IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING CIGARS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills, of 35, South-
ampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
CIGARS." A communication from abroad by John Wettstein and
John Thomas Hennaman, Cigar Manufacturers, both of Baltimore,
in the State of Maryland. in the United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Joseph
Barnard Mills at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 29th October 1869.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 35, Southampton Buildings,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANU-
FACTURING CIGARS," a communication to me from abroad by John Wettstein
and John Thomas Hennaman, Cigar Manufacturers, both of Baltimore,
in the State of Maryland, in the United States of America, to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide for performing the several
parts of the operation of making cigars to which it relates mechanism

page_text: combining maximum simplicity and compactness with efficiency, and
adapted to roll and wrap the cigars in a manner similar to hand work.
The tobacco to make the filler is sorted and arranged in a groove or
channel of proper capacity in a table forming the top of the frame of
the machine (or the first machine), and is fed intermittently through
pressure rollers or their equivalents, by which in connection with said
groove to mould it into a strip to the lump severing knife. This as a
separate part of the Invention is of rotary form, and is so arranged as
to sever the "lumps" by oblique or diagonal cuts, and is also preferably
adapted by the provision of a segmental series of teeth for the trans-
mission of the feed motion through it. The "feed" between each
intermission is adapted to deliver the proper length for a "lump," which
is severed while the strip is quiescent. The severed lumps fall on a table
or receiver, by which they are held until required.
The mould, which also forms a separate part of the Invention, is
formed by a belt or belts in connection with suitably shaped rollers or
supporting points external thereto, said belts being adapted to receive a
reciprocating motion, and so disposed as to form separate sides moving
in opposition during their reciprocation. A uniform pressure is imparted
by a weight or weights applied to said belt or belts, and means are pro-
vided to lift said weights to slacken the belt or belts and facilitate the
removal of the cigar on the opening of the mould for that purpose.
A contracted slot arranged immediately below the mould for the passage
of the lining serves to contract the sides of the lining and form the
bottom of the mould. The rollers or supporting points (four in number)
employed to determine the shape of the mould are arranged in two
pairs respectively mounted in fixed and moveable bearings. By the
adjustment of the latter the mould is opened and closed. The bearings
of said moveable rollers are separate and separately actuated, the upper
being advanced first to close the mould and the lower subsequently,
motion being imparted to them at the proper relative times by a properly
formed cam, from the vertically sliding stem of which the motion to lift
the weights or their equivalent employed to press together the sides of
the mould as aforesaid is taken. The fillers are rolled and the wrappers
applied by the reciprocation of the belt or belts forming the lining of
the mould, the portions covering the respective sides of the mould
moving in opposite directions as aforesaid. The motion is preferably
imparted by a single rigid lever or its equivalent. A single movement

page_text: of the lining being sufficient to apply a wrapper, the machine by its
reciprocating motion is adapted to make both "rights" and "lefts," the
different wrappers being applied in the respective movements of the
lining. A regulator, consisting preferably of a pair of pivotted struts
or levers, adjustable by set screws or their equivalents to any desired
angle, and provided at their outer ends with rods or rollers, over which
when they engage with the belts the belts pass and are thereby distended,
serves to determine the action of the mould and to admit of the variation
of such action.
At the proper point of the operation a header, consisting as a separate
part of the Invention of a bell-shaped mould, is advanced to engage
with the cigar, the cigar being held by the pressure of the mould or
by a suitable supporting device. To constitute the latter a stud or pin
moving simultaneously with and towards it is provided. To properly
taper the cigar the lining of the body mould is contracted at its juncture
with the matrical portion of the header by a suitable slot therein for the
reception of the edge of the two sides of the lining, said slot at the top
of the header also serving to permit of the proper introduction of the
wrappers for the head. The header is further provided with sockets for
the reception of the bearings of the upper rollers or supporting points
of the body mould to enable its introduction while the same arc closed.
The wrappers being prepared by cutting them of the proper width (and
shape) are applied by inserting the end of one between the filler and
one side of the mould at the point of the filler, and wrapping it by the
rotation of the filler by the motion in one direction of the belt or belts
forming the lining of the mould, its end to wrap the head being cut of
the proper shape by a die or punch separate from or suitably arranged
on the machine cither before or at the time of application. A stationary
pin projecting axially within the header is provided to form a guide in
bringing the head wrapper to a proper point. A rounded plate of suit-
able form serves by the wrappers being drawn over it to remove any
wrinkles or creases there may be therein, and also as a guide in the
insertion of the wrappers.
The several devices described may exist in separate machines or in
one or more, as preferred. The details of construction and arrangement
are variable.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills in the Great Scal
Patent Office on the 12th March 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 35, Southampton Buildings, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills, Her
special licence that I, the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might, make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
CIGARS," a communication to me from abroad by John Wettstein and
John Thomas Hennaman, Cigar Manufacturers, both of Baltimore, in
the State of Maryland, in the United States of America, upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard
Mills, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to provide for performing the several
parts of the operation of making cigars to which it relates mechanism
combining maximum simplicity and compactness with efficiency, and
adapted to roll and wrap the cigars in a manner similar to hand work.

