Apparatus for Cutting off the Excess Tobacco Protruding from one end of the Paper-tube of Cigarettes provided with a Paper Mouth-piece.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Cutting off the Excess Tobacco Protruding from one
end of the Paper-tube of Cigarettes provided with a Paper
Mouth-piece.
We, GUSTAF ADOLF HAGELBERG, of Eriksgatan 7, Helsingfors, Finland, Chancery
Clerk, and LEONARD LINDELOF, of Konstantinsgatan 25, Helsingfors, Finland,
Bachelor of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The present invention relates to a machine for cutting off the excess tobacco
protruding from the end of the paper tube after the insertion of the mouth-piece
in cigarettes provided with a paper mouth-piece. The principal part of the
machine is a cylindrical drum provided with one or more longitudinal grooves
which during the rotation of the drum or cylinder successively receive the
cigarettes rolling into them down an inclined plane. At one end of each groove
is located a piece which is movable longitudinally with reference to the drum
and which, the instant the groove passes the place where the cigarette drops
into it, recedes to a certain distance from the drum so as to leave sufficient room
for the cigarette between it and the other end of the groove which terminates
at a plane perpendicular to the axis of the drum, but again approaches to the
drum when the cigarette has been received in its groove, the said piece pushing
the cigarette in front of it in the groove by contact with the tuft of tobacco that
projects around the tube of the cigarette, until the end of the mouth-piece bears
against the above-mentioned plane that limits the length of the groove. The
length of the drum is accurately proportioned so as be equal to the total length
of the cigarette. A sharp-edged circular disc which rotates on a shaft parallel
to the drum and is in contact with the end of the drum, cuts off the tobacco pro-
jecting beyond the tube. Owing to the fact that the end of the mouth-piece, in
consequence of the action of the above-mentioned piece which is movable in tho
longitudinal direction of the cylinder, always is at the same distance from tho
circular cutting-disc when cutting takes place, all the cigarettes will be cut off
to exactly the same length.
In the accompanying drawing a machine of this description is illustrated.
Fig. 1 represents a front-elevation of the machine, a fly-wheel being here
omitted,
Fig. 2 a top-view, a guard 12 being partly removed.
Fig. is a transverse section through the drum 5 and other parts.
On the base-plate 1 are mounted journal-boxes 2 and 3, supporting a shaft 4,
and journal boxes 15 and 16 for a shaft 17. The said plate also carries inclined
planes 9 and 10, and brackets 13, which in their turn support guard-casings 12
and 27, the function of which will be described below. The shaft 4 is
provided at one end with a fly-wheel 7 having a crank 8, it being of course
possible to substitute in its stead a belt-pulley for the employment
of mechanical
engaging with
power.
a gear 22
On the
a
shaft 4 is fixed
23
gear-wheel
on shaft 17 which is thus rotated in an

page_text: opposite direction to shaft 4. On the shaft 4 is mounted a drum 5 which is
provided with a longitudinal groove 11. The picce 6 which can be shifted along
the shaft 5, serves to regulate the machine according to the lengths of cigarettes
to be made. It should be so fixed on the shaft 4 that its distance from the
opposite end of the drum 5 exactly equals the length of the tube of the cigarette.
The piece 24 is fixed on the shaft 4, and a pin 29 can be shifted in the pierced
projecting arms 31 and 32 of said piece 24. A spiral spring 33 strives to move
the said pin in the direction of the drum 5. A bellerank lever 26 is pivoted on
the pin 25 attached to an arm projecting from the said piece 24. The long arm
of said lever is provided with a fork 26 embracing the pin 29. In the rotation
of the shaft 4 the short arm of the lever 26 strikes the fixed piece 27 which
is so for that it causes the said lever 26 to occupy position a when the groove 11
passes the lower edge of the plane 9. On having passed this point the lever
assumes the position b, and a disc 30 on the end of the pin 29 now approaches
the drum 5 (Fig. 2). The shaft 17 is provided with the circular disc 18 which
by the action of the spiral spring 19 is held pressed against the end of the drum 5.
The cigarettes are brought, in some suitable way on to the plane 9 with their
mouthpiece end facing the flange 34. When the groove 11 is passing the plane 9,
a cigarette drops into it and is made to take part in the rotation of the drum 5
while retained in place by the guard-casing 12. As above mentioned, the disc 30
subsequently approaches to the drum and pushes the cigarette back in the
groove 11 passes the periphery (point e) of the disc 18. When the latter is being
passed, the sharp edge of disc 18 cuts off, against the end of the drum, the
tobacco protruding beyond the tube and drum 5. The evened cigarette rolls
down along the plane 10, and the tobacco-waste drops through the aperture 14
and may be gathered up.
In order to increase the capacity of the machine, the drum 5 may be provided
with several grooves, the piece 24 being then provided with a corresponding
number of pins 29 and levers 26.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.
Apparatus for Cutting on the Excess Tobacco Frotruding from one
end of the Paper-tube of Cigarettes provided with a Paper.
Mouth-piece.
We, GUSTAF ADOLF HAGELBERG, of Eriksgatan 7, Helsingfors, Finland, Chancery
Clerk, and LEONARD LINDELOF, of Konstantinsgatan 25, Helsingfors, Finland,
Bachelor of Arts, 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;---
The present invention relates to a machine for cutting off the excess tobacco
protruding from the end of the paper tube after the insertion of the mouth-piece
in cigarettes provided with a paper mouth-piece. The principal part of the
machine is a cylindrical drum provided with one or more longitudinal grooves
which during the rotation of the drum or cylinder successively receive the
cigarettes rolling into them down an inclined plane. At one end of each groove
is located a piece which is movable longitudinally with reference to the drum
and which, the instant the groove passes the place where the cigarette drops

