US546823A

US546823A - Cigarette-machine

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Publication number: US546823A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1912-09-24

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Patented Sept. 24, 1895.

A. MOONBLIS. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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A. MOONELIS. CIGARETTE MACHINE.

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No. 546,823. Patented Sept. 24, 1895,

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ADOLPH MOONELIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGARETTEBMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,823, dated September 24, 1895.

Application filed J'uly 5, 1394. Serial No. 516,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPH MooNELIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is a specilcation.

My invention has reference to improvements in the class of cigarettemaking machines in which a wrapper is wound upon a filler by the action of a rolling-belt and bunching-roller, which machine may also be provided with cutters for trimming the ends of the completed cigarettes.

The particular machine to which my invention pertains is also provided with means for rolling the completed cigarette after it is delivered from the rolling devices or from the end trimming cutters. Such a machine is illustrated in my United States Patent No. 514,240, dated February 6, 1894, and the object of my present invention is to give the completed cigarette a suitable rubbing or rolling, forward and backward, in contradistinction to the single rolling movement given the cigarette in my said patent.

In my present invention, in addition to the rolling and trimming devices for the cigarette, I provide a chute or plate to receive the finished cigarette, and a rubber to act with said chute or plate to roll the cigarette between them, and this rubber is operated by mechanism that moves it forward, then backward and forward again, so as to give the cigarette several turns under the pressure of the rubber. This to-and-fro movement of the rubber secures important advantages over the rolling of the cigarette in but one direction and a superior product is thus secured. In

rolling a cigarette in but one direction wrinkles are sometimes made in the wrapper; but such wrinkles are avoided bythe to-andfro motion, the reverse movement rubbing out any wrinkles that may be formed during the movement in the opposite direction. This to-and-fro rubbing motion also draws the wrapper more tightly than a movement in but one direction and is much more efficient in rubbing down lumps in the filling and fibers or veins in the wrapper.

The invention includes, also, an improved construction employing a brush carried by the rubber, by which the chute or plate, with which the rubber coacts, is constantly brushed and kept clean of the small particles of tobacco, which otherwise might be rolled into the wrapper of the cigarette, this brush being applicable in connection with the rubber whether the latter rolls the cigarette to and fro or in but one direction.

The invention further consists in the novel details of improvement and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure l is a central longitudinal section of a cigarette-machine embodying my improvements, showing the rubber in position to receive a cigarette beneath it. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the rubber as advancing on a forward stroke. Fig. 3 shows the rubber as having returned on its inward stroke, and Fig. 4 shows the rubber as having completed its stroke.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several Views, the numeral 1 indicates a suitable frame, 2 is a rolling-table, 3 is a rolling apron, 4 is a bunching-roller, 5 and 6 are cutters for trimming the ends of the cigarette as it is delivered from the rolling-apron, 7 is a wrapper-carrier to deliver a wrapper to the rolling-apron, and 8 is a suitable pasting mechanismfor applying paste to the wrapper. The above parts are or may be constructed or arranged to operate in manner substantially similar to my said Patent No. 514,240, and I therefore refer to said patent for a more detailed description of said parts.

10 is a chute or plate that is shown carried by the frame 1, adjacent to the cutters 5 and 6, and arranged to receive acigarette 11 from said cutters.

12 is a rubber lying within said chute or over the bottom thereof and arranged to bear upon a cigarette in said chute or on the bottom plate thereof, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Suitable mechanism is provided for giving said rubber ato-and-fro movement in said chute. The mechanism 1 have shown is as IOO follows: 13 is a rod pivotally connected with the rubber 12, as by lugs 14 on said rubber, that receive a pivot 15. The rod 13 is pivotally connected to a rocking arm 16 that is carried by a pivot 17, supported by the frame 1. The rocking arm 16 is pivotally connected with a reciprocating rod 13, that is preferably forked at its end 19 to straddle the shaft 20, whereby said rod is guided. The rod 18 preferably carries a friction-roller 2l, that bears on a suitably-shaped cam 22 on the shaft 20 which shaft may be rotated by any suitable means. A spring 23, connected with the arm 16 or rod 1S and with the frame 1, acts against the cam 22 to cause reciprocatiou of the rod 1S. From the above it will be understood that as the cam 22 turns, the parts 13,16, and 1S will be operated to move the rubber' 12 to and fro over the plate 10 of the chute. The cam 22 is provided with an extended portion 24, which, when presented to the roller 21, will tilt the arm 16, so as to move the rubber 12 to its inward position ready to receive a cigarette from the cutters 5 6, as shown in Fig. 1.

