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GIGAR MAG-EINE. 110.244,383. Patented July 12,1881.

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WILLIAM M. STEINLE, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN K. COLLINS & BROTHER AND CYRUS A. DODD, ALL

OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-MACHIN'E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 244,333, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed April 9 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. STEINLE, of Allegheny City, in the county or' Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Cigars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had t the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a view ot' the geared foldingroll. Fig.5 shows the receiving-table and delivery-slide41. Fig. '6 shows the pinion, pawl, land ratchet ofthe traction -roll 11. Fig. 7 shows the pinion, pawl, and ratchet of the feed-roll 9. Fig. 8 shows the shaft 25 and cams 23 and 24. Fig. 9 illustrates the operation of the cams 23 and 24 upon the presser-plate 21. Fig. 10 shows the belt-stretching roll 39. Fig. 11 shows the cutter and cutter-frame. Fig. 12 shows how the folding-rolls are opened by the cutter-frame and the folding-belt creased. Fig. 13 shows how the ller is pushed in between the folding-rolls. Fig. 14 vshows the construction ofthe cone-pulley 126. Fig. 15 shows the construction of the ,devices for driving the bobbin. Fig. 16 shows the operation of the creaser 50 and blade 143 in enveloping the bunches. Fig.17 shows how the feed-web is used to envelop the finished bunches. Fig. 18 shows the manner of adjusting the guides 42 and 43 to suit different sizes of cigars. Fig. 19 is a side view of the roll 28. Fig. 20 is a perspective view of the flattening-brush 16 and curved strippers 15. Fig.'21 is a sectional view of one end of the bobbin, and Fig. 22 shows the attachment of the devices for operating the stretching-roll 38.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each.

In explanation of certain terms used by me in this specification, I will say that filler means the tobacco whichcomposes the body of the cigar, binder 7 the inside wrapper, bunch77 the llerrolled up in the binder, and wrapper the outside cover or layer.

My improvement consists ot av machine for making the bunches of cigars, which takes the tobacco' in the shape of a continuous feed or web, flattens and smooths the said web, cuts it into sections, with thick and thin ends laid alternately in thereverse directions, and incloses each of such sections in a binder, rolls the same around it, and delivers the bunch in a rolled, compact, and complete condition7 ready for the application of the wrapper.

' For greater clearness I will lirst describe the operation of the machine, and then the devices by which the movements are given to the various parts.

The working parts of the machine are all mounted upon a suitable frame, 1". At one end is a box or frame, 2, provided with vertical guides or ways 3 on opposite sides, which guides are designed to receive the journals ot' a spool or Ibobbin, 4, upon which is a web of cloth, 7. Wound in the folds of the web 7 is a layer of tobacco, such as is used in making the fillers-of cigars., The tobacco is in a suffi! ciently damp condition to be easily formed into iillers and retain the sha-pe which is given to it, being of a fibrous nature. Mounted upon rollers 5, under the spool 4, is a belt, 6, which is designed to relieve the web 7, in its forward movement, from friction, the belt 6 turning with the web 7.

Beyond the inner end ofthe web 7, and extending in a lower plane, is a belt, 8, mounted on rolls 9 andlO, to which a positive motion is given by suitable gearing. The web 7 after passing over the roll 5, turns back over the roll 9, passes under the roll 11, and is wound upon the roll 12 as it is drawn ol'l' of the spool 4, the traction being given by the roll 11, to which power is appliedfor that purpose. rIhe roll 12 is mountedona swinging frame, 52, journaled at 53, and provided with a shortarm, 54,against which a spiral spring, 55, bears, for the purpose of pressing the roll 12 up against roll 11, by a yielding pressure, which will permit it to take the increasing bulk of the web 7 as it is wound upon it. The tobaccois separated from the web 7 as the latter passes back over the roll 9, and falls upon the belt 8, by which ithis carried forward into the machine, under the curved tapered in the opposite direction.

erating in connection with the belt 8, feeds it forward into the guides 17.

