US832289A - Cigarette-finishing machine. - Google Patents

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'PATENTBD OUT. 2, i906.

A. L. BOUCHER. CIGARETTEFINISHING' MACHINE. A

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APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 6, 1906.

PATBNTED 00T. 2, 1906.

A, L. BQUCHBR. CIGARETTE PINISHING MACHINE.

'No. 832,289.A

APPLICATKN FIL'ED HAR. 6, 1906.

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@wi-imam c o Y PATENTED OCT. 2

A.L.BCUCH'CR. CIGARETTE PINISHINC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. e, 190e. l

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ARTHUR L. BOUCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEW YORK CIGARETTE MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed March 6, 1906. Serial 110.304.464.

To zt/Z rtf/wm, [t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. BOUCHER,

` a citizen of the United States, and a resident rapidly and accurately heating and drying 'elevation of the same.

' ture shown in Fig. 1.

the freshly-pasted seam, so that this seam will always be firmly and properly held. This object is accomplished by means of my invention, one embodiment of which will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvement and that part of a cigarette-machine to which it relates.

Fig. 3 shows a detail in section of the cigarette-rod-forming mechanism. Fig. 4 is a plan view-of the struc- Fig. 5 sho-.vs a recessed plate in which a roller revolves. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of this roller, which revolves 1n t e plate 5. Fig.- 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 4. Fifr. 9 is a sectional view greatly enlarged and ta en on the same line as Fig. 8, but showing only a portion of the structure and also showing a cross-section of the cigarette-rod.

Throughout the various figures of the drawings similar reference characters designate similar arts. A

This application shows an independent improvement which may or may not be placed on the same cigarette-machine as that shown and described in my copending application filed of even date herewith and serially numbered 304,463.

T he frame of the cigarette-m achine is indicated bythe character, 7 and the main driving-shaft by the character 21, whichcharacters are the same as those used for the same parts in my aforesaid copending ap lication. The shaft 21 is suitably supportecf) by suitable bearings 135, which are placed in the rear of the machine in any convenient posi- .147, where the be Fig. 2 is a frontl tion. Near one end the shaft 21 is provided with a worm-gear 136, which drives a corresponding worm-gear 137, fixed to a ,shaft 138, running transversely of the machine, which shaft carries a large pulley-wheel 139 on the front of the machine. This 139 carries a belt or ribbon 140, which belt also passes ove'il idle pulleys or rollers 141 and 142, thence under a roller 143, and thence over another roller 144, and finally around a very small roller 145. These rollers 142 to 1.45, inclusive, are all mounted on the front of the machine, as indicated in Fig. 2. From the'roller 145 the belt 140 'passes under the paper web 1, which is bent to form a trough and which contains the lilling 146, andA this lpasses through the funnel the web 1, except that, as indicated' in Fig. 7, the web 1 and the ribbon 140 each have a substantial vertical portion. The vertical portion of the belt 140 comes in contact with the long tubewhich extends from the smaller more in detail below. It is sufficient to say here that the paste-wheel 1-50 supplies the web 1 with aste in roper quantities,A and the web is then fed a ong, together with the filling 146 and belt 140,' to a position under the opening 151 in the plate 148. The opening through whichthe cigarette-rod passes from the paste-wheel is slightly changed after leaving Vthis paste-wheel, so that gradually the vertically-disposed. ortion of the belt (shown in Fig. 7) is carrie over into a recess 152, (shown in Figs. 8 and 9,) and meanwhile the aper web 1 of the cigarette-rod, which has been freshly covered with paste, is bent over the filling 146 and is pressed down against the other edge of the web 1 and in this condition is brought 'under the small slot 153 in the opening 151, where it comes in contact with a roller 154, as will more fully appear below. From the roller 154 the cigarette-rod passes out from this portion vof the machine,` and the belt 140 is disengaged therefrom and passes over the wheel 139. to repeat the operation above described.

The shaft 21 is also provided with a-Worm pulley 140 Iis bent snug around IOO 6o to the frame 7 of the machine by'suitable cape;

. screws 192.

155,i which meshes with a worm-'gear 156, which is fixed to the same vertical shaft 157 as the bevel-gear 158, which meshes with anv() revolves in the direction of the movement of the web L through the machine, as indi- -cated by arrows in Fig. 1, and at a higher velocity, so' that there is a slight sliding contact between the web 1 and the wheel 150, Wherebythe'paste is scraped off. Thiswheel 150 is' mounted as follows: 4It is on a vertical Shaft '164, the lower end of which is conical and rests in an end bearing 165. The upper end of the'shaft 164 is properly centered sd as to revolve round the point of a vertically.

disposed screw 166, held firmly in place by jamaiuts 167 land a standard 168, to which the paste-can 169 is secured.

