Improvements in Cigarette-making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette-making Machines.
We, W. D. & H. O. WILLS LIMITED, of Bedminster, in the City and County
of Bristol, and of 53, 54, and 55, Holborn Vinduet, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention (a communication from the Bonsack Machine
Company, of Salem, Virginia, in the United States of America) to be as follows:-
1-
This invention relates to machines by which tapered cigarettes, in shape like
the frustrum of a cone can be made. They are hereinafter for brevity called
"conical cigarettes." A machine containing this invention is composed of the
following mechanisms and means or devices for giving the necessary movements
to the parts comprising such mechanisms, namely, 1st. Tobacco forming
feeding, compressing, separating and delivering mechanisms, by which
loose tobacco is formed into a wedge-shaped web, or
mass, by which
such wedge-shaped web is compressed, or compacted, and a quantity
of tobacco sufficient to form an individual conical cigarette is separated
therefrom and delivered to the wrapping belt. 2nd. Paper feeding, wrapper
cutting, and carrying mechanism, by which strips of paper of sufficient width to
form wrappers are fed to cutting devices, and wrappers of proper size and shape
for wrapping conical cigarette fillers are cut, and are carried to the pasting device.
3rd. Wrapper pasting and delivering mechanism, by which one edge of the wrapper
is supplied with paste and the wrappers are delivered to the wrapping belt.
4th. Wrapping mechanism, by which the wrapping belt is closed around the
tobacco previously deposited thereon and the wrapper is wrapped around the filler
to form a cigarette. The movements of most of these parts are intermittent.
A suitable frame is provided for the machine, and a main shaft having fast and
lrose pulleys to which the necessary power is applied. The various movements
of the machine are taken from the main shaft by devices hereinafter described.
The following is a description of the operative mechanisms in the order herein- .
before named, namely:-
--
TOBACCO FEEDING, COMPRESSING, SEPARATING AND DELIVERING MECHANISM.
In the preferred form of mechanism for these purposes there is an endless tobacco
feeding belt distended over a roller at its outer end and over the end of a table at
its inner end, the upper portion of the belt being supported by this table throughout
its length. This belt is driven intermittently by passing between rollers which aro
preferably geared together by suitable gear wheels. Attached to one of these
rollers is a ratchet wheel which is driven by a pawl pivoted to an arm, which in
turn is pivoted to the shaft of the said roller. The outer end of the said arm is
attached to one end of a connecting rod which is provided with a stud and roller
working in the cam groove of a cam. The opposite end of the said connecting
rod is slotted to embrace the counter-shaft which supports that end of the con-
necting rod this countershaft being driven by a gear wheel attached to the main
shaft engaging with a gear wheel on the countershaft.
The cam groove with the roller gives an endwise movement backwards and
forwards to the connecting rod, thus causing the arm, with the pawl attached
thereto, to first move forwards so that the pawl will engage with the desired tooth

page_text: of the ratchet wheel and then, upon the backward movement of the arm and pawl,
carry the ratchet wheel and cause the rollers which drive the belt to have a
corresponding movement. The rotation of the cam groove, the arm, pawl and
ratchet wheel, and the feed roller with which they are connected, is such that the
belt will be moved sufficiently to feed the necessary quantity of tobacco to form a
cigarette at each revolution of the counter-shaft.
The belt is arranged to travel between guides one of which is preferably higher
than the other, so that the loose tobacco as it is placed upon the belt can be
distributed to form a wedgo shaped mass in cross-section with greater ease and
uniformity, the tops of these guides acting as gauges to assist the operator to obtain
this result. These guides are preferably continued to the delivering end of the
belt, to prevent the escape of the tobacco from the edges of the belt."
The device for compressing, or compacting, the wedge-shaped mass of tobacco
as it is fed along cousists of an endless belt passing over rollers the shafts of
which are arranged on an angle above the surface of the aforesaid feeding belt
so that a wedge-shaped space is left between the belts in which the tobacco is
compressed and compacted, by the movement of the said belts. The under portion
of the upper belt is preferably supported, to resist the pressure of the tobacco, by
a block, filling the space between the rollers and the upper and lower portions
of the said belt, the said block being held in place by attachment to that portion
of the machine which supports the rollers. The upper belt is driven by means of
gear wheels and attached to the rollers of the two belts, and it receives an inter-
mittent movement corresponding to that of feeding or lower belt.
The device for separating the desired quantity of tobacco from the wedge-shaped
compressed mass or web, and delivering it upon the wrapping belt, consist of two
combs one forward of the other. The rearward comb has simply an up and down
movement to enter the tobacco after it has been compressed by passing between
the belts and then is withdrawn therefrom after the other comb has operated to
separate the desired quantity of tobacco. The forward comb has a downward move-
ment to enter the tobacco then a forward movement to separate and deliver the
tobacco to the wrapping apron, then an upward movement and then a backward
movement to again enter the tobacco. The forward comb on its upward movement
passes in contact with and above the lower edge of a scraper which removes
any fibres of tobacco, or any gum from the teeth of the comb. This scraper is
attached to a stem arranged to move in a bearing in an arm so as to move longi-
tudinally relatively to the arm, and is provided at its opposite end with a head
between which and the end of the arm is a spiral spring so that the scraper when
not otherwise controlled, is held at its uppermost position relatively to the arm
by the spring.
The rearward comb is attached to one end of a bell crank lever pivoted to the
frame of the machine and having upon its other end a roller working in a cam
groove in a cam on the counter shaft. The cam groove is of such shape as to cause
the lever to rock upon its pivot and move the comb up and down intermittently
to the desired extent. The forward comb is attached to one end of the aforesaid
arm which is pivoted at its other end to one end of a bell crank lover which is
pivoted to the frame of the machine and carries upon its other end a stud and cam
roller working in a cam groove of a cam also in the counter shaft. The said arm
has pivoted between its ends one end of a connecting rod which rod carries a stud
and cam roller working in a cam groove of the last named cam. The other end
of the said connecting rod is slotted so as to embrace the counter shaft and be
supported thereby. The cam groove for the last named bell-crank lover is of such
shape that it causes the said lever to move the arm connected to it up and down
intermittently to the requisite extent while the cam groove for the said connecting
rod is of such shape as to cause the said connecting rod to move the arm to which
it is connected backwards and forwards intermittently to the desired extent to
cause the forward comb to separate the tobacco and deliver it to the wrapping apron,

