An Improved Machine for Filling Cases or Packets with Cigarettes or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Communicated from abroad by FRANK JAMES LUDINGTON, of 214, Bank Street,
Waterbury, U.S.A.
An Improved Machine for Filling Cases or Packets with Cigarettes
or the like.
I, HENRY RANKIN, of 10/11, Stonecutter Street, Farringdon Street, in the
County of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved machine for filling cases or packets with
cigarettes or the like and it has for its object to construct a machine which
may be attached to and work in conjunction with a packet making machine,
for filling the said packets with cigarettes as they are made. In carrying the
invention into effect I construct a plate or disc of suitable dimensions arranged
horizontally upon a suitable base or table and having upon its upper surface
a series of adjustable vertical plates placed radially upon the disc and in pairs,
the space between the plates forming a receptacle into which the packet is pushed
and by which it is retained in position during the operation of filling. The
packets upon being discharged from the packet machine fall down a suit-
able chute at the bottom of which is a horizontal channel or trough the walls
of which diverge from the inner towards the outer end. The trough may be
supported by a suitable bracket cast upon or secured in any suitable manner to
the base plate of the machine. At one side of the trough is a vertical exten-
sion in which are formed yertical guides for a reciprocating slipper to which
is cast or otherwise fixed a horizontal plate having guides therein for a second
slipper reciprocating horizontally and having attached to it a number of vertical
fingers or plates extending downwards into the trough and which upon the move-
ment of the respective slippers give a step by step forward motion to the packets
in the trough. The packets fall vertically lengthwise into the trough and are
then caused to assume a horizontal position the mouth of the packet being
towards the filling machine. The turning of the packet is effected by means
of a plate of inverted L shape located in the trough and which is caused to
reciprocate therein by means of a link attached to the second slipper above
referred to, the plate is supported upon a suitable rod for which guides are
provided, the end of the L shaped plate passing through an opening in the
bottom of the trough. Motion is imparted to the slipper aforesaid by means
of a lever actuated in any convenient manner by a cam secured to the main shaft
of the machine to which motion is imparted from any convenient source. The
vertical motion is obtained in a similar manner a lever attached to a connecting
rod being actuated by means of a cam or other means also secured to the main
shaft. The disc before referred to is provided with a sleeve upon its underside
and may be supported upon a pin attached to the base or bed plate of the machine.

page_text: The underside of the disc has cut or otherwise formed in it a number of radial
channels or recesses with which engages a roller upon the end of a horizontal
arm secured to the upper end of a short vertical shaft for which bearings may
be provided upon the base plate. The disc is recessed upon its upper face to
receive circular plate upon the underside of which is formed the pin afore-
mentioned as supporting the moveable disc. Upon this latter fixed plate are
mounted suitable hoppers in which the cigarettes are placed by hand and which
are each provided with vertical shutes placed back to back and so arranged that
when the cigarettes are stacked therein they are lying parallel to the packet,
held between the plates upon the moveable disc, the lowest cigarette resting
upon the fixed plate by which the end of the chute is closed. In operation
either both or one only of the chutes may be employed for filling the packet
according to the size and number of cigarettes which it is desired to place therein.
At the side of the bed and supported by a suitable bracket is a horizontal slipper
having at its forward end a vertical plate which when the disc is at rest is
advanced until it is between the plates thereon advancing the packet until its
mouth is against the end of a guide secured to the fixed disc or plate and which
guide overhangs the moveable disc its mouth as aforesaid being in a line with
the end of the packet. The lower end of each of the cigarette chutes is open
upon both of its sides and has upon that side farthest away from the packet a
horizontal plunger which is caused at predetermined intervals to advance and
push the cigarettes out of the lower end of the chute and into the packet. The
plunger is carried by a suitable guide formed in a bracket secured to the fixed
disc and has a slipper connected by a suitable rod to one end of a cranked lever
mounted upon a vertical spindle supported in a bearing mounted upon the base
of the machine. The opposite end of the lever has attached to it a link, in
turn attached to a slipper working in a suitable guide and having upon it a
depending finger or plate which when the slipper moves forward ejects the filled
case from between the plates by which it has hitherto been held. The neces-
sary movement of the cranked lever is obtained by means of a cam attached to
the short vertical shaft before referred to which actuates a pivotted lever one
end of which is provided with a roller and the other is attached to a rod secured
to a lever at the lower end of the cranked levers spindle. The vertical shaft last
referred to is actuated by bevelled wheels attached respectively to the lower end
of the said shaft and mounted upon the main shaft. To prevent more than a
predetermined number of cigarettes being delivered to the packet a finger or
plate curved at the end is mounted vertically upon the side of the chute and
is provided with a horizontal spindle to the end of which is attached a short
lever actuated by a second lever in turn operated by a third lever caused at
intervals to depress the first lever allowing the cigarettes to fall, then when
released holding back the main body of the cigarettes until the plunger atore-
said has pushed the cigarettes into the case. The movement of the finger atore-
said is obtained by means of a tappet upon the slipper of the ejecting plunger
coming into contact with a bevelled plate upon a red to which the last mentioned
lever is attached. A spring causes the first lever to cut off the cigarettes when
the plate is free of the tappet.
The hopper for the cigarettes may be provided with a suitable agitator to
cause the cigarette to arrange themselves parallel one to another.
Dated this 12th day of June 1899
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Machine for Filling Cases or Packets with Cigarettes
or the like.
