Improvement in Cigarette Manufacturing Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 9th Oct., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cigarette Manufacturing Machines.
We, GEORGE HENRY HILGARTNER, Engineer, of 2919, E. Marshall Street, and
WILLIAM HENRY WALKER, Insurance Agent of 1014 East Main Street, both of
Richmond, in the County of Henrico, and State of Pennsylvania, United States
of America 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:-
Our invention has relation to cigarette machines and more particularly to that
class wherein the filler is first picked and suitably prepared, then slightly pressed
and cut into proper lengths and fed to the rolling table, and the paper cut into
suitable lengths with the requisite amount of paste applied to one edge thereof,
then wrapped around the filler so that its edges are united and the formed cigarette
delivered to the cutter, which trims its ends to the proper length, and the finished
cigarette delivered to the packers, the operation from beginning to end being
accomplished automatically as above described.
To these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination and arrange-
ment of the several parts cooperating to this common end, as will be hereinafter
more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicate the same
parts of the invention.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved cigarette making machine, viewed
from the left hand side thereof;
Fig. 2 is a similar view, taken from the right hand side;
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional elevation of the same;
Fig. 4 is a top plan view;
Fig. 5 is a top plan view on the line A--A of Fig. 7;
Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the endless chain carriage;
Fig. 6 is a side view of the same;
Fig. 7 is a rear end view of the machine;
Fig. S is an enlarged detail view of the cigarette trimming device;
Fig. 9 is another view of the same, showing the finished cigarette in the act
of being discharged upon the endless carrying chain;
Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view, showing the cigarette rolling head
engaging the front end of the gummed wrapper;
Fig. 11 is a view showing the position of the parts while the ends of the cigarette
are being trimmed;
Fig. 12 is a horizontal section of the cigarette rolling head, showing the position
of the plungers before the said head has closed the pocket in the apron;
Fig. 13 is a similar section of the cigarette rolling head, showing in dotted lines
the final compression of the cigarette;
Fig. 14 is a section of the parts mentioned after the plungers are released by
the converging rails;
Fig. 15 is a longitudinal section of the paste receptacle and its bracket;

page_text: Fig. 16 is an enlarged detail view, partly in section, of the main shaft and cam
operating the cutting knife;
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Fig. 17 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the paper roll, feeding, tension,
pasting and shearing devices;
Fig. 18 is a plan view of the bracket supporting the paste receptacle;
Fig. 19 is a side view of the shears and their operating mechanism;
Fig. 20 is a top plan view of the wrapper conveying mechanism;
Fig. 21 is a side elevation of the same, showing the paper carrying jaws closed
with the gummed wrapper between them;
Fig. 22 is a similar view, showing the jaws, open;
Fig. 23 is an enlarged rear elevation of the wrapper conveying head;
Fig. 24 is a detail of the wrapper conveying head, taken opposite to and when
the jaws are in the position shown in Fig. 16;
Fig. 25 is a detail view of the same, taken on..opposite side of and when the
jaws are in the position shown in Fig. 17;
Fig. 26 is an enlarged plan view of the paper feeding, tension and pasting
devices;
Fig. 27 is a side elevation of the feed rolls detached from the machine; and
Fig. 28 is a section on the line C-C of Fig. 27.
The construction of our invention may be described as follows: The cast metal
sides 2 and 3 and the bed plate 4 constitute the frame of the machine, the plate
being firmly secured to the sides by bolts 5. A bracket 6 is adjustably secured to
the forward end of the bed plate 4 by bolts 7, passing through slots 8 in said
bracket, and the forward end thereof is bifurcated so as to receive a roller 9.
Starting at this point, an endless belt 10, provided at suitable intervals with
divisional strips. or cross-bars 12, passes obliquely upward over a small roller 13,
and is driven by a shaft 26 which is geared with the shaft of the roller 9 by a
sprocket chain 9º. A belt 10 passes around a roller 14, thence rearward along
the bed plate 4, around a return collar 15, thence forward between two feed
rollers 16 and 17 to the roller 14. The journals of the roller 16 are mounted
in fixed bearings 18 in the depending brackets 19, bolted underneath the bed
plate 4, and the journals of the lower roller 17 are mounted in adjustable
bearings 20, sliding in guideways in said arms 19. These bearings 20 rest upon
springs 21, which, through the medium of the roller 17, press the endless belt 10"
against the roller 16, the tension of the spring being regulated by thumb
screws 22. A gear on the outside of the shaft of the roller 16 drives it in the
direction of the arrow, and it will thus be seen that a continuous motion in the
direction indicated by the arrows is imparted to the endless belt 10%.
