Improvements in Cigar-making Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands alter
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as allowed by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 7th day of January 1897.
Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
We,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Cigar-making Machines.
FRANK REGINALD KEYES, and CHARLES AUGUSTUS BAKER, both of
20 Susquehanna Street, Binghamton, Broome Co., New York, United States of
America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to machines for making cigars, and particularly to those
used for rolling bunches into wrappers.
Our object is to produce a machine embodying a traversing or reciprocating table,
and a stationary wrapper support, contiguous thereto; in which the bunch-rolling
chamber in said table comprising an endless apron upon and driven by rollers
constituting the bottom, a rearnard roller constituting the back thereof, a preser-
roller vertically movable above the apron and in front of the back roller, and a
wrapper stretcher the inner edge of which constitutes the first wall, all journaled in
or mounted upon said table, and suitable means being provided to operate the said
Beveral rollers and to adjust said stretcher to vary the width of said chamber; in
which the wrapper is placed upon its support, the tuck end under the bunch and
held in contact therewith by a finger, the bunch being retained in position by the
walls of said chamber while being rotated by said apron; in which as the bunch is
rolled into the wrapper, and just before the tip is finished, the wrapper is nicked so
as to form the lap for the head of the tip and parted to secure it, all while in said:
chamber; in which the stretcher has a laterally und longitudinally convex upper
face, and is provided at one end with a tip concavity, the front edge of which in a
curved extension of said inner edge so that the wrapper is drawn over said con-
vexity and stretched smooth by the rotation of the bunch and the movement of
the table; in which said table is reversed in its movements by means of a drive-gear
engaging with a double gear-toothed rack-bar and means to abift said gear from
one rack to the other; in which the cigar is removed from said chamber, placed in
a concave trough, the tuck cut off by a tuck cutter and said trough titled to.
discharge the finished cignr.
Our invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation
hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto
annexed.
It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the machine omitting the wrapper table.
Fig. 2, is a rear elevation thereof.
Fig. 3. is a top plan thereof showing the wrapper table in dotted lines, and also

page_text: Fig. 4,
an end elevation thereof.
Fig. 5, is a vertical transverse sectional elevation on line M M in Fig. 3.
Fig. 6, is a vertical sectional clovation on a line transverse to the bunch-chambor
and its rollere, apron and stretcher.
Fig. 7, is a sectional detail of the bunch-chamber, rollers, apron, stretcher and
presser roller frame and showing a bunch in said chamber being rolled into a
wrapper.
Fig. 8, is an elevation of the presser roller mechanism, and the tuck cutter
mechanism, the trough tilling mechanism, and the mechanism for vertically
reciprocating the wrapper finger.
Fig. 9, is a like view of the same parts, showing the presser-roller raised, the
tuck-cutter shut as in cutting of a tuck, the trough titled, and the finger
depressed.
Fig. 10, is a sectional detail of the trip mechanism by which the tilting trough is
tripped to be returned to au upright position when rocked to the position shown in
Fig. 9.
Fig. 11, is a detail of the mechanism for operating the paster when the handle is
pushed back, as shown by the dotted lines, to open the valve in the pipe connected
to the reservoir.
Fig. 12, is an end elevation of the same, showing the handle drawn forward to
operate the nicking knife.
Fig. 13, is a vertical sectional elevation of the paste reservoir, the paste
compressing devices and the paste discharge pipe and valve.
Fig. 14, is a vertical transverse section of said reservoir, pipe and valve.
Fig. 15, is a detail in elevation of part of the driving rack-bar and its driving
mechanism.
Fig. 16, is a top plan of the double rack-bar.
Fig. 17, front elevation of the wrapper holding finger mechanism and tripper,
showing the finger projected.
Fig. 18, is a vertical sectional elevation of the same.
Fi. 19, is the front elevation of the saine, showing the finger retracted.
Fig. 20, is a vertical sectional elevation of Fig. 19.
Fig. 21, is a plan of part of a wrapper showing the tip end nicked to form the
head upon the tip of the cigar.