25 is a depressed portion of said cam soarranged that when the roller 21 is in contact therewith the arm 16 will be turned to move the rubber 12 forward to partly roll the cigarette, as shown in Fig. 2. The cam 22 also has a projecting portion 26 so arranged that when the roller21 is in contact therewith, asin Fig. 3, the arm 16 will be turned to move the rubber 12 inwardly again to roll back the cigarette, or in a reverse direction to its rolling by the part 25 of the cam 22. The cam 22 also has a part 27 that is nearer the shaft 2O than the other parts of the cam, so that when the roller 21 is in contact therewith the arm 16 will be given a full outward movement at its upper end, whereby the rubber 12 will be moved fully forward to again roll the cigarette in the direction corresponding to its movement by the part 25 of the cam, and to carry said rubber suliciently far to move the cigarette out of the chute or from the plate 10, so that the cigarette can be received in any suitable receptacle. From the foregoing it will be understood that as the cam 22 rotates the rubber 12 will be moved forward a suitable distance to roll the cigarette in one direction, then backward to rollthe cigarette in the opposite direction, and again forward to further roll the cigarette and to deliver it from the chute and rubber. The rubber 12 is to be suitably guided in its movements, and for this purpose I have shown guides 30, that may consist of the sides of the chute 10, if desired, or may be otherwise suitably arranged, and carried by the frame 1. The guides 30 are shown provided each with a slot 31, that throughout the central portion of its extent lies parallel with the bottom of the chute 10. The ends of the slots 31 are shown curved or turned upwardly, and the rubber 12 is provided with pins or projections 32 that enter the slots 31, whereby the rubber is caused to follow the direction of the slots 31. XVhen one pin 32 is at the inner end of the slot 31, the inner edge ofthe rubber 12 will be raised, as shown in Fig. 1, so that it can receive a eigarette 11 between it and the part 10. \Vhen the pins 32 are in the central part of the slots 31, the rubber will be parallel with the part 10, as in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the rubber is guided in lilies parallel with the part 10 to properly roll the cigarette. IVhen the outer pins 32 are in the outer ends of the slots 3l, the outer edge of the rubber 12 will be raised, as Shown in Fig. 4.

In order to insure that the rubber 12 will carry the cigarette away from the part 10, or the bottom of the chute or the rubbing plate, as well as to keep said plate free from debris, I provide the inner part of the rubber12 with a suitable brush 33, that may bear on the bottom of the chute or the plate 10, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This brush, when the rubber passes to the position shown in Fig. 4, will sweep the rolled cigarette from the chute or plate 10.

It is evident that the guides 30 may be suitably arranged to cause the rubber 12 to have proper motions relatively to the chute or plate 10 and that the particular devices shown for giving the rubber a to-and-fro motion may be changed or modified without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a cigarette machine, the combination ot means for making a cigarette, with a rubbing device for rolling the cigarette and means for giving the movable part of said device a to and fro motion to roll the cigarette back and forth, substantially as described.

2. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for making a cigarette, with a chute or plate a rubber to coact therewith in rolling a cigarette, and means for giving said rubber a to and fro motion to roll the cigarette back and forth, substantially as described.

3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of mechanism for making a cigarette, with a chute or plate adapted to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubber to co-act with said chute or plate in rolling a cigarette, a cam arranged to move said rubber to and fro to roll the cigarette back and forth and devices connecting said rubber with said cam whereby the latter can operate the former, substantially as described.

11. In a cigarette machine the combination of mechanism for making a cigarette, with a chtite or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubber to co-act with said chute or plate in rolling a cigarette, a rock-arm 16, a rod 13 pivotally connecting said arm with said rubber and a rod 18 pivotally connected with said rock arm and a cam to actuate said rod 18 and having portions arranged to recipro- ICO IIO

cate the rod 18 to move said rubber to and fro, to roil a cigarette back and forth, substantially as described.

5. In a cigarette machine the combination of mechanism for making a cigarette, with a chute or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubber to act with said chute or plate in rolling a cigarette, a cam to operate said rubber, said cam having projecting portion 24, depression 25, projecting portion 26 and depression part 27, and with mechanism connecting said cam With said rubber, as and for the purposes specified.

G. In a cigarette machine, mechanism for making a cigarette combined with a chute or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubn ber to act with said chute or plate, a brush carried by said rubber to sweep said chute or plate, and means for operating said rubber to roll a cigarette, substantially as described. zo i '7. In a cigarette machine, mechanism for making a cigarette, combined with a chute or plate to receive a cigarette therefrom, a rubber to act with said chute or plate to roll a cigarette, guides for said rubber having z 5 slots 3l, that are parallel with said chute or plate at one portion and turned outwardly at another portion, pins or projections carried by said rubber to travel in said slots, and"B means for operating said rubber to roll a cig- 3o arette, substantially as described.

ADOLPH MOONELIS. Witnesses:

J. GREEN, M. V. BIDGooD, J. H. SCHMIDT.