Improvements in Delivery Mechanism for Machines for Manufacturing Cigarettes, Cigars, Cheroots, and other Cylindrical Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1898
Coinplete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, a Corporation
organized in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having
its Office at No. 513, West 22nd Street, in the City of New York, State of
New York, United States of America]
Improvements in Delivery Mechanism for Machines for Manufacturing
Cigarettes, Cigars, Cheroots, and other Cylindrical Articles.
I, PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a delivery mechanism for delivering cigarettes
as they are formed in a cigarette machine, and depositing them uni-
formly in a receptacle. The delivery mechanism is especially applicable
to cigarette machines of that class known as continuous rod cigarette
machines, in which the tobacco filler is formed and wrapped as a con-
tinuous rod, which is then cut into cigarettes of proper length. If these cigarettes,
as they are formed, are simply conducted to the delivery end of the machine,
and dropped or thrown into a receptacle without any orderly arrangement of the
cigarettes within the receptacle, the result is very objectionable, particularly at
the high speed at which such machines are now commercially run, as the cigarettes,
when thrown or dropped into the receptacle, are liable to become bruised or
broken, and are piled one upon the other in such a manner that those at the
bottom of the receptacle are liable to become crushed out of shape or broken by
the weight of the cigarettes above them. When the cigarettes are thus thrown
promiscuously into the receptacle, also, it is necessary that the cigarettes be
arranged uniformly by hand before or during the counting and packing of the
cigarettes, involving much handling of the cigarettes. If, on the other hand,
the cigarettes are arranged in the receptacle by an attendant, as dropped or
thrown from the machine into the receptacle, they are still liable to be bruised
or broken, and such arrangement of the cigarettes by hand, not only requires the
time of an attendant, but is injurious to the cigarettes, which should be handled
or disturbed as little as possible.
The especial object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient
delivery mechanism capable of operating at the very high speed required in such
cigarette machines, and which, receiving the cigarettes as they are formed, will
conduct them to and deposit them in a receptacle uniformly, and without injury
to the cigarettes, and without requiring the services of an attendant for arranging
the cigarettes as delivered, or preliminary to counting and packing. The cigarette
machine with which the delivery mechanism is combined, may be of any common
or suitable form, the present invention not being dependent upon the specific
construction of the devices used for forming the cigarette rod, or cutting it into
cigarettes. The cigarettes preferably pass directly from the machine as they are
severed from the cigarette rod, through a downwardly inclined shute arranged

page_text: in line with the feed of the cigarette rod, and thus pass endwise to the delivery
mechanisan.
The delivery mechanism, in its preferred form, consists of a hopper arranged
at the delivery end of the cigarette machine, and to which the cigarettes pass
from the shute, this hopper being preferably provided at its upper end with a
curved pocket receiving the cigarettes from the shute, and from which pocket
the cigarettes pass downward sidewise to the receptacle, and preferably onto and
over the body of an inclined way extending downward into, and substantially to
the bottom of the receptacle. for the cigarettes, this receptacle preferably being
a box of a width substantially equal to the length of the cigarettes, and of the
length desired, according to the number of cigarettes that it is desired each
box shall hold, the cigarettes being piled one upon the other transversely to the
length of the box.
The outer wall of the hopper, that is, the wall farthest from the shute through
which the cigarettes are delivered from the machine, is preferably formed so
as to engage the leading ends of the cigarettes as they are delivered from the
shute, and thus arrest their onward movement in proper position relatively to
the box, and upon opposite sides of the inclined way are preferably used guide
plates projecting into the box, for engaging the ends of the cigarettes as they
pass to the box, and moving them endwise, if necessary, so as to centre them
before entering between the side walls of the box, and assure their proper delivery
within the latter, these guide plates preferably-heing inclined inwardly towards
each other..
...
The conveyor
which is used to ensure the delivery of the cigarettes
downward, sideways, and into the box, may be of different forms, but is preferably
a roller provided with projections or pockets on its periphery, engaging the
cigarettes so as to move them downward. Another good form of this device,
however, is an endless belt moving downward substantially parallel and level
with the inclined way, so as to tend to roll the cigarettes downward but the roller
is preferably employed. With the conveyor in either of these forms, there are
preferably used arms extending downward on either side of the conveyor, and
engaging the opposite ends of the cigarette on each side of the conveyor, these
arms forming continuations of the inclined way, which extends below the con-
veyor, and assuring the proper support of the cigarettes, and their proper delivery
by the conveyor to the inclined way.
