CN102813280A - Cigarette-making machines and methods of using the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
Cigarette-making machines that provide improved safety and improved user ergonomics are disclosed. A disclosed example cigarette-making machine of the tobacco-injecting type includes a faceted handgrip that projects upward from a top surface of the machine and partially encloses a pivot axis of an actuator. The faceted handgrip being configured to enable a user to apply a counter-rotational force to the machine to prevent the machine from sliding on a surface as the actuator is operated. In a disclosed embodiment, the faceted handgrip includes a knob having a plurality of facets and a semi-circular riser integrally formed between the knob and the top surface, an axis of the knob substantially coinciding with the pivot axis of the actuator. The semi-circular riser may circularly extend around or partially enclose an end of a shaft and a nut that couples an end of the actuator to the shaft.
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Technical field
Relate generally to injection type cigarette machine of the present invention, and more specifically, relate to improved injection type cigarette machine and method for using thereof.
Background technology
Injection type cigarette machine is known.The name of authorizing Kastner of issue on January 24th, 1956 is called the United States Patent(USP) No. 2 of " cigarette machine "; 731; 971 have described a kind of family expenses cigarette machine, and this cigarette machine will equal a part of loose tobacco compacting of a cigarette and utilize plunger the tobacco that is compacted to be injected the cigarette tube that is shaped in advance subsequently.Between the influx time of a part of tobacco, the empty cigarette tube that is shaped in advance is maintained at the place, an end of the hollow tube of cigarette machine.In case the tobacco that is compacted is injected the cigarette tube that is shaped in advance fully, then cigarette tube just is released so that aspirated or be stored from cigarette machine and is used for its later suction.
The name of authorizing Kastner of on April 7th, 1964 issue be called " cigarette machine " United States Patent(USP) No. 3,127,900, issue on October 25 nineteen eighty-three authorize the United States Patent(USP) No. 4 that the Kastnerd name is called " cigarette machine "; The name of authorizing Kastner of issue on May 6th, 411,278 and 2003 is called the United States Patent(USP) No. 6 of " cigarette machine "; 557; 560 pairs at United States Patent(USP) No. 2,731, and the cigarette machine described in 971 provides multiple improvement.For example, United States Patent(USP) No. 3,127,900 have described the modification for above-mentioned cigarette machine, so that it is suitable for utilizing and has the filter-tip cigarette tube that is shaped in advance and make cigarette.United States Patent(USP) No. 4,411,278 have described the cigarette machine identical with above-mentioned universal class, but have provided new manufacturing approach, to be used for reducing significantly the production cost of existing equipment.All aforementioned patent are all expired.Although aforementioned patent provides the various useful improvement (aforementioned patent has obtained significant business success) of injection type machine, such machine still has up to now an open question still.
Summary of the invention
A kind of cigarette machine of the user ergonomics that the security that has improved is provided and has improved is disclosed.The exemplary tobacco injection type cigarette machine that is disclosed comprises the facet handle, so that improve security and ergonomics.The facet handle projects upwards and the rotating shaft of the actuated piece of part encapsulate machine from the top surface of machine.Thereby the facet handle is configured to make the user to apply contrary revolving force prevents that machine from sliding from the teeth outwards or rotate when actuated piece is operated.In disclosed embodiment, the facet handle comprises knob and semicircular standpipe, and said knob has a plurality of facets, and said semicircular standpipe is formed between knob and the top surface.The axis of knob can overlap with the rotating shaft of actuated piece basically.Semicircular standpipe extends around the end and the nut of axostylus axostyle circumferentially, or partly encapsulates the end and the nut of axostylus axostyle, and said nut is connected to axostylus axostyle with the end of actuated piece.The method for using of the cigarette machine that has improved is disclosed on the other hand.
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Fig. 1 shows the injection type cigarette machine of prior art.
Fig. 2 shows the perspective view according to the improved injection type cigarette machine of the embodiment that is disclosed.
Fig. 3 shows the method instance of the embodiment that uses Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shows the top plan view of the embodiment of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5-8 shows front view, side view, rearview and the opposite side view of the embodiment of Fig. 2 respectively.
Fig. 9 shows the bottom view of the embodiment of Fig. 2, and part shows inner building block.
Figure 10 is the sectional view along the embodiment of Fig. 2 of the line 300-300 intercepting of Fig. 5.
