US739987A

US739987A - Delivery mechanism for cigarette-machines.

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Publication number: US739987A
Application number: US69611898A
Authority: US
Inventors: William T Coalter
Original assignee: American Tobacco Co
Current assignee: Brown and Williamson Holdings Inc
Priority date: 1898-11-11
Filing date: 1898-11-11
Publication date: 1903-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 1920-09-29

Description

No. 739,987. PATENTED vsEET. 29.1903.

W. T. G'OALTEE. DELIVERY MEGEANISM EOE CIGARETTE MACHINES. Y

APPLIGATIONTILED Nov. 11, 189s.

No MODEL.

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- UNITED V STATES Patented September 29, 1903.

A PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. COALTER, OF BARTON HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,.A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR CIGARETTE-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters raten: vNo. 739,987, dated september 29, 190e. vApplimaA-.ion led November 11| 1898. Serial No. 696.118. (No model.)

cigarettes as they are formed, will conduct I them to and deposit them uniformly in a reoeptacle without injury tothe cigarettes.

The invention is especially applicable inconnection with cigarette-making machines of that class knownas continuous-rod-cigzo arette machines, and the invention includes certain features limited to such machines. rlhe broader features of the invention, however, may be embodied in mechanism for delivering cigarettes from machines of other zg'classes or in mechanism for handling other like articles in connection withvwhich the in-` vention may be found useful.

ing drawings, showing such parts of a cigarette-machine and delivery mechanism as are required for explaining the invention, and' 3 5 the features forming` the invention willthen` be specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the delivery end of j a cigarette-machine ofA form and the delivery mechanism of the gen-` eral constructionA shown and fully described in United States Letters Patent to Daniel J. Campbell, No. 610,855, 'so that a brief description of the same will be sufficient in connection with said Letters Patent.

The machine is of that class in which is yformed a continuous cigarette-rod Qc, from which the cigarettes y are severed, 2 being the frame of the machine, 4 the end of the cigarette-tube, from which the continuous cigarette-.rod is delivered, 5 a sliding plate or carriage lmounted upon frame 2 and carrying the rotary cutter 6, this plate 5 also carrying the guiding-tube 8 and delivery-tube 9, between which the rotary cutter 6 moves in severing the cigarettes. advanced by the belt lO passing over the pulley 11, and the cutting operation is secured at the proper time for severing a cigarette y by a cani 17, which at each revolution moves the carriage 5 toward the delivery end of the machine by engagement with pin 2l and rocks thev guiding-tube 8 and delivery-tube 9 upon the carriage 5, so as to move the cigarette past the cutter by the engagement of the edge of the cam 17 with pin 22, which aetuates the guiding and delivery tubes through pin 25, the tubes and carriage being returned to position, respectively, by springs 26 27. The

. cigarettes y severed by the cutter 6 pass from For a full understandingof the invention a detailed description of a construction em-` 3o bodying all the features of the same will nowv be given in connection with the accompany;

the end of the delivery-tube 9 onto the down' 'wardly-inclined chute 36, and thus to the delivery mechanism. The cigarettes pass from the chute 36 to the hopper 33 with the curved pocket 34 and down the inclined way 35 beneath sideWise-positioning gate 39 and into the traveling receptacles 37 on the apron orv belt 46, running over table 38, into which receptacles the bottom of the inclined way extends, and these receptacles 37 are shown as having openings 63 at their opposite ends of sufficient size to permit the ends of successive receptacles to pass the inclined way 35, while at the same time the ends ofthe receptacles hold the cigarettes in the receptacles. The endless apron 46 passes around pulleys 47 48,

The cigarette-rod is and the shaft of roller 48 is provided with a worm-wheel 49, engaged by a worm l50, the shaft of which is connected by bevel-pinions 51 52 with the driving-shaft 16. The gearing for drivingthe apron 46 vis so proportioned as to secure a slow movement ofthe apron rela-Y tively to the operations of cutting and feeding the cigarettes to the box 37. All the parts above described are the same as in the Letters Patent above referred to, and the side guides 5l 55, inclined downward into the receptacles 37, are also used as in said patent for securing the proper endwise position of the cigarettes and assuring their delivery into the receptacle. However, the relative position of the movable or swinging sidewise-positioning gate 39 to the sidewise-feeding mechanism for the cigarettes is different from the construction in the said Letters Patent, as will be seen in the following description.

