Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1891
Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
1, HENRY BOHLS, of 419, Battery Street, San Francisco, in the State of
California, United States of America, Cigar Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTE MACHINES," and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to devices and mechanisms, and combinations of the same,
for producing and wrapping a continuous roll or filler of shredded tobacco into the
form of a continuous cigarette, and cutting it into definite lengths.
The invention comprises first an automatic tobacco-dressing and feeding mechanism
of novel construction and operation, designed to distribute the tobacco upon an
endless travelling feed-belt in an even and uniform manners and certain devices to
condense and bring the tobacco to shape in a continuous strip or roll of even thick-
ness, upon the feed-belt before entering the filler-shaping mechanism; and, secondly,
a combination, with this feed-belt, of filler-shaping belts, by which the tobacco
is suitably compressed and brought to shape; paper-wrapping, feeding, folding and
pasting devices; and a grooved wheel to co-operate with the before-mentioned
mechanisms and devices to carry away the continuous cigarette, and deliver it
regularly to a cutting device, all as hereinafter fully set forth.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a general view of the machine from the front, without the
tobacco-dressing and feeding attachment.
Fig. 2 is a top view, and
Fig. 3 is a similar view, on a larger scale, with some of the top work removed to
expose parts that are covered and not clearly shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the pasting device on an enlarged scale.
Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section, taken on the line -y, Fig. 3, but on an enlarged
scale.
Fig. 6 is an end view of the machine, proper, and a side elevation of the tobacco-
dressing and feeding attachment thereof, the whole being viewed from the feeding
end.
Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-section on an enlarged scale, taken on the line x-x,
Fig. 3.
Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section through that part of the machine where the
continuous filler and the wrapper are brought together and the wrapper is folded,
the filler-forming and feeding-belts and the wrapper-folding guides being shown,
generally, in section.
Figs. 9 and 10 are views, on an enlarged scale, of the cutting device; the first
named figure being a side view looking from the feeding end of the machine, with
some of the parts in section; and Fig. 10 a view from the back of the machine
looking towards the front.
Fig. 11 illustrates the construction of the side belts that compress and bring the
continuous filler to shape.
Fig. 12 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of the wrapper-folding guide and
folding disks.
Fig. 13 is a top view of Fig. 12, and
Figs. 14 and 15 cross-sections through these figures at the line z-z, and a-b,
respectively.
Fig. 16 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the tobacco-dressing and
distributing mechanism, some of the parts being shown in longitudinal section.
Fig. 17 is a top view, and
Figs. 18, 19 and 20, are details of the same parts.
With respect to the general construction of the cigarette-forming machine proper,

page_text: (that is to say the parts irrespective of the tobacco-dressing and distributing
mechanism), the filler-forming mechanisms and the paper-wrapping and pasting
devices are arranged for operation in line with the grooved rim of the carrying-
wheel upon one side of its axis; and the continuous cigarette, confined in the groove
of the wheel, is carried around to the cutting device situated on the opposite side of
the axis. All the working parts are driven from the principal shaft 2, which is
placed behind the upright back-board 3 of the table 4, and receives motion from
any suitable prime shaft or motor through the medium of a belt and pulleys, the
shaft pulley 5 being connected to it by a clutch 6, worked from the front of the
machine by a hand-lever 7. The counter-shafts 8, 9, 10 and 11 are geared with
the shaft 2, (see Fig. 2), and give motion to the various parts of the mechanism, as
will be hereinafter described.
The parts of the automatic tobacco-dressing and feeding mechanism, which is
arranged to distribute the dressed tobacco upon the feed-belt in a continuous stream
of uniform density and quantity, free from lumps or any uneven qualities, are
mounted on a stand or frame which may be altogether separate from the frame that
carries the cigarette-forming devices.
This mechanism consists, generally, in the combination of one or more sets of
granulating disks or rotary cutters mounted in order above the level of the feed-
belt, and several inclined shaking-pans or trays to which a rapid lateral motion is
given, the tobacco being elevated to the highest point by an endless chain or belt
elevator, and thence carried down through the several sets of granulators in
succession until it reaches the lowermost shaking-tray, by which it is distributed
upon the endless-travelling feed-belt 35.
