Improvements in Cigar-making Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Cigar-making Machines.
I, HENRY BIRKBECK, of the Firm of Tongue & Birkbeck, of 31, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by Frank Reginald Keyes, of 20, Susquehanna Street, Bing-
hamton, Broome Co., New York, United States of America) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to cigar-making machines and particularly to machines
of the character for which F. R. Keyes and C. A. Baker received Letters Patent
No. 4700 of 1895 for rolling cigar bunches into wrappers.
The object of the present invention is to improve the construction and operation
of such machines in the several respects heneinafter specified and among which
are a novel carriage swinging mechanism; a novel bunch rotating mechanism a
novel roller, a novel header for moulding the head of the bunch by continuous
or intermittent force or pressure to compact it to form during its rotation and
before the wrapper is wound thereon while it is being so wound and after the
winding is complete, a novel pasting mechanism by which a fixed modicum of
paste is supplied whenever needed, a novel tuck cutter, and a novel device for
regulating the swing of the carriage complementary to the form of the tuck of
the bunch and cigar.
This invention is as follows reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which:-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine omitting the stationary wrapper table.
Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof omitting the driving mechanism and showing the
carriage in its normal or starting position.
Fig. 3 is a like view of the entire machine showing the carriage swung
forward as when the bunch is partly rolled and in which position it remains until
the cigar is finished.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the machine.
Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section thereof on the dotted line - in Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a like view on dotted line y―y showing the tuck cutter open.
Fig. 7 is a like view showing it closed.
Fig. S is a diagrammatic view of part of the bunch rolling mechanism at the
starting point a bunch therein and the wrapper table the dotted lines showing
the wrapper and its relations to the rolling mechanism and bunch when the
carriage is swung up to the table.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of a bunch-roller having a stationary fluted
centre.

page_text: Fig. 10 is an elevation of a bunch roller having its stationary centre otherwise
roughened as by pitting.
Fig. 11 is a top plan of a bunch-rolling mechanism in which the roughened
centre of the rollers is omitted and the concaved bunch roller dises are spaced
apart for the entire length of the roller.
Fig. 12 is an enlarged top plan thereof omitting the convex rollers.
Fig. 13 is an end elevation of the bunch roller train of gears.
Fig. 14 is a vertical section of the several rollers with a bunch between them.
Fig. 15 is a longitudinal section of a bunch roller of this class.
Fig. 16 is a cross section detailing a joint by which some of the discs are
secured upon the shaft to revolve with it.
Fig. 17 is a top plan illustrating a roller device for compacting and shaping
the head of the revolving bunch and cigar.
Fig. 18 is a front elevation thereof.
Fig. 19 is a side elevation thereof.
Fig. 20 is a vertical section of the shaping roller showing a bunch and wrapper
by the dotted lines.
Fig. 21 is an elevation of part of a paste-holder a paste conduit a shaping
roller and the paste ejecting mechanism.
Fig. 22 is a top plan thereof.
Fig. 23 is a vertical section of the paste-holder, valve and ejector devices
showing the valve. open.
Fig. 24 is a like view showing the valve closed and the plunger pushed in.
Fig. 25 is a vertical section thereof on a line transverse to the ejecting
plunger and valve showing the valve open.
Fig. 26 is a like view showing it closed.
Fig. 27 is a top plan of the cam by which said valve plunger is rotated and
reciprocated.
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Fig. 28 is a perspective of said plunger.
Fig. 29 is a detail in elevation of a vibratory wrapper-nicking device open.
Fig. 30 shows the same closed.
Fig. 31 is a detail of a vertically vibratory bunch-head shaper, open.
Fig. 32 shows the same closed.
Fig. 33 is a front elevation of the head shaper shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Fig. 34 shows a top plan of a disc roller bunch rolling mechanism similar to
that shown in Fig. 11.
Fig. 35 is a sectional detail of the same.
Fig. 36 is a top plan illustrating a combination of a swinging carriage and a
swinging wrapper table in their normal positions.
Fig. 37 shows the same closed or swung together just prior to rolling the head
of the bunch.
Fig. 38 is a sectional detail of the movable pivot mounting of the wrapper
table.
Fig. 39 is a vertical section of Fig. 37 showing solid bunch revolving rollers
and a bunch in the rolling chamber.
A is a suitable bed adapted to be mounted upon a suitable table in any well-
known manner. Standards 2 carry the drive shaft 3; 4 is driving pulley and 5
is a suitable clutch for stopping and starting in the usual way.
This drive shaft 3 is connected by a universal joint 6 to one member of a
connection 7 consisting of a sleeve and a rod 8 inserted into the sleeve and
connected thereto by an ordinary spline or feather joint so as to be adapted to
be reciprocated therein and permit of variations of length of said connection and 9
is another universal joint connecting said rod to the driven shaft 10.
Standards 11 erected upon the bed are provided with suitable parallel ways in
which a slide 12 is reciprocated being provided with a rack 13 with which a
pinion 14 engages which is driven by its shaft 15 and gear 16 thereon, gear 17

