US416117A - Cigar-bunching machine - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK C. 1WIILLER, OF NEIVPORT, KENTUCKY.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,117, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed April 1, 1889. Serial No. 305,521. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRICK C. MILLER, 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 Oigar-Bunching Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a suitable means for sizing the filler by feeding tobacco into a proper orifice, and

' may be designated a tobacco-feeding mechanism.

Another object of my invention is to provide fill er-deliverin g mechanism for delivering the filling to a bunch-rolling mechanism.

Another object of my invention is to provide suitable means for partially compressing and shaping the filler prior to the operation of rolling it into the binder.

Another object of my invention is to provide an automatic bunch-carrier clamp which receives the bunch from the apron and then moves into position for delivering the bunch into a cigar-mold.

Another object of m y invention is to provide one plunger for putting the filling into the bunch pocket and another to deposit the bunch into the mold.

Another object of my invention is to provide suitable means for holding the mold and to push it forward under the bunch-delivering clamp or carrier, and also to provide releasing mechanism which automatically operates to release the mold and to swing it partially off the rack, thereby indicating to the operator when the mold is filled. This mechanism also allows the mold to be readily detached and a new one inserted ready for the second operation.

Another object of myinventionis to provide suitable means for shaking the filler intermittingly over an expanding orifice to size the amount of. filler for the bunch.

The various features of my invention will be fully set forth in the description of the ac-.

companying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on line y 3 Fig. 3. I Fig. 5 is a section 011 line 00 90, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section on line .2 ,2, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a diagram of the cams. Fig. 8 is an enlarged section of the vertical follower. Fig. 9 is a similar transverse section. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the swinging jaws. Fig. 11 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 12 is asectionon line 0 t, Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is a section on line .9 s, Fig. 10. Fig. 14c is a bottom plan view of the slide-carrier. Fig. 15 is a section on line to to, Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a sectional top plan view of the mold-holder. Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 18 is an elevation, partly in section, of the bunch-roller. Fig. 19 is an elevation of the top of one of the apron-holding arms. Fig. 20 is a top plan View of the cigarmold and its clamping mechanism. Fig. 21 is a side elevation of the bunch-rolling table, showing the position the parts are in when the filler is pressed down by the plunger onto the apron and forming a pocket in the latter above the follower. Fig. 21 is a side elevation of the bunch-roller table and the bunchcarrier clamps in position for receiving the bunch delivered from the roller mechanism. Fig. 22 is a broken sectional elevation of the bunch-carrying clamp.

In the above drawings the machine is shown in the preferred form of construction, which is to employ a single shaft passing centrally through the frame underneath the operating mechanism and to provide cams, cranks, and link mechanism conveying motion in time movements, so that each part of the mechanism will perform its appropriate work and pause until the other parts perform theirs and automatically resume work again.

A represents the posts of the machine.

B represents the frame-piece to which the operating mechanism is journaled and upon which the several parts of the machine are mounted. 4

0 represents the main driving-shaft in Fig. 4. This shaft is shown as provided with a fast pulley D and a loose pulley E.

F represents a belt-shifting lever.

In my former application of March. 2 6, 1887, Serial No. 232,537, I have shown a clutch mechanism for stopping and starting the mechanism which might be substituted in plained.

lieu of the fast and loose pulleys herein shown; or any other suitable clutch for stopping and starting the operation might be used. One form of operation for such a machine is to have it stopped automatically at the end of the completion of each bunch, and means for so doing is fully shown in my said former application. It, however, may be operated continuously, in which form I have herein shown it.

G represents the hopper which holds the filler tobacco, which is preferably cut into scraps.

In order to size the bunches, I have provided a slide-plate I, having an orifice l which plate reciprocates intermittingly under the oscillating plate H. The plate II is made to oscillate during the time in which the bunchfilling is being sized and delivered into the orifice 1.

3 represents a zigzag cam-wheel on the main shaft, the cam being formed by the groove in the periphery of the wheel 3, one portion of which is at a shown plain, the other portions being zigzag, so that during a portion of the revolution of the main shaft 0 the crank-pin 4 will move in the zigzag slot and shake the plate H, and during the remaining part of the revolution the oscillation ceases. The crank-pin 4 is attached to the vibrating arm 5, (see Fig. 1,) which is pivoted to the crank-arm 6, which crank-arm is rigidly attached to the stud-shaft 7, which journals in the frame B, supporting and oscillating the plate I-I.

