Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1805
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cigarettes.
I, BERNHARD BARON, Manufacturer, corner of 52nd Street and East River, New
York, County and State of New York, United States of America, 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 stateinent :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of cigarettes, and the invention
consists in means for forming the loose tobacco into a rod, for applying the wrapper
thereto and pasting the edges of the wrapper together, and for cutting the con-
tinuous cigarette into suitable lengths, all as fully set forth hereinafter, and as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette machine embodying the improvements;
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view longitudinally through the machine at one
side of the operating devices;
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the moulding devices and adjuncts, the parts
above the compressing or moulding discs being removed;
Figure 4 is a sectional plan showing the parts directly below the moulding discs
or compressors.
Figure 5 is a section on the line 5° Figure 3.
Figure 6 is a plan of the wrapping trough, showing the folding discs and pasting
wheel in dotted lines;
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the wrapping trough;
Figures 8 to 13 are cross-sections on the lines 8-13 Figure 7;
Figure 14 is an enlarged plan of the folding and pasting devices;
Figure 15 is a sectional elevation on the line 15* Figure 3;
Figure 16 is a tiansverse section on the line 16" Fig. 15;
Figure 17 is a transverse section on the line 17ª Fig. 15;
Figure 18 (Sheet 3) is a plan of the wrapping trough with the parts above all
removed;
Figure 19 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 19 Figure 2;
Figure 20 is a perspective view of the link connections between the compressing
roll bearings;
Figure 21 is an enlarged cross section on the lines 21ª Figure 2;
Figure 22 is a sectional elevation on the line 22ª Figure 14;
Figure 23 is an elevation looking in the direction of the arrow 23ª Figure 14;
Figure 24 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the paste reservoir and paste
feeding appliances;
Figure 24 is a cross-section on the line 24b Figure 24;
Figure 25 is a vertical section on the line 25 Figure 24;
Figure 26 is a perspective view of a catch device;
Figure 27 is a cross-section on the line 27 Figure 24;
Figure 28 is an enlarged sectional plan on the line 28* Figure 2;
Figure 29 is an enlarged sectional plan on the line 29* Figure 1 ;
Figure 30 (Sheet 2) is a perspective view illustrating the devices for supporting
the compressing blade above the wrapping trough ;
Figure 31 is a vertical section illustrating the bearings for the folder wheels;
Figure 32 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 32ª Figure 2;
Figure 33 is an enlarged side elevation showing the parts above the compressing
liscs;

page_text: Figure 64 is a plan of the parts shown in Figure 33;
Figure 1 is an elevation in part section of an apparatus for making cigarettes
embodying the improvements and illustrating the parts for condensing the tobacco
in the wrapper.
Figure 2 is a plan of part of the devices shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the parts for folding and cementing the
wrapper.
Figure 2A is a plan of Figure 1**.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11%, and 12x are enlarged cross-sections
upon the lines bearing the corresponding numbers Figures 1, 2, 1x and 24x
Figure 13-is a perspective view of a different form of compressor wheel.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation illustrating a different construction.
Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the moulding devices shown in Figure 1".
Figure 3B is an enlarged plan, in part section, of the wrapping devices shown in
Figure 1.
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Figure 4B is a cross-sectional view on the line 4-4 Figure 2B.
Figure 5 is a cross sectional view on the line 5-5 Fig. 2B.
Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 6-6 Figure 3B.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the folders.
Figures 8 and 9B illustrate modified forms of the lower mould section.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tobacco feeder embodying some of my
improvements.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of a feeder having additional features.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the machine shown in Figure 2º.
Figure 4° is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the machine shown in
Figure 2º.
The frame A carries the parts that operate upon the tobacco, which is properly
distributed upon a travelling belt 6 Figures 1 and 2, by the action of a feeder
device B also carried by the frame A.
The tobacco upon the belt 6 passes first between the edges of two or more
horizontal grooved moulding or compressing wheels or discs 3, 3 between guide
blocks 77 and between the edges of horizontal grooved moulding or compressing
wheels or discs 44 and is thence carried onto a strip of paper carried by a
tape 40; the tape and the paper are turned up to a U-shape, one edge of the
paper is turned in, the inner face of the vertical edge has paste applied to it,
the said vertical edge is then turned down upon the inturned edge and cemented
thereto, forming a wrapper tube enclosing a tobacco rod, and this enclosed rod
then passes to the cutting devices which sever the continuous oigarette into
cigarettes.
THE MOULDER.
The feeder distributes the tobacco loosely upon the face of the travelling belt 6
and between two guide bars 400 400 and as the tobacco is carried between the
edges of the wheels or dises 3 3 the tobacco is compressed laterally and is
confined between the wheels, the horizontal portion of the belt 6 which passes
below the wheels, and an upper endless belt 5, the lower horizontal portion
of which lies close upon the tops of the wheels or discs, being carried by two
rolls 41, 41.
The peripheral grooves in the discs 33 are greater in depth than those in the
discs 44 and the intermediate blocks 77 have their curved sides seated in said
grooves so closely that the tobacco cannot pass between the blocks and disc3.
These blocks 77 are preferably free from positive engagement with the adjacent
portion of the bed plate or frame of the machine, and merely rest loosely thercon,
and are held in position by engagement with the peripheral grooves of the
discs 34 each block being loosely clamped in place between the discs by a screw 9
(Figures 3 and 21) passing horizontally through a bearing block 8 engaging the
dises at the opposite side. It follows from this construct on that the blocks are at
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page_text: all times free to accommodate themselves to the position of the discs, and that as
the latter are adjusted from time to time as occasion may require, the blocks are
moved at the same time owing to their engagement with the discs, and thus 'all
danger of the blocks binding against the discs, liable to occnr whère the blocks
are positively secured to stationary supports between the discs is avoided.
The discs of each pair are adjustable to and from each other through the
medium of any suitable devices. As shown, the shafts 26 of the discs 33 pass'
through elongated bearings 26* in frames 10, 10 (Figures 4 and 19) each frame 10
being pivotted to swing around the bearing of one of the shafts 27 of one of the
discs 4 and the two frames 10 10 are connected by two toggle links 12 14 pivotted
together, an arm 12 of the link 12 (Figures 4 and 19) terminating in a finger 13.
that extends into a groove 16 (dotted lines Figure 4) in a nut 15 turning on a
stationary screw-shaft 17 below the bed-plate or table C of the machine. By
turning the nut 15, the links are adjusted to swing the frames 10, 10 to or from
each other, and each frame 10 is secured in position after adjustment by a binding
screw 11 passing through a slot in the said frame.
The shafts 27, of the discs 4 are carried in elongatel bearings 27° (Figure 21) of
slides 25 sliding laterally between guides 30 30 and each with a slot through
which passes a set screw 38.
The slides 25 and their discs are adjusted to and from each other by means of a
flat lever 170 (dotted lines Figure 4 and full lines Figure 21) pivotted to the table
by a pivot 22, and having two inclined slots 23, each of which receives a stud 24
projecting from the bottom of one of the slides 25. At the end of the lever 170
is an arm 18 (Figure 21) having a lip 19 that enters a groove 21 in a nut 20
upon the screw-shaft 17, so that by adjusting said nut the lever may be swung to
carry the slides and their discs to and from each other.
