Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
Improvements in Cigarette Machines.
I, EMIL GEORGU, of 16, Furthbachstrasse, Stuttgart, in the Empire of Germany,
Cigarette Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the machine described in Patent
No. 5321/95 by means of which fillers of tobacco rolled by hand are inserted in
a given succession by mechanical means into ready made paper sheaths or cases,
whilst empty cases are constantly supplied and the finished cigarettes carried away.
It is thus a question of cigarettes rolled by hand, but in which in order to obtain a
greater delivery, the feed, sticking on and filling of the empty paper cases with
the hand-made fillers and the opening and closing of the cover of the rolling
apparatus of the machine are effected by means of automatically working devices
by manual or mechanical power.
In the accompanying drawings, the improvements on the cigarette machine
described in Patent 5321/95 are shown, Figures 1-9 representing the arrangement
which is employed for automatically opening and closing the cover of the cigarette
rolling apparatus, whilst Figures 10-13 show on a somewhat larger scale separate
details of the machine by means of which the empty paper case is retained inter-
mittently on a receiving core of the rolling apparatus for the purpose of being
filled.
The paper cases are as usual pushed forward by means of a feed roller having an
intermittent rotation and provided with grooves for the cases or tubes, but this
roller is not shown in the drawings, the said tubes being removed from the
grooves in the roller which stands at the highest position by means of a bar for
fitting the tube on the obliquely bevelled core S, Figure 13, and being retained for
a given time by means of a contact piece s pressed on by spring pressure and
having a semicircular recess above.
The filler or roll of tobacco is made by hand on a plate O by means of a strip
of parchment paper 02, Figure 7, and whilst lying in this latter is placed in the
semicircular recess o of the roller plate O, a cover R which is connected with the
plate O by means of a hinge (Figures 6-9) being then folded down thereon, the
semicircular recesso in said cover thus being caused to lie over that in the plate O
in such a way that a cylindrical chamber is formed. The ejecting rod then pushes
the roll of tobacco out of said chamber into the empty paper tube, but before this
rod has completed its movement the contact piece s¹ releases the cigarette from the
core S on which it was fitted. The cigarette is again returned to its channel on
the feed roller, after which an intermittent rotation of the feed roller takes place
and an empty tube is again conveyed to the core S.
The following arrangement shown in Figures 10-13 serves for holding the
paper tube on the core S securely but intermittently
A spring lever S¹ is secured by one end at the side of the rolling plate O on which
lever is fixed a spring s pressed periodically against the core S whilst the other
end of the lever carries a vertical rod s². On this rod there is mounted at one

page_text: side a roller against which a projection 6 having an oblique front edge and
which is adjustably arranged on a slide bar B engages in the course of the move-
ment of the bar B whereby the spring s is raised off the core S when the paper
tube filled with the roll of tobacco is to be released. On the further movement of
the bar B and its projection 64 the roller 3 comes under the lower edge of the pro-
jection 64. The end of a spring 6 then engages in a small recess in the under
part of the projection 6 so that on the return of the bar B, Figure 12, the roller s³
lies under the spring by, that is to say, the pressure spring s¹ remains lifted off
the core S. When the bar B in its movement to the right has again reached the
end position shown in Figure 10, the spring lever S¹ springs upward as soon as
the roller 3 has quitted the spring b³, and the pressure spring s¹ presses the fresh
paper tube, which in the meantime has been pushed over the core, firmly on to
the latter. The ejection of the roll of tobacco from the roller plate OR takes
place by means of an ejecting bar por rammer which is adjustably mounted on
a support P which is connected by means of an arm P¹, Figure 3, with the slide
bar B and therefore directly follows the movements of the slide bar B. The
movement of the slide bar begins when the cover of the rolling plate O is closed
or shut down. When the cover R is closed, a lever L, Figure 9, is raised by means
of a hooked rod L' which is caught and pulled by a pin on the cover R and a
pawl K is turned by the lever L out of the position shown in Figure 1 into that
shown in Figure 2 so that a shaft C is caused to make a single revolution in the
manner hereinafter described, that is to say, the slide bar B must make a to and
fro movement after which the shaft C is rendered stationary by means of the
lever K until the cover R has again been closed.
The machine may be driven by hand by means of a hand wheel ³, Figure 3,
or by belt gearing by means of a belt pulley H. In the latter case, in spite of
the constant rotation of the belt pulley H, there is always only one revolution of
the shaft C and then a period of repose for making the filler by hand. When the
latter is ready the lever K, by the closing of the lid R, is again released in the
manner already explained by means of the lever L and the hooked rod L' through
the pin of the cover R and one revolution of the shaft C and one lifting move-
ment of the slide bar B takes place.
The belt pulley H in fact is mounted loosely on the shaft C and has a ratchet
wheel h firmly mounted thereon in which engages a pawl J which is revolubly
mounted on a disc J firmly mounted on the shaft C and which is pressed by means
of a spring into the teeth of the ratchet wheel as soon as the lever K, by the
closing of the lid R, is turned out of the position shown in Figure 1 into that
shown in Figure 2, in which latter position a heel on the lever J is released from
a pin on the lever K. The belt pulley H then carries along with it the disc J
and with it also the shafts CC and sets the bar 13 in movement.
In addition to the hooked bar L', a second hooked bar M¹ is employed, Figure 9,
which is pivotally mounted on a one armed lever M, Figure 3, which is pressed by
a spring with its free end on the under edge of the bar B, said end being provided
with a roller m¹. The hooked bar M¹ is pressed by a spring towards the pin
of the lid R. When therefore the bar B comes to rest with its recess over the
roller m the lever M will move with its hook M' upwards and the latter will
engage over the pin r¹ of the closed cover R. The bar B then reverses its move-
ment and consequently the roller m again slides out of the recess of the bar B,
whereby the hook M is again drawn downwards and the lid R thus opened for
the purpose of allowing of the insertion of a fresh roll of tobacco. This opening
of the lid R has however the further result that the hook L' is no longer held up
by the pin r, the lever K therefore can follow the pull of its spring, Figure 1,
so that the lever no longer lingers in the oscillating position of Figure 2 but bears
with a knife edge & formed on its front edge on the periphery of the still rotating
disc J. Finally when the notch 4, Figure 2, comes under the knife edge k, the
latter drops into this notch and therefore the lever K bears with its pin 2 in
front of the heel of the connecting pawl J, the hook L' returns to its position of