As here shown, the machine is adapted to perform the operation of sizing the amount of filling, then rolling or wrapping and depositing the bunch in a cigar-mold with one revolution of the shaft, which is the preferred construction.

d When the orifice 1 in the reciprocating plate I has been filled, the slide is thrown forward by the driving-shaft into the position shown in Fig. 6. This operation is accomplished by the following instrumentalities: 8 represents a cam-groove formed in the drum mounted upon shaft C. 9 represents a crank-pin journaling in said cam-groove. 10 represents a vibrating lever, to which the said crank-pin is affixed, the lever vibrating upon the center 11. 12 represents a link pivoted to 'the upper end of said lever 10 at one end and to the slide I at the opposite end. The preferred form of attachment of said link 12 is upon the outside of the slide I, as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to impart motion to the slide I, the shaft 11, to which is feathered the crank-lever 13, passes through the frame, as shown in Fig. (3, and on the opposite end of the shaft is journaled a vibrating lever 13, similar in shape and position to lever 10, and provided at its top with a link 12, similar to link 12, pivoted to slide I. This vibrating lever13, I also employ for conveying motion to the 1nold-feed ing mechanism, which will be hereinafter eX- .lhe cam-groove 8 is so constructed that it moves the slide I forward, where it pauses until the filling is pushed out of orifice 1 by the plunger, after which it is retracted.

In order to regulate the amount of filling deposited into the orifice 1 for forming a given-sizedbunch, the slide I, containing said orifice, is so constructed that it may be adj usted to different sizes, as shown in plan, Fig. 14. The orifice 1 is formed by sectional pieces 14 and 15, that constitute relatively-movable sides. The side 14 is shown as attached to the cross-bar 16, which carries adjustingscrews 17.

18 represents carrying-rods, each of which is provided with a spring 19 coiled around it. The screws 17, when the slide I is in position shown in Fig. 1, strike against lugs or stops 20 and stop and control the opening of orifice 1 in said slide.

In order to more readily lay the filling in the orifice 1, the parts may be adjusted so that the screws 17 strike the lugs 20 before the slide I has been carried back to the limit of its movement, the springs 19 yielding and allowing the side 14 to be drawn out, expanding the orifice, as shown in the broken section of Fig. 1.4. The recoil of the springs 19 communicates motion through rods 18 and side 14, drawing it toward the side 15, and by the time the orifice 1 hasarrived into the position shown in Fig. 6 for delivering the filling into the apron the side 14 has closed, so as to form a cigar-shaped orifice for the filler, in which shape it is delivered to the apron by the plunger.

In order to retain the cigar shape of the filler, I have provided the following instrum entalities; 21 represents a follower, which is supported upon a piston-rod 22. 23 represents a coil-spring, which has an upper seat in the bore formed in the piston-rod 22 and at the bottom has a seat upon the frame 13. 25 represents a standard projecting up from the frame B, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9,bored to form a journal for the piston-rod 22, the parts being shown in these figures with the spring 23 compressed. This compression is maintained by means of the catch 24, which passes through the orifice or opening in frame B and engages on the bottom, as shown in Fig. 8, thereby holding the piston-rod 22 down. Just before the bunch is delivered to the apron a lug 26 on cam 27 releases the catch 24, when the piston-rod 22 rises under the impulse of the recoil of spring 23, bringing the follower 21 into the position shown in Fig. 6 under the apron 28, lifting it against the bottom of the slide I and immediately under the orifice 1. 29 represents a plunger, which is made to pass through orifice 1, pushing the filling into the apron 28, where, supported by the follower 21, the plunger 29 also, in descending, presses the piston-rod 22 down, which forms the pocket in the apron, and the filler is compressed between the matrix ends of the plunger and follower, catch IIO 24 re-engaging to hold the piston-rod in position for a second operation. The plunger 29 is operated from cam 30 by means of a bell-crank lever 31, said lever being keyed upon shaft 32, which journals in frame B, as shown in Fig. 6. represents a link pivoted to the front end of bell-crank lever 31, which link is in turn pivoted to vertical slide 34, which is provided with arms carrying plunger 29, and preferably a secondary plunger 35. These plungers are supported by arms 36 and 37, as shown in Fig. 2. 3S represents a standard projecting up from the frame, in which are formed ways to guide and direct slide 34. The cam is shaped so as to reciprocate the slide 34 down and up during an appropriate part of the revolution of the main shaft, which will be hereinafter explained. In the preferred form of construction the plunger 35 is attached to the arm 36, which is rigidly connected to the slide 34. This plunger is employed for delivering the bunch after it is wrapped into a cigar-mold simultaneously with the delivering of the filling for the bunch into the pocket in the apron by plunger 29. Plunger 29 is wider in crosssection than plunger 35 and shorter, as the filler is larger and shorter than the completed bunch. Said plungers 29 and 35 are preferably made concave on their under sides or faces and conform somewhat to the shape of the cigar-mold, as shown in dotted lines of plunger 20, Figs. 1, 6, and 21.