page_text: upon the drive shaft 3 and intermediate gear 18. Upon this slide the carriage
bed 19 is pivotted at 20.
In suitable uprights upon this bed suitable shafts a Figs. 2, 9 and 10 are
suitably journalled for the lower bunch-rollers 21 which are provided with
pinions 22 driven by the gear 23 on the shaft 10. The rear shaft a is provided
with a sprocket or other pulley and a belt 24 drives a sprocket or pulley on the
shaft b journalled in a sleeve 25 mounted
by a suitable belt driving a shaft o
bed thus driving a pulley on said shaft 6 andpon a standard 26 upon the carriage
which carries the presser roller 27 said shaft being journalled in the presser
frame 28 which is secured upon said sleeve 25 and provided with a rearward
arm 29 which is suitably connected to a treadle or other device whereby said
presser frame is raised to open the bunch-rolling chamber between the three
bunch rollers for the insertion of a bunch or the removal of a cigar.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 the bunch rollers are shown as consisting of the
shaft a centre 30 secured upon the shaft and having a fluted corrugated or other-
wise roughened face which engages with the bunch to revolve it and a number
of discs 31 spaced apart by washers or other devices 32 all loose upon the shaft.
In Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 the rollers consist of the shafts discs and spacing
washers part of the discs being mounted upon the shaft to revolve with it as
shown in Fig. 16.
This is also true of the rollers shown in Figs. 34 and 35 except that in these
as in Fig. 11 the discs can all be loose and be driven by power suitably applied
to the solid rollers 33.
All of these disc rollers have a longitudinally concaved periphery com-
plementary to the shape of the cigar to be rolled and the solid rollers are corres-
pondingly convex.
In Figs. 36, 37 and 39 the rollers are all cylindrical.
A suitable wrapper stretcher 34 is also provided suitably adjacent to the forward
bunch roller over which the wrapper is drawn and by which it is smoothed and
stretched from the wrapper table 35 which in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is stationarily
mounted in or upon a stud 36 upon the bed A adjustable as to height by the set
screw 37 and as to its angle of inclination by the pivot bolt 38.
A post Fig. 4 is erected upon the bed A to which is suitably connected a lever 39
which is adjustably connected by a bolt 40 to a swinging and reciprocating bar 41
mounted upon a post 42 (Figs. 4 and 5) by a bolt and slot joint 43.
A rod 44 secured in the carriage bed and passing through the slot in the
lever 39 connects said bed to said lever and is free to traverse said slot with the
movements of said bed.
This lever 39 and bar 41 regulates the swing of the carriage upon its pivot
according to the shape of the cigar or rather of its tuck whether long like a
perfectos or short and blunt like a punch or of intermediate form like a conchas;
all according to the position of the bolt 43 in its slot in the bar 41 as it may
be adjusted to vary the distance of the bolt 40 from the pivot 20 thus controlling
the distance to which the carriage can be swung back as it is necessary to swing
it back farther for a long and pointed or perfectos-tuck cigar than for a concha-
Tuck and farther for that than for a punch.
It is a fact that the farther the carriage is required to move or świng forward
greater
the greater the amount of the wrapper which is wound onto the tuck; a
amount or number of winds being required for a long tuck or perfectos than for
a concha or blunter or shorter tuck.
It will be seen from Fig. 8 that from the fact that the carriage bed moves
forward in a direct line and the carriage is pivotted thereon the result is that
the bunch rollers and rolling chamber and the bunch e are carried forward to
the left until when the movement ceases the axis of the bunch is substantially
parallel with the rear edge of the wrapper table its tuck is considerably to the
left and the wrapper has been wound onto the swell of the cigar and all this has

page_text: been done without any movement of that portion of the wrapper lying upon said
table.
It is then released from the finger of the operator or from the spring grip 45
seen in Figs. 36 and 37 in which it is automatically released as hereinafter
described it being sufficient to now describe it as released by the act of the
operator when only the carriage is swung as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
A suitable and ordinary interiorly concaved and tapered or conical header or
tip former 46 is suitably mounted upon the carriage in proper alignment with
the axis of the bunch to receive its head or tip and is cut away in a manner
suitable to permit a shaper 47 to either permanently or intermittently project
into the tip cavity of said header.
The face or end of this shaper is of substantially the same shape as the surface
of the tip concavity and may be movably applied to the tip of the bunch as by
a concaved roller or disc as in Figs. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 in which the disc
stands at an angle to the axis of the bunch though this is immaterial as it may
be mounted in many different ways and may enter the tip concavity at other
points.
In these figures it is shown as mounted upon a shaft 48 which is driven by the
bevel cones or gears 49, 50, the cone 50 being driven in any suitable manner.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the shaper is shown as vertically reciprocating being
mounted in suitable vertical guides and engaged by an eccentric 51 (Fig. 35)
upon a shaft 52 driven by a pulley 53, belt 54, drive pulley 55, sectional shaft 56,
with universal joints driven by a pulley 57 and belt 58 from the drive pulley 4,
whereby the shaper is given a rapid reciprocation and intermittently engages
with the head or tip of the bunch during the entire period of its revolution and
compacts and shapes it before the wrapper is wound thereon and also afterward.
In both of these compacting and tip-shaping devices the inner wall of the
stationary part of the header operates as an abutment against which the tip is com-
pacted and shaped.
In Figs. 29 and 33 the shaper is shown as mounted upon a helve 59 hung on a
pivot 60 and engaged by the eccentric to vibrate it vertically.
Upon the carriage bed a suitable paste-tank or reservoir 61 is suitably erected
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 21 to 28, its support being provided with a valve chamber in
which a plunger valve 62 is mounted having a groove 63 adapted to coincide
with the discharge port 64 of the tank to receive paste in the groove; when
rotated to cut off the supply and when pushed in to eject a modicum of paste
through the conduit 65 onto the face of the shaper or onto the bunch or wrapper.
A lever 66 secured to said plunger provided with roller 67 engaging with the
cams 68 when drawn forward both rotates and reciprocates said plunger and a
spring 69 returns it to its normal position of coincidence with the port 64; and
the paste is thus intermittently supplied at the will of the operator.
In Figs. 29 and 30 a nicker 70 is slotted and mounted to be reciprocated by a
finger 71 engaging with pins 71' upon the helve 59 whereby when thrown forward
it will nick the wrapper with a succession of cuts; and when thrown back will
not touch it. As the nicker cuts the moving wrapper the nick is cut upon a
curved line.
In Figs. 36, 37 38 and 39 is shown a moving carriage and a moving wrapper
table.
The carriage bed is reciprocated by a rack and pinion 72 and a spring 73 aids
in its retraction.
The carriage body is pivotted upon a circular boss 74 upon said bed and is
swung on said pivot by means of an eccentric 75 in a slot 76 swinging the left-
hand end in the direction of the arrow and upon the guide-way 77. The wrapper
table 78 is mounted upon a track 79 pivotted at 80 upon the rod 8.1 which is con-
nected to the lever 82 connected to the table by means of a slot 83 and a pin
therein under the table.

