US1885943A - Inclined feed for cigarette machines - Google Patents

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US1885943A
US1885943A US540718A US54071831A US1885943A US 1885943 A US1885943 A US 1885943A US 540718 A US540718 A US 540718A US 54071831 A US54071831 A US 54071831A US 1885943 A US1885943 A US 1885943A
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Patterson Morehead
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Priority to NL57853A priority patent/NL35349C/xx
Priority to FR722572D priority patent/FR722572A/fr
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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

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  • This kinvention relates to al1-improvement 1n' feeds for continuous rod cigarette machmes, its main object being to provide forwarding means traveling in a direction at an acute angle to the direction of movement in which the tobacco falls.
  • the change in direction of the tobacco when it falls on and follows the forwarding means is made less with thc result that the natural ⁇ tendency of the tobacco to resist a sudden thereof instead of causing uncontrolled re- .bounding of the tobacco, particularly of the heavier tobacco shreds, such as is likely to occur when the tobacco sheds strike the forwarding means at right angles.
  • the cigarette paper strip or an endless belt is threaded through the feedtrough and can be inclined at the l proper angle to intercept the shower of tobacco by inclining the feed trough at the desired angle when the machine is started for production and returning it to its horizontal position upon stopping the machine.
  • the tobacco falls on the stationary or slow moving cigarette paper strip'or endless belt at right angles and therefore has no forward inertia., while at production speed, when the trough has.
  • the forward inertia of the tobacco compensates for the inertia of the tobacco relative to the moving paper stripor endless belt.
  • the trough may also be .inclined at a predetermined fixed angle in accordance with the velocity of the paper strip running therethrough.
  • Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an inclined paper feed trough under the openv bottom of the feed chute, showing the mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the trough;
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; l
  • Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 vis a similar side elevation of a manually adjustable inclined feed trough in which the tobacco is deposited upon a separate endless belt from which it is subsequently transferred onto the horizontally moving cigarette paper strip;
  • Fig. 5 is avertical end elevation on line 5-5 ofAFig. 4;
  • Fig. 6 is a vertical end elevation on line 6 6 of Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 7 is a similar side elevation of a stationary inclined feed trough delivering theV tobacco-filled paper strip to rod form and cutting devices which are likewise inclined at the same angle.l
  • a cigarette machine feed chute having an open bottom inclined from the horizontal and adapted to confine tobacco falling therethrough ina shower, means traveling under the bottom of the chute and angularly intercepting the falling tobacco and forwarding it out of the range of action of the chute.
  • the traveling means may include the cigarette paper strip or an endless belt.
  • a pivoted trough which may be automatically or manually adjusted to intion, therefore, is not to be restricted to the speclic construction shown and described.
  • t e tobacco T in the feed chute 10 4 which has an open bottom inclined from the horizontal is adapted to confine the tobacco in a shower which falls on the cigarette paper strip P fed from a reel, not shown, throu h the feed trough 11 under the bottom of t e chute.
  • the trou h 11 carries a projecting roller 12 for guiring the paper strip and is pivoted on screw studs 13 in a pedestal 14 attached to the frame 15 of the cigarette ma chine, and has side guards 16 attached to its cover strips 17 which guide the edges of the paper strip P.
  • the side guards 16 are connected by a cross wall 18 which comes to lie against the end wall 19 of the feed chute 10 when the trough is raised into inclined position.
  • a concave roller 21 On a shaft 20, supported in vertical alignment with the studs 13 in pedestal 14,'is mounted a concave roller 21 on which turns a tape belt 22 guided thereto by a roller 23, this tape belt encircling the lower part of the paper strip P and propelling the same through the rod former 24 and subsequent parts of the cigarette machine in the direction of the arrow shown.
  • a concave compression wheel 25 is mounted vertically above the studs 13 on a shaft 26 supported in pedestal 14.
  • Spacers 27 on shaft 26 hold wheel 25 in alignment with roller 21 so that the tobacco on strip P must pass through the oval space between roller 21 and wheel 25 in all positions of trough 11, the paper being pressed down into tape 22 by the tobacco under the compression wheel at the delivery end of trough 11 while its edges are guided by the projecting points of the cover strips 17 as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the trough 1l carries a gear segment 28 adapted to engage with a pinion 29 on shaft 30 supported in bearings 31 attached to frame 15.
  • the shaft 30 is driven in one direction or the other by a worm wheel 32 'according to the turning direction of its worm 33 which is mounted on the shaft 34 of a reversible electric motor 35.
  • the convex surface of segment 28, near its end, is provided with a groove 36 adapted to be engaged by the core 37 of a solenoid 38 When in its uppermost position, and with the core 39 of a solenoid 40 when in its lowermost position to lock it in these positions respectively.
  • the segment 28 When approaching its lowermost position, the segment 28 compresses a spring 41 which serves as a buffer to the downward motion of the trough 11 and also has the purpose of raising the segment 28 into engagement with pinion 29 upon being released by the core 39 of solenoid 40 in the down position of the trough.
  • the motor 35 is connected to the cutout 42 of an electric line circuit 43 through a two-point switch 44 formed by the lever 45 of the clutch shifting sleeve 46 on main shaft 47, the current flowin by way of wires 48, 49 and 50 through the orward winding of the motor when the clutch lever 45 is in the full vline in position von contact 44, and by the segment 28, and pulling core 37 away from stop 53 against which it is held by spring 54.
  • T he core 37 then bears against the convex surface of segment 28 and, when trough 11 is in its uppermost position with segment and pinion just out of engagement, snaps into groove 36, thereby rlocking the trough in this position.
  • the feed trough l1 carries an endless belt 57 made of linen or other suitable material which travels through the trough at the 1'equired speed and receives the tobacco charge from the feed chute.
  • the belt 57 runs over guide roller 12 in bracket 58 and over concave driving pulley or roller 59 on shaft 60 which is supported in the lugs 61 by which the trough is pivoted on studs 62 and 63 in pedestal 64.
  • a gear 65 meshing with a gear 66 on shaft 60 and driven by a sprocket 67 connected by a chain 68 with sprocket 69 on a drive shaft 70;
  • a shaft 7l on which is mounted the concave guide roller 21 for the tape belt 22, and the paper strip P is fed onto tape belt 22 over guide roller 72 from a reel, not shown.
  • the concave bridge piece 75 attached by brackets 76 to trough 11 so that the bridge 7 5 is in alignment with belt 57 and with the paper strip on tape 22 in all positions In Fig.
  • the feed trough 11 is stationarily mounted in its inclined position by a frame or pedestal 8() supported on the machine frame 15.
  • the paper strip P is fed into the trough by. guide roller 12 and is propelled by the tape belt 22 running over rollers 21 and 23 and driven by tape wheel 81 on shaft l shower, of means traveling under the bottom of said chute and an ularly intercepting the falling tobacco and igorwarding it out of the range of action of said chute.
  • 0f means for swinging said trough about its pivot into operative position.

