US1830446A - Machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes - Google Patents

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US1830446A
US1830446A US416142A US41614229A US1830446A US 1830446 A US1830446 A US 1830446A US 416142 A US416142 A US 416142A US 41614229 A US41614229 A US 41614229A US 1830446 A US1830446 A US 1830446A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/476—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for cigars or cigarettes with a hollow mouthpiece, e.g. recess filter cigarettes
    • A24C5/477—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces adapted for cigars or cigarettes with a hollow mouthpiece, e.g. recess filter cigarettes with a mouthpiece made from plastic, wood or the like
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53313—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
    • Y10T29/53383—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention and means to fasten work parts together

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  • Fig. 1 is a. longitudinal sectional elevation showing a cigarette and a tubular mouthpiece separate therefrom, I
  • Fig; 2 is a similar sectional elevation showing is e cigarette having the mouthpiece applied thereto,
  • Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the machine
  • Fig. 4 is an elevation looking from the right in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 4a is a detail sectional elevation on an enlarged scaleillustrating one of the channels recelving the tubular mouthpieces
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale taken on the line 5-5 of Fig.4,
  • Fig. 6 is an elevation looking from the left of Fig. 5,
  • Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation showing the drum for assorting the mouthpieces
  • Fig. 8 is a partial plan View of Fig. 7,
  • Fig. 9 is a plan view showing a rotary disk and the object of the nnprovereceivin the assorted mouthpieces and conveying t e same to the a paratus for apply ing the mouthpieces to t e cigarettes,
  • i 10 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9,
  • Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale taken on the line 11-11 of Fig;
  • Fi 12 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 12-12of Fig. 11, other object is to vprovidea machine which 1s Fig. 13 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 11, some of the parts being broken away,
  • Fig. 14 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale taken on the line 14-14 of Fig.
  • Fig. 15 is a sectlonal elevation taken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 14, some parts being broken. away.
  • Fig. 16 is a detail conveying means.
  • tubula mouthpieces M are fixed to view of the mouthpiece cigarettes Z such as are shown in Figs. 1 and v 2 the said cigarette being first sliglhtly C011. tracted at one end before applying -t p1ece thereto.
  • the mouthpiece is tapering in form
  • the machine comprises the following mechanisms:
  • an apparatus for assorting the mouthpieces and conveying the same into the apparatus for fixing the same to the cig- I arettes.
  • the said apparatus comprising a drum A adapted to receive the non-assorted mouthpieces and to arrange the same with their reduced ends directed downwardly, a conveying device B in the form of a pair of endless tapes moving longitudinally of the drum A and adapted to receive the mouthpieces delivered therefrom, a storingdevice C in the form of a rotary disk formed with a spiral groove adapted to have the cigarettes placed.
  • a chute or channel D for receiving the mouthpieces from the storing device C and deliveringthe same to the assembling box E, and plungers G adapte to be coated with the glue and to apply the same to the mouthpieces
  • an apparatus for uniting the cigarettes and the mouth ieces comprisin a rum H formed circum erentially with axial channels adaptedto receive the cigarettes, plungers J reciprocating in said chan- Apparatus for aaem tz'ng' nels' for shifting the cigarettes towards the mouthpieces, and the aforesaid assemblirig agparatus in the form of an endless chain apted to receive the mouthpieces and .plungers L adapted to shift the said mouthpieces from the endless chain towards the igarettes and to deliver the same on an endless conveying band N;
  • the assorting and conveyin mechanism is shown in Figs. and 6, and 1 comprises a drum A provided with two end walls 1 and 2 and having its cylindrical wall provided by rods 3 arranged in groups say of three rods located in close relation to one another, the groups being s aced from one another, as is shown at 4.
  • e drum is provided with a tubular hub 5 rotatably mounted on a fixed tubular axis 6 secured to the frame 7.
  • the drum A is adapted to be rotated by means of 9. ar wheel 8 fixed to the end wall 1 and meshing with a pinion 9 adapted to be rotated through the intermediary of gear wheels 10, 11 and 12 from a driving shaft 13.
  • a cylindrical brush 15 is eccentrically mounted which is rotatable on a stationary axis 16 securedto a disk 17 fixed to the tubular axis 6.
  • the hub 18 of the brush 15 is rotatable on the axis 16 and it is adapted to be rotated by means of a gear wheel 19 and a pinion 20 secured to the driving shaft 13.
  • the drum 15 is rotated relatively to the drum A.
  • the cylindrical wall of the drum A is partly covered by a concentric jacket 22 formed at its bottom with a bevelled edge 21, as is best shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
  • the brush 15 is mounted within the drum A so that the distance be- I tween the same and the jacket 22 is not larger than the diameter of the mouthpieces. Therefore only those mouthpieces are held back by the cylindrical brush 15, which are located on the ups of rods 3, while the mouthpieces fal ing into the spaces 4 are car-,.
