Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
I, JOSEPH B. UNDERWOOD, of Fayetteville, in the County of Cumberland, State
of North Carolina, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a cigarette machine in which the tobacco stock is fed
and distributed by carding cylinders and connecting devices, so as to form a circle
of loose stock in a circular channel at the bottom of the carding cylinder and of
approximately the required bulk or thickness, in cross section, to form the con-
tinuous rod or filler, which ring of stock is then formed into a continuous compact
filler rod by means of a revolving flanged-grooved forming-disk and a grooved
compressing wheel, and continuously fed forward upon the travelling paper or other
wrapper and carrying belt, in which wrapper it is folded,- -one edge thereof being
supplied with paste, and then the wrapper sealed around the filler rod; which rod,
as it continuously travels forward, is cut into short lengths to form cigarettes, all as
fully hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 represents a left hand side elevation of the machine with a portion of
the length broken away;
Figure 2 represents a top plan view thereof;
Figure 3 represents a plan view of the slotted guide trough or folding channel
showing the devices for curving the belt and folding the wrapper around the
filler rod;
Figure 4 represents a view of the carding cylinders containing the feeding,
distributing and forming devices and their operating mechanism partly in elevation
and partly in vertical section;
Figure 5 represents an enlarged sectional detail view of part of such devices;
Figure 6 represents a diagramatic view of the top of the inner feeding and
carding cylinder showing the short spiral grooves thereof;
Figure 7 represents a top plan view of the distributing and forming disk and part
of the folding channel, the top portion or carding cylinders being removed;
Figure 8 represents a perspective view of the extractors or stripper guides
for detaching the tobacco rod from the grooves of the forming and compressing
disks:
Figure 9 represents a perspective detail view of a pressing finger which is applied
to the folding channel ;
Figure 10 represents a vertical cross section thereof on the line m, m,
Fig. 9;
of
Figure 11 represents a perspective detail view of the belt separator used in the
folding channel;
Figure 12 represents a vertical cross section through the folding channel and
frame of the machine on the line u, u, Figure 2;
Figure 13 represents a perspective detail of the scraper for the paste wheel;
Figure 14 represents a top plan view of the two lateral guide bars which form
the slotted guide trough for the folding channel ;
Figure 15 represents an enlarged transverse section of the folding channel on
line, o, o;
Figures 16, 17, 18, and 19, respectively represent enlarged transverse sectional
views on the lines p, r, s, and t of one of the guide bars of the folding
channel:

page_text: Figure 20 represents an enlarged transverse sectional view through the folding
channel, belt, and presser finger on the line, n, n, Figures 3 and 9;
Figure 21 represents a similar section on line, m, m;
Figure 22 represents an enlarged section of the folding channel and a belt curver
on the line, u, u, of Figure 2;
Figure 23 represents an enlarged transverse section of the folding channel and
the belt separator on the line u, v, of Figure 2;
Figure 24 represents an enlarged transverse section of the folding channel and a
belt curver on the line w, w, of Figure 2;
Figure 25 represents an enlarged side elevation of the reciprocating carriage and
cutting mechanism ;
Figure 26 represents an end view thereof;
Figure 27 represents a top plan view of the same;
Figure 28 represents a perspective detail view of the cigarette holder connected
with the cutting mechanism;
Figure 29 represents a perspective view of the compound belt.
In my machine the important operation of feeding the tobacco stock, distributing
it into a loose circular roll, and forming and compressing such roll into a compact
continuous rod or filler ready to be wrapped with paper or other covering, are all
performed with ease and accuracy in my combined feeding and carding cylinders, 1
and 6, and the completed filler rod is delivered by revolving, forming and com-
pressing disks, 12 and 39, operating at the bottom of such cylinders directly upon
the travelling wrapper 52, and carrier belt, 46", (Figs. 1 and 2) arranged below in
the slotted folding trough or channel 45.