The moulding and compressing wheels or discs are all driven from the main
shaft 1 (Figure 19) through the medium of an inclined shaft 41, geared to the
shaft 1, and to a bevelled wheel 38, at the lower end of a short shaft 43 (Figures 2
and 19) carrying at the upper end a gear 37.
The gear 37 engages a gear 36 at the lower end of one of the shafts 27, and the
latter also carries a gear 35 which drives a gear 31 upon one of the shafts 26
through the medium of the gear 34. A gear 33 (Figure 19) engages the gear 37
and transmits motion to another gear 32, which drives the lower gear 36 of the
other shaft 27 and the latter drives thé adjacent shaft 26 through the medium of
gears 35 31 the same as shown in Figure 2 on the opposite side.
In order to set the machine properly and to get access to the parts from time to
time, the upper endless belt 5 is supported upon a movable part D of the frame.
This frame D swings about the shaft 45 extending transversely across the table
and driven by two pairs of gears 48 50 and an inclined shaft (Figure 1) from the
shaft 1. The rear roller 41 is secured to the shaft 45 (Figure 2) and the front
roller 41 is adjustable to and from the rear roller so as to tighten the belt 5. Any.
suitable appliances may be employed for this adjustment.
The franie D carries a plate 52, which lies directly above the lower horizontal
portion of the belt 5 to prevent the latter from curving upward under pressure of
the tobacco, and it is important to press the travelling belts firmly against the
moulding wheels or discs, and therefore, the lower or feed belt is carried over the
flat top of a portion of the table or platform and the frame D is locked so as to
hold the upper plate 52, firmly in position by a locking frame E (Figure 21) which
awings upon a pivot 55, at one side of the machine, carries set screws 250 250 that
bear upon the forward 'end of the frame D, as shown in Figures 2 and 21, and is
secured by a spring catch 56. By unlocking the catch 56 and turning the frame Ę
back to the position shown in dotted lines Figure 21, the frame D is released and
can then be swung to the position shown in dotted lines Figure 2 to permit access
to the working parts of the moulding device.
To exert a pressure upon the tobacco after it leaves the moulding wheels or discs,
there is a vertical grooved wheel 57 which turns at the outer end of a frame Falsc

page_text: pivotted to the shaft 45, and capable of being turned down to the position shown
in full lines Figures 1 and 2, or swung back to the position shown in dotted lines
Figure 1.
When the frame F is down in the position shown in Figure 2 it is locked to the
locking frame E by means of a catch 58 (Figure 2) so that the frame and its
wheel 57 are held positively in position, and the wheel 57 is driven positively by a
shaft 61, carried by the frame F which is geared by a pair of bevelled gears 60
with the shaft of the wheel 57 and by a pair of bevelled gears 62, with the shaft 45
(Figures 33 and 34).
The edges of the guide blocks 77 between the moulding discs diverge slightly
from the forward or feed end of the machine, which prevents the binding of the
tobacco, permitting it to expand slightly as it is carried onward.
The lower belt 6 which serves both as a part of the moulding device and as a
carrying or feed belt leading from the feeder B, passes at the front around a driving
wheel 63 (dotted lines Figure 1) upon a shaft driven from the shaft 1, through the
medium of gears 64, and at the rear around a carrier wheel 65, the upper portion
of the belt between said wheels being preferably supported against engaging by a
stationary part of the machine, all as best shown in Figures 2 and 15.
THE FOLDER DEVICES.
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Close to the carrier wheel 65 is a guide wheel or roller 66 around which pass
the tape 40 and the paper strip carried thereby. The tape 40 passes at the
rear to a driving wheel 67 (Figures 2 and 32) and over a sliding table or
platform G, best shown in Figures 2, 14, 15, and 16 which table carries the
forward roll 66 and which together with all of the parts supported thereby,
may be moved back and forth to carry the roll 66 to and from the roll 65 to 2
permit access to the moulding devices." A shaft 90 (Figure 14) provided with
a handle 91 and with a pinion 92 which engages a stationary rack 93 upon
the main frame, serves to move the table G back and forth.
A bridge plate 94 (Figures 4 and 15) extends between the rollers 66, 65, so
as to support the sliver or rod of tobacco as it passes from the belt 6 onto 3
the strip of paper carried by the tape 40. This bridge 94 is detachable,
being slotted to receive two pins 95 upon a frame 70, as described hereinafter.
The movable table G carries the bridge 94 and wrapping devices, and the
parts which support the tape 40 and the paper strip r, and is movable, as set
forth, to permit the table and the wrapping devices carried thereby to be
carried from the moulding devices when ready access to the parts is required.
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To shift the lateral position of the roll 66, which supports the tape 40 and
also to independently shift the lateral position of the strip of paper there
are two movable frames 68 and 70 (Figures 3, 4, 15, 16, 17). The frame 68
has a bracket 69 that supports a guide 100 through which the tape 40 4
passes to the roller 66 and the frame 68 may be shifted laterally by turning
screw-shaft 101, having a milled head 103 and extending through a
rib 102, bolted to the table G. The frame 70 is provided with arms
carrying between them the roll 66, and this frame 70 may be shifted laterally
by means of a threaded shaft 76, extending through the rib 102 and provided
with a milled head 75. By turning the heads 75 and 103, the guide 100, and
the roller 66, may be shifted independently to any extent necessary to shift
the lateral position of either the paper strip or the tape 40.
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The sliver or rod of tobacco just prior to leaving the belt 6 passes between the
ends of two converging plates 81 81 (Figures 3 and 16) which form flanges upon 5
two caps or covers 80 each hinged at 82 to the platform or table, and capable of
being turned up as indicated in dotted lines Figure 15, to permit access to the
parts beneath, and each cover carries a set screw or binding screw 104 which when
the cover is down, may be turned to bind firmly against the side of the rib 102,
and hold the cover in place.
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page_text: Just back of the roller 66 is arranged a paper former 106 (Figure 4) which is a
plate flat at the end nearest the roll 66 and then bent up at each side to form a
U-shaped rear end adjacent to the point where the paper passes from beneath the
covers 80 the flanges of which extend down between the upturned edges of the
Jormer, as shown in cross-section Figure 5. As the tape and paper pass through
the former 106 they are bent up at the sides forming standing edges which receive
between them the sliver or 1od of tobacco.
Owing to the speed at which the machine is driven, the tobacco will not have
time to expand materially between the point where it leaves the discs 4 4 and the
point where the tape and paper are turned up to their full extent, so that under
the ordinary operations of the machine at its regular speed, the tobacco will not
be brought in contact with the converging plates or flanges 81, which, however, in
case of stoppage prevent the tobacco from swelling beyond the edges of the tape..
As preferred, and shown in Figures 3 and 15, the converging plates or flanges 81 81
are prolonged at their forward ends to form scrapers 81* 81* which engage the
peripheries of the discs 4 4 and remove therefrom any particles of tobacco or other u
matter which may adhere thereto. The ends of the scrapers are rounded off to fit
nicely into the concave edges of the discs, and of course, if discs of a different form
are used, the scrapers will be shaped accordingly. As the scrapers are preferably
carried by or formed on the free ends of the plates or flanges 81, they may be
eadily swung up to the position shown in dotted lines, Figure 15, away from the
lises, if for any reason it is desirable to remove the discs or to get free access to
them or to the adjacent parts below the hinged covers 80.
