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Description

B. LIBERMAN.

MEANS FOR BUNCHING CIGARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJQ. I9IB.

1,318,777. I Patented 0G1}. 14,1919.

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' INVENTOR 60m WM MQM fi ATTORNEY BERNARD LIBERMAN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR BUN 'CHING CIGARS.-

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

' Patented 065.14, 1919.

hpplicationfiledAugust 19, 1918.. Seria1 Iva 250,443.

operator and without waste of material, also method and means for securing, with the minimum waste of timeand material, the binder of desired length with respect to the length of the bunch and so that the, b nder will have the desired amount of overlap at each end of the bunch. That, is to say, so that the margin of the binder shall extend a required distance beyond each end of the bunch, and means whereby the bunch and binder 'measuring means are simultaneously adjusted. The said improvements are equally applicable to tapered bunches, and t straight bunches. r

The present invention comprlses modification and improvement in the invention de scribed in my co-pending application Serial No. 249,934: filed August 15th, 1918.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate, merely by way of example, suitable means for the embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a bunching table having beveled side stripscontaming my improvements. h

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view In perspective of the strip extension.

Fig. 3 is a section on 111163, 3 of F ig. 1. s

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view in perspec' tive of a table showing straight guides.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View of the end extension of a straight strip.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As explained in the said co-pending application the side guides or forming strips 7 are adjustably secured by means of the nuts 8 and slots 9,'to the punching table 10 and are adapted to flank the'bunching apron 11. These strips 7 form a continuation of the apron surface at each side thereof, for giving the required taper to the bunch rolled thereon. Thewidth of the forming strips and the, degree of inclination are made to correspond to. the length and degree of taper required'for the bunch. These strips may be interchanged withother strips of different dimension and shape to meet the requirements of the dimension and shape of cigar desired. I

By the present invention the extension 12 of strip 7, which projects into the'end of the bunching pocket 13, is provided withthe wall 14 which closes thesmaller outer end of the tapered channel 15. This wall 14 has a substantial thickness, in the present example about one-eighth inch which results in the following important and useful functions. In the first place thesewalls 14 form a definite limit to the length of the body of filler assembled in the pocket. They prevent 7 portions of the filler extending beyond the pocket orthe desired length of the bunch.

They eliminate the waste of the operators time in pinching off extending ends and redistributing same within the pocket. They also serveto secure a more uniformly filled pocket and consequently a bunch of more even density, since in pinching off extending end portions of the filler, portions are liablev to be pulled. out of the bunch therebyleaving open or unfilled spacesin the end thereof. The other advantage is this. .The

binder is measured over theouter margins A of the forming strips 7 and severed to correspond to'the dimension so measured. As the walls 14: are approximatelyone-eighth of an inch thick it is obvious that the bunch or body of filler terminates at each'end an eighth of .an inch within the outerjmargin of strip 7, and'c'on'sequently the binder will extend beyond each end of the bunch the corresponding distance of one-eighth of'an "inch, or the thickness of the wall 14, thus givingthe desired overlap of the binder over I the bunch. This overlap is substantially accurate and constant Without being scant at one time or overfull and wasteful at another.

The adjustment of the strip 7 causes a simultaneous adjustment of the means for de fining or determining the length of the bunch and the width of the binder which willalways be relative.

, Where it is desired to form a perfectly straight bunch, that is without tapered ends, the bunch is rolled upon the apron entirely between the inner margins of the strips 16.

In such case the forming strips are made without bevels, for example, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. It is also convenient to make them the width of the thickness of the wall portion 17 extending into. the pocket 13. In this case the wall 17 has its peripheral margin corresponding with the wall of the pocket so that the filler throughout the pocket 13 between the walls 17 at each end thereof is of perfectly straight formation; since the width of strip 16 corresponds to the thickness of wall 17 it follows that when the width of the binder is measured and determined by the outer margins of the strips 16, the bunch, which is measured and deter ined by the distance between the inner faces of walls 17, will be shorter than the binder to the extent of the aggregate thickness of said walls and consequently the binder will extend beyond the bunch at each end a distance corresponding to the thickness of said wall 17. As the bunch is rolled upon the table between strips 16, with the binder about it, the binder will be crimped about theends of the bunch by said strips 16. This is also a desirable feature.

It will also be understood that the straight strips and beveled strips may be used in any desired combination to secure the shape of bunch desired.

By the use of the method and means herein described it is possible for a girl operator to acquire the art of cigar bunching readily and thoroughly in about one quarter the time that is required by the average man operator by the methods and means now commonly employed.

Moreover, where a long filler is used in forming the bunch, a considerable amount of scrap accumulates in handling the tobacco. This scrap cannot readily be utilized in forming the bunch by the methods now commonly employed, and therefore has to be disposed of at a substantial loss. By the method and means herein described this scrap may be distributed in among the long filler in the pocket in forming the bunch, and thus this waste is eliminated.

strip and extension having a straight and continuous upper outer margin.

.2. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron, substantially parallel strips flanking the apron and adjustably se cured to the table and having extensions 7 projecting into the bunching pocket to form closures for each end of the pocket.

3. The combination defined in claim 2, in

vwhich the inner closing face of each extension lies in a plane a substantial distance from the outer margin of said extension.

4. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron, substantially parallel strips flanking the apron, and adj ustably secured to the table and having extensions projecting into the bunching pocket, said strips having continuous and straight upper outer margins with their top surfaces inclined from said upper outer margins downwardly to their inner margins and to the plane of the upper surface of the apron.

5. The combination defined in claim 4, in which the extensions are provided with tapered pockets with walls closing the outer smaller ends thereof.

6. In combination with a bunching table and a bunching apron, means adjustable within the bunching pocket for providing definite but adjustable limits for the ends of the filler, and parallel strips flanking the apron and connected with said adjustable means, having outer margins separated a substantial distance greater than the distance between the limits for the ends of the filler.

7. The combination defined in claim 6, in which the outer margins of the strips are sufiiciently elevated above the table and sharply defined to provide means for measuring and severing the binder from the leaf.

BERNARD LIBERMAN.

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