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The use of existing cigarette machine causes the injured of machine customer once in a while, and especially user self fails to be familiar with the operation of machine, fails fully to read operating guidance, fails fully to read safety guide, or fails to note the warning that proposes at this.With reference now to Fig. 1,, it shows U.S. Patent number 3,127, the use of the machine shown in Fig. 8 of 900, and there are two potential danger in cigarette machine 10 during use for such user.In that afterwards, the user holds displacer handle 16 in hand with first with a certain amount of tobacco padding and compacting chamber 12 (compacting member 14 in said compacting chamber 12 move), displacer handle 16 is orientated in the starting position.The user can be placed on his or her another hand on the machine 10 subsequently, prevents that machine 10 from sliding from the teeth outwards so that apply downward power above that during the turning clockwise of displacer handle 16.As shown, with his or her hand contiguous compacting chamber 12 and hollow tube 18 on the corner of machine 10, injector spoon parts (not being illustrated) are outstanding through 18 spoons of parts of pipe improperly for some users.In the position of shown hand, the user possibly receive from compacting chamber 14 weigh wounded and/or from the scratching property injury of injector spoon parts.For this reason, injection type cigarette machine has warning when being sold or otherwise being provided, and for example is arranged in sticker or paster on the machine, and is used to instruct the operating guidance with the unfamiliar user's proper operation of alarm machine.
Although warning is effectively significantly reducing the user aspect injured substantially, warn often to cause that a lot of users operate machines improperly, cause damage or other fault of machine.Particularly, some notice that the user of warning possibly trend towards operating machines excessively modestly.For example, user's hand that possibly only be used on the displacer handle 16 is operated machines.These excessively careful users possibly in the handle 16 that turns clockwise, on handle 16, apply downward power, slide from the teeth outwards during the turning clockwise of displacer handle 16 to prevent machine 10.Although on handle 16, apply the slip that downward power has prevented machine 10 really, downward power causes the extra wearing and tearing and the breakage of the machine part (for example rotating shaft, axle bush, linkage assembly etc.) that connection handle 16 is linked to each other with compacting chamber 14 with being out of favour.The manufacturer of a lot of cigarette machines provides freely the assurance to the machine place under repair/replacement that damages for the user, and this causes the loss taken in.For this reason, be desirable to provide and improve the ergonomics aspect, improve user security and reduce the machine of incorrect machine operation.Disclose at this and to have overcome the exemplary injection type cigarette machine of these defectives at least.
Fig. 2-8 shows the embodiment that is disclosed of the injection type cigarette machine 100 that has improved, and a collection of tobacco that is used for single cigarette here is compacted in compacting chamber, utilize injector to be injected in the preformed paper cigarette tube subsequently.Example machine 100 comprises the shell of general rectangular, and this shell comprises top 110 and bottom 130.Upper and lower 110,130 can be processed by any suitable material, for example metal, plastics etc.Top 110 comprises substantially smooth top surface 112 and dangles downwards respectively and substantially perpendicular to forward and backward, the right side and the left side 114,116,118,120 of top surface 112.As shown, bottom 130 also comprises dangles downwards respectively and 114,116,118,120 outward-dipping forward and backward, the right side and the left sides 132,134,136,138 from forward and backward, the right side and left side.Like this, the sidepiece 132-138 of the sidepiece 114-120 on top surface 112 and top 110 and bottom 130 is defined for the internal cavities of the moving-member (for example link assembly, cam, motion arm, injector etc.) that holds machine 100.The building block of machine 100 is known (see, for example, the patent of being discussed before this), therefore, and in order briefly not go through at this.As shown, bottom 130 can comprise base portion 102, and base portion 102 can removably be attached to the bottom of bottom 130, and its purpose is to provide the contact to moving-member, to be easy to cleaning, maintenance, repairing etc.Base portion 102 can be processed by any suitable material, but preferred base portion 102 is anti-skidding materials, and rubber etc. for example is to reduce the moving from the teeth outwards of machine 100 during use (for example sliding).