Mounted in the upper part of the side pieces 2 and 3, between them and above
the endless belt 10%, is a roller 23 driven by a sprocket wheel 231 connected by
a sprocket chain 232 driven by a sprocket wheel on the shaft of the picker
cylinder 31 on the outside of the frame, and back of said roller is similarly
mounted a smaller roller 24, and upon these rollers 23, 24 is secured an endless
belt 25 continuously driven by the roller 23 in the direction of the arrows, and
the lower face of the endless belt 25 is set at an angle or incline with reference
to the endless belt 10", so that the discharge opening between the rollers 15 and
24 will be contracted or narrower than the receiving point between the roller 23
and the endless belt at the point immediately beneath it.
The prepared cut or loose tobacco is evenly spread in suitable quantities upon
the endless belt 10 and between the dividing strips 12 at the forward end of the
machine. The tobacco is then conveyed by said belt 10 and discharged by gravity
upon the picking roller 26, whence it is caught by the picker teeth 27 and carried
under the solid pressure roller 28, having a plain surface, around which it is pre-
vented from being thrown off by the sheet metal guard 29. The tobacco is then
taken off of the picking roller 26 by the teeth 30 on the lower picking roller 31,
which is in a different plane with the teeth 27 on the cylinder 26 and the points
of the teeth 30 project beyond the periphery of the teeth 27 and pick the tobacco

page_text: off from said teeth 27, carry it around below the lower portion of the guard 29,
and discharge it evenly upon the endless apron 10ª. The upper picking roller 26
revolves in a comparatively slow motion in the direction of the arrow, while the
lower picker roller 31 revolves in the direction of the arrow much more rapidly,
which effectually picks or gins off the tobacco from the upper roller and
discharges it evenly and regularly upon the endless belt 10", as above mentioned.
The tobacco as thus received upon the endless belt 10 is conveyed rearward
into the conveying passage formed by the belts 10 and 25, and gradually com-
pressed as it is carried back to the discharge opening between the rollers 15 and
24, where it is discharged upon the cutting-off shelf 32, where its end is stopped
by and it is further compressed against the face of the cutter blade 33.
suitable moment the cutter blade 33 is raised and the tobacco then continues
its movement rearward until sufficient tobacco has been fed outward. At this
moment, the blade 33 descends, cuts off the discharge into a dropper 33 which is
fixed to and depends from a rockshaft 33b. A curved leyer 33° is pivoted to the
main frame, and one end is connected to an arm 33 projecting upward from the
rockshaft, by a link 33, while the other end is provided with a roller 33 that
engages a cam 338 mounted on a vertical shaft 33. A spring 33 holds the roller
in engagement with the cam.
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The cut tobacco is now deposited in bulk from the dropper into the pocket 34
formed in the front end of the apron 35. This cutter blade 33 is rigidly secured
in the outer ends 36 of two vertically reciprocating arms 37 located on each side
of the base plate 4, and between it and the inside of the sides 2 and 3, where they
travel in two guide brackets 38, adjustably secured to the inside of said sides 2
and 3 by bolts 39, shown in Fig. 16, so that the arms 37, and thereby the blade 33,
may be adjusted with reference to its cutting edge. The lower ends of these
arms 37 are hinged upon a transverse rod 40, which in turn is hinged by a pair
of levers 41 to a rockshaft 42 journaled in brackets cast integral with the sides 2
and 3. The levers 41 are rigidly secured to either end of the rockshaft 42, and
between them and at approximately a right angle thereto, is rigidly secured a
lever 44, to the upper end of which is connected one end of the forked connecting
rod 45, the forked end 46 of which encompasses the shaft 48, and a cam 47 is
rigidly secured upon and rotates with this main driving shaft 48, which is mounted
in bearings 49 in the front end of the sides 2 and 3.
On the forked end 46 of the rod 45, and on one side thereof, is journaled a
friction roller 50, against which the face of the cam 47 presses to raise the cutter
blade 33, and the roller 50 is held against the cam 47 in its return movement,
which is the downward or cutting movement of the blade 33, by a spiral spring 51,
one end of which is secured to the lever 41 and the other end to a bolt 52, secured
at a suitable point on one of the sides 2, and the tension of this spring is so
adjusted that. while it will readily cut off the required charge of tobacco, the
motion of the cutter blade will be arrested and injury to its edge prevented,
should small particles of metal, such as nails, tacks or the like, become accidentally
mixed in with the cut tobacco.
