US1530875A - Pocket cigarette machine - Google Patents

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. 4 1,530,875 J. A. ZIEGLER POCKET CIGARETTE MACHINE March 24, 1925.

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IUNITYED'ISTATESV PATENT OFF aroma: A. ZIEGLER, or Deanna, VIRGINIA.

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POCKET CIGARETTE MACHINE.

To all whom it may Be it known concern: I that I, JORA-M A. ZIEGLER, a United States, residing at Durmid, in the county of Campbell and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pocket Cigarette Machines, of which the following is-a specific'ation.

This invention has reference to cigarette machines, and more particularly for indi-.

vidually forming and wrapping cigarettes as needed for the user. I

In accordance with the invention, the machine comprises a suitable easing of a size and shape to be conveniently carried in the pocket of the user,;and capable of containing a suflicient supply of tobacco in a form which in which may be enclosed in paper in such manner as to produce numerous tubular cigarettes with the meeting edges of the paper sheets locked together, against liability of displacement, by means of crimping mechanism actuated by the movement of the parts in depositing the tobacco in the paper, wrappingthe paper about the tobacco in inclosing relation thereto, and finally producing a fastening crimp.

In the operation of the device, the tobacco is deposited on the paper sheet into turn the paper is shaped in the former, the paper being drawn from a-suitable reservoir of paper sheets and guided and shaped into a tubula formation, after which the tobacco, in sntl icient quantity, is packed into the paper forming the tube, whereupon the filled paper tube is gripped in a manner to complete the tube in embracing relation to the tobacco, and the mechanism constituting the cigarette former is bodily moved about its longitudinal axis with the paper tube held closed about the deposited tobacco and upset or reversed with relation to its first position. This permits, during subsequent operations, a second paper tube to be formed and filled with tobacco while the first cigarette has its edges closed together and crimped against spread ing or separating. The operations are susceptible of repetition so long asthe supply of paper and tobacco in the cigarette ma-' chine lasts. It is quite possible to provide a pocket size of cigarette machine with a supply of paper and tobacco to produce numerous cigarettes, ready for use, without refilling the machine.

ments to be showing of the drawing,

Applieation'filed MarchBl, 1922. Serial No. 548,363.

The mechanism within the machine and contained within the casing, comp-rises a rotatable agitator, consisting of a toothed drum, traversing a comb plate so arranged as to strip the cut or shredded tobacco from the teeth, leaving the tobacco in the path of a reciprocatory vibrating yoke, having the function-of compacting the fed tobacco into a mechanismknown as a filler-former, in turn positioning the cigarette paper for receiving the tobacco, until the paper is filled with tobacco.

The filler-former is an effectively cylindrical member,'composed of two parts rockable on each other about a central longitudinal axis, and comprising two diametrically opposite matching parts, one operating to shape the cigarette and the other to receive the paper and tobacco preparatory to the shaping and closing operation. In operative relation to the finishing action on the cigarette, there is provided crimping mechanism for the meeting edges of the paper, whereby the paper envelop is made to close and lock the paper against accidental displacement, -While the initial steps of forming the cigarette are being performed on the oppositegor higher part of the former before it is, moved to the discharged position.

In connection with the cigarette machine there is rovided certain mechanisms responsive 0 hand manipulation for supplying the driving impulses in the required direction, these impulses not only causing the placing of the paper and the deposition of the tobacco, but causing the agitation and distribution of the tobacco to properly feed the latter into the: paper tubes forming the envelopes of the cigarette.

The interior mechanism of the machine includes gearing appropriate to the move-- produced, with such gearing properly distributed and connected for accomplishing the' purposes of the invention.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, with "the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the but may be changed and modified, so long as such changes and modifications mark n0 matesections of the filler-former platform or apron rial departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a pocket cigarette machine embodying the invention;

Fig.2 is an elevation of the machine, as viewed from the end hidden in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the ma chine;

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machine;

.Fig. 5 1s a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7--7 of F ig. 4; v

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 4;

Figs. 9' to 18, inclusive, are enlarged cross and paper receptaele, showing different phases of the operation thereof;

Figs. 14 and 15 are different sections, each on an enlarged scale, of details entering into the construction;

Fig. 16 is a detail view of a toothed drum and associated parts forming part of the machine.