page_text: A rod 84 is also connected to the table and to the carriage by a lever link as
shown causing this end of the table to swing in the direction of the track 85
whereby their joint swing brings the table and carriage together substantially
as shown in Fig. 37.
The dotted lines in Figs. 36 and 37 show the wrapper at the starting point of
said double swing and at the close thereof about to be rolled onto the head or tip.
As the carriage and table are about to coincide the finger 86 on the carriage
engages with the wrapper grip 45 to raise it and release the wrapper.
The rotation of the eccentric rotates the drum 87 to wind up a cord 88 which
is connected to a wrapper stretcher 89 over which the wrapper passes to cause it
to travel across the front of the carriage from left to right and when said eccentric
reverses the spring 90 draws said stretcher back to the position shown in Fig. 36.
As said carriage and table come together a wedging lug 91 on the carriages
engages with an arm 92 on the rocking shaft 93 to rotate a valve to open it and
permit paste to flow from the reservoir onto the head of the bunch.
A nicking knife 94 is suitably pivotted and normally held up by the spring 95
and when forced down as by the finger of the operator to nick the wrapper and
when released said spring will retract it.
It will thus appear that all of the several carriage movements are based upon
the traverse of the carriage in a direct line by means of a rack and pinion
substantially as shown and described.
In Figs. 6 and 7 the tuck-cutting knives are shown open and closed.
A standard (Fig. 1) 96 is provided with an arm 97 slotted as shown and
provided with supports 98 to hold a cigar and with a gauge 99 to determine its
length.
A shaft 100 is suitably rocked by any suitable mechanism to oscillate a double
crank 101 one end of which is connected with the lower cutter 102 by a rod 103.
Its other end by the rod 104 is connected to the rocker 105 pivotted at 106
on an arm upon said standard and carries the upper knife 107 whereby when
said crank is oscillated in one direction said knives are brought together to cut
the tuck and when reversed are opened.
An inclined trough 108 receives the clippings of said cutters and conducts
them away from the machine.
A link 109 is connected to the rear corner of the carriage and by a slot and
pin joint 110 is connected to a pivotted lever 111 which intermittently engages
with a sliding rod 112 carrying a wrapper finger 113 which is normally in
position to hold the starting end of the wrapper against the tuck to start the
winding; and as the carriage swings the lost motion at the joint 110 the wrapper
is held until suitably started upon the bunch. Then the swing of the carriage
rocks the lever 111 to engage with the rod 112 slide it in its bearings and retract
the wrapper finger holding it in its retracted position until the movement of the
carriage reverses whereby it is advanced into position to engage with another
wrapper.
In Fig. 4 a nicking mechanism is shown in which the nicker is mounted upon
a rock-shaft having a crank 112 connected by a link 114 to a bell-crank 115
having a handle 118 for the operator and by pulling it forward the nicker cuts
the wrapper.
In Fig. 5 a mechanism is shown for rocking the tucker shaft 100 and
double crank 101 comprising a draw bar 117 suitably connected to the slide 12
and provided with a notch 118 and having its free end bevelled.
This figure shows the slide and carriage brought forward as in Fig. 3 and the
tuck cutting knives closed.
Then when the slide is carried back said draw bar will slide on the crank
pin 119 of the crank 120 on said shaft 100 and the notch will engage with said
pin swing said crank and open said cutters as shown in Fig. 6.
Then when said slide is again brought forward the draw-bar will again close
said tuck cutters and as they close the bevelled end will engage with an idle

page_text: roller 121 and thereby said draw bar will be raised out of engagement with said
crank pin.
This invention is not confined to the use in combination of all the improve-
ments hereinbefore specified-as it will be obvious that if desired only some
(i.e., one or more) of the said improvements may be employed where desired.
Dated this 8th day of July 1898
Improvements in Cigar-making Machines.
I, HENRY BIRKBECK, of the firm of Tongue & Birkbeck, of 31, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me from abroad by Frank Reginald Keyes, of 20, Susquehanna Street, Bing-
hamton, Broome Co., New York, United States of America), and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:
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This invention relates to machines for rolling cigar bunches into wrappers
and has many advantages and improvements among which are a novel carriage
swinging mechanism; a novel bunch rotating mechanism; a novel roller; a
novel header for moulding and finishing the head of the bunch by
continuous or intermittent force or pressure to compact it to form during its
rotation and before the wrapper is wound thereon while it is being so wound
and after the winding is complete; a novel pasting mechanism by which a fixed
modicum of paste is supplied whenever needed; a novel tuck cutter; and a
novel device for regulating the swing of the carriage complementary and accord-
ing to the form of the tuck of the bunch and cigar.
This invention is as follows reference being had to the drawings left with the
Provisional Specification in this case.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine omitting the stationary wrapper
table.
Figure 2 is a "local" top plan thereof omitting the driving mechanism and
showing the carriage in its normal or starting position.
Figure 3 is a plan (on a smaller scale) of the entire machine showing the
carriage swung forward as when the bunch is partly rolled into the wrapper
and in which position it remains until the cigar is finished.
Figure 4 is an end elevation of the machine.
Figure 5 is a vertical cross section thereof on the dotted line - in Figure 3.
Figure 6 is a like view on dotted line yy showing the tuck cutter open.
Figure 7 is a like view showing it closed."
Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of part of the bunch rolling mechanism at the
starting point a bunch therein and the wrapper table the dotted lines showing the
wrapper and its relations to the rolling mechanism and bunch when the carriage is
swung up to the table.
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of a bunch-roller having a stationary fluted.
centre.
Figure 10 is an elevation of a bunch roller having its stationary centre other
wise roughened as by pitting.