12 represents the supporting-frame, and 13 the elevator carried up from a pulley,
(not shown) at or near the floor, over a pulley 14 above, to which motion is given
by a belt 15 from an over-head shaft. The buckets of the elevator are set to empty
into a hopper 16, below which is arranged a set of rapidly-revolving granulating
disks 17 17, of the usual character employed in tobacco manufacture to reduce
shredded tobacco to a granulated or fine condition. The granulating disks 17 with
notched or toothed edges are keyed in two sets upon parallel horizontal shafts, and
operate in conjunction with alternate stationary plates 18, (see Figs. 18 and 19),
that fit loosely around the shafts and extend beyond the outer edges of the disks,
where they are clamped at their ends between fixed cross-bars 19, 19. These
plates 18 form the teeth of a comb and clear the disks 17 of the tobacco.
The disks 17 on one shaft project into the spaces between and overlap the disks 17
on the other shaft, and the two shafts are geared together as seen at 20, (see Fig. 17),
to turn in opposite directions towards each other, motion being imparted to one of
the shafts by the pulley 21, which receives its motion from the belt 22 leading to an
overhead shaft, not shown. Directly beneath these granulating disks 17 is hung or
supported a tray 23 having raised sides and suitable pitch, to discharge the tobacco
into a second hopper 24; a similar set of granulating disks 17 being arranged on a
lower level. The tray 23 is attached at the back to a pivot 25 by an arm 26, and
at the front is supported by a fixed cross-piece 27 on the frame work. Lateral
shaking motion is given to the tray 23 by a disk 28 set inclined on a horizontal
cross-shaft 29 so as to revolve between lugs 30 on the bottom of the tray (see
Fig. 20); the shaft 29 being driven by a belt 32 and pulley 31 from one of the
upper shafts on which the granulating disks 17 are mounted.
After passing through the first set of granulating disks, the tobacco is caught by
the shaking-tray 23 beneath them, and thrown by that tray into the hopper 24,
beneath which is another set of granulating disks, similar to the first set, through
which it passes, and is discharged in a loose and finely-dressed condition upon a
shaking-tray 33, hung and operated in the same manner as the tray 23 above, and
thence onto another shaking-tray 34, from which the tobacco is finally distributed
along the travelling feed-belt 35. For very dry tobacco the tray 34 may be
omitted and the tobacco fed from the tray 33 onto the feed-belt 35; but, for
general use on all grades or conditions of tobacco, I have found that two shaking-

page_text: trays below the second set of granulating disks, arranged as shown in the drawings,
one beneath the other, and both vibrating horizontally but in opposite directions
with respect to each other, will produce uniform and even distribution. Vibrating
motion is given to the trays 33, 34, in the direction of the travel of the feed-belt,
from a single shaft on which is set, at an inclination, a disk 36 engaging the lugs 37
on each of the trays, the lugs of the lower tray being fixed upon the top surface,
and those on the upper tray on the lower surface, as shown in Fig. 16.
The disk 36 receives motion through a suitable belt and pulley connection between
its shaft and one of the shafts carrying the upper set of granulating disks 17.
The main driving pulleys 21, 38 are connected to their shafts by clutches, (Fig. 17).
These clutches are connected by a bar 39, pivoted about midway of its length; and
a hand-lever 40 is arranged at one side to turn the bar 39 on its pivot, and so
operate both clutches by a single movement.
Both trays 33 and 34 are inclined, and the discharge-end of the lower one, 34, is
arranged directly over the feed-belt 35 to distribute the tobacco upon it at a point
between the end roller 41 and a set of scrapers 42, (Fig. 2), that are fixed to the
sides of the belt-supporting rail 43, and project over the feed-belt 35. These
scrapers 42 are formed of sheet metal bent to shape, each being attached at its
outer end to the rail 43 by a slot and screw, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; their
inner ends being placed over the feed-belt 35 to form converging standing guides
and eveners.
