US2236579A - Mouthpiece-cigarette making machine - Google Patents

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US2236579A
US2236579A US3320A US332035A US2236579A US 2236579 A US2236579 A US 2236579A US 3320 A US3320 A US 3320A US 332035 A US332035 A US 332035A US 2236579 A US2236579 A US 2236579A
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  • This invention relates to mouthpiece-cigarette making machines, its main object being to produce mouthpiece-cigarettes, that is, cigarettes having a filter-tip or other mouthpiece, by the continuous rod method in one continuous operation suitable for high speed.
  • the main advantage of the mouthpiece in a mouthpiece-cigarette is the saving of the tobacco which would otherwise be thrown away by the consumer, since a cigarette is never smoked to This waste tobacco usually amounts to from one-quarter to one-third of the entire tobacco content of a cigarette, and, as the mouthpiece material is much cheaper than the relatively expensive tobacco used in cigarettes, the saving effected by mouthpiece-cigarettes is quite considerable.
  • the mouthpiece inserts or plugs which may be cut from a continuous mouthpiece rod as it is unwound from a coil, or delivered from a magazine, are fed-at proper intervals on to an endless tape traveling with a continuously moving filler trough formed in the periphery of a large wheel, the spaces between the plugs being filled to the proper height with filler tobacco showered through the delivery chute of a tobacco feed spanning a portion of the circumference of the said wheel.
  • the tobacco which would otherwise fall on the plugs as the wheel rotates under the tobacco feed chute is caught in cam-operated receptacles hinged at intervals on one side of the wheel, and-subsequently discharged therefrom and returned to the tobacco feed.
  • the loose filler charge Upon emerging from under the feed chute, the loose filler charge is firmly pressed into the filler trough by a suitable compressor wheel to produce a continuous composite filler rod, and thereupon the wrapper web is fed on to the filler rod by an endless tape traveling at the same speed as the filler rod.
  • This tape being on the outside of the filler rod, further compresses the same all the way to its run-ofi point on the wheel; and further compression of the filler rod may be effected by additional compressors placed at the back of the other tape.
  • the filler rod upon leaving the filler wheel between the two endless tapes, thus enters the rodvforming tube in such precompressed condition that the latter will now have a minimum amount of work to perform which largely contributes to the uninterrupted operation of the machine, as one ofthe most troublesome parts of a cigarette machine.
  • the composite filler rod is then advanced with the wrapper'webjthrough the rod-former, :paster, and sealer tocomplete then severed by'the cigarette.cutofi toiproduce the mouthpiece-cigarettes.
  • Cork stripsof sufficient length to extend over the joint between the filter tip and tobacco section ,of'the cigarettes severed from the cigarette rod may be applied to the wrapper web as'it is fed to the-filler trough.
  • a further object 'of-the invention is to produce cork-tipped filter tip'cigarettes of v this nature, and to provide a method of making such cigarettes.
  • Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cigarette machine embodying the present invention, the transfer disc being broken away to expose the cigarettes being delivered thereto and ejected therefrom;
  • Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a portion of the filier wheel on an enlarged scale
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3- -3 of Fig.2, showing the construction of "the plug clamps and the receptacles which shield the plugs from the showered tobacco;
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-section on lined-4 of Fig. 2, showing the arrangement of chute shutters carried by the filler wheel r Fig. 5 is a front elevation" of transfer mecha-.
  • Fig. '6 is a cross-section of the plug transfer mechanism, on line 6-45 of Fig.
  • Fig. 7 is a fragmental view of the coil of mouthpiece material from which the plugs are cut;
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the finished cigarette produced by the machine shown in Fig. 1, its wrapper being partly opened to expose the filter tip;
  • Figs. 9 to 12 are composite cross-sections showing the positions of the various parts coacting with the filler wheel at successive stages corresponding to radii 9 to I2 in Fig. 1.
  • a moving filler trough mechanism for depositing mouthpiece plugs in spaced relation in said trough, means for retaining the plugs in the trough, means for showering tobacco into the trough, devices traveling with the trough for shielding the mouthpiece plugs from the showered tobacco, whereby the spaces between the plugs are filled with tobacco, means for compressing the tobacco sections and plugs in the tiller trough to produce a continuous filler rod, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the filler rod thus formed to produce a cigarette rod, and a cutoff for severing the cigarette rod to produce mouthpiece-cigarettes.
  • the filler trough includes a wheel ar ranged on a horizontal axis beneath the tobacco showering means and provided with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco
  • the shielding devices include scoop-shaped receptacles hinged on the wheel to swing across the plugs in the groove and receive the tobacco which otherwise would be deposited on the plugs.
