A New or Improved Machine for 'the Manufacture of Cigars.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for 'the Manufacture of Cigars.
JEAN REUSE of Enghien in the Kingdom of Belgium Sculptor 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 :-
My invention has for its object, the construction of a machine by means of which
cigars may be manufactured with great speed and in such a manner as to be as well
nade as if coming from the hands of a competent cigar maker.
I attain this result by a combination of mechanism the action of which somewhat
resembles the manual operations of a cigar maker.
The machine consists essentially of the following mechanism or parts.
1. Manipulators formed of two pairs of jaws which give to the core filling or
inside of the cigar the shape desired for the reception of the covering leaf and
subsequently wrap the latter around the core at the same time fashioning the cigar
throughout its length.
2. Disconnecting mechanism for stopping the machine almost instantaneously.
3. Mechanism for removing the finished cigar from the manipulators.
4. A knife for cutting the cigars to the desired length and for removing the
excess of tobacco at the thick end.
5. A knife which removes the excess of tobacco at the point end of the cigar.
6. A small mould for shaping and polishing the point end of the cigar, consisting
of a fixed part and a moveable part.
7. A gum pump with mechanism for feeding the gum to the point of the cigar.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I will now successively
describe each of the said parts with reference to the accompanying drawings which
represent the views and parts of my machine hereinafter stated.
Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a general view of the machine, the plate
which covers the front of the same up to the manipulators being removed.
Figure 2 is a section of the same taken on the line A B Figure 1 looking towards
the fly wheel.
Figure 3 is a section taken on the line A B Figure 1 looking towards the crank
handle.
Figure 4 is a section on line CD Figure 1 looking towards the crank handle.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the machine taken from the crank handle side.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the outer side of the fly wheel.
Figure 7 is a central transverse section of the same.
Figure 8 is a front view of the pump.
Figure 9 is an end view of the same.
Figure 10 is a detached view of the. fixed half mould for the point ends of the
cigars the said view being taken from the fly wheel side.
Figure 11 is a plan of the same.
In the said figures XX are the side standards or uprights of the machine
connected together by tie rods Z Z Z. B is the driving shaft which carries a fly
wheel C and receives motion from a pulley A actuated by a crank handle or by a

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shaft B. The ends of the spindle H engage freely in the cavities G G of the
plates F F and the ends of the spindle H₁ engage in the cavities G G of
the plates F .. 1 1³ and I¹ I² are two pairs of guides oscillating respectively
upon pivots JJ carried by the uprights X'X' each of which guides has a slot at
its lower part. Before entering the cavities G G the spindle H passes through the
slots of the guides 1' 13 and in like manner the spindle H' passes through the slots
of the guides I 12 consequently when the spindles H H' are carried round by the
plates FF they cause the guides 11 12 13 to oscillate upon their pivots J J.
K is a cam plate a portion of which is of the form of a toothed sector which plate
is carried by the pivot J and K' is a similar cam plate carried by the pivot J'. In
these plates are formed corresponding partly excentric cam grooves or slots L L'
in which are engaged the ends of two spindles or rods M M¹ parallel to the
rods H H which pass through the guides I 1'12 13 from which they receive
oscillatory motion. It will be noticed that the front spindle M passes through a
small slot in the guides 1 13 which allows the said spindle M to have a small
amount of play in a vertical direction. The spindles M M' serve as pivots for the
levers N N N N³, the short upper arms of which carry the manipulators n n' n² n³
respectively while their lower ends are of the form of bent forks between the
branches of which forks the rods H H' slide. These levers and the manipulators
which they carry are arranged in two pairs one comprising the levers N and N'
mounted on the spindle M and engaged with the spindle H and the other comprising
the levers N2 and N³ mounted on the spindle M' and engaged with the spindle H.
Each manipulator consists of a plate screwed upon the lever which carries it. and
the acting upper part of which is cut into a series of tongues hollowed on the inner
side more or less deeply in such a manner that their combination forms a mould for
the.cigar. The spaces between the manipulator tongues are so formed and disposed
that the tongues of one pair of manipulators enter the spaces of the other pair and
vice versa.
