US401599A

US401599A - Cigar-iviaking machine

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Publication number: US401599A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 1906-04-16

Description

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CIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

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GIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

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GIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

No. 401,599.. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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GIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

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Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

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VILLIAM M. STEINLE, OF PITTSBURG, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN BOVMAN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-IVAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,599, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed February 18, 1888. Serial No. 264,445. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. STEINLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Making Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others io skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of Iny improved cigar-making machine, the supplyhopper and frame being only partly shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the parts in the position for depositing the cigar or bunch in the guides, parts of the frame being broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the parts imposition ready to deposit the cigar or bunch in the mold on the line x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the position of the parts as the cigar or bunch is deposited in the mold on the line y 'y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the upper portion of the feed-hopper, and Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 17 are detail views.

My invention relates to cigar-making maehines and more particularly cheap cigars in which the wrapper is applied directly to the bunch without the use of a binder; and it consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts of the same, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, l represents the frame of the machine, to the top of which are secured the supply-hopper 2, feed-hopper 3, and the table 4. The supplyhopper is secured by means of the legs 5 and braces 6. The feed-hopper is secured upon a cross-piece, 7, secured at its ends to the two uprights 9 9, and also by means of a bracket, 10, upon the rear side, which rests upon the top of a vertical frame, 1l, which in turn is secured to the frame 1. The front and back parts of this hopper are each curved, as shown,

at their lower ends, within which revolves the feed-roller 12, which is secured upon the shaft S. This feed-roller is provided with a series of pockets, 13, each pocket being adapted to contain the amount of tobacco which is required for a cigar. The length of these pockets is regulated by means of the adjustable head 14, which fits within each of the pockets, and is secured upon the shaft S by 6o Ineans of the set-screw 15. In the upper portion of this hopper above the feed-roller is a vertical guide or partition, 16, the lower end of which is cut to t around the feed-roller and within the front and back parts of the hopper, 6 5 as shown. This guide is secured in its vertical position by means of two rods, 17 17, which are secured at their outer ends in a vertical bar, 1S, and is moved back and forth by means of the screw 19, so that its lower 7o end can be made to register or correspond with the inner end of the adjustable head 14. By this means small pieces of tobacco are prevented from working down into the slots in the heads, which iit upon the walls of the pockets, and thus prevent adjustment. The sides of this feed-hopper are extended downward and formed into a chute by means of the plate or back wall, 20, the upper end of which :fits against the lower end of the back 8o of the hopper and forms a continuation of the same. The lower end of this plate is provided with a forwardly-projecting lip or ridge, 2.1, against which the lower edge of the swinging door 22 rests to receive the filler from the 85 feed-roller, the lower edge of this door being slightly bent or curved inward, as shown. The top of this door is secured between the arms 23, which are secured upon the shaft 24, said shaft being journaled in bearings 9o upon the rear side of the extended portions of the sides of the feed-hopper.