Beyond the guides 17 is a vertically-moving cutter, 57, which is mounted on a verticallyreciprocating frame 58, said frame being operated by means of a rock-shalt, 59, and arm 60, and moving in guides 61. Beyond the cutter 57 is a vertically-moving plunger and foldingblade, 18, which is reciprocated by a rock-shaft, 19, the arm 20 of which extends through a suitable slot in the stem of the plunger. Beyond the plunger 18, on the side opposite to that occupied by the guides 17, is a pivoted gage and presser-plate, 21, sustained by pivoted hangers 22. The inner sides of the guide 17 and the presser-plate 21 constitute the sides of the cutter. cavity.

As a cigar is thicker at one end and tapers to the other, it is necessary to cut the fillersections of corresponding form from the sheet of tobacco that is fed through the guides 17. To accomplish this the presser-plate 21 is inclined laterally in opposite directions alternately of each stroke. This is done by means ofthe cams 23 and 24, mounted upon the shaft 25, andplaced back ofthepresser-plate21. The shaft 25 is turned after each stroke of the cutter 57, so that one or the other of the cams, 23

or 24, which bear againstthe opposite ends of the presser-plate shall be thrown forward alternately against the plate and the other withdrawn, thus causing one end of the presserplate to be advanced in the cavity nearer to the opposite side. At the further operation of the machine the first cam retires and the other cam advances, causing the cutter-cavity to be knife 57 is elevated the tobacco is fed through the guides 17 until it comes in contact with the presser-plate 21, and being soft, it adapts itself to the cavity into which it is fed, and thus enables me to cut fillers which taper alternately in opposite directions.

Back of the shaft 25 is a feed-table 26for feeding the binders into the machine. At the inner end of table 26 and extending diagonally downward, is a feed-guide, 27, which leads to a pair of folding-rolls, 28 and 29, directly undertheplun ger. The purposeof the feed-guide is to feed the binder directly over the pass of the folding-rolls, so as to receive the section of the tobacco as it is'carried down by the plunger 18. One ofthe folding-rolls, 28, is mounted in the upper end of an oscillating frame, 30, and the other, 29, in a pair of levers, 31, journaled in the frame 30 at 33, and each provided with a heel or tail, 32. The frame 30 oscillates upon the counter-shaft 35, and when at the end of its oscillation, or nearly so, the heels 32 of the levers 31 come in contact with the stops While the 34, which trip them and throw the roll 29 away from roll 28 to discharge the bunch.

Extending from a roll, 38, around roll 39, and down between the folding- rolls 28 and 29, forming a loop, 150, and thence forward to roll 40, upon which it is wound, is a loose belt, 37. The roll 39 has reverse tapers on its opposite sides, which tapers correspond to those of cigars placed in the same position. These reverse tapers are alternately turned up under the belt 37, so thatwhen thelatteris stretched over the roll during the forward movement of the frame 30 it will assume a shape corresponding to the shape ofthe filler in the folding-rolls. Then at the next motion of the machine the roll 39 will be turned so as to bring the reverse taper forward. This movement ot' the roll 39 corresponds to that of the presserplate 21. In the oscillation of thc frame 30 the folding- rolls 28 and 29 are carried forward upon curved guides 36, above which curved guides, on each side, is a parallel curved rack, 56, in which gear the teeth or pinions on the ends of the roll 29, so as to communicate to said roll a positive rotation and draw the belt 37 positively over to it. The binder is fed down upon the folding- rolls 28 and 29 directly under the plunger 1S, so that when a section of tobacco is cut olf' it is forced down by the plunger upon the said binder, and the binder and tobacco are forced between the rolls 28 and 29 into the loop or slack of the belt 37. This causes the binder to fold up around the tobacco, and then the frame 30 is caused to move forward on the curved ways 36. The operation of the racks 56 upon the pinions of the roll 29 causes the roll 29 ylo have a positive rotation and to be forced inward toward the roll 28, so as to tightly inclose theiller, which is in the loop 159, and not permit it to escape from between the rolls 28 and 29. The movement of the frame 30 causes the belt 37 to be drawn around the roll 29, around the filler, and over the roll 28, and this causes the filler to be rotated in the loop of the belt 37 between the folding-rolls, the binder to be folded around it,`and the bunch thus made to be compressed and formed. As the belt 37 is sufficiently loose it will draw freely between the rolls 28 and 29 and around the tiller when the frame 30 moves forward in its oscillation. When the frame 30 reaches the roll 40 the bunch will have been relieved from the pressure of the belt by the heels 32 of the levers 31 coming in contact with the stops 34 and opening the rolls 28 and 29, and the loop of the belt 37 being taken up by the movement of the rolls past the roll 40, to which its end is fastened, the bunch will be discharged from the belt onto the upper end of the table or guide 43.