page_text: the said arm turning upon the pivot connecting it to the last named bell crank
lever for this purpose. The up and down, and the backward and forward movements
of the said arm take place successively, and when the former movements occur,
the connecting rod has practically no longitudinal movement, and when the latter
movements occur, the said bell-crank lever remains stationary, and thus when the
forward comb has entered the tobacco the desired distance, it is held there by the
said lever during the forward movement of the comb. The scraper as before
described, moves with the said arm except when otherwiso controlled, and as the
Baid arm with the forward comb, moves forward to deliver the tobacco, the head
in connection with the scraper moves under a stationary stop attached to the frame
of the machine so that as the arm moves upward, the scraper is prevented from
moving with it by the said head abutting against the said stop this causing the for-
ward comb to move in contact with, and past, the lower edge of the scraper as before
described. Upon the backward movement of the arm the head passes out from
under the stop when the spring moves the scraper back to the former position.
The width of the feeding belt is preferably about the length of the cigarettes
to be made, and the tobacco which is to be separated and constitute the charges
for the individual cigarettes is disposed upon this belt so as to be of greater
quantity at one side or edge of the belt than at the other and to gradually decrease
in quantity from the edge of the belt which has the more tobacco on it towards
the other edgo, so that when sections of tobacco are removed transversely of the belt
and are compressed and rolled they will form conical cigarette fillers.
PAPER FEEDING, WRAPPER CUTTING AND CARRYING MECHANISM.
The papor foeding mechanism may feed short strips of paper from which tho
wrappers are out, but by a slight change of the devices hereinafter described a
continuous web of paper can be used. There is a guide or table on which the
paper rests and is guided between, and through, feeding rolls, which are geared
together, and are driven intermittently by a pinion on the shaft of the one roll,
engaging with a gear wheel on a shaft, which is in line with the rolls which are
inolined at an angle with the main driving shaft of the machine. The lower
feeding roll is preferably arranged to have an elastic contact with the upper roll, so
as to yield to any inequalities in the paper strips as they are fed along. On the
other end of the aforesaid shaft is a ratchet wheel into which a pawl attached to.
an arm engages. The said arm is attached to a separate stud which may bo
secured to the frame of the machine and the axis of which is parallel to the axis
of the main driving shaft, and consequently is at an angle to that of the shaft, to
which the ratchet wheel is attached. The said arm is attached to one end of a
connecting rod, which carries a stud and cam roller working on the outer surface
or contour of a star cam loosely attached to the main driving shaft, which cam is
provided with say six points or elevations, one being longor than the others, for
the purpose hereafter described. The other end of the connecting rod is slotted
to embrace the main shaft so as to be supported thereby, and is provided with a
spring which is secured to the frame of the machine. The length of each of the
equal five points of the cam is such that it will cause the connecting rod to be
moved longitudinally a sufficient distance for the arm and tho pawl to engage
with the desired number of teeth to revolve the ratchet wheel so as to feed the.
paper forward sufficiently to form a single wrapper, after the strip of paper
has lal the first wrapper cut therefrom. The sixth point of the
cam is, as before described, longer than the other five points, so that as a strip
of paper is first introduced between the feeding rolls, such rolls will be caused to
revolve a distance sufficient to feed the paper from the centre of the rolls to the
farther side of the cutting die, which distance is greater thau from one edge of
the die to the other, the latter distance being all that is required after the first
wrapper has been cut. Of course it is understood that the cam will be provided
with a sufficient number of points to utilize what is left of the strip of paper, after
it has advanced to the cutting devices by the operation of the long point, and

page_text: the first wrapper has been cut therefrom. The cam has secured to it a ratchet
wheel, preferably provided with the same number of teeth as the cam has operative
points, a pawl engaging with this ratchet wheel which pawl is pivoted to an arm,
which in turn is pivoted to the main shaft. This arm is pivoted to one end of a
connecting rod which at its other end carries a stud and roller working upon a cam
attached to the counter shaft, the connecting rod being slotted to embrace the said
shaft and be supported thereby. A spring is attached to one end of the connecting
rod its other end being connected to the frame of the machine so as to hold the cam
roller in contact with the cam. At each revolution of the cam the pawl engages
with the ratchet wheel so as to move the cam in contact with the aforesaid star
cam roller from the bottom of one of its points to the bottom of the next one thus
operating the paper feeding rolls to feed the paper strip the desired distance to
cut a wrapper therefrom for each revolution of the cam on the counter shaft. If
it be desired to use a continuous strip of paper all the points of the star can will
be made of an equal length.
When the paper strip has been fed between the punch and die the punch descends
and cuts out the wrapper. This wrapper is to be of such shape as to wrap a conical
cigarette filler and the cutting edges of the punch and die aro of course corre-
spondingly shaped. The punch is attached to a slide working in suitable ways on
the frame of the machine so as to guide it into and out from the lie the desired
distance. The slide is provided with two pins or bearings which work in a slot in
an arm attached to a rock shaft, which shaft is provided with an arm to which
one end of a connecting rod is attached which rod carries a roller and stud working
in a cam groove in a cam attached to the main shaft. The lower end of the said
connecting rod is slotted so as to embrace the main shaft and be supported thereby.
The shape of the cam groove is such that the rock-shaft will be moved sufficiently
to give the punch tho desired movement to co-act with the die and cut out a
wrapper. The wrapper as it is cut from the paper strip is delivered to a wrapper
carrior and the punch is preferably provided with a follower attached to a stem,
which extends upward through a suitable opening in the punch and slide, which
opening forms a bearing or guide for the saino, the punch being suitably recessed
to receive the follower. The upper end of the stem is attached to an arm on a
rock-shaft, which is provided with another arm which is pivoted to one end of a
connecting rod which is provided with a cam roller and stud working in a cam
groove in one side of a gear wheel attached to the main shaft, the other
ond of tho said connecting rod, being slotted to embrace the said
shaft and be supported thereby. The shape of the cam groove in the said gear
wheel is such as to cause the follower to move down out of its recess in the
punch and carry with it the wrapper after it is cut by the puuch and die into the
wrapper carrier. The carrier is attached to the slide arranged to move longi-
tudinally in bearings in the frame of the machine. The carrier is preferably
composed of a skeleton frame, in which the wrapper is received and supported at its
edges, the frame being constructed to leave an opening or slot beneath the wrapper
and having one of its ends open. The slide to which the carrier is attached is
provided with a cam roller working in a cam groove of the cam attached to a rock-
shaft which makes about one quarter revolution, and in so doing moves the slide
and the carrier from the position where it receives the wrapper, to the position
where the wrapper is taken by the delivering device and removed from the carrier,
and upon the reverse movement of the cam, the slide and carrier are returned to
the first named position.
WRAPPER PASTING AND DELIVERING MECILANISMS.
When the carrier is in the last named position, the wrapper is removed therefrom,
is supplied with the necessary adhesive material and delivered to the wrapping
belt by the following means. A movable finger is brought in contact with the
underside of the wrapper as it rests in the carrier and removes it therefrom and
carries it against a stationary finger attached to an arm, which in turn is attached