To ensure the delivery of the cigarettes into the receptacle sidewise, and in
uniform position, means are employed for positioning the cigarettes sidewise as
they are advanced from the hopper to the box, and correcting any tendency they
may have to turn endwise, and for this purpose there is used a yielding gate,
under which the cigarettes pass singly, which is pivotted so that its lower end
normally rests upon the conveyor or inclined way, so as to intercept each cigarette,
being pressed outward thereby, so as to permit the cigarette to pass onward,
successive cigarettes thus being positioned sidewise, so that all lie parallel with
each other after they have passed the gate. When the cigarettes are projected from
the shute into the pocket in the hopper, the rear ends of the cigarettes have a ten-
dency, upon leaving the shute, to fall toward the gate in advance of the leading ends
of the cigarettes, so that the cigarettes might sometimes be presented to the gate
endwise instead of sidewise. To avoid this, there may be used in the pocket a
vertical deflector plate, which engages the leading end of each cigarette as delivered
from the shute, and guides it forward slightly toward the gate, as it enters the
pocket.
Means are provided, also, for moving the box past the delivery end of the
inclined way, an endless belt being preferably used for this purpose, and arranged
to produce a slow continuous advance of the box, although the box may be
moved by other means, or with, a different movement, and the boxes used are
preferably provided with openings at their opposite ends, of such size and form
as to permit that portion of the delivery mechanism which projects into the box,

page_text: to pass through these openings, while at the same time the retaining portions of
the ends of the box are sufficient to support and retain the cigarettes in the box.
This construction permits the boxes to be entirely filled with cigarettes without
attention by the operator, and, by using two boxes, the second one will be auto-
imatically presented, and there need be no stoppage of the machine for the sub-
stitution of an empty box for a full box.
When one box is nearly filled, the second box can be placed behind it, and as
soon as the first box is filled, the cigarettes will be delivered to the second box,
as the forward end of the latter passes the delivery mechanism, and the filled box
may then be removed, and the same operation be repeated when the second
box is nearly filled. While, however, such open-ended boxes
are pre-
ferably used, SO that the boxes may
be completely filled, and for
the automatic substitution of
an empty for a filled box, it will be
understood that the delivery mechanism may be used without boxes having
this feature, and the machine be stopped for removing a filled box from the
machine. When a box is filled, this may be announced to the attendant by an
alarm apparatus of suitable form, for which there is preferably used a hammer,
which is held normally out of striking position by a spring, and actuated to
sound the alarm by some portion of the box into which the cigarettes are delivered.
While the improved delivery mechanism has peculiar advantages in connection
with a continuous-rod cigarette machine, and the invention consists, in part, of
certain combinations with a cigarette machine of this class, this delivery
mechanism, and many features thereof, may also be applied advantageously to
machines of other classes for manufacturing cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and other
cylindrical articles, and the invention includes combinations of parts and features
of construction not limited to cigarette machines.
Dated this 14th day of June 1898
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Delivery Mechanism for Machines for Manufacturing
Cigarettes, Cigars, Cheroots, and other Cylindrical Articles.
I, PHILIP ARTHUR NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane; in the County of London, Patent Agent, 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:-
to
con-
This invention relates to a delivery mechanism adapted especially for delivering
cigarettes as they are formed in a cigarette machine, and depositing them uniformly
in a receptacle. The delivery mechanism is especially applicable
cigarette machines of that class, known as . continuous rod cigarette
machines, in which the tobacco filler is formed. and wrapped ag a
tinuous rod, which is then cut into cigarettes of proper length. If these cigarettes,
as they are formed, are simply conducted to the delivery end of the machine,
and dropped or thrown into a receptacle without any orderly arrangement of the
cigarettes within the receptacle, the result is very objectionable, particularly at
the high speed at which such machines are now commercially run, as the cigarettes,
when thrown or dropped into the receptacle, are liable to become bruised or
broken, and are piled one upon the other in such a manner that those at the
bottom of the receptacle are liable to become crushed out of shape or broken by
the weight. of the cigarettes above them. When the cigarettes are thus thrown

page_text: promiscuously into the receptacle, also, it is necessary that the cigarettes be
arranged uniformly by hand before or during the counting and packing of the
cigarettes, involving much handling of the cigarettes. If, on the other hand,
the cigarettes are arranged in the receptacle by an attendant as dropped or
thrown from the machine into the receptacle, they are still liable to be bruised
or broken, and such arrangement of the cigarettes by hand not only requires the
time of an attendant, but is injurious to the cigarettes, which should be handled
or disturbed as little as possible.