At the lower end of the cross-guides 36, mounted in suitable ways, is a reciprocating slide, 41, which, when the bunch is discharged on the upper end of the table 43, pushes it down the said table, and so aids in delivering the bunch from the machine.

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Below the slide 41 there is a-.web, 44, which is drawn lfrom the roll 45,1passesv up aroundI the roll 46; thence vdown under.y the table 41, and overand along the curved guide 43 toa roller, 47, at` the front sideof. the machine. A curved guide, 42, extends from beneaththe roller` 40. down to the xbobbiu 47, ashort .dis-

v tance above the guide 43, and nearly parallel thereto. When the bunch is dischargedfrom the belt 37 and fallsk on the table 43 itz rests upon the web 44, and travels on it downbetween the guid'es42and43, and is .Wound up with it on the bobbin 47.

Under the bobbin. 47, is a belt, 48, passing around the rolls 49, vWhich is designed to sustain the web and bunches as they ipass to and are Wound upon the bobbin. When asufficient coil of bunch has beenformed the bobbin is taken off and the bunches removed for use. The bunches are permitted to remain on the bobbin, within the spiral folds of the Web, until sufficiently dry for use, or they may be preserved damp in this position. This method of preserving them is of great utility, .as it keeps them in shape, preserves their. davor, and is an economical Way ofputting them up. They may be sold to the dealers in this shape, who can then apply any quality and color of Wrapper they desire. Common cigars are Wound on the bobbin by the simple spiral folds of the cloth, (seev Fig. 5;) but: tine cigars are enveloped thereby, as shown in Figs. 16 and 1.7.

I will now proceed to describe the devices for communicating pow-er to the various parts shaft, meshing into .a large gear-wheel, 70, ou

the counter-shaft. Therel is ail-eccentric, 71, ou the counter-shaft35,upon which is a yoke, 72` connected byta rod,.73, to the lever 74,

which is journaledon the shaft 75. The lowerend ofthe lever 74is connected to the lower cross-head, 77, of the pivoted frame 30 by means of a link or. rod, 76. The purpose of this connection is to communicate the oscillatin g movement tothe frame 30, by which the rollers 28-and 29 are carried'down the curved guides 36 in forming the bunches and discharging the same..

lhave already explained the operation of opening the foldin g-rolls by. means ofthe stops 34. To keep the folding-rolls closed until opened by` said stops I have placeda spring, 7S,.ou each arm of the frame 3.0, the other ends of which are connected to the levers 31 in such amanner as .to keep thefoldingroll 29 in closeproximity to the folding-roll 28, and

to retract the levers 31 as soon asthe swinging frame 30 movesback from contact with the stops-'34. The reciprocating movement is Webf up on roll 12.

given to the-slide 41 by means oflinks 79, pivotallyv connected to the endsof said slidey and to theoscillatingframe 30, andthe operation vtable43 in front of: it, and then Whenthe frame 30 is retracted'theslide 41 will be drawn forward and push the bunch down in frontof it along the table 43, as shown in Fig. 3.v

Pivotally attached to the frame 30, at one side of the machine,and extending-in an opposite directionfrom the links 79,which operate theslide 4l,is `a rod, 80, the other end of which is pivotally connected with thelower end ofthe lever. 81, which, in turn, isfpivoted to the frame of the machine at 83, and, provided-at its upperend with a segmental gear, 82. Thev gear S2, meshes into thepinion 84 uponrthe shaft 85 of theroll 11. On the shaft 85, and inside of the pinion 84, is a ratchet, S6. (See Fig. 6.) The pinion 84 is loose on the shaft85,and is provided with a pawl, 87, whichplay-s in the ratchet'86, being held down upon-the ratchet: by a'spring, 8S, attached to the inner face of the pinion.

