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P. VAUSELLE. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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No. 439,615. Patented'Oot. 28, 1890.

wan/linemen m ow UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIERRE VAUSELLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,615, dated October 28, 1890. Application filed April 11, 1889. Serial No. 806,846. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern.-

' New York, county and State of New York,

have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Oigarette-lvlachines, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for antomatically making cigarettes by forming a a continuous .cigarette, then cutting the same into desired lengths, the continuous cigarette being formed from a continuous ribbon-like paper wrapper that is folded longitudinally about the tobacco-filler, then sealedby appropriate pasting mechanism and carried to a cutter which severs itinto lengths desired for The invention relates to certain novel and peculiar constructions and combinations of the several parts of the machine, all as hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I-have illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will proceed to describe the best form thereof so far devised by me, with the knowledge that such form may be variously modified without, however, making a substantial departure from the spirit of my invention.

In the said drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent top and side views, respectively, of a cigarette-machine embodying my improvements. In these views the outer end of the hopper is shown as broken away and the scale of both said views is smaller than that of the remainder of the figures in the drawings. Fig. 3 is a side view of part of the machine with the form ing-tube in vertical central section for the greater part of its length. Fig. 1 isatop view of the forming-tube and connected hopper,

with the filler-packin g Wheel omitted and with the pasting device shown in section. Fig. 5 is a side View of the parts shown in Fig. 4, with the left-hand end of the forming-tube broken off, and shows the paper wrapper in position in the tube and the mannerin which it is folded up from flat condition in which it enters the tube into the tubular envelope or sheath for the cigarette. Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are transverse sectional views taken on lines 6 6, 7 7, 8 8, and 9 9, respectively, of Fig, 5, and lookinginihe direction of the adjacent arrows therein. Fig. 10 is acentral vertical sectional view of the pasting device and formingtube, taken on a plane indicated by line 10 10 in Fig. 1, the viewbeing on an enlarged scale. Fig. 11 is a view of the feed or drawing mechanism for receiving the formed cigarette from the forming device and feeding it to the cutter, which is here shown in vertical central section. In this view the continuous cigarette is shown as extending from the forming device through the draw mechanism and cutter. The'side gears intermediate the inner or left-hand draw-belt pulleys are here omitted to show the pulleys, and a part of the framing of the mechanism is also broken away in order to expose the cigarette passing therethrough. Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken on a plane indicated by line 12 12 in Fig. 11, and also shows in addition thereto the forming-tube with the wrapper moving through the tube and the paster in operative position and applying the adhesive material to the under edge of the wrapper before the edges are completely-overlapped and finally brought into intimate contact to effect the sealing of the wrapper. Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken on line 13 13 in Fig. 11, with the gears intermediate the draw-belt pulleys in position. Fig. 14: is a' sectional view taken on line 14 1a in Fig. 11, and shows the cutterknife as about to snap down across the cutter-plate to sever the continuous cigarette extending through the plate. Fig. 15 shows a detached view of the draw or shaping rollers. In the said drawings like numbers of reference designate like parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, 16 designates the forming-tube, which, for the purposes of my invention, may be considered as obliquely split or divided on line as as, (see Fig. 3,) so as to comprise two obliquely-cut abutting sections 17 and 18, respectively, the axes of the straight portions of which are in alignment. truncated portion is curved on an arc and is provided with an extended opening 19 run- The tube-section 17 beyond itsning from about midway of its straight portion along the concave side of the section to the end thereof, where it is flared out into the hopper or feed-chute 20, from which projects the extension 21, to be hereinafter described.

The edges of the opening 19 are formed with laterally-projeeting flanges 23, and in this opening projects the peripher 1 of the packing-wheel 24:, with which the tube-section is bent to conform. As a precautionary means to prevent the opening 19 of the section from becoming larger bythe edges thereof spreading apart and away from the faces of the packing-wheel, I provide the stay-piece or brace 25, which is suitably constructed to span the opening and wheel.