After leaving the paper former, the travelling U-shaped tape and paper strip
with the rod of tobacco, pass into the "wrapper device" I (Figure 14) which is
suitably constructed to turn down first one edge of the paper strip and then the
other, first pasting the latter edge.
Prior to any operation upon either edge of the paper, the tobacco rod is carried
beneath the grooved edge of the wheel 57 which tends to hold the tobacco rod in
its compressed state and prevents it from expanding, and also to prevent fibres of
the tobacco from springing up and interfering with the wrapping and pasting
operations.
After leaving the wheel 57 the standing edge of the paper is brought at one
side against the curved edge of a folding disc 108 (Figures 6. 10 14) which turns
down that side of the paper onto the tobacco rod, after which a paster wheel 109
applies a line of paste to the inner face of the opposite standing edge of the paper
(Figures 6, 11) after which the latter standing edge is bent over onto the infolded
side and pressed against the same to cement the two together, by a curved edged
folding disc 110. These wheels co-operate with a trough J, in the form of a
bar having a half-round groove y which is slightly wider in diameter at the
receiving end.
An overhanging arm 120 projects from a piece which is bolted to the upper face
of the trough J, and which projects toward a rib 112 bolted to the said trough on
the opposite side of the groove y with sufficient space between the two for the
standing edges of the paper and belt.
In order to reduce the friction of the parts against the arm 120 and keep the
obacco rod in its compressed state, there is a disc 108 curved at the periphery, as
shown in Figure 10 and extending nearly to the rib 112 the curved edge of the
disc which is driven at the same speed as the travelling tape and paper bearing
apon the inturned edges of the paper and tape and holding them down beyond the
rm 120.
In some cases, where the tobacco is extremely elastic, it is held in its compressed
position by a blade 113 (Figures 6, 9 and 30) suspended above the groovey and
extending from a point adjacent to the wheel 57, to a point below the curved edge
of the disc 108 there being sufficient space between the blade 113 and the arm 120
which overhangs it, to permit the paper and tape to be turned down at one edge
ver the blade, so that the inner face of the latter bears directly upon the tobacco.

page_text: A screw 114 extends through a bracket laterally and into an arın 115 connected to
the blade and serves to change its lateral position while the screw 116 serves to
aise or lower the same.
The paster wheel 109 is arranged beyond the disc 108 with an intervening
overhanging block 117 that tends to hold the inturned edge of the paper close
upon the tobacco rod as the standing edge is brought opposite the paster wheel,
the block 117 extending beneath the paster wheel so as to prevent any paste on
the underside of the latter from being brought upon the inturned edge of the
paper. After leaving the paster wheel the standing edge of the paper is brought
against the curved edge of the folding disc 110, which folds said standing edge
over onto the inturned edge, and presses the pasted edge onto that beneath it, after
which the paper with the enclosed tobacco rod is carried beneath an overhanging
block 121, with under curved face, and a curved end that turns the edge of the
tape away from the wrapper, and which holds the parts in place until the paste is
fully set, the sealed tube of paper with the enclosed rod of tobacco then passing
onward towards the cutter.
The folding discs 108 and 110 and the paster wheel 109 are driven positively
and to this end the shafts of the discs extend to the platform or table G and carry
at their lower ends the connecting geare, best shown in Figures 22, 23, and 28: In
said figures a shaft 122 driven by gears from the shaft 1, carries a worm wheel 123
meshing with another worm-wheel 124 on a shaft 125, and a pinion 126 on the
latter shaft drives a pinion 127 on a fixed shaft or stud 128 and the pinion 127
drives the pinion 129 upon the shaft 130 of the disc 110.
A pinion 131 transmits motions from the pinion 126 to a pinion 133 on a fixed
stud or shaft 140 and the pinion 133 drives the pinions 134 and 135, upon the
shafts 136 and 137 of the folding disc 108 and paster wheel 109. Thus, all the
shafts of the paster wheel and adjacent folding discs are driven from the shaft 1,
and the gears are so proportioned that the speed of the paster wheel and folding
discs is the same as the speed of the moulding or compressing discs.
To adjust the paster wheel and folding discs to and from the edges of the
paper upon which they act, the bearings of this wheel and discs are carried in
swinging frames with which are combined adjusting devices. Thus, a frame 138
pivotted to the stud 128 carries the bearings of the shaft 130 of the disc 110
while frames 141 and 142 pivoted to the stud 140 carry the shafts 136 and 137
of the disc 108 and paster wheel 109. Each frame is connected with a screw
red 150 having a milled head and passing through a stationary nut 151 so that
by turning the rod the frame can be carried in and out.
It is also desirable to adjust the discs and other wheels vertically, for which
purpose the shaft of each wheel or disc is combined with the parts illustrated
in Figure 31 showing the arrangement in connection with the shaft 136. This
shaft is a hollow shaft fitting an opening in the frame 141, which carries the
gear 134, from which the shaft may be withdrawn, thus permitting the shaft and
wheel to be removed from the bearings and driving gear. The shaft 136 is hollow
and rests upon a nut 145 which can slide without turning, in an opening in the
frame, and into which extends the lower threaded end of a screw rod 146 having
a milled upper end extending above the disc or wheel, so that it may be turned
to raise or lower the nut and with it the tubular shaft.
As shown in Figure 28 the worm pinion 123 is on the end of the shaft 122 Sc
that the sliding table g with its worm pinion 124 can be moved back and forth
to and from the shaft 122.
THE PASTER.

page_text: reservoir can be brought to a horizontal position to introduce the lugs between the
1ks 156 and can then be turned to a vertical position, as shown in Figures 24
ed 25 to connect the reservoir to the conical casing 156, which latter is secured to
a racket 161 that is movable back and forth between the guides 162 162 and can
le secured in position by a set screw 163.
A shaft 163 of the cone passes through a bearing and through a bevelled
gear 164 so as to slide in and turn with the latter, and the bevelled gear engages
with the bevel gear 165, on a vertical shaft 166 having at its lower end a bevel
wheel 167 that gears with another bevel wheel 168 on a shaft 169, carrying a bevel
wheel 170 driven by a bevel wheel 171 on a shaft 125.
The casing 156 on the side opposite the slot, 157 has an opening z through
which any surplus portion of paste upon the face of the cone can pass so that
the film upon the said face will always be uniform. A lever 170 which may be
swung to different positions by a set screw 171 bears with one end against the
end of the shaft 163 to set the shaft and its cone to any desired position by
pressing them inward, the pressure of the paste tending to force them outward.
The paste is forced upward by a piston 172 upon a rotating piston rod 173 which
is threaded and passes through a two part nut 180 181 and through the hub of
a worm-wheel 177, the turning of which turns the piston-rod and moves the piston
up or down. The two parts of the nut may be separated, when the rod and its
piston may be moved directly up or down. The separation and bringing together
of the parts of the nut is effected by cams 182 183 on a handled shaft 184. To
turn the nut to feed the piston-rod, there is a worm 175 on a shaft 176 which
worm meshes with the worm-wheel 177.
