US622163A

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Publication number: US622163A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-03-28
Anticipated expiration: 1916-03-28

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3 Sheets$heet I.

Patented Mar. 28, I899.

(Application filed NOV. 7, L898.)

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

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W. G. PEDERSEN, L. ADLEB 8:. P. N. HOLST.

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CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 7, 1898.)

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(No Model.)

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No. 622,|63. Patented Mar. 28, I899. W. G. PEDEHSEN, L. ADLEB & P. N. HOLST.

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC IVILHELM GOTTFRIED PEDERSEN, OF HELLERUP, AND LUDVIG ADLER AND PETER NICOLAI HOLST, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,163, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed November 7, 1898. $erial No. 695,712- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILHELM GOTTFRIED PEDERSEN, residing at 17 Carolinevej, Hellerup, and LUDVIG ADLER, residing at 42 Vimmelskaftet, and PETER NICOLAI HOLST, residing at 15 Odensegade, Copenhagen, Denmark, subjects of the King of Denmark, have invented a new or Improved Cigarette-Making Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cigarette-making machine in which the contents of the cigarette are formed between two dies, one fixed and the other movable, so that it may be inserted subsequently into the paper by the action of a rod arranged so that it can be moved up and down. The movement of the rod and of the movable die is obtained by means of a shaft made to oscillate by the action of a pedal. The action of this shaft causes asmall frame to rise and fall by means of two disks provided with a lever and rollers. The. object of this is to hold and release the paper. The same shaft also actuates a pair of scissors by means of bevel-wheels.

Cigarette-making machines of this kind as known at the present time present many serious defects.- It may be pointed out especially that the operator has not both of his hands free, seeing that with the one he is obliged to work the machine. Further, only dry tobacco can be employed, since otherwise all parts of the machine become rusty and the use of dry tobacco produces much dust, and as the machines are not constructed dust-proof it is necessary to dismount and clean them repeatedly, and it is a difficult and inconvenient operation to dismount the By the use of one machine only cigarettes of a certain form can be made and the operation of cutting the, cigarette cannot be effected in the machine, but must be executed by hand by another operator, so that for each machine two operators are required. It is the object of our invention to obviate these inconveniences; and with such and other objects in view the invention is embodied in the parts, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

This invention is represented in the ac companying drawings, in which- Figure I shows the machine in front elevation, and Fig. II the same in plan. Fig. III is a section on line A B of Fig. II. Fig. IV is a section on line 0 D of Fig. II. Fig. V shows the machine from the side of the scissors. Fig. VI shows the back of the table and of the pedal. Fig. VII represents the same parts in side elevation.

The shaft 1 carries at one end a belt-driven wheel 2, provided with a counterweight 3 and a stopping device 4. In the machine-frame, consisting of a lower part of cast metal 5 and a cast-metal casing 6, a toothed wheel 7 is keyed on the shaft, Fig. III. This wheel gears with a'rack-bar arranged upon the bottom of the movable frame 8. In this latter frame an angular groove 9 is provided, passing in an upward direction, Fig. II, which incloses a tenon 10, Fig. III, provided with a roller and arranged upon the cover 11, the front edge of which forms a cutter, which when displaced sidewise by the groove cuts the tobacco and incloses it. The cover 11 carries the movable part 12 of the glass mold. The box is so constructed that the dust cannot pass out. The slightly-sunk front part carries the plate 13 and upon the outside the fixed part 50 of the mold, with the stationary cutter 14.

In the front space of the box the shaft 1 carries a fixed disk 15, Fig. II, and a movable disk 16. Each of these disks is provided with a tenon having a roller, which in due course lifts the lever 17, Figs. I and II, the long arm of which is held down by a spring 18, while the short arm engages with a fork on the back of the small frame 19, which moves vertically and whose upper edge is by the action of the spring forced against the mouthpiece 20. This mouthpiece is arranged in a key or plug '21, Figs. II and V, which passes to the side of the box during the cutting operation and is retained by the action of a conical tenon 22. The front part of the box is closed by a The upper part 6 of the box is held in position on the lower part 5 by the aid of four conical tenons 25, Figs. I and II, so that the dismounting can be effected as easily as possible after the screw 26 has been unscrewed.

As an example of the manner in which we obtain a very tight fit one shutter 23 is shown fitting closely to a fixed projecting shutter of the lower part 5 and by the aid of a projecting hub forming the bottom of the shaft-bearing, while the movable shutter, likewise provided with a projecting hub, forms the upper part of the support. A crank 53 is attached to the shaft opposite the shutter 23, and by the aid of a rod 27 this crank pulls and pushes the rod 28, by means of which thetobacco core is inserted into the paper. This rod slides in a tube arranged between the box and a bearing 29, so that the latter can be easily removed by unscrewing the bottom spindle 30, and the tenon 31, by which the rod 26 is drawn by means of the rod 27, Fig. IV, is provided with a roller 32, which is arranged to rotate between two

rails

33 and 34, and thus imparts the necessary stability. Upon the free portion of the shaft 1 behind the box a bevel-wheel 35, Fig. II, is mounted, which by the aid of a corresponding wheel 36 actuates a shaft 37, arranged perpendicularly to the shaft 1.