The especial object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient
delivery mechanism capable of operating at the very high speed required in such
cigarette machines, and which, receiving the cigarettes as they are formed, will
conduct them to, and deposit them in a receptacle uniformly, and without injury
to the cigarettes, and without requiring the services of an attendant for arranging
the cigarettes as delivered, or preliminary to counting and packing. The cigarette
machine with which the delivery mechanism is combined, may be of any common
or suitable form, the present invention not being dependent upon the specific
construction of the devices used for forming the cigarette rod, or cutting it into
cigarettes. The cigarettes preferably pass directly from the machine as they are
severed from the cigarette rod through a downwardly inclined shute arranged
in line with the feed of the cigarette rod, and thus pass endwise to the delivery
mechanism.
The delivery mechanism, in its preferred form, consists of a hopper arranged
at the delivery end of the cigarette machine, and to which the cigarettes pass
from the shute, this hopper being preferably provided at its upper end with a
curved pocket receiving the cigarettes from the shute, and from which pocket
the cigarettes pass downward sidewise to the receptacle, and preferably onto and
over the body of an inclined way extending downward into and substantially to
the bottom of the receptacle for the cigarettes, this receptacle preferably being
a box of a width substantially equal to the length of the cigarettes, and of the
length desired according to the number of cigarettes that it is desired each
box shall hold, the cigarettes being piled one upon the other transversely to the
length of the box.
The outer wall of the hopper, that is the wall farthest from the shute through
which the cigarettes are delivered from the machine is preferably formed so
as to engage the leading ends of the cigarettes as they are delivered from the
shute, and thus arrest their onward movement in proper position relatively to
the box, and upon opposite sides of the inclined way are preferably used guide
plates projecting into the box for engaging the ends of the cigarettes as they
pass to the box, and moving them endwise, if necessary, so as to centre them
before entering between the side walls of the box, and assure their proper delivery
within the latter, these guide plates preferably being inclined inwardly towards
cach other.
.
The conveyor or feeder which is used to ensure the delivery of the cigarettes
downward sidewise and into the box, may be of different forms, but is preferably
a roller provided with projections or pockets on its periphery engaging the
cigarettes so as to move them downward. Another good form of this device,
however, is an endless belt moving downward substantially parallel anl level
with the inclined way, so as to tend to roll the cigarettes downward but the roller
is preferably employed. With the conveyor in either of these forms, there are
preferably used arms extending downward on either side of the conveyor, and
engaging the opposite ends of the cigarette on each side of the conveyor, these
arms forming continuations of the inclined way, which extends below the con-
veyor, and assuring the proper support of the cigarettes, and their proper delivery
by the conveyor to the inclined way.
To insure the delivery of the cigarettes into the receptacle sidewise and in
uniform position, means are employed for positioning the cigarettes sidewise as
they are advanced from the hopper to the box, and correcting any tendency they

page_text: may have to turn endwise, and for this purpose there is used a yielding gate
under which the cigarettes pass singly, which is pivoted so that its lower end
normally rests upon the conveyor or inclined way, so as to intercept each cigarette,
being pressed outward thereby, so as to permit the cigarette to pass onward,
successive cigarettes thus being positioned sidewise, so that all lie parallel with
cach other after they have passed the gate. When the cigarettes are projected from
the shute into the pocket in the hopper, the rear ends of the cigarettes have a ten-
dency, upon leaving the shute, to fall toward the gate in advance of the leading ends
of the cigarettes, so that the cigarettes might some times be presented to the gate
endwise instead of sidewise. To avoid this, there may be used in the pocket a
vertical deflector plate, which engages the leading end of each cigarette as delivered
from the shute, and guides it forward slightly toward the gate, as it enters the
pocket.
Means are provided also for moving the box past the delivery end of the
inclined way, an endless belt being preferably used for this purpose, and arranged
to produce a slow continuous advance of the box, although the box may be
moved by other means, or with a different movement, and the boxes used are
preferably provided with openings at their opposite ends of such size and form
as to permit that portion of the delivery mechanism which projects into the box.
to pass through these openings, while at the same time the retaining portions of
the ends of the box are sufficient to support and retain the cigarettes in the box.