page_text: The tobacco to make the fillers is sorted and arranged in a groove or
channel of proper capacity in a table forming the top of the frame of
the machine (or the first machine), and is fed intermittently through
pressure rollers or their equivalents, serving in connection with said
grooves to mould it into a "strip" to the lump severing knife. This as
a separate part of the Invention is of rotary form, and is so arranged as
to sever. the lumps by oblique or diagonal cuts, and is also preferably
adapted by the provision of a segmental series of teeth for the trans-
mission of the feed motion through it. The "feed" between each
intermission is adapted to deliver the proper length for a "lump,"
which is severed while the strip is quiescent. The severed lumps fall
on a table or receiver, by which they are held until required.
The mould, which also forms a separate part of this Invention, is
formed by a belt or belts in connection with suitably shaped rollers or
supporting points external thereto, said belts being adapted to receive a
reciprocating motion and so disposed as to form separate sides moving
in opposition during their reciprocation. A uniform pressure is imparted
by a weight or weights applied to said belt or belts, and means arc
provided to automatically lift said weights, to slacken the belt or belts,
and facilitate the removal of the cigar on the opening of the mould for
that purpose. A contracted slot arranged immediately below the mould
for the passage of the lining serves to contract the sides of the lining
and form the bottom of the mould. The rollers or supporting points
(four in number) employed to determine the shape of the mould are
arranged in two pairs respectively mounted in fixed and moveable
bearings. By the adjustment of the latter the mould is opened and
closed. The bearings of said moveable rollers are separate and separately
actuated, the upper being advanced first to close the mould and the
lower subsequently, motion being imparted to them at the proper relative
times by a properly formed cam, from the vertically sliding stem of
which the motion to lift the weights or their equivalent employed to
press together the sides of the mould as aforesaid is taken. The fillers.
are rolled and the wrappers applied by the reciprocation of the belt
or belts forming the lining of the mould, the portions covering the
respective sides of the mould moving in opposite directions, as aforesaid.
The motion is preferably imparted by a single rigid lever or its
cquivalent. A single movement of the lining being sufficient to apply

page_text: a wrapper, the machine by its reciprocating motion is adapted to make
both rights" and "lefts," the different wrappers being applied in the
respective movements of the lining. A regulator, consisting preferably
of a pair of pivotted struts or levers, adjustable by set screws or their
equivalents to any desired angle, and provided at their outer ends with rods
or rollers, over which when they engage with the belts the belts pass
and are thereby distended, serves to determine the action of the mould
and to admit of the variation of such action.
At the proper point of the operation a header, consisting as a separate
part of the Invention of a bell-shaped mould, is advanced to engage with
the cigar, the cigar being held by the pressure of the mould or by a
suitable supporting device. To constitute the latter a stud or pin moving
simultaneously with and towards it is provided. To properly taper the
cigar the lining of the body mould is contracted at its juncture with the
matrical portion of the header by a suitable slot therein for the reception
of the edge of the two sides of the lining, said slot at the top of the
header also serving to permit of the proper introduction of the wrapper
for the head. The header is further provided with sockets for the
reception of the bearings of the upper rollers or supporting points of
the body mould to enable its introduction while the same are closed.
The wrappers being prepared by cutting them of the proper width (and
shape) are applied by inserting the end of one between the filler and onc
side of the mould at the point of the filler and wrapping it by the
rotation of the mould, its end to wrap the head being cut of the proper
shape by a die or punch separate from or suitably arranged on the
machine either before or at the time of application. A stationary
pin projecting axially within the header is provided to form a guide in
bringing the head wrapper to a proper point. A rounded plate of
suitable form serves by the wrappers being drawn over it to remove any
wrinkles or creases there may be therein, and also as a guide in the
insertion of the wrappers.
The several devices described may exist in separate machines or in
one or more, as preferred. The details of construction and arrangement
are variable.
And in order that the Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying
Drawings, more fully to describe the same.

