Improvements in Machines for Making Cigarettes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept. 1891—Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Making Cigarettes.
A communication from OSCAR WILLIAM ALLISON, of 16, Vick Park, Rochester,
in the County of Monroe, State of New York, United States of America,
Inventor.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.Í.M.E., 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 :—
This invention relates to an improved cigarette-making machine of that class or
type which are known in the art as "side-machines" in which the cigarettes are
made one by one by having the paper wrapped and sealed about the tobacco filler.
This invention contemplates a cigarette-making machine, comprising mechanism
for forming and compressing a continuous tobacco-rod or filler, devices for cutting
the same into suitable lengths, apparatus for gumming and feeding a suitable
paper-wrapper and for severing the same into sections of the proper length, and an
endless travelling flexible recessed band, in the recesses of which the wrapper is
folded about the filler and its edges secured.
The improved cigarette machine is represented in the accompanying drawings,
in which.

page_text: lengths by the circular revolving cutter F, (which has a double movement, towards
the filler and also lengthways with it) and the cut fillers are then inserted in the
recesses in the belt E, at the same time with the wrappers cut to the proper lengths,
after which, by the movement of the recessed belt, the wrapped fillers are moved
onwards and the cigarettes completed by the closing of the wrappers about the
fillers. The belt is provided with transverse recesses, of a width adapted to
receive the cigarettes of the size which the machine is designed to make.
ཝཱ The paper is fed into the machine by the mechanism represented in Fig. 5,-
being severed into suitable lengths by the knife c, Fig. 14. The finished cigarettes
are discharged at the left-hand end of the machine as seen in Fig. 2-a suitable
device being employed to distend the recesses by bending the belt.
Proceeding now to a more detailed description of a machine embodying the
present improvements, G is a suitable table supporting the operative parts of the
machine, and which is itself sustained by any suitable legs or framework. H, Fig. 1,
is the main driving-pulley, from which movement is transmitted to the various parts
of the machine.
The tobacco is delivered into the spout A by any suitable tobacco-feeding
mechanism, and falls by gravity through said spout, onto the revolving plate C,
which closes the bottom of the spout. As the plate revolves, in the direction
represented by the arrow in Fig. 1, it carries the tobacco resting thereon out of the
spout A, a portion of the vertical wall of which is cut away for this purpose as
represented at, Fig. 12,-and delivers it into the widest end of the tapering
curved space e, Figs. 1 and 13, in which the compression of the tobacco into a
continuous filler is accomplished. The spout A is maintained in an. operative
relation with the other parts by a standards, attached to the table G.
As already remarked, the compression of the cut or fibered tobacco into a
suitable tobacco-rod or continuous filler is effected between the revolving
eccentrically located disc B and the grooved belt D,-the tobacco being supported
while travelling through the curved tapering space e, Fig. 1, between the
eccentrically located disc and the grooved belt, by the circular plate C.
The space e is enclosed on the outer side by the groove 1, Fig. 3, in the belt D,
on the inner side by the groove m in the edge of the disc B, on the upper side by
the stationary segment S, and, on the bottom by the revolving plate C. The
tobacco is carried onward by the friction of the belt, disc, and plate, and com-
pressed between them into the continuous cylindrical rod or filler t. The plate C
is supported on a hollow standard P, Fig. 3, arising from the table G, by a sleeve O,
which is made of an internal diameter sufficient to revolve outside of the
eccentrically located shaft N which supports the compressing disc B. Motion is
transmitted from the shaft 1 of the driving pulley by the pinion d, gear,
shaft, bevel-gears hi, shaft j, and pinion, Fig. 3, to the gear J on the lower
end of the sleeve O carrying the revolving plate C. The pinion also drives the
eccentrically located disc B by means of the gear K on the lower end of the
shaft N, to which the disc is attached. As indicated in Fig. 3, the gear K is
made smaller than the gear J. The shaft N is supported below the gear by
the bracket M attached to the table G, and above the disc, by a boss Q, Fig. 1,
attached to the arm or arms R, reaching over the disc and secured to the
segments, which confines the tobacco in the tapering space e during the com-
pressive operation, and which is itself supported by one or more brackets T.
