Improvements in Cigarette-making Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899.
Improvements in Cigarette-making Machines.
We, W. D. & H. O. WILLS, LIMITED, of Bedminster, in the City and County
of Bristol, and 53, 54 & 55, Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, do hereby
declare_the_nature_of_this_Invention (which_has_been__communicated_to_us_from_
abroad by the Bonsack Machine Company of Lynchburg, Virginia, in the United
States of America) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to imechanism for manufacturing cigarettes of the variety
known as Russian mouth-piece cigarettes, in which a reeled web of paper for forming
the wrappers is carried through suitable devices, whereby it is folded and its edges
are united to form a continuous tube, which is subsequently cut into proper lengths
by means provided for that purpose. Each tubular wrapper thus formed is carried
in line with the mouth-piece forming mechanism, which having separated a length
of stout paper or reinforcing material from a continuous web and rolled it into a
tubular forin, introduces it into one end of the tubular wrapper.
While these movements are progressing, tobacco from a suitable receptacle is fed
onto a movable receiving surface, divided by partitions into equal spaces, so that a
uniform quantity of tobacco will be received in each subdivision, the said quantities
of tobacco being fed successively to a compressing mechanism whereby each portion
is condensed sufficiently to be introduced into a mould formed on a rotating disc,
which mould shapes the condensed tobacco into a filler of the proper size and form,
and holds it under compression for a certain time to give it a temporary "set." The
filler is then removed from the mould and pushed endwise into the cigarette tube
placed in position to receive it.
The cigarette is then dropped onto a delivering mechanisin which carries it to a
rolling device which perfects its shape before ejection from the machine.
In connection with the wrapper feed mechanism, an apparatus is arranged for
printing, or printing and bronzing, letters and characters on the web before it passes
through the fed rolls, the printing being so spaced as to appear in the same position
on each finished cigarette.
The invention will be clearly understood from the following description with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a cigarette machine embodying the invention; Figure 2
is a cross-section of the same, on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a similar
section on the line 3-3 of the same figure; Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the
line 4-4 of Figure 2; Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on an enlarged
scale, through the left hand end of the machine, on the lines 5-5 of Figures 1, 2 and
3; Figure 6 is a plan view of the wrapper tube folding device; Figure 7 is a plan
view of the channel-way through which the wrapper passes to the folding device;
Figure 8 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 8-8 of Figures 6 and 7, looking
in the direction of the arrows; Figures 9, 10 and Figures 11 and 12 are cross-sections
on the lines 9-9, 10-10, Figure 7, a cross-section on the lines 11-11 and 12—12,
of the same Figures 6 and 7; Figures 13 and 14 are enlarged views of the wrapper edge
folding device viewed from the opposite sides; Figure 14 is a bottom view of the

page_text: forward end of the same device; Figure 14B is a section on the line 14-14,
Figure 14 Figure 15 shews on an enlarged scale the fold, uniting the edges of the
wrapper; Figure 16 is a plan view of the mouth-piece-blank cutting and winding
mechanism; Figure 17 is an under view of the same; Figure 18 is a section on the
line 18-18 of Figure 16; Figure 19 is a vertical section on the line 19--19 of
Figure 1, shewing on a larger scale the mouth-piece winding and inserting
mechanism; Figure 20 is a plan view of a detail shewn in Figure 19; Figure 21 is
a section on the line 21-21 of Figures 19 and 20; Figure 22 is an end view of the part
shewn in Figure 20, enlarged; Figures 23, 24 and 25 are views of the sleeve within
which the mouth-piece is formed; Figue 26 is an end view of two mouth-pieces,
shewing variations in the wound mouth-piece, as hereinafter explained; Figure 27
is a cross section through the tobacco feeding mechanism; Figure 28 is a section, on
the line 28-28, Figure 1, illustrating the filler-forming mechanism; Figure 29 is a
detail view of a part of Figure 28; Figure 30 is a vertical section through the
mechanism for inserting the filler into the cigarette tube; Figure 30 is a sectional
view of a detail of the said mechanism; Figure 31 is a plan view of the mechanism
shewn in Figure 30; Figures 32 and 33 are similar views shewing the parts in
different positions; Figure 34 is a plan view of the bed plate and certain mechanisms
connected thereto; Figure 35 is a section through the bed-plate on the line 35-35
of Figure 34, looking in the direction of the arrows; Figure 36 is a detail view of
a portion of the mechanism shewn in Figure 35; Figure 37 is a plan view of the
cigarette delivering mechanism; Figure 38 is a longitudinal sectional view on the
line 38-38 of Figure 37; Figures 39 and 40 are detail views of the cams for
operating the filler mould; Figures 41 and 42 are views illustrating the stop or
mutilated gear mechanism used in connection with the rolls for feeding the mouth-
piece material; Figure 43 is a view illustrating one of the operating cams; Figure 44
is a view of the cigarette tube guide and attendant parts; Figure 45 is a perspective
view of the mouth-piece winding device; Figure 46 is a front elevation of the printing
apparatus with the front removed, shewing the interior arrangement; and Figure 47
is a rear elevation of the same.
Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts in the various
figures.
On a bed plate 1 supported by legs 2, are secured the various mechanisms for
forming the tubular wrapper, mouth-piece and filler, and assembling these several
parts, successively, into a complete cigarette, and finally delivering it into a suitable
receptacle.
At the right hand end of the bed plate 1, and bolted thereto, is a bracket A
(Figures 1 and 46); and journalled in bearings thereon are two feed rolls A1, A2, for
drawing the web a of wrapper material from a reel (not shewn). The lower roll A²,
which is of greater diameter than the upper one A¹, has a groove a¹ in its centre to
permit the belt A³ to pass without coming in contact with or being engaged by
the rolls.
The web a,
which is slightly wider than the belt A3, is thus grasped only at its edges
between the rolls A1, A2, a hand-screw a² being employed to separate the rolls.
Fixed to a bar a³, attached to the bracket A, is a trough-shaped guide A*, through
which the wrapper passes to the tube-forming device, and by which it is bent into
U-form. Idle rollers at, a are pivoted in the bracket A, around which the belt A³
passes; while an idle roller as is journalled in an adjusting device on a bracket A
fixed to the bed plate, for maintaining the tension of the belt. The belt A³, after
running around the idle roller a, a, a, as shewn, passes horizontally beneath the
trough-shaped guide A4, and in line therewith, through the tube forming device, to
and around a pulley B on a horizontally disposed transverse shaft B1, turning in
bearings on the bedplate 1. After passing around the pulley B, the belt A³ returns
over an idler b to the starting point.
Attached to the upper surface of the bed plate 1, as indicated in Figure 1, between
the bracket A and the pulley B, is a horizontal plate C, to which is bolted a second
plate D having an arm d projecting towards the pulley B. Gear wheels D1, D2, engaging

page_text: each other, turn on studs attached to one side of the arm d, the gear wheel D¹ being
driven by wheel B2 mounted on the transverse shaft B¹. In the construction
illustrated, the wheel B is formed as an extension of the pulley B. A block D³,
screwed to the second plate D, gives support to a short cross shaft on which a
forked bracket D is adapted to rock. This forked. bracket D carries a shaft d²
lying parallel to the cross shaft d', the said shaft having on one end a pinion
meshing with the wheel D², and on the other end a serrated disc or crimping wheel 3.
Beneath or in a lower plane than the crimping wheel 3 is the tube forming device,
indicated as an entirety by E, which shapes the wrapper into tubular form, folds
the contiguous edges, and, in connection with the crimping wheel, firmly unites
the folded edges. The crimping wheel 3 is held against the fold or seam of the
wrapper tube by means of a spring d³ connected to a finger d', projecting from
the forked bracket D1, and to an arm-on-the-plate-C.-
The web a passes from the trough-shaped guide A into a channel E¹ (Figures 1, 7,
10, 11 and 12) in the tube forming device E. Within the channel, and supported by
the block D³, is a mandrel E2, having a diameter substantially equal to that of the
cigarette filler, around which mandrel the continuous tube is formed. The channel E¹
passes longitudinally through a fixed block E3 and a removable block E, the latter
block giving support to two plates E5, E6, held in place thereon by pins, which
arrangement admits of the easy removal of the plates when necessary. Screwed to
the plate E is the edge folder E7, Figures 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 14^ and 14B, which
consists of a part e pivoted to a supporting plate e¹ fastened to the plate E. Down-
ward through the forward end of and across the part e, is bored an inclined and
preferably cylindrical hole e², from which a narrow tangential slot e extends to the
under surface of said part e, preferably at an angle of 60 degrees thereto. The
direction of the cylindrical hole is substantially as shewn in Figures 14ª, 14. By.
this construction, the edges of the wrapper which project above the plates E5, E6, as
seen in Figure 11, enter the tangential slot e³ of the part e on the side shewn in
Figure 13, and emerge on the opposite side, Figure 14. The cylindrical hole e², by
reason of its position and direction, turns or folds the edges of the wrapper in the
manner represented at 15*, Figure 15. The mandrel E² is cut away at a point
immediately in front of the part e, and a small corrugated wheel e* pivoted therein,
the upper surface of its periphery heing slightly above the upper surface of the
mandrel. The corrugated crimping wheel 3, which is directly above the said
corrugated wheel et (Figure 8), co-acts with it and presses or crimps the fold into
the forin shewn at 15%, Figure 15, as soon as it emerges from the folder. The edge
folder E7 is secured to the plate Ee in such position that the axis of the cylindrical
hole e2 is substantially in the same vertical plane as the axis of the wrapper tube
(Figures 13 and 14), the purpose being to make the seam of the tube parallel with its
sides or axis. A finger overhangs the part e between which a light spring e7 is
placed to keep the said part down to its work.
The continuous wrapper tube constructed as above described, is drawn through the
tube forming mechanisin E by the bite of the crimping wheels 3, e, on the seam of
the tube. The peripheral speed of the crimping wheels is but little faster than the
peripheral speed of the feed rolls A1, A2, the result being that the web a is always
kept taut, the crimping wheels slipping when the strain on the web reaches a given
tension. In this connection, it is to be noted that the web a is fed to the feed
rolls A1, A2 over the roller as in order that it may pass partly around the roll A¹ and
be straightened before it is gripped by the roll A2. Experience has shewn that when
the web, as in the present case, is held by its edges only, between the rolls, if it is fed
in a straight line, it will not pass evenly through the rolls, but will wrinkle and run
off, which difficulty is overcome in the manner described. After passing the crimping
wheels, the continuous wrapper tube moves onward in a straight line, passing into a
rotary carrier (; and, a sufficient length of the wrapper tube to form a cigarette
having entered said carrier, a cutting mechanism F severs such length from the
continuous tube.