The charge being severed from the main body of the tobacco by the blade 33,
falls by gravity into the dropper 33 and is discharged into the pocket 34 of the
apron 35. One end of this apron is clamped longitudinally in a divided rod 53,
which is rigidly secured at its ends in the lower ends of a pair of arms 54 rigidly
secured to and depending from an oscillating shaft 55, journaled in the sides 2
and 3, and similarly secured to said shaft 55 is an upwardly projecting lever 56,
the free end of which is connected to a pitman 57, the forked end of which engages
a cam 58 secured to, the main shaft 48. This pitman and its operating cam are.
similar in construction to the forked rod 45 and cam 48 above described, and
consequently the description of the one will answer for the other. The forward.
end of the apron -35 being secured to the divided rod 53, as before mentioned,
the rod is now, moyed toward the cigarette rolling table, whereby sufficient slack
is allowed to form the pocket 34. The apron then extends rearward, resting upon
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page_text: the cigarette rolling table, passing around the beveled end 60 thereof, and having
its end secured to the under side thereof by a clamp 61. When the cam 58
operates to carry the divided rod 53 towards the cigarette rolling table, the
cigarette rolling head 73 closes the pocket in the apron with the charge of tobacco
in it, and as soon as the cigarette rolling head 73 enters on its journey on the
cigarette rolling table, the divided rod 53, to which one end of the apron is
attached, is moved away from the table by. its cam 58 a sufficient distance to
draw the apron snugly around the charge of tobacco, which it encompasses within
the cigarette rolling head 73, and the further movement of the said cigarette
rolling head rolls the charge of tobacco over and over, ready to receive the
wrapper, as will be hereinafter explained.
The table 59 is adjustably secured to a bracket 62, so that its discharge end 60
will be slightly higher than its receiving end, (the drawing showing a somewhat
exaggerated inclination,) whereby in the operation of forming the cigarette, it is
practically rolled "up hill." The object of this is to retain the loose tobacco 1
in the roll and prevent it from falling ahead of the roll by gravity and covering
the paste end of the paper, thereby overcoming a very serious objection in that
class of machines using a segmental table.
The bracket 62 is adjustably secured to lugs on the sides 2 and 3 by bolts 64!
passing through vertical slots 65, and by means of this construction the table 59 2
may be raised or lowered at will. This bracket 62 is provided with an integral
guide 66, upon which a rolling carriage 67 slides, the said carriage being
reciprocated by a pitman 68 connected to a lever 69, the lower end of which is
hinged to a shaft 70 secured between the sides 2 and 3, and this lever is provided
with a friction roller 71, which comes in contact with a suitably shaped cam 72, 2
secured to the main shaft 48, which operates the carriage as follows:
The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 2, and the charge of tobacco
having fallen into the pocket in the apron, the cam 72 forces the carriage back-
ward until its cigarette rolling head 73 is about midway the length
of the table 59, where it stops for a brief interval, as will be here- 3
inafter explained. It then continues its movement to the end 60 of the
table, which is its limit in one direction; the cam 72 then releases it; and a
spring 74 secured at one end to the lever 69. and at the other to the frame,
restores the carriage at one continuous movement to its first position.
We will now proceed to describe the particular construction of the cigarette 3
rolling head 73 of the carriage 67.
Referring to Fig. 12, the cigarette rolling head 73 is provided with an inverted
semicircular recess 75, which is a trifle longer than the length of the cigarette,
and at each end thereof in said cigarette rolling head is a plunger 76 pressed
outwardly by a spiral spring 77, so that when the roll of tobacco is in the recess 1
in the first step of the process of forming the cigarette, the outer ends of the
plungers will come into contact with the beveled ends 80 of the converging
rails 79, force the plungers inwardly as shown in Fig. 13, and compress and hold
the ends of the roll of tobacco solid both before and after it has been wrapped.
After the wrapping and rolling operation has been completed, and just before the 4
cigarette is about to leave the rolling table 59, the ends of the plungers 76 pass
beyond the beveled ends 81 of the rails 79, leaving the cigarette free to be dis-
charged when the cigarette rolling head of the carriage has arrived at the end 60
of the table. It will thus be seen that we preserve the roll cylindrical and com-
pact both in its body and at its ends, thereby making a firm solid roll in the 5
wrapper.