page_text: Figure 11 is a top plan of a bunch-rolling mechanism in which the roughened
centre of the rollers is omitted and the concaved bunch roller discs are spaced
apart for the entire length of the roller and arranged in concave form.
Figure 12 is an enlarged top plan thereof omitting the convex rollers 33.
Figure 13 is an end elevation of the bunch roller train of gears.
Figure 14 is a vertical section of the several rollers with a bunch e between
them.
Figure 15 is a longitudinal section of a bunch roller of this class.
Figure 16 is a cross section detailing a joint (i.e. a key or spline) by which
some of the discs are secured upon the shaft to revolve with it.
Figure 17 is a top plan illustrating a roller device for compacting and shaping
the head of the revolving bunch and cigar.
Figure 18 is a front elevation thereof.
Figure 19 is a side elevation thereof.
Figure 20 is a vertical section of the shaping roller showing a bunch and
wrapper by the dotted lines.
Figure 21 is an elevation of part of a paste holder a paste conduit a shaping
roller and the paste ejecting mechanism.
Figure 22 is a top plan thereof.
Figure 23 is a vertical section of the paste-holder, valve and ejector devices
showing the valve open.
Figure 24 is a like view showing the valve closed and the plunger pushed in.
Figure 25 is a vertical section thereof on a line transverse to the ejecting
plunger and valve showing the valve open.
Figure 26 is a like view showing. it closed.
Figure 27 is a top plan of the cam by which said valve plunger is rotated and
reciprocated.
Figure 28 is a perspective view of said plunger on an enlarged scale.
Figure 29 is a detail in elevation of a vibratory wrapper-nicking device open.
Figure 30 shows the same closed.
Figure 31 is a detail of a vertically vibratory bunch-head shaper, open.
Figure 32 shows the same closed.
Figure 33 is a front elevation of the head shaper shown in Figures 1, 2, 3
and 4.
Figure 34 shows a top plan of a disc roller bunch rolling mechanism similar
to that shown in Figure 11.
Figure 35 is a sectional detail of the same.
Figure 36 is a top plan illustrating a combination of a swinging carriage and
a swinging wrapper table in their normal positions, as when starting to roll a
wrapper on to a bunch.
Figure 37 shows the same closed or swung together just prior to rolling the head
of the bunch.
Figure 38 is a sectional detail of the movable pivot mounting of the wrapper
table.
Figure 39 is a vertical section of Figure 37 showing solid bunch revolving rollers
and a bunch in the rolling chamber.
A is a suitable bed adapted to be mounted upon a suitable table in any well-
known manner. Standards 2 carry the drive shaft 3; 4 is a driving pulley and 5
is a suitable clutch for stopping and starting in the usual way.
This drive shaft 3 is connected by a universal joint 6 to one member, of a
connection 7 consisting of a sleeve and a rod 8 inserted into the sleeve and con-
nected thereto by an ordinary spline or feather joint so as to be adapted to be
reciprocated therein and permit of variations of length of said connection and 9
is another universal joint connecting said rod to the driven shaft 10.
Standards 11 erected upon the bed are provided with suitable parallel ways in
which a slide 12 is reciprocated being provided with a rack 13 with which a
pinion 14 engages which is driven by its shaft 15 and gear 16 thereon, gear 17

page_text: upon the drive shaft 3 and intermediate gear 18. Upon this slide 12 the carriage
bed 19 is pivotted at 20.
In suitable uprights upon this bed suitable shafts a Figures 2, 9 and 10 are
suitably journalled for the lower bunch-rollers 21 which are provided with
pinions 22 driven by the gear 23 on the shaft 10. The rear shaft a is provided
with a sprocket or other pulley and a belt 24 drives a sprocket or pulley on the
shaft b journalled in a sleeve 25 mounted upon a standard 26 upon the carriage
bed thus driving a pulley on said shaft b and by a suitable belt driving a shaft e
which carries the presser roller 27 said shaft being journalled in the presser
frame 28 which is secured upon said sleeve 25 and provided with a rearward
arm 29 which is suitably connected to a treadle or other device whereby said
pressure frame is raised to open the bunch-rolling chamber between the three
bunch rollers for the insertion of a bunch or the removal of a cigar.
In Figures 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 the bunch rollers are shown as consisting of the
shaft a centre 30 secured upon the shaft and having a fluted corrugated pitted or
otherwise roughened face which engages with the bunch to revolve it and a
number of discs 31 spaced apart by washers or other devices 32 all said discs 31
being loose upon the shaft. In Figures 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 the rollers consist
of the shafts discs and spacing washers some of the discs being mounted upon the
shaft to revolve with it as shown in Figure 16.
This is also true of the rollers shown in Figures 34 and 35 except that in these
as in Figure 11 the discs can all be loose and be driven by power suitably applied
to the solid rollers 33.
These disc rollers are arranged collectively as shown to form a longitudinally
concaved periphery complementary and according to the shape of the cigar to be
rolled and the solid rollers are correspondingly convex.
In Figures 36, 37 and 39 the rollers are all shown of cylindrical form.
A suitable wrapper stretcher 34 is also provided suitably adjacent to the forward
bunch roller over which the wrapper is drawn (and by which it is smoothed and
stretched) from the wrapper table 35 which in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is
stationarily mounted in or upon a stud 36 upon the bed A adjustable as to height
by the set screw 37 and as to its angle of inclination by the pivot bolt 38.
A post 39 Figure 4 is erected upon the bed A, to which is suitably connected
a lever 39 which is adjustably connected by a bolt 40 to a swinging and reci-
procating bar 41 mounted upon a post 42 (Figures 4 and 5) by a bolt and slot
joint 43.
A rod 44 secured in the carriage bed and passing through the slot in the
lever 39 connects said bed to said lever and is free to traverse said slot with the
movements of said bed.
This lever 39 and bar 41 regulates the swing of the carriage upon its pivot
according to the shape of the cigar or rather of its tuck whether long like a
perfectos or short and blunt like a punch or of intermediate form like a conchas;
all according to the position of the bolt 43 in its slot in the bar 41 as it may
be adjusted to vary the distance of the bolt 40 from the pivot 20 thus controlling
the distance to which the carriage can be swung back as it is necessary to swing
it back farther for a long and pointed or perfectos-tuck cigar than for a concha-
tuck and farther for that than for a punch.
The farther the carriage is required to move or swing forward the greater the
amount of the wrapper z which is wound on to the tuck; a greater amount or
number of winds being required for a long tuck or perfectos than for a concha or
blunter or shorter tuck.
It will be seen from Figure 8 that from the fact that the carriage bed moves
forward in a direct line and the carriage is pivotted thereon the result is tha
the bunch rollers and rolling chamber and the bunch e are carried forward to
the left until when the movement ceases the axis of the bunch is substantiall
parallel with the rear edge of the wrapper table its tuck is considerably to th
left and the wrapper has been wound onto the swell of the cigar and all this ha