Fig. 22, a front elevation of the wrapper stretcher.
Fig. 23, is a top plan thereof.
Fig. 24, shows transverse sections of the wrappor stretcher upon the dotted lines
a-b-cd-and-e-respectively.
marked,
Fig. 25, is a transverse section thereof on live-f
Fig. 26, is a like view thereof on line-g-.
Fig. 27, is an end elevation of the stretcher looking at it from the left in
Fig. 23.
Fig. 28, is a like view looking at it from the right.
Fig. 29, is a top plan of a stretcher having a straight inner edge.
Fig. 30,
therein.
a section thereof on line XX, showing the paste conduit and valve
Fig. 31, is a top plan of a stretcher adapted to be used in making cberoots.
Fig. 32, is an end elevation of the same.
Fig. 33, is a top plan view of part of a presser-roller frame, having a flexible
roller mounted therein.
Fig. 34, is a like view of the same flexed.
Fig. 35, is a longitudinal sectional of the roller.
Fig. 36, is a sectional detail of one end of the roller aud its rocking bearing in
one of the arms of the frame.
A. is the bed of the machine carrying standards-3-4-the drive-shaft-5-
being journaled in a bracket-6-on the standard-3-, and-7-is a drive-gear
ou said shalt meshing with the pinions-8-upon the auxilliary shaft-9-, said

page_text: shafts being driven by the drive pulley-10; 11-being au ordinary clutch
operated by the lever-12-in any ordinary way to shift the clutch to stop or
start the machine.
Rollers 13, are splined onto the shafts-9-and adapted to traverse them, and
carry and drive the endless apron-14.
Vertical hars--are loosely mounted upon the shafts-9-and adapted to
slide thereon, being also connected at the botton and 15 is a table mounted upon
said bars, a shaft-16-is journaled in bearings in an upright-16'-upon the rear
of the table; 17 is a sleeve secured adjustably outo said shaft by a set screw-n-
18 is a boss erected upon the sleeve; 19, an arm on said boss, to which a cord-20-
is attatched running down to an ordinary foot treadle (not shown) by which said
arm is pulled down and said shaft and sleeve rocked.
In said boss a stem-21-is adjustably secured by a set-screw--22-is a
sleeve ou said stom; 23 is a rod adjustably secured in said sleeve, and 231 are arms
upon said rod; said stem, sleeve, rod and arms constituting the presser-frame, and
-24-is a presser-roller journaled in said arms.
The lower ends of the bars-m-are connected by the bar-25-priovded with
a longitudinal slot-26-having teeth on its sides creating the rack-bars-27-28-,
each having a blank space-29-at its end.
A shifting bar-30-is pivoted upon the base at 31 and 32 is a post on said bar
having a shaft-33-journaled therein, and in a bracket-34-; 35 is a bevel gear
on said shaft, and 36 is a spur gear also on said shaft adapted to engage with the
racks of the double rack bar-25-.
-on 8
A pinion on one of the shafts-9-meshes with a train of gears-38-
shaft 39-and an intermediate shaft in the standard-3, both being journaled
in a bracket-41-upon the the bar-30-, said shaft having a universal joint-40
and provided with a bevel gear-42-meshing with the gear-35-to drive the
gear 36, and drive said rack-bar, a cross spring holding it in engagement with one
rack, and thereby propel the table forward until the gear reaches the blank space
in the rack, when the table stops, though said gear continues its rotation. To
reverse the table, strain is applied to the cord-43-to swing the shifter-30-and
bring the genr--36- into mesh with the other rack, and returns the table which
stops as before at the end of that rack; and when said strain is removed a spring
rack, engaging with the lever-44-to which the cord is connected, throws said
shifter back bringing said gear into engagement with first rack, said lever being
pivoted upon a post-45-under the bed, and having au arm-46-projecting up
through a slot in the bed to engage with said shifter.
The wrapper support-47-, comprising a plate and a stem, is mounted in a
standard-48-upou the bed adjustably by means of the set-screw shown.
