US1838110A - Feeding channel for continuous rod cigarette machines - Google Patents

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US1838110A
US1838110A US429296A US42929630A US1838110A US 1838110 A US1838110 A US 1838110A US 429296 A US429296 A US 429296A US 42929630 A US42929630 A US 42929630A US 1838110 A US1838110 A US 1838110A
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Rupert E Rundell
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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
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1807—Forming the rod with compressing means, e.g. garniture

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  • This invention relates to feeding channels for continuous rod cigarette machines, its objects being, first, to make these channels readily removable from, and returnable to, their operating position by a simple manipulation without taking them off from the machine; second, to so arrange the parts that the cigarette paper is accurately guided and cannot Warp during its passage through the channel; and third, to provide means for automatically stringing the paper strip, or leading it into the guide tracks of the feeding channel.
  • the first object is achieved by attaching the feeding channel to two stationary studs on the frame of the cigarette machine by means of two parallel links so that it can be bodily moved into and out of position by pushing a handle in the desired direction.
  • the second object is accomplished by making the channel of a U-shaped cross-section with covers over the U-shanks, the length of the U being exactly equal to the width of the cigarette paper so that the edges of the paper strip touch, and are positively guided by, the covers of the channel.
  • the third object is attained by equipping the receiving end of the channel with a pair of stringing guides having pointed,outward ly projecting ends, so shaped as to compel the edges of the paper strip to fold around them and thereby to enter the guide grooves of the channel, when merely folding the strip and pulling it forward between the stringing guides.
  • the manipulation of the feeding channel therefore requires but a single movement without refitting and readjustment of parts, and can be accomplished in a minimum of time even by an inexperienced operator.
  • the added stringing guides save another considerable amount of time since, with them, the paper strip finds its position in the channel quickly by itself without the more or less laborious process of threading its edges into the channel grooves by hand.
  • the channel is held in its operating position by tightening the nuts on the fulcrum studs of the shift links.
  • a snap lever may be attached to the channel body or to one of the links so as to engage with a latch on the machine frame when in the working position, the said snap lever being released by turning or tilting the operating handle in a well known manner prior to manipulating the same for moving the channel into open position.
  • Fig. v1 is a side elevation of the improved feeding channel
  • Fig. 2 is a top view of the receiving end of the same seen from line 22 of Fig. 1; V
  • ' 3 is an end elevation seen from line Fig. 4 is across-section, in enlarged scale, of the feeding channel taken on line 4,4 of Fig. 1, showing the special shaped stringing guides;
  • F 5 is an end view diagram, in enlarged scale, seen from line 55 in F ig. 1, showing the manner in which the paper strip is guided into feeding position, five consecutive stages of the strip being shown;
  • Fig. 6 is a cross-section, in enlarged scale, of the feeding channel on line 6-6 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 7 is cross-section, in enlarged scale
  • Figs. 8 to 13 are details showing a modified arrangement of the paper guide grooves of the feeding channel.
  • a tobacco feed means for guiding a continuous strip of cigarette paper adjacent to said tobacco feed to receive a charge of tobacco, and means permitting the "cigarette paper guiding means to be moved out of op-' erative position to facilitate adjustment of the paper.
  • said cigarette paper guiding means comprises a trough and guiding members cooperating with the sides of the .trough to properly guide the cigarette paper, :and additional means to properly guide the cigarette paper between the sides of the trough and the guiding memhers.
  • the cigarette paper guiding means may be further provided with a plurality :of pivoted levers connected thereto, whereby the guidingmeans may be readily moved out of operative position.
  • Ihe improved feeding channel which runs along the entire length 'ofthe tobacco feed 1 in which the filled tobacco is prepared for charging and from which it is fed to the paper, consists of the body 6 forming a U- shaped trough 7 on which are mounted the top guide bars 8 having the guide plates 9 projecting partway into the trough 7.
  • the bottoms of the bars 8 are slightly wider than the tops of body 6 so that a clearance space is established between the bottom tip of each guide plate 9 and thenearest side of the filling trough 7.
  • the channel body 6 is provided with holes .11 which allow the tobacco to fall out when cleaning the channel for a new start.
  • the .body 6 is mounted on bearing brackets 12 to which are pivoted links 13 fulcrumed on studs 14 mounted on the frame 15 of the cigarette machine.
  • the studs 14 having the clamping screws 16 which hold the links 13 in their upright position when the machine is in operation. WVhen the feeding channel is lowered by means of the handle 17 into the start-preparing position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the body 6 rests on the stop pin 18 mounted in frame 15.