page_text: into it, recedes to a certain distance from the drum so as to leave sufficient room
for the cigarette between it and the other end of the groove which terminates
at a plane perpendicular to the axis of the drum, but again approaches to the
drum when the cigarette has been received in its groove, the said piece pushing
the cigarette in front of it in the groove by contact with the tuft of tobacco that
projects around the tube of the cigarette, until the end of the mouth-piece bears
against the above-mentioned plane that limits the length of the groove. The
length of the drum is accurately proportioned so as be equal to the total length
of the cigarette. A sharp-edged circular disc which rotates on a shaft parallel
to the drum and is in contact with the end of the drum, cuts off the tobacco pro-
jecting beyond the tube. Owing to the fact that the end of the mouth-piece, in
consequence of the action of the above-mentioned piece which is movable in the
longitudinal direction of the cylinder, always is at the same distance from the
circular cutting-disc when cutting takes place, all the cigarettes will be cut off
to exactly the same length.
In the drawing left with the Provisional Specification a machine of this kind
is illustrated.
Fig. 1 represents a front-elevation of the machine, a fly-wheel being hera
omitted,
Fig. 2 a top-view, a guard 12 being partly removed.
Fig is a transverse section through the drum 5 and other parts.
power.
On the
4 is
an
On the base-plate 1 are mounted journal-boxes 2 and 3, supporting a shaft 4,
and journal boxes 15 and 16 for a shaft 17. The said plate also carries inclined
planes 9 and 10, and brackets 13, which in their turn support guard-casings 12
and 27, the function of which will be described below. The shaft
provided at one end with a fly-wheel 7 having a crank 8, it being of course
possible to substitute in its stead a belt-pulley for the employment
is
of mechanical
shaft 4
fixed a gear-wheel 23
engaging with a gear 22 on
shaft 17 which is thus rotated in
opposite direction to shaft 4. On the shaft 4 is mounted a drum 5 which is
provided with a longitudinal groove 11. The piece 6 which can be shifted along
the shaft 5, serves to regulate the machine according to the lengths of cigarettes
to be made. It should be so fixed on the shaft 4 that its distance from the
opposite end of the drum 5 exactly equals the length of the tube of the cigarette.
The sleeve 24 is fixed on the shaft 4, and a pin 29 can be shifted in the pierced
projecting arms 31 and 32 of said sleeve 24. A spiral spring 33 strives to move
the said pin in the direction of the drum 5. A bell-crank lever 26 is pivoted on
the pin 25 attached to an arm projecting from the said sleeve 24. The long arm
of said lever is provided with a fork 28 embracing the pin 29. In the rotation of
the shaft 4 the short arm of the lever 26 strikes the guard piece 27 which is so formed
that it causes the said lever 26 to occupy position a when the groove 11 passes
the lower edge of the plane 9. On having passed this point the lever assumes the
position b, and a disc 30 on the end of the pin 29 now approaches the drum 5
(Fig. 2). The shaft 17 is provided with the circular disc 18 which by the action
of the spiral spring 19 is held pressed against the end of the drum 5. The func-
tion of the guard piece 12 is to keep the cigarette in place whilst the drum
revolves and that of the guard-piece 27 to hold the lever 26 at intervals as stated
above.
The cigarettes are brought, in some suitable way on to the plane 9 with their
mouthpiece end facing the flange 34. When the groove 11 is passing the plane 9.
a cigarette drops into it and is made to take part in the rotation of the drum 5
while retained in place by the guard-casing 12. As above mentioned, the disc 30
subsequently approaches to the drum and pushes the cigarette back in the
groove 11 passes the periphery (point e) of the disc 18 When the latter is being
passed, the sharp edge of disc 18 cuts off, against the end of the drum, the
tobacco protruding beyond the tube and drum 5. The evened cigarette rolls

page_text: down along the plane 10, and the tobacco-waste drops through the aperture 14
and may be gathered up.
In order to increase the capacity of the machine, the drum 5 may be provided
with several grooves, the sleeve 24 being then provided with a corresponding
number of pins 29 and levers 26.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. In a machine of the class described, a drum provided with longitudinal
groove adapted to receive and hold the cigarette while being cut, said drum being
adapted to be rotated, a circular cutter adapted to be rotated aside and against
one end surface of said drum, and a movable part adapted to be pressed against
the tobacco that protrudes past the said end of the said drum just before and while
it is cut off by the said cutter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of, an inclined plane,
a drum provided with longitudinal groove for receiving and holding the cigarettes
and adapted to rotate, a circular cutter adapted to be rotated aside and against
the one end-surface of said drum, a sleeve or the like adapted to be normally
pushed against the said end surface of the drum and to rotate with the same,
means such as a lever mechanically connected to said sleeve and striking against
a guide during the rotation, a shield outside part of the side, of the drum, and
an inclined plane beneath said drum, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. The apparatus substantially as described and illustrated in the drawing.
Dated thi 101 1
1000
April 1900.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.