The periphery of the packing-wheel 24 is provided with two parallel rows of fixed teeth or fingers 26, extending radially from the wheel so as to sweep through the channel of the tube-section 17 as the wheel is revolved in the direction of the arrow shown thereon. \Vhere the packing-teeth 26 of the wheel 24: pass out from the interior of the tube I form the tube with the parallel slits 28, leaving a tongue 27 intermediate the same. This tongue is just cleared by the periphery of the wheel and is disposed so as to lie between the two rows of teeth 26 to close all unnecessary openings in the tube, in order to prevent the tobacco as it passes through the tube from work ing out. For this same reason the curved sides of opening 19 are made to hug the side faces of the packer-wheel as close as is practical. As the tobacco for forming the cigarettefiller 29 is fed into the outer end of the tube, it is caught by the teeth 26 of the wheel and dragged down the curved portion and introduced thereby into the straight portion of the tube. The action of the teeth on the tobacco serves to straighten and open out its fibers, and then to crowd it compactly into a fillerof the requisite density to form a stout trunk or body for the cigarette. The density to which the packer-teeth will pack the filler will depend upon the number, size, and shape of the teeth, and these features may be varied, as desired, to suit the requirements. The opening out of the tobacco and the forming of the filler are facilitated by the projections 30, located on the interior of the tube and co-opcrating with the packer-teeth.

By the time the packer-wheel has formed or built the tobacco into a dense filler the same has been carried to about the divisionline a: m of the tube, at which point it is introduced to the ribbon-like paper wrapper 31, that is brought from a suitable reel 32 and fed in a continuous strip into the section 18 of the forming-tube. The plane of the divisionoc a: is normal to the plane of the packer-wheel 24, and the wrapper-ribbon 31 enters at the tapering end of the section 18, and is carried along thercthrough with its two edges 33 and 34 projecting from and guided by the side openings of the division, as will be clearly understood from Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 12. This tends to form up the wrapper longitudinally from the flat condition in which it is introduced into the tube, and the farther it progresses along into the section 18 the nearer its edges are brought together until finally they meet, and then are overlapped upon each other, so that by the time the wrapper reaches the solid right-hand portion of the section 18 it is formed into a cylindrical envelope with overlapped edges which are parallel.

Referring back to where the wrapper enters the tube, it will be seen that as it is drawn into the tube and its two edges are made to converge and approach each other under the guiding influence of the side openings of the split before described the alreadyformed filler that is being forced along the interior of the tube is pushed into the wrap per now being formed up, and thrusts it into close contact with the walls of the channel of section 18. This fills out the wrapper and draws it taut, so that as the filler is moved along it acts somewhat like a mandrel about which the wrapper is made into form. This combined action of the filler and the split as a; in the tube serves to form the Wrapper completely around the filler by the time it has passed the split, and thus the continuous cigarette can be readily formed. It will be observed that the tip-ends 35 and 36 of the sections 17 and 18, respectively, are rounded oif instead of forming sharp points, and that this leaves more of an opening at these places than there would otherwise be. As the continuous cigarette 150 is drawn from the right hand of the forming-tube by means hereinafter to be described, the automatic action of forming the same by virtue of the filler being forced into the wrapper as the latter is gathered into shape is all the more facilitated, as an inspection of the drawings will show.

To the parts of the forming-tube just described I add several accessories. To better control the edges of the wrapper and to fold and overlap them with more precision and certainty, I provide the guide-ears 37, which are integral with the tube, as a matter of preference, and project slightly out beyond the circumference of the tube at points at the inner end of the truncated portion of section 18. Between these cars and the right-hand end of the tube is formed an opening 38, across which project the guide-fingers 39, which are preferably formed from the respective ends of a band passed loosely about the tube, with the free ends projecting across the opening and constituting the guide-fingers 30, which overlap a suitable distance. An upwardly-turned guide-lip 40 is disposed at the outer end of opening 38 and is placed transversely the tube with which it is integral. This lip prevents the wrapper from catching at the end of the opening and tends to funnel the edges into the tube should they project up prominently when at this point.

Embracing the tube from the side from IIO which the wrapper is fed into itin the present instance the under side thereofis a U- shaped clip 41, having its free ends formed hook-like, as at 42. (See Fig. 6.) The edges of the wrapper 31 are entered in the hooks 42, which serve to guide them, and after they have slightly overlapped they encounter the guide-ears 37, over one of which the upper edge of the two overlapping edges is passed, and in this same order the edges are guided through the fingers 39, as will be understood from Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12. If preferred, instead of having the guide-hoods 42 formed from the ends of a looseclip, they may be separate hooks secured one to either side of the tube. Likewise the fingers 39 may be separate pieces, instead of being part of the loose collar or band,as shown. These loose guides possess the desired advantages of being selfadjusting and offering a yielding guiding means. The clip 41 is held in position by being interposed between the outer face of the section 18 and the guard-finger 43, that is secured to the tube by the extended portions 44. This guard-finger 43 is shaped to conform to the curvature of the tube and is tapered off like the truncated end of the sections, and'its end slightly overlaps upon the section 17, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 5. This finger 43 serves to hold the wrapper 31 well up to the tube as it enters therein,and for all purposes of the invention it may be considered as a part of section 18, the end of which latter section could easily be so extended as to overlap the section 17, thereby rendering the extra piece 43 unnecessary.