page_text: The tube-cutting mechanism comprises a plate F1 (Figures 1, and 34), adapted
to slide in guides f on the bed plate 1, the movement of an eccentric F2 on a
vertical shaft 4 operating a rod 2 connected to the sliding plate F1, Figures 1, 2
and 34. Extending upwardly from the plate F1, and at an angle thereto, is an arm f³,
having an attached cutting blade. In bearings on the plate F¹, and adapted to
rock therein is a shaft F3, to which is pivoted a blade f³, adapted to-coact with the
stationary blade f4. A finger F4, also attached to the rock-shaft F3, is held against a
cam F5 on a shaft 6 by a spring f", the rotation of the shaft 6 causing the cam F5 to
actuate the blade f and sever the wrapper tube. The vibratory blade f³ is held
against the stationary blade by means of a spring f'.
The reciprocating action of the knife is so timed that, when it is moving in unison
with or a little faster than the continuous wrapper tube, a length, sufficient to form
a cigarette, has passed between the blades of the cutter, which are then quickly
closed, severing a section and pushing it to place in the rotary carrier G. The tube
being empty, the knife flattens it before cutting off a section. This being so, the
necessity of perfect harmony of movement between the tube and knife is not required,
and better results are obtained when the knife moves a little faster than the tube, as
danger of crushing the end of the tube by butting against the knife is
avoided.
The rotary carrier G, Figures 1, 2 and 5, consists of a flanged disc G¹, and a flat
disc G2 spaced a suitable distance apart and connected at their centres by a hub g,
through which passes a shaft G³, fixed therein by means of a pin, the said shaft being
journalled in a bearing g¹ on the bed plate 1. The periphery of each disc G¹, G² is
provided with notches g, as shewn, slightly larger than the diameter of a cigarette,
and semi-circular on the bottom. These notches form supports for the cigarette
tubes after being separated from the continuous wrapper tube. The rotary carrier G
is advanced step by step by means of a ratchet wheel G4 having as many teeth as
there are notches in the carrier, fixed on the shaft G³. A pin g on a reciprocating
bar g engages with and operates the ratchet wheel G4, the reciprocating bar being
driven by a cam G5 on the shaft 5 beneath the bed plate 1, Figures 3 and 4. A
spring g retains the pin g³ in engagement with the ratchet wheel G4.
Secured to a fixed portion of the machine, above the rotary carrier G, and
in line with the wrapper tube, is a guide H, Figures 1 and 44, which serves to keep
the severed portion of the wrapper tube in position so that it cannot fail to enter a notch
g2 of each disc of the rotary carrier. To insure the entrance of the cigarette tube into a
notch g, a lever H¹ is pivoted loosely on the shaft F3 of the cutting mechanism,
one end of which extends upwardly and terminates in a foot piece h, adapted to pass
through a slot in the top of the guide H. The other end of the lever H¹ is moved
by a cam h², secured to the shaft 6. A spring h³, attached to the lever H¹ and to
some fixed point, serves to withdraw the foot piece from the guide H after the cam h²
ceases to act. A curved finger h, having the same radius as that of the disc G², lies
close to the inner side of the said disc, and extends from the guide H, to which it is
attached, a short distance in the direction of rotation of the rotary carrier G, the said
finger serving to prevent the accidental displacement of the cigarette tubes which
pass under it, in the rotary carrier.
The rotary carrier G, advancing intermittently, as the cigarette tubes are placed
within the peripheral notches g², brings each one in turn in position for the insertion
of a mouth-piece, the mechanism for cutting, winding and placing which within a
cigarette tube will now be described.
Bolted to the bed plate 1, at the front and near the left hand end, is a standard I,
Figures 1, 2 and 3, having bearings for feed rolls I, 12, placed one above the other.
A curved guide 13, placed in front of the said rolls, leads the web of mouth-piece
material usually a heavier paper than that of the cigarette-tube-from a reel (not
shewn) placed conveniently to the feed rolls. Behind the feed rolls I, 12 is
a table J over which the mouth-piece paper travels to the winding device,
the table J being supported on a standard J¹ in a horizontal position
above the bed plate 1. On the top of the table J are
fastened two steel

page_text: plates or cutting blades J2, J³, Figures 16 and 18, the former having an
edge at an angle of about 45 degrees to the direction of travel of the paper,
while the cutting edge 3 of the latter plate is at a right angle thereto. A stud j¹
is fixed to and projects from the bottom of the table J, a gear wheel J* being mounted
on the stud and adapted to rotate thereon. The gear wheel J' engages a second gear
wheel J5 adapted to turn loosely on a pin j passing through and extending below the
table J, and having fixed to it a ratchet wheel Jo which connects with the gear
wheel J by ineaus of the pawl j³, Figure 17. A rack-bar J7, held in connection with
the gear wheel J by means of an anti-friction roller 26, is secured to and operated by
one arm of a three-armed lever K, hereinafter described, pivoted to the bed-plate.
The movement of the rack-bar to the right causes the gear wheels J4, J, to rotate,
and the pawl engaging the ratchet wheel will rotate the pin j* to the right. The
upper end-of-the-pin-j,-which is flattened and roughened, passes through the plate J
just back of the cutting edge j³ (Figures 18 and 34) and projects very slightly above
its upper surface.
Pivoted loosely on the shaft I* of the lower feed roll I¹, and to the left thereof, is
a curved arm 1, Figures 1 and 18, from which a lug extends towards the table J.
To the under side of this lug is secured a cover plate L¹ which extends above that
portion of the plate J³ over which the web i passes. A socket is formed on the
cover plate L¹, in which socket is seated a button L, the lower surface of which
extends a slight distance below the bottom of the cover plate. The button L is
situated, when the parts are in normal position, axially above the pin j. The button
is held in place by a pivot pin L³, fixed against movement by a screw *. To permit
the button to rotate with the least possible friction, the lower end of the pivot pin L³
is made pointed, and seated in a conical depression in the button L2 having an angle
wider than the pivot point, so that only the extreme point of the pin will bear on the
button.
When the feed rolls rotate to advance the paper, the curved arm L is elevated by a
cam LA, mounted on the shaft 7, sufficiently to raise the cover plate L¹ and button L*
free from the mouth-piece material and allow it to advance but, as soon as a sufficient
quantity to form two mouth-piece blanks has been fed by the rolls, the latter are
stopped and the curved lever is lowered, when the paper will be held firmly between
the roughened end of the pin j and the button L. The means for performing these
operations are further described hereinafter.
A bracket M, Figures 1, 2 and 3, bolted to the front edge of the bed-plate, extends
upwardly therefrom for a short distance, and to the bracket is pivoted a knife-carrying
lever M1, which curves rearwardly over the table J. To the free end m of the said
lever are pivoted two flat knives M2, M3, which reach downwardly and co-act with the
edges j, j³ of the plates or cutting blades J2, J3, the angular position of the knives
corresponding to that of the cutting edges j2, j³. The upper end of each knife is
secured to a hinge-plate m¹, pivoted to a flat hinge-plate m2, one of the latter being
fastened to the upper, and the other to the lower side of the knife-carrying lever M³.
A spring m³ between the plates m³, m² of each hinge tends at all times to keep the
cutting edges of the knives in contact with the respective cutting edges j², j³.
On an arm M', which projects laterally from the knife-carrying arin M³, is a
roller m, operated by a cam M³ fixed ou the shaft 7.
Each rotation of the feed rolls 11, 12 advancing paper sufficient for two mouth-pieces
in less time than is required to make one cigarette, means are employed to stop the
feed rolls for a definite period. Such means are shewn in Figures 1, 41 and 42, and
consist of a wheel 8 on the shaft 6 gearing with a slightly larger wheel 9 adapted to
turn loosely on a stud 10 fixed in a bracket i extending upwardly from one of the
bearings 2 of the shaft 6. A wheel 11 is attached to the wheel 9 on the outside,
while a disc 12, fastened to the inside thereof, is formed with notches 12ª, 12b, one being
on each side of a fork-like projection 12c. A wheel 13 on the shaft of the lower feed
roll is turned by the wheel 11, and, through the equal gear wheels 14, 15 motion
is imparted to the upper feed roll 12. On the shaft 6, below the disc 12, is a collar 16