After the cigarette has been finished as far as above described, and it has been
discharged from the end 60 of the table, it falls by gravity into a longitudinal
semicircular recess 82 in the solid cylinder 83, and this cylinder is the exact length
of a finished cigarette, and it is adjustably secured on a shaft 84 journaled in 5
arms 85 on a bracket 86 secured to bracket 62 on the, frame. One end of the
shaft 84 is provided with a pinion 87 on the outside of the arm 85. Said

page_text: cylinder 83 and pinion 87 are oscillated one-half of a revolution by a rack 88 recipro-
cating in a guide 89 secured to the bracket 62, and the forward end of said rack
is connected to a cam 90 on the shaft 48, by a pitman 91, provided with a spring 92.
The construction of said cam and pitman is the same as that described above for
the cam 47 and pitman 45. The cylinder 83 is adjustably secured on its shaft 84
by a set-screw (not shown) and its periphery may be provided with a series of
semicircular recesses 82' of different sizes to correspond to the diameter of
different sized cigarettes.
Mounted upon the shaft 93, and driven by a small pulley 94 and belt 95 from
a larger pulley on the main shaft 48, is a pair of cutter disks 96, revolving in
the direction of the arrows, and they are so adjusted that their peripheral cutting
edges overlap the recess 82, and barely clear the ends of the cylinder 83, and at
the same moment the cigarette is dropped into the recess 82, the rack 88 is
operated by its cam 90 to semi-rotate the cylinder 83, which carries recess 82,
containing the cigarette, around when its ends come in contact with the rapidly
revolving disks 96, which trim off the ends of the cigarette to a uniform and
finished length, and the further rotation of the cylinder carries the recess 82
around and down into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Here it
drops by gravity upon an endless chain 97, travelling in a frame 101 secured to
the bracket 86 and extending laterally at a right angle to the machine proper,
in which it is driven by a sprocket wheel 98 on a shaft 99, provided with an
angle gear 100 meshing with a similar gear 100 on the shaft 33h which has a
second bevel gear 100b that meshes with a gear 100° on the main shaft 48.
Referring to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the shaft 99 extends through the
frame 101, and its end is provided with a gear wheel 102 which meshes with
an idler 103, which rotates a pinion 104 secured to a roller 105 by a screw 106,
so that the roller and attached pinion revolve freely in the frame 101. This
description will answer for the series of rolls 105, which are driven in the same
direction by the idlers 103 placed between them. It will thus be seen by reference
to Fig. 6 that these rollers 105 each have a semicircular groove 107 on its
periphery, so that after the finished cigarette is carried by the endless chain over
the sprocket wheel 98, at which point the chain returns, the cigarette is carried
along and delivered to the rollers 105, it falling into the grooves 107. The cigarette
is then carried forward until its further motion is arrested by its end coming
in contact with the arm 108 on the frame 101. Immediately below these rollers 105
and at a right angle thereto, is a second carrying frame 109, which extends
upwardly and terminates at a point near the front end of the machine and within
convenient reach of the operator engaged in feeding the machine. This frame 109
supports an endless travelling belt 110 passing around friction rollers 112 and 113
located in either end of said frame, and it is driven by one of said rollers and
is provided on its face at suitable intervals with fingers or pins 114, which arise
and pass between the rollers 105, engage the cigarette, carry it along with them
up the incline when the cigarette is dropped in a box or receptacle placed there
to receive it. The object of conveying the finished cigarette to this point is to
allow the filled receptacles to be removed and an empty one substituted by the
operator attending the machine, thus economizing the time of the attendant,
and requiring the services of only one person to each machine, a very important.
saving of time, labour and expense in operating the machine.
Secured by bolts 115 to the rear end of the sides 2 and 3 near their tops, is
a brace 116, the face of which is provided with an integral dovetail guide 117,
upon which slides transversely a carriage 118, and this carriage is provided with
a vertical integral dovetail guide 119, upon which slides a carrier head 120, and
a gib 121 in the guide-way of the head 120 is adjusted by the set screws 122,
by means of which the head may set the proper height, as will be explained
hereafter.