  • the plug-retaining means in the best constructions includes pairs of clamps hinged on the wheel and coacting to grip the plugs inserted into compressing means includes a stationary slotted guard extending over the trough, a compressor wheel projecting through the slot into the trough to engage the plugs and tobacco therein, a tape threaded through said trough and driven therewith, and a traveling web-feeding tape operating to feed the wrapper web onto the filler rod in the trough and further compress the same therein, said tapes coacting to draw the compressed filler rod from the trough with the wrapper web and deliver the same to the wrapper folding and sealing mechanism.
  • the latter in the best constructions is vertically inclined to receive the filler rod and wrapper web at the same angle at which they are drawn off the filler wheel, and the rod former includes a rotary suction chamber operating to remove any tobacco shreds which may have lodged on the mouthpiece plugs.
  • the improved mouthpiececigarette making machine consists of a bed II upon which are mounted a large filler wheel I8, a
  • a bracket 26 supported from the-bed I5 carries a rotary transfer disc 21 located intermediate the wheel I6 and a pair of opposed endless transfer belts 28 between which the mouthpiece plugs or inserts M are gripped shortly before they are cut from the mouthpiece rod MI by a cutting device 29, the rod MI being fed by a pair of feed belts 30, 30a, over .a guide 3
  • the mouthpiece rod MI may be made up of rolled-up crepe tissue paper, as shown in Fig. '7, or of cotton or wool preformed to a circular crosssection, or any other suitable material; and may be chemically or otherwise treated in any desired manner to provide medicated or nicotine-absorbent filter tips.
  • the device 29 may be similar in construction to any well known type of cigarette machine cutoff, and the construction chosen to illustrate the same is that shown in my pn'or Patent No. 1,888,774, granted November 22, 1932.
  • a tobacco feed 32 of well known construction and may be of the type shown in the patent to Podmore, No. 1,935,665, granted November 21, 1933 wherein the tobacco is picked up from the mass TI by a carded drum and brushed from the drum by a picker roll and delivered to the filler trough formed in wheel I6 through a chute 33 in the form of a fine homogeneous tobacco shower T2.
  • a small disc or wheel 34 intercepting a portion of the tobacco shower.
  • the wheel 34 is driven at high speed in the counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, so as to throw the tobacco falling near that side of the chute back towards its center in order to prevent the acc'umulation and packing of the tobacco.
  • Fastened to the lower ends of the tobacco feed 32 are guards 35 and 36 which extend over the periphery of wheel I6. Through a slot in the guard 36 the rim of a narrow wheel 31 projects a small distance into the traveling filler trough formed in the wheel It.
  • the rim of wheel I6 the width of which is substantially that of the paper web P, has a central circumferential U-shaped groove or channel I01 which has a semi-circular bottom adapted to receive the filler tape 20, the wheel with its circumferential groove thus constituting the continuously moving filler trough of the cigarette machine.
  • the studs I09 which are fastened to their respective receptacles I08, carry gear segments or pinions III meshing with gears II2 on studs II3 Joum-aled in lugs on the web of the wheel and carrying forked arms II 4 each .provided with a roller I I 5 engaging a cam track in one face of IT.
  • the collected tobacco is discharged upon the beveled rear face of cam I1 and falls into a conduit 43 through the arcuate mouth of the same, see Fig. 11.
  • the conduit 43 which is attached to the outer face of the cam I1, extends down to the bottom of the cam and communicates through a pipe 44 with the inlet of a blower 45 attached to the rear of the tobacco feed 32 and opera-ting to suck the tobacco from the conduit 43 and discharge the same through its outlet 46 onto the tobacco mass TI in .the tobacco feed.
  • the wheel I6 Underneath the receptacles I08 and extending down to substantially one-half the depth of groove I01, the wheel I6 has opposed transverse slots I I6 into which fit pairs of hooked clamps II1 hinged on studs I09 and Wild on which are loosely mounted intermeshing gears I I8 fastened to the hubs of members II1.
  • One of the clamps II1 of each pair has an arm II9 extending radially inward and provided with a forked end which engages with the pin I of a horizontal shaft I2I slidable in bearings I22 and I23 formed in the web of wheel I6 and an annular bracket I24 attached to wheel I6, respectively.
  • the shafts I21 on their rearward ends carry cam followers I25 engaging a peripheral track in a cam piece I1a attached to the front face of cam I1.