As what in Fig. 2-4, further illustrated; Top surface 112 comprises aperture 142; Said aperture 142 limits the opening portion that leads to compacting chamber (not being illustrated), and compacting member 144 translations in compacting chamber are so that extruding is disposed in a certain amount of tobacco in the compacting chamber 140.Machine 100 contiguous front side 114 on the left side 120 on top 110 comprises the pipe 146 of a hollow, and hollow tube 146 is communicated with compacting chamber 140.In addition, clamping component 148 is configured to adjacent tube 146.Like what known, tobacco section that be compacted, general cylindrical is passed hollow tube and is moved from compacting chamber 140 by means of injector (Fig. 9,230) and gets into the paper cigarette tube that is arranged on the pipe 146.Clamping component 148 is cooperated with pipe 146 so that during injecting tobacco, on pipe 146, keep prefabricated paper cigarette tube.As shown, machine 100 also comprises actuated piece 150 and facet handle 160 on top surface 112.Actuated piece 150 can rotate the angle through about 180 degree in the plane above the top surface 112, so that drive inner building block, especially, actuated piece 150 is connected with compacting member 144.
As shown in Fig. 2 and 4; Actuated piece 150 can be along arc path (that is, move or rotate around rotating shaft) from initial orientation (that is, substantially backward and outstanding to the right) to the compacting orientation (promptly; Give prominence to the right and a little forward substantially) motion; And move to discharge orientation (that is, giving prominence to forward and a little left substantially) subsequently, represent partly to represent with the dotted line that is labeled as " S " among the initial Fig. 2 of being oriented in; The compacting orientation uses the dotted line that is labeled as " C " to represent partly to represent, discharges orientation and representes partly to represent with the dotted line that is labeled as " I ".When actuated piece 150 was in initial orientation S, compacting chamber 144 was regained (that is, translation backward) fully, to allow loading compacting chamber 140 with tobacco.Because actuated piece 150 rotates to compacting from initial orientation S and is orientated C, compacting member 144 moves forward (that is, towards the front side 114), so as in compacting chamber 140 flat tobacco.Because further rotating to from compacting orientation C, actuated piece 150 injects directed I; Compacting member 144 keeps substantially that motionless and injector (not shown) translates across compacting chamber 140 and hollow tube 146 left, so that the tobacco that is compacted moved into the paper cigarette tube that is arranged on the pipe 146.Opposite (promptly through the edge; Counterclockwise) I moves actuated piece 150 to direction from the injection phase; Displacer is retracted the entering internal cavities, and the cigarette of make accomplishing can be removed from managing 146, and compacting member 144 by translation backward so that make machine 100 prepare to make another root cigarettes.
Can recognize that minimize the base portion 102 of (for example rubber) although have the optional slip that makes, machine 100 still possibly move with being out of favour from the teeth outwards during the rotation of actuated piece 150.For this reason; Facet handle 160 is configured to that the user can be as it be shown in fig. 2 goes out catches facet handle 160; So that machine 100 is applied contrary revolving force, thereby get rid of significantly or reduce rotatablely moving of machine 100 during cigarette manufacture and do not cause damage machine 100 (for example the axle bush 152 of Fig. 5, inner building block etc.); If downward power is applied to actuated piece 150, said damage then appears substantially.In addition, facet handle 160 is configured on the top surface 112, so that the ergonomics of having improved is provided for the user of machine 100.In addition, facet handle 160 provides the means of machine 100 easy to carry and transport.
In order to improve ergonomics, the position of facet handle 160 overlaps with the rotating shaft of actuated piece 150 basically.But facet handle 160 can be embodied as away from rotating shaft.In addition, although rotating shaft and facet handle 160 are positioned at left rear corner in the disclosed embodiment, rotating shaft and facet handle 160 also can be positioned at other place, as considering represented by internal structure or other products design.Exemplary facet handle 160 is circular substantially and has a plurality of facets 161 that on the periphery of handle 160, limit.Because (thumb is outer) finger and thumb of user falls into the position in the corresponding facet 161 easily, facet 161 has significantly increased the ability that the user caught or held tight in one's hands handle 160 securely, and thereby, apply contrary revolving force through handle 160 pairs of machines 100.For example, do not have facet 161, handle 160 can easily rotate in user's hand or slide.In addition, facet 161 has significantly alleviated the fatigue of hand, wrist or arm during usage example property machine 100.