page_text: Figure 1 represents a plan view of a cigar machine embodying the
improvements in illustrative form; Figure 2 is a front clevation of the
same with the table in vertical section on the line u, u, Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on an enlarged scale of the
moulding mechanism and its adjuncts detached; Figure 4 is a vertical
transverse section of the moulding mechanism and adjuncts on the same
scale as Figure 3 taken on the line v, v, Figure 3, looking in the
direction of the arrow; Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on
the same scale as Figures 3 and 4 of the moulding mechanism and
adjuncts under a modification, two belts being employed to form the
mould instead of one, as in Figures 1 and 4, being further taken from the
opposite side of the mechanism from Figure 3; Figure 6 is a vertical
transverse section of the moulding mechanism and adjuncts as repre-
sented in Figure 5 taken on the line w, w, of said Figure, looking in
the direction of the arrow; Figure 7 is a front sectional elevation of the
header and its adjuncts about full sizė; Figure 8 is a horizontal section
of the header on the line x, x; Figure 9 is a plan view of the header
and its adjuncts on the same scale as Figure 7. The curved dotted
lines y, y, and z, z, Figures 4 and 6, indicate the portions shown in said
Figures which are omitted in Figures 3 and 5.
A represents the frame of the machine, and B the table which forms
the top of the frame A and serves in connection therewith to support
the operative parts of the machine, both being suitably constructed for
this purpose.
C represents the groove or channel in the table B for the
reception of the filler tobacco; D, the feeding band running in said
groove or channel C; E, E', the rollers over which the band D runs ;
F, an additional roller forming in connection with the roller E the
feeding and pressing rollers employed in connection with the band D to
press and feed the strip into which the filler tobacco is preliminarily
moulded, and B₁ the inclined table or receiver on to which the strip
formed and fed by the groove C and band D and rollers E, F, passes.
e, e, represent the bearings of the roller E', f, f, those of the rollers E, F.
G represents cog wheels connecting the shafts of the rollers E, F; H, an
additional toothed wheel on the shaft of the roller E for the reception
of the feed motion. I represents the combined spur wheel and knife
employed to convey by a segmental series of teeth i the feed motion to
the feed rollers E, F, and band D through the toothed wheel H, and by