The forming-tube 16 may be supported in operative position in any suitable manner. In the present construction the tube is arranged horizontally, with its curved portion in the vertical plane in which the packingwheel 24 turns. The section 17 is supported between pin 46, set across the head of post 47 and extending through a lug formed on the under side of the outer flaring end of the tube, and the pin 49, whichis passed through the rib 50, attached to the upper face of the tongue 27 and strengthening the same. The pin 49 rests across the upper forked end of the stand 51. By removing pins 46 and 49 and taking the wheel24 off its bearings section 17 can be lifted away. The section 18 is supported horizontally upon the upper end of post 52, and may be attached thereto in any suitable manner. 7

To insure a constant feeding motion of the tobacco placed in the hopper 20 21, I arrange an endless feed or conveying belt 53, so that one portion thereof will travel along in the surface of the hopper in the direction the tobacco is to be carried, as per the arrow in Fig. 1. The belt enters the hopper through an opening 54 and passes out of it by a similar opening 54. The belt passes over a guidepulley 55 and is driven by a pulley 56, turn ingwith the main shaft 57. If preferred, the

outer surface of the conveying-belt 53 may be roughened or provided with projections for oatchinghold of the tobacco and drawing it down into the mouth of the forming-tube, though it will be found that an ordinary leather or canvas belt will fulfill the object here sought, as the mere motion of the same will move the tobacco in the direction of the feed. The belt may be arranged in a variety of ways to assist the feeding of the material, as desired.

The extension 21 of the hopper may be made of wood, the entire tube 16 being preferably made of suitable metal, and this extension is removably mounted in position by means of an arm 58, projecting inwardly from the inner end of the extension and resting in the fork 59 of post 47, While its outer end is provided with a brace 60, removably attached thereto and hinged by its foot to the base of the post 47. The brace 60 has an adj ustingscrew 61 for regulating the inclination of the brace, whereby the inclination of the hopperextension may be controlled. This screw 61 has its lower end resting on the bed-plate 62 of the machine, and the head thereof, which is screw-threaded, working in a thread-socket formed in the cross-piece63 on the brace, as

shown clearly in Fig. 3. From the brace 60 depend two hangers 64, that are sufficiently spaced to hold by the ends the paper-wrapper reel 32, from which the wrapper 31 is drawn as the continuous cigarette is formed in the tube. The paper 31, as it leaves the reel, is pressed upon by the free end of a spring 65 for the purpose of imparting a slight tension to the wrapper.

The wrapper 31 is supplied with the necessary adhesive material upon the outer face of the under edge, as the other edge is about to be overlapped thereon. The gumming or pasting is effected by means of a novel device, consisting, essentially,in a reservoir 66, for containing the gum or paste, and provided with a discharge mouth 67. The reservoir is adapted to rest by gravity upon the edge of the wrapper, with the mouth opening thereon, so as to supply the gum thereto. This gummer is located near the pointed end of section 17, and is so adjusted as to have'its mouth rest upon the outer face of the edge 33 of the wrapper, while the taper end of the section serves as a support for the wrapper as it is borne upon by the reservoir. As the wrapper is drawn through the tube in the direction of the adj acent arrow, the gum 68 will flow from the reservoir and be deposited evenly along the edge of the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 12, and as the gumined edge is thrown under the edge 34 and the two compressed together as they are drawn into the solid end of the tube they will be sealed together permanently, as desired. The reservoir 66 of the gummer is of cylindrical shape, with a conical bottom, through the apex of which runs the mouth 67, in which worksa plug 69, projecting from the head of the conical valve 7 O, which is provided with a valvestem 71, the end of which passes through the cap 72 for closing the end of the reservoir. The cap '72 is removable and the outer end of the valve-stem '71. is provided with a set-screw 7 3, by means of which the stem maybe moved endwise to regulate the space between the face of the valve and its conical seat, as well as to withdraw the plug 69 from the discharge-mouth (57, in order to regulate the flow of the gum or paste from the reservoir, as will be evident from Fig. 10.