The operationoftthis part of the machine is as follows: W henl the-frame 30 makes its for- Ward movement inrolling and delivering the bunch it causes the pinion 84 to be turnedby means of the vsegmental gear 82, and as the pinion during theforward movement of the frame'30 will be heldto the shaft 85 by means ofthe pawl 87 taking into the ratchet 86 it will Athe reversefdirection, andby suchmovement the pawl87 w-ill'slip over the ratchet and` the roll llfwill remainstationary. As before described, they purpose-ot' the roll. 11 is to feed thek tobacco-onto the belt Sand to wind: the

Thisfeedismade-intermittent, because thefoperation of the machine isnecessarily.intermittent, owing to the-folding and rollingoperations which follow the roll l2 instead -of on the traction -roll11, yas otherwise the latter would gradually grow larger and increase the speedk and amount of feed, which would ruin the operation ofthe machine.V

Povveris communicated tothe rollerf9 toturn thebelt 8 by means of a pinion, 91, on the end of roller 9, which pinion intermeshes with the pinion 84 on the roll l1. The pinion 91 is loosely'mounted on its shaft, which Eisn-provided feed. Itis necessary to wind theweb7 on they Y with a ratchet, 92, a pawl, 93, and a spring, 94, similar to the corresponding devices on the roller 11. (See Fig. 7.) These devices impart a rota-ry motion to the roller 9 during the reverse motion of the pinion S4, so that when the pinion 84 is not turning the roll 11 it is turning the roll 9 through the medium of the pinion 91. This causes an intermittent forward motion of the belt 8 immediately after the forward feed of the web 7, and alternately therewith.

Extending from the cross-head 77 of the pivoted frame 30,in the opposite direction from the link or rod 76, is a rod or link, 95, which is pivotally connected to the lower end of the ratchet-lever 96. The lever 96 is pivoted to the frame ofthe machine, and operates, in connection with the ratchet 97 on the end of one of the rolls 49, to communicate an intermittent motion to thebelt 48, and thereby aid in winding up the web 44, with the bunches, upon the bobbin 47. The bobbin 47 is mounted on the end of the frame 98, which is pivoted on the shaft 99. 1t is held down upon the belt 48 by the pressure of the spring 55, which extends between the shaft 99 and the short arm of the lever 52, and exerts a torsional strain against the cross-piece 100 of the frame 98. The purpose of this construction is to accommodate the gradually-increasing size of the bobbin as the web 44 and bunches are wound upon it.

0n the counter-shaft 35 there is a pinion, 101, which meshes into the gear-wheel102, mounted on ajournal extending out from the frame of the machine. A link, 103, is connected by a suitable wrist-pin to the gear-wheel 102, and to the forward end of the lever 104, which is pivoted to the frame of the machine at 105.