  • the clamps II1 grip the plugs M and hold them-in position in groove I01, and in their outward position shown in dotted lines, they recede sufiiciently to leave the groove clear for insertion 'of' the plugs.
  • transverselyswingable shutters I26 adapted to form continuations of the rear wall 33 of the tobacco chute and thus to confine the tobacco shower to the groove I01 of wheel I6.
  • the shutters fit closely between the sidewalls of the receptacles I08.
  • the shutters are fast on studs I21 turning in lugs I28 on the web of wheel I6 and'have forked. arms I29 engaging with pins I30 in horizontal shafts I3I.
  • the shafts I3I are slidably supported in bearings I22a of the web of the wheel I6 and bearings I32 of the bracket I24, respectively, and carry rollers I33 engaging in a second cam track of cam piece I1a.
  • an annular guard I34 which covers the moving parts on the front of the filler wheel.
  • Eccentric studs I43 projecting from one face of the gears I42 have pivotally mounted thereon in alignment with the space between the endless belts 28, a plate I44, which, on a stud I45 midway between the studs I43, carries an arm I46 connected by a pin I41 .to the slide I40 to actuate the same. by the pinion 86, the inner edge of the plate I44 engages with the foremost plug between the belts 28 and forces the same into the groove I35 against either the. plunger I36 or I36a.
  • the liner speed of rotation of the disc 21 is the same as that of the wheel I6, and the diameter of the disc 21 is so chosen that at each halfturn either plunger I36 or I36a is brought into register with one of the receptacles I00 and the corresponding pair of clamps II1 of the wheel I6 while a mouthpiece plug is being inserted in the groove against the other plunger.
  • the plug M between the belts 28 is about to be inserted into the groove I35 against the plunger I36, whereupon the finger of slide I pushes the yoke I38a outward
  • the arrangement of the plug transfer mechanism which takes plugs M from between the delivery belts 28 and deposits the same at the proper intervals upon the tape 20 in the filler trough I01, is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
  • the transfer device may consist of a disc 21, which has a circumferential groove I35 into which the plugs M 'fit tightly, provided with diametrically opposite plungers I36 and I36a disposed in the groove I35.
  • the plungers I36 and I36a are mounted on pairs of pins I31 sildably supported in the rim of disc 21, and the inner ends of the respective pairs of pins I31 are joined by yokes- I38, I38a-, which are urged inwardly by springs I39 seated in recesses in the inner rim surface of disc 21. and I38a, at the center of disc 21, projects the finger of a slide I40 reciprocable in a groove in the base of the bracket 26 by which the transfer device is supported from frame I5.
  • a guard I50 which partly surrounds the wheel 21, prevents the plugs being transferred from dropping out of the groove I35 and also serves to stop the longitudinal movement of the plug while the plate I44 is pushing the plug into the groove I35.
  • the bed I5 is fastened another bracket, not shown, which carries a printer mechanism 38 of well known type wherein the wrapper web P is printed with a trademark or other design by a printer die 38a as the web is drawn from the paper roll P around the impression cylinder 39, the wrapper web being held in contact with the impression cylinder by the guide rollers 39a.
  • the printed wrapper Web is then drawn through a cork tipper of well known construction, such as that shown in my prior Patent No. 1,864,764, granted June 28, 1932, in which the wrapper web is continuously advanced by the feed rollers 19 and I5l, and doubled back over the roller I52 on its way to the filler trough.
  • Feed rollers I53 of the cork tipper pull the cork web K from the cork reel K and feed it over a ledger plate along which cork strips double the length of the cork tips are severed by a revolving knife blade I54, the severed cork strips K being nipped between the feed rollers 19 and I5I and pressed on the portion of the wrapper web previously coated with adhesive by the raised segment of the paste-applying drum I55.
  • a small rotary drum 40 provided on its periphery with .a raised segment having the length of a mouthpiece plug M and the width of the paper web P, the segment being so positioned as to wipe over a drum 4I'dipping into a paste pot 42 and
  • the composite filler rod formed in the flller groove by the mouthpiece plugs and the tobacco deposited between the plugs is compressed in the filler groove by the compressor wheel 31 and advanced under the tape 25 to bring the plugs into register with the pasted portions of the inner side of the web -P advanced by the tape 25.
  • the tape t! carries the web I? and its filler rod under a rotary suction chamber 56, whose circumference is equal to the length of two cigarettes and provided with a slot having an arcuate extent equal to the length of a mouthpiece plug to permit communication through the open end thereof with the pipe 55.
