Improvements in Machines for use in the Manufacture of Cigars.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 31st Jan., 1891
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by BERNHARDT WERTHEIMER, of Bruchsal, Baden,
in the Empire of Germany, Cigar Manufacturer.]
Improvements in Machines for use in the Manufacture of Cigars.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
In machines for use in the manufacture of cigars, as heretofore constructed with
the object of obtaining a product, the quality of which will at least approximate
that obtained by hand work, one point has always been disregarded, the con-
sideration of which is indispensable in the production of a serviceable machine.
This point is the formation of the filler as far as regards the distribution of the
tobacco in the same and the wrapping of the properly distributed tobacco by means
of a loop of the wrapping cloth. The further treatment of the filler, the rolling
upon a wrapping table, the distribution of the pressure upon the filler during the
rolling, the form of the wrapping table etc. are of much less importance.
The most essential feature of the present invention consists in those parts of
the machine by which the filler is placed in a loop of the wrapping cloth without
injury.
Other parts of the invention assist in rendering the work sure and quick, and
in adapting the machine to the varieties of the products required.
It is impossible to effect a proper distribution of the tobacco in the filler by
purely mechanical means; it requires the sense of touch of the workman to be
brought into play in order to detect irregularities in the distribution and to
remove them. For this purpose a form or mould is arranged at one end of the
wrapping table, for filling in the tobacco, as is usually employed in other well
known machines, this form or mould however serves only as an auxiliary means
for the workman who arranges the filler in the said form or mould using all his
fingers.
As heretofore, the workman forms the tobacco into a filler either upon his knee
or upon the said table. For this purpose the form or mould must be perfectly
free, that is to say, no part of the machine must, in the vicinity of the form or
mould, extend beyond the horizontal plane of the same so as not to interfere with
the proper manipulation of the tobacco.
The filler must then be surrounded by the loop of the wrapping cloth which is
a well known feature in many machines, and must be removed from the form or
mould to the adjoining wrapping table without again destroying the structure of
the filler. It is necessary that the wrapping band shall be laid with as little
tension as possible from the rear over the filler, and that the tobacco shall be
pressed firmly into the loop, which does not extend around the entire periphery
of the filler before it is removed in the wrapping band from the form or mould to
the wrapping table.
With the object of rendering uninjurious the one-side pressure exerted upon the
filler by surrounding it with the wrapping cloth, a counter pressure is necessary.
For this purpose the fingers of the workman are used which do not leave the filler
until the rolling commences. In order to assist the fingers it is expedient to
arrange a small roller so as to pass from the front side of the form or mould below
the wrapping cloth approximately in the direction of the axis of the filler.
Between the form or mould and the wrapping roller the cloth is then put under
tension or stretched being drawn from both sides, and the filler is raised from the
form or mould in the continued movement of the wrapping roller, and turns upon

page_text: the small counter pressure roller on to the wrapping table on which it is rolled in
the well known manner by the movement of the wrapping roller.
The combination of the above described means for producing the operative
movements, namely the distribution of the tobacco in the form or mould by hand,
and the laying of the wrapping cloth, commencing from below, around the filler
formed, to provide a loop with the least pressure and by the use of a counter-
pressure at the free side of the filler, form essential parts of the machine.
These operative movements can be effected by various mechanisms as will be
shown, and as may be foreseen in view of the comparative simplicity and positiveness
of the movements in the present state of mechanics and kinematics. Despite the
considerable participatoin of hand work the quantity of cigars produced is far
greater than with hand work alone. The principle advantage lies in the saving of
overleaves and wrappers which are placed upon the wrapping table, and rolled, and
which owing to the regularity of the pressure, never break and do not therefore
require to be used double the quality of the cigars produced is at least equal to
the hand work and much more uniform in the several parts.
In order to enable the wrapping cloth to be adapted to the various forms of
cigars it is divided into several bands which are guided singly and are adjustable
as to their length.
For the purpose of making the right-hand and left-hand overleaves correspond
to the position of the cigar, the form or mould is made double so that by turning
the same a form or mould having its tip on the left-hand-side in lieu of that having
its tip on the right-hand-side is obtained.
In carrying the invention into practice the wrapping table is supposed to be flat.
Over the said table extend several wrapping bands, which are attached to the front
end of the said table.
