AN IMPROVED CIGARETTE FORMER AND A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING THE
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Théophile Henri Joseph Vaudoit, fils, of Clermont
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Ferrand (France), Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
Sealed the 26th January 1872, and dated the 1st. December 1871.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Théophile Henri Joseph
Vaudoit at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 1st December 1871.
I, THEOPHILE HENRI JOSEPH VAUDOIT, fils, of Clermont Ferrand
(France), Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED CIGARETTE FORMER AND A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING THE
"to be'as follows:
SAME,
My improved cigarette former is made as follows:-I take a veneer or
thin strip of wood or other stiff material fit for the purpose, cardboard
for example, and I paste or gum to one side of it a thin fabric or paper;-
I then submit the combined strip to the action of a cutting machine;
which cuts the veneer into a number of narrow pieces, but does not cut

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the fabric or material. I thus obtain a flexible material, the narrow
pieces of the wood or veneer being held together by the fabric or
paper, which forms, as it were; a series of hinges, between the said
narrow pieces. The material may therefore be easily rolled, and can
thus be used for forming cigarettes.. This cigarette former may be
either a distinct article or it may constitute the cover or part of a
book of cigarette papers..
My machine for manufacturing these cigarette formers consists of two
cylinders, one of which is plain, while the other is provided with a
number of circular knives or cutters, which are firmly secured in place
by means of nuts at the cylinder ends. The two cylinders are caused to
rotate by gearing. The combined, strip composed of a veneer and a
backing of paper or fabric: is fed with the aid of an adjustable guide
or support between the cylinders, the distance of which from each
other is also adjustable. As the strip passes between the cylinders
the cutters cut the veneer into a corresponding, number of narrow
pieces, but do not touch the backing of paper or fabric. The strip
thus cut is afterwards separated into lengths of the proper size for
forming cigarettes..
Each cigarette former, should have a band or fastening to keep it
rolled up when in the pocket, and one or more strings or threads, may be
attached to the outside of the pieces of veneer to assist in holding them
together:
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The cigarette former when in use is held open in the hand and a
sufficient amount of tobacco to make a cigaretto is placed thereon
together with a cigarette paper: One edge of the cigarette former is
then folded over the tobacco, and the former is afterwards made to slide
as it were on itself, so that the tobacco becomes rolled within the paper,
and the cicerotto is complate
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give-
and grant unto me, the said Théophile- Henri Joseph Vaudoit, fils; Her
special licence that I, the said Théophile Henri Joseph Vaudoit, fils, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such: others, as I; the said
Théophile Henri Joseph Vaudoit; fils; 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 "AN IMPROVED CIGARETTE FORMER AND A
MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Théophile Henri Joseph Vaudoit, fils, 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 Scal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent..
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NOW KNOW YE; that I, the said Théophile Henri Josepli Vaudoit,
fils, do hereby declare the nature of my 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, reference being
had to the accompanying Drawings; that is to say:
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My improved cigarette former is made as follows: I take a veneer or
thin strip of wood or other stiff material fit for the purpose, cardboard
for example, and I paste or gum to one side of it a thin fabric or pa
paper.
I then submit the combined strip to the action of a cutting machine,
which cuts the veneer into a number of narrow pieces, but does not cut'
the fabric or paper. I thus obtain a flexible material, the narrow pieces
of the wood or veneer being held together by the fabric or paper, which
form's as it were a series of hinges or joints: between the said narrow
pieces. The material may therefore be easily rolled, and can thus be
used for forming cigarettes. This cigarette former may either be a
distinct article or it may constitute the cover or part of a book of
cigarette papers.

page_text: My cigarette former and the manner of making it will be fully under-
stood by the accompanying Drawings and the following description.. !I
I take a veneer or thin strip of wood a, Figures 1 and 2, and I paste
to one side of it a suitable fabric or paper x, Figures 3 and 4. It is now
necessary. to cut the veneer a into very narrow pieces without cutting
the fabric or, paper. This operation is effected by means of the cutting
machine represented in Figures 5, 6 and 7. Figure 5 is a front
elevation, and Figure 6 a side elevation; Figure 7 is a view of the
cutting cylinder.
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A, A, are the two side frames of the machine united by stays; the
principal parts of the machine are the two cylinders b, c, driven re-
spectively by the two pinions d, d, the toothed wheel f, the driving
pinion g, and the pulleys h, h. The cylinder is plain; its duty is to
effect the continuous advance of the strip or veneer a under the pressure
of the upper cylinder c,, which is furnished with circular knives or
cutters . These cutters, the number of which may vary, are firmly
secured in place by means of nuts %, %; they are intended to cut the
strip & into as many narrow pieces as there are cutters without cutting
the fabric or paper which is pasted thereto, see Figures 8 and 9 A
support m placed in front and provided with a device for regulating the
breadth serves to guide the strip, or veneer in its continuous passage
between the cylinders b, c. A double slide n, n, furnished with movable
bearings o, o, and two separate screws, or by preference a single screw p,
having a hand wheel q, permits of the distance between the cylinders b, c,
being adjusted. The strip (Figures 8 and 9) thus cut by the machine,
and-which may be of any length, is afterwards-separated into picces or
lengths of the proper size for making cigarettes, see Figure 10; or for
forming the cover of a book of cigarette papers, see Figures 11 and 12: ·
Each cigarette former should have a band or fastening, as seen in the
Figures, to keep it rolled up when in the pocket, and one or more strings
or threads y, y; Figure 12, may be attached to the outside of the former
to assist in holding the pieces of veneer together.
The signnatto forman
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page_text: And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I.declare that. I claim,
First. The cigarette former made substantially as herein before
described and either as a distinct article or as the cover or part of a book
of cigarette papers...
Second. The machine constructed substantially. as herein-before.
described for manufacturing the said cigarette formers.
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In witness whereof, I, the said Theophile Henri Joseph. Vaudoit,
fils, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day
of January One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
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'T. H. J. VAUDOIT, FILS. (L.S.)
Witness,
ALBERT CAHEN,
Civil Engineer,
32, Boulevard Magenta,
Paris.