A longitudinal slot 123 in the brace 116 permits the passage of a stud bolt 124,"
to the outer end of which is connected a pitman 125, passing through a circular

page_text: opening. 126, and having its free end connected to a cam; lever 127 pivoted to the
frame at 128, and having a friction roller 129 mounted thereon, which comes in
contact with the face of a cam 130 on the shaft 99, which is operated by bevel
gears from the main shaft 48, as above explained.
paper
Rigidly secured to the carriage head 120 by screws is one arm 131 of the
carrying pincers, the free arm 132 of which is pivoted to the former by a bolt 133,
its arm extending upwardly above the carriage where it is bifurcated to receive
a friction roller 134. Secured to one side of the movable arm 132 is a rigid
detent 135, V-shaped on its under side, which engages with a similarly. shaped
detent 136 secured to the free end of a lever 137, pivoted to a lug 138 on the
front face of the carrier head 120 by a bolt 139, and the contacting V-faces are
held together by a leaf spring 140, the free end of which presses against the
bottom of the lever 137, the other end being secured to a screw stud 141 on the
face of the head 120, the tension of said spring being regulated by a thumb
screw 142 passing through a lug 143 integral with the face of the head 120.
The lower end of the rigid pincer arm 131 extends below the carrier head 120
and terminates in a stationary lower jaw 144, while the movable arm 132, which
is pivoted to the former by the bolt 133, also extends downward and terminates
in a finger 145, between which the end 146 of the paper roll 147 passes. This
movable finger 145 is operated to clamp, carry and release the paper as follows:
Upon the brace 116 are secured two upright brackets 148, in which is journaled
a rockshaft 149, and upon this shaft at one end of the stroke of the head 120 and
at a point in the same plane, is secured an arm 150, the inclined face of which
projects above and over the periphery of the friction roller 134 on the upper end
of the movable arm 132. If now the rockshaft 149 be oscillated to press the
inclined face of the arm 150 against the friction roller 134, the arm 132 will be
thrown outward, which raises the finger 145 from contact with the jaw 144, at
the same time the V-shaped face of the detent 135 presses against the near side
of the V-shaped detent 136, forcing the lever 137 downward against the action
of the spring 140, until the point of the detent 135 has passed the point of the
detent 136; the spring then forces the arm 137 up, thereby throwing the arm 132
to its limit and raising the finger 145 to its full extent. In this condition the
head is moved back to the other end of its stroke, where the friction roller 134
then lies in the same plane with the beveled face of a depending lever 151 sup-
ported on the frame, and this lever 151 is connected to a lever 152 by. a pitman 153
on the rockshaft 149, and at this point the shaft 149 is turned to press the beveled
face of the lever 151 against the opposite side of the roller 134, so as to force the
arm 132 inward. This motion throws the detent 135 on the opposite side of
the detent 136 on the lever 137, which closes the finger 145 on the jaw 144, and
retains them in a closed position.
The roll of paper 147 is provided with a hollow cylindrical core 154, which is
centered and mounted upon a series of screws 155 tapped in and radially adjust-
able on the solid cylinder 156, and each screw is provided with a milled collar 157
for convenience of adjustment, by means of which the reel of paper may be
centered to run "true" on the cylinder 156, which is mounted on a shaft 158
journaled so as to run freely in a standard 159 mounted on a shelf 1851. The
end of the strip of paper passes over a roller 160, on one side of the standard 159
and then in a straight line in the direction of the feed rollers 161 and 162, and
under the paste roller 176, thence passing between the jaw 144 and finger 145.
The feed roller 161 is, positively driven by a pinion 162 on its shaft 163, which
meshes with a similar pinion 164 on the shaft 165, which carries the lower feed
roller 162. The shaft 163 is journaled in a sleeve. 166, which is adjustably held
in place in the standand 167 by a set.screw 168, and the bearing for the shaft 163
in the sleeve 166. is eccentric with the periphery of the said sleeve, so that the
upper roller may be adjusted with reference to the lower roller 162, as shown
in Fig. 28.
A shaft 169 mounted in brackets 170 on center studs 171 carries two rigid

page_text: arms 172, provided at their free ends with center screws 173, between which is
mounted a shaft 174 provided with a pulley 175 and a beveled pinion 175" that
meshes with a similar pinion 175 on the end of a paste roller 176, which is
journaled in bearings 175° in one of the arms 172. A pair of arms 177 and 178
are likewise secured to the shaft 169 and extend in the opposite direction to those
first mentioned, and the extremity of the arm 177 is provided with a pressure
pad or finger 179, and at a proper interval will press the paper 147 against the
bed plate and hold it there temporarily for the purpose to be hereinafter
mentioned.
