US1885892A - Two-speed collector belt for cigarette machines - Google Patents

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US1885892A
US1885892A US535517A US53551731A US1885892A US 1885892 A US1885892 A US 1885892A US 535517 A US535517 A US 535517A US 53551731 A US53551731 A US 53551731A US 1885892 A US1885892 A US 1885892A
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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
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
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  • This invention relates to cigarette col I lectors for continuous rod cigarette machines and particularly to a multispeed collector belt, its main object being to deliver the 5 cigarettes on the collector belt in stacked formation, which is convenient for inspection and handling.
  • the invention consists in certain constructions and combinations which will be hereinafter lecting belt and, in order not to interfere fully described and then specifically set forth in the claims hereunto appended.
  • the ci arettes in the collector of a cigarette mac ine are usually delivered on a colwith the proper functioning of the collector, are carried away by the .said collecting belt as fast as they are delivered.
  • the cigarettes form but a single layer which is inconvenient for handling, and if a stop is used at one end of the .belt the cigarettes tend to pile up onlyagainst the stop and leave a single layer on the belt.
  • the present invention provides a multi-speed collector belt consisting of two or more collecting belts in tandem, each additional belt running at a fraction of the speed of the preceding one so that the cigarettes on the additional belt become stacked immediately after they are delivered thereon in a number of layers inversely proportional to its speed ratio with respect to the first collecting belt. If the cigarette layers pile against the abutment at 5 one end of the belt the cigarettes which roll back merely add another layer to the layers on the belt.
  • a primary collecting belt adapted to receive cigarettes transferred thereto and move them sidewise in spaced relationship, an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt to receive cigarettes therefrom and moving at a slower speed to cause the cigarettes to pile on said secondary belt against said abutment.
  • the belts are wide enough for a plurality of rows of cigarettes and have guide 0 walls suspended thereover to align the ends tipped or of the cigareetes in each row.
  • the various means and parts may be widely varied in construction within the scope of the claims for the particulardevice selected to illustratethe invention is but one of many possible concrete embodiments of the same. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted to the specific construction shown and described.
  • Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a two speed cigarette collector belt having a primary and secondary collecting belt
  • Fig. 2 is a top View of the same from. line 22 of Fig. 1. a
  • the belt 6 running over pulley 7 on shaft 8 conveys the cigarettes C from the cutoff of the cigarette machine into the pocketed drum 9 revolving on shaft 10.
  • the belt 14, which runs over pulley 15 on shaft 16 and pulley 17 on shaft 18 and which is kept in tension by an idler 19, operates to move the cigarettes sidewise in spaced relationship and delivers the two rows of cigarettes C, C over a bridge piece 20 onto a secondary .collecting belt21 arranged in tandem with the belt 14 and running over pulley 22 on shaft 23 and over pulley 24 on shaft 25 and being held in tension by an idler 26.
  • the shafts 18 and 25 are driven from drive shaft 27 of the cigarette machine, the shaft 18 by chain 28 running over sprockets 29 and 30, and the latter by chain 31 running over sprocket 32 and 33, the diameters of these sprockets being so chosen that the speed of shaft 25 is as many times smaller than that REISSUED of shaft 18 as the number of layers of cigarettes desired on belt 21.
  • guide walls 34 suspended from suitable brackets attached to the supporting frame of the collecting belts are placed lengthwise upon these belts, extending from the incline 13 of the collector 9 into an abutment such as the curved end box 35 against which the layers of cigarettes on the belt 21 will pile if they are not removed by the operator.
  • a cigarette collector the combination with a primary collecting belt operating to move cigarettes sidewise in spaced relationship, of an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt and moving at a slower speed 7 to cause the? cigarettes to pileup on said secondary belt against said abutment.
  • a cigarette collector In a cigarette collector, the combination with a primary collecting beltoperating to move cigarettes sidewise 1n spaced relationship, of an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt and moving at a slower speed to cause the cigarettes to pile up on said secondary belt againstsaid abutment, said belts being adapted to carry a plurality of parallel rows of cigarettes and provided with longitudinal guide walls suspended over the upper run of the belts to align the ends of the cigarettes of each row.

