Improvements relating to Cigarette Making Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Cigarette Making Machines.
I, GEORGE CROYDON MARKS, of 18, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
in the County of London, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent (a communica-
tion from abroad by the Hayden Cigarette Machine Company, of Richmond,
Virginia, in the United States of America), 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:
The object of my invention is to produce a machine of the class used for manu-
facturing what are known as the Spanish, Cuban, Mexican or folded-end cigarette,
that is to say, a cigarette which consists of a filler, preferably of granular or flake
tobacco, enclosed by an unpasted paper wrapper, but which has its ends folded
or tucked in, whereby the wrapper is held securely around the filler, yet permitting
the cigarette to be readily opened for rolling by hand, which is the custom of
users of this form of cigarette.
To this end, my invention consists of an organized machine, as a part of the
operation of which a web of paper is fed, by suitable means, to a cutting mechanism
which severs the web a length sufficient to form the wrapper of a cigarette. The
severed wrapper is then carried to a device for forming it into a cylinder or tube,
and tucking or folding its lower end, after which it is placed as a shell within
an opening in a rotating cylinder and conveyed to the filling mechanism. The
cylinder contains a sufficient number of openings or bores to make the operation of
the machine continuous. Tobacco is fed, in the machine herein described, to six
wrapper shells at one time, each getting during one-sixteenth of the rotation of
the cylinder, one-sixth of the quantity necessary to form a cigarette. After each
wrapper shell has received its proportional amount of tobacco, a rod descends,
packing the tobacco therein, the cigarette being thus more evenly packed and filled
by consecutive operations, than would be the case if the entire quantity of tobacco
to form a cigarette were introduced into the shell at que time. The filled and
packed wrapper shell then passes, by rotation of the cylinder, to second tuckers,
which close the upper end of the shell, each cigarette, after this final operation,
being ejected from the machine.
Referring to the drawings:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation
of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in
the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3* is a detail. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on
the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, the parts being in a different position. Fig. 5 is a side
view of the intermittent paper-feeding mechanism. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on
the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 7 is a detail
of a portion of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 8 is a detail. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the secondary hopper hereinafter
described. Fig. 10 is a plan view of a portion of the machine. Fig. 11 is a front
elevation of the same. Figs. 12, 13 and 14 illustrate the mechanisms for tucking
the two ends of the cigarette. Figs. 15, 16 and 17 illustrate, in detail, several of
the cams, and how various parts of the machine are operated by them.

page_text: Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.
The main frame 1, by which the various parts are carried, is, by preference,
made in skeleton form as shown, which will permit of easy access to, and inspection
of, the parts when desired. Journaled upon the frame 1, at the rear and near the
bottom thereof, is the main driving shaft 2, to which is keyed, or otherwise secured,
a beveled gear wheel 3, which engages with a second beveled gear wheel 4, on
the lower end of a vertical shaft 5, the latter turning in bearings in the longi-
tudinal center of the machine, at or near the rear. The shafts 2 and 5 carry the
cams which give motion to the several devices for feeding the paper and tobacco,
and are employed in various other operations for producing the complete cigarette.
A shaft rod 25, securely fixed at its lower end to the main frame near the front
thereof, extends in a vertical direction above the frame. Surrounding this shaft,
and adapted to revolve thereon, is a cylinder 26, provided concentrically near its
periphery, with sixteen (more or less) openings 27, within which the paper shells
are introduced and packed with tobacco, and the cigarettes are finished. The
height of the cylinder is about one-fourth of an inch greater than the length of
the finished cigarette, its upper surface being flush with the top of the plate 19: A
ratchet wheel 28 on the bottom of the cylinder 26, and a pawl 29 on a rocking
plate 30, rotate the cylinder 26 intermittently, by means of a cam 26 mounted on
the main driving shaft 2, said cam operating a slide bar 31 having an upright
arm 32 connected to the rocking plate 30 by a link 33. The teeth on the ratchet
wheel 28 correspond in number with the openings 27 in the cylinder 26; thereby
intermittently rotating the cylinder through a space equal to the distance between
the centers of two adjacent openings 27.
