US399808A - Machine for dipping cigarettes - Google Patents

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U. H. & W. B. WHITAKER.

MACHINE FOR DIPPING GIGARETTES.

No. 399,808. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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MACHINE FOR DIPPING ClGARETTES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,808, dated March 19, 1889. Application filed June 13, 1888. Serial No. 276,925- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. \VHITA- KER and WALTER B. WHITAKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Durham, in the county of Durham and State of North (arolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lllachines'for Dipping Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to an improvement in machines for dipping cigarettes; and it con sists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, liigure 1 is a side elevation of a cigarette-dipping machine embodying our improvennmt. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 .is a plan view of the same. Fig. & is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same, taken on the line .r .r of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail. perspective view of the lingered drum, its shaft, and the gear-wheel and pulleys thereon. Fig. (3 is a detail view of the fingered drum and the disks.

A represents a vertical rectangular I'rame, at one end of which is a pairot' inclined arms, B. In the upper ends of the said arms is jonrnaled a shaft, 0, which is provided at its cen- 3o ter with a drum, 1), and has a s n'ocket-wheel,

E, at one end.

F represents a pair of vertical arms orstandards which rise from the upper side of the frame A at a slight distance from the arms B, and in the said standards is journaled a shaft, G, which is provided with a drum, ll, the latter being in line with the drum l) and connected thereto by means of an endless conveyer, l The said carrier provided on its outer side with a series of transverse cleats, K, which are equidistant apart.

L represents a guideway, which is supported on vertical arms M, and has horizontal slides N in its sides, which are arranged in the same plane with the upper side of the conveyer I. The inner end of the guideway L is turned downward to form a mouth or discharge'portion, 0, and the inner ends of the slides N are also turned downward, as shown. A hopper communicates with the said guideway to provide for a machine-feed for the conveyor I.

P represents a shaft, which is journaled in one end of the frame and is arranged under the guideway L. To the central portion of this shaft is secured adrum, R, and to one end thereof is secured alarge sprocket-wheel, S, and a small sprocket-wheel, T. The latter is connected to the wheel E by means of an endless sprocketchain. (Shown in dotted lines in liig'. l.)

Y represents a pair of vertical arms or standards, which have their lower ends rabbeted in vertical grooves \V in the sides of the frame. The lower ends of the said arms or standards are provided with vertical slots 6 X, and clam nng-bolts work in the said slots and engage the sides of the frame and serve to secure the arms or standards thereto at any desired vertical adjustment.

Y represents a shaft, which is journaled in the upper ends of the arms or stamlards and is provided with the drum Z.

A represents an endless conveyer, which connects the drums Z and R, and is provided on its outer side with a series of transverse parallel buckets, 13, which are independently secured to the carrier or conveyor A and have sen]i-cylindrical or concave longitudinal recesses in their outer sides.

G represents a guideway, which is arranged over the drum Z, and is supported by vertical arms or standards I).

E represents a shaft, which is journaled in the frame A in proximiq to the standards V.

In one end of the said shaft is securecil asmall sprocket-wheel, l9", and at suitable distances from the center of the said shaft are secured a pair of circular disks, 6;.

ll" represents a shaft, which is jonrnaled in the frame A at a suitable distance beyond 0 the shaft E. To the center of the said. shaft ii is secured a drum, 1, which is provided with a series of projecting peripheralfingers, K, the same being all curved in the direction in which the drum rotates. Secured to the said shaft 1i near the drum 1 is a pulley, L, which is of the same diameter as the said drum.

M represents a sprocket-wheel, which is socured to one end of the shaft ll, and is in line with the wheels F and S, and N and 0 represent fast and loose pulleys, respectively, which are on the opposite end of the shaft 11.

P represents a pair of vertical arms or standards, which depend from the frame A,

and have their upper ends rabbeted in ver tical'grooves R in the sides of the frame. The said upper ends of the standards are provided with vertical slots S, and clampingbolts T work in the said slots and engage the sides of the frame. The function of the said clampingbolts is to secure the arms or standards at any desired vertical adjustment.

U represents a shaft, which is journaled in the lower end of the standards or arms P, and is provided at one end with a small sprocket-wheel, V. To the said shaft, near the opposite end thereof, is secured a drum, \V, the periphery of which is grooved, as shown, and an. endless belt, X, connects the said drum and the pulley L 011 shaft 11.