page_text: a blade ¹ to cut the strip of filler tobacco into suitable lengths or lumps,
being arranged diagonally or obliquely with reference to the groove C, so
as to sever the lumps by diagonal cuts to enable them more readily to be
rolled into shape. The rotary form or character of said knife is important
as rendering certain the complete severance of the strip without raising
and loosening the lumps, and also because of the comparative simplicity
of the means required to operate it over reciprocating knives which have
prior to my Invention been employed. J represents a driving shaft for
operating the combined spur wheel and knife I, and K gearing for
connecting the two, which may be of any suitable description. L, L',
represent the moveable, and M, M', the fixed rollers or supporting points,
and N the belts for forming the mould or rolling mechanism. O repre-
sents the weights employed to tighten the belts N, and P a roller
employed to support the belt below the mould, and to afford the requisite
point for the attachment of the weights O when but one belt is employed
in the formation of the mould. 2 (Figures 2 and 4) represents vertical
guide slots for the lateral support of the roller P.
Q (Figure 6) represents a roller preferably employed when two belts
are used to form the mould, as represented in Figures 5 and 6, to
support said belts apart, being arranged below the mould, as shown.
R represents the guide slot employed at or immediately below the lower
rollers or supporting points I, M', of the mould to form the bottom of
the mould by holding together the two sides of the belt or the two
belts forming the lining of the same, and which may be formed in a
transverse bar of the frame, as shown, or in other suitable manner. S
represents the double lever or rocking frame preferably employed to operate
the belt or belts N, the two ends of which (or one end of each) are
attached to its respective extremities in any suitable manner. 8, 8,
represent flat bars or strips applied externally of the ends of the lever S,
and s¹, s¹, set screws working through perforations in said strips s and
in female screws in said ends of the lever, forming clamps to attach the
ends of the belt or belts N to said lever S and permit of their ready
detachment when desired. T, T', represent the swinging frames in
which the rollers or supporting points L, L', of the mould are mounted
to permit of the opening of the mould to receive the tobacco and have
the finished cigars removed; they may be of any suitable form which
will give said rollers or supporting points the requisite movement and
allow them to close properly around the mould. * represents the pivotal

page_text: supporting rod of the swinging frames T, T", in the arrangement shown.
U represents the cam employed to close the rollers or supporting points
L, L', through their frames T, T; U' being the vertical sliding rod on
which said cam is mounted, and u, u, its bearing points by which
respectively it operates, said rollers or supporting points L and L' being
so adjusted relatively to cach other as that the cam shall close said
rollers or supporting points in the order required, the upper by which
the mould is closed first, the lower subsequently. t, t, represent the
bearing surfaces provided on the swinging frames T, T", for the engage-
ment of the bearing points u, u, of the cam U, being arranged in any
suitable manner. O' (Figures 2, 3, 4,) represents the lever provided for
lifting the weight or weights O by which the sides of the lining of the
mould (the belt or belts N) are pressed together on the opening of the
mould by the retraction of the cam U, and u³ the tappet on the stem U¹
of said cam by which the lever O' is actuated. V, V, (Figures 1, 2, 3,)
represent the regulator employed to regulate the rolling operation by the
adjustment of its respective arms, so as to engage to a greater or less
extent with that or those ends of the lining of the mould (the belt or
belts N) forming one or the other or both sides of the mould; said
regulator operates by affording distending points over which to draw the
lining in its movements; it thus lengthens the path of the end engaged
with, and proportionately increases the speed of that portion of said
end within the mould during the time the greater length of lining to
cover this longer path is being supplied through it. In a single belt
machine the increase in the length of the lining required to stretch
between the mould and the operating lever is compensated for by a cor-
responding elevation of the roller P over which such belt runs, and a
consequent decrease in the length of the lining below the mould. (The
rise of the roller P is permitted by the elongated slot p in which it
works.) It will consequently be seen that by suitably adjusting it
quite a variety of effects on the rolling may be produced, serving to
increase the speed of that side of the lining of the mould formed by the
end with which it engages, as stated; it enables by being so arranged as
to engage with the lining at the proper moments the automatic pro-
duction of a grasping action of the mould to give the wrappers a hold
on the fillers at the commencement of their application, which is a
great desideratum. The tightness of the wrapping being increased on
the engagement of the regulator, and the shape of the cigars being to
a very great extent determined by the relative degree of tightness of

