Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE BOHLS CIGARETTE MACHINE COMPANY,
a Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, and having
its principal office at Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.]
Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 devices and mechanisms, and combinations of the same,
for producing and wrapping a continuous roll or filler of shredded tobacco into the
form of a continuous cigarette, and cutting it into definite lengths.
Briefly described, the machine embraces the following principal elements: An
endless carrier belt upon which the tobacco is deposited from the feeding devices
(not shown), which belt runs upon the top of a continuous table, in part open,
formed in several sections, and supported by the main frame of the machine;
guard plates for directing the tobacco to the center of said belt; a top or presser
endless belt for flattening or compressing the tobacco as it is being formed into a
filler; a pair of reciprocating compressing jaws working over and upon the carrier
belt to give lateral compression to the tobacco; a pair of spring guides which lead
to a series of grooved shaping wheels revolving on vertical axes, between which
wheels and the carrier belt and the top or presser belt the tobacco is finally shaped
into a filler; scrapers for clearing the grooves of the shaping wheels and for guiding
the filler through the series thereof; means for feeding a paper wrapper to the
moving filler so that the latter shall be properly deposited upon it; a mouth-piece
that receives the filler and wrapper, and is provided with devices which guide the
filler from the last of the series of shaping wheels, curve the wrapper to a U-shape,
and press the filler to the bottom of the wrapper; a folder having devices adapted,
as the filler and wrapper are received from the mouth-piece, to gradually turn over
the wrapper upon the filler, the wrapper encircling said pressing devices; a knife-
edged pasting wheel revolving upon a vertical axis, and acting with the last of the
series of said pressing devices to enter the fold of the wrapper and apply a film of
paste thereto, the paste being fed to the wheel by suitable means; a presser wheel
arranged in advance of the pasting wheel, adapted to compress the pasted fold; a
top endless presser and delivery belt which runs on the top of the open table and
acts with a lower endless delivery belt to convey the continuous cigarette to the
discharge end of the machine; and, lastly, a cutting mechanism for severing the
continuous cigarette into suitable lengths; all the mechanisms being geared so as
to run with the desired speed and uniformity to produce a continuous operation.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front side view of the machine. (The remaining figures are upon
enlarged scale.)
Fig. 2 is a view of the machine seen from the feeding end;
Fig. 3 is a plan showing the same end of the machine;
Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the other, or delivery end, of the machine;
Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevations of portions of the machine;
Fig. 7 is a part plan showing the grooved wheels for shaping the tobacco, the
top or presser belt (seen in Fig. 6) being removed;
Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the mechanism for continuing the folding of the
wrapper after leaving the mouth-piece, where the folding begins ;
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section, showing parts illustrated in Fig. 3 enlarged;

page_text: folding the wrapper around the filler;
Fig. 16 shows a continuation of Fig. 9;
Fig. 17 is a bottom plan view of the upper part of the mouth-piece ;
Fig. 18 is a top plan view of the under part of the mouth-piece upon which the
part shown in Fig. 17 rests;
Figs. 19, 20 and 21 are cross sections of the mouth-piece on the lines a―x, y-y,
and -, respectively;
Fig. 22 is a front end view of one of the parts 82 seen in Fig. 17;
Fig. 23 shows the gearing for driving the grooved shaping wheels and top or
presser belt;
Fig. 24 is a view, partly in section, of the compressing fingers seen in Fig. 7 ;
Fig. 25 is a top view of the delivery passage along which the cigarette passes to
the cutter, and the support for the cigarette while being cut;
Figs. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 are detached details.
The frame of the machine is shown by 1, 2 and 3. All the working parts are
driven from the principal shaft 4, which receives motion from any suitable prime
shaft or motor through the medium of a belt and pulleys, the prime shaft pulley
being connected to it by a clutch 5 worked from the front of the machine by a hand
lever 6.
The carrier belt 7, passes around rollers 8 and 9, Figs. 1, 3 and 9, the former
being suitably supported on the frame of the machine just beyond the end of the
table 10, and so arranged as to bring the upper half of the belt onto said table.