An upright guard plate or apron 44 is fixed at the back of the
feed-belt 35 in front of the shaking-tray 34 to prevent escape of tobacco over the
back edge. The feed-belt supporting rail 43 has over-hanging sides 45 to cover
the edges of the feed-belt 35, and prevent shreds of tobacco from working under.
the belt and guide rollers 45, 46 are fixed at intervals along the edge of the
rail 43 to keep the feed-belt 35 true and prevent friction.
The feed-belt 35, which is endless, passes around the rollers 41 and 47, the
former being suitably supported on the frame of the machine just beyond the end
of the supporting rail 43, and so arranged as to bring the upper half of the belt
onto the supporting rail 43. The roller 47 is carried by the shaft 9, (Figs. 7 and 8),
which is geared with the main shaft 2, as before mentioned, and imparts motion
to the feed-belt 35. As the feed-belt 35 moves onward it carries the tobacco
between the scrapers 42 which serve to bring it to the middle of the feed-belt 35,
so that it will pass between the compressing fingers 48, 49, which are operated
in the following manner:
From the main shaft 2 a short counter-shaft 50, geared up to high speed, is
driven by spur-gears 51, 52, 53 and 54. This shaft carries an eccentric 55, the
strap of which is connected at 56 to a bar 57, adapted to slide in a groove 58
in a plate attached to the underside of the belt-supporting rail 43. (See Fig. 5.)
The bar 57 is bent upward and carries the finger 48 extending from the front
of the rail 43 over the feed-belt 35. Another finger 49 is mounted in a slide-
way 59 on the post 60, and extends from the rear of the rail 43 over the
feed-belt 35. These fingers 48, 49, which may be called front and rear fingers,
carry at their opposed ends the curved plates 61, one plate being on each finger.
62 is a lever pivoted centrally at 63 to the post 60, its upper and lower ends being
connected to the rear finger 49 and the bar 57, respectively, by ball-and-socket
joints. As the shaft 50 revolves, the eccentric 55 will cause the bar 57 and its
finger 48 to reciprocate, and the pivoted bar 62 will cause the rear finger 49 to
reciprocate also; the movements of the two fingers 48, 49 being in opposite direc-
tions, so that they shall alternately approach and retreat from each other. These
fingers, thus acting from opposite sides against the moving tobacco, condense and
bring it into a narrow strip along the centre of the feed-belt 35.
From the compressing fingers 48, 49, the tobacco passes (Fig. 2) under the top-
belt 64, and is carried by that belt and the feed-belt 35, between the side belts 71, 71,
(Figs. 2 and 3), whereby the tobacco is formed into a continuous filler of suitable
form, and then carried regularly forward to the wrapper-folding mechanism.
The top-belt 64 passes around rollers 65, 66, 67 (Fig. 1), the roller 65 being

page_text: raised above the others and of larger diameter, while the rollers 66, 67 are placed
in the same horizontal plane to bring that portion of the belt 64 travelling between
them parallel with the feed-belt 35. The roller 67 is placed directly over the
roller 47, (Fig. 7), of the feed-belt 35, and driven at uniform speed therewith, by
spur-gears 68, 69, of equal size, the latter being on the shaft 9, and the former on
the shaft 70 which carries the roller 67.
The side belts 71, 71, are driven by sprocket wheels 72, 72 geared together, and
driven to move the two belts with positive motion and at equal speed, uniformi
with that of the feed-belt 35. The upright axles of the sprocket-wheels 72 are
geared together by spur-gears 73, 74; and the axle of the sprocket wheel carry-
ing the spur-gear 74 is connected to the counter-shaft 8 by bevel gears 75, 76,
and the shaft 8 geared with the main shaft 2 by the bevel gears 77 and 78.
The side belts 71, 71, also pass around sprocket wheels 79, 79 mounted on
vertical axles suitably supported in boxes on the frame of the machine a short
distance beyond the rollers 47 and 67; and the belts 71, 71, are so arranged
that they are between and covered by the belts 35 and 64 during a portion of
their travel.