In order to roll the binder around the filler at the appropriate time, I provide the following mechanism: Cam 27 is provided with groove 40, in which engages a crank pin or stud 41, supported by the vibrating cranklever 42, and this lever is keyed upon the shaft 43, which passes through and journals in the frame B. Upon the opposite end of this shaft 43 is keyed a counterpart of lever 42, (marked 45,) except it is not provided with a crank-pin and an extension below the center 43, but receives its motion through the said shaft 43. The upper end of said lever 42 and its counterpart 45 supports and moves the bunclrroller 46, as shown in Fig. 18. This roller is shown as constructed of sectional tubular pieces mounted on an axle K, and which is not claimed herein, as its construction is specifically explained and claimed .a carrier-clamp J, composed of parts or jaws 49 and 50. The carrier-clamp is operated by an intermittingly-oscillating shaft 51, which is vertically journaled upon one side of the machine, and is provided with segmental gear 52, meshing with segment-gear 53, which carries the segment-gear 52.

is supported upon the oscillating lever 54, as shown in Fig. 3. represents a stud projecting down through said lever into the camslot 56, which is formed in a drum 56, carried by the main shaft, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby the lever 54 is intermittingly oscillated. By placing the mold at one side of the main portions of the machine, or in the position shown in Fig. 3, several advantages are derived: First, the mold may be easily placed in position and readily detached and another one provided, and, second, the matrices of the mold are not liable to become filled with loose scraps of tobacco, which deface the bunch.

The preferred manner of operatingthe carrier-clamp J, composed of parts or jaws 49 and 50, is to have the parts open sufficiently, as shown in Fig. 21 or in dotted lines in Fig. 13, to readily receive the bunch which drops from the apron 47, and then to close, as shown in full lines in Fig. 13, in the act of carrying the bunch, so as to have the opening through the carrier-clamp register with the matrix of the mold. To accomplish this, jaw 50 is journaled on vertical shaft 51, which The jaw 49 of the carrier-clamp is hinged in the bracketbearing 57, formed on the jaw 50. The journalior shaft of said part or jaw 49 passes through said bracket-bearing, so as to support the coil-spring 58, the ends of which rest against the lugs 59 and 60, so that the said part 49 opens or turns on its axis, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 13, by the expansion of said spring, thus normally holding the bunchcarrier clamp open to receive the bunch and prevent it from falling below.

In order to close the jaws of the bunch-can rier clamp, I have provided the following instrumentalities: 61 represents a cam fixed to a bracket 64, projectingover the frame of the machine. 62 represents a stud tapping in the journal 57 of the jaw or part 49. 63 represents a slot pierced in the journal-bearing of the bracket 57. The cam-61 is rigidly attached to the bracket 64, so that as the bunch-carrier moves around the stud 62 comes in contact with the cam 61, and the part or jaw 49 is turned upon its j ournal. 57, being positively closed, and holds the bunch until it is pushed out. The parts are so adjusted that the clamp is open when it is in place to receive the bunch. As soon as the carrier-clamp is carried back over the mold in alignment with one of its matrices by theoperation of the segmental gears 52 and 53 the stud 62 is brought into contact with the cam 61, and the stud, bearing against cam 61, closes the part or jaw 49.