At the rear end of the table is a form or mould through which pass the wrapping
bands the latter being conducted below a stretching roller to tension rollers. The
movable stretching roller is only just heavy enough so keep the wrapping cloths
smooth; their movement is accurately limited and corresponds to the length of
cloth necessary for forming the wrapping loop around the filler.
The movement of the wrapping roller is characterized by the fact that it passes
from the level of the surface of the form or mould behind the filler upwards, and then
moves over the filler, the following operation taking place.
During its upward movement the wrapping roller draws the cloth from below the
stretching roller or an equivalent device, the tension being so slight that the pressure
of the cloth upon the filler formed by hand in the mould will not destroy this filler,
the end of the band at disposal for this drawing being such that from it the loop of
the wrapping band can be laid so far round the filler that this is embraced by the
said band by more than one half and cannot therefore leave the loop, and the said
filler does not undergo any change of form in the same. When this point has been
reached the band cannot be drawn further and the wrapping roller continuing its
movement draws it tight, then raises the filler, turns it from the form or mould and
rolls it in the well known manner over the table.
The form of motion of the wrapping roller is determined by a curved guide, the
driving is effected by two oscillating arms into the slot of which extends a bolt or
journal of the wrapping roller. Friction rollers are provided, the body of the
wrapping roller, turns through the medium of ball bearings upon said bolt or the
journal.
The stretching roller acting by its weight, which roller can also be replaced by
an equivalent spring device giving off a definite piece of cloth, forms in combination
with the above described wrapping roller the only necessary means for conveying
the filler formed by hand to the wrapping table.
Obliquely upon the wrapping table is laid the wrapper and upon this the over
leaf so that in the rolling forward-movement of the filler these leaves will be wound
helically upon the latter. At the end of the table the latter and the path of

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"If cigars of various thicknesses are to be made the height of the wrapping roller
above the form must be made adjustable for this purpose the curved guide or path
is connected with the frame of the table by means of grooves and screws which
permit the same to be shifted up or down.
In case the right hand and left hand over leaves and wrappers, as they occur
through the tearing of a tobacco leaf, are to be used one after the other and properly
rolled on, it is expedient to employ a mould which changes automatically. One
convenient form carries two moulds, one of which has the tip end on the right hand
side, and the other of which has the tip on the left hand side. This form is
supported by journals in the sides of the frame and is turned through an angle of
180 degrees in every backward movement of the arms. For this purpose use is
made of a toothed segment which causes the toothed wheel to rotate. This wheel
is connected by a pawl and ratchet wheel with the form so that it turns the said
form only to the right hand side, each time through 180 degrees.
The stretching rollers serve to give the bands such lengths that they can fit
the filler produced in the form or mould closely at the ends and will not change
the shape of the same.
In order that the bands shall not be displaced it is advisable to guide the
same in the vicinity of the form.
To seize the filler on two sides, that is to say, not only behind but also in
front, a small roller or rod may be provided, the movement of which from the
front edge to the middle of the form or mould takes place during the upward
movement of the wrapping roller or a little longer.
This movement is conveniently effected by means of a cam disc which moves
a lever, an axis and arms carrying small rollers and which is counteracted by a
spring. The said small roller lays the wrapping cloth in front round the filler,
and causes the latter to roll on to the table. It is advisable to arrange behind
the said roller a small plate which forms a prolongation of the table and serves to
support the filler at the commencement of the rolling.
In case the elasticity of the wrapping bands should not be sufficient to readily
supply the length of the wrapping cloth which is required in consequence of the
advance of the small roller a suitable device serving a similar object as the above
mentioned stretching roller must be provided at the front part of the wrapping
table, for the part of the cloth below the tobacco in the form or mould must not
be shifted. The cloth may be clamped between two small plates which are held
by springs and the movement of which is limited by stops.
The shape of the cam disc may be such that on the termination of the wrapping
the cloth is slackened by the back motion of the small roller, thereby facilitating
the ejection of the cigar.
In some cases provide a device for automatically placing the cigar in a form
which is arranged obliquely and adapted to be raised a short distance in every
operative movement in order that a fresh cigar may be placed in the same.
To realize this object the said form is guided upon rollers in front of the wrapping
table. The displacement of this form is effected by a toothed wheel which is
secured upon the same axis as a ratchet wheel.
