US2118508A - Cigarette catcher - Google Patents

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US2118508A
US2118508A US6734A US673435A US2118508A US 2118508 A US2118508 A US 2118508A US 6734 A US6734 A US 6734A US 673435 A US673435 A US 673435A US 2118508 A US2118508 A US 2118508A
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George W Gwinn
James W Leary
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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 relates to an improvement in cigarette machine catchers or collectors of the type intended to receive the cigarettes as they issue, in a single file, from the cigarette machine cutoffv and to deliver them in side-by-side row formation.
  • the main object of the invention is to suctionally retard and, if desired, stop the longitudinal movement of the cigarettes as they issue from the cigarette machine cutoff while pushing them sidevvise on to the collecting belt.
  • each cigarette after having been cut from the cigarette rod, is pushed under a rotating roller formed of or covered With rubber or similar material and provided With a raised segment which engages the cigarette and speeds it up, thus separating it from the following cigarettes.
  • a pusher contacts with the side of the cigarette and pushes it out olthe line of the cigarette rod and delivers it to a belt conveyor constituting the collecting belt.
  • the pusher may be provided with suction ports terminating in its iront face, and When the said tace contacts With the side of the cigarette it acts to retard the same and tlius reduce the momentum imparted to the cigarette by the speed-up roller and, if desired, stop its longitudinal motion. As the pusher continues lts advance, it delivers the cigarette on to the con* tinuously moving collecting belt.
  • the collecting belt is provided with a plurality of spaced rows of suction holes which successively register with the branches of a conduit connected tothe source of suction, at the time a cigarette is* being deposited thereon by the pusher.
  • a further object of the invention is to suctionally retain the cigarette on the collecting belt while the pusher is retreating, in order to prevent clinging of the cigarette to the retreating pusher.
  • a modified form of cigarette catcher is provided in which the cigarette, after having been cut from the cigarette rod, is pushed under a rotating roller, similarly formed of or covered with soft friction material and provided with a (Cl. 198-24l raised segment, which accelerates the cigarette and separates it from the cigarette rod. When the raised segment of the latter roller is about to terminate its engagement With the cigarette,
  • a pusher traveling in an orbital path contacts with the side of the cigarette and pushes it out oi line of the cigarette rod and advances it across a set oi rows of suction holes provided in the top of a stationary suction chamber.
  • the front face of the pusher contacts with the side of the cigarette it acts to frictionally retard the same slightly and thus slightly reduce the momentum imparted to the cigarette by the speed-up roller, and, as the pusher arm continues its orbital-motion and delivers the cigarette over the first row of holes provided in the stationary suction chamber, the suction in the latter gradually stops the longitudinal motion of the moving cigarette.
  • the pusher then retreats and advances the next cigarette across the suction chamber in the same manner.
  • the second cigarette pushes the previously delivered cigarette ahead to a second roW of suction holes which arrests the same.
  • the next advance of the pusher deposits another cigarette on the first row of holes, and, in so doing, the leading cigarette is pushed on to a collecting belt. In being stopped on the second row of suction holes, the cigarettes are kept from being misaligned before reaching the collecting belt.
  • Fig. l is a plan view of the preferred form of cigarette collector
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken on line 2--2 of Fig. l;
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation taken on line 3-3 of Fig- 1; v
  • Fig. 4 is a ⁇ schematic plan View' of a modified form of cigarette collector, showing the cigarette bein-g propelled by the speed-upf roller;
  • Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same
  • Fig. 6 is an end elevation thereof
  • Fig. 'l is a schematic plan View of the modifled cigarette collector, showing the cigarette being advanced by the pusher;
  • Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same.
  • Fig. 9 is an end elevation thereof.
  • the suction means may include a suction chamber having a perforated top on to which the cigarettes are propelled by the accelerating means.
  • the cigarette pushing mechanism may include a slidable pusher provided with suction ports terminating in its operating face, springs normally holding said pusher in retracted position, a rotating crank arranged to periodically engage and advance the pusher to push a separated cigarette sidewise, and stationary vacuum chambers registering with the port holes of the suction ports, whereby the longitudinal movement of the cigarette will be suctionally retarded while it is advanced sidewise by the pusher; or the cigarette advancing mechanism may include a pusher and means for moving said pusher to push the separated cigarettes across the top of the suction chamber, whereby the longitudinal movement of the separated cigarettes will be retarded and stopped.
  • a speed-up roller I0 may be formed of sponge rubber or other suitable material mounted on one end of shaft II, on the other end of which is a helical gear I2 meshing with and driven by a helical gear I3 on a shaft I4 suitably driven from the main shaft of the cigarette machine.
  • the cigarette will be engaged by the raised segment Illa of the roller II) and its speed increased, thus separating it from the rod, as the peripheral speed of the raised segment Illa of roller I0 is greater than the linear speed of the cigarette rod.