page_text: to a rock-shaft. The said movable finger is attached to a slide which moves in
suitable guides in the arm, and the slide has a longitudinal movement in this
arm so that the finger can move relatively to the stationary fingor as described.
The end of the slide opposite that to which the movable finger is attached is
preferably alotted and provided with a pin and roller working in a cam groove
in a feather or slide which moves longitudinally in the rock-shaft by means of a
movable collar attached thereto, the cam groove being of such shape to cause the
finger to make the desired movement. The collar is embraced upon one side by
the cap of a casing which contains a spring adapted to hold the collar in contact
with the cap so that the collar and feather or slide to which it is attached is moved
positively in one direction by the cap and elastically in the other direction by
the spring. The casing is provided with a circular groove adapted to receive a
roller and stud attached to one end of pivoted lever, the other end of this lever
being provided with a cam roller and stud working in a cam groovo in a cam which
is attached to the main shaft, the cam groove being of such shape that it will give
the desired longitudinal movement to the feather or slide to cause the finger to
move as before described. The rock-shaft is driven by a segment of a gear wheel
uttached to such shaft and engaging with a rack on a connecting rod, which rack
is held in gear with the segment by a guide attached to the frame of the machine.
The said connecting rod is provided with a cam roller and stud, which works in a
cam groove in a cam, attached to the main shaft, the other end of the connecting
rod being slotted to embrace the said shaft and be supported theroby. The shape
of cam groove is such that the rock shaft remains stationary while the fingers are
closing, and then moves the fingers, with the wrapper grasped between them,
towards the paste roll, bringing the under edge of the wrapper, in contact with
the paste roll, where it receives the desired quantity of paste, and then moves the
fingers, with the wrapper still grasped between them, into position to deliver the
unpasted edge of the wrapper to the wrapping apron, the rock shaft remaining
stationary while the fingers open to release the wrappor therefrom, and then moves
the fingers in a roverse direction in position to remove another wrapper from the
carrier. The movable finger when in its open position passes under the carrier,
then passes through the open slot in the bottoni of the said carrier in the act of
removing and grasping the wrappor, and then passes over the said carrier, in
the act of applying the paste and delivering the wrapper to the wrapping belt.
The pasting rollers are preferably frustro-conical in shape, so as to present a
parallel surface to the inclined edge of the wrapper, the punch and die by which
the wrapper is cut being preferably arranged so that the edge of the wrapper which
is presented to the wrapping belt is parallel with the main driving shaft thus leaving
the inclined edge of the wrapper to be presented to the pasting roll. The pasting
rolls are geared together by gear wheels one of which also engages with a gear
wheel on a shaft which is provided with a ratchet wheel operated by a pawl attached
to an arm pivoted on the said shaft, the lower end of such arm being
slotted to embrace a pin in one end of the aforesaid racked connecting rod,
60 that upon the movement of the connecting rod, as before described,
the paste rollers, will be revolved to the desired extent to properly distribute tho
paste upon them and present a fresh surface of paste to each wrapper. The pasting
rollers are situated in a recoptacle to recoive the paste.
The wrapping mechanism consists of the following devices: The ends of a
wrapping apron, in shape preferably like the segment of an annulus are secured to
frustro-conical shaped (hereinafter for brevity called conical) wrapping drums which
are mounted in arms in such manner that their axes are arranged radially to a
rock shaft and these arms are supported upon the frame of the machine. The apron
passes over other frustro-conical shaped (hereinafter called conical) rollers or
rnther between these last named rollers and one of the aforesaid conical drums 80
as to form a pocket in such apron, into which the tobacco is deposited and the
rolling of the filler and the wrapping of the wrapper takes place, the conical rollers
being arranged to move away from the drum to open the pocket to permit of the

page_text: removal of the cigarette and the introduction of a new charge of tobacco, and to
move towards the drum to close the pocket so that the wrapping apron can operate
to roll and wrap the tobacco. The axes of the conical drums and of the conical
rollers all point practically to a common centre or point which is a continuation
of the axis of the cigarette as it is being wrapped. The operative surfaces of the
parts above named when such surfaces are in contact with the wrapping apron
during the operation of rolling and wrapping the tobacco converge practically
towards the common centre or point with the axes. The wrapping apron is secured
at one end to one of the conical drums, and at its other end to the other conical drum,
so that as it unwinds from one drum, it is wound upon the other drum, unless
otherwise, controlled, so long as both drums revolve simultaneously. In cider
to provide the necessary increase of slack to form a pecket of the desired size and
opening to receive the loose tobacco, the one drum ceases to revolve before the
stoppage of the other drum, so that a greater length of apron is paid off from
the one drum than is taken up by the former. The one druni commences its revolu-
tion, and the taking up of the apron, before the other drum, commences to pay off
the apron, consequently the slack of the apron is decreased and the pocket is lessened
in size to the desired extent to compress the loose tobacco, and roll it into a filler,
ready to be wrapped. The pocket formed in the apron is first lessened in size by
the movement of the conical rollers which takes place just prior to the beginning
of the forward movement of the drum which first moves anil upon the beginning
of this movement the pocket formed in the apron is further lessened in size by
decreasing the slack of the apron until it reaches the requisite dimensious whereupon
the other drum commences to pay off the apron keeping the pocket of substantially
the same size, until the cigarette is wrapped, when the conical rollers move back
again and the cigarette is released from the control of the wrapping apron ready
to be ejected therefrom. The construction and arrangement is such that the conical
drums begin their backward or reverse movement simultaneously, the one drum
taking up the apron as fast as it is paid off from the other drum until the first
drum ceases its movement in this direction, but, the second drum continues to pay
off the apron to give the necessary increase of slack to form the pocket to receive
the loose tobacco for a cigarette. Any suitable means may be employed to remove
or eject the cigarette from the wrapping apron, and if desired to convey it to
trimming devices.
The wrapper with the necessary amount of paste applied to one of the edges,
is delivered to the wrapping apron, as before expained, and as scou as it reaches
the requisite position, the unpasted edge of the same extends down through a
suitable space, left between the two portions of the apron which form the mouth of
the pocket, and is grasped between the wrapping apron and the tobacco filler, as
soon as the fingers release their hold upon the wrapper, and the continued rolling
of the filler wraps the wrapper around it and brings the pasted edge in contact
with the underlapping edge of the wrapper thus causing the two edges to adhere.
A brush or other suitable meaus may be employed to remove the particles of
tobacco from the apron and prevent the cigarette from being soiled. The conical
drums are provided with gear wheels, which engage with rucks, formed on a
segment attached to a perpendicular rock shaft journailed in the frame of the
machine at right angles to the main shaft. The rock shaft is provided with a
segment of a gear wheel which engages with a rack on a slide which is slotted to
embrace the main shaft at one end and is supported thereon, and at its other end
rests between guide rollers so as to have a free endwise movement, the slide being
also provided with a cam roller and stud working in a cam groove of a shape to
cause the slide to reciprocate longitudinally and cause the rock shaft to make the
necessary movements to operate the conical drums as before explained. The
segmental rack which operates one conical drum is shorter than the rack which
operates the other so that the gear wheel attached to the one drum moves out of
engagement with such rack and remains stationary while the other rack is always

