US66845A - Improvement in machine for compressing and cutting the filling for cigars - Google Patents

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2 sheetssheetl. W. W. HUSH. MAGHINE FOR PRESSING jAND GUTTING THE FILLINGS FOR CIGARS.

N9. 66,845. Patented July 16, 18 67.

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W. W. HUSE. MACHINE FOR PRESSING AND GUTTING THE FILLINGS FOR CIGARS. No. 66,845. PmentedJuly 16, 1867.

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Letters Patent No. 66,845, dated July I6, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I W. W. Husmof Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Machines for Compressing and Cutting into Propa- Lengthand Shape the Flling for Cigars and for Plug-Tobacco; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hnd tothe annexed drawings, and to the figures andlottcrs marked thereon. Of these drawings-'- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine containing my improvements.

Figure 2 a plan view.

Figure 3 a cross vertical section at the line a: x of fig. 1; and

Figure 4 a longitudinal vertical section at the line gig of fig. 2.

One of my improvements relates to a; method of treating the filling for cigars and for plug-tobacco previous i to its being compressed and (at into the proper length and shape, and consists in passing the tobacco-filling through a. stcnm-jnckct or an endless apron before it passes to the compressing n'nd cutting-wheels. By this means the filling is properly softened and compacted before the compressing and cutting operation, and rendered, more pliable for such action.

Another of my improvements consists in the means employed for the compressing end cutting of the tobaccofilling into proper length and shape for cigars and plug-tobacco after it hits beensoftened by being passed through the steam-jacket.

To enable others to make and use my improvements, I will proceed to describe them, and. will first describe them as applied to the compressing and-cutting the filling of the tobacco into proper length and shape for cigars.

In the annexed drawings, a is the bed-plate of the machine, having erected thereon proper standnrds b b, drilled at proper dista-nces, so as to form bearings for the journals-of the several shafts. 'c'is themain drivin g shaft, mounted in fixed bearings, and which may be operated by any suitable motor. Oh this shaft is arranged as. compressing-wheel, d, which has its periphery constructed with a semicircular groove, and with flanges, as shown in fig. 3, so that anothercomprcssing wheel, e, of about the some diumetemend with its periphery likewise formcd with a semicircular groove, (but without finnges,) and mounted on another shaft e, placed directly above the driving-shaft,c, will set in between the flanges of the lower compressing-wheel cZ,'ns a. tongue in a. groove. The peripheries of these wheels, where the semicircular grooves in them come togetlier,form a. circular opening, so that the tobacco-filling in passing through between'them will be compressed into a. circular form. It will be seen that the flanges on the lower compressing-wheel fl embracethesides of the upper compressing wheel e, and serve as guides to the filling as it is being fed in to be compressed The shsft ofthc upper compressing wheel e is mounted in boxes adapted to slide in the standards 6 b, and above these boxes blocks of India. rubber or other suitable springs are placed to yield to any undue thickness of filling. Forwiird of these compressing-wheels, and in line with the circular opening formed by their peripheries, is placed esteem-jacket, f, with an'endlessapron, g, passing through it and around the rollers h h It, so that the sliver of filling can be passed through this jacket end then-between the compressing-wheeled sndc, from which itcan pass, con'rpressed, to the cutters (to be presently described) for cutting it into the proper length and shape fr the after operation of wrapping. The filling is fed to the steam-jacket f through'u box ortrohghyh', along the' bottom of which passes the endless apron which carries it through said jacket. The steam-jacket is constructed in the usual form, withnn inner and outer casing, as shown in the drawings, and-between these the steam '.is permitted to circulate. It is provided, as usual, with an induction pipe, f, for the admission of steam from tiny suitable gene rotor, and this pipe is provided with a cock, 1, to shut ofl the-steum-when required. The endless apron g with the filling upon it passes through inside of the inner casing, and, in passing through,- the filling'is subjected-to the action of the steam in the surrounding jacket, and is thereby mode softer and put in better. condition for the after operation of compressing. r

I have found, by frequent experiments, that by thus passing the relief filling through n'jacketi n which steam is allowed to circulate before beingpassed through the compressing-wheels, the filling is rendered softer and much more pliable to the action of the compressing-wheels,;nnd "it-08h be compressed into any required shape without adding moisture, thus preserving its original color, and-when compressed the roll remains com pact and perfect'in form.