  • the chamber 54 is rotated at a peripheral speed sumcient to bring its slot into registration with successive mouthpiece plugs which removes any stray shreds of tobacco which may have lodged on the plugs and is connected by a pipe 55 with the blower or with a separate suction source, and then advances the same through the rod-forming mechanism.
  • the latter is of conventional construction, but is vertically inclined to permit the filler rod and wrapper web to be advanced thereto at the same angle at which they are drawn off the filler wheel.
  • the rod forming mechanism comprises a rod-forming tube 56 which folds the edges of the wrapper web into overlapping relation, a cigarette paster 57 operating to apply adhesive to the inner margin of one edge of the wrapper web in the rod-forming tube, and a cigarette-rod sealer 58; the finished cigarette rod R being finally pushed into a reciprocating ledger plate 59, wherein the cigarettes are severed from the cigarette red by a cigarette cutoflf of any suitable type, such as that shown in my Patent No. 1,888,774 referred to above. From the ledger plate 59 the individual cigarettes C are delivered by transfer belts 6i and 52 to a cigarette collector 63 of any suitable type well known in the art and carried by a bracket 64 of frame I 5.
  • the cigarettes produced by this machine have the appearance shown in Fig. 8, consisting of a mouthpiece or filter tip portion M and a tobacco portion T, both contained within a common paper wrapper P which may be provided with a cork tip extending over the joint between the filter tip and tobacco, as shown, to make the cigarette more rigid.
  • the machine is driven by a motor 65 on the shaft of which are mounted two sprockets 65 and 61 which directly or indirectly actuate the various parts of the machine and thus insure their synchronism.
  • the sprocket 66 by a chain 88 drives a sprocket 89 fast on the shaft I0 of wheel I 6, and the sprocket 6'! by a chain II drives the roller I8 of the tape 20, which is geared to roller 2I of tape 25.
  • a sprocket 12 on shaft 10 by means of a chain I3 drives a sprocket H on a counter-shaft geared to the shaft of the compressor wheel 81, which in turn is connected by a chain I5 to the shaft of the deflector wheel 34.
  • Another sprocket 18 on shaft I0 drives a chain 1'! running over a sprocket 18 on the shaft of the wrapper web feed roller I5I, this shaft in turn by means of a chain 19 driving the pastor drum 40.
  • carries sprockets over which run a chain driving a sprocket 8
  • a chain 85 running over a sprocket on the shaft 82 drives the transfer pinion 8B, and from the shaft 81 of the latter, by means of a sprocket chain 88, is driven a set of spiral gears 89 which actuate the driving pulley of the mouthpiece plug transfer belts 28.
  • a chain 90 from shaft 82 drives the pulley 9
  • the main drive is controlled by a starting lever I05 controlling a clutch of conventional type, not shown, and a handwheel I05 is provided for cranking the machine for adiustment and timing of the various mechanisms.
  • the adjusting mechanism may be similar to that shown in the patent to Rundell, No. 1,851,264, granted March 29, 1932.
  • the operation of this machine is as follows:
  • the mouthpiece rod M! is drawn from the coil M2, Fig. 1, by the feed belts 30 and 35a, being guided thereinto by the guide 3
  • the belts 28 run at a greater speed than the feed belts3ll to separate the plugs lengthwise, and are so timed as to deliver a plug in front of the pusher In every time one of the plungers I38, I36a of disc 2! arrives in receiving position.
  • the plugs M are deposited by the plunger I36 and I35a successively on the filler tape 20 without relative motion and thus have no tendency to shift on the latter.
  • Fig. 9 which is a composite crosssection of wheel IS on radius 9 of Fig. 1, the guard I08, the clamps II! and the shutters I26 are open at this point so that the plug M can enter the filler trough without interference.
  • the clamps I I! are closed by the cam rollers I24, thereby holding the same in place; these clamps remaining closed until they have reached radius I! in Fig. 1, shortly before tape 20 leaves the filler trough.
  • the plunger I38a Before the plunger I38a releases the plug M, the latter enters under the guide wheel I48 which presses it down in the filler trough to seat it therein before the receptacle Ill closes over it. Immediately after clearing the wheel I the shutters I26 move inward to close the gaps between adJacent receptacles Ill.
  • the receptacles I08 Upon emerging from the tobacco feed, the receptacles I08 are swung outwardly, thereby discharging the tobacco T accumulated in .them into the conduit 43, Fig. 11, whence, by the action of the blower 45, the collected tobacco is returned to-the tobacco mass TI in the tobacco feed. As soon as the receptacles I08 are out of the way, the cam rollers I33 open the shutters I26, which then remain in their outermost position I26, shown in Fig.