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Nov. 1, 1932. Q w, BVRONANDER 1,885,892
TWO-SPEED COLLECTOR BELT FOR CIGARETTE MACHINES Filed May 6, 1931 Fhfi c4 wwmmagmgmama r Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlce I 'WILHELM B. BRONANDER, F MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN MACHINE & FOUNDRY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY TWO-SPEED COLLECTOR BELT FOR CIGARETTE 'MACHINES Application filed May 6, 1931.
This invention relates to cigarette col I lectors for continuous rod cigarette machines and particularly to a multispeed collector belt, its main object being to deliver the 5 cigarettes on the collector belt in stacked formation, which is convenient for inspection and handling. With this and other objects not specificallymentioned in view, the invention consists in certain constructions and combinations which will be hereinafter lecting belt and, in order not to interfere fully described and then specifically set forth in the claims hereunto appended.
The ci arettes in the collector of a cigarette mac ine are usually delivered on a colwith the proper functioning of the collector, are carried away by the .said collecting belt as fast as they are delivered. Hence on the collecting belt the cigarettes form but a single layer which is inconvenient for handling, and if a stop is used at one end of the .belt the cigarettes tend to pile up onlyagainst the stop and leave a single layer on the belt.
To overcome this difliculty, the present invention provides a multi-speed collector belt consisting of two or more collecting belts in tandem, each additional belt running at a fraction of the speed of the preceding one so that the cigarettes on the additional belt become stacked immediately after they are delivered thereon in a number of layers inversely proportional to its speed ratio with respect to the first collecting belt. If the cigarette layers pile against the abutment at 5 one end of the belt the cigarettes which roll back merely add another layer to the layers on the belt.
' In carrying the invention into effect there is provided a primary collecting belt adapted to receive cigarettes transferred thereto and move them sidewise in spaced relationship, an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt to receive cigarettes therefrom and moving at a slower speed to cause the cigarettes to pile on said secondary belt against said abutment. In the best constructions contemplated, the belts are wide enough for a plurality of rows of cigarettes and have guide 0 walls suspended thereover to align the ends tipped or of the cigareetes in each row. The various means and parts may be widely varied in construction within the scope of the claims for the particulardevice selected to illustratethe invention is but one of many possible concrete embodiments of the same. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted to the specific construction shown and described. v
p In the accompanying drawing in which the present invention is applied to a two-row cigarette collector such as employed for printed cigarettes to separately collect alternate cigarettes with. their tips pointing in the same direction in each row:
Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a two speed cigarette collector belt having a primary and secondary collecting belt; and
Fig. 2 is a top View of the same from. line 22 of Fig. 1. a
Referring to the drawing, the belt 6 running over pulley 7 on shaft 8 conveys the cigarettes C from the cutoff of the cigarette machine into the pocketed drum 9 revolving on shaft 10. The drum 9, by means of an end wall 11 and of central partition Walls 12 placed in alternate pockets of the drum, allgns alternate cigarettes in two rows C and C upon an incline 13 on which they slide in single layers upon a primary collecting belt 14 running at rights angles to belt 6. The belt 14, which runs over pulley 15 on shaft 16 and pulley 17 on shaft 18 and which is kept in tension by an idler 19, operates to move the cigarettes sidewise in spaced relationship and delivers the two rows of cigarettes C, C over a bridge piece 20 onto a secondary .collecting belt21 arranged in tandem with the belt 14 and running over pulley 22 on shaft 23 and over pulley 24 on shaft 25 and being held in tension by an idler 26.
The shafts 18 and 25 are driven from drive shaft 27 of the cigarette machine, the shaft 18 by chain 28 running over sprockets 29 and 30, and the latter by chain 31 running over sprocket 32 and 33, the diameters of these sprockets being so chosen that the speed of shaft 25 is as many times smaller than that REISSUED of shaft 18 as the number of layers of cigarettes desired on belt 21. A
To keep the two rows of cigarettes C, C" in alignment on belts 18 and 21, guide walls 34 suspended from suitable brackets attached to the supporting frame of the collecting belts are placed lengthwise upon these belts, extending from the incline 13 of the collector 9 into an abutment such as the curved end box 35 against which the layers of cigarettes on the belt 21 will pile if they are not removed by the operator.
What is claimed is:
1. In a cigarette collector, the combination with a primary collecting belt operating to move cigarettes sidewise in spaced relationship, of an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt and moving at a slower speed 7 to cause the? cigarettes to pileup on said secondary belt against said abutment.
2. In a cigarette collector,.the combination with a primary collecting beltoperating to move cigarettes sidewise 1n spaced relationship, of an abutment, and a secondary collecting belt arranged in tandem with said primary belt and moving at a slower speed to cause the cigarettes to pile up on said secondary belt againstsaid abutment, said belts being adapted to carry a plurality of parallel rows of cigarettes and provided with longitudinal guide walls suspended over the upper run of the belts to align the ends of the cigarettes of each row.
In testimony whereof, I have signed my I name to this specificatio VVILHELM- B. BRQNANDER.
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US535517A US1885892A (en) 1931-05-06 1931-05-06 Two-speed collector belt for cigarette machines
GB20056/31A GB369835A (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-13 Improvements in means for collecting cigarettes delivered from machines for making the same
NL57716A NL32486C (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-16
FR720160D FR720160A (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-18 Two Speed Endless Gathering Belt Improvements For Cigarette Making Machines
DEA62783D DE584832C (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-22 Depositing device for stick cigarette machines
BE381489D BE381489A (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-22
US74674434 USRE19375E (en) 1931-05-06 1934-10-03 Two-speed collector belt fob

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NL57716A NL32486C (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-16
FR720160T 1931-07-18
DEA62783D DE584832C (en) 1931-05-06 1931-07-22 Depositing device for stick cigarette machines
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US2580940A (en) * 1948-11-26 1952-01-01 Molins Machine Co Ltd Length sorting device
US2536961A (en) * 1949-03-28 1951-01-02 George T Smith Inc Conveyer end connector and gap plate
US2727740A (en) * 1949-08-02 1955-12-20 Continental Can Co Bowed sheet advancing means
US2753971A (en) * 1949-12-22 1956-07-10 Joy Mfg Co Material gathering, receiving, storing and delivering apparatus
US2863355A (en) * 1955-03-29 1958-12-09 Harold A Ledingham Optical inspection units for bottled goods
US2862603A (en) * 1955-11-28 1958-12-02 Adamson Stephens Mfg Co Multi-unit moving sidewalk
US2902140A (en) * 1956-02-15 1959-09-01 Koerber & Co Kg Conveyor devices for cigarettes or the like
US3094128A (en) * 1958-10-27 1963-06-18 American Mach & Foundry Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
US3104754A (en) * 1959-07-24 1963-09-24 Device for counting cigarettes and similar rod-like articles
US3040870A (en) * 1959-08-12 1962-06-26 Meyer Geo J Mfg Co Apparatus for advancing articles from a supply to a receiver
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US4084685A (en) * 1972-10-27 1978-04-18 Frank Hollenton Method and apparatus for manipulating rod-like articles
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