I, HENRY RANKIN, of 10/11, Stonecutter Street, Farringdon Street, in the
County of London, Merchant, 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 machine for filling cases or packets with
cigarettes or the like and it has for its object to construct a machine which
may work in conjunction with a packet making machine for filling the said
packets as they are made. The machine consists essentially of a disc or plate
provided with suitable means for receiving and retaining the cases during the
operation of filling, and for the execution of such operation the said disc is,
by suitable mechanism, caused to partially rotate coming to rest after each
movement in such a position as to bring the packet first under the action of a
device for placing them within the retaining means before referred to and next
successively under the action of a filling device which places the cigarettes in
the aforesaid packets and finally in a position where the filled packets may be
ejected or removed from the holding or retaining means.
In order that the invention may be the better understood drawings are appended
in which:--
Fig. 1, is a side elevational view of the machine.
Fig. 2, is a plan of the same.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged plan of the disc or plate for retaining the packets during
the operations before enumerated.
Fig. 4, is a sectional elevation of the above plate or disc on the line A B, to
the same scale as the preceding figure.
Fig. 5, is a sectional elevation of the device for backing the packets during
the operation of filling and for preventing the accidental movement of the disc
aforesaid.
Fig. 6, is a front end view of the device illustrated in Fig. 5.
Fig. 7, is a plan of the above device.
Fig. 8, is a part sectional elevation of the spindle carrying the means for
actuating the disc.
Fig. 9, is an enlarged view of a device for ensuring the proper insertion of the
cigarettes within the packet.
Fig. 10, is a view showing the plates for retaining the packet.
Fig. 11, is an elevational view of the device for pushing the cigarettes into the
packet.
Fig. 12, is an end view of the slipper of the above device.
Fig. 13, is an end view of the device.
1g. 14, is a plan of the same.
Fig. 15, is a plan of the ejecting slipper.
Fig. 16, is an elevational view of the ejecting device.
Fig. 17, is an end view thereof.
Fig. 18, is a plan illustrating the various levers and rods with their actuating
cams for effecting the step by step delivery of the packets to the filling mech-
anism from the packet making machine.
Fig. 19, is a longitudinal view of the main shaft with the various cams and
the like therein.

page_text: Fig. 20, is a plan of the device by which the packets are transported to the
filling mechanism.
Fig. 21, is a side elevational view of the same.
Fig. 22, is an end elevational view thereof.
Fig. 23, is an enlarged detailed view of part of the above device.
Fig. 24, is an enlarged view of one of the depending fingers for pushing the
packets forward.
Fig. 25, is an enlarged view of one of the cigarette hoppers.
Fig. 26, is a sectional view thereof.
Fig. 27, is a plan of the frame work forming the base of the hopper.
Fig. 28, is a section of the shaft of the forward roller spindle of the hopper.
Fig. 29, is an end view of the device for receiving the cigarettes from the
hopper.
Fig. 30, is a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 31, is an enlarged view of the cam, and lever for actuating the filling and
ejecting devices.
Fig. 32 and 33 are views illustrating the action of the device for turning the
packet upon its side.
Fig. 34, is a front elevation of an alternative form of the machine in which
the disc is placed in a vertical instead of a horizontal position and the step by
step feed for the packets dispensed with the said packets being fed directly to
the disc.
Fig. 35, is an enlarged cross section of part of the disc on line E F Fig. 34,
looking towards the cheeks of the retaining chamber.
Fig. 36, is a rear elevation of the machine.
Fig. 37, is a diagram illustrating the forcing of the packet upon the nozzel
of the chute.
Fig. 38, is a diagram showing the means for turning the disc.
Fig. 39, shows the right hand end of the machine with the rear side of the
hopper and chute removed part of the slide and its connections being broken
away to expose the chute.
Fig. 40, shows the devices for actuating the fingers for holding back the
remaining cigarettes within the chute during the action of filling the packet.
Fig. 41, shows the left hand end of the machine in section, where hatched,
upon the line C D in Fig. 36, excepting the cam 152 and wheel 156, which are
shown in section upon their centre line.
Fig. 42, is a plan of the machine.
Fig. 43, is a partial plan in section where hatched on the centre of the wheel
and chute.
Fig. 44, is a front view of the nozzle upon the chute.
rig. 45, is a side view of the same parts, with parts of the punch 178 cigarettes u
and packet 167.
Fig. 46, is a plan showing the bottom of the chute and nozzle in section with
the cigarettes in the chute and the end of the punch adjacent to the ends of the
cigarettes.
Fig. 47, is a perspective view of the packet, and
Fig. 48, is a diagram showing the forcing of the packet backwardly into its
chamber by the advance of the punch.
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Referring to the drawings "1" Fig. 1, is a table or base plate supported by
suitable legs or standards 2" and having bolted or otherwise secured to it
a vertical stud or pin "3" to the upper end of which is secured by screws or
the like a horizontal dise or plate "4" forming the centre of an outer annular
plate or casting "5" recessed to receive the plate "4 as shown on the plate "5."
Forming part of the sleeve "6" supported by the pin "3" see Figs. 3 and 4,
Sheet 3 of the appended drawings. Adjustably secured by means of screws or
studs "7" passing through the slots in horizontal portions of the same are a
number of pairs of angle plates "8" radially disposed upon the plate "5"

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each pair being adjustable by means of slots aforesaid and arranged to accommo-
date one packet or case into which cigarettes are to be inserted. Upon the
underside of the plate "5" are cut or otherwise formed a number of radial
channels 9" the said channels being arranged at intervals corresponding with
the distance between the pairs of plates 8 the channels however being
arranged midway between the said plates as indicated in dotted lines Fig. 3.