page_text: v, v,
the wrapping at particular points, the regulator may thus serve further
to modify the form of the cigars. The separate adjustability of its arms,
as shown, enables the variation of its action as stated, and also its with-
drawal from action when desired. When said characteristics arc not
required such adjustability may of course be dispensed with. Said arms
may be made adjustable by set screws or other suitable means.
represent the engaging points of the regulator V, V, consisting of
rounded arms simply, as shown, or preferably of suitably supported
friction rollers. W represents the header; W, the horizontally sliding
frame in which said header is mounted, and by which it is advanced and
retracted to mould the head of the cigar and release it for removal.
(The proposed construction of the header will most readily be seen by
reference to Figures 7, 8, 9. Its frame may be of any suitable form.)
X represents the stud or pin employed to press the cigar into the
header, and support the same therein; and X' the sliding frame of said
supporting stud or pin, which frame is adapted to move in a plane
parallel to that of the frame W' of the header W, being connected there-
with so as to
move simultaneously with but in opposition to it.
X² represents a lever pivotted on the frame of the machine, and adapted
to engage with one end with the frame X', so as by the depression of its
other end to force said frame outward and retract the pin X.
W³ repre-
sents a rod or link connecting the end of the lever X not engaging with
the frame X to the frame W', so as to cause the outward movement of
the latter frame (W') in which it retracts the header to be imparted
through said lever to the former frame (X') retracting simultaneously with
the header the supporting pin X. represents a sheave attached to
the sliding frame X';, w¹, a cord attached to the frame W, and running
over the sheave a¹; and w³, a weight attached to the lower end of the
cord w to force inward through said connections the header W and
supporting stud or pin X. w³, w³, represent sockets or cavities in the
sides of the header W for the reception of the bearings of the upper
rollers or supporting points L, M, as represented in Figure 7; w0', the
bell-shaped cavity of the same in which the head is moulded; and w
the guide slot in the front of the same for engagement with the two
sides of the lining of the mould (the belt or belts N) to contract the
same to cause the proper taper of the neck of the cigar in conformity
with that of the head as produced by the matrical portion of its cavity w
to be produced. Y represents the curved or rounded plate employed to
smooth the wrappers, and enable their introduction properly into the

page_text: mould, said plate being supported on and forming part of the header
frame W', and sliding therewith, as shown, or separate and stationary, as
preferred. Z, Z', represent respectively the stationary and moveable
members of the die or punch employed to cut to the proper shape the
wrapper for the head, both of which are preferably mounted on and
move with the header W. ¹ (Figure 3) represents a spring which may
be employed to automatically raise and support the moveable die Z'.
Y represents the stationary pin employed to assist in guiding the head
wrapper to a point, being supported through suitable connections and
in proper position on the frame of the machine, and adapted to project
the proper distance within the header when it (the header) is in its
advanced position to properly engage with the wrapper. 20° represents
the axial perforation in the header W for the reception of the pin Y'.
1, 2, represent treadles employed (or their equivalent) to operate respec-
tively the feeding and cutting mechanism and the mould closing and
opening device, 3 and 4 being respectively the pitmen by which they are
connected to a crank disc J on the driving shaft J of the spur wheel
and knife I, and to the sliding bar U₁ of the mould closing cam U. The
machine may be driven by power if preferred, and any suitable
mechanism employed for transmitting it to the several operative parts,
but it has been found preferable, especially in applying wrappers, to have
the motion imparted by hand, as then the operator is able to regulate
the speed to suit different leaves as he finds it necessary, and thus to
prevent the breakage and consequent waste of wrappers.
The operation of the machine (as represented) is as follows:-The
filler tobacco being prepared on the table B the groove C therein is filled
with it, and motion imparted to the driving shaft J through the treadle 1
operating through the teeth i of the combined spur wheel and knife I
the rollers E, F, and apron D. On a sufficient length for the gauge of
cigars being made having been fed out on to the receiver B¹, the teeth i
having passed out of gear with the pinion II the feed is stopped, and
the knife coming in contact with the strip severs by an oblique cut a