The roller 9 is carried by the shaft 11, Fig. 3, which is driven by the main shaft 4
As the
through the gears 12, 13, thus imparting motion to the carrier belt 7.
carrier belt 7 moves onward, it receives the tobacco from the feeding devices
between the guard plates 14, 15, secured by clips 16 (Fig. 3) for bringing it to the
middle of said belt, so that it will pass between the curved compressing jaws 17,
Figs. 3, 7 and 24, which are operated in the following manner:
A short countershaft 18 is driven from the main shaft 4, and geared up to high
speed by spur gears 19, 20, 21 and 22. The shaft 18 carries a pair of eccentrics 23,
the strips of which are connected to bars 24. The jaws 17 extend over the carrier
belt 7, as seen in Fig. 24. The jaws may be called front and rear jaws, and they
reciprocate transversely of the said belt to even up the tobacco, the movements of
the jaws being in opposite directions so that they shall alternately approach and
retreat from each other. These jaws, thus acting from opposite sides against the
moving tobacco, condense and bring it into a narrow strip along the center of the
carrier belt 7.
From the jaws 17 the tobacco passes (Figs. 3 and 7) between the spring guides 25
towards the first pair of the shaping wheels 26; it having, however, first passed
under the top or presser belt 27, and being pressed to the thickness of the cigarette
between the said top presser belt and the carrier belt 7. By the shaping wheels 26
(Figs. 3, 6, 7) the tobacco is formed into a continuous filler of suitable form, it
being then carried regularly forward by them and the belts, all of which have
uniform speed.
The top or presser belt 27 passes around rollers 28, 29 and under idlers 30
and 30*.
The roller 28 is of larger diameter than the roller 29, and it and the idler 30x
are journaled in higher horizontal planes than the roller 29 and idler 30.
The two
latter revolve in a common horizontal plane to bring that part of the belt 27
travelling between them parallel with the carrier belt 7. The top or presser belt is
driven indirectly from the main shaft 4 through the medium of gears 31, 32 and 31
and 32ª, (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 23).
The grooved shaping wheels 26 (Figs. 3, 6, and 7) are mounted on shafts 33, 34
35, 36, 37, 38 and driven by the train of gearing shown in Fig. 23. The motion is
communicated from the main shaft 4 by the bevel gears 39, 40 (Fig. 3), the latter
of which is double-toothed and engages with the gear of a vertical shaft 41

page_text: (Fig. 23), upon which the gear 42, or driver of the train, is mounted. The spur
gear 42 engages the larger gear 43, it in turn engaging the first gear 44 of the six
corresponding gears (44 to 49) mounted upon the shafts 33 to 38 of the shaping
wheels (Fig. 7). A side view of the train of gearing is given in Fig. 6, from
which it will be seen that the gear 44 engages the wide-faced pinion 50, it in turn
engaging the gear 45; and that a similar pinion engages the gear 46. The opposite
gears of the six of the series are only engaged with each other; as with .c,
with y and with 2. The grooved shaping wheels, driven by the train of
gearing described, move in a uniform direction with a positive motion, and at a
speed uniform with that of the carrier and presser belts.
The wheels 26 are preferably arranged so that the space between each pair shall
be gradually diminished to reduce the size of the filler as it passes through the
series.
The wheels 26, after the tobacco is pressed to a suitable thickness, serve to shape
it as it is carried along by them and the carrier and top or presser belts. It is
well known that tobacco will exude a gummy matter while being pressed; and to
prevent clogging, or the closing of the grooves or faces of the shaping wheels, I
provide a series of scrapers 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57. The scrapers 52, 53, are
concavo-convex (Fig. 28), fit in the grooves of the wheels 26, and are secured to
the table 10 upon which the carrier belt travels. The table 10, in its different
sections, extends the whole length of the machine, being supported from the part 3
of the frame by the standards 58, 59, 60, 61. See Fig. 1. The scrapers 53 serve
a purpose similar to that of those 52, but are secured to the standards 62 extending
vertically from the table. The scrapers 54, 55 are journaled on shafts 63 in
bearings 64 attached to the part 2 of the frame of the machine, and made adjust-
able by means of set screws 65 passing through the arms 66. See Figs. 6 and 7.