Upon the inner faces of the lower extended portions of the sides of the hopper are secured ytwo guide-plates, 25 25, the lower front edges 95 of which are slightly bent or curved. Two set-screws, 26 26, are secured in the extended portions of this hopper below the point at which these plates are secured, so that by moving these screws in or out the lower ends ico of the plates can be thrown nearer to or farther from the sides of the hopper, so that the iiller, as it is delivered from the feed-hopper, can be caused to fall where it is desired to give the proper shape and form to the cigar. The periphery of the feed-roller is made to revolve so close to the lower edge of the front plate of the hopper as to cut any portions of tobacco that may be between them, and thus deliver the desired amount each time that one of the pockets within the roller registers with the space between the lower ends of the front and back walls of the feed-hopper, said space being just of such awidth as to permit the contents of the pockets to drop down into the chute below. lf the tobacco were not cut by this roller, the amount delivered by the roller would be liable to vary, as some of the tobacco of one pocket would be connected with and held by that of the succeeding pocket, and would not fall into the chute until it was released by the further rotation of the roller, which of course would cause the second pocket to discharge more than had been done by the preceding one. In order to thus cut the tobacco, it is required that the edges of the walls of the pockets be kept sharp, and also that they be kept in close contact with the lower edge of the front wall of the hopper. To do this the hopper itself is made adjustable by means of a slot in the bracket l0, and also by means of a set-screw, 27, which passes through a lug, 2S, upon the plate 2O and up into the cross-piece 7. As the edges of the feed-roller and of the front wall of the hopper are worn away the hopper is loosened from the bracket l() and then raised by means of the screw 27 until the periphery of the roller and the front plate are brought into contact, or nearly so, when the hopper is again secured by means of the screw in the slot of the bracket 10. The feet of this bracket 10 are also preferably provided with slots, by means of which the hopper can be adj ustably secured forward or back upon the top of the frame 11, thus securing a perfect adjustment of the hopper and the feed-roller. To permit of this adjustment of the hopper, the holes in the sides through which the shaft 8 and the head 14 pass are made large enough to permit of the movement of the hopper without the sides of the holes coming in contact with the shaft or head. Directly under this feed-hopper is arranged a swinging table, 29, which I call the rolling-table, as on it the cigar is rolled, and which is supported within the upper ends of the forked arms 30 31, the lower end of the arm 30 being pivotally secured between two parallel braces, 32 32, across the frame l, while the lower end of the arm 3l is pivotally secured to one end of the lever 33, the middle of the lever being fulcrumed within the arm 30, and the opposite end pivotally secured to the upper end of the arm 34, which in turn is secured between the two braces 32 32 very near the pivot-al point of the lower end of the arm 30. Just above the top of this table 29 and directly in front of the lower end ot` the chute of the feed-hopper is a bunching-roller, 35, which is journaled at its ends in bearings in supports 36, which are pivoted at one end to the uprights 9 9 and adjustably secured at their opposite ends by means of the slotted legs 37.

Secured upon a cross-bar, 39, at the front of the table 29, is one end of an apron, 38, which passes over the roller 35, over the top of the table, around the rear edge, and back under the table about midway, where it is se cured by means of clamping-bar 40, one side of the bar being cut away or attened, as shown in Fig. 9, to permit of the passage of the apron between the bar and the bottom of the table. After the end of the apron has been passed between the iiat portion of this bar and the bottom of the table it is secured by the bar being given a partial rotation by means of a pin or arm at one end, although it may be rotated in any other desirable manner. This apron is of such a length that when the table 29 stands as far back toward the rear portion of the machine as it will go a pocket is formed in it directly under the lower end of the chute of the feed-hopper, into which the bunch is deposited, the front end of the table being bent downward or inclined, as shown at 41, and the sides of the table are extended past the ends of the pocket to prevent the escape of the filler and also to serve as supports for the cross-bar 39, which is secured in their ends.

The rear ends of the sides of the table are provided with lugs or downwardly-projecting extensions 42 42, to which is secured a block, 43, having one of its faces slightly cut away or concaved, as shown at 44. m Another block, 45, is secured to the block 43 at its ends, and has its inner face cut away or concaved,'as shown at 46, so that when the two blocks are placed together these concavities will register and form a guide or holder for the reception of the cigar or bunch which is deposited between them from the apron of the table 29.

The rear block, 45, is not quite as wide as the other one, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 6, and is provided at its upper edge with a guide, 47, the inner vface of which is cut away or concaved to correspond with the concavity of the block, so that when the guide is in position its inner face will correspond with the inner face of the block below it and its upper edge be even with or of the same height aS the upper edge of the other block. This guide 47 is secured in place by means of the fiat springs 48, which .are secured at their lower ends to the back of the block 45. Secured between the back of the guide and the springs is a flat strip, the end of which projects beyond one end of the block and forms a wing, 49, which engages with the roller 35 when the table is swung into its forward position, which causes the guide to be swung a short distance away from the top of the block 43, thus affording a larger opening for the reception of the cigar or bunch which is deposited into it IOO IIC

from the apron when the table arrives at that point.