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of a follower for feeding the cigarette sheets. Referring to the drawings, there is shown a casing 1, which may be of any suitable shape, but is preferably made of a shape and size convenient to the pocket of the user, and may conform to the customary shapes adopted for the carrying of cigarette tobacco, although any particular shape is not obligatory. Ordinarily the casing 1 is of rectangular cross section in one direction and oval or rounded in the other direction, giving ample room for a tobacco chamber 2 at one end, a rotatable agitator or picker drum 3 near the tobacco chamber to receive tobacco therefrom and deliver it to a toothed drum 4, with the teeth of the first-named or picker drum 3, intermeshing with the second-named or feed drum 4, the two drums occupying the mid portion of the casing 1. The drum 4 is ordinarily located' above a made up of two members 5, 6, respectively, approaching each other and separated by a throat 7 of which the apron 6, terminates in upstanding spaced fingers 8, between which, teeth 9, carried by and radiating from the drum 4, move;

The picker drum 3 is provided with radial picker teeth 10 within the upper portion of the casing 1, and protected by a cover plate or shield 11 from engagement with tobacco lodged in the upper end of the casing 1. (See Fig. 6.)

Access to the interior .of the casing 1 is obtained by way of a passage 12, normally move through the throat 7 into one closed by a slidable door 13 having edge grooves 14, coacting with spaced rods or supports 15 extending lengthwise of the in-.

so that into a the ner face of the top .of the casing, after the introduction of tobacco reservoir 2 in' the top of the casing, passage 12 may be closed by the slide 13.

\Vithin the casing below the drum 4, is a vibrating yoke 17, provided with a packing edge 18, (see Fi s. 6, 9 and 12) of a length about equal to tie length of a finished cigarette. This yoke is supported at the ends by arms 19, pivotally carried by screws 20, in turn carried by such, for instance, as interior plates 21. The arms 19, at the ends remote from the yoke 17, are each connected to one end of an extension spring 22, which latter is connected at the other end to a hook 23, or other fixed part of the casing 1, so that there is imparted'to the yoke 17, a constant tendency in one direction, but which tendency is counteracted by rollers 24 en aging in any one ofa series of successive depressions 25 in the end peripheral parts of the drum 4, whereby on the rotation of the drum 4, the yoke 17, has imparted to it a vibrating movefixed parts of the casing,

ment caused in one direction by the springs 22 and in the opposite direction by the depressions 25.

The'packing edge 18, is so located as to or the other of the two' diametrically opposite peripherally entering cavities 26 in a fillerformer 27, rotatable about the axis of a shaft 28, mounted below the throat 7 for such rotation. The filler-former 27, best shown in Figs. 9 to 13,'comprises' two elongated, diametrically opposed trough-shaped channels 29, on opposite sides of the shaft 28, and flanked by longitudinal grooves '30. The two members of the filler-former 27 are capable of rocking toward and from each other to bring the edges of the grooves 30 into abutment or to space them apart. One long edge of each pair of grooves 30 is exteriorly milled, as indicated at 30 Fig. 4.

The trough-shaped members 30 are connected at one end to a head 31, and are also coupled together at the other end by intermeshing gear segments 32, (see Fig. 5) on shafts 33, so that the members 29 are constrained to move simultaneously though in opposite directions, whereby to cause the two opposed grooved members 30 to approach into edge contact, while .the opposite members 30 recede from each other.

