US416066A - Cigar-bunching machine - Google Patents

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P. O. MILLER.

CIGAR BUNGHING MAGHINE.

No. 416,066; Patented Nov. 26, 1889.,

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P. 0. MILLER. CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

No. 416,066. Patented Nov. 26. 1889.

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\ P. 0. MILLER. CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

No. 416,066. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

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CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. '26, 1889.

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(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 5. F. C. MILLER.

CIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE. No. 416,066. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

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UNITED. ST TES.

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIOK C. MILLER, OF OOVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

CIGAR-BUNCHING MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,066, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed June 30, 1888. $erial No. 278,634. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDRIOK C. MILLER, of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain free space for the cigar-bunch to pass vertically into the molds underneath.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide reciprocating and revolving bunch-rollers, which can be brought together to assist in rolling the cigar and opened up to allow the passage of the feeding-plunger.

Another object of my invention is to pro-i vide a reciprocating arm, which carries a belt attached at one end only, for rolling a cigar-bunch.

Another object of my'invention is to provide suitable means for feeding a bunch when it is rolled into the cigar-mold by means of a plunger.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a mechanism which will perform these several operations intermittingly and consecutively at a single revolution of the main shaft, whereby a bunch is automatically made by a single revolution of the main shaft of the bunching-machine.

The preferred form of construction and arraying of the several devices which I have provided for carrying out these. several operations will be fully explained in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 00 to, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal central section on line y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing cams in a straight line. Figs.

6 and 7 are diagrams of crank and eccentric, which are mounted on the same shaft. Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are similar sections of Fig. 4, showing the different steps in the operation of the machine. Figs. 11, 12, and 13 are detail views showing different operating parts of the machine. Fig. 14 is a longitudinal central section of one of the compressing-jaws and its support; Fig. 15 is a vertical crosssection of the same.

A represents the frame of the machine.

13 represents the feet; 0, the table on which the cigar-mold D is placed.

E represents a hopper in which the tobacco for fillers, preferably scrap-tobacco, is placed.

1 represents the main driving-shaft journaling in bearings 2 and 3 at either end of the frame. t represents a tight and 5 a loose pulley mounted on said shaft.

6, 7, 8, and 9 are cams keyed to shaft 1.

10 represents a bevel-gear .on shaft 1, meshing with a bevel gear 11 on shaft 12,

and also on which is mounted eccentric 13 and crank 14:.

S S represent brackets secured to frame A for supporting and serving as journals for the shaft 12. l

The dotted lines a l) 0 cl, Figs, 5, 6, and 7, indicate the relative position of the cams 6 7 8 9, eccentric '13, and crank 14 at different stages of the operation. Thus the dotted lines a in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 represent the position shown in Fig. 4; dotted lines b that shown in Fig. 8; c, Fig. 9, and d Fig. 10.

In the hopper E, near its lower end, is a roller, which may be made smooth or corrugated.

15 represents an opening in the lower end of thehopper, through which the tobacco for the fillers of cigars passes into the opening or slot 16, made in the movable carrier 17. This carrier is reciprocated between the sides of frame F, and is supported on plate 18. The corners of the openings 15 and 16 are made perfectly square and serve as shears to cut off the fillers. Carrier 17 is operated as follows:

19, Fig. 1, represents a slot cut in one side of the frame F, through which projects astud 20, which is rigidly secured to carrier 17.

21 represents a rod journaled in brackets 22 on the side of the frame F, to which is secured an arm 23.

24 represents a connecting-rod, one end of which is pivoted to arm 23 and the other to crank 14.

25 represents adjustable collars fixed on rod 21, which alternately engage with pin to move the carrier 17 forward and backward. Two collars are used, as it is necessary to have the carrier 17 stand in one position long enough to allow another operation to take place.

26 represents a plunger, which is shown detachably connected by a dovetail joint to cross-piece 27, which is supported by two vertical rods 28, that are journaled in lugs projecting from either side of hopper E.

29 represents a cross-bar rigidly connected to rods 28.

30 represents a shaft j ournaled in the frame A, which is oscillated by arm 31, that is rigidly secured thereto, and carries at its opposite end a stud e, on which is journaled a friction-roller that engages with cam 6 on the main driving-shaft.

f, Fig. 1, represents a slot cut in the curb of the machine for stud e to pass through.

32 represent crank-arms which convey motion through pitmen 33 to the cross-bar 29.

34 represents a rack which engages with pinion 35, mounted on the shaft of feed-roller 14 to revolve it in unison with the reciprocation of the plunger.

