US543840A

US543840A - Cigarette machine

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Publication number: US543840A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 1912-08-06

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BERNHARD BARON, oF NEw'YoRK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,840, dated August 6, 1895.

Application led January 29,1895, Serial No. 536,557. (No model.)

To 'all whom ibm/tty concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNHARD BARON, a

- citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machineaof which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to manufacture a continuous cigarette-rod. and cigar ettes therefrom without first molding the tobacco into a rod and without the use. of conveyer tapes and belts, and to this end my invention consists of an apparatus constructed and operating as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation in part section of an apparatus for making cigarettes embodying myl improvements, and illustrating the parts for condensing the tobacco in the wrapper. Fig. 2 is a plan of part of the devices shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1a is a sectional view showing the parts for folding and cementing the wrapper. Fig. 2a is a plan of Fig. 1a. Figs. 3, 4, 5, -6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are enlarged cross-sections upon the lines bearing the corresponding numbers, Figs. 1, 2, 1a,and 2. Fig. 13 is a perspective View of a different form of compressor-wheel.

The frame of the machine is of any suitable construction to support the operating parts, and is provided with a top or table A, over which travels the upper portion of a continuous band B, which band is carried by grooved wheels C C, one or both of which may be driven, and in the top of the band is preferably a permanently-formed longitudinal recess or groove, the central deepest portion of which is curved to correspond to a half-circle,the remaining portion of the groove having flaring faces, as shown. The said traveling band may consist of any suitable material-as, for instance, links of metal forming a chain-but is preferably of rubber vulcanized as hard as may be and yet secure suflcient iexibility for the band to bend around the supporting-wheels. The band travels between side guides 3 3 upon the top of the table above a longitudinal opening 0c, so vasto reduce friction to the movement of the band, and suitable bearings above the top -form tothe groove in the band and is held in position thereon by means of inclined plates 414, carried by brackets 5, and extending into the groove of the band directly above the flaring faces thereof, with sufficient intervening space for the sides of the wrapper, the said plates extending beneath the tobaccofeeder E and beneath the com pressing-wheels hereinafter described.

In the drawings I illustrate simply the position of the feeder and not its construction. Inasmuch. as the feeder may be of any suitable construction, one construction, which has proved to be operative, is illustrated in my application, Serial No. 491,215, filed November 17, 1893. The construction in any case is such that the tobacco is regularly and uniformly fed onto the plates 4 4, which direct thesame ontothe curved face of the wrapper y between the edges of the plates 4 4, so that the tobacco will be carried forward with the wrapper. Y

In order to condense and consolidate the tobacco prior to the folding of the wrapper around the same and forma suitable filler within the folded wrapper, I make use of a number of condensing-wheels, which may be constructed and arranged as I will now describe.V

The first wheel F is mounted vertically above the band B and above the plates 4 4, and has a transversely at face a, which bears upon the tobacco, so as to collect and force into the main body of the same theV loose fibers at the top. From the wheel F the tobacco passes to a position between the faces IOO G G are in proximity the tobacco is carried beneath the grooved edge of avertical wheel 1l, the groove in which preferably is of such a shape as to form a circle with the groove in .the face of the band B, and the tobacco is thus condensed and consolidated to the dimensions of the liller of the completed cigarette. Inasmuch, however, as the tobacco is liable to swell after leaving the wheel II and before the wrapper can be fully wrapped around it, I prefer to further condense the same before wrapping it, and to this end I make use of an additional compressing wheel or wheels-as, for instance, two inclined wheels I I-which meet above the grooved band and haveinclined faces c and grooves e in their edges and so arranged that the faces c will meet while the grooves e will form parts of a circle less in diameter than the diameter of the filler, which is thereby compressed and consolidated to a diameter less than its normal diameter. From the wheelsI the tobacco and its wrapper pass upon the traveling band B to the wrapping devices, which may be differently constructed, but which preferably are of the construction which I will now describe.

Upon the table A, beyond the ends of the plates 4, which terminate beyond the wheels I, are supported two bars J J, the face w of the bar J forming practically a vertical eX- tension of one side of the curved groove in the band B from the end of the bar adjacent to the wheels I to a point e, where a projection G from the bar overhangs the groove in the band, as shown in Figs. 2 and l2. Near the end of the bar J nearest the wheel K is a projection 7, which extends over the filler, the said projection continuing to a point u. After the wrapperpasses from beneath the ends of the plates 4 4t, it is turned up at one side to a vertical position bearing against the face w of the bar J, and at the other side it first encounters a folding-wheel K, having an edge groove l0, which meets the edge of the paper and folds it over o nto the filler, and from this wheel K the inturned edgeis carried to and beneath the overhanging projection 7. (See Fig. 9.) From beneath the projection 7 the infolded edge of the wrapper passes beneath the [laster-wheel L, the edge of which bears against the inside Vertical edge of the wrapper and deposits a line of paste thereon. I have not shown any means for distributing the paste to the paster-wheel, as any of the various appliances adapted for such purpose may be employed. After the paste has been applied to the standing edge of the wrapper, itis necessary to turn down the latter onto the inturned edge, and to this end I employ an inclined folding-wheel M, having a groove m at its periphery, which as it meets the standing edge of the paper folds the latter down onto the inturned edge and finally presses it in a curved shape upon the said edge and into close contact therewith, after which the cigarette-rod is carriedbeneath the overhan ging projection G, Fig. 12, which holds the pasted edges together until the paste sets and they are caused to adhere.