The lower arms of the levers carrying the manipulators and the slots therein are
of such forin that the combination of the continuous circular motion of the
rods H H in the slots of the said arms with the alternate curvilinear motion of
the spindles M M' constituting the fulcra of the said levers produces alternate
opening and closing of each pair of jaws or manipulators. Moreover the closing
motion of each pair coincides with the upward motion of one of the manipulators
and the downward motion of the other. Hence when one of the pairs of
manipulators opens the other closes and clasps the cigar causing it to turn slightly
upon its own axis while it is being held the open pair then closing gradually in
order in its turn to clasp the cigar as the first pair is opening and continue the
rotation. The cigar is thus continually rotated upon its own axis until finished.
O is a crank handle secured to one end of a shaft O' carrying at the other end
an excentric O2 with which is engaged one end of a lever 03 oscillating upon a
pivot O the other end of which lever has the shape of a fork between the
branches of which the upper part of the driving pulley A turns. The said pulley
is mounted on a sleeve A¹ provided with teeth forming one half of a clutch the
other half A2 of which is keyed on the driving shaft B.
When the crank handle Ó is turned one quarter of a revolution by pulling it
and raising it towards the front of the machine, the eccentric 02 follows the
same motion and the top of the lever 03 by sliding in the helicoidal groove
formed in the periphery of the said excentric is brought sufficiently near to the
upright X of the machine for the fork at its other end to draw back the pulley A'
while receding from the upright X thus throwing the machine out of gear.
Upon the shaft O' are keyed two partially toothed wheels kk' the teeth of which
gear (while the crank handle is being turned in the manner above described) with
those of the cam plates K and K' and turn the latter through a small angle towards
the front of the machine. The slots L L' are thus caused to recede the rods H M'
which are engaged with the said slots being held stationary in consequence of the
stoppage of their guides II' 11'. When the crank handle O is further turned

page_text: through another quarter of a revolution the toothed wheels kk cause the cam
plates K K to turn more the slots LL¹ therein continuing to recede, so that the
front spindle M soon meets the inclined part of the said slots LL' and in
consequence of its freedom to descend in the vertical slots of the guides I l³ it
passes along this inclined part as far as the lower part of the slots LL'. The
levers NN and their manipulators nn¹ carried by the spindle M follows its:
downward motion and the manipulators n, n' which were closed upon the cigar
now open as they descend: The two pairs of manipulators being thus opened the
finished cigar may be removed therefrom. On the turning of the crank handle O
being then continued until its motion is arrested by contact of the spindle M' with
the end of the upper part of the slots L La lug on the periphery of the cam
plate K' raises a small lever g fixed on a sleeve g¹ on the shaft Q which sleevė q
carries a pair of levers Q'Q' which extend forward under the cigar between
the tongues of the manipulators. The raising of this lug produces partial
backward rotation of the sleeve q' and of the pair of levers Q which passing
between the tongues of the open manipulators raise the cigar and permit of its
ready removal.
If the crank handle be then brought forward the cam plates K K₁ and the
lug will move backward and the lever q will be lowered by its spring q' and
the pair of levers Q' will be depressed when the tobacco required to form the
inside or core of the cigar to be next made may be introduced between the open
manipulators:
On the crank handle O being then lowered towards the front of the machine the
cam plates K K are caused to complete their backward rotation by the action of
the toothed wheels kk' and of the springs k³k which are each secured at one:
end to the rear part of the uprights XX' and at the other to a stop ª
projecting from the outer face of the cam plates K K When these stops come!
in contact with the uprights X X' the backward rotation of the cam plates KK'
is arrested the spindle M having then returned to the upper portion of the
slots L L' and to the top of the slots of the guides I¹³ and as the excentric (2
follows the rotation of the shaft O¹ it moves the upper end of the lever O³ away'
from the upright X the said lever being thus caused to oscillate upon its pivot 0"
whereby its lower end is moved towards the upright X bringing the pulley A¹
back with it and throwing the machine into gear.