Opposite each set or pair of plates is formed a notch or recess "10" in the peri-
phery of the disc "5" the purpose of which will be fully described hereafter.
"11" is a roller upon the end of an arm 12" which arm is attached to the
upper end of a vertical shaft 13" supported by the bearings "14," 15"
formed in the bracket "16" mounted upon the table "1" Figs. 1, 8, 21, 22,
the shaft 13" is actuated from the main shaft 17" to which is secured a
bevel pinion "18" in gear with a like wheel "19" attached to the end of the
shaft 13" see Figs. 8 and 19, by this means upon the rotation of the shaft
of the roller upon the arm "12" is caused to enter one of the channels "9"
and turn the plate through an angle of 60 degrees. The bracket 16" before
referred to is bolted or otherwise secured to the plate or table "1" and has
formed upon it a horizontal portion "20" forming a support for a
plate "21" to which are secured the angle plates 22 between which
the case or packet falls from the former a of the packet making
machine Figs. 1, 2, 20, 21, 22. The plate "21" is provided with
a slot or opening at its outer end through which projects the vertical plate "23"
passing through the said slot and secured at its lower end to the side face of
the slipper "25" and has attached at its upper end a narrow plate or piece "24"
overhanging the plate "23" the purpose of the plate "24 being to push or
turn the empty packet b over on its side (see Figs. 32, and 33) so as to reverse
its position from a vertical to a horizontal one, the mouth of which then lies
towards the filling machine. The movement of the plate "23" is effected by
means of the slipper "25" sliding upon the guide bar 26 supported by
bosses "27" "28" secured to or cast upon the underside of the plate "21" and
which slipper is caused to reciprocate upon the said bar by means of the rod ** 29"
passing through a guide formed upon the boss "28" and pivotally connected
at its forward end to the slipper "25" whilst it is provided at its opposite end
with a block 30" to which is attached one end of a rod 31 operated by a
lever 31 pivotally supported at "32" upon a suitable in or stud 33
tapped into the boss *34 forming part of the web "35" of the bracket "16"
see Figs. 18 and 21. The lever "31" is operated from the main shaft "17 “
by means of a cam 36 secured thereto with the race of which cam engages a
roller upon the side of the forked rod 37. Secured at its forward and rear
ends respectively to the slipper "25" and block 30" is a plate "38" consist-
ing of a horizontal portion provided with an upstanding portion "39 slotted
for the passage therethrough of a stud or the like passing through the slot "40"
in the said horizontal member, and tapped into the casting 41. The cast-
ing 41" consists of a central part "42 in which are formed grooves adapted
to engage with side pieces formed upon the vertical plate or guide "43 upon
which the plate "42" travels and it is secured by bolts or the like 44" tapped
into its base "45" and passing through the plate "21" Fig. 21. The cast-
ing "41" is capable of a certain amount of vertical motion upon the guide "43"
the said motion being imparted thereto by means of the rod 46 attached by
a stud or the like at its upper end to the central portion 42" and at its lower
end it is attached to the outer end of the lever 47 pivotted at "48" to the
bracket "49" and provided at its inner end with a roller "50" actuated by the
cam 51" upon the main shaft "17." The casting "41" has a channel formed
upon the front side thereof adapted to receive the bar "52" secured therein
by suitable bolts and which has cut or otherwise formed in it a T slot, in which
slide suitable bolts "53" serving to attach the depending plates or fingers "54"
(Figs. 23 and 24) to the said bar.
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page_text: It will be seen from the foregoing that the bar 52" has imparted to it a
horizontal and vertical reciprocating motion and the fingers "54" are alternately
raised then drawn backwards when they descend and travel forward again and
being located between the plates "22" it follows that the packets are gradually
pushed forward step by step from the packet machine until they are finally
pushed between the plates upon the rotating disc or plate "5."
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Secured to the table or plate "1" is a bracket "55" the position of the same
with regard to the plates "8" upon the moving plate being such that when
the said plates come to rest the parts carried by the bracket are directly in a
line to act upon the packet. The upper end of the bracket is provided with
a slide in which works a slipper 56" having secured to it at its inner end an
angle plate "57" of sufficient width to fit between the angle plates "8" when
the plate 57" is advanced. The slipper "56" has a semicircular body which
as shown in Fig. 5, is hollow and contains a spring encircled bolt "58" normally
pushed forward by the spring "59" the bolt being retained by means of the
collar "60" secured upon its outer end upon the outside of the end parti-
tion 61." The forward end of the bolt is provided with a nose piece "62"
adapted to fit into any one of the recesses
10 herein before referred to as
being formed in the periphery of the plate "5. The necessary motion is im-
parted to the slipper 56" by means of the arm
63" slotted at its outer end
where it engages with a pin "64 provided with a short extension 65" upon
its underside which latter fits into a hole in the slipper as shown in Figs. 5, 6,
and 7. The arm "63" is attached to the upper end of the vertical shaft "66"
supported in the bearing "67" secured to the table "1" extending beneath
the same and having at its lower end an arm 68" carrying a roller "69"
in contact with and actuated by the cam "70" secured to the main shaft "17"
(see Fig. 19). When the plate "5" comes to rest the cam causes the slipper to
advance carrying with it the plate thereon and the bolt which latter engages
with the recess 10" and prevents any accidental movement thereof. The bolt
having engaged with the recess aforesaid does not prevent the continued for-
ward movement of the angle plate "57" as the spring 59" being capable of
a certain amount of compression, permits the slide to advance to its fullest
extent the plate thereon coming into contact with the end of the packet and
advancing the same, the mouth of which as aforesaid lies inwards. Located just
in front of the plates and directly in a line with the packet is a square
frame 71 secured to the plate "4" the opening 72 in the frame is of
approximately the same dimensions as the mouth of the packet and is provided
with a number of thin metal plates 73 inclined inwards and towards the packet
so that when the packet is pushed forward as afore described these plates enter
the mouth thereof and keep same open whilst the cigarettes are inserted.
