Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1898-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
We, JULIUS HEINRICH SCHMIDT, of No. 733, Avenue E, and PETER HERBERT
SCHEFFLER, of No. 20, West 33rd Street, both in the City of Bayonne, in the
County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained, in and by
the following statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in cigarette making machines, and it
consists in the novel features and combinations of parts, with certain details of
construction, hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the
claims.
The machine which is the subject hereof is illustrated in the operation of
rolling all-tobacco cigarettes; but I do not confine the invention in every instance
to the use of a tobacco wrapper or binder, nor to the manufacture of cigarettes
of any special length or diameter; nor is the invention confined to rolling what
are technically known in law and commerce as cigarettes," since the filler and
wrapper or binder may be of larger proportions than those required for the
usual cigarette, and under such conditions the product would ordinarily be termed
cigars or bear other trade designations.
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The machine embodying the invention made the subject of this application
comprises automatic mechanism for feeding and disintegrating the filler tobacco,
a charge box moving between the tobacco feeding mechanism and the rolling
apron for the purpose of transporting the charges of filler tobacco to said apron.
means for cutting the wrappers and conveying the same to the rolling apron,
means for applying paste to the edge of the wrappers while in position over the
rolling apron, means for closing the pocket of the rolling apron and drawing
upon the rear end of said apron for the purpose of reducing the pocket in the
apron down to the proper size to roll the cigarette, means for receiving the
cigarettes as they are one after another rolled from the front end of the rolling
bed and conveying said cigarettes to the trimming knives by which the ends of
the cigarettes are trimmed and suitable mechanism for actuating the various
parts of the machine, and all of which will be hereinafter specifically described.
The invention will he fully understood from the detailed description herein-
after presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with and
embodying the invention, this elevation having been taken from the left hand
side of the machine;
Fig. 2 is a like view of the right hand side of the machine, the belt wheel being
omitted and the driving and cam shafts being in section;
Fig. 3 is a front view of same;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged top view, partly broken away, of same;
Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 5—5 of

page_text: Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section on the dotted line 6-6 of Fig. 3 through
the punch and die for cutting the wrappers and delivering the same to the
wrapper carrier; this figure shows the punch and die mechanism in its normal
position with the leaf extended over the die preparatory to the cutting of the
wrapper therefrom;
Fig. 7 is a like section of same, but illustrating the punch in its lower position,
having cut the wrapper from the leaf, and the interior platen in its lower position
below the punch, said platen having driven the cut wrapper downward upon the
wrapper carrier;
Fig. 8 is an enlarged elevation of the outer side of the wrapper carrier and
illustrates more particularly the clips which hold the cut wrapper upon the car-
rier and the means employed for ensuring simultaneous motion to said clips;
Fig. 9 is a detached sectional view through a portion of the wrapper carrier
and illustrating in section one of the clips which hold the wrapper upon the
wrapper carrier during the movement of the latter from the die to the rolling
apron; this figure shows the clip in its open position and the cam by which it
is held in its open position through the medium of the crank arm upon the
shaft carrying said clip;
Fig. 10 is a like view of same, but showing the clip in its closed position, in
which position it binds against the wrapper upon the wrapper carrier;
Fig. 11 is an enlarged top view of a portion of the machine and illustrates
more particularly the rolling apron, pressure roller, the wrapper carrier and the
paste roller, the wrapper carrier and the paste roller being at their inward position
over the rolling apron ready to deliver the wrapper to the apron and to apply a
line of paste to the outer edge of said wrapper;
Fig. 12 is a detached sectional view on the dotted line 12-12 of Fig. 11;
Fig. 13 is a view corresponding with Fig. 11 and shows the charge of filler
tobacco in the pocket of the apron and the wrapper carrier as having started on
its inward movement to deliver the cut wrapper to said apron; while in Fig. 11
the wrapper carrier is shown as having reached its inward position and the
pasting brush is also shown at its inward position, the outer position of the
pasting brush or roller being illustrated in Fig. 13;
Fig. 14 is a detached sectional view on the line 14-14 of Fig. 13;
Fig. 15 is a detached sectional view on the dotted line 15-15 of Fig. 13;
Fig. 16 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the machine on the dotted
line 16-16 of Fig. 13;
Fig. 17 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the machine on the dotted
line 17-17 of Fig. 11, and shows the wrapper carrier and paste roller at their
inward position, with the filler tobacco closed in the loop of the rolling apron;
Fig. 18 is a detached sectional view of a portion of the machine taken on the
line 17 17 of Fig. 11 and showing the loop in the rolling apron as having been
drawn down to proper size by the revoluble roller to which the rear end of said
apron is connected;
Fig. 19 is an enlarged view of a portion of the machine and showing in side
elevation the means for actuating the cigarette carrier chain and in central
vertical section the rolling bed with the apron thereon and the pressure roller
as traveling forward to roll the cigarette; this figure also shows the paste roller
as retreating from the wrapper carrier and the wrapper carrier as retreating
from the pressure roller and leaving the cut wrapper upon said apron;
Fig. 20 is an enlarged central vertical longitudinal section through the lower
portion of the cigarette chain-carrier and illustrating more particularly the
knives by which the ends of the cigarette are trimmed as the cigarettes, one after
another, fall from said carrier;
Fig. 21 is a detached side elevation of the charge box by which the charges
of filler tobacco are transported from the feed mechanism to the rolling apron;
this figure also shows a detached portion of the chute which directs the filler

page_text: tobacco to the said charge box, and the said charge box is shown in its upward
position against said chute and with its door closed;
Fig. 22 is a detached top view of the charge box and connected parts;
Fig. 23 is a detached view, partly broken away, and partly in central section,
of the rolling bed with the apron thereon and the charge box, the latter being
shown in its lower position with its door open and having discharged the filler
tobacco into the pocket of said apron, which pocket in the operation of this
machine is formed by the charge box on its descent to its lower position; and
Fig. 24 is a detached sectional view of a spring and notched plate, which are
utilized when the charge box is in its lower position to lock the door of said box
open, as shown in Fig. 23.
In the drawings 40 denotes the main general supporting frame for the machine;
41 the main driving shaft; 42 the auxiliary driving shaft; 43 a pinion on the
main driving shaft 41, and 44 a gear wheel upon the auxiliary driving shaft 42
and which is engaged by said pinion 43 and communicates motion from the main
driving shaft 41 to the auxiliary driving shaft 42.
In the employment of the machine made the subject hereof, the driving
shaft 41 comes to a full stop at the end of each of its revolutions and is started
to make its revolution by the operator pressing upon the foot treadle 45, which
is clearly shown in Fig. 3. Upon the outer right hand end of the main driving
shaft 41 is the belt or power wheel 46 and the usual friction clutch 47 (see
Fig. 3), the latter being operated from the clutch sleeve 48 adapted to slide upon
said shaft 41 and to be moved toward the pinion wheel 43 by means of the
spring 49 and toward the belt wheel 46 by the pressure of the foot upon the
treadle 45. The sleeve 48 is grooved to receive the projection upon the end of
the horizontal bar 50, which, at its left hand end is secured to a slide 51 on the
main driving shaft 41, and to this slide 51 is pivotally secured one arm of the
bell crank lever 52, whose other arm is, by means of the rod 53, connected with
the foot treadle 45. The bell crank lever 52 at its angle is secured to a rigid
standard 54 and hence when the foot of the operator is pressed upon the outer
end of the treadle 45 the rod 53 will pull the upper arm of the bell crank lever 52
downward and at the same time move the lower end of said rod outward to the
right, this having the effect of moving the slide 51 to the right and causing the
bar 50 to drive the clutch sleeve 48 against the pins of the clutch, with the result
that the clutch will bind against the wheel 46 in the usual manner and thus
fasten the power wheel 40 and driving shaft 41 together for the purpose of per-
mitting said belt wheel 46 to communicate its motion to the shaft 41 and through
the pinion 43 and gear wheel 44 to the auxiliary driving shaft 42. The outer
edge of the periphery of the gear wheel 44 is formed with the flange 54' which
at one point is formed with the recess 55, the latter being of a size to snugly
receive the edge of the collar 56 formed on the clutch sleeve 48. When the
clutch sleeve 48 is at its inward position close to the pinion wheel 43 the said
collar 56 will have its rear side within the recess 55 of the rim or flange 54¹
formed on the gear wheel 44 and when said clutch sleeve 48 is driven outward
by the pressure of the foot upon the treadle 45 the collar 56 of said clutch sleeve
will pass outward beyond the rim or flange 54' on the gear wheel 44. During
all of the time that the pressure of the foot is on the treadle 45, the clutch
sleeve 48 will remain in its outward position, but when the pressure of the foot
is removed from the treadle 45 the spring 49 will by acting through the bar 50
exert a tension on the clutch sleeve 48, pulling it toward the pinion wheel 43.
When the pressure of the foot of the operator is applied to the treadle 45 the
clutch sleeve 48 is driven outward and the power of the belt wheel 46 is im-
parted to the driving shaft 41 and through the gear wheels 43 and 44 to the
auxiliary driving shaft 42, and thus the first pressure of the foot upon the
treadle 45 will drive the collar 56 on the clutch sleeve 48 outward from the re-
cess 55 and start the shafts 41 and 42 in motion. As soon as the recess 55 in the
rim 54¹ of the gear wheel 44 has turned beyond the clutch sleeve 48 the operator