In this folding channel the filler carrying belt, and the wrapper, applied to the
top surface of such belt, are gradually curved into a U-shape in cross section, and
at a suitable point the belt is curved over together with the wrapper by a deflector 59,
upon one side of the channel, while paste is applied by a wheel 60, to the standing
edge of the paper, then, in an advanced position, the belt is separated from the
turned over edge of the paper by a separator 80, while the turned over edge of the
paper is held down upon the tobacco by said separator, then, in a more advanced
position, the other edge of the belt, and the edge of the paper, to which paste has
been applied, are turned down by a belt curver, 82, so as to seal the pasted edges
of the paper upon the previously turned down edge and thus enclose the filler. The
completed cigarette rod, after having been enclosed in a sealed wrapper, is traversed
forward and continuously cut into cigarette lengths by a longitudinal reciprocating
entting mechanism, provided with a vibrating, revolving cutter disk, 96, at the rear
end of the machine.
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The working devices and mechanism of the machine are suitably mounted and
supported upon the table T, and frame W, supported by the legs Y. The table is
composed of two side bars or plates, T, T', connected by a number of web bars, t,
providing a space between them for the passage of the travelling power belt
connected with the filler and wrapper carrying belt, and for a longitudinal supporting
bed or guide bar for the power belt.
The external carding cylinder or drum 1, is mounted upon a base plate, 3, and
secured thereto by the standards, a, said cylinder being supported at a sufficient
height from the base plate to admit of the band or ring 2, which, as shown, is a plain
metallic band without any carding teeth. Such band 2, in connection with the
carding cylinder, the base plate 3, and the disk 12, forms a circular channel C, into
which is distributed the tobacco, forming a circular loose roll of stock from which the
filler rod is formed.
The base plate 3, is provided with a downwardly extending hub, 4, which is
secured by a screw to the vertical hollow bearing 5, connected by a side bracket to
the frame of the machine. This bracket 5, not only supports the feeding and
carding cylinders, but also serves as a bearing for the vertical shafts of the inner
carding cylinder and the inner distributing disk.
The inner carding cylinder 6, is slightly tapered from its base upward and is

page_text: provided centrally with a bushing 7, through which one or more set screws are
inserted for securing it to the inner vertical shaft. 8, which shalt is supported below
in bearings formed in the bracket arms 9 & 10, projecting from the frame or legs
of the machine, and it rests at its lower. end upon an adjusting screw 11. The
flanged-grooved distributing and forming disk 12, arranged in the bottom of the
outer carding cylinder is secured by means of a downwardly projecting hub 13, and
a set screw to the hollow shaft 14, which is journailed in the bearing 5, and rests at
its lower end upon the beveled pinion 15, which is secured to the inner shaft S, just.
above the bracket 9. A large beveled gear wheel 16, is secured to the lower end
of shaft 14, and the two beveled wheels 15 & 16 (Figures 1 and 4) mesh with the
two beveled wheels 17 and 18, fixed upon short sleeve shaft 19, mounted loosely
upon the revolving shaft 21.
A sliding clutch 20, is connected by a spline joint or feather with the shaft 21,
and is operated by a lever 20", to engage with the short sleeve shaft 19 for throwing
the gear wheels 17 and 18 into and out of connection with the gear wheels 15 and 16.
The shaft 21, is journalled at its front end in the bracket arm 9, and at its rear
end in a box e, on leg Y, and is also provided at its rear end with a toothed gear
wheel 22, which meshes with a toothed pinion 24, fixed upon the main driving
shaft 23, which shaft is supported in journals at b, b, and is provided with fast and
loose pulleys 25.
The outer cylinder 1, is provided internally with a lining of card clothing 26,
having the usual fine teeth. The inner carding cylinder is slightly tapered from
below upward and is formed with four large quarter turn spiral grooves 27, starting
in its upper surface and running out in its periphery, as indicated in Figures 2, 4,
and 6. Said grooves extend spirally downward, as shown in Figure 4, and aid
materially in feeding the tobacco down into the annular space between the inner
and outer carding cylinders. The peripheral surface of the carding cylinder 6,
outside of the spiral grooves is covered with a jacket of card clothing 28, which is
provided along the margin of the spiral groove with one or more rows of compara-
tively long teeth 29. Cylinder 6, is also provided at the bottom with a circular
row of long teeth 30, curved slightly downward and backward and projecting
downward into the circular channel C, as shown in Figures 4 and 5. The rows of
teeth 29 and 30, serve for feeding the tobacco downward and distributing it into a
loose roll at the base of the carding cylinders.