Y represents a box or case, which is made of sheet-iron or other suitable material, and is secured on one side of the frame A, near one end thereof. Arranged in the said box or case is a smaller box or case, A a suitable space being formed between the opposing sides of the said boxes or cases, and the said box or case A has its upper side open, and provided with a hinged door, B

0 represents a steam-pipe, which communicates with a suitable boiler (not shown) or other source of steam, and has its inner end secured in an opening in one end of the box or case Y, and connnunicating with the confined space therein, the function of the said pipe being to introduce steam to the space which surrounds the box or case A so as to heat the latter and thereby melt pz'n'aliine, which is placed therein. The pipe t? has a stop-cock or valve, D by means of which the supply of steam may be controlled or cut off.

E re 'n'esents a feed box or trough, which is arranged within a somewhat larger box, F so as to form a steam-space between the said boxes, and the same are supported be low the frame A by means of depending arms or standards G The said boxes or troughs are at such an elevation that the lower side of the drum \V, and consequently of the endless belt X, are within the feed-trough, so that paralline, which is fed to the latter from the reservoir box or case A by means of a pipe, llF will be supplied to the said endless belt when the machine is in operation. A s'te am-1')i1')e, H leads from the steamspace of the reservoir-box A 170 the steamspace surrounding the feed trough or box. The function of the said pipe is to introduce steam to the said steam-space, so as to maintain the pal-affine in the feed-trough in a melted condition. Depending from the steamspace, between the feed-trough and this inclosing case F is an escapepipe, K which is provided with a suitable stop-cock, whereby the escape of steam and water resulting from condensation may be regulated at will.

L represents a pair of vertical arms or standards which depend from the frame A, and have their upper ends rabbeted in vertical grooves M in the sides of the said frame, and said standards or arms have their upper ends provided further with vertical slots N 0 represents clamping-bolts, which extend through the said slots and through the sides of the frame, the function of the said bolts being to secure the standards or arms at any desired vertical adjustment. In the lower ends of said standards or arms is journaled a shaft, P to the center of which is secured a peripherally-grooved drum or pulley, R

S? represents a pair of horizontal arms or brackets which project longitudinally from one end of the frame, have their inner end rabbeted in grooves in one pair of the supporting-legs of the frame, and provided with longitudinal slots T Clamping bolts U work in the said slots and extend through the supporting-legs, and serve to secure the said bracket-arms at any desired longitudinal adjustment. In the outer ends of said arms is journaled a shaft, V to the center of which is secured a drum or pulley, which is in line with the drum or pulley R X represents a large sprocket-wheel which is secured to one end of the shaft V Y represents an endless sprocketehain which connects the wheels X and S, engages the under side of the wheel V, engages the upper side of the wheels M and F, and engages the lower side of an idle sprocketavheel, Z the function of which is to tighten the endless chain.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that when the driving-shaft ll is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 the shafts V U, E, and I will be all rotated in the same direction and at different rates of speed, according to the size of the s in'ocket-wheels on the said shafts.

A represents an endless belt or carrier which connects the drums W and R and is provided on its outer side with a series of transverse holders, ll", which are arranged parallel with each other and have longitut'linal eoneaved recesses in their outer sides.

0 represents a delivery-table which is supported in an inclined position in the frame A, near one end thereof, the lower end of the said delivery-table having a transverse opening, 1)", which is arranged above the belt or carrier A and the upper end of the said inclined delivery-table being provided with extending arms or fingers E, which bear against one side of the drum 1. In the side of the inclined delivery-table which is proximate to the endless belt X is a longitudinal groove or slot, F. The sides of the delivery-table IIO are turned upward at right angles and bear against the outer sides of the drum 1' and pulley L.

Projecting from the lower side of the guideway 0, 011 opposite sides of the same, are a pair of extension plates or arms, G", which form gages and bear against the outer sides of the drum 1 and pulley L.

