US540723A - Edward randol colgin - Google Patents

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" 7 EDWARD RANDoncoLGIM-or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; AssIeNoR 'ro THE coLGINeIeARE'rTnMAcHINE COMPANY, or sAMnPLAoE.

` 'CoNTINUoLis-CIGARETTE MACHINL SPECIFICATION forming part' of Letters Patent No. 540,723, dated June 11,1895.

' Appiiqeon nieuwe'. 29.1894. seal No. 521,621. (no'moan.)

' To a/ZZ whom/.zit may-concern.' Fig.l9 is an end view, partly in section, ofthe j Be it known that I, EDWARD BANDOL COL- cutting mechanism. Fig. 19a is a detail view GIN, residing zit-Richmond, in the county of thereof. Fig. 20 is a perspective View of the Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented depositing devices, the reciprocating carriage, 5 5

" f5 a new` and Im'proved Continuous-Cigarette the receiver, and thel packing mechanism...

Machine, of which the following isaspecica- -Fig 2l is a detail View of the metallic wrap- ''.tion.i f ping or folder band. My inventionjhasprimarily for its -object In describing my invention I shall, for the tov provide al cigarette machine of a simple sake of clearness, begin at .the point where `6o vIo and compact'cons'trctio n,in which the filler theloose tobacco is fed tothe machine, and

' rod-forming devices and the wrapping, the describe the construction of theseveral parts vpasting and cutting mechanism are so ar'- consecutively, following as near as possible ranged and connected as to positively and the course of the tobacco through the machine.

uniformly operate to form th'e cigarettes and Referring now.-n1ore partieularlyto Figs. l, 65 I5' cut then wit-hout reducing or'ma'rring the' 2.and 17 aindicate's the first feed apron, `lleratthe ends. j which' passes .over guide rollers b, journaled It has also'for its object` .to provide a main 'suitable framing and driven in the ordichineof this character which, when in operanary manner, such apron beingheld to travel tion', will serve besides forming and cutting upwardly as indicated by the arrow l,the up- 7o zo4 the cigarettes, to depositthem rin uniform layper end being disposed above a second coners in a receiver or detachable box'. veyer aprono, which passes over guide rollers 'Vithother objects in view which herein'af-4v d journaled vin the f-rame or housing D, Sucl1 ter will beparticularly referred to, the inven- 4apron in practice being driven downwardly ytion consist'fs'in suchznovel features). -of eonas indieatedby thevarrow 2, toward a check 75 `struction and, peculiar combination of; parts o-r stop device d5 -projected up from the insuchI aiswill belirst described in detail and clined bottom d of the frame D, which botthen specifically pointed out'inth'e appended tom stopsat a point sho-rt of the upperj-end claims, reference being had to the accompanyof the apron c` foi' a purpose Apresently eX- plained. The'aprcn c has a series of picker 8o 1.315A Figure .1 isa side eleva oi ofmyninrproved teeth c which as they passover the bottom d "I'naehin'e.I` Fig 2 is' acentral longitudinal sec'- will serveto carry the material up the incline tion' of theiilling, wrapping, pasti ngand cutl d to discharge it over the upper end thereof. vting mechanism. ".Fg.`3\ i;s a longitudinal cenn indicates the outletto frame D for "the tr`a l sec-tion of the cigarette receiving vanddef" overflow of tobacco.- 85

.-H.3'5` po siting mechanism lhereinafter particularly e e indicate brushes heldvunder v'the'upper described. f Fig. 4. is avertical transverse sec- .exd of the first and .second 'conveyer aprons tion-'taken on' the lineft'fi, Fig. 2, looking in` respectively which serve to cleafr andclean "5,6 ,.7,- 8, 9, and l0 are det-'ail sectional views charge the-tobacco. 4o taken, respcetively, on the lines 5 5, 6 6, 7 7, f indicatesa bandv to regulate the feed of' .the direction indicated-bythearrow. Figs.' the said aprons, at'points where they'dis- 8 8,99, and 1010 on Fig. 2. Fig. 1l lisa dethe tobacco underl the'lower or second con# 3 tail cross-'section taken on the line 1 1v lLFig.. veyer,.which band passes over guide`pulleys 2. -Fig.;.12 isfa top plan 'view' of aportion of f f2 at the lower or upper ends, the lower one the wrapping .and-folding mechanism. Fig. of which f lis j'ournaled in andadapted-tobe 95 `13. is adetail side view of theller forming or adj ustablyheld in a slot e", whereby the lower 2 paki ngwheel. .wFig. 14' is an end View thereend 'of SllChbaUl mary be raised from 01' IW.' i