page_text: engaged with the gear wheel on the other drum and thus this drum is always
under the control of the rack. This construction permits the one drum to remain
stationary, while the other drum is increasing or decreasing the slack of the apron
to the size of the pocket as heretofore explained.
The conical rollers are journalled in brackets attached to a support which is
pivoted upon the rock shaft, which support is provided with an arm carrying a cam
roller and stud working in a cam groove of the cam attached to a vertical shaft,
which is driven by bevel wheels, one of which is attached to the main shaft. The
cam groove is of such shape that it causes the conical rollers to swing intermittently
to and from the drum, at the proper times, as before explained. The function
of one conical roller is to hold the apron in proper relation to the drum during the
rolling of the tobacco and the wrapping of the wrapper around it. The function
of the other roller is to assist in compressing the tobacco in the apron and in giving
the proper shape, size and finish to the cigarette.
It is desirable that the diameter of the conical drums should be such that the
cigarette can be wrapped during one revolution, or less, of the drums, so that the
apron will not overlap itself on the drums and thus increase and diminish their
operative sizes in taking up and paying off the belt.
The main functions of one of the conical drums are to hold the apron in the
proper relation to the conical rollers and to secure and deliver a portion of the apron
used in the wrapping of the cigarette, but it is evident that other means than the
drum may be employed for this purpose.
It will be readily understood that the various shafts cams rock shafts arms and
levers are to be so formed and timed as to give to the various operative parts of
the machine the necessary extent of movement at the proper times, to perform the
several operations heretoforo described, each revolution of the main shaft com-
pleting one cigarette.
The construction and arrangement of the various parts may be somewhat changed
and yet perform the functions herein set forth without departing from the principles
of this invention, and therefore we do not limit ourselves to the specific construction
and arrangement of the parts herein described.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.O.,
Agenta
We, W. D. & H. O. WILLS LITTED, of Bedminster, in the City and County
of Bristol, and of 53, 54, and 55, Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention (which has been cominunicated to us from
abroad by the Bonsack Machine Company of Salem, Virginia, in the United States
of America,) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to machines by which tapered cigarettes, in shape like
the frustrum of a cone can be made. They are hereinafter for brevity called
"conical cigarettes." A machine containing this invention is composed of the
following mechanisms and means, or devices, for giving the necessary movements
to the parts comprising auch mechanisms, namely: 1st. Tobacco forming,
feeding, compressing, separating, and delivering, mechanisms, by which

page_text: loose tobacco is formed into a wedge-shaped web, or mass, by which
such wedge-shaped web is compressed, or compacted, and B quantity
of tobacco sufficient to form an individual conical cigarette is separated
therefrom, and delivered to the wrapping belt. 2nd. Paper feeding, wrapper
outting, and carrying, mechanism, by which strips of paper, of sufficient width to
form wrappers aro fed to cutting devices, and wrappers of proper size and shape
for wrapping conical cigarette fillers, are cut and are carried to the pasting device.
3rd. Wrapper pasting and delivering mechanism, by which one edge of the wrapper
is supplied with paste and the wrappers are delivered to the wrapping belt.
4th. Wrapping mechanism, by which the wrapping belt is closed around the
tobacco previously deposited thereon and the wrapper is wrapped around the filler
to form a cigarette. I will describe these mechanisms, and the means by which
they are operated, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The movements
of most of the parts are intermittent.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a plan of a cigarette machine constructed in accordance with this
invention;
Fig. 1 is a plan of a wrapper for conical cigarettes;
Fig. 1 illustrates a conical cigarette.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine looking in the direction of the arrow
on the left of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of
the arrow;
Fig. 2 is a plan of a wrapping belt for conical cigarettes disconnected from the
machine;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the machine shewn
in Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is a section of the tobacco feeding and compressing devices, a detail view
of the wrapping devices, and a detail view of the tobacco separating and delivering
devices, and cams for operating the latter;
Fig. 7 is a detail shewing the tobacco delivering device in its upward position
directly after delivering the tobacco;
Fig. 8 is a detail of the wrapping devices after the wrapping apron has been
brought around the tobacco, and before the slack of the apron has been all taken
up;
Fig. 9 is a detail of the same devices shewing the position of these devices after
the cigarette has been wrapped and released from the fold of the apron;
Fig. 10 is a plan and Fig. 11 is a vertical section (on the line 2-2 of Fig. 10)
of the wrapping devices, the wrapping apron being broken away to shew the small
rollers;
Figs. 12, 13, 14 and 15 are details of the parts of the wrapping devices;
Fig. 16 is a plan of the paper feeding, wrapper cutting and delivery devices;
Fig. 17 is a plan of a portion of the paper feed table, the wrapper carrier and the
pasting rolls shewing the relative positions of these parts;
Fig. 18 is a vertical section (on the line 3-3 of Fig. 16,) of the wrapper cutting
and stripping devices;
Figs. 19 and 20 are sections of the same devices;
Fig. 21 is a view of the wrapper delivering devices, shewing the gripping
fingers;
Figa 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 are details of the same devices;
Fig. 29 is a front elevation of the pasting device, wrapper carrier and wrapper
delivering devices and mechanism for operating the same;
Fig. 30 is a section (on the line 14 of Fig. 29) shewing the cam for operating
the pasting device and wrapper delivering devices;
Fig. 31 is a section shewing the wrapper when in contact with the pasting roll,
and portions of the wrapper delivering dovices when delivering the wrapper to the
wrapping devices.