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In Figs. 25 to 28 is illustrated a hopper employed for holding the cigarettes
and feeding them to the device for pushing them into the packet. As it is
necessary that the machine be arranged to pack varving numbers of cigarettes
two such hoppers as that about to be described would be employed each feeding
an equal number of cigarettes so that by throwing one out of operation half the
number of cigarettes will be fed to the filling mechanism and the other parts of
the machine being adjustable packets of various sizes may be employed contain-
ing varying numbers of cigarettes. The hopper itself consists of a rectangular
box "74" the sides and one end of which are inclined so as to assist in keeping
the cigarettes at the bottom thereof. The sides of the hopper are secured at
their lower ends to the frames "75" one of which is provided with a plate or
bracket 75" by which the hopper is secured upon a suitable support. The
side frames "75* are at their forward ends provided with bearings 76
support a spindle "77" to which is attached a small pulley "77" around which
passes an endless band of suitable material "78" the opposite end of the band
being supported by a second roller "79" mounted upon a spindle "80" carried
by the bearings "81" adjustably secured to the underside of the ends of the side
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pieces "75" upon which a projection "82" is formed with studs "83" passing
therethrough and bearing against the ends of the bearings "81 by this means
any slackness of the belt may be readily taken up. The side frames are con-
nected transversely by means of the stays "83" and plate "84" which latter
plate also forms part of the mouth of a chute down which the cigarettes fall
ready to come under the action of the mechanism for inserting them into the
packet. The spindle "77" is at its outer end provided with a small bevel
wheel "77" in gear with a like wheel "77d" upon the shaft "85" which shaft
is carried in bearings mounted upon the bracket "86" (Figs. 1 and 2) mounted
upon the table "1" and which bracket also forms a support for the cigarette
hoppers which as aforesaid are secured thereto by means of the plate
The shaft "85" receives motion from the chain wheel "87" secured to the end
of the main shaft and around which passes the chain " 88" imparting motion
to the chain wheel "89" secured to the outer end of the short shaft "90
by the bearing "91" formed upon the bracket " 92" also secured to the
bracket "86." The shaft 85" is actuated by the bevel wheel 93 upon the
outer end thereof which wheel gears with another wheel “94” upon the inner
end of the shaft "90." In Fig. 2, in which the disposition of the last mentioned
parts is clearly shown the second hopper is broken away and the wheels for
actuating the belt thereof are indicated by dotted lines. To the opposite or
inner end of the spindle "77" is secured a cam "95" in contact with which is
a roller "96" upon the end of the forked rod "97 the forked end of which
straddles the collar 99 upon the inside of the cam and thereby serves as a
guide to prevent any side movement of the fork. The upper end of the rod "97"
is connected to a short lever 100" which is secured to the end of the
spindle "101" carried by bearings secured to the sides of the hopper at the
inner end thereof. To this spindle is attached in any suitable manner a
depending plate 102" or agitator of approximately the same width as the
hopper, and turned up at its lower end "103" such turned up portion being
curved as shown in Fig. 25, and when the plate 102" is in a vertical position
projects through the front of the hopper. Attached to the lever 100" is a
spring "104" the function of which is to keep the roller "96" always in con-
tact with the cam 95. It will be seen from the foregoing that the combined
action of the belt and the agitator "102' will effectually prevent any cigarettes
being left in the hopper and also will serve to keep the cigarettes always lying
parallel one with the other transversely of the hopper.
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Referring to Fig. 26, it will be seen that the pulley "77" upon the
spindle "77" is provided with a small spring stud 104" for which a hole "105"
is formed in the central web 106 of the pulley into which hole the pin or
stud is placed and is kept pressed down by means of the spring "107"
pressed by means of the screw 108" tapped into the upper part of the hole.
