Improvements in and connected with Cigarette Making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cigarette Making Machines.
We, W. D. & H. O. WILLS LIMITED, of Bedminster, in the City and County of
Bristol, and of 53, 54 and 55, Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention (which has been communicated to us from the
Bonsack Machine Company, of Salem, Virginia, in the United States of America) to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a cigarette machine by which a cigarette rod or blank is
made and is afterwards cut into suitable lengths. The several operations of this
machine are performed as follows: Feeding paper wrappers to a printing mechanism
and printing the same; feeding the printed wrappers to a device which severs them
into suitable lengths for the filler-forming moulds; feeding the severed wrapper
lengths to, and adjusting them in, the cigarette moulds; distributing and feeding the
necessary quantity of tobacco, and placing it upon the wrappers in the moulds;
moving the cigarette moulds to bring them beneath the mouth of the tobacco feed
and to register with the wrapper feed and cutter-delivering mechanism; folding the
free edges of the wrapper around the tobacco fillers applying paste to one of the
wrapper edges and folding it to overlap the other edge and sealing it in place; dis-
charging the cigarette rods from their moulds, delivering them to a cutting mechanism
and cutting them into suitable lengths.
The mechanism for printing the paper wrappers cutting them into suitable lengths
and feeding them to the cigarette moulds is arranged as follows :-
The paper is preferably a continuous strip wound upon a reel which is mounted in a
suitable bearing attached to the frame of the machine. The paper strip is of
sufficient width to enclose the tobacco of the cigarette and give the necessary overlap.
The strip of paper as it is drawn from the reel passes into the printing mechanism
through a guide and between a type wheel and an impression wheel thence between
feed rolls, thence into a second guide to the cutting-off mechanism where it is
severed into the desired lengths for the cigarette moulds. In the printing mechanism
the ink is delivered to the type wheel by a wheel which receives the ink from a
series of wheels the end one of which takes it from a reservoir. The type wheel and
its inking wheel are arranged to print continuously, if so desired, upon the paper
strip, and in this respect they differ from the segmental construction of prior
machines which was designed and adapted to operate only intermittently.
The wrapper cutting mechanism consists of a knife, a pivotted lever, a revolving
arm and a shearing anvil. The line of the cutting edge of the knife is concave or
re-entrant, so that as it strikes the paper it will operate to cut the edges of the
paper first, the tendency of this being, as the paper is fed continuously, to stop its
progress the instant the blade touches it without displacing it and to cut it off at
right angles to its edges, and at the same time preserve a shearing action of the
knife. As the advance of the paper strip is momentarily stopped by the operation of
the knife while the feed continues, the before mentioned second guide is provided
with a loop-shaped enlargement rearward of the knife into which the paper strip can
fold back. The knife is operated in its forward movement by the contact of the

page_text: free end of the revolving arm with the free end of the lever to which the knife is
attached. The necessary backward movement is given to the knife by a spring such
movement being limited by a stop.
The mechanism for feeding the wrapper strips to the moulds, after they have been
cut from the continuous strip or ribbon, consists of a guide extending from the
cutting-off knife to the feed belts which are carried by wheels, the lower belt being
deflected by a roller, to keep it out of contact with the underside of the curved
guide hereinafter described, and this belt passes through openings in the bottom of
this guide opposite the wheels carrying the lower feed belt for the purpose of
advancing the wrappers by frictional contact. The first mentioned guide is curved
at its lower end to direct the wrappers between the belts. The second named or
curved guide which is substantially a continuation of the first named guide is
gradually curved from a flat surface into a U-shape its edges being folded over to
form guides for the edges of the wrappers, and is preferably so situated as to register
with the end of the mould when the latter is in position to receive the wrapper.
the wrappers are cut from the continuous strip by the knife they drop by gravity
down the first named guide and their forward ends are projected between the belts
and the wrappers are advanced through the curved guide and gradually folded into
the U shape. As the wrappers emerge from the U-shaped end of the said guide
they are preferably fed successively into the end and along a U-shaped mould
hereafter described, by the same means by which they are fed along the said guide,
until the end of the strip has passed the line of the centres of the last pair of belt
wheels.
As
The devices for still further feeding the wrappers into the mould and adjusting
them therein, consist of two slides (which we will call first and second slides) to each
of which is pivotted a lever. The lever of the first slide (which lever is preferably
provided with a rubber band or head attached to its free end) serves, by frictional
contact, to draw the paper forward into the desired position in the mould as the said
lever is moved backward by its connection with its slide. The free end of the lever
of the second slide serves the purpose of a stop by means of which the wrapper is
stopped, or adjusted, in the necessary longitudinal position in the mould. This lever
is moved into position in the mould and out again through its connection with its
slide. Both the levers are preferably moved downward by gravity, so that the lever
of the first slide will rest upon the wrapper and the lever of the second slide upon
the bottom of the mould with a pressure in proportion to their respective weights.
The first slide is moved backwards and forwards by a pivotted lever and connecting
rod, and is provided at its forward end with a recessed lug through which passes a
rod provided at each of its ends with a squared head.
The second slide is provided, at its rear end, with a recessed lug, similar to the
lug, through which the rod passes on the other slide. This rod carries a spring
which is placed between the said two lugs. The second slide is moved towards, and
preferably against, the mould by the contact of the spring with the lug on the said
second slide as the lug of the first slide is carried forward with the slide and it is
moved in the opposite direction by the contact of one of the heads on the aforesaid
rod against the lug on the second slide when the rod is moved backward by the
contact of the other head thereon against the lug on the first slide as it is drawn
backward by the aforesaid pivotted lever and connecting rod. The free ends of the
levers connected with the slides are elevated and held in the elevated position by
inclined planes or cams and pins working therein.
The lever of the first slide is elevated and held in the elevated position during its
movements towards and into the mould by the combined action of inclined planes or
cams on the second slide with a pin on the said lever of the first slide and an inclined
plane or cam on the surface or bed of the machine below the slide with a pin carried
by the second slide and is allowed to drop so that the rubber band or head at the free
end of lever of the first slide will rest upon the wrapper, by the pin carried by the
said lever sliding down the inclined plane or cam at the forward end of the second
slide as the said lever and slide first slide backward while the second slide with its

page_text: inclined planes or cams remain stationary, and the free end of lever of the first slide
remains down and in contact with the wrapper until it is elevated or raised there-
from by the pin on the said lever of the first slide riding up on the inclined plane
or cam at the rear end of second slide and when the said pin has reached the top of
the said plane or cam, the second slide is caused to be moved backward with the
lever of the first slide by reason of the connection between the two slides until the
lever of the first slide and the two slides have reached their limit of movement in
that direction. As the second slide moves backward the end of the pin carried thereby
rides up the inclined plane or cam on the bed of the machine and is moved
upward so that its upper end will be almost in contact with the under surface of the
lever of the first slide. The said lever in its forward movement towards and into
the mould is prevented from dropping down, as the pin of the lever of the first slide
moves off from the inclined plane or cam on the front of the second slide where it
rests by the underside of the lever of the first slide coming into contact with the
upper end of the pin, and by reason of such contact is held, in the raised, or
elevated, position until the pin of the said lever has passed over the space between
the cams or inclined planes on the second slide and has passed over the top of the
About this time the second slide is
plane or cam at the front of the second slide.
caused to begin its forward movement by reason of the spring on the aforesaid rod
coming in contact with the lug on the front of the second slide and as the two slides
continue their forward movement together the pin carried by the said second slide
rides down and off the inclined plane or cam on the bed of the machine when its
upper end will be a sufficient distance away from the underside of lever of the first
slide so as to allow such lever to drop down the required distance when the pin on
the said lever rides down and off the inclined plane or cam where it rests, and remains
down until the pin on the said lever reaches the inclined plane or cam at the other
The
end of the second slide when it is again raised or elevated as before explained.
lever pivotted to the second slide is moved towards and into, and out of, and away
from, the mould as the said second slide moves backwards and forwards as herein-
before explained. In order to prevent the free end of the lever of the second slide
from striking against the end of the mould as it enters it, its free end is elevated
during the first part of its forward movement and the latter part of its backward
movement by a second pin carried by the second slide riding up another inclined
plane or cam on the bed of the machine, this plane or cam being situated at such
distance from the end of the mould that the end of the lever of the first slide
The
will have entered the mould before it commences its downward movement.
said lever and the lever of the second slide act conjointly to adjust the paper in the
mould as follows:-
When the lever of the first slide has made its extreme advance into the mould the
lever of the second slide is in position on the bottom of the mould to act as a stop,
and the lever of the first slide then begins its backward movement and drops down
upon the surface of the wrapper. As its backward movement continues it draws the
wrapper along by frictional contact till the end of the wrapper strikes against the
stop on the end of lever of the second slide which prevents the further progress of
the wrapper and causes the free end or head of lever of the first slide to slide over the
surface of the wrapper until it is raised therefrom.
Having described the mechanism by which the wrappers are fed, printed, cut into
suitable lengths and further fed to and adjusted in the U-shaped moulds we will now
describe the mechanism by which the tobacco is fed and introduced into the wrappers
in the moulds.
Tobacco suitably prepared is distributed in measured or regulated quantities upon
an endless apron or belt passing over rolls and over a table or support. At the
forward end of this belt and in front thereof are a feed roll and a picker roll, while
preferably below, slightly backward of, and out of contact with the picker roll is a
showering roll arranged to operate independently of the picker roll; all of these rolls
being arranged to revolve in the same direction, the feed roll revolving at about the
speed of the movement of the belt, and the picker roll revolving at a much greater