In disclosed embodiment, facet handle 160 comprises knob 162, and knob 162 has the outer surface that is arranged in knob 162 or a plurality of facets 161 on the edge; With semicircular standpipe 164.Six facets 161 of preferred existence are so that make abilities such as thumb, forefinger catch knob 162 naturally, easily and securely.As shown, semicircular standpipe 164 can be formed between knob 162 and the top surface 112.In other words, facet handle 160 can be one with top surface 112.Alternatively, facet handle 160 (comprising knob 162 and semicircular standpipe 164) for example bonding agent capable of using, welding, screw, bolt, pin etc. are fixed to top surface 112.In some instances, facet handle 160 can be removable.The exemplary approach that removable facet handle 160 is installed is described below in conjunction with Figure 10.The axis of facet handle 160 corresponds essentially to the rotating shaft of actuated piece 150.The rotating shaft of actuated piece 150 is connected to axostylus axostyle 200 corresponding to axostylus axostyle 200 (Fig. 9) through nut 154 and axle bush 152 (Fig. 5) actuated piece 150.As shown; Semicircular standpipe 164 around rotating shaft (promptly; Nut 154, axle bush 152, actuated piece 150 are connected to the end of the axostylus axostyle 200 on it; End with actuated piece 150) extends circumferentially and partly encapsulate rotating shaft (that is, nut 154, axle bush 152, actuated piece 150 are connected to the end of the axostylus axostyle 200 on it and the end of actuated piece 150).Semicircular standpipe 164 comprises opening 166, and actuated piece 150 is given prominence to and passed opening 166 and can center on the rotating shaft rotation.Although exemplary facet handle 160 has metal finishing face (finish) smooth or polishing, other finishing and/or surface treatment (for example napping, fill up etc.) can be used to further improve holding tight in one's hands the property of facet knob 160.In addition, facet handle 160 can have the finishing (part) and/or the rubber element of rubbery.For example, knob 162 can have the coating of rubbery, and facet 161 can have the appligue or the insert of rubbery, and/or can have one or more rubber strip (its reeve and/or be applied to the outer surface of the knob 162 with facet 161).
With reference now to Fig. 9,, the plane of the internal cavities of machine 100 is provided, part shows inner building block.As directed, arm 210 is connected to axostylus axostyle 200 pivotally at its first end, and axostylus axostyle 200 is connected to actuated piece 150 at far-end above top surface 112.Connecting rod 220 at one end is connected to second end away from axostylus axostyle 200 of arm 210 pivotally.Second end of connecting rod 220 is connected to injector 230 pivotally.Because actuated piece 150 is from compacting orientation (Fig. 2; Indicated by C) rotate to and inject orientation (Fig. 2; Indicated by I); Arm 210 and connecting rod 220 are hinged and will discharge spoon 230 and translate across compacting chamber 140 and hollow tube 146, so that with the tobacco paper fillers cigarette tube that is compacted, the paper cigarette tube is disposed in manages on 146.As known, guarantee that to hold bar 240 be spring-loaded and link to each other that purpose is during with the tobacco ascending pipe, on hollow tube 146, to keep the paper cigarette tube with clamping component 148 at various traditional injection type cigarette machines (for example at the machine shown in Fig. 1).In addition; In this traditional machine, guarantee that holding bar 240 (or coupled member) provides stop part, excessively rotates (promptly so that prevent actuated piece 150; Actuated piece 150 moved to cross injects orientation I) (the transition rotation causes connecting rod 220 that displacer 230 is excessively extended into the paper cigarette tube); Because this excessive rotation can cause, for example, to the damage of filter end of pipe.In an embodiment of machine 100; In order to prevent that actuated piece 150 from excessively rotating (promptly; Actuated piece 150 moved to cross inject orientation I); Securing member 182 is configured on the front side 114 middle on a left side and right side 120,118, makes the head 186 of securing member 182 that the forward backstop to actuated piece 150 (positive stop) is provided, and provides guaranteeing of backstop to hold bar 240 to substitute.That is, with reference to the embodiment shown in the figure 9, head 186 is inwardly outstanding, catching second end of connecting rod 220, as illustrate.By this way; Head 186 is caught second end of connecting rod 220; To prevent that arm 210 contact tubes from keeping bar 240; Because arm 210, connecting rod 220 and guarantee that the contact of holding between the bar 240 possibly cause that the paper cigarette tube is released from managing 146 prematurely, or cause that arm 210, connecting rod 220 and bar 240 constraints (bind) cause incorrect operation together and/or to the damage of inner building block.
Figure 10 is the sectional view of the injection type cigarette machine 100 of Fig. 2 along the line 300-300 intercepting of Fig. 5.The only part of machine 100 is illustrated in the sectional view of Figure 10.As shown in Figure 10, semicircular standpipe 164 can comprise have any amount of slit 310 flange 305 of (what for example, illustrate is two).Flange 305 has the basal surface (not shown), and basal surface is used for when the facet knob 160 that comprises semicircular standpipe 164 and flange 305 is fixed to machine 100, flushing basically with top surface 112.