Supported by an arm 34, attached to the front of the machine, and revolving on
a pin secured to the said arm, is a reel 35 for the web of the paper, the latter being
of a width slightly in excess of the circumference of a cigarette. This paper passes
from the reel 35 to a pair of continuously rotating feed rolls 36, 37, between which
it is fed, a guide 37" being interposed between the reel of paper and the feed rolls.
On the shaft of the upper feed roll 36 is a fixed sprocket wheel 38, rotated by
means of a chain 39, driven by a sprocket on the main driving shaft 2. The paper
extends downwardly for some distance in the form of a loop, passing thence
upwardly to and over a guide 40 to a pair of feed rolls 41, 42, adapted to inter-
mittently revolve in a frame 43 attached to a forward projection from the plate 19.
The rolls 41, 42, which are geared together by toothed wheels 44, 45, feed the paper
between a pair of cutting knives 46, 46, to a vibrating carrier 47. The feed
rolls 41, 42, the former of which is held in bearings adjusted by means of screws 41",
are turned intermittently by any suitable agency, as in Fig. 5, where 48 represents
a toothed or ratchet wheel pinned to the shaft of the feed roll 41. A toothed bar 49
engages the ratchet wheel 48, and is kept in contact therewith by a spring 50.
The rear end of the toothed bar 49 is pivoted to an upright lever 51 adapted to rock
on a fixed shaft 52. A horizontal lever 53, pivoted at one end to a support secured
to the frame, is operated, through the medium of a connecting bar, by a cam 54
on the upright shaft 5. The free end of the lever 53 is pivoted to the upright
lever 51, at 51, by which means motion is given to the latter lever. The lever 51,
on being rocked by the cam 54, through its connections, moves the bar 49 forward a
sufficient distance to give one complete rotation, to the rolls 41, 42, the diameter
of the rolls being such that one rotation thereof is sufficient to feed enough paper to
forin a cigarette.
This movement being a quick one, there would be a liability of the rolls turning
too far, and feeding more than the requisite length of paper, were no means pro-
vided to stop the rolls when the exact length has been fed. A simple device for
accomplishing this result is provided in the finger 55 on the shaft of the roll 41,
which comes in contact at the proper time, with a stop 56 depending from the bar 49.
On the shaft of the lower roll 42 is a ratchet disc 57 which is engaged by a pawl 58,
pivoted to the frame 43, to prevent the rolls 41, 42, from turning backward as the
bar 49 is retracted, the spring 50, yielding and allowing the bar 49, in its backward

page_text: movement, to pass over the-teeth of the ratchet wheel 48 without engaging
them..
The wrapper-cutting device consists of a fixed blade 46, screwed to the front of
the main frame, as will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and a movable blade 46°
pivoted at 46b. A link 59, one end of which is pivoted to the free end of the
blade 46ª, is connected, at its opposite end, to a slide 60, which in turn is attached
to the forward end of an elbow lever 61, by means of a link, as indicated. The
elbow lever 61, which rocks on the fixed shaft 52, is connected by a suitable rod to
its operating cam 62 on the main driving shaft 2.
The vibrating carrier 47; above referred to, which is pivoted at 47" below the
plate 19, stands normally in a position inclined towards the cutting devices; and
consists of a bed 63 having a guard plate 64 on its outer side, and a roller 65 on
its inner side. The roller 65 turns freely.in bearings at the top and bottom of the
bed 63, and is so arranged that the periphery of the roller 65 is slightly above the
upper surface of the bed. A foot piece 66 on the bottom of the carrier 47 forms a
support for the severed wrapper, while a guide 67, also attached to the carrier,
directs the wrapper in the direction of the foot piece. Arms 68, 69, through which
passes the pivot 47", are connected to the bottom of the vibrating carrier, one of the
arms, as that 69, extending beyond the pivot, and being connected by a link to a
lever 70, which rocks on the fixed shaft 52, when operated by a cam 72 through the
medium of a bar 71. By means of the cam, 72, the vibrating carrier is moved from
the inclined position shown in Fig. 3, to the vertical position seen in Fig. 4.