There are many ways in which the gummer may be adjustably supported so as to have it rest by gravity upon the wrapper. In the present construction I show a pivoted arm 71, having a socket 75, in which the reservoir 66 is seated,so as to be slid up or down therein. The arm H is pivoted to a bracket 76, the base of which is formed with a slot 77, through which a set-screw 78 is passed and entered in the bed-plate 02. This slotand-screw arrangement permits of the bracket being adjusted transversely of the bed-plate, so as to allow the gummer to be adjusted transversely of the tube. One advantage of having the gunnner resting with its weight upon the part to be gummed is that it is yielding and self-adjustii'ig, and, moreover, it is not likely to tear the paper of the wrapper should it present a rough or uneven place to the wiper of the gummer. It is of course preferable to have the gummer rest on the wrapper at a point where the tube supports the wrapper, for the operation will thereby be rendered smoother and prevent tearing of the wrapper.

To draw the continuous cigarette from the mechanism that forms itand present it to the cutter, I provide the following means: A pair of feed or drawing belts 80 and 81 are mounted so that portions thereof run parallel and in the same direction, so as to receive between such portions the continuous cigarette and draw it in the direction of the arrow placed thereon. These belts move or make circuit in opposite directions and are disposed in the same plane, and are preferably made of rubber or other soft suitable material, so as to afford a better and more delicate grip on the cigarette. Besides drawing the cigarette from the former and presenting it to the cutter, these belts have an additional function of pressing or squeezing the freshly-formed cig arette between them, so as to press the freshly-pasted edges of the wrapper into more intimate contact than. could well be done by the rigid tube 16. This insures the perfect and permanent scaling of the wrapper.

The upper belt 80 is mounted on two pulleys 82 and 83, the former of which drives the belt, being itself driven by gear 84, which receives its motion from the main shaft, as will be presently described. The lower belt 81 is supported by the flanged pulleys 85 and 86, and is driven by pulley 85, which is mounted in the stationary part of the framing 87 and receives its motion through gear 88 in mesh with gear 89 on the shaft with pulley 82. The pulley 82 is vertically adjustable by means of the vertically-shding bracket 90, in which it is mounted. This bracket is of an inverted- U shape and works in ways formed in the sides of the framing 87, and its arch ispierced by a screw-stem 91, the lower end of which takes in a threaded socket in framing 87, while upon its shank work two nuts 92 and 93, located, respectively, one on each side of the bracket, so that they may be manipulated in an obvious manner to effect the vertical adjustment of the bracket, which will adjust the pulley. The pulleys 88 and 80 are mounted in a horizontally-adjustable stand 9-1, which is held quite firmly in position by the tension on the belts 80 and 81 and is provided at its base with a set-screw 95, the inner end of which has a bearing against a framing 87, so that by turning the screw one way or the other the base of the stand may be moved toward or away from the framing. The head or stand 91 is engaged by another set-screw 90, mounted in the member 97, adjustably secured upon framing 87 by means of screw 100. The screw carries two nuts 98 and 99one at eachside of the member97-whereby the head of the stand 9-1 may be moved to the right or left. By this horizontal adjustment of stand 9i the belts may be tightened up to the required degree. The pulley 83 has its shaft spring-pressed by means of a pair of springs 10], located one at each side of the pulley in a recess 102, with their upper ends prcssin g against the upper end of such recesses, and their lower ends engaging the shaft of the pulley. This permits the pulley to yield upwardly in a desirable manner, whereby the action of the belts on the interposed eigarette is made more delicate. There arenumerous ways in which these belts may be made relatively adjustable to vary the pressure upon the cigarette being drawn through them. To prolong the lives of the belts, independent metallic bands may be placed about their respective pulleys under the belts, in order to take the stress off of them, and thus prevent possible straining or stretching.

The continuous cigarette is cut into desired lengths by a cutter 105, to which the drawbelts introduce it, and which consists of a standard 103, mounted upon the bed-plate 02 and horizontally perforated at 101 for the passage of the continuous cigarette. This standard is suitably recessed at 10c, and in this recess is placed a cutter-plate 107, having an aperture which is located concentrically with the perforation 10-i. Across this cutter-plate sweeps a knife 108, having an oblique cutting-edge and hinged at 1.09 to a vertically-movable plunger or carrier 110, which is adapted to be moved up and down in suitable ways or bearings in the upper part of recess 106. The cutter-blade is hinged so that it can swing outwardly from the cuttor-plate, but is opposed in such movement by a spring 111, so that when so moved it will be reseated on the plate in operative position when released. The plunger 110 is provided with springs l12,which in the present construction are attached to the extended ends of the hinge-pin of the knife 108. These springs tend to forcibly draw down the plunger, and thus the attached knife, when the same is raised and then released. The plunger is periodically raised against its springs 112, which are attached at their lower ends to fixed hooks 113 by means of the cam 114, the shaft 115 of which is driven by a pinion 116, meshing with an intermediate gear 117,