The flexible grooved belt D, which assists in the compression of the continuous
tobacco-filler by closing the outer edge of the curved space e, is carried by the
pulleys U U¹, which revolve on suitable standards arising from the table. These
pulleys are made of such dimensions and are so located as to cause the belt to
bend around the plate C, and the segment S for a sufficient distance. The helt D
and its pulleys are driven by the friction of the edge of the plate C and the
tobacco. The groove 1, Fig. 3, in the belt, is made of a semi-circular or nearly
semi-circular form, adapted to form about one-half of the continuous filler of the
desired size. The edge of the disc B is also provided with a groove, m, Fig. 3,

page_text: adapted to form the other half of the continuous filler. The pulley Ü is made
slightly crowning, as shown in the sectional view, Fig. 3, to distend the groove in
the belt by bending it slightly in the transverse direction, so as to facilitate the
discharge of the formed filler at t, Fig. 1. Any suitable tobacco feeding-
mechanism may be employed in connection with my improved cigarette-machine,
and any suitable tobacco-filler-forming mechanism other than herein represented
may be used as one of the operative parts of a cigarette machine constructed in
accordance with the present invention.
The shaft I is utilized to perform the various functions of severing the filler
into suitable lengths, of feeding and cutting the paper wrapper, and of inserting
the severed filler and the wrapper in the recesses in the endless flexible belt E,
in the following manner. Fis a revolving sharp-edged disc, driven at a high
speed by the belt n, and carried on the arm V in such position that it is forced
against the filler to sever the same, (see full and dotted lines in Fig. 5,)-by
a cam o, Fig. 4, on the shaft 1. The arm is arranged to swing on the
shaft W, placed parallel to the shaft I, and supported on suitable standards p,
which also by arins y sustain the shaft I. The cam o on the shaft I is arranged
so as to depress the arm V at the proper time to force the cutter F against
the filler t so as to sever it, as indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 5,
and by the dotted circles F F³, in Fig. 6. The tobacco-filler t is supported
during the cutting operation by the tube X, carried by a suitable bracket.
The belt runs at an angle with the vertical line, or around suitable movable
corner-pulleys, or an elastic belt may be used. A suitable countershaft is
arranged overhead to drive the belt n. The free end of the arm V is provided
with a suitable socket or journal-box in which the shaft of the cutter F
revolves, a pulley w for the belt n being placed on one end of the shaft. The
belt n runs around the pulley wo on the shaft u, which turns in the socket s
and supports the cutting disc F. As the filler is moving lengthways while the
cutting operation is going on, it is desirable to make the cutter travel in the
same direction with the filler, and at approximately the same speed. This
result is accomplished by arranging the arm V so that it can slide lengthways
on the supporting shaft. W, and providing an inclined cam t, Fig. 4, on the
shaft I, arranged to shift the arm V laterally, as indicated by the full and
dotted lines, while the cutter is being depressed by the cam o, to sever the
continuous filler;-the tube Y which supports the cut section of the filler being
also arranged to slide lengthways. A spring X', Fig. 4, on the rod W, returns
the arm to the position indicated by the full lines in Fig. 4. and the same or
another spring is arranged to raise the outer end of the arm aud the cutter
after the filler has been severed, so as to permit another length of the filler to
be fed under the cutter. The cam o acts on the upper side of a lug or
projection on the arm to depress the cutting disc F and the inclined flange
or cam acts on the side of the lug to shift the arm and the cutter laterally
during the operation of severing the continuous filler into suitable lengths.