Screwed to the plate 19, with one side in close proximity to the vibrating
carrier 47, is a vertical plate 73, its rear end being provided with an enlargement 74,
having a circular opening 74 there through in vertical direction, the axis of
which lies in the plane of the bed 63, when the vibrating carrier is raised to the
vertical position as will be observed on reference to Fig. 4. The wall of this
circular opening 74" is cut away on the side next the vibrating carrier, forming
a slot 74 as is clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 4. Through the opening 74
is passed a rod 75, adapted to rotate and move longitudinally therein. The
rod 75 has a slot 76 throughout its entire length, as shown in Fig. 11,
the upper portion of which slot is much wider than the lower portion, the width
of the latter being but slightly in excess of the thickness of the wrapper. The con-
struction is such that the edge of the severed wrapper may be easily introduced into
the slot at its widest part and then, upon the raising of the rod 75, the said wrapper
passes down to the narrow portion, and is held firmly enough to be rolled into a tube
when the rod 75 is rotated. The lower end of the rod 75 is slightly reduced in
diameter, as shown, in order that the rod, at this point with the wrapper around
it, may not be of greater diameter than the upper, or uncovered, portion of the rod.
A vertical shaft 77, journaled in the main frame, carries a roller 78 at its upper
end above the plate 19, in position to bear against the roller 65 on the vibrating
carrier, when brought to a vertical position, as indicated in Fig. 4. The roller 78
is turned by means of a pinion 79, upon the lower end of the shaft 77, which meshes
with a rack on a bar 80, reciprocated by a cam 81 mounted on the main driving
shaft 2.
From the above, it will be understood that when a sufficient length of paper to
form a wrapper has been fed by the vibrating carrier 47, the cutting device severs
it from the continuous web, and that the wrapper thus severed settles into the
carrier over the roller 65. The vibrating carrier 47 is then brought to the vertical
position seen in Fig. 4, bringing the roller 65 and the severed wrapper thereon
in contact with the roller 78. In this position, the inner edge of the wrapper is.
in line with the slot 74b in the plate 73, and the slot 76 in the rod 75. The bar 80,
with its rack now advances, rotating the pinion 79 and the roller 78, which, being
in frictional contact with the roller 65, carries the wrapper positively into the slot 76.
Both the rollers 65 and 78 are, or may be, covered with some elastic substance, as
rubber, to insure their mutual grip upon the wrapper held between them. The
rod 75, being at this time in its lowest position, now rises until the edge of the

page_text: wrapper is wholly within the narrowest portion of the slot 76. The vibrating
carrier is then returned to its normal or inclined position, the rod 75 being at the
same time rotated, as hereinafter described, which action causes the paper to be
wrapped about the rod, thus forming a tube.
The wrapper being now in tubular form, the next step is to fold or tuck the lower
end thereof, so as to form the tube into a shell, which is done by mechanism now to
be described.