As clearly shown in Figures 4 and 5, the distributing and forming disk, 12, is
made of smaller diameter than the outer carding cylinder 1 and ring 2, and is
provided at the bottom with a circular horizontal flange 31, forming the bottom of
the circular channel C, and projecting below the grooved compressing disk 39.
In
Adjacent to flange 31, in disk 12, there is cut a deep annular forming groove 32,
and a projecting sharp cutting lip 33, forms the upper edge of the groove, and fits
over the upper cutting edge of wheel 39, as indicated in Figures 5 and 7.
order to forin the sharp cutting lip 33, a sharp inclined groove 34, is cut into
the disk 12, and serves also for receiving the inner edge of the bridge-plate 38.
The disk 12, is provided in its periphery above groove 34, with a circle of long
distributing teeth 35, preferably curved downward and backward into the circular
channel C. The carding cylinder 6, secured to the inner shaft 8, is geared to
travel two or three times as fast as the distributing and forming disk 12, so
that as the stock is fed downward and distributed by the circle of teeth 30, it
is held within the channel C by the circle of teeth 35, which also aid in
revolving the stock for making a uniform loose roll and also for feeding such
roll forward at the proper speed to be formed into a rod. For the purpose of
still further distributing the stock and levelling it in the roll formed in channel C,
a circular hand 36, provided with a serrated lower edge is connected by distance
pieces and screws 37 (Figures 4 and 7) to the periphery of disk 12, and is of
a suitable width to travel over the top of the bridge-plate 38.
For the purpose
of regulating the amount of tobacco stock fed into the circular opening between
the two grooved forming disks, I provide a bridge-plate, 38, of curved form, as

page_text: shown in Figure 7, arranged above the grooved compressing-wheel 39, and
projecting at its inner edge into the groove 34 of disk 12. A portion is cut
away from the lower edge of band 2, forming a wide segmental notch or recess
for inserting the bridge-plate 38, and for receiving the inwardly projecting edge
of the compressing disk 39, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.
The compressing disk 39, is provided with a groove in its periphery and with
sharp cutting edges for operating in conjunction with the cutting lip 33, and
the forming groove 32, in disk 12, to shear off the tobacco stock as it is fed
forward in the form of a loose roll and compressed into a filler rod by passage
between the two grooved disks, and such disk 39, is mounted upon an adjust-
able stud pin 40, set into a slotted bracket arm 41, which pin 40, is provided
with a nut, below the bracket arm for holding it in place. The stud pin 40,
may have a downwardly extending shaft 40, provided at its lower end with a
pulley 42, which is connected by a twisted belt 43, with the pulley 44, on the
hollow shaft 14, as shown in Figure 4, for positively turning the grooved com-
pressing disk 39, if desired.
I have found, however, in practice, that the grooved disk 39, may be success-
fully turned by frictional contact with the tobacco stock in the groove 32 of
disk 12. The stud pin 40 is flattened on its sides which are in contact with
the slotted arm 41, to prevent it from turning, and by means of the nut below
the slotted arm, the disk 39, may be slightly adjusted out or in for varying the
size of the filler rod.
The slotted trough or folding channel 45, is arranged longitudinally on top of
the divided table, T, T and extends at its front end below the junction of the
grooved compressing and forming disks, as shown in Figures 4, 5, and 7.
The channel is composed of the two adjustable guide bars 45" and 45, illustrated
in longitudinal plan view in Figure 14, and by various cross section views in
Figures 15 to 24 inclusive, and are provided with lateral slotted lugs d, by means
of which, and suitable set-screws, they are so adjusted on the table as to form
a narrow slot between them, and they may be adjusted at different distances
apart to accommodate different sized cigarette rods. They are each provided
at the top with an inwardly projecting and downwardly inclined flange or belt
guard 45, extending from their front ends to about their middle portions, as
shown in Figure 14. As shown in Figures 15, 16, 17 and 18, these guard flanges
are gradually inclined downward from nearly a horizontal position at their front
ends as shown in Figure 15, to nearly a vertical position at their rear ends, as
shown in Figure 18, and thereby aid in curving the belt and paper ribbon from
a horizontal position into a U-shape, as shown in Figures 20 and 21.
