US2525548A

US2525548A - Cigarette maker

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Publication number: US2525548A
Application number: US56711A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry O Herman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-10-27
Filing date: 1948-10-27
Publication date: 1950-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 1967-10-10

Description

Oct. 10, 1950 HgRMAN 2,525,548

CIGARETTE MAKER Filed Oct. 27, 1948 IN V EN TOR. Harr z QJZZeI-man Patented Oct. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE My invention relates to a new and useful cigarette maker, particularly a hand actuated device to be employed by a person for rolling individual cigarettes when desired.

One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive and rather small apparatus comprising two cooperating parts that will permit an inexperienced person to readily roll a substantially perfect cigarette after a few experimental trials.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette maker consisting of a flexible channel shaped forming member or body, closed at one end by a pliable or compressible end wall, and a winder in the form of a resilient clamp and carrying means to temporarily close the other end of said forming member or body while a portion of said winder is within said forming member.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for readily opening the clamping jaws of the winder by pressure applied to said means, and the jaws closing upon release of pressure from said means.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists of the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the forming member or body in open position to receive a cigarette paper, the winder and tobacco.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the winder in a closed position.

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof with the jaws opened.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two elements of the cigarette maker in cooperative relation and a cigarette paper in position to receive tobacco.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 4 with tobacco in the paper prior to being rolled.

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing an approximate position of the forming member and one condition that may prevail during the making of a cigarette.

Fig. '7 is a central longitudinal sectional view of Fig. l with the winder in elevation.

In carrying out the invention as herein embodied It represents the forming member or body which is produced from flexible elastomerics, especially non-metallic plastics, thin sheet metal or 3 Claims. (Cl. 131-58) other suitable material having sufiicient stiffness to be fashioned into a trough or U-shape in cross section and normally retain such configuration or capable of returning to the normal shape after The longitudinal edges of said forming member may be left plain and straight or they may be rolled outward to constitute flanges II and, if desired, these flanges may be reinforced by rods 1:!2 of wood, metal or other suitable substances. One end of the forming member or body I0 is closed by a pliable or compressible end wall l3 of sponge rubber or equivalent thereof which, preferably, is fixed to the walls of said forming tmember or body and located within the chamber adjacent the finger-hold is a disc ll of material capable of compression and expansion, such as rubber, and said disc it functions as a temporary closure or endwall for the normally open end of the forming member or body it when the jaws of the winder are in said body or forming member. This disc may also assist in urging the winder jaws towards their closed positions.

The jaws IE of the winder are held together at the rear ends thereof by means It which, for purposes of illustration only, is shown as a ring encircling the jaws contiguous the finger-hold I5. The jaws are fastened together by the means IS in spaced relation to the disc I1 and between the two locations is positioned an operating lever l 9 for opening or separating the free ends of the jaws. The operating lever here shown has a portion, oblong in cross section, situated between the jaws within the area between the disc I! and the fastening means 18. When the shorter dimension of the portion between the jaws is in a plane at right angles to the axes of said jaws the latter will be closed as depicted in Fig. 2 but when the operating lever is actuated to rotate the portion between the jaws, a larger dimension, which may be the diagonal, will be positioned at right angles to the aXes of the jaws and cause them to open, as shown in Fig. 3.

In practice, the operating lever is rotated for opening the jaws of the winder and a cigarette paper 2!] is inserted between said jaws and adjusted until said jaws are adjacent to and parallel with one of the longer edges of the paper, at which time the operating lever is released and the jaws will spring shut to clamp the paper in the winder.

The winder and paper are now placed in the body or forming member with the disc I! in engagement with the normall open end of said body or forming member to temporarily close said normally open end. That portion of the paper in the body or forming member will assume a trough-like shape and tobacco 2! is placed therein, as shown in Fig. 5. Next, the bod or forming member it is squeezed, as between the thumb and first two fingers or the operators one hand, until the longitudinal free edges of said body or forming member approach one another, as shown in Fig. 6. The degree of pressure applied when squeezing the body or forming member will determine the compactness of the finished cigarette. While the body or forming member is under compression, Fig. 6, the winder i4 is turned within said body or forming member by the operators other hand so that the cigarette paper is drawn into the body or forming member through the slot provided by the adjacent longitudinal edges thereof. Just before the rear edge of the paper enters the body or forming member the winding operations are halted, said edge is moistened and the Winding operations then completed to cause the rear edge of the paper to overlap and adhere to another portion of said paper. Finally, the pressure on the body or forming member is released and it will spring open permitting the winder with the cigarette thereon to be lifted out and upon opening the jaws of the winder the latter may be withdrawn from the finished cigarette. It is thought well to note the amount of overlap of the paper will depend upon the quantity of tobacco used which will also govern the thickness or diameter of the cigarette.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

1. A cigarette maker comprising two cooperating members, one member being a body or form ing member and the other member constituting a winder, said body or forming member consisting of a trough shaped sheet of flexible material and a pliable end wall closing one end of the trough, and said winder including a pair of resilient jaws to grip a sheet of cigarette paper and while in the forming member to coil said paper about tobacco placed thereon Within said forming member, means on said jaws to temporarily close the other end of the forming member, and means to open said jaws to receive the cigarette paper and release the winder therefrom.

2. The structure according to claim 1 wherein the means to temporarily close the other end of the forming member is a compressible disc which will permit opening of the winder jaws.

3. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a flexible forming member of troughlike formation and a pliable end wall fixed in one end thereof, and a winder comprised of a fingerhold, a pair of resilient jaws projecting from said finger-hold, an operating lever to open said jaws and a compressible disc on said jaws to temporarily close the other end of the forming member when the jaws are placed in said forming member, said winder with a cigarette paper clamped between the jaws adapted to be placed in said forming member with the paper channeled to receive tobacco and then turned within said forming member to wind the paper about the tobacco.

HARRY O. HERMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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