Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
A communication by EMIL GEORGII, of 14 Wagenburgstrasse, Stuttgart, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, 118 New Street, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick and 31 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, 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 cigarette machines and has for its object a machine
by means of which in a given succession a roll of tobacco prepared by hand is taken
from the parchment paper containing it and is mechanically inserted in previously
prepared paper cases or sheaths, the finished cigarettes being carried forward and
placed in a box whilst simultaneously fresh cases are pushed forward, placed on the
case holder and again filled, and so forth.
The various parts in this machine are operated from a single slide bar travelling
longitudinally to and fro. It is a question in this case of cigarettes in which the
tobacco is rolled by hand, but in order to obtain a greater delivery the automatic
feed or supply of the empty paper cases, the placing of the same on the bolder and
the filling of the same with rolled tobacco, the removal of the finished cigarettes and
the placing of them in a box is operated by the apparatus shown in the accompanying
drawings:
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are vertical elevations of this improved machine, and
Figure 4 a plan view, whilst
Figures 5-9 show on a larger scale separate details which have a particularly
important function in this machine.
The device shown in Figures 6 and 7 shows the feeding of the empty paper cases
onto the feed drum D which is provided with grooves or feed channels on its
periphery, a fine rotary hair brush E being arranged for the purpose of causing
only one case z to lie in each channel at a time, this brush E at each inter-
mittent movement of the feed drum being caused to rotate for a short time, so that
without damaging the cases z if several cases lie in one channel, the upper ones
are easily brushed off and held back. The feed drum D is revolubly arranged
in a work table or plate A in such a way that only its upper part protrudes above
the same.
It is set in intermittent movement by means of a slide bar B arranged
under the plate A to one side of the drum D, which slide bar, where the machine is
driven by hand, as shown in the drawing, is operated by means of a treadle C,
treadle bar c, lever c', rod c², levers and c, and the small crank c. The slide
bar B travels in the frame supports a. The various parts are operated from the
slide bar B partially by their directly sharing in its movement, or are moved for a
short time at intervals by means of recesses in the ridges of the slide piece which
is T-shaped in section.
The intermittent forward movement of the feed drum D is produced by means of
a pawl which engages in a ratchet wheel d. This pawl d' moves or travels
under the plate A, and is pressed by means of a spring f with a roller r, Figure 6,

page_text: against the slide bar B. The paper case lying loosely in the channel is pushed
by an adjustable slide rod H onto an obliquely-cut-off receiving holder 1, and is so
retained in a peculiar manner by means of the clamps or jaws k of a spring
lever K, until a filling rod p moving with the slide bar has pushed the roll of
tobacco into the case. The roll itself is made on the plate L by hand in the
ordinary manner by means of a piece of parchment paper. This plate L has a
folding cover L. The plate L and the cover L' have each semi-cylindrical
grooves o, which, when the lid is closed, form a complete hollow cylinder. In this
hollow cylinder, the roll of tobacco surrounded by parchment paper is retained
when the cover is closed, until the filling rod p sliding in the hollow cylinder forces
the tobacco into the paper case z. As soon as this is done and still during the
forward movement of the filling rod p, the jaws k release the paper case = from the
holder and the finished cigarette is pushed back again into its channel on the feed
drum D until the movement of the filling rod or rather of the slide bar is
ended. A further movement of the feed roller to the extent of one channel
forward then takes place, the cover L₁ of the roller plate L is mechanically
opened, etcetera.
The part of the rolling plate L in which the recess o is situated as well as the
corresponding part of the cover L' are made conveniently removable so that by
the use of larger or smaller recesses, cigarettes of various thicknesses may be
made the length of the cigarettes may be regulated by means of the set slide n.
It is of course necessary that the movements for rotating the feed drum D,
placing the empty paper cases on the receiving holder 1, the retaining of the
same by means of the clamp cheeks k during the filling with the roll of tobacco, and
the movement forward of the filling rod p, the releasing of the case before the
filling rod has completed its stroke, and the opening of the cover L' takes place in
regular succession. The rod H for placing the cases on the holder / is adjustably
arranged in a slide piece which receives its sliding movement by means of an
elbow lever J in the following manner :-
One end of the elbow lever J carries a roller which rests on the slide bar B, or
is pressed against the same by means of a spring f¹, whilst the other end is cou-
nected with the slide piece and conveys the movement of the elbow lever J to the
latter. If the slide bar be making its movement from right to left, before it has
completed its movement, the roller i will be drawn by means of the spring /
into a recess formed on the slide bar, and the bar H for placing the cases on the
holder will be pushed forward and a paper case will thereby be also moved
forward and pressed on the receiving holder l. Immediately afterwards the spring
lever K is pressed on the holder 1 and the paper case is retained on the latter by
means of the clamp jaws k.
The movement of the spring lever K is effected by the peculiar arrangement
shown in Figure 5. As the paper case must be retained so long on the receiving
holder, commencing towards the end of the movement of the slide bar, until the
opposite slide bar movement is almost completed, the rod k² operating the lever K
must be moved in a peculiar manner. The rod k is connected at its lower end with
a stop catch k¹, which is revolubly arranged in a support K' attached to the
plate A.
If the lever K is to be released, that is to say, a paper case set free, the
bar k² or the stop catch ' must be drawn downwards. The elbow segment lever K²
serves for retaining the paper case after it has been placed on the holder . This
lever K² is revolubly arranged on the support K' and is pressed with one of its two
stop teeth 1 or 2 against the stop catch by means of a spring which connects
both. One tooth of the elbow segment lever K2 lies closer to the centre of the
latter than the other, so that, if for instance, the front stop tooth 1 rests against
the stop catch k¹, the lever K is pressed on the holder I, and on the other hand is
released when the other stop tooth 2 rests against the stop catch k¹. The revoluble
segment-lever K2 is operated by means of a wing which is adjustably arranged
in a slot on the slide bar B. On the movement of the latter to the right, the
wing k strikes on the free end of the segment lever K2 and forces the same