This ratchet wheel and with it the said toothed wheel and form, is actuated by
a pawl supported upon a lever whilst another pawl retains the wheels and prevents
the back motion of the form. The said lever is under the action of another lever
keyed upon an axis which through the medium of a roller and a wire rope is in
connection with the treadle operated by the workman. In order to place the
cigar in the said form at a suitable point is arranged a catch or tappet which is
adapted to turn upon an axis and receives its motion through the medium of the
rod from the above-mentioned lever and another lever.
When the workman has pressed down the treadle the said catch or tappet is
turned upwards to enable the cigar to pass to the said form; and when he releases

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the treadle the aforesaid axis is turned by a weight, the catch or tappet presses
the cigar quite into the form and the pawl of the said ratchet wheel is turned back
through a distance equal to one pitch of the teeth of the said wheel.
further operative movement the device passes back to the original position, the
form is raised by the above mentioned wheel through a short distance, the catch or
tappet being also raised in order to make room for a fresh cigar.
Dated this 26th day of March 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for use in the Manufacture of Cigars.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In machines for use in the manufacture of cigars as heretofore constructed with
the object of obtaining a product, the quality of which will at least, approximate
that obtained by hand work, one point has always been disregarded, the considera-
tion of which is indispensable in the production of a serviceable machine. This
point is the formation of the filler as far as regards the distribution of the tobacco
in the same, and the wrapping of the properly distributed tobacco by means of a
loop of the wrapping cloth. The further treatment of the filler, the rolling upon a
wrapping table, the distribution of the pressure upon the filler during the rolling,
the form of the wrapping table etc. are of much less importance.
The most essential feature of the present invention consists in those parts of the
machine by which the filler is placed in a loop of the wrapping cloth without
injury.
Other parts of the invention assist in rendering the work sure and quick, and in
adapting the machine to the varieties of the products required. It is impossible to
effect a proper distribution of the tobacco in the filler by purely mechanical means;
it requires the sense of touch of the workman to be brought into play in order to
detect irregularities in the distribution and to remove them.
For this purpose a
form or mould is arranged at one end of the wrapping table, for filling in the
tobacco, as is usually employed in other well known machines, this form or mould
however serves only as an auxiliary means for the workman who arranges the filler
in the said form or mould using all his fingers.
As heretofore, the workman forms the tobacco into a filler, either upon his knee
or upon the said table.
For this purpose the form or mould must be perfectly free,
that is to say, no part of the machine must, in the vicinity of the form or mould,
extend beyond the horizontal plane of the same so as not to interfere with the
proper manipulation of the tobacco.
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The filler must then be surrounded by the loop of the wrapping cloth, which is a
well known feature in many machines, and must be removed from the form or mould
to the adjoining wrapping table without destroying the structure of the filler.
is necessary that the wrapping band shall be laid with as little tension as possible
from the rear over the filler, and that the tobacco shall be pressed firmly into the
loop, which does not extend around the entire periphery of the filler, before it is
removed in the wrapping band from the form or mould to the wrapping table.
With the object of rendering uninjurious the one-sided pressure exerted upon the
filler by surrounding it with the wrapping cloth, a counter pressure is necessary.
For this purpose the fingers of the workman are used which do not leave the filler
until the rolling commences. In order to assist the fingers it is expedient to
arrange a small roller so as to pass from the front side of the form or mould below
the wrapping cloth approximately in the direction of the axis of the filler. Between

page_text: the form or mould and the wrapping roller the cloth is then put under tension or
stretched being drawn from both sides, and the filler is raised from the form or
mould in the continued movement of the wrapping roller, and turns upon the small
counter pressure roller on to the wrapping table on which it is rolled in the well
known manner by the movement of the wrapping roller.
The combination of the above described means for producing the operative
movements, namely the distribution of the tobacco in the form or mould by hand,
and the laying of the wrapping cloth, commencing from below, around the filler
formed, to provide a loop with the least pressure and by the use of a counter-
pressure at the free side of the filler, form essential parts of the machine.
These operative movements can be effected by various mechanisms as will be
shown, and as may be foreseen in view of the comparative simplicity and positive-
ness of the movements in the present state of mechanics and kinematics. Despite
the considerable participation of hand work the quantity of cigars produced is far
greater than with hand work alone. The principal advantage lies in the saving of
overleaves and wrappers which are placed upon the wrapping table and rolled, and
which owing to the regularity of the pressure, never break and do not therefore
require to be used double the quality of the cigars produced is at least equal to
the hand work and much more uniform in the several parts.