  • the channel body 6 carries an arm 19 on which is mounted .a roller .20 forguidingthepaper strip P into the feeding channel.
  • the paper strip P is led into the channel 6 by the guides 21 attached to the ends of bars 8 within "the channel.
  • the guides 21, Figs. 1, 2, 1 and 5, form the continuation of the guide plates 9 and have the pointed ends 22. These ends are so shaped that the paper strip P, when foldedup double and pulled with the closed edge down in the forward direction,enterslbetween the guides as shown at 1 in .Fig. 5, :then works down between the humps 23asshown in position II of the strip, and, afterihavingpassed thehumps,theedges of the strip are turned-outward by the humps, position. III, and, by the pulling action on the strip, are gradually led around the bottom edges24 of guides '21 as seen in IV, until they have entered the guide grooves formed by plates 19, when the strip is in its final working position V.
  • This action of the paper is due in part to the fact that the portion of the paper to the rear of the :guides 21 is held fiat by the roller .20 just before it enters the channel while at the same time the portion of the paper strip beyond the-guides on which-theoperator pulls during stringing is held against the bot-tom of thechannel in broad U shaped formation,
  • the tobacco charged paper trough P is carried by the conveyor belt 25 running over pulley 26 into the rod former 27 whose base is of similar cross-section as body 6, and the forming trough 28 of which projects a small distance into the feeding channel 7, so that the pap'ci naturally enters from the latter into the former and no separate connecting part, or
  • paper guide grooves of the improved feeding channel are 'shown continuous in Figs. 1 to 7, being produced by the continuous guide plates 9 attached to the guide bars 8, they are preferably made non-continuous as shown in Figs. '8 to 13, for the purpose of preventing tobacco shreds from lodging in them and thereby to cause damage by tearing the paper.
  • a longitudinal cross-section on the line 88 in Fig. 10; in Fig. 9 a sectional top view on the line 99 in Fig. 8; in Figs. 1O, 11 and 12, transverse cross-sections on lines 10-10, 1111, and 1212 of Fig. 8, respectively; and in Fig. 13, a perspective view of such an arrangement are shown.
  • the sides of body 6 of the channel are cut away between equally spaced supporting portions 29, thus leaving long openings 30 at the sides of the paper grooves, the outside of the paper strip being guided in the support por tions 29 only.
  • the inside guides 31, which now form a series of separate noses, are made integral with the guide bars 8 and project into the channel body 6 midway between the supports 29, so that the paper guiding groove is never closed on both sides simultaneously, but is open on the inside at the points of outside guiding, and on the outside at the points of inside guiding, and it is thus impossible for tobacco shreds or foreign matter of any kind to interfere with the running of the paper.
  • the inside guides are made with a long taper 32 towards the nose 31 in the direction of the paper travel, indicated by the arrow in Fig. 13, so that in case the tobacco layer is high enough to submerge a part of the nose, the latter enters into the tobacco gradually by the taper 32- forcing the tobacco to slide under the nose, as the paper advances into guiding position.
  • the rod Owing to the perfect guiding of the paper strip by the improved construction of the feeding channel which excludes all warping of the paper, the rod reaches the paster of the machine with its open flap in an absolutely straight condition so that the paste is applied along its entire length and a perfect seal of the rod is obtained.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with a tobacco feed, of a trough disposed adj acent thereto for guiding a continuous strip of cigarette paper to receive aeharge of tobacco, and mechanism constructed and arranged to lower said trough out of operative position, whereby to facilitate adjust-v ment of the cigarette paper.
  • a trough disposed adj acent thereto for guiding a continuous strip of cigarette paper to receive a charge of tobacco, and mechanism constructed and arranged to lower said trough out of operative position, whereby to facilitate adjustment of the cigarette paper, said trough being provided with guiding means cooperating with the sides of the trough to guide the cigarette paper.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with a tobacco feed, of a trough disposed adjacent thereto for guiding a continuous strip of cigarette paper to receive a charge of tobacco, and mechanism constructed and arranged to lower said trough out of operative position, whereby to facilitate adjustment of the cigarette paper, said trough being provided with a plurality of guide bars each having means cooperating with the sides of the trough to guide the cigarette paper.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with a tobacco feed, of a trough disposed adjacent thereto for guiding a continuous strip of cigarette paper to receive a charge of tobacco, a plurality of guide members connected to said trough and shaped to fold and direct the cigarette paper into the trough, and mechanism constructed and arranged to lower said trough out of operative position, whereby to facilltate adjustment of the cigarette paper.
  • guiding means for the cigarette paper comprising a trough having open sides, and a plurality of noncontinuous guide members adapted to cooperate with the sides of the trough to guide the cigarette paper.
  • guiding means for the cigarette paper comprising a trough having open sides, and a plurality of guide bars mounted on said trough and provided with non-continuous guide members adapted to cooperate with the sides of the trough to guide the cigarette paper.