The spindle at the point where the aforesaid stud hears upon it is of the
section shown in Fig. 28, the stud normally resting against either one of the
shoulders or projections . 109ª by this means forming a means to secure the
pulley to the spindle but, should it be desired to rotate the pulley by hand inde-
pendently of the rest of the mechanism the stud "104" will rise upon the inclined
portions of the shaft permitting the aforesaid pulley to rotate independently of
the spindle. Referring to Fig. 25, it will be seen that the frames supporting
the body of the cigarette hopper are at their forward ends increased in depth
the edge of such portion being rounded or curved at the top and then inclined
downwardly. To this portion is secured the plate 84 before referred to and also
the two plates 109 and 110 the three plates together forming a double
chute each part of which is capable of accommodating a single layer of cigar-
ettes, the upper end of the plate "110" being cut away as shown by dotted
line a so as to permit of the entry of the cigarettes into both divisions of the
chute. At the lower end of the chute is a bracket 111" secured to the
plate"" by serews or the like to which is secured a box like receptacle
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into four separate compartments. The sides of the receptacle
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the end being closed by the plate "4." Upon one side of the receptacle and in
a line therewith is located the frame for opening the mouth of the case or packet
and, upon the other, also in a direct line with the same, is the device for thrust-
ing the cigarettes from out of the last mentioned receptacle into the case. This
device as illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14 consists of a bracket 114"
bolted or otherwise secured to the plate "4" provided with a slide formed of a
plate "115" with a longitudinal rib "116" upon the underside the plate being
secured by screws or the like to the part "117" of the bracket. 118" is a
slipper provided with a groove or channel "119" adapted to receive the
rib 116" and provided with a depending plate 120" to which are secured
the punches "121” which upon the movement of the slipper are caused to enter
the side of the receptacle 112" and push out therefrom the cigarettes which
are piled one upon the other within the compartments of the receptacle, and
push them along into the packet which as aforesaid has already been placed in
position with the mouth thereof held open to receive them. In Fig. 29 the chute
of the cigarette hopper is indicated by dotted lines one only being shown, it
will be understood however that the opposite side or half of the device would be
under the end of the chute of the other hopper, and further that by removing
one or more of the punches "121" a less number of cigarettes would be thrust
out into the packets. The necessary movement is imparted to the slipper "118"
by means of a link "122" connected at one end to the said slipper and at the
other secured to the inner end of the cranked lever 123 mounted upon the
vertical spindle 124" carried by the bearing "125" forming part
bracket "125' secured to the table 1" Figs. 1 and 2.
The spindle "124" has at its lower end an
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is attached an end of the rod "128" the other end of the said rod being
attached to the end of the lever "129" (Figs. 1, 2, 31,) pivotally supported upon
the table 1" by the stud 130." The free end of the lever "129" is provided
with a roller "131" bearing upon the periphery of the cam 132" secured to
the vertical spindle "13" before referred to as actuating the rotary disc or
plate "5." To keep the roller always upon the periphery of the cam a spring
may be attached to the outer end of the lever or instead of a disc cam, a cam
having a race cut upon its face may be employed. Attached to the other end
of the lever "123" is a link connected with a slipper "133" (Figs. 2, 15, 16,
and 17) supported by a bracket "134" secured to the plate "4" directly in a
line with and opposite to the feeding device for the packets upon the other
side of the plate. Both the bracket and slipper "133" 131" being similar in
construction to the corresponding parts "114" and "118" it is unnecessary to
further describe them. In lieu of the depending plate for the punches,
the slipper 133" is provided with a plate 135 adjustably secured at its
upper end by means of the screw 136 to the slipper and of a width corre-
sponding to the space between the plates "8" between which the plate travels
in its forward movement ejecting therefrom the now filled packet. The mech-
anism may be actuated from the main shatt of the packet making machine by
means of a chain as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 19, which chain would pass around
the wheel 137 upon the shaft X of the packet maker around the wheel "138"
upon the shaft "17," the wheel 139" (Figs. 1 and 2) being simply an idle wheel
under which the upper run of the chain is led to avoid contact with the edge
of the plate or base "1." It is obvious however that I need not confine myself
to this precise arrangement as I may employ a shaft actuated by bevel wheels
at one end and imparting motion at the other by like means secured to the
shaft "17," for which brackets "140" Fig. 19 are provided secured to the under-
side of the base "1." Referring to Figs. 34 to 48 illustrating an alternative
form of machine it will be seen that in this latter case I dispense with the step
by step teed for the packets and by employing a carrier disc or wheel "5"
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arranged vertically instead of horizontally I am enabled to feed the packets
directly from the former a of the packet maker to the said disc. The machine
is shown with a stand 141" supporting a bed-plate
142 carrying the
spindle "143" of the carrier-wheel "144," which is formed with eight packet
chambers "145." A shaft "146" journaled on the stand, carries a cam "147"
for the punch, a pulley "177" for operating the agitator a crank "149" for
intermittently rotating the wheel, a cam " 150' to actuate the locking
pawl "151," and cam 152" for pushing the plungers "153" (in the bottoms of
the chambers) outwardly when required. The cam spindle "146" is rotated by
gears "154" and a driving shaft 155" and is also provided with a hand-
wheel "156" for adjusting the position of the parts.
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The carrier wheel "144" is formed of a thin disk with notches "157" in the
edge to engage a locking-pawl "151" and has upon one side eight radial
grooves 158" to engage a pin or roll upon the end of the crank 149 "(see
Fig. 38).
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The opposite side of the disk has a corresponding number of the packet-
chambers 145" each formed with adjustable cheeks "158" and plunger "153"
which plunger is moved by means of a block "159" fitted to a radial slot
in the plate.
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160"
143" of the carrier-wheel, as
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162," 163 to cam "152,"
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and an
A shaft "161" extends through the spindle
shown in Fig. 41 and is oscillated by connections
and operates to intermittently turn an ejector cam "164" having a groove let-
tered 164" shewn dotted in Fig. "36" and in full in Fig. 37," to fit
rolls 159" upon all of the blocks "159" (see Figs. 36, 37, and 41).
The body of the cam inside the groove is formed with a tooth "166
adjacent notch 165," the tooth operating upon the roll, as shown in Fig. 37,
to push the block and the plunger forward when it is required to force the mouth
of the packet upon the nozzle 166ª." The notch 165" is then turned oppo-
site the roll upon the block 159 so that when the punch forces the cigarettes
into the packet, the latter may be stripped from the nozzle "166" by the advance
of the punch. The cam 164" oscillates to move the tooth past each of the
rolls upon the block "159" when the packet chamber stands before the noz-
zle "166"; but the rolls traverse the entire groove in the cam as they move
to and from such position and the expansion of the groove in the cam serves,
in the required position of the disk, to push the plunger forwardly and eject
the filled packet from its chamber.