Extending up from the lever104 is alink, 106, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to one arm of the bell-crank 107. The other arm of said bell-crank is connected by a link, 108, to the crank 109, which is mounted upon the end of and operates the shaft 25. This shaft, as before explained, carries the cams 23 and 24, (see Fig. 8,) which, operating alternately against the opposite ends of the presser-plate 2l, change the shape of the cuttercavity, as before described, to suit the alternately-reversed position ofthe thick and thin ends of the iller. (See Fig. 9.) The same device effects the reversal of the roll 39, so as to bring its reversed tapers (sce Fig. 10) to correspond to the shape of the cigar being formed. The said roller 39 is provided with a pinion, 110, into which meshes a segmental gear, 111, on the lower arm of the bell-crank 107. The movement causes the roll 39 to make a halfrevolution at each stroke ofthe machine, and brings the thick side of the roll uppermost alternately on opposite ends, so as to cause the belt 37, which is stretched over it, to assume the shape of the iller, which is forced down between the folding-rolls by the plunger 18. The other two sides of the roll 39 are made straight or parallel, so that when it is desired to make a straight cigar the pinion is slackencd and the roll` turned in it so as to bring the straight sides of the roll into contact with the belt 37. Then when the plunger descends between the folding-rolls and tightens the belt it will tighten it over a plain surface, and thereby produce a parallel fold between the folding-rolls.

Mounted on the counter-shaft 35 is a cam, 112, on which bears the front end of the lever 113, which lever is pivoted at 114, and has a rod, 115, connected therewith and extending u p to and connected with the crank 116 on the end of the shaft 59. These devices operate the cutter-frame 58, the operation of which has already been described. The lever 113 is held bythe cam 112 by its own weight. There is a second cam, 117, arranged alongside of the cam 112, on the counter-shaft 35, which is designed to operate the plunger 18 by means ofa lever, 118, pivoted at 114, and connected to the crank 120, on the end of the rock-shaft 19,-by means of a rod, 119. The operative snrface ofthe cam 112 is longer than that of the cam 117, so that the corner-posts 121 of the cutter-frame 58 (see Fig. 11) shall descend rst and open thefolding-rolls, and hold them open during the operation of the plunger. (Sec Fig. 12.) This cam 117 is so arranged thatit shall cause the operation of the plunger 18 after the descent of the cutter-frame 58, and as the stroke of the plunger is much shorter than that of the cutter-frame, owing to the difference in the cams 112 and 117, the stroke of the plunger shall be completed before the entter-t'rame is withdrawn and the folding-rolls permitted to close. In this way the foldingrolls are held open and the plunger permitted to force the iller and binder in between the folding-rolls and stretch the belt, Fig. 13, without having to do the work of opening the said rolls, therby preventing the crushing of the tobacco and preserving the shape of the ller.

Extending inward from each of the side pieces, 121, of the cutter-frame is a finger, 122, Fig. 11, which is held on the edge of the belt or web 37, when the cutter-frame descends between the folding-rolls, and carries the belt down in between the folding-rolls, forming the loop 150, into which the binder and filler are tucked. These fingers, operating on the edge of the belt, do not interfere with the forcing of the nller between them, and can be retracted without touching the filler.

The brush 16 is operated by means of a belt, 123, extending between and around the pulley 124 on the power-shaft 65, and the pulley 125 on the end of the brush-shaft.

At the delivery end of the machine is a cone, 126, mounted on the end of the shaft 99, to which is attached a cord, 127, which passes up over a pulley, 128, and is provided with a weight, 129. On the shaft 99, at the inner end of the cone 126, is a loose pulley, 130, from which extends a belt, 1.31, to and around the pulley 132 on the end of the bobbin-shaft 47.

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The loose pulley-130 is connected to the shaft.

99 by means of the pawl 133 taking into -a ratchet, 134, onpthe cone 126, so that when the shaft99 is turned by means of the weight 129 the pulley 130 will be turned and will operate the belt 131, and thereby turn the bobbin-shaft 47 in winding up the bunches as they are pushed through by means of the slide 41. The power of the weight is sufcie'nt to take up the slack produced by the operation of the slide 41, but is not sufficient to draw the web 44 through without the aid of the slide 41. The shaft 99 is provided with a crank, 135, for

lthe purpose of winding up the cord 127 and raising the weight 129. When the shaft 99 is turned in winding up the weight the pawl133 slips over the ratchet 134, and the pulley 130 remains stationary.