page_text: repose and the whole apparatus again comes into the position shown in Figure 1
and the machine is stationary until the necessary closing of the cover R.
When the slide bar B is moved by hand by means of the hand wheel C³ the
belt pulley H is not made use of.
The two parts of the shaft C C, that is to say the actual crank shaft C¹ and
the shaft C, are connected with one another by means of a clutch c c Figure 3,
so that on the rotation of the crank axle C¹ in the direction provided by means of
the hand wheel 3, Figure 2, only one half clutch c¹ rotates with it. The other
half c which is pressed against the half c¹ by means of a spring does not revolve
with it neither does the shaft C as the ratchet teeth of the clutch coupling yields
with a spring action. If however the shaft C be driven from the belt pulley H
the crank shaft C is revolved with it and moves the slide bar B along with it by
means of the crank C and connecting rod B¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
that
1. A machine for making hand rolled cigarettes arranged in such a way t
by means of a slide bar (13) which is caused to move to and fro by means of a
suitable hand or mechanical driving gear a paper tube is taken out of the grooves
of a feed roller such as described in my previous Patent No. 5321 95 at each double
movement of the bar and by means of a push rod is fitted on to a core or holder and
there held firmly by means of a lever pressing with springs on the holder while
a filler of tobacco which has been rolled by hand is inserted in the paper tube,
said insertion of the filler being effected by means of a coiled pusher or push rod,
the paper tube being released from the holder before the end of the one movement
of the slide bar and reconveyed to the feed roller as a filled cigarette, whereupon
the feed roller makes a partial revolution corresponding to the width of a groove
and a fresh empty paper tube is again pushed on the core or holder and retained
during the insertion of a filler or roll of tobacco whilst the finished cigarette is
delivered into a collecting vessel substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In a cigarette machine such as described, the devices necessary for producing
each time a to and fro movement of the slide bar (B) and for operating the
apparatuses for the filling and carrying forward of one cigarette, which consists
of an arrangement for the automatic releasing of a pawl (K) upon the closing by
hand of the cover (R) of the tobacco rolling plate in such a way that by means of
a projecting pin fixed on the said cover a hooked bar which is connected with a
lever (L) is raised on the closing of the cover and lifts the lever, whilst a stop
lever connected therewith is also raised so far that a pin attached thereto releases a
pawl (J) so that the latter by means of a spring is brought into engagement with
a ratchet wheel (kept constantly rotating if the machine is driven by mechanical
means) by which means a disc on which the said pawl (J) is fixed, and a shaft
and crank shaft firmly connected with it, are rotated and the slide bar (B) is moved
to and fro by means of a connecting rod (B1) from the said crank shaft, whilst by
the engagement of the ratchet with the knife edge (2) of the stop lever (K) which
has again descended after the automatic opening of the cover of the rolling plate
and the following disconnection of the pawl, the rotation of the disc
carrying the pawl and of its shaft is suspended and thereby the to
and fro movement of the slide bar (B) is limited to a single move-
ment, substantially as described.
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3. In a cigarette machine such as described, the arrangement on the cover (R)
of the rolling plate, of a projecting pin (r) adapted on the closing of the cover (R)
to engage the hook of a hooked bar (L) and together with the latter to raise a
lever (L) which operates and releases a stop lever (K) in such a way that by means
of a belt pulley (H) (which in the case of a power driven machine is kept in
constant rotation) and of a ratchet wheel (h) connected therewith the pawl (J¹)
which is then released together with the disc (J) shaft (C) and the crank shaft (C¹¹)

page_text: clutched thereto are revolved, thus causing the slide bar (B) to be set in movement,
whilst on the automatic opening of the lid or cover (R) which is effected by means
of a hook rod (M) and a lever (M) with its roller (m¹) and a notch on the bar (B),
the stop lever (K) is again lowered at its free end whereby its pin (22) is brought
in front of the pawl (1) and brings the latter out of engagement with the ratchet
wheel (), so that a further rotation of the shaft (C) and crank shaft (C¹) is pre-
vented, substantially as described.
4. In a cigarette machine such as described, an arrangement for retaining the
empty tube on the core (S) by means of a spring lever (S¹) in such
a way that the rod (s2) operating the lever (S) is provided below
with a small roller (3) whilst a spring (63) is fixed on the reciprocating
slide bar (B), the free end of said spring encountering a projection (64) on the
bar (B) so that on the movement of the bar (B) the roller (83) travels on the
spring (6) and raises the rod (2) so that the lever (S¹) presses the paper tube
against the core (S) until the projection (64) encounters the roller (53) and forces it
again backwards, overcoming the resistance of the spring (63) so that the lever (S¹)
releases the paper tube after which the spring (63) again springs upwards when
the bar (B) reverses its direction of movement and the small roller running back
under the spring (63) again returns to its initial position, substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of April 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.