US1974032A - Cigarette making machine - Google Patents

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US1974032A
US1974032A US643509A US64350932A US1974032A US 1974032 A US1974032 A US 1974032A US 643509 A US643509 A US 643509A US 64350932 A US64350932 A US 64350932A US 1974032 A US1974032 A US 1974032A
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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
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/326—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing with lateral transferring means

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  • This invention is for improvements in or relating to cigarette making machines of the continuous rod type, and has for one of its objects to provide means for collecting cigarettes from high 5 speed cigarette machines in such a manner that they will not be damaged by the collecting appara us.
  • a further object of the invention is to collect the cigarettes in such a manner that cigarettes of less or greater weight than normal may be readily distinguished from cigarettes of normal weight.
  • the rod is cut into separate cigarettes by a .6 cutting apparatus, and the cigarettes are delivered endwise after which their endwise movement is checked and they are deflected laterally on to a conveyor belt.
  • the present invention consists of a device for collecting cigarettes as they emerge from the cutting device of a continuous rod cigarette machine comprising means which automatically operate to grip each cigarette and arrest the axial flight 0 of the same.
  • the invention consists of a device as set forth in the preceding paragraph which operates to arrest each cigarette at a particular point in its axial path which depends on the 5 density of filling of the said cigarette.
  • Fig. 1 is an elevation of a portion of a cigao'rette making machine showing the invention applied thereto.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section, taken in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. 1.
  • the cigarettes which are cut from the continuous rod pass from the cutting mechanism of the machine into the o trough 1 in line with the rod, each cigarette pushing the preceding cigarette along the trough.
  • the cigarettes pass one at a time on to an endless tape 2 which is moving more rapidly than the cigarette rod so that each cigarette becomes 5 separated a short distance from its successor.
  • a rapidly rotating disc 3 which may be shaped as shown, is mounted above the tape and arranged to contact with each cigarette so that immediatedly the latter is lightly gripped between the tape and roller, its speed is increased and it separates from the following cigarette. This spacing apart of the cigarettes gives time to the rotary deflectors or vanes which are described later to operate and remove the cigarettes from the rod line.
  • the cigarettes are conveyed by the tape beneath the shaft 4 carrying two sets of deflectors or vanes 5 and 6 which are rotated in the direction shown in Fig. 4, the arrangement being such that a vane of each pair contacts with an alternate cigarette and removes it from the tape on to the conveyor belt '7 whichmoves at right angles to the cigarette rod.
  • Two rows of cigarettes are therefore formed on the belt as shown in Fig. 2, and the arrangement of the cigarettes in these 76 rows will be referred to in more detail later.
  • each deflector is provided with a ledge 8 in such a manner that when the face 9 of the deflector contacts with the side of a travelling cigarette, the ledge 8 is locatedabove and just clear of the cigarette.
  • a spring member 10 is provided which may be mounted below the travelling tape as shown in Fig. 3, and the end of which protrudes into the circular path described by the deflectors so that when a cigarette is removed from the tape by the deflector, it is caused to ride up the aforesaid spring and is thereby gripped between the spring, the face 9 of the deflector and the ledge 8 previously described.
  • a cigarette When a cigarette has passed over the end of the spring it is carried away at right angles by the travelling band 7, and it will be understood that the looselyfllled cigarettes will be out of alignment with the remainder. This is shown diagrammatically in Fig. ,2 where 11 indicates the soft cigarettes.
  • the extent by which the soft cigarettes are out of alignment may be varied by varying the angle or rise of the spring; or in other words, the time it takes for the spring to cause the cigarette to contact with the ledge on the deflector.
  • a fixed guide 15 is screwed to the frame of the machine and projects upwardly above the tape as shown. This guide is slotted to permit the passage of the vane 12, and the working of the apparatus is identical with that previously described.
  • a continuously rotatable vane having an axis extending longitudinally of the direction of axial movement of the cigarettes for engaging and delivering cigarettes laterally on said conveyor, a fixed frame, a vane carried by said frame and having a cigarette engaging surface extending laterally of the direction of movement of the cigarettes, said rotatable vane being disposed in contiguous relation to said second vane and moving through a path removed from said second vane by a distance less than the diameter of a cigarette to grip the latter between said vanes, one of said vanes having a portion flexible laterally of the cigarettes to provide yielding gripping action.

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US2428722A (en) * 1943-03-25 1947-10-07 Baker Perkins Inc Conveying of dough and like plastic material
US2819785A (en) * 1954-08-25 1958-01-14 Rose Brothers Ltd Article conveying and transfer mechanism
US3094128A (en) * 1958-10-27 1963-06-18 American Mach & Foundry Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
US3887059A (en) * 1973-01-04 1975-06-03 Decoufle Usines Device for aligning cylindrical articles
US6109421A (en) * 1998-06-19 2000-08-29 Magnuson Corporation Corn transfer and alignment apparatus

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US2806528A (en) * 1947-09-04 1957-09-17 Extruded Plastics Inc Conveyor methods and machine in container manufacture
DE946965C (de) * 1949-09-23 1956-08-09 Molins Machine Co Ltd Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Mundstueckzigaretten
US2744609A (en) * 1950-11-04 1956-05-08 Kellog Co Apparatus for separating and feeding articles
DE1058897B (de) * 1957-01-22 1959-06-04 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Ablegevorrichtung an Strangzigarettenmaschinen
US3058570A (en) * 1961-05-15 1962-10-16 Coors Co Adolph Article handling machine

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2428722A (en) * 1943-03-25 1947-10-07 Baker Perkins Inc Conveying of dough and like plastic material
US2819785A (en) * 1954-08-25 1958-01-14 Rose Brothers Ltd Article conveying and transfer mechanism
US3094128A (en) * 1958-10-27 1963-06-18 American Mach & Foundry Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
US3887059A (en) * 1973-01-04 1975-06-03 Decoufle Usines Device for aligning cylindrical articles
US6109421A (en) * 1998-06-19 2000-08-29 Magnuson Corporation Corn transfer and alignment apparatus

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