page_text: been done without any movement of that portion of the wrapper z lying upon said
table 35.
It is then released from the finger of the operator or from the spring grip 45
seen in Figures 36 and 37 in which it is automatically released as hereinafter
described it being sufficient to now describe it as released by the act of the
operator when only the carriage is swung as in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
A suitable and ordinary interiorly concaved and tapered or conical header or
tip former 46 is suitably mounted upon the carriage in proper alignment with
the axis of the bunch to receive its head or tip and is cut away at one portion in a
manner suitable to permit a shaper 46 or 47 to either permanently or intermittently
project into the tip cavity of said header.
The face or end of this shaper is of substantially the same shape as the surface
of the tip cavity and may be movably applied to the tip of the bunch as by
a concaved roller or disc 47 as in Figures 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 in which the
disc 47 stands at an angle to the axis of the bunch though this is immaterial as it
may be mounted in many different ways and may enter the tip cavity at other
points.
In these figures it is shown as mounted upon a shaft 48 which is driven by the
bevel cones or gears 49, 50, the cone 50 being driven in any suitable manner.
In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, 31, 32 and 33 the shaper is shown as vertically
reciprocating being mounted in suitable vertical guides and engaged by an
eccentric 51 (Figure 35) upon a shaft 52 driven by a pulley 53, belt 54, drive
pulley 55, sectional shaft 56, with universal joints driven by a
pulley 57 and
belt 58 from the drive pulley 4, whereby the shaper is given a rapid reciprocation
and intermittently engages with the head or tip of the bunch during the entire
period of its revolution and compacts and shapes it before the wrapper is wound
thereon and also during the winding on of the wrapper' and afterwards. In both
of these compacting and tip-shaping devices the inner wall of the stationary
part of the header operates as an abutment against which the tip is compacted and
shaped.
The shaper 46 is shown as mounted upon a helve 59 hung on a pivot 60 and
engaged by the eccentric 51 to vibrate it vertically.
Upon the carriage bed a suitable paste-tank or reservoir 61 is suitably erected
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 21 to 28, its support being provided with a valve chamber
in which a plunger valve 62 is mounted having a groove 63 adapted to coincide
with the discharge port 64 of the tank to receive paste in the groove; this
plunger valve is adapted to be simultaneously rotated & reciprocated longi-
tudinally when rotated to cut off the supply and when pushed in to eject a
modicum of paste through the conduit 65 on to the face of the shaper or on to the
bunch tip or wrapper or both, see Figs. 21 & 25.
A lever 66-secured to said plunger is provided with a roller 67 engaging
with the fixed cams 68 which lever 66 when drawn forward both rotates and
reciprocates said plunger and a spring 69 returns it to its normal position of
coincidence with the port 64; and the paste is thus intermittently supplied at
the will of the operator.
In Figures 29 and 30 a nicker 70 is slotted and mounted to be reciprocated
by a finger 71 (upon the rock shaft 71) engaging with pins 71' upon the helve 59
whereby when thrown forward it will nick the wrapper with a succession of cuts;
and when thrown back will not touch it. As this nicker cuts the moving wrapper
the nick is cut upon a curved line.
In Figures 36, 37, 38 and 39 is shown a moving carriage and a moving wrapper
table.
The carriage bed is reciprocated by a rack and pinion 72 and a spring 73 aids
in its retraction.
The carriage body is pivotted upon a circular boss 74 upon said bed and is
swung on said pivot by means of an eccentric 75 in a slot 76 swinging the left-