page_text: speed than the feed roll while the showering roll revolves considerably faster than
the picker roll. Preferably between the forward roll over which the belt passes and
the picker roll is a block which prevents the tobacco from following the belt upon its
return.
The object of the feed roll is in conjunction with the belt to feed the tobacco upon
the picker roll which, by its rapid revolution, separates its fibres and delivers it to the
showering roll which in turn still further separates and distributes the tobacco by
throwing it away from its surface and showering it upon a second apron or belt in a
comparatively light and uniform layer. This second apron or belt forms the bottom
of a receptacle to the rear wall of which is attached a shelf projecting upward into
the receptacle and into which nails, stones and other heavy foreign substances which
are sometimes in the tobacco are thrown, by the increased momentum given them by
their greater weight, by the revolution of the showering roll and thus be separated
from the tobacco. This second belt is carried on rollers and is supported by a bed or
table, and at its forward end is a block to prevent the tobacco from following the belt
on its return movement, and a feed roll and picker roll. The speed of the belt is
preferably about four times that of the first belt and the speed of the feed roll is
about the same as that of the belt while that of the picker roll is much greater than
that of the feed roll. By placing the picker rolls in proper and near relation to the
front ends of their respective feed belts, the blocks can be dispensed with.
.
The operation and effect of the picker roll of the second belt are practically the
same as that of the picker roll of the first belt and it delivers the picked and separated
tobacco into a hopper or receptacle beneath it. The front side of this hopper is
shaped like an inverted V and is hinged so that it can be swung backward to close
the lower portion thereof and form an incline upon which the tobacco is deposited
when starting the machine and before the regulated quantities of tobacco can be
delivered to the bottom of the hopper and the tobacco is conveyed or falls by gravity
into a receptacle. When the machine is in regular operation however the hopper is
in such a position that the tobacco falls from the picker roll upon a movable bottom
or shelf in position to receive the tobacco and is retained in such position while the
gatherer and compressor is in its forward position as hereinafter described. This
sheef is of angular shape in cross section and is supported and works upon the top of
a bar which forms a part of the rear wall of the hopper, and is operated to be closed
by the contact with it of arms which are attached to rock shaft and have inclined
faces near the rock shaft, so arranged to come in contact with correspondingly
inclined faces on the rear edge of the gatherer and compressor that as the compressor
is moved backward the inclined faces will meet, and those upon the arms will ride
upon those on the compressor and raise the arms allowing the movable bottom or
shelf to drop by its own weight. The arms are provided with extensions to which a
spring is attached the other end of the spring being secured to the frame of the
machine. This spring moves the arms downward and against that portion of the
movable bottom or shelf which extends through the hopper and causes the bottom to
rock upon the edge of the bar which supports it, thus moving the bottom into the
closed position.
From the above description it will be seen that the moveable bottom or shelf is
moved into position to close the hopper at certain times and is retained in the closed
position until a sufficient quantity of tobacco is deposited in the hopper to make the
filler of the desired size, when the devices which hold the moveable bottom in the
closed position are withdrawn and the bottom opens by gravity and the charge of
tobacco falls to the receiving surface situated beneath. When the movable bottom
or shelf is opened the tobacco drops down upon the bottom of the hopper and is
gathered and compressed by the sliding gatherer and compressor and brought under
a plunger and over a channel. The gatherer and compressor forms one side of an
oblong frame which slides in ways on the bed of the machine and is provided at each
of its ends with rollers between which cams operate to move the frame backwards
and forwards in its ways. The plunger is moved in suitable ways to force the
obacco through the channel and into a U-shaped mould situated beneath it (into

page_text: which a wrapper has been introduced as hereinbefore described) by arms operated by
a rock shaft and connected at their forked ends with pivotted sliding blocks attached
to the ends of the plunger. The rock-shaft, is provided with an arm having at its
free end a roller working upon a can on the same shaft with the cams which operate
the aforesaid frame springs being attached to arms of the rock-shaft so as to hold the
roller in contact with the cam. The lower edge of the plunger is preferably semi-
cylindrical and moves downward sufficiently to compress the tobacco into a cylindrical
filler in the mould where it is partially surrounded by the wrapper previously
introduced. The width of the channel and the thickness of the plunger which works
therein are preferably somewhat less than the width of the upper portion of the
U-shaped mould so that when the tobacco is forced down into the wrapper in the
mould crumpling or wrinkling of the wrapper will be avoided.
Guiding grooves, or recesses are arranged between the channel and mould when
the mould is in registering position with the channel and one wall of each groove or
recess extends below and between the side edges of the wrapper when it is in the
mould. These guiding grooves or recesses receive and guide the side edges of the
wrapper as the wrapper moves into and along the mould, and the wall of each groove
or recess which extends below, and between the edges of the wrapper forms a
continuation of the channel and protects these edges and largely decreases the
liability of such edges becoming wrinkled or crumpled as the tobacco is fed to the
wrapper through the channel. These grooves or recesses are preferably in the lower
part of the walls of the channel but other ways of forming these grooves or recesses
may be employed. If only the wall of each groove or recess which extends below
and between the side edges of the wrapper and the channel be employed, then the
protecting action of such grooves or recesses will be accomplished.
The mould is a U-shaped groove whose transverse interior wall is preferably less
than the width of the wrapper which it is to receive, and is also preferably slightly
longer than the length of the wrappers used and the cigarette rods, or blanks, to be
made therein. When the mould is constructed with its transverse interior wall of a
less extent than the width of the wrapper which it is to receive, the side edges of the
wrapper will extend above the top of the mould and this leaves such side edges in
position to be acted upon by a portion of the wrapper-folding mechanism without
such portion of such mechanism entering the mould. This mould or groove is
formed in the upper portion of a frame, constructed and arranged to move in suitable
ways. The ends of this frame are preferably square and solid, while the intermediate
parts are cut away, leaving a web which connects the upper portion in which the
groove is formed with the lower, or base, portion which slides in the ways.
Frames such as that described and each carrying a mould, are preferably arranged
in series of eight, and are brought by a parallelogram movement to register in
succession with the wrapper and tobacco delivering mechanisms, already. described,
and with the wrapper-folding and pasting mechanisms, and the cigarette
cutter-delivering mechanism hereinafter described. The frames are preferably
moved continuously along the sides of a parallelogram and intermittently across the
ends of the same. After a mould has received its wrapper and the proper quantity
5 of tobacco, it is moved laterally across the bed of the machine, or end of the
parallelogram, into position to be engaged by one of a series of rollers on one end of
shafts which are attached to and carried by a double endless chain which passes over
a series of sprocket wheels. The movement of this chain draws the mould-carrying
frames successively along the side till their ends reach the end of the parallelogram
which is opposite the end where they receive the wrappers and the tobacco, and they
are then pushed laterally in succession, and preferably intermittently, the distance of
the width of each frame one at a time across the end, by pushers, pitmans, and
cranks, attached to one end of vertical shafts which are connected to a horizontal
shaft by bevelled gears, so that the pushers will act in unison to push the frames.
Each frame is then engaged in succession by rollers on the end of shafts, which
are attached to and carried by a double endless chain which passes over a series
of sprocket wheels, whose movement draws the frames along the side back to

page_text: the opposite end where the moulds are pushed into position to again receive the
wrappers and tobacco by pushers. These mould frames move along and across the
bed of the machine, suitable projections or ways being provided to keep them in
proper positions,
After a mould which has received its wrapper and charge of tobacco has been
pushed over and has commenced its movement along the side the mechanisms for
compressing the tobacco and folding the wrapper around the tobacco filler commence
to operate. The compressing devices consist of a pair of clearers and a compressing
wheels, the clearers acting between the edges of the wrapper and the tobacco for the
purpose of removing particles or of bringing them into the path of the compressing
wheel. These clearers are preferably thin pieces of metal, or other suitable material,
and are suitably attached to the frame of the machine so as to project down into the
mould between the edges of the wrapper and to come near, or in slight contact with,
such edges and remove the tobacco therefrom. Directly over the free ends of these
clearers there is a rock-shaft mounted in bearings and provided at its lower end with
a disc, which is provided with two projections or pins which embrace the outer
surfaces of the clearers near their ends in such manner that when the shaft is rocked
in one direction the clearers will be brought nearer together so as to permit them to
enter between the edges of the wrapper without disturbing its position, and when
this shaft is rocked in the opposite direction the clearers are permitted to separate
and approach to, or come in contact with, the inner surface of the wrapper near its
edges to operate as above described. The rock-shaft is operated by a second rock-
shaft provided with an arm working in a forked arin attached to the first rock-shaft,
the second rock-shaft being provided at its opposite end with an arm which is so
situated as to be in the path of the full or solid end of the mould frame, and is moved
out of such path by contact with such end, thus giving to the first rock-shaft the
desired movement to bring the ends of the clearers towards each other sufficiently to
permit them to enter between the wrapper edges in the mould. The thickness of the
solid end of the mould frame, in the direction of its movement, is sufficient to close
and hold the clearers in the desired position till they have entered between the
edges of the wrapper, and when the free end of the aforesaid arm has passed over
this solid portion, the clearers by reason of their resiliency spring apart and cause
the shafts to rock back to their normal position and bring the arm into position to be
again operated by the advance end of the next mould.
The compressing wheel is directly in advance of the clearers and it is preferably
provided with a semi-cylindrical periphery to give the filler of tobacco a correspond-
ing shape. It is mounted on a shaft to the opposite end of which is attached its
driving wheel and it is preferably provided with a doctor or scraper to remove any
tobacco which may adhere to its periphery. The office of this wheel is to compress
the tobacco in the mould so that the tobacco filler can readily enter beneath a hood or
cover in the mould, where the edges of the wrapper are folded down and pasted in
position as the filler in its mould moves under this hood.
The wrapper-folding mechanism consists of the said hood fixed above the path of
the filler as it is moved forward in the mould, and having two wrapper-folding sections
These sections are
between which the paste-applying device is preferably situated.
provided with spiral grooves formed in the sides of the hood and with folders having
spiral shaped presser edges, preferably of about the same length as the grooves and
short supplemental presser edges or starters at the forward ends of the edges, which
form, with the grooves, spiral guides by which the edges of the wrapper are gradually
folded over upon the tobacco filler. The first section of the hood, provided with a
groove, a presser edge and a supplemental presser edge or starter, operates to turn
and fold one edge of the wrapper down upon the filler and the second section, whose
groove, presser edge and supplemental presser edge or starter are upon the opposite
side from the groove, presser edge, and starter, of the first section, operates to start
and fold the opposite edge of the wrapper, after the paste has been applied thereto by
the intermediate paste-applying device, down upon the filler and to overlap the pre-
viously folded edge. The supplemental presser edges or starters preferably extend