When the two pairs of manipulators are open to allow of the insertion of the
tobacco, the crank handle O is prevented from descending by a small projection
on a spring lever R against which projection the part of the cranked handlė
extending beyond the shaft O' bears.
When the pulley A is disconnected it is important that the fly wheel C and
shaft B be instantaneously stopped. For this purpose the fly wheel C is provided
on its outer face with two parallel rods c c sliding within openings formed in the
fly wheel flange. To each of these rods is fixed a cranked bar c' c¹ the free part
of which passes through an opening in the fly wheel and bears on its inner face
and the cranked part of which bar forms a shoulder upon each side of the fly
wheel. The shoulder on the part of the said bar which lies on the outer face of
the fly wheel bears against a pin passed through the rod c and forming a stop'
against which one end of a spring coiled upon the said rod c bears the other end
The shoulder on the
of which spring bears against the flange of the fly wheel.
part of the bar c' which lies on the inner face of the fly wheel comes in contact'
with a projection on the outside of the lower end of the fork of the lever O' when
the pulley A is disconnected. The inner face of the fly wheel is moreover furnished.
with a tumbler turning upon a pivot between two stops c c. When the
pulley A is disconnected the projection of the fork 03 meets with one or other of
the tumblers e which it raises until it bears against the stop c². The said
projection then comes in contact with the inner shoulder of the cranked bar c¹ and
pushes it back compressing the spring of the rod c until the fly wheel stops. In
pushing back the bar c¹ the projection of the fork Os frees the tumbler c¹, which as

page_text: it drops on the stop cº, comes behind the said projection and thus prevents the
fly wheel from being turned backward by the expansion of the spring.
On the pulley A being reconnected in order to set the machine in motion, the
fork O³ as it nears the upright X becomes disengaged from the shoulder of the
cranked bar c' which under the action of the spring returns to its original position
and the fly wheel is free to rotate with the pulley A. As the fly wheel is
provided with two similar stop mechanisms diametrically opposite one another; it
can only accomplish half a revolution, at the utmost after the pulley A is
disconnected.
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On the shaft O' which is actuated by the crank handle is loosely mounted a
sleeve p carrying a knife P the office of which is to cut off the excess of tobacco
at the thick end of the cigar and on the said shaft by the side of the sleeve
a cam shaped sleeve plis keyed. A curved pawl p³ is jointed to the same side of
the sleeve p in such a manner as to partially surround the cam shaped sleeve p' the
inner face of which pawl p² is so shaped as to correspond exactly to the shape of
the sleeve p¹.
When the crank handle O is turned in order to disengage the pulley A, the
shaft O' carries with it in its rotation the sleeve p¹ the excentric part of which
being engaged with the corresponding part of the pawl p² carries the latter with
it as it rotates and also the sleeve p to which the knife P is secured. The said
knife is thus lowered sufficiently to cut off the excess of tobacco at the thick end
of the cigar. The prolongation at the free end of the pawl p³ now abuts against
the sleeve p³ keyed on the upper tie rod Z. The shaft of continuing to rotate the
said sleeve p' turns in the pawl p2 which is arrested by the sleeve p³ and as the
said sleeve p turns its excentric part becomes disengaged from the notch of
the pawl p² which is thus freed with the sleeve p and the knife P the said parts
being brought back to their original positions by the spring pt.
z is a small knife secured to one arm z¹ of a lever turning on the shaft Q. In
the other arm ³ of this lever a slot is formed into which the spindle M' of the
manipulators passes. During the working of the manipulators, the spindle M' to
which a curvilinear motion is imparted in the slots L L' travels in the slot of the
lever arm and communicates an upward and downward reciprocatory motion to
the lever z z² and to its knife z. The knife removes the excess of tobacco from the
point end of the cigar.