that receives its motion from the pulley-gear 84. The cam engages the foot of the setscrew 118, which is placed down through the upper part of the plunger and may be adjusted to compensate for wear. As the cam rotates per the arrow placed thereon, it will raise and let fall the plunger at each revolution thereof. In the position shown it is about to release the plunger, so that it will be left free to the action of the springs 112, which will then snap the plunger and the knife downwardly, so that the knife will quickly move across the aperture in the cut- I ter-plate and sever the continuous cigarette projecting through the plate. As the high part of the cam is again presented to the screw 118, the plunger is raised and held up until another length of cigarette has been fed by the belts 80 and 81, when the plunger again descends and causes the knife to cut the cigarette. The diagonal blade makes a shearing cut and severs the cigarette in a trim manner without leaving a jagged end.

The length of cigarette cut by the cutter will depend upon the speed with which the continuous cigarette is fed thereto, and also upon the speed of the knife. These speeds may both be regulated by the gearing, and may obviously be increased-or decreased by varying the number of teeth of the different gearwheels that enter into the train. The ratio of speed between the feeding mechanism and the cutter is kept constant by virtue of these two devices being geared together. The gear 116 is made easily removable for the purpose of substituting others having more or less teeth, so that the speed of the cam may in this way be varied in order to control the length of the cut cigarette.

The purpose of the hinged feature of the knife 108 is to allow the same to yield to the continuous cigarette asit is forced along by the feed-belts when the knife is down. This prevents the cigarette from being obstructed by the knife and consequent buckling-up of the cigarette. The plunger may be locked at its upper limit of movement, or, in fact, at any point of its range of movement, by means of a set-screw 119, which is let through the side of the standard 103 and engages with its end the side of the plunger, so that it can be made to bind and lock it in an obvious manner.

The manner of driving and gearing the machine will be largely a matter of preference. I have shown the main shaft 57 as being driven by a hand -wheel 120, which wheel is also formed with a band-groove, so that it may be handed to a suitable counter-shaft or prime motor. The filler-packing wheel 24 is driven from the main shaft by means of pinion 121 and the concentric gear 122. To obtain a constant ratio of speed between the packing action and the drawing out of the continuous cigarette as it is formed, I have geared together the packer-wheel and the draw-belts by means of the intermediate cog-wheel 123, which transmits the motion of the gear 122 to the belt-pulley gear 84. The shaft 124: of the packing-wheel 24 carries the concentric gear 122, and is suitably mounted in the uprights 125, set upon the bed-plate.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood. The paper wrapper 31 is fed into the section 18 of forming-tube 16 through the division, and by the combined influence of the ends of the two sections 17 and 18 upon the moving paper it is formed up into a tubular wrapper about the tobacco filler or core 29, which is introduced into the wrapper as soon as the latter is entered in the tube. The filler 29 is built up by the action of the filler-packing teeth 26 on the tobacco as it is fed by the hopper 2O 21 into the end of the section 17. These teeth straighten out the tobacco fiber and form it into a compact core, which is then introduced to the wrapper 31 as it enters the tube through the division and is drawn along in the direction the filler is moved in. As the wrapper is pulled into the tube, it is necessarily drawn up into tubular shape about the filler,,which it is now carrying along, and which serves to distend and draw taut the wrapper, so that the same is drawn tightly about the filler and forms a stout cigarette. Just before the edges of the wrapper are pressed into contact the under one is gummed by the gumsupplying device, so that when the cigarette emerges from the forming-tube it is permanently sealed up ready to be cut into proper lengths for use. Upon leaving the formingtnbe the continuous cigarette is seized and drawn out from the tube by the draw-belts 8O 81, which press the cigarette into shape and then feed it to the cutter 105, which operates at intervals so as to cut off equal lengths of the'continuous cigarette. As the filler is introduced into the wrapper just about when the packer-teeth 26 have ceased to act on the filler, the minimum amount of friction is obtained between the filler and the tube, and, moreover, since the filler when formed has to be pushed thron gh a very inappreciable length of tube before introduction to the moving wrapper it is not likely to become too densely leaves the draw rollers or pulleys will depend upon the shape of the peripheries or rims of such pulleys. The pulleys shown in Figs. 11, 12, and 13 have flat rims, and the form of the cigarette produced thereby is oval, as shown in Fig In Fig. 15 I showa pair of draw or shaping pulleys with a similar angular or V-shaped groove on the face or rim of each, so that as the continuous cigarette is passed between such pulleys by the drawbclts it will be compressed into a square or rectangular form. By varying the conformation of the rims of the pulleys the form of the cigarette may accordingly be varied. This affords a ready and effective means of producing different shapes of cigarettes.

