US403410A

US403410A - Feldt

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Publication number: US403410A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 1906-05-14

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

N. H. BORGFELDT 8a A. LEWYN.

CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE. No. 403,410. Patented May 14, 1889/ WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS H. BORGFELDT, OF BROOKLYN, AND ADOLPH LE'WYN, OF NEIV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE NATIONAL PROGRESS BUNCI-IING MACHINE COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 403,410, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed July 5, 1888. Serial No. 279.033- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NICHOLAS H. BORG- FELDT, of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, and ADOLPH LEWYN, of the city,

county, and State of New York, have invented Improvements in Oigar-Bunching Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in to cigar-bunching machines, and more particularly to the machines shown in United States Letters Patent No. 331,676, dated December 1, 1885, and No. 379,732, dated March 20, 1888.

The object of our invention is to provide a hopper and mechanism for the above-mentioned machines by which long-filler cigarbunches maybe made with accuracy and dispatch.

The invention consists in the details of improvement and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional side elevation of a portion of a cigar bunching machine containing our improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view, enlarged, of a portion of the machine, show 0 ing our improvements in section. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 0 c, Fig. 5, through the retainer for holding the filler to be placed in the hopper. Fig. 5 is a face view of the retainer. Fig. 6 is a crosssection on the line k k, Fig. 5; and Fig. 7 is a similar section of the retainer, showing the position of the retainer after the filler has been expelled from it.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the frame of a cigar-bunching machine.

B is the main driving-shaft of the machine, that is journaled in suitable bearings in the frame A and operated in suitable manner. a is a cam that is carried by the shaft 13,

which cam is adapted to engage a tooth, b, on a rod, d, Whose upper end is guided in a plate, (1 carried by the frame A. The lower end of the rod (1 is connected to our improved hopper, presently to be described. The cam a is adapted to raise the rod (1 and hopper, and also to let them drop, so that the lower end of the hopper will rest on the rolling-apron E.

F is the plunger, that passes within the hopper, which plunger is connected by a rod, 6, with a lever, f, that is pivoted in the frame A. The lever f is depressed by a crank, g, that projects from the shaft B and is again raised by the springs 9 connected to said lever and to the frame.

All the above parts excepting the hopper are of the construction shown in the patent No. 331,676, dated December 1, 1885, heretofore mentioned, and we need not therefore describe them more particularly herein, but refer to said patent for a more full and detailed description thereof; but, if preferred, these parts may be constructed and operated as shown in United States Patent No. 379,732, dated March 20, 1888.

h is a guide for the plunger-F, and it is preferably in the form of a tube that conforms substantially to the shape of a cigar. The guide It is connected to the rod 61. The plunger F asses freely within the guide h. The

guide 1 is provided on opposite sides with grooves or channels t', that are adapted to receive guide-rails j, that are carried by the frame A. By this means the guide h is guided in the frame A. From the guide h depend 8o arms 1, that carry at their lower ends the hop per or filler-receiver m. The hopper m conforms to the shape of a cigar and is aligned with the guide it, so that the plunger F may pass from said guide it into the hopper m. 8 5 The hopper m receives the filler for the bunch and it is quite shallow, so that the filler that is placed in it by hand shall not become separated before reaching the rolling-apron E. On the upper edges of the hopper m are prefo erably placed outwardly flaring flanges 'n, which act as guides for the entrance of the filler.

In order to facilitate the placing of the filler in the hopper, we provide what we term a holder or retainer, G. The retainer G consists of two blades, 0, that are connected at one end and preferably free at the other end.

10 is a strip of flexible material that is secured to the blades 0 and that passes loosely in between said blades, thereby forming a flexible pocket, as shown in Fig. 6.

The retainer G is adapted to be inverted 2nd placed over the hopper m, as shown in The filler for the cigar-bunch is made by hand and placed in the retainer G, so that it will have proper form when placed in the hopper m.

Our improvements operate as follows: The binder q is first placed upon the rolling-apron below the hopper. The hoppermis then lowered by the action of the camauntil it nearly, if not quite, touches the binder q. The retainer G, which has previously received a charge of long-filler tobacco, is then ii -p verted and placed over the hopper m, so that the tobacco from the retainer can enter therein. When in this position, the finger of the operator is passed along the flexible part 19 of the retainer G, which pushes said part 1) downward and outward, thereby expelling the tobacco and passing it into the hopper m. The retainer is then removed and the plunger F caused to descend to press the filler upon the rolling-apron. The hopper and plunger then rise and the binder is rolled around the filler by the apron E, as more particularly described in the aforementioned patents.

By the above construction we are enabled to make long-filler cigar-bunches by machine, thereby saving time and material over the old method of making such bunches by hand.

Having now described our invention, what we cla1m'is-.

1. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with the plunger F, of the reciprocating plunger-guide h, separate filler-receiver m at a distance below said guide, and the arms Z, for supporting the receiver m, substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination,with the plunger F, of the reciprocating plunger-guide h, separate filler-receiver m at a distance below said guide, flanges n on said receiver, and the arms I, for supporting the receiver m, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the plunger F, of the reciprocating plunger-guide h, separate filler-receiver m at a distance below and in line with said guide, arms Z, connecting the guide it with the receiver m, and the rollingapron E, substantially as described.

4. A filler-retainer consisting of the connected blades 0 and the flexible strip 10, connected to said blades andextending between said blades in the form of a pocket, substantially as described.

5. The plunger F, guide h, and filler-receiver m below said guide, combined with the filler-retainer G, consisting of the connected blades 0 and flexible strip p between said blades, substantially as described.

NICHOLAS H. BORGFELDT. ADOLPH LEWYN.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, GUSTAV SOHNEPPE.