` .'.oand Fig', 15 is atop view of the saine'. Fig. ered v,toward the lower end ofthe conveyor JlGI-isa transverse section of /the'wrapping `apron c,'accordiIg-to the quantity of tobacco vwhel hereipafte'rreferredto. Fig. 17 is a d'eto be usedirra certain number of eigaretteame tail 'perspe'ctiveviow oftheffeedortobac'cfo- 1; hx indicates abrusli whichis held to engage vew,fand l the' ufnder face 'oftheupperrendiof the regir- I belt A which passes over. a lower pulley CX mounted on the shaft CY journaled on the lnain frame of the machine.

E indicates what I term the filler rod forming wheel, the construction of which is most clearly shown in Figs. 2, 13, 14 and l5 by reference to which it will be seen, such wheel has' a central annular groove 3, and at each side of such groove 3 it has annular flanges 4 formed of a flexible material, or if desired j the entire wheel may be constructed of such a material.

10, 110 indicate rollersjournaled on the frame section-ct5 in advance of the point where it receives the tobacco from the lower conveyer apron which bears-against the outer faces of the flanges 4 and presses the same-to a parallel position as shown, and 5, 5 indicate a second set of rollers, which are of a somewhat smaller diameter than the rollers l0 and are held between or inside of the ilanges 4, 4 and serve tobulge or distend them outward as shown most clearly in Fig. 14, to vform a receiving space, as it were for the tobacco. At the front, that is, the portion facing the conveyer end, the Wheel has its flanges held pressed together as it revolves, (see arrow 3a) bya series of rollers 20, which serve to keep the tobacco contained iu such portion of the wheel tightly pressed together, which in connection with the flexible band F, which passes tightly over such front face of the wheel E,serves to form such tobacco into a filler rod.

The band F in practice is formed of a thin flexible metal sheet. It is supported and `guided on a pulley I journaled in .the upper end of the frame section a", passes over a pulley G journaled in adjustable bearing boxes H mounted on the front end ofthe main frame and a pulley I .journaled in bearings ay projected down from the bed of the machine, at. a point about centrally under the forming ,wheel E. The band F it will be noticed is held'in frictional contact with the front face of the wheel E, and isthereby 4caused to travel in the direction indicated by the arrow marked 30, such band being held ,taut by adjusting the boxing-H.`

It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 2 that the wheel E projects into the bottom of the housing D, the open or spread portion of its. auges being ata point'directly under the discharge end of the lower conveyer belt.

J indicates acasing having a nose portion projected into the groove 3, of the wheel E, at the upper .rear face thereof, in which is` held a powder or dust, which is agitated and caused .to spread onto such groove 3, by means of a rotary brush o, such powder being used to keep the wheel E from gumming, a box J and a brush o held under the guide pulley 1', being also provided for spreading powder ou the band F to keep it from gumming.

So far as described it will be seen that as the loose tobacco drops on the forming wheel E, the flanges 4 as they engage the several presser rollers 20, and the band F, will serve to compress the tobacco into a filler rod, which as it reaches the bed of the machine is forced under a guide J2 into the wrapping mechanism 4presently referred to.

L indicates a weighted'scraper, the blade of which engages the face of the groove 3 at a pointjust above the filler rod and L', a similar scraper which engages the band F as shown. The upper scraper also acts as a conductor to guide the filler rod to the guide J2. After the filler or tobacco rod leaves the wheel E it passes under the guide J2, and enters onto au endless folding band or tape S which passes over thebed of the machine and over the final Wrapping wheel hereinafter described. This band S is somewhat wider than the ribbon of wrapping paper, so that it will when bent up over the tobacco rod encircle and overlap the said rod, and such band at its forward end roc tion sand metallic edges s' s having perforations s2 as shown most clearly in Fig. 2l. The belt S passes through a series of forming rollers or guides mounted ou the bed of the machine, and a series of former sections on the periphery ot' the wrapping wheel, such rollers and sections being most clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 to-10 inclusive.