The shaft 37 carries upon its outside a disk 33, provided with a tenon 39, which at the proper moment lifts a lever 40, arranged upon the same shaft 41 as the

movable arms

42 and 43 of the scissors.

The fixed arm 44 is cast into a piece of the lower part of the box, while the other arm 45 is carried by a frame 46, which is adjusted by a screw 47 and incloses a tube 48, fastened to the shaft 41, on which the movable arm 43 is so arranged that the latter follows the movements of the frame 46. A spring 49 again opens the scissors'when the tenon 39 has released the lever 40.

The machine works in the following manner: After the operator has taken a suitable quantity of tobacco from a box arranged above the machine and has placed the same between the two parts of the mold 12 and 50, Fig. III, and after having placed the cylindrical paper cover over the mouthpiece 20, Fig. II, he applies pressure upon the pedal, by the aid of which the shaft 1 is turned through an angle of one hundred and eighty-six degrees in the direction of the arrow 51. By the movement of the shaft 1 the frame Sis set in motion through the medium of the toothed wheel 7 and of the rack-bar arranged on the frame 8 in the direction indicated by the arrow 52, Fig. II. Thus the movement is produced, and the groove 9 causes the tenon 10, and consequently the cover 11, to move forward, so that the cutting edge of the latter cuts off the superfluous to-- bacco. The retained tobacco is then pressed by the glass mold 12 against the part 50 of the mold, FigV, and a tobacco core is thus formed. At the same time the tenon of the disk 15 holds up the lever 17 in a resting position, so that the paper cover can be placed over the mouthpiece 20, Subsequently the lever 17 is moved down by the action of the spring 18, so that the other end of the lever is now lifted, as well as the paper cover, which is retained between the mouthpiece and arm 19, Figs. I and II. The crank 53 then by the action of the rod 27 commences to move the rod 28, which passes between the mold members 12 and 50 and drives the core into the paper cover. When the movement of the rod 28 is stopped, the

tenon of the disk 16 commences to lift the lever 17, whereby the filled cigarette is disengaged and slides from the mouthpiece 20. The same is then placed by the operator upon the lower arm of the scissors, which have been previously adjusted to the length of the cigarette desired. At the same time the machine is set in motion, and the bevel-wheels 35 36 rotate the disk 38. At the end of the course the tenon 39 of the disk 38 exerts a strong pressure against the upper arm 40, so that the upper arm is pressed against the lower arm, whereby the cigarette is out and subsequently drops. 'lVhen the operator releases the pedal, the machine is returned to its position of rest.

If the machine is to be adjusted for another size of cigarette, the scissors may be adjusted by the aid of the screw 47, Fig. I, thus changing the position of the tenon of the disk 16 relatively to the tenon of the fixed disk 15, whereby the arm 19 is forced to release the cigarette at the proper moment, so as to obtain the suitable length. For altering the shape of the cigarette other glass molds 12 and 50 and another plate 13 are employed and another key or plug 21, with another mouthpiece 20, is inserted.

Having now described'our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a cigarette-making machine,'the combination of a closed dust-proof casing, a sliding frame constituting a part of said casing, means within and protected by said casing for operating said sliding frame, a tobaccomold having a movable part operated by said sliding frame, means for holding the wrapper, and means for moving the molded tobacco into the wrapper, substantially as described.

2. In a cigarette-making machine, the combination of a closed dust-proof casing, a sliding frame constituting a part of said casing, means within and protected by said casing for operating said sliding frame, a tobaccomold having a sliding part, engaging'parts on said sliding frame and sliding part for operating the latter by the movement of the former, means for holding the wrapper, and means for moving the molded tobacco into the wrapper, substantially as described.

3. In acigarette-making machine, the combination of a frame, a shaft mounted in said frame, a gear on said shaft, a sliding frame, a rack on said sliding frame with which said gear meshes to operate the frame, a tobaccomold having a part moving transversely to the line of movement of the sliding frame, means for operating said mold part by said frame, a mouthpiece, means for holding the Wrapper thereon operated from said shaft, a plunger for moving the molded tobacco into the Wrapper, means for operating the same from said shaft, and means for releasing the wrapper also operated from said shaft, substantially as described.

4. In acigarette-making machine, the combination of a closed casing, a shaft mounted therein, a gear thereon, a sliding frame constituting a part of saidcasing and having a rack operated by said gear, a tobacco-mold having a part movable transversely of said sliding frame, a projection on said mold part WILHELM GOTTFRIED PEDERSEN. LUVIG ADLER. PETER NIOOLAI llOhST.

Witnesses:

JULEs BLoM, CHARLES HUDE.