ll represents an endless chain which connects the wheel E and wheel T, thereby impartin g the rotary motion of the shaft P to the shaft (3, and consequently causing the conveyer I to move in the direction represented by the arrow in Fig. 3 when the machine is in motion.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The cigarettes are fed one by one, either by hand or by a suitable machine, onto the conveyer I, and are arranged parallel on the said conveyor between the cleats K. The said con veyer serves to deliver the cigarettes one by one into the holders 15 on the conveyor A, and as the said conveyer moves in the direction indicated by the arrow the cigarettes thereon are deposited singly and in rapid succession onto the peripheries of the revolving disks G. The said disks are arranged in proximity to one side of the drum 1, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said drum being also in rotation in the same direction as the disks, the cigarettes are each momentarily supported between the drum and the disks, and are caused to rotate with one end in contact with the belt X. Inasmuch as the said belt travels through the melted par-affine in the feed-trough, the paraffine is caused to adhere to the outer side of the belt, and consequently comes in contact with one end of each cigarette in succession, so that while the cigarette is being rapidly revolved a thin film of the paraffine is applied thereto and caused to effectually coat the cigarette, and to do the same more neatly than if the end of the cigarette were dipped into a vessel of melted paraffine, as is now the common method employed. hen the cigarette has been caused to thus make a sufficient number of revolutions, one pair of the curved fingers K, which project from the periphery of the drum, comes in contact with the cigarette and causes the same to be carried over the drum and dropped upon the inclined table 0 down which the cigarette rolls, and from which it drops into one of the holders 1-3 of the conveyerA. By reason of the slot or groove F in the table the end of the cigarette which is coated with paraltine is prevented from coming in contact with the table, and the said paraiiine coating partially cools and becomes solidified while the cigarette is rolling down the table. The drum I, the conveyors, and the revolving disks G are so timed that only one cigarette will be at any time revolved between the d rum and the disks, the space between the pairs of curved fingers K being such that one pair of fingers will remove one cigarette as soon as its end has been coated and before another cigarette is dropped by the conveyor A between the drum and the disks. The eonvcyerA serves to receive the cigarettes from the table 0" and to drop the same into a suitable receptacle, and the length of the conveyor is such that while the cigarettes are being carried by the same the parafline becomes entirely cooled and solidified, thus preventing the cigarettes from sticking together when bunched after having been delivered by the machine.

.Having thus described. our invention, we claim 1. The combination, in. a machine for dipping cigarettes, of the revolving disks G, the revolving drum I, in proximity thereto having the peripheral fingers K, and means, substantially as set forth, to apply the parafline to the cigarettes while the same is revolving in contact with the drum and disks.

2. The combination of the revolving disks the revolving drum in proximity thereto, whereby a cigarette fed to said drum and disks will be positively rotated by frictional contact with their moving surfaces, the trough or vessel to contain melted paralfine, and the endless belt working on a pulley in the contents of the said trough or vessel and passing over a pulley at one end of the drum and in contact with the revolving cigarette, substantially as described.

The combination, in a machine for dipping cigarettes, of the revolving disks, therevolving drum in proximity thereto, means, substantially as set forth, to apply melted paraiiine to the cigarettes while the same are in succession revolving in contact with the drum and disks, and the conveyer having the holders B, to deliver the cigarettes in succession between the disks and the drum, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a cigarette-dipping machine, of the revolving disks, the drum in proximity thereto and having the fingers K, and the inclined delivery-table having its up per end in proximity to one side of the revolving drum, and means, substantially as set forth, to apply parafline to the cigarette while the latter is revolving in contact with the drum and disks, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a machine for dipping cigarettes, of the revolving drum I and the revolving disks in proximity thereto,with the inclined delivery-table,the latter having its upper end arranged in proximity to the drum and being provided at one side with a groove or slot, l and the conveyor having the holders B, to deliver the cigarettes in succession between the disks and drum, substantially as described.

6. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of the paral'iine trough or case having the surrounding case F whereby a steam-space is formed between said trough and said case T the steam-pipe conmnmicating with said .case, the drum or pulley having its lower side arranged in the trough, the revolving drum 1, having the pulley L, the endless belt eonnecting said pulley with the pulley in the par affine-trough, and the disks in proximity to one side of the drum and revolving in the same direction therewith, substantially as described.

7 The combination, with the disks and [ingered drum arranged in proximity to each other and revolving in the same direction, of the con veyer having the holders B, to deliver the cigarettes in succession between the disks and drum, the inclined delivery-table having its upper end bearing against one side of the drum, and the endless belt or carrier A ar ranged below the lower end of the deliverytable, substantially as described.

8. The combination, in a machine for dipping cigarettes, of the disks and drum arranged in proximity to each other and revolv ing in the same direction, the pulley at one end of the drum, the paraffine-feeding belt passing over said pulley, the conveyer A, and the guide 0', to deliver the cigarettes from the conveyer between the disks and the drum, and the gageplates G on opposite sides of the drum and pulley, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. WHITAKER. WALTER B. WHITAKER.

\Vi tn esses:

R. C. STRUDWICK, F. D. MARKHAM.

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