A laterally converging entrance at the receiving end of the passage formed
by the side belts 71, 71, the feed-belt 35 and top-belt 64 is made by setting
the sprocket wheels 72, 72 more widely apart than the sprocket wheels 79, 79:
and about midway between the two sets of sprocket wheels the belts are brought
more closely together and into parallel lines by stationary rollers or guides 80,
80, 81, 81; two of these rollers or guides engaging the rear face of each
bolt 71.
The operation of bringing the filler into shape is performed principally by the
side belts 71, 71; and the construction and arrangement of these side belts may be
such that the continuous filler will be made square, round, or of oval shape, with the
longer diameter standing perpendicularly. The belts 71, 71, are constructed of a
series of hard metal links or sections 82, hinged together at the back edge, and
grooved or recessed on the front edge as seen at 83, Figs. 7 and 11. The form of
this recess, as before stated, may vary; for it may be angular, semi-circular or
concave. The side belts 71, 71, may be set closely together or spread apart more
or less according to the degree of compression required for the tobacco, or the
thickness of the cigarette to be made; for which purpose the rollers or guides 80, 81,
may be adjusted laterally in any suitable manner. In the present construction, the
studs of the rollers 80, 81 are fixed in the plates 84, which are adjustable laterally
on the bottom plate 85, and held in any desired position by the screws 86. The
boxes for the axles of the sprocket wheels 79, 79, may also be adjustable laterally
in any well known manner.
At the point where the top belt 64 and feed-belt 35, (Fig. 8), leave the
continuous filler, the latter is carried onward over the bottom plate 85 by the side
belts 71, 71, to the mouth piece 87; and just forward of the said point a short top-
belt 88, preferably formed of links constructed in the same manner as those of the
side belts 71, is placed to bear upon the filler from above.. The top-belt 88 is
mounted on sprocket-wheels 89, 90, and driven with positive movement, at a speed
uniform with that of the side belts 71, from the shaft 10 by spur-gears 91, 92,
(Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 8); and the shaft 10 being geared with the main shaft 2 as
aforesaid.
The
The mouth piece 87, (Figs. 8, 12 and 13) is bolted to the main frame of the
machine, and its upper surface is flush with the upper face of the plate 85.
mouth piece is formed of two sections 93, 94, hinged together by the headed pin 95
in such manner that when closed a slot or open space 96 will be formed between
them. From the point where the side belts 71, 71 leave the continuous filler, the
section 93 has upwardly projecting portions 97, 98 which extend forward to its end
and form a channel 99, the latter being open at the bottom and top. The outer
sides of the projections 97, 98 are tapering and rounded on their lower corners,
(Fig. 15). The section 94 also has upwardly projecting portions 100, 101, the

page_text: inner sides of which converge so as to form a V-shaped recess to receive the front
end of the section 93; and the two sections are held in proper relation to each other
by the buttons 102, 103, the former being pivoted to one of the projections on the
section 93 and the latter to one of those on the section 94. The section 94 has a
groove 104 (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 13) of substantially the same width as
the channel 99. The pin 95 carries a roller 105 the upper face of which is level
with that of the section 94. The roller 105 has a peripheral groove 106 which
registers with the groove 104 in the section 94. The paper-wrapper 107 passes
over the roller 105 into the space or slot 96; and as it passes onward the converging
sides of the projections 100, 101 will gradually turn up its edges until the wrapper
assumes a U-shape.
An endless belt 108 passes over the groove 106 in the roller 105 and along the
groove 104 beneath the paper wrapper 107 and around the greater portion of the
periphery of the carrier-wheel 109. This belt is substantially of the same width
as the cigarette to be formed; and, with the paper-wrapper 107, carries the con-
tinuous filler forward from the mouth piece 87 to the folding and pasting devices.