page_text: forward of their respective presser edges and are situated a short distance above those
edges so that they will escape the upper surfaces of the mould and engage with the
edges of the wrapper which extend above the top of such mould and press or start
such edges inward so that the spiral guides, formed by the grooves and presser edges,
can readily receive and engage with such edges of the wrapper and continue the
folding operation as heretofore explained. The presser edges are preferably so
situated that their forward ends, as well as other portions, will enter the moulds the
supplemental presser edges or starters moving the edges of the wrapper inward far
enough to permit of this.
The paste-applying device consists of a paste receptacle provided with a removable
plunger to force the paste against the paste-applying wheel, which works in one side
of the receptacle near its bottom, preferably at an angle of about 40 degrees, and con-
veys and applies the paste to the edge of the wrapper. This wheel is mounted upon a
shaft working in bearings and provided at its opposite end with a pulley by which the
wheel is driven by a belt, which also drives the smoothing or finishing wheel herein-
after described. This belt passes around a wheel on the compressing wheel shaft,
thence to a pulley on the finishing wheel shaft, thence around a guide pulley, thence
around the pulley on the paste-applying wheel shaft, then around a guide pulley,.
and thence back to the wheel on the compressing wheel shaft.
The plunger is provided with a shaft, sliding longitudinally in a bearing, arranged
at a sufficient height above the top of the receptacle to permit the plunger to be raised
entirely out of the receptacle and to swing away therefrom upon the bearing, so as to
leave the top of the receptacle open to receive a supply of paste, a handle being
provided for operating it. When the edge of the wrapper which has received the
paste has been folded down to overlap the edge previously folded, the cigarette
passes still further under the aforesaid hood and the overlapped edges are pasted
together or sealed and the seam is smoothed and finished by a wheel situated
This wheel is the smoothing or
slightly in advance of the end of the hood.
finishing wheel hereinbefore referred to and is driven by, the belt as before des-
cribed and is preferably revolved at a speed somewhat greater than the movement of
the cigarette to increase the smoothing and finishing effect.
After the mould has entirely passed the finishing wheel and has reached the end
of the bed of the machine, the cutter-delivering mechanism operates to expel the
cigarette rods from the moulds and deliver them to the cutters. This mechanism is
composed of the ejectors, carriers, and holder. The ejectors consist of pins attached
to a bar so that the pins are directly beneath the centre of the mould. The said bar
moves in ways in the bed of the machine and has attached to each of its ends one
of a pair of eccentric rods which embrace eccentrics on a revolving shaft, which
eccentrics and rods cause the bar to move up and down sufficiently to move the
ejectors vertically through the mould-frame and mould and through a channel in
the frame of the machine, to lift the cigarette rod out of the channel, the mould
frame being provided with holes registering with the pins when the mould frame
reaches the end of the bed. When the cigarette rods have reached this position
they are caught by carriers attached to arms on a rock-shaft, which is provided with
an arm, to which is attached one end of an eccentric rod, which embraces an
eccentric on the revolving shaft carrying the other eccentrics. The revolution of
this shaft and eccentric causes the rock-shaft to rock backwards and forwards
sufficiently to enable the carriers to take the cigarette rod and carry and deliver
it to one of the longitudinal recesses in the periphery of a revolving holder
consisting of a roller mounted to revolve on a shaft and provided with longitudinal
recesses to receive and deliver the cigarette rods to the cutters and hold them while
the cutters operate, and of circumferential recesses or grooves into which the ends of
the carriers enter to deposit the cigarette rods in the longitudinal recesses, and of a
series of circumferential recesses or slits to receive revolving cutter blades. The
holder revolves so that as the carriers enter the first named circumferential grooves,
the cigarette rod is brought in contact with the periphery of the holder, and is
carried along over the same till it comes directly over one of the longitudinal recesses,

page_text: when it drops into the recess, and the carriers are free to return for another.
The holder is revolved intermittently by a ratchet, attached to a shaft and a pawl
attached to an arm, which is also mounted on the said shaft and has attached to
its free end one end of a connecting rod the other end of which is connected to a
pivotted arm or lever which carries a roller working upon a cam, upon the shaft
carrying the eccentrics, each revolution of which, by means of the above named
connections, moves the holder through one-fourth of a revolution.
The cutting-up mechanism consists of a series of revolving cutter blades
arranged upon a shaft to register with the before named second slits whose walls
form anvils against which the cutter blades act to cut the cigarettes into short
lengths as they are brought in contact with the blades by the revolution of the
holder. The cutter shaft is driven by a gear wheel attached thereto and geared
with another similar wheel attached to a shaft which carries a pulley which
receives a belt passing over a pulley on one of the main revolving shafts of the
machine.
After the cigarettes are cut up as above described, the marketable cigarettes
are conveniently discharged by rolling down inclined planes or ways where they
may be received in any suitable receptacle.
The movements may be communicated to the several operative parts of the machine
by means of any suitable gear and connections which will give the requisite
movements at the requisite times to the several moving parts.
It has been stated that the moulds should be slightly longer than the wrappers
inserted therein; this is to enable the tobacco filler to extend slightly beyond the ends
of the wrapper so that the ends of the wrapper will be well filled with tobacco and the
filler can be cut off at each end close to the ends of the wrapper but without interfering
therewith. Preferably the feed aprons or belts and the hopper are of a width about
equal to the length of the tobacco filler in the mould. The machine described may
be constructed to make cigarette rods of any length to produce any required number
of cigarettes when cut up.
It will be understoot that the apparatus is capable of many modifications, without
departure from this invention.
The form of the wrapper-folding mechanism is immaterial so long as it operates to
fold or wrap the wrapper around the tobacco progressively as the mould moves, or
moulds move, relatively to the folding mechanism, and that this progressive folding
or wrapping of the wrapper is the same whether the mould moves, or moulds move,
and the folding mechanism is stationary, or the folding mechanism moves and the
mould is, or moulds are, stationary.
The moveable mould herein described can be moved by hand, if so desired, and yet
the operation of such mould in combination with the wrapper-feeding and folding and
tobacco-feeding mechanism will be substantially the same as when moved by
mechanism. The wrapper-feeding mechanism can be changed so as to have one
part only, provided a portion of such changed feeding mechanism enters the mould
to feed the wrapper therein and the direction or directions in which such portion
moves to enter the mould is immaterial except when such feeding mechanism and
mould registers simultaneously with the tobacco-feeding mechanism. The adjustable
stop can be changed to move in one direction only when entering or leaving the
mould and the direction or directions in which the stop enters the mould is
immaterial except when the mould registers simultaneously with the wrapper and
tobacco-feeding mechanism.
Dated this 20th day of Mar 1807