To facilitate the delivery of the cigar or bunch from the apron into this opening and to prevent its being injured, the rear portion of the table projects slightly over the top of the block 43, and has its rear edge cut away or concaved to correspond with the concavity of that block. By placing the wing 49 upon the end of the guide 47 at the portion of the block in which is formed the butt of the cigar that end of the guide is caused to move a greater distance from the block 43 than its opposite end, as the greater amount of the bunch is deposited at that end. The opposite end of this guide and also of the block 43 are provided with additional clamps 50 50, between which is deposited the head of the cigar. At the end to which the clamps are secured each of the blocks is made inclined, and at the point at which they are thus formed is a sharp cutting-edge, 5l,by means of which the head of the cigar is cut ott as it is forced down between the blocks by the plunger hereinafter to be described, the end of which passes so close to this edge as to cut oit any portion of tobacco that may project out over the sharp edge. A scraper, 52, is secured to the side of the machine with its free end sweeping over this inclined portion of blocks to remove the point of the cigar after it has been cut off, as above described. The blocks are secured to the projections 42 of the table by means of screws 53 53, in order that they may be easily removed for any purpose-as, for instance, to replace them with others of a different size, thc.

The table is moved back and forth by means of a treadle, 54, which is hinged at one end to the rear portion of the frame, and projects at the opposite end slightly in front of the machine, the frontend of the treadle being formed into a Y to permit of the operator using either of his feet and in different positions. This treadle and the lower portion of the arm 30 are connected by means of the link or pitman 55 and the lever 56. l prefer, however, to make two levers, 56 56, and secure one upon each side of the pitman 55 and of the arm 30, as I therebysecure a stronger construction and a more direct -pull upon the parts. In the lever 56 and at a slight distance to the rear of the lower end of the arm 30 is a bolt, 57, which, as the treadle is forced downward, swings up against the rear face of the arm 30 and carries it and the table forward, as shown in Fig. 2.

A spring, 5S, is secured to the treadle for the purpose of returning it to its normal or raised posit-ion. A similar spring, 59, is secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to the point where the levers 56 56 are secured to the arm 30 for drawing or throwing the table from its forward position back into its rear or normal condition after the filler has been deposited in the pocket in the apron.

Sliding vertically in the guiding-holes in the frame ll are two rods, 60 60, upon which are secured two cross-pieces, 61 62,to the upper one of which, 6l, is secured a plunger, 63, the sides of which are convex to correspond with the concavities within the

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43 and 45. The lower face of this plunger is hollowed out to correspond with the shape of the cigar it is desired to produce. This plunger is so arranged that when the table is as far as it will go toward the rear of the machine the plunger stands directly above the concavity between the blocks, so that by depressing the plunger'it will pass between the blocks and be forced fully down between them into the mold below. The plunger is `forced downward by means of two springs, 64 64, which are secured at their upper ends to the upper cross-piece, 6l, and at the lower ends near the bottom of the sides of the frame ll. To raise the plunger after it has deposited the cigarin the mold, the lower cross-piece, 62, and with it the rods 60 and upper cross-piece, 6l, are raised by means of the rear ends of the levers 5G 56. These parts are supported in their elevated position by means of a vertical latch, 65,