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CH150901D CH150901A (de) 1930-02-18 1930-04-14 Zigarettenmaschine.
FR694033D FR694033A (fr) 1930-02-18 1930-04-16 Perfectionnements aux conduits d'avancement pour machines à fabriquer les cigarettes du type à boudin de tabac continu
BE369672D BE369672A (nl) 1930-02-18 1930-04-19

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Cited By (5)

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US2660177A (en) * 1948-02-17 1953-11-24 Usines Deeoufle Sa Automatic tobacco feeding cigarette machine
FR2582194A1 (fr) * 1985-03-19 1986-11-28 Gd Spa Dispositif de guidage d'une bande, destine plus particulierement a une machine de fabrication de cigarettes
US6152145A (en) * 1997-05-21 2000-11-28 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Process and apparatus for producing a (cigarette) rod
US11490651B2 (en) * 2019-10-25 2022-11-08 Altria Client Services Llc Tongue and tongue assembly with injection port for rod forming apparatus, rod forming apparatus with tongue assembly and method of installing tongue assembly on rod forming apparatus
US11800889B2 (en) * 2018-02-26 2023-10-31 Altria Client Services Llc Tongue with pre-folding section

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DE1125826B (de) * 1959-01-28 1962-03-15 Kurt Koerber Vorrichtung zum Bilden eines Tabakstranges

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2660177A (en) * 1948-02-17 1953-11-24 Usines Deeoufle Sa Automatic tobacco feeding cigarette machine
FR2582194A1 (fr) * 1985-03-19 1986-11-28 Gd Spa Dispositif de guidage d'une bande, destine plus particulierement a une machine de fabrication de cigarettes
US6152145A (en) * 1997-05-21 2000-11-28 Focke & Co. (Gmbh & Co.) Process and apparatus for producing a (cigarette) rod
US11800889B2 (en) * 2018-02-26 2023-10-31 Altria Client Services Llc Tongue with pre-folding section
US11490651B2 (en) * 2019-10-25 2022-11-08 Altria Client Services Llc Tongue and tongue assembly with injection port for rod forming apparatus, rod forming apparatus with tongue assembly and method of installing tongue assembly on rod forming apparatus

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