Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 1888
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 68 Fleet Street in the City of London, Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing paper tubes for cigarettes,
without the use of paste or glue, and to a machine for carrying out said method in a
very rapid and effective manner, the machine being capable of producing and stamping
easily 60,000 tubes in ten hours.
The method consists in transforming a ribbon of cigarette paper (the width of which
is a little in excess of the diameter of the tube to be made, and after the ribbon or
strip has been stamped or branded at proper distances) into a tube by connecting its
edges in such a way as to cause them to form as solid a joint as if they had been glued
or pasted together and in finally cutting up the so formed tube into short tubes or cases
of equal length.
To attain this purpose the machine represented in the accompanying drawings
causes the paper ribbon to pass first under an automatic inking stamp to be then
wound or rolled around a rod or spindle of proper diameter and through a conical
rolling apparatus rolling the edges of the paper one with the other, the so formed
roll or whirl passing then between two milled wheels which transform said roll or
whirl into a very solid joint without using any glue or paste and finally passing the so
formed tube through a pair of shears or scissors which cut it into tubes of a determined
length.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a plan view of the
machine partly in section through the important parts. The other figures shew
details of the machine which will be hereinafter described with reference to those
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page_text: In all the figures the same letters refer to the same pieces or parts.
A is a horizontal axis provided with a crank or fly-wheel B worked by hand or by
any other motive power and carrying three eccentrics C C¹ and D. The eccentric C
moves to and from the double armed lever E which acts upon a toothed wheel G by
means of a connecting rod F. The alternating motion of the wheel G is transmitted
to pinion Hof a disc I which carries a pawl or click J. This latter acts upon an
eccentric K provided with two teeth or projections and is mounted on the axis K¹.
Each turn of the fly wheel B causes the axis K¹ to turn half a revolution. The disc I
and its pinion H are free to turn upon the axis K¹ upon which is mounted a toothed
wheel L gearing with a wheel M, the axis of which carries the upper milled wheel N.
The teeth of the gear wheels G, L, M and H, and the diameter of the wheel N are so
calculated as to cause the paper to advance the length of a cigarette tube for every
half revolution of the eccentric K.
The ribbon, O is wound upon a drum or cylinder P and is guided by the guide-
rollers p p and p³. A stretcher Q maintains the proper tension of the paper between
the drum and the milled wheels. Between the rollers p² and p³ the paper passes under
an automatic inking stamp of the well known system used for hand stamping but
which is here acted upon by a special eccentric C₁ acting upon the connecting rod a
by means of a double armed lever c with roller c-p³ is a regulating roller fixed to
the movable bearing d which may be made flexible or not, and may be displaced by
means of the sliding rod e and the set screw e¹ for the purpose of having the stamp
placed at will in the middle or at the end of the tube, the displacement of the roller p³
being equivalent to the displacement of the stamping apparatus relatively to the milled
wheels.
After leaving the rollers p³ the paper ribbon runs along the rod or spindle R around
which it is forced to roll or wind itself by means of the short tubes or sleeves S and T
through which it passes. The tube or sleeve S causes the two edges of the paper-
ribbon to pass one over the other (Fig. 8) and on leaving the sleeve S the so formed
paper tube is acted upon by a spring with forked head U (Figs. 3 and 5) the point u
of which presses the edges of the paper into the longitudinal groove of the rod or
spindle R (Fig. 9). Said groove terminates in a conical tube V (Figs. 3, 4 and 6)
provided with a longitudinal slot which causes the whirling up into a little roll q on
the two edges o¹ o² of the paper ribbon O (Fig. 10).
The rod or spindle R is suspended in a bearing A¹ the height of which may be
regulated at will, and a screw 6 affixed to the bearing B' which may also be regulated
at will presses upon one end of the rod or spindle R thus causing its other end which
bears the under milled wheel n to press upwards against the upper milled wheel N the
rod or spindle R acting like a spring. The machine being provided with inter-
changeable rods or spindles R of various diameter every size of tube can be made by
the samo machine.
When leaving the conical tube V the roll y is seized between the milled wheels N
and n, pressed and contracted (Fig. 11) so as to form as strong a joint as if the edges
of the paper had been glued together.
By means of interchangeable milled wheels N of different diameters the same
machine may produce cigarette tubes of any length as the latter are directly pro-
portionate to the circumference of the wheel N as will be apparent from the arrange-
ment of the lever E, rod F, and wheels G, H, L and M above specified.
The cutting up of the tube is effected by the shears or scissors W which are kept
open by an eccentric y turned to and fro by means of an eccentric D, fixed on the
axis A, a double armed lever X and a connecting rod Y (Fig. 7). A spring w closes
the shears or scissors W and produces the cutting of the paper tube each time the
latter stops that is to say when the end of lever E is guided by the right part of the
eccentric C.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Machines for Manufacturing
and Stamping Paper Tubes for Cigarettes.