In order to provide a proper pocket in the apron into which the filler is delivered, and to prevent the drawing of the apron under the plunger whilethe filler is being deposited, and to maintain this pocket or loop until the binder has made about one turn around the filler, and then tightening the apron to a proper tension to complete the rolling of the bunch, I provide the following instrumentalities: represents a cam formed on the rear of the cam-drum 27. 71 represents a stud projecting through crank 72, which is keyed to shaft 73. This shaft pas'ses through the frame, as shown in Fig. 6, and upon its opposite ends are keyed similar arms 74. The rod at the upper ends of these arms has attached thereto one end of apron 28. As the crank 72 rocks the shaft 73, the arms 74 are carried forward in position to furnish slack for the apron. In order that the apron may be yieldingly supported during the operation of the bunch-roller, I provide an adjustable spring 75, attached to one of said arms 74, which is strained by the forward movement of the arms and yieldingly supports the apron during the operation of the roller, thus giving the requisite tension to the turning of the apron upon the bunch; also, as soon as the bunch-roller 46 has stopped in its forward movement, the recoil of the spring draws back the apron to its normal position.

Mold supporting mechanism, as before stated, is placed upon one side of the machine, and the feeding mechanism thereof is made to receive its motion from the lower end of crank-arm 13, which conveys motion to the crank-arm 75, journaled upon the rocking shaft 76, supported by a bracket 77. Another crank-arm 75 is carried on the opposite end of rocking shaft 76. To the top of saidarm 75 is pivoted a spring-arm 106, the forward end of which is turned up, engaging with lugs 107, which project down from the under side of the moldcarrier 78. (See Figs. 4 and 17.) This mold-carrier moves intermittingly in the frame 79, (shown in Fig. 5,)

suitable means being provided for j ournaling said carrier in its frame. The spring-arm 106 is moved forward by the oscillation of the crank-arm 7 5 and when this crank-arm moves it backward the spring-arm 106 acts as a spring-detent, passing over the lug 107 and re-engaging with the lugnext in the rear for a second forward movement.

In-order to secure the contact of the detent end of the spring-arm 106 with the teeth of lugs 107, I provide, preferably, a spring 109 underneath the same, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end of the crank-arm 13 is slotted, so as to allow the crank-arm 75 to move in its own arc of the circle.

The following instruinentalities are furnished to provide means for connecting and 'disconnecting the cigar-mold: represents on the spring-arm 106,I provide a lug 37,

which impinges against the catch 86 in the last backward movement of the spring-arm 106, thereby drawing the catch 82 backward in position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 16. As soon as the catch is drawn back, as there shown, a spring 85 forces the rear end of the mold 84 outward and from under plate 80, as shown in Fig. 20, the forward end of the mold being supported by the dowel-pin 89, which projects through the dowel-hole at the front end of the mold.

In order to hold the mold down, I provide lugs 88 and 00, which project over the ends of said mold. The lug 90 is placed at one side and at the proper angle to allow the mold to be lifted'off when it has been moved around by the spring 85, as shown by dotted lines in plan View, Fig. 20, when another mold may be placed in position, the spring-catch 82 yielding to allow the placing of the mold in position under lug 80.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a diagram of cams 56, 70, 40, 30, and 8, with the eccentricities of their grooves relatively placed so as to obtain the time motions heretofore described of the different parts of the machine, and operate consecutively and intermittingly with each other in the operation of forming a cigarbunch during a single revolution of the shaft.