O indicates the paper ribbon reel journalcd under the bed of the machine, and Ox the paper ribbon which as it leaves the reel O passes under a guide roll N and with one edge against the paste roller N, disposed over the discharge nozzle m of the paste holder M, in which is held a weighted piston r, the pressure of which is regulated by the adjustable weight p. The ribbon O after it receives its paste passes up into the band S, and with it through the several entry rollers presently referred to.

Referring now to Fig. 51, the arrangement of the first entry forming rollers will be best understood. e5 denotes the upper -grooved pulley, and o5 the lower pulley which is somewhatwider than the pnlleye, whereby its edges will somewhat lap the adjacent edges of such pulley e5. At one side ofthe rollers e5 0 5 (at the right in, Fig. 5) is arranged a suction device a5, which in practice is connected with a suitable Suction fan, which suction deand serves to draw on the ribbon O and -cent perforated metal edgev ot' the band S,

thereby to hold such edge of the ribbon down against the band S'. -At the oppositev sidefof the rollersis held a magnet c which serves Vto attractl and hold the adjacent edge of the band down to thepdsition shown.

5 In Fig. 6 is shownthe arrangement of the second pair of entry rollers, which comprise 1- an upper roller e6 and alower roller c6, the upper one e6` having a groove somewhat larger l thanl the groove in roller o6, and formed with. ro one edge (at the left in suchFig. 6) of a largerl diameter than the other, whereby a angee" is provider, which, is held in close. engage- `ment with the edge ox of the lower roller 06,

which roller has one flange oy projected ber5 yond tlfe edge of the -flange ey of the rellene,

vto/form a passage ez. vIt should be stated be? fore describing the arrangement of the folding means further, that the belt S is first fitted,-

folded and adjusted between the several form# `z c--ing means as hereinafter further described,

before the machine is started, the curvatu'res, and bends of the band and tapei ribbon/be ing afterward vautomatically attainedas such bal-1d and ribbon. passgthrough ,the folding`l V' and wrappingmeans, l

n.wiube noticed innig. @,fthatfh right lhand edge of the band is' extendedA laterally between the rollers and ishefd down with theV ribbon to the I irst position by a suction de`A 3o -vice 0.6,while the opposite edge 'with ribbon',

Ais foldedoveronehalf of the filler rod, and

. f `as theribbon engages the rod with its'paste edge it is thereby heldthereon as the-band is z Sunwcuud therefrom. `After th-ebandpasses '.35'5through the second pairof Aentry rolls, its? 4.ilinribility willv cause its. bent'over side to V dropand again assume the positionshown in l 'Fig'. 5 towhich position it is held .as it passs throughjthe third pair'bf entry rollers'e7-o7 4Q see Fig. 7,1, by means of the magnet cand.. sn'ctiondevice a7','suehrol1ers being more in s the nature of g'uideroller's, they servingalso, `toapress thepasted portion of-.the paper rib`V -bon firmly on the tillerrodg. After passing 45 'the third pair of entry. rollers,`.the band, the

'-fri'bbon' and, the filler-rod `pass onto the wrapping wheel-andI engage the first wrap'pingand forming portion 'thereof- 'which is illustrated clearly. in Fig. 8, by reference to lwhich it will ibeseen that 'd8 indicates asegmen-talrib 'secl/ i tion which isfxedly'held on the 'fra-me of the machine, over the upper. edge -.of the wrap-v g ping wheel' T, which section ha's a groove t?, correspondin g toi-the groove in the roller e7 of 5'5Fig.7. 1

. T8 indicatsfoneof series of rollers: journaled. in an annular groove' T.' in the periphery ofthe wheel T, as most clearly shown 'in groove in segmental rib section d8, which sec'- tion da, also opposes one of the rollers lrf. vAt