The shaft 176 turns in bearings 178 and 179 carried by brackets 185 and 186
below the bed plate, the bearings fitting slots in these brackets, and a spring 187
forcing the shaft and its bearings towards the paste reservoir, and in order that the
feeding may be arrested at any time, the shaft 176 is provided with a coupling or
clutch K, connecting the shaft 176 by a universal joint 188 with a shaft 189 driven
by gears, as best shown in Figure 29, from a shaft 190 carrying a cone 191. The
cone 191 is arranged opposite a reverse cone 192 upon the shaft 1 and a belt 193
may be shifted upon the two cones by a shifter 194 (Figure 1) 80 as to vary the
speed at which the piston is driven upward into the reservoir. The reservoir and
its attached parts are carried by a swinging bracket M (Figures 28 and 29) having
its centie of vibration upon the axis of the shaft 166, so that the shifting of the
bracket does not alter the position of the driving connections with the cone, and
when the worm-wheel 177 is brought in contact with the worm 175 the yielding
bearings 179 will permit the worm and worm wheel to engage, whatever may be
the positions of the parts. In order to hold the bracket end in place, it is provided
with a double hook catch N, the hooks of which engage the brackets 178 and 179,
as shown in Figures 25 and 26.
The two parts of the clutch K may be separated by means of a rod 195
(Figure 29) which can be moved longitudinally by an eccentric lever 196, and the
shaft 176 is provided with a handle 197 by means of which it may be turned to
test the operation of the paster. The bracket M may be swung to and secured in
any desired position by turning a worm shaft 200 (Figure 28) the worm of which
engages with a curved lack 201 secured to the table of the machine, and to permit
the bracket to be quickly turned when nice adjustment is not required, the worm
shaft is carried by a pivotted frame 202 (Figure 24) so that the worm may be
swung into and out of engagement with the rack 201. An eccentric lever 203
serves to force the frame 202 inward to bring the worm shaft and rack into
engagement.
To permit the paste reservoir 160 to be readily removed, it is formed in two
sections, the lower section adapted to receive the piston 172 when the latter is in
its lowest position, and being secured to the bracket M while the upper section is
removed, and these sections have peripheral flanges 204 205 to receive a clamp 206,
which serves to hold them together.

page_text: To insure positive movement of the tape 40 regardless of the tension upon the
same, it is clamped to the driving wheel 67 by means of a clamping roller 209
(Figures 2 and 32) on a shaft 210, having its bearings in a block 211, movable
vertically and resting upon the short arm of a lever 212 that carries an adjustable
weight 213.
The shaft 214 of the driving wheel 67 is driven through the medium of gears 215
from the shaft 1 and a lever 218 swinging on the shaft 214 carries at one end a
roller 219 over which the said tape 40 passes so that the same can be slackened or
loosened. The lever 218 carries any suitable catch device 220 by means of which
it can be secured in any position to which it is set.
THE CUTTER.
As shown (Figures 1 and 2) there are two cutters consisting of two
discs 225 225 parallel to each other and carried by a shaft provided with a
pulley 240, round which passes a driving belt 239 from a driving wheel 241.
The cutter shaft is carried by a frame 229, which is moved longitudinally back
and forth by a stud 246, on the frame entering a groove 245, in a cam 235, so
that the cutter travels with the cigarette rod as it passes through the sectional
bell-mouthed tube v. The cutters are moved at intervals across the rod, severing
it into short lengths for which purpose the cutter shaft is supported directly on a
vibrating frame 227, which is caused to vibrate laterally by the back and forth
movement of a stud 232 entering an inclined slot in the frame 227, and which
stud is carried by a slide 233 having a stud 236 entering a groove 234 in the
cam 235.
The rib 112 (Figure 11) is mainly employed as an abutment opposite the paste
wheel 109 so as to support the standing edge of the paper if necessary, and
prevent it from accidentally being broken down; but it will be evident that the
folding disc 110 (see Figure 6) will tend to keep the standing edge of the paper
in contact with the edge of the paste wheel.
The folding disc by which the paper is folded over above the trough are
positively driven and by this means there can be no possible drag between the
paper and the folding devices, as would be the case if they were stationary; the
said folding discs actually aid in the onward movement of the paper and tobacco.
The compressing discs may be used with flat edges.
In the construction shown in Figures 1 to 13x there is illustrated a grooved
belt whereby to dispeuse with the necessity of a tape or belt for conducting the
paper strip. This belt may be used with the other moulding and folding devices
heretofore described, but preferably certain inclined moulding and folding wheels
or discs are employed as will now be fully described.
The frame of the machine is of suitable construction to support the operating
parts and is provided with a top or table A, over which travels the upper portion
of a continuous band B which band is carried by grooved wheels CC one of
which may be driven by a belt B¹ passing to a band wheel on the shaft C3 and in
top of the band is a permanently formed longitudinal recess or groove, the central
deepest portion of which is curved to correspond to a half circle, the remaining
portion of the groove having flaring side faces, as shown. The said travelling band
may consist of any suitable material, as for instance rubber vulcanized as hard as
may be and yet secure sufficient flexibility for the band to bend around the
supporting wheels.
The band travels between the side guides 3 3 upon the top of the table above
longitudinal opening a so as to reduce friction to the movement of the band, and
suitable bearings above the top of the table support the devices for collecting and
compressing the tobacco and for folding and pasting the wrapper.
The wrapper in the form of a strip y is fed from a reel D to the band B and a
it meets the latter is bent transversely to conform to the groove in the band and i
held in position thereon by means of inclined plates 4 4 Figures 1 and 6 carried by

page_text: brackets 5, and extending into the groove of the band directly above the flaring
faces thereof, with sufficient intervening space for the sides of the wrapper, the said
plates extending beneath the tobacco feeder E and beneath the compressing wheels,
hereinafter described.
In the drawing is shown simply the position of the feeder E, inasmuch as the
feeder may be of any suitable construction. In any case it is such that the tobacco
is regularly and uniformly fed onto the plates 4 4 which direct the same onto the
curved face of the wrapper y between the edges of the plates 4 4 so that the tobacco
will be carried forward with the wrapper.
To condense and consolidate the tobacco prior to the folding of the wrapper
around the same and form a suitable filler within the folded wrapper, there are
condensing wheels.
The first wheel Fis mounted vertically above the band B and above the
plates 4 4 and has a transversely flat face a Figure 4 which bears upon the tobacco
so as to collect and force into the main body of the same the loose fibres at the top.
From the wheel F, the tobacco passes to a position between the faces bb of two
inclined wheels G G Figure 3x the said faces bb being inclined as respects the
axes of the wheels, but being vertical and parallel to each other at the point where
the two wheels are in closest proximity, as best shown in Figure 5x the said wheels
acting upon the sides of the mass of tobacco and collecting it into a
substantial uniform width.
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At a very short distance beyond the point where the wheels G Gare in
proximity, the tobacco is carried beneath the grooved edge of a vertical wheel H
Figure 6x the groove in which preferably is of such a shape as to form a circle
with the groove in the face of the band B and the tobacco is thus condensed and
consolidated to the dimensions of the filler of the completed cigarette. Inasmuch
however, as the tobacco is liable to swell after leaving the wheel H and before the
wrapper can be fully wrapped around it it is desirable to further condense the same
before wrapping it by two inclined wheels II Figure 7x which meet above the
grooved band and have inclined faces c and grooves e in their edges and so arranged
that the faces c will meet while the grooves e will form parts of a circle less in
diameter than the diameter of the filler which is thereby compressed, and con-
solidated to a diameter less than its normal diameter. From the wheels I the
tobacco and its wrapper pass upon the travelling band B to the wrapping devices
which will now be described.