Y is a piece fixed to the end of a support the inner face of which is hollowed
so as to form about a half of the mould for the point end of the cigar and y is a
moveable piece the end of which is also hollowed to form the other half of the
said mould. This piece y is fixed to a lever boscillating upon the shaft O¹ and
is pressed towards the rear of the machine by a spring fixed to the tie rod Z.
R is a lever extending along the outside of the upright X' from the front to the
rear of the machine. This lever works on a pivot R fixed in the upright X¹ and
its rear end carries one end of a small rod r which extends along a portion of the
rear end of the machine. The other end of this rod r is fixed in the end of the
rear arm of a lever e oscillating upon the shaft Q the front arm of the said lever
(which extends as far as under the moveable piece y) carrying an adjustable
piece e forming a shoulder on the top of the said front arm of the lever e. A
spring R attached at one end to the rear of the upright X' and at its other end to
the bottom of the rear arm of the lever R tends to hold down this rear arm and
with it the rod r and the rear arm of the lever e, the front arm of which carrying
the shoulder e is then in its bighest position.
In this position of the levers R and e, the rear end of the moveable piece y
bears against the shoulder e' of the lever e which then prevents the said piece y
and the lever 6 from moving, but if during the working of the manipulators, the hand
is pressed slightly on the front end of the lever R, its rear arm is raised and with
it the rod and the rear arm of the lever e the front arm of which then descends
sufficiently to disengage its shoulder e' from the back of the piece y. By the action
of the spring b¹ the lever b the piece y and the guide d are then pushed towards

page_text: the back of the machine until the guide d meets the spindle H' against which it is
held by the said spring b'. The spindle H in rotating with the plates F F slides
against the tail of the guide d and the latter is alternately pushed forward by the
spindle H', when the latter turns towards the front of the machine, and brought
back by the spring 61 when the spindle H¹ rotates towards the rear of the machine.
Hence the guide d, the lever 6 and the moveable piece y will oscillate on the
shaft O' producing a to and fro motion of the hollowel end of the piece y against
the point end of the cigar..
Vis the pump which supplies the gum required for causing the external leaf
to adhere to the point end of the cigar. V is the piston and V₁ the rod of the
pump which rod is screw threaded and extends throughout the length of the
pump barrel. In the piston V' a screw threaded circular opening is formed.
centrally into which the rod V is screwed. The pump barrel has an elliptical
section and the piston has a corresponding shape so that when the rod V₁ rotates,
the piston being unable to turn with it will move forward or backward upon the
rod according to the direction of rotation of the latter. To the pump barrel V is
fixed the support which serves as a support for the piece Y.
In this support
is formed a conduit or duct v¹ extending from the pump to the top of the said:
support which conduit or duct conveys the gum thereto when the piston V' advances
on its rod V. A ratchet wheel T is keyed upon the end of the rod V₁ outside the
upright which end of the said rod serves likewise as a pivot for a lever S..
to which is pivoted a pawl S the extremity of which can engage with the wheel T.
This pawl rests upon the bent lower end of a rod s fixed at the top to the front
arm of the lever R. At the end of the shaft B and outside the upright X' is
fixed an adjustable link shaped arm U which turns with the shaft B.
When pressure is applied to the front end of the lever R the rod s is lowered
and the pawl S and lever S₁ are likewise depressed by gravity. The arm U in.
turning then meets the end of the lever S' which it raises in order to pass under.
it. On account of its upward motion, the lever S' will push the pawl S towards,
the wheel T which pawl becoming engaged with the teeth of the said wheel causes
it to turn one or more teeth according to the distance to which the arm U has
been adjusted. The rod V¹ turns with the wheel T and its rotation causes the
piston V2 to advance and to force out of the opening of the duct v' a sinall quantity
of the gum contained therein and in the pump barrel.
A plate W covers the front of the pump barrel and extends as far as the
manipulators, allowing the workman to rest his hands thereon in order to
introduce and guide into the said manipulators the tobacco leaf with which the
cigar is to be enveloped.