page_text: may remove her foot from the treadle 45, since upon doing so the spring 49 will
draw the clutch sleeve 48 toward the pinion wheel 43 but will not stop the
machine at this time, since the edge of the collar 56 of said clutch sleeve 48 will
come against the rim 54' and be thereby held in its outward position, riding
on said rim until the auxiliary driving shaft 42 has made a complete revolution,
upon completing which the recess 55 in the rim 54¹ will pass into alignment
with the clutch sleeve 48 and the spring 49 will instantly draw said sleeve toward
the pinion wheel 43 and the collar 56 into the recess 55, thereby relieving the
clutch 47 and cutting off the power of the wheel 46 from the driving shaft 41.
The machine is stopped at each revolution of the driving shaft 42 by reason of
the fact that the recess 55 at the end of each revolution of said shaft comes into
alignment with the collar 56 of the clutch sleeve 48 and that the spring 49 is
enabled, by reason of said recess 55, to pull the sleeve 48 inward toward the
pinion wheel 43. The recess 55 in the rim 541 of the gear wheel 44 enables
the collar 56 to lock the gear wheel 44 and shaft 42 at the end of each of its
revolutions and thus the momentum of the moving parts of the machine is pre-
vented from carrying the shaft 42 beyond its full revolution, and this feature
becomes important since it is desirable at the end of each revolution of the driving
shaft 42 to arrest all of the parts of the machine in a definite relation one to
the other. The machine is re-started by the pressure of the foot upon the
treadle 45 driving the clutch sleeve 48 outward and is automatically stopped
by the operation of the spring 49 drawing the clutch sleeve 48 inward toward
the pinion wheel 43 and at each stoppage of the machine the clutch sleeve 48
has its collar 56 enter the recess 55 and lock the gear wheel 44 and the parts
operated therefrom.
The mechanism for feeding the filler tobacco is more clearly illustrated in
Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, in which 57 denotes an endless feed belt upon which the
filler tobacco is spread in an even layer by hand and which is mounted upon
the rollers 58 and 59. The feed belt 57 is enclosed at opposite sides by the side
frames 60 which with said belt 57 constitute a trough through which the filler
tobacco is fed inward. Above the inner roller 59 is mounted the pressure
roller 61 below which the layer of filler tobacco must pass and by which it is
compacted. In advance of the rollers 59 and 61 there is mounted the picker
roller 62 which acts against the protruding portion of the filler tobacco and
thoroughly disintegrates the same in a well known manner. The picker roller 62
and pressure roller 61 are covered by a metal hood 63, the lower end of which
forms a chute 64 by which the disintegrated tobacco is directed to a charge
box 65 by which, in proper quantities, the same is delivered to the rolling apron
hereinafter described. The shaft of the pressure roller 61 is provided at its left
hand end (see Fig. 1) with a gear wheel 66 which is engaged by the gear wheel 67
secured upon the left hand end of the shaft of the roller 59, and thus the
rollers 61 and 59 have a simultaneous motion toward one another for the purpose
of drawing the layer of tobacco inward between them and toward the picker
roller 62. The picker roller 62 has (during the revolution of the main driving
shaft 41) a constant revoluble motion imparted to it, while the rollers 59 and 61
have an intermittent motion. The mechanism for imparting an intermittent
motion to the roller 59 and through the gear wheels 67 and 66 to the roller 61
is more clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, in which it will be seen that upon the right
hand end of the shaft of the roller 59 is secured a ratchet wheel 68 which is
engaged by the pawl 69 carried upon the pivotally mounted arm 70, whose lower
end is pivotally connected to the rod 71, which is pivotally secured to the upper
end of the arm 73 carried by the right hand end of the rock shaft 74 which is
mounted in suitable bearings above the bed plate of the machine and at its left
hand end is provided with the short crank arm 75 which receives the upper end
of the rod 76 and is actuated thereby. The rod 76 extends downward and for-
ward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is bifurcated at its lower end to straddle
the shaft 42. The rod 76 carries a small roller which is engaged by the cam 77

page_text: on the driving shaft 42, which cam, owing to its form, effects the vertical recip-
rocation of the said rod 76 and thereby the rocking of the rock shaft 74, which,
by the movement of its arm 73, operates the rod 71 and pawl arm 70, the latter,
during the forward movement of its upper end, driving the pawl 69 against the
teeth of the ratchet wheel 68 and revolving the roller 59 at the front end of
the feed belt 57 and during its rearward motion simply dragging the pawl 69
over the teeth of said ratchet 68 without affecting the latter. The cam 77 posi-
tively moves the rod 76 upward and during this upward movement of said rod 76
the pawl 69 drives the ratchet 68 and turns the roller 59 and through the gear
wheels 67, 66, also turns the pressure roller 61. The downward movement of
the rod 76 by which the parts intermediate said rod and pawl 69 are restored
to their former normal position is effected solely by the weight of the arm 76
which will move downward when the surface of the cam 77 permits it to do so.
The, rod 76 has a reciprocating motion, which, through the intermediate connec-
tions, imparts to the pawl arm 70 an oscillating motion and thus the pawl 69
is enabled through the ratchet wheel 68 to impart an intermittent motion to the
roller 59, pressure roller 61 and belt 57, and thus the tobacco is fed inward by
intermittent motions to the picker roller 62. The throw of the pawl 69 governs
the extent of the intermittent movements of the feed belt 57, and the throw of
the pawl 69 may be adjusted to suit the requirements by setting the rear end of
the rod 71 at the proper elevation in the slotted upward end of the arm 73.
While the feed belt 57 and pressure roller 61 have an intermittent motion, the
picker roller 62 has a constant motion during the revolution of the driving
shaft 41, and the mechanism for imparting this constant motion to the picker
roller 62 is more clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, in which it will be seen that upon
the outer end of the picker roller shaft is secured the grooved wheel 78 which
receives the cord or belt 79 and is by said cord or belt connected with the grooved
wheel 80 on the shaft S1, which, at its outer end is provided with the grooved
wheel 82 to receive the cord or belt 83 passing rearward from the grooved wheel 84
mounted upon the left hand end of the driving shaft 41. The motion of the
shaft 41 is communicated through the wheel 84, belt 83 and wheel 82 to the
shaft S1 and from the shaft 81 motion is communicated through the wheel 80,
belt 79 and wheel 78 to the picker roller 62. Thus the picker roller 62 has a
constant revolving motion during all of the revolution of the driving shaft 41,
and said picker roller 62 is given a rapid revolution, since it receives its motion
directly from the shaft 41 to which the belt wheel 46 is connected.
With each intermittent motion of the feed belt 57 a sufficient quantity of filler
obacco is fed inward between the rollers 59, 61, and to the picker roller 62, for
one cigarette, and the tobacco thus fed to the picker roller 62 is by the latter
thoroughly disintegrated and falls downward into the charge box 65 which is
then in its upward position, illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. The charge box 65
as to its details is more clearly illustrated in Figs. 21 to 24 inclusive, and as
illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 5 and 22, the said charge box 65 is secured upon the
front bifurcated end of the arm 90 which at its rear end is pivotally mounted
at 91 and rests upon the cam 92 mounted upon the rock shaft 93 located above
the bed plate of the machine, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. The charge box 65
is rigid with the front end of the arm 90 and the arm 90 is simply held at its
rear end and has for its only support the cam 92 directly below it. The weight
of the arm 90 and its connected parts serves to retain said arm upon the cam 92
and to cause the arm to follow said cam and thus during the movement of the
rock shaft 93 and cam 92 the arm 90 is raised in order that the charge box 65
may receive the filler tobacco, and then lowered in order that the said charge
box may deposit the filler tobacco upon the rolling apron. The arm 90, as above
described, receives its motion from the cam 92, and the latter is actuated from
the driving shaft 42 through the medium of the short lever 94 secured to the
right hand end of the aforesaid rock shaft 93, the rod 95 connected at its upper
end to said short lever 94 and thence extending forward and downward and