In order to enable the wrapping cloth to be adapted to the various forms of cigars
it is divided into several bands which are guided singly and are adjustable in respect
of their length.
For the purpose of making the right-hand and left-hand overleaves correspond to
the position of the cigar, the form or mould is made double so that by turning the
same, a form or mould having its tip on the left-hand side in lieu of that having its
tip on the right-hand side is obtained. The said invention is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, the figures of which are hereinafter referred to.
Figures 1 and 2 show a longitudinal section and plan partly in section of the
machine.
Figures 3 and 4 show the operative movements of the wrapping roller;
Figures 5 and 6 show detail arrangements.
In carrying the invention into practice the wrapping table is supposed to be flat.
Over the said table extend several wrapping bands, three being shown in the
drawing, which are attached to the front end of the said table.
At the rear end of the table is a form or mould through which pass the
wrapping bands W W W the latter being conducted below a stretching roller R
and then secured to tension rollers R R R³. The movable stretching roller R is
only just heavy enough to keep the wrapping cloths smooth their movement is
accurately limited and corresponds to the length of cloth necessary for forming the
wrapping loop around the filler.
The movement of the wrapping roller R is characterized by the fact that it passes
from the level of the surface of the form or mould behind the filler upwards, and
then moves over the filler, the following operation taking place.
During its upward movement the wrapping roller draws the cloth from below the
stretching roller R or an equivalent device the tension being so slight that the
pressure of the cloth upon the filler formed by hand in the mould will not destroy
this filler, the end of the band at disposal for this drawing being such, that from it,
the loop of the wrapping band can be laid so far round the filler that this is embraced
by the said band by more than one half and cannot therefore leave the loop and
the said filler does not undergo any change of form in the same. When this point
has been reached the hand cannot be drawn further and the wrapping roller con-
tinuing its movement draws it tight, then raises the filler, turns it from the form or
mould and rolls it in the well known manner over the table (Figures 3 a b c d).
The form of motion of the wrapping roller R is determined in the arrangement
shown by a curved guide D, the driving is effected by two oscillating arms E into
the slot of which extends a bolt or journal C of the wrapping roller R. Friction

page_text: rollers Dare provided, the body of the wrapping roller R turns through the medium
of ball bearings C upon the said bolt or journal C (Figure 2).
The stretching roller R' acting by its weight, which roller can also be replaced
by an equivalent spring device giving off a definite piece of cloth, forms in com-
bination with the above described wrapping roller the only necessary means for
conveying the filler formed by hand to the wrapping table.
Obliquely upon the wrapping table is laid the wrapper and upon this the overleaf
so that in the rolling forward movement of the filler these leaves will be wound
helically upon the latter. At the end of the table the latter and the path of the
wrapping roller diverge in order to facilitate the delivery of the finished cigars.
Figure 3 illustrates the first stage of development of the filler.
If cigars of various thicknesses are to be made the height of the wrapping roller K
above the form or mould B must be made adjustable for this purpose the curved
guide or path is connected with the frame of the table by means of grooves d' and
screws which permit the same to be shifted up or down."
In case the right hand and left hand overleaves and wrappers, as they occur
through the tearing of a tobacco-leaf, are to be used one after the other and properly
rolled on, it is expedient to employ a mould which changes automatically. One
convenient form carries two moulds, one of which has the tip end on the right
hand side, and the other of which has the tip on the left hand side. This form is
supported by journals in the sides of the frame and is turned through an angle of
180 degrees in every backward movement of the arms E. For this purpose use is
made of a toothed segment K which causes the toothed wheel L to rotate. This
wheel is connected by a pawl Z and ratchet wheel with the form so that it turns
the said form only to the right hand side, each time through 180 degrees.
The stretching rollers R R R R serve to give the bands W W W such lengths
that they can can fit the filler produced in the form or mould closely at the ends and
will not change the shape of the same.
In order that the bands shall not be displaced it is advisable to guide the same in
the vicinity of the form.
Figure 6 represents an arrangement of the stretching roller R with guides, in
which the hands can overlap cach other.
In Figure 5 is shown a device which serves for producing the operative movement
illustrated in Figure 4 a to e. To seize the filler on two sides, that is to say, not
only behind but also in front, a small roller or rod R may be provided, the move-
ment of which from the front edge to the middle of the form or mould takes place
during the upward movement of the wrapping roller R or a little longer.
This movement is conveniently effected by means of a cam disc M upon the axis
of the arms E which moves the lever N, the axis N' and the arms N2 carrying small
rollers, R and which is counteracted by a spring, F. The said small roller Relays
the wrapping cloth in front round the filler, and causes the latter to roll on to the
table as shown in Figure 4. It is advisable to arrange behind the said rollers a
small plate P which forms a prolongation of the table and serves to support the
filler at the commencement of the rolling (Figure 4 e).
.
In case the elasticity of the wrapping bands should not be sufficient to readily
supply the length of the wrapping cloth which is required in consequence of the
advance of the small roller R a suitable device serving a similar object as the above-
mentioned stretching roller R must be provided at the front part of the wrapping
table, for the part of the cloth below the tobacco in the form or mould must not be
shifted. The cloth may be clamped between two small plates P P2 which are held
by springs I, and the movement of which is limited by stops Q Q'.
The shape of the cam dise M may be made as shown by the dot and dash lines,
that on the termination of the wrapping, the cloth is slackened by the back motion
of the small roller, R thereby facilitating the ejection of the cigar.
The device represented in Figures 7 to 10 has for its object to automatically place
the cigar in a form or mould which is arranged obliquely and adapted to be raised

page_text: a short distance in every operative movement, in order that a fresh cigar may be
placed in the same.
To realize this object the said form is guided upon the rollers C, in front of the
wrapping table. The displacement of this form or mould is effected by a toothed
wheel D which is secured upon the same axis a as the ratchet wheel E.
This ratchet wheel E, and with it the said toothed wheel and form, is actuated by a
pawl supported upon a lever F, whilst another pawl C fixed to the wall W retains
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the wheels and prevents the back motion of the form, or mould. The said lever F
is under the action of another lever H keyed upon an axis G which through the
medium of a roller I and a wire rope K. is in connection with the treadle operated by
the workman. In order to place the cigar in the said form or mould, at a suitable
point is arranged a catch or tappet which is adapted to turn upon an axis e and
receives its motion through the medium of the rod M from the above-mentioned
lever G and another lever N.
Figures 7 and 8 show the device.
When the workman has pressed down the treadle, the said catch or tappet Lis
turned upwards to enable the cigar to pass to the said form; or mould B. When
the workman releases the treadle the aforesaid axis G is turned by a weight Othe
catch or tappet I, presses the cigar quite into the form or mould B and the pawl of the
said ratchet wheel is turned back through a distance equal to one pitch of the teeth
of the said wheel, Figures 3 and 4. In the further operative movement the device
passes back to the original position, Figure 1, the form or mould for the filler is
raised by the above-mentioned wheel D through a short distance, the catch or tappet
being also raised in order to make room for a fresh cigar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A machine for use in the manufacture of cigars characterized by the
formation of the filler by hand and the introduction of the same into a loop of the
wrapping cloth by causing the wrapping roller (R) to move upwards behind the filler
and then over the latter, thereby laying the wrapping cloth, given out from behind
under a slight pull, around the filler.
Second. The arrangement of several wrapping bands (W1 W2 W³) side by side
which are adapted to be separately put under tension, in order to ensure the giving
of a definite form to the cigar.
Third. The arrangement of a guide for the wrapping bands in proximity to the
form in order to obviate a displacement of the same in the wrapping.
Fourth. The arrangement of a double form or mould (B) the tips or points of
which are arranged at opposite sides in order to form right hand and left hand
fillers.
Fifth. The arrangement of a small pressing roller (R) which in the upward
movement of the wrapping roller advances a little further from the wrapping edge of
the mould towards the interior of the same.
Sixth. The arrangement of the wrapping table and the wrapping roller path made
adjustable relatively to each other.
Seventh. The arrangement of a form or mould arranged in front of the wrapping
table and adapted to be displaced in an oblique direction, actuated by toothed
wheels and pawls.
Eighth. The arrangement of the catch or pawl L for the insertion of the finished
with the rods M and T.
fille
1000
S, with the rods M and 1.
Dated this Hith day of December 1998.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.