page_text: In these drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, A' is the main shaft
of the machine provided with fust and loose pulleys, a³ and a³, to which the necessary
power is applied from any suitable source. The various movements of the machine
are taken from the main shaft by devices hereinafter described.
TOBACCO FEEDING, COMPRESSING, SEPARATING AND DELIVERING MECHANISM.
B represents an endless tobacco feeding belt distended over the roller b at its
outor end and over the end of the table at its inner end, the upper portion of the
belt being supported by this table throughout its length. This belt is driven
intermittently by passing between the rollers and 6, which are preferably geared
together by gear wheels (not shown). Attached to the roller is a ratchet wheel 64,
which is driven by a pawl 66, pivoted to an arm 65, which in turn is pivoted to
the shaft of the roller b³. The outer end of the arm, is attached to one end of a
connecting rod which is provided with a stud and roller 8 working in the
cam groove of the cam 60. The opposite end of the rod is slotted to embrace
the countershaft A which supports that end of the connecting rod, this countershaft
being driven by a toothed wheel A³ attached to the main shaft A' engaging with
the toothed wheel Aº on the countershaft.
The cam groove 6º, with the roller 68, gives an endwise movement backwards and
forwards to the connecting rod, thus causing the arm &, with the pawl be attached
thereto, to first move forward, so that the pawl will engage with the desired tooth
of the ratchet wheel, and then, upon the backward movement of the arm and
pawl, carry the ratchet wheel, and cause the rollers and 6 to have a corre-
sponding movement. The relation of the cam groove b, the arm, pawl and ratchet
wheel, and the feed roller with which they are connected, is such that the belt B
will be moved sufficiently to feed the necessary quantity of tobacco to form a
cigarette at each revolution of the countershaft A+.
The belt B is arranged to travel between guides 6 and 613, one of which, 61, is
preferably higher than the other ", so that the loose tobacco, as it is placed upon
the belt, can be distributed to form a mass, wedge-shaped in cross-section, with
greater case and uniformity, the tops of these guides acting as gauges to assist the
operator to obtain this result. These guides are preferably continued to the deliver-
ing end of the belt, to prevent the escape of the tobacco from the edges of the
belt.
The device shewn more especially in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, for compressing, or
compacting, the wedge-shaped mass of tobacco, as it is fed along, consists of an
endless belt C passing over rollers c and c', the shafts of which are arranged at an
angle to the surface of the feeding belt B, so that a wedge-shaped space is left
between the belts in which the tobacco is compressed and compacted, by the move-
ment of the belts B and C. The under portion of the belt C is preferably supported
to resist the pressure of the tobacco, by a block filling the space between the
rollers c and c and the belt, the said block being held in place by attachment to
that portion of the machine which supports the rollers c, c', 68, and ³. The
belt C is driven by means of gear wheels and c attached to the rollers and 63
respectively, and it receives an intermittent movement corresponding to that of the
belt B.
The devices for separating the desired quantity of tobacco from the wedge-
shaped compressed mass or web, and delivering it upon the wrapping belt, consist
of two combs D and D', the former having simply an up and down movement to
enter the tobacco after it has been compressed by passing between the belts B
and C, and then to be withdrawn therefrom after the comb D¹ has operated to
separate the desired quantity of tobacco. The comb D' has a downward movement
to enter the tobacco, then a forward movement to separate and deliver the tobacco to
the wrapping apron, then an upward movement, and then a backward move-
ment to again enter the tobacco. In Fig. 2 the combs are shewn in dotted lines in
position to enter the tobacco, and the comb D' as having completed its forward move-
ment whilst in Fig. 7 the comb D' is shown in its upward position, ready to return for

page_text: another charge of tobacco. The comb D', on its upward movement, passes in
contact with and above, the lower edge of the scraper D², (shewn in dotted lines
in Figs. 6 and 7,) which removes any fibres of tobacco, or any gum, from the teeth
of the comb. This scraper is attached to a stem d arranged to move in a bearing
in the arm 13 80 as to move longitudinally relatively to the arm, and is provided
at its opposite end with a head between which and the end of the arm D³ is a
spiral spring & so that the scraper D', when not otherwise controlled, is held at
its uppermost position relatively to the arm 13 by the spring .
The comb D is attached to one end of the bell crank lever D', (shewn in Fig. 6
in dotted lines, as broken away,) and is pivoted to the frame of the machine at D³.
It has upon its other end a roller D, working in a cam groove 17, in the cam 10.
The cam groove D' is of such shape as to cause the lever D' to rock upon its pivot
and move the comb D up and down intermittently to the desired extent for the
before mentioned purpose. The comb D. is attached to one end of the arm D³,
which arm is pivoted at its other end to one end of a bell-crank lever Ds, which is
pivoted to the frame of the machine at D and carries upon its other end a stud
and can roller D10, working in a cam groove D, of the cam D1, on the same
counter-shaft as the cam 610. The arm 13 has pivoted between its ends one end
of a connecting rod D18, which rod carries a stud and cam roller D working in a
cam groove D15 of the cam D". The other end of the connecting rod D¹³ is slotted
BO ns to embrace the countershaft A and be supported thereby. The cam
groove D is of such a shape that it causes the lever Ds to move the arm D³ up and
down intermittently to the requisite extent for the hereinbefore mentioned purpose,
while the cam groove D¹s is of such a shape as to cause the connecting rod D¹³ to
move the arm D³ backwards and forwards intermittently to the desired extent to
cause the comb D' to separate the tobacco, and deliver it to the wrapping apron,
the lever D³ turning upon the pivot connecting it to the lever Ds for this purpose.
The up and down, and the backward and forward, movements of the aim ³ takes
place successively, and when the up and down movements occur, the connecting
rod D has practically no longitudinal movement, and when the backward and
forward movements occur, the lever D8 remains stationary, and thus when the
comb D¹ has entered the tobacco the desired distance, it is held there by the lever D³
during the forward movement of the comb. The scraper D, as before described,
moves with the arm 13, except when otherwise controlled, and as the arm D³, with
the comb D', moves forward to deliver the tobacco, the head d¹ moves under_a
stationary stop d³ attached to the frame of the machine, so that, as the arm D³
moves upward, the scraper D is prevented from moving with it by head d' abutting
against the stop , this causing the comb D' to move in contact with, and past,
the lower edge of the scraper D as before described, in which latter position it is
shewn in Fig. 7 with the spring a compressed. Upon the backward movement of
the arm D³ the head d passes out from under the stop ³, when the spring
moves the scraper D back to the former position, as shewn in Fig. 6, which also
shews the position of the parts just previous to the upward movement of the arm 13.
The width of the feeding belt B is preferably about the length of the cigarettes
to be made, and the tobacco which is to be separated, and constitute the charges
for the individual cigarettes, is disposed upon this belt so as to be of greater
quantity at one side, or edge, of the belt than at the other side or edge, and a
gradually decreasing quantity from the side or edge of the belt which has the more
tobacco on it towards the other side or edge, so that, when sections of tobacco are
removed transversely of the belt and are compressed and rolled, they will form
conical cigarette fillers.
PAPER FEEDING, WRAPPER CUTTING AND CARRYING MECHANISM.
The paper feeding mechanism, shewn in the drawings, is especially designed
for feeding short strips of paper, from which the wrappers are cut, but, by a