As the precise formY of the paste-can and standard 168 is immaterial, it is not necessary to describe them further than to say that the standard 168 is properly fixed to the frame 7 of the machine. Near its upper end the shaft 164 vis provided with a pulley -wheel 170, which is preferably shaped to receive a crossed cord or band 171, which also engages a smaller pulley 172 on a'vertical stud-shaft 173, which stud-shaft is provided with a bevel-gear 174, which meshes with a ^corre sponding bevel-gear 175, fixed tothe shaft 176, on which are a series of cone-pulleys 177 Both the shafts 176 and 173 are supported by the pedestal 178, which rests on the frame of the machine. The cone-pulley 177 has one groovewhich receives a cord or other belt 179, which also passes round a corresponding pulley 189011 the main shaft 21, and another groove in the pulley 177 receives a cord 181,

passing over a grooved pulley 182 and mount ed on a spindle 183, which runs parallel to the roller 154 and is connected to the same by a gear 185, fixed to said shaft, which gear engages an idle gear 186 which in turn engages a pinion 187, fixed. to the roller 154. The

roller 154 is journaled in the frame 188, which is preferably provided with vertical arms 189, in which the said roller 154 is journaled. The frame 188 also has other arms 190, which are horizontally disposed and which are trunnioned on the shaft 183, and the shaft 183 is in turn supported by a bracket 191, secured Collars 193 hold the shaft 183 in l er relation .to the frame 188.

Y A bracket 194, secured to the frame 188, secures and supports a burner-tube 195, which -supply by a flexible tube 196. l195 isl sodisposed and arranged that the belt 140v and is preferably a Buns'en bu l er and which is connected lwith any suitable source ofgas- This'burner {iame from it plays upon anfd heats the roller 154, and as this roller revolves rapidlyv its heated surface comes in ontact with the fresh seam of the cigarette-rod and dries and secures the same, so that there is no danger of this rod opening and ruining one portion of the rod, as has heretofor been common in the operation of this ma hine. It is not necessary to heat't'he roller 154 by a-gas burner, as the same result 'may be obtained i by simplygiving this roller 154 a very high speed. However, the as-heateris preferred,

as the Iwear and tear of the roller 154 and its driving-gear running at a high speed costs more than-gas. The roller 154 always runs with'l the seam. of the cigarette-rod, so as not to tend to unfasten it, as would be the case if run in the opposite direction. This results in a smooth and highly-finished seam, and if any superfluous paste should get outside the seam this roller carries it off, as Will be clear from Fig. 9,' Wherebyall tendency to foul the passage-Way for the cigarette-rod is obviated.

At the left of Fig. 2 is shown a large pulley' 197, similar in all respects to thev pulley 139 and which carries a belt 198,v similar to the belt 140, and also a certain compressingroller 199, which somewhat compresses the filling 146 on the web' 1, which at that time rests on the belt 198. As this mechanism is a part of the cigarette-machine and forms no part of my invention, it is shown only for convenience, and further description is unnecessary.

From the foregoing the operation of my improved cigarette-machine will be readily understood. The filler 146 and the web 1 pass .into the funnel 147, where they are somewhat compressed and given the approximate cross-section of the cigarette. rodis then passed along and pasted and sealed, as above described, and the seam so formed is'then passed under the heating, drying, and smoothing roller 154, as shown clearly in Fig. 9,` and from this the rod is supported by the passes ontothe next mechanism of the machine. For purposes of adjustment, renewal, on repair the rolle-r 154 maybe raised upon the spindle 183 as a pivot, and then the seam of the cigarette-rod 1s visible through the'opening 153.4 is positively driven at a high speed through the gears 185 to 187, inclusive, and the bets and pulleys which connectthe wheel 1 82 on the spindle 183 with the pulley 180 onthe shaft 2 1.

In the foregoing has een described o ne embodiment of my invention. It is obvious that one or more of its characteristics may be employed elsewhere, so that I do not\regard it as limited to the precise structure herein described, but as broad enough to cover all "The roller 154u 1 20 described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. In a Cigarette-macliine, means for pasting cigarette-rod, rotar)T means for smootlb ing seam, and means for heating said rotary means. A

2. In a,cigarette-machine, means for pasting a cigarette-rod, rotary means for smoothing the seam, means for heating said rotaruxT means, and a slotted plate under which said rod is passed and through which said rotary means acts upon said rod.

3. In a cigarette-machine, means for pasting a cigarette-rod, a heated roller, means for heating said roller, means for supporting the roller above said rod, and means for revolving said roller in contact withsaid rod.

4. .In a cigarette-machine, means for past ing a cigarette-rod, a roller, means for supporting the roller above said rod, means for revolving s aid roller and means`i`or heating thc roller While it is re\ olved. y

5. In a machine of the class described, means for pasting a cigarette-rod, a roller, a pivoted frame lor supporting said roller,

means vfor revolving said roller, and means for heating the same While it is revolved.

6. In a machine of the class described, a belt adapted to receive a web with tobacco .resting thereon, a funnel for compressing this Web and tobacco into a tube, means for past.- ing the edges of the web together, and heated and rotar)T means for 'pressing the edges of the tube together.

7. In a cigarette-machine,.means for pasting a cigarette-rod, a roller, means for supporting the roller above said rod, and means for revolving said roller at a high speed and in contact With the seam of said-rod.

S. In a cigarette-machine, means for pasting a'eigarette-rod, a heated roller, means for supporting the .roller above said rod and means for revolving said roller in Contact with the seam ol: said rod and running in the direction of the exterior lapping of the paper ol" the seam.

Signed this 25th day of February, 1906.

ART, LU'R L. BOUCHER.

Witnesses CHAs. G. IIENSLEY, GUsTAvE I. AnoNoN.

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