page_text: We, W. D. & H. O. WILLS LIMITED, of Bedminster, in the City and County of
Bristol, and of 53, 54, and 55, Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention (which has been cominunicated to us from abroad by
the Bonsack Machine Company, of Salem, Virginia, in the United States of America)
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 a cigarette machine by which a cigarette rod or blank is
made and is afterwards cut into suitable lengths. The several operations of this
machine are as follows:-Feeding paper wrappers to a printing mechanism and
printing the same. Feeding the printed wrappers to a device which severs them into
suitable lengths for the filler-forming moulds. Feeding the severed wrapper lengths
to, and adjusting them in, the cigarette moulds. Distributing and feeding the
necessary quantity of tobacco, and placing it upon the wrappers in the moulds.
Moving the cigarette moulds to bring them beneath the mouth of the tobacco feed,
and to register with the wrapper feed and cutter-delivering mechanism. Folding the
free edges of the wrapper around the tobacco fillers, and applying paste to one of the
wrapper edges and folding it to overlap the other edge and sealing it in place.
Discharging the cigarette rods from their moulds. Delivering the said cigarette rods
to a cutting mechanism and cutting them into suitable lengths.
The accompanying drawings illustrate mechanism constructed in accordance with
this invention.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;
Figure 3 an end elevation as seen from the left of Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 4 is an end elevation as seen from the right of Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 5 is a vertical section on the line 1-1 of Figure 2;
Figure 6 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Figure 5;
Figure 7 is a section of the tobacco-feeding mechanism on the line 3-3 of
Figure 1;
Figure 8 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Figure 7 one side of the
hopper being omitted;
Figure 9 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 8 ;
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Figure 10 is a detail view of the tobacco-gathering and compressing mechanism,
shewing the cams which operate such mechanism in the opposite position from that
shewn for the same parts in Figure 7;
Figure 11 is a section of the gathering and compressing frame with the rollers on
which the cam works;
Figure 12 is an enlarged view of the printing mechanism shewn in Figure 1, with
a portion of the driving mechanism broken away;
Figure 13 is a plan of the printing mechanism;
Figure 14 is an end elevation of the printing mechanism as seen from the left of
Figures 12 and 13, with a portion of the driving mechanism broken away;
Figure 15 is a detail of the inking device of the printing mechanism;
Figure 16 is a side elevation of the printing mechanism as seen from the opposite
side of Figure 12;
Figure 17 is a detail section of the wrapper-cutting mechanism on the line 6–6
of Figure 16;
Figure 18 is a detail of the cutting knife;
Figure 19 is a vertical section of the wrapper guide ;
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page_text: Figure 20 is a cross-section of the wrapper guide on the line 6*-6* of Figure 19;
Figure 21 is a plan shewing the wrapper-feeding and adjusting mechanism;
Figure 22 is a section of the same with a portion broken away;
Figure 23 is a side elevation of the wrapper-feeding mechanism;
Figure 24 is a section on the line 7*7* of Figure 23 as seen from the
right;
Figure 25 is an end view of the wrapper guide as seen from the right of
Figure 23;
Figures 26 and 27 are detail sections shewing the wrapper-adjusting mechanisms
in their extreme positions ;
Figure 28 is a plan of the wrapper-adjusting mechanism as seen in the position
shewn in Figure 27 ;
Figure 29 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Figure 27;
Figure 30 is a side elevation of the compressing wheel, wrapper-folding mechanism
and smoothing wheel, the pasting device being omitted;
Figure 31 is a plan of that portion of the wrapper-folding mechanism and
smoothing wheel seen on the right of the line 10-10 of Figure 30;
Figures 32, 33, 34 and 35 are side elevations and plans of the wrapper folders;
Figure 36 is a view of the U-shaped wrapper as seen in Figure 37;
Figures 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47 are sections respectively on
the lines 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13, 14-14, 15-15, 16-16, 17-17,
18-18 and 19-19, of Figures 30 and 31;
Figure 48 is a plan shewing a series of cigarette moulds and the mechanism for
moving them from one registering position to another;
Figure 49 is a side elevation of the portion of the machine shewn in Figure 48 with
a part of the driving mechanism shewn in section;
Figure 50 is a plan of the mechanism shewn in Figure 30 with the pasting device
added;
Figure 51 is a section on the line 20-20 of Figure 50;
Figures 52, 53 and 54 are detail views of portions of the mechanisms which move
the cigarette moulds;
Figure 55 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the wrapper folding
mechanism of which a side view is shewn in Figure 30;
Figures 56, 57 and 58 are fragmentary perspective views on the lines 56-56,
57-57 and 58-58, respectively, of Figure 55;
Figure 59 is a perspective view of the presser edge which is shewn in side view in
Figure 32;
Figure 60 is a perspective view of the presser edge shewn in side view in Figure 34,
and
Figure 61 is an elevation of the former or folder shewn in Figure 55, shewing the
parts of which it is composed secured together.
The mechanism for printing the paper wrappers, cutting them into suitable lengths
and feeding them to the cigarette moulds is arranged as follows:
The paper is preferably a continuous strip A wound upon a reel which is mounted
in a suitable bearing attached to the frame of the machine as shewn in Figure 2.
The paper strip is of sufficient width to enclose the tobacco of the cigarette and give
the necessary overlap. The strip of paper as it is drawn from the reel passes into
the printing mechanism B, through a guide b and between a type wheel b¹ and an
impression wheel 62, thence between feed rolls. 63, thence into the guide 6 to the
cutting-off mechanism C, where it is severed into the necessary lengths for the
cigarette moulds. In the printing mechanism shewn in Figure 16, the ink is
delivered to the type wheel b¹ by the wheel 65 which receives the ink from the
wheels 66, 67, 68 and 6, the latter of which takes it from the reservoir 610. The
wheels 61 and 65 are arranged to print continuously, if so desired, upon the paper
strip, and in this respect they differ from the segmental construction of prior
machines which was designed and adapted to operate only intermittently.
The wrapper-cutting mechanism C consists of a knife c, a pivoted lever c¹, a

page_text: revolving arm c², and a shearing anvil c³. The line of the cutting edge of the knife
is concave or re-entrant, so that, as it strikes the paper, it will operate to cut the
edges of the paper first, the tendency of this being, as the paper is fed continuously,
to stop its progress the instant the blade touches it without displacing it, and to cut
it off at right angles to its edges, and at the same time preserve a shearing action of
the knife. As the advance of the paper strip is momentarily stopped by the operation
of the knife while the feed continues, the guide 64 is provided with a loop-shaped
enlargement rearward of the knife into which the paper strip can fold back, as shewn
in dotted lines in Figures 16 and 19. The knife c is operated in its forward
movement by the contact of the free end of the revolving arm c² with the free end
of the lever c¹ to which the knife is attached. The necessary backward movement is
given to the knife by a spring ct, and such movement is limited by a stop c5.
The mechanism for feeding the wrapper strips to the moulds, after they have been
cut from the continuous strip or ribbon, consists of a guide d extending from the
cutting-off knife to the feed belts d¹ and d², which are carried by wheels d³ and d*,
the lower belt being deflected by the roller d³, to keep it out of contact with the
under side of the curved guide do (hereinafter described) and this belt passes through
openings in the bottom of this guide opposite the wheels d, for the purpose of
advancing the wrappers by frictional contact. The guide d is curved at its lower
end to direct the wrappers between the belts d¹ and d². The guide do, which is
substantially a continuation of the guide d, is gradually curved from a flat surface
into a U-shape as shewn in Figure 25, its edges being folded over to form guides for
the edges of the wrappers, and is preferably so situated as to register with the end
of the mould when the latter is in position to receive the wrapper. As the wrappers
are cut from the continuous strip by the knife they drop by gravity down the guide d
and their forward ends are projected between the belts d¹ and d² and the wrappers
are advanced through the guide do and gradually folded into U shape as seen in
Figure 25. As the wrappers emerge from the U-shaped end of the guide dⓇ they are
preferably fed successively into the end and along a U-shaped mould (hereinafter
described) by the same means as those by which they are fed along the guide d³,
until the end of the strip has passed the line of the centres of the last pair of
wheels d³ and d².
The devices for still further feeding the wrappers into the mould and adjusting
them therein, consist of two slides e and e¹, to each of which is pivoted a lever e²
and e³. The lever e² (which is preferably provided with a rubber band or head et,
attached to its free end) serves, by frictional contact, to draw the paper forward into
the desired position in the mould as the said lever is moved backward by its
connection with the slide e. The free end of the lever e³ serves the purpose of a stop,
by means of which the wrapper is stopped, or adjusted, in the necessary longitudinal
position in the mould. This lever is moved into position in the mould and out again
through its connection with the slide e¹. Both the levers e² and e³ are preferably
moved downward by gravity, so that the lever e² will rest upon the wrapper and the
lever e³ will rest upon the bottom of the mould with a pressure proportionate to their
respective weights. The slide e is moved backwards and forwards by a pivoted
levere and connecting rod e, and is provided at its forward end with a recessed lug e
through which passes a rod es provided at each of its ends with a squared head e.
The slide e¹ is provided, at its rear end, with a recessed lug e¹0, similar to the lug e7,
through which the rod es also passes. This rod e carries a spring e¹¹ which is placed
between the lugs e7 and elo. The slide e is moved towards, and preferably against,
the mould by the contact of the spring e" with the lug e as the lug e is carried
forward with the slide e, and it is moved in the opposite direction by the contact of
one of the heads e against the lug e10 when the rod es is moved backward by the
contact of the other head e against the lug e as it is drawn backward by the pivoted
lever e and connecting rod. The free ends of the levers e2 and es are elevated, and
held in the elevated position, by inclined planes, or cams, and pins working
therein.
The lever e² is elevated and held in the elevated position during its movements

page_text: towards and into the mould, by the combined action of the inclined planes, or
cams, e12e12 with the pin e¹³, and the inclined plane or cam e¹ with the pin e15, from
its position as shewn in Figure 27, and is allowed to drop so that the rubber band, or
head, et at the free end of lever e will rest upon the wrapper, by the pin e¹3 sliding
down the inclined plane, or cam, el2 at the forward end of the slide el, as the
lever e² and slide e commence to move backward, while the slide e¹ with its inclined
planes, or cams, remains stationary, and the free end of lever e² remains down, and in
.contact with the wrapper, until it is raised therefrom by the pin els riding up on the
inclined plane or cam e¹² at the rear end of slide e¹, and when the pin e¹³ has reached
the top of the said plane or cam, the slide e¹ is caused to be moved backward with 1
the lever e² by reason of the connection between the two slides e and e¹ until the
lever e² and the slides have reached their limit of movement in that direction, as
shewn in Figure 26. As the slide e¹ moves backward the end of the pin e¹5 rides up
the inclined plane, or cam, e¹ on the bed of the machine and is moved upward, so
that its upper end will be almost in contact with the under surface of the lever e², as
is shewn in Figure 26. The lever e² in its forward movement towards and into the
mould is prevented from dropping down, as the pin ea moves off fron the inclined
.plane or cam e¹12 where it rests as shewn in Figure 26, by the underside of the
lever e coming into contact with the upper end of the pin e¹³, and by reason of such
contact, is held in the raised, or elevated, position until the pin els has passed over
the space between the cams, or inclined planes, e12, e12, and has passed over the top of
the plane, or cam, e12 at the front of the slide e¹. About this time the slide e¹ is
caused to begin its forward movement by reason of the spring ell and lug e coming
. in contact with the lug e¹0 on the slide e¹, and as the two slides e and e¹ continue their
forward movement together, the pin 15 rides down and off the inclined plane, or
cam, e14 on the bed of the machine and into the position shewn in Figure 27, when
its upper end will be a sufficient distance away from the under side of lever e² so as
to allow such lever to drop down the required distance when the pin els rides down
and off the inclined plane or cam e12 where it rests, as shewn in Figure 27, and
remains down until the pin e¹³ reaches the inclined plane, or cam, e12, at the other
end of slide e¹ when it is again raised as hereinbefore explained. The lever pivoted
to the slide el is moved towards and into, and out of, and away from, the mould, as
the slide e moves backwards and forwards as herein before explained. In order to
prevent the free end of the lever e³ from striking against the end of the mould as it
enters it, its free end is raised during the first part of its forward movement and the
latter part of its backward movement by the pin ele riding up the inclined plane or
cam e¹7 on the bed of the machine, this plane or cam being situated at such a
distance from the end of the mould that the end of the lever e will have entered the
mould before it commences its downward movement. The lever e2 and the lever
or stop act conjointly to adjust the paper in the mould as follows:-
When the lever e² has made its extreme advance into the mould the lever e³ is in
position on the bottom of the mould to act as a stop, as shewn in Figure 29, and the
lever e² then begins its backward movement and drops down upon the surface of the
wrapper. As its backward movement continues it draws the wrapper along by
frictional contact till the end of the wrapper strikes against the stop on the end of
lever es which prevents the further progress of the wrapper and causes the free end
or head of the lever e² to slide over the surface of the wrapper until it is raised
therefrom.
Having described the mechanism by which the wrappers are fed, printed, cut into
suitable lengths, and further fed to, and adjusted in, the U-shaped moulds, we will
now describe the mechanism by which the tobacco is fed and introduced into the
wrappers in the moulds.
Tobacco suitably prepared is distributed in measured, or regulated, quantities upon
an endless apron, or belt, f, passing over rolls f, and over a table, or support, f2. At
the forward end of this belt, and in front thereof are a feed roll 3 and a picker roll f,
..while preferably below, slightly backward of, and out of contact with, the picker
roll is a showering roll arranged to operate independently of the picker roll f*;