. which is pivoted at its lower end between the parallel pieces 32 32, and has its upper end formed into a shoulder, 66, upon which the lower cross-piece, 62, is supported. The lower end of this latch is provided with .a pin or lug, 67, upon which is secured the upper end of the spring 58, which causes the shoulder 66 to slip under the lower cross-piece, 62, as soon as the levers 56 have raised the cross-piece high enough. The rear ends of these levers are slightly curved upon their upper portions, so that as soon as the cross-piece has been raised high enough for the shoulder to slip under it the ends of the levers will swing out from under the cross-piece and leave i-t supported upon the top of the latch. To force the latch out from underneath this crosspiece, and thus permit the springs 64 64 to draw the plunger down, a bolt, 68, is passed through near the ends of the levers 56, so that as soon as the ends of the levers descend far enough this bolt engages with the face of the latch and forces it back until the shoulder has been withdrawn from under the crosspiece. By making the ends of the levers 56 a triiie longer than the distance between this lower cross-piece and the point at which they are pivoted to the lower end oit' the arm 30 after they have been forced up past this cross-piece they will not again pass under the cross-piece, except when brought against it with some little force. By this construc- .tion the machine can be stopped at such a point that the parts will be held out of engagement with each other, and the filled mold can be taken out and an empty one put in its place; but when the machine is being operated the ends of these levers will be drawn under this cross-piece by removing the pressure from the treadle and .allowing the spring 59 to draw the platform .and arm IOO IIO

30 back with all its force. As the plunger 63 and rods 60 are raised after having deposited a cigar in the mold, a lug or pin, 69, adj ustably secured upon the upper end of one of the rods, comes into engagement with the free end of a lever, 70, which is pivoted upon the shaft 8 and raises it up with it. As the end of this lever is raised, a pawl, 7l, which is pivoted upon the lever, comes in engagement with a ratchet-wheel, 72, upon the shaft 8, and rotates the shaft and the feed-roller the distance of one pocket, thus depositing` the filler at the bottom of the chute of the feedhopper. As the plunger descends, the top cross-piece, 6l, strikes against the free end of an arm, 7 3, which is secured upon the shaft 24 and forces it down. As the f ree end of this arm is depressed, the shaft 24 is partly rotated, which in turn raises the swinging door 22 sufficiently to permit of the escape of the 'liller which has just been deposited in the chute into the pocket of the apron. In this manner, as the plunger carries a cigar or bunch down into the mold from one end ofl the table the swinging door 22 is opened and another bunch is deposited in the pocket of the apron at the opposite end of the table. The operator now forces down the treadle 54, which raises the plunger from between the blocks and locks it in its raised position at the same time that the swinging door is closed, and another bunch is deposited in the chute from the feed-roller above and held by said door. Just as the ends of the levers 56 pass from under the lower cross-piece, 62, and the plunger is raised from the blocks, the bolt 57 comes into engagement with the rear face of the arm 30, and as the treadle is still further deprcssed the arm 30 is swung forward and with it the table at its upper end. As the table starts toward the front of the machine, the bunch and the wrapper which has been placed within the pocket of the apron by the operator are rolled up the inclined portion of the table 41, and as the table continues in its movement forward the rolling operation still continues, until finally the wrapped cigar or bunch is deposited between the block 43 and the guide 47, as above described, which is done just as the table reaches the forward end of its stroke. By the peculiar arrangement of the

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30, 3l, and 34 and the lever 33 the rear end of the table is caused to approach a triiie closer to the roller 35 than the forward end, so that the cigar or filler is rolled tighter and tighter as it passes over the top of the table, receiving its greatest compression just before it is delivered to the blocks. the rear end of the machine, the rear face of the block 45 and the guide 47 come in contact with a stop or pin, 74, which is adj ustably secured at one end to the rear portion of the frame of the machine. This causes the plunger to enter between the blocks without the possibility of any of the tobacco getting between the sides of the plunger and the As the table passes back toward inner faces of the blocks and spoiling the filler or injuring the machine.

