apparatus, the two parts a, a' of
the case are opened on their hinge b, as shewn in Figure 6, and the required
quantity of tobacco is placed upon the riband e. The case is then closed, and by
keeping it closed with one hand and with the other hand rotating the milled head j

page_text: on the pivot of my actuating roller in the direction of the arrow, the latter roller
will rotate the roller d and thereby cause the riband e to roll the tobacco into
cylindrical form, as shewn at in Figure 5. If now a leaf m of cigarette paper
with its upper edge wetted, be introduced between the rollers c and d through the
aperture and a few more turns be given to the milled head j, the paper will be
rolled around the tobacco and the case being then opened the completed cigarette
can be withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. An apparatus for making cigarettes in which the required rolling action is
communicated to an endless riband employed to form the cigarette by the pressure
of a corrugated actuating roller against one of the rollers over which the riband
passes, the latter roller being carried by arms hinged to the case of the apparatus,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved apparatus for making cigarettes hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 3rd day of September 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.