  • the roller 24 guides the tape 25 by which the paper web- P is fed around the filler wheel I6 from the roll PI, and also serves to guide the web 'P: onto the composite filler rod in the filler trough.
  • the web P after passing around the impression cylinder 39 of the printer mechanism 38 on which the printer die 38a imprints it with a' trademark or other desired design, receives, every two cigarette-lengths apant between centers,,a patch of paste from the paster drum 40 which wipes over the paste wheel M as it turns.
  • the relative positionof the drum 40 is such that the paste patches applied on the wrapper web register with the mouthpiece plugs M upon passing over roller 24 and thus secure them in position permanently.
  • cork strips K may be previously applied to the wrapper web at' predetermined intervals to lie midway of the paste patches.
  • the composite filler rod After passing roller 24, the composite filler rod is further compressed and advanced with the wrapper web between the moving tapes 20 and 25, and upon emerging from between the tape rollers I8 and H, they pass under the suction chamber 54 driven through chain 54' revolving in a housing 54a.
  • the speed of chamber54 is so timed that its suction port, which has a circumferential length equal to that of a mouthpiece plug, registers with the aperture in housing 54a as the plugs pass below it, thereby removing any stray tobacco shreds which may have lodged upon the plugs.
  • the tobacco portions of the filler rod are not disturbed by the chamber 54 since its suction is shut oil by the housing 54a between passages of successive plugs.
  • the finished cigarette rod R then enters the reciprocating ledger plate 59 in which it is cut into individual cigarettes C by the cut-oil 60, the revolving knife of which is so timed as to bisect each mouthpiece plug M and each tobacco section T between the plugs as they in turn pass through theledger plate 59.
  • and 62 running at a higher linear speed than the tape 41, then separate the cigarettes C lengthwith and feed them to the collector 63 which alternately delivers them in two rows in each of which all the mouthpiece ends point in the same direction, opposite to-that of the cigarettes in the other row.
  • the printer 38, rod-former 56, paster 51, sealer 58, ledger-plate 59, and cutoff 60 are regular continuous-rod cigarette machine parts of well known construction, and any of the various standard forms of these mechanisms may be used in the present machine.
  • Whilethe cutoif 60 may be timed. to severthe.
  • the plug-cutting device 29 will be timed to sever the mouthpiece rod M, at intervals corresponding to the desired length of the filter tips.
  • the large wheel and inclined former construction provides much more time and space between the feeding operation and the forming operation without requiring a great deal of floor space and without making the feed 'unduly high, and therefore inaccessible to the .operator who fills the same.
  • features of the present invention may be used to make ciragettes which are empty at the mouth end, either. with the object of later inserting a mouthpiece or providing a final product having neither tobacco that themouth g, piece plugs may be delivered individually from the tobacco nor mouthpiece plug at one end, which end may be re-inforced by a tip, possibly of substantially greater stiffness than the usual tip.
  • the shielding mechanism would of course be useful in tending to prevent tobacco from filling the spaces which later make the empty end portions of the cigarettes and the loose rtobacco removing device 54-5411-55 would of course be useful in removing shreds which happen to fall into these spaces.
  • Another feature of value with or without mouthpiece inserting mechanism is the arrangement of inner. and outer tapes 20 and 25 and of the paper P, all co-operating with the travelling troughed conveyor such as the wheel Hi.
  • This arrangement eliminates a troublesome bridge construction between the wheel and the former tape since the tobacco is resting on the travelling paper at all times. It is noted that since the tobacco and mouthpieces are securely gripped between two moving tapes as they pass from the wheel, there is little likelihood of displacement of the mouthpieces or of the tobacco.
  • a valuable feature of the wheel or of an arched construction of the travelling conveyor passing under the feed chute, for mouthpiece cigarette making, is the fact that at one side of the chute as shown in Fig. 1, the tobacco drops against the forward face of the plugs and thus is thoroughly piled against that face with little likelihood of holes or air spaces having formed and at the other end of the chute, the tobacco is showered against the rear face of the mouthpiece, securing the same desired result against this mouthpiece face.
  • a mouthpiece-cigarette making machine the combination with a moving filler trough, of mechanism for depositing mouthpiece plugs in spaced relation in said trough, means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices traveling with said trough for shielding the plugs from the showered tobacco, whereby a continuous composite filler rod is formed, mechanism for feeding a wrapper web on to the filler rod formed in said trough and folding and sealing the wrapper web about the filler rod to produce a continuous composite cigarette rod, and a cutofi for severing the cigarette rod to form mouthpiececigarettes.
