US2109148A - Rotary cigarette catcher - Google Patents

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US2109148A
US2109148A US27923A US2792335A US2109148A US 2109148 A US2109148 A US 2109148A US 27923 A US27923 A US 27923A US 2792335 A US2792335 A US 2792335A US 2109148 A US2109148 A US 2109148A
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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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  • the segmental wheel may deliver them lengthwise on to a narrow endless separating belt running at a linear speed equal to or greater than the circumferential speed of the segmental wheel, this belt supporting the cigarette while advancing it into the thread of the Worm. Furthermore, the segmental wheel may be omitted and the cigarettes may be separated lengthwise by the action of the separating belt alone.
  • the cigarette After the cigarette has been displaced sidewise by the turning of the worm through one revolution, it crosses an endless reversing belt running parallel with, but in the opposite direction to, the separating belt, this second belt retarding the forward speed of the cigarette lengthwise and finally causing it to travel lengthwise against a stop while still being moved sideways by the thread of the worm. Upon leaving 'the worm, the then stationary cigarette is pushed by the succeeding cigarettes on to a collector belt which runs transversely of the separating and reversing belts. Y
  • the worm may be single or double-threaded, the latter having the advantage that due to its greater pitch the worm may be rotated at a lower speed and yet displace each cigarette sidewise out of the way of the succeeding cigarette.
  • the lead of the worm may be gradated from a large pitch at the receiving end to a smaller lead at the delivery end of the worm, the limit of the delivery pitch being the diameter of a cigarette, in which case the cigarettes issuing from'the Worm would be in contact.
  • the helical member may constitute only a single turn of a helix, or a fraction thereof; nor should it be understood that the invention is limited to a member of helical configuration, as various configurations are suitable for the purpose of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 is a top view of the improved cigarette catcher
  • Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation thereof on line 33 of Fig. 1.
  • a cigarette catcher receiving cigarettes severed. from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine, means for successively advancing the severed cigarettes lengthwise to separate the same and displacing them transversely from the path of the cigarette rod.
  • this means comprises a rotating worm arranged to receive in its thread the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff and successively displace them sidewise, and the cigarettes may be first accelerated to separate them lengthwise.
  • the improved cigarette collector may be widely varied within the scope of the claims, for the particular construction selected to illustrate the invention is but one of many possible concrete embodiments of the same. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted to the precise details -of the structure shown and described.
  • the line of cigarettes C issuing from the cutoff of a cigarette machine (not shown) travels lengthwise on a grooved plate 5 at one side of the driv-. ing pulley 6 of a collector belt 1 running at right angles to the cigarette rod from which the cigarettes are severedin the cutoff.
  • the shaft 8 of pulley 6 is driven from the cigarette machine, and the upper run of the belt '1 is supported by a, plate 9 and has side guides l0 and II.
  • a worm I2 is mounted on a shaft I3 which is sup,- ported obliquely to the belt 1 by a frame I4 so that the groove of its spiral thread, at the bottom of the worm, will extend in the direction of, the oncoming cigarettes to admit them lengthwise and follow their lengthwise movement while dis-. placing them sidewise infparallelism withv the cigarette rod. It ma be notedthat the cigarettes are thus moved in an angular path during their lateral displacement.
  • 2 may be disposed at right angles to the cigarette rod, whence the cigarettes will be delivered askew to the collector belt 1; and thatr'the angle of the belt with respect tothe cigarette rod could also be varied to receive the cigarettes squarely if the worm were arranged at right angles to the cigarette rod and thusacted to deliver them askew.
  • 6 may, be provided uponwhicheach cigarette is delivered by the wheel
  • the pitch of the spiral thread of the worm I2 is made greatest at the receiving end and gradually decreases towards the delivery end of the worm.
  • the thread of the worm straddles the cigarettes during their lateral displacement and thus controls the momentum thereof, and that the shaft I3 thereof is driven from thecigarette machine drive in properly timed relation to the cigarette machine cutoff.
  • acigarette catcher the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutoif, of asingle rotary means having its axis of rotation transverse to the cigarette rod for moving the severed cigarettes transversely from the path of the cigarette rod, said means having opposed spiral faces straddling the cigarette while moving it laterally so as to con-.
  • a rotary member having its axis transverse of the path of the cigarette rod for transferring cigarettes transversely from the path of the rod substantially axially of said member, said member having a groove into which the cigarettes enter to be transferred.