Upon the rear shaft-9-a gear-49-is mounted, engaging with the pinion-50-,
which engages with a gear-il-upon a shaft-52-, journaled in one of said
bars-m, and carrying a roller-53-contiguous to the apron.
Upon the table a stretcher-54-is mounted (Figs. 23 to 29), comprising a
metallic plato convex, both longituduially and transversely, and having a tip
concavity-54'-to receive the tip of a bunch or cigar, and partly open on the
front, and provided with a slit-r; and adjustable forward on back by means of
the slot and bolt-55-through it into the table. The inner edge of said stretcher
is either curved, as shown in Fig. 23, or straight, as shown in Fig. 29.
In Figs. 31 aud 32 a stretcher is shown in which the tip concavity is adapted to
the making of blunt-tipped cheroots, and 56 is a hole through the stretcher through
which the tip-trimmings fall, as hereinafter described.
The inuer edge of the stretcher forms the front of the bunch-rolling chamber,
the apron the bottom, the roller-53-the rear, and the presser-roller the top.
Upon the shaft-16-(Figs. 5, 8 and 9) an arm-57-is secured, provided with
a pin-58-engaging with a cam slot-59-in the lever-80, pivoted upon a
plate 61-adjustably mounted upon the bar-m-, said lever having a slot-62-
through which the pin-63-is inserted and connected to the stem-64-, vertically

page_text: movable in the socket-65-, secured upon the bar-m-, and 66 is a hollow aleeve
upon said stem (Figs. 17 to 20) through which the tubular slide-67-reciprocates,
and 68 is a finger (wire) passed through said slide, and secured therein in any
ordinary way. This slide is provided with a neck-681, and 69 is a spring catch
adapted to engage with said neck when said slide is drawn back, as in Fig. 20, aud
hold the finger back.
When the shaft-16-is rocked the arm-57-actuates the lover-60-to depress
the finger, the parts in this position being shown in Fig. 9, and when released the
parts return to their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 8.
When so depressed the adjustable trip-70-inserted through the catch engages
with the bar-m-to raise the poiut of the catch out of engagement with said neck
and permit the spring around said sleeve to project it and the finger, as shown in
Fig. 18.
An arm-71-is secured on said bar-m-aud a lever-72-is pivoted therein;
composed of sections hinged together, and 73 is a vertically slotted plate mounted
in said lever and fitting over said sleeve, and as the table is carried to the left to
roll the bunch into a wrapper and finish a cigar anid lever engages with an
adjustable stop-74-upon the bed, and is swung, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20,
whereby said sleeve and needle are retracted, substantially as it is so finished, or
at any time after two or more winds are made; 75 being a nut upon said sleeve,
adjustable to regulate the movements of said finger, both outward to ongage with
the wrapper and bold it against the bunch until one or two winds are completed
upon the tuck, and backward to withdraw it from under the wind or winds.
Then the shaft-10-is rocked to raise the presser-roller, the cigar is removed
from the rolling chamber, the finger is released and thrown forward, the lever-72-
having passed the stop, another wrapper is placed upon the support with its end
ovor the finger, a now bunch is inserted, and when the presser-roller is lowered
onto it, the arm-57-aud lever-60-raise the finger holder (Fig. 8) and thereby
grip the wrapper against the bunch.
Au arm-76-is loosely mounted on the shaft-16-(Fig. 8), a forked bar-77-
has one branch connected to said arm, and 78 is one member of a tuck-cutter
connected to said bar.
A link-79-connects said bar to the other member-78'-of the tuck-cutter,
and both members are pivoted upon the end of a block-80-which is carried by a
bracket-81-erected upon the double-rack-bar plate. A cigar holder-82-,
provided with a head-83-, adjustable according to the length of the cigar, is
mounted upon said block by a binge joint so as to rock thereon and tilt backward,
aud nominally held in an upright position by a rod-84-pivoted upon a pin-85-
upon the bar-77-and adjustable by means of a slot and bolt fastening-86-said
holder, being adapted to tilt when the tuck cutting blades-78-is operated by
the engagement of the roller-85'-engaging with the lug-82'-in said trough.