By reference to the above figures, it will also be seen that the inner walls of the
guide bars rise from a nearly horizontal or slightly inclined surface at their front
ends to a nearly vertical surface at their rear ends, so as to aid in curving the belt
and ribbon and forming a U-shaped channel. It will therefore be seen that the
channel is broad and concave at the front end and is tapered so as to be deep and
comparatively narrow at the rear end of the guard flanges as indicated in Figures 18
and 19. Beyond the rear end of the guard flanges, 45, the walls of the channel
are substantially parallel to the rear end thereof. The slot formed between the
inner lower edges of the guide-bars 45" and 45, is for permitting the passage of
the carrier-belt, 46", within the channel, while the power belt 46, to which it is
longitudinally connected travels below the channel. The power belt, 46, is made
thick and strong, preferably of leather or similar material, and is arranged to
travel in the longitudinal passageway between the table bars, T, T', as shown in
Figures 4 and 5, and is preferably provided with a central longitudinal groove in
its lower surface for bearing upon the central longitudinal rib of the bed or bar 47.
The carrier-belt 46", is preferably made of enameled leather, which is considerably
lighter than the power belt and is connected to the latter by a longitudinal line of
stitches or other connecting devices, as shown in perspective view, Figure 29.
The power helt and its attached carrier-belt passes at the front end of the machine

page_text: over pulley 50, and at the rear end of the machine over the large driving wheel 72,
by means of which it is caused to travel and pull the carrier-belt which carries
the paper-ribbon and filler rod through the folding channel. The belt pulley 50,
and the paper ribbon pulley 51, are mounted in suitable journal boxes upon the
adjustable bridge-plate 49, mounted upon the front end of the divided frame W, as
shown in Figures 1 and 2, and such bridge-plate 49, is made adjustable by means
of a screw arranged within the frame, but not herein shown, for the purpose of
tightening the belt. The paper ribbon 52, is taken from a reel 53, suitably
journalled by its axle in the bar or bracket 54, secured to the frame and legs of
the machine, as shown in Figure 1, and is applied to the carrier-belt 46", in which
it is wrapped around the filler rod.
A pair of extractors or stripper guides 48, having tapered ends and grooved
inner surfaces are secured to the guide-bars 45" and 45, and extend tangentially
into the grooves of forming and compressing disks 12 and 39 for detaching the
tobacco rod from such grooves and guiding it on to the carrier-belt and paper
ribbon in the folding channel.
For the purpose of pressing down the tobacco of the filler rod away from the
standing edges of the paper in the channel, provide a tapering concave presser
finger 55, (Figures 2, 9, 10, 20 and 21) which has attached to its large front end a
cross-bar 56, by means of which such finger is secured to the guide-bars 45 and 45°,
so as to lie within the folding channel just beyond the rear ends of the guide
Hanges 45. The front end of the finger is made broadest and is slightly curved
upward, as shown in Figure 9, and its under surface is made concave, as shown in
Figure 10, to assist in shaping the rod just previous to application of the wrapper.
At about the middle of the finger 55, raised bridge 57 is screwed to the side bars
and is provided with an adjusting screw 58, which engages by means of a small
head or disk at its lower end with a dove-tailed groove 55", attached to the top of
finger 55, by means of which the finger may be adjusted up or down for regulating
the pressure upon the tobacco rod.
Adjacent to the rear end of finger 55, I provide a curver 59, attached to the
inside of the guide-bar 45, just below the paste-wheel 60, as shown in Figures 2
and 12, and such curver serves to turn over one edge of the carrier-belt and paper
wrapper below the paste-wheel, while the opposite edge which is to receive the
paste is left standing against the opposite vertical wall of the channel for application
of paste by the revolving paste wheel 60, as shown in Figure 12. The wheel 60,
is secured to the top of the short vertical shaft 61, which has secured to it a
beveled spur-wheel 62, meshing with a similar spur wheel 63, fixed upon the
horizontal transverse shaft 64, which is suitably journaled in an adjustable
carriage 66, arranged in the frame of the machine, and is provided at its opposite
end with a grooved belt pulley 65. The carriage 66, has also connected to it the
paste cylinder 73, and is adjusted laterally by means of a screw 67.