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At the'rear end of this steam-jacket there are connected two steam-jets, ii, which'ar'e so urranged.(sce- I fig. 4) that the peripheries of the compressing-wheels may be lubricated with steam, and thus enable thecompressing operation to be more thoroughly efi'ected. J ust back of the leper compressing-wheeld I place a stripper, j, attached to a cross-bar, k. This stripper impinges upon the periphcryloi. the said wheel, and not only prcvents any portion-oi the roll of filling from passing down-it, but guides the roll on to an endless apron, l, which carries it to the periphery of a drum, m, where it is cut by the revolving-cutters into the proper length for a,

cigar, and at the same time the proper taper for-the tip given to one end of. each piece thus cut off. Just'above this drum m there is another drum, n, carrying the cutting-knives o, .flhese knives are V-shaped, and of sufliciont depth to pass entirely through the roll of filling. Theymaybe secured to theQp'eripheryofthe drum screws passing through flanges'on cach'side at their base," or in any couvenient'and suitable manner, and they should belocatedat such distance apartas to correspond with the length of the cigar it is desired to have out, As the tobaccoor rollof fillin'gis fed in under these cutters'it. is cut by the extended part of the blades first, and each knife at one operation cuts ofi' a piece of the long strip of filling the proper length for a cigar, and at the same time gives to the piece thus cut oh the proper taper 'to form the tip of the cigar when wrapped.

It will be evident that the filling can be cut into theproper lengths for cigars without forming one end with a taper, by means of straight cutters arranged'acro'ss the periphery of thedrurn at suitablo distances apart,--and the finish or tip given afterwards, by a suitable cutter in the hands of an attendant, or operated by machinery,

but this mode of procedure would involve not only a great waste of the stock, but the expense would be much greater, and tlio'work neither so rapidly nor so well done.-

The shaft-carrying the drum containing the knives, as well as those operatingthe endless apron, are operf ated by belts and pulleys, and deriving motion from the main shai't,as seen in the drawings, or they maybe operated in anycther convenient way. p

I willnow describe my improvements as applied to the comprossingand cutting-the filling into thprop'er length and shape for plug-tobacco. In the drawings, thewheels p q for this compressing andcutting are represented on the same shafts with the compressing-wheels d -e, which have already been described in the operation for compressing the filling for cigars, but in practice there may either be a separate machine constructed for each operation, or the compressing-wheels oZ-e can be removed from the shafts c 'e, and the two cutting, and 'compressingwheels p q mounted on these shafts in their place. These cutting and compressing-wheels p q are formed at their peripheries with several square grooves and tongues or flanges, as shown in the cross-section, fig. 3, and the width of each groove in the two wheels should be' equal to the width of the plug of tobacco to be formed. The filling, after it has-been passed through the steam-jacket, as herciii described for forming cigars, is passed between these cutting and compressing-wheelsp q, the tongues formed on the periphery ofone wheel fitting snugly into the grooves of the other wheel, and vice versa, thus forming sharp cutting ledges, which will' divide the sheet of filling into as many strips as there are grooves in the two wheels. h These tongues do not set in theentire-depth of their corresponding grooves, enough space being left the'cosnpression of the stripsscfp filling. Y

p The result of this form of construction of the cutting and compressing-wheels? qwill be that the filling will be cutand compressed into several long strips, and each strip will be oil-the proper width and thickness for."

plug-tobacco. These long strips are then, all at the same time, carried, by the means already described, and

'prcsented to the action of cutters to cut them into the proper lengths for plugs, but the cutters-for this purpose should not be V-shaped, as that would entail a serious loss of stock, but they should bestraight cutters, and

arranged across the periphery of thedrum at suitable distancesapart, eorrespohdingwith the length of. plug to- These last mentioned wheels p q'may be mounted on the same shafts which carry those formed with semi circular grooves for compressing the filling for cigars, and-the machine provided with an additional steamjacket,

endless apron, and drum having straight cutters secured across its periphery.

Having described my improvements in compressing and cutting nto proper length and shane the filling for cigars and plug-tobacco, what I claim as'ncw, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. The treatment of the filling for cigars and plug-tobacco, bypassing it through 'a steam-jacket on its way to be compressed and cut, substantially as described and for the purpose'set forth. 4

2. The combination of the stcam-jacket and endless apron wi'th the compressing-wheelsand v-shapedcun,

.ters, substantially as described The combination of the steam-jacket and endless ap'ron with the cutting and compressing vheels and straight cutters, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the steam-jet'with the cutting and compressing-wheels, as and for the-purpose: 7

described.

-5. Cutting the compressed filling into the proper. lengths .for cigars, and giving to one end of each length so-cut the proper taper to form the tip,-' when wrapped, by means of the revolving V-shaped cutters, arranged substantially as herein described.- I

'WLW. HUSE,

Witnesses:

H. W. Hour, A. Tarnnsssns.

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