A spring-87-connected to the arin-76-and to the block-80-is brought under
tension by the rocking of said arm to close the tuck-cutting blades.
A tube-88-is secured outo the arm-76-a sliding panl-89-is mounted
therein (Fig. 10) with the usual spring; a block-90-is secured ou said pawl, a
set-screw-91-is adjustably mounted in said block; the point of the pawl engages
with a ratchet-upon the shaft-16-, and when the shaft is rocked to operate
the tuck-cutting blades like scissors to cut the tuck, the lower branch of the
bar 77-eugages with said set-screw and forces said pawl backward releasing it
from the ratched, and then the spring-87-throws the arm-76-, bar-77-and
tuck-cutting blades back to the position shown in Fig. 8, the other parts remaining
in the positions shown in Fig. 9, with the presser-roller raised and the wrapper
finger depressed. A stop-02-regulates the opening of said blades.
1
When said arm is depressed and the tuck is cut, the cigar holder tilts back, as
shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 9; and when the spring-87-restores the parts,
the rod-84-re-engages with and returns said holdor to its normal position (see
dotted lines, Fig. 8).

page_text: In Figs. 4, 11 and 12, the wrapper-nicking meciauism and pasting ineshaniSIN
are shown.
The nicking mechanism is designed to cut the edge of the wrapper-93--as
at 94 in order to properly form the bead, when it is rolled around the tip of the
bunch.
A lever-95-is pivoted upon a har-m-and provided at its onter end with a..
shoulder-96-with which the handle-97-engages when swung forward, said
handle being pivoted upon said lever. The rear end of said lever extends backward
and upward and is connected by the link-98-to a crank arm-99-upon the
rock-shaft-100-, journaled in a bearing-101-(Fig. 3) and 102 is the nicking
knife secured upon and ocillated vertically by said Lanálu to nick the wrapper,,
being operated by the finger of the operator.
After the wrapper is nicked, the operator pushes said handle back, as shown by
the dotted lines in Fig. 11, and this through the rod-103-connecting the handle
to the crank-104- the rock-sbnft-10, journaled at-106-and provided
on its other end with another crank (dotted lines, Fig. 3) which is in sliding
engagement with a crank-107-on the valve shaft-108, provided with a port,
substantially as shown in Figs. 14 or 30, and whereby suid valve shaft is rocked to
open and close the valve part a distance regulated by a screw pin-109—(Fig. 12),
the point of which will strike the bar-m- This valve shaft is journaled in the
valve body-110-, interiorly connected to the interior of the reservoir-111
through the plug-112-, screwed into a seat upon the reservoir au n pipe-113-
connects the valve to the nipple-114-and to the conduit-115-(Fig. 25).
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Pistons 116 are mounted in the reservoir upou rods-117-provided with
notches 118, with which the dogs-119-engage when the pistons are drawu
outward to hold them out against the tension of the springs-120-while the
Beservoir is being filled with paste; and when released, as shown in Fig. 13, the
springs compress the paste between them and, when the valve is open, eject
the paste through the conduit onto the cigar tip in proper position to be used for
sticking the wrapper onto the tip.
A spring-121--connected to a lever-9-and to the bar-m-retracts both
the parts of the nicking or pasting mechanism whenever either is operated and
closes the valve when the pressure is removed from the handle.
In Figa 33-36 our flexible roller is shown, and its mounting, comprising a flexible
body 122-, such as a piece of flexible shafting, a rubber sleeve-123-thereon,
independent gudgeons-124-in the ends thereof fitting freely in tapered or conical
bearings-125-in the arms of the presser-frame, and the ends of the roller, are
beveled so that said roller can beud freely and the gudgeous can reciprocate and
also rock therein as the roller is bent.