page_text: all of these rolls being arranged to revolve in the same direction, the roll f
revolving at about the speed of the movement of the belt, and the roll f revolving at
a much greater speed than the roll f³ while the roll f revolves considerably
faster than does the roll ft. Preferably between the rolls f¹ and is a block f which
prevents the tobacco from following the belt upon its return. The object of the
roll f3 is, in conjunction with the belt f, to feed the tobacco upon the picker roll f
which, by its rapid revolution, separates its fibres and delivers the tobacco to the
roll, which in turn still further separates, and distributes, the tobacco by throwing
it away from its surface and showering it upon a second apron, or belt, g, in a com-
paratively light, and uniform, layer. This apron, or belt, g, forms the bottom of a
receptacle D, to the rear wall of which is attached a shelf E, projecting upward into
the receptacle, into which nails, stones, and other heavy foreign substances, which
are sometimes in the tobacco, are thrown, by the increased momentum given them
by their greater weight, by the revolution of the roll f, and thus are separated from
the tobacco. The belt g is carried on the rollers g¹ and is supported by the bed or
table g², and at its forward end is a block g³ to prevent the tobacco from following
the belt on its return movement, and a feed roll g' and picker roll g. The speed of
the belt g is preferably about four times that of the belt f, and the speed of the feed
roll g is about the same as that of the belt g, while the speed of the picker roll g³ is
much greater than that of the roll g'. By placing the picker rolls and g³ in proper,
and near, relation to the front ends of their respective feed belts, the blocks f³ and g³
can be dispensed with. The operation and effect of the picker roll g³ are practically
the same as that of the picker roll and the said roll g³ delivers the picked and
The front side h of
separated tobacco into a hopper, or receptacle, F beneath it.
this hopper F is shaped like an inverted V, and is hinged at h¹ so that it can be
swung backward to close the lower portion thereof and form an incline 2 upon which
the tobacco is deposited when starting the machine, and before the regulated quanti-
ties of tobacco can be delivered to the bottom of the hopper F, and the tobacco is
conveyed or falls by gravity into a receptacle G. This position of side h of the
hopper is indicated in Figure 7 by dotted lines. When the machine is in regular
operation however the hopper is in the position shewn in full lines, and the tobacco
falls from the picker roll g³ upon a movable bottom or shelf h³, shewn in full lines in
Figure 10 and in dotted lines in Figure 7, in position to receive the tobacco, and is
retained in that position while the gatherer and compressor H is in its forward
position as hereinafter described. This movable bottom or shelf is of angular shape
in cross section, as shewn in Figures 7 and 10, and is supported and works upon the
top of the bar h4 which forms a part of the rear wall of the hopper, and is operated
to be closed by the contact with it of arms i which are attached to a rock-shaft i¹ and
have inclined faces near the rock-shaft, so arranged to come in contact with
correspondingly inclined faces on the rear edge of the gatherer and compressor H
that, as the compressor is moved backward, the inclined faces will meet, and those
upon the arms i will ride upon those on the compressor H and raise the arms i,
allowing the movable bottom 3 to drop by its own weight into the position shewn in
Figure 7. The arms are provided with extensions 22 to which a spring 3 is attached,
5 the other end of the said spring being secured to the frame of the machine.
spring moves the arms i downward and against that portion of the bottom h³ which
extends through the hopper F and causes the bottom to rock upon the edge of the
bar h which supports it, thus moving the bottom into the closed position shewn in
Figure 10.
This
From the above description and an examination of the drawings, it will be seen
that the bottom h³ is moved into position to close the hopper at certain times and is
retained in the closed position until a sufficient quantity of tobacco is deposited in
the hopper to make the filler of the desired size, when the devices, which hold
the moveable bottom in the closed position, are withdrawn, and the bottom opens by
5 gravity and the charge of tobacco falls to the receiving surface situated beneath.
When the bottom h³ is opened, as shewn in full lines in Figure 7, the tobacco drops
down upon the bottom of the hopper and is gathered and compressed by the sliding

page_text: gatherer and compressor H and brought under the plunger I and over the channel J.
The gatherer and compressor H forms one side of an oblong frame K, shewn in
cross-section in Figure 11, which slides in ways or guides on the bed of the machine,
and is provided at each of its ends with rollers k, between which the cams k¹ operate
to move the frame K backwards and forwards in its ways. These cams and the
sliding frame are shewn in their extreme rearward position in Figure 7 and in their
extreme forward position in Figure 10. The plunger I moved in suitable ways or
guides to force the tobacco through the channel J and into the U-shaped mould L,
situated beneath it, (into which a wrapper has been introduced as herein before
described) by arms j, operated by a rock-shaft ¹, and connected at their forked ends
with pivoted sliding blocks attached to the ends of the plunger I. The rock-shaft, 11
is provided with an arm 2 having at its free end a roller 3 working upon a
cam j on the same shaft with the cams 1 herein before described, springs j5
being attached to arms of the rock-shaft ¹ so as to hold the roller j³ in
contact with the cam j as shewn in Figures 3 and 8. The lower edge of
the plunger I is preferably semi-cylindrical and moves downward sufficiently
to compress the tobacco into a cylindrical filler in the mould where it is partially
surrounded by the wrapper previously introduced. The width of the channel J, and
the thickness of the plunger I which works therein, are preferably somewhat less than
the width of the upper portion of the U-shaped mould I so that when the tobacco is
forced down into the wrapper in the mould, crumpling, or wrinkling, of the wrapper
will be avoided.
Guiding grooves, or recesses, J¹, are arranged between the channel J and mould L,
as shewn in Figure 37, when the mould is in registering position with the channel
and one wall of each groove, or recess, extends below, and between, the side edges of
the wrapper when it is in the mould. These guiding grooves, or recesses, J¹ receive,
and guide, the side edges of the wrapper as the wrapper moves into, and along, the
mould, and the wall of each groove, or recess, which extends below, and between,
the edges of the wrapper forms a continuation of the channel and protects these
edges and largely decreases the liability of such edges becoming wrinkled, or,
crumpled, as the tobacco is fed to the wrapper through the channel. These grooves
or recesses J¹ are shewn in the drawings as being constructed in the lower part of
the walls of the channel J, but other ways of forming these grooves, or recesses, may
be employed. If only the wall of each groove, or recess, which extends below and
between, the side edges of the wrapper and the channel, he employed, then the
protecting action of such grooves, or recesses, will be accomplished.
The mould L is a U-shaped groove, whose transverse interior wall is preferably
less than the width of the wrapper which it is to receive, and is also preferably
slightly longer than the length of the wrappers used and the cigarette rods, or blanks
to be made therein. When the mould is constructed, as illustrated, with its
transverse interior wall of a less extent than the width of the wrapper which it is to
receive, the side edges of the wrapper will extend above the top of the mould and
this leaves such side edges in position to be acted upon by a portion of the wrapper
folding mechanism without such portion of such mechanism entering the mould.
This mould or groove is formed in the upper portion of a frame M, constructed and
arranged to move in suitable ways or guides, as shewn in Figures 21, 22, 38, 49
and 50. The ends of this frame M are preferably square and solid, while the
intermediate parts are cut away, leaving a web which connects the upper portion in
which the groove is formed with the lower, or base, portion which slides in the ways,
as shewn in the said figures.
The frames M, each carrying a mould, L, are preferably arranged in series of eight,
and brought by a parallelogram movement to register in succession with the wrapper
and tobacco delivering mechanisms hereinbefore described, and with the wrapper-
folding and pasting mechanisms and the cigarette cutter-delivering mechanism
hereinafter described. This series of mould carrying frames is shewn in plan in
Figure 48, in which the frames are moved in the direction indicated by the arrows.
The frames are preferably moved continuously along the sides N and N¹ of a