36and 37 represent brackets which secure rack 34 to the plunger-frame. The table 0 is provided with a dovetailed groove to receive the slide 38.

39 represents a dowel-pin secured to slide 38, which holds the mold in the required position on the slide. The under side of slide 38 is provided with a series of teeth or projections g.

40 represents a reciprocating spring-arn provided at its outer end with lugs 41, which engage in the side groove of an eccentric 13.

The inner end of said arm is upturned to engage with the projections or teeth g on the under side of slide 38.

42 represents a loop used for pulling the upturned or forward end of spring 40 down out of engagement while the slide 38 is pushed in from the front end to insert a mold. One revolution of the shaft 12 and eccentric 13 moves the mold the required distance to bring the next cup in the mold under the plunger 26.

0 represents a spring secured to the table '0 by stud P, and serves to hold the mold in its proper position against the ledgeR on the opposite side of the table.

43 and 44 represent arms, which are counterparts of each other and placed in pairs on each side of the machine. They are provided with studs 45 and 46, respectively, which are journaled in holes pierced in frame-piece G. Arm 44 is extended at its lower end to form a lever 47, which is provided with a stud car-.

rying a friction-roller that engages with cam 7 on the main shaft. These arms 43 and 44 are provided with segment-teeth h, meshing to transmit motion from arm 44 to arm 43.

It will be observed that arms 43 and 44 are each duplicated on opposite sides of the machine, and frame-piece 48 connects arms 43 and the curved table 54 connects the arms 44.

49 represents a bunch-roller journaled at its ends in arms 43.

50 represents a tilting table secured to shaft 51, which is journaled in the rear end of the arms 43. g

52 is a latch-arm, and 53 a link rigidly attached to shaft 51 and connected at its lower end to latch-arm 52.

55 represents a similar bunch-roller to that of 49, journaled in the front end of the table 54.

56 and 57 (see Fig. 12) represent arms similar to those of 43 and 44, and are secured to their respective shafts 58 and 59, which are journaled in frame G. The arm 56 is eX- tended to form a lever 60, through which motion is conveyed from cam 9. These arms 56 and 57 are provided with teeth 4', to cause them to move simultaneously and operate jaws 61 and 62, mounted on top of said arms.

63 represents an apron, one end of which is attached to a clamp 64, that is secured to the top of an oscillating or reciprocating arm 65. This arm is secured to stud 66, which is journaled in frame G.

67 represents a crank-arm secured to stud 66 and provided at its lower end with a frictional roller which engages with cam 8.

Frame-piece G forms journals or bearings for arms 43, 44, 56, 57, 65, 67, 60, and 47. It is secured to the main frame by screw- bolts 68 and 69. It is made in'a separate piece from frame A merely for convenience. The jaws 61 and 62 are made detachable from their respective arms 56 and 57, in the manner shown in Figs. 14 and 15. The tops of the arms 56 and 57 are grooved "to receive the dovetailed jaws 61 and 62, respectively, which, when in position, are held by pins 7 3, passing through the respective arms 56 57 and holes in the back of the jaws.

74 represents a spring-lever pivoted to, a lug 75, the forward end of which enters a notch cut in pin 73, to draw it out of engagement.

76 represents a spring to hold pin 73 in the position shown.

It is advantageous to have the jaws removable, so that the shape of the bunch may be changed. The plunger 26 is made removable for the same purpose.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The cigar-fillers are placed in hopper E and fed through opening 15 by roller 14 into the opening 16 of carrier 17. The binder is placed on the tiltingtable 50, with the end projecting over the inner end. The carrier 17 is moved forward in position,bringing the filled opening 16 under plunger 26, as shown in Fig. 4. The plunger 26 is then brought by the intermittent movement of arms 32, pitmen 33, and vertical rods 28 down and forces out the filler, and forming a pocket in the apron 63 and depositing it therein, at the same time carrying the edge of the binder with it, as shown in Fig- 8. Fig. 9 shows the plunger receded or raised up, the arms 43 and 44 drawn together by the action of cam 7, arm 47, and the segment-teeth h, and the apron drawn tight around the filler. Now arm65 commences to move backward, drawing the apron between and over bunch-rollers 49 and 55, rolling the binder around the filler. When the end of the apron is reached, the wrapped bunch drops between jaws 61 and 62, which close together and hold the It will be seen by Fig. 10 that the carrier .17

is then in its backward position, receiving a second filling. The tilting table 50 is operated as follows: Pin 72 on lever 65 holds the latch-arm 52 up, keeping the pin 71 out of engagement with the notch 70 in the latch. As arm 65 moves backward and arms 43 and 44 move together, it allows the notch'70 to engage with pin 71. Then when the arms 43 and 44 move apart table 50 is raised at its forward end and held in that position, allowing the free end of the apron to'pass between it and plate 48 until the latch-arm 52 is tripped by the return of lever 65 and pin 72, engaging with the inclined edge. It will be observed that in the diagram Fig. 5 the cams 6, 7, 8, and 9 are shown as if laid out in a straight line, and they have the proper configuration to carry on theabove-named operation intermittingly to move the plunger 26, and by means of rack 34 to revolve the feeding-roller 14, which oscillates to feed the.

