IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS:
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bear, of 164, Cable Street, Saint George
in the East, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
CIGARS:"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bear at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th April 1875.
I, JAMES BEAR, of 164, Cable Street, Saint George in the East, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CIGARS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus to be
used in the manufacture of cigars.
In order to shape the bunch or inner part of the cigar I employ a
mould of a trough-like form, the cavity corresponding to the shape of
a cigar but with a wide hopper-like mouth. The mould is divided into
three parts; in the lowest part the cavity is of a depth equal to some-

page_text: what less than half the thickness of the cigar. The centre part of the
mould is a plate which rests on the lowest part already described, and
above it again is the upper part of the mould in which the hopper-like
mouth is formed.
This apparatus for making the bunch is used together with other
apparatus consisting of a heated metal mould for setting the bunch to
the desired form by means of heat, this latter apparatus being such as is
described in the Specification of a former Patent, granted to my brother,
George Bear, and dated the 7th April, 1873, No. 1279.
The mode of working is as follows :— -The upper part of the bunch
mould having been removed a piece of leaf to serve as the bunch wrapper
is spread over the top of the cavity and pressed down into it with the
fingers, leaving the edges of the wrapper overlapping the cavity a short
distance on either side. The top of the mould is then put on and the
pieces of tobacco leaf to form the filling of the bunch are put in through
the hopper-like mouth of the mould and are distributed regularly and
evenly with the fingers. This having been done a wooden presser is
inserted into the mouth of the mould and pressed down by hand upon
the pieces of tobacco so as to bring the bunch into form, the under side
of the presser being hollowed like the bottom of the bunch mould, so
that between the bottom of the mould and the under surface of the
presser the tobacco becomes squeezed to the shape of a cigar. Afterwards
the top of the bunch mould is removed and the edges of the bunch
wrapper are folded over and secured by paste or cement and the bunch
is complete, but in this stato it is tender and would not bear handling.
The middle part of the mould is now lifted, it is arranged to turn over
upon a hinge or joint and it takes the bunch with it. The bunch is now
immediately over the cavity of the apparatus for setting the bunch by
mcans of heat, and a touch with the fingers causes it to fall into the
cavity of this apparatus. The bunch is shut for a moment in the heated
mould and then removed, after which all that is required is the applica-
tion of the outer wrapper, which is performed by hand, and then the
cigar is finished.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said James Bear in the Great Seal Patent Offico
on the 19th October 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BEAR, of 164, Cable Street, Saint George in the East, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
cighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Bear, Her special license, that I,
the said James Bear, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Bear, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time, and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said James Bear, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Bear, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :—
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus to be
used in the manufacture of cigars.
In order to shape the bunch or inner part of the cigar I employ a
mould of a trough-like form, the cavity corresponding to the shape of a
cicar but with a wide hopper-like mouth. The mould is divided into

page_text: parts; in the lowest part the cavity is of a depth equal to somewhat less
than half the thickness of the cigar, and above it is the upper part of the
mould in which the hopper-like mouth is formed.
Several views of a mould formed in this manner are shewn in the
Drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the mould when closed, and Figure 2 a plan
view of the same when open.
Figure 3 shews a longitudinal vertical section of the mould together
with the presser for pressing the materials after they have been placed
in the mould; Figure 4 shows a vertical transverse section of the
same.
In these Figures A, A, is the lower part of the mould with a groove
somewhat of the shape of a cigar formed in it; B is the upper part of the
mould with a wide hopper mouth, as shewn; the two parts of the mould
are hinged together at C, and the lower part A is let into a table or
bench so that its upper surface is level or nearly so with the surface
of the bench.
This apparatus for making the bunch is used together with other
apparatus consisting of a heated metal mould for setting the bunch to
the desired form by means of heat, this latter apparatus being such as is ?
described in the Specification of a former Patent granted to my brother,
George Bear, and dated the 7th April 1873, No. 1279.
The mode of working is as follows:-The upper part of the bunch
mould having been turned back into the position shewn at Figure 2 a
piece of leaf to serve as the bunch wrapper is spread over the top of the
cavity in the part A somewhat at an angle across it, as indicated by the
dotted line in Figure 2, and is pressed down into it with the fingers,
leaving the edges of the wrapper overlapping the cavity a short distance
on either side. The top of the mould is then turned into the position
shewn at Figures 1 and 3, and the pieces of tobacco leaf to form the
filling of the bunch are put in through the hopper-like mouth of the
mould and are distributed regularly and evenly with the fingers. This
having been done the presser D is inserted into the mouth of the mould
and pressed down by hand upon the pieces of tobacco so as to bring the
bunch into form, the under side of the presser being hollowed like the
bottom of the bunch mould, so that between the bottom of the mould

page_text: and the under surface of the presser the tobacco becomes squeezed to
the shape of a cigar. Afterwards the top of the bunch mould is again
turned back and the bunch wrapper is rolled or wound around the bunch,
and may, if desired be secured by paste or cement; in most cases
however this is not necessary. Afterwards the bunch is again placed
into the mould and is again pressed by the presser and the bunch is
complete, but in this state it is tender and requires to be set. This is
effected by placing it for a short time into a heated mould, as described
in the Specification of the Patent before mentioned.
If desired the mould might be divided horizontally into three parts
instead of into two parts, so that the bunch after being compressed may
be lifted out of the mould upon the middle plate or portion interposed
between the top and bottom portions of the mould. I however prefer
to form the mould in the manner shewn in the Drawings. After the
bunch has been thus set all that is required is the application of the
outer wrapper, which is performed by hand, and the cigar when it has
been cut to length is then finished.
The saving of labor by the use of the bunch mould in conjunction
with the heated mould for setting the bunch is very great, and good
work can be produced by unskilled persons.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I claim, the
usc in the manufacture of cigars of apparatus substantially such as
herein-before described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Bear, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
JAMES BEAR. (L.S.)