  • a mouthpiece-cigarette making machine the combination with a moving filler trough, of mechanism for severing mouthpiece plugs from a continuous rod of mouthpiece material and depositing the severed plugs in spaced relation in said trough, members traveling with said trough for retaining the plugs in said trough, and means for showering tobacco into the spaces between the plugs in said trough.
  • the combination witha moving filler trough of mechanism for severing mouthpiece plugs from a continuous rod of mouthpiece material and depositing the severed plugs in spaced relation in said trough, means for retaining the plugs in said trough, means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices traveling with said trough for shielding the plugs from the showered tobacco, means for compressing the tobacco showered into the spaces between the plugs in said trough to produce a continuous composite filler rod, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the filler rod to produce a continuous cigarette rod, and a cutoff for alternately severing the cigarette rod at the mid-section of the aasacve mouthpiece plugs and midway between the plugs to form mouthpiece-cigarettes, said filler trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis beneath said tobacco showering means and providedwith a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco, and said shielding devices including scoop-shaped receptacle
  • said filler trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis beneath said tobacco showering means and provided with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco, and said plug-retaining means including pairs of clamps hinged on said Wheel and coacting to grip the plugs inserted into said groove, and mechanism for separating and then closing said clamps to freely admit the plugs into said groove
  • said filler trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis and provided with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco, said shielding devices including scoopshaped receptacles hinged on said wheel to swing across the plugs in said groove to receive the showered tobacco which otherwise would be deposited
  • the combination with a moving filler trough of mechanism for depositing mouthpiece plugs in spaced relation in said trough, members traveling with said trough for retaining the plugs in said trough, means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices traveling with said trough for shielding the plugs from the showered tobacco, means for compressing the tobacco showered into the spaces between the plugs in said trough to produce a continuous composite filler rod, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the filler rod to produce a continuous cigarette rod, and a cutoff for severing the cigarette rod to form mouthpiece-cigarettes, said compressing means including a stationary slotted guard extending over said trough, a compressor wheel projecting through said slot into said trough to engage the tobacco therein, a tape threaded through said trough, and a traveling web-feeding tape operating to feed the wrapper web on to the filler rod in said trough and compress the same therein, said tapes coacting to draw the compressed filler rod
  • the combination with a moving filler trough,of mechanism for depositing mouthpiece plugs in spaced relation in said trough means traveling with the trough for retaining theplugs in said trough, means for showering tobacco into the spaces between the plugs in said trough, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the filler tobacco and plugs advanced in said trough to produce a cigarette rod, and a cutoff for severing the cigarette rod to form mouthpiece-cigarettes, and a traveling web-feeding tape operating to feed the wrapper web on to the filler tobacco andplugs in said trough and compress the same therein.
  • a mouthpiece-cigarette making machine the combination with a moving filler trough, of mechanism for severing mouthpiece plugs from a continuous rod of. mouthpiece material and depositing the severed plugs in spaced relation in said trough, means for retaining the plugs in said trough, means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices traveling with said trough for shielding the plugs from the showered tobacco, means for compressing the tobacco showered into the spaces between the plugs in said trough to produce a continuous composite filler rod, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the filler rod to produce a continuous cigarette rod, and a cutoff for alternately severing the cigarette rod at the midsection of the mouthpiece plugs and midway between the plugs to form mouthpiece-cigarettes, said trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis and provided with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco, and said conpressing means including a tape threaded through said groove,
  • devices for shielding sections of the trough from I the showered tobacco and collecting the tobacco which would otherwise be showered into the trough, and returning it to said tobacco showering means said devices including receptacles carried by and hinged on said trough to swing across the same to receive showered tobacco and then backward to discharge the tobacco, a conduit arranged to receive the tobacco discharged from said receptacles, and a blower in said conduit for pneumatically conveying the tobacco,
  • a mouthpiece-cigarette making machine the combination with a moving filler trough, of mechanism for severing mouthpiece plugs from a continuous rod of mouthpiece material and depositing the severed plugs in spaced relation in said trough, means for retaining the plugs in said trough, means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices for shielding the mouthpiece plugs from the showered tobacco and collecting the tobacco which would otherwise be showered on the plugs and returning it to said tobacco showering means, whereby the spaces between the plugs are filled with tobacco, means for compressing the tobacco sections in said filler trough to produce a continuous composite filler rod, mechanism for folding and sealing a wrapper web about the fillei' rod thus formed to produce a continuous cigarette rod, and a cutoff for severing the cigarette rod to produce mouthpiececigarettes, said filler trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis beneath said tobacco showering means and provided'with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco
  • a device for severing individual plugs from the mouthpiece rod while the same is being advanced a pair of traveling endless transfer belts having opposed runs arranged to receive the plugs therebetween and advance and separate them lengthwise, a rotary transfer disc provided with a circumferential groove, a pusher aligned with the space between said opposed runs, means for moving the pusher in an orbital path to eject the plugs from between said opposed runs into the circumferential groove of said disc, and devices for removing the plugs-from said groove and depositing them in said filler trough.