  • a cigarette catcher the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutofifof rotary means having a plurality of spiral cigarette engaging faces for engaging and moving a plurality of cigarettes transversely from the path of the cigarette rod, said means moving on an axis transverse of the path of the cigarette rod, and the faces thereof which move the cigarettes being substantially parallel with the length of each cigarette during said engagement and transverse movement, said'faces being spaced axially along said member to simultaneously displace a plurality of cigarettes laterally advancing the severed cigarettes lengthwise to establish a gap between the leading cigarette in said'line and the following cigarette'in the path of the cigarette rod,'a rotary member for displacing said Ieading cigarette transversely from the path of the rod, a stop and a member having a traveling surface for retarding and finally re-' of movement of said rod and contacting with the cigarettes while they are being displaced from the path of the cigarette rod for
  • a cigarette catcher In a cigarette catcher, the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod'in' a ciga-' rette machine cutoif, ofa rotary member-having its axis transverse to the movement of the cig' arette rod for laterally moving the cigarettes successively out of the pathof the oncoming rod, said member having a flange of progressivelydecreasing pitch arranged. to successively receive.
  • a cigarette catcher the combination with mechanism forreceiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutoff, of a rotary member arranged on ,a horizontal, axis extending trans? versely of and located above the line of cigarettes, said member having a spiral cigarette engaging vane extending axially therealong for displacing.
  • said vane being constructed with a-plurality of turns for also engaging with previously displaced cigarettes for imparting thereto an additional sidewise movement.
  • a cigarette catcher for receiving cigarettes endwise from a cigarette machine cutoff and collecting them sidewise in a row, the combination with a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette'machine cutoff, of a rotating worm arranged to receive in its thread the cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt.
  • a cigarette catcher for receiving cigarettes endwise from a cigarette machine cutoff and collecting them sidewise in a row, the combination with a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff, of a rotating worm arranged to receive in its thread the cigarettes issuing endwise from the cigarette machine cutoff and deliver them'sidewise to said collector belt, the thread on said worm having a progressively decreasing pitch in order to displace the cigarettes sidewise at a gradually decreasing speed.
  • a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoif, of a device for accelerating the cigarettes delivered from the cigarette machine cutoff, to separate them lengthwise, and a rotating worm arranged to receive the cigarettes in its thread from said device after they have been separated lengthwise and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt.
  • the combination with a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff, of a device for accelerating the cigarettes delivered from the cigarette machine cutoff, to separate them lengthwise, and a rotating worm arranged to receive the cigarettes in its thread from said device after they have been separated lengthwise and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt, said device including a rotating wheel having a raised segment for engaging each cigarette successively and accelerating it to separate it from the following cigarette, said raised segment being provided with outstanding flanges which serve to guide the cigarettes While they are being accelerated.
  • a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff, of a device for accelerating the cigarettes delivered from the cigarette machine cutoif to separate them lengthwise, and a rotating worm arranged to receive the cigarettes in its thread from said device after they have been separated lengthwise and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt, and a traveling belt for advancing the separated cigarettes lengthwise into the thread of said worm at the speed to which they have been accelerated.
  • a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff, of a device for accelerating the cigarettes delivered from the cigarette machine cutoff to separate them lengthwise, and a rotating worm arranged to receive the cigarettes in its thread from said device after they have been separated lengthwise and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt, a stop extending along said member, and a traveling reversing belt underlying the cigarettes being displaced sidewise by said worm and acting to advance them lengthwise against said stop.
  • a cigarette catcher for receiving cigarettes endwise from a cigarette machine cutoff and collecting them sidewise in a row
  • the combination with a traveling collector belt extending transversely with respect to the line of cigarettes issuing from the cigarette machine cutoff, of a device for accelerating the cigarettes delivered from the cigarette machine cutoff to separate them lengthwise, and a rotating worm arranged to receive the cigarettes in its thread from said device after they have been separated lengthwise and deliver them sidewise to said collector belt, the thread on said worm having a gradually decreasing pitch to displace the cigarettes sidewise at a gradually decreasing speed.
  • Means for accelerating cigarettes delivered from a cigarette machine cutoff, to separate them lengthwise comprising a rotating wheel having a raised segment for engaging each cigarette successively and accelerating it to separate it from the following cigarette, said raised segment being provided with outstanding flanges which serve to guide the cigarettes while they are being accelerated.
  • a cigarette catcher the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutofi, of rotary means having its axis of rotation transverse to the cigarette rod for moving the severed cigarettes laterally from the path of the cigarette rod, said means having opposed faces straddling each cigarette while moving it laterally and substantially parallel to the direction of movement of said rod so as to control the momentum of its transverse movement, and means for stopping the endwise movement of the transversely moving cigarettes.
  • a cigarette catcher In a cigarette catcher, the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutofi", of rotary helical means having its axis of rotation transverse to the cigarette rod for moving the severed cigarettes transversely from the path of the cigarette rod, said means straddling the cigarette while moving it so as to control the momentum of its transverse movement.
  • a cigarette catcher the combination with mechanism for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in a cigarette machine cutoff lengthwise on a support, of a grooved member positioned above the rod and on an axis transverse to the path of movement of said rod with the groove of said member forming faces spaced to admit cigarettes therebetween, said faces being arranged to move in the general direction of movement of said line of cigarettes while displacing cigarettes laterally from said line, a cigarette receiving device located adjacent said member, and means for imparting motion to said member to cause said faces to move cigarettes from said line tosaid device.
