Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 12th May, 1900
Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
I, BERNHARD BARON, of 4 to 6, St. James' Place, Aldgate, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines of the
class in which a continuous filler or rod of tobacco is first formed and then sub-
suitably pasted to secure it,
sequently covered or wrapped with paper which
such wrapped filler being then cut up into cigarettes all in
operation.
a continuous
In some machines of this class the tobacco after it is taken by the endless
filler travelling belt is passed under a continuous presser belt carried by pulleys
or rolls so that it is kept well pressed down before it enters the shaping rolls.
According to the present invention it is proposed to employ in place of this
belt a frame on which is supported a number of small rolls which are driven by
some suitable means, such as by a chain which engages with sprocket wheels
on the spindles of same such chain being driven from some suitably moving part.
The frame carrying the rolls or an outer frame carrying the first frame is
capable of being lifted up to examine the tobacco beneath and may be locked
when in position to put the necessary pressure on the tobacco. The rolls may
be arranged closely together or they may be spaced somewhat apart and sepa-
rated by distance pieces so shaped as to expose only a small portion of the roll
and to fill up the gap between one roll and the next.
1000
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.
Improvements in Cigarette Making macumos
I, BERNHARD BARON, of 4 to 6, St. James' Place, Aldgate, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:--
This invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines of the
class in which a continuous filler or rod of tobacco is first formed and then sub-
tly covered or wrapped with paper which is suitably pasted to secure it,
seque

page_text: such wrapped filler being then cut up into cigarettes all in a continuous
operation.
In some machines of this class the tobacco after it is taken by the endless
filler travelling belt is passed under a continuous presser belt carried by pulleys
or rolls so that it is kept well pressed down before it enters the shaping rolls.
According to the present invention it is proposed to employ in place of this
belt a frame on which is supported a number of small rolls which are driven by
some suitable means, such as by a chain which engages with sprocket wheels
on the spindles of same such chain being driven from some suitably moving part.
The frame carrying the rolls or an outer frame carrying the first frame is
capable of being lifted up to examine the tobacco beneath and may be locked
when in position to put the necessary pressure on the tobacco. The rolls may
be arranged closely together or they may be spaced somewhat apart and sepa-
rated by distance pieces so shaped as to expose only a small portion of the roll
and to fill up the gap between one roll and the next.
The accompanying drawings shew a form of apparatus which has been found
effective for the purpose intended.
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Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation on the line y-y of Fig. 2 which is a plan view
while Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line of Fig. 1. In said drawing A is
the roll carrying frame loosely mounted on the shaft B so that it may be turned
up to examine the tobacco being fed forward on belt C. As shown the frame A
carries two large compression rollers D and four smaller intermediate rolls E
all of which enter between the walls F of the groove in which belt C travels.
It will be evident that the presser rolls may be grooved if desired and thus to a
large extent if not entirely take the place of the side walls F. The compres-
sion rollers D and E must of course be driven in the direction of the travelling
belt C and this may be secured in any well known manner. As shown idle
pulleys G are employed to press belt H against the pulley wheels. Motion is
imparted to the compression rollers D and E by means of shaft B.
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: -
In cigarette making machines and in combination a tobacco filler carrying
belt, a grooved recess carrying came and a series of presser rolls, the parts being
adapted to feed forward and deliver the tobacco to the shaping rolls or devices
substantially as described.
Dated this 07th
1000
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.