The paste
wheel and its gearing are operated by a round band 68, passed over pulley 65, and
arranged in a groove formed in the periphery of the gear wheel 69, (Figures 1 and 2)
which is mounted upon the transverse shaft 70, and is turned by the beveled
pinion 71, fixed upon the driving shaft 21. The large belt wheel 72, on which is
placed the power belt, is also fixed upon the same transverse shaft 70, which is
supported by hangers, not shown, but extending downward from the frame W.
The horizontal paste cylinder 73, is preferably arranged parallel with the frame
of the machine to which it is connected, and is provided near its front end with a
longitudinal slot 73", for receiving the edge of the paste-wheel 60.
The paste-wheel and its operating gearing and the paste cylinder being connected
to the carriage 66, the whole may be adjusted laterally by means of the screw 67
for operating in conjunction with the guide bars 45ª and 45%, when it is desired to
vary the size of the cigarette.
An adjustable slotted scraper 74 (Figure 13) is connected with the inner side of
the paste cylinder and the two prongs thereof are arranged to embrace the paste-
wheel 60, for removing therefrom superfluous paste, so that only the required

page_text: amount of paste may be applied to the edge of the paper apper. The paste
cylinder is provided internally with a piston attached to a rod 75, which is supported
in a bearing 76, projecting from the frame W, and is provided with a pulley 75,
over which passes a cord or chain 77, attached at one end to the paste cylinder 73
and passing over another pulley 78. secured to the side frame and having attached
to its dependent end a weight 79, for forcing the piston forward into the paste
cylinder and thereby keeping the paste in contact with the revolving paste-wheel.
Just beyond the deflector 59, I arrange in the folding channel a separating
finger 80 and connect to it the side bar 45", by a shank 81 (Figures 2 and 11).
This finger 80, performs the important office of raising and separating the edge of
the belt which had been turned down by the deflector 59, while at the same time it
holds down against the tobacco rod the turned down edge of the paper thus
separating one from the other.
Beyond the separating finger 80, I arrange in the folding channel a curved
deflector 82, attached to the inside of bar 45º, for curving and turning down the
left hand edge of the belt and the pasted edge of the paper, so as to lap such
pasted edge upon the previously turned down edge of paper and cause it to be
sealed thereon, thus completely enclosing the filler and forming the finished
cigarette and ready to be cut into short lengths. The cigarette rod is carried
forward by the carrier belt and the power belt 46, passing over the large driving
wheel 72, and is conducted into the holding trough 89, connected with the recipro-
cating carriage of the cutting mechanism which will now be described.
The reciprocating carriage 83, which supports the cutting disk, is mounted
upon the longitudinal guide-rods 84 and 85, fixed in the laterally projecting
bracket arms, 86 and 87, bolted to the frame W of the machine, as shown in
Figures 26 and 27. A curved arm 88 is secured to carriage S3 and supports at its
outer end the cigarette trough or holder 89, which is made tapering and concave, as
shown in Figure 28. It is preferably made in two sections having a transverse
slot between them and connected by a downwardly curved link 89, which
transverse slot is provided for the passage of the cutting disk 96. The edge of
one section of the trough at the transverse slot acts as one edge of a shear against
which there works the other edge of the shear composed of the revolving and
vibrating cutting disk 96. The mechanism for revolving the cutting disk and
giving it a vibrating motion is mounted on a rock shaft 92, supported in journal
boxes 90 and 91, at the top of the standards 90 and 91, which are secured at
their lower ends to the carriage 83, as clearly shown in Figures 25, 26 and 27.
shaft 92, are secured two lever arms 93 and 94 nearly at right angles one to the
other, the arm 93, extending downward through the carriage and having at its
lower end a set screw 93", which bears upon the cam 107 and the lever 94,
extending horizontally and having at its outer end a short journal bearing 94".