There are many modifications in the details of the invention that will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact constructions shown.

here a number of maehincsare operated at the same time, it will be an economical arrangement to have the several machines coupled to a common shaft for driving them and to have an automatic feeder for supplying the tobacco. In such an arrangement the quantity of cigarettes produced will be directly proportional to the number of packingwheels employed.

Having thus described my improvcmen ts in machines for makingcigarettes, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cigarette making machine having a forming-tube com prising two tube-sections arranged with their ends abutting closely together and their walls in alignment with a slight space between such abutting ends, the wrapper being fed into the forming-tube through said space and the abutting ends of the tube-sections arranged and constructed so that one such end acts as a former upon one face of the wrapper and the other end upon the opposite face thereof.

2. A cigarette-making machine having a forming-tube comprising two tube-sections arranged with their ends abutting closely together and their walls in alignment with a slight space between such abutting ends, the wrapper being fed into the forming tube through said space, and the abutting ends of thetube-sections arranged and constructed so that one such end acts as a former upon one face of the moving wrapper and the other end acts upon the opposite face thereof, the tiller being fed in through the said tubcseetion, which acts upon the first said face of the wrapper, whereby the tiller is entered into the folded-up wrapper as the latter enters the forming-tube.

3. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, a forming-tube divided or split on an oblique plane into two tapering abutting sections, the continuous wrapper being fed into one section through the forming-tube, means for drawing the wrapper through the tube, the two edges of the wrapper moving through the side openings of the split, and the tapering end of the other section. acting as a former for enveloping the wrapper about the filler, and a packing device for packing the tobacco-tiller into the wrapper through said latter section as the wrapper is moved along.

4. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, a forming-tube divided on an oblique plane into two abutting sections, the continuous paper wrapper being fed into one section through the split, means for drawing the wrapper through the tube, the two rcspeet'ive edges of the wrapper movingthrough the two respective side openings of the forming-tube and folding over upon each other and enveloping the filler, means for supplying adhesive material to one edge of the Wrapper before folding, and a device for packing the tobacco filler into the wrapper through the other-section as the wrapper is moved through the tube.

5. In a machine for forming a continuous cigarette, a forming-tube divided into two 01)- liquely-cut abutting sections, the continuous wrapper-ribbon being fed into one section of the tube through the space between theabutting ends of the tube-sections and the two respective ed of the wrapper moving through the respective side openings of the division, means for drawing the ribbon through the tube, the tubeinto which the ribbon is drawn being formed at the inner end of the cut portion with guide-ears for overlapping the edges of the wrapper-ribbon, and a device for packin the tobacco tiller into the traveling wrapper through the other section of the tube.

6. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, the combination of a forming-tube into which a wrapper is fed and formed into a tubular sheath about the filler, having an opening in the side of the tube, and a filler packing-wheel extending to the opening and having teeth projecting into and moving through the channel of the tube to feed the tobacco filler through the tube, the interior of the tube being provided with projections cooperating with the teeth of the wheel in opening out the tobacco.

7. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of mechanism for making a continuous cigarette and moving it along, a knife-carrier provided with a hinged knife in a plane normal to the cigarette forcutting the same into lengths, said knife being adapted to yield on its hinge to the endwise thrust of the continuous cigarette after a length has been severed therefrom.

S. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of mechanism for making a 0011- tinuous cigarette and moving it endwise, a knife-carrier provided with a hinged knife in a plane normal to the cigarette for cutting the same into lengths, said knife being adapted to yield on its hinge to the endwise thrust of the continuous cigarette after severing a length therefrom, and a spring for IIO moving theknife on its hinge to restore it to normal position after being moved by the cigarette.

9. In a machine for making cigarettes, in combination, means for making a continuous cigarette and drawing it along, a perforated cutter-plate disposed transversely of the path of the cigarette which passes through the opening thereof, a periodically-reciprocating knife moving across the cutter-plate and provided with a hinge, so that it may be raised away from the plate to yield to the endwise .pressure of the abutting cigarette, and a spring for reseating the blade against the cutter-plate after being raised away therefrom.

10. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of mechanism for making the continuous cigarette, a device for cutting the continuous cigarette into lengths, the same comprising a cutter-plate, a reciprocating plunger provided with a hinged knife sweeping over the cutter-plate, a spring for moving the plunger for the knife to effect the cutting, and a cam for periodically moving the plunger against the action of said spring to withdraw the knife, then releasing it to the action of said spring, whereby the hinged knife may cut with a snap action.