The following is the mode of operation: Tobacco is placed in hopper G when the machine is in position shown in Fig. 3, and the operator places the binders upon the apron and watches the operation of the machine. As soon as the machine is set in motion the cam 8 moves the slide I forward, bringing it into position shown in Fig. 6. Then the cam 30 operates the crank-arm 31, which brings the plunger 29 down to deliver the filler into the apron. As soon as this mot-ion is completedand the plunger is retracted cam-groove 40 brings into operation the arm 42, which moves the bunch-roller 46, bringing the bunch to the front end of the table. During this operation. the slide I has been retracted and the bunch-carrier clamp, consisting of parts 49 and 50, has been brought around into position to receive the bunch, and the jaw 49 is opened. As soon as the bunch has been delivered into the carrier the shaft carrying the same, operated by cam 56, comes into operation, moving the bunch-carrier clamp around into position shown in Fig. 3, in which position the machine may be stopped to give the operator time to lay a binder and examine the bunch in the carrier. During this latter movement the arms 42 and 45 have retreated and carried the bunch-roller back into position for forming the second bunch. As the machine is again put in motion for the next bunch, the carrier moves to the registering position over the cigar-mold, when the plungers'29 and 35 descendthe one to place the filling in the apron and the other to deposit the bunch in the cavity of the mold. As soon as the plunger commences to descend the lug 26 on cam IIO 27 comes in contact with the catch 24, thereby releasing the piston-rod 22, which instantly rises to meet the operation of the plunger 29 and to receive the bunch, as shown in Fig. 6. Said piston-rod 22 is depressed by the downward movement of said plunger 29, as shown in Fig. 21. The operator places the binder into position to receive the filler on the apron as soon as the bunch-roller 46 has been retracted into its position. This operation is performed at the time the machineis in position shown in Fig. 3. The operations are continued so long as the machine is kept in motion, or it maybe stopped and started at the completion of the bunch. The cigar-mold is moved intermittingly by the s11 ring-detent 106 at the same time that the slide I moves forward and the clamp moves over the matrix of the mold. hen the mold has been carried forward to the extreme limit, the spring-arm 106 moves back, and the lug 87 thereon engages the catch 86, (see Fig. 17,) releasing the holdingdetent 82, when spring swings the mold around on its dowel-pivot, notifying the operator that the mold is filled and a new mold maybe inserted. The slide 78 is carried back into position by releasing spring-detent 106, which is accomplished by means of the arm 7 9, (see Fig. 4,) Which is depressed by the op orator, so that the detent-arin will allow the slide 78, carrying lugs 107, to be pushed back, so that the mold thereon will at the next downward movement of the plunger 35 register with the first matrix, which is vertically under the plunger 35.

In order to adjust the apron to differentsized bunches, I provide a frame 91, which consists of two arms supported 011 the pivot 92, passing through the frame B, as shown in Fig. 6. At the top of the arms 91 is supported a cross-rod 93, as shown in Figs. 6 and 19, around which the front end of the apron is attached. In order to allowthis rod to be quickly removed, the frame 91 terminates below the rod and is prolonged by spring-arms 94, and to the ends of which cross'pin 93 is detachably fastened. These arms may be sprung apart and allow the rod and apron to be taken out readily. Only one spring may be used and upon one of the arms, if desired. A similar provision is also preferably made at the other end of the apron or arms 74, so that the apron can be easily taken out at the res r as well as at the front.

In order to adjust the apron, I provide screw 95, (see Fig. 21",) which journals in part of the frame at 96. As screw 95 is turned out or in, the arms 91 are rocked upon their pivot, thereby shortening or lengthening the apron.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cigar-bunch machine, a hopper having an oscillating plate provided with an opening and a receiver below the latter, said oscillating plate being adapted to shake the tobacco through its opening into the receiver, in combination. with bunch-rolling mechanism and means for transferring the tobacco from the receiver to the latter.

2. In a cigar-bunch machine, in combination with a hopper, the oscillating plate pro vided withan orifice 2, a slide beneath said plate and having a delivery-orifice registering with orifice 2, and means for oscillating said plate, substantially as specified.

3. In a cigar-bunch machine, the filler-feeding mechanism consisting of the oscillating plate provided with an orifice 2, the intermittingly-reciprocating slide beneath said plate and provided with orifice 1, and appropriate mechanism for operating the plate and the slide, substantially as set forth. 7

4. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of a slide having the orifice 1 with a movable side, means for moving said side automatically, whereby the orifice is expanded, means for moving said slide to and fro, means for supplying tobacco to the orifice in the slide, a plunger passing through said orifice to push out the tobacco, and means for catching the tobacco, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of a hopper, a slide working in the hopper and having an orifice with one side movable automatically to receive the charge of tobacco, an adjustable device for the movable side and meansagainst which it acts for regulating the extent of such automatic movement, means for contracting the orifice as it passes out from the hopper, and a plunger for ejecting the tobacco from said orifice in the slide, and means for catching the tobacco, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combina tion of a plate having an opening, an oscillating shaft projecting from said plate, with a zigzag cam mounted on the main shaft of the machine, and link-connection to said oscillatory shaft provided with a stud engaging said zigzag cam, substantially as specified.

7. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of the slide having a feed-orifice with a movable or expanding side,a stop for imparting the expanding movement to the side, springs for contracting the same when removed from the stop, and a plunger for ejectin g the tobacco from the orifice, substantially as set forth.

S. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of a reciprocating slide having a feedorifice formed between a fixed side 15 and a yielding side 14, an adjustable screw, a fixed stop against which it works to expand the orifice to any necessary extent, the guide-rods 1S, and springs 19, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination of the slide I, having an orifice, a yielding side 14, a fixed side 15, between which sides the orifice is formed, and a side extension to said side 14, with an adjustable screw passing through said side extension, a stop against which the screw impinges, guide-rods, and retractile springs fitted on the rods for automatically contracting the orifice 1 between said sides as the slide 1 is .moved forward, substantially as specified.

10. In a cigar-bunch machine having an apron, the combination of the table having a recess, a follower 21, located in said recess under the filler-receiving end of said apron, means for moving the top of said follower above the table before the filler is delivered on the apron, the follower being depressible into said recess to allow a pocket to be formed in the apron within the recess, and means for depositing the filler on said apron and above the follower, substantially as specified.

11. In a cigar-bunch machine having to bacco-feeding mechanism, the combination of the bunch-rollin g mechanism and a plunger to deliver the tobacco onto the apron from the feeding mechanism, a bunch-carrier, and a separate plunger to push the bunch into the molds'from the bunch -carrier, substantially as specified.

12. In a cigar-bunch machine, tobacco-feeding mechanism and a cigar-bunch-rolling mechanism, in combination with a plunger to push the tobacco onto the apron and a follower under the apron working in 0011- junction with said plunger, substantially as specified.

13. The combination, with the table 47, having a vertical opening, the yielding follower 2l, working therein, the piston-rod 22, a housing'containing the latter, the spring 23, and catch 24, of an automatic trip, substantially as specified.

.14. In a cigar-bunch machine, the tobaccofeeding mechanism and the filler-delivering mechanism consisting of the plunger 29, to push the tobacco out of the feeding mechanism, and a spring-actuated follower 21, in combination with means for holding said follower in retracted position and an automatic trip for releasing the follower, substantially as set forth.

15. In a cigar-bunch machine having an apron and a mold, the combination of the bunch-roller, the oscillating bunchreceiving clamp pivoted to the machine to one side of the apron, mechanism for moving the same from the apron to the mold, situated at one side of the apron, and means for depositing the bunch in the mold, substantially as specified.

16. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of a bunch-rolling mechanism, the traveling bunch-receivin g clamp independent of and located at the delivery end of the bunch-rolling mechanism, and the plunger to push the cigar-bunch through said clamp, substantially as specified.

17. In acigar-bunch machine, the combination of a tobacco-feeding mechanism, a plunger, a bunch-rolling mechanism consisting of a roller and an apron, reciprocating arms independent of the bunch-roller, to which the rear end of the apron is secured, and means for moving the arms forward during the downward movement of the plunger, whereby the drawing of the apron under the plunger is prevented, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

18. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of a tobacco-feeding mechanism, a

with the two plungers 29 and 35, a tobaccofeeding slide having an orifice to receive plunger 29, whereby a filler is delivered on the apron, and a clamp pivoted at one end and adapted to move from the apron to the mold to receive plunger 35 to deliver the bunch to the mold, substantially as specified.

20. In a cigar-bunch machine having a bunch-rolling table, a bunch-rolling mechanism, in combination with the traveling clamp at the delivery end of the rolling mechanism,

independent of the table, to deliverthe bunch over the mold, means for ejecting the bunch from said clamp, and the moving mold situated at one side of the machine, substantially as specified.