Provision is thus made for both the vertical and lateral movement of the cutter
during the operation of severing the filler, and for the return of the cutter to
its original position. The sliding tube Y is supported in a suitable guide, Z,
Figs. 5 and 6, attached to the bed A' which supports the recessed band E, or
to any other part of the machine. The cutter when it descends to cut the
filler passes into a suitable opening between the stationary tube X and the
sliding tube Y. In order to cause the sliding tube to shift laterally with.
the cutter, it is provided with an arm, see Fig. 6, which extends upwards
and passes into a slot or opening in the hub s. The tubes X and Y are placed
in line with each other, and their ends which receive the filler may be more
or less conical or flaring. The rod is firmly attached to the sliding tube Y,
and, as it extends upwards into the hub s, it compels the tube to move end ways
in its support at the same time and for the same distance as the arm¨ V moves
laterally, the outer end of sliding tube Y remaining always close to the side of

page_text: the cutting disc F. As the boss moves downward towards the tube Y, it
slides on the rod a, but when it moves laterally, it causes the tube to move
with it. The upper part of the guide Z is slotted or cut away to permit the
movement of the tube Y.
The cut section of filler,-of a length equal to that of the cigarettes which
the machine is designed to make, is pushed forward by the uncut section,
underneath the plunger B₁ and above one of the recesses a in the endless
band E. The paper 6 is fed in by suitable mechanism hereinafter described, in
the position indicated at e, Fig. 5, underneath the cut section of the filler,
and above the recess in the band. As the paper is wider than the recesses in
the band, as indicated by the dotted lines e in Fig. 4, the paper, even if it
Bags a little in being fed in, will rest on the upper surface of the band between
the recesses, and the cut section of the filler will rest on the paper even if its
free end drops downward a little in being introduced under the plunger B',
which descends immediately after the end of the section has been forced out of
the sliding tube Y. If the plunger B' is delayed in its descent from the
improper timing of the machine, the cut section will rest on the paper until
inserted in the recessed band by the plunger. The paper is fed into the machine
somewhat in advance of the cut section, so as to prevent the end of the paper
from coming in contact with the end of the cut section.
Both the paper and the filler t' are inserted in the recess by the descent of
the plunger, the edges of the paper being left projecting upward above the
band as indicated at e, Figs. 7 and 11. One edge of the paper is gummed
before it enters the machine, and the edges are folded down on each other by
the folders hereinafter described, to enclose the cut section of filler and to form
the finished cigarette.
The band E is formed of any suitable flexible material, such as india-rubber,
and it is provided on its outer surface with the transversely arranged cigarette
recesses a, which are made of a length corresponding with that of the cigarettes,
and semi-circular in form, of a depth preferably a little more than half the
diameter of the cigarette. The recesses are arranged at equal distances apart
the whole length of the band, which runs over the supporting pulleys C, C³,
Fig. 2, arranged to revolve on shafts supported in suitable journals d' on the
frame G. Provision is made for giving the recessed band an intermittent move-
ment equal in length to the distance between the recesses, in any suitable
manner, such, for instance as that shown in the accompanying drawings, in
which the band is driven from a crank,, on the shaft 1, by the connection D',
lever G, and ratchet wheel and pawl H I As the shaft I revolves con-
tinuously when the machine is in operation, it will be understood that the
crank on it will impart a reciprocating movement to the connection D¹ and
lever G', and that this movement will be transmitted to the ratchet-wheel H¹
by the pawl I in one direction only, thus giving the band E a step by step
movement from right to left in Fig. 2, as indicated by the arrows. The ratchet-
wheel H¹ is either secured directly to the pulley C which carries the band E,
or to the shaft on which this pulley is mounted. Provision may be made in
any suitable way for adjusting the journal boxes d' on the frame so as to secure
the requisite degree of tension on the band E. As indicated in the drawings,
the band E is made somewhat wider than the length of the cigarettes,—it is
obvious however that it might be made of a width equal to their length, although
the construction shown is preferred as giving a better finish to the ends of the
cigarettes. It is obvious also that the cigarette-recesses might be arranged at
an angle with the length of the band, instead of transversely thereto as herein
shown. The band is strengthened by one or more layers of cloth or other
suitable fabric, as represented at g', Figs. 7 and 11.