Upon the table A beyond the ends of the plates 4 which terminate beyond the
wheels are supported two bars J J' Figures 1A, 2AX and 10% to 12 the face w
of the bar J Figure 9x forming practically a vertical extension of one side of the
curved groove in the band B from the end of the bar adjacent to the wheels I to a
point Figures 2** and 12x where a projection 6 from the bar overhangs the
groove in the band.
Near the end of the bar J' Figure 2AX nearest the wheel K,
is a projection 7 Figure 9 which extends over the filler, the said projection con-
tinuing to a point u Figure 2AX. After the wrapper passes from beneath the ends
of the plates 4 4 it is turned up at one side to a vertical position bearing against
the face of the bar J Figure 8 and at the other side it first encounters a folding
wheel K Figure 8 having an edge groove 10 which meets the edge of the paper
and folds it over onto the filler, and from this wheel K the inturned edge is carried
to and beneath the overhanging projection 7, see Figure 9.
From beneath the projection 7 the infolded edge of the wrapper passes beneath
the paster wheel L, the edge of which bears against the inside vertical edge of the
wrapper and deposits a line of paste thereon. Any of the well known appliances
for supplying the edge of the paste wheel with paste may be used.
After the paste has been applied to the standing edge of the wrapper, it is
necessary to turn down the latter onto the inturned edge, and to this end there is
an inclined folding wheel M Figures 1AX 2^x and 11 having a groove m, at its
periphery which as it meets the vertical edge of the paper folds the latter down
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page_text: onto the inturned edge, and finally presses it in a curved shape upon the said edge
and into close contact therewith, after which the cigarette rod is carried beneath
the overhanging projection 6 Figure 12x which holds the pasted edge together
until the paste sets, and they are caused to adhere.
As the filler during the above described operations lies in the deepest part of the
groove of the band B, the folding wheels, in order that they can act upon the
tobacco, are inclined so that their operating edges will extend into the groove in
the band, and it will be seen that in order to occupy these positions the bars J J¹
are necessarily cut away beneath the said wheels to receive the same.
After the tobacco is thus enclosed in a continuous pasted wrapper to form a
cigarette rod, the latter is cut into short lengths for cigarettes by a suitable
cutter.
It is preferable to impart positive driving movements to the various wheels
described and this may be done in any suitable manner. For instance the shafts
of the wheels may have grooved pulleys to receive driving belts to which motion
is imparted from driving pulleys, or gears may be used instead of pulleys and
belts, in a manner too evident to need description.
It is preferable to groove or corrugate the face of the wheel F transversely
so as to take a better hold on the tobacco and hold it downward, and to provide
the wheel with inclined side faces n n also grooved or corrugated as shown in
Figure 13x
It will be seen that the plates 4 4 which overhang the edges of the paper strip,
not only prevent the tobacco from being brought into contact with the inclined
faces of the band B but also prevent it from working in between the band and
the paper.
In some cases it is preferable to compress the tobacco as well as the covered
rod by means of travelling grooved strips or bands, in which case a construction
is employed that is illustrated in Figures 1 to 9B.
In this construction there is a filler rod forming mould, consisting of several
parts travelling in unison which are gradually brought together until they form
a practically closed chamber, the convergence being so gradual as to prevent any
injuriously abrupt pressure upon the tobacco, and the parts of the mould are of
elastic material which acts less injuriously upon the tobacco than moulds made
of metal or rigid material, and which has the further advantage of being in
endless pieces, capable of being carried around supporting guide wheels so that
they can travel continuously with the tobacco or rod and can be moved towards
or from each other with facility.
The mould may consist of any suitable number of endless travelling sections
or bands, but as shown, it is of three bands abc the band a which is generally
the lower section of the mould, having a groove & with converging sides which tend
to throw the tobacco, which is deposited sometimes upon the said band, but
preferably on the paper strip thereon, towards the centre, and which also serves as
a guide upon which the other two bands b c may move downward toward the centre
of the groove to gradually compress the mass therein.
Each of the bands or sections cb is so constructed in cross-section that when the
two bands are brought together in their lowest position in respect to the band a
there will be formed or enclosed a substantially cylindrical opening or chamber
formed by the central rounded portion of the groove and by the rounded portions
or grooves i at the lower edges of the bands or sections cb which may otherwise,
however, be of any suitable cross-sectional shape.
Each of the bands or sections a b c preferably consists of a continuous rubber
band, the section a passing around two guide wheels 5 6 and over the table or
platform 7 of the machine, and the sections bc being each carried by two guide
wheels 8.9 which are so arranged that each of the sections c b is supported at an
augle to the section a.
Inasmuch, however, as the pulleys 89 do not alone support the bands 6 c in the

page_text: proper position for operation, there are used guides 10, 11, which will support a
portion of the sections bc in their proper positions at the point where it is necessary
for them to operate directly upon the tobacco.
The lower section a is supported upon the table 7 and each of the sections b c is
supported against its guide, and the sections all converge until they are in contact
and form, a closed travelling chamber, and it, therefore, follows that the tobacco
deposited upon the lower section and naturally gravitating toward the bottom of
the groove in the said section, will gradually be collected in a mass approximating
a tobacco rod in the centre of the lower section, and will be gradually compressed
and condensed until the rod is formed, and will then be carried with the closed
travelling chamber and held in a compressed state for a distance equal to the
distance in which the sections constituting the travelling mould are in close
proximity to each other.
After the tobacco has been held in a condensed state for a proper length of time,
the rod is released, and this is effected by gradually carrying the side sections b c
outward and upward until they leave the section a which results from the form of
the guides and the arrangement of the wheels 9 in respect to the guides or the
latter may be continued for any desired length so as to conduct and guide and
direct the sections be away from the section a.
To compress and hold the sections together at the point where the tobacco is
subjected to the greatest pressure a pressure device is used in the form of a pressure
wheel 13, so arranged as to bear upon both of the sections bc about the point where
they are in contact with each other, and hold them in such contact while travelling
together and prevent any possibility of their spreading or opening.
To further facilitate the above described operations, it may be better to subject
the tobacco after it has been deposited upon the section a, and before it is acted on
by the side sections bc to a certain amount of pressure, and this can be done by
means of a presser wheel 15, having a grooved edge and arranged vertically above
the section a in position to compress the tobacco towards the centre and deepest
portion of the groove of said section. If desired, the wheels 13 and 15 may be
supported by spring bearings, with springs 30 exerting a pressure tending to
depress these wheels.
The parts above described will of themselves constitute a most effective device
for moulding a tobacco rod to be delivered to a travelling wrapper strip, as in other
cigarette making apparatus; but this would necessitate carrying down the lower
section away from the tobacco rod, and then bringing the strip of wrapper paper
upward and into line to receive the said rod, and to avoid this it is best to conduct
the strip of paper z of which the wrapper is to be made, to the section a of the
mould, and to deposit the tobacco upon the surface of the said strip and carry the
strip and the tobacco together through the travelling sectional mould, compressing
the tobacco directly upon the strip.
