IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARETTES com
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark of 53 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARETTES com-
municated to him from abroad by Henri Edmond Casgrain, of Quebec in
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th July 1883.
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ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of 53 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex,
Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
MAKING CIGARETTES." communicated to me from abroad by Henri Edmond
Casgrain of Quebec in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada
The object of this Invention is to provide a new and improved machine for
making cigarettes.
The Invention consists in a cigarette machine formed of a band attached to two
cylinders journalled in frames hinged to each other in such a manner that the
cylinders can be parted from each other, one of which cylinders is provided with a
crank handle for turning it, and the other with an internal tension spring whereby,
if the tobacco and paper are placed on the band which is stretched by swinging the
frames apart, and the crank handle is turned, the paper will be rolled around the
tobacco and the cigarette will be formed. As soon as the crank handle is released,
the tension of the spring winds the band on the spring cylinder and the cigarette
is thrown out..
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is an end elevation of the improved cigarette machine. Figure 2 is a
plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a cross sectional elevation of the same showing
the manner in which a cigarette is rolled. Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional
elevation of the spring cylinder. Figure 5 is a perspective view of part of the
band attached to the cylinder. Figure 6 is an enlarged detail end elevation of the

page_text: spring cylinder.
the same.
Figure 7 is an enlarged detail cross sectional elevation of
A and B are two cylinders journalled in the end pieces C of the frames D which
are jointed to each other so that the cylinders can swing toward and from each
other. The shaft B¹ of the cylinder B is provided at one end with a crank handle E
and the shaft A running through the cylinder A is surrounded by a spiral spring F,
one end of which is attached to one end of the cylinder A, and the other end to the
shaft A. The shaft A¹ has a squared end A2 which projects beyond the end
piece C of the frame. D and on which is mounted a crank, arm G provided at its
free end with a screw hole through which a screw H can be passed into the
corresponding end piece C of the frame. By turning the said arm G the spring F
can be coiled more or less and can be held at the desired tension by locking the
arm G on the end “piéce C by means of the screw H. Each cylinder A and B is
provided with a longitudinal slot a which increases in size towards the centre of
the cylinder, which slots are adapted to receive transverse end loops J formed on
the ends of a band K which is as wide as the cylinders are long. A rod or wire L
is passed through each transverse end loop J, and the said end loops and wires are
then passed into the slots of the cylinders A and B.
The operation is as follows:-The two frame D are swung from each other, that
is, in such a manner that the cylinders A and B separate and the bottoms of the
frames D come in contact, whereby the band K will be stretched; the paper is
then placed on the band and the tobacco is placed on the paper. along one edge of
the same and parallel with the cylinders A B. The frames. D are now.swung
towards each other when the tobacco will be held in a pocket formed by the
band K below the cylinders, the paper O projecting upward from between the
cylinders, as shown in Figure 3, then by turning the crank handle E in the direction.
of the arrow a¹ (Figures 1 and 3) the band K will be wound from the cylinder A
upon the cylinder B and the paper O will be drawn downward in the direction of
the arrow b¹, and will be passed around the tobacco held in the loop or pocket
formed by the band K, and thus the cigarette will be formed. By winding the
band K on the cylinder B the spring F has been tightened and as soon as the
handle E is released, the recoil of the spring winds the band K back on the
cylinder A and throws the completed cigarette upward. The machine will then be
ready for making another cigarette.
The paper used, for making cigarettes is preferably moistened or gummed at the
edges before rolling the cigarette.
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Having described the nature of the said Invention and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is.
1st In a cigarette machine, the combination of two hollow cylinders united by a
band which rolls around them, one of the cylinders being provided with a crank
handle and the other with a spring for rotating it, substantially as herein shown
and described and for the purpose set forth.
2nd A cigarette machine formed with two cylinders journalled in frames hinged
to each other, to which cylinders a band is attached, substantially as herein shown
and described and for the purpose set forth.
3rd In a cigarette machine, the combination with two frames hinged to each
other, of cylinders journalled in the frames, and of a band attached to the two
cylinders, one of the said cylinders being provided with a crank for turning it, and
the other being provided with a spring for rotating it, substantially as herein
shown and described and for the purpose set forth.
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4th In a cigarette machine the combination with a longitudinally slotted cylinder
of a band K having a transverse loop J at each end and a rod L passed into the
said loop J and through the slot a of the cylinder, substantially as herein shown
and described,, and for the purpose set forth.
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5th In a cigarette machine the combination with the cylinders A and B of the
band K attached to the same, the crank handle E on the cylinder B, the crank

page_text: arm G on the shaft of the cylinder A, devices for locking the arm G in position,
and of the spring F acting on the cylinder A, substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose set forth.
6th In a cigarette machine, the combination with the cylinders A. B of the
band K attached to the same of the frames D D in which the cylinders are
journalled which frames are hinged to each other at the bottom in such a manner
that the cylinders can be swung from each other until the bottoms of the frames
are in contact substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose
set forth.
In Witness whereof I the said Alexander Melville Clark have hereunto set my
hand and seal this seventh day of July, A.D. 1883..