Pivoted to a stud 113, near the bottom of the enlargement 74 of the plate 73,
is a tucking hook 114, a spring 115 bearing on the tail piece of the said tucking
hook to keep it retracted. A horizontal bar 116, sliding in bearings secured to
the plate 19, is moved in a forward direction by a cam block 117, bolted to the cam
wheel 15, and retracted by a spring 118 surrounding the sliding bar, is shaped so
as to engage with the tucking hook 114, when the sliding bar 116 is pushed forward
by the cam block 117, which action will cause the hook to swing on its pivot
through the opening 120, formed in the wall of the enlargement 74, this giving
the end of the wrapper tube its first fold. A second tucker 121, opposite the tucking
hook 114, and shaped like a curved blade or knife, is secured to the end of the
horizontal shaft 122, placed transversely of the machine. The shaft 122 has its
bearing in a block 123 bolted to the fixed shaft 25, through which block the
shaft 122 passes to the opposite side where it is provided with a pinion 124 in
engagement with a curved rack 125 on the end of a vibrating lever 126, the latter
being pivoted to the main frame, and operated by a cam 127, engaging a stud or
roller on a connecting yoke 128. The parts are so timed that the tucking hook 114
has finished its operation before the tucker 121 commences its action. The
tucker 121, from its peculiar shape and action, not only turns the end of the
wrapper tube over the extremity of the rod 75, but pushes said end of the tube into
the rod, which is made hollow to receive it.
A vertical rod 82, supported by and adapted to slide in guides situated at the side
of the main frame, is connected by a link to an elbow lever 83, which is operated
through the medium of a yoke 84, by a cam wheel 85; by which means the rod 82
is given reciprocation in vertical direction.
A plate 86, bolted to the upper end of the vertical rod 82, projects inwardly,
from the upper face of which a sleeve 87 rises, the rod 25 passing through the
sleeve. A second plate 88 which is secured to the plate 86 and overhangs it on
the rear, has depending therefrom a series of rods or fingers 89, which move up
and down with the plates 86, 88 and rod 82.
Depending from the rear of the plate 86, is a series of packing rods 90, here
shown six in number, each rod decreasing in length in the direction in which the
cylinder 26 is revolved, or as they are consecutively introduced into the
paper shells,
each having an increased amount of tobacco. The rods are, throughout a portion of
their length, reduced in diameter, as will be seen on referring to Fig. 11, the
reduced portions being those which are introduced into the paper shells. The rods,
when in elevated position, stand vertically above the cells 20 in the agitator 16
(Figs. 6 and 8), the openings 27 in the cylinder 26 being under the rods, so that the
rods shall enter the openings when the plate 86 descends. The rod 75, heretofore
described, has fixed to its upper end a sleeve 91, (Figs. 1 and 2), adapted to rotate
in an opening in the plate 86. A pinion 105, through which the rod 75. moves
freely in a longitudinal direction, has a stud or projection. which enters the slot 76
of the rod. The arrangement is such that the rod 75 rotates with the pinion,
but has an endwise movement independently thereof. A cam 106 on the vertical
driving shaft 5, operates a yoke 107 pivoted to a cross lever 108, by means of which
a ratchet bar 109 is caused to move backward and forward. The ratchet bar 109
operates a ratchet wheel 110 secured to a gear wheel 111 in engagement with the
pinion 105. As thus arranged, the advance of the ratchet rotates the bar 75 once
or oftener, as desired, while, during its retreat the gear and pinion are held against
rotation by a pawl 112 pivoted to the top of the frame, and engaging with the
gear wheel 111.
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page_text: The descent of the plate 86, as heretofore described, brings down the rod 75
with it. This movement forces the paper shell which surrounds the rod 75, out of
the opening 74, in the plate 73, into one of the openings 27 in the cylinder 26.
The rod then rises, leaving the shell in the opening 27.
To prevent the shell from being withdrawn with the rod 75 when it rises, a
holding device, such as is seen in Figs. 2 and 17, is used. It consists of a pointed
pin 150, or it may be a rod, having fastened to its end a small flat. piece of rubber,
sliding in bearings 151, and adapted to enter the openings 27 in the
cylinder 26, through notches 152, in the bottom of the said cylinder, as
indicated. An elbow lever 153, Figs. 1 and 17, pivoted to a fixed support 154,
and to the pin 150, operates the latter by means of cam 155 and connecting rod 156.
Just before the rod 75 is raised, the point of the pin enters the paper shell; or where
the rubber tipped rod is used it presses upon the shell through the notch 152 then in
position, and holds it until the rod 75 has passed from within the shell. It then
returns to its first position to permit the cylinder to rotate.