Thus the strip of paper z is conducted from its proper supporting roll upward
towards and into the travelling section a, at its receiving end, and the tobacco is
deposited from any suitable feeding device upon the strip of paper and is then
conducted with the strip through the travelling sectional mould and is compressed
upon the paper (the paper being bent to conform to the shape of the groove in the
section a) until finally the paper with the rod upon it leaves the sections b c.
It then becomes necessary to turn down one edge of the paper over the rod thus
moulded, and this is done by bringing one edge of the paper into contact with the
Inclined or diagonal edge u of a bar or folder 18 which is supported above the
section a at one side of the same, and extending into the groove a after which
the opposite edge of the paper is brought against an inclined or diagonal edge wat
he end of a strip or bar 19 Figure 3B which also extends into the groove of the
ection a at the opposite side of said groove, this edge of the paper, however being,
hereby brought only to a vertical position, so that its inner face may be presented
o the action of a paster wheel 20 which applies the paste to the inner standing.
ace of the paper, in a manner too well known to need further description.

page_text: After the paste has thus been applied, the standing edge of the paper is brought
against the inclined edge 21 of a folder G which lays the pasted edge of the paper
over and upon the other inturned edge and holds it upon the same until the two
edges are pasted together around the enclosed tobacco rod.
There is another travelling mould section e in the form of a travelling band 5
having a face n corresponding with that of a section of the tobacco rod and its
wrapper, at the point where it bears upon the same, and this band has the same
motion as the tobacco rod and its wrapper have, so that they travel together under
compression in connection with the lower section a to a point adjacent to the paster
wheel.
The section e may be supported in any suitable manner. As shown it is
supported upon two wheels 23 24 and it preferably has a flange m Figure 6 for
bearing against one edge of the section a so as to properly define the position of
the section e, at all points and prevent too great pressure at any point or at any
time upon the cigarette rod and its wrapper. The tobacco rod is thus held
under proper compression during the entire time between the folding in of one
edge of the wrapper strip over the same, and the point where the paste is
applied.
The lower section a may consist of two pieces which together constitute a
section having a central groove deepest at the centre, as for instance, as shown in
Figures 8 and 9B.
It will be evident that when the paper is carried in contact with the travelling
sections of a mould, which sections consist of rubber or other soft elastic material,
that there is much less danger of wounding and tearing the same than could possibly
result where the paper is drawn through a former of any kind by means of a strip
or tape; and it will also be evident that as the paper does not come in contact
with any standing or stationary part (except with the folders and where the back
edge of the paper travels against the part that holds it vertical during the pasting
operation) there is very little friction; and the speed of operation may be very
greatly increased over that usually employed. But in order still further to increase
this speed, if necessary, the back support of the paper instead of being a stationary
strip as before described, may be a roller arranged as shown in dotted lines 25,
Figure 3B.
No devices for imparting movement to the various rollers and for driving the
same positively are shown, because it will be evident that ordinary driving gears
from a shaft or other suitable devices may be employed.
Any suitable means may be employed for depositing the tobacco on the
travelling wrapper strip, as for instance, a conveyor belts (Figure 1B) and two
grooved rollers 25, 25 and an upper guard plate 26, the belt conveying the tobacco
between the wheels which collect it to the centre of the belt and the latter delivers
it to the travelling wrapper.
While any suitable feeding devices may be used with the improved moulding
and folding devices above described a feeder of the improved construction is
illustrated in Figure 1 and Figures 2° to 4° illustrate additional features of
improvement.
In the construction shown in Figure 1° there are two sets of picking devices, each
consisting of two parallel feed rolls, and a picking cylinder.
The upper feed rolls 2 3 are preferably of metal and may have plain or grooved
surfaces, or one is plain and the other grooved or serrated to a slight extent, and
in some instances it is best to drive one of the rolls, as for instance the grooved roll,
at a speed slightly in excess of that of the other, whereby there is a slight
drawing action upon the fibres of tobacco which tends to separate them.
Below the feed rolls 23 is a picking cylinder 4 preferably of wood with teeth
consisting of metallic rods or pins i projecting radially and arranged in rows, the
teeth of one row being intermediate of those of the other.
The second set of picking devices consists of two rollers 56 and a picking
cylinder 7 which may be precisely like those of the first set, but preferably in the

page_text: second set the rolls 5 6 have plain surfaces. In each set the picking cylinder is
driven more rapidly than the rollers.
The tobacco is conducted from a feeding band 9 which as it travels deposits
the tobacco in uniform quantities between the feed rolls which draw the same
downward, maintaining a hold for a time upon the fibres as they are presented to
the picking cylinder 4, so that the latter can partially draw out and separate and
spread the fibres and loosen any knots or masses, after which the fibres fall between
the second set of feed rolls 56 which bring the fibres together to a certain extent,
but without knotting or bundling the same and hold them to a certain extent
while they are again acted upon by the second picking cylinder. A third or even
a fourth set of picking devices may be arranged to operate as before described,
the result being that the bundles or bunches of fibres are completely separated so
that the fibres will fall onto a conveyor belt or other receptacle in a condition to
be formed into the desired cigarette rod with the fibres and the smaller particles
uniformly distributed, and this is effected without breaking the fibres or tearing
them or forming fine particles or dust.
In the construction shown in the remaining Figures 2° to 4° the two sets of
picking devices are arranged as in Figure 1 the shafts of the different rolls turning
in side frames A A¹ bolted to a base B the shafts bc of the rolls 23 having
gears 12 13 the gear 13 having one or more less teeth than the gear 12, to rotate
the roll 2 more rapidly than the roll 3 and the shafts de of the rolls 5 6 having
meshing gears 14 15 white both sets of feed rolls are driven from a shaft 16,
having a pinion 17 gearing with a crown wheel 18 on the shaft c and a bevelled
wheel 19 gearing with a bevelled wheel 20 on the shaft e the shaft 16 being driven
from any suitable power..
I provide the shaft of each picker cylinder, with a grooved pulley 22 to receive
a driving band 23 passing around both pulleys.
To secure ready access to the picker cylinders to make repairs in case of the
breaking of the picker teeth, each side plate a a' is in two sections, one bolted to
the base B and the other having ears 24, overlapping and bolted to the fixed
section by bolts 25, upon removing which the outer section may be detached,
and the bearings for the picker cylinder shafts are formed in the meeting edges of
both sections so that on removing the outer section the picker cylinders can be
readily withdrawn. In such case also the shafts c e turn in the fixed sections of the
side frames, and the shafts bd in the removable section so that by withdrawing the
latter section access can be had to all parts of the apparatus.
As tobacco is affected by changes in the atmosphere it is necessary at times to
vary the operation of the devices which work upon it, and this may be done to a
certain extent by supporting each shaft b d adjustably in blocks 26 sliding in slots
in the side plates and capable of being moved in and out by means of set screws 27.
Instead of supporting the feeding band 9 upon a separate roll as shown in
Figure 1 it may extend over a flat table 28 and around the feed roll 3 the band
thereby retaining a certain frictional hold upon the tobacco fibres and carrying the
same down positively between the rolls 2, 3.