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hand end in the direction of the arrow and upon the guide-way 77. The wrapper
table 78 is mounted upon a track 79 pivotted at 80 upon the rod 81 which is
connected to the lever 82 connected to the table by means of a slot 83,and a pin
therein under the table.
A rod 84 is also connected to the table and to the carriage by a lever link as
shown causing this end of the table to swing in the direction of the track 85
whereby their joint swing brings the table and carriage together substantially
as shown in Figure 37.
:
The dotted lines in Figures 36 and 37 show the wrapper at the starting
point of said double swing and in Figure 37 at the close thereof and about to be
rolled on to the head or tip.
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As the carriage and table are about to coincide the finger 86 on the carriage
.engages with the wrapper grip 45 to raise it and release the wrapper.
The rotation of the eccentric rotates the drum 87 to wind up a cord 88 which
is connected to a wrapper stretcher 89 over which the wrapper passes to cause, it
to travel across the front of the carriage from left to right and when said eccentric
reverses the spring 90 draws said stretcher back to the position shown in Figure 36.
As said carriage and table come together a wedging lug 91 on the carriages
engages with an arm 92 on the rocking shaft 93 to rotate a valve to open it and
permit paste to flow from the reservoir on to the head of the bunch.
A nicking knife 94 is suitably pivotted and normally held up by the spring 95
and when forced down as by the finger of the operator to nick the wrapper and
when released said spring will retract it.
In Figures 6 and 7 the tuck-cutting knives are shown open and closed
respectively.
A standard (Figure 1) 96 is provided with an arm 97 slotted as shown- and
provided with supports 98 to hold a cigar and with a gauge 99 to determine its
length.
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A shaft 100 is suitably rocked by any suitable mechanism to oscillate a double
crank 101 one end of which is connected with the lower cutter 102 by a rod 103.
Its other end by the rod 104 is connected to the rocker 105 pivotted at 106
on an arm upon said standard and carries the upper knife 107 whereby when
said crank is oscillated in one direction said knives are brought together to cut
the tuck and when reversed are opened.
An inclined trough 108 receives the clippings of said cutters and conducts
them away from the machine.
A link 109 is connected to the rear corner of the carriage and by a slot and
pin joint 110 is connected to a pivotted lever 111 which intermittently engages
with a sliding rod 112 carrying a wrapper finger 113 which is normally in
position to hold the starting end of the wrapper against the tuck to start the
winding and as the carriage commences to swing the motion is lost at the
joint 110 and the wrapper finger 113 remains stationary & thereby the wrapper
is held until suitably started upon the bunch. Then the swing of the carriage
rocks the lever 111 to engage with the rod 112 slide it in its bearings and
retract the wrapper finger 113 holding it in its retracted position until the move-
ment of the carriage reverses whereby it is advanced into position to engage with
another wrapper.
In Figure 4 a nicking mechanism. is shown in which the nicker is mounted upon
a rock-shaft 71ª having a crank 114 connected by a link 114 to a bell-crank 115
having a handle 116 for the operator and by pulling it forward the nicker cuts
the wrapper.
In Figure 5 a mechanism is shown for rocking the aforesaid shaft 100 and
double crank 101 comprising a draw bar 117 suitably connected to the slide 12
and provided with a notch 118 and having its free end bevelled.
This figure shows the slide and carriage brought forward as in Figure 3 and
the tuck cutting knives closed.

page_text: Then when the slide is carried back said draw bar will slide on the crank
pin 119 of the crank 120 on said shaft 100 and the notch will engage with said
pin swing said crank and open said cutters as shown in Figure 6.
Then when said slide is again brought forward the draw-bar will again close
said tuck cutters and as they close the bevelled end will engage with an idle
roller 121 and thereby said draw bar will be raised out of engagement with said
crank pin.
This invention is not confined to the use in combination of all the improve-
ments hereinbefore specified-as it will be obvious that if desired only some
(i.e. one or more) of the said improvements may be employed where desired.
The shaft 15 is journalled in a movable sleeve & which is held pressed upward
by the spring t so as to normally keep the pinion 14 in mesh with the rack -13
and a cord (not shown) connects said sleeve s to a treadle (not shown).
A stud (not shown) on the sleeves passes over an inclined lug on the under-
side of the said slide 12 and just at the time when the slide 12 and the swinging
table thereon reach the limit of forward movement the said stud locks into said
slide 12 behind the said inclined lug thereon and forces the pinion 14 out of
mesh with the rack 13 thus stopping the movement of the slide and at same time
locks and holds the slide (to prevent its retraction by a strong, retracting spring
(such as 73) which latter has been put under tension by the forward movement
of the slide) while the rolling of the cigar is being completed and the head
formed and rolled and finished.
Thus the compound movement of the slide 12 and the swinging table thereon
is stopped at a predetermined point without stopping the rotation of the bunch
rotating devices carried on and by said table.
Then when the cigar is finished and removed--the operator operates the
treadle and thereby pulls down the sleeve S and withdraws the aforesaid
locking stud (on said sleeve s) from its engagement with the slide 12 and the
latter is thereupon retracted (from the position shown in Fig. 3 into the position
shown in Fig. 2) by its retracting spring as aforesaid and the machine is now
ready to roll the next wrapper on to another bunch, and so on.
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 machine of the class described the combination with a suitable bunch
rotating mechanism, of a horizontal single piece wrapper table in front thereof
mounted to permit its being bodily shifted upon a vertical pivot to vary the
angle of presentation of a wrapper to a rotating bunch.
2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism, of a wrapper stretcher adapted to be traversed in front thereof, and
means to present a wrapper to said stretcher.
3. In a machine of the class described having in combination bunch rolling
means, a wrapper stretcher, and means to reciprocate same in opposite directions
whereby a wrapper passing over it longitudinally is stretched and smoothed
laterally.
4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a wrapper stretcher and means
to traverse it along the front of said carriage.
5. In a machine of the class described the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a wrapper stretcher, and means
to reciprocate said stretcher in opposite directions upon said carriage.
6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, a wrapper stretcher upon the
front thereof; and a wrapper table in front, of said stretcher.
7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a'swinging wrapper table in