The scrapers 56, 57 are secured to posts 67 fastened to the part 3 of the frame, and
also made adjustable, by means of set screws, so as to press against the shaping
wheels with more or less force.
The grooves of the shaping wheels may be of any desired depth, width or
shape to suit the quality of the tobacco used and give the cigarette the desired
size and shape. The scrapers 54, 55, 56, 57 are not hollowed out, but shaped
to fit the groove of the wheel. Those 52, 53 are made concave to suit the shape
of the filler that passes between their faces, and also convex to fit the grooves
of the shaping wheels. The construction of the shaping wheels may be such
that the continuous filler shall be made round, oval or square in cross section, or
of other shape.
Secured to the under side of the part 3 of the frame is a standard 68, upon
which is mounted the reel 69 containing the roll of paper 70, Figs. 1 and 5. The
ribbon or strip of paper 71, forming the wrapper, passes under the guide idler 72
secured to the frame of the machine, thence through a slot 73 (Figs. 9 and 18) at
the curved plate 74, and along over the flat lower endless delivery belt 75 towards
the delivery end of the machine. This lower delivery belt 75 runs over a roller 75"
driven by suitable gearing from the main shaft 4, and over the smaller roller 75",
Fig. 9. The belt may be tightened by means of an adjustable idler 75°, Fig. 1.
The play of the wrapper in the slot 73 is limited by the pins 76 fastened in the
plate 81, which pins stand at an angle. After the wrapper has passed through the
slot 73, it enters the mouth-piece (Figs. 17 to 22 inclusive) bolted to the table 10.
In Fig. 9 the endless carrier belt 7 is shown passing beneath the plate 78
fastened to the table 10 by screw bolts 79. The plate 78 is reinforced by a
supplemental plate 80, made removable for replacement wh'n worn.
The filler,
which is now in the form of a rod having reached the plate 78, 80, passes onto the
wrapper which is emerging through the slot 73; and the wrapper, with the filler
rod thereon, having partly crossed the plate 81, enters the mouth-piece M. This
mouth-piece consists of lower twin sections 77 and upper twin sections 82. The
sections 77 are bolted to the table as shown in Figs. 7 and 17, a suitable space
being left between them for the passage of the filler rod. Each section 77 is cut

page_text: away on its lower face as indicated by 77, Figs. 19, 20 and 21, to form a space for
the passage of the delivery belt 75. In the inner side of each of the sections is
formed a concave recess 77b which recess tapers from the front to the rear ends of
the sections. Each section 77 is also provided at its rear end with a projection 87,
concave on its upper face, as shown in Figs. 18, 19, 20 and 21. The twin sections
(shown upside down in Fig. 17) each have a plate portion 82ª provided with
slots 84, and a downwardly extending portion 85, having a convex face, to project
into the concave recesses of the lower sections 77. The upper and lower sections 82
and 77, are secured together by bolts which pass through the slots 84 in the upper
sections and holes 83 in the lower sections. The slots 84 permit lateral or longi-
tudinal adjustment of the upper sections relatively to the lower ones. The convex-
faced portions 85 extend at both ends beyond the plate portion 82, and are provided
at their forward ends with points 86 which project into the grooves of the last pair
of shaping wheels 26. When the upper and lower sections of the mouth-piece are
secured together, a channel 85", open at the top and closed at the bottom by the
delivery belt 75, will be formed; and through this channel the filler rod will be
carried on the wrapper. A curved space 85 will also be formed between the
convex walls of the upper sections and the concave walls of the lower sections,
through which space the wrapper 71 will be carried.
The arrangement of the mouth-piece with reference to the shaping wheels 26 is
shown in Figs. 7 and 9; it being seen that the wheels rest upon the top of the
carrier belt 7, and that the advanced pair rest also upon the plates 78, 80 81, (see
Figs. 3, 7, and 9). The wrapper having entered the mouth-piece, now assumes the
curvature of the spaces 85° between the walls of the sections 77 and 82, as indicated
in Figs. 19, 20 and 21, while the tobacco rod is carried on the wrapper along the
channel 85" of the mouth-piece. The function of the points 86 (Figs. 7, 9 and 17),
is to strip the rod from the last pair of shaping wheels, and guide it to the other
parts of the mouth-piece. The wrapper, as it emerges from the mouth-piece, is
pressed up and given a firm support immediately beneath the rod by means of the
projections 87.