The mold 75 for the reception of the cigars from the blocks upon the rear end of the table is supported upon a fiat platform, 76, which I shall call the mold-supporting7 platform. The ends of this platform are supported upon cross-pieces 77 77, which are adjustably secured to the frame l by means of bolts through the slots 78. Upon one side of the platform an adjustable guide, 7 9, is rigidly secured, while upon the opposite side of the platform a clamp, 80, is secured upon the ends of the arm 8l and the lever 82, said arm and lever being pivoted upon lugs at the side of the platform. The opposite end of the lever 82 is bent around at the side of the frame, as shown, and provided with a suitable handle for operating it. The clamp 8O is held firmly against the mold 75 by means of a coiled spring, 83, one end of whichl is secured to the side of the platform and the other end at the point where the lever is secured to the end of the clamp. A latch-lever, 84, is pivoted to the handle of this lever near where the lever is pivoted to the side of the platform, so that 84 is caused to engage with the side of the frame and hold the clamp away from the mold, the opposite end of the latch-lever being connected with the spring 83 by means of a short hook, 86. In this manner the clamp can be drawn away from the mold and re tained in that position while the filled moldl 'secured in .the projection at the rear end of the platform, against which the arm 8l would strike and prevent the clamp from going farther.

In order to place an empty mold in such a position that the first mold will be directly under the plunger, Aan adjustable stop, 85, is secured to the rear end of the platform, against which the opposite end of the mold is forced when placed in position. This mold is so arranged in relation to the plunger and blocks that the cigars may be delivered into the mold with their heads even with the edge of the mold, and if a larger cigar is to be made the guide 79 is moved back so as to always have the heads of the cigars come down at the same place. After a cigar has been deposited in one of the recesses of the mold the mold is fed forward one space by means of a pawl, 89, which is suspended fro'in the lower'end of an arm, 90. This arm is se'- cured upon a shaft, 91, which is journaled at the upper ends of the brackets 92, the brack- IOO IIO

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ets being adjustably secured to the rear end of the frame 1. Secured upon this shaft 91 is a longer arm, 93, which is connected with the arms 30 by means of the connecting-rod 94. As the arm 30 carries the table E29 forward, to roll and wrap the bunch or filler which has been deposited in the pocket in the end of the apron, the pawl 89 engages with the wall of one of the recesses of the molds and carries the mold forward one space, and as the table returns with the filler the pawl slips back over the mold ready for the next stroke. To prevent the free end of this pawl dropping down onto the table when the filled mold has been removed, and which would interfere with the entrance of an empty mold, its free end is held above the tops of the molds by means of a set-screw, 95, which engages with a lug or projection upon the pivoted end of the pawl; but as soon as the pawl moves forward away from the en d of the set-screw its free'end descends and comes in contact with the walls of the molds, as above described.

By securing the

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90 and 93 adj ustably upon the shaft 91 the feed of the pawl can be regulated so as to always carry the mold the proper distance forward, and by securing the cross-piece 61 upon the rods 00 the plunger can be made to enter the molds sufliciently to give the proper pressure to the filler.

In using thicker or thinner molds the table 76 is raised or lowered by means `of the adjustable eross-pieces 77 at its ends to assist in the proper adjustment of the parts to each other. By having the plunger drawn down quickly and forciblyby the springs G4 64 all danger of the plunger becoming gummed and sticking within the blocks is avoided, and by adjusting the cross-piece 62 upon the rods 60 60 a greater or less tension can be given to the springs, and thus any desired force can be given to drive the plunger and the filler down Vhenever the supply of tobacco is exhausted from the feed-hopper, a new supply is furnished from the supply-hopper by drawing up the bottom of the hopper 96, which is done by means of ahandled rod, 97 at the side of the machine, the handle of which is within reach of the operator, and the rear end is secured to the free end of a ratchet-lever, 98. This lever 98 is pivoted to a shaft, 99, which is journaled across under the bottom of the supply-hopper 2, and is provided at one end with a ratchet-wheel, 100, and near its middle with a spur-wheel, 101. This shaft and the spur-wheel are rotated by means of the spring-pawl 102,which is secured upon the side of the lever 98. As the shaft and spur-wheel are thus rotated, the bottom of the hopper is carried up towardY the top by means of a chain, 103, which passes over a similar shaft and wheel, 104, at the top of the hopper, and also over two wheels, 105, upon the outside of the hopper. As the bottom of the hopper is 4thus carried upward, the tobacco is carried up with it until it escapes near the top through a removable spout, 106,

down into the feed-hopper. To prevent the weight of the tobacco from carrying the bottom down after the operator has let go of the handled rod 97, a retaining-pawl, 107, engages with the ratchet-wheel 100 and keeps it and the shaft from revolving backward.