page_text: straddling the driving shaft 42, and the cam 96 on said shaft 42 and against
which the roller carried by said rod 95 has its bearing. During the revolution
of the driving shaft 42 the cam 96 operates to move the rod 95 upward and the
short lever 94 and rock shaft 93 rearward, whereby said rock shaft is caused to
turn the cam 92 toward the rear to the position in which it is illustrated in
Figs. 1 and 5, whereby, by means of said cam 92, the arm 90 and charge box 65
are elevated to their upper position. The continued movement of the cam 96
on the driving shaft 42 permits the lowering of the rod 95 and arm 90 carrying
the charge box by their own weight, the weight of the said parts being sufficient
to cause them to follow the surface outline of the cam 96 without the aid of
springs. The arm 90 carrying the charge box 65 is thus forced to its upward
position by the cam 96 and is permitted by the cam 96 to descend of its own
weight to its lower position, which is that illustrated in Fig. 23.
The charge box 65 is, as above described, and as clearly illustrated in Figs. 21
and 22, rigidly connected to the front end of the arm 90 and said charge box is
in the shape of an inverted cone in cross section and has an entirely open top
adapted to receive the lower end of the chute 64 of the hood 63, as illustrated in
Figs. 5 and 21. The front face of the charge box 65 has a downwardly project-
ing flange 97 which, as hereinafter described, is utilized to form the pocket in
the rolling apron, and the rear face of the charge box 65 constitutes à door 98
which hangs from the horizontal shaft 99 and extends downward, as shown in
Fig. 21, to the upper edge of the flange 97. The door 98 is kept normally closed
while receiving the tobacco from the chute 64 and carrying the same to the
rolling apron by a suitable spring 100, which, as shown in Fig. 21, is secured
to the front portion of the rod 90 and is flexed against said door 98. Upon one
side of the hood 63 covering the picker roller 62, is provided a cam arm 101,
as clearly shown in Fig. 21, and upon one end of the shaft 99 is provided the
crank arm 102 which, during the upward movement of the charge box 65 will
come into contact with the cam arm 101 and be pushed downward to the position
in which it is shown in Fig. 21, and the object of this feature of construction is
to effect the closing of the door 98 when the charge box reaches its upper position
to receive another charge of tobacco for a cigarette. The door 98 of the charge
box 65 is open when the said charge box is at its lower position, as shown in
Fig. 23, and remains open during the upward movement of said charge box 65
until the crank arm 102 of the shaft 99 contacts with the cam arm 101 and is
thereby forced downward to effect the closing of the door 98. The crank arm 102
on the end of the shaft 99 is utilized when the charge box 65 is reaching its lower
position to open the door 98 in order that the charge of filler tobacco may fall
from said charge box into the loop of the rolling apron 103, as shown in Fig. 23.
The rolling apron 103 is mounted upon the bed 104, and upon one side of the
frame supporting said bed 104 is located the cam 105, shown in Fig. 23, against
which the crank arm 102 strikes during the downward movement of the charge
box 65. When the crank arm 102 meets the cam 105 the end of said crank arin
is pressed upward and the shaft 99 is thereby caused to open the door 98 rear-
ward from the charge box 65, and allowing the charge of filler tobacco to escape.
It is desirable that the door 98 shall remain open during the upward movement
of the charge box 65 and hence upon the end of the shaft 99 opposite to the end
carrying the crank arm 102 is rigidly secured the notched plate 106, as shown
more clearly in Figs. 22, 23 and 24, which plate co-operates with the spring 107
secured by means of an arm 108 to the main arm 90 carrying the charge box
to retain the door 98 in its open position after said door has been entirely opened
by the action of the cam 105 and crank arm 102. When the charge box 65
descends and its door 98 is opened to its fullest extent, as shown in Fig. 23, the
bent end of the spring 107 will enter the notch of the plate 106 and hold said
door in its open position and prevent the spring 100 from closing the door, and
thus, upon the elevation of the charge box 65 the door 98 remains open until
said charge box reaches its upward position, upon reaching which the cam

page_text: arm 101 secured to the hood 63 will force the crank arm 102 downward and
thereby turn the shaft 99 with sufficient force to draw the notch of the plate 106
from the spring 107 and close the door 98, as shown in Fig. 21. The crank
arm 102 and cam 105 thus open the door 98 when the charge box is at its lower
position; the plate 106 and spring 107 retain the door 98 open during the up-
ward movement of the said charge box 65 and the cam arm 101 and crank
arm 102 overcome the force of the spring 107 and close the door 98 when the
charge box reaches its upper position. During the downward travel of the
charge box 65 the door 98 is maintained in its closed position by the leaf
spring 100.
As above described the charge box 65 is provided with the flange 97 which
extends downward and is utilized to form the loop 109 in the rolling apron 103.
Directly below the charge box 65 the frame supporting the rolling bed and
apron and adjacent parts is entirely open between its opposite sides, as shown
in Fig. 23, and upon the descent of the charge box 65 the flange 97 will move
the apron downward into this open space and form the loop 109 to receive the
filler tobacco and to be drawn downward to size by the mechanism hereinafter
described. The charge box 65 thus not only delivers the charges of filler tobacco
to the rolling apron, but forms the loop 109 in said apron to receive the filler
tobacco.
The rolling apron 103 is rigidly secured at its front end to the rolling bed 104,
as clearly shown in Fig. 18, and at its rear end said apron 103 passes over the
rod 110 and is secured to the revoluble roller 111, the latter being capable of
being turned to tighten up the apron 103 for the purpose of drawing the loop 109
therein down to proper size, as hereinafter explained. The apron 103 passes
over the pressure roller 112 and this pressure roller is mounted at its opposite
ends in bearings 113 which are carried at opposite sides of the frame 114 on
slides 115, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 11 and 13. The slides 115 are provided
upon their inner faces with longitudinal ribs which enter the grooves 116 in
the sides of the frame 114, whereby said sides having the grooves 116 operate as
guide-ways or tram-ways for the slides 115 carrying the pressure roller 112.
The two slides 115 are connected by the rods 117 to the upper bifurcated end of
the oscillating lever 118 which imparts a reciprocating motion through the
rods 117 to said slides 115 and to the pressure roller 112 carried thereby. The
oscillating arm 118 is fulcrumed at its lower end upon the shaft 119 and receives
its movement from the cam 120 located on the driving shaft 42 through the
medium of the downwardly and forwardly inclined rod 121 (see Fig. 5) whose
upper end is pivotally secured to said arm 118 and whose lower end, as indicated
by dotted lines, straddles the shaft 42 and carries a roller in engagement with
the periphery of the cam 120. A spring 122 is provided to keep the roller carried
by the rod 121 constantly against the periphery of the arm 120. During the
revolving motion of the driving shaft 42 the cam 120 aided by the spring 122
imparts an oscillating movement to the arm 118 and this arm acting through
the rod 117 and slides 115 imparts the proper reciprocating motion to the pres-
sure roller 112, the latter having a direct horizontal reciprocating motion but
timed by the cam 120 to first close the loop 109 in the apron 103, as indicated
in Fig. 17, and then remain stationary for a moment while the roller 111 draws
the loop 109 down to proper size, as illustrated in Fig. 18, after which the
pressure roller 112 continues its forward movement and rolls the filler tobacco
within the wrapper provided for it, this portion of the movement of the pressure
roller 112 being horizontally over the rolling table 104 supporting the front
part of the apron 103. The roller 111 is mounted upon the shaft 123, which has
at its right hand end the crank arm 124, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and said
crank arm 124 is pivotally connected with the upper end of the rod 125 which
extends downward and straddles the driving shaft 42, upon which a cam 126
is provided to impart the proper reciprocating motion to said rod 125 and thereby
operate the crank arm 124 to axially turn the roller 111 to which the rear end

page_text: of the rolling apron 103 is secured. When the machine is in its normal condition
and at rest, the roller 111 will be in a position to allow the slackness in the
apron 103, as indicated in Fig. 16; but after the filler tobacco has been deposited
in the pocket 109 of said apron and the pressure roller 112 has moved forward.
as shown in Fig. 17, to close said pocket 109 around the filler tobacco, the said
roller 111 will, through the medium of the cam 126, rod 125 and crank arm 124,
be turned to wind up the apron, as indicated in Fig. 18, whereby the slackness
in the apron is removed and the pocket 109 is drawn down to the requisite size
for the completion of the rolling of the cigarette. The roller 111 after having
drawn the pocket 109 down to the proper size for the cigarette will remain
stationary during the onward movement of the pressure roller 112 to roll the
cigarette and after the cigarette has been fully rolled and discharged from the
rolling apron 103 the cam 126, rod 125 and crank arm 124 will impart a reverse
motion to the roller 111, causing the latter to unwind the apron from itself and
allow the normal slackness in said apron to return, in order that said apron may
be in condition to have the pocket 109 re-formed therein to receive the subse-
quent charge of filler tobacco for another cigarette to be rolled.
The mechanism for cutting the wrappers and delivering them to the rolling
apron 103 is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and the details of this mechanism
are shown on an enlarged scale in Figs. 6 to 10 inclusive and Figs. 11 and 13,
in which it will be seen that upon the front portion of the main frame 40 of the
machine is secured the standard 127 in which is mounted the vertical rod 128
(see Fig. 3) which is adapted to have a direct vertical reciprocation and is con-
nected at its upper end by an arm 129 to the upper end of the plunger rod 130,
whose lower end carries the punch 131, the latter being in the outline of the
wrapper to be cut; and adapted to co-operate with the edges of the opening 132
in the plate 133, in the cutting of the wrapper from the leaf placed upon said
plate 133. In Figs. 6 and 7 the leaf is indicated by the numeral 134 and rests
upon the plate 133. The plate 133 has below it a solid plate 135 and said
plates 133 and 135 form an open frame into which the wrapper carrier 136 passes
to receive the wrapper cut by the punch 131. The details of wrapper carrier 136
will be hereinafter described and said carrier upon the descent of the punch 131
is located directly below the opening or die, as it may be conveniently termed,
132. The downward movement of the rod 128 carries the punch 131 downward
to cut the wrapper from the leaf 134, and said punch 131 when in its lower
position merely has its lower edge within the die 132, as indicated in Fig. 7, and
since the wrapper should rest evenly upon the carrier 136, I provide the interior
platen 137 for the punch 131, which platen has a more extended downward
movement than the punch 131, and, as shown in Fig. 7, drives the cut wrapper,
lettered 138, directly upon the carrier 136. The platen 137 is in the form of
a plate fitting within the outlines of the punch 131 and secured to the lower
end of the rod 133 which passes through a vertical opening in the plunger rod 130
and arm 129, as more clearly illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, and is at its upper end
pivotally connected to the lever 140, the latter. being mounted in the stan-
dard 141 and connected with the spring 142 whose tension is exerted to pull
upward on the platen rod 139 and platen 137, whereby the platen 137 normally
remains upward within the walls of the punch. 131. During the descent of the
plunger rod 130 its lower end, acting against the collar on the platen 137, will
cause the said platen and rod 139 to move downward with the punch 131, but
when the punch 131 carrying the platen 137 is arriving at its lower position to
cut the wrapper the outer end of the lever 140 will strike the adjustable stop 143
supported by the frame 127 and be thereby driven upward with the result that
the platen rod 139 and platen 137 will be forced downward to the position shown
in Fig. 7. During this downward movement of the platen 137 and rod 139
under the action of the lever 140 and stop 143 said platen evenly presses the cut
wrapper 138 upon the carrier 136. The upward movement of the vertical rod 128
and plunger rod 130 removes the punch 131 from the die 132 and permits the