  • the tubular mouthpieces M deliveredfrom the drum drop into the conveying device B comprising a pair of endless wires 23, the distance between the adjacent portions of the said wires being larger than the smallest diameter and smaller than the largest diameter of the mouthpieces, so that the mouthpieces engaged between the wires are directed with their reduced ends downwardly.
  • the said wires the said mouthpieces are elivered to an inclined chute 25 conveying the same with their reduced ends forwardly to the storing disk C.
  • a nozz e 26 for delivering a blast 0 air through the chute To assist the movement of the mouth ieces within the channel 25 I rovide a nozz e 26 for delivering a blast 0 air through the chute.
  • the storing device 0 consists of a stationary ring 27 formed at its top face with a spiral groove 28, which is broader at its top than at its bottom, as is shown in Figs. 4a and 10, so that the rear or reduced ends of the mouthpieces bear on the bottom of the groove, while the forwardly directed large ends are engaged between the inclined side walls of the groove.
  • a rotary disk 29 provided at its bottom face with bristles 30, by means of-which the tubular mouthpieces delivered from the chute 25 into the groove 28 are continuously moved for to provide a nozzle for blowing a blast of air through the channel D, the blast of air acting incidentally to separate the mouthpieces from each other and to avoid nesting thereof.
  • travelling wires 23 convey the hollow mouthpieces M which drop from the drum A to a point beneath the air blast pipe or nozzle 26 l and above the chute 25.
  • the blasts of air separately and successively assist in the passage of the mouthpieces through the chute to the root surfaces 28 of the storing ring 27 of the storing device C.
  • Obviousl the passage of the mouthpieces between t e storing widened in the same manner as the inlet of the chute and above this widened inlet a blast air pipe may be provided similar to the blast air nozzle 26.
  • the shaft 39 is connected by gear wheels 40 and 41 witha pinion 42 meshing with an internal gear wheel 43 rotatable on the shaft 39.
  • the said internal gear wheel is provided with external teeth 44 engaged by pinions 45 secured to plungers 46, the said plungers being rotatable and axiallyshiftable in flanges 47 and 48 of the drum 38.
  • the plungers 46 are provided with heads 49 having a diameter nearly equal to the diameter of the tubular mouthpieces, and they are adapted to be coated with glue taken from the box E by means of the gluing disk F shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the heads of the plungers being rotated in contact with the said disk for taking glue therefrom.
  • the glue applied to the heads of the plungers is transmitted to the ends of the mouthpieces, for which purpose the plungers 46 having their heads 49 coated with glue are shifted in axial direction.
  • the plungers slides 51 are provided which are guided in longitudinal slots 50 of the rotary drum 38. which slides are provided with noses 52 engaging between collars 53 and 54 fixed to the plungers 46.
  • the said slides carry rollers 55 engaging in a stationary cam groove 56 made in a ring 57 having its hub 58 fixed to a portion 59 of the frame work of the machine.
  • the cigarettes are taken from a storage receptacle 60, and they are placed on an endless conveying band 61 directly or indirectly delivering the same into the open chambers or troughs 62 of the drum 63 mounted coaxially of the sprocket wheel 32, the said drum being rotated together with the sprocket wheel 32 from the shaft 64.
  • the cigarettes located in the channels 62 are pushed, by axially reciprocating plungers 65, into a ring 66 provided with bores corresponding in diameter to the diameter of the cigarettes.
  • the plungers 65 are thus reciprocated in pairs, the pair of plungers 65 being secured to a slide 67 mounted on guide rods 68 and acted upon by a spring 69 tending to pull the same inwardly and to the right in Fig.
  • spring rings 73 are provided the inner dameter of which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the cigarettes, and the said spring rings are adapted to be spread apart by coni cal plungers 74 to permit the cigarettes Z to be inserted into the same by the plungers
  • the conical plungers 74 take part in the rotary movement of the 68, and they are I claim: shifted in axial direction by ins 75 project- 1.
  • the plungers 65 and 74 are controlled by the cam 71 and the stop members 76 which are disposed relatively to each other so that at first the sprin rings 73 are spread b the conical plungers 4, and thereafter the p ungers 65 are advanced for inserting the cigarettes into the rings 73, whereupon the conical plungers 74 are retracted from the spring rings permitting the said springrings to contract and to compress the ends of the cigarettes, as is shown at the bottom part of Fig.
