US373351A

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Publication number: US373351A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1904-11-15

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JOHN FLOYD, OF LYNOHBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF PART 'lO J. H. STEWART, OF SAME PLACE, AND H. O. ELLIOT, GEORGE F. CUMMINGS, AND JOHN B. VAN GIESON, ALL OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,351, dated November 15, 1887.

Application filed May 15, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that 1, JOHN FLOYD, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Campbell and State of Virginia, haveinventeda new and useful Improvement in Cigarette-'Machincs, of which. the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigarette-machines; and it consists in the improved construction,

to combination, and arrangementof the parts for service, as will be hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cigarette-machine.

1 Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4. is a transverse sectioq through the feeding-cylinder on the line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the cutting apparatus.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of the same. 'Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken through one of the grooves of the grooved cylinder and the belt below, to show how the lap-joint between the short tobacco rollsis made to formacontinuous roll. Fig. Sis

a vertical longitudinal section through the rollers'and belt, which by their combined action serve to gradually decrease the size and shape of the tobacco roll. Fig. 9 is a series of transverse sections, taken at various points on lines 3 y y y y y of Fig. 8, to show the gradually-diminishing form of the tobacco roll. Fig. 10 is a transverse section on the line Z Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a transverse section on 5 the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 11% is-a transverse section on the line b b, Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a transverse section on the line 0 c of Fig. 1. Fig. 13 is a transverse section on the line (2 d of Fig. 1. Fig. 14 is a detail view of the metallic piece which, being provided with a camshaped or inclined face, serves to raise the knives for action. Fig. 15 is a detail view of the paper-support which serves to hold the paper during the action of pasting. Fig. 16

5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the guide, which retains the belt and the paper I sheet separate from each other. Fig. 17 is a series of transverse sections through the same. Fig. 18 is a side elevation illustrating a modiings.

Serial No. 202.3l1. (No model.)

0 Referring to the drawings, A is the bedplate of the machine, and B B are a number of Vertical standards or legs depending from the bed-plate and bolted or otherwise rigidly fastened to the floor of the room in which the machine is placed.

To arrive at'a clearer understanding ofthe operation of the machine it is deemed desirable to commence the description from the feed end and continue through the machine in the direction and movement of the materials to be acted upon in making the cigarette.

' Extending up from the bed-plate A at the feed end of the machine are standards 0 O, the upper ends of which provide bearings for the journals of a revolving metallic cylinder or drum, D, the latter being preferably made hollow, and constructed, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, with a longitudinally-corrugated outer face or periphery, 0t, connected at the ends by arms or spokes b, from the meeting point or center of which project the journals aforesaid. The corrugated face a of the cylinder or drum provides grooves, pockets, or receptacles c, which are substantially U-shaped in cross- 85 section, the open sides of the grooves facing outward. The said grooves extend nearly throughout the length of the cylinder, and are arranged at suitable intervals apart transversely, the spaces 6 on the cylinder between the grooves having their outer faces plain and rounded. At the ends of the cylinder or drum D are provided annular flanges d d, which close the ends of the grooves, receptacles, or pockets, and prevent the tobacco received therein from Working out longitudinally.

E E designate uprights secured to and projecting upwardly from the bed-plate between standards 0, the upper ends of the uprights providing a support for an inclined scraper, E, located near the top of the cylinder, the lower edge of the scraper serving to catch such fibers of the tobacco as may project from the grooves or pockets.

Below the scraper, and journaled in the uprights E, is a plain prcsser-roll, E, which works directly against the face of the cylinder between the flanges (1 thereof, so as to compress the tobacco within the grooves or pockets.