  • the rotation of the roller I0 is so timed that its segment Illa will initially engage the cigarette behind its leading end and disengage the cigarette in advance of its trailing end to prevent crushing the cigarette ends.
  • a reciprocating motion may be imparted to the pusher I5 by means of a crank Ill fastened to a vertical shaft I8 'journaled in a bearing I9 of a bracket ZI).
  • II'he shaft I8 carries a helical gear 2l which meshes with a helical gear 22 mounted on shaft I4.
  • a stud 23 on the arm I7 supports a roller 24, said roller during a portion of each rotation of arm I'I engaging with and advancing the pusher I5.
  • the pusher I5 is equipped with a rib 25 which is guided in a slot provided in a bracket E@ having spaced communicating vacuum or suction chambers hereinafter described.
  • Springs 21, spanned between spring posts 28 and 29, normally hold the rib 25 of the pusher I5 against a stop lug 30 of the bracket 2l). In this position the pusher is ready to engage and advance the cigarette, and the spring 21a spanned across posts 28a, and 29a. holds the pusher down in engagement with the slot in the bracket 26.
  • a suitable source of suction such as an exhaust fan or vacuum pump (not shown), is connected with the vacuum chambers of the bracket 2S through a pipe 3l which branches from a main pipe 32.
  • the pipe 3I is in open communication with the suction chamber 33 of the bracket and with the chamber 33a which is provided at its top with an elongated vent or slot 34 which normally registers with the port holes 35 of two suction ports 38 in the pusher I5.
  • the chamber 33 is provided with an enlarged vent 35 which registers with a port hole 3l of a third suction port 38 in the pusher I5.
  • These ports 38 extend from the front or operating face of the pusher to their port holes 35 and 31, and in this manner the suction is maintained at the front face of the pusher, thus gradually retarding and, if desired, stopping the longitudinal movement of the cigarette after it has left the speed-up roller IB. By this means each cigarette may be stopped at practically the same predetermined position.
  • the suction ports 38 are equipped with needle Valves 39 which permit regulating the degree of ,A
  • the cigarette C (Fig. 3), after having been severed from the cigarette rod, is advanced by the rod until it passes under and is contacted by the raised segment IIla of the speed-up roller I which thereupon separates the same from the rod. As the cigarette advances to position C' it moves along the front face of the pusher, the
  • the perforations in the belt also serves to retard and' stop any continued longitudinal movement of the cigarettes after the pusher has advanced them into the range of action of the suction through the belt.
  • the cigarette is suctionally retained on the belt I6 atv the position C", by means of branches 42 of the pipe 32 which are placed in such a manner that the perforations 4l of the belt I6 pass over and register with the open ends of the branches 42.
  • the belt lli runs over an idler pulley 43 mounted on shaft 44 and over a pulley (not shown) which is driven from the mainv shaft of the cigarette machine.
  • the pulley 43 is provided with a; number of spaced annular grooves 45 which receive the ends of the branches 42 and are large enough to clear the same.
  • FIGS i4 to 9, inclusive illustrate schematically a modified form of cigarette collector.
  • the cigarettes enter under the speed-up roller l) mounted onone endv of a shaft 5l', the other end carrying a helical gear 52 meshing with a helical gear 53 mounted on shaft 54.
  • the cigarette is contacted by the raised segment 5de of the roller 50 and its speed is increased, thu's'- separating it from the rod, as the peripheral speed of the segment 50a is greater than the linear speed of the cigarette rod.
  • the orbital motion of the pusher 55 is produced by its mounting on crank pins of the cranks 51 and 58 xed on the lower ends of vertical shafts 59 and 60, respectively, on the upper ends of which are mounted helical gears Si and 62 meshing with helical gears 63 and 64, respectively, on a counter-shaft 54 driven from the cigarette machine.
  • the front face of the pusher 55 engages and pushes the cigarette sidewise over a row of4 holes 65 in the top of the suction chamber 56 which gradually stop the longitudinal movement of the cigarette C as shown in Fig. '7.
  • the cigarette C is thus suctionally retained on the holes 65 while the pusher retreats into position to engage and advance the next cigarette, and in advancing the latter the previously delivered cigarette C' is pushed to a second row of suction holes 66 which hold the cigarette C while the cigarette C is held by suction holes 65 as shown in Fig. 9.
  • the pusher forwards the next cigarette against the cigarettes which are suctionally retained on the chamber 56, whereby the leading cigarette will be deposited on a traveling collecting belt 61 and the following cigarette will be stopped on the suction holes 66.
  • the cigarette In stopping on the second row of suction holes 66 the cigarette is kept from being misaligned before reaching the collecting belt.
  • said mechanism including an immovable suction chamber having a perforated top, and means for advancing the spaced cigarettes sidewise on to the top of said chamber, whereby their longitudinal motion will be retarded and stopped.
  • a cigarette collecting device the vcombination with means for advancing a line of cigarettes endwise from a cigarette cutoff, of a suction receiving member positioned adjacent said line for receiving cigarettes displaced from said line, said member having a generally planar perforated portion extending in a substantially horizontal plane substantially coincident with the underside of cigarettes delivered from said line onto said portion and arranged to support a plurality of said cigarettes thereon, means for moving cigarettes from said line onto said portion, and means for creating suction through the perforations in said member to retard the movement of said cigarettes moved onto said portion.

