US486919A

US486919A - Marion a

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Publication number: US486919A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1909-11-29

Description

(No Model.)

M. A. WING-ET.

HOPPER FOR CIGAR MACHINES.

Patented Nov. 29, 1892.

WITH EESEE NITE STATES PATENT Fries.

MARION A. IVINGET, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JEROME C. BRIGGS, OF SAME'PLACE.

HOPPER FOR ClGAR-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 486,919, dated November 29, 1892.

Application filed July 23, 1891. Serial No. 400,482. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION A. WINGET, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoppers for Cigar- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hoppers for cigar-machines; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to supply the hopper of a cigar-machine with an adjustable means whereby a cigar can be produced which is composed of two or more grades of tobacco-that is to say, one or one and a half inches of coarse tobacco that will not become loose in the mouth and the balance of the cigar of very fine tobacco, or the tip of good ordinary tobacco for any desired distance and the balance of the cigar of clear Havana, which will be a great saving in the cost of the material used in cigars, as will be readily understood, without depreciating the value of the cigar to any great extent.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a hopper, showing my attachment in place therein and the hopper placed over a slide carrying an apron for rolling the bunch. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of Fig. 1.

A indicates a hopper, which is of any desired construction or size that may be preferred or that adapts it for the kind of machine to which it is to be applied. As here shown, a slide B moves under this hopper, and this slide is provided with a transverse opening, through which the tobacco dropsinto a pocket, as shown in my patent granted August 28, 1888, No. 388,802. As this part of the drawings or description forms no part of my present invention, it is not thought necessary to illustrate it. This is further thought unnecessary, for reason that my invention is applicable to the hoppers of all grades and kinds of machines with but slight variations, as will be understood farther on. Placed within this hopper is a vertical partition D, which extends down into the hopper to its lower end and divides the hopper into two compartments, each of which is to be filled with tobacco of a difierent grade. Passing horizontally through this partition at any desired point is a screw b, and upon this screw, at each side of the partition, is a nut 6. By means of this construction the size of the openings at the bottom of the hopper is regulated, as will be understood, and the amount of tobacco which shall form a portion of the cigar is regulated at will. The upper end or edge of the partition is provided with a clamp E at each side, which catches over the upper edge of the hopper, as shown, and holds the upper end of the partition in place.

While I here showbut one partition, it will be readily understood that several partitions may be used and a cigar formed of several different kinds of tobacco which vary in grade and quality, as may be desired. It will be noticed that this partition extends across the length of the cigar or bunch as it is being formed, so that the different kinds of tobacco are properly placed in the bunch.

By means of a device of this character I am enabled to place the partition in the hopper of an ordinary machine and form a cigar which has one end of one kind of tobacco and the other end of another kind of tobacco, or I can form a cigar which consists of more than two kinds of tobacco by using still more partitions. The advantages of a device of this kind, whereby a cigar can be made of several kinds of tobacco, will be apparent. That part of the cigar which is not smoked can be made of an inferior quality, while that end which is consumed can be made of a line qualityof tobacco; or the same quality of tobacco can be used and one end of the cigar made of a mild tobacco and the other of a strong tobacco, and thus a mild and a strong smoke obtained from a single cigar, or vice versa. In order to form a cigar of this kind, it will be understood at once that the partition must of necessity extend across or transverse the bunch which is being formed by the machine.

I do not limit myself to applying the tobacco at any particular point or pointsof the A partition for a cigar-machine hopper, having at its upper corners clamps which engage the upper edges of the hopper and an adjustable device at its lower end, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARION A. WINGET.

Witnesses:

FRED 1-1. CROUGHTON, T. S. FORD.