Surrounding the bar 25, and moving freely thereon, is a sleeve 94 (Fig. 6) from
which an extension 95 projects rearwardly beyond the rods 90, which rods pass
through openings 96 formed in the extension. Curved flanges 97, 98 depend from
the under face of the extension 95 on opposite sides of the openings 96, to which
spring fingers 99, 100 are secured by plates and screws. The spring fingers, of
which there are two for each rod 90, carry on their lower or free ends, bead-like
extensions 100", the use of which is hereinafter described. A rod 101, bolted
to the plate 86, passes freely through an opening in a bracket 102 on the front
of the sleeve 94. A pin 103 on the rod, below the bracket 102, keeps the sleeve and
the attached parts in elevated position and raises them at the proper time when
lowered. A spring 104 (Fig. 1) attached to the frame, bears on a pin projecting
from the sleeve 94, to depress it and the spring fingers when the rod 101 descends.
When the plate 86 descends, bringing with it the packing rods 90, the rod 75
and the rod 101, the sleeve 95, to which are attached the spring fingers, as previously
described, through the action of gravity and under the influence of the spring 104,
descends with it until it is stopped by the bearing block 123, seen in Figs. 6 and 7.
In this position the spring fingers 99, 100 will have descended to a point where
their free ends, with their bead-like extensions attached, as heretofore mentioned,
will be a short distance within the holes or openings 27 of the cylinder 26, the
holes 27 having at this point rubber sides 27ª, as shown in Fig. 7. The plate 86
and the several attached rods, however, continue to descend until they have reached
their full limit of movement, the rod 101 sliding freely through the bracket 102.
The packing rods 90, which continue their downward movement after the spring
fingers have stopped, will by their shape press the bead-like ends of said fingers
against the paper shells, which have been placed in the openings 27, as heretofore
described, against the yielding elastic material 27". This is done for the purpose of
insuring that the paper shells may not be crushed or packed down along with the
tobacco when the packing rods descend.
Tobacco is supplied to the machine through a hopper capable of holding several
pounds, preferably of the variety known as granular or flake tobacco. The hopper 6
is secured above the machine in any convenient. manner, with its outlet extending
a short distance into a smaller receiving hopper 7 (Fig. 6) which forms a part of
the tobacco feeding device. Secured to the bottom of the receiving hopper 7, and
projecting rearwardly therefrom in a horizontal direction, is a plate 8, the sides of
which are raised above the surface of the said plate, and grooved for the reception of
a slide 9, through which a semi-circular slot 10 is made. The slot 10 registers
with the outlet 11 in the bottom of the receiving hopper 7, which outlet has a
curvature similar to that of the slot 10. A lever 12 (Fig. 1) is pivoted at one end
to a fixed support 13, depending from the top of the main frame, while the
opposite end of the said lever is, in turn, pivoted to the slide 9. A connecting
rod 14, operated by a cam 15 on the vertical shaft 5, is connected to the lever 12,
through which motion is imparted to the slide 9.

page_text: The rods 89 heretofore described, are placed vertically above the 'secondary
hopper 7, into which they enter as they descend, stirring the tobacco contained
therein and pressing it into the curved slot 10 of the slide 9. The quantity of
tobacco thus pressed into the slot 10 determines the amount of tobacco contained in
reach cigarette and the compactness thereof. By increasing the number of rods 89,
more tobacco will be pressed into the curved slot, and, consequently, the cigarettes
will contain more tobacco and be packed more tightly.
It is to be understood that the rods S9 stir the tobacco in a measure when 'they
.enter and pass out of the secondary hopper 7. The yielding nature of the tobacco
permits the rods to pass partially through it, but at the same time 'force a portion
of the said tobacco into the slot 10. When the rods are withdrawn, the tobacco
being in a dry condition flows into the spaces occupied by the fingers and is in
this sense stirred.