By placing the supplyhopper directly at the rear of the feed-hopper, and having the entra-nce from one to the other within sight of the operator, he can see at all times whether there is a sufficient supply being fed into the feed-hopper, and as the lower end of the chute of the feed-hopper is also within his sight he can always tell whether the pocket in the apron is being properly filled or not. The spout 10G is provided with two metallic plates, 109 and 110, one of which, 109, extends over the top of the adjustable guide 1G within the feed-hopper, thus preventing any of the tobacco from falling down behind the guide. For the purpose of removing the molds without their coming in contact with the lower edge of the blocks, the blocks are each provided with a notch or recess, 108, through which the.dowelpin upon the mold passes as it is pushed back and forth.

In operation, after a filler has been deposited in the pocket in the apron at the front end of the table the operator places a wrapper within the pocket, or he may place the wrapper in the pocket before the filler is deposited, and then puts his foot upon the treadle and forces it down. As the treadle is forced down, the plunger is removed from the blocks at the opposite end of the table, and the table is swung forward as far as it will go. As the table swings forward, the filler is rolled within the wrapper by reason of the v apron passing up over the roller above the table. fhen the table arrives at the end of its forward movement, the receptacle at the rear of the table, formed by the upper portion of the block 43 and the guide 47, is slightly opened and the cigar placed within it. The foot is now removed from the treadle, when the springs controlling the table and treadle draw them back into their normal positionwith considerable force. The plunger is released and the springs controlling it drive it down between the blocks and into the mold below, the force of the blow being sufficient to slightly compress the cigar within the mold, the concaved end of the table permitting the IOO IIO

apron to be pushed back of the plunger out of the way without any danger of its being caught between the lower end of the plunger and the top of the block 43. Vv'hen the table 29 stands in the position for permitting the plunger to pass between the blocks and deposit vthe cigar in the mold, the other end of the table stands directly under the lower end of the chute of the feed-hopper ready to receive another filler in the pocket that has formed in the apron. As the plunger descends the door on the chute of the feed-hopper is automatically opened and a filler deposited into the pocket below. Another binder l the filler can be deposited within the pocket of the apron, as desired, as in falling from the feed-roller above, it will strike upon these guides and be thrown with the greater portion at one end or the other, or nearer the' middle.

Having thus described my invention, I claimv l. The combination of a feed-hopper the sides of which are extended downward to form a chute, a shaft journaled in bearings upon the rear side of said extensions, three arms upon said shaft, one of which is adapted to be operated automatically, and a door secured to the other arms, the lower end of which engages with said chute, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a feed-hopper, a feedroller therein provided with recesses andhaving an adjustable head,a vertical slide above the roller, two rods secured to said slide and projecting through one side of the hopper, a vertical bar secured to the outer ends of the rods, and a screw through the bar and the side of the hopper, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a frame, two uprights secured thereto carrying a cross-piece, a feed-hopper having a lug upon its rear portion, a set-screw projecting through the lug into the cross-piece, a shaft journaled in the upper ends of the uprights extending through the feed-hopper, and a feed-roller upon the shaft, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a frame, a swinging cigar-rolling table therein, two slotted legs secured to the sides of the frame, two supports pivotally secured to the legs at one end and to the uprights at the other end, a bunchingroller journaled at its ends in the supports, and an apron secured at its ends to the table and passed over the bunching-roller, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a cigar-rolling table, of a bnnching-roller above the table, an

apron passing over the roller and secured at its ends to the table, two blocks at the rear end of the table, the inner faces of which are concaved, the rear block being narrower than the other one, a guide yieldingiy secured at the top of the narrower block, and a vert'icah ly-moving plunger passing between the blocks, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a cigar-rolling table, a pair of blocks secured to its rear end, the inner faces of which are concaved and act as guides, one of which is narrower than the other one, a guide secured to the narrower block, a wing secured to one end of the guide, a vertically-movin g plunger, and a stop against which the wing is caused to strike, substantially as set forth.