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GB17879/35A GB455315A (en) 1935-02-15 1935-06-21 Improvements in and relating to collecting mechanism for continuous rod cigarette making machines
FR792244D FR792244A (fr) 1935-02-15 1935-07-01 Perfectionnements aux mécanismes à rassembler les cigarettes pour machines à fabriquer les cigarettes du type à boudin de tabac continu

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US2512083A (en) * 1945-05-12 1950-06-20 Mach Automatiques Bardet Sa Transfer mechanism for cylindrical articles
US2673430A (en) * 1949-06-18 1954-03-30 Crystal Tissue Company Wrapping and packaging machine
US2864380A (en) * 1955-12-06 1958-12-16 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making cigarettes
US2905111A (en) * 1956-03-01 1959-09-22 Lloyd B Smith Apparatus for cutting strand material
US2917156A (en) * 1957-01-22 1959-12-15 Koerber & Co Kg Transfer mechanism for cigarettes
US2990831A (en) * 1957-06-28 1961-07-04 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US3059651A (en) * 1958-06-06 1962-10-23 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US3094128A (en) * 1958-10-27 1963-06-18 American Mach & Foundry Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
DE1228978B (de) * 1962-03-21 1966-11-17 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
DE1532274B1 (de) * 1965-12-22 1971-09-08 Decoufle Usines Vorrichtung zum seitlichen Nebeneinanderlegen der von einer Strang-Zigarettenmaschine kommenden und axial hintereinanderliegenden Zigaretten
US4535790A (en) * 1983-03-31 1985-08-20 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for aligning oval cigarette filters
US4596257A (en) * 1984-06-29 1986-06-24 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for tipping smoking articles

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GB651679A (en) * 1947-07-12 1951-04-04 Hans Dank Discharging device for cigarette rod machines
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2512083A (en) * 1945-05-12 1950-06-20 Mach Automatiques Bardet Sa Transfer mechanism for cylindrical articles
US2673430A (en) * 1949-06-18 1954-03-30 Crystal Tissue Company Wrapping and packaging machine
US2864380A (en) * 1955-12-06 1958-12-16 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making cigarettes
US2905111A (en) * 1956-03-01 1959-09-22 Lloyd B Smith Apparatus for cutting strand material
US2917156A (en) * 1957-01-22 1959-12-15 Koerber & Co Kg Transfer mechanism for cigarettes
US2990831A (en) * 1957-06-28 1961-07-04 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US3059651A (en) * 1958-06-06 1962-10-23 Molins Machine Co Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US3094128A (en) * 1958-10-27 1963-06-18 American Mach & Foundry Mouthpiece cigarette making machine
DE1228978B (de) * 1962-03-21 1966-11-17 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
DE1228978C2 (de) * 1962-03-21 1973-03-29 Molins Organisation Ltd Vorrichtung zum Ablegen von Zigaretten od. dgl. stabfoermigen Gegenstaenden
DE1532274B1 (de) * 1965-12-22 1971-09-08 Decoufle Usines Vorrichtung zum seitlichen Nebeneinanderlegen der von einer Strang-Zigarettenmaschine kommenden und axial hintereinanderliegenden Zigaretten
US4535790A (en) * 1983-03-31 1985-08-20 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for aligning oval cigarette filters
US4596257A (en) * 1984-06-29 1986-06-24 Philip Morris Incorporated Method and apparatus for tipping smoking articles

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