The end of the other arm 178 is provided with a friction roller 180 which comes
in contact with and is operated by the cam 181 on the lower feed roller shaft 165,
so that one, portion of the periphery of said cam will operate the arm 178 to raise
or release the pressure finger 179 from contact with the paper 147, and at the
same time throw the roller 176 which carries the paste, downward upon and in
contact with the edge of the strip of paper, while another portion of the periphery
of said cam presses the finger 179 down upon the paper, holding it temporarily
and at the same time raising the paste roller from contact with the paper.
Immediately above the paste roller is mounted a paste reservoir 182, secured
by lugs 183 upon a yoke 184, which in turn is secured to the paper carrying
bed 185. The upper face of this yoke 184 is provided with a dovetail recess 186,
in which is adjustably secured a slide 187, operated by a milled head screw 188,
in a lug 189, cast on the yoke 184, and the bottom of the reservoir 182 is provided
with a slot 190, into which the paste roller 176 projects to receive its paste, and
the amount of paste withdrawn by the roller can be regulated exactly by the
adjustable slide 187, the paste in the reservoir 182 being of such a consistency
that it will not run out during the slight downward movement of the paste roller.
The arm 178 of the pasting device is operated by the cam 181, as above mentioned,
and it is held in contact with and caused to follow the motion of the face of said
cam by a spiral spring 192, one end of which is secured to said arm and the other
to a suitable point on the frame.
The feed rollers 161 and 162 have a portion 1611 and 162¹ cut away, so that
when the paste roller 176 is up and the finger 179 down, any "buckling" of the
strip of paper 147 is prevented, as would be the case if the paper were continuously
fed while the finger 179 was down upon the strip of paper and the motion of the
cam 181 of course is so timed that when the finger is down, the cutaway
portions 1611 and 1621 will be opposite to and parallel with each other, leaving
the paper free.
The pulley 175 on the paste roller driving shaft 174 is driven by a small belt 193
running over a larger pulley on the main driving shaft 48, and the pinion 164 on the
lower feed roller 162 receives its motion from a wheel 194, operated through the
medium of a series of idlers 195 driven by a gear 196 on shaft 99, as shown in
Fig. 17.
Upon the shelf 1851 is secured a knee 197, adjustable thereon by means of the
slot 198 and set-screw 199, and to it is fastened the lower rigid blade 200 of a
pair of shears by screws a a, the upper movable blade 201 being pivoted to the
former on a rivet 6 in the usual manner, and a C shaped flat spring 202, having
its ends secured to studs 203, serves to hold the movable blade down upon the
latter, except when raised as follows:
As shown in Fig. 19, the upper or movable blade 201 is provided with an
inclined surface 204 located on its under side. Located between its cutting edge
and the pivot connecting it to its mate, and in line with this inclined surface 204,
is a friction roller 205 mounted on the free end of a rocking lever 200 pivoted
to a bracket on the frame at 207. To this lever 206 is connected a pitman 208
provided with a roller 209 on one side thereof, which is operated by a cam 210,
on the shaft 211, having a pinion' 212, driven through the medium of idlers
from a gear wheel on the main driving shaft 48, and the operation of said cam 210
is such that when the finger 145 has closed to grasp the paper 147, the cam then

page_text: operates the shears to sever the piece of paper the size of a cigarette wrapper, at
a point between the pincer finger and the paste roller. The carriage head is
then operated to carry the detached paper wrapper over and lay it on the rolling
table where it is held until the apron carrying the roll of tobacco engages it.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-Power being applied to the main 5
driving shaft 48, the attendant feeds the prepared tobacco to the feed belt 10,
allowing a certain predetermined amount to each space between the strips 12;
the loose tobacco is conveyed to the picking roller 26, being loosely packed
thereon by the solid pressure roller 28; it is then taken off the picking roller 26
by the teeth on the picking roller 31, when it is discharged by gravity between 1
the slats on the belt 10 at a point immediately below said roller 31.