  • the sai plungers 77 are advanced when a cigarette has been fixed within the spring ring 73 and is in alignment with a mouthpiece the said mouthpiece M being first shifted forwardly b the head of the plunger 77 and through the .ollow plunger 74 and on the contracted end of thecigarette while simultaneously spreading the spring ring 73.
  • the plunger 65 provides a stop for holding the ci arette in position while the plunger 77 is being advanced. Thereafter the plungers 65am retracted by the cam disk 71.
  • the plungers 77 are mounted in pairs on slides 80 shiftable on guide rods 81 of the disk 78 and controlled by a cam groove 82 engaging rollers 83 carried by the slides.
  • the plungers 77 are further shifted forwardly, thus shifting the cigarettes Z and the mouthpieces fixed thereto in the direction of the arrow 79 and out of the channels 72 and into the channels 62 of the drum 63.
  • the cigarettes having the mouthpieces fixed thereto drop from the open channels 62 and onto a conveying device such as an endless band N.
  • My improved machine may be directly connected with a cigarette making machine, or the cigarettes may be made on a separate machine.
  • a pair of carriers mounted for moving in unison one beside the other and provided with pairs of aligned channels adapted to contain respectively a cigarette and a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers, and means for pushing the mouthpieces on the cigarettes.
  • a machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a pair of carriers mounted for moving in unison one beside the other and provided with pairs of aligned channels adapted to contain res ctively a cigarette and a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers, plungers adapted to engage the cigarettes and mouthpieces of a pair from opposite sides thereof and to shift the same on each other, and means for operating said plungers.
  • a machine 'forfixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a pair of carriers mounted for revolving in unison one beside the other and provided with pairs of aligned channels adapted to contain respectively a cigarette and a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers, and means for pushing the mouthpieces on the cigarettes.
  • a machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a pair of carriers mounted for moving in unison one beside the other and provided with pairs of aligned channels ada ted to contain respectively a cigarette an a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers, plungers movable with said carriers and adapted to engage the cigarettes and mouthpieces of a pair from opposite sides thereof and to shift the same on each other, and means for operating said plungers.
  • a machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a rotary drum provided circumferentiallywith axial grooves adapted to receive cigarettes, a carried mounted for revolving coaxially of said drum and in unison therewith and provided with axial channels disposed for moving in alignment with said grooves and to receive mouthpieces, plungers mounted for moving with saiddrum in position for shifting the cigarettes placed in said grooves towards said channels, a stationary cam controlling the movement of said plungers, means for driving said drum and carrier, and means for shifting said mouthpieces towards said cigarettes.
  • a machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a pair of carriers mounted for moving in unison one bes de the other and provided with pairs of ali ned channels adapted to contain respectively a cigarette and a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers,
  • rings formed of coiled s rings and havmg a diameter smaller than t e cigarettes and located in position for having said cigarettes inserted into the same with the ends receiv- H ing the mouthpieces, plungers for spreading and rings before inserting the cigarettes and releasing the same after insertin the cigarette's, cam members controlling said plungers, and means for pushing the mouthpiecesno on the cigarettes.
  • the carrier for the mouthpieces is in the form of an endless chain comprising tubular members adapted to receive the i6 mouthpieces.
  • A. machine for fixing tubular mouthpieces to cigarettes comprising a pair of carriers mounted for moving in unison one beside the other and provided with pairs of aligned channels ada ted to contain respectively a cigarette an a tubular mouthpiece therefor, operating means for said carriers, means for appl in glue to the ends of the mouthpieces to e xed to the cigarettes, and means for pushing the mouthp1eces on the cigarettes.
  • a machine for fixing mouthpieces to cigarettes the combination, with the mechanism for fixing the mouthpieces to the cigarettes, of a rotary asserting drum having its cylindrical wall made from rods, a cylindrical brushwithin said drum and rotatable relatively thereto, a jacket part1 coverin said drum and'spaced from sai rods an formed with an inclined edge adapted to engage the mouthpieces passing between said r s, and means for conveying the mouthpieces delivered from said drum to the mechanism for fixing the same to the cigarettes.
  • a machine for fixing mouthpieces to cigarettes the combination, with the mechanism for fixing the mouthpieces to the cigarettes, of a rotary assorting drum having its cylindrical wall made from rods, a cylindrical brush within said drum and rotatable relatively thereto, a jacket part1 covering said drum and spaced from sai rods and formed with an inclined edge ada ted to engage the mouthpieces between sai rods, and means for conveying the mouthpieces delivered from said drum to the mechanism for I P v fixing the same to the cigarettes, said means com rising a pair of endless bands moving longitudinally of said drum at the delivery 05 end thereof and spaced from each other a distance smaller than the largest diameter and larger than the smallest diameter of the mouth races.