' The head 31 has diametrically opposite notches 31, both in the path of a tooth 31 on one end of a lever 31, pivoted to the end plate 21, and constrained by a spring 31. The lever 31 has a projection in the'path of one of the segments 32, to cause rocking of the filler-former on its axis, to move the lever 31 out of a notch 31, so that at the pinion 46 meshing with the other shaft 33, so that the shafts 33 move 80 proper time, the filler-former may be released for rotation, but otherwise is held against rotation by the tooth 31 in the respective notch 31.

he gear segments 32 are fast to respective shafts 33, which extend from one end to the other of the filler-former 27, the segments 32 being located at one end of the fillerformer, while at the other end thereof the shafts 33 carry rockable pawls 34, on diametricall opposite sides of the shaft '28. Fast to t at end ofthe shaft 28, adjacent to the pawls 34, is a pinion '35 meshing with a gear wheel 36, and another pinion 36 separately mounted on a spindle 37, journaled in a bearing or support 38, carried by an adjacent end plate of the casing 1. The spindie 37 also carries two adjacent matching ratchet blocks 39 and 40 normally separated y an expansion spring 41, or as shown in Fig. 4. The shaft 28, at. the end carrying the pinion 35, is journaled in a plate 42, fast to the support 38. M

ounted in and extending lengthwise of the filler-former 27, are the two shafts 33, located on opposite sides of the shaft 28, each of said shafts 33 carrying at each end a a like pinion 46 on in unison, and the two members of the fillerformer are constrained to rock oppositely with relation to each other.

- shaft 47 carries a turn carrying a pinion The drum 4 is mounted on and fast to a shaft 47, journaled at walls of the casing 1. Within the drum 4 the shaft 47 carries a spring casing 48, enclosing a coiled spring 49, having one end fixed to the drum 48, seated in a longitudinal groove 50, in a countershaft 51, mounted on the shaft 47, within the drum 48, so that when it is desired to renew the spring 49, in case of breakage, the parts may be separated and the new spring ma be slipped intoplace. I

t the end of the shaft 47, "adjacent to the corresponding end 52 of the casing, the

Wise made fast to it. The pinion 53, meshes with a gear wheel 54 on a stub shaft 55, in 56 within a chamber 57, interior to the end plate 52, and the pinion 56 meshes with a gear wheel 58 mounted on the countershaft 51..

he gearwheel 58 carries a ratchet wheel 59, While the gear wheel 57, carries pawls 60 urged to engage the ratchet wheel 59, by springs 61, so that motion is transmitted from the stub shaft 55, through the pinion 56, tothe gear wheel 57 a through the ratchet 59 and associated parts. The gear wheel 57 is in mesh with an idler 62, and by the gear wheel 62, in turn in mesh with a pinion 63, carried by a stub shaft 64, on which is fast a one-way clutch 65 arranged to'mesh with a companionclutch member 66, fast to a star the ends in the end and the other end pinion 53', keyed or other-' wheel 67 (best shown in vFigs. 14 and 15), which star wheel is in the path of the pawls 34. The clutch members 65 and 66, arenormally held apart by an expansion spring 68, and are brought into engagement at will by a rock lever 69, connected to a rod 70 and extendin through one wall of the easing into accessi le position and terminating in a push button 71, which push button is mounted in a boss 72. The boss is large enough to accommodate another push button 73, in accessible position, with the second-named push button connected by a rod 74, to a rock arm 75, controlling the clutch members 39 and 4:0. j

Mounted in the end Wall 52, is a rotatable disk 76, provided with a foldable crank handle 77, accessible from the exterior of the.

casing 1, and provided with may be housed in a recess 79 in the disk 76, when not in use, and which may be withdrawn from the recess for manipulation when it is desired to rotate the disk 76. Fast to the disk 76 is the ratchet block 40, which through the companion ratchet block 39 im-; parts motion to the serves to store up power in the spring 49.