The function of the lower delivery belt 75, as a carrier of the wrapper and filler,
ceases as the belt reaches the end of the mouth-piece.
Referring now to Figs. 7, 9 and 17, it will be seen that to one of the sections 82
of the mouth-piece is adjustably secured a finger 88 extending forwardly and
downwardly between the prongs 85 of the part 82 of the mouth-piece, the function
of which is to press the tobacco rod down to the wrapper; that a similar finger 89
(Fig. 10) is adjustably attached (at the hole 89*, Fig. 7) to the part 77 having a
like function; and that a third finger 90 (Fig. 11), attached to the angular guide
hereinafter described, additionally holds down the tobacco as the paper encloses the
tobacco rod and the second and third fingers during the advance of the operation.
As the wrapper and tobacco rod pass from the mouth-piece, they enter between two
sides of a laterally adjustable two-part angular guide A, shown in plan in Fig. 8,
and in cross section at various points in its length in Figs. 10 and 11.
sides of the angular guide, which are separate, are designated by 91 and 92. At
the bottom of the space between the sides (Fig. 10) is a gutter 93, which may be
separated from, or attached to, the guides; the curvature of the gutter being such
as to give the proper shape to the lower portion of the continuous cigarette, which
the filler and wrapper now constitute, except as to the pasting. The gutter may be
changed to suit the shape of the cigarette operated upon.
The two
In Figs. 10 to 14 inclusive, are shown located between the separated sides 91, 92
of the angular guide, and on the adjustable plates 99 and 100 hereinafter described,
the folders 93, 94, and 95, 96 respectively which complete the folding of the
wrapper to cylindrical form.
The folder or foot 97, (Fig. 14) is for the purpose of holding the edge of the
wrapper upon the pasting wheel 98. The laterally adjustable plates 99 and 100,
carrying the folders 95, 96 aud 97, are curved, as shown, to enclose or surround a
part of the lower circumference of the cigarette; the purpose of the adjustability

page_text: of the plates being to regulate the pressure upon the continuous cigarette and
tighten or loosen the wrapper around the filler. The purpose of the adjustability
of the angular guides, upon which the adjustable plates 99 and 100 are mounted, is
to admit the further regulation of the tension, and the adjustment of the machine
to cause the continuous cigarette to run in a right course.
The pasting wheel 98 (Figs. 5 and 14) is given a knife edge to allow it to
enter between the folded edges of the wrapper, and is driven in the following
manner:
Attached to the back part 2 of the frame, and extending over the table 10 (see
Fig. 4), is an arm 101 which forms the bearing of a vertical shaft 102, upon which
the pasting wheel is mounted, said shaft having a sheave 103 at the upper end, over
which a belt 104 passes from a sheave 105 mounted on the main shaft 4. The paste
is applied to the pasting wheel 98 by means of an endless thread 106 passing over a
large sheave 107 (Figs. 4 and 5) and a small sheave 108, it also passing under the
idler 109. The endless thread 106 passes over a wheel 110 partly immersed in paste
contained in the trough 111. By means of these devices, the paste is spread upon
the pasting wheel 98 in a thin and uniform film. 106 is a standard holding the
idler 108 over which the thread 106 returns, the idler being adjustable vertically,
horizontally, and to and from the pasting wheel so as to move the thread over, upon
or away from said wheel to paste a wide or narrow fold. See Figs. 1, 4 and 5.
Motion is imparted to the wheel 110 by means of a belt 112 passing over the
sheaves 113 114; the latter being upon the shaft 115 which is driven from the
main shaft by a system of gearing.
Upon the shaft 102 is a gear 116 which engages a gear 117 upon an adjacent
shaft, which latter has at its bottom a flat presser wheel 118 placed in the line of
movement of the continuous cigarette, in advance and at one side of the pasting
wheel. The function of this presser wheel 118 is to smooth down the pasted edges
of the wrapper.