page_text: be used. In the drawings E represents a guide, or table, on which the paper
rests and is guided between, and through, the feeding rolls E' and E which aro
geared together, and are driven intermittently by a pinion E³ on the shaft of the
roll E engaging with a gear wheel E, on the shaft E, which is in line with the
rolls E' and which are ahewn inclined at an angle with the main driving shaft
of the machine. The lower feeding roll E is preferably arranged to have an elastic
contact with the roll E¹, so as to yield to any inequalities in the paper strips as they
are fed along. On the other end of the shaft 1 is a ratchet wheel with which
a pawl E7 attached to the arm. E engages. The arm E is attached to a separate
stud secured to the frame of the machine, and the axis of which is parallel to the
axis of the main driving shaft, and consequently is at an angle to that of the
shaft E5 to which the ratchet wheel E is attached. The arm E is attached to
one end of a connecting rod E, which carries a stud and cam roller El⁰ working
on the outer surface, or contour, of the star cam E" loosely attached to the main
driving shaft A', which cam is provided with say six points, or elevations, one
being longer than the others, for the purpose hereafter described. The other end
of the connecting rod E9 is alotted, to embrace the main shaft A¹, so as to be
supported thereby, and is provided with a spring E, which is secured to the frame
of the machine. The length of each of the five points e of the cam E" is such that
they will cause the connecting rod EP to be moved longitudinally a sufficient distance
for the arm E and the pawl E7 to engage with the desired number of teeth to rotate
the ratchet wheel Ee so as to feed the paper forward sufficiently to form a single
wrapper, after the strip of paper has had the first wrapper out therefrom. The
sixth point e of the cam E is, as before described; longer than the five points c,
so that as a strip of paper is first introduced between the feeding rolls E and E²,
such rolls will be caused to revolve a distance sufficient to feed the paper from
the centre of the rolls to the farther side of the outting die, which distance is
greater than from one edge of the die to the other, the latter distance being all
that is required after the first wrapper has been cut. Of course it is understood
that the cam Eu will be provided with a sufficient number of points e to utilize
what is left of the strip of paper, after it has advanced to the cutting devices by
the operation of the point and the first wrapper has been cut therefrom. The
cam E has, secured to it, a ratchet wheel e³, preferably provided with the same
number of teeth as the cam has operative points, a pawl e engaging with this ratchet
wheel which pawl is pivoted to the arm e, which in turn is pivoted to the main
shuft A. The arm is pivoted to one end of a connecting rode which, at its
other end, carries a stud and roller working upon the cam & attached to the
countershaft A, the connecting rode being slotted to embrace the shaft A', and
be supported thereby. A spring is attached to one end of the connecting rod e³
its other end 'being connected to the frame of the machine so as to hold the cam
roller in contact with the cam e7. At each revolution of the came the pawl e³
engages with the ratchet wheel, so as to move the cam E" in contact with the star
cam roller E from the bottom of one of its points to the bottom of the next one,
thus operating the paper feeding rolls to feed the paper strip the desired distance
to cut a wrapper therefrom for each revolution of the cam e. If it be desired to
use a continuous strip of paper all the points of the star cam E" will be made of
an equal length.
When the paper strip has been fed between the punch F and die F', the punch
descends and cuts out the wrapper. This wrapper is to be of such shape as to wrap
a conical cigareite filler, and is preferably of the shape shown in plan view
in Fig. 1, and the cutting edges of the punch and die are of course correspondingly
shaped. The punch is attached to a alide F working in suitable ways or guides
on the frame of the machine so as to guide it into, and out from, the die the desired
distance. The slide F is provided with two pins, or bearings, F3, Fig. 20 which
work in a slot F in the arm F Fig. 3 attached to a rock shaft F, which shaft
is provided with an arm F, to which one end of a connecting rod F8 is attached
which rod carries a roller and stud F working in a cam groove F10 in a cam F",

page_text: attached to the main shaft A. The lower end of the connecting rod F8 is slotted
60 as to embrace the shaft A' and be supported thereby. The shape of the cam
groove is such that the rock shaft will be moved sufficiently to give the
punch the desired movement to co-act with the die F, and cut out a wrapper.
The wrapper, as it is cut from the paper strip, is delivered to a wrapper carrier f
and the punch is preferably provided with a follower fattached to a stem fª,
which extends upward through a suitable opening in the punch and slide, which
opening forms a bearing or guide for the same, the punch being suitably recessed
to receive the follower, as shown in Figs 18 and 19. The upper end of the stem f
is attached to an arm on the rock shaft f, which is provided with another arm f5
which is pivoted to one end of a connecting rod fo which is provided with a cam
roller and stud working in a cam groove in one side of the gear wheel A³ attached
to the shaft A', the other end of the said connecting rod f being slotted to
embrace the said shaft A' and be supported thereby. The shape of the cam
groove in the said gear wheel A is such as to cause the follower fi to move down
out of its recess in the punch F, and carry with it the wrapper after it is cut
by the punch and die into the wrapper carrier f. The two extremo positions of
the follower are shewn in Figs. 18 and 19. The carrier f is attached to the
slide arranged to move longitudinally in bearings in the frame of the machine,
as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. The carrier is preferably composed of a skeleton frame
(shewn in cross-section in Figs. 18 and 19,) in which the wrapper is received
and supported at its edges, the frame being constructed to leave an opening, or
slot, f, beneath the wrapper and having one of its ends open, as shown in Fig. 17.
The slide to which the carrier is attached is provided with a cam roller f³,
working in a cam groove f, of the cam f, attached to a rook-shaft A', which
makes about one-quarter of a rotation, and, in so doing, moves the slide 7 and
the carrier from the position shewn in full lines in Fig. 17, where it receives the
wrapper, to the position shewn in dotted lines in the said figure where the wrapper
is taken by the delivering device and removed from the carrier f, and, upon the
reverse movement of the cam, the slide and carrier are returned to the position
shewn in full lines in Fig. 17.
WRAPPER PASTING AND DELIVERING MECHANISMS.
When the carrier is in the position shewn in dotted lines in
Fig. 17, the wrapper iB removed therefrom, is supplied with the
necessary adhesive material and is delivered to the wrapping belt by
the following means: G represents a moveable finger which is brought
into contact with the underside of the wrapper as it rests in the
carrier and removes it therefrom and carries it against a stationary finger G',
attached to an arm G³, which, in turn, is attached to a rock-shaft A'. The finger G
is attached to a slide G which moves in suitable ways or guides situated in the
arm G, and the slide has a longitudinal movement in this arm so that the finger G
can move relatively to the finger G, as described. The end of the slide, opposite
that to which the finger G is attached, is preferably slotted and provided with a
pin and roller G Fig. 21, working in a cam groove G in a feather or slide G
which moves longitudinally in the rock shaft A by means of the moveable collar G7
attached thereto, the cam groove being of such a shape to cause the finger G
to make the desired movement. The collar G is embraced upon one side by the
cap G8 of a casing G which contains a spring Go adapted to hold the collar G7 in
contact with the cap G8 so that the collar and feather, or slide, to which it is
attached is moved positively in one direction by the cap G8 and elastically in the
other direction by the spring Go The casing G is provided with a circular
groove G", adapted to receive a roller and stud G1, attached to one end of pivoted
lever G13, the other end of this lever being provided with a cam roller and stud G
working in a cam groove (15 in the cam 1, which is attached to the shaft A¹,
the cam groove G15 being of such a shape that it will give the desired longitudinal
movement to the feather, or slide, Ge, to cause the finger G to move as before
described. The rock-shaft A' is driven by a segment 9 of a gear wheel attached