  • said filler trough including a wheel arranged on a horizontal axis and provided with a circumferential groove adapted to receive the plugs and showered tobacco
  • said shielding devices including scoopshaped receptacles hinged on said wheel to swing across the plugs in said groove to receive the showered tobacco which otherwise would be deposited on the plugs
  • said tobacco showering means including a chute overlying said wheel, a tobacco feed above said chute for showering tobacco through the chute into said groove, one side wall of said chute extending down to said groove and being recessed to receive the end walls of said receptacles, and shutters hinged on said wheel between said receptacles to swing into position to confine the showered tobacco to said groove.
  • Plug-severing and depositing mechanism including a pair of traveling endless feed belts coacting to advance a rod of mouthpiece material, a device for severing individual plugs from the mouthpiece rod while the same is being advanced,
  • a pair of traveling endless transfer belts havingpposed runs arranged to receive the plugs therebetween and advance and separate them lengthwise, a rotary transfer uisc provided with a circumferential groove, a pusher aligned with the space between said opposed runs, means for moving said pusher in an orbital path to eject the plugs from between said opposed runs into the circumferential groove of said disc, and devices for removing the plugs from. said groove and depositing them in the desired position.
  • a cigarette-machine the combination with means for forwarding cigarette mouthpieces in spaced relation, of mechanism for feeding loose tobacco into the spaces between said mouthpieces to form a continuous filler, and pneumatic means acting on the mouthpieces only of said continuous filler to'remove loose tobacco from said mouthpieces,
  • the combination with mechanism for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette 'filler including means for advancing the filler lengthwise, of a device for removing loose tobacco from said mouthpieces.
  • the combination with mechanism for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into acontinuous cigarette filler including means for advancing the filler lengthwise, of a device for removing loose tobacco from said mouthpieces, and a cigarette rod former for forming and wrapping said filler, and a cutoff for cutting the resulting cigarette rod through the mouthpieces into mouthpiece cigarettes.
  • the combination with mechanism for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette filler including means for advancing the filler lengthwise, of a device forremoving loose tobacco from. said mouthpieces,
  • said device comprising an element having a suction opening, a suction conduit connected thereto, and means for rendering the element operative on the mouthpieces and inoperative on the filler portions between mouthpieces.
  • the combination with mechanism for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette filler including means for advancing the filler lengthwise; of a device for removing loose tobacco from said mouthpieces, said device comprising an element having a suction opening, a suction conduit connected thereto, and means for rendering the element operative on the mouthpieces and inoperative on the filler portions between mouthpieces, said last mentioned means including a valve periodically cutting off the suction.
  • the combination with mechanism for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette filler including means for advancing the filler lengthwise, of a device for removing loose tobacco from said mouthpieces, said device comprising an element having a suction opening, a suction conduit connected thereto, and means for rendering the element operative on the mouthpieces and inoperative on the filler portions between mouthpieces, said last mentioned means including mechanism causing said opening to move periodically from nonoperating position into operating position in registry with said mouthpieces.
  • the combination with means for assembling cigarette tobacco and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette filler having a succession of spaced mouthpieces therein including a rotating wheel for receiving and advancing said tobacco and mouthpieces, and travelling tapes travelling along the periphery of said wheel and leaving the same at one position along its periphery operating to grip the filler between them and deliver the same from thewheel while maintaining the mouthpieces and tobacco in that assembled relationship.
  • the combination with means for assembling cigarette tobacco, and mouthpieces into a continuous cigarette filler having a succession of spaced mouthpieces therein including a rotating wheel for receiving and advancing said tobacco and mouthpieces, and a travelling tape positioned between said wheel and filler and leaving the wheel at one position along its periphery to deliver the filler therefrom.