Encircling the sides and lower portion of the cylinder, between the flanges d, is a metallic sheath or guard, E which closely fits the outer face of the cylinder over the pockets or grooves, so as to prevent the tobacco received therein from dropping out from the open sides of the grooves or pockets. An outlet-opening, E is provided in the sheath or guard E at the bottom, to allow the partlyformed tobaccorolls to be dropped from the grooves or pockets of the cylinder through the outlet-opening onto a belt below, as will be presently described. The sheath, shield, or guard E may be supported in position by being secured at one end to the uprights E and at the other end to the box F. The latter is arranged at a slight incline along one side of the cylinder, and is provided with a sliding drawer, H. The top of the box, being open, is covered by a sheet of wire-gauze, a perforated plate, or other open work material, G, which provides a feedi ng-table.

The box, with the covering G, is made to corcespond with the length ofthe cylinder,extending along one side thereof from end to end. The tobacco is fed to the machine by hand, being spread over the surface of plate or covering G,the dust and other foreign matter dropping through the meshes or openings in the covering into the box and are caught by the drawer H, the latter being withdrawn from the box F at any convenient time to empty the accumulations of matter therefrom. The slight inclination of plate or covering G gives a gradual descent of the tobacco to the cylinder or drum, so that the person feeding the tobacco has opportunity to pick out imperfect fibers and such foreign substances as cannot pass through the openings of the covering, and thus insure asuperior grade of cigarettes. The tobacco, beingfed to the machineby hand retains the original length of the fibers unbroken, which is not the case with the usual machinery employed. The feeder assists the descent of the tobacco spread over the covering G of the table to the cylinder D, and, as the latter is turned with an intermittent rotary movement, a sufficient space of time elapses between the successive movements of the cylinder to enable the feeder to fill the grooves or pockets 0, which are presented slightly above the plane of the covering G of the table. The feeder usually pushes a portion of the tobacco at the outlet side off the covering of the table from end to end into the entire length of the groove and presses it slightly down within the same; butshould he have more tobacco in his hand than is necessary to fill one groove there are enough grooves exposed to catch and receive the surplus. The grooves or pockets, as shown in Fig. 7, have the bottom wall at one end beveled or inclined, and thus the partly formed tobacco rolls therein will have one end correspondingly beveled at the bottom when they drop from the cylinder onto the belt below.

To enable the beveled end of one roll to fit or lap the end of the succeeding roll I propose that the feeder shall pick out from the solid end of the groove a sufficient amount of tobacco in an inclined line to enable the end of one roll to lap the adjacent end of the succeeding roll. Fig. 7 of the drawings shows more clearly the manner of effecting this.

I designates a belt located beneath the cylinder. and supported by pulleys I I, mounted on the bed-plate A. This belt moves considerably faster than the cylinder or drum, the relative degree of speed being so proportioned that when cach'snccceding roll of tobacco is dropped from the grooves of the cylinder the preceding roll will have been carried by the belt far enough to allow the end of the preceding roll which was picked or cut outinan inclined line by the feeder to be in such a position that the beveled end of the succeeding roll will drop upon and fit the aforesaid picked end. In this manner alap-joint is provided at the meeting ends of the short tobacco rolls dropped from the cylinder, which enables said rolls to be readily formed into a continuous perfect roll in the manner more fully explained hereinafter.

It should be explained here that the feeder fills each of the grooves or pockets of the cylinder as they come around in succession to the outlet end of the covering G of the feedingtable. Practice and experience soon teaches the feeder the quantity of tobacco he should fill in the grooves or pockets and the precise amount to be picked from each end of the pocket to make a proper lap-joint with the beveled ends of the rolls.

The mechanism for imparting an intermittent rotary movement to the cylinder will now be referred to. The outer end or journal of the cylinder is provided with a ratchet-wheel, J, with which engages a pawl, K, pivoted at its lower end to the outer end of a rock-arm or lever, L, the latter having its inner end connected by a rod, M, to an eccentric, N, on the main driving-shaft 0, provided with a suitable band-wheel, P. The eccentric oscillates the rock-arm or lever L through the rod M and alternately raises and lowers the pawl K to engage with and be disengaged from the teeth of ratchetwheel J. During the raising of pawl K, when it is slipping over the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, the cylinder is held motionless, and it is during these successive periods of time that the feeder is enabled to fill the pockets or grooves of the cylinder.

made with spring or cushioned boxes.