The picker drum 3 is mounted on a shaft drivenby a gear wheel 81 located in a cavity 82 between an end wall 83 of the easing 1, remote from the end wall 52, the other wall of the cqity being defined by a plate 84, separated from the wall 83 by spacers 85. Into the same cavity 82 the shaft 47, carr ing the drum 4, extends, and this shaft 47, carries a pinion 86 therein. The shaft 47 withthe drum 4, is driven in the opposite direction from the direction of rotation of the picker drum 3, by intermeshing idlers 87, 88, within the cavity'82, so that on rotation of the shaft 47, which constitutes the driving shaft of the machine, the picker rum is caused to rotate at a lower rate which in the particular showing of the drawingmay be about one-fourth as fast as the drum 3 to separate and agitate the finely cut tobacco used.

a knob 78, which filler former 27, and also voir 89 with suitably compacted, folded sheets 90 of paper. (cigarette paper), direct-- ed between guide plates 91 beneath an adjacent rubber-covered feed roller 92, by which the paper is directed over and in contact with the filler-former to the other feed roller 93 and beneath the vibrating yoke 17.

The parts are timed in action so that a sheet of paper is 'fed into the upper portion, of the filler-former by the rollers 92, 93, the yoke 17 being raised in the meantime, and the drums 3 and 4 cause the deposition of tobacco from the reservoir onto the paper as the yoke compacts the. charge of tobacco,v

after which the upper compartment of the filler'former closes, the yoke 17 being withdrawn to perm-it the closing 0f.the filler tobacco, means in the finished "cigarette is ultimately former. This closing of the upper compartment of the filler-former draws the upstanding meeting edges 94 together, leaving these edges in face-to-face contact and projecting above the filler-former. Vhen this has occurred the sequence of action causes a partial rotation of the filler-former until the cigarette forming portion of the fillerformer has rotated, "in the closed condition, to the inverted position, whereupon the edges 94 are subjected to the action of a knurled roll 95 carried by a slidable plate 96 at the bottom of the casing 1 and is drawn lengthwise thereof, the plate 96 having fast thereto a scroll crimper 97 serving to hold the projecting ends 94 of the paper envelope of the cigarette into an interlocking fold sufficient to hold the paper envelop in encircling relation to the tobacco, whereby the latter is retained when the cigarette is finally discharged. Such discharge is accomplished on the withdrawal of the scroll folder 97 due to the sliding of the cove). 96 from the bottom of the machine. \Vlicn 15- charged, the timing of the operation causes the reclosing of the filler-former at the bottomand the opening of the filler former at the top of the machine in position to receive a sheet of cigarette paper and acharge of tobacco. The formation of another cigarette follows, ing of the tobacco in the paper tube and the fastening of the'meeting'edgcs of the paper tube by crimping.

These operations all follow each other with great rapidity, and are caused by a toand-fro rocking movement of the handle or lever 77,. which may be extended at the time for the'purpose, so that it is only a matter of a moment to produce-the cigarette ready for use.

Assuming that there is a suflicient supply of paper sheets and of tobacco in the machine, numerous cigarettes may be produced in succession at one filling. The reservoir 89 for the sheets of cigarette paper Opensithrough the casing l, and is "provided with a cover 98 held in place by a slide or catch 99.

The paper 90 is pressed in the feeding direction by a spring-pressed follower 100 in the reservoir 89.

-W'hat is claimed is 1. Apocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a reservoir in the casing for the casing for feeding the tobacco from the reservoir, means in the casing for delivering sheets of cigarette paper into position to receive the fed tobacco, a filler-former in the path of-the fed sheets of paper to shape each sheet into the form of a tobacco-receiving tube, means to join the edges of the paper sheet to close the tubes, and mechanism for rotating the fillerwith a repeating of the enclosformer to a position to discharge the finished cigarette from the casing.

2. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a reservoir in the casing for tobacco, means in the casing for feeding the tobacco from the reservoir, means in the easing for delivering sheets of cigarette paper, one at a time, into position to receive the fed tobacco, afiller-former in the path of the fed sheets of paper, to shape the latter each into the form of a tobacco-receiving tube in the filler former, means operative in conjunction with the filler-former to join the edges of the paper sheet, and mechanism for rotating the filler-former to a position to discharge the finished cigarette from the casing.

3. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a reservoir for tobacco in the easing, means in the casing for feeding the tobacco from the reservoir, means in the easing for delivering sheets of cigarette paper, one at a time, into position to receive the fed tobacco, a filler-former with means to shape the paper sheets each intotobacco receiving tubes within the filler-former, means to fold the meeting edges of the paper sheets into interlocking relation about tobacco confined in said sheets, and mechanism for discharging the finished cigarette from the casing.

4. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a reservoir in the casing for tobacco, means in the casing for feeding the tobacco from the reservoir, means in the casing for delivering sheets of cigarette paper, one at a time, into position to receive the fed tobacco, a filler-former in the casing with means to shape the paper sheets into tobacco-receiving tubes within the filler-former, means operative in conjunction with the meeting edges of the paper sheets into interlocking relation about tobacco confined in said sheets, and means for rotating the filler-former and discharging the finished cigarette from the casing.

5. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a easing, a reservoir in the casing for tobacco, means in the casing for feeding sheets of cigarette paper, one at a time, into position to receive the tobacco, a fillerformer in the path of the fed sheet of paper, means for bacco intothe paper sheet for lodgment of the sheet and tobacco therein into the filler-former, means of the paper sheet together while in the filler-former in enclosing relation to the tobacco therein, and mechanism for ultimately discharging the finished cigarette from the casing.

6. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a reservoir in the casing for tobacco, means adjacent to the reservoir for agitating and feeding the tobacco away compacting the fed to-' filler-former to fold the i for crimping the edges and from each from the reservoir, means in the casing for feeding sheets of cigarette paper, one at atime, into position toreceive fed tobacco, a rotata l'e filler-.former in the path of the fed sheet of tobacco, means for Compacting the fed tobacco into the paper sheet for lodgment-of the paper sheet and tobacco therein into the filler-former, means for crimping the edges of the paper sheet together while in the filler-former, and mechanism for imparting rotary motion to the filler-former and ultimately discharging the finished cigarette from the casing. In a cigarette machine, a filler-former for wrapping tobacco in successive paper sheets, comprising: two similar opposed members with longitudinally grooved, facing portions to complete the cigarette, and means for opening and closing the fillerformer to receive and discharge the cigarette.

8. In a cigarette machine, a filler-former formed of two like parts, rockable toward other, and adapted to open to receive tobacco and cigarette sheets in forming a cigarette close to shape the cigarette, with the aper in the form of a tube and the to acco enclosed therein,- and means to rotate the filler-former to discharge the cigarettes from the machine.

9. In a cigarettemachine, a filler-former for wrapping tobaccojn succession in paper sheets, comprising a longitudinally divided, cylindrical member hinged together inthe plane of division for rocking the members toward or from each other, for approach and "'recessionfin alternation, whereby to open and close opposite sides of the tillerformer.

10. In a cigarette machine, a fillerformer composedof two elongated, diametrically opposed trough-shaped channel members arranged on opposite sides of an axially located shaft and flanked by longitudinal matchin for the reception of cigarette paper and tobacco enclosed thereby to form cigarettes.

11. In a cigarette machine, a fillerformer composed of two elongated, diametrically opposed trough-shaped channel members arranged on opposite sides of an axially located shaft and flanked by longitudinal matching grooves to produce channels for the reception of cigarette paper and tobacco enclosed thereby to form cigarettes, said filler-former being provided with shaft on opposite sides of its longitudinal center line, intermes'hing gear segments at one end, and

pawls and an intermediate star wheel at h the other end. 7

12. In a cigarette machine, a casing, with a tobacco reservoir at one end, agitating means for the tobacco located adjacent to the tob and to subsequently grooves to produce channels.

and said shafts having a comb for the tobacco coacting with t e agitating means, packing means for the tobacco, and means for providing enclosingsheets of cigarette paper for the tobacco to complete the cigarette.