page_text: to the said shaft and engaging with a rack g' on a connecting rod g³, which rack
is held in gear with the segment by the guide g³ attached to the frame of the
machine. The connecting rod 9 is provided with a cam roller and stud g* which
works in the cam groove g³ in a cain y, attached to the shaft A', the other end
of the connecting rod being slotted to embrace the said shaft A' and be supported
thereby. The shape of cam groove is such that the rock shaft A remains
stationary while the fingers are closing, and then moves the fingers, with the
wrapper grasped between them, towards the paste roll g', bringing the under
edge of the wrapper, (as shown in Fig. 31), into contact with the paste roll g
where it receives the desired quantity of paste, and then moves the fingers, with
the wrapper still grasped between them, into position to deliver the unpasted
edge of the wrapper to the wrapping apron, the rock-shaft remaining stationary
while the fingers open to release the wrapper therefrom, and then it moves the
fingers in a reverse direction in position to remove another wrupper from. tho
carrier f. The latter position of the fingers is shewn in Fig. 30, while the position
of the fingers when the wrapper is receiving its paste, and when it is being delivered
to the wrapping apron, is shewn in Fig. 31. The finger G, when in its open
position, passes under the carrier f, (as shown in Fig. 30,) then
passes through the open slot in the bottom of the said carrier in
the act of removing and grasping the wrapper, and then passes over the said
carrier, in the act of applying the paste and delivering the wrapper to the wrapping -
belt.
The pasting rollers 97 and 98 should be frustro-conical in shape, as shewm, Bo
as to present a parallel surface to the inclined edge of the wrapper, the punch and
die by which the wrapper is cut being preferably arranged so that the edge of
the wrapper, which is presented to the wrapping belt, is parallel with the main
driving shaft A', thus leaving the inclined edge of the wrapper to be presented
to the pasting roll. The pasting rolls are geared together, as shewn in Fig. 2,
by gear wheels and 10, the wheel also engaging with a gear wheel
g on a shaft g, which is provided with a ratchet wheel g¹³, operated by a
pawl attached to an arm 15 pivoted on the shaft g, the lower end of the
said arm being slotted to embrace a piu in one end of the connecting rod g³, as shewn
in Figs. 2, 3, and 30, so that, upon the movement of the connecting rod g³, as before
described, the paste rollers will be rotated to the extent necessary to properly
distributo the paste upon them and present a fresh surface of paste to each wrapper.
The pasting rollers are situated in a paste receptacle.
The wrapping mechanism consists of the following devices: A wrapping
apron H, shaped preferably as a segment of an annulus (as shewn in Fig. 2) has
its ends secured to frustro-conical shaped wrapping drums H and H* which are
mounted in arms Hand H, in such manner that their axes are arranged
radially to the rock-shaft H, and these arms are supported upon the frame of the
machine at the point H as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The apron H passes over
frustro-conical aluaped rollers h and h¹, or rather between these last named rollers
and the drum H, so as to form a pocket in such apron, into which the tobacco is
deposited and in which the rolling of the filler and the wrapping of the wrapper
take place, the rollers hand h' being arranged to move away from the drum II'
to open the pocket to permit of the removal of the cigarette and the introduction
of a new charge of tobacco, and to move towards the drum H¹ to close the pocket
so that the wrapping apron can operate to roll and wrap the tobacco. The axes
of the drums H¹ and H and of the rollers and all point practically to a common
centre, or point, which is a continuation of the axis of the cigarette as it is being
wrapped. The operative surfaces of the parts above named, when such surfaces
are in contact with the wrapping apron during the operation of rolling and wrapping
the tobacco, converge practically towards the common centre, or point, with the
axes. The drum H is shewu with its axis inclined to the plane of the axis of
drum H', but nevertheless the axis of drum H points, and its operative surface
converges practically, towards the same point as the axes and operative surfaces

page_text: of the drum H¹ and the rollers h and h¹. The wrapping apron H is secured at one
end to the conical drum H', and at its other end to the drum H4, so that, as it
unwinds from one drum, it is wound upon the other drum, unless otherwise con-
trolled, so long as both drums rotate simultaneously. In order to provide the
necessary increase of slack to form a pocket of the desired size and opening, to
receive the loose tobacco, as shown in Fig. 6, the drum H' ceases to rotate before
the stoppage of drum H2, so that a greater length of apron is paid off from the
drum H³ than is taken up by the drum H. The conical drum H³ commences
its revolution, and the taking up of the apron H, before the drum H', commences
to pay off the apron, consequently the slack of the apron is decreased, and the
ponket is lessened in size, to the desired extent to compress the loose tobacco, and
roll it into a filler, ready to be wrapped, as shewn in Figs. 11 and 31. The
pocket formed in the apron H is first lessened in size by the movement of the
conical rollers h h', from the position shewn in Fig. 6 to that shewn in Fig. 8,
which movement takes place just prior to the beginning of the forward movement
of the drum H and upon the beginning of this movement, the pocket, formed in
the apron H, is further lessened in size by decreasing the slack of the apron until it
reaches the dimensions indicated in Figs. 11 and 31, whereupon the drum H¹
commences to pay off the apron H, keeping the pocket of substantially the same
size, until the cigarette is wrapped, when the rollers move back again into
the position shewn in Fig. 9, and the cigarette is released from the control of the
Wrapping apron ready to be ejected therefrom, this position of the rollers h h¹ being
the same as that shewn in Fig. 6, where the pocket of the apron is shewn of its
full opening size. The construction and arrangement is such that the
drums H H begin their backward, or reverse, movement simultaneously, the
drum H taking up the apron H as fast as it is paid off from the drum H³, until
the drum H ceases its movement in this direction, but, the drum H continues to
pay off the apron H, to give the necessary increase of slack to form the pocket
to receive the loose tobacco for a cigarette. Any suitable means may be employed
to remove, or eject, the cigarette from the wrapping apron, and, if desired, to
convey it to trimming devices.
The wrapper, with the necessary amount of paste applied to one of the edges,
is delivered to the wrapping apron, as before explained, and as soon as it reaches
the position shown in Fig. 31, the unposted edge of the wrapper extends down
through a suitable space, left between the two portions of the apron H which form
the mouth of the pocket, and is grasped between the wrapping apron and the tobacco
filler, as soon as the fingers GG release their hold upon the wrapper, and the
continued rolling of the filler wraps the wrapper around it and brings the pasted
edge in contact with the underlapping edge of the wrapper thus causing the two
elges to adhere. A brush, or other suitable means, inay be employed to remove the
particles of tobacco from the apron H and prevent the cigarette from being soiled.
The drums H and H³ are provided with gear wheels, H7 H8, which engage with
rucks H, Ho, formed on the segment " attached to the perpendicular rock-
shaft H journalled in the frame of the machine at right angles to the shaft A¹.
The rock-shaft H is provided with a segment H12 of a gear wheel which engages
with a rack H on the slide II", which is slotted to embrace the shaft A at one
end so as to be supported thereon, and at its other end rests between guide
rollers H1, H16, so as to have a free endwise movement, the slide being also provided
with a cam roller and stud working in a cam groove in the cam go this cam groove
being of such a shape as to cause the slide H to reciprocate longitudinally and
cause the rock shaft H³ to make the necessary movements to operate the drums H¹
and H as before explained. The rack H° is shorter than the rack II so that the
gear wheel H' attached to the drum H' moves out of engagement with the rack H
and remains stationary while the rack H is always engaged with the gear wheel He
on the drum H³, and thus this drum H2 is always under the control of the
Jack H. This construction permite the drum H' to remain stationary, while the