Pivoted at 119 to the side of the paste trough 111 is an arm 120, carrying a
scraper, of rubber or other suitable material, which fits against the thread 106, and
is made adjustable in a slotted guard 122 by means of a set screw 123, which screws
into the arm 120. By these means, the quantity of paste fed to the pasting wheel
may be accurately regulated. See Figs. 5 and 5ª.
The continuous cigarette having left the presser wheel 118, is brought between
the lower endless delivery belt. 75 and the top endless presser and delivery belt 124,
shown particularly in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, and which travels over and upon the
laterally adjustable side plates 125, which are supported by the table 10. The
plates 125 are separated and adjusted to the required size of the cigarette by means
of bolts 126 passing through slots 127 into the table. The plates 125 are a
continuation of the adjustable guides having the sides 91 and 92 (Fig. 8), and extend
to near the delivery end of the machine. The belt 124 is kept in a line parallel to
the table 10 and the plates 125 by rollers 129, the belt being driven by the
pulley 130 and returning over the pulley 131. The pulley 130 is mounted upon
the shaft 115. The rollers 129 are in bearings resting upon one of the plates 125,
and made vertically adjustable to give more or less pressure to the belt 124.
In Fig. 26 is shown a plate 132 which is so located with relation to the roller 75",
as to relieve the continuous cigarette from the lower delivery belt 75 of said roller.
As the movement of the continuous cigarette continues, the spring finger 133 (Fig. 4)
is reached, which holds the continuous cigarette down while being cut. The
block 134, shown in plan in Fig. 25, serves to support the outer end of the cigarette
while being cut, the circular knife 135 in its rotation entering the slot 136.
The circular knife 135, Fig. 2, is placed at the end of an extensible arm 138
revolving on the shaft 139. The arm is provided with a counterweight 140 to
prevent vibration in its circular swing.
The arm 138 is made extensible, or in two parts united by a sliding joint as seen
at 141, and in the detached view at the end of the arm (Fig. 2), for the purpose of
lengthening or shortening it to suit the diameter of knife used.

page_text: The knife arm shaft 139 is geared to the main shaft 4, as shown in Fig. 4, to
revolve with a speed determined by the length of cigarette to be cut. The knife 135
has rotation, independently of that of the arm 138; and is geared up to high speed,
its independent rotation being effected by means of the loose sheave pulley 141 on
the shaft 139, and the belt 142 running over the small pulley 143. Figs. 1, 2
and 4 show the pulleys and belting for giving speed to the circular knife
independently of the rotation of the knife arm. The cutting devices, for safety,
are covered by a hood 144. A guard 150 is used to keep small particles of
tobacco from coming in contact with the under side of the carrier belt 7 in its
return movement.
A belt 145 is driven from the main shaft 4, and in turn drives the shaft 146 upon
which is a pulley 147, whose belt 148 drives the loose pulley 149 attached to the
sheave 141 herein before mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a table upon which said belt
runs, a top or endless presser belt above the carrier belt, shaping wheels adapted
to revolve between said belts on vertical axes to form a filler rod, means for feeding
a paper wrapper to the moving filler rod, a mouth-piece that receives the filler rod
and wrapper and partially curves the wrapper around the filler rod, a folder
adapted, as the wrapper and filler rod are received from the mouth-piece, to further
turn over the wrapper upon the filler rod, a pasting device and means for supplying
paste thereto, a presser wheel mounted upon a vertical axis and adapted to
compress the pasted fold of the wrapper, a top endless presser and delivery belt
which runs on the top of the table, a lower endless delivery belt acting with the
top belt to convey the continuous cigarette towards the discharge end of the
machine, and a cutting mechanism for severing the continuous cigarette into
suitable lengths, all combined with gearing for giving to the respective mechanisms
the desired speed and uniformity of action to produce a continuous operation,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a table upon which said belt
runs, guard plates for directing the tobacco to the center of said carrier belt, a top
or presser endless belt above the carrier belt, a pair of reciprocating compressing
jaws working over and upon the carrier belt to give lateral compression to the
tobacco, a series of pairs of shaping wheels adapted to revolve between said belts
upon vertical axes, scrapers for clearing the shaping wheels and arranged to guide
the filler rod through the series thereof, means for feeding the paper wrapper to
the moving filler rod, a mouth-piece that receives the wrapper and filler rod and is
provided with devices for guiding the filler rod from the last of the series of
shaping wheels, curving the wrapper and pressing the filler rod to the bottom of
the wrapper, a folder adapted, as the wrapper and filler are received from the
mouth-piece, to further turn over the wrapper upon the filler rod, a pasting wheel
and means for supplying paste thereto, a presser wheel mounted upon a vertical
axis and adapted to compress the pasted fold of the wrapper, a top endless presser
and delivery belt, a lower endless delivery belt and a cutting mechanism, all com-
bined with gearing for giving to the respective elements the desired speed and
uniformity of action to produce a continuous operation, substantially as set forth.
3. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a table upon which said belt
ruus, guard plates for directing the tobacco to the center of said carrier belt, a pair
of reciprocating compressing jaws working over and upon the carrier bolt, a pair of
spring guides, a series of shaping wheels revolving above and upon the carrier belt
on vertical axes, to which wheels said spring guides lead, scrapers for clearing the
shaping wheels and arranged to guide the filler rod through the series thereof, and
a top or presser endless belt above the said wheels, combined with means for feeding
a paper wrapper to the machine, which wrapper receives the filler rod from the

page_text: carrier belt and shaping wheels, a mouth-piece through which the wrapper and
filler rod are carried and which partially curves the wrapper around the filler rod,
suitable devices to complete the folding of the wrapper around the filler rod and
the pasting of the edges of the wrapper, and means to convey the continucus
cigarette to a cutting mechanism, substantially as set forth.
4. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a table upon which said belt
runs, guard plates for directing the tobacco to the center of said carrier belt, a top
or presser endless belt, a pair of reciprocating compressing jaws, a series of pairs of
shaping wheels revolving on vertical axes and scrapers for clearing the shaping
wheels and arranged to guide the filler rod through the series thereof, combined
with a mouth-piece that receives the filler rod and wrapper, and is provided with
devices for guiding the filler rod from the last pair of the shaping wheels, curving
the wrapper to a U-shape and pressing the filler rod to the bottom of the
wrapper, and folding, pasting, delivery and cutting devices, substantially as set
forth.
5. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a table upon which said belt
runs, a top or presser endless belt above the carrier belt, shaping wheels revolving
between said belts to form a filler rod, means for feeding the paper wrapper to the
moving filler rod, a mouth-piece that receives the filler rod and wrapper and
partially curves the wrapper around the filler rod, and folders to completely turn
over the wrapper upon the filler rod, combined with pasting, pressing, delivery and
cutting mechanisms, all timed to produce uniformity of action in a continuous
operation, substantially as set forth.
6. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt and a top or presser endless
belt above the carrier belt combined with shaping wheels mounted to revolve
between the said belts, whereby the tobacco is formed into a filler rod, substantially
as described.
7. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, and shaping wheels mounted to revolve between said belts,
whereby the tobacco is formed into a filler rod, combined with wrapper feeding,
folding and pasting mechanisms and a cutting device, substantially as set forth.
8. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, combined with a series of pairs of grooved shaping wheels
mounted to revolve between said belts, whereby the tobacco is formed into a filler
rod, substantially as set forth.
9. In a cigarette machine, the combination of an endless carrier belt, a top or
presser endless belt above the carrier belt, and a series of pairs of grooved shaping
wheels mounted to revolve between said belts, the pairs of the series gradually
approaching each other so that the filler shall be gradually compressed in its
passage through the series of wheels, substantially as set forth.
10. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt and a series of pairs of shaping wheels mounted to revolve
between said belts on vertical axes, combined with scrapers for preventing clogging,
and for clearing the peripheries of the shaping wheels, and arranged to guide the
filler rod substantially as set forth.
11. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, shaping wheels arranged to revolve between said belts on
vertical axes, and devices arranged between the shaping wheels to guide the filler
rod, combined with a mouth-piece provided with devices for guiding the filler rod
from the last pair of shaping wheels, curving the wrapper to a U-shape and pressing
the filler rod to the bottom of the wrapper, a folder for further turning over the
wrapper upon the filler rod, and pasting, fold-compressing, and delivery mechanisms,
substantially as set forth.
12. In a cigarette machine, filler rod forming and wrapper feeding devices,
combined with a mouth-piece to receive the wrapper and filler rod, said mouth-piece
consisting of twin upper sections and twin lower sections the latter being secured
to a support on the machine and each provided with a concave recess, and the

page_text: former secured to the lower sections, and each having a downwardly projecting
portion with a convex face to project into the concave recesses in the lower sections
the sections being so secured together and to the table as to leave a curved space
between the upper and lower sections for the passage of the wrapper and a channel
between the upper sections for the passage of the filler rod on the wrapper, whereby
the wrapper shall be partially curved around the filler rod when they emerge from
the month-piece, and suitable devices to complete the folding of the wrapper on the
filler rod and to paste the edges of the wrapper, substantially as described.
13. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, and a pair of reciprocating jaws moving towards and from
each other over and from opposite sides of the carrier belt, combined with
spring guides, a series of pairs of shaping wheels revolving between said belts on
vertical axes, to the first pair of which wheels said spring guides lead the tobacco
from the jaws, and suitable gearing to cause the belts and shaping wheels to move
with uniform speed, substantially as set forth.
14. In a cigarette machine, a series of pairs of shaping wheels driven at uniform
speed by gearing the opposite gears of the train being engaged with each other,
and the adjacent pairs of gears being in different planes, combined with wide-faced
pinions for engaging the gears of adjacent pairs on one side of the train, substantially
as specified.
15. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, and a series of pairs of grooved shaping wheels mounted to
revolve between said belts on vertical axes, combined with scrapers to prevent
clogging, and to insure the clearing of the faces of the grooved shaping wheels, the
scrapers 52, 53 being concavo-convex to fit the grooves of the wheels, and arranged
to serve as guides to the moving filler rod, substantially as set forth.
16. In a cigarette machine, the combination with filler rod forming, wrapper
feeding and pasting devices, of a mouth-piece into which the wrapper and filler
rod pass on their way to the pasting devices, said mouth-piece consisting of twin
upper and twin lower sections, the upper sections fitting within the lower ones with
a space between them for the passage of the wrapper, and the opposite pairs of
sections being separated to form a channel along which the filler rod passes, the
upper and lower sections being united by bolts, and the bolt holes in the upper
sections enlarged to admit of the lateral and longitudinal adjustment of the sections
relatively to each other, substantially as described.
17. In a cigarette machine, a mouth-piece consisting of upper and lower twin
sections, each of the sections being independent of the others, the lower twin
sections 77 cach having in its inner side a concave recess tapering from the front
to the rear and provided with the projections 87, and the upper twin sections 82
having plate portions 82ª and downwardly extending prongs 85, each of the latter
having a convex face corresponding substantially, in outline to the concavities in
the lower sections, and suitable devices to adjustably secure the sections relatively
to each other, a space being left between the concave and convex surfaces of the
upper and lower sections, and a channel formed between the opposite pairs of
sections, combined with a suitable carrying device located beneath the lower twin
sections, and a pressing device, as 88, in the chaunel, substantially as set forth.
18. In a cigarette machine, an endless carrier belt, a top or presser endless belt
above the carrier belt, grooved shaping wheels mounted to revolve between the
two belts, and wrapper feeding devices, combined with a mouth-piece adapted to
receive the filler rod and wrapper and partially curve the latter around the former,
and points projecting from the mouth-piece into the grooves of the last pair of
shaping wheels to strip the filler rod therefrom and guide it into the mouth-piece
onto the wrapper, substantially as set forth.