. this point the suction device is omitted'and the band S'at the s`uction`side is turned up 'with -the, ribbon over the lillerrod, thereby inclosing the filler rod in the ribbon, and topermt pressed thereon, the band at tthe opposite The second-wrappingv and folding section it will-be seen from Fig. l ends at a point near the third, and nal wrapping section which extends down over one-f ourthof the circumferenceof the wrappinglwheel T, under' the' the fixed memberor `rib H10 ('See Fig. 10)' L-grooved on its under face, between which and. -the roller 'rs-both edges of .the -band S are turnedupLas shown. At the point vwhere the `ofsuch portionl of the ribbon`beingfclosely edge is spread and held down by a magnet cg. 1

same and ends at the`ci1tting devicesfl'nesently referred-` to.- This section-comprises."

last section d10 stops the band leaves the c'on-- 'i tinnous cigarette and spreads and passesback over the tension or guid roller P.

charge point of the'sec'tion d10, ,which tube X indcates a guidetnbelmounted on -the frame with its mo'uth"dis'p o's`ed at the disextends 'over the cutting devices, and dis charges into a receiving compartment as will be presently'fully described. f\

and 19 it will benjoticedthe vtube X, has centrally an enlargement :peut out-atl its bottomv -as at to receivethe cutter bladeas shown.

gear ma, on a' short vertical shafts@4 .which has isdrven` by a' gear anion' the shaft ofthe Referring now 'more particularlytoFigs'.

also -a gear 5 which meshes withla gear ,x6-on" .a horizontally-disposed drive shaft :aflw'hich TOOA The cutting devices comprise a-standard' 14,-, having afixed disk portion PL2-'through which -centrally passes a drive 'shaf t 1j1 provided with, `a bevel gearll, which meshes with a bevel gear.

a bevel pinion 13"' whichmeshes with abevel gear X2, onvthe shft ofthe v wrapping wheel Fig. 1,.-which pinion X2, is also engaged byel wheel E, which' eufrages a gear m9 on the shaft'f mentofdrving mechanism serving to operL isadapted toen'gage a. swiinging'arm m5 pivlf cutting mechanismproper, and .which com-l prises the swingingarm m5,the. bracket 10,'a 1'25 1:7 as.shown',"such construction andgarrangel' I I A gi-i5' ate `thewheelsEand T and 4the `cutter vdef vices. .The`diskl4 has-e| cam lug nx, which.

o'ted .in link arms pivoted to abracke'tl() pro j ected at one face-of a disk 1'5 mounted 'on :zo "-f the shaft 1l to turn therewith. This disk 15 has a series of equildistant peripheral re Y cesses 17, ineachof vwhich is to be fitted a rotarylcuttingdisk 7 journal'ed'on the arm m5,; to rotate transversely to the face of the wheel over-a guide pulley 6, in ene. end of the arm 15, which disk has asnall bandY pulley 8 over ,which passes an endless cord It* which passes.

-angles to the pulleys Gand '5j; The gpmmiisg j held 'to-.its downward position topiillftliejfgg.`

. f 'm5 a guidepulley on thebracket '10. and a 2 which passes over the outer portion of the double pulleys 3X, which cord may be driven in any desired manner.

one for each cellfy.

It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 19 vthat the cam lug nX on the disk 14 is so arranged that the cutting devices which are vcarried by the wheel 15 successively engage such lug (with the arm m5) whereby the cutter disk is raised up through the opening in the tube X to sever the continuous cigarette into single. cigarettes, such operation being quickly and positively eected without tearing or otherwise marring the end of the severed portion.

'After each cigarette is cut olf from the continuous cigarette, it is pushed out of the forward section of the tube X into a receiver Z 'into which projects the upper end of a feeding box filling and laying mechanism, the construction of which is most clearly shown in Fig. 20. Such construction comprises a pan F5 which projects into the receiverZ and receives the cigarette from the cutting devices and is rigidly secured to bracket arms f2, which are pivoted to vibrate on a slide table f3 upon which the cigarette rolls downward. l

f f4 indicates a skeleton frame the inner ends of which are pivoted to bracket members f5 projected up from the slide table, and to the pintle,` member of such inner ends is rigidly connected one end of link arms f5, the opposite ends of which are connected to the arms f2 as shown. The framef4 has its frontend projected over a rotary carrier f5 and has at such end a transverse roller 60, and at a point intermediate the roller and its pivot end it has a transverse downwardly projecting flange f, disposed over the discharge end of the slide table f3.