filler on either side of said roller; and it will be observed that plunger 26 makes two motions, one to press the filler into the belt, as shown in Fig. 8, and the second movement to press the rolled bunch down into the mold,

I as shown in Fig. 10. Twodifferent-shaped camsj it are necessary and provided to give these two different lengths of strokes. Cam 7 is placed with the working offset Z between the offsets j it, so as to operate the arms 43 and 44, bringing the bunch-rollers 49 and 55 into the position shown in Fig. 9 between the two plunger-strokes. Then before the second movement of plunger 26 the apron 63 is drawnto roll the bunch, which movement is accomplished by means of cam 8. The ofiset m of the cam 8 operates crank-arm 67 and arm to oscillate the clamp 64, to which one end of the apron is attached. The cam 9 by its offset n closes the jaws 61 and 62 to hold the bunch, which is pushed out between said jaws, as shown in Fig. 10. Just before the movement of plunger 26 the moldl) has been advanced one cup space by eccentric 13, drivin g forward spring-arm 40. The feeding-carrier 1.7 is appropriately and intermittingly reoperated by the crank-arm 14. Thus these several motions are carried out in time movement to form one bunch by a single revolution of shaft 1.

One of the peculiar features of the bunchmaking machine is the attachment of the apron at one end to a clamp 64 at top of arm 65, the other end being free and pulled out from between the rollers 49 and 55, allowing the bunch to pass immediately down into the jaws. The apron is carried back over the rollers by the return motion of the clamp, having sufficient stiffness to carry it under the pivoted table 50, which is raised to receive it.

It will be manifest that the feeding-roller 14, carrier 17, and the operating mechanism may be omitted and the bunch made by hand instead of being automatically fed, as herein described. So, too, various other modifications may be made; but I have shown the parts in the form which I believe to be best adapted to carry out the purposes herein described.

Co-pending with this application are other applications of mine filed and serially numbered, respectively, March 26, 1887, 232,537, and April 1, 1889, 305,521, and any mechanism claimed therein I disclaim in the present ap plication.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cigar-bunching machine, the feeding device consisting of ahopperhaving the plain or corrugated roller 14 located therein near its lower opening, and a carrier situated below the hopper, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cigar-bnnching machine, the combination of a hopper having a roller 14. located therein near its lower opening, a reciprocating carrier 17, having an opening, and a plunger working through said opening for delivering the tobacco onto an apron, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cigar-bunching machine, a reciprocating carrier 17 having opening 16 and working through a hopper, in combination with an apron, and a plunger passing through said opening 16 to push the tobacco onto the apron, substantially as described.

4. In a eigar-bunching machine, an intermittingly-operated plunger, a double cam for giving the plunger two motions, one for pressing the filler on an apron and the other for pressing the bunch into a mold, and connecting driving mechanism, in combination with the apron and mold, substantially as specified.

5. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrier having an opening and working through a hopper, a plunger passing through said opening to push the tobacco onto an apron, and mechanism for reciprocating the carrier, consisting of a crank-shaft having a crank at one end and operated from its other end by the main shaft of the machine, and connecting mechanism interposed between the carrier and the crank, to which latter it is pivoted, substantially as specified.

6. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrier having an opening and working through a hopper, a plunger passing through said opening to push the tobacco onto an apron, and mechanism for reciprocating the carrier, consisting of a slide adapted to act on the carrier, an arm connected with the slide, a crank-shaft having a crank at one end and operated from its other end by themain shaft of the machine, and a connecting-rod pivoted at one end to said arm and at the other end to the crank, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrier having an opening and working through a hopper, a plunger passing through said opening to push the tobacco onto an' apron, a frame in which said carrieris mounted having a slot, a pin or stud on the carrier projecting through the slot, and a slide having projections engaging said stud and means of reciprocation, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a reciprocating carrier having an opening and working through a hopper, a plunger passing through said opening to push the tobacco onto an apron, a frame in which said carrier is mounted having a slot, a stud or pin on the carrier projecting through the slot, a slide having means of reciprocation, and adjustable collars fitted on said slide on opposite sides of said stud, on which they bear to move the carrier back and forth, substantially as specified.

9. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of a hopper having a roller therein near its lower end, a pinion on one end of the roller outside the hopper, a plunger, mechanism for operating it, a rack connected with the plunger and engaging said pinion, and a reciprocating carrier with an opening and working through the lower end of the hopper, substantially as set forth.

10. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with a tobacco-carrier and plunger adapted to push the tobacco therefrom, of recip'rocating bunch-rollers, an apron having a free end and onto which the tobacco is pushed from the carrier, means for bringing said rollers together to inelose the bunch in the apron below and between the rollers, and means for drawing said apron out from between the rollers and rolling the binder around the bunch while the rollers are together, substan tially as specified.

11. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with an apron having a free end and mechanism for delivering tobacco onto the apron, of bunching-rollers below and between which the binder is rolled around the bunch when the apron is drawn out, substantially as set forth.

12. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with an apron having a free end and mechanism for delivering the tobacco onto the apron having a plunger, of bunching-' v the bunch when it is dropped into them from the apron, said plunger being adapted to push the bunch out from the jaws, substantially as Set forth.

13. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with an apron having a free end and onto which the tobacco is deposited, and rollers below and between which the binder is rolled around the bunch by said apron when drawn out, of a clamp by which one end of the apron is held, and an oscillating arm-carrying the clamp, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.14. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination, with an apron having a free end and onto which the tobacco is deposited, and rollers below and between which the binder is rolled around the bunch by said apron, of jaws for holding the bunch when it drops from the apron, and a plunger working between the jaws, substantially as set forth.

15. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the apron, bunch-rollers, oscillating arms in which the rollers are journaled, having suitable mechanism for operating them, a tilting table below which the free end of tlieapron is placed, and means for tilting the table, substantially as set forth.

16. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the apron having a free end, bunch-rollers, oscillating arms in which the rollers are journaled, having mechanism for operating them, said arms being provided with meshing segment-teeth, whereby they are caused to move together, and mechanism for withdrawing the apron from the rollers, substantially as set forth.

17. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the apron, oscillating arms carrying bunching-rollers,.a tilting table carried by one of said arms, a latch-lever, automatic mechanism for releasing it and tilting the table, and a link connecting the latch-lever with the tilting table, substantially as set forth.

18. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of oscillating arms carrying bunching-rollers, a tilting table on which the binder is placed, a fixed piece below the table, an apron having a free end adapted to fit below the table, and means for withdrawing the apron from. the rollers, which together roll the binder around the bunch, substantially as set forth.

19. In a cigarbunching machine, the combination of the apron, oscillating arms carrying the bunching-rollers, oscillating arms carrying jaws between which the bunch is received from the rollers and apron, means for withdrawing the apron, mechanism for operating said arms, and a plunger working as set forth.

20. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the bunch-rolling mechanism, oscillating arms below the same having meshing segment-teeth, jaws carried by said arms, mechanism for oscillating the arms, and a plunger working between the jaws, substantially as specified.

21. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of the apron, oscillating arms carrying bunching-rollers and provided with meshing teeth, oscillating arms carrying jaws and provided with meshing teeth, mechanism for oscillating all the arms, means for Withdrawing the apron, and a plunger working between the rollers and jaws, substantially as specified.

22. In a cigar-bunching machine, the combination of pivoted jaw-arms provided with meshing segment-teeth and carrying jaws, a lever connected to one of the arms at one end, and a cam engaging the other end for reciprocating the jaws intermittingly, whereby a bunch is received between said jaws and held for delivery, substantially as set forth.

23. In a cigar-bunching machine such as herein described, the combination, with jawarms 56 and 57, of detachable jaws 61 62, pins passing into the arms and jaws, and lever for disengaging the pins from the jaws, substantially as set forth.

24:. In a cigar-bunching machine, a mold carrier or slide and a mold carried thereby, teeth on the under side of the mold-carrier, a spring-arm engaging the teeth and provided with a pull, and means for reciprocating the arm, substantially as set forth.

25. I11 a cigar-bunching machine, a mold carrier or slide provided With teeth and a mold carried thereby, a sliding spring-arm engaging the teeth and provided with a pair of lugs, operating mechanism for said arm having a rotating shaft, and a cam on the shaft arranged between and engaging said lugs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDRICK C. MILLER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT ZAHNER, J. WATsoN SIMS.

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