page_text: drum H is increasing, or decreasing, the slack of the apron H to the size of the
pocket as herein before explained.
The rollers h and are journaled in brackets attached to the support h³ which
is pivoted upon the rock shaft II, which support is provided with an arm h³
carrying a can roller and stud working in a cam groove 5, in the cam h³,
attached to a vertical shaft h, which is driven by bevel wheels 18 h, the wheel ho
being attached to the shaft A. The cam groove A is of such a shape that it causes
the rollers h and h¹ to swing intermittently to and from the drum H', at the proper
times, as before explained. The function of the roller h is to hold the apron H
in proper relation to the drum Fl during the rolling of the tobacco, and the
wrapping of the wrapper around it. The function of the roller is to assist in
compressing the tobacco in the apron and in giving the proper shape, sizo, and
finish, to the cigarette
It is desirable that the diameter of the druins H' and He should be such that the
cigarette can be wrapped during one revolution, or less, of the drums, so that the
apron will not overlap itself on the drums, and thus increase and diminish their
operative sizes in taking up, and paying off, the belt.
The main functions of the drum H' are to hold the apron in the proper relation
to the rollers and h¹, and to secure and deliver a portion of the apron used in the
wrapping of the cigarette, but it is evident that other means than the drum H¹
may be employed for this purpose.
It will be readily understood that the various shafts, cams, rock-shafts, arms, and
levers, are to be so formed, and timed, as to give to the various operative parts
of the machine the necessary extent of movement, at the proper times, to perform
the several operations hereinbefore described, cach rotation of the main shaft A¹
completing one cigarette.
The construction and arrangement of the various parts may, of course, be some-
what changed and yet perform the functions herein set forth, without departing from
the nature of this invention, and therefore we do not limit ourselves to the specific
construction and arrangement of the parts herein described. and illustrated in the
drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion,. and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In a machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination with a tobacco-
feeding belt, of guides of unequal height, arranged on the opposite sides. of the
belt, whereby the distribution of loose tobacco into a wedge-shaped mass on the
helt is facilitated, and the tobacco prevented from being displaced.
2. In a machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination of a tobacco-
feeding belt, means for operating the said belt, a compressing belt or equivalent
device arranged laterally at an angle with the said feeding belt, and means for
operating the said compressing belt or device, whereby a wedge-shaped mass of
tobacco is compressed and compacted on the feeding belt substantially as herein-
before explained.
3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a wrapping apron, a conical
drum H to which one end of the wrapping apron is attached, a support independent
of the conical drum H, to which the opposite end of the wrapping apron is attached,
and mechanism for rotating the drum relatively to the said support, whereby the
desired slack to form a conical shaped pocket can be given to the wrapping apron
and this alack can be increased or decreased by the rotation of the drum in opposite
directions, substantially as hereinbefore explained.
4. In a machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination of a wrapping
apron, and a conical drum H³, by which the apron is operated, mechanism for
forming a rolling, and wrapping, pocket in the apron, and mechanism to operate the
anid drum, whereby tobacco in the pocket is rolled into a conical filler, and wrapped
with a wrapper to form a conical cigarette, substantially as hereinbefore explained.

page_text: 5. In a machine for forming conical cigarettes, the combination of a
wrapping apron, 0 conical wrapping drum II to which one end of the
apron is secured, mechanism for operating the same, a support to which the other
end of the apron is secured, a conical roller h and mechanism for moving the
same into ono position to form a rolling and wrapping pocket in the apron, aud
into another position to release the finished cigarette, and to receive a fresh charge
of tobacco, substantially as herein before explained.
6. In a machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination of a wrapping
apron, a conical wrapping drum H to which one end of the apron is secured,
mechanism for operating the same, a support to which the other end of the apron
is secured, conical rollers h and h¹, and mechanism for moving them into position,
one to form a pocket, and the other to assist in compressing the tobacco and to
give shape, size and finish to the cigarettes, substantially as hereinbefore explained.
7. In a machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination of a wrapping
apron and conical drums H¹ and H, to which the said apron is secured and a
conical roller h, the operative surfaces of the said drums and roller, when in contact
with the apron to roll and wrap the tobacco, being arranged to converge towards,
r approximately towards, a common centre or point, substantially as hereinbefore
xplained.
8. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a wrapping apron, two conical
or other winding drums to which the apron is secured, and mechanism for operating
the said drums, and a conical or other roller to form a rolling and wrapping pocket
in the said apron, and mechanism for operating the said roller, whereby tobacco,
in the said pocket, is compressed and rolled into a conical or other cigarette filler,
and wrapped with a wrapper, substantially as herein before explained.
9. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a wrapper carrier, provided with
an opening, or slot, a wrapper delivering mechanism, and a wrapper pasting
mechanism, the wrapper delivering mechanism being provided with two gripping
fingers, one of which is arranged to pass through the opening, or slot, in the carrier,
to grip the wrapper against the other finger, and to remove the wrapper from
the carrier, while the closed fingers operate to deliver one edge of the wrapper to
the pasting mechanism, and then to deliver the opposite edge to the wrapping
mechanism, substantially as hereinbefore explained.
10. In a cigarette machine for making conical cigarettes, the combination of t
wrapping apron, means for giving a quantity of tobacco a tapered shape, mechanism
for delivering to the wrapping apron a quantity of tobacco in tapered shape for
an individual cigarette, mechanism for applying paste to one edge of a wrapper,
mechanism for delivering a pasted wrapper to the wrapping apron, and mechanism
for operating the wrapping apron to roll and compress the tobacco into conical
shape and roll the wrapper around it substantially as herein before explained.
Doted thin 25th ave of B1000
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agenta.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agenta