The carrierf5 is in the nature of a cylinder having a series of pocket 'like portions or cells fl' the ends of which are closed by the end disksf8 which have a seriesof cam portions fz, rlhe cylinder f5 and the roller are so arranged, that the roller extends at its ends onto the periphery of the disks whereby such roller will have an intermittent rise and drop motion, as the inclined faces of the cams fz engage it, such operation being effected to release the cigarette which is temporarily held at the end ofthe table f5 by the flange f5.

The carrierf6 which in the practical construction is rotated by a suitable drive pulley (not shown) is disposed overa hopper G5, fitted on the upper end of vertical chute g, which has internally a staggered channelr or passage g2 of a width sufficient to admit of the passage of a single cigarette at a time The carrier H5 serves to shift the box K5 back and forth (it being operated by the crank shaft 15) continuouslyuntil the box shall have been filled.

s So far as described, it will be seen the packing and delivery devices are so arranged, that as each cigarette is cut, it falls onto the receiver F5, which drops to discharge it onto .the table f5, as the roller 50 engages the periphery of the disks fB f'which movement brings the flange fx, in position to catch it and hold it until one of the pockets or cells fl' Of the carrier comes in the proper position, when it is released, as the proper cam f will at this time engage and lift the roller f5 and its-supporting frame. The cigarette is then carried by thecarrier until it comes over the hopper G5 where it drops and passes through the staggered passage g5, until it passes onto the bottom of the box K5, and as such box is reci procated the cigarettes will be deposited in a layer on the said bottom.

By arranging the several receiving and de positing devices as described, the cigarette will be received, deposited and packed in the receiving box without any 4jar which might cause the tobacco in the end of the cigarette to-crumble and drop out, and make a bad looking unsalable article.

M5 indicates a lever pivoted to the base L5, and Z5 a weight adjustably tted on the outer end thereof. The inner end of such lever engages a socket in the plunger andserves to lift the plunger J5 to its uppermost position.

N5 indicates a shaft having a. drive gear n.5, journaled at one end in bearings on the base L5, such end having regulating or cam wheel n which basa series of cam projections n? which are adapted to engage a tooth O5 on the side of the plunger as shown.4 The lower end of the plunger has a piston like portion 29.

which is adapted, when the plunger is depressed to enter an air chamber or dash pot 30, which serves as a cushion for such plunger, such pot having a bleeding olfv cock 2l as shown..

It should be stated that in the practical con! IOC struction of the aforesaid parts the crank arm v such wheel) the carrier H5 will be continuously moved back and forth until the box K5 shall have been I illed to the top with uniform layers of cigarettes. When this occurs the plunger J is almost to its extreme lowermost position and the cam on the Wheel ne) about 5 ready to leave the tooth on theplunger. The filled box is removed, another placed inA pol sition and the wheel'n, caused to turn further, f which releases the plunger J5 whichl is' then quickly moved back to its u ppermostI position by the weightedlever c'onnectedtheret.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawings it is thought the complete operation of my improved machine will. be readily understood.

x 5 Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to\secure by Letters-Pat- 1. In a cigarette making machine the'comf bination with a filler rod forming mechanism, of endless feed aprons-arranged one above the other, an inclined platform disposed under the lower apron, having its discharge end held over the receiving point of the filler f orming mechanism, said lower apron being adapted to carrythe tobacco up the inclined, platform and a regulatingdevice'at the. lower end of the lower apron arranged to regulate-the feed of the tobacco to the rod forming mechanism all arranged substantially as shown and 2. 'In a cigarette machine the combination with the filler forming mechan ism,.cf a feed mechanism comprisi-ngan inclined platform having its discharge end held at a point above the receiving point of the filler rod forming mechanism, an endless toothed carrier apron' movable over the` said platform, ajstop inember projected lup fromthe platform at the lower end of the apron, anda regulating de! 'vice consistingof an endless band-having its lower end 'heldfor adjustment to'or from the lower end of' the carrier apron all arranged substantially as shown and described.

' 3. In a'cigarette`making machine in--combination with the iller-rod'forming devices, a feed mechanism comprising a chamber having an inclined platform having its discharge end over the receiving point of the tiller'rod forming devices, an endless toothed carrier'` belt movable upwardly overtheplatform and projected beyond the upper lend thereof, 'a rotary brush held toengage the lower face of such projecting portion 'and a regulating means lat the lower end ofsuch belt, arranged substantially as shown and for'the purposes described.