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DENDAT592899D DE592899C (en(2012)) 1931-05-28
US540718A US1885943A (en) 1931-05-28 1931-05-28 Inclined feed for cigarette machines
GB21217/31A GB375105A (en) 1931-05-28 1931-07-24 Improvements in or relating to tobacco-feeding mechanism for cigarette-making machines
NL57853A NL35349C (en(2012)) 1931-05-28 1931-07-28
FR722572D FR722572A (fr) 1931-05-28 1931-07-29 Perfectionnements aux dispositifs d'alimentation inclinés pour machines à fabriquer les cigarettes
BE381692D BE381692A (en(2012)) 1931-05-28 1931-07-30

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GB21217/31A GB375105A (en) 1931-05-28 1931-07-24 Improvements in or relating to tobacco-feeding mechanism for cigarette-making machines
NL57853A NL35349C (en(2012)) 1931-05-28 1931-07-28
FR722572T 1931-07-29
BE381692T 1931-07-30

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US20040163656A1 (en) * 2001-09-27 2004-08-26 Hiroshi Okamoto Rod-shaped article forming device

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US20040163656A1 (en) * 2001-09-27 2004-08-26 Hiroshi Okamoto Rod-shaped article forming device
US7258122B2 (en) * 2001-09-27 2007-08-21 Japan Tobacco Inc. Rod-shaped article forming device

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