I, ERNEST DE PASS, of 68 Fleet Street, in the City of London, Fellow of the
Institute of Patent Agents, 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 (reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon) that is to say:-
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing paper-tubes for cigarettes
without the use of any paste or glue, and to a machine for carrying out said method
in a very rapid and effective manner, said machine being capable of producing and
stamping 60,000 tubes easily in ten hours.
The method consists in transforming a ribbon of cigarette paper, (the width of
which is a little in excess of the diameter of the tube to be made, and after the ribbon
or strip has been stamped or branded at proper distances,) into a tube, by connecting
its edges in such a way as to cause them to form as solid a joint as if they had been
glued or pasted together, and in finally cutting up the so formed tube into short, tubes
or cases of equal length.
To attain this purpose the machine, represented in the accompanying drawings,
causes the paper ribbon to pass first, under an automatic inking-stamp, to be then
wound or rolled around a rod or spindle of proper diameter, and through a conical
rolling apparatus rolling the edges of the paper one with the other, the 50 formed
roll or whirl passing then between two milled wheels which transform said roll or
whirl into a very solid joint, without using any glue or paste, and finally passing the
so formed tube through a pair of shears or scissors which cut it into tubes of a
determined length.
In the drawings left with the Provisional Specification, Fig. 1, is a front view, and
Fig. 2 a plan view of the machine partly in section, through the important parts.
The other figures shew details of the machine which will be hereinafter described with
reference to those figures.
In the drawing filed with the Complete Specification Fig. 12 shews means or
apparatus for gilding or bronzing the trade mark or other indication on the cigarette
paper.
In all the figures the same letters refer to the same pieces or parts.
A is a horizontal axis provided with a crank or fly-wheel B, worked by hand, or by
any other motive power, and carrying three eccentrics C, C and D. The eccentric (
moves to and from the double armed lever E, which acts upon a toothed wheel G by
means of a connecting-rod F. The alternating motion of the wheel G is transmitted
to the pinion H of a disc I which carries a pawl or click J. This latter acts upon an
eccentric K provided with two teeth or projections, and is mounted on the axis K.
Each turn of the fly-wheel B causes the axis K' to turn half a revolution. The disc I,
and its pinion H, are free to turn upon the axis K¹ upon which is mounted a toothed
wheel L, gearing with a wheel M, the axis of which carries the upper milled wheel N.
The teeth of the gear wheels G, L, M, and H, and the diameter of the wheel N, are
so calculated as to cause the paper to advance the length of a cigarette-tube, for every
half revolution of the eccentric K.

page_text: The ribbon O is wound upon a drum or cylinder P, and is guided by the guide-
rollers p³, p² and p³. A stretcher Q maintains the proper tension of the paper between
the drum and the milled wheels. Between the rollers p² and p³ the paper passes under
an automatic inking stamp of the well known system used for hand stamping, but
which is here acted upon by a special eccentric C₁ acting upon the connecting rod a
by means of a double-armed lever c, with roller c¹. p³ is a regulating roller fixed to
the movable bearing d, which may be made flexible or not, and may be displaced by
means of the sliding rod e and the set screw e¹, for the purpose of having the stamp
placed at will in the middle or at the end of the tube, the displacement of the roller p³
being equivalent to the displacement of the stamping apparatus relatively to the milled
wheels.
After leaving the roller p³, the paper ribbon runs along the rod or spindle R around
which it is forced to roll or wind itself by means of the short tubes or sleeves S and T
through which it passes. The tube or sleeve S causes the two edges of the paper-
ribbon to pass one over the other (Fig. 8) and on leaving the sleeve S the so formed
paper-tube is acted upon by a spring with forked hoad Ü (Figs. 3 and 5) the point u
of which presses the edges of the paper into the longitudinal groover of the rod or
spindle R (Fig. 9). Said groove terminates in a conical tube V (Figs. 3, 4 and 6)
provided with a longitudinal slot which causes the whirling or curling up into a little
roll, on the two edges o¹, o³, of the paper ribbon 0 (Fig. 10).
The rod or spindle R is suspended in a bearing A¹ the height of which may be
regulated at will, and a screw b, affixed to the bearing B¹, which may also be regulated
at will, presses upon one end of the rod or spindle R, thus causing its other end, which
bears the under milled-wheel n to press upwards against the upper milled-wheel N,
the rod or spindle R acting like a spring. The machine being provided with inter-
changeable rods or spindles R, of various diameter, every size of tube can be made by
the same machine.