In operation, the presser-roller is raised, the wrapper end placed on tho finger,
the bunch placed in the rolling chamber and the roller lowered. Then the clutch
is shifted and the machine started, the apron rolls the bunch into the wrapper, the
stretcher strethhing and smoothing it, aided by the convexity of its surface, and
by a little hand pressure it is wrapped spirally and tight, smooth and even around
the entire length of the bunch; the wrapper is nicked, the paste applied and the
tip formed and finished.
As the wrapper is rolled around tip of the bunch it is drawn into and through
the notch and the lap is thereby smoothed out or unfolded so that the tip is smooth.
By the use of a flexible presser-roller adapted to more closely fit the contour of
a bunch, the cigars are made of uniform shape and size and of finer finish.
This machine is also adapted to bunch making in applying the binder to the
filler, so we do not limit ourselves to its use in rolling prepared bunches into
wrappers.
What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
1. Ju a cigar making machine-a reciprocating table actuated by and in
than mitive of Larallel roke councated toother and

page_text: connected to the table, said racks having blank spaces at their opposite ends; an
oscillating frame; a continuously rotated driving gear carried thereby and adapted
to alternately engage with said racks to drive the table and stop it when it reaches
the blank space of a rack, and means to shift said gear from one rack into engagement
with the other to drive the table in the opposite direction.
2. In a cigar inaking machine-the combination with a reciprocating table of a
wrapper-stretcher thereon having a substantially straight inner edge; an adjacent
tip-concavity; an endless apron, adapted to rotate the bunch adjacent to said
stretcher and in said concavity; a vertically movable presser-roller above said
apron, and means to support the wrapper.
3. In a cigar making machine-the combination with a traversing table of a
wrapper-stretcher thercon, having a straight inner edge, and being convex both
laterally and longitudinally upon its upper face, and provided with a tip-concavity;
an endless apron adapted to roll the bunch against the inner edge of said stretcher
and in said concavity; a vertically movable preser-roller, adapted to hold the
bunch against said stretcher, and means to support the wrapper.
4. In a cigar making machine-the combination with a reciprocating table of a
wrapper-stretcher mounted thereon, and forming the front wall of the rolling
chamber therein, and having a concavity at one end; au endless apron adjacent to
Baid stretcher; a presser-roller above said apron; a roller in the rear of said
presser-roller, forming the rear wall of said chamber; a stationary wrapper-support
contiguous to sald stretcher, and means to actuate said apon to rotate a bunch
placed therein.
5. In a cigar making machine-the combination, with a reciprocating table
having a bunch-rolling chamber therein as described, and a wrapper-stretcher upon
Baid table forming the front wall of said chamber; of a vertically reciprocating
wrapper-nicking knife adjacent to said stretcher, and means to operate it
intermittently, and a wrapper support.
6. In a cigar making machine- the combination with a stationary wrapper
support, of a traversing table; a wrapper stretcher mounted thereon, and suitable
cigar-bunch supporting and rotating mechanism upon said table.
7. In a cigar making machine, the combination with suitable cigar-bunch
supporting and rotating mechanism, of a wrapper-gripping finger, and suitable
means to reciprocate it vertically and longitudinally said finger being operated and
operating substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
8. In a cigar making machine, the combination with suitable cigar-bunch:
supporting and otating mechanism, and a traversing table carrying it, of' a
wrapper-gripping finger mounted in vertical and horizontal supports, and means to
reciprocate it vertically and longitudinally.
9. In a cigar making machine, the combination with suitable cigar-bunch
supporting and rotating mechanism, a presscr-roller and means to vertically
reciprocate it, and a traversing table carrying them, of a wrapper-finger
mounted in a horizontal support; a horizontal support n:ounted in a vertical
support, and means to reciprocate said finger vertically and longitudinally.
10. In a cigar making machine, a rock shaft, a vertically oscillated arm connected
thereto; an arm secured to said shaft, crossed tuck-cutting blades and means to
connect them to said arm to close them when said shaft is rocked said crossed tuck-
cutting blades being operated and operating substantially as described and shown in
the drawings.
Dated the 5th day of ML coun
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.