The belt 10 carries it under the conveying belt 25 lightly compressing it as
it is carried forward and pushed over the shelf 32. The end of the tobacco is
forced against the cutter blade 33 to further slightly compress it in the direction
of its travel; the cutter is then raised, a sufficient charge is fed out by the feed 1
belt 10 and compacting belt 25, the blade descends and the charge is severed
from the main body of the tobacco, and the said charge falls onto the droppers 33"
from which it is delivered in bulk into the pocket 34 in the apron 35. The
cigarette rolling head 73 is then forced rearward to close the pocket, and as its
motion continues, the charge is enveloped by the apron, and the charge with the 2
apron surrounding it, forced into the rolling recess 75 in the head 73. As soon
as the cigarette rolling head 73 has entered upon its journey along the cigarette
rolling table, the levers 64 carrying the shaft 53, to which is, secured the front
end of the apron, are pressed forward, which takes up all the slack in the apron
between the cigarette rolling head 73 and the shaft 53. While this operation
is going on, the shears have severed a piece of paper from the roll, with the paste
on one edge of it, and it is caught by the finger 145 and jaw 144, and the
carrier 120 carries it over and deposits it on the apron 30, about midway of its
length on the cigarette rolling table 59 with its free ungummed end towards
the roll of tobacco in the cigarette rolling head 73. The finger 145 holds it in
this position until the cigarette rolling head has engaged the wrapper and partially
wrapped it around the roll of tobacco. At this moment the finger 145 releases
the wrapper and the carrier 120 returns to its normal position, when a fresh
section of gummed paper is fed between its jaws, which are then closed, and the
shears operated to sever the wrapper from the strip, and is ready to begin its trip
over the cigarette rolling table, as before described.
While this operation is going on, the cigarette rolling head 73 resumes its
journey along the cigarette rolling table 59, which causes the wrapper to com-
pletely envelop the roll of tobacco and press the meeting edge of the wrapper
firmly down on the gummed edge thereof. The cigarette is then rolled over two
or three times until it arrives at the end 60 of the cigarette rolling table, where
it falls over and into the recess 82 in the roller 83, which is then oscillated by
the rack 88, which carries the cigarette between the revolving cutters 96, which
trim off the ends of the cigarette to the proper length. The finished and complete
cigarette then falls upon the endless chain belt 95 whence it is carried to the
rollers 105, from which it is taken off by the pins 114 on the belt 110, and by
it conveyed to a point within reach of the attendant, where it drops into a receptacle,
which as soon as filled, is removed and an empty one replaced by the attendant,
as above described.
While we have described the means of carrying out our invention, it will be
understood that various mechanical modifications may be made without departing
from the spirit of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the tobacco feeding, shearing

page_text: and rolling devices, of a dropper located below the shearing device to collect the
sheared tobacco and deposit it in bulk upon the apron of the rolling device,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. A machine for making cigarettes, comprising endless feed belts 10--10°, a
series of picking rollers located in the path of said belt 10, an endless compacting
belt located at an inclination above belt 10", a cutter blade crossing the path of
the tobacco, which abuts against said blade while it is being pressed by the feed
belt 10 and compacting belts, a pair of vertically reciprocating arms carrying
said cutter blade and mounted in guide brackets secured to the bed plate, a
transverse rod connecting the lower ends of said arms, a pair of levers having
their free ends hinged to said transverse rod, and fulcrumed on a rockshaft, a
vertical lever likewise fulcrumed on said shaft, a connecting rod, one end of
which is pivoted to the free end of said vertical lever and having a friction
roller secured to one side of its opposite forked end, and a cam fixed on a driving
shaft and adapted to engage said forked end to impart an intermittent vertical
reciprocating movement to said cutter blade, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
3. A machine for making cigarettes, comprising endless feed belts 10-10°,
an endless compacting belt located at an inclination above said feed belt 10%, a
series of picking rollers located in the path of the feed belt 10, a cutter blade
crossing the path of the tobacco, which abuts against said blade while it is
being pressed by the feed belt 10" and compacting belts, and means substantially
as described for operating the same, in combination with a cigarette rolling table,
a rod mounted in the lower ends of a pair of oscillating levers fulcrumed in the
frame of the machine, a roller apron, one end of which is secured to said table
and the other to the rod, a reciprocating carriage, a lever fulcrumed in the frame,
a connecting rod connecting the free end of said lever with said carriage, a cam
mounted on the driving shaft and in operative contact with said lever, the
cigarette rolling head of said carriage being formed with a recess adapted to
engage a pocket in said roller apron containing a charge of tobacco, and form
the same into a roll during its passage across the cigarette rolling table, as and
for the purpose set forth.
4. A machine for making cigarettes, comprising a cigarette rolling table, a pair of
oscillating levers, a rod mounted in said levers, a rolling apron connected at one
end to the cigarette rolling table and the other end to the rod, a reciprocating
carriage having a cigarette rolling head formed with a recess, plungers, a
retractile spring located at each end of said recess in said head, and a pair of
stationary converging rails located in the path of said head, as and for the
purpose set forth.
5. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with the conveying cylinder,
the rotating cutters and the conveyor belt located in a frame immediately below
said cylinder, a series of circumferentially grooved feed rollers journaled in said
frame, and an arm against which one end of the finished cigarette abuts, of an
upwardly inclined elevator belt provided with fingers adapted to take the finished
cigarette from the feed rollers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. In a cigarette making machine, the cigarette forming and rolling devices
substantially as described, in combination with a pair of continuously operated
feed rollers, having oppositely arranged cutaway portions, an intermittently
operated paste roller, adapted to travel to and from the paper, a travelling carriage
having a stationary jaw and a movable finger adapted to clamp the paper against
said jaw, and a paper cutting device located between the paste roller and the
clamping finger, and adapted to sever a section of the pasted paper, as and for
the purpose set forth.
7. In a cigarette machine, the endless feed belts provided with cross strips,
the stationary rollers and the adjustable tension roller upon which one of said feed
belts is mounted, in combination with the compacting belt mounted on rollers at
an inclination to one of said endless feed belts, the picking rollers located in
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page_text: the path of the other feed belt, the cutter blade crossing the path of the tobacco
which abuts against said blade while it is being fed forward, the vertical recipro-
cating arms on which said blade is mounted, the driving shaft and the cam
mounted on said driving shaft and adapted to intermittently operate said arms
and cutter blade, as and for the purpose set forth.
S. In a cigarette, making machine, a cigarette forming device, consisting of the
rolling table 59, the apron 35, the oscillating arms 54, the rod 53 mounted in said
arms, in combination with the carriage 67, the cigarette rolling head 73, formed
with a recess 75, spring actuated plungers located in said cigarette rolling head
at each end of said recess, and a pair of inwardly converging rails located in the
path of said plungers, as and for the purpose set forth.
9. In a cigarette machine having cigarette rolling wrapping and trimming
devices, substantially as described, the combination with the frame 101 extending
at a right angle to the delivery end of the machine proper, the endless chain 97
mounted in said frame, the series of grooved rollers 105 journaled in the outer end
of said frame, the inclined frame 109 located at a right angle to the frame 101
and extending upwardly and forwardly to a point within reach of the attendant
at the front of the machine, the endless belt 110 provided with a series of
fingers 114 and mounted in said inclined frame 109, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
10. In a cigarette making machine having a cigarette rolling and wrapping
. device substantially as described, the combination with a pair of continuously
operated paper feed rollers having cutaway portions, the shaft 169, the arm 172,
the paste roller mounted in said arm, the pressure finger 179 and arm 178 mounted
on said shaft, a cam mounted on the shaft of one of said paper feed rollers and
adapted to cause the paste roller and pressure finger to alternately travel to and
from the paper, of the travelling carriage 120, the stationary jaw 144 and pivoted
finger 145 mounted on said carriage, the lever 127, and the pitman 125 connecting
said carriage and lever, the cam 130, and the shaft 99 on which said cam is
mounted, and means, substantially as described for operating the same, as set
forth.
11. In a cigarette making machine comprising the pair of continuously operated
feed rollers, the paste, receptacle having an opening in its bottom, the arm 172,
the paste roller 191 mounted in, said arm and adapted to travel from the opening
in the bottom of the paster receptacle to the paper on the bed of the machine,
the arm 178 and the pressure finger 179, the shaft 169 on which said arms and
pressure finger, are mounted, a pair of feed rollers having cutaway portions, the
cam 181 mounted on the shaft of one of said feed rollers, the stationary shear
blade 200, the blade 201 pivoted thereto, and the spring 202 connecting said blades,
in combination with the lever 200, the roller 205 mounted in said lever, the
pitman 208 connected to said lever, a countershaft and a cam mounted on said
countershaft and adapted to operate the pivoted blade through the medium of said
pitman and lever, substantially, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 24th day of August 1897
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.