page_text: spring 142 to restore the platen 137 to its upward position within the walls of
the punch 131. The standard 141 supporting the lever 140 is directly con-
nected with the plunger rod 130, as shown in Fig. 6, and hence, during the down-
ward movement of said plunger rod the said standard 141 is carried downward,
whereby the outer end of the lever 140 is caused to meet the upper end of the
stop 143. In the present instance the stop 143 is in the form of a screw, and
hence may be adjusted at will, in order that the platen 137 may have just the
right downward movement to evenly press the cut wrapper upon the wrapper
carrier 136. In the operation of cutting the wrappers, the leaf 134 is simply
spread over the plate 133 and covers the opening or die 132 and thereupon the
downward movement of the punch 131 will cut the wrapper from the leaf, and
the further downward movement of the platen 137 will cause the cut wrapper
to be evenly deposited upon the carrier 136.
The means for effecting the vertical reciprocation of the plunger rod 130 is
illustrated more clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, in which it will be seen that the lower
end of the rod 128 connected with said plunger, carries a roller 150 and is
mounted in guides 151; and that the lower end of the said rod 128 has the said
roller 150 resting upon the upper front end of the downwardly and rearwardly
inclined lever 152 which is fulcrumed on the shaft 119 and carries a roller 154
which rests upon the cam 155 mounted upon the driving shaft 42. During the
revolving motion of the shaft 42 and cam 155 the lever 152 ascends to elevate
the rod 128 and plunger rod 130 and descends of its own weight combined with
the weight of the connected parts, to lower the rod 128 and punch 131. During
the upward and downward motion of the lever 152, due to the action of the
cam 155, the roller 150 at the lower end of the vertical rod 128 simply rides
upward and downward on the said lever 152.
The wrapper carrier 136 is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4, 11, 13 and 16, and
some of its details are specially illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10.
The wrapper carrier 136 is a plate conforming to the outline of the wrapper
and rigidly secured upon the end of an oscillating arm 156 which is mounted
in a sleeve 157 and is capable of an axial motion therein. The sleeve 157 is
located at the left hand side of the machine and close to the upper portion of
the main supporting frame thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and said sleeve 157
is secured upon the upper end of a vertical shaft 158 to whose lower end is secured
a beveled gear wheel 159 which is in constant engagement with the beveled gear
wheel 160, the latter being secured upon the shaft 161, as clearly illustrated
in Fig. 3, which shaft imparts motion through the beveled gear wheels 160
and 159 to the said shaft 158 and thence to the sleeve 157 and arm 156, for the
purpose of moving the wrapper carrier 136 from the position in which it is
illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 to a position directly over the rolling apron 103,
as shown in Figs. 11 and 19, and thence back to its former position, illustrated
in Figs. 6 and 7, to receive another wrapper for conveying the same to the rolling
apron 103. The shaft 161 also transmits motion to the oscillating shaft carrying
the pasting brush, as hereinafter described. The shaft 161 receives its motion
from the driving shaft 42 through the medium of the cam 162 on said shaft,
the vertical rod 163 engaging at its lower end said cam, the crank arm 164
secured to the upper end of said rod 163 and being itself rigid with the said
shaft 161. A spring 165 retains the roller carried by the rod 163 constantly
against the periphery of the cam 162. The revoluble motion of the shaft 42
and cam 162, aided by the spring 165, imparts a vertical reciprocation to the
red 163 and this, through the medium of the crank arm 104, rocks the shaft 161
and thereby said shaft, through the intermeshing beveled wheels, 159, 160, is
caused to axially oscillate the vertical shaft 158 and draw the sleeve 157 and
wrapper carrier arm 156 from the position in which the carrier 136 receives the
cut wrapper to its position directly over the rolling apron 103 and then back
to its normal position ready to receive another wrapper. The oscillating motion
of the wrapper carrier arm 156 is thus effected from the driving shaft 42 through
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page_text: the cam 162, rod 163, crank arm 164, shaft 161, bevel gear wheels 160, 159,
vertical shaft 158 and sleeve 157. The shape of the cam 162 controls the move-
ment of the cam arm 164 connected with the shaft 161 and hence during a con-
tinuous movement of the said cam 162 the crank arm 164, through the inter-
mediate connecting parts, is enabled to move the wrapper carrier 136 from the
position in which it receives the cut wrapper to the position in which it delivers
the same to the rolling apron, and then back to its normal position directly
below the punch or die.
The wrapper carrier 136 has in addition to its movement from the punch and
die to the rolling apron and then back to the punch and die a limited oscillating
motion under the turning action of the arm 156 within the sleeve 157 and this
axial oscillating motion of the carrier 136 and arm 156 is for the purpose of
maintaining the carrier 136 in a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,
when it receives the cut wrapper, and of giving to said wrapper carrier 136 an
inclined position, as illustrated in Figs. 17 and 19 when it is delivering the cut
wrapper to the rolling apron 103 and is receding from the advancing pressure
foller 112.
The means for effecting the axial oscillation of the wrapper carrier arm 156
to its horizontal position preparatory to the wrapper being delivered to the
wrapper carrier 136, is the cam 166 (see Fig. 16) which, during the outward
movement of the wrapper carrier arm 156 from the rolling apron 103 engages
the roller 167 carried by the collar 168 on the outer end of the said arm 156
and turns said roller 167 upward, as shown in Fig. 16, and thereby through the
collar 168 causes the arm 156 to have a sufficient axial rotation to bring the
carrier 136 into the horizontal position shown in Figs. 6 and 7. During the out-
ward movement of the arm 156 the roller 167 merely rides up the cam 166 to
bring the carrier 136 into its horizontal position and there maintain it until
the carrier 186 receives the cut wrapper and starts on its inward movement to
deliver the same to the rolling apron, at which time the roller 167 will ride down
the cam 166 and permit the arm 156 to turn axially in a reverse direction and
move the carrier 136 into its inclined position. Upon the arm 156 is also secured
the collar 169 carrying the roller 170 which is adapted to ride upon the plate 171
provided for it adjacent to the right hand side frame of the machine, as shown
in Figs. 4 and 13. The plate 171 answers the purpose of a tram-way for the
roller 170, but when the arm 156 is fully at its outward position, the roller 170
is slightly elevated, owing to the engagement of the roller 167 with the cam 166.
When the arm 156, however, starts inward with the cut wrapper the roller 167
will ride down the cam 166 and slightly turn the wrapper carrier 136 downward,
said cam 166 by lowering the roller 167 causing a slight axial motion in the said
arm 156. As soon as the roller 167 has reached the lower part of the cam 166
the above mentioned roller 170 will contact with the upper surface of the plate
or tram-way 171 and will, during the inward motion of the wrapper carrier 136
ride on said plate or tramway. Thus during the time when the wrapper car-
rier 136 is directly below the punch 131 it will be held in a horizontal position,
as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, to receive the cut wrapper and when the wrapper
carrier 136 starts inward to deliver the cut wrapper to the rolling apron 103,
the roller 167 will ride down the cam 166 and permit the wrapper carrier proper
to be tilted downward and inward on an inclined position, as indicated in Fig. 17.
The contact of the roller 170 with the tramway or plate 171 which has a hori-
zontal upper surface will maintain the wrapper carrier proper 136 in its inclined
position until the inner lower edge of said wrapper carrier 136 is directly over
the forward edge of the pocket 109 in the apron 103. As soon as the wrapper
carrier 136 is in its position directly over the forward edge of the pocket 109
in the apron 103, the roller 170 will have passed over the edge of the tram-
way 171 and rest upon the projection 172 secured to the hinged bar 173 and
which projection has its upper surface on a level with the upper surface of
the plate or tramway 171. The purpose of the hinged bar 173 is to impart a

page_text: sudden downward motion to the roller 170 at the time that the lower inner edge
of the carrier 136 is directly over the forward portion of the pocket 109 in the
apron 103 in order that the edge of the wrapper 138 overhanging the carrier 136
may be suddenly projected into the upper forward portion of the said pocket 109.
When the carrier 136 is at its inward position over the rolling apron 103 and
the roller 170 is on the projection 172 of the bar 173, the slides 115 start forward
with the pressure roller 112 to close the pocket 109 in the rolling apron 103
and in doing so carry from below the roller 174 (see Figs. 13 and 11) at the
outer end of the bar 173 and support 175, as shown in Fig. 11, at which time
said har 173 being unsupported, will immediately fall downward to the stop 176
(see Fig. 12) whereby the roller 170 is caused to suddenly descend and turn
the arm 156 so that the lower edge of the carrier plate 136 and the wrapper 138
thereon may reach downward to the pocket 109 in the rolling apron 103, as
shown in Fig. 17, the lower edge of the wrapper 138 projecting directly into
said pocket. The support 175 is secured to the slide 115 in order that when the
pressure roller 112 is at its rear position said slide may support the free end
of the bar 173 and thereby maintain the roller 170 in its upward position upon
the projection 172 of said bar 173, and in order also that when the pressure
roller 112 moves forward to close the pocket 109 in the apron 103 the said sup-
port 175 may pass from below said .bar 173 and effect the sudden descent of the
lower edge of the wrapper into the upper forward portion of the pocket 109.
In Fig. 14 the bar 173 is shown in its upper position, and in Fig. 12 said bar
is shown in its lower position. Upon the return movement of the pressure
roller 112 to its rear position after having rolled a cigarette, the support 175
will again pass below the roller 174 of the bar 173 and elevate the latter to its
upper position, shown in Fig. 14. During the forward movement of the pressure
roller 112 the wrapper carrier 136 recedes from said pressure roller, as shown
in Fig. 19, and during the receding motion of the wrapper carrier 136 to its
normal position and in advance of the pressure roller 112, the roller 170 returns
along the plate or tramway 171 which allows said carrier 136 to move closely
along the upper forward surface of the rolling apron 103, as shown in Fig. 19.
When the bar 173 falls to its lower position by the removal of the support 175
therefrom, it falls on the stop 176, which is clearly shown in Figs. 12 and 14,
and this stop is made adjustable so as to regulate the depth to which the wrapper
carrier 136 shall descend. By adjusting the stop 176 and thus regulating the
descent of the wrapper carrier 136 just the desired extent of the wrapper 138
may be permitted to enter the mouth of the pocket 109.
The wrapper carrier 136 secured upon the outer end of the arm 156 is, as
above described, a plate rigidly secured to said arm 156 and conforming sub-
stantially to the outline of the wrapper 138. The carrier 136 is provided at its
opposite ends with the shafts 185 and 186 upon which, as clearly illustrated in
Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 are rigidly secured the metal clips 187 adapted to
hold the opposite end edges of the cut wrapper 138, as shown in Fig. 13, during
the travel of the carrier 136 from the punch and die to the rolling apron. Upon
the shaft 186 is secured the plate 188 having the crank arm 189, as clearly
illustrated in Fig. 8, and upon the other shaft 185 is secured the disk plate 190
which is connected with the disk plate. 188 by means of the rod 191. The
clips 187 receive their motion in one direction from the crank arm 189 and
in the opposite direction by a spring 192. The clips 187 are in their open posi-
tion shown in Figs. 8 and 9, when the carrier 136 is below the punch 131, in
order that they may not interfere with the placing of the wrapper 138 on said
carrier 136 by the descending platen 137 and the clips 187 are at such time
held in their open position by the contact of the cam 193 (see Figs. 6, 7 and 13)
below the die 132 and against which cam the crank arm 189 carried by the
plate 188 on the shaft 185 moves during the concluding part of the outward
motion of the wrapper carrier arm 156. The contact of the crank arm 189
extending from the shaft 186 causes said arm to turn said shaft and elevate the

page_text: clip 187 carried thereby, and this movement of the shaft 186 and disk plate 188
thereon is communicated to the disk plate 190 and clip 187 on the shaft 185
through the medium of the connecting rod 191. Thus during the concluding
outward movement of the wrapper carrier the cam 193 acting against the crank
arm 189 will open the clips 187 and maintain them in their open position until
the arm 156 again starts inward to deliver the cut wrapper to the rolling apron.
As soon as the wrapper carrier arm 156 does start inward to deliver the cut
wrapper to the rolling apron the crank arm 189 will recede from the cam 193
and the spring 192 will. then impart a reverse motion to the shafts 185, 186,
and clips 187, and close the latter upon the edges of the wrapper, as shown in
Fig. 13, whereby the said wrapper will be maintained upon the carrier 136 during
the inward movement of the latter to the rolling apron. The spring 192 should
have a light tension so as not to rigidly bind the edges of the wrapper 138 upon
the carrier 136. A light tension on the spring 192 will be sufficient to enable
the clips 187 to hold the wrapper upon the carrier 136 and to enable the rolling
mechanism while rolling the cigarette to gradually draw the wrapper from said
carrier without other means being provided at the rolling apron for elevating
the clips 187. The wrapper carrier 136 after receiving the wrapper starts on
its inward motion with the cut wrapper and while moving inward to the rolling
mechanism said wrapper carrier gradually assumes the inclined position in
which it is illustrated in Fig. 17 and comes to a stop at the rear edge of the
rolling bed 104, in which position the lower edge of the wrapper which over-
hangs the edge of the carrier 136 protrudes slightly into the pocket 109 of the
rolling apron 103, as indicated in Fig. 17. The side frame of the machine is
provided with a stop 193 as clearly shown in Figs. 11, 13 and 16, to arrest the
wrapper carrier at its inward movement, in order that the edge of the cut wrap-
per may at all times be directly delivered within the edge of the pocket 109 of
the rolling apron 103. When the wrapper carrier 136 has arrived at the posi-
tion for the delivery of its wrapper, as indicated in Figs. 11 and 17, the pasting
brush or roller 194, hereinafter more fully described, will come to a position
to apply a line of paste at the then upper edge of the wrapper held upon the
carrier 136, as shown in Figs. 11 and 17, and then the paste brush or roller 194
will return to its former position out of the way and the carrier 136 will gradu-
ally recede to its former position below the punch and die, as the pressure
roller 112 advances along the rolling bed 104 to roll the cigarette and draw the
wrapper 138 from the said carrier. The movement of the pasting brush or
roller 194 to its normal position and the receding motion of the wrapper car-
rier 136 in advance of the pressure roller 112 is shown in Fig. 19, and this feature
will be more fully referred to in the description of the operation of the machine
to be given hereinafter.
The pasting roller or brush 194 is mounted upon an oscillating arm or shaft 195,
as shown in Figs. 4, 11 and 13, and when in its normal position is in contact
with the length of the roller 196, as shown in Fig. 4, which revolves within
the paste receptacle 197. The roller 196 has a revolving motion within the
box or receptacle 197 and its inner side projects through an opening in said box
or receptacle in order that the pasting brush or roller may contact with it.
During the operation of the machine the roller 196 and the paste brush or
roller 194 have a revolving motion when they are in close relation to one another,
as shown in Fig. 4, and hence the brush or roller 194 will receive a uniform
layer of paste. The roller 196 in the paste receptacle 197 receives its motion
through the beveled gear wheels 198, 199, (see Figs. 2 and 4), pulley wheel 200,
cord or belt 201, pulley wheel 202 and shaft 81, which shaft 81, as shown in
Fig. 1, receives its motion from the main driving shaft 41 through the medium
of the pulley wheel 82 on said shaft, belt or cord 83 and pulley wheel 84, the
latter being directly on said shaft 41. During the motion of the shaft 41 the
roller 196 in the paste receptacle 197 will have a continuous revolving motion.
The shaft 195 carrying the brush or roller 194 is mounted at its end in the

page_text: sleeve 203 and carries a gear wheel 204. The sleeve 203 is secured by a collar 205
upon the upper end of the vertical shaft 206, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 11
and 13, which extends downward; as shown in Fig. 2, and carries at its lower
end the beveled gear wheel 207 which is in constant engagement with the
beveled gear wheel 20S secured upon the rock shaft 161 herein before referred to
and more clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. The motion of the shaft 161 is communi-
cated through the beveled gear wheels 207 and 208 to the vertical shaft 206
and through said shaft to the shaft 195 carrying the pasting roller 194, whereby
the latter is given its oscillating motion from the normal position in which it is
shown in Figs. 4 and 13, to its inward position, shown in Fig. 11 and then back
to its normal position, shown in Fig. 4.
The mechanism for actuating the rock shaft 161 has been hereinbefore specific-
ally referred to and in connection with the description of the wrapper carrier 136
and means for imparting to said carrier its oscillating motion. When the pasting
roller 194 is at its inward position, shown in Figs. 11 and 17, said pasting roller
is given a limited revoluble motion, in order that it may be enabled to move its
surface over the edge of the cut wrapper 138 then held upon the carrier 136,
and this revoluble motion is imparted to the pasting roller 194 by means of
the gear wheel 204 on the shaft 195 of said pasting roller 194, the vertical
rod 209 having teeth at its upper end to engage said gear wheel 204, as shown
in Fig. 5, and the step 210, which supports the lower end of said vertical rod 209,
and which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, is directly connected with the vertically
reciprocating rod 125, which is utilized for the revolving of the shaft or roller 111
for winding up and slackening the apron 103. When the vertical rod 125 is
actuated to wind up the apron 103 for the purpose of drawing the pocket 109
therein down to proper size, the said rod 125 will, at the same time, move the
step 210 and vertical rod 209 upward, causing the teeth at the upper end of
the rod 209 to engage and revolve the gear wheel 204 and with the latter the
shaft 195 and pasting roller 194, the latter being thus caused to revolve against
the upper edge of the wrapper held on the carrier 1836 and to apply the proper
strip of paste to said wrapper. When the pasting roller 194 is in its normal
position against the paste receptacle 197 the gear wheel 204 is removed from
the rod 209 and hence at such time the gear wheel 204 is entirely idle. When,
however, by means of the vertical rod 206 driven from the rock shaft 161, the
pasting roller 194 is oscillated or moved to its inward position, shown in Figs. 11
and 17, the gear wheel 204 is brought directly against the upper toothed portion
of the vertical rod 209 and thus the rod 209 under the action of the step 210
and rod 125 may conveniently revolve the said gear wheel 204 and pasting
roller 194. As soon as the pasting roller 194 has applied the necessary line
of paste to the wrapper 138, it will, as indicated in Fig. 19, recede to its former
normal position against the paste receptacle 197, where it will be acted upon by
the roller 196 and kept constantly supplied with an even layer of the paste.
Upon the return of the pasting roller 194 to its normal position against the
paste receptacle 197, the pressure roller 112 will have advanced along the rolling
bed 104 and closed the then reduced pocket in the rolling apron 103 against the
lower edge of the wrapper 138 projecting into said pocket and the pressure
roller 112 then advancing along the rolling bed 104 will roll the cigarette while
at the same time the wrapper carrier 136 is retreating to its normal position in
advance of said pressure roller. The pressure of the roller 112 during the advance
movement of said roller gradually draws the wrapper 138 from the wrapper
carrier 136, and the said roller at the extreme of its forward movement discharges
the cigarette from over the front end of the bed plate 104 and upon the cigarette
chain-carrier 211, which is a sprocket chain of known construction, forming
pockets to carry the cigarettes downward from the rolling bed 104 and mounted
upon the sprocket wheels, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 19 and 20, said sprocket
wheels being in pairs and secured upon the shafts 212 and 213, shown enlarged
in Figs. 19 and 20. The cigarette chain-carrier 211 has an intermittent motion

page_text: imparted to it by means of the ratchet wheel 313 on the said shaft 212, the
spring pawl 214 engaging said ratchet, the pivoted arm 215 carrying said paw!
and swung from the shaft 212 and the arm 216, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5,
is directly connected with the rocking arm 118, which, through the medium of
the arms 117, reciprocate the pressure roller 112. The rocking arm 118, during
its forward motion toward the front of the machine, effects the rolling of the
cigarette and the discharge of the same from the rolling apron into the carrier-
chain 211, and upon its reverse motion toward the rear of the machine the said
arm 116 actuates the pawl 214 to drive the ratchet 313 and through said ratchet
the shaft 212 and carrier 211. Thus the arm 118 going forward effects the
rolling of the cigarette and the discharge of the same to the carrier 211 and
upon its reverse motion imparts a sufficient motion to the chain 211 to cause the
intermittent downward travel of the completed cigarettes by means of said
chain 211 to the cutters by which the ends of said cigarettes are trimmed.
The traveling chain 211 delivers the cigarettes, one after another, to the hook-
shaped stationary cutters 217, which co-operate with the movable cutters 218,
in the trimming of the ends of the cigarettes. The cutters 218 are mounted
upon the rock shaft 219 and the latter is actuated to move the cutters 218
from the position in which they are indicated by full lines in Fig. 20 to the
position in which they are indicated by dotted lines in said figure. The cut-
ters 218 are normally in their rearward position shown by full lines in Fig. 20
and move forward against the cigarette held by the stationary cutters 217. The
-cutters 218 receive their movement from the rock shaft 219 and this rock shaft
has upon its end the crank arm 220 which is pivotally connected to the upper
end of the pitman rod 221, the lower end of the latter being secured to the crank
arm 222 secured to the rock shaft 161. The rock shaft 161 receives its move-
ment from the auxiliary driving shaft 42 as above described and said shaft 161
not only effects the movement of the wrapper carrier 136 and the paste brush 194,
but also, as above indicated, effects, through the crank arm 222, rod 221 and
crank arm 220, the oscillation of the rock shaft 219 and the movement therewith
of the cutters 218. After the cutters 218 have moved forward to the position
shown by dotted lines in Fig. 20 and cut off the ends of the cigarette held by
the hook shaped cutters 217, the trimmed cigarette will fall between the cut-
ter 217 and the trimmed ends removed by the cutters 218 will fall from the
outer sides of the said cutters 217.
The operation of the machine herein before described will be largely under-
stood from the foregoing part of this specification, in which the details of con-
struction and the operation of the moving parts have been fully explained. It
would seem unnecessary to refer to the shafts and levers by which the various
parts of the machine receive their motion from the driving shafts, since these
features of the machine have been fully described hereinbefore. The filler
tobacco is spread upon the endless belt 57 in a well known manner and fed
inward between the rollers 59 and 61. The protruding portion of the filler
tobacco fed through the space between the rollers 59 and 61 is thoroughly dis-
integrated by the picker roller 62 and falls downward to the charge box 65
which conveys the same to the rolling apron 103. The charge box 65, as above
described, is carried by the oscillating arm 90, whose movement is controlled by
the cam 92 upon which it rests. When the charge box 65 descends the apron 103
is in a slackened condition and extends over the rolling bed 104 and rod or
shaft 110 to the revoluble roller 111. The descending charge box forms the
pocket 109 in the slackened apron 103 and deposits the charge of filler tobacco
in said pocket 109, as shown in Fig. 13, the door 98 of the charge box 65 being
opened by the contact of the cam 105 and crank arm 102, the latter being on
the end of the shaft 99 carrying said door 98. The lower edge of the charge
box passes below the upper surface of the rolling bed 104 and has the flange 97
which directly contacts with the apron 103 and forms a substantial pocket 109
therein for the filler tobacco. When the door 98 of the charge box 65 is open,

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as shown in Fig. 23, the notched plate 106 on the shaft 99 will be engaged by
the bent end of the spring 107 and lock said door in its open position, thus
ensuring the full discharge of the filler tobacco from the box. During the
upward movement of the charge box 65 from the rolling apron the door 98 is
held in its open position by the spring 107 and the notched plate 106 until the
crank arm 102 strikes the cam arm 101, as shown in Fig. 21, and forces the
notched plate 106 from the spring 107. After the charge box 65 ascends from
the rolling apron 103, the wrapper carrier 136 will start onward with the cut
wrapper 138 and will, after having traveled onward a short distance, be turned
to an inclined position by the downward movement of the roller 167 along the
cam 166, in which inclined position the lower edge of the wrapper carrier 136
and the wrapper 138 will move in close proximity to the upper surface of the
rolling apron 103 until said carrier comes to a stop at the front edge of the
pocket 109 in said apron. During the inward motion of the carrier 138 with
the cut wrapper, the pasting brush 194 will start inward to meet the wrapper
carrier 136 and upon arriving into contact with the upper edge of the wrap-
per 138, as shown in Fig. 11, has a limited revoluble motion in the direction of
the arrow shown in Fig. 17, and will apply a line of paste to the upper edge
of said wrapper, after which the pasting roller 194 will return to its normal
position, shown in Fig 4, and the pressure roller 112, carried by the slides 115
will start forward and close the pocket 109. During the forward movement
of the pressure roller 112 to close the pocket 109 the support 175 carried by the
slide 115 will leave the bar 173 and permit the roller 170 on the arm 156 of
the wrapper carrier to suddenly drop, thereby causing the descent of the lower
projecting edge of the wrapper 138 into the forward portion of the pocket 109.
When the pressure roller 112 has moved forward and closed the pocket 109 it
will temporarily cease moving and the roller 111 will revolve and wind up the
rear end of the apron 103 in order to draw the pocket or loop 109 down to the
proper predetermined size, after which the roller 111 will remain at rest and
the pressure roller 112 will resume its forward movement and roll the cigarette,
discharging the latter upon the carrier 211. During the forward travel of the
pressure roller 112 the lower edge of the wrapper 138 is caught between the folds
of the rolling apron 103 under the action of said pressure roller 112 and hence
said wrapper will be drawn into the pocket of the apron 103 and be wound
around the filler tobacco. The wrapper 138 is gradually drawn from the wrapper
carrier 136 and from beneath the clips 187 of said carrier while said clips are
in their closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 19, the carrier 136 gradually moving
in advance of the pressure roller 112 close to the upper surface of the rolling
bed 104.
The operation of the means for cutting the wrappers has been fully described
hereinbefore, and a further description of this feature of the machine will not
be required. Attention, however, is directed to the fact that the cut wrapper 138
has its edge over-hanging the inner edge of the wrapper carrier plate 136, as
illustrated in Fig. 7, and that the wrapper carrier plate is slightly less in width
than the width of the die 132, whereby the cut wrapper when depressed by the
platen 137 at its inner edge extends inward beyond the inner edge of the wrapper
carrier plate 136. This inwardly extending portion of the wrapper 138 is the
part of the wrapper which, by the means hereinbefore described, is projected
into the upper forward portion of the pocket or loop 109 formed in the rolling
apron.
The operation of the pasting brush 194 and the mechanism for actuating the
same has been herein before described. The said pasting brush 194 has an oscil-
lating motion from the paste receptacle 197 to the wrapper carrier 136 at the
time said carrier is directly over the rolling apron 103. The pasting brush 194
has a revoluble motion while in its normal position against the paste recep-
tacle 197 and also has a revoluble motion when in contact with the upper edge of
the wrapper held upon the wrapper carrier directly over the rolling apron.