page_text: lump or bunch of the proper size and shape for the cigar. This is drawn
off of the receiver B' into the open mould N, L, L, M, M', which is
then closed by means of the treadle 2, the two rollers or supporting
points, by the retraction of which the mould is opened, being advanced
in proper order to first close the mould and then apply the pressure of
the lower thereto. The mould being held in its closed position by
pressing on the treadle 2 motion is imparted to the belt or belts N
forming the lining of the mould by oscillating the lever S, their
proper action to suit the quality of leaf or character of cigar being
regulated by the adjustment of the regulator V, V. At a proper stage of
the rolling operation the header. W and supporting pin X are advanced
by means of the weight w³, the former contracting by means of the
flaring mouth of its bell-shaped matrix w' and by its slot w the edges of
the mould lining N around the neck of the cigar so as to properly taper
the same, and imparting the desired form of head by the rotation of the
cigar therein, the proper engagement with the cigar and its support in
the header being effected by the pin X. The rolling being completed
the wrapper prepared by being cut of the proper width is introduced over
the curved plate Y, and wrapped from the open end to the head, on
reaching which it is further prepared by being cut off at the proper
length and of the requisite form by the die or punch Z, Z', and this end
then fed in through the upper end of the slot of the header, being
guided to a proper point by the pin Y'. The header and supporting pin
are then retracted by drawing back the former, and the mould opened
and its lining loosened by allowing the cam U to descend, when the
cigar complete, except having its end trimmed, is removed. Motion of
the treadle 1 having been kept up, by the time the wrapper is applied to
one cigar the filler for another is ready for rolling, and the operation thus
rendered continuous. By applying the wrappers at first one and then
the other of the portions of the reciprocation of the lining of the mould
right and left wrappers may alternately be used, and thus the stock be
regularly consumed.
Different thicknesses and tapers of cigars may be produced by the same
machine by employing different forms of the rollers or supporting points
L, L, M, M', which for this purpose may be made removable by suit-
able means, but with the same form of said rollers or supporting points
by the employment of the regulator V, V, as described form as well as
tightness may to a very great extent be varied as desired.

page_text: To enable different lengths of cigars to be produced the toothed
segment of the combined spur wheel and knife I may be made
removeable by being secured by screws or in other suitable manner, and
by employing different lengths of the same different lengths of feed-
may be had and consequently of cigars.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
mode in which the same is carried into effect, I would have it understood
that what I claim is,-
First. The feeding band D and rollers E, F, arranged and operated
substantially as described in combination with the table B as and for
the purpose set forth.
Second. The combination with the band D and rollers E, F, of the
means, substantially as set forth for stopping the feed.
Third. The combined feed operating pinion and knife I constructed
and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The knife I, &, constructed of rotary form, and arranged to
sever the filler lumps by oblique or diagonal cuts, for the purposes set
forth.
Fifth. The mould composed of the reciprocating belt or belts N
and supporting points or abutments L, L', M, M', substantially as
explained.
Sixth. The combination with the filler strip forming and feeding
devices C, D, E, E, F, filler lump severing knife I, ¹, and mould L, I',
M, M, N, of the lump receiver B', arranged and employed substantially
as represented and described for the purpose set forth.
Seventh. The combination of the supporting points or rollers L, L',
and M, M¹, respectively, moveable and fixed belts or lining N, lever S,
and weights O, substantially as represented and described.
Eighth. The guide slot R arranged and employed substantially as
represented and described for the purpose set forth.
Ninth. The combination with the belt or belts N forming the lining
of the mould of the weight or weights O applied substantially as
described for the purpose set forth.
Tenth. The regulator V, V, v, v, employed and operating substantially
as represented and described.

page_text: Eleventh. The lever C', substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
Twelfth. In combination with the moveable rollers or supporting
points L, L, mounted in separate pivotted frames T, T, as described,
the cam U adapted to operate said frames, substantially in the manner
described.
Thirteenth. A header constructed with a bell-shaped matrix w', as
hercin set forth.
Fourteenth. In combination with the mould N, L, L, M, M', con-
structed substantially as described, the header W provided with the bell-
shaped matrix w' and slot w³, for the purpose set forth.
Fifteenth. In combination with the mould N, L, L', M, M', constructed
substantially as described, the header W provided with the slot w³ and
sockets w³, w³, for the reception of the upper rollers or supporting
points L, M, as set forth.
Sixteenth. The header W and supporting stud or pin X combined and
arranged substantially as described and adapted to be simultaneously
advanced and retracted, substantially as set forth.
Seventeenth. The pin Y', as and for the purpose set forth.
Eighteenth. The rounded plate Y, as and for the purpose described.
Nineteenth. The punch or die Z, Z, constructed substantially as
described for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
Witness,
FREDK. HARRIS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings,
London.
B. J. B. MILLS. (L.S.)