As the filler during the above-described operations lies in the deepest part of the groove of the band 13, the folding-wheels in order that they can act upon the tobacco are inclined so that their operating edges will extend into the groove in the band, and it will be seen that in order to occupy these positions the bars J J are necessarily cut away beneath the said wheels to receive the same.

While also I have described the compressing and condensing devices as consisting of certain wheels, it will be evident that the wheels may be differently arranged-as, for instance, there may be a greater or less number of wheels and they maybe arranged at different angles.

It is preferable to impart positive driving movements to the various wheels described, and this may bo done in any suitable manner. For instance, the shafts of the wheels may have grooved pulleys to receive drivingbelts to which motion is imparted from driving-pulleys, or gears may be used instead of pulleys and belts in a manner too evident to need description.

I have referred to the wheel F as having a flat face, and While this face may be perfectly plain I preferably `groove or corrugate the same transversely, so as to take a better hold on the tobacco and hold it downward, and for the same reason I prefer to provide the wheel with inclined side faces a fn, also grooved or corrugated, as shown in Fig. 13.

It will be seen that the plates 4 4, which overhang the edges of the paper strip, not only prevent the tobacco from being brought into contact with the inclined faces of the band,but also preventit from Working in between the band B and the paper.

lVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim as my invention- 1. The combination in a cigarette machine, of a continuous traveling band having a longitudinal groove, means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove, and pairs of oppositely inclined wheels with their edges projecting into said groove, the wheels of the first pair being arranged to act upon opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it, while the wheels of the last pair, with the band, give the tobacco its final compression, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a cigarette machine, of a continuous traveling band having a longitudinal groove, means for supplying a wrapper strip to the groove, and pairs of oppositely arranged wheels with their edges projectinginto said groove, the wheels of the first pair being arranged to act upon opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width, while the wheels of the last pair,

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with the band, condense the tobacco to a greater extent than the size of the finished the tobacco upon the strip between the edges of the plates, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the grooved traveling band, and means for feedinga Wrapper strip thereto, of inclined wheels G, G, having beveled faces b, vertical and parallel to each other at the point of closest proximity, and separated and arranged to act upon opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform width in the groove of said band, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the traveling band havingv a permanently formed groove with flaring sides and an intermediate rounded portion, of inclined Wheels G, G, having bev'- eled faces b, b, vertical and parallel to each vother at the point of closest proximity, and

separated and arranged to act on opposite sides of the tobacco to collect it into a row of uniform Width within said groove, and avertical compressor wheel H having a peripheral groove forming a circle with said rounded portion of the band, said wheel H being in rear of the wheels G, G, substantially vas'described.

6. The combination in a cigarette machine of a traveling band having a permanently formed longitudinal groove with flaring sides and an intermediate rounded or curved portion, and vertical and oppositely inclined compressin g wheels working in said groove in connection therewith to condense and mold the cigarette, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the traveling band having a longitudinal groove with flaring faces and an intermediate rounded or curved portion, of a vertical wheel F above the band, two inclined wheels G, G, with beveled faces l), b, operating in the groove a vertical compressor wheel H, and two inclined wheels I, I, in rear of said wheel H, and provided with edge grooves e, e, substantially as described.

8. The combination with the traveling band `having a longitudinal groove with flaring faces, of the

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4,4, extending into the groove parallel with said faces, avertical Wheel F, two inclined wheels G, G, having beveled faces b, b, parallel to each other at the point of closest proximity and adapted to act on opposite sides of the tobacco, a vertical compressor wheel H, two inclined final compressor Wheels I, I, in rear of wheel H, and having edge grooves c, e, and means for positively driving said Wheels, substantially as described.

9. The combination with the continuous grooved band of stationary bars extending into the groove of said band and having proj ections 6, 7, and folder wheels extending into said groove from opposite sides of the band, and arranged respectively in advance of said projection substantially as set forth. t

l0. The combination of a traveling band having a groove with iiaring sides, means for feeding a wrapper strip to the said groove, and a vertical wheel F having a transversely corrugated face a arranged to compress the tobacco in the strip, and corrugated inclined side faces n, fn., substantially as set forth.

1l. The combination with the continuous grooved band, of the bar J having a vertical face w, the bar J provided with the projection 7, a folder wheel in advance of said projection, a paster in rear thereof and opposite said vertical face,a second folder wheel, in rear of the paster, and a projection 6 supported by the bar J in rear of the second folder wheel, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with the continuous grooved band, and means for feeding a wrapa per strip thereto, of the barJ at one side of the band and provided with a vertical face w, the bar J at the opposite side of the band, the projection 7 upon said latter bar, the folder wheel in advance of said projection, the pastor in rear thereof, a second folder wheel in rear of the paster, and the projection 6 in rear of the latter folder'wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin g witnesses.

BERNHARD BARON.

Witnesses:y

A. E. T. HANsMANN, W. CLARENCE DUvALL.