'7. The combination, with a swinging cigar- 1 8. The combination, with a swinging cigarrolling table, of apair of blocks secured at its rear end, the inner faces of which are concaved and act as guides, and one end of each of which is inclined and provided with a sharp cutting-edge, an apron on the table, a bunching-roller, and a vertically-moving plunger passing between the blocks with one end near the cutting-edge of the blocks, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with a frame, of a swinging cigar-rolling table, a pair of blocks at the rear end of the table, the inner faces of which are concaved and act as guides, one end of each of which is provided with a sharp cutting-edge, an apron on the table, a bunching-roller, a vertically-moving plunger passing between the blocks, and a scraper secured at one end to the frame and having its free end projecting over the ends of the blocks provided with the cutting-edges, substantially as set forth.

l0. The combination, with a frame, of a bunching-roller, arms of unequal length pivotally secured within the frame, a swinging cigar-rolling table pivotally secured upon said arms, and means for connecting the arms, whereby one end of the table approaches nearer the bunching-roller than the other one as the table moves forward and back below the bunching-roller, and an apron on the table, substantially as set forth.

ll. The combination, with aframe, of three arms, a lever, and a cigar-rolling` table, the table being pivotally secured to the upper ends of two of the arms and the lever being pivotally secured at the middle of one of the said arms and connected at its ends with the other two arms, a bunching-roller above the table, and an apron upon the table, substantially as set forth.

l2. The combination, with a frame, of two forked arms, a cigar-rolling table pivoted to the upper or forked ends of said arms, a pair of parallel brace-pieces across the frame of the machine, a lever pivotally secured at its middle to one of the arms and at one end to the lower end of the other arm, and an additional arm pivotally secured at its upper end to the lever and at its lower end between the braces in front of the pivotal point of the lower end of one of the forked arms, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination, with aframe, of arms IOO IIO

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pivotally secured thereto, a cigar-rollin g table pivotally secured to the upper ends of the arms, a treadle, a lever secured near the lower end of one of the arms, and a link secured to the treadle and to the end of the lever, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination,with a frame, of arms pivotally secured thereto, a cigar-rollin g table y pivotally secured to the upper ends of the lower ends, a latch having a shoulder at its arms, a treadle and lever pivotally secured near the lower end of one of the arms, having a bolt at the rear of the arm, and a link for connecting the lever and the treadle, substan tially as set forth.

15. The combination, with the main frame, of a vertical frame secured thereto, two rods adapted to slide within the frame, two cross pieces secured to the rods, a plunger secured to the upper cross-piece, a latch pivoted at its lower end to the main frame, having a pin at that end and a shoulder at its upper end, a treadle, and a spring secured to the pin and to the treadle, substantiallyas set forth.

16. The combination, with the main frame, of a vertical frame secured thereto, two rods adapted to slide within the frame, two crosspieces secured to the rods, a plunger secured to the upper cross-piece, a latch pivoted at its lower end to the main frame having a shoulder at its upper end adapted to engage with the lower cross-piece, a lever, the rear end of which engages with the lower cross-piece, and a bolt near the end of the lever adapted to engage with the face of the latch, substank tially as set forth. y

17. The combination, with a frame, of two vertically-slidin g rods, a cross-piece near their upper end adapted to engage with cross-piece, and a lever, the rear end of which is rounded upon its upper edge and adapted to engage with the cross-piece and latch, the length of the lever between its pivotal point and its rear end being a triiie greater than the distance between the cross-piece when secured upon the shoulder of the latch and the pivotal point of the lever, substantially as set forth.