  • the method of making a cigarette which comprises continuously advancing cigarette mouthpiece plugs endwise in an arched .path in spaced relation, showering tobacco into the spaces between said plugs to form a composite plug and tobacco filler, advancing the composite plug and tobacco filler on to a web of wrapper material, folding and sealing the wrapper web about the composite plug and tobacco filler to form a cigarette rod, and severing the cigarette rod at predetermined lengths to produce cigarettes with a mouthpiece at one end of each cigarette.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with a tobacco feed chute, of means for forwarding a narrow stream of tobacco travelling past and under said chute and receiving tobacco therefrom, mechanism for depositing mouthpieces on said forwarding means before the same passes under the chute, separately mounted shields acting to shield the mouthpieces from the falling tobacco from said chute while permitting tobacco to fall into the spaces between, and mechanism operating to withdraw the shields successively near the forward end of the chute.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with a tobacco feed chute, of means for forwarding a narrow stream of tobacco travelling past and under said chute and receiving tobacco therefrom, mechanism for depositing mouthpieces on said forwarding means before the same passes under the chute, shields acting to shield the mouthpieces from the falling tobacco from said chute while permitting tobacco to fall into the spaces between, mechanism operating to withdraw the shields near the forward end of the chute, and a device overlying said forwarding means at the forward end of the chute for defleeting showered tobacco backwardiy away from the mouthpieces being unshielded.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with an elongated tobacco feed chute, of means for forwarding a narrow stream of tobacco travelling past and under said chute and receiving tobacco therefrom, spaced shields travelling with said forwarding means acting to shield selected spaced portions of said forwarding means from the tobacco falling from said chute, mechanism operating to withdraw the shields near the forward end of the chute, and a rotary member overlying said forwarding means at the forward end of the chute for throwing tobacco backwardly away from the portions from which the shields are being withdrawn.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with means for forwarding endwise in spaced relation cigarette mouthpiece plugs having transverse end faces, of tobacco showering mechanism showering tobacco into the spaces between plugs being forwarded, said means and said showering mechanism co-operating to cause tobacco to fall at an acute angle against said faces to insure a tight joint between the mouthpieces and intermediate tobacco portions, said means including a conveyor having portions respectively inclined upwardly and downwardly and in the path of the showered tobacco to expose the front and rear ends of the plugs respectively to the shower.
  • a cigarette machine In a cigarette machine, the combination with means for forwarding endwise in spaced relation cigarette mouthpiece plugs having transverse end faces, of tobacco showering mechanism showering tobacco into the spaces between plugs being forwarded, said means and said showering mechanism co-operating to cause tobacco to fall at an acute angle against said faces to insure a tight joint between the mouthpieces and intermediate tobacco portions, said means including a conveyor arched under said showering means to provide upwardly and downwardly inclined portions exposing opposite ends of the mouthpieces to the shower.
  • a moving filler trough of means for showering tobacco into said trough, devices traveling with said trough for shielding sections of the same from the'showered tobacco, mechanism for advancing a wrapper web on to the tobacco advanced in said trough, means for folding and sealing the wrapper web about the tobacco advanced by said trough to produce a cigarette rod, and a cutoff for severing the cigarette rod alternately through the sections filled with tobacco and the adjoining sections.
  • a cigarette machine the combination with means for forwarding cigarette mouthpieces in spaced relation, of mechanism for feeding loose tobacco into the spaces between said mouthpieces to form a continuous filler, a-source of supply of mouthpieces, a mouthpiece feed for feeding mouthpieces to said means .in spaced relation, said forwarding means including a conveyor, and means for giving said conveyor continuous movement, said mouthpiece feed comprising -an end surface engaging pusher for pushing mouthpieces on to the conveyor having movement in the direction of movement of the conveyor.

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US2695618A (en) * 1948-03-16 1954-11-30 Ind Machinery Co Ltd Means for the production of filter-tip cigarettes
US2742906A (en) * 1949-08-30 1956-04-24 Ind Machinery Co Ltd Means for the production of filter tip cigarettes
US3030965A (en) * 1954-01-07 1962-04-24 Decoufle Usines Tobacco manipulating machines
US3009557A (en) * 1957-02-20 1961-11-21 Moline Machine Company Ltd Apparatus for making mouthpiece cigarettes
US2953878A (en) * 1957-12-23 1960-09-27 Olin Mathieson Method and apparatus for making filter rods
US3473537A (en) * 1966-10-05 1969-10-21 Tabak & Ind Masch Device for forming a compressed rod of tabacco
US3911797A (en) * 1973-10-30 1975-10-14 Arnold Kastner Apparatus for making cigarette filter tubes
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