The arrangement of the band and its supporting pulleys and driving mechanism
should be such that the band stops with one of the recesses a immediately under
the plunger B¹.

page_text: The mechanism for inserting the cut sections t¹ of filler and the paper-wrappers
into the recesses in the band, will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 7. An
arm J', pivoted between suitable collars, so as to swing freely on the rod W, is
jointed at its outer end to the stem of the plunger B'. The stem ', of the
plunger B¹, is jointed to the end of the arm J¹, by being pivoted on the screw ³,
inserted in the arm, as plainly shown in the sectional view, Fig. 5. A cam y on
the shaft I is arranged to act on the arm J' so as to force the plunger B' down
when the band E is stationary, so as to force the filler and paper into the recess in
the band. The lower surface of the plunger B' is provided with a longitudinal
groove, adapted to the shape of the cigarette. The upper surface of the plunger B',
on the side where the filler is fed in, is cut away or beveled, as indicated at 1, Fig. 5,
so that, as the feeding of the filler is continuous, the end of the next section of
filler may be projected slightly over the plunger, which is held down by the cam y
until the band swings the plunger on its pivot on the end of the arm J, as repre-
sented by the dotted lines B* in Fig. 7, so that, as the plunger moves with the belt
while being held down in contact with the tobacco in the recess, the beveled end i¹
of the plunger passes under the end of the incoming filler, and, as the arm J¹
rises, under the influence of a suitable spring, the cam y having travelled beyond
the lug on the arm, the plunger moves upward alongside of the filler, and
assumes its position above the filler, being swung back against the stop on the
arm by the spring . The plunger is then in position to repeat the operation of
inserting the filler and the wrapper into a recess in the band, when it again becomes
stationary. Suitable guides may be used to secure the proper movement of the
plunger, if desired.
The paper-feeding devices will be best understood from an examination of Fig. 5,
in which K' is the paper-supply roll, L¹ L³ guide-rollers, and M' N' the feeding
rollers. O' is a paste wheel, which supplies the paste or gum to the edge of the
paper, the paste being supplied to the wheel from any suitable receptacle or in
any suitable manner. The paste wheel and the mechanism for supplying paste
thereto, are of any ordinary construction,-such as is commonly used in machines
for making cigarettes.
The roller N is operated from a cam x', Fig. 4, on the shaft I, so as to feed the
paper in an intermittent manner in the following way:-The shaft o' of the
roller N' is arranged, to rotate in a suitable support, and is provided with a ratchet-
wheel which is operated by the lever s', pawl u' connecting rod v², and arm w
from the cam on the shaft I. The arm to is arranged to swing freely on the
rod W, and the connecting rod v' is provided with ball or universal joints at its
ends, by which it is connected to the free ends of the arm and the lever,-so that
when the arm is raised by the cam, the pawl u¹ turns the ratchet-wheel through
a certain portion of a revolution, turning the roller N¹ and feeding the paper
across the recessed band E and underneath the filler and plunger. The paper is
cut into suitable lengths by the knife c, Figs. 4 and 5, which is operated by the
descent of the plunger, which is provided with a projecting pin y', arranged to
bear on the upper side of the knife. The paper rests, while being cut upon a
suitable support z', Figs. 5, and 14. The knife is pivoted at a³, Fig. 14, to a
suitable support secured to the bed A'. A spring may be employed to raise the
knife after the paper has been cut, or it may be raised by the plunger. It is
needless to remark that the cam on the shaft I should be so timed that the paper
is fed into the machine while the plunger is elevated.
The knife c is pivoted at a³ to an arm 2, Fig. 14, attached to the plate A¹, and
extending over the edge of the recessed band E. A spring a, Fig. 14, attached
to the arm, and bearing against the pin 6 in the knife, serves to hold the knife
in the elevated position represented by the full lines, except when it is depressed
for the purpose of cutting the paper by the pin yl in the plunger. A stop c
Fig. 14, inserted in the knife, serves to limit the upward movement by striking
against the side of the arm 2".