, 4... Tliecombination of a filler rod forming wheel having a peripheral groove and :also

' having yielding side walls, and an endless e flexible band having lits frontvface, arranged to fit in the groove and means for holding the side walls pressed inward at points where the wheel engages the band as and for the pur-- poses specified. l

5. 'I hecombination with suitable tobacco feeding mechanism, of a rotary filler rod forming wheelhavin'g a. groove and a pair of parallel peripheral flexible lianges means for disl tending such flanges at the discharge point of the feedmechanism, an@ au endless nexibie 7o band held toengage thefdescending faceof the wheel flanges and-compressing de vicescng'aging such-flanges-.to hold them compressed to their. parallel position as thcy. engage the said band all substantially as and for the pur- V7 5 r`poses specified. s

6, In a cigarette making machine, in combinatioma rotary filler 'rod forming wheel, having e'xible periph-eral lflanges, a flexible endless band'heldto engage one face ofsnch 8o wheel distendingrollers projected between` the said flanges at a point in advance ofthe tobacco receiving point of the wheel, an'd aseries of rollers yixedly held'to engage the outer faces of the flanges to hold them com- 8 5 pressed andmeans forrotating the wheel substantially as'shown and described.

7. The combination with'the endless band, and the wheel, of the rod forming mechanism,

`powder distributingdevices located adjacent 9o the band and the WheeL'arranged to throw thepowder onto the said bandv and wheel as and for the purposes specified.

48:'In a cigarette making machine, the com- .bination with a'ller rod receivingguide hori- 95 -zntally disposed en the bed of the machine,

and a feed chamber .having an upwardly in clined bottom,'endless carrier devices adapted.

to ycarry the tobacco` upon-such bottom, and discharge it over theupper end thereof, of a foo Irotary filler wheel having flexible peripheral flanges, held directly under the aforesaid discharge, fixed distending members engaging' such Ilanges ata point in advancepf the ref ceiving point of the Wheel an endless flexiblev band engaging the front-face of the wheel and extending under thesame tothe filler` rod receiving guide, andA means for holding the tian'ges of the wheel parallel at the points L `where Vthe band engages the tobaccoias and v[ io for 'thepurposes specified.

9; The combination with the feeding mech `'a.n',ism,of `a rotary wheel held under the d isj' .charge point of such' mechanism, said whce'l having parallel flexible peripheral flanges and I 15 acontinuousgioove which receives theloose l tobaccofrom the feed mechanism,'tixed-rcll--r 'ers held to engagethe interior 'faccfoffthe ianges, in advance of the receivingV ypoint to distend saidv flanges, .fixed rollers held tov ena-*izo gage the exterionfaceo'f such Bauges on the Vdown-going side, and anendless compressing"'-v band which covers the groove ofthe wheelon the vdown going side all arranged substantially as shown and forth'e purposes described. r ;2'5'

10i v The combination with the y'feeding d'e.1".

vices for advancing the tiller'rod'and the wrapper, suchdevices 'including an endless meta'l-y lic, flexible band adapted to turn the wrapper, onto the filler andmagnets arranged to hold 1go one sidevof the band down from the filler rod at predeterminedpoints, and means for turni lng the band over` the ltiller rody all` s ub5tan. tially aS shown and described. f I* v 1l. The combination of a series of grooved guide rollers', between which the iillerrod and the paper ribbon are adapted to pass of a flexible endless metallic band having its edges arranged to alternately lap inward at points between the rollers, devices for holding the passed between the several folding rollers, and about the wheel and under the guides held thereover, and the `pasting devices,all arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

13. The combination with the filler rod forming devicesand` the flexible folding band having perforated metallic edges, the guide and folding rolls, of magnets held to engage one edge of the band and a suction'device to engage the opposite edge at predetermined intervals, all substantially as shown and for the purposes described. f

14. The combination with the filler rod frming mechanism, themain frame, the wrapping wheel journaled at one end thereof, said wheel having a series of grooved rollers jour- Inaled in the periphery thereof a series of grooved guide and folding members held over the down going side of such wheel, of the endless folding band adapted to pass over the aforesaid wheel, guide pulleys for such band, the pasting means, the forming rolls and the magnet and suction devices arranged as shown and for the purposes described.