This construction permits the boxes to be entirely filled with cigarettes without
attention by the operator, and, by using two boxes, the second one will be auto-
matically presented, and there need be no stoppage of the machine for the sub-
stitution of an empty box for a full box.
When one box is nearly filled, the second box can be placed behind it, and as
soon as the first box is filled, the cigarettes will be delivered to the second box,
as the forward end of the latter passes the delivery mechanism, and the filled box
may then be removed, and the same operation be repeated when the second
box is nearly filled. While, however, such open-ended boxes
are pre-
ferably used, ՏՌ that the boxes may be completely filled, and for
the automatic substitution of an empty for a filled box, it will be
understood that the delivery mechanism may be used without boxes having
this feature, and the machine be stopped for removing a filled box from the
machine. When the box is filled this may be announced to the attendant by an
alarm apparatus of suitable form, for which there is preferably used a hammer
which is held normally out of striking position by a spring, and actuated to
sound the alarm by some portion of the box into which the cigarettes are delivered.
While the improved delivery mechanism has peculiar advantages in connection
with a continuous rod cigarette machine, and the invention consists, in part, of
certain combinations with a cigarette machine of this class, this delivery
mechanism, and many features thereof, may also be applied advantageously to
machines of other classes for manufacturing cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and other
cylindrical articles, and the invention includes combinations of parts and features
of construction not limited to cigarette machines.
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As a full understanding of the invention can best be given by an illustration
and a detailed description of organizations embodying the same, such description
will now be given reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 represents, by end elevation, a cigarette-machine of common form
equipped with delivery mechanism constructed in accordance with the present
invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4, 4, of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the machine, illustrating some of the driving

page_text: conveyor, or feeder as it is more properly termed, for ensuring the delivery of
the cigarettes downward sidewise and into the receptacle.
Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section on the line 7 of Fig. 6, on an enlarged scale.
Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8 of Fig. 7.
Referring to said drawings, and first to Figs. 1 to 5, 2 represents the frame
of the machine, which is of that class in which is formed a continuous cigarette
rod 3, from which lengths constituting cigarettes are severed by a suitable cutting
mechanism, a portion of the mechanism for forming the cigarette tube being
shown at 4, Fig. 2. Upon the frame 2 is mounted a sliding plate 5, which carries
the cigarette-cutting mechanism, consisting of a rotary cutter 6, the shaft of
which is mounted in journals formed by lugs 7 projecting inwardly from the
plate. The plate 5 also carries, projecting upwardly therefrom, a guiding-tube 8,
and a delivery-tube 9, through which the cigarette rod 3 is guided past the cutter 6,
'and to the delivery end of the machine, and between which the rotary cutter 6, acts,
in severing the rod 3 into cigarette lengths. The cigarette-rod 3, after leaving the
forming mechanism 4, is fed to the guiding and delivery tubes 8, 9 by an apron 10,
passing over a pulley 11, the shaft of which is clutched to a bevel gear 12, con-
nected by bevel pinions. 13, 14, 15, to the driving shaft 16 of the machine. The
cigarette-rod 3 is presented to the cutter 6 at the proper time for the severance
of a cigarette length by mechanism consisting of a cam 17, carried by a pulley 18
connected by pinions 19, 20, with the bevel gear 12. The cam 17 engages, at each
revolution, a pin 21, projecting from the side of the sliding plate 5, so as to move
the latter toward the delivery end of the machine, and also engages a pin 22,
sliding in a lug 23 upon the sliding plate 5, and connected by an arm 24 to a
pin 25, bearing against the side of the guiding tube 8, which, with the delivery
arm 9, is pivotally supported upon the plate 5, so as to be rocked transversely
thereon, to and from the cutter 6, so that, upon each rotation of the cam 17, the
latter will move the sliding plate, and with it the guiding tube 8, the delivery
tube 9, and the cutter 6, toward the delivery end of the machine, and will, as
it completes this movement, rock the guiding tube 8 and delivery tube 9, with
the cigarette rod passing therethrough, outwardly against the cutter 6, which will
then sever a cigarette length from the cigarette rod. As the cam 17 continues its
rotation, the guiding and delivery tubes 8, 9, are withdrawn from the cutter,
and returned to normal position by a spring 26, connected to the guiding tube 8,
and to the frame of the machine, as shown in Fig. 2, a second spring 27 also at the
same time withdrawing the plate 5, and parts carried thereby, from the delivery
end of the machine. The cutter 6 is rotated from the pulley 18 by connections,
consisting of a belt 28 passing around a pulley 29 upon the cutter shaft, and
thence around a pulley 30, upon the shaft of which is a second pulley 31, connected
by a belt 32 with the pulley 18, as shown in Fig. 1.