page_text: parallelogram and intermittently across the ends O and O¹ thereof. One of the
series of the mould-carrying frames M is shewn in its stationary position in
Figures 7 and 21, where one of the moulds L is in registering position with the
wrapper guide do and also with the tobacco delivering channel J. After this mould
has received its wrapper and the proper quantity of tobacco, it is moved laterally in
the direction of the arrow across the bed of the machine, or end of the parallelogram,
into position to be engaged by one of a series of rollers m each on one end of a
shaft m' which shafts m¹ are attached to, and carried by, a double endless chain m²
which passes over a series of sprocket wheels m³. The movement of this chain draws
the mould-carrying frames successively along the side N in the direction of the
arrows till their ends reach the end 01 of the parallelogram which is opposite the end
where they receive the wrappers and the tobacco, and they are then pushed laterally
in succession, and preferably intermittently, the distance of the width of each frame
one at a time across the end 0¹, by pushers mt, pitmans m³, and cranks me, attached
to one end of vertical shafts m7 which are connected to a horizontal shaft m³ by bevel
gearing so that the pushers will act in unison to push the frames. Each frame is then
engaged in succession by rollers n on the end of shafts n', which are attached to, and
carried by, a double endless chain n² which passes over a series of sprocket wheels n³,
whose movement draws the frames along the side N¹ back to the opposite end O
where the moulds are pushed into position to again receive the wrappers and tobacco
by pushers n similar in construction and operation to the pushers m at the end 0¹.
These mould frames move along, and across, the bed of the machine, suitable
projections, or ways, being provided to keep them in proper positions.
After a mould L which has received its wrapper, and charge of tobacco, has been
pushed over, and has commenced its movement along the side N, the mechanisms
for compressing the tobacco and folding the wrapper around the tobacco filler
commence to operate. The compressing devices consist of a pair of clearers o, and a
compressing wheel P, the clearers acting between the edges of the wrapper and the
tobacco for the purpose of removing particles of tobacco or of bringing them into the
path of the compressing-wheel P. These clearers are preferably thin, and are
attached to the frame of the machine so as to project down into the mould L
between the edges of the wrapper and to come near, or in slight contact with, such
edges and remove the tobacco therefrom. Directly over the free ends of these
clearers o, there is a rock-shaft o¹ mounted in bearings and provided, at its lower
end, with a disc o², which is provided with two projections, or pins, o³, which
einbrace the outer surfaces of the clearers o near their ends in such manner that
when the shaft o¹ is rocked in one direction the clearers o will be brought nearer
together so as to permit them to enter between the edges of the wrapper without
disturbing its position, and when this shaft is rocked in the opposite direction, the
clearers o are permitted to separate and approach to, or come in contact with, the
inner surface of the wrapper near its edges to operate as above described. The
rock-shaft ol is operated by another rock-shaft of provided with an arm 05 working
in a forked arm 0° attached to rock-shaft o¹, the shaft of being provided, at its
opposite end, with an arm of which is so situated as to be in the path of the full,
or solid, end of the mould fraine M, and is moved out of this path by contact with
such end, thus giving to the rock-shaft of the desired movement to bring the ends
of the clearers towards each other sufficiently to permit them to enter between the
wrapper edges in the mould. The thickness of the solid end of the mould frame, in
the direction of its movement, is sufficient to close the clearers o, and hold them in
the desired position, till they have entered between the edges of the wrapper, and,
when the free end of the arm o7 has passed over this solid portion, the clearers o,
by reason of their resiliency, spring apart and cause the shafts o' and ot to rock back
to their normal position and bring the arm o' into position to be again operated by
the advance end of the next mould.
The compressing wheel P, is directly in advance of the clearers o as shewn in
Figures 30 and 50, and it is preferably provided with a semi-cylindrical periphery to
give the filler of tobacco a corresponding shape. It is mounted on a shaft p, to the

page_text: opposite end of which is attached its driving wheel p¹; and it is preferably provided
with a doctor, or scraper, to remove any tobacco which may adhere to its periphery
The office of the wheel P is to compress the tobacco in the mould so that the tobacco
filler can readily enter beneath a hood, or cover, Q, in the mould, where the edges of
the wrapper are folded down, and pasted in position as the filler, in its mould, moves
under this hood.
The wrapper-folding mechanism consists of the said hood or cover Q, fixed above
the path of the filler as it is moved forward in the mould, and having two wrapper-
folding sections between which the paste-applying device is preferably situated.
These sections are provided with spiral grooves q and q¹ formed in the sides of the
hood and with folders having spiral shaped presser edges, q2 and q³, preferably of
about the same length as the grooves q and g¹, and short supplemental presser edges,
or starters, q and q5 at the forward ends of the edges q² and q³, which form, with the
grooves, spiral guides by which the edges of the wrapper are gradually folded over
upon the tobacco filler, as shewn in Figures 40, 41, 42 and 44 to 46 inclusive. The
form and position of the grooves q q¹ are more clearly shewn in the views of Sheet 14,
especially in Figure 55, the presser edges being removed from the hood so that the
view of the grooves will not be impeded. The presser edges themselves are shewn
in Figures 59 and 60. The first section of the hood, provided with a groove q, a
presser edge q2 and a supplemental presser edge, or starter, q, operates to turn, and
fold, one edge of the wrapper down upon the filler, and the second section, whose
groove q¹, presser edge q³, and supplemental presser edge, or starter, q5 are upon the
opposite side from the groove q presser edge q² and starter q operates to start, and
fold, the opposite edge of the wrapper, after the paste has been applied thereto by
the intermediate paste applying device, down upon the filler and to overlap the
previously folded edge. The supplemental presser edges, or starters, q* and g",
preferably extend forward of their respective presser edges q² and q³, and are situated
a short distance above those edges so that they will escape the upper surfaces of the
mould L and engage with the edges of the wrapper which extend above the top of
such mould and press, or start, such edges inward so that the spiral guides, formed
by the grooves q and q¹ and presser edges q² and q³ can readily receive, and engage,
with such edges of the wrapper, and continue the folding operation as herein before
explained. The presser edges q2 and q³, are preferably so situated that their forward
ends, as well as other portions, will enter the moulds L, the supplemental presser
edges, or starters, moving the edges of the wrapper inward far enough to permit of
this.
The paste-applying device consists of a paste receptacle R provided with a
removable plunger r, to force the paste against the paste-applying wheel r¹, which
works in one side of the receptacle near its bottom, preferably at an angle of
about 40 degrees, and conveys, and applies, the paste to the edge of the wrapper.
This wheel is mounted upon a shaft 2, working in bearings and provided at its
opposite end with a pulley 3, by which the wheel is driven by a belt 4, which also
This belt passes
drives the smoothing, or finishing, wheel hereinafter described.
around the wheel p¹, thence to a pulley on the finishing-wheel shaft, thence around
a guide pulley 5, thence around the pulley 8, on the paste-applying wheel shaft,
thence around the guide pulley 26, and thence back to the wheel p¹.
The plunger r, is provided with a shaft 7, sliding longitudinally in a bearing 28,
arranged at a sufficient height above the top of the receptacle R to permit the
plunger to be raised entirely out of the receptacle and to swing away therefrom upon
the bearing, so as to leave the top of the receptacle open to receive a supply of
paste, a handle 710, being provided for operating it. When the edge of the wrapper
which has received the paste has been folded down to overlap the edge previously
folded, the cigarette passes still further under the hood Q and the overlapped edges
are pasted together, or sealed, and the seam is smoothed and finished by a wheel S
situated slightly in advance of the end of the hood. This wheel S is the smoothing,
or finishing, wheel herein before referred to, and is driven by the belt 4 as herein-

