US47131A

US47131A - Improved machine for cutting tobacco

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Publication number: US47131A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1865-04-04
Anticipated expiration: 1882-04-04

Description

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RITTERHOFF, COLQUITT & MULCHAHEY.

Tobacco Cutter No 47,131. v Patented Agr il 4, 1865.

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RITTERHOFF, COLQUITT &- MULCHAHEY.

' Tobacco Cutter.

No. 47,131. Patented April 4, 1865.

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F. w. RITTERHOFF, c. A. COLQUITT, AND WILLIAM MULOHAHEY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING TOBACCO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,131, dated April 4, 1865.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, F. WV. RITTERHOFF, (1A. CoLoUIrr, and WVILLIAM MULOHAHEY, of No. 189 Ohatham street, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting Tobacco; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sectional plan or top view of our invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a slotted adjustable eccentric, in combination with the plunger and feed-screw, in such a manner that by increasing or decreasing the throw of the eccentric the feed can be regulated, and the fineness of the out can be adjusted with the greatest nicety.

A represents a frame, made of wood or any other suitable material, and provided with a platform, B, which supports the box 0 and journal-boxes D, that form the bearings for the shaft E.

The cutter or knife F is attached to a flywheel, G, which is mounted on one end of the shaft E, and revolves in close proximity to the throat ofthe box. The hub of the flywheel is provided with a slot, a, (see Fig. 2,) and said fly-wheel is secured to the shaft by means of a screw and nut, the same being made to pass through the slot in such a man ner that the fiy-wheel can be brought in an eccentric position, and by these means a shear out can be given to the knife, which considerably facilitates the operation of cutting.

The material to be cut is placed in the box 0, and it is fed toward the knife by means of a follower, H, which is secured to one end of the screw-rod I. This rod is tapped into a ratchet-wheel, J, which is situated close on the rear end of the box, and confined in such a manner that it can rotate freely in either direction, but that it is prevented from moving with the screw-rod in a longitudinal direction. By turning this ratchet-wheel in the direction of the arrow marked on it in Fig. 3 of the drawings the follower is moved toward the throat of the box, and the material to be cut is fed to the knife. The ratchetwheel. is turned by the action of a pawl, 12, which is pivoted to a lever, K, and this lever is connected at one end to the screw-rod, so that it oscillates on the same freely in either direction, and its loose end rests on the pe riphery of a disk, L, which is secured to the end of the shaft E. This disk is slotted so that it can be brought in an eccentric position, and when it is adjusted in such a position and the shaft is rotated an oscillating motion is imparted to the lever K, the ratchet-wheel is turned in the direction of the arrow marked on it in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and the follower feeds the material to be out toward the knife. By adjusting the throw of the eccentric the feed motion can be increased or decreased at pleasure, and the material in the box can be out fine or coarse, as may be desirable.

It will be readily understood that by the slotted adjustable disk the motion of the lever K, and consequently the feed motion, can be adjusted with the greatest nicety and without loss of time, and a simple and durable machine is produced which is particularly valuablefor dealers in tobacco. Every small dealer is thereby enabled to cut up his own tobacco to suit himself, and he is not made dependent upon large dealers who, with the.

present high-priced machines, have monopolized the manufacture of cut tobacco.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The slotted adjustable disk L, in combination with the lever K, ratchet-wheel J, screwrod I, and follower H, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

F. WV. RITTERHOFF. O. A. GOLQUITT. WVM. MULGHAHEY. WVitnesses:

JAMES P. HALL, O. L. TOPLIFF.