19. In a cigarette machine, filler forming, and wrapper feeding devices, combined
with a mouth-piece consisting of upper and lower parts united together and having
a U-shaped space between them through which the wrapper moves, the upper part
having a channel along which the filler passes on and with the wrapper, and

page_text: curved projections extending inwardly over the channel from the opposite sides of
the mouth-piece at its delivery end to turn the edges of the wrapper over the
filler, substantially as set forth.
20. In a cigarette machine, filler forming and wrapper feeding devices, combined
with a mouth-piece consisting of upper and lower sections having a channel between
them along which the filler moves on and with the wrapper, a finger 88 attached
to one of the upper sections and extending into the channel to press the filler rod
onto the wrapper, curved projections extending inwardly from the opposite sides
of the lower sections at the delivery end of the mouth-piece to aid in curving the
wrapper around the filler rod and suitable devices to complete the folding of the
wrapper around the filler rod and to paste the edges of the wrapper, substantially
as set forth.
21. In a cigarette machine, filler rod forming and wrapper feeding devices,.
combined with a mouth-piece through which the wrapper and filler rod pass, said
mouth-piece having devices, substantially as described, to partially curve the
wrapper around the filler rod, an angular guide consisting of two adjustable sides
between which the wrapper and filler rod pass from the mouth-piece, pressing
fingers extending down between the sides of the guide onto the filler rod, folders
attached to the said sides to engage the wrapper and completely turn its edges.
over upon the filler and the fingers, and devices to paste the edges of the wrapper,.
as set forth.
22. In a cigarette machine, filler rod forming and wrapping feeding devices,.
combined with a mouth-piece through which the wrapper and filler rod pass, said
mouth-piece having devices, substantially as described, to partially curve the
wrapper around the filler rod, an angular guide consisting of two adjustable sides
between which the wrapper and filler rod pass from the mouth-piece, a gutter con--
nected to said guide to shape the lower portion of the continuous cigarette, pressing
fingers extending down between the sides of the guides, one of said fingers pressing
on the filler rod and the other on one of the turned-over edges of the wrapper,
folders attached to the said sides to engage the wrapper and completely turn its.
edges over onto the filler rod and the fingers, and devices to paste the edges of the
wrapper, as set forth.
23. In a cigarette machine a pasting disk revoluble in substantially a horizontal
plane, a paste trough, and a wheel revoluble in said trough in substantially a
vertical plane, combined with a travelling endless thread passing over the wheel in
the trough and engaging the edge of the pasting disk, a scraper interposed between
the wheel in the trough and the pasting disk to engage the thread and remove the
surplus paste therefrom, and suitable means to drive the thread, the pasting disk
and the wheel, substantially as described.
24. In a cigarette machine, a revoluble pasting disk, a paste trough and a wheel
revoluble in the trough, combined with a travelling endless thread passing over the-
wheel in the trough and engaging the edge of the disk, an arm pivoted on the
trough, a scraper carried by said arm and engaging the thread between the wheel
and the disk, suitable devices to adjust said arm, and suitable means to drive the.
thread, the pasting disk and the wheel, substantially as described.
25. In a cigarette machine, the combination of filler rod forming and wrapper
feeding devices, of a mouth-piece through which the wrapper and filler rod pase
and by which the wrapper is partially curved around the filler rod, a guide con--
sisting of the adjustable sides 91, 92, between which the wrapper and filler rod pass
from the mouth piece, devices connected to said sides to shape the lower portion of
the continuous cigarette and complete the folding of the wrapper around the filler
rod, devices to paste the edges of the wrapper, a presser wheel to smooth down
said pasted edges, laterally adjustable plates 125 between which the continuous
cigarette passes from the pasting and smoothing devices, a top endless presser and
delivery belt working upon and over the plates 125, a lower endless delivery belt
and cutting mechanism, substantially as described.
26. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with a cutting device, of a spring-
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page_text: finger 133 adapted to bear on the continuous cigarette and maintain it in position
during the cutting operation, substantially as set forth.
27. In a cigarette machine, the combination, with a knife having a rotary
movement, of a block on which the outer end of the cigarette is supported, said
block having a slot in which the knife rotates, and a spring finger to maintain the
continuous cigarette in position during the cutting operation, substantially as
described.
Dated thin 7th das of March 1902
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.