The machine, as thus far described, is of a familiar form, and further description
of its construction and operation is therefore unnecessary. From the delivery
tube 9, the cigarettes, as they are severed from the cigarette rod by the cutter 6,
are delivered to delivery mechanism embodying the present invention, which will
now be described. This delivery mechanism consists of a hopper 33, arranged
at the delivery end of the machine transversely to the feed of the cigarette rod,
and provided at its upper end with a curved recess or pocket 34, and beneath
said pocket with an inclined way 35, which extends upwardly, in the form of
arms 35, into position to receive the cigarettes from the recess or pocket 34, and
support them at or near their ends, as they are rolled downwardly by mechanism
hereinafter described. The cigarettes, as severed, are conducted singly from the
delivery tube 9 to the hopper 33 by a shute 36, arranged in line with the feed
of the cigarette rod, which delivers each cigarette endwise, or longitudinally, into
the pocket, 34, which then delivers it sidewise onto the arms 35, and thence to the
body of the inclined way 35, which in turn delivers it sidewise into a receptacle
or box 37, supported upon a table 38 at the base of the machine, the cigarettes
thus delivered into the box 37 being piled one upon the other transversely to the

page_text: length of the box in an orderly manner. The outer wall of the hopper 33,—2.e.
the wall farthest from the shute 36, extends outwardly, as will be observed, so.
as to form the outer wall of the pocket 34, which wall as the cigarettes are delivered
to the pocket from the shute 36, will engage their leading ends, and thus arrest
their onward movement:
To ensure the delivery of the cigarettes sidewise into the box 37, means are
employed for engaging each cigarette as it enters upon the arms 35 of the inclined
way 35, and correcting any tendency it may have, while rolling down the incline;
to turn endwise. The means shown in the present case consist of a gate 39,
pivoted in the side walls of the hopper, the lower end of which rests upon the
arms 35 of the inclined way, so as to intercept each cigarette and position it
sidewise, so that all the cigarettes pass onward lying parallel with each other.
The gate is extended upwardly in front of the pocket 34 a sufficient distance to
prevent any cigarettes from jumping over it into the box 37, without passing
down the incline.
The gate 39, being pivoted, is adapted to yield, to permit the cigarettes to be
moved past it, and for the purpose of so moving the cigarettes, in the space
between the arms 35° of the inclined way, is located a downwardly moving feeder,
which, in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5, consists of an endless belt or apron 40,
passing over rollers 41, 42, supported on the under side of the way. The roller 41
is connected with the driving shaft 16 by a belt 43, passing over a pulley 44 upon
the roller shaft, and over a pulley 45 upon the driving shaft.
"Means are provided also for moving the box past the delivery end of the inclined
way 35, as the cigarettes are deposited thereon, consisting of an endless apron 46,
passing around pulleys 47, 48, and over the table 38, upon which the box rests.
The shaft of roller 48 is provided with a worm wheel 49, engaged by a worm 50,
the shaft of which is connected by bevel pinions 51, 52, with the driving shaft 16.
The gearing for driving the apron 46 is so proportioned, as will be observed, as to
secure a slow movement of the apron relatively to the operations of cutting and
feeding the cigarettes to the box 37. The inclined way 35 is pivoted to the side-
walls of the hopper, and projects downwardly into the box 37, with its lower
end resting upon the bottom of the box, a roller 53 secured to the way being
interposed between it and the bottom of the box, to reduce friction.