The construction of the folding mechanism is represented in Figs. 1, 10, and 11.

page_text: cice versa.
Over the band and parallel to the recesses a, a guide-way is provided on which
the frame R' slides. This frame carries a folder S¹, which, as the band moves
along under it, operates to fold down the front edge, e³, Fig. 11, of the paper, and
to hold it down until the other edge (gummed) is folded down over it by the action
of the revolving brush T', which is shifted laterally across the band to effect this
result. The frame R' carries two folders S'S', and, after one cigarette has been
folded, the frame remains stationary until the band has brought the next cigarette
under one or other of the folders, which are thus used alternately, while the
brush is used on each cigarette. The guide-way on which the frame R¹ travels
consists, in the arrangement shown in the drawings of the two parallel rods V', V'
supported at their ends by any suitable standards, such as are shown at W' Fig. 1.
The frame R has an intermittent reciprocating movement on the rods ViV*,
imparted to it by the cam-groove g₁ on the wheel X', lever Y' and connection Z',
or in any other suitable manner. The motion of the frame is sufficient to shift the
brush from one side to the other of the band, as from T' to T2, Fig. 10, and to
bring the folder S into the position over the band occupied by the folder S', or
The wheel X is supported in any suitable frame work, 63, Fig. 1, to
which also the lever Y' is pivoted at 3. The wheel X' is driven from the shaft I
by the gears d², f, at one half the speed of the shaft. The wheel is provided
with a cam-groove g*, in which a roller on the end of the lever Y₁ travels,-the
arrangement being such that the frame R' travels across the band E in one direction
or the other, and folds the paper wrapper, every time the band stops, and remains
stationary, first on one side of the band and then on the other, while the band is
moving. The brush T' is carried by a shaft 2 arranged to revolve in suitable
journals on the frame, and driven by a belt, , Fig. 10, running around a pulley
on the shaft and on a long pulley mounted on an overhead counter-shaft. is a
projecting lug attached to the frame R' below the pulley ³, see Fig. 10, on which
the connecting rod Z' is pivoted. As indicated in Fig. 2, the connecting rod D' by
which the band E is operated, is bent so as to pass over the frame R', but the
brush does not move far enough to come in contact with the connecting-rod. The
brush may be made of bristles or of any other suitable material adapted to fold
down the paper without injuring it. It will be observed that the paste or gum
is applied to the paper on the edge which afterwards becomes the innerside of
the projecting flap, Fig. 11, so that the brush does not come in contact with
the gummed surface. The folders S'S' are preferably made of some slightly
elastic or flexible material, such as rubber. As represented in Fig. 11, they are
attached to the frame so that they can be adjusted relatively to the cigarette, by means
of the block k², and the screws 1, or m², or in any other suitable manner. Instead
of using the two folders S₁ S³ a single folder might be used, the frame. R¹ being
moved across the band and back again during each of the pauses in the motion
of the band E.
In order to provide for opening the recesses in the band to secure the free
discharge of the cigarettes, the pulley C' is provided at the delivery end of the
band with a series of transverse ribs or ridges, n³, arranged at a distance apart
corresponding with the space between the recesses; so that, as the band passes
around the pulley, the recesses are spread or opened so as to allow the finished
cigarettes to drop freely out of the recesses, as at t, Fig. 8, into some suitable
receptacle.
The ridges n' may be made shorter than the length of the cigarette-recesses, so
that the edges of the belt may be bent inward slightly by the strain, as indicated
by the dotted lines in Fig. 9, so as to free the ends of the cigarettes, or the pulley
may be made narrower than the width of the band with the ridges extending all the
way across it. The ribs may be integral with the pulley, or attached thereto in any
suitable manner.