To insure against the turning of the pulley 13() during the' winding up of the weight I have provided a pawl and ratchet, 136 and 137, on the end of the bobbin-shaft. The pawl136 slips over the ratchet 137 during the forward movement of the belt 131 but in case the belt 131 is reversed by the movement of the shaft 99 in'winding up the weight the pawl 136 falls into the ratchet 137 and prevents the back movement of the bobbin-shaft, and so will guard against the spoiling or unwinding of the bunches onV the bobbi-n. The movement of the weight 129 is sufcient to wind up one bobbin, each of which holds from seven hundred to one thousand bunches. The purpose of giving the cone shape to the winding-drum 126 is to increase the power of the weight, as the diameter of the bobbin increases with the windin g up'of the web upon it. 'lhe cord is fastened to the small end of the cone, so that at each turn the diameter of the coil is enlarged and the power of the weight increased.

The rollers 10 and 14 are geared together by suitable pinions, 138, for the purpose of communicating the power of the bel-t 8 to the belt 13, and obtaining an equal forward feed on both sides of the filler.

The eect of the rotation of the iiller in the belt 37 during the forward movement of the oscillating frame 30 is to compact thefiller and reduce its diameter, thereby producing slack in the belt. In order to take up this slack I communicate a partial rotation to the roll 38, Figs. 2 and 22, to which the rear end of the belt 37 is attached, by means of the following devices: A crank, 139, is fastened to one end of the roll 38, which crank is connected by a link, 140, to one side of the frame 30, so that when the frame 30 makes its forward motion it turns the roll 38 sufficiently to take up the slack of the belt 37, produced by the reduction of the diameter of the iiller therein. The slack thus produced is necessarily slight, and hence the rotation given to the roll 38 will usually not exceed a quarter of arevolution. The amount of this rotation may be regulated by changing the point of attachment ofthe link 140 to the fra1ne`30. By attaching it higher the rotation is increased, and by attaching it lower it is diminished.

Pivoted at the end of the machine to the shaft 51 is a creaser, 50, which, when the slide 41 is pushed back, falls over the edge of the slide and creuses the cloth for the reception of the bunch. Then when the bunch is discharged from vbetween the folding-rolls it falls against the face of the creaser and is guided thereby down into the crease in the web 44. The creaser is used in this way when it is designed to envelop each bunch with the web 44. To do this (see Fig. 16) the slide 41 is provided with a blade, 143, secured upon its upper face and projecting beyond its edge, so that when the slide advances to force the bunch down the inclined table 43 the blade 143 tucks the web over the top of the bunch, and inunder the top of the guide 42, while the concave front edge of the slide forces the bunch and enveloping-'web down along the table 43. The retraction of the slide 41 causes the withdrawal of the blade 143, and leaves the cloth enveloping the bunch. This operation is repeated with every bunch as it is delivered upon the table 43, When the bunches are enveloped in this way it is necessary to use a second web, in. order to keep the web from pulling off of them when wound around the bobbin, as otherwise the web 44 would be drawn from around the bunches by the winding operation. I prevent this by making use of the filler-web, which, as before described,is wound around the roll 12. Instead of winding it up on the roll 12, I pass it around the roll 12, then down around the ou-ter roll, 49, along parallel with the belt 48, into `and around lthe inner roll, 49, and then around the outside of the web 44 as the latter is rolled on the 4bobbin 47, Fig. 17. It is apparent that after' the end of the web 7 has been brought in this course and started on the bobbin 47 it will be drawn onto it and wound up with the web 44, and be interposed spirally between the coils on the web 44, with its inclosed bunches upon the bobbin, and prevent the inclosing-web 44 from being drawn off of the bunches. By thus enveloping each bunch separately in the folds of one web the contact of bunches is prevented, so that they dry more uniformly and regularly, and without becoming distorted, while by using a continuous web for both the bunch-folds, web 44, and the securing or spiral folds, web 7, I am enabled to fill the bobbin 47 automatically from the machine.

