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CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE.

No. 368,065.. Patented May 17, 1887.

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No. 863,065 Patented May 17, 1887.

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OSCAR HAMMERS'IEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-ROLLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,065, date-d May 17, 1887.

Application filed July 16, 1886. Serial No. 208,167. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented an Improved Cigar-Rolling Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top View of my improved cigar-rolling machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the same on the line c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section on the line k is, Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a top View, on an enlarged scale, of the sectional thimble in which the point of the cigar is rolled. Fig. 5 is a similar view, partly in section, of the same. Fig. 6 is a top view of a modified form of said thimble. Fig. 7 is a top view, partly in sec tion, of the pivoted finger for winding the wrapper around the bunch.

This invention relates to certain improvements on the cigar-rolling machine which is described in an application for a patent filed by me February 1, 1886, and allowed February13, 1886, the said application being known as Serial No. 190,555, and granted August 31, 1886, No. 345,206.

One object of my present invention is toimprove the thimble within which the point of the cigar is formed, so that any excess of wrapper beyond the point proper of the cigar may be avoided.

In machinemade cigars one principal difficulty has been to form afirm and symmetrical point. Ordinarily when the wrapper is wound on the bunch it will be applied with a greater or less degree of looseness just at the point, and when afterward the cigar is dry an objectionable protrusion will appear, which reduces the value of the cigar.

My invention in this respect consists in the point-reeeiving thirnble of the cigar-rolling machine made in sections, and in a cutter applied to one of the sections, and in one of the sections being movable, so that the thimble can be opened and closed by the operator and any protruding portion of the wrapper cutoff, and in the thinible operated independently of the cigar-forming mechanism, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Another object of the present invention refers to the wrapper-winding finger, which, in

tact of the finger with the wrapper and bunch will cause the finger to revolve independently of the shaft. By this means I avoid tearing the wrappers, which is sometimes occasioned when the finger is rigidly connected with the shaft.

A third object of my invention pertains to the table on which the wrapper is slid or conveyed to the rolling mechanism, this table being in the present instance provided with a pivoted carrier-plateso that friction between the wrapper and the table may be avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the frame of the machine,- B, the curved plate or table on which the wrapper is to be placed; 0, the roller under the curl b of said table; D, the thimblc for forming the point of the cigar, and E and F the rollers which, being parallel with the roller G, serve to roll the cigar. G is the frame in which the top roller, F, is hung; H, the latch for holding said frame G in the locked position; I, the sliding shaft which, carrying a pinion, f, conveys motion to the rollers G, E, and F, the said sliding shaft carrying the pivoted finger J, for-winding the wrapper around the bunch. These parts so far named, with the particular exceptions hereinafter stated, are substantially like the parts having corresponding letters of reference that are referred to in my said patout. The exceptions to which I refer, and by which my present invention is distinguished from that described in the said former patent, relate, first, to the construction of the thiinble D; second, to the connection of the finger J to the sliding shaft I, and, third, to the attachment of a pivoted plate, L, to the table B.

First, as to the thimble D. This thimble, instead of being made in one piece, as 1'11 my patentreferred to, is made in two pieces, of which one, a, is fixed or rigidly attached to the frame A, while the other part, d, is mova ble, so that it can either be placed in the position shown in Fig. 4, for making the perfected thimble, or in the position shown in Fig. 5, for opening the thimblc. The movable part (Z of this improved thimble is connected by a link, 6, with a lever, g, and carries aknife, h,which is secured thereto. WVhen the machine is in operation, the thimble will be held open at first, as in-Fig. 5, for the purpose of receiving the end of the bunch and the first winding of the wrapper. After the wrapper has been wound around the bunch, the attendant, taking hold of the handle pushes the part d of the thimble into the closed position, as in Fig. 4, and at the same time moves the knife h along, so that any part of the wrapper whichmay protrude beyond the point of the thimble will be cut off. \Vhen the thimble has thus been closed, it entirely embraces the point of the cigar, and after the protruding portion of the wrapper is detached from the cigar the cigar is once more rolled, so as to produce a perfect point.

Instead of making the part a of the thimble D stationary and the part (Z movable, both parts a and 61 may be made movable, in which case each may have a knife or cutter, 71, all as shown in Fig. 6, the said movable sections of the thimble being in that case connected with alever, g", and toggle mechanism It", for jointly moving the sections of the thimble apart or together.

Second, as to the finger J. The same is connected by its shank n to a block, 0, which is pivoted in the fork ed end of a sleeve or carrier, M,which is swiveled tothe end of the sliding shaft I, as is clearly shown in Fig. 7. The connection between the finger J and the swiveled sleeve M is the same as the connection which is described in the said patent, and clearly shown in side View in that patent as existing in that case between the finger J and the shaft I; but,

a by swiveling the sleeve M to the shaft I, I obtain the advantage of preventing the tearing of the wrapper, because the finger J'will be carried along by frictional contact only, and not by positive connection with the shaft I- that is, if the resistance of the wrapper is greaterthan the friction between the parts I and M, the part J will remain stationary.

Thirdly, I pivot a plate, L, at p to the table B, said plate L being intended to receive upon it the wrapper that is to be rolled in the machine-that is to say, the plate L lies on top of the table 13 and connects by a pin, g, which extends through a slot, 1', on said table, with a rod, 8, that is connected by the pivot p with said table B.

The operator. places a wrapper upon the plate L in proper position, and then, instead of sliding the wrapper directly on the table, as was heretofore necessary, merely moves the plate L along around its pivot 11, thereby bringing the wrapper which is 011 said plate into the successive proper positions. Thus the straining and tearing of the wrapper in the act of rolling is avoided.

In this application I claim nothing that is here shown but not claimed, ,butis claimed in my said patent.

I claim- 1. In a cigar rolling machine, a point-receiving thimble, D, separate from and operated independently of the cigar-forming mechanism, the said thimble being composed of a movable part, d, and stationary part a, in combination with mechanism for moving said part d, substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-rolling machine, a point-1e ceiving thimble, D,.having a movable part, (I, with a knife, h, attached thereto, the said thimble being separate from and adapted to be operated independently of the cigar-forming mechanism, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the slidingshaft I with the swiveled sleeve M, with the pivoted block 0, which it carries, the pivoted finger J, carried by the block 0, and with. the forming-rolls O, E, and F, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

4. The combination of the wrapper-table B of a cigar-rollingmachine with the independently-movable plate L, placed on top of said table and pivoted thereto, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. M. THOMAS, HARRY M. TURK.

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