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The cam groove" 164ª "** 152" and cam 164 thus operate conjointly to actuate
the plunger 153" in each of the packet chambers.
The cam 152" is clearly
shown in Fig. 34 actuating the crank "162" upon the shaft "167" by means
of a link "103" carrying a roll fitted to the cam groove "152" such groove
being formed to oscillate the crank 162" once in each rotation of the
shaft "146" through the angle between the full and dotted positions of the
crank, which are shown in Fig. 37.
To arrange the cigarettes r for the packet in two layers, as shown in Fig. 34,
the shute "168" is divided by a vertical partition "169" to receive two layers
of cigarettes from the hopper. The shute has apertures "170" upon opposite
edges at the bottom, through which the punch passes, in discharging the cigar-
ettes. The hopper 171" has sloping sides, and a triangular block "172" in
the bottom which forms two opposite discharge channels "173" leading into
those in the shute.
A segmental agitator 174 is pivoted within the hopper to oscillate over
such block, which is formed with corresponding concave surface (see Fig. 39).
The upper sides of the agitator slope outwardly and serve with the inwardly
sloping sides of the hopper to lead the cigarettes into the marginal channels,
and the periphery of the agitator is proportioned to roll the cigarettes succes-
sively against the sides of the hopper, and to thus introduce them crosswise
into the channels. The agitator is constantly vibrated by an eccentric 175"
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and connections "176" the eccentric being rotated by gears and a cord from
the pulley
177" (see Figs. 34, 39, and 41). The nozzle
166"
upon the side
of the shute is formed of four elastic flaps fixed at the edges of the discharge
aperture "170" in line with the lowest five cigarettes in each of the channels
(see Fig. 40), and a punch "178" is reciprocated through the bottom of the
shute and the nozzle, by means of a slide 179 and connections 180" to the
cam · 147." Fingers "181" are hinged upon the sides of the shute above the
discharge apertures, and penetrate the channels 173 above the group of ten
cigarettes which is to be discharged by the punch (see Figs. 39 and 40) and
are actuated by toes 182 through the medium of a crank "183" oscillated
179."
by a rock-shaft 184" and by a sloping dog 185 attached to the slide
An arm "186" upon the rock shaft is pushed upwardly by the dog "185" when
the slide is retracted, as shown in Fig. 34, which serves to separate the fingers
and permit five cigarettes to drop in each channel before the punch is advanced.
Each of the blocks "159" which actuates the plunger "153" has a rod "187"
projected toward the edge of the carrier-wheel "144" (see Figs. 36 and 41);
and a dog "188" is provided on the slide "179" to contact with this rod, when
the punch has forced the cigarettes to the bottom of the packet.
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The machine operates as follows:-
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The shaft "146" rotates continuously, and intermittingly turns the carrier-
wheel one eighth of a revolution in the direction of the arrows 189" Figs. 34,
36 by means of the pin or roll "190" upon the crank "149," which pin enters
one of the grooves 158" and shifts it to the position of the preceeding groove.
The locking-pawl "151" normally engages one of the notches
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157" in the
rim of the carrier-wheel, but is lifted by the cam 150" acting upon an arm
attached to the pawl, during the shifting of the wheel, as is shown in Fig. 38.
While the wheel stands still a packet "167" is forced into the packet-cham-
ber 145 upon the top of the wheel, and is ultimately brought opposite the
"164"
nozzle "166" to receive the cigarettes. (See Figs. 34 and 37). The cam
is held stationary in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 37, by a concentric
curve upon its actuating cam "152" (see Fig. 34) until each packet cham-
ber 145" is opposite the nozzle 166 the rolls upon the blocks "159"
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successively traversing the groove of the cam
The cam
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159"
as
153"
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The cam "152" then turns the projection 166" past the block
shown in Fig. 36, the projection (in its movement) forcing the plunger
outwardly to press the packet upon the nozzle, as indicated by dotted lines" 167
in Fig. 37. The packet "167" is shown thus applied to the nozzle in Fig. 44.
147 then forces the punch "178" through the shute, as shown in
Figs. 36 and 44, thus propelling the cigarettes we until they reach the bottom of
the packet as shown in Fig. 43. The notch 165 then stands opposite the
roll 159" upon the block and permits the plunger "153" to be pushed back-
wardly; but if such movement were effecteil by pressure upon the cigarettes
they would be injured and the dog "188" upon the slide "179" is so adjusted
as to contact with the rod " 187 as the cigarettes reach the bottom of the packet,
and such rod shifts the block 159 and presses the plunger backwardly into
the chamber, so that the continued movement of the punch may force the packet
off of the nozzle without any sensible pressure upon the cigarettes. In this move-
ment of the block "159" the roll "159a" passes into the notch "165," as shown
in Fig. 36" and the succeeding rotation of the carrier-wheel moves the roll
"164" (see
from such notch past a projection "191" into the cam-groove
Figs. 36 and 37). The projection
191"
operates, to force the roll outwardly
as shown in Fig. 36, and discharges the filled packet from the chamber, as shown
in Fig. 34.