A presser roll is arranged above the feed rolls 23 and slightly nearer to the
roll 3 than to the roll 2 and all tendency of material to squeeze back is prevented.
The bearings of the shaft k of the roller are adjustable vertically by means of
screws 30 and on the said shaft k is a pinion 31 which gears with the wheel 12, the
latter being made wider than the wheel 13 for this purpose.
To secure a uniform feed of tobacco it is best to so mark the feed belt or
band 9 or some part of the support thereof adjacent thereto, that the operator may
know with certainty the space within which a given quantity of tobacco is to be
deposited. Thus, supposing that there are transverse marks or lines v, either upon
the band itself, or upon the table adjacent to the band at suitable distances apart,
the operator can know that a certain weight of tobacco (say two ounces) must be
deposited within these lines, and as each definite quantity of tobacco is thus placed

page_text: upon the band a uniform quantity is fed during each unit of time or definite number
of actions of the rolls or pickers.
To avoid the necessity of weighing each mass of tobacco deposited on the band,
strips 32 32 are placed at opposite sides of the band, and of such height that the
said side strips with the band will form between each two marks va receptacle of
definite capacity and the operator can know that when the tobacco is so placed
as to fill the space between the two marks and the strips to the height of the
latter, that the proper quantity of tobacco is distributed over the proper surface.
To aid in the feeding of the tobacco there is a feed roller 8 that co-operates
with the feed band 9, the said roller turning in adjustable bearings and being driven
from the shaft K through the medium of grooved rolls 34 35 and a belt 36.
There are guide plates 37, 38, 39, 40 which are arranged between two vertical
plates 42, 41 having notches w to receive pins extending from the sides of the
plates near the upper edges the plates 37 38 extending to the faces of the rolls 5 6
and the plates 39 40 extending within two vertical plates 43 43 which together
with the travelling belt 45 constitutes a trough or receptacle for the tobacco
along which it is fed toward the filler rod forming appliances which may be of any
suitable character.
The roller 8 may be plain or corrugated the same may have a speed slightly in
excess of that of the belt to ensure the breaking up of the coarser bundles or
bunches of fibre.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a cigarette machine, the combination of two pairs of compressing discs
having grooved edges, one pair set closer together than the other intermediate
guide blocks and travelling belts above and below the compressing discs substan-
tially as set forth.
2. The combination in a cigarette machine of a feed belt a short belt above and
parallel with the feed belt, two pairs of grooved forming discs between said belts
the discs of one pair being closer together than those of the other pair and guide
blocks between the discs substantially as described.
3. The combination with oppositely arranged compressing discs of adjustable
bearings therefor and means for simultaneously shifting said bearings to
different positions to carry the discs to and from each other substantially as set
forth.
4. The combination of the frames 10 10 pivotted at one end oppositely arranged
compressing discs carried by the frames pivotted links connecting the opposite ends
of the frames and means for adjusting said links to simultaneously separate or move
the frames toward each other substantially as set forth.
5. The combination of the slides 25 25 shafts 27 27 mounted thereon and
carrying the compressing discs 4 4 frames 10 10 pivotted at one end to said shafts
the compressing discs 3 3 mounted in bearings at the opposite ends of the frames
and means for adjusting the free ends of the frames toward or from each other
substantially as set forth.
6. The combination with the compressing discs of a swinging frame an upper
endless belt supported thereby means for locking the frame in position with the
belt pressed upon the discs and a belt below the discs substantially as set forth.
7. The combination of the compressing dises the rollers supporting an endless
belt above said dises in position to contact with the tobacco and supported in a
swinging c frame means for positively driving the belt and discs and a lower
support for the tobacco substantially as set forth.
8. The combination with the compressing discs a belt below the discs and a
frame pivotted above the discs and carrying an endless belt of a second frame also
pivotted above the discs and carrying a compressor wheel at its free end a support

page_text: For the tobacco below said wheel, and means for positively driving said discs belts
and compressor wheel substantially as set forth.
9. In a cigarette machine the combination of the tobacco rod moulding devices
the wrapping devices and a table upon which the wrapping devices are assembled
and which is movable toward and from the moulding devices, substantially as
described.
10. The combination of the trough and folding discs the bearings and driving
gears for the folding discs and shafts fitted removably to said bearings and gears
and supporting the folding, discs substantially as described.
11. The combination with the trough and folding discs of the bearings and
gears of said folding discs shafts fitted removably to said bearings and gears and
supporting the discs and means for adjusting the vertical height of the shafts
including rods 146 extending above the discs substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
12. The combination of the paster wheel revolving paste block for supplying
paste to the edge of said wheel a reservoir within which the said block revolves a
piston in said reservoir and means for propelling said piston to expel the paste from
the reservoir substantially as set forth.
13. The combination with the paster wheel of a reservoir having a conical end
with a delivery opening in said end at one side thereof and a cone revolving in said
end to deliver paste through said opening and a bracket supporting the said
reservoir and swinging to and from the paster wheel substantially as set forth.
14. The combination with the paster wheel, of a reservoir having a conical end
with a delivery opening at one side and a revolving cone in said end, and means for
adjusting the cone within the conical end for the purpose set forth.
15. The combination with the paster wheel the paste reservoir and the piston
therein of devices for moving the piston longitudinally and means for varying the
speed of motion of the piston substantially as described.
16. The combination with the compressing discs and a lower support for the
tobacco of an upper belt and a plate extending over and parallel to the discs above
said belt substantially as described.
17. The combination with the compressing discs and a lower support for the
tobacco of an upper belt a swinging frame supporting said belt and having a plate
above the latter and means for locking the frame in position with the belt pressed
by said plate upon the discs substantially as described.
18. The combination with the compressing discs, and belts respectively above
and below the discs and plate above the upper belt of scrapers arranged to act
against the edges of the discs substantially as described.
19. The combination of the compressing discs the paper former adjacent thereto
the converging plates 81 pivotally supported at one end above the former and
scrapers carried by said plates at their free ends in position to act against said
discs substantially as described.
20. The combination with the filler forming mechanism consisting of com-
pressing discs and belts respectively above and below the discs of the paper
former the converging plats 81 pivotted at one end above the former and
extending into the latter and scrapers at the free ends of said plates substantially
as described.
21. The combination in a cigarette machine of a continuous travelling band
having a longitudinal groove means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove
and pairs of oppositely inclined wheels with their edges projecting into said
groove the wheels of the first pair being arranged to act upon opposite sides of the
tobacco to collect it while the wheels of the last pair with the band give the
obacco its final compression substantially as described.
22. The combination in a cigarette machine of a continuous travelling band
aving a longitudinal groove means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove
nd pairs of oppositely arranged wheels with their edges projecting into said

page_text: groove the wheels of the first pair being arranged to act upon opposite sides of the
tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width, while the wheels of the last pair
with the band condense the tobacco to a greater extent than the size of the finished
cigarette substantially as described.
23. The combination of the continuous travelling band having a longitudinal
groove with flaring sides means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove plates
projecting into said groove parallel to the flaring sides thereof and overlying the
edges of the wrapper strip and oppositely inclined wheels above and parallel to
said plates and arranged to compress the tobacco upon the strip between the edges
of the plates substantially as described.