15. In acigarette machine, the combination with thecigarette rod wrapping and continu ons cigarette feeding means, and a guide for. the continuous cigarette, of a cutter xnechap ism comprising a rotary disk carrying cutters held to revolve transversely to the direction -of feed of the cigarette, said cutters being normally held below the plane of the cigarette, rod and means for revolving and means for raising such cutter beyond the periphery f of the disk as they come directly under1 the cigarette whereby they will serve to'cut such ciggarette, as setforth.

.16. In a cigarette machine substantially as described, a cutting mechanism comprising a slotted guide for the continuous cigarette, a

, continuously rotating cutter carrier having a series of radially. disposed rotating cutter disks, and mechanism for shifting such disks successively into the path of the continuous cigarette and for rotating the disks, substan- .tially as and for the purposes described..

17. In a cigarette machine essentially as described, the combination with the continuous cigarette feeding mechanism including the slotted guide X, of cutting devices, com:

means for rotating the cutters, the said cutterY bearings having portions adapted to engage the aforesaid cam whereby such cutters are successively raised and means i'orrotatingy the disk all arranged substantially as show and described. 18. In a cigarette'machine substantially a described, a packing mechanism, comprising devices for intermittently dropping one cigarette at a time into the receiver or box, the said box, and means for automatically reciprocating such box in reverse directions as Aeach layer is deposited substantially as shown and described.

19. In combination with avertically movable standard, and a reciprocating carrier" horizontally movable on `Vthe standard, of a box held on the carrier and means for intermittently depositing the cigarettes into the box in horizontal layers as the box is reciprocated substantially as shown and described.

20. The combination with the standard, means for automatically moving it downwardly, and a` reciprocating carrier held on the upper end thereofof a box held on the carrier, a lixed chute projected therein having a staggered passageway, and means for intermittently feeding the cigarette into the said chute, allarran ged substantially as shown and described.

21. The combination with the reciprocating carrier, and the box held thereon, said carrier being vertically movable, and the vertical' chute having a hopper like upper ond, of a rotary cylinder having a series of chambers or pockets, and a feed mechanism operating in connection therewith for delivering thecig-f arettes one at a time into the pockets of the cylinder as and for the purposes described.

22. The combination with the reciprocating carrier, the box held thereon and the chute, projected therein, said carrier being verticallymovable, of the cylinder held over the chute having a series of pockets and cam portions,` of a feed table projected over the cylinder and a swinging cutoff, having a member adapted to project over the end of the said table said cut off having a member adapted to be engaged by thecams on the cylinder and be lifted thereby substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

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23. The combination with a receiving box,

a chute held to project therein and a cylinder having a series of pockets to each receive a single cigarette, said cylinder havinga series 'of cam portions, of a feed table projected over the said cylinder, a pivoted pan held at theY having afmem'ber held to engage the'ams on the cylinder, and arranged when' raised theren assetforth;

24.. The combination in a cigarette machine 'essentially as described, of a base member,`

a. lstandard Avert'ically-movable thereon, a

Y 1c weighted lever mechanism connected thereto l rto force it 'normally upward, a rotary cam i mechanism/for movingfit gradually downmachines, in combination, alfiller rodform-'1 -ing mechanism, wrapping, folding and pastto engage the complete cigaretteas it leaves j the wrapping and\folding devices, a'packing means arranged tov lay the cigarettes'in uuiform'l rows in the receiving box, a delivery means arranged to receive the cigarettes after anism connecting the packing, feeding, wrap;

they are cut and successively feed `them,to I i l the said packing means, andv gearing mech- 15' and .means for feeding the cigarettes singly -`4`Ward,'a carrier held to reciprocate horizonping and filler forming mechanism arranged l tally on the standard a box carried thereby,'

substantially as shown and described.

" -EDWARD RANDOLQCOLGIN.. \?Vitnesses: f'

' GEO. E. WISE,

XMINETELL FORKES.

for-the purposes described". v 25. vAs an improvement in cigarette making into the box all substantially as shown and

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