By the combined action of the feeder pressing the tobacco into the grooves or-pockets, the scraper E, and roller E the tobacco within the grooves or pockets of the cylinder is formed into compact'rolls. When one of the grooves or pockets of the cylinder aligns with the outlet E of the sheath or guard E", the tobacco roll contained in such pocket drops by gravity and by the sudden jar imparted by the pawl through the outlet upon the belt Land is carried forward by the latter in the manner before explained.

Q Q Q Q designate a series of uprights (preferably four in number) secured to and projecting from the bed-plate A, and provid ing bearings for a corresponding number of horizontal shafts, R R R R one end of each shaft having a sprocket-wheel, S, thereon. As shown in Fig. 2, the bearings of the shafts are An endless chain, T, passes over each of the sprocket-wheels S of the several shafts R R R R and down partly around a sprocket-wheel, U, mounted on one end of a shaft,V, that carries the belt-pulley I, and then around a sprockctwheel, W, on the driving-shaft 0. By this connection the driving-shaft imparts motion through the chain and wheels mentioned to the shafts R B NR and also to the belt I, on which the tobacco roll is carried.

At the center of each shaft R R R? R is mounted'a grooved roller, 00 x 00 00 which gradually decreases in size and width from roller 40 to The uprights Q Q Q Q may either be made of the same size and have the bearing for the shafts set lower down or they 'may be graduated in height from upright Qto perfect the form and, decrease the size of the roll.

Y Y. designate two pairs of small grooved horizontal rollers working over the belt I so as to catch the tobacco roll on the latter and compress the sides thereof. The pair of rollers Y are located between the rollers x .70, and do not touch; but a space is left between the rollers. The pair Y work edge to edge against each other between the vertical rollers 00' m and are smaller than the rollers Y. Said rollers Y Y are mounted on the upper ends of short vertical postsf,projecting from the bedplate of the machine,and,receiving no motion from any extraneous source, may properly'be termed idlers.

Z designates a metallic forming and sustaining trough adapted to sustain and uphold the belt I'during the action of the rollers. This trough is provided with suitable arms, by which itis attached at one end to the stand ards C, and at the other end is formed with similar arms to be connected to the third upright,Q The diameter of the trough is greater than that of the belt, the side edges of the trough being turned up and bent around over the side edges of the belt. The trough at the first roller, 00, (which is the point of greatest diameter,) is concavo convex in cross-section, and from this point it gradually decreases in diameter, but increases in concavity. Since the beltI runs through the trough between the guides at the side edges of the trough, it is made to shape itself to correspond with'the trough, and by this means the belt is turned up partly around the tobacco roll, in accordance with thegradually decreasing size thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the tobacco-roll sections deposited upon the belt by the cylinder D in the order recited form themselves into a continuous roll in the center of the belt I, though at this time the lap-joint between the roll sections is not perfectly formed and the roll itself is loose and irregular. The motion of the belt carries the continuous tobacco-roll along until it meets the first roller, x, which serves to compress and round off the top of the roll. The tobacco rollcontinues to pass along between the vertical and horizontal rollers, the vertical rollers compressing or rounding it vertically, the horizontal rollers compressing it laterally, and the concave shape of the belt forming the bottom of the roll correspondingly, until by the combined action of the rollers and the belt the tobacco roll issues from the last vertical roller, m", reduced in size and perfected in shape to accord with the usual form of cigarettes.

In Fig. 9 the several transverse sections serve to illustrate the gradually decreasing size and shape of the tobacco roll under the combined action of the several agencies referred to. In this connection I wish to state that I do not claim, broadly, the use of a trough through which the belt passes; neither do I lay any broad claim to the use ol'grooved rollers for forming a tobacco roll. The gist of the present invention on this feature resides in the fact that the rollers are arranged and constructed to gradually form and decrease the size of the tobacco roll, and also that the trough in the present instance sustainsthe belt under the action of the rollers, and also contributes to form the tobacco roll. After, the tobacco roll has passed out from under the action of thelast vertical roller, 00 it is then ready for reception within the paper sheet, the arrangements for which I will now proceed to describe.

A designatesametallie guide or separating trough supported at each end by suitable short posts projecting up from the bed-plate. This trough or guide is located on a straight line with the series of rollers m x x 00 hereinbefore explained. A small roll or idler, g, is jonrnaled at one end of the guide or trough, in suitable projecting ears or lugs thereof, so as to leave a space between the edge of the idler and the extreme end of the guide or separating trough. (See Fig. 16.) At another point on and below the guide or trough, in depending ears thereof, isjournaled another idler, h.

A designates a belt passing around apulley, A, and comprising a horizontal portion, 2', and an inclined portion,j. The trough or guide A has its side edges bent around and turned over to provide engaging-lips, which receive thesidecdges of the paper sheet. Said trough or guide also decreases in width and increases in concavity from the idler g to the idler h, as shown by the transverse sections, Fig. 17. The paper in a continuous roll, A is supported in any suitable manner, and after passing through a preferred form of printing-press to be stamped with the appropriate mark of the manufacturer is led upward around the end of the guide or trough A and over the idler g.

I have represented the general outline of the form of printing press or stamp, as at B", not for the purpose of giving any idea of its operation, but merely to indicate where such a press or stamp should be placed to do the required work.

The paper sheet at, after leaving the idler 9, passes down within the trough, the inwardlyturned side edges or lips of the trough receiving the side edges of the paper sheet, and by the peculiar concavity given to the trough or guide A when the paper sheet leaves the latter it has been turned gradually into the shape of a semi-ellipse in cross-section, as will be seen from the sections of Fig. 17.

The endless belt A has its horizontal portion 2' passing between the guide or trough A and the idler 71, and then along under the guide or trough over the idler g, the inclined portion j of the belt coming in at this point and extending back to the pulley A. It will be understood from this that the guide or trough A serves to separate the paper sheet on from the belt, and while the guide is turning up the paper the belt will prevent it from being wrinkled.

I am aware that it is not new .to provide a trough to receive the belt and paper sheet, the latter within the former, the peculiar curvature of the trough or guide turning both the belt and paper sheet; but the serious objection existing against this arrangement resides in the fact that when the belt began to turn, the paper, being considerably thinner, would wrinkle, causing an imperfect cigarette to be formed. By my arrangement the paper sheet and belt are kept separate from each other until the first turning of each is effected, at which time the paper sheet can be received within the belt withoutdanger of wrinkling by the subsequent action of the machine. Practice has demonstrated that it is only during the first turning of the paper sheet that there is any liability to wrinkle, this being entirely overcome by separating the belt and paper at this point.

The belt A is smaller in diameter than the paper sheet at. \Vhen both the sheet 122. and belt A reach the end of the trough A, they have each been turned up at the side edges, but the former has a greater curvature than the latter. The belt hugs the under side of the troughA and, being held from sagging down by the idler h, is caused to assume the shape of the trough. The rollers B B, by turning up the edges of the belt, cause the same to hug close against the under side of the trough. The belt fits partly around the bottom and sides of the paper sheet after it leaves the trough, as shown in Fig. 10, to serve as a support therefor.

Having shaped the paper sheet and prepared it to receive the tobacco, I will now return to where the completed tobacco roll was left resting On the belt- I. The separating trough or guide A. is projected slightly over the pulley 1, so as to bring the paper sheet as close to the belt as possible. The tobacco roll strikes the paper sheet at the idler passes out over the trough within the paper sheet, and is fed by the action of the rollers w x w 00, 85a, to the horizontal grooved rollers B B, which are mounted on the upper ends of shafts B* B. When the rollers B B are reached, the paper sheet and belt are in the shape shown in Fig. 10, with the finished tobacco roll within the same. The relative construction of these rollers B B is shown clearly in the sectional View Fig. 11, roller B being a plain grooved roller, while roller B is larger in diameter than roller B" and has the top edge of its periphery cut oil to form a straight wall. The bottom edges of the periphery of both rollers work against each other, and it will be understood from this that as the rollers 13 B catch the paper sheet and belt, with the tobacco roll inside thereof, the roller B will act to turn over one side edge of the paper sheet, while the other side edge. is held in a vertical position against the periphery of roller B". Inasmuch as the paper sheet is larger in diameter than the belt, it will project out some distance from each side edge of the belt to allow room for the pasting. From the fact that the roller B is larger in diameter than the roller B and the paper sheet is held in a vertical position against the periphery of roller B said paper sheet has its side edge projected above the plane of roller B", so as to allow room for the pasting-wheel to sweep across and apply paste to the projected edge of the paper sheet. The paper sheet, belt, and tobacco roll all leave the rollers B B" in the relative positions shown in Fig. 11, and as they continue their movement the upright side edge of the papersheet projecting beyond the edge of the belt and out beyond the meeting line of rollers B B is passed across the flat vertical face of a papersupport, 0", which is shown clearly in the detail view Fig. 15. This support consists of a plate of metal secured to the bed-plate of the machine and extending upwardly and inwardly in an inclined line toward the meeting central line of the rollers 13 B ITO The upper end of the support is curved to conform to the shape of roller B around a portion of the circumference of which the support fits, leaving sufficient space, however, for the working of the said roller. Across the extreme front or inner end of the support (3 is provided a vertical straight flat con tact-face, n, which is located directly on a line with. the straight upper edge or periphery of roller B By this arrangement the straight side edge of the paper sheet is worked directly against the straight contact-face n of the papersupport, and while this is being done a grooved pasting wheel or roller, E, mounted on the upper end of a vertical shaft, E applies paste to the upright edge of the paper sheet held against the paper-support O In Fig 11% is shown the particular construct1on of the pasting roller or wheel and how it works to attain the end set forth.- The periphery or edge of the pastingwheel works across the mouth or outlet of a paste-can, F, and as one side edge of the paper sheet is then turned over, the periphery o of the pastingroller clears this turnedover edge and applies paste to the straight side edge of the paper sheet held against the paper-support O. The support 0 thus serves to sustain the paper sheet during the action of the pastingroller. When the proper pasting has been effected, the paper sheet, with one side edge turned over and the other held straight and pasted. is fed along and caught by the two idlers 13 B, which are two small grooved rollers work ing edge to edge against each other. These idlers serve to partly turn the pasted edge of the paper sheet over the tobacco roll. The parts in this condition are caught by the pair of grooved rollers D D, and are worked between the same in the grooves thereof, causing the pasted edge to be turned completely over the other side edge of the paper sheet, and perfecting and completing the form of the cigarette. Leaving the cigarette completedat this point, I will return to the pasting apparatus, on the construction of which special claim is made.

The can F is preferably cylindrical in form,

' and has its top closed and provided with a projecting spout, against the outlet of which the periphery 0 of the pastingrolle-r works, as

before explained. The can is held to the machine by suitable boxes bolted to the side of the bed-plate. The bottom of the can is open, and working through the open bottom is the head 19 ofa plunger, D, the lower end of which is provided with a pulley, D.

G is a rope or belt secured at one end to a depending hook, q, and passed down around pulley D and upward toward the bed-plate of the machine,where it is passed over another pulley, G and has a weight, D secured on its end. I

It will be understood from this description that the action of weight D draws the end of the rope G downward, which action forces the head of the plunger D upward through are closed,while the outer ends are open.

the paste-can, so as to feed the contents there of out through the spout upon the pastingroller.

By having the can reversed, with the open end facing down, the watery matter in the paste is caused to escape through the small space between the head of the plunger and the side of the can and ooze out from the bottom of the can, and thus only dry paste will be fed to the pasting-roller, which will overcome the most serious objection found to exist against the ordinary forms of pasting apparatus.

Of course a suitable receptacle should be providedto catch the drippings from the pastecan. A thumb-screw, H, works through the bed-plate, and is adapted to bear at its inner end against the rope or belt on pulley G and in this manner provide a brake to regulate the descent of the weight D To actuate rollers B B E D D I provide the following mechanisms:

E is a vertical shaft formed at its lower end with a miter-gear, O, which meshes with a similar gear, 0 on a horizontal shaft, E, the latter having a miter-gear, b, at its other end, meshing with a similar gear,j on the driving-shaft. The motion communicated from the driving-shaft to the vertical shaft E is transmitted by gear 0 to gears O (.3 on the shafts B J that carry the rollers B D The shaft B has another gear, K which meshes with a gear, K on shaft B carrying roller B". The shaft J has a gear, K*, which transmits motion to the shaft J through gear K The shaft that carries the pasting-roller E may receive motion from the gear L on shaft B engaging gear L on the first-mentioned shaft.

I will now return to the completed c011- tinuous cigarette which was left on the belt after passing through rollers D D It travels over the belt A and is caught by the pair of grooved horizontal drawing-rollers M M", which, by drawing the continuous cigarettebody forward, assists the feeding of the parts through the machine. The shafts of these rollers M M may receive motion from any suitable source, though I have not deemed it necessary to show any connection for this purpose. At this point the cigarette is ready to be actedupon by the cutting apparatus, which I will now proceed to describe.

N N designate a pair of grooved vertical rollersworking edge to edge against each other. The top roller, N carries the cutting devices, while the bottom roller, N hasits groove lined with soft metal, so that when the knives strike the groove of the said roller in cutting the cigarettes they (the knives) will not have their cuttingedges injured. The shafts that carry the rollers N N may receive motion from any suitable source. (Not necessary to be shown here.) On one side of the top roller, N, Figs. 5 and 6, is attached acasting in the form of a cross. This casting is provided with four tubular pockets, r r, the inner ends of which In the outer end is screwed a ferrule, s, and slot t is made in the side of the pocket 1', and aslot, u, provided in the side of the roller N The knife-blade w is provided with a rounded cutting-edge, and is seated in the slot at of the roller proper, and is provided with a projecting arm, 00 which works in the slot t of the pocket 1'. A portion of the arm 00 projects beyond the side of the pocket to provide an engaging or contact point, 7 which rubs against the inclined or cam face z, provided on the metallic plate I that projects upward from the bed-plate. A pin, a, is located in the pocket in rear of the arm of the knifeblade or cutter, and is provided with a slotted end, which allows the pin to rest upon the inner end of the ferrule s. A spring, b encircles the pin and presses against the arm :0 to impart a spring action thereto. Itwill be un derstood that the function of the ferrule s is to retain the pin and spring in place and yet allow the movement of the arm of the blade or cutter. From the foregoing it is plain that as the roller N is revolved with its edge against the edge of roller N the projecting end or contact-point of arm 115 will strike tne cam-shaped or inclined face 2 of the plate F". Inasmuch as the spring serves to keep the knife or cutter normally extended when the contact of arm with the face is made, the knifeblade begins to recede, and the continued rotation of the roller N causes the arm 00 to ride down the increasingincline or curve of the face 2", forcing the knife or cutter back entirely within the roller N against thepressure of its spring. Vhen the knife or cutter by the rotation of the roller reaches a vertical position, the end of arm :0 drops from camface z of the plate F, and the spring exerts its force to expel the knife or cutter beyond the periphery of the roller N", said knife piercing through the cigarette-body to the soft-metal lining on the roller N below. lhe continuous cigarette-body as it leaves the belt A enters between the grooves of the rollers N Niand the speed with which the cigarettebody travels is so proportioned relative to the movement of the knives or cutters that a sufficient length of the continuous body will be projected beyond the rollers N N before the knives will act to sever such length. In the present case I employ four knives, each having the same construction and method of operation, the arm 1 of the knife or cutter blades being acted upon in succession by the cam-face z of the plate F". As soon as each knife or cutter has severed the cigarette, the roller N is carried around with the knife extended until three-fourths of the complete revolution is made, when the knife begins to gradually recede within the roller in the manner explained. The sudden expulsion of the knife or cutter under the action of the spring will serve to sever the cigarette with a clean cut, and in order that small clippings of paper or tobacco may not accumulate on the roller N I propose to provide afan or blower of any suitable construction, as at M, to deliver a blast of air at the desired point and keep the rollers clear from all accumulations of matter.

It will be understood that at each complete revolution of the roller N four cigarettes are cut from the continuous body. As the arm 50 of the knives or blades acts upon the metallic piece F, it follows that the latter is given a slight vibratory motion, especially when the knife leaves the cam-face e to make the cut. I propose to utilize this vibratory action to register the number of cigarettes cut by the knives by connecting the piece F, through the detachable arm seen in Fig. 14, with the actuating'gcaring of a registering-machine. The arrangement of the latter I have not deemed it necessary to show.

In Fig. 18 I have shown means whereby the beltsIA ,of the construction before described, may be converted into a single belt. Of course the relative arrangement of some of the parts is changed, and a few additional rolls or idlers to serve as belt-tighteners are inserted; but with these exceptions no other change may be made to convert the belts I A into a single belt. The operation is precisely the same.

I do not wish to limit myself to mere details of construction, as such minor matters may be changed at will without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a cigarettc-machi ne, the roll-preparing cylinder or drum provided with pockets, the sides of which are parallel from end to end, the bottoms of the pockets being beveled at one end, whereby the rolls of tobacco filling the pockets will have the bottoms tapered at the end, in combination with the belt or carrier I, upon which the tobacco rolls are received consecutively, with the ends lapping to form a continuous tobacco roll, as set forth.

2. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, withthe cylinderhavingpockcts,andthesheath or guard having an outlet-opening through which only one tobacco roll can drop at a time, of a belt to catch the rolls dropped through the opening from the cylinder, and gearing for driving the belt and cylinder, the speed of the gearing for the belt being so proportioned with relation to the movement of the gearing for the cylinder that the preceding roll will be carried far enough to allow the end of the succeeding roll to lap the end of the preceding roll, as set forth.

3. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, with the short-roll-preparing means, substantially as described, to form the tobacco into short lengths or rolls, of the belt or carrier to catch the tobacco rolls as they are completed, with the ends of the rolls lapping to form a continuous roll, and gearing, substantially as described, to work the belt and thesaid shortroll-preparing means, the gearing for the belt being so proportioned in speed to the gearing for the short-rollpreparing means that the preceding tobacco roll dropped upon the belt will be carried far enough to allow the succeeding roll to lap the end of the preceding roll, as set forth. a

4. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, with the short-roll-preparing means, substantially as described, for forming the tobacco into, shortlengths or rolls, of the belt or carrier I, upon which the short tobacco rolls are received consecutively to form a continuous roll, and the grooved rollers for shaping the tobacco roll, asset forth.

5. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of the roll-preparing cylinder or drum having pockets to form the tobacco into short lengths or rolls, with the belt upon which the lengths or .rolls are delivered from the cylinder to form a continuous roll, and a series of graduated rollers to shape and decrease the size of the said continuous roll, as set forth.

6. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, with the short-roll-preparing means for forming the tobacco into short lengths or rolls, of the belt I, to receive'the short lengths or rolls, with the ends thereof lapping to form a continuous roll or length, a trough, Z, of decreas ing diameter and increasing concavity, in which the belt works, and a series of rollers graduated to correspond with the trough, as set forth.

7. In a cigarette-machine, the combination, with the separating-trough A of increasing concavity and decreasing diameter, through which the paper sheet passes in order to have its side edges turned up, and the belt A passing under the trough and held against the same, whereby the paper sheet is separated from the belt during the turning of the same, as set forth.

8. In a cigarette-machine, in combination with the separatingtrough A over the top face of which the paper sheet passes in order -to have its side edges turned up, and the belt A passing under the trough and held against the same, so as to have its side edges also turned up, as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a cigarette-machine, the belt I, in combination with the sustaining and forming lug concavity, in which trough the belt Works, and the series of grooved rollers, which decrease in size to correspond with the decreasing size of the trough, andgearing to work the belt and the rollers at the same rate of speed, as set forth.

10. In a cigarette-machine, the separatingtrough A of increasing concavity and decreasing diameter from end to end, to turn up the side edges of the paper sheet, in combination with the rollers B and 13, arranged at the smaller end of the trough, one of which rollers turns over the side edge of the paper sheet, the other side edge being held straight against the other roller, as set forth.

11. In a cigarette-machine, the separatingtrough A and the belt A in combination with the rollers B B", for turning over one side edge of the paper sheet and holding the other side edge straight, and a paster indetrongh Z, of decreasing diameter and increaspendent of the said paper-turning rollers for applying paste to the straight edge of the paper sheet, as set forth.

12. In acigarette-machiue,the combination, with the grooved rollers 13 B", for turning in one side edge of the paper sheet around the tobacco roll and holding the other side edge of the paper sheet straight, of the paper-support 0 receiving the paper sheet from the rollers after it leaves the latter, said support holding the straight side edge of the paper sheet, and a paster independent of the roller to apply paste to that side edge of the paper sheet, as set forth.

13. In a cigarettemachinefihe combination,

with the grooved rollers B B, which receive the paper sheet with the tobacco roll contained therein and turn over one side edge of the paper sheet, ofthepaper-su pport receiving the paper from the rollers and adapted to bear against the straight side edge of the paper sheet, the paster to deliver paste to the sheet, and means-such as grooved rollersfor turning in the pasted portion around the body of the cigarette, as set forth. 14. In a cigarette-machine,the combination, with the paste-can having a suitable outlet, of the plunger, the weighted devices connectedto the plunger, and a brake to regulate the descent of the weight, as set forth.

15. In acigarette-machine,the combination, with a paste-can arranged substantially vertical and having its lower end open, ofa plunger Working through the lower end, and the spout at the upper end, whereby the paste will be fed to the machine, as set forth.

16. In a cigarette-machine, the paste-can having its lower end facing downward, in combination with a plunger working upward through the lower end, whereby the water in the paste may ooze out from the lower end of the can between and around the plunger, as set forth.

17. In a cigarette-machine, the roller N having pockets provided on the side face, and spring-actuated means fitted in the pockets, in combination with a knife, against which the spring-actuated means bear, as set forth. 18. In a cigarette machine, the grooved rollers working edge to edge against each other and receiving the-completed continuous cigarette-body within the grooves of the rollers, cutters provided on one of the rollers, springs to force the cutters normally outward, said cutters working transversely across the path of the groove in the rollers, a cam-face adjacent to the rollers, and a contact-point provided on the cutters to rub against the cam-face, the latter holding the cutters against ing the pockets, the springs coiled endhonsed within the pockets, the cutters fitted in the roller and acted upon by the springs. said cutters having a contuct'pointt11ereon,and a camfuce against which this contact-point bears to raise the cutters against the action of the springs, as set forth.

21. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of the separating-trough A over and through [0 which the paper sheet passes, the belt A, pa s ing under the trough A and held against the under side thereof, and the rollers or idlers on the trough, as set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto al'lixed my signature X5 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FLOYD. Vitncsses:

J. H. STEWART, V. R. MUssER.