The creaser 50 is used merely as a guide where it is not desired to envelope the bunches with the web 44. In such case the web 44 passes under the slide 41, (see Fig.` 5,) and the bunches are laid upon it side by side as they are delivered from the folding-rolls; but when it is desired to envelop the bunches with the web 44, as described, the said web must pass over the top of the slide 41, in order to be creased and tucked around the bunches, as described.

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. Fig. 21.

The length of the belt 37 is adjusted to suit the size of the bunch to be made by means of the roll 40, which is provided with a ratchet, 14.4., held in position by the pawl 145.

The position of the curved guide 42 with .relation to the curved guide 43 is regulated by means of adjusting-screws 146, working through the guide 43 into the guide 42,1Fig. 18, so as to enlarge or diminish the distance between them to suit the size of the cigar to be made.

The spring 111, attached to the lower crosshead, 77, and to the cross-head 75, is provided for the purpose of retracting the oscillating frame 30 after the completion of its forward movement. The link 76 is slotted, as at 148, to permit this retraction of the frame 30in1- mediately upon the completion of its stroke, instead of waiting for the slow movement 0f the eccentric 71. The reason for this speedy retraction of the frame 30 is to enable it to be charged by the time the eccentric comes around and is ready to carry it down again.

The bobbin 47 is recessed at its end, and is mounted in its frame by means of pins or journals 142 projecting into the said recesses, One of these journals is provided with a spiral spring, 149, bearin g against the frame and forcing the pin inward. By drawing the pin outward against the pressure of this spring the bobbin is'released, and maybe taken out of the frame.

Therolle is provided with aremovable shaft, 151, so that it may be removed from the frame by withdrawing the shaft when it is desired to replace the web 4:4.

The advantages of my improved machine are, that it will make more bunches in a day than several expert workmen, and will produce more compact, shapely, and uniform work; that it requires but little power to run it, and needs but one attendant to operate it, and that it is simple and easy to operate, and not liable to get out of order.

I am aware that a series of pockets or cells adapted for the reception of eggs and other articles has been formed by combining corrugated strips having their ends connected with interposed plain strips, and do not herein claim such a device, as it could not be filled from a continuously-operating machine of the class herein described.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The method herein described of making cigar fillers or bunches, consisting in severing a series of alternately reversely-taperin g sections from a continuous sheet, and subjecting such sections to a forming or shaping pressure between forming-surfaces which change direction from time to time to conform to the taper of the suoceedin g sections, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The method herein described of packing cigar-bunches for drying, transportation, and trade, the same consisting in enveloping the bunches separately within the folds of one continuous web, whereby contact between the bunches is prevented, and then coilingor Winding the said web and its contents upon a bobbin by the aid of an additional web continuous spirally wound, which supports the first web and preserves its folds, substantially as specified.

3. As an article of trade,apackageor bundle of fillers or bunches, each filler or bunch separately enveloped in the folds of a continuous web, and the series secured about a suitable bobbin by the spiral folds 0f a second continuous enveloping-web, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a machine for forming cigar-fillers from a continuous sheet of filler material, the combination of a bobbin having a continuous web for supporting and delivering a continuous sheet of iller, a carrier for receiving the sheet of filler from the web of the bobbin and delivering it to the cutter, and a cutter for severing ller-sections from the continuous sheet of filler material, substantially as specified.

5. In a machine for forming cigar-fillers from a continuons sheet of filler material, the combination of a bobbin for holding and delivering the sheet of filler material, said bobbin having sliding journals which permit it to preserve its contact -with the driving apron or belt, africton drivin g beltor apron, upon which the surface of the bobbin rests to obtain a uniform rate of feed, and a cutter for dividing the continuous sheet of filler material into iillersections ofnniform size, substantially as specified.