13. In a cigarette machine, a'casin vwith a tobacco reservoir at one end, agitating means for the tobacco located adjacent to acco reservoir, a comb for the tobacco coacting with, theagitating means, packing means for the tobacco, a fillerformer, and means cooperating with the filler-former to feed-sheets of cigarette paper thereto and to feed tobacco into the sheets of paper.

the reservoir,

"14. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir in the casin a filler former in the casing,-means for ceding cigarette paper to the fillerformer, means for feeding tobacco into the, cigarette paper fed to the' fillenformer, and means for rolling and discharging formed cigarettes from the machine. j

15. A pocket cigarettemachine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir in the casing, a filler-former. in the casing, means for feeding cigarette paper to the filler-former,

means for feeding tobaccointo the cigarette paper fed to the filler-former, and means for rolling and discharging formed cigarettes from the machine, said machine havin crimping mechanism to seal the edges of the cigarette paper after the deposition of the tobacco therein.

16. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir in the easing, a filler-former in the casing,,means for feeding cigarette paper to the filler-former, means for feeding tobacco into the cigarette paper fed to the filler-former, and means for rolling and discharging formed cigarettes from the machine, said machine having a scroll for folding the meeting edges of the cigarette paper and a roller for compressing the folded edges to interlock them. and 7 thereby seal the meeting edges of the paper.

cigarette forming machine having means for feeding tobacco from a reservoir thereof, means for feeding cigarette papers into the path of the fed tobacco, and a discharge end for the-completed cigarette pro vided with an opening having a slidable closure, a scroll on the closure to receive and fold the meeting edges of the cigarette paper in surrounding relation to tobacco therein, and a compression roller for compacting and sealing the overlapping edges of the paper by the longitudinal movement of the roller.

18. In a cigarette machine, a filler-former aving longitudinal cavities therein and rockable about a longitudinal central plane to enlarge and contract said cavities, and apacking device movable into and out of said cavities to shape cigarette paper sheets and bacco leaving from the reservoir and provided with ciga-'= rette shaping cavities, means for directing sheets of cigarette paper mto the cavities, means for compacting tobacco fed from the 'reservoir onto said sheets of paper, means for spreading the cavities to receive the paper and tobacco and to close the cavities ,to wrap the paper about the tobacco deposited on said paper sheets, means for inverting the filler-former with the sheets wrapped about the tobacco,'means for sealing the meeting edges of the paper sheets to complete the cigarettes, and discharge means for the cigarettes located at the end of the casing remote from the tobacco reservoir.

20. In a cigarette machine, a casing of a shape and size to fit the pocket of the user, a tobacco reservoir, means for feeding to bacco from said reservoir to an intermediate part of the casing, a filler-former in the path of the tobacco fed from the reservoir and provided with cigarette shaping cavities, means for directing sheets of cigarette paper into the cavities, means for compacting tobacco fed from the reservoir into said sheets of paper, means for spreading the cavities to receive the paper and tobacco and to close the cavities to wrap the paper about the tobacco deposited on said paper sheets, means for inverting the filler-former with the sheets wrapped about the tobacco, means for sealing the meeting edges of the paper sheets to complete the cigarettes, and discharge means for the cigarettes.