A short shaft is arranged in the bearing 94", and carries at one end the grooved
pulley 95, and at the other end the cutting disk or blade 96.
To
It will be seen that since the lower end of lever arm 93 bears upon cam 107, the
cutting disk will be given an up and down vibrating motion through the medium of
rock-shaft 92 and lever arm 94, so as to alternately approach and recede from the
holder trough 89, for cutting the cigarette rod into short lengths.
For the purpose of revolving the cutting disk, I provide the large and small
pulleys 97 and 98, connected to the same hub, which is mounted on the rock-
shaft 92, and connect pulley 97 to pulley 95 by a band 99, and connect pulley 98
by a band 100 with pulley 108 fixed upon the driving shaft 101 below the
reciprocating carriage.
The driving shaft 101, is mounted in journal boxes 102 and 103 upon the ends of
horizontal arins secured to the frame W, and has secured to it the pinion 104,
which meshes with the spur wheel 22 on shaft 21 (Figure 1). A grooved cam 105,
is attached to shaft 101, and is provided in its periphery with a cam groove m, with
which there engages a downwardly projecting arm 106, having at its lower end the
roller n, working in the cam groove. The arm 106 is rigidly secured to the

page_text: reciprocating carriage 83, and by means of such arm and the cam 105, the carriage
is given a reciprocating motion. The guide rods 84 and 85 are provided at their
ends with coiled springs s, between the carriage and the bracket arms 86 and 87 for
assisting the motion of the carriage as it is thrown back and forth by the cam 105.
The cam 107, pulley 108, and the grooved hub 109, are preferably all cast together.
and are connected with shaft 101 by means of a spline joint or feather o, so that
they may be reciprocated upon such shaft, while at the same time they are made
to turn with it.
In order to give the cam and pulley reciprocating motion with the carriage 83,.
I attach to the under side of such carriage the forked arm 110, the prongs at the
lower end of which engage with the grooved hub 109, as shown in Figure 25. By
means of this construction, the lever arm 93, cam 107, pulley 98, and pulley 108
are maintained in proper alignment and relation to each other as the carriage 83 is
reciprocated. By means of the reciprocating carriage and the operating mechanism
the cutting disk is moved forward with the cigarette rod during the instant required
for cutting through such rod, thereby preventing any cramping or bending of the rod.
By means of the vibrating motion given to the cutting disk; that is, a motion
downward and through the travelling cigarette rod, I avoid the objectionable
deflection of the rod in order to bring it in contact with the cutting edge of the
disk as heretofore proposed and thus avoid wrinkling or breaking the paper
wrapper and the tendency to open the seam at the pasted edges which would
result from moving the rod toward and from the cutting disk, as heretofore proposed..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with a casing and means contained within it for feeding.
tobacco stock, a grooved forming disk in said casing and a grooved compressing
disk working in the groove of said forming disk to form a filler rod, substantially
as described.
2. A distributing and forming disk provided with a circle of teeth, a circular
horizontal flange at the bottom, a circular forming groove adjacent to said flange
and having a cutting lip above, in combination with a feed casing and a grooved
compressing disk working in conjunction with said forming disk to form a filler rod,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with the outer carding case or cylinder and the inner
carding cylinder having an annular space between them, of the flanged grooved
distributing and forming disk in the carding case, and a grooved compressing disk
operating therewith, substantially as described.
4. In combination with the outer carding cylinder, the inner carding cylinder
secured to a rotary shaft within the outer cylinder, the grooved forming disk secured
below the carding cylinders, to a separate rotary hollow shaft, a serrated distributing
band 36, connected to said disk, and a grooved compressing disk, operating with
said forming disk, substantially as described.
5. In combination with the outer carding cylinder, the inner rotary carding
cylinder, having spiral grooves extending from its upper surface downward into its
periphery, and spiral rows of teeth in its periphery, the grooved rotary forming
disk, provided with a circle of teeth and arranged at the bottom of the outer
carding cylinder, and a grooved compressing disk, operating with said forming disk,
substantially as described.