18. The combination, with a main frame, of two vertically-sliding rods, a cross-piece secured near their lower ends, a latch having a shoulder at its upper end adapted to engage with the cross-piece and pivotally secured at its lower end to the main framerof the machine, an arm pivotally secured to the niachine, a lever pivotally secured to the lower end of the arm, the rear end ot which is adapted to engage with the cross-piece, and a bolt upon the lever at the rear of the point at which the lever is pivoted to the arm, said bolt being adapted to engage with the rear face of the arm as the rear end of the lever is moved out of engagement with the crosspiece, substantially as set forth.

19. The combination, with a frame, of an arm having a table secured upon its upper end, a lever pivotally secured near the lower end of the arm, a treadle, a link for connecting the end of the lever with the treadle, and two springs, one of which is secured to t-he main frame and the arm and the other one to the treadle and to the frame, substantially as set forth.

20. The combination, with the main frame, of a vertical frame therein, a feed-hopper upon the frame in front of the vertical frame, a bracket upon the rear side of the hopper, the legs of which are adjustably secured to the top of the vertical frame, and a feed-roller within the feed-hopper having pockets in its periphery, the cutting-edges of which pockets engage with the lower edge of the front wall of the hopper, substantially as set forth.

21. The combination, with aframe, of a platform, a guide secured to one side of the platform and a lever secured to the other side of the platform, a clamp pivotally secured to an arm and to the lever, a latch-lever secured to the lever having a notch near one end, a spring secured to the clamp and to the lever, and a hook secured to the opposite end of the latch-lever and to the spring,substantially as set forth.

22. The combination, with a frame, of a platform secured theretohaving lugs upon one of its sides, a spring-actuated lever and an arm .pivotally secured to the lugs, a clamp pivotally secured to the inner ends of the lever and the arin, a guide upon the opposite side of the platform, and a stoppin secured to the rear ends of the platform, against which the arm engages, substantially as set forth.

23. The combination, with a frame, of a platform secured thereto, a reciprocating pawl pivotally secured above the platform, having a lug or projection upon its pivoted end, and a set-screw in the frame, one end of which engages with the lug of the pawl, substantially as set forth.

2i. The combination, with a frame, of a platform secured thereto, a feed-hopper above the =platform, a swinging cigar-rolling table between the bottom of the hopper and the top of the platform, two brackets adj ustably secured to the rear portion of the frame of the machine, a rock-shaft j ournaled in the brackets connected with and operated by the table, an arm upon the shaft, and a pawl upon the end of the arm above the platform, substantially as set forth.

25. The combination, with a frame, of a swinging cigarrolling table, a platform, a shaft adjustably secured above the platform, two arms upon the shaft, a pawl at the lower end of one of the arms, and a connecting-rod secured tothe end of the other arm and to the table-operating mechanism,substantially as set forth.

26. The combination,in a cigar-makin g machine, of a supply-hopper secured at the rear of the same, the bottom of which is vertically movable, a shaft across the upper and lower ends of the hopper, each of which is provided IOO IIO

with a spur-wheel, and a Chain through the bottom of the hopper and over said Wheels, substantially as set forth.

27. The Combination, n a cigar-making maehine, of a supply-hopper havingavertieallymovable bottom, shafts across the upper and lower ends of the hopper, each having a spurwheel near its middle and the lower onehaving a ratchet-Wheel at one end, a chain passing through the bottom of the hopper and around the spur-wheels, and a lever Carrying' a pawl for operating the ratchet-wheel, Substantially as set forth.

28. The combination of a frame, aswinging table therein, a pair of blocks at the rear end of the table, a movable guide secured to the rear block, and a stop secured io the frameand adapted to engage with the guide when the table is drawn forward, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownlhave hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM M. STEINLE.

Vitnesses:

BENNETT S. JONES, AUGUST PETERSON.