In order to remove the filler from the groove in the eccentric disc B, a scraper p',
Fig. 1, is attached to the segment S, being made of a suitable form adapted to
enter the groove and secure the disengagement of the tobacco therefrom,

page_text: In Figs. 16 to 19 inclusive, 1 have represented a modified construction of the
filler forming mechanism, in which a continuously revolving ring is substituted for
the stationary segment S previously described. In this construction all the
surfaces which co-act to form the filler travel along with the tobacco. The tobacco is
received from any suitable feeding mechanism, through the spout A", and is carried
around and compacted into a suitable filler by the revolving ring B³, ring or
disc C, eccentric disc D³ and compressor belt E-the compressed filler being
delivered to the recessed beit E, or to other suitable mechanism constructed and
arranged to enclose and seal the filler within a paper wrapper.
Gis a suitable bed or table which supports the various operative parts of the
device. The eccentrically located compressing disc D³ is driven positively by
power applied in any convenient way, the shaft O' of the disc and the shaft K³
of the pulley J³ of the compressor belt Es being geared together by the gears R³
and V, which are so proportioned that the edge of the disc and the outer surface
of the belt travel at the same speed. The shaft O³ of the eccentric compressing
disc is supported in a suitable sleeve U³, attached to the bed. The shaft K³ is
supported in a similar manner. The edge of the compressing disc D³ is preferably
grooved, to give the filler the proper form.
The ring B is driven by the friction of the compressor-belt upon its edge,
being supported by the rollers L' L, which are preferably provided with a groove
into which the edge of the ring fits. The rollers L L are supported in any suit-
able manner, so as to keep the lower side of the ring in contact with the eccentric
disc, where the ring passes over the disc.
As represented in the drawings, the compressor-disc D³ is made somewhat smaller
in diameter than the ring B³, and its centre placed at one side of the centre of the
ring, so as to leave a space between the edge of the disc and the interior of the
ring, through which the tobacco is discharged from the spout A' onto the upper
surface of the lower disc C³, which is made of the same diameter as the ring, and
has its centre located in the same vertical line. On the side next the pulley J", the
edges of the ring, the compressor disc and the lower disc are coincident. The lower
disc C³ is driven, like the ring B³, by the friction of the compressor belt E³. The
lower disc is provided on its lower side with a projecting ring or sleeve I', of
sufficient internal. diameter to pass around the shaft O' of the compressor disc,
and which sleeve revolves in a suitable tubular or hollow support H attached to
the bed. The upper surface of the lower disc is maintained in contact with the
compressor disc, and the edges of the lower disc may be supported by grooves in
the rollers L L.
The compressor belt E. runs around the pulleys J J, one of the pulleys,
preferably the one located at J, being driven positively as.already described. The
pulley Jis supported on a suitable stud. The pulleys JJ are so located relative
to each other as to cause the belt E³ to wrap around the edges of the ring and the
lower disc for such a portion of the circumference as may be necessary to effect the
compression of the tobacco into the filler. The belt E may be supported where it
comes in contact with the ring and disc by a series of rollers, or a suitable curved
guide, X, Fig. 16, attached to the bed of the machine. Aguard Y' may be placed
outside the edge of the ring and lower disc to prevent the escape of any tobacco
at this point.
The operation of this compressing mechanism will have been already under-
stood from the preceding description. The tobacco fed into the space between
the ring and the compressor disc through the spout A³, is carried along by the
movement of the parts, and particularly by the rotation of the lower disc, and
forced into the gradually contracting space between the edge of the compressor
disc D and the belt E, by the combined operation of which it is compacted into
a suitable filler, which is detached from the disc by the scraper T³, and delivered
to the recessed belt E, as already described. The compressor belt is provided with
a continuous longitudinal groove Fig. 19 which may be of any preferred
dimensions up, to adopth equal to about half the diameter of the cigarette. In

page_text: order to prevent the cigarette from sticking or hanging in the groove c³, I make
the face of the pulley J' crowning, or provided with a ridge around the centre of
its circumference, so that as the belt passes around it, it is bent slightly in the
transverse direction, as indicated in Fig. 19, so as to distend or expand the groove,―
thus facilitating the delivery of the filler therefrom. Such construction however,
is not necessary with a shallow groove in the compressor belt. The mechanism for
severing the filler, and enclosing the cut sections thereof in the wrapper are the
same as hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is—
1. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, of the reciprocating carriage R', arranged
to reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and carrying mechanism
adapted to fold and seal the wrapper about the cigarettes in the recesses, substan-
tially as described.
2. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, of the reciprocating carriage R¹, arranged
to reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and carrying the folder S¹,
substantially as described.
3. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, of the reciprocating carriage R³, arranged
to reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and carrying the revolving
folding-brush T₁, substantially as described.
4. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, of the reciprocating carriage R¹, arranged
to reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and carrying the revolving
folding-brush T, and the folder S', substantially as described.
5. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse recesses, of the reciprocating carriage R¹, arranged to
reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and carrying the revolving
folding brush T¹, and the folders S' S³, arranged on opposite sides of the brush,
substantially as described.
6. The combination with the endless travelling band E, provided on its outer
surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, and mechanism constructed to impart an
intermittent movement to the band, of the reciprocating carriage R', arranged to
reciprocate transversely across the length of the band, and provided with devices
for folding and sealing the paper wrapper about the cigarette in the recesses, and
mechanism for traversing the carriage across the band between each intermittent
movement thereof, substantially as described.
7. The combination with a suitable tobacco-filler-forming mechanism, adapted to
form a continuous cigarette-filler of the endless travelling band E, provided on its
outer surface with transverse cigarette recesses, a suitable filler-cutter, paper
feeding and cutting mechanism, and a reciprocating plunger for inserting the cut
filler sections and paper wrappers in the recesses in the band, substantially as
described.
8. The combination with a suitable tobacco-filler-forming mechanism, adapted to
form a continuous cigarette-filler, of the endless travelling band E, provided on its
outer surface with transverse cigarette-recesses, a suitable filler-cutter paper-feeding
and cutting mechanism, a reciprocating plunger for inserting the cut filler-sections
and paper-wrappers in the recesses in the band, and suitable apparatus for folding and
sealing the wrappers about the cigarettes while contained in the recesses, substan-
tially as described.
9. The combination with the continuous tobacco-filler-forming mechanism con-
sisting of the revolving plate C, the eccentrically located compressing disc B, and
longitudinally grooved belt D, of the intermittently moving endless flexible band E,

page_text: provided with transverse recesses, and suitable mechanism for severing the filler
and inserting the cut sections in the recesses in the band, substantially as
described.
10. The combination with the continuous tobacco-filler-forming mechanism, con-
sisting of the revolving plate C, the eccentrically located compressing disc B, and
longitudinally grooved belt D, of the oscillating filler-cutter F, substantially as
described.
11. The combination with the oscillating laterally movable rotary filler-cutter F,
of the stationary filler guide-tube X, and the movable guide-tube Y, substantially
as described.
12. The combination with suitable continuous tobacco-filler-forming mechanism,
of the oscillating laterally movable rotary filler-cutter F, the stationary filler-guide-
tube X, the movable guide-tube, the intermittently moving endless flexible band E,
provided with transverse cigarette-recesses, and a reciprocating plunger adapted to
insert the cut sections of the filler into the recesses in the band substantially as
described.
13. The combination with suitable continuous tobacco-filler forming mechanism,
of the oscillating, laterally movable rotary filler-cutter F, the filler guide tube X,
the intermittently moving endless flexible band E, provided with transverse
cigarette-recesses, a reciprocating plunger adapted to insert the cut sections of the
filler and a suitable wrapper into the recesses in the band, and suitable apparatus
for folding and sealing the wrapper about the cut sections of the filler while
contained in the recesses in the band, substantially as described.
14. The combination with the intermittently moving endless flexible band E,
provided with the transverse cigarette-recesses a, of the band-carrying pulley C₁,
provided with transverse ribs n², adapted to distend the recesses by pressure on the
inner surface of the band, substantially as described.
Dated this 8th day of September 1891.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.