US134502A - Improvement ifsi buwgh-mold machines for cigars - Google Patents

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Bunch-Mold Machines for Cigars. No. 134,502. Patented Decls1,1872.

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Bunch-Mold Machines for Cigars.

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PATENT @Errea JOHN VETTSTEIN, OF HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. E34-,5102, dated December 31, 1872.

\ Myinvention relates to an apparatus by which the iilling-bunches of cigars are pressed and set into the proper form to receive the wrapp er. The lirst part of my invention consists in the form ation of the mold, which is made in two parts,

having counterpart cavities each the size and form of half the molded illin g for a cigar. At the point end the parts terminate in moderately sharp or angular edges, which, although they are not intended to cut ott' the superfluous tobacco, yet so nearly divide or closely press it that the point is neatly formed, and the surplusage readily clipped off with scissors. The second part of my invention consists in combining a number of such molds with a rotary frame or wheel, so that the molds may be brought in succession to the hand of the operator. The third part ot' lny invention consists in providing a heater, by which the filled molds are heated so as to set the filling in form.

Figure l is a side view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section through the wheel, showing a modification in which steam is used to heat the molds. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion ot' my apparatus.

Ais the frame, supporting an arbor, B, (that may be hollow and connected with a steampipe, to convey steam to the hollow rim c of the Wheel C, as shown in Fig. 2, d being' a pipe, communicating from the hollow in the arbor to that in the rim.) The hub D ot' the wheel turns on the arbor B, and is connected by spokes E to the rim F. This rim has side iianges, forming between them a peripheral groove or channel, c, to convey to the molds the heated currents from a lamp beneath. G is the fixed part of the mold, which is attached to the rim F. g are upwardly extending anges, which act as guides to the moving parts H of the mold. The recess g of the part G, and that h in the under part ofthe part H, (not shown,) are similar in form to one-haltl ot' a cigar divided longitudinally, and together form a matrix for forming the bunch or lling. The mold when closed is open at one end, and at the other end has jaws I I', which pinch the point of the bunch and give it the proper tapering form. These jaws, although having an edge, are not intended to cut oit the surplusage, but to deeply indent the lineV between the surplusage and the point, so that the latter may hold its form, and the surplusage may be readily removed by scissors. Near each end of the moving part H are guide-rods J, sliding in sockets J of the fixed part G. The lower ends of the rods J are connected together by a cross-bar, K, into which screws a screw-head, L. M is a bar, pivoted to the head L, and to the lever N, whose end is fulcrumed in the lug O. The fulcrum o of the lever is at such distance from the wheel that the lever N moves through somewhat more than a semicircle, so that its end fallspast the line of direction in which the molds act, by weight and pressure, of the bunch, to move the lever, so that the action of the mold is lto hold the end ot' the lever against the wheel when in either of its Xed positions. The distance between the mold and the lever is regulated by the screw-head L, which, after the bar' M is disconnected from the lever, may be screwed into the bar K. Beneath the wheel is a lamp P, to heat the molds after they are tille'd. The heated currents from the lamp P passup the peripheral channel and communicate heat to the molds both before and after they have reached the lamp in their rotation.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: The operator stands before the wheel andf inserts the bunch of filling into the mold; he then turns down the lever N, which closes the mold and compresses the bunch into form. The jaws I I tightly pinch the tobacco at the point, so as to `leave a very thin line to be subsequently cut through to remove the surplusage from the point. When the mold is filled, another mold is brought to the top by the partial rotation ofthe wheel. The lever N is then raised to open the mold, and the molded bunch removed; and so, as the wheel is turned, the molds are lled and turned down over the lamp to set the bunch.

In Fig. 2 is shown a modifica-tion in which the arbor B is hollow, and the inside of the hub has a circular groove, df, to conduct the steam from a hole, d, in the arbor to the pipe d, leading to the annular chamber c, formed by surrounding the rim by the plate f. The

I I', uprights J, and sockets J', as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The molds G H I I' supported on a wheel or rotary frame, and operated substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of bunch-filling molds,

supporting-Wheel, and the heating-lamp P, or described equivalent, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN WETTSTEIN.

Witnessesi SAML. KNIGHT, R. T. BRADLEY.

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