11. In a machine for making cigarettes, in combination, two tubular sections disposed end to end with a slight space between their abutting ends, so that the ribbon-like wrapper may be fed into one section through such space or division, means for drawing the wrapper through the section into which it is fed, one of the tube-sections acting upon the inner face and the other upon the outer face of the wrapper and forming it into a tubular envelope with overlapped edges, and means for moving the tobacco through said other section into the latter one and introducing it into the wrapper as it enters the tube.

12. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, in combination,a forming-tube and shiftable self-adj usting guide-fingers projecting into the tube and overlapping upon each other for guiding the paper wrapper.

13. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, in combination, a forming-tube having side openings for the moving wrapper-to project through and loosely-mounted self-adjusting guide-hooks projecting into the path of the wrapper and engaging the edges thereof for guiding the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

14. In a machine for making a continuous cigarette, in combination, aforming-tube split or divided on an oblique plane, the wrapper being fed into the tube through the split, and a guard-finger extending across the split upon the outside of the tube at the point where the wrapper enters the tube for holding the enterin g wrapper against the tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a machine for making cigarettes, a

, loosely-mounted gummer or paste-supplying device consisting of a reservoir having a conically-shaped bottom with a discharge-mouth at the apex thereof, a conical valve seated in the bottom and provided with a stem having an adj usting-screw for regulating the opening between the valve and its seat, and the valve provided with a plug projecting from its apex into the discharge-mouth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. In a machine for making cigarettes, in combination, means for folding a paper wrapper about the tobacco filler and overlapping the edges thereof, a support for the under one of the overlapped edges, and a paste or gum supplying device rest-ing by gravity with its discharge-mouth on the outer face of said under edge to supply the gum thereto for sealing the upper edge thereto, for the purpose set forth.

17. In a machine for making cigarettes, in combination, means for folding a continuous paper wrapper about a tobacco filler and overlapping the edges thereof and a gum or paste supplying device mounted upon a pivot-ed member and resting by gravity with its discharge-mouth upon the outer face of the under edge of the overlapped edges for supplying the adhesive material thereto prior to sealing the upper edge to the same, for the purpose set forth.

18. In a machine for making cigarettes, a paste or gum supplying device having a reservoir adjustably mounted on a pivoted gravity-arm, in combination with a forming device, for the purpose set forth.

19. In a machine for making cigarettes, a

' paste or gum supplying device having a reservoir adj ustably mounted on a pivoted gravity-arm and an ad justable stand for the arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

20. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with a forming-tube into which the filler is fed, of a filler-packing device provided withteeth orfingers,which move through the channel of the tube, and the projections 30, arranged upon the interior of the said forming-tube and co-operatlng with the teeth of the filler-packing device, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

21. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination of the abutting tube sections 17 and 18, both out obliquely and disposed with their oblique ends adjacent to each other, substantially as described, so as to form a diagonal division between such ends, the filler material being fed in through section 17, and the wrapper 31 being fed into the tube through the division and the edges thereof guided by such divisional opening and folded about the filler introduced therein, substantially as described.

22. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the tube-section 17 obliquely cut and having the tip of its cut end rounded at 35, of the tube-section 18, obliquely cut and having its tip end rounded at 36, the two sections having their axes aligning and their oblique cuts disposed in parallel planes forming a diagonal division, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

23. In a machine for makingcigarettes, the combination, with mechanism for folding the wrapper about the filler and overlapping the edges thereof, of a paste device having a res ervoir adj ustabl y mounted on a pivoted gravity-arm and supplying paste to the wrapper, for the purpose set forth.

24:. In a machine for makingcigarettes, the combination, with the forming-tube 16, divided on an oblique plane, the paper wrapper being fed in the division and the marginal edges thereof projecting to the outside of the tube at the division, substantially as described, of the guide-hooks =12, for receiving and guiding the edges of the moving wrapper and disposed oppositely upon the outside of the forming-tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

25. In a machine for makingcigarettes, the combination, with the forming-tube 16, comprising a section 17 and 18, with a division therebetween on a plane across the axis of said tube, of the guard-finger 43, secured upon the outside of the tube-seetiou 18, extending across the division between the tube-sections and overlapping upon the outside of the tube section 17, the loose clip 41, provided with the guide-hooks 12 and mounted between the guard-finger and the tube to the outside of the latter, so that the hooks 42 may engage the edges of the wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