Below the plate 8, and slightly in advance thereof, is the agitator and divider 16
(Figs. 6 and 9) having an arm 17, extending laterally therefrom, pivoted at "18
to the plate 19 fixed to the main frame 1. The agitator 16, which is of curved form,
is provided with cells 20, preferably six in number, smaller at the bottom than at
the top, as indicated in Figs. 8, S. These openings or cells, which are divided by
knife edges 16, are made in this manner so that the tobacco, which is fed to the
agitator 16 through the medium of the slide 9, may be equally divided and, by its
shaking or agitation, fed into the shells which are in the holes 27 of the cylinder 26.
An arm 21, which extends rearwardly from the agitator 16, is provided with a
roller 22, which engages the serrated periphery of a disc 23, on the vertical shaft 5.
A spiral spring 24, connected to the rear of the agitator 16, keeps the roller 22
always in contact with the serrated disc 23.
A second pair of tuckers or folders for the opposite end of the cigarette, is
represented in Figs. 2, 13 and 14. Bolted to the front of the plate 19 is a
bearing 129, from which rises a support 135, and on which is pivoted a tucker
arm 136 having a wedged shaped point 137. A notched plate 138 attached to the
lever 120 engages a pin projecting from the hub of the tucker arm 136, to operate
the said tucker. Through the bearing 129 a short shaft 130 passes, its inner end
carrying a thin tucking blade 131. On the outer end of the shaft 130 is fastened an
arm 132, connected by a link 133 to a stud 134 (Fig. 1) projecting from the plate 86,
which carries the packing rods.
Below the main frame, at the front, and rising vertically therethrough, are two
parallel rods 180, 181, which slide freely through the frame and through a disc 183,
on which the cylinder 26 rotates. These rods are in such relation to the open-
ings 27 of the cylinder 26, that when the cylinder is at rest, the rods 180, 181,
will be immediately under the cigarette about to be finally closed, and the one
previously completed, respectively. As the rods rise, through the action of a
suitable cam, and enter the openings 27, the rod 180 raises the unfinished cigarette
until a sufficient length of shell or wrapper to be tucked projects above the upper
surface of the cylinder. The rod 181 enters the opening containing the previously
tucked cigarette, as stated, for the purpose of holding, in connection with the
rod 180, the cylinder 26 against rotation. A cam 184 acts on a lever 185 to move
the rods at the proper time.
A rod 92, having a thin extension at its lower end, is secured to, and reciprocates
with, the plate 86 for the purpose of ejecting the finished cigarette, which is com-
pleted when the cylinder has brought it to the point under this rod. The purpose
of having an edge on this rod is that, in pushing upon the end of the cigarette
in ejecting it, it may the more thoroughly complete the work performed by the
tuckers which have made the head.
The rod 92 is in such position relatively to the last. tuckers, that, when the plate 86
descends, the rod 92 will push the completed cigarette through the opening 27
in the cylinder 26 into a spout 175, by which it is delivered into a suitable
receptacle. A spout 176, placed, as shown in Fig. 2, carries any loose tobacco and
tobacco dust away from the machine to be collected and used again.

page_text: The machine herein before described produces a cigarette, of the description
mentioned, in no way distinguishable from those made skilfully by hand; and is
compact and light, and without undue complication of parts.
It is obvious that this machine might be used for packing spices, starch, etc., in
paper tubes having tucked ends, without any essential change in the machine except-
ing that it would be necessary, in packing said articles, to enlarge the main
operative parts.
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. In a paper feeding mechanism for cigarette machines, the combination of
a continuous web feeding device, an intermittent web feeding device, a cutting
mechanism, and a vibrating wrapper feeding device, substantially as set forth.
2. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a duplex paper feeding device,
consisting of a continuous and an intermittent feeding mechanism, a cutting device,
a tube former and a vibrating wrapping feeding device for delivering the severed
wrapper to the tube former, substantially as set forth.