page_text: out of engagement with the tooth 2 into engagement with the tooth 1, as shown in
Figure 5. In this position, the lever K presses on the receiving holder / and holds
fast the paper case z previously placed thereon. In the other movement of the
slide bar B to the left, the stop catch ¹ together with the lever K is pressed down
by means of an adjustable roller (Fig. 2) arranged on the slide bar, and by a
spring tongue attached thereto, whereby the paper case is released, and the elbow-
segment-lever K³ is placed by means of the spring 9, again in such a position that
its catch tooth 2 rests against the stop catch k¹.
The pushing forward of the adjustable filling rod p is effected by the same being
coupled directly with the slide bar B by means of a carrier p².
The cover L', which is connected by means of a hinge with the rolling plate L,
is opened by means of a hook M, which engages over a projection / situated on the
cover L', and is operated by a revoluble lever M' which is constantly pressed by means
of a spring m³ with its outer end, which is provided with a slide roller against the
under part of the slide bar B. A recess is again provided in this slide bar, on passing
which the lever M' together with the hook M rise, and the latter is placed over the
projection. On the return of the slide bar B, the hook M is pressed down and
the cover L' is opened. The closing of the cover L' is effected by hand.
The finished cigarettes remain in their respective grooves during the inter-
mittent forward movement of the feed drum D, until they fall from the under side
of the roller into a funnel R lying beneath, and are conveyed through this latter
into a receptacle u which is placed on an adjustable board U which is also moved
forward intermittently from the feed roller by means of pins s on the feed drum D
engaging with the lever S and thereby operating a rack T and the levers S¹ and S
seated on the axle s¹. As soon as the receptacle comes to the end, it must be
pushed back by hand.
By means of this improved cheaply constructed machine, a workman can turn
out daily conveniently 5000 to 6000 cigarettes rolled by hand and finished by the
machine, whilst without it a very experienced workman can scarcely make 1500 to
2000 per working day. The yield is therefore approximately threefold.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated
to me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An improved machine for producing cigarettes from tobacco rolled by hand,
in which machine the rolls of tobacco made in the usual manner by hand on a
rolling plate (L) with the assistance of a strip of parchment paper together with
their parchment paper wrapping, are brought, by shutting down a cover (L')
movably attached to the plate (L) into a hollow cylindrical space (o) between
the cover and the plate, from whence they are automatically inserted, by means of
a filling rod (p') into a paper case (2) retained on a holder (1) by means of a spring
lever (K) and lying in front of the opening (o), and simultaneously pushed so far
backward that the finished cigarettes again lie freely in a groove on the periphery
of a feed drum (D) which operates, in the usual manner by intermittent rotation,
the feeding of the empty paper cases, and the carrying away of the finished
cigarettes, so that at each movement of the feed roller a finished cigarette is carried
forward, and finally conveyed to a box, and an empty paper case is taken from a
heap, brought in front of the receiving holder (1) and placed on the same by means
of a sliding bar (H), and held there by means of the jaws (k) of a peculiarly acting
spring lever (K), whilst the filling is effected by means of a rod p, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In a cigarette machine, such as described in Claim 1, the retention of the
empty paper case on the receiving holder by means of the spring lever (K) by a
rod (2) operating the lever being attached to a stop catch (k), which before the
end of a change of movement is directly pressed down by a roller (4), whereby the
paper case is released and the stop catch (¹) rests on the radially greater
surface of an elbow-segment-lever (K2) until the latter is pushed back by the

page_text: catch (K) and the stop catch (¹) rests on the radially smaller surface of (K2), in
which position a spring lever (K) or its clamp cheeks (k) presses on the receiving
holder, substantially as described and illustrated.
This 10th 1
ML 1005
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.