The open channel 99 permits the continuous filler to pass on to the paper-wrapper;
and, as the filler emerges from the end of the mouth piece 87, the paper wrapper 107
will surround about three-fourths of its circumference. At this stage, the filler
having passed from under the top belt 88, passes under an adjustable presser
foot 110, (Figs. 12, 13 and 14), which holds down the filler after it emerges from
under the top-belt 88, and before the first standing side of the wrapper is folded
over. This presser-foot 110 is placed between the standing sides of the paper,
leaving suitable spaces between it and the sides of the folding-guide 113 to permit
the passage of the paper. Provision is made for adjusting the presser-foot 110 up
and down to regulate the height above the filler; and the bottom of the foot is
rounded at the ends and along the sides, so that it acts to draw in and press down
below the standing edges of the paper any loose shreds of tobacco before the paper
is folded and lapped. An arm 111, (Fig. 3), extending from some fixed point over
the folding-guide 113, supports the foot 110, which is attached to it by the cross-
piece 112, the arrangement being such that the arm 111 may be set in different
positions to adjust the foot.
The wrapper folding guide extends from the end of the mouth piece 87, and
consists of two plates 113 113, set parallel to each other directly above and in close
proximity to the rim of the carrier-wheel 109, the belt 108 carrying the wrapper
and filler between them to the groove 114 in the carrier-wheel 109.
After passing
beyond the foot 110, one of the standing sides of the wrapper comes in contact with
the folding lip 115, supported by and projecting inwardly from one of the plates 113.
This lip turns the side of the wrapper over and brings it under the revolving
disk 116, which folds it over upon the filler. The other standing side of the
wrapper is turned over by the folding lip 117, which is so located as to bring this
turned-over side into contact with the upper face of the disk 116 to receive the
paste, and also bring it under the disk 118, which presses it down and causes it to
adhere to the previously folded side. The spindle 151, 152, (Figs. 1, 2 and 3), of
the disks 116 and 118 are supported in suitable bearings attached to the frame of
the machine and extend upward from the disks. The spindle 151 carries
a gear 153 which meshes with a similar gear 154 on the spindle 152, and the
spindle 151 also carries at its upper end a pulley 155 from which a belt 156 leads
to a pulley 157 on the shaft 2. Motion is thus imparted to the disks 116, 118, from
the shaft 2, and the disks revolve in opposite directions.
The pasting apparatus, shown in Fig. 3 in position for operation, and in detail on
a larger scale in Fig. 4, consist of a paste trough 119, a fountain-wheel or
roller 120 (partially immersed and turning continually in the paste), and an endless
paste-carrying device 121 formed of fine cord or thread running over the fountain-
wheel in a groove formed in the rim, and thence under a pulley 122 to the top face
of the disk 116. A large pulley 123 at one end of the pasting apparatus and a

page_text: small pulley 124 at the opposite end carry and guide the cord or thread 121. The
wheel 120 is mounted on the front end of the shaft 125, which operates the belt 130
of the carrier-wheel 109, thereby dispensing with a separate shaft connection for
the paste apparatus. The shaft 125 is geared to the shaft 11 by gears 158 and 159
of equal diameter, and the shaft 11 is geared with the main shaft 2 by the bevel
gears 161, 162.
The smaller pulley 124 is capable of adjustment both up and down and sidewise
for the purpose of regulating the contact of the paste-carrying thread with the top
face of the disk 116, the pulley being fixed on a slide 126 laterally adjustable on
the top of the bracket 127; this last-named piece being formed also in two parts
having over-lapped ends held together by clamp screws 128 passing through the
slots 129, so that the length of the piece can be adjusted to change the position of
the pulley in a vertical direction. Any required degree of contact and pressure of
the thread upon the disk 116 to regulate the quantity of paste laid on the disk is
obtained by such adjustment. The pasting apparatus is cleanly in its operation
and very economical in its use of paste, because it can be regulated to feed and
supply the exact quantity of material needed, and apply it neatly in a fine line
under the over-lapped edge of the paper, while no waste or droppings escape to clog
or soil the other parts of the machine. It will be noticed that the first disk 116 is
employed as a folding and also as a pasting-disk; and that the cord or thread 121,
first becomes charged with the paste by passing over the fountain-wheel 120 instead
of through the body of paste, and then, by running upon the disk 116, lays a fine
line of the adhesive substance upon the top face of the disk at a point close to or
within the edge; such point of application being regulated by adjusting the thread-
carrying pulleys to or from the disk.