  • mechanism'for receiving and guiding a line of cigarettes severed from a cigarette rod in'a cigarette machine cutoff of rotary means mounted upon a substantially horizontal shaft having its axis of rotation transverse to the cigarette rod for moving the severed cigarettes transversely from the path :of the cigarette rod, said means havingspaced surfaces contacting opposite sides of a cigarettegwhile moving it so as to control the-momentum of its transverse movement.
  • a cigarettecatcher the combination with mechanism for receivingand guiding cigarettes severed from a cigarette ro'din a cigarette machine cutoff, of a receiving member onto which saidv cigarettes are delivered, rotary means provided with spiral cigarette engaging and displacing faces positioned axially along said means, said faces being constructed and arranged to displace cigarettes laterally from the cigarette rod and 1 also move previously displaced cigarettes onto said member, said means moving on an axis transverse of the path of the cigarette rod, and
  • a rotary member havingva spiral vanecomprising a plurality-0'1 turns extending axially thereof for moving cigarettes laterally from said rod, said vane having a decreasing pitch so 0011-. structed and arranged that cigarettes are moved at a high rate of speed'from said rod and then at a lower rate of speed'when disengaged by said vane. 4

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US3118454A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-01-21 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US3131612A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-05-05 Molins Machine Co Ltd Production of mouthpieces for cigarettes
US3143202A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-08-04 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for feeding cigarette mouthpiece components
US3284828A (en) * 1965-02-23 1966-11-15 Wilson & Co Inc Hook washer
DE1228978B (de) * 1962-03-21 1966-11-17 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
US3346093A (en) * 1966-04-21 1967-10-10 Arenco Ab Device for laterally transferring cigars or the like from one conveying means to another
US3365046A (en) * 1966-10-12 1968-01-23 Molins Organisation Ltd Spiral spacer cigarette catcher
DE1532274B1 (de) * 1965-12-22 1971-09-08 Decoufle Usines Vorrichtung zum seitlichen Nebeneinanderlegen der von einer Strang-Zigarettenmaschine kommenden und axial hintereinanderliegenden Zigaretten
US3608972A (en) * 1968-01-02 1971-09-28 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Transfer apparatus for rod-shaped articles
US3830355A (en) * 1970-08-03 1974-08-20 Decoufle Usines Method and device for separating cigarettes from a continuous line
US4296660A (en) * 1978-01-31 1981-10-27 Cir - S.P.A. Divisione Sasib Device for feeding rod-like articles
US4448299A (en) * 1980-12-01 1984-05-15 Creusot-Loire Apparatus for advancing elongate objects around a curve
US4564105A (en) * 1983-12-29 1986-01-14 Lear Siegler, Inc. Tilted spiral article diverter
US4969348A (en) * 1989-11-06 1990-11-13 Aluminum Company Of America Feed system for a redraw press

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US3131612A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-05-05 Molins Machine Co Ltd Production of mouthpieces for cigarettes
US3143202A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-08-04 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for feeding cigarette mouthpiece components
US3118454A (en) * 1959-11-26 1964-01-21 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
DE1228978C2 (de) * 1962-03-21 1973-03-29 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
DE1228978B (de) * 1962-03-21 1966-11-17 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
US3284828A (en) * 1965-02-23 1966-11-15 Wilson & Co Inc Hook washer
DE1532274B1 (de) * 1965-12-22 1971-09-08 Decoufle Usines Vorrichtung zum seitlichen Nebeneinanderlegen der von einer Strang-Zigarettenmaschine kommenden und axial hintereinanderliegenden Zigaretten
US3346093A (en) * 1966-04-21 1967-10-10 Arenco Ab Device for laterally transferring cigars or the like from one conveying means to another
US3365046A (en) * 1966-10-12 1968-01-23 Molins Organisation Ltd Spiral spacer cigarette catcher
US3608972A (en) * 1968-01-02 1971-09-28 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Transfer apparatus for rod-shaped articles
USRE28383E (en) * 1968-01-02 1975-04-08 Transfer apparatus for rod-shaped articles
US3830355A (en) * 1970-08-03 1974-08-20 Decoufle Usines Method and device for separating cigarettes from a continuous line
US4296660A (en) * 1978-01-31 1981-10-27 Cir - S.P.A. Divisione Sasib Device for feeding rod-like articles
US4448299A (en) * 1980-12-01 1984-05-15 Creusot-Loire Apparatus for advancing elongate objects around a curve
US4564105A (en) * 1983-12-29 1986-01-14 Lear Siegler, Inc. Tilted spiral article diverter
US4969348A (en) * 1989-11-06 1990-11-13 Aluminum Company Of America Feed system for a redraw press

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