21. In a cigarette machine, a casing adapted to fit the pocket of the user, a to bacco reservoir in the casing, a picker drum in underlying relation to the reservoir, a distributer drum underlying the picker drum,

a vibratory packing yoke associated'with the distributer drum, a rotatable filler-former for receiving the tobacco from the distributer drum, means for opening and closing the filler-former, and means for completing and discharging the cigarette from the eas- 2-.

pocket size, a tobacco reservoir therein. a picker drum within the casing in position to'receive tobacco from'the reservoir, a distributer drum in the casing in'position to receive tobacco from the picker drum, a-

filler-former in the casing in the path of to the distributer, means for feedilggsheets of cigarette paper to the fillerfor the tobacco, to produce an cigarette paper in position, means 22. In a cigarette machine, a casing of packing means former, means for rotating the filler-former to invert 1t, means for securing the edges oi:

the cigarette paper wrapped about the tobacco in the filler-former, and means 'opcr-- able to cause the discharge of the completed cigarette from the machine.

23. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir therein, means in the casing for placing a sheet of cigarette paper in position, means for depositing tobacco thereon, means for wrapping the paper around the tobacco to form a cigarette, and means for agitating the tobacco between the tobacco reservoir and the position Where the tobacco is deposited on the sheet.

24. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir therein, means in the casing for placing a sheet of cigarette paper in position, means for depositing tobacco thereon, means for wrapping the paper around the tobacco to form a cigarette, and'means for agitating the to bacco between the tobacco reservoir and the position Where the tobacco is deposited on the sheet. said last-named means comprising a picker drum and a distributer drum agitation of the tobacco.

25. A pocket cigarette machine comprising a casing, a tobacco reservoir therein. means in the casing for placing a sheet of for depositing tobacco thereon, means for wrapping the paper around the tobacco to form a cigarette, and means for agitating the tobacco between the tobacco reservoir and the position where the tobacco is deposited on the sheet, said last-named means com-. prising a picker drum and a distributer drum for the tobacco, to produce an agitation of the tobacco, and connections between the two drums to cause the distributer drum to rotate a plurality of times faster than the picker drum.

26. In a cigarette machine,

the combination of a casing, a tobacco reservoir, feeding means for cigarette paper to receive the tobacco, forming means for the cigarette paper-to shape it to enclose the tobacco, and packing means for depositing the tobacco in the cigarette paper, all of said means operating wholly within the casing.

27. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a casing, a tobacco reservoir, feeding means for cigarette paper to receive the-tobacco, forming means for the. cigarette paper to shape it to enclose the tobacco, and for depositing the tobacco in the cigarette paper, said, machine also including sealing means for the cigarettes and discharging means for the delivery of the completed cigarettes from the machine- 28. In a cigarette machine. a filler-former comprising a rotatable member, rockable members on opposite sides thereof and havmg matching grooves participating 1D. the

rocking movements, means for depositing cigarette papers and tobacco thereon into the grooves, and means for moving the filler- Former to open and close the grooves.

29. In a cigarettemachine, a filler-former comprising a rotatable member, matching members on opposite sides of the rotatable member and provided with cigarette formmg grooves, means for opening and closing the grooves in alternation, means for feeding cigarette papers to bridge the grooves, and timed in operation to enter the grooves when the latter are open, the machine having feeding rollers for the paper spaced apart to a greater extent than the width of the groove when open. ee s- 30. In a cigarette machine, a rotatable filler-former having matching members exterior thereto and rockable about an intermediate longitudinal axis independent of the rotatable movement of the filler-former as a whole, said exterior members being provided with longitudinal matching grooves, and means for causing the rocking movements of the exterior members in alternation to open and close the grooves.

31. The combination of a former having grooves shaped to form a cigarette, said former being constructed to open and close, means for feeding paper to the former while closed, means for delivering tobacco to the paper while on the former with the former open, and means for compacting tobacco and forcing the paper with the tobacco thereon into the grooves of the former.

32. The combination of a rotatable former having grooves shaped to form a cigarette, said former being constructed to open and close, means for feeding paper to the former while closed, means for delivering tobacco to the paper while on the former with the former open, means for compacting tobacco and forcing the paper with the tobacco thereon into the grooves of the former, and means for rotating the former after the cigarette is formed and before the paper is secured.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoingas my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

J ORAM A. ZIEGLER.

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