The machine works as follows:-
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The operator first raises the handle O until its extension bears against the
projection of the lever R the toothed wheels kk' are thereby caused to turn the
cam plates K K' forward the spindle M descending in the slots of its guides and.
in the lower part of the slots LL' and the two pairs of manipulators being
opened and stopped through the disconnecting of the pulley A. The operator
then places in the manipulators the tobacco intended to form the inside or core of
the cigar and afterwards lowers the handle O. The connection of the pulley A
with the shaft B being then effected by the excentric 02 and, the forked lever O³
the shaft B imparts motion to the wheels D D' which cause the wheels E E E E
and their plates F F F F to turn whereby the spindles H H the guides [ I' [² [³
the spindles M M and the manipulators n n' n² n³ are set in motion the latter.
rolling the tobacco core while moulding it to the required shape. The small
knife moves coustantly up and down under the action of the spindle M' and cuts
off the excess of tobacco which extends beyond the point end of the cigar and the
lever R being held slightly lowered the moveable half point mould becomes
disengaged from its stop piece el and through the medium of the guide d is set in
motion by the spindle II and strikes and moulds or shapes the point end of the
cigar.

page_text: When the workman considers that the core is sufficiently moulded he releases
the lever R, takes the cut leaf which is to form the wrapper for the cigar an
introduces it by one end between the core and the manipulators near the thick en
of the cigar. The motion of the manipulators causes the leaf to enter the machine
was fast as the core turns, the workman guiding the same so that it may be properly
wound and holding it towar ls the point end.
When the leaf comes near the point end the workman presses lightly on the
lever R in order to set the moveable half mould y in motion and thus facilitate
the insertion of the leaf in the point mould and afterwards presses more forcibly
on the said lever R for the purpose of actuating the pawl S, the wheel T and the
rod V and moving forward the piston of the pump and bringing a little gum to
the opening of the duct v' under the end of the leaf which he holds against the
front plate W. He then ceases to press on the lever K thereby stopping the
moveable half mould and the end of the leat entering the mould Y, y, it is
wound round the point end of the cigar imparting thereto the form of the mould.
After having allowed the manipulators to operate a little longer so as to properly
mould the cigar the workman raises the crank handle O, by a single movement to
the end of its stroke. The machine then stops the rear pair of manipulators open,
the knife I' descends and passing through a slit in the extreme tongues of the
closed pair cuts the cigar to the required length. The said knife is afterwards
raised by the action of its spring and the second pair of manipulators opens.
Towards the end of the motion of the crank handle, the lug k* on the periphery of
the cam plate K' raises the pair of levers Q'Q' which pass between the
manipulators and remove the cigar which the workman has then only to place in
the box.
The manipulators are preferably fixed to their levers by screws, which allows of
cigars of various forms being made in the same machine and even cigarettes when
they are wrapped up in a tobacco leaf. In this case it suffices to secure to the
levers manipulators of the required shape and dimensions and to adjust the knife
on its axis so that it may cut the cigars or cigarettes to the required length.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that I
claim :-
1. A cigar making machine characterized by the combination of a mould
formed of two crossed pairs of jaws alternately opened and closed for shaping the
body of the cigar and wrapping the outer leaf thereon, with a moveable knife
which cuts off the excess of tobacco at the point end of the cigar, a small mould
consisting of a fixed and a moveable part for shaping and polishing the said end, a
knife for cutting off the cigars to the desired length, a pump for conveying the
gum to the point end a device for removing the finished cigar from the jaws,
and disconnecting mechanism allowing of the machine being almost instantaneously
stopped the whole substantially as herein described and illustrated in the acconi-
panying drawings.