page_text: having a pheripheral opening 17 therein, and also a hub on which is secured an
arm 18 provided with a roller 19 projecting over the collar 16.
The parts being in the position shewn in Figure 41, the shaft 6 will make the
greater prrt of a revolution without turning the wheel 9, as the teeth are omitted
from the portion 9" thereof. As the arm 18 reaches the position indicated by dotted
lines, the roller 19 engages the notch 12" of the disc 12, and rotates it until the teeth
of the wheels 8 and 9 become engaged, thus causing the feed rolls 11, 12 to make one
revolution and feed a length of paper equal to two mouth-piece blanks, at which time
the roller 19 will engage the notch 12b and move the disc 12 to the position shewn,
the toothless portion 9" of the wheel 9 being next the wheel 8. The roller 19 will
pass out from the notch 12ª, and the shaft 6 continue its rotation without turning
the wheel 9, which is held in position by the fork-like projection 12° riding on the
collar 16, into the opening 17 of which a pin on the said fork-like extension enters
when the roller is engaged with a notch.
The curved arm I and the knife-carrying lever M¹ are, while the paper is passing,
raised by their respective cams; but as soon as the feed rolls stop they are lowered,
the curved arm 1, causing the paper to be held in position, and the knives M², M³
(attached to the lever M¹) cutting the blanks, the knife M² severing at an angle the
double blank from the web of paper, while the knife M³, at the same time, divides
the blank into two equal parts by a cut perpendicular to its length.
After being
cut, the forward blank drops into a channel way or guide in the table J, to be
wound into tubular form by mechanism now to be described.
Fixed to the bed-plate beyond the shaft 7, is the upright standard (), Figures 1,
23 and 5, having bearings o for the said shaft. Bolted to the standard O at the end
of the table J is a support o¹, in which is placed a sleeve 0¹ within which the
mouth-piece is wound. The bore of the sleeve O' is a little less in diameter than the
inner diameter of the cigarette tube, except near the end facing the rotary carrier G,
where the bore is enlarged, as at o², Figures 16 and 18, to the full diameter of the
cigarette tube, and then flared to the end of the sleeve. Within the bore of the
sleeve, the winding spindle P rotates, the outer and enlarged portion of the said
spindle being provided with a belt pulley p and a stop block pl Figures 16 and 45.
The end of the winding spindle P is slotted for the insertion of the pointed end of the
mouth-piece blank, the sleeve (1 being also slotted to permit the blank to enter the
bore. À bar 02, arranged to slide longitudinally in a groove in the upper part of
the standard O, above the spindle P, carries a roller o³, Figures 5 and 19, on its outer
end in position to be operated by a cam wheel (³ so as to move in one direction, and
a spring arranged as shewn slides it in the opposite direction. The inner end of
the sliding bar Oz has fastened to it an ejector 0, which extends downwardly to the
sleeve O¹, where it is formed into a loop around the spindle and serves as a guide for
the point of the entering blank (see Figures 18 and 45).
As heretofore mentioned, the mouth-piece blanks are cut from the web two at a time
by the knives M2, M3. The front edge of the forward blank and the back edge of the rear
blank are at an angle of forty-five degrees to the side edges, these angular edges having
been cut by the knife M²; but the adjacent edges of the blanks are perpendicular
to the side edges. The forward blank will, therefore, present a pointed end to the
winding spindle P, into the slot p³ (Figure 45) of which the pointed end of the web i
was inserted by the feed rolls 11, 12, before the blanks were cut. The rotation of the
spindle P winds the blank into tubular form within the sleeve O¹, after which it is
ready for insertion into the cigarette tube. It has been found that if the winding
spindle P, which has intermittent rotation, is started suddenly, there is great danger.
of tearing off the point of the blank, which lies in the slot p. To overcome this
difficulty, the following mechanism illustrated in Figures 4 and 45 is provided, by
which the spindle, preferably rotated slowly at first, is gradually increased in speed.
On the shaft 5 is secured a sprocket wheel 21 which, by means of a chain 24,
drives a similar wheel 22 attached to a shaft 23. The shaft 23 has a crank 25 on its
end to which is connected a rack-bar 26 extending downwardly, and having teeth at
its lower end engaging with a pinion 27 on the shaft 20. The lower end of the rack-

page_text: bar 26 passes through, and is supported by, a guide 28 having a hub 29 in which the
shaft 20 rotates. A grooved pulley 30, mounted loosely on the shaft 20, drives the
pulley p by means of a belt p³. Teeth on the hub of the pulley 30 are engaged by
teeth on the pinion 27, the parts being kept closed by a spiral spring 32, the whole
forming a clutch (see Figure 4). By this arrangement, as the crank 25 rotates, the
rack-bar is reciprocated, revolving the pinion 27; and, through the various connections,
the spindle P, at each downward movement, is rotated.
:
On the shaft 7 next the can disc M³ is a cam M secured to and rotating with the
shaft. Beneath the cam is pivoted a lever M7 operated by the cam Me to release a
finger Ms from engagement with the stop block pl on the spindle P. As shewn in
Figure 45 a spring 0%, attached to one of the bearings o, extends downwardly and
presses against a book of on the hub of the lever M' to return the finger M³ to position
for holding the stop block p¹, so that the spindle P shall always be brought to rest in
the same position. The parts are so timed that the finger Ms is-disengaged-by-the-
cam M from the stop block pl as soon as the pointed end of the mouth-piece blank
has entered the slot p* of the spindle, and just before the crank 25 begins its down-
ward movement, which movement, rotates the spindle. The rotary movement of the
spindle will be slow at first, thus avoiding the danger of tearing off the point of the
mouth-piece blank; but it will gradually increase as the crank revolves. As soon as
the blank has been completely rolled, the lever M7 will be disengaged by the cam Me
and the spring 0 raise the finger M³, thus stopping the rotation of the spindle.
Should the rack-bar 26 not have completed its downward movement, the belt p³ would
simply slip over the pulley.
The rear blank, as stated, has its pointed end projecting backwardly; but before
it can be presented to the winding spindle P it must be reversed so that the pointed
end shall be given forward direction. This reversing movement is accomplished by
the rotation of the pin jt which is turned by the gear wheels J and J' and the rack J*..
At the proper time the rack J' is caused to move to the right, this movement rotating
the wheels J, J5, and, through the ratchet Jo and paul j, the pin j will be given a
semi-rotation. The blank being held between this pin and the button L², will
partake of this semi-rotation, as shewn in Figure 16, and be carried into position
ready to be acted upon by the secondary feeding mechanism N mounted on the
shaft 7 on which are also secured a toothed wheel 7 and the cam M³. The secondary
feeding device consists of a head N¹, to the face of which is pivoted a finger n, having
a projection n¹ extending therefrom at a right angle, the outer end of the projection
having a foot piece n² provided with a rubber or other yielding cushion m³. The free
end of the finger n is tapped for an adjusting screw n', which passes through the said
finger and bears upon a stud no projecting from the face of the head; a spring ne
bearing on the finger 1, tends to keep the screw n always in contact with the
projection no.
The feeding device N, which acts only on the reversed blanks, makes but one
revolution for every two rotations of the winding spindle. By this arrangement, the
foot piece n² will be above the axis of the shaft 7, and out of the way when the web i
is fed forward, and brought into position to engage the reversed blank as soon as it
has been completely turned end for end. The contour of the cam Mo, on the shaft 7,
is such that it operates the lever M7 at each semi-rotation.
A tubular support Q¹, Figs. 1, 5, 19 and 20 is secured on the bearing Q of the
shaft B, the axis of the said support being in line with the axis of the winding
spindle P. A cylindrical slide Q2 is placed within one en⋅l of the tubular support Q¹,
and arranged to move both longitudinally and circumferentially therein. A second
cylindrical slide Q³, having a longitudinal movement only, is placed in the opposite
end of the tubular support. A spindle Q passes longitudinally through the two slides,
and is adapted to rotate freely therein by means of a belt pulley fastened to the
spindle between the slides. The slide Q³ is prevented from moving longitudinally
on the spindle by the hub of the pulley 9 and a collar q¹. The slide Q2 is held on the
spindle Q by means of a sleeve q³ fixed at its outer end to the slide, and bearing at
its inner end against a collar q² on the spindle, which collar abuts against the body of

page_text: the slide Q2. A collar Q, within the tubular support, has two fingers q formed
thereon which reach into longitudinal slots q5 formed in the slide Q2 and serve to
guide the said slide Q2 in its longitudinal movement. A slot q is made in the
tubular support above the collar Q5, which latter is provided with holes q' for the
insertion of a pin for giving rotary adjustment to the slide Q².
The cylindrical slide Q³ is provided with teeth on one side which gear with those
of a pinion Q rotating on a vertical pivot Q7 Figs. 20 and 21. A segmental rack Q³,
on the end of an arm projecting from a sleeve Q10 pivoted to the bed plate 1, rotates
the pinion Q. An arm Q, projecting from the said sleeve, carries a roller q*,
which bears on the periphery of a cam disk Q12 on the vertical shaft 4. A spring q
maintains the roller in contact with the cam disk. The spindle Q', which extends
beyond the cylindrical slide Q2, has a thimble Q13 on its outer end, the inner half of
the said thimble being corrugated and having a diameter substantially that of the
inner diameter of the cigarette tube, the outer portion of the said thimble being
tapered to a smaller diameter. Surrounding the spindle Q immediately back of
the thimble Q1, is a sleeve qe slightly larger in diameter than the cigarette tube.
That part of the sleeve q which projects into the slide Q2 is enlarged and arranged
to slide in a socket formed in the said slide. The bore through the sleeve q³ is
sufficiently large to permit of the spindle Q¹ passing therethrough without touching.
The rotary carrier G, at each intermittent movement, brings a cigarette tube
into the axial line of the two spindles P, Q. The cigarette tube having been so
brought the spindle Q will be moved towards the tube by the cam disk Q12 rocking
the segmental rack Q, pinion Q, and cylindrical slide Q. These movements will
cause the tapered end of the thimble Q to enter the cigarette tube until the
sleeve strikes the end thereof, when the said sleeve will push the tube into the
flaring end of the sleeve o' and the enlarged bore o², until as shewn in Fig. 19 it strikes
the shoulder constituting the end of the said enlarged bore, when it will stop.
Should the cigarette tube be too long, the sleeve q will yield by compressing the
spring 920.
While the above operations are proceeding, the mouth-piece blank has been wound
upon the spindle Pas herein before described, and is ready for insertion into the
cigarette tube
The har O2 carrying the ejector is advanced by the cam wheel 0³
acting on the roller 03, which pushes the mouth-piece into the cigarette tube and
the latter out of the sleeve 0¹, so as to be free when the rotary carrier (ŕ is again
moved. The ejector 05 remains in its outermost position until the pointed end
of another mouth-piece blank has been directed into the slot p* of the spindle P.
The ejector then returns to its normal position. During this pause of the ejector the
spindle Q has been withdrawn. To hold the cigarette tube in position during the
withdrawal of the spindle, a presser bar J8, having a head jx above the flanged
disk G¹, and a tail 18 operated by a cam on the shaft 6, is pivoted to the table J.
Just as the spindle Q is about to be withdrawn from the cigarette tube, the presser
bar J8 is depressed and the head bearing on the cigarette tube holds it in place
while the spindle Q is being withdrawn. To improve the appearance of the
cigarette, it is desirable to place the mouth-piece in such position within the
cigarette tube that the square end of the paper on the outer surface of the mouth-
piece shall be hidden by the seam in the cigarette tube. In the ordinary running of
the machine, this will not always occur, for experiment has shewn that the paper
of which the mouth-pieces are made, varies in thickness with different rolls, so
that, owing to several causes, the square end of the blank will not uniforinly be
in the same relative position when placed in the cigarette tube, as indicated in
Fig. 26. This difficulty is overcome by the arrangement shewn in Figs. 19, 20
and 22.
The spindle Q is constantly turned by a belt q10 running over the pulley q on
the spindle, and around a pulley q¹¹ on a shaft 20. The thimble Q13 on the end
of the spindle Q rotates with the said spindle, carrying with it the cigarette tube,
should there be one on the thimble. A small rod q12, loosely pivoted in the cylindrical
slide Q2 parallel with the spindle Q, carries a hooked finger q¹ on its outer end, the

page_text: horizontal portion of the finger having a knife edge on its inner side (Fig. 22), and
bearing lightly against the cigarette tube, a spring 920 Fig. 20 keeping the hooked
finger q3 in contact with the cigarette tube. The cigarette tube will thus be arrested
in its rotary movement as soon as the seam thereon engages the finger q13. The
point where the seam stops can be adjusted when found necessary, to accommodate
any change in position of the outer end of the wound mouth-piece, by turning the
collar Q through the medium of a pin placed in one of the holes q' in the said collar.
The web of wrapper-paper having been formed into a continuous tube, and cut into
cigarette lengths, and blanks having been cut from a web of paper, and one of them
wound into a mouth-piece, and inserted into a cigarette tube, the next step in the
operation of making a finished cigarette is that of moulding the filler and inserting
it into the cigarette tube at the end opposite to the mouth piece.
At the rear of the machine in proper relation thereto is the tobacco-feeding device,
which receives in bulk, tobacco suitably prepared, and distributes it in evenly
measured quantities to filler-forming devices, which deliver the formed filler to
mechanism by which it is inserted into the cigarette tube. The tobacco-feeding
device will be briefly described, as, with a few exceptions hereinafter pointed out, it
is disclosed in the Specification of Wills' British Patent dated March 26, 1897, No.
7839.
In a hopper R, Fig. 27, made sufficiently large to hold the required amount of
tobacco, are two cylinders R1, R2, the former being called the "feed cylinder" and
the latter the "filling cylinder." These cylinders, which rotate in the same direction,
but preferably at different speeds, are arranged so that their adjacent surfaces are
near each other.
The surface of the feed cylinder R¹ is provided with teeth which incline toward
the direction of rotation. The filling cylinder, R2 may be simply roughened on the
surface, but it is preferably covered with short teeth inclined in a direction opposite
to that of rotation. The feed cylinder R¹ revolves continuously, but the filling
cylinder R2 has intermittent movement imparted to it by any suitable mechanism,
preferably that shewn in the specification referred to. The bottom of the hopper Ŕ
consists of an apron R³ of the width of the hopper, passing over rollers 7, 71, the shaft
of the roller having a pulley R4 which is driven by a belt 2 from a pulley on the
shaft of the feed cylinder R¹. The object of the movable apron or bottom R³ is to
keep the tobacco crowded against the toothed surface of the feed cylinder R', so
that the entire quantity shall be picked up by the said cylinder, and none left in
corners.
The feed cylinder R¹, by its rotation, picks up the surplusage of tobacco, part of
which is pressed between the teeth covering its surface, while the excess is removed
by the filling cylinder R². By this means the feed cylinder will be covered with a
web of tobacco of even thickness and density, and as wide as the cylinder is long.
R5 is a stripper roll, having teeth on its surface, the rotation of which strips
the tobacco from the feed cylinder R¹ and showers it in an even and regular manner
onto an intermittently moving belt Re, divided by vertical partitions into recep-
tacles of equal size. Fingers R7, which project downwardly from a rod 75 extend-
ing across the hopper, press on the tobacco between the rows of teeth on the feed
cylinder, and prevent its unequal removal by the stripper roll.
To secure uniformity in the filler, both as to amount and equal distribution
throughout its length, it has been found advantageous to separate the tobacco, as it
is showered down from the feed cylinder R¹ into equal quantities or parcels, each
parcel being sufficient to form a filler, and to separately deposit each parcel in the
compressing mechanism. For this purpose, the belt Re which is divided by
partitions into equal receptacles, as described, is moved intermittently so as to
discharge in successive order the contents of the several receptacles; each separate
discharge, falling onto a vibrating door R, and being held for a moment thereon
before being dropped to the compressing mechanism.
The device for moving the filler-carrying belt R and vibrating the door R¹¹ is
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page_text: shewn in Figs. 1, 28 and 29. The belt Ro passes around a roller 76 on the shaft Rs,
on which is fixed a cam plate Rº having three cam surfaces 1, as shewn, for rocking
a hooked arm R on one end of the shaft of the vibrating door R". A spring 12
connected to a finger 18 on the opposite end of the shaft 78, tends to keep the
vibrating door in its open position. A disk R¹ mounted loosely on the shaft R8, is
secured by screws to the cam plate R³. The disk R12 has in its periphery three
equidistant notches 71, with which a pawl R13, pivoted to a segmental rack R14, is
adapted to engage. A straight rack R¹ on the upper end of a rod R10 moves the
segmental rack as the crank R" (Fig. 4) on a shaft 33 rotates. The rack R,
through the engagement of its pawl R13 with one of the notches in the disk R12,
moves the filler-carrying belt R®. At the same time, the cam plate R° raises the
arm R1 and swings the door R¹ in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 28,
closing the entrance to the chute R18. The vibrating door R remains closed until
all the tobacco in one receptacle has been emptied thereon, when the curved arm R10
will slip into the depressed portion of the cam plate R under the influence of the
spring 12, and, the vibrating door quickly uncovering the chute R18, the parcel of
tobacco will fall in bulk into the chute and pass to the compressing mechanism.
handle 14, pivoted to the filler-carrying belt frame, has a lug 15 which bears on the
finger 13 when the handle is turned outwardly, as represented by dotted lines in
Fig. 29, and closes the chute R18, swinging inwardly the vibrating door R¹. This, if
it is not desired to have the tobacco enter the compressing mechanism will cause the
tobacco to pass down the inclined trough r16 out from the machine.
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The compressing mechanism consists of a bracket S, Figs. 27, 28 and 34, rigidly
secured to the bed plate 1, to which is pivoted a swinging lever S', at the upper end
of which is a curved plunger S2, adapted to move back and forth within a hopper S³,
the width of which is substantially equal to the length of the cigarette filler. The
lever S¹ is operated by a cam S4, fastened to the end of the shaft 23, the cam working
against a roller s on the lower end of the lever S¹. An elevating plunger S5 moves
in a vertical direction within the hopper through an opening in its bottom, against
the front wall s¹ thereof. The plunger S³ receives its vertical motion from the
cam S4, a groove of suitable shape being formed in the side thereof, within which a
roller on the lower end of the plunger works. The tobacco, falling through the
chute R¹s, enters the hopper S, after which the curved plunger S2, by swinging
forward, compresses the tobacco between its front face and the front wall s₁ of
the hopper, until the space occupied by the tobacco is equal in width to the
thickness of the vertically moving plunger S5, which, at this time, is in its lowest
position, or with its top even with the floor of the hopper. The plunger S5 now
rises and forces the tobacco into one of a series of open "filler-forming molds
placed just above it, and remains elevated until the mold closes, when it descends
ready for another charge. After the tobacco has been placed within the mold, the
curved plunger S2 returns to its retracted position.
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Each mould consists of two parts T and T, Figure 28, the part T" hereinafter
termed a "plunger" being adapted to be opened to receive the charge of tobacco
for a filler, then closed, and held closed for a certain time to give a
66 set to the
tobacco, and finally opened to discharge the formed filler therefrom, and enable the
mould to be wiped out to free its surface from all adhering particles.
The principal feature of the moulding mechanism used in connection with this
machine, is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 27, 28, 30 and 34 of the drawings. An upright
shaft 34 turning in a long sleeve bearing 34* bolted to the rear of the bed plate 1,
carries at its upper end a horizontal table T2, to which is pivoted a pawl t. On the
lower end of the shaft 34 is attached a lever 35, by which the shaft is given an oscillating
movement through the instrumentality of a connecting bar 36, pivoted to a crank
disc on the shaft 4, the latter being rotated by a mitre wheel 38 meshing with a
similar wheel 39 on the end of the shaft 5 (Figure 4).
Resting on the table T2 is a circular plate T3, concentric with the shaft 34 and
having ratchet teeth 14 on its under surface in position to be engaged by the pawl t.
A second pawl t¹, pivoted to a bracket on the bed plate 1, engages the teeth and holds

page_text: the plate T3 fixed when the table moves backward. Above the plate T³, and secured -
to it, is a circular mould-plate T, through the hub of which passes the shaft 34,
around which the mould-plate T turns. Above this mould-plate is the cam-plate T,
secured to the shaft-34, its under face being in close proximity to the upper face of
the mould plate, and its periphery shaped to serve as a cam for operating the
plungers T
The under surface of the mould plate T5 is provided with radial grooves t², within
which are placed the parts T, T₁, of the moulds, the parts T being secured in the
outer ends of the said grooves (Figure 28). The mould plate may be grooved for
any convenient number of moulds, twelve being shown in the drawings. Through
the mould plate T5, above each groove, is a radial slot t³, within which a roller T?, having
its pivot fixed to the particular plunger T¹ adapted to slide therein. Secured to the top
of the cam plate To is a railial arm T extending over the rollers T7, which arm,
curving downwardly, has-attached-to-its-curved-end.a_block.tt. The periphery of the
cam plate To acts on the rollers T7 for the purpose of closing the moulds. The
mould plate and moulds project beyond the periphery of the circular plate T³, and
extend over the hopper S3 of the compressing mechanism. See Figure 28.
Pivotted to the cam plate at to, and passing under the radial arm T³, is a finger T,
on the movable end of which is a cam surface to adapted, at.the proper time, and as
hereinafter described, to act on the rollers T7, and close the moulds. A radial
socket t is formed in a lug on the top of the cam plate To, within which socket is
placed a spring surrounding a pin and bearing against a collar thereon. The
head of the pin is circular and rests in a cup-shaped cavity in the finger T in the
rear of the cam surface to. The outward movement of the finger, under the influence
of the spring, 'is stopped by the arm T against which it bears.
When, through the rotation of the crank on the shaft 4, the shaft 34 is caused to
turn in the direction indicated by the arrow (Figure 1) all the parts thereon will
move with it because the pawl't engages one of the ratchet teeth T4.
The shaft 34 is turned at each forward movement sufficiently to advance the mould
plate the distance intervening between the moulds, that is to say, one-twelfth of ¹a
revolution. The shaft then returns, and with it the table T2 and the cam-plate To.
The circular plate Ts and the mould plate T are held stationary by the retaining
pawl . The mould plate T5 comes to rest immediately over the hopper of the
compressing mechanism just at the time that the curved plunger S2 has finished
its advance movement, and before the lifting plunger S5 has begun to rise. As
soon as the mould plate comes to rest, the lifting plunger rises and pushes the
charge of tobacco into the mould, which has been opened in a manner to be here-
inafter described. By this time, the cam-plate T is returning; and the cam portion
of its periphery acting on the roller T7 of the filled mould, the mould will be
closed. Previous to the closing of the mould, or the filling of it, 'however, the
hornito on the block bas passed the roller T, the purpose of the horn being to
insure the opening of the mould to its fullest extent. The mould plate T5 .con-
tinuing its backward movement, next brings the cam surface on theifinger T
against the roller T7 of the mould next behind the one just filled, and closes it on
the wiping or cleaning head, hereinafter explained. At the conclusion of the
cleaning action, the horn 10 of the block strikes 'the roller of the mould just
wiped out, and opens the mould preparatory to receiving a charge of tobacco, after
which the parts are again advanced to bring another mould in position to be filled.
The rollers T bear against the concentric portion of the periphery of the
caro-plate To and maintain the filled moulds in closed position.
The intermittent movement of the mould plate finally brings the filled moulds one
at a time into position above the cigarette tube filling mechanism, shown particularly
in Figures 1, 2, 30, 31, 32 and 33. This mechanism comprises a block U supported
on a standard U¹ bolted to the bed-plate 1 beneath the mould-plate Tuin the relation
shown in Figure 2. The block U has a longitudinal opening at one end having a
diameter substantially equal to that of the filler, which is slightly less than that of
the cigarette tube. The opening u communicates with a trough-shaped depressioniu¹

page_text: in the other end of the block U, immediately beneath that part of the mould
containing the filler. The outer end of the opening u is slightly enlarged and flared
as shewn in Figure 30* for the reception of the end of the cigarette tube.
To the right of the block U, and in the same plane therewith, is a slide U² supported
in a suitable guide U³. On one side of the slide U² are teeth u² which engage with a
segmental rack U4 on an arm U of the three-armned lever K. A rod U6 passes
longitudinally through the slide U2 in the axial line of the opening u, having at its
inner end a head ³ (adapted to strike the filler and push it into the cigarette
tube) and at its outer end an adjustable stop nut u². A flat spring us, placed in a
recess in the slide U2, bears on the rod U with slight friction and holds it in
position.
Projecting rearwardly from the standard O is a support U7, carrying a bar Us
adapted to slide longitudinally therein in the axial line of the rod U. The inner end
of the bar Us has a stud us and an outwardly projecting spring finger u7; the opposite
end of the bar Us being threaded and fitted with an adjustable stop nut us and a
thumb nut u⁹. A rod U', attached to a lug on the inner end of the slide U2, extends,
in a horizontal direction parallel with the rod Uº, through a hole in the spring finger u
and the lug u10 on the support U7.
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When the mould-plate T5 pauses over the block U in its travel, the filled mould
over the block is opened, by means hereinafter described, and the filler dropped into
the trough-shaped depression u¹; the slide U2 is then advanced by the three-armed
lever K, and the head u³ of the rod U pushes the filler through the opening
cigarette tube, which has in the mean time, been brought into line with the opening u
and the bar U8 by the carrier G. At the time the cigarette tube is brought into
position, the slide U2 is receding, drawing the rod Up with it. As it nears its limit
of inovement, a pin u¹¹ strikes the finger u as shewn in Figure 33 sliding the bar Us;
and the stud us of the said bar engaging the mouth-piece end of the cigarette tube,
moves the said tube endwise into the enlarged portion of the opening u.
The parts
are so timed that, as soon as the filler is in the cigarette tube, the end of the rod U⁹
strikes the head of the thumb-nut u and moves the bar U8 backwardly, the cigarette
at the same time being pushed by the rod U" out of the opening u until it is free of
the block U. The rotary carrier G then moves a step, carrying the cigarette away
from the filling mechanism, and bringing a new cigarette tube into position for
filling. The slide U2 receding, the pin u¹ on the rod U will, when near the end of
the backward movement, strike the spring finger u as described, and push the
cigarette tube into the opening u, as before. If, for any reason, the filler becomes
choked in the opening u, the rod U* will move in the slide U2, thus preserving the
machine from injury.
To insure the certain dropping of the fillers when the moulds open, series of hori-
zontal pins are fixed to the mould plate T5, and project through openings in the
mould plungers T, when they are retracted. A second series of horizontal pins 12,
projecting from a head t¹³, pass through openings in the part T of the mould and
push against the filler when the mould opens. The head t¹³ is attached to the upper
end of one arm of a bell-crank lever t" pivotted to a fixed support, and rocked by
means of a cam T1, Figure 28, acting on a roller 15 on the other arm of the bell
crank. Pivotted to the head t¹³ is a pawl T¹¹, which, at the forward movement of the
head 13, pushes against the rollers T7 on the mould plungers T¹ and opens the moulds
the cutaway portion of the cam plate T being at the time opposite the roller thus
acted upon. Above the mould plate T5 is supported a third set of pins 16 which move
in a vertical direction downwardly through holes into the mould. The pins
are grouped in two sets, one over each end of the mould. Each set is fastened to a
disc arranged to move upwardly within a tube 10 against the pressure of a spiral
spring 20. The tubes t¹ are fastened to a plate T12 removably held in place by a
pin 2 and a spring 2 on the end of an arm T13 connected to a slide T14 moving in
the bracket S, which slide is raised by the periphery of the cam T10 acting on a
roller 2 pivotted to the lower end of the slide T¼ and lowered by a spring T15, as
shown. The spiral springs t20 yield should the pins to meet with an obstruction,

page_text: V, Figures 1, 34 and 35, is a bell crank lever pivotted at to the bed plate 1. . On
one end of the lever is a roller v engaging a cam V¹, by which it is oscillated in a
horizontal plane. The other end of the lever V carries a guide V2 in which a slide Vs
is adapted to move vertically. To the lower end of the slide an upright spring
plate V4 is secured, having a head v². A bracket, also secured to the lower end of
the slide, extends downwardly and carries rollers v³ and v. A chain V5, attached to
the lower end of the slide, passes over a pulley v to a pulley v turning freely on the
shaft of a roll V6, the shaft being journalled in a yoke V7 held by a bracket V8
bolted to one of the legs 2. A ratchet-and-pawl mechanism, Figure 36, connects the
pulley to the roll V6. A wiper belt V, of felt or other suitable material, passes
over the head v² of the plate V+, down and under the rollers and and thence
around the roll Vo. A guide surrounds the wiper belt just below the head ² to
keep it in position thereon. An extension V10 from the upper part of the slide V³ is
supported between a rigid arm V₁ and a spring arm V12, the former being above the
extension V10 and the latter being below it. These arms are bolted to the elevating
plunger $5. When this elevating plunger is raised to fill a mold with tobacco, it
raises the slide Vs to the position shewn in Fig. 35, which movement carries the
wiper into the open mold next behind the one just filled by the elevating plunger.
The mold is then closed on the wiper by the cain plate T, as herein before described.
Iminediately thereafter the cam V₁, acting on the roller v¹, oscillates the bell crank
lever V which gives the wiper a sidewise movement within the mold, cleaning it from
end to end. The mold is then opened; and, when the elevating plunger S5 descends
after having filled a mold, it carries the slide V3 and its attached parts with it. This
pulls the chain V, which being wound around the pulley v and attached thereto,
turns the roll Ve, thereby pulling the wiper belt V" over the head v² and presenting a
clean surface for the next mould. A rotary brush V13, supported in proximity to the
wiper belt and driven by any suitable source of power, cleans the wiper belt of all
adhering particles of tobacco or other foreign matter. The spring arm V12 being
below the extension V10, the wiper is held against the upper part of the mold with
spring pressure. A spring 20, attached at one end to the bed plate, and at the other
to a cord 2 wound around a pulley on the shaft v, turns the pawl backward and takes
up the slack of the chain as the slide V2 rises.
The continued rotation of the carrier G will finally bring the cigarette supported
in the notches g² to the bottom of the carrier, at which point they will fall onto the
delivering mechanism X. Curved guides Go, secured to the bed-plate 1, (a guide
partly surrounding the periphery of each of the disks G1, G2 of the carrier G) keep
the cigarettes in the notches of the disks until the discharge point is reached.
The delivery mechanism X, as represented in Figs. 2, 28, 37 and 38, consists
mainly of a rectangular frame formed of two side bars X1, X2, serrated on their
upper sides and connected below by cross bars X3, X4. A downwardly extending
projection X is formed on the underside of the bar X2 which is bolted securely
to a lug x on the long sleeve bearing 34* (Figs. 28, and 37). A hanger X
connected to a projection X5 on the side bar X¹ forms a bearing in which a
shaft X8, Fig. 28, is rotated by means of a wheel x driven by a similar wheel x²
keyed to the shaft 23. Within the rectangular frame of the delivering mechanism X
is a frame Y adapted to move in a curvilinear path by the rotation of the shaft X³.
The upper edge of each side of the movable frame Y is serrated in the same manner
as the side bars X1, X2, while from the lower edge of the side nearest the side
bar X³, there depends a plate Y¹ having a hub Y2 in which a pin x3³, projecting
eccentrically from the shaft X³, rotates. The depending plate Y¹ is arranged to slide
vertically in a groove formed in a plate Y³ having lugs which project from its side
face and slide in grooves y formed in the hanger X7. By rotating the shaft in the
proper direction, the frame Y will be so actuated by the eccentrically placed pin that
it will advance the cigarette toward the delivery end as will be readily understood.
The roll X which extends across and below the frame X is adapted to rotate freely
on a fixed shaft X10, which also carries a loose sleeve a having a ratchet wheel in
one end near the roll X which carries a pawl x to engage the ratchet wheel. A