26. In a machine for makiugcigaret-tes, the combination, with the forming-tube composed of the two abutting sections 17 and 18, obliquely cut and arranged end to end, substantially as described, the paper wrapper being fed into the tube between the sections, of the guide-ears 37, located on the section 18, near the inner end of its oblique cut and acting to guide the wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

27. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination, withthe tube-section 18, formed with the opening 38, of the overlapping oppositelydisposed guide-fingers 39, loosely mounted and self-adjusting and projecting over the opening and acting to guide the edges of the wrapper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

28. Ina maehinefor making cigarettes, the combination, with the tube-section 18, formed with the opening 38, and the guide-lingers 39, extending over said opening for acting upon the edges of the folded wrapper, of the guardlip 10 at one end of such opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

29. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the tube-section 18, of the tube-section 17, formed with the tongue 27 and provided with the chute 20, and removably attached to the support 47, the rib 50, secured to the tongue 27 and removably attached to a support for sustaining the tubecombination, with means for section, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

30. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the forming-tube provided with the hopper 20, of the extension 21, provided with the adjustable brace 60, hinged at its foot and having set-screw U] for adj ustin g the brace, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

31. I11 a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the forming-tuljm 16, composed of abutting sections 17 and 18, cut obliquely and arranged substantially as described, oi' the gum-reservoir 66, having discharge-mouth 6'7 and resting by gravity with its mouth upon the edge of the wrapper as it moves alongover the taper end of the section 17, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

32. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the gum-reservoir (36, of the pivoted gravityarm (57, having a socket for receiving the reservoir in which the same is adjustable and mounted on an adjustable bracket 7 6, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the device for forming the continuous cigarette, of the endless belt 80, mounted on pulleys 82 and S3 and suitably driven in the adjustable bracket for supporting the said pulley S2, and the endless belt 81, mounted upon pulleys 85 86, the latter being geared to the shaft of pulley 8:2, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

34'. In a machine for makingcigarettes, the combination, with the device for forming the continuous cigarette, of the endless belt 80, mounted on pulleys S2 and and suitably driven, the pulley 83 having its shaft pressed by springs 101 101, and the endless belt 81, mounted on pulleys S5 and 86, the former being geared to the shaft of pulley 82, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

35. In a machine for making cigarettes, the con'lbination, with the endless belt 80, mounted on pulleys 82 and S3 and suitably driven, and the belt 80, mounted on pulleys 85 and 86, the pulley 85 being geared to the shaft of pulley 82 and driven thereby, of the stand 94, for mounting pulleys 8 and so, such stand being adj ustable horizontally by means of set-screws and J0 for tightening the bolts 80 and 81, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

30. In a machine for making cigarettes, the

forming a continuous cigarette and moving it along, ofa cutter having a periodically-reciproeating blade 108 for cutting the formed cigarette, the said blade hinged so as to yield to the eud-thrust of the continuens-cigarette stock after a out has been made, and provided with the spring 11.1 for reseatingit in operative position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

37. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with a vertically-reciprocating plunger 110, provided with the adjustingscrew 118, the suitably-driven cam 114, for engaging and lifting the plunger, and springs 112, for snapping the plunger down when released by the cam, of the cutter-plate 107 and the blade 108, mounted on the plunger and moving across the plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

38. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the suitably-driven drawbelts 80 and 81, for drawing the continuous cigarette from the forming mechanism and feeding it to the cutter, of the cutter having a periodically-operating blade and a cam 114 for operating the blade, the said cam geared to the said belt-driving means by gear 117, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

39. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination, with the divided forming-tube and the filler-packing wheel 24 and means for driving the wheel, of the draw- belts 80 and 81, mounted on pulleys 82 83 and 85 86, respectively, and geared together, the said pulley 82 driving the belts and geared to the packing-wheel 2 1 through means of gears 84, 123, and 122, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

40. In a machine for making cigarettes, the

combination, with the divided forming-tube 16, into which the filler and wrapper are fed and the cigarette formed, the filler-packing wheel 24, having packing-teeth working in said tube and driven by gear 122,the main shaft 57, and the pinion 121, meshing with the gear 122, of the draw- belts 80 and 81, disposed parallel in parts and suitably mounted and driven by gear 84, receiving motion from the gear 122 through the intermediate gear 123, the cutter 105, provided with a spring-acting blade, and the operating-cam 114, for raising the blade periodically against the action of the spring, said cam driven by pinion 116, receiving motion from the gear 84.- through the intermediary of gear 117, all assembled and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,this 9th day of April, 1889.

PIERRE VAUSELLE. [Ls] Witnesses:

PAUL F. O. TUCKER, WILLIS FOWLER.

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