After leaving the folding and pasting devices, the continuous cigarette passes
with the belt 108 into the groove 114 formed in the periphery of the wheel 109 and
is held therein by the belt 130, (Fig. 1), which may, if desired, have a groove in its
face to prevent the cigarette being flattened. The carrier-wheel 109 has a toothed
wheel 163, of less diameter than itself, secured to its spokes, as shown in Fig. 1,
and a gear 164, (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) carried by the shaft 11, engages the teeth on the
wheel 163, and imparts motion to it and the carrier-wheel 109. The groove 114 is
preferably rounded at its bottom surface. The belt 130 passes around pulleys 131,
132, 133 and 134, so arranged as to hold the belt 130 against about one-half of the
periphery of the wheel 109; and the continuous cigarette is thus carried around to
the guide-plate 135 where the belts 108, 130 leave it. Passing along the guide-
plate 135, the cigarette is then gripped by the two grooved rollers 136, 137, (Figs. 9
and 10), geared to run in opposite directions, and fed through an aperture in a
plate 138 attached to the end of the guide 135, where it is cut into suitable
lengths. The pulley 131 is carried by the shaft 125 and the belt 130 receives its
motion therefrom.
The construction of the cutting apparatus is represented in Figs. 9 and 10, and
its general arrangement with the other parts for operation in this improved machine
shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6. A shaft 139 is driven from the upper shaft 2 by the
belt 140 and pulley 141, and carries an arm 142, having at its free end a short
spindle 143, on which is mounted a cutting disk or circular knife 144, the arm 142
being of suitable length and properly set to carry the cutter in a circular path
across the aperture in the fixed plate 138, from which the continuous cigarette
emerges. The cutter is rotated at the end of the arm by a sheave 145 loose on the
shaft 139, and a belt 146 running around a smaller sheave or pulley 147 fastened on
the cutter spindle, motion being given to the sheave 145 from a pulley 148, on the
principal shaft 2 of the machine by a belt 149 and a pulley 150 fast on the hub of
the sheave 145. By these means, the cutting disk is rotated continually at high
speed, while it is carried around in a circular path by the revolving arm.
cutting device has many advantages over the simply rotating knife heretofore
employed in these machines, and particularly in producing a clean cut without
This

page_text: crushing down the cigarette or tearing the wrapper at the line of cut, and also in
running for a considerable time without the necessity of re-sharpening.
From the foregoing description of the machine it will be obvious that the
operation of making cigarettes thereby is continuous from the stage at which the
tobacco is first fed onto the feed-belt from the granulating and dressing mechanisms.
to that at which the continuous cigarette is cut into lengths suitable for the
market.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a feed-belt, of mechanism to.
granulate the tobacco, and one or more inclined shaking-trays adapted to have
vibrating motion and to receive the tobacco from the granulating mechanism and
distribute it upon the feed-belt, substantially as described.
2. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a feed-belt, of mechanism to.
granulate the tobacco a series of inclined trays adapted to have vibrating motion
and to receive the tobacco from the granulating mechanism, the lower tray of the
series being located to distribute the tobacco upon the feed-belt, and a guard plate.
located opposite the lower tray and over the edge of the feed-belt remote from the
tray, substantially as specified.
3. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a feed-belt and granulating disks
to dress and separate the tobacco, of a series of inclined trays adapted to be given
lateral shaking motion and to receive the tobacco from the granulators, the lower
tray of the series being arranged to distribute the granulated tobacco upon the feed-
belt, and an elevator for carrying tobacco to the upper set of granulating disks,
substantially as described.
4. The combination with a feed-belt, of fingers adapted to be given vibrating
motion in opposite directions transversely to the direction of travel of the feed-belt,
substantially as described.