page_text: wheel is rotated in opposite directions by the reciprocating movement of a
rack-bar pivoted to the wheel c¹, the rack-bar being held in engagement with the
wheel: by a guide 29. A segment X extends around a portion of the roll X
between which and the segment X" a cigarette is carried when the roll is turned by
the forward movement of the rack. As each cigarette passes hetween the roll X and
the segment " it is rolled in a direction opposite to that in which the mouth-piece
was wound.
The object of thus rotating the cigarette is to cause the end 26x (Fig. 26) of the
blank.from which the mouth-piece was made to lie closely to the body of the mouth-
piece, and not project:tangentially therefrom.
The cigarettes after passing between the roll X9 and the segment X falls onto
a chute X12 and .roll.into a receptacle placed to receive them. The segment X
is pivoted at 10 so that it can be swung out of the way when desired.
It is desirable, .and especially on this class of cigarettes, to have printed upon
each one the name and address, or trade-mark of the manufacturer, 'the name of
the cigarette, or some distinguishing device. To accomplish this result, the
mechanism shewn in Figs. 46 and 47, is employed which consists of a casing W
containing a printing apparatus and a bronzing device, said casing being secured to
the bed plate 1 by a bracket arm W¹. In the upper part of the casing, near one
side, is fixed a fountain W2 .containing a sizing solution, if the printing is to be
done in bronze, or ink, if colours are to be employed. The drawing shews one
apparatus for printing in bronze, and another for colour work, operating on the web
at the same time, and, they being duplicates of each other, a description of one
will answer. for both.
.On the end of an arm W3 is a roller w arranged to transfer size or ink from a
roller, running partly within the fountain W to a larger roller W4. Around the
roller W4 are smaller rollers w², w³, the former serving to equally distribute the
size over the face of the large roller W4, while the latter rollers, of which there are
two, take the size from the.large roller and deliver it to the type roll W5. Under
the type roll W is the impression roll W, around which passes the web a of wrapper
paper on its way to the tube-forming mechanism, it being guided to the impression
roll by idlers w, w, while an idler w guides it to the impression roll wo of the
color printing apparatus. Near the impression roll W of the bronzing device is a
pulley Wfixed to a shaft W8 journalled in the casing, over which passes a belt. W⁹ of
textile or other material to which bronze powder will adhere. The lower end of the
-belt W passes around a pin or roller w7 on the end of a pivoted arm W10. The
bottom of the casing W, which is curved and forms a receptacle for the bronze
powder, contains a wheel W adapted to rotate therein and be partly buried in the
powder. Its periphery is milled so that the powder will readily adhere thereto. 'A
spring w attached to the armn W10 holds the belt W at all times in contact with
the periphery of the wheel W11. A guide W12 on a belt w³, and adapted to swing to
and fro, carries the bronzing belt W against the printed portion of the web u as it
passes around the impression roll. A series of rotating brushes W13 are placed below
the impression roll We, two of which run in contact with the web, while the third
brush, moving in contact with the two, serves to clean them.
On the shaft 100 of the lower feed roll A2 herein before referred to is a wheel 101,
engaging a wheel 102 journalled to the back of the casing W, which wheel 02.in
turn gears with a wheel 103 on the shaft 104 of the large ink distributing roll W4 of
the color.printing apparatus. An intermediate wheel 105 turns a wheel 106 on the
shaft 107 of the type roll W5 of the colour printing apparatus, it also revolving a
wheel 108 on a shaft 109. A belt pulley 110, on the shaft 109, is connected by a
belt 111 to a larger pulley 112 journalled at the bottom of the casing; and on the
shaft of the latter pulley is a pinion 1.13 for driving a gear wheel 114 on the shaft of
the bronze carrying wheel Wi A pulley 114 connects by a cross belt 114b with the
pulley 114 on the shaft W8. of the pulley W7 which carries the bronzing belt the
latter being thereby rotated. Driven by the wheel 108, is a wheel 115 on the shaftil 16
of the impression roll W of the bronzing device. This wheel in turn drives the

page_text: wheel 117 on the shaft 129 of the type roll W5, and the latter wheel, through an
intermediate one 118, turns the wheel 119 on the shaft 120 of the size distributing
roll W. By this system of gearing, the parts are so timed that the surface speed of
the type and impression rolls will be the same as that of the before mentioned feed
rolls A1, A2. The size and ink distributing rolls W4 are given endwise movement,
for the better and more even distribution of the size or ink thereon, by means of a
cam 121 on the shaft of each roll, each of which cams rotates between two fixed pins
or antifriction rollers on a support 122 screwed to the casing.
The shaft of the roll w¹ of the bronzing device has a ratchet wheel 123 fixed
thereon, which is turned by a pawl pivoted to an arm 124 operated by means of two
or more pins 125 projecting from the inner side of the wheel 119. A similar
arrangement is used for the color printing apparatus, the pins 125 projecting from
the wheel 103. The arms 124 return-by-gravity-after-the-pins-have acted-upon them.-
The pins 125 also operate a finger 126 on the shaft 127 of each vibrating arm W³
Each finger 126 after having been acted on by a pin 125 is returned to norinal
position by a spring 128. On the shaft 129 of the type-roll of the bronzing device,
is placed a cam 130 for operating an arm 131 on the shaft of the bronzing belt
guide W. One end of a spring 128 is attached to the arm 131 and holds its end
against the cam 130. A belt 132 extends from the pulley 69 on a shaft 68 (Fig. 4,)
and passes around pulleys 133 on the shafts of the brushes W13, and rotates them.
The web a enters the casing W, and, passing around the impression roll Wo,
receives an imprint (in sizing solution), from the type roll Ws at each revolution
thereof, of the device which is to appear in bronze on the cigarette. When this
impression comes opposite the bronzing belt Wo, the guide W12 is moved by the
cam 130 towards the impression roll We which brings the bronzing belt W° against
the web a, thereby transferring to it some of the bronze powder. Passing thence to
the rotating brushes W13, all excess of powder, will be removed from the web, leaving
only that which is held by the adhesise sizing. The web now passes to the color
printing apparatus for an impression in color, or else direct to the feed
rolls.
Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 2, 3 and 4, on the main driving shaft 40 is
carried a pulley 41, which, by means of a belt 42, turns a pulley 43 on a shaft 44
running lengthwise of the machine beneath the bed plate. A sprocket wheel 45 on
the shaft 44 drives, by means of a chain 46, a sprocket wheel 47 on a shaft 48, which
shaft also carries a bevel wheel 49. A bevel wheel 50, rotated by the bevel wheel 49
is fixed to one end of the shaft 33, its opposite end carrying the crank R" which
operates the rack-bar R15 R10. A pinion 51 on the shaft 44 gears with and rotates a
wheel 52 mounted on the shaft 5, through which shaft 5 power is transmitted to all
the moving parts of the machine except the tobacco feeding mechanism and the
brush V13. A clutch 53, operated by the lever 54, throws the wheel 52 into and out
of connection with the shaft 5. A wheel 55, on the left hand end of the shaft 5,
drives a wheel 56 on the shaft 6, on which shaft is a sprocket wheel 57. A chain 58,
Fig. 1, extends from the sprocket wheel 57 to a like wheel 59 on the end of the
shaft 60, on which is fixed the cam 03. The shaft 20, which carries the loose grooved
pulley 30 and the pinion 27, has also secured to it a belt pulley 62, driven by the belt
63 from the pulley 61 on a shaft 61° carrying a wheel 61b gearing with the wheel 55.
A grooved pulley q¹¹ on the shaft 20, drives the pulley 9 on the spindle Q, Fig. 19,
by means of the belt q10. The end of the shaft 20 carries a mitre wheel 66 gearing
with a similar wheel 67 on a shaft 68, to which is fixed a grooved pulley 69, around
which the belt 132 from the brushes W13 passes, Figs. 46 and 47. A wheel 70, on
the shaft 60, engages with and revolves the gear wheel 7* on the shaft 7 (Figs. 1, 2
and 3).
The shaft 6 (Fig. 1) rotates the shaft B through the medium of the bevel wheels 71
and 72 and a clutch 73. A shaft 74, journalled on the bed-plate receives motion from
the shaft B¹ through the bevel wheels 75, 76, A bevel pinion 77, on the end of the
shaft 74 drives a bevel wheel 78 mounted on the end of the shaft 100 of the larger
feed roll A'. A crank handle 79, fixed-on-the-shaft B', permits the feed belt A³, the

page_text: feed rolls A1, A2 and the printing mechanism to be operated without moving any other
part, the clutch 73 yielding when the crank 79 is thus turned.
The operation of the machine is as follows: Assuming that the cigarettes are to be
given some distinctive mark indicating origin, a web of paper a passes (Figs. 46
and 47) from a reel (not shewn) to the impression roll We of the bronzing device, the
type wheel W, at each revolution, printing, with a sizing solution on the web at
suitable distances apart, the device which is to appear. in bronze on the finished
cigarette. After receiving the impression, the web a, by the rotation of the roll W6,
is carried past the bronzing belt W, which is brought in contact with the printed
portion of the web by the swinging guide W12, which deposits on the web a quantity
of bronze powder. Before leaving the impression roll, the rotating brushes W13 clean
from the web all superfluous bronze powder. The web then goes to the color printing
apparatus, passing thence between the feed rolls A1, A2 into the trough shaped guide A+
which bends it into U-forin.
The web a is formed into a tube around the mandrel E' as it passes through
the tube-forming device E, it being drawn therethrough by the crimping
wheels 3, 4.
The wrapper tube thus formed passes in a straight direction, to the cutting
mechanism F, which is reciprocated in a line parallel to the wrapper tube, by
means of the eccentric F2. The reciprocating movement of the cutting mechanism
measures off and cuts from the tube, sections of equal length, which are taken by the
carrier G to the mouth-piece inserting mechanism.
Before the knife f (Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 44) cuts a section from the continuous tube,
the tube has entered the carrier G, being directed into suitable notches g2 by the
guide H and foot piece h, the latter pressing the tube to the bottom of two
notches g, one in each disk G¹, G². The carrier will then be rotated the distance
between the centers of two notches of a disk, and another cigarette tube placed in
the following notches of the two disks, and so on continuously.
The web of paper (Figures 3 and 16) of suitable thickness, and as wide as the
length of the desired mouth-piece, is led over the curved guide I³ to the feed
rolls I, I². The circumference of the feed rolls being equal to the length of two
mouth-piece blanks, but one revolution is made for two cigarette tubes severed by
the cutting mechanism..
This interrupted or intermittent movement is caused by the mutilated gearing
between the shaft 6 and the feed roll I¹, which latter is turned but once for two
rotations of the said shaft. Each revolution of the feed rolls I', I2 causes the web i
of mouth-piece paper to be fed forward past the knives M2, M3 and under the cover
plate L, until the pointed forward end of the said web i enters the slot x in the
winding spindle P.
The knives M², M³ are, at this time, in their elevated position, having been raised
by the cam M acting on the roller m4 and lifting the knife carrying lever M¹. The
cover plate 1 is also raised through the action of the cam I upon the curved
arm L. When the feed rolls have ceased moving, the cover plate drops on the web of
mouth-piece paper, and the knives fall by gravity and cut from the said web two
blanks, each having a pointed end, that of the front blank extending toward the
winding spindle P, which blank is then immediately rolled by the winding spindle
into tubular form within the sleeve 0¹.
By this time, a cigarette tube has been brought axially (Fig. 19) in line with the
winding spindle P and the spindle Q. This having occurred, the cam Q12 moves the
segmental rack Q connected therewith to operate the pinion Q. The pinion Q,
engaging the toothed cylindrical slide Q3, will cause the spindle Q (which rotates
continuously) and the cylindrical slide Q2 to move in a horizontal direction, and push
the thimble Q13 into the cigarette tube, which will turn with the said thimble.
The spindle Q will continue its longitudinal movement until the end of the
sleeve q strikes the end of the cigarette tube and pushes it into the open end of the
sleeve O¹. The bar 02 will then be moved by the cam 03 until the ejector 05 has
pushed the mouth-piece into the cigarette tube, and the latter out of the sleeve O¹,