21. In a cigar-bunch machine, the bunchrolling mechanism and means for conveying the bunch from the latter to a mold, in combination with the mold, a slide on which it is placed to receive the bunch, a dowel-pin for holding the mold in place at one end, a spring-catch at the other end, and means for swinging said mold out after the last bunch has been placed thereon, substantially as 22. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of the tobacco-feeding mechanism, plunger 29, and bunch-rollin g mechanism with the cigar-mold, a bunch-carrier at the delivery end of the bunch-rolling mechanism for conveying the bunch to the mold, deliveryplunger 35, and mechanism for operating the bunch-d elivery plunger automatically and intermittingly, whereby the plunger is caused to force the bunch from said carrier, substantially as specified.

23. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of the bunch-carrier with means for operating it, consisting of the driving-shaft, the cam 56, the rocking shaft 51 of the bunchcarrier, a gear-wheel on shaft 51, and mechanism having a segment-gear engaging said gear-wheel for communicating motion from said cam to the rocking shaft, substantially as specified.

24. In a cigar-bunch machine, in combination with the rocking shaft 51 and means for rocking said shaft, the oscillating bunch-carrier operated by said shaft, consisting of the fixed jaw and the rocking jaw 49, and mechanism for rocking the said jaw 49 for opening the orifice to receive the bunch at the table and automatically closing the same as the carrier moves from the table to the mold, substantially as specified.

25. The combination of the rocking shaft 51, the bunch-carrier thereon consisting of the stationary jaw 50, having a bearing, rocking jaw 49, journaled in said bearing, the spring 58, coiled around the journal of jaw 49, the cam 61 and stud 62, for opening and closing the clamp, and means for oscillating the carrier, substantially as specified.

26. I11 combination with the slide 78 and pivoted mold thereon, the mold-holding device consisting of a yielding catch, the automatic trip for the catch, and a spring for swinging said mold on the slide automaticall y when the catch is released, substantially as specified.

27. In combination with the carrier-slide 78, mold thereon, the detent 82, button 80, pivot 81 for button and detent, the spring 83, tripping-catch 86, the trip engaging said catch, and the spring 85, to automatically release the mold, substantially as specified.

28. In a cigar-bunch machine, the front apron-support consisting of the pivoted frame 91, having a cross-rod to which the apron is secured, and an adj Listing-screw 95 for the frame, substantially as specified.

29. In a cigar-bunch machine, the apron 28, reciprocating arms to which the apron is attached at its rear end, said arms moving to and fro to control the rolling of the bunch, and a cam mounted on the main driving-shaft of the machine and so conformated as to reciprocate the arms at the proper time.

30. In combination with the pivoted frame 91, having rod 93, the adj usting-screw 95, taking into the same, and the apron 28, attached at the front end to the rod, said rod being removably held by one or more spring-arms 94, substantially as specified.

31. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of an apron and oscillating frame to which it is secured at its front end, vibrating arms by which it is held at its rear end, the

bunch-roller reciprocating over the table beneath and between the two ends of the apron, and suitable operating means, substantially as specified.

32. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination of filler-feeding and bunch-rolling mechanism, a traveling bunch-receiving device for receiving the bunch from the bunch-rolling mechanism, and the two plungers 29 and 35, being, respectively, of a size to correspond with the filling-orifice of the filler-feeding mechanism and the bunch-delivery orifice of the bunch-receiving device, substantially as specified.

33. In a cigar-bunch machine, the bunchrolling mechanism, means for conveying the bunch from the latter to the mold, a movable rack, means for engaging and actuating said rack, and a mold held in place 011 the movable rack by a dowel-pin to enable the mold to be swung in and out of place, in combination with stationary angle -lugs to prevent the rise of the mold when in place, substantially as specified.

34:. In a cigar-bunch machine, the combination, with the filler-feeding and bunch-rolling mechanism, a bunch-carrier, and plunger for discharging the bunch from said carrier, of mechanism for consecutively and periodically operating said devices, consisting of the driving-shaft, a series of cams on said shaft, and cranks connected with said devices and adapted to be operated by said cams, substantially as set forth.

35. In a cigar-bunch machine having the bunch feeding and rolling mechanism, the combination of the plunger to deliver the tobacco on the apron, a bunch-carrier, and a separate plunger to deliver the bunch from the carrier into the mold, each operated automatically and intermittingly by the connectin g and driving mechanism, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDRICK C. MILLER.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK O. GAYMoN, T. SIMMONS.

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