5. The combination of a feed-belt, vibrating fingers adapted to reciprocate across
the belt from opposite sides, the connecting lever 62, the revoluble shaft 50, and an
eccentric and strap carried by the shaft 50, and actuating the vibrating fingers,.
substantially as described.
6. In combination with a feed-belt, the scraping blades 42 extending over the
edge of the belt from opposite sides and adapted to bring the tobacco to the middle
of the feed-belt, substantially as described.
7. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a feed-belt 35, the top belt 64, and
the side belts 71, 71, the latter being formed of links, having grooved faces and
adapted to travel between the top and feed belts, all of the said belts being arranged
to move at uniform speed, substantially as described.
8. In a cigarette machine, a metallic filler-shaping belt constructed of jointed
links hinged together at their backs, and having grooved front faces, substantially
as described.
9. The combination with a wrapper-folding guide, of an adjustable presser-foot
adapted to hold down and turn in the shreds of tobacco below the standing sides of
the wrapper, substantially as described.
10. In a cigarette machine, the rotating folding disk 116 adapted, also, to act as
a pasting disk, in combination with a paste supply trough having a paste-feeding
wheel partially immersed and rotating in the trough, and a paste-carrying device
formed of an endless cord or thread which is carried over the top of said feed-wheel,
and arranged to run in contact with the face of the folding disk, substantially as
described.
11. The combination with a rotating pasting-disk and a paste-trough, of a paste-
feeding wheel partly immersed and having rotation in said trough, a cord or thread
arranged to travel over the top of said feeding wheel clear of the trough and take a
charge of paste from the wheel, and guide pulleys adapted to carry said cord or

page_text: thread in working contact across the face of said pasting-disk, substantially as
described.
12. The combination with the folding lips 115 117 and the disk 116, of the paste
trough 119, pulleys 123 124, the fountain-wheel 120, and cord or thread 121, the
cord being adapted to lay a line of paste upon the surface of the disk 116, and the
disk, by its rotation, to apply it under the top or last folded edge of the wrapper,
substantially as described.
13. A cutting device for separating a continuous cigarette into lengths, consisting
of a rotating disk on the end of a revolving arm, adapted to travel across the path
of a moving continuous cigarette, and suitable mechanism to impart movement to the
rotating disk and revolving arm, substantially. as described.
14. The combination of a rotating shaft, an arm 142, fast on said shaft, a spindle
on the free end of the arm, a cutting-disk mounted for rotation on said spindle, a
driving pulley on the cutting-disk spindle, a loose sheave on the shaft, a connecting
belt, and a driving pulley fast on the sheave, and adapted to be driven from a
separate shaft, substantially as described.
15. In cigarette machine, the combination with the filler forming belts, of a mouth
piece having an open channel to receive the continuous filler, and a slot through
which the paper wrapper passes to receive the continuous filler said slot having
converging sides to gradually turn up the sides of the wrapper around the filler,
substantially as described.
16. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the mouthpiece having an open
channel to receive the continuous filler, and a slot through which the paper wrapper
and a carrier belt pass to receive the continuous fillər, said slot having converging
sides to gradually turn up the sides of the paper wrapper of devices to fold and
paste the wrapper, a carrier wheel having a peripheral groove in which the carrier-
belt and continuous cigarette are received, a belt. 130 passing around pulleys and
engaging about one-half the periphery of the carrier wheel to hold the cigarette in
the said groove and carry it to the cutting mechanism, substantially as specfied.
17. In a cigarette machine, the combination with the mouth piece and the grooved
carrier wheel, of the folding guide consisting of two parallel sides, and the folding
lips one on each side of the guide, and the rotating disks one on each side of the
guide, one of said disks serving to fold over one side of the paper wrapper on the
filler and apply paste to the other side of the wrapper, and the other disk folding
the pasted side of the wrapper over and on the previously folded side, substantially
as specified.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1890.
Witnesses
LINCOLN SONNTAG,
Notary Public, 116, Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
WM. W. HOPKINS,
Clerk, 438, Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.