page_text: when, after a short dwell, the bar 02 by the force of the spring O', will be returned
to its position of rest.
Before the bar 02 carrying the ejector 0%, returns to its normal position, the second
blank will be fed to the winding spindle P, there to be rolled into a mouth-piece.
The position of the second blank is reversed by the pin ji to which is given a semi-
rotation by the wheel J5 through the medium of the wheel J which gears with it,
the latter wheel being rotated by the rack-bar J', connected to the three armed
lever K.
The semi-rotation of the pin places the blank, with its pointed end forward, in
position to be pushed towards the winding spindle P, by the foot piece n², as the
rotating head N¹ of the secondary feed mechanism brings the said foot-piece in
contact with the blank. The pin and the button L² projecting a short distance
beyond the table J and the cover plate L', respectively, grasp the blank between
their opposing faces; and, as the remainder of-the-blank-is-free-from-the-pressure of
the cover plate, the rotation of the blank is freely effected.
The cigarette tube (Figs. 1, 30, 31, 32, 33) after receiving its mouth-piece, is
presented, by the carrier G, in front of the filler inserting mechanism, where the
tobacco filler, moulded to the proper length and diameter by the filler-forming
devices hereinbefore described, is pushed endwise into the tube by the rod U carried
in the slide U, the latter being operated by the segmental rack U mounted on the
three-armed lever K.
After having been filled, the cigarette is dropped onto the delivering mechanism X,
and carried thence by the moving frame Y, in the manner described, to the roll Xº,
between which roll and the segment X" it passes onto the chute X12 by which it is
conducted into a suitable receptacle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what inanner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The combination with mechanism for forming a continuous tube froin a web,
of mechanism for severing from the continuous tube sections of the desired length,
mechanism for cutting and winding blanks from a web of reinforcing material for
mouth-pieces and mechanism for inserting the wound blanks into the ends of the
tubular sections, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with mechanism for making a continuous tube by uniting
the edges of a web, of mechanism for severing therefrom tubular sections of
definite length, mechanism for forming blanks from a web of reinforcing material,
mechanism for winding each blank into tubular formation, and mechanism for
inserting a wound blank into one end of each of the tubular sections, substan-
tially as herein before described.
3. The combination of mechanism for forming a continuous tube from a web
by lapping its edges so as to form a longitudinal seam, mechanism for severing
the continuous tube into tubular sections of equal length, mechanism for severing
blanks from a continuous web of reinforcing material, mechanism for winding the
blanks into tubular form, mechanism for inserting a blank into one end of each
tubular section, and means for regulating the relative positions of the longitudinal
seam of the tubular section and the outer edge of the wound blank, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
4. The combination of mechanism for severing from a continuous tube, tubular
sections of substantially equal length, mechanism for cutting blanks from a web
of reinforcing material and winding them to form tubular mouth-pieces, mechanism
for inserting a mouth-piece into one end of each tubular section, and mechanism for
introducing filling material into the opposite end of the said section, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
5. In a cigarette machine, the combination of wrapper forming and seaming
mechanism for making a continuous tube by folding into tubular form a web of
wrapper material, a knife for severing the continuous tube into sections of
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page_text: substantially equal lengths, a carrier for the severed sections, means for cutting
blanks from a web of reinforcing material, a winding spindle for rolling the blanks
into tubular form, mechanism for inserting rolled blanks into the severed tubular
sections, a filler-forming mechanism, and mechanism for inserting the fillers into the
tubular sections, substantially as hereinbefore described.
6. In a cigarette machine, the combination of wrapper forming and seaming
mechanism for making a continuous tube by folding into tubular form a web of
wrapper material, a knife for severing the continuous tube into sections of substantially
equal length, a carrier for the severed sections, means for cutting blanks from a web
of reinforcing material, a winding spindle for rolling the blanks into tubular form,
mechanism for inserting rolled blanks into the severed tubular sections, a tobacco
feed, a compressing device, a filler forming mold, and mechanism for inserting the
fillers into the tubular sections, substantially as hereinbefore described.
7. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for making a continuous
tube from a web of wrapper material, a travelling knife for severing the continuous
tube into sections of substantially equal lengths, a carrier for the severed tubular
sections, knives for cutting blanks from a web, a spindle for rolling the blanks into
tubular form, mechanism for inserting the rolled blanks into ends of the severed
tubular sections, mechanism for inserting previously prepared fillers into the opposite
ends of the said tubular sections, and a final shaping device, substantially as herein-
before described.
8. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of a mandrel supporting a
crimping wheel, a second co-acting crimping wheel, and a folder placed in proximity
to the crimping wheels, the said folder having its opening set at an angle to the axis
of the mandrel, substantially as hereinbefore described.
9. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a mandrel supporting a crimping
wheel, a second co-acting crimping wheel, and a folder placed in proximity to the
crimping wheels, the said folder having its folding opening inclined to the axis of the
mandrel, the inclination being in both a vertical and a horizontal direction, sub-
stantially as herein before described.
10. In a cigarette making machine the combination of a mandrel, a folder having
a cylindrical opening therethrough inclined downwardly at an angle to the axis of
the mandrel, and having further a slot extending tangentially downwardly from the
cylindrical opening to the under enrface of the folder, substantially as herein before
described.
11. In a cigarette making machine the combination with a winding spindle, of
mechanism for intermittently feeding flexible material, such as paper, from a reeled
web, knives for severing from the paper, a direct and also a reversed blank, means
for rotating the reversed blank, and means for feeding the reversed blank, after
rotation, to the winding spindle, substantially as hereinbefore described.
12. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with a winding spindle, of
intermittently driven rolls for feeding flexible material, such as paper, knives for
severing from the paper a direct and also a reversed blank, means for rotating the
reversed blank, means for feeding the reversed blank after rotation to the winding
spindle, and means for removing, endwise from the winding spindle, each blank
after being wound thereupon, substantially as herein before described.
13. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with a winding spindle, of
means for feeding a web of paper, a knife for separating, at an angle of preferably
forty-five degrees, a double blank from the web, a second knife for dividing the double
blank into two single blanks, means for rotating one of the blanks, and means for
feeding the rotating blanks to the winding spindle, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
14. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with means for drawing a
length of paper from a web, of a knife for separating, at an angle of preferably forty
five degrees, a double blank from the web, a second knife for dividing the double
blank, at a right angle to its length, into two equal single blanks, and means for

page_text: rotating one of the blanks, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
15. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a continuous tube forming
mechanism, mechanism for severing the continuous tube into cigarette lengths, a
carrier for the cigarette tubes, a winding spindle, means for intermittently feeding a
length of paper from a web to the winding spindle, a knife for cutting, at an angle
of preferably forty five degrees, a double blank from the web, a second knife for
dividing the double blank into two blanks, means for rotating one of the blanks,
means for feeding the rotated blank to the winding spindle, and means for removing
from the spindle each wound blank, and inserting it into one end of a cigarette tube,
substantially as herein before described.
16. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for forming a con-
tinuous tube of a web of wrapper material, a knife for severing the continuous_tube
into sections suitable for cigarette tubes, mechanism for automatically inserting a
mouth-piece into one end of a cigarette tube, and mechanism for inserting a filler
into the other end of said cigarette tube, substantially as herein before described.
17. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for forming a continuous
tube of a web of wrapper material, a knife for severing the continuous tube into
sections suitable for cigarette tubes, mechanism for automatically cutting and winding
severed blanks from a web of material to form mouth-pieces and inserting a mouth-
piece into one end of each cigarette wrapper, mechanism for separating, from a mass
of tobacco, equal quantities thereof, pressing and forming it into fillers and inserting.
a filler into the opposite end of each cigarette wrapper, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
18. In a cigarette machine, a mouth-piece forming mechanism consisting of the
following elements in combination; intermittently operated feed rolls for the mouth-
piece material, a table over which the material passes, knives for cutting the material
into blanks, one of which blanks is reversed, means for rotating the reversed blank,
a secondary feed mechanism, and a winding spindle, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
19. In a cigarette machine, a mouth-piece forming mechanism consisting of the
following elements in combination; intermittently operated feed rolls for the mouth-
piece material, a table over which the material passes, knives for cutting the material
into blanks, one of which blanks is reversed, a cover-plate for holding the material
while being cut, means for rotating the reversed blank, a secondary feed mechanism,
and a winding spindle, substantially as and for the purpose herein before
described.
20. In a mouth-piece forming mechanisin for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades thereon, knives set at an angle to each other and adapted to
co-act with the cutting blades, a pin extending through the table, and means for
rotating the pin, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
21. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades thereon, knives set at an angle to each other and adapted to
co-act with the cutting blades, a pin extending through the table and situated between
the cutting blades, and means for rotating the pin, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
22. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades secured thereon, knives set at an angle to each other and
adapted to co-act with the cutting blades, a cover-plate above the table, a pin
extending through the table, and means for rotating the pin in one direction only,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
23. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades secured thereon, knives having their cutting edges set at
an angle to each other and adapted to co-act with the cutting blades, a cover-plate
above the table, a pin extending through the table, a rotatable button in the cover-
plate above the pin, and means for rotating the pin, substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.