  • a machine for fixing mouthpieces to cigarettes the combination, with the mechanism for fixing the mouthpieces to the cigarettes of a rotary assorting drum having its cylindrical wall made from rods, a cylindrical brush within said drum and rotatable relatively thereto, a jacket part1 coverin said drum and spaced from sai rods an formed with an inclined edge adapted to engg-(ge the mouthpieces passlng between said r s, and means for conveying the mouth pieces delivered from said drum to the mechanism for fixing the same to the cigarettes, said means comprising a disk forms with a spiral groove 1n position for having the mouthp1eces deposited therein and a brush in sition for engaging the mouthpieces placed 1n said groove, and means for rotating said brush and disk relatively to each other in a direction for shifting the mouthpieces through said spiral groove.
  • a machine as claimed in ciaim 1 in which the carrier for the mouthpieces is in the form of an endless chain comprising tubular members adapted to receive the mouthpieces, and sprin s provided internal-.
  • the carrier for the mouthpieces is in the form of an endless chain comprising tubular members adapted to receive the mouthpieces, two 5 rocket wheels on which said chain is traine glue a plying plungers revolving coaxially of an m unison with one of said sprocket wheels and in ali ment with said tubular members, means or applying glue to said plungers, and means for reciprocating said plungers towards and away from the mouthpieces within said tubular members.
  • the carrier for the mouthpieces is in the form of an endless chain comprising tubular members ada ted to receive the mouthpieces, two s roc et wheels on which said chain is traine lue applying plungers revolving coaxially 0 an in unison with one of said sprocket wheels and in alignment with said tubular members, means for applying glue tosaid plungers, means for reclprocatmg said 1plungers towards and away from the mout pieces within said tubular members, and means for rotating said glue applying plungers .while reciprocating the same, and relatively fixed glue applying means adapted to be engaged by the rotating lungers.

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US2827904A (en) * 1953-10-08 1958-03-25 Int Cigar Mach Co Cigar mouthpiece feed
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US2981262A (en) * 1958-02-26 1961-04-25 Farkas Francis Cigar tipping machines
US3005255A (en) * 1959-03-16 1961-10-24 Olympic Screw & Rivet Corp Drive rivet assembling machine
US3007476A (en) * 1958-01-28 1961-11-07 Liverant Machine for applying mouthpieces to cigars
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US3270405A (en) * 1963-10-25 1966-09-06 Webster Ltd Edward Machine for assembling lipstick components
US3362413A (en) * 1966-03-29 1968-01-09 Belgo Internat Machine for inserting filter elements into cigar holders
US3398753A (en) * 1964-11-28 1968-08-27 Hauni Werke Koerber And Co K G Method and apparatus for assembling mouthpieces with tobacco rods
US3513856A (en) * 1968-05-06 1970-05-26 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Machine for inserting filter plug sections into plastic cigar mouthpieces
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US2674755A (en) * 1949-02-04 1954-04-13 Theodore F Schlicksupp Hopper discharge for elongated rods
US2683924A (en) * 1949-12-30 1954-07-20 Gen Motors Corp Machine for assembling nipples on cables
US2827904A (en) * 1953-10-08 1958-03-25 Int Cigar Mach Co Cigar mouthpiece feed
US2891557A (en) * 1955-05-02 1959-06-23 Int Cigar Mach Co Cigar mouthpiece feed
US3007476A (en) * 1958-01-28 1961-11-07 Liverant Machine for applying mouthpieces to cigars
US2981262A (en) * 1958-02-26 1961-04-25 Farkas Francis Cigar tipping machines
US3005255A (en) * 1959-03-16 1961-10-24 Olympic Screw & Rivet Corp Drive rivet assembling machine
US3054167A (en) * 1960-07-29 1962-09-18 Bryner Ernest James Capping machine
US3029500A (en) * 1960-08-23 1962-04-17 Halm Instrument Co Resistor capping means
US3095884A (en) * 1961-07-17 1963-07-02 York Production Engineering Co Cigar tipping machine
US3097654A (en) * 1961-08-11 1963-07-16 Cons Cigar Corp Cigar tip applying machine
US3270405A (en) * 1963-10-25 1966-09-06 Webster Ltd Edward Machine for assembling lipstick components
US3398753A (en) * 1964-11-28 1968-08-27 Hauni Werke Koerber And Co K G Method and apparatus for assembling mouthpieces with tobacco rods
US3362413A (en) * 1966-03-29 1968-01-09 Belgo Internat Machine for inserting filter elements into cigar holders
US3513856A (en) * 1968-05-06 1970-05-26 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Machine for inserting filter plug sections into plastic cigar mouthpieces
US9282769B2 (en) 2011-03-15 2016-03-15 Altria Client Services Llc Biodegradable cigar tip

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