6. In a eigar-machine, the combination of a bobbin or filler-roll provided with a web for supporting and feeding a continuous sheet of filler material, a traction-roll for drawing o' the bobbin-web at a uniform rate of speed, and a traveling carrier-belt for receiving and delivering the continuous sheet of ller material, substantially as and for the purpose specitied. 'l

7. In a cigar-machine, the combination of a bobbin or filler-roll provided with a web for supporting and feeding a continuous sheet of ller material, a traction-roll for drawing oii' the bobbin-web at a uniform rate of speed,

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a receiving-roll for receiving the bobbin-web,

Vsaid receiving-roll held against the tractionroll by an elastic yielding pressure to receive its motion from the traction-roll, and a carrier belt or apron to receive the continuous sheet of ller material and deliver it to the cutter,

substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

parallel ngers or strippers, substantially as and for the purposes described.

10. The combination of a pairof folding-rolls,

la reciprocating frame having a knife which said rolls adapted to open and close to permit the passage ot' a filler, a slack belt which eX- tends over and forms a loop between the folding-rolls to receive a filler, and curved ways for the rolls to travel on, substantially as and for the purposes described.

13. The combination of an oscillating frame having a pair of folding-rolls one of which has pinions on its ends, curved ways for the rolls to travel on, curved racks operating to turn the pinioned roll, and aslaek belt passing over and forming a loop between the folding-rolls,

substantially as and for the purposes described. 14. An oscillating frame having a pair ot' parallel ioldingrolls, one of which is journaled in the outer end of the frame and the other in a pair of pivoted levers having tail-pieces and' held closed by suitable springs, in combination with stops which engage the said tail-pieces and open the rolls at theend of the movement ofthe oscillatin gframe, andaslack beltadapted to form a loop between the rolls, substantially as and for the purpose described.

16. In combination with the oscillatin g frame having 'foldin grolls and belt, a receiving-table, and a feed-slide which pushes the bunches forward after they are discharged from the foldin g-rolls, substantially as and for the purpose described.

17. The combination of a creasing device, a reciprocating folding-blade guides, and an en veloping-web,which passes between said creasing device and folding-blade, substantially as and for the purpose described.

18. The combination of the enveloping-web with adjustable guides, between which it and the bunches pass on their way to the bobbin, a

web-creaser, and a reciprocating bladed slide, substantially as and for the purposes described.

19. In a cigarmaking machine, the combination of a'receiving-table or guide to receive the bunches from the forming devices, avreceiving bobbin provided with a web which eX- tends over the receivingtable for the purpose of enveloping the bunches, said receiving-'bobbin mounted on a yielding or pivoted frame, and an independent belt or apron arranged below and adapted to support the receiving or bunch bobbin, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

20. The combination, with the shaft of the receiving -bobbin and its Web 44, of a pulley operated by a weight, and suitable intermcdiate mechanism for transmitting the power from the pulley to the bobbiu-shaft, substantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

2l. The combination, with the shaft of the receiving-bobbin and its web 44, of a pulley operated by a cord and weight, a cone-shaped drum for continuously increasing the power of the weight upon the pulley, and suitable intermediate mechanism for transmitting the power from the pulley to the bobbin-shaft.

22. The combination of the bunch-enveloping web and the receiving-bobbin, with a reciprocatiu g slide forcing the web down toward the bobbin, and a pulley and Weight which eX- ert a winding power on the bobbin, substantially as and for the purposes described.

23. The combiuation,with the rolling or folding belt, of the shaping-roll 39,having reverse tapers on opposite sides, with suitable mechanism to give ita half-turn at each operation of the machine, substantially as and for the purposes described.

24. The combination of the shapin g-roll, the rolling-belt, the folding-rolls, and the stretching-roll to which the end of the belt is fastened, the said stretching-roll making a partial revolution to take up the slack ot' the belt as the filler is reduced in size .by the rolling operation, together with suitable mechanismfor actuating the several rolls, substantially as and for the purposes described.

25. The combination, with the folding-rolls, of a reciprocating cutter-frame operated by a long cam, in combination with the reciprocating plunger operated bya short cam, said cams mounted on the same shaft, so that the stroke ot'vthe plunger shall be made and completed during the stroke of the cutter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

1n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM M; STEINLE.

Witnesses:

T. B. KEER, Y J AMES H. PORTE.

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