page_text: 24. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades thereon, knives adapted to co-act therewith, a cover-plate
above the table, a pin extending through and above the table, a rotatable button in
the cover-plate projecting below the bottom of the cover plate, means for lowering
the button into contact with the pin, and means for rotating the pin, substantially
as and for the purpose herein before described.
25. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a table, cutting blades thereon, knives placed at an angle to each other and adapted
to co-act therewith, a cover plate, a rotating pin extending through and above the
table, a rotatable button in the cover plate and projecting below it, means for raising
and lowering the cover plate, a secondary feeding device and a winding spindle,
substantially as herein before described.
26. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a winding spindle having a stop, means for engaging and disengaging the said stop,
and means for rotating the spindle and varying its speed of rotation, whereby the
spindle is caused to start to revolve slowly and gradually increase its speed, sub-
stantially as herein before described.
27. In a mouth piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a winding spindle having a stop, a rocking lever having a finger adapted to engage
the stop on the winding spindle, means for moving the lever into and out of engage-
ment with the stop, and means for rotating the spindle, substantially as herein before
described.
28. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines the combination
of a constantly revolving shaft, a crank thereon, a rack bar connected to and operated
by the crank, a clutch member oscillated by the rack bar, a pulley carrying the
second clutch member and adapted to be rotated in one direction, and a winding
spindle rotated by the pulley, substantially as herein before described.
29. In a mouth-piece forming mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination
of a shaft, a crank thereon, a rack bar, connected to and operated by the crank, a
clutch member oscillated by the rack bar, a pulley carrying the second clutch
member and adapted to be rotated in one direction, and a winding spindle, substan-
tially as herein before described.
-30. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cigarette tube carrier, a sleeve
on one side thereof, a mouth-piece winding spindle within the sleeve, an ejector
surrounding the winding spindle, a revolving spindle on the opposite side of the tube
carrier, and means for moving the revolving spindle in the axial line of the sleeve
and winding spindle, whereby the end of the said revolving spindle is caused to
enter one end of a cigarette tube and push the other end of said tube into the mouth
of the said sleeve, substantially as hereinbefore described.
31. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cigarette tube carrier, a sleeve
on one side thereof, a revolving spindle on its opposite side, a finger, and means for
moving the revolving spindle longitudinally in the axial line of the sleeve,
and into one end of a cigarette tube, substantially as herein before described.
32. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cigarette tube carrier, a fixed
sleeve on one side thereof, a spindle on the opposite side adapted to revolve, and also
to move longitudinally in the axial line of the fixed sleeve, and a second sleeve 7º,
the end of the spindle, moveable endwise, substantially as hereinbefore
near
described.
33. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cigarette tube carrier, a fixed
sleeve on one side thereof, a spindle on the opposite side adapted to revolve and also
to move longitudinally in the axial line of the fixed sleeve, a thimble on the end of
the spindle, a second sleeve moveable endwise on the said spindle, back of the thimble,
and a finger q13, substantially as herein before described.
34. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the tubular support Q1 of a
cylindrical slide arranged to move therein, a longitudinally movable spindle passing
axially through and adapted to revolve within the said slide, a collar having fingers fitted
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page_text: in slots or grooves in the slide, and means for moving the spindle and the slide end-.
wise, substantially as herein before described.
35. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a tubular support, a cylindrical
slide arranged to move therein, a revolving spindle passing axially through the slide,
means for moving the spindle and slide endwise, a collar within the tubular support
provided with fingers which fit in slots or grooves in the slide, the said collar having
means whereby it may be rotated for the purpose of rotating the slide around the
spindle, and a finger pivoted to the slide and rotatable with it, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
36. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a carrier for supporting cigarette
tubes, a rotating spindle adapted to be moved into one end of a cigarette tube for
rotating the said tube, and means for engaging with the seam of the tube to stop
rotation, substantially_as_herein before-described.
37. In a tobacco feed mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination of a.
hopper, a toothed feed cylinder rotating therein at one side, and a hopper bottom
travelling towards the feed cylinder, substantially as herein before described.
38. In a tobacco feed mechanisın for cigarette machines, the combination of a
hopper, a toothed feed cylinder rotating therein, a travelling endless apron, forming.
the bottom of the hopper, and means for driving the apron substantially as herein-
before described.
39. In.a tobacco feed mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination of a..
hopper, a toothed feed cylinder rotating therein, a travelling endless apron forming
the bottom of the hopper, rollers around which the apron runs, one roller being in
proximity to the cylinder, and means for driving the roller, substantially as herein-.
before described.
40. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a tobacco feed belt having parti-
tions, means for intermittently driving the said belt, a vibrating door, and means for
operating the same, substantially as herein before described.
41. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a tobacco feed belt having parti-
tions attached thereto, a driving roller around which the belt passes, a cam plate and
a ratchet plate both fixed to the shaft of the driving roller, a curved rack turning on.
the said shaft and having a pawl to engage the ratchet plate, a vibrating door, an arm
on the shaft of the vibrating door being adapted to be operated by the cam plate, and
means for oscillating the curved rack, substantially as hereinbefore described.
42. In a cigarette machine, an intermittently moving roller and a segment, between.
which roller and segment, the cigarette is rolled, and the mouth-piece is finally shaped,
and means for delivering the cigarette to the said roller and segment, substantially as
herein before described.
43. In a cigarette machine, a stationary delivering frame, a frame Y adapted to
move in a circulatory path within the said frame for moving the cigarettes away from
the carrying mechanism, an intermittently moving roller and a segment, between
which roller and segment the cigarette is finally shaped, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
44. In a cigarette machine, mechanism for printing in bronze upon a web of
wrapping material, the combination of a bronze powder reservoir, and web cleaning
brushes, the reservoir being placed under the said brushes, whereby the surplus bronze.
powder is swept back to the reservoir, substantially as herein before described.
45. In cigarette machine mechanism for printing in bronze upon a web of wrapper
material, the combination of the following elements; a printing device, a receptacle
for bronze powder, a wheel rotating in the latter, a belt for carrying the bronze
powder from the wheel and depositing it on the printed surface of the web, and
brushes for removing superfluous powder from said web, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
46. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a mold-carrying wheel, of a series
of mold sections secured thereon, a series of movable mold sections or plungers sliding
on the said mold-carrying wheel, means for sliding a movable section in one direction
to open the mold, a wiping mechanismn-adapted to be inserted in the opened mold
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page_text: and a yielding cam arranged to close the movable section upon or against the wiper,
substantially as herein before described.
47. The combination, in a mold-wiping mechanism of a cigarette machine, of a
plate having a head on one end and adapted to be advanced into a mold, a cleaning
belt, and means for moving the said belt, substantially as herein before described.
48. The combination in a inold-wiping mechanism of a cigarette machine, of a
plate having a head on one end and adapted to be advanced into a mold, a cleaning
belt arranged to pass over the head and around a roller, and means for rotating the
roller and moving the cleaning belt upon the withdrawal of the wiper from the mold,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
49. The combination, in a mold-wiping-mechanism of a cigarette machine, of a
plate having on one end a head and adapted to be advanced into a mold, a cleaning belt,
ineans for moving the cleaning belt upon the withdrawal of the wiper from the mold,
and a brush for cleaning the belt, substantially as herein before described.
50. The combination, in a mold-wiping-mechanism of a cigarette machine, of a
plate having on one end a head and adapted to be advanced into a mold, a cleaning
belt adapted to pass over the head and around a roller, means for rotating the roller
and moving the cleaning belt upon the withdrawal of the wiper from the mold, and
a brush for cleaning the belt, substantially as herein before described.
51. The combination, in cigarette making machinery, of mold-wiping mechanism,
a cleaning belt, and means for advancing a clean portion of the belt after each wiping
operation, substantially as herein before described.
52. The combination, in a mold-wiping-mechanism of a cigarette machine, of a
cleaning belt adapted to pass over a suitable support, and means, operated by the
movement of the brush carrier, to advance a clean portion of the belt after each
wiping operation, substantially as hereinbefore described.
53. In cigarette making machinery, a mold-wiping-mechanism, a cleaning belt
and means for giving the belt side movement in the mold for the purpose of cleaning
the same, substantially as herein before described.
54. In cigarette making machinery, means for making an empty continuous tube
which can be cut in lengths to form cigarettes substantially as hereinbefore
described.
55. In cigarette making machinery, the combination of means for making an
empty continuous tube, and means for cutting the said tube into lengths, to be filled
with tobacco, substantially as herein before described.
56. In cigarette making machinery, a mold-wiping-mechanism, a cleaning belt,
and means for moving the belt in the mold for the purpose of cleaning the same,
snbstantially as hereinbefore described.
57. In cigarette making machinery, a holder for the end of a cigarette tube
formed, as described, for protecting the end of the said tube from injury while the
said tube is being charged, substantially as herein before described.
58. In cigarette making machinery; a support for the end of a cigarette tube,
having a hole of less diameter than the said tube formed therein, and through which
the cigarette tube is charged, the outer end of the said hole, for a suitable distance,
being of a diameter substantially equal to that of the said cigarette tube, and then
flared, substantially as herein before described.
59. The combination in a cigarette machine, of mechanism for automatically
formning a mouth-piece, mechanism for automatically inserting the mouth-piece
into one end of a cigarette tube, and mechanism for inserting a filler into the
other end of said cigarette tube, substantially as herein before described.
60. In a cigarette machine, the combination of positively operated feed rolls for
drawing a web of wrapper paper from a reel, wrapper forming devices, and crimping
wheels having a speed of rotation greater than that of the feed rolls, substantially as
herein before described.
61. In a cigarette machine, the combination of feed rolls and means for delivering
the web of wrapper paper to the said rolls in a different plane from, or out of line
with, the plane of contact between the said rolls, whereby the web of wrapper paper

page_text: is carried and tensioned against one of the said rolls before passing through the said
feed rolls, substantially as herein before described.
62. In a cigarettte machine, the combination of a looped ejector 0³, a slotted
sleeve O¹, and a winding spindle P, substantially as herein before described.
63. In a cigarette machine, the combination of an ejector 05 looped and slotted to
form a guide for the point of the mouth-piece blank as it is inserted into the winding
mandrel, a slotted sleeve 01, and a winding spindle P, substantially as herein before
described.
64. In a mouth-piece inserting mechanism for a cigarette machine, devices for
holding the wrapper-tube during the time the mouth-piece is being inserted, and
a yielding pusher for preventing the crushing of the wrapper tube, substantially
as herein before described.
Dated this 20th day of July Loja.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
Agents, 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
Agents, 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.