24. The combination with the grooved travelling band and means for feeding a
wrapper strip thereto of inclined wheels G G having bevelled faces vertical and
parallel to each other at the point of closest proximity and separated and arranged
to act upon opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width
in the groove of said band substantially as set forth.
25. The combination with the travelling band having a permanently formed
groove with flaring sides and an intermediate rounded portion of inclined
wheels G G having bevelled faces bb vertical and parallel to each other at the
point of closest proximity and separated and arranged to act on opposite sides of
the tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width within said groove and a
vertical compressor wheel H having a peripheral groove forming a circle with said
1ounded portion of the band said wheel H being in rear of the wheels G G
substantially as described.
26. The combination in a cigarette machine of a travelling band having a
permanently formed longitudinal groove with flaring sides and an intermediate
1ounded or curved portion and vertical and oppositely inclined compressing wheels
working in said groove in connection therewith to condense and mould the cigarette
substantially as set forth.
b
27. The combination with the travelling band having a longitudinal groove with
flaring faces and an intermediate rounded or curved portion of a vertical wheel F
above the band two inclined wheels G G with bevelled faces operating in the
gioove a vertical compressor wheel H and two inclined wheels II in rear of said
wheel H and provided with edge grooves e e substantially as described.
28. The combination with the travelling band having a longitudinal groove with
flaring faces of the plates 44 extending into the groove parallel with said faces a
vertical wheel F two inclined wheels G G having bevelled faces bb parallel to
each other at the point of closest proximity and adapted to act on opposite sides of
the tobacco a vertical compressor wheel H two inclined final compressor wheels I I
in rear of wheel H and having edge grooves e e and means for positively driving
.said wheels substantially as described.
29. The combination with the continuous grooved band of stationary bars
extending into the groove of said band and having projections 67 and folder
wheels extending into said groove from opposite sides of the band and arranged
respectively in advance of said projections substantially as set forth.
30. The combination of a travelling band having a groove with flaring sides
means for feeding a wrapper strip to the said groove and a vertical wheel F having
a transversely corrugated face a arranged to compress the tobacco in the strip and
corrugated inclined side faces n n substantially as set forth.
31. The combination with the continuous grooved band of the bar J having a
vertical face w the bar J¹ provided with the projection 7 a folder wheel in advance
of said projection a paster in rear thereof and opposite said vertical face a second
folder wheel in rear of the paster and a projection supported by the bar J in
rear of the second folder wheel substantially as set forth.
32. The combination with the continuous grooved band and means for feeding a
wrapper strip thereto of the bar J at one side of the band and provided with a
vertical face the bar J at the opposite side of the bind the projection 7 upon

page_text: said latter bar the folder wheel in advance of said projection the paster in rear
thereof a second folder wheel in rear of the paster and the projection 6 in rear of
the latter folder wheel substantially as described.
33. The combination in a mould for forming rods of three or more endless
travelling bands of flexible material all having grooved edges or faces which
together form a circular chamber when the said bands are brought together and
means for gradually bringing the bands towards each other at one point to form
said chamber substantially as set forth.
34. The within described mould for forming a continuous rod the same consisting
of three or more travelling continuous flexible sections or bands all having grooved
faces which together form a closed chamber of proper shape when the sections are
brought together supports for the said sections for holding them in separated
positions for the introduction of the material between the same and means for
bringing the sections together to compress the material and form a closed chamber.
and hold the material within said chamber while the said sections are travelling in
unison and means for gradually separating the sections to release the travelling rod.
after it has been formed substantially as set forth.
35. The combination with the travelling endless band a having a central groove
and the travelling endless bands bc and means for bringing all the bands together
to form a closed chamber at one point substantially as set forth.
36. The combination of a travelling band a having a groove and supporting
wheels 56 and two travelling bands 89 and their supporting wheels and guides
arranged to deflect the latter bands into and from the groove of the band a
substantially as set forth.
37. The combination of the travelling band a having a groove the travelling
side bands bc means for bringing the said bands together, and a pressure wheel 13
substantially as set forth.
38. The combination of the travelling bands a b and c and means for bringing
them together at one point to form a closed chamber and a presser wheel 15
arranged in advance of the point where the 'bands are brought together substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
39. The combination of the three grooved endless travelling bands a band c
forming a closed moulding chamber between them when brought together and
devices for cupplying a strip of paper to the band a all arranged, to permit the
paper to travel upon the face of the latter band below the bands and c
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
40. The combination with the moulding device including a travelling grooved
band a means for feeding a wrapper strip to said band and means for folding in one
edge thereof onto the filler of a travelling band above and extending partly over
the groove in the band a and adapted to engage and hold down said inturned edge
of the wrapper substantially as set forth.
41. The combination with the moulding device including a travelling grooved
band a and means for feeding a wrapper strip to said band and for folding in one
edge thereof onto the filler of a travelling endless grooved band e above and
extending partly over the groove in the band a in a position to engage and hold
down said inturned edge and means in rear of said band e for pasting and folding
down the second edge of the wrapper substantially as set forth."
42. The combination with the moulding device including a travelling grooved
band a of a travelling band e extending laterally over one side of and into said
band a and having a grooved face h and a flange m bearing against one edge of
the band a substantially as set forth.
43. A tobacco feeder provided with parallel feed rolls arranged in substantially
the same horizontal plane devices for driving one of the rolls at a greater speed
than the other a picking cylinder arranged below said feed rolls and a casing
enclosing said cylinder substantially as set forth.
44. The combination in a tobacco feeder of parallel feed rolls arranged in
substantially the same horizontal plane means for supplying the tobacco thereto

page_text: devices for driving one of said feed rolls at a greater speed than the other a
picking cylinder arranged below the feed rolls and means for driving the cylinder
at a greater speed than the feed rolls substantially as set forth.
45. The combination in a tobacco feeder of parallel feed rolls occupying
substantially the same horizontal plane one of said rolls being plain and the
other having grooves or serrations means for driving said latter roll at a greater
speed than the other roll whereby the tobacco is subjected to a drawing action
and a picker cylinder arranged directly below the feed rolls substantially as
described.
46. The combination with the feed rolls 23 occupying substantially the same
horizontal plane and a picking cylinder 4 directly below said feed rolls of a
presser roll above the feed rolls substantially as described.
47. The combination in a tobacco feeder of parallel feed rolls 23 arranged in
substantially the same horizontal plane a picking cylinder 4 directly below the feed
rolls a feed band 9 a presser roll above said feed rolls and a feed roll 8 arranged
above the said feed band and adjacent to said presser roll substantially as
described.
48. The combination in a tobacco feeder of parallel feed rolls 2 3 arranged in
substantially the same horizontal plane one of said rolls being plain and the other
grooved devices for driving one of said rolls at a greater speed than the other a
picking cylinder arranged directly below the feed rolls 23 à presser roll / above
said rolls and a feed roll 8 substantially as set forth.
49. The combination with the picking devices of a tobacco feeder of a
travelling belt or carrier and marks of graduation v v arranged to indicate
uniform receiving spaces upon the belt between the marks substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
50. The combination with a travelling feed belt of side strips 32 and marks of
graduation v v substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 6th day of August 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.