3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a paper web feeding mechanism,
means for severing a wrapper from the said web, a tube former, a vibrating wrapper
feeding device and means for forming the tube from the wrapper and tucking one
end thereof, substantially as set forth:
4. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a feeding mechanism, a vibrating
carrier, a tube forming mechanism, and means for delivering the wrapper from the
carrier to the tube forming mechanism, substantially as set forth.
5. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a vibrating wrapper carrier having
a flat bed, a frictionally operated roller mounted thereon, a positively operated
roller mounted on the main frame and adapted to co-act with the roller on the
vibrating carrier to deliver the wrapper to the tube forming mechanism, sub-
stantially as set forth.
6. In a cigarette machine, the combination of wrapper feeding mechanism, a
vibrating carrier, a tube forming mechanism, means for delivering the wrapper
from the carrier to the tube forming mechanism, and means for tucking one end of
the tube, substantially as set forth.
7. In a cigarette machine, a wrapper former, the same consisting of a rod having
a slot in one side, the said slot being wider at one end than at the other, and
means for giving the rod both a longitudinal and a rotary movement, substantially
as set forth.
8. In a cigarette machine, a wrapper tube forming rod having a longitudinal
slot therein of greater width at one end than at the other, in combination with
means for introducing the wrapper into the wide portion of the slot, means for
moving the tube longitudinally until the wrapper enters the narrow portion of the
slot, and means for rotating the rod, substantially as set forth.
9. In a cigarette machine, a wrapper tube forming rod having a longitudinal
slot from end to end, one end of the slot being narrower than the other end, in
combination with a pinion adapted to rotate the rod, the latter being adapted to
slide freely endwise through the said pinion, substantially as set forth.
10. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a wrapper tube forming rod
having a slot in one side wider at one end than at the other, a plate, through an
opening in which the rod passes and in which the wrapper tube is formed, the said
plate having a slot opposite the slot in the rod, and means for delivering the wrapper
to the rod, substantially as set forth.
11. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a slotted wrapper tube forming
rod, one end of which is of reduced diameter, a vibrating wrapper carrier, means
for delivering the wrapper from the carrier to the wrapper rod, and a plate having
a socket for the wrapper rod and open on one side for the passage of the wrapper,
substantially as set forth.

page_text: 12. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a wrapper tube forming
mechanism, means for tucking one end of the wrapper tube to form a shell, a
perforated cylinder, means for introducing the wrapper tube former and shell
into one of the perforations of the cylinder, and means for retaining the shell
within the opening while the tube former is withdrawn, substantially as set
forth.
13. In a cigarette machine, a fixed vertical shaft, a cylinder rotating thereon
having a series of longitudinal openings therethrough, and means for intermittently
rotating the cylinder in combination with mechanism for forming shells from
wrappers means for delivering the shells to the openings in the cylinder, and
means for holding the shell in place during the withdrawal of the delivering means,
substantially as set forth.
14. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a vertical shaft, a longitudinally
perforated intermittently rotatable cylinder turning thereon, means for delivering
the shells to the perforations in the cylinder, means for filling, packing and tucking
the shells while in the cylinder, and means for holding the shells open while being
filled and packed, substantially as set. forth.
15. In a cigarette machine, a cylinder having longitudinal perforations, and an
elastic substance, forming the walls of the upper ends of the said perforations,
substantially as set forth.
16. In a cigarette machine, a cylinder for carrying the wrapper shells in
longitudinal perforations while being filled and folded, the upper ends of the
said perforations having yielding walls, in combination with means for inter-
mittently rotating the said cylinder, substantially as set forth.
17. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a secondary hopper, a slide having
an opening therethrough adapted to reciprocate below the outlet of the said hopper,
vertically disposed rods, and means for operating the same, said rods being adapted
to enter the hopper, stir the tobacco therein and force it into the opening in the
slide, substantially as set forth.
18. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper, a perforated agitator
below and in advance of the hopper, a perforated cylinder below the agitator,
and a plate having an opening therethrough, adapted to slide forward and backward,
whereby the said opening is brought alternately above the agitator and below the
outlet of the hopper, substantially as set forth.
19. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper having a curved outlet,
an agitator below and in advance of the hopper and having a series of cells or
openings therethrough, means for operating the agitator, a longitudinally per-
forated cylinder below the agitator, the said perforations registering with the cells
in the agitator, and a plate having through it a curved opening and adapted to
slide from the hopper to and above the agitator, substantially as set forth.
20. In a cigarette machine, an agitator having a series of cells or openings
therethrough decreasing in size from above downwardly, means for vibrating the
agitator in combination with a cylinder beneath the agitator having near its
periphery a series of openings, the cells in the agitator being arranged in a curved
line and registering with the openings in the cylinder, substantially as set forth.
21. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper, an agitator having
cells or openings therethrough, means for vibrating the agitator, the division walls
between the cells of the agitator being brought to knife edges and equally spaced,
a cylinder below the agitator having perforations near its periphery, and a slide
provided with an opening adapted to hold sufficient tobacco for one cigarette,
whereby, when the slide is advanced over the agitator, the tobacco will be divided
by the knife edge walls into as many portions as there are cells in the agitator,
substantially as set forth.
22. In a cigarette machine, an agitator adapted to be vibrated in a horizontal
plane, means for vibrating the agitator, cells or openings being formed there-
through and arranged in a curved line, the division walls between the cells being
brought to knife edges, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 23. In a cigarette machine, the combination of the main frame, a vertical shaft
fixed thereto, a longitudinally perforated cylinder rotating thereon, a plate
surrounding the shaft and adapted to slide vertically thereon, packing rods secured
to the plate and projecting downwardly, an agitator above the cylinder having
openings or cells, and means for depressing the plate to carry the rods through the
agitator into the openings in the cylinder, substantially as set forth.
24. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cylinder adapted to hold
wrapper shells, means for packing tobacco therein, and fingers for positively
holding, open the mouth of the shell, substantially as set forth.
25. In a cigarette machine, the combinaton of a perforated cylinder adapted. to
hold wrapper shells, means for feeding tobacco thereto, means for packing tobacco
therein, means for positively holding the mouths of the shells open, and a yielding
wall provided in each opening of the perforated cylinder, substantially as set
forth.
26. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a perforated cylindar, the
perforations thereof being adapted to hold wrapper shells, means for feeding tobacco
to said shells, means for subdividing the tobacco into a predetermined number of
portions and delivering it to an equal number of wrapper shells, and packing. rods
of progressively decreasing length, substantially as set forth.
27. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a longitudinally perforated
cylinder, pairs of fingers adapted to enter the perforations containing shells, and
packing rods also adapted to enter the said perforations between pairs of fingers,
substantially as set forth.
28. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cylinder having a series of
openings therethrough adapted to hold wrapper shells, means for raising the open
end of a shell a short distance above the upper surface of the cylinder, and means
for closing the said open end of the said shell, substantially as set forth.
29. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cylinder to hold wrapper shells,
means for filling and packing the shells with tobacco, means for slightly elevating
the open end of a shell above the end of the cylinder, and means for closing the
said open end, substantially as set forth.
30. In a cigarette machine, the combination of means for holding and carrying
wrapper shells each having a closed end, means for filling and packing the said
shells, with tobacco, means for presenting the open end of each shell to folding or
tucking mechanism, the said tucking mechanism, and means for intermittently
rotating the devices for holding and carrying the shell, substantially as set forth.
31. In a cigarette machine, the combination of an intermittently rotating
cylinder adapted to carry wrapper shells in suitable openings therein, means for
filling and packing tobacco in the shells while in the openings, a device for raising
the
open end of a filled shell above the surface of the cylinder, and for locking
said device against movement, a tucking or folding mechanism, and an ejector for
the completed cigarette, substantially as set forth.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.