page_text: before described, and is preferably rotated at a speed somewhat greater than the
movement of the cigarette to increase the smoothing and finishing effect.
After the mould has entirely passed the finishing wheel S and has reached the
end O¹ of the bed of the machine, the cutter-delivering mechanism operates to expel
the cigarette rods from the moulds and deliver them to the cutters. This mechanism
is composed of the ejectors, the carriers, and the holder. The ejectors consist of
pins s, attached to a bar s¹, so that the pins are directly beneath the centre of the
mould. The bar s¹ moves in ways or guides in the bed of the machine, and has,
attached to each of its ends, one of a pair of eccentric rods 82 which embrace
eccentrics 83 on a revolving shaft 84, the eccentrics and rods causing the bar &² to
move up and down sufficiently to move the ejectors 8 vertically through the mould
frame and mould and through a channel 85 in the frame of the machine, to lift the
cigarette rod into the position shewn in dotted lines in Figure 5, the mould frame
being provided with holes registering with the pins s when the mould frame reaches
the end O¹ of the bed. When the cigarette rods have reached this position they are
caught by the carriers 86, attached to arms s7 on a rock-shaft 8s, which is provided
with an arm s, to which is attached one end of an eccentric rod 810, which embraces
an eccentric & on the rotating shaft st. The rotation of the shaft st and eccentric 811
causes the shaft 88 to rock backwards and forwards sufficiently to enable the carriers 80
to take the cigarette rod from the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 5 and
carry, and deliver, it to one of the longitudinal recesses in the periphery of a revolving
holder 812 consisting of a roller mounted to revolve on a shaft s¹s and provided with
longitudinal recesses 814, to receive, and deliver, the cigarette rods to the cutters and
hold them while the cutters operate. The ends of the carriers 8 enter the circum-
ferential recesses, or grooves, s16 to deposit the cigarette rods in the longitudinal
recesses, and a series of circumferential recesses or slits 816 receive rotating cutter
blades. The holder 812 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 5,
and, as the carriers 8 enter the circumferential grooves 815, the cigarette rod is brought
in contact with the periphery of the holder, and is carried along, over the same, till
it comes directly over one of the recesses 14 when it drops into the recess, and the
carriers 86 are free to return for another cigarette rod. Motion of rotation is
given intermittently to the holder 12 by a ratchet 817, attached to a shaft 813 and a
pawl 818 attached to an arm 819, which is also mounted on the shaft 813, and has,
attached to its free end, one end of a connecting rod 820, the other end of which is
connected to a pivoted arm or lever 82, which carries a roller 822, working upon a
cain $28, upon the shaft 84, each rotation of which, by means of the above named
connections, moves the holder through one-fourth of a rotation.
The cutting-up mechanism consists of a series of revolving cutter blades t arranged
upon a shaft t¹ to register with the slits 816 the walls of which form anvils against
which the cutter blades act to cut the cigarettes into short lengths as they are brought
in contact with the blades by the rotation of the holder 812. The cutter shaft is
driven by a gear wheel 2 attached thereto and geared with another similar wheel
attached to a shaft t³ which carries a pulley t which receives a belt to passing over
a pulley to on one of the main revolving shafts of the machine.
After the cigarettes are thus cut up the marketable cigarettes are conveniently
discharged by rolling down inclined planes, or guideways T where they may be
received in any suitable receptacle.
Having described the construction, arrangement and operation of the several
operative parts of the machine and generally their connection and relation with
each other, we will now describe, commencing with the main driving belt U shewn
in dotted lines in Figure 7 how the movements are communicated to the several
operative parts of the machine: The belt U passes over any suitable arrangement
of loose and fast pulleys u on the shaft carrying the picker roll f, which shaft is
also provided with a chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt u¹ passes to a
chain wheel or pulley on the shaft carrying the picker roll g³, which shaft is also
provided with a chain wheel or pulley, over which passes a chain or belt u² to a chain
wheel or pulley on the shaft carrying the picker roll f, thus driving the picker.
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page_text: rolls fg and ft. The shaft carrying the picker roll g5 is provided with a third
chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt u³ passes to a pulley on a shaft u¹
situated beneath the bed of the machine as shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7,
which shaft u also carries a chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt us
passes to a chain wheel or pulley on the shaft u carrying the cams k¹ and cam j* and
also carrying another chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt u passes to
a chain wheel or pulley on the shaft us which shaft us carries a pinion engaging
with a toothed wheel on the shaft u which in turn carries one of the rollers g¹ which
roller gives motion to the feed belt g which passes over the roller g¹ which roller
carries a chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt u10 passes to a chain wheel
or pulley on the shaft carrying the picker roll g¹, and thus drives the feed belt g
and picker roll g. The shaft u also carries a chain wheel or pulley over which a
chain or belt ul passes to a chain wheel or pulley on a shaft u12 which shaft carries
one of the rollers over which the feed belt f passes to the other roller f¹, which
latter roller carries a chain wheel or pulley over which a chain or belt u¹³ passes to a
chain wheel or pulley on the shaft which carries the picker roll f3 thus driving the
feed belt and the picker roll f³. The shaft operates to give the desired
movements to the gatherer and compressor frame K, plunger I and removable
bottom ³ of the hopper F, as herein before described. The shaft u is also provided
with a bevel wheel which engages with another bevel wheel on a vertical shaft u14,
which shaft carries, upon its opposite end, another bevel wheel which engages with
a bevel pinion on a shaft u15, which shaft also carries one of the paper feed wheels b
of wrapper-printing mechanism and drives the same, the other feed wheel b³ being
driven by frictional contact therewith. The shaft u15 also carries a toothed wheel
which engages with a pinion upon the shaft u, which shaft carries the type wheel b¹ of
the printing mechanism, and drives the same. The shaft u also carries a pinion
which engages with an intermediate pinion u¹, which in turn engages with a
toothed wheel on the shaft u18, which shaft carries the ink distributing wheel be,
and drives the same, and is itself rotated in the same direction as the shaft u¹. The
inking wheel 65 and the spreading wheel 67, receive their motion by frictional contact
with the wheel 66, the wheel 67 preferably having a longitudinal movement. The
distributing wheel 66 is provided on its end nearest the plate where it is journalled,
with four short pins, arranged at equal distances apart, and near the periphery of
the wheel, which, as the wheel revolves, come in contact with the end of a pivoted
lever and lift the said lever a distance sufficient to bring the transfer wheel 68
which is journalled to this lever in contact with the reservoir wheel 69, so that
the wheel 68 will be rotated by frictional contact with the wheel 6º and will receive
the necessary quantity of ink therefrom, and, as the pins on the end of the wheel 66
pass from under the lever u18, the lever and transfer wheel 68 are caused to move
away from the wheel 6º, by the spring u20 attached to the opposite end of the lever,
and come in contact with the wheel 60 and transfer ink thereto. The wheel 60 is
also provided with two studs, preferably carrying rollers arranged at the same
distance from the shaft of the wheel and midway of its circumference and in line
with two of the aforesaid short pins, which rollers, as the wheel rotates come in
contact with one end of a lever u21 pivotted on the shaft which carries the reservoir
wheel 6º, so as to lift the free end of the lever as the rollers pass under it, the lever
being arranged in a plane different from that of the lever u19 so that it is not
affected by the short pins which operate the said lever u¹. The opposite end of the
lever 21 carries a pawl u22, working on a rachet wheel u23 which is provided with
the proper number of teeth to cause it by the rising and falling action of
lever and pawl u22 to rotate the necessary distance to take the proper quantity
of ink from the reservoir 610.
The wrapper is fed from the printing mechanism to the wrapper-cutting
mechanism C by the feed wheels 6³, and the cutter c is operated by an arm c²
attached to the vertical shaft u14, coming in contact with one end of the arm cas
hereinbefore explained. The wrappers are fed by gravity from the cutter c through
the vertical part of the guide d till its forward end comes in contact with, and between,

page_text: the feed belts d¹and d² shewn in Figures 22 and 23, and it is then advanced into the
mould L by the action of these belts. The belt d is moved by frictional contact with
the belt d2 and the belt d² is moved by a belt passing over a pulley d on a shaft
carrying one of the pulleys d, which belt then passes over guide pulleys d³ to a
pulley d on the shaft u'. The pivoted lever e, which operates the wrapper
adjusting mechanism, as hereinbefore described, is provided at one end with a
roller working in a heart-shaped cam els attached to the shaft e19 which is provided
with a bevel wheel e20 engaging with a bevel pinion on the shaft ut.
The double endless chain m² which draws the moulds along the side N of the bed
of the machine is moved by one pair of sprocket wheels m³ attached to the shaft m
which carries a pinion engaging with a toothed wheel on the aforesaid shaft 19.
The pushers m which push the moulds across the bed of the machine as herein-
before described, are moved through their connection with the shaft m³, by a
bevelled pinion thereon engaging with a bevelled wheel m¹0 on a stud m¹¹ which
wheel is moved by the chain m² and rollers m¹2 and m13 on the shafts m¹ attached to
the said chain.
The bevelled wheel m10 is moved intermittently one-fourth of a rotation by the
passage of each pair of rollers m¹² and m¹³ attached to the shaft m¹ and chain m²,
the rollers m12 passing between the radial guides m¹ attached to the rear side of the
wheel m10, the direction of the chain m² being such that the rollers m¹² remain in the
guide m¹ until the wheel m¹0 is given one-fourth of a rotation when these rollers
leave their guides, by moving in a direction at or about right angles to the direction
of their movement, when they entered the said guides, as will readily be seen by
reference to Fig. 52. The wheel m10 is held in the proper registering position to
receive the rollers m12 by the spring stop m15, and spring-locking catch m16, engaging
with the exterior surfaces of the radial guides m¹ as shewn in Fig. 52. The spring
locking catch m¹6 is provided with an arm m17 by means of which the catch is unlocked
by the contact of the roller m¹³ therewith, and it is brought into the locking position
by the spring m¹8. The arm m17 when in the unlocked position rests against a
stop m20 and by reason of its peculiar shape, forms a guide, or path, upon which the
roller m13 rides until it has moved the wheel m¹ one-fourth of a rotation and is
ready to move out of the radial guides m¹ and, as it so moves, the arm m" follows
it by the action of the spring m18 and brings the locking catch m¹ in position to
lock the wheel m10 against further forward movement. The spring stop m15 moves
freely upon its pivot and away from the radial guides m14, by their contact with such
stop, until the wheel m¹0 has reached its registering position when the spring m²
causes the stop to move into position to lock the wheel m10 against any rearward
movement. The wheel m¹ is provided with as many pairs of radial arms mas
there are pairs of rollers m12 and m¹³ on the chain m² so that, as each mould is
drawn along the side N by such chain, the preceding moulds will be pushed
across the bed of the machine by the revolution of the wheel m10 and its connected
parts as herein before described.
The double endless chain n² which draws the moulds along the side N¹ on their
return movement is moved by one pair of sprocket wheels n³ which are attached to
the shaft n which carries a chain wheel or pulley over which passes a chain
or belt to a chain wheel or pulley on the aforesaid shaft 19. The pushers n
which push the moulds across the bed of the machine at 0 are operated
in substantially the same way as and by means similar to those used for operating the
pushers m which push the moulds across the end at 0¹ and need not be further
described except to state that these parts are designated by the letter n with numerals
to correspond with the corresponding parts which are designated by the letter m with
like numerals.
The compressing wheel P, paste applying wheel 1, and finishing wheel S, are
driven by their connection with the wheel p₁ as herein before described, the wheel p¹
being provided with a second groove in which a belt p² passes to a pulley on the
shaft no.
The mechanism which delivers the cigarettes to the cutters to be cut up and the