page_text: front thereof, whereby the angle of presentation of the wrapper to the bunch is
varied.
8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a traversing wrapper stretcher
in front thereof, and a swinging wrapper table in front thereof and means for
so traversing it, whereby the angle of presentation of the wrapper to the bunch
is varied.
9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a wrapper table mounted in
front thereof upon a supporting pivot adapted to traverse such support and means
whereby a combined swinging and reciprocatory movement upon said pivot is
imparted to it.
10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a pivoted wrapper table, and
intermediate connections whereby the swing of one swings the other.
11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, of a pivoted wrapper table and
intermediate connections whereby the carriage is swung and a combined swinging
and longitudinally reciprocatory movement is given to the said table.
12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a swinging carriage, and a wrapper stretcher upon
said carriage, of a pivoted wrapper table, and intermediate connections whereby
the swing of said carriage traverses said stretcher, and swings said table
13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a pivoted carriage, of a shaft, and an eccentric thereon
engaging with said carriage to swing it upon its pivot.
14. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a pivoted carriage, of a cranked shaft, an eccentric
thereon engaging with said carriage, a wrapper stretcher upon said carriage and
a suitable connection to said crank whereby said eccentric swings said carriage
and traverses said stretcher thereon.
15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted upon a pivoted carriage, a cranked shaft, an eccentric
thereon engaging with said carriage, a wrapper stretcher upon said carriage, a
pivoted wrapper table, and suitable connections whereby said eccentric swings
said carriage and table, and traverses said stretcher.
16. The combination with a bunch rotating mechanism upon a pivoted carriage,
and an eccentric engaging with and swinging it upon its pivot, of a nicking
knife, and a finger engaging with it to operate it.
17. The combination with a bunch rotating mechanism, a paste pot, a conduit
therefrom, and a valve in said conduit, of a swinging wrapper table provided with
a lug adapted to be brought into engagement with the valve stem by the swing
of said table to open said valve.
18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a traversing
carriage table, of a carriage pivoted thereon, a bunch rotating mechanism upon
said carriage and means whereby said carriage is swung laterally as it is moved
back and forth by the traverse of said table in a direct line.
19. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a stationary
wrapper table and a traversing carriage table, of a carriage pivoted thereon, a
bunch rotating mechanism upon said carriage, and means whereby said carriage
is swung laterally as it is moved forward toward or back away from said wrapper-
table by the traverse of said table in a direct line.
20. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a wrapper table
and a traversing carriage table of a carriage pivoted thereon, a bunch rotating
mechanism upon said carriage, and means to vary the swing of the carriage accord-
ing to the shape of the tuck of the cigar.
21. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a pair of con-

page_text: caved rollers upon parallel axes, each comprising an arbor and loose spaced-apart
discs thereon, of solid convex driving rollers to engage with the discs of each
roller to drive them to rotate a bunch.
22. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a concaved roller comprising an arbor
and loose spaced-apart discs thereon of varying radii and arranged in concave
form longitudinally in combination with a solid driving roller convex to fit the
concavity of the disc roller and engage with and drive said discs to rotate the
bunch in contact therewith.
23. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a presser frame and a shaft and an
arbor mounted therein parallel to each other, in combination with loose spaced-
apart discs upon said arbor, and a solid driving roller on said shaft having a
contour to engage with and drive said discs to rotate the bunch in contact with
them.
24. In a machine of the class described the combination of a swinging carriage,
and means to vary its swing according to the shape of the tuck of the cigar.
25. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a plurality of rollers each consisting of
an arbor and loose spaced-apart dises thereon arranged in parallel planes, in
combination with driving rollers upon shafts respectively parallel with said
respective arbors, creating a chamber between said disc-rollers and whereby
the bunch is rotated by them in said chamber, and means to move vertically one
set of driving and disc rollers to open and close said chamber.
26. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a stationary bed;
and a slide adapted to be reciprocated therein, of a bunch table pivoted to swing
upon said slide, and a suitable bunch rotating mechanism carried by said table.
27. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a bunch table, a
bunch rotating mechanism, and means to drive said mechanism, of means to
swing said table into a fixed position and still continue to revolve said rotating
mechanism substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
28. In a cigar bunch rolling machine the combination of a bunch-rotating
mechanism mounted to normally present the tuck of a bunch therein to the
operator, and means to swing said mechanism simultaneously with the rolling
of the tuck to bring said bunch into position where its tuck and head are sub-
stantially equidistant from the operator.
29. In a cigar rolling machine the combination of a table and a bunch rotating
mechanism mounted to stand normally at an angle to the operator, combined with
a mechanism whereby said bunch mechanism is shifted to vary the presentation
of the bunch therein to the operator.
30. In a cigar rolling machine, a table and bunch rotating rollers erected
thereon, creating a bunch chamber between them, and means to shift said table,
combined with a normally stationary wrapper table, whereby the bunch in said
chamber is primarily rolled on to a stationary wrapper with the swing of said
table, and thereafter said table is brought into position to feed the wrapper to
said bunch.
31. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a bed and a reci-
procatory slide mounted thereon, of a carriage table pivoted upon said slide, and
a bunch rotating mechanism. upon said table, whereby the forward movement
of said slide carries said table forward and swings it upon its pivot to vary the
presentation of the bunch rotating devices to the operator.
32. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a bed, a slide
thereon, and a rack upon said slide, of a carriage table pivoted upon said slide, a
pinion engaging with said rack to carry said slide forward, and means to stop it
at a predetermined point when the movement of said slide has swung said table
upon its pivot to a fixed degree.
33. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a bed, an endless
feed apron erected thereon, a slide upon said bed, and a rack upon said slide,
of a bunch table pivoted upon said slide, a pinion engaging with said rack to