As shown in Figure 10, each slit 310 all has first end and second end, and the head 315 that the shape of first end or size allow to be fixed to axostylus axostyle 310 passes slit, and the shape of second end or size correspond essentially to axostylus axostyle 310.For the facet knob 160 that will comprise flange 305 securely is fixed to machine 100, the length of the part between the basal surface of top surface 112 and head 315 of axostylus axostyle 310 equals the thickness of flange 305 basically.Through any means, for example nut, threaded screw, rivet, welding, bonding agent etc., axostylus axostyle can be fixed or be attached to top surface 112, or other inner member of machine 100.Through first end of slit 310 being aimed at head 315 and being rotated facet knob 160 subsequently, comprise that the facet knob 160 of flange 305 can be fixed to machine 100 to be fixed to machine 100 in second end that axostylus axostyle 310 is bonded on slit 310 and then with facet knob 160.First end of preferred slit 310 and second end are oriented to feasible operation of making the actuated piece 150 of cigarette and facet knob 160 are not broken away from from machine 100.In other words, for applying contrary revolving force to facet knob 160 in actuated piece 150 rotations, manufacturing cigarette preferably cause the direction of contrary revolving force identical with the direction that facet knob 160 is fixed to machine 100 with 160 rotations of facet knob.
Although be not shown and described at this, injection type cigarette machine 100 for example can comprise that the name of submitting on April 10th, 2006 is called the U.S. Patent application No.11/401 of " cigarette machine ", the adjustable compacting chamber of describing in 126 44 of volume.
A kind of method for using of improved injection type cigarette machine 100 is provided on the other hand.At first, machine 100 should for example, be positioned at initial orientation S through actuated piece 150 is rotated into by user's preparation or ready so that receive a part of tobacco.The paper cigarette tube is disposed on the hollow tube 146 and a part of tobacco is disposed in the compacting chamber 142.The user places first hand (for example user's the right hand) on the actuated piece 150 and place second hand (for example user's left hand) on facet handle 160.Second hand is being placed on 160 last times of facet handle, the user can rotate them on handle 160 hand makes its thumb and (outside the thumb) finger aim at one or more facet 161.When rotary-actuated 150 of user (for example in horizontal plane along clockwise direction), the user can use its another hand to apply contrary revolving force (for example, in horizontal plane along counterclockwise) to facet handle 160.During the rotation of actuated piece 150, the user can be off and on or is applied contrary revolving force to facet handle 160 basically continuously, slides to prevent machine 100, is filled, processes complete cigarette until the paper cigarette tube by tobacco.
All lists of references (being included in this publication of quoting, patent application and patent) are thus through with reference to being merged, the degree of merging reached just as each list of references represented separately and particularly with this through with reference to merged and globality be illustrated.
Although disclose some exemplary equipment, product and method at this, the coverage of this patent is not limited to this.On the contrary, this patent covers interior all devices, product and the method for scope of the claim that reasonably falls into this patent.
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1. cigarette machine comprises:
Shell, said shell comprises the top surface with aperture;
Actuated piece, said actuated piece rotate around rotating shaft above said top surface;
Compacting chamber in said shell, said compacting chamber and said orifice;
Compacting member, said compacting member are disposed in the said compacting chamber and with said actuated piece and are connected, and said compacting member is according to the motion of said actuated piece and translation;
The pipe of hollow, the pipe of said hollow are configured on the said shell, contiguous said aperture, and the pipe of said hollow is communicated with said compacting chamber; With
The facet handle, said facet handle encapsulates said rotating shaft from said top surface to upper process and part.
2. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle comprises:
Knob, said knob have a plurality of facets that are defined above that, and the axis of said knob overlaps with said rotating shaft basically; With
Semicircular standpipe, said semicircular standpipe is formed between said knob and the said top surface.
3. cigarette machine according to claim 2, wherein:
Said rotating shaft comprises axostylus axostyle, and said axostylus axostyle has the end that extends through said top surface;
Said cigarette machine also comprises nut and axle bush, so that the end of said actuated piece is connected to the end of said axostylus axostyle;
Semicircular standpipe is configured to extend circumferentially around the end of the end of said nut, axle bush, axostylus axostyle and actuated piece and partly encapsulate the end of said nut, axle bush, axostylus axostyle and the end of actuated piece; And
Said semicircular standpipe comprises opening, and said actuated piece is given prominence to through opening and can be rotated around said rotating shaft.
4. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle comprises:
Knob, said knob have a plurality of facets that are defined above that, and the axis of said knob overlaps with said rotating shaft basically; With
Semicircular standpipe; Said semicircular standpipe and said knob form and have a flange; Said flange has the slit that is limited at wherein; So that the axostylus axostyle through extending from said top surface is connected to said top surface with said facet handle, said axostylus axostyle at one end has head, and said slit has size and corresponds essentially to first end of said head and second end that size corresponds essentially to said axostylus axostyle.
5. cigarette machine according to claim 4; Said first end of wherein said slit and said second end are oriented to and make that to put on the contrary revolving force of said facet handle in the operating period of making cigarette identical with the direction of rotation of said facet handle, so that said facet handle is connected to said top surface.
6. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle comprises opening, said actuated piece is outstanding also can be around said rotating shaft rotation through said opening.
7. cigarette machine according to claim 1, the axis of wherein said facet handle overlaps with said rotating shaft basically.
8. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle are substantially circular and comprise the facet of a plurality of tangentials.
9. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle comprises the knob with a plurality of facets.
10. cigarette machine according to claim 1, wherein said facet handle is configured on the left rearward of said top surface.
11. a cigarette machine, it comprises:
Shell, said shell comprises the top surface with aperture;
Axostylus axostyle, said axostylus axostyle has the end that extends through said top surface;
Actuated piece, said actuated piece rotates above said top surface;
Nut and axle bush, said nut and said axle bush are connected to said actuated piece the end of said axostylus axostyle;
Compacting chamber in said shell, said compacting chamber and said orifice;
Compacting member, said compacting member are arranged in the said compacting chamber and with said actuated piece and are connected, and said compacting member is according to the motion of said actuated piece and translation;
The pipe of hollow, the pipe of said hollow are configured on said shell, contiguous said aperture, and the pipe of said hollow is communicated with said compacting chamber;
The facet knob, said facet knob has a plurality of facets that are defined above that, and the axis of said knob overlaps with said axostylus axostyle basically; With
Semicircular standpipe; Said semicircular standpipe and said knob form; Said semicircular standpipe is configured to extend circumferentially around the end of the end of said nut, axle bush, axostylus axostyle and actuated piece and partly encapsulate the end of said nut, axle bush, axostylus axostyle and the end of actuated piece; Said semicircular standpipe comprises opening, and said actuated piece is given prominence to through said opening and can be rotated.
12. a method of utilizing injection type cigarette machine to make cigarette, said cigarette machine comprises: shell, and said shell comprises the top surface with aperture; Actuated piece, said actuated piece rotates above said top surface around rotating shaft; Compacting chamber in said shell, said compacting chamber and said orifice; Compacting member, said compacting member are disposed in the said compacting chamber and with said actuated piece and are connected, and said compacting member is according to the motion of said actuated piece and translation; The pipe of hollow, the pipe of said hollow are configured on the said shell, contiguous said aperture, and the pipe of said hollow is communicated with said compacting chamber; With the facet handle, said facet handle encapsulates said rotating shaft from said shell extension and part, and said method comprises:
Prepare said cigarette machine so that receive tobacco;
In said compacting chamber, arrange tobacco;
On said hollow tube, arrange the paper cigarette tube;
Hold the residence in hand with first and state actuated piece;
Hold the residence in hand with second and state the facet handle;
Move said actuated piece with said first hand; And
With second hand said facet handle is applied contrary revolving force, so that prevent the rotation of said cigarette machine when actuated piece moves.
13. method according to claim 12, said method also are included in said second hand of rotation on the said facet handle, so that at least one finger in the finger outside thumb or the thumb is aimed at a facet in the said facet.
14. method according to claim 12, said method also comprises:
First end of the slit that will in the flange of said facet handle, limit is aimed at the head of the axostylus axostyle that extends from said top surface; And
Rotate said facet handle with respect to said top surface, so that in the opposite end of said slit, engage said axostylus axostyle.
15. method according to claim 14 is wherein identical with the direction of said contrary revolving force for the rotation of the said facet handle of the said axostylus axostyle of joint in the opposite end of said slit.
16. method according to claim 12, said method also comprises:
Rotate said facet handle with respect to said top surface, so that will be disengaged from first end of said top surface axostylus axostyle that extends and the slit that the flange of said facet handle, limits; With
Remove said facet handle from injection type cigarette machine.
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