page_text: cutters themselves are driven by their connections with the shaft st, as hereinbefore
described, the shaft s being provided with a pulley over which a belt s24 passes to a
pulley on the shaft ut.
The operation of this machine, as a whole, has been sufficiently described in
connection with the descriptions of the individual parts. The moulds should be
slightly longer than the wrappers inserted therein to enable the tobacco filler to
extend slightly beyond the ends of the wrapper so that the ends of the wrapper will
be well filled with tobacco and the filler can be cut off at each end close to the ends
of the wrapper but without interfering therewith. Preferably the feed aprons, or
belts, and g, and the hopper F, are of a width about equal to the length of the
tobacco tiller in the mould. The machine shewn in the drawings is constructed to
make cigarette rods of a length calculated to make eight individual cigarettes when
cut up, but it is evident the machine can be constructed and arranged to make
longer, or shorter rods, as desired.
The machine shewn in the drawings and hereinbefore described embodies the
improvements constituting this invention in what is considered the best and most
practical form but it will be evident that the apparatus is capable of many
modifications without departure from the nature of the invention and therefore we do
not limit ourselves to the precise details shewn.
The form of the wrapper-folding mechanism is immaterial so long as it operates
to fold, or wrap, the wrapper around the tobacco progressively as the mould moves,
or moulds move, relatively to the folding mechanism and this progressive folding or
wrapping, of the wrapper is the same whether the mould moves, or moulds move, and
the folding mechanism is stationary, or the folding mechanism moves and the mould
is, or moulds are, stationary.
The moveable mould described and illustrated can be moved by hand, if so desired,
and yet the operation of such mould in combination with the wrapper-feeding and
folding and tobacco-feeding mechanism, will be substantially the same as when
moved by the mechanism herein before described and illustrated.
The wrapper
feeding mechanism can be changed so as to have one part only, provided a portion
of such changed feeding mechanism enters the mould to feed the wrapper therein,
and the direction, or directions, in which such portion moves to enter the mould is,
or are, immaterial except when such feeding mechanism and mould registers
simultaneously with the tobacco-feeding mechanism. The adjustable stop can be
changed to move in one direction only when entering, or leaving, the mould and the
direction, or directions, in which the stop enters the mould is, or are, immaterial
except when the mould registers simultaneously with the wrapper and tobacco-
feeding mechanism.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. In a cigarette making machine the combination with tobacco feeding
mechanism, and picker mechanism adapted to remove the tobacco from the feeding
mechanism, of a showering roll arranged to operate independently of the picker
mechanism to receive the tobacco therefrom and shower it upon the receiving surface
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2nd. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with an endless tobacco
feeding belt (such as f) and a picker roll (such as f*) adapted to remove the tobacco
from the endless belt, of a showering roll (such as f³) arranged to receive the
tobacco from, and to operate independently of, the picker roll, and a receiving surface
(such as g) on which the tobacco is delivered as it is showered from the roll
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. In a cigarette making machine, the combination of tobacco feeding mechanism
and a hopper, or receptacle and means for opening and closing its bottom at pre-
determined times, whereby the desired quantity of tobacco for an individual cigarette

page_text: filler is fed to, and collected in, the hopper and is discharged therefrom substantially as
herein before described.
4th. In a cigarette making machine, the combination with a hopper, or receptacle,
for receiving tobacco, of a moveable bottom, means for moving and retaining the said
bottom in position to close the hopper and means for moving it out of the closed
position, these means being so operated by the machine that the hopper will remain
closed till the desired quantity of tobacco is deposited therein and will then be
suddenly opened and closed again substantially as herein before described.
5th. In a cigarette making machine the combination of a hopper or receptacle
provided with a moveable bottom, mechanism for opening and closing the said bottom,
mechanism for delivering tobacco in regulated quantities to the hopper or receptacle
a receiving surface situated beneath the hopper, a gatherer, or compressor, moving
along such receiving surface and a plunger operating to force the tobacco into a filler
mould substantially as hereinbefore described.
6th. The combination of a mould adapted to receive a paper wrapper of definite
length, and a definite charge of tobacco, feed mechanism arranged to carry the said
mould and its contents longitudinally; a pair of cleaners arranged in the path of
the mould for cleaning the tobacco away from the edges of the wrapper, and
mechanism arranged to draw the said cleaners away from the sides of the mould as
they enter the same substantially as hereinbefore described.
7th. The combination of a mould adapted to receive a paper wrapper of definite
length, and a definite charge of tobacco, and means for supplying a wrapper and
tobacco thereto; mechanism for folding down the wrapper over the filler arranged to
act as the mould moves longitudinally along it; mechanism arranged to move the
mould laterally from the wrapper and tobacco supplying means into registering
position with the folding mechanism, and mechanisin arranged to move the said
mould longitudinally along the folding mechanism substantially as herein before
described.
8th. The combination of a series of moulds each adapted to receive a wrapper of
definite length, and a definite charge of tobacco, a table, or frame supporting the
said moulds in a common plane, mechanism situated at each end of the table and
arranged to carry the moulds sideways there-across; mechanism situated at each side
of the table arranged to carry the moulds longitudinally from one end thereof to
the other, and mechanisın arranged along one side of the table to fold down the edges
of the wrapper on the filler, as the mould moves longitudinally along it substantially
as hereinbefore described.
9th. The combination of a series of moulds, each adapted to receive a wrapper of
definite length and a definite charge of tobacco; mechanism for folding down the
edges of the wrapper, and mechanism arranged to move the moulds in turn
longitudinally along the folding mechanism, and return them by a different path, to
a position registering with the folding devices; the said mechanism operating to move
the moulds by a series of intermittent impulses permitting a rest between them
substantially as hereinbefore described.
10th. The combination of a moveable mould adapted to hold a wrapper of definite
length; wrapper feeding mechanisın arranged to form a wrapper into a U-form and
thrust it endwise into the mould; a supplemental feeding device arranged to engage
the wrapper and draw it to correct position in the mould, and means for moveing the
mould into, and out of, position to register with the wrapper feeding mechanism
substantially as herein before described.
11th. In combination with a mould to contain a wrapper of definite length;
wrapper feeding mechanism to deliver a wrapper to the mould; a stop for the
wrapper arranged to enter one end of the mould; an adjusting finger to enter the
mould and to engage the wrapper and draw it to, and against, the stop, and mechanism
to retract the stop and finger from the mould substantially as hereinbefore
described.
12th. The combination of an intermittently moving mould to contain a wrapper of
definite length a wrapper feeding mechanism with which the mould registers in one

page_text: position of rest; the said mechanism consisting of a device for thrusting a U formed
wrapper blank into the mould, and an adjusting device for bringing the said wrapper
blank to correct position therein, and a tobacco feeding mechanism arranged to
register with the mould during the same position of rest, and to deliver a charge of
tobacco thereto after the wrapper has been adjusted in the mould; and means for
moveing the mould into, and out of register with the wrapper and tobacco feeding
mechanisms substantially as hereinbefore described.
13th. The combination with moulds in which cigarettes are formed, of cutters
adapted to sever a strip of paper into the desired wrapper lengths and mechanism
for feeding the strip of paper thereto, of a downwardly extending guide as d situated
below the cutters through which the severed wrappers descend, and wrapper feeding
mechanism arranged to carry the blanks from the bottom of the guide and deliver
them to the moulds substantially as herein before described.
14th. The combination with cutters adapted to sever a strip of paper into wrapper
blanks of mechanism for continuously feeding the strip of paper thereto and an
intervening guide or plates lying on each side of the strip of paper and formed
flaring "
"above the cutters so as to permit the paper to buckle while the cutters are
in operation and direct it between the cutters when they open substantially as herein-
before described.
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15th. The combination with a mould in which cigarettes are formed, of tobacco
feeding mechanism registering with the top of the mould in one position of rest, a
guide channel flush (or practically so) with the top of the mould and provided with
grooves upon its under edges registering with the edges of the mould, wrapper
feeding mechanism adapted to feed a U-formed wrapper blank endwise into the
mould so that its edges will pass through the said grooves, and means for intermit-
tently moveing the mould into and out of, registering position with the wrapper and
tobacco feeding mechanisms substantially as herein before described.
16th. In a cigarette making machine the combination with a mould in which the
cigarette rod is formed, and a series of cutters for severing the cigarette rod into the
desired lengths, of a holder arranged to hold the cigarette and press it against
the cutters, and an intermediate carrier for taking the cigarette from the mould
and deliver it to the holder by a positive action substantially as hereinbefore
described.
17th. In combination with the mould and the mechanism for feeding the wrapper
blank endwise to the same, the adjusting finger 2 the slide e to which said finger is
attached and which thrusts it into, and withdraws it from the mould; the slide e²
actuated by the slide e, the cam el, the pin els carried by the slide e¹ and moved up
and down by the cam e, the said pin lying below finger e² and serving to support it
as it enters the mould and permiting it to fall, and engage the wrapper blank, at a
proper position substantially as hereinbefore described.
18th. The combination in a cigarette making machine of a mould the slide e the
slide e¹ the rod es, the lever e³, the pin e¹³, the inclined cams e12, the pin els, inclined
cam e14, pin ele inclined cam e¹, and spring ell whereby the levers e² and e³ are moved
into and out of the mould to feed, and stop, the wrapper therein, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
19th. The combination in a cigarette making machine of a moveable mould,
mechanism for moving the mould composed of two parts, one of which parts move
continuously and the other intermittently and a locking device whereby the inter-
mittently moving part is locked during the intermission between its movements and
is unlocked to permit it to move substantially as hereinbefore described.
20th. The combination in a cigarette making machine of a divided, or two part,
mould moveing mechanism, and means for connecting the two parts together,
whereby the continuous movement of one part will give an intermittent movement
to the other part, substantially as hereinbefore described.
21st. The combination in a cigarette making machine of a divided, or two-part
mould moveing mechanism, means for connecting the two parts together and a
locking mechanism, whereby the continuous movement of one part will give an

page_text: iutermittent movement to the other part and will also operate the locking device to
permit such part to move substantially as herein before described.
22nd. In a wrapper folding mechanism for cigarette making machines, the com-
bination with a mould adapted to receive a wrapper and a tobacco filler, and means
for operating the same, of a guide and a supplemental presser edge, or starter,
whereby the edge of the wrapper is received and pressed, or started inward by the
presser edge, or starter, and is directed into the spiral guide substantially as
herein before described.
23rd. In a wrapper folding mechanism for a cigarette making machine, the
combination with a mould, adapted to receive a wrapper, and a tobacco filler, and
means for operating the same of a device such as Q, two spiral guides, and two
supplemental presser edges or starters, whereby the two edges of the cigarette wrapper
are received and pressed, or started, inward by such presser edges, or starters, and
are directed into the spiral guides substantially as hereinbefore described.
24th. In a wrapper folding mechanism for cigarette making machines, the com-
bination with a mould, adapted to receive a wrapper and a tobacco filler, and means
for operating the same, of a hood, a spiral guide or spiral guides, such as q, and a
presser edge such as q² substantially as herein before described.
25th. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting a cigarette making
machine substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
1000
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.