The means for receiving the cigarettes y from the pocket 34 and advancing them downward past the gate 39 and over the inclined way 35 differ in the present construction from the Letters Patent above referred to, and this part of the construction is as follows: lVithin the hopper 33 and belowthe pocket 3l is lnounted awheel or roller 100, so that the cigarettes pass downward over the inclined wall of the pocket 3J: onto the roller, and this roller is preferably provided, as shown, with feeding projections 101 on its periphery at suitable intervals, these projections 101 preferably forming rounded pockets, with the surface of the roller inclined inward and rearward from the top of each pocket to the bottom of the next succeeding pocket. Each of these projections 101 thus engages a cigarette y successively as the roller rotates in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, and thus delivers the cigarettes positively downward past the gate 39, which is arranged so as to coact with the roller 100 in advance of the axis thereof, and onto the inclined way 35 below the gate. The roller 100 is preferably of less width than the length of a cigarette y, as shown, and at each side of the roller is a curved plate 102, which plates extend from a point rearward of the pocket 31 downward past the gate 39 and beyond the bottoms of the pockets in the roll 100 and form side continuations of the inclined way 35, which extends acrossthe face of the roller below the gate 39. These plates 102 thus receive the successive cigarettes y from the pocket 34 and support the cigarettes as they are moved forward by the projections 101 of the roller 100, and the plates are preferably curved eccentrically to the roller, as shown, so as to gradually move the cigarettes outward from the pockets formed by the projections 101 of roller 100, so that when the cigarettes are in position to pass the gate 39 and onto the way 35 they are outside of the plane of movement of the outer edge of the projections 101. The gate 39 also bears against` the plates 102 and not against the projections 101, so that this gate is swung only by the pressure of the cigarettes and although very light serves to secure the proper sidewise positionof the cigarettes in connection with the projections 101, which are behind and acting upon the cigarettes y at the time they are forced past the gate 39. By the retarding action of the gate 39 and the advancing action of the feeding projections 101 the accurate sidewise posi-` tion of the cigarettes is assured and a very efficient action of the apparatus secured at a high rate of speed.' 'It is possible, however, to omit the gate 39 and depend upon the roller 100 for advancing the cigarettes y and securing their proper sidewise position, and a roller may be used without feeding projections; but the best results are secured with the gate 39 or some other suitable retarding means in combination with a roller having feeding projections.

The roller 100 may be made in any suit-able manner, but preferably a solid roller will be used, with its surface shaped to form the feeding projections 101, and this roller may be mounted and driven in any suitable manner. As shown, it is carried by shaft 103, rotating in bearing-sleeve 101, mounted in the frame, which bearingsleeve carries also brackets 105, supporting the way 35 and the side plates 102, and the shaft 103 is driven by pulley 10G, belt 107, and pulley 108 from the drivingshaft 16 of the machine.

It will be observed from the above that my invention is distinguished from the patent to Campbell above referred to in the relative position of the means for coacting with the roller 100 for engaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are advanced by the roller, said means, which in the preferred embodiment of the invention consist in the movable sidewise-positioning gate 39, being so arranged as to coact with said roller in advance of the axis thereof. This arrangement enables me to secure a positive and certain parallel feed of the cigarettes into the receptacle 37.

While the improvements forming my invention have beensshown and described in connection with a continuous-rod-cigarette machine and a delivery mechanism of the class shown in United States Letters Patent No. 610,855 and my construction is especially designed for securing the eiiicient packing of the fragile cigarettes produced by such continuous-rod-cigarette machines without injuring the cigarettes, it will be understood that my :invention is applicable also in connection with machines and delivery mechanism of other classes and. in connection with cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, and other articles of such size and shape that they can be handled by my roller feeding devices. It will be understood also that modifications may be vmade in the construction of my improved feeding devices without departing from the invention, and I am not to be limited to the exact construction or arrangement of the parts shown.

lVhat is claimed is- 1. The combination with the cigarette-rod forming and delivering mechanism of a continuous-rodcigarette machine and a cutting mechanism for severing the ci garette-rod into roov IIO

cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged Y to receive the cigarettes from the machine after they are cut from the cigarette-rod and successively advance them sidewise and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle, said delivery mechanism including a roller onto which the cigarettes are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections for advancing the `cigarettes sidewise, means coacting with the roller in advance of the axis thereof for engaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are thus advanced, and an inclined Way extending downward into the receptacle and down which the cigarettes pass beyond the roller into the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the cigarette form-l ingand delivering mechanism of a continuousrod-cigarette machine, and cutting mechanism for severing the cigarette-rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receive the cigarettes from the machine after they are cutfrom the cigarette-rod and successively advance them sidewise and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle, said delivery mechanism includinga roller onto which the cigarettes are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections for advancing the cigarettes sidewise, means coacting with the roller in advance of the axis thereof Vfor engaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are thus advanced, an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle and down which the cigarettes pass beyond theroller into the receptacle, and means for positioning the cigarettes endwise as they pass to the receptacle, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the cigarette-rod forming and delivering mechanism of a continuous rod cigarette machine and cutting mechanism for severing the cigarette-rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receivethe cigarettes from the machine delivery mechanism including a roller ontol which the cigarettes are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections for advancing the cigarettes sidewise, an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle and down which the cigarettes pass beyond the roller into the receptacle, and agate beneath which theciga'rettes pass and coacting with the roller in advance ofthe axis thereof for positioning the cigarettes sidewise, substantially as described.

4:. rllhe combination with the cigarette-rod forming and delivering mechanism of a continuous-rod-cigarette machine and cutting mechanism for severing the cigarette-rod into cigarettes, of delivery mechanism arranged to receive the cigarettes from the machine after they are cut from the cigarette-rod and successively advance them sidewise and deliver them uniformly into a receptacle, said receiving the cigarettes from the cigarettemachine, a roller onto which the cigarettes are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections for advancing the cigarettes sidewise, an inclined way extending downward into the receptacle and down which the cigarettes pass beyond the roller into the receptacle, means for positioning'the cigarettes endwise as they pass to the receptacle,- and retarding means coacting with the roller in advance of the axis thereof for positioning` the cigarettes sidewise, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like articles, of mechanism for delivering the articles endwise therefrom, a hopper receiving the articles, a roller in the hopper onto which the articles are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections arranged to advance the articles sidewise, means coacting with the roller in advance of the axis thereof for engaging the cigarettes sidewse as they are thus advanced, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a machine for making cigarettes and other like articles, of mechanism for delivering the articles endwi'se therefrom, a hopper receiving the articles, a roller in the hopper onto which the articles are delivered and provided with peripheral feeding projections arranged to advance the articles sidewise, means coacting with the roller in advance of the axis thereof for ven-I gaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are, thus advanced, and an inclined way onto which the articles are fed by the roller, substantially as described.

-7. The combination of inclined way 35., curved eccentric side plates 102 extending above said way, and afeeding-roller rotating between said side plates for advancing articles thereon, said side plates being veccentric to and extending beyond the engaging portions of the roller, substantially as described.-

8. The combination of inclined way 3.5, curved eccentric side plates 102 extending above said way, a feeding-roller rotating between said side plates for advancing articles thereon, and having peripheral feeding projections 101, said side plates being eccentric to'and extending beyond the engaging portions of said roller, substantially as described.

9. The combination with roller 100 having peripheral feeding projections 101, of eccentric side plates 102 curved about said roller and eccentrically thereto and extending beyond the engaging portions Yof said roller so as to move the articles beyond the projec-y tions atthe delivery-point, substantially ask tric side plates 102 curved about said roller and eccentrically thereto and extending beyond the engaging portions thereof so as to move the articles beyond the projections at thedelivery-point, and retarding means bear- IOC IIO

ing against the articles on said plates at the delivery-point of the roller, substantially as described.

l1. The combination of inclined way 35, curved eccentric side plates 102 extending above said way, a feeding-roller rotating between said side plates for advancing articles thereon, and having peripheral feeding projections 101, and a way 35 in line with the roller beyond its delivery-point, said side plates being eccentric to and extending beyond the engaging portions of the roller, substantially as described.

12. The combination with chute 36 and curved pocket 34, of roller 100 below said pocket having feeding projections, and means coacting with roller 10() in advance of the axis thereof for engaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are thus advanced.

13. The combination with chute 36 and curved pocket 34, of roller 100 below said pocket having its fall cut away to form receiving-pockets with feeding projections 10] and means coacting with roller 100 in advance of vthe axis thereof for engaging the cigarettes sidewise as they are thus advanced.

14. The combination with the curved eccentric side plates 102, of a roller for advancing cigarettes or similar articles downward over said plates, and inclined way 35 below and beyond the roller, said side plates being eccentric to and extending beyond the engaging portions of the roller, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

XVILLIAM T. COALTER.

XVitn esses:

HARRY LEE CAMPBELL,. ANTON IIOFER THIERMANN.