When leaving the conical tube V, the roll 9 is seized between the milled wheels N
and n, pressed and contracted (Fig. 11) so as to form as strong a joint as if the edges
of the paper had been glued together.
By means of interchangeable milled-wheels N, of different diameters, the same
machine may produce cigarette tubes of any length, as the latter are directly pro-
portionate to the circumference of the wheel N, as will be apparent from the arrange-
ment of the lever E, rod F, and wheels G, L, H, and M, above specified.
The cutting up of the tube is effected by the shears or scissors W, which are kept
open by an eccentric y turned to and fro by means of an eccentric D fixed on the
axis A, a double armed lever X and a connecting rod Y (Fig. 7). A spring w closes
the shears or scissors W, and produces the cutting of the paper tube each time the
latter stops, that is to say when the end of lever E is guided by the right part of the
eccentric C. On the tube being cut into short tubes these latter fall through the
shoot Z into a receptacle placed in front of the machine.
For the purpose of gilding the trade-mark, the name of firm, or other indication
which is stamped upon the paper ribbon by means of the automatic stamper B², the
machine may be further provided with the supplementary mechanism shewn in Fig. 12
and consisting essentially of a sieve or sifter A², containing gold powder, and acted
upon by a hammer (with knee lever 3-4, or other similar striking apparatus, and
of two brushes D2 and E2. The sieve or sifter A³ is affixed to the bearing of P by
means of a slotted arm a², and a screw e³, so as to be set according to the space left
between two marks successively stamped by B². The arm a' is flexible, and the arm 3
of hammer C2 is lifted by the rod a' when the stamper is lifted by the lever c for the
purpose of being inked. The arm 4, to which the hammer C is thus fixed, is thrown
upward, the hammer C strikes against the spring F2, and is caused to strike upon the
sieve or sifter A² after each stamping of B2, so as to sprinkle or dust gold powder
upon the mark which has been stamped by the preceding stroke of B². The paper
ribbon passes then under the rotary brush D², the friction of which produces the
adhesion of the gold powder upon those parts of the paper which have been made
greasy by the stamper. From here, the paper ribbon runs over the roller p³ to the

page_text: rotary brush E2, which brushes away excess of gold powder. The brushes D2 and E'
are moved by means of a cord or string G² running over a pulley mounted on the
axis A of the machine.
Having now described the invention and in what manner the same may be
performed, I claim, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents :-
1. The method of making paper tubes for cigarettes, by transforming a ribbon of
cigarette paper (the width of which is a little in excess of the diameter of the cigarette
tube to be made, after having stamped said ribbon at proper distances and places) into
a tube, by whirling its edges together and contracting them between two milled wheels
to form a solid joint without the aid of glue or paste, and finally cutting the so formed
tube into tubes of equal length, substantially as shewn and described and for the
purpose specified.
2. The machine for making cigarette tubes, consisting essentially of a paper holder P.
stretcher Q, guiding rollers p¹, and p², stamping apparatus B₁ acted upon by means of
an eccentric C¹, double armed lever c and a rod a, movable bearing d with roller p³,
adjustable spindle or rod R with groove », conical tube V and milled wheel n, forked
spring U, guiding tubes S and T, milled wheel N acted upon by the wheels G, H, L, M,
by the eccentric C fixed to the axis A of the hand wheel B, and acting upon the
wheel G by means of a lever E and connecting rod F, and shears or scissors W, with
spring acted upon by means of an eccentric D with double armed lever X, connecting
rod Y and eccentric y, substantially as shewn and described and for the purpose
specified.
3. In machines for making paper tubes for cigarettes, the combination of the paper
holder P and stretcher Q, with an automatic inking stamp B¹, acted upon by an
eccentric C¹, double armed lever c, and connecting rod a, and with a guiding roller på
supported by an arm d, which may be displaced by means of a sliding rod e, and fixing
screw el, for the purpose of having the tubes made by the said machine stamped at a
determined place thereon by placing the roller på at a proper distance from B¹,
stantially as shewn and described.
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4. The combination of the rod or spindle R, provided with a groove r, a conical
tube V, and a milled wheel n, with the adjustable bearings A and B, said rod or
spindle being suspended in A¹ and pressed down by the screw b of B₁, and with the
tubes S and T, the forked spring U and milled wheel N, substantially as shewn and
described and for the purpose specified.
5. In machines for making paper tubes for cigarettes, the combination of the
eccentric D, double-armed lever X, connecting-rod Y and eccentric y, with the shears
or scissors W, having a spring w, substantially as shewn and described, and for the
purpose specified.
6. The combination with the automatic stamper B², of a sieve or sifter A³, containing
gold powder, and acted upon by a hammer C, or other striking mechanism, and of
the brushes D and E2, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
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