page_text: The operation of the chain-carrier 211 has been explained above, said chain
carrier having simply an intermittent motion for the purpose of receiving the
cigarettes from the rolling apron 103 and carrying them downward to the trim-
ming knives 217 and 218. With each intermittent motion of the chain-car-
rier 211 one cigarette is delivered to the knives 217 and said cigarette is trimmed
by the upward and forward movement of the knives 218.
The invention is not limited to all of the details of construction herein before
described, since many of the parts may be modified without departing from
the scope of the invention as claimed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, mechanism for feeding the filler tobacco, and the charge box
adapted to move between the discharge end of said feeding mechanism and said
rolling apron for the purpose of delivering the charges of tobacco to said apron,
said charge box having the rear door 98, the shaft 99 carrying said door, the
crank arm 102 on said shaft, and the spring 100 flexed against said door, com-
bined with the cam 105 for acting upon said crank arm 102 when the charge
box is in its lower position; substantially as set forth.
2. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, mechanism for feeding the filler tobacco, and the charge box
adapted to move between said feeding mechanism and said apron to deliver the
charges of filler tobacco to the latter, said charge box having the door 98, shaft 99
carrying said door, the spring 100 flexed against said door, the notched plate 106
on said shaft, the spring 107 engaging said notched plate, and the crank arm 102
on said shaft, combined with the cam 105 to engage said crank arm 102 when
the charge box is in its lower position, and the arm 101 to engage said crank
arm when said charge box is in its upper position; substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, mechanism for feeding the filler tobacco, and the charge box
for conveying the charges of filler tobacco from said feeding mechanism to said
rolling mechanism, said charge box having downwardly converging sides, one
of which constitutes a door, combined with the arm 90 carrying said charge
box and pivotally secured at its rear end, the rock shaft 93 below said arm 90,
the cam 92 carried on said rock shaft and upon which said arm 90 rests, and
means intermediate said rock shaft 93 and the driving shaft for actuating said
cam 92 to raise and lower said arm 90 with the charge box carried thereby;
substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and feed mechanism for feeding the filler tobacco, said mechanism
comprising the endless feed belt mounted upon rollers, the pressure roller 61,
the revoluble picker roller 62, the hood 63 covering said rollers 61 and 62, and
the chute 64 extending downward from said hood, combined with the charge
box adapted to receive the filler tobacco from said chute and deliver the same
to said rolling apron and provided with a hinged door, the longitudinal arm 90
extending lengthwise of and below the feed belt for filler tobacco and pivoted
at its rear end, the transverse rock shaft 93 below said arm 90, the cam 92 secured
upon said rock shaft and directly receiving said arm 90, the crank arm 94 on
said rock shaft and means intermediate said crank arm 94 and the driving
shaft for operating said rock shaft and said cam to effect the movement of the
arm 90 and said charge box; substantially as set forth.
5. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron and the bed
therefor, said bed having at its rear end the open space within which the pocket
or loop may be formed in said apron, combined with the charge box, means for
feeding the filler tobacco to said charge box, and means for moving said charge

page_text: box from said tobacco feeding means to said rolling apron and into said open
space, whereby the lower discharge end of the charge box drives the slack por-
tion of said apron into said open space and forms a pocket in the said apron to
receive the filler tobacco; substantially as set forth.
6. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron and the rolling
bed therefor, an open space being provided at the end of said bed into which
the pocket or loop of the apron may be formed, combined with mechanism for
feeding the filler tobacco, the charge box for conveying the charges of filler
tobacco from said feeding mechanism to said rolling apron, means for causing
said charge box upon its descent to drive the slack portion of the apron within
said open space to form the pocket in said apron, the pressure roller for closing
said pocket after the charge box has ascended, and means connected with the
rear end of said apron for drawing said pocket down to size; substantially as
set forth.
7. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the bed 104
for said apron, the rod 110 located in the rear of said bed 104 and over which
the said apron passes, side frames 114 at opposite sides of said bed 104, the
slides 115 moving along said side frames 114, the pressure roller 112 carried
by said slides 115 and means for moving said slides from the driving shaft, said
slides first moving to close the pocket or loop in the rolling apron, then tem-
porarily stopping and then resuming their forward movement to roll the cigar-
ette, combined with means connected with said apron for drawing the pocket or
loop therein down to size after said pressure roller has closed said pocket or loop
and temporarily ceased to move, the charge box for feeding the charges of filler
tobacco to said apron, and means operated from the driving shaft for moving said
charge box and causing the latter to descend into the space between the said
rolling bed 104 and rod or shaft 110 to form the pocket or loop in said apron;
substantially as set forth.
8. In a machine of the character described, mechanism for feeding the filler
tobacco, the rolling apron by which the cigarettes are rolled, and the charge
box adapted to travel intermediate said feeding mechanism and said apron to
convey the charges of filler tobacco from the former to the latter, said charge
box having the downwardly converging sides, one of which forms a door and
the other of which is provided with the downwardly projecting flange 97, com-
bined with means for operating said door and means connected with the driving
shaft for moving said charge box and causing the said flange 97 to descend
below the upper surface of the rolling bed for said apron and form the pocket or
loop in said apron; substantially as set forth.
9. In a machine of the character described, the mechanism for feeding the filler
tobacco, the rolling apron receiving the charges of filler tobacco, the pressure
roller for said apron, and means for operating said roller to roll the cigarette,
combined with the wrapper carrier adapted to receive the cut wrapper for the
cigarette, means for moving said carrier inward to the forward edge of the pocket
in said rolling apron, means for then projecting the lower edge of the cut wrapper
into the forward upper portion of said pocket and means for causing the retreat
of said wrapper carrier from the path of said pressure roller; substantially as set
forth.
10. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means connected with said apron for drawing the pocket or
loop therein down to proper size, combined with the wrapper carrier adapted to
receive the wrapper and convey the same to said apron, means for actuating said
carrier from the driving shaft, and means for turning said carrier to project the
lower inner edge of the wrapper into the forward edge of the pocket in the rolling
apron prior to the closing of said pocket by said pressure roller; substantially as
set forth.
11. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means connected with said apron for drawing the pocket or