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It will be readily understood that the cigarettes require a guide to lead them
into the mouth of the packet and that the flaps forming the nozzle upon the
shute are enabled by their elasticity to retain a tapering form shown in Figs. 34,
44, and 46, while receiving the mouth of the packet, and to then permit the

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cigarettes to separate the flaps, as shown in Figs. 43 and 45, when they are forced
through the nozzle into the packet. Without such a nozzle, the cigarettes could
not be readily directed into the packet, and unless the nozzle were tapered and
formed of elastic flaps the mouth of the packet could not be readily applied to
the nozzle, and the cigarettes then forced through the same into the packet.
As the partition 169" divides the shute into two channels all the way to
the bottom, it is necessary to split the punch "178" as shown in Fig. 42, so
that its two parts may pass through the apertures 170" at opposite sides of
the partition, as shown in Fig. 43, in discharging the cigarettes to the packet.
The cigarettes are thus delivered in two layers or groups into the packet, as
desired, while the two layers are effectively separated in their passage from
the hopper to the discharge apertures "170" (see Figs. 39 and 40).
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The adjustable cheeks "158" which form in conjunction with the plun-
gers "153" the chambers to receive the packets, are secured adjustably upon
the disk of the carrier-wheel, as shown in Fig. 34, and the plungers are also
secured adjustably and removably upon the blocks 159." By this construction,
the machine may be adapted to operate with packets of various sizes and the
plungers may be supplied of any desired width and the cheeks adjusted adjacent
to their edges.
The elasticity of the nozzle upon the hopper adapts it to co-operate with
packets of various sizes, but the hopper itself may be changed if desired, and
replaced by one of other dimensions, as the foot of the hopper is merely bolted
to the bed-plate "142" as is clearly shown in Figs. 39 and 40 and 43.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A cigarette packet filling machine having a feeding shute, an intermit-
tingly rotated carrier-wheel with chambers to carry the packets, devices for feed-
ing packets to the chambers in one position of the wheel, devices for feeding the
cigarettes from the shute to the packets in another position of the wheel, and
means for ejecting the filled packets from the said chambers, in a succeeding
position of the wheel, substantially as described and illustrated by the appended
drawings.
2. A cigarette filling machine having a hopper with a chute extended down-
ward therefrom, a carrier-wheel with chambers to hold the packets adjacent to
the bottom of such chute, a punch or punches to force the cigarettes from the
chute into the packet all substantially as described and illustrated by the appended
drawings.
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74" with
3. A cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper or hoppers
sloping sides, an endless belt "78" forming the bottom of the said hopper, a
divided chute extending downwards from the said hopper, and an intermit-
tantly actuated agitator "103" to arrange the cigarettes parallel one to the
other substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. A cigarette packet filling machine having a carrier-wheel with packet
chambers upon the face thereof to be supplied with packets at one point and with
cigarettes at another point of its movement, means for ejecting the said packets
from out the chambers when filled and grooves or recesses "9" upon the under-
side of the wheel with a rotating arm or crank 12" provided with a roller to
engage such grooves intermittantly substantially as described and illustrated by
the appended drawings.
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5. A cigarette packet filling machine having an intermittantly actuated car-
rier-wheel for the packets, a slide "56" and a cam 70" to actuate the same, a
plate upon the slide adapted to push the packet forward in the chambers upon
the carrier-wheel a frame " 71" having a flexible nozzle in the path of the packet,
a bolt "62" carried by the slide '56" adapted to engage with notches "10"
upon the periphery of the carrier-wheel "10" to hold the same against acci-
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121"
to force the cigarettes into the
packet and also to push the packet home into its chamber all operating actuated
and constructed substantially as described and illustrated by the appended draw-
ings.
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6. A cigarette packet filling machine having an intermittently actuated carrier-
wheel +,' a cigarette feeding device, a device for placing the cigarettes at
one point of the wheel's movement in the packet, at another point a device con-
sisting of a slide 133" with a plate "135" attached to such slide adapted to
travel between the sides of the packet chamber and eject the filled packet all
operating constructed and actuated substantially as described and illustrated in
the appended drawings.
7. A cigarette packet filling machine having a step by step feed device for
carving the packets from the packet maker to the filling machine, an inter-
mittently rotated carrier-wheel, a device for pushing the packet forward in
its chamber, a device for holding the wheel against accidental movement, a
cigarette hopper having a chute in which the cigarettes are collected, a punch
for thrusting the cigarettes from out the chute into the packet, a means for hold-
ing the mouth of the packet, open to ensure the proper insertion therein of the
cigarettes and a plate for ejecting the filled packet from its chamber, all con-
structed, arranged, operating and actuated substantially in the manner herein
set forth and shown in the appended drawings.
8. A cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper with vertical shute
extended downward therefrom, a carrier-wheel with chambers to hold the packets
adjacent to the bottom of such shute, a punch to force the cigarettes from the
shute into the packet, and intermittently vibrating fingers applied to the shute
to sustain the cigarettes above the path of the punch substantially as described
and illustrated by the appended drawings.
9. A cigarette packet filling machine having the hopper 171 with sloping
sides and triangular block 172 forming opposite discharge channels, a centrally
divided shute 168 extended from such channels, and the segmental agitator 174
vibrated adjacent to the sides of the hopper next the mouths of such channels
substantially as described and illustrated by the appended drawings.
10. A cigarette packet filling machine having a carrier-wheel with packet
chambers in its periphery to be supplied with packets at one point and with
cigarettes at another point in its movement, means for forcing the bottoms of
the chambers outwardly to discharge the packets when filled, and grooves 158
upon the wheel with a rotating crank 149 having pin to engage such grooves
and move the wheel intermittently, substantially as described and illustrated by
the appended drawings.