2. The mechanism for actuating the jaws or manipulators characterized by the
use for each pair of manipulators of a pair of rotating plates connected by a spindle
passing through and working in slots formed in the lower part of the levers
carrying the manipulators, and in the lower part of a pair of guides through which
guides passes a second spindle which constitutes the fulcrum of the said levers and
is arranged parallel to the first named spindle and the ends of which rest in
curvilinear slots formed in plates mounted on the pivots which carry the guides
substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The arrangement which admits of one pair of jaws being opened while the
other is open and the machine is at rest the said arrangement consisting in passing
the spindle forming the fulcrum of the pair of jaws which is closed at the time of
stoppage through a slot in its guides to the bottom of which slot the said spindle
descends when the cam plates carrying its extremities turn so as to permit the

page_text: latter to pass down the inclined part of the cam grooves into the lower part
thereof, substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. The mechanism for, throwing the machine out of gear consisting of a lever
oscillating on a pivot the upper arm of which lever is engaged and works in a
helicoidal groove formed in the periphery of a wheel mounted on a shaft actuated
by a crank handle, and the lower arm of which lever is furnished with น fork
between the branches of which turns the upper part of the driving pulley carrying
one half of a clutch the other half of which is keyed on the driving shaft of the
machine substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
5. The mechanism for stopping the machine consisting of spring actuated
cranked bars mounted in the fly wheel and each forming a projection upon its inner
face which when the driving pulley is disconnected comes in contact with the front
part of the pulley shifting fork and thus stops the forward rotation of the fly wheel.
the recoil or backward motion of which is prevented by a vibratory catch or
tumbler which lodges itself against the back of the said fork substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
6. The mechanism for operating the knife which cuts off the excess of tobacco at the
point end of the cigar wherein the said knife is secured to one end of a vibratory
lever an extension of which has a slot formed in it through which one of the
spindles forming the fulcrum of one of the pairs of jaws is passed substantially as
herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
7. The mechanism for operating the knife by which the thick end of the cigar is
cut to the desired length the said mechanism consisting of a sleeve carrying the
said knife and loosely mounted on a shaft actuated by a crank handle a cam shaped
sleeve keyed on the same shaft by the side of the loose sleeve and a curved pawl
pivoted to the side of the loose sleeve and engaging with the cam shaped fixed
sleeve so as to turn therewith in order to lower the knife when the crank handle.
is turned until the said pawl in rotating comes in contact with a stop which
arrests it until the cam shaped sleeve in turning becomes disengaged thereby
allowing a spring to raise the knife again substantially as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
8. The mechanism for operating the moveable part of the mould by which the
point end of the cigar is shaped wherein the said moveable part is secured to a
vibratory lever to which motion is communicated in one direction by a spring
exerting thereon a constant rearward pressure and in the other direction by one of
the rotating spindles actuating the manipulators by the action of which spindle the
said moveable part of the mould is alternately pressed forward against the action
of the spring substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
9. The mechanism for stopping the moveable part of the mould by which the
point end of the cigar is shaped which mechanism consists of an oscillating lever
having a small shoulder against which the vibratory lever carrying the moveable
part of the mould abuts a spring exerting a constant upward pressure upon the
shouldered lever and an operating or governing lever on which pressure is exerted
to extend the spring and lower the said shouldered lever so as to free the latter
from the lever carrying the moveable part of the mould substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
10. The mechanism for extracting the finished cigar from the open jaws which
mechanism consists of a pair of levers located between the tongues of the jaws and
carried by a sleeve turning freely on a shaft and actuated by a lug on the periphery
of one of the cam plates coming in contact with and raising a small lever fixed to.
the said sleeve when the said cam plate is brought to the end of its course by the
action of the crank handle substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
11. The gum pump having an elliptical barrel and elliptical piston which forces.

page_text: the gum out of the pump under the action of a screwed rod which passes through a
screwed opening in the piston and causes the said piston to advance when rotary
motion is communicated to a toothed wheel keyed on the said rod by means of a
pawl carried by a lever actuated by an adjustable arm secured at the end of the
driving shaft of the machine substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated the Nineteenth day of February 1894.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant..