US396801A - Cigar-perforating machine - Google Patents

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B. BEBNHARDT. CIGAR PERFORATING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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ERNCT l-iERNIIARDT, OF NEYPORT, KENTUCKY.

ClGAR-PERFORATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,801 dated January 29, 1889. Application filed Tarch 12, 1888. Serial No. 266,996. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNs'r BERNHARDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and, useful Improvements in Cigar-Perforating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

' E of the rock-shaft E by means of the links My invention relates to that class of perforators in which a frame carrying a number of needles or perforating-points is reciprocated to force the points into and withdraw them from the ends of cigars while they are in the i mold.

The invention will be first fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then particularly referred to and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which each part is indicated by the same refcrenceletter throughout the different views, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved machine, having upon it part of a cigar-mold, part of the upper half of which is removed and the cigars shown in central longitudinal section. As shown in this view, the sliding frame has nearly completed its forward stroke. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, having part of the bed broken away to expose the head of one of the bolts by which the frame-guide is secured'in place. In this view the frame is represented in its rear position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the puncturingpoints.

The bed-plate A and sliding plate B are preferably made of cast-iron. The bar C, which carries the punctu 1 ing-points I), is preferably made of wood.

Upon the bed-plate A, near each end, are cast bars a, which are the lower guide-rests for the sliding plate B. Upon the front is a bar or projection, which is the stop or back rest against which the molds rest. Near the rear edge are two lugs, a, which, when perforated, furnish bearings for the rocloshaft E. Upon the guides a are secured the angl e-pieces F by means of bolts f. These pieces F, in

connection with the bars a, furnish the guides for the sliding plate B, the ends of which enter the space between the parts a and F and project to the outside to receive the pins which connect the plate B to the crank-arms G. ("entrally upon the shaft E is secured a lever, II, by which the shaft is rocked and the plate B reciprocated back and forth.

The plate B has an upwardly -projecting flange or faceplate, 1), against which the needle-bar C is held by the clamping-buttons I). Some space left between the ends of the bar and the buttons, so that the bar may be adjusted'to bring the puncturirig-points in the proper position to enter the cigar ends.

The piercers I), Fig. 23, are made of steel and are ground to spear-points, forming cutting-edges (I. There are preferably four of these cutting-edges. It has been found that plain cone-pointed needles simply press the tobacco outward as they enter the cigars, and when withdrawn the tobacco again assumes its normal position, thus destroying in a great degree the effect of puncturing. I find that by making the needles spear-pointed or furnishin g them with cutting-edges, so as to sever thefibcrs of the leaf, the tobacco will not again compact together, and cigars sotreated will always draw. Thus the object of perforating cigar ends is perfectly accomplished.

In making my needle-bar the holes are bored the proper distance apart and of slightly less diameter than the piercers D, so that the piercers, when driven in from the back, will be firmly held in the bar. They are driven in until their rear ends are flush with the back of the bar 0, so that when the bar is held in the position shown the ends of the piercers will rest against the flange or face-plate b. The piercers 1) may have a small head, d, formed upon them to prevent possibility of their being drawn forward in their bar; but if properly fitted the head is not essential.

I prefer to construct the device, as shown, with two crank-arms, one upon each end of the rock-shaft, and link these crank-arms to the ends of the sliding needle-bar carrier, because it is cheaper and less liable to get out of order.

Near one end of the bedplate is a bolt, a,

which stops the moldI in the proper position.

Instead of the bar a which acts a backstop, round stud'pins a, as shown in. dotted line, may be employed, and I prefer them for the reason that cuttings or scraps of tobacco are not liable to collect back of them and get between the mold and back-stop. The same result would of course be accomplished by perforating the bed-plate in t ron t of the baclo stop.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-perforati11g machine, the com bination, substantially as specified, of the bedplate having end guides, a F, lug-bearings a, and a backstop, the reciprocating; plate B l), movable in said guides, the bar 0, and points D, secured in said bar, the buttons Z), for se curing said bar to the plate B, having a projecting flange, I), the rock-shaft E, crank-arms E, and links G, connecting said crank-arms to the plate 13, and the lever ll, secured upon said shaft for the purpose of rocking the same,

and therebyimpartinga reciprocating movement to the plate 13 and the piercing-points carried by it.

2. The combination substantially as specified, of the bed-plate A, having upwardly-projecting bars a a lugs a, and stop-bolt a and the angle-pieces F, secured thereon, the reciprocatin gplate 13, having a proj ccting flange, b, needle-bar O, and needles D, the buttons 1), to secure said needle-bar in place, the rockshaft E, crank-arms E, and links G, connecting' said crank-arms, and the plate carrying the piercing-points D, and the lever l-I, secured upon said shaft for the purpose of rocking the same, and thereby actuatingthe pim-eers, the whole constructed to operate in the manner set Forth;

ERNST BERNITARDT.

Witnesses:

GEo. J. MURRAY, MARY L. MURRAY.

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