page_text: carry said slide forward and swing it into coincidence with said apron, and means
to then stop said compound movement, without stopping the bunch rotating
devices carried by said table.
34. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a bed, and a
flexible drive shaft mounted thereon, of bunch rotating rollers erected upon said
bed, and driven by said shaft, and means to vary the presentation of said rollers
to the operator.
35. In a cigar-bunch rolling machine, the combination with multiple bunch-
rotating rollers concaved longitudinally and creating a bunch-rolling chamber
between them and each consisting of an arbor and discs spaced-apart, and free
to revolve upon it, of a solid convex roller to engage with the discs of each roller,
and means to drive said solid rollers to revolve said discs.
36. In a cigar-bunch rolling machine the combination of a bunch rotating
roller, comprising a shaft, and discs mounted loosely thereon and spaced apart
substantially as shown and described.
37. In a cigar bunch rolling machine the combination of a bunch rotating
roller, comprising a shaft and discs thereon, part of which are secured thereto
and part are rotatable thereon and means to space them apart, substantially as
shown and described.
38. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a bunch rolling chamber comprising
longitudinally concaved rollers upon parallel shafts each consisting of spaced
dises, part of which revolve loosely upon and the remainder revolve with a shaft,
and composing the bottom and front and rear sides of said chamber, and a presser
roller of like construction composing the top thereof.
39. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a pair of rollers
consisting of parallel shafts and spaced discs thereon, part of which are non-
revoluble thereon, of a presser roller upon a shaft parallel with the other shafts
and having spaced discs loosely mounted thereon and a header in alignment with
the centre of the bunch rolling chamber between said rollers.
40. The combination in a cigar-bunch rolling machine of a concaved roller
comprising a shaft and a body composed of loose discs of varying radii spaced
apart on said shaft and creating alternate ridges and grooves constituting its
working face.
41. The combination in a cigar bunch rolling machine of a concaved bunch
rotating roller comprising a central shaft, and a body composed of discs of vary-
ing radii spaced apart upon, and part loose upon, and part secured upon said
shaft creating alternate ridges and grooves constituting its working face.
42. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a plurality of concaved rollers, each
comprising a shaft and spaced discs, part of which are loose and part are splined
thereon, creating a bunch rolling chamber between them, combined with a header,
and a wrapper table and stretcher.
43. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a plurality of rollers each composed of
a shaft and spaced discs part of which are rotatable thereon creating the bed of
the bunch rolling chamber, combined with an upper roller constituting the top
of said chamber and consisting of a shaft and loose discs thereon arranged in
alternation with those of the bed-rollers.
44. The combination in a cigar bunch rolling machine of a bunch rotating
roller comprising a shaft and a body thereon composed of fast and loose sections
spaced apart by loose washers between them.
45. The combination in a cigar rolling machine of a roller comprising a shaft
and a concaved body consisting of spaced discs of varying radii loosely mounted
thereon.
46. The combination in a cigar rolling machine of a roller comprising a shaft
and a concaved body consisting of spaced discs of varying radii, part of which
are secured upon said shaft and the others are loose thereon.
47. The combination in a cigar rolling machine of a concaved body composed

page_text: of spaced discs of varying radii, having their peripheries beveled in varying
degrees, and a shaft upon which they are mounted, part of them revolving with
the shaft.
48. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
of a valve plunger having a conductor in its outer face and having a combined
rocking movement to receive paste into said conduit, and a reciprocating move-
ment to expel it therefrom, and means to actuate said valve.
49. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
of a valve plunger having a conductor normally coinciding with a discharge port
from said reservoir and means to rock it to bring said conductor in coincidence
with an eduction port, and simultaneously shift it longitudinally to expel paste
through said eduction port.
50. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
a valve chamber connected thereto and provided with an eduction port, a valve
plunger having an external conductor in said chamber and means to rock and
reciprocate said plunger to close the reservoir port and open the eduction port
for the forced discharge of paste therefrom.
51. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir
and a valve chamber, a rocking valve therein and a vibratory arm thereon, of
a pair of cams with which said arm engages, and means to vibrate said arm
whereby said plunger is rocked and reciprocated longitudinally.
52. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
of a valve chamber receiving paste from said reservoir, and holding it free from
pressure, a valve plunger therein, and means to rotate it to cut off the supply
port and to open an eduction port, and to shift said plunger longitudinally to
produce pressure upon and expel the paste.
53. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
of a valve chamber receiving paste from said reservoir, and holding it free from
pressure, a valve plunger therein having a conductor in its outer face, an arm
upon said plunger, and a lever connected to said arm whereby when said lever
is moved said plunger is rotated to cut off the supply port and to open an
eduction port, and shifted longitudinally to produce pressure upon and expel
the paste.
54. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a paste reservoir,
a valve chamber, and a port connecting them, of a valve plunger provided with
a longitudinal conductor normally coinciding with said port, an eduction port
from said chamber, a conduit connected to said port, and means to rock said
valve out of coincidence with said reservoir port into coincidence with said
eduction port, and to shift said plunger longitudinally to expel paste from said
conductor, through said eduction port and conduit.
55. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, a header comprising a recessed stationary
body combined with a continuously moving shaper entering said recess, and
means to actuate it to automatically shape or assist in shaping the head of a
revolving bunch by compression.
56. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with an interiorly
recessed stationary header section, of a continuously vibratory arm and a header
section thereon to act upon the head of a bunch rotating in the stationary
section.
57. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with an interiorly
recessed stationary header provided with an aperture, of a continuously operated
vibratory bar playing through said aperture, to deal a succession of blows con-
tinuously upon the head of a revolving bunch.
58. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a header open on
one side and interiorly recessed, of a continuously vibrating striker whereby a
continuous succession of blows is struck upon the head of a bunch rotating in
said header to thereby shape it or assist in shaping it.
59. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a head interiorly

page_text: recessed, of a mechanism whereby a continuous series of blows are struck upon
the head of a cigar-bunch while rotating in said header, and means to operate
it connected to the bunch rolling mechanism.
60. In a cigar bunch rolling machine, the combination with a recessed header
receiving the head of a rotating bunch, of a mechanism whereby blows are
struck continuously upon said rotating head both before, and while, and after the
wrapper is wound thereon.
61. The combination in a cigar bunch rolling machine of a header receiving
the head of a bunch and connected to the bunch rolling mechanism, said header
comprising a stationary section and a movable section, and means to continuously
vibrate said movable section to shape or assist in shaping the head of said
revolving bunch during the period of such revolution.
Total 101 le 1900
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.