page_text: loop therein down to proper size combined with the wrapper carrier, the clips at
the opposite ends of said carrier for holding the wrapper thereon, means for
moving said carrier inward to the upper forward edge of the pocket or loop in
said apron, and means actuated by the rolling mechanism for projecting the
overhanging edge of said wrapper into said pocket during the movement of said
pressure roller to close said pocket; substantially as set forth.
12. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, means connected with the end of said apron for drawing the pocket
or loop therein down to size, and means for operating said pressure roller from
the driving shaft, combined with the oscillating wrapper carrier arm 156, the
wrapper carrier 136 upon said arm, the clips at the opposite ends of said carrier 136
for holding the wrapper, the shafts 185 and 186 carrying said clips, the plates 188
and 190 carried by said shafts, the rod 191 connecting said plates, the spring 192
maintaining said clips in their closed position, the cam 193 for opening said
clips to receive the wrapper, and means for moving said wrapper carrier inward
to deliver the wrapper to said rolling apron; substantially as set forth.
13. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor and means for actuating said roller from the driving shaft, com-
bined with the oscillating wrapper carrier arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on
said arm, the sleeve 157 in which said arm is mounted, the roller 167 on said arm,
the cam 166 engaging said roller, the roller 170 also on said arm, the tramway 171
receiving said roller 170, and means for actuating said sleeve 157 to oscillate said
arm 156 and carrier 136; substantially as set forth.
14. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means for operating said roller from the driving shaft, com-
bined with the wrapper carrier arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on said arm, the
sleeve 157 receiving said arm, means for causing said arm to move inward to
deliver the wrapper to the rolling apron, and means for turning said arm within
said sleeve in order to incline said carrier 136 and project the lower edge of the
cut wrapper into the pocket of the rolling apron; substantially as set forth.
15. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means for actuating said roller from the driving shaft to roll
the cigarette, combined with the wrapper carrier arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136
on said arm, means for oscillating said arm to move said carrier 136 inward to
the pocket of the rolling apron, and means for then turning said arm 156 axially
and projecting the lower edge of the cut wrapper into said pocket; substantially
as set forth.
16. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron 103, the pressure
roller therefor and means for actuating said pressure roller from the driving
shaft, combined with the wrapper carrier arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on
said arm, the sleeve 157 receiving said arm, means connected with said sleeve for
moving said arm and said carrier 136 inward to the rolling apron, means for
maintaining said wrapper carrier in an inclined position during its inward travel
to the pocket of the rolling apron and means for imparting an axial motion to
said arm 156 when the carrier 136 is at the forward edge of the pocket in said
apron and thereby projecting the edge of the wrapper into said pocket; sub-
stantially as set forth.
17. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means for actuating said roller from the driving shaft, com-
bined with the wrapper carrier arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on said arm,
the sleeve 157 receiving said arm, the roller 170 on said arm, the tramway 171
over which said roller travels with said carrier 136 in an inclined position, the
bar 173 supporting said roller 170 when the carrier 136 is at its inward position
and means for removing the support from said bar 173 when said carrier is over
the forward portion of the pocket in the rolling apron and it is desired to close
said pocket; substantially as set forth.
18. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure

page_text: roller therefor, the slides 115 carrying said roller, the arm 175 carried by one
of said slides, and means for operating said slides from the driving shaft, com-
bined with the oscillating arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on said arm, the
sleeve 157 in which said arm is mounted, means for oscillating said sleeve to
effect the movement of said arm 156 and carrier 136, the roller 170 on said
arm 156, the tramway 171 supporting said arm 170, the bar 173 receiving said
roller 170 after the latter leaves said tramway 171, and the stop 176 for
said bar 173 when the latter is relieved of its support 175 by the inward motion of
said pressure roller; substantially as set forth.
19. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, and means for actuating said roller from the driving shaft, com-
bined with the oscillating arm 156, the wrapper carrier 136 on said arm, means
for maintaining said carrier 136 in a horizontal position when said carrier is
at its outward position, means for inclining said carrier 136 during its inward
travel to the rolling apron, and means for projecting said carrier downward to
deliver the overhanging edge of the wrapper into the pocket of the rolling apron
when said carrier is at its extreme inward position; substantially as set forth.
20. In a machine of the character described, the punch operable from the
driving shaft, the platen within said punch, means for imparting a downward
movement to said platen after the punch has cut the wrapper, and the die receiv-
ing the leaf and co-operating with said punch in the cutting of the wrapper,
combined with a wrapper carrier and rolling mechanism, said carrier being
adapted to move from said die to said rolling mechanism to deliver the cut wrap-
per to the latter; substantially as set forth.
21. In a machine of the character described, the punch operable from the
driving shaft, the die located below said punch, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller for said apron, and the wrapper carrier adapted to receive the cut
wrapper from said die and deliver the same to said rolling apron, combined with
means for moving said carrier from the said die to said apron; substantially as
set forth.
22. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
'pers and operable from the driving shaft, the die below said punch, the rolling
apron and the pressure roller for said apron, combined with the wrapper carrier
movable from said die to said apron for conveying the cut wrappers to the latter,
means for moving said wrapper carrier and means for projecting the edge of
the wrapper overhanging said carrier into the pocket of said apron; substantially
as set forth.
combined
23. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, the die below said punch, the rolling
said apron,
apron, and the reciprocating pressure roller for
with the
carrier
wrapper
adapted to convey the cut wrappers
from said die to said apron, means for maintaining said carrier in a horizontal
position when below the die, means for moving said carrier from said die to said
apron, and means for tilting said carrier downward toward the pocket of said
apron, after said carrier has left said die; substantially as set forth.
24. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, the die below said punch, the rolling
apron, and the pressure roller for said apron, combined with the wrapper carrier
adapted to convey the cut wrappers from said die to said apron, means for
moving said wrapper carrier and means for applying a strip of paste to the outer
edge of the wrapper on said carrier when the latter is over said apron; sub-
stantially as set forth.
25. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, the die below said punch, the wrapper
carrier below said die to receive the cut wrappers, the clips at the ends of said
carrier, means for maintaining said clips in an open position when the carrier
is below said die, and means for closing said clips upon the opposite ends of

page_text: the wrapper when said carrier leaves said die, combined with the rolling apron,
the pressure roller therefor, means for reciprocating said roller, and means for
moving said carrier from the die to the pocket of the rolling apron in order to
deliver the cut wrapper to the latter; substantially as set forth.
26. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, the platen within said punch, the die,
means for moving said platen below said punch upon the cutting of the wrapper
by the latter, the rolling apron and the reciprocating roller for said apron, com-
bined with the carrier receiving the cut wrapper at the die, means for moving
said carrier from the die to the pocket of the rolling apron to deliver the cut
wrapper to said apron, and means for applying a layer of paste to the outer edge
of said wrapper; substantially as set forth.
27. In a machine of the character described; the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, the platen within said punch, the rod
supporting said platen and extending upward through the plunger rod of said
punch, the pivoted lever connected to the upper end of the platen rod, the spring
imparting an upward tension to said platen rod, the support for said lever con-
nected with the punch rod, the stop to engage the outer end of said lever upon
the descent of the punch for the purpose of driving the platen below the punch,
and the die below said punch, combined with the rolling apron, the pressure
roller therefor, the wrapper carrier adapted to travel from said die to said apron
to deliver the cut wrappers to the latter, and means for moving said carrier;
substantially as set forth.
28. In a machine of the character described, the punch for cutting the wrap-
pers and operable from the driving shaft, and the open die below said punch and
through which the cut wrappers are driven, combined with the rolling apron,
the reciprocating roller therefor, the wrapper carrier adapted to convey the cut
wrappers from said die to said apron, and means for moving said carrier from
said die to said apron, said means arresting said carrier on its inward movement
at the front edge of the pocket in the rolling apron and on its outward movement
in a position with respect to said die to permit one edge of the wrapper to over-
hang the edge of said carrier; substantially as set forth.
29. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller therefor, the punch and die for cutting the wrappers, and the brush
for applying a line of paste to the edge of the wrappers, combined with the
wrapper carrier adapted to move from said die to the rolling apron, means for
tilting said carrier with the wrapper thereon, and means for moving said brush
over the upper edge of said wrapper when the latter is over the rolling apron;
substantially as set forth.
30. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller therefor, the oscillating arm pivotally mounted at one side of the
machine, the wrapper carrier on said arm, and the brush pivotally mounted
at one end at the opposite side of the machine, combined with the punch and
die at the forward part of the machine, means for delivering the cut wrappers
from said die to said carrier, means for moving said carrier inward to the rolling
apron, means for moving said brush inward to the wrapper held on said carrier,
and means for revolving said brush when in contact with said wrapper; sub-
stantially as set forth.
31. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller therefor, the oscillating wrapper carrier adapted to receive the
wrappers and convey the same inward to said apron, and the oscillating pasting
brush adapted to move inward to the wrapper on said carrier when the latter
is at its inward position, combined with the paste receptacle, the roller therein,
means for revolving said pasting brush against said roller when said brush is
at its outward position, means for revolving said brush against the wrapper
when the brush is in contact with the latter, and means for actuating said
wrapper carrier; substantially. as set forth.

page_text: 32. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller therefor, the wrapper carrier adapted to convey the cut wrappers to
said rolling apron, and means for actuating said carrier, combined with the
paste receptacle, the roller therein, the revoluble pasting brush contacting with
said roller, means for oscillating said pasting brush from the paste receptacle
onward to the wrapper held on said carrier, and gearing for revolving said
brush when in contact with said wrapper; substantially as set forth.
33. In a machine of the character described, the rolling apron, the recipro-
cating roller therefor, the wrapper carrier adapted to convey the cut wrappers
inward to said rolling apron, and means for actuating said carrier, combined
with the pasting brush, and the shaft upon which said brush is mounted and
which is pivotally secured at one end, combined with the gear wheel on said
shaft, the vertical rod having teeth to engage said gear wheel when said brush
is at its inward position over the rolling apron, and means for moving said rod
against said gear wheel for the purpose of revolving said brush while at its
inward position; substantially as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of April 1898
JULIUS HEINRICH SCHMIDT.
PETER HERBERT SCHEFFLER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
JULIUS HEINRICH SCHMIDT
PETER HERBERT SCHEFFLER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.