Upon opposite, sides of the inclined way 35, in line with the arms 35ª and the
gate 39, are a pair of guides 54, 55, inclined downwardly and inwardly toward each
other at their upper portions, & projecting into the mouth of the box for engaging
the ends of the cigarettes, as they pass down the incline, and moving them endwise,
if necessary, so as to centre them before entering between the side walls of the box,
and maintain them in such position when the cigarettes are projected into the
pocket 34 at the head of the hopper by the shute 36, the rear ends of the cigarettes
have a tendency, upon leaving the shute and dropping therefrom into the pocket,
to fall forward towards the gate 39 in advance of the leading ends of the cigarettes,
and, as a result, the cigarettes might sometimes be presented endwise, instead of
sidewise, to the gate, and be delivered to the box in that condition. To avoid this,
there is provided in the pocket 34 a vertical deflector-plate 56 (see Fig. 2), which
engages the leading end of each cigarette, and guides it forward slightly toward
the gate 39, as it enters the pocket.
The operation of the machine is as follows: As the cigarettes leave the delivery
tube 9, they drop singly into the shute 36, and passing through the contracted end
of the latter, are delivered endwise into the pocket 34, their leading ends being
sliglitly deflected forward by the plate 56, so as to prevent any tendency of the
cigarette to turn endwise with. its rear end toward the gate 39, and the endwise
movement of the cigarettes, when delivered into the pocket 34, being arrested by
the engagement of the forward ends of the cigarettes with that portion of the
outer wall of the hopper 33 in line with the pocket. The cigarettes drop from the
pocket or recess 34 onto the arms 35, by which they are supported near their ends,
and are then advanced down the arms 35 by the feeder, which, in the machine

page_text: shown in Figures 1 to 5, consists of the apron 40, by which the cigarettes are fed
under the yielding gate 39, and down the body portion of the incline 35, and
into the box 37. The gate 39 engaging each cigarette, insures their delivery into
the box sidewise, and parallel with each other, and the side guides 54, 55, engaging
the ends of the cigarettes as they are rolled down the inclined way 35 by the
feeding apron 40, will move them endwise, if necessary, to properly centre them.
During the delivery of the cigarettes into the box 37, the latter is moved slowly
forward forward by the apron 46, until the box is filled, and. for the purpose of
announcing this to the attendant, so that the machine may be stopped, and the filled
box removed from the machine, and another substituted for it, an alarm apparatus
is employed, consisting of a hammer-lever 57 pivoted in the side wall of the
hopper, and adapted to strike the side of the shute 36, which is preferably of
metal, and sound an alarm. The lever 57 is held normally out of striking position
by a spring 58, connected to the lever and to the frame of the machine, and is
actuated to strike the side of the shute 36 by a pin or projection 59 in the side of
the box 37, which, engaging the tail of the lever, will throw its upper end inwardly
against the side of the shute.
The table 38 and apron are preferably of such length as to accommodate two
boxes for receiving the cigarettes arranged end to end, so that as the first one is
filled, the second one will be automatically presented beneath the inclined way 35,
so that there need be no stoppage of the machine upon the removal of the first
box, when filled. To permit the way to pass from the first box, when filled, to the
second, the ends of the boxes 37 are cut away, to provide openings 63, which
register when the boxes are end to end, and through which the way may pass,
the retained portions of the ends of the box serving to support and retain the
cigarettes in the box, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. Such openings are pre-
ferably provided at both ends of the boxes, so that either end of the box may
constitute its forward end, and, for the same reason, each box is preferably
provided with duplicate pins or projections 59 for operating the alarm apparatus,
such pins being arranged upon opposite sides of the box at diametrically opposite
ends. As soon as the first box is removed, a third box may be placed behind the
second, which is now being filled, or the first one, emptied of its contents, may be
placed behind the second."
In Figs. 6, 7, and 8, there is shown the preferred means for feeding the cigarettes
from the pocket 34 downward past the gate 39, and over the inclined way 35.
In this construction, instead of the endless belt or apron 40, there is provided,
within the hopper 33, and below the pocket 34, a wheel or roller 100, on to
which the cigarettes pass from the pocket 34. This roller may have a plain surface,
and be within the broader features of the invention, as the use of a roller for
feeding the cigarettes from the hopper in such delivery mechanism is an important
improvement. But this roller is preferably provided, as shown, with feeding
projections 101, on its periphery, at suitable intervals, these projections 101 prefer-
ably forming rounded pockets, with the surface of the roller inclined inward, and
rearward, from the top of each pocket to the bottom of the next succeeding pocket.