6. In combination with the outer carding cylinder, the inner carding cylinder
secured to a rotary shaft within the outer cylinder, the grooved forming disk
secured to a separate rotary shaft and arranged below the carding cylinders, a
grooved compressing disk operating with said forming disk, and the stripper guides
projecting tangentially into the grooves of said disks for detaching the filler rod,.
substantially as described.

page_text: 7.—In combination with the outer and inner carding cylinders and the grooved
forming disk, provided with a bottom flange and distributing teeth, and secured to
a shaft below the inner cylinder, a grooved compressing disk working in the groove
of said forming disk and a bridge-plate 38, arranged above the compressing disk at
its junction with the forming disk, substantially as described.
8. The combination with feeding and distributing devices, comprising outer and
inner carding cylinders and the grooved forming and compressing disks, at the
bottom of said carding cylinders and working in conjunction with each other, of the
folding channel and the filler and wrapper carrying belt below said disks, sub-
stantially as described.
9. In combination with a slotted folding channel, the compound belt composed
of the longitudinally connected power belt and a filler and wrapper carrying belt,
said power belt being arranged below the folding channel, and a longitudinal
supporting bar below the power belt and having a longitudinal guide rib, substantially
as described.
10. In combination with the folding channel and carrier-belt arranged therein,
the pivoted adjustable presser finger 55, supported within the channel above the
carrier-belt and provided with an adjusting screw for raising or lowering one end
thereof, substantially as described.
11. In combination with the folding channel and carrier-belt therein, the presser
finger 55, adjustably supported in the channel above the belt, and the curved
deflector 59, attached to one wall of the channel, beyond and adjacent to said
finger, substantially as described.
12. In combination with a folding channel and carrier-belt therein, the curved
deflector 59, in the channel, and the separating finger 80, located in the channel
beyond and adjacent to said deflector for separating the carrier belt from the
turned down edge of the wrapper, substantially as described.
13. In combination with a folding channel, and carrier-belt therein, the curved
deflector 59, projecting from one wall of the channel, the belt and wrapper
separating finger, 80, in the channel beyond deflector 59, and the curved deflector 82,
attached to the other wall of the channel beyond finger 80, for turning down the
belt and pasted edge of the wrapper, substantially as described.
14. The folding channel consisting of the two laterally adjustable guide bars
set to form a slot between them at the bottom, having their inner walls gradually
converging and gradually increasing in height and carrying on their upper surfaces
inwardly turned guard flanges which are gradually turned downward from nearly a
horizontal to nearly a vertical position, in combination with a carrier-belt, sub-
stantially as described.
15. In combination with the folding channel composed of the guide bars having
a slot between them and the compound power and carrier-belt, the latter arranged
in the channel, the curved belt-deflector 59, attached to one of the guide-bars of
the channel, the other bar of said channel having a vertical wall opposite said
deflector for supporting the standing edge of the paper, and the paste-wheel
arranged across the channel above such deflector 59, for applying paste to the
standing edge of the paper, substantially as described.
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16. In a continuous cigarette machine a longitudinal reciprocating carriage
carrying a cigarette holder, 89, provided with a transverse slot, and a longitudinal
rock-shaft having arms 93 and 94, the latter provided with a rotating cutter, a
belt on a pulley on said shaft for rotating the shaft of the cutter, means for
rotating the pulley and a rotating cam bearing on the lower end of arm, 93, all
combined and operating substantially as described.
17.—In a cigarette machine a fongitudinal reciprocating carriage carrying a
cigarette holder and a longitudinal rock-shaft having arms, 93 and 94, the latter
provided with a rotating cutter, a pulley on said shaft having a driving belt for
rotating the shaft of the cutter, a driving shaft provided with a cam bearing
against arm 93, and a pulley and belt for operating the former pulley, and an arm

page_text: connecting the carriage with a hub of the pulley and cam whereby said pulley and
cam are adapted to slide on said driving shaft, all combined and operating
substantially as described.
18. The horizontal paste-cylinder having a longitudinal slot in its side for
receiving the edge of a paste wheel, the paste wheel working in said slot in com-
bination with a piston in said cylinder having a piston rod, provided with a pulley
a cord or chain fixed at one end passing over said pulley and provided at its
opposite end with a weight whereby the paste in the cylinder is fed up to the slot,
as set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.