11. A cigarette packet filling machine having a feeding shute, a carrier-wheel
with chambers to carry the packets adjacent to the bottom of the chute, a
slide 179 and a cam 147 to reciprocate the same by the side of the shute, a
punch 178 reciprocated by such slide to shift the cigarettes to the packet and
means for intermittently rotating the wheel to bring the packets opposite such
punch substantially as described and illustrated by the appended drawings.
12. A cigarette packet filling machine having a feeding shute with sectional
nozzle 160 a carrier-wheel with chambers to carry the packets adjacent to such
nozzle, blocks 159 movable with plungers 153 in the bottoms of the chambers
a cam 164 to operate upon said blocks successively to force each packet in turn
upon the nozzle, a slide 179 and a cam 147 to reciprocate the same by the side
of the shute, a punch 178 reciprocated through the shute by such slide to shift
the cigarettes to the packet, means for intermittingly rotating the wheel, and
a dog 188 connected with the punch, to push the plungers into the chambers,
as each packet is forced from the nozzle by the punch, substantially as described
and illustrated by the appended drawings.
13. A cigarette packet filling machine having a carrier wheel with packet
chambers in its periphery upon one side to be supplied with packets at one

page_text: point and with cigarettes at another point in its movement, corresponding radial
grooves 158 in its periphery upon the opposite side, a rotating crank 149 with
roll to intermittingly engage such grooves, notches 157 corresponding to the
grooves, with a locking pawl 151 to engage the same, and a cam 150 to disen-
gage the pawl when the crank rotates the wheel substantially as described and
illustrated by the appended drawings.
14. A cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper with vertical shute
extended downward therefrom, a wheel with chambers to hold the packets adja-
cent to the bottom of such shute, the slide 179 and cam 147 to reciprocate the
slide by the side of the shute, the punch 178 reciprocated through the shute
by such slide, fingers pivotted upon the shute above the punch to support the
cigarettes, a dog 185 attached to the slide, and suitable connections from the
dog to the fingers to separate the fingers and drop the cigarettes within the shute
before the punch is advanced, substantially as described and illustrated by the
appended drawings.
15. A cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper with vertical shute
extended downward therefrom and a nozzle to deliver the cigarettes, a carrier-
wheel with packet chambers in its periphery, to be supplied with packets at
one point and rotated to hold them opposite such nozzle, blocks fitted to move
radially upon the carrier-wheel and supporting a plunger in the bottom of each
chamber, a roll upon each block, and an oscillating cam 164 constructed and
operated as described to force the packet upon the nozzle of the shute when
receiving the cigarettes, to clear the roll when the plunger is forced backwardly
in the chamber, and to then force the plunger outwardly to discharge the filled
packet from the wheel substantially as described and illustrated by the appended
drawings.
16. A cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper with vertical shute
extended downward therefrom, and a nozzle to deliver the cigarettes, a carrier-
wheel with packet-chambers in its periphery, to be supplied with packets at one
point and rotated to hold them opposite such nozzle, blocks fitted to move
radially upon the carrier-wheel and supporting a plunger in the bottom of each
chamber, a roll upon each block, the oscillating cam 164 provided with grooves 164"
and projections 166 and 191 and intervening notch 165, the shaft 161 supporting
such cam upon the centre of the carrier-wheel, and the cam 152 with connec-
tions 162, 163, to the shaft 161, to oscillate the cam 164 as required, substan-
tially as described and illustrate by the appended drawings.
17. In a cigarette packet filling machine having a hopper with vertical shute
extended downward therefrom, a discharge aperture 170 at the bottom of the
shute, and a punch to deliver the cigarettes therefrom, the combination, with
such chute and punch, of the nozzle 166 formed of elastic flaps fixed at the
edges of the discharge aperture and normally tapered to receive the mouth of
the packet substantially as described and illustrated by the appended drawings.
18. A cigarette packet filling machine having the hopper 171 with sloping
sides, the shute 168 extended downward therefrom, the partition 169 forming
two channels 173 therein, the triangular block 172 at the top of such partition
forming extensions of the channels 173 within the hopper the segmental
agitator 174 pivoted in the hopper to vibrate adjacent to the sides of the same
and fitted to the upper surface of the block 172, and means for oscillating the
agitator, whereby the cigarettes are rolled against the sides of the hopper and
delivered transversely into the channels as and for the purpose set forth, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated by the appended drawings.
19. In a cigarette packet filling machine, the combination, with the hopper 171
having the shute 168 extended downward therefrom with partition 169 forming
two channels 173 therein, and the discharge apertures 170 at the bottom, of
a wheel with chambers to hold open mouthed packets adjacent to such dis-
charge apertures, and a split punch with means for reciprocating it through the
apertures at opposite sides of the partition to discharge two groups of the cigar-

page_text: ettes into the packet, substantially as described and illustrated by the appended
drawings.
20. In a cigarette packet filling machine having a feeding shute and means
for delivering the cigarettes therefrom, an intermittently rotated carrier-wheel
formed with disk 144 having chambers upon one side with adjustable cheeks 158ª
and detachable plunger 153 at the sides and bottom of each chamber, whereby
the dimensions of the chamber and the position of the plunger may be varied
to operate with packets of various sizes, substantially as described and illustrated
by the appended drawings.
41 10th toy of Naval 1000
J. E. EVANS-JACKSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.