Each of these projections 101 thus engages a cigarette y, successively, as the
roller rotates in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 7, and thus feeds the cigarettes
downward past the gate 39, and on to the inclined way 35 below the gate. The
roller 100 is preferably of less width than the length of a cigarette y, as shown,
and at each side of the roller is a curved plate 102, formed by an upward extension
of the inclined way 35, which extends across the face of the roller below the
gate 39, and which plates extend from a point rearward of the pocket 34, down-
ward past the gate 39. These plates 102 thus receive the successive cigarettes y
from the pocket 34, and support the cigarettes as they are moved forward by the
projections 101 of the roller 100, and the plates are preferably curved excentrically
to the roller, as shown, so as to gradually move the cigarettes outward from the
pockets formed by the projections 101 of the roller 100, so that when the cigarettes
are in position to pass the gate 39, and on to the way 35, they are outside of the

page_text: plane of movement of the outer edge of the projections 101. The gate 39 also
bears against the plates 102, and not against the projections 101, so that this
gate is swung only by the pressure of the cigarettes, and, although very light,
serves to secure the proper sidewise position of the cigarettes in connection with
the projections 101, which are behind, and acting upon the cigarettes y at the
time they are forced past the gate 39. By the retarding action of the gate 39,
and the advancing action of the feeding projections 101, the accurate sidewise
position of the cigarettes is assured, and a very efficient action of the apparatus
secured at a high rate of speed. It is possible, however, to omit the gate 39, and
depend upon the roller 100 for advancing the cigarettes y, and securing their
proper sidewise. position, and a roller may be used without feeding projections,
but the best results are secured with the gate 39, or some other retarding means,
in combination with a roller having feeding projections.
The roller 100 may be made in any suitable manner, but preferably a solid
roller will be used, with its surface shaped to form the feeding projections 101,
and this roller may be mounted and driven in any suitable manner. As shown,
it is carried by shaft 103 rotating in bearing sleeve 104, mounted in the frame,
which bearing sleeve carries also brackets 105, supporting the way 35 and the
side plates 102, and the shaft 103 is driven by pulley 106, belt 107 and pulley 108,
from the driving shaft 16 of the machine.
It will be understood that modifications may be made in the construction of
the improved delivery mechanism, and feeding devices, without departing from
the invention, which is not intended to be limited to the exact constructions or
arrangements of parts shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed (as communicated to
me from abroad), I declare that what I claim is
1. The combination with the cigarette-rod-forming and delivery mechanism of
a continuous rod cigarette machine and cutting mechanism for severing the
cigarette rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receive the
cigarettes from the machine, after they are cut from the cigarette rod, and succes-
sively advance them sidewise, and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle, said
delivery mechanism including a hopper for receiving the cigarettes from the
cigarette machine, a feeder for advancing the cigarettes sidewise from the hopper,
an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle, and over which the
cigarettes pass into the receptacle, substantially as described.
2. The combination with the cigarette-rod forming and delivering mechanism,
of a continuous rod cigarette machine and cutting mechanism for severing the
cigarette rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receive the
cigarettes from the machine, after they are cut, from the cigarette rod, and suc-
cessively advance them sidewise, and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle,
said delivery mechanism including a hopper for receiving the cigarettes from the
cigarette machine; a feeder for advancing the cigarettes sidewise from the hopper,
an inclined way extending downward into the recepacle, and over which the
cigarettes pass into the receptacle, and retarding means co-acting with the feeder
for positioning the cigarettes sidewise, substantially as described.
3. The combination with the cigarette rod forming and delivering mechanism
of a continuous rod cigarette machine and cutting mechanism for severing the
cigarette rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism. arranged to receive the
cigarettes from the machine, after they are cut from the cigarette rod, and
successively advance them sidewise, and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle,
said delivery mechanism including a hopper for receiving the cigarettes from
the cigarette machine, a roller for advancing the cigarettes sidewise from the
hopper, and an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle, and over
which une cigarettes pass into the receptacle, substantially as described.
4: The combination with the cigarette rod forming and delivering mechanism

page_text: of a continuous rod cigarette machine, and cutting mechanism for severing the
cigarette rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receive the
cigarettes from the machine after they are cut from the cigarette rod, and
successively advance them sidewise, and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle,
said delivery mechanism including a roller onto which the cigarettes are delivered,
and provided with peripheral feeding projections for advancing the cigarettes
sidewise, and an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle, and over
which the cigarettes pass into the receptacle, substantially as described.
5. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like
articles, of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper into
which the articles are delivered by said mechanism, and a feeder on the under
side of the hopper, arranged to advance the articles sidewise from the hopper,
substantially as described.
6. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like articles,
of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper into which
the articles are delivered by said mechanism, a feeder on the under side of the
hopper, arranged to advance the articles sidewise from the hopper, an inclined way
for the articles advanced by the feeder, a receptacle for the articles into which the
lower end of the way extends, and means for positioning the articles endwise, as
they pass to the receptacle,, substantially as described.
7. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like
articles, of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper
receiving the articles, a roller in the hopper onto which the articles are delivered,
and arranged to advance the articles sidewise, an inclined way for the articles fed
by the roller, and a travelling receptacle for the articles, into which the lower end
of the way extends, substantially as described.
8. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like articles,
of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper receiving the
articles, and a roller in the hopper, onto which the articles are delivered, and
provided with peripheral feeding projections arranged to advance the articles
sidewise, substantially as described.
9. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like articles,
of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper receiving
the articles, a roller in the hopper onto which the articles are delivered, and pro-
vided with peripheral feeding projections arranged to advance the articles sidewise
and retarding means, coacting with the roller, for positioning the articles sidewise
substantially as described.
10. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of a travelling receptacle for the articles, an inclined way projecting into the
receptacle for receiving the articles delivered from the machine, and depositing
them sidewise in the receptacle, a yielding gate in said way for intercepting and
positioning the articles sidewise and side guides for engaging the ends of the
articles, substantially as described.
11. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of a receptacle for the articles, an inclined way for receiving the articles delivered
from the machine, and depositing them sidewise in the receptacle, a yielding gate
in said way for intercepting and positioning the articles sidewise, and means for
feeding the articles along said way past the gate, substantially as described.
12. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of a receptacle for the articles, an inclined shute for receiving the articles from the
machine, and delivering them endwise therefrom, an inclined way arranged
transversely to the shute for depositing the articles sidewise in the receptacle, a
pocket at the receiving end of the way for receiving the articles from the shute
and delivering them upon the way, and means in the way for intercepting and
positioning the articles sidewise while passing along the way, substantially as
described.
13. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles.

page_text: of a receptacle for the articles, an inclined shute for receiving the articles from the
machine and delivering them endwise therefrom, an inclined way arranged trans-
versely to the shute, for depositing the articles sidewise in the receptacle, a. pocket
at the receiving end of the way for receiving the articles from the shute, and
delivering them upon the way, a deflector in said pocket for deflecting the leading
ends of the articles slightly forward as they are delivered thereto, and means in
the way for intercepting and positioning the articles sidewise while passing along
the way, substantially as described.
14. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of a receptacle for the articles, means for moving it, mechanism for conducting
the articles into the receptacle, said mechanism comprising a yielding gate for
engaging the articles sidewise,, and means for advancing the articles toward the
gate, substantially as described.
15. The combination with a cigarette or similar machine, of a receptacle 37,
inclined way 35, gate 39, a feeder for advancing the cigarettes past the gate 39,
and means for feeding said receptacle past the discharge end of the way, sub-
stantially as described.
16. The combination with a cigarette or similar machine of a shute 36, inclined
way 35, deflector 56, gate 39, and a feeder for advancing the cigarettes past the
gate 39, substantially as described.
17. The combination with a cigarette or similar machine of a shute 36, inclined
way 35, curved pocket 34, and deflector 56 in said pocket, substantially as described.
18. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of delivery mechanism therefor, comprising a pair of inclined arms, and a feeder
between the arms for advancing the articles downwardly, substantially as described.
19. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes or other like articles,
of arms 35 for receiving the cigarettes therefrom, a feeder between the arms,
yielding gate 39, and inwardly inclined side guides, 54, 55, substantially as
described.
20. The combination with roller 100, having peripheral feeding projections 101,
of side plates 102, curved about said roller, and excentrically thereto, so as to move
the articles beyond the projections at the delivery point, and retarding means
bearing against the articles on said plates at the delivery point of the roller,
substantially as described.
21. The combination with shute 36 and curved pocket 34, of roller 100 below
said pocket, having feeding projections, substantially as described.
22. A delivery mechanism for cigarettes or other like articles, constructed sub-
stantially as described in connection with Figs. 1 to 5.
23. A delivery, mechanism for cigarettes or other like articles, constructed sub-
stantially as described in connection with Figs. 6 to 8.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1899.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.