US1316830A - James grant chalmers - Google Patents

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l. G. .CHALMERS.

CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, ms.

1 3 1 6,8 30 Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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JAMES GRANT oriALMERs, or vANcoUvER, BR I TIsH comiMBIA; oA NAD A.

CIGARETTE-MAKING 'ivn'icnnee;

Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom it may c oncer'n.

Be lbkllOWlT that I, Litres GRANT CHAL- MERS, a subject of theKin'g'of Gre'at'Brit'ain, and'a resident of the cit of-Van'couver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new-and useful Improve'nfents in Cigarettedviaking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigarette makingmachines, andthe obj ect of my invention is to? provide asimply constructed andoperated device capable of be]- ing conveniently carriedabout the-person by means of which completed cigarettes may be quickly and perfectly Y manufactured by the'smoker, which device is adapted tocontain both a supply of tobacco and apacket of cigarette papers and is besides provided with means for moist'e'ning the "guinmed' edge of the papers. j l

i I attain" thisiobject by theconstruction illustrated in" the accompanying drawings in which i WW Figure 1 isaviewof the machine, closed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the apron and packet of papers in place, the cover plate being removed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a paper in place ready to receive the tobacco.

Fig. 6 is a plan View of the devlce ready for inversion.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

1 indicates the casing of the machine, formed preferably as shown and having an opening 2 in its upper side adapted to be partially closed by a plate 3 mounted for longitudinal movement on the casing, the outer end of which late is turned clownwardly as at 5 in B ig. 2 and reduced in width to form with the sides of the casing slots 6 and 7, as shown in Fig. 6. Disposed within the casing adjacent its front end is a tube 8 of less width than the casing so that it is capable of lateral movement therein, which tube contains mucilage and is fitted with a withdrawable plunger 9 adapted to extend through one side of the casing and a projection 10 extending through a slot 11 in the bottom of the casing, by means of which projection the tube may be moved laterally to project the end of the plunger beyond the side of the casing so that it may be gripped withdrawn, as moreffiilly scribedhereinafter. The tube- 8 forms a re'st ior the upper edge of a packet bfcigarette papers- '12 disposed on an 'inclinati'on within apron '16 formed of any-suitable material haviiigsecured to each end-'grippinghaiitlles l7 and 18, the handle 17 teingvformea as flat plate havingclips 19- and 2Obn 'its underside and adapted to cooperate -'with the plate 3 to completely close the opening 2, as shown in Figs. landj2; while the' l-iandle 18 is formed as anopen'fr-ame having a transversebar 21 by means of which a space i 22 is provided in' the frame,thismember not only forming g rip for the pulling of the apron when rolling the cigarette but also actingas a pap'erweigh'tto hbld the cigarette paperes in its proper position when inverting the casing to deposit the tobacco thereon. The rear portion of the casing forms a chamber to hold the tobacco, as indicated by the numeral 24 in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The manner in which my device operates may be described briefly as follows. l/Vhen closed the machine is as shown in Fig. 1, the opening 2 being then closed by the plates 3 and 17 and the plate 17 being detachably locked to the plate 3 owing to the engagement of its clips 19 and 20 with the forward edge of plate 3, this engagement being effected when closing the machine. Suppose now, the chamber 24 containing tobacco and the packet of cigarettes being in place, as shown, with the apron folded down on to the top side of the packet, it is desired to make a cigarette. The plate 17 is disengaged from plate 3 and plate 3 is slid back allowing the apron to be unfolded and laid over the end of the casing so that the packet 12 may be opened and a paper taken therefrom. The inner end of the apron to which is secured the frame 18 is then laid on top of the packet 12 and the outer end pulled outwardly until the portion remaining within the casing is just sufiicient to cover the packet, when the cigarette paper 23 is then laid on the apron and the frame swung down thereonto to hold it in place, the upper edge of the paper 23 then lying Within the space 22. The tube 8 is then moved laterally so as to enable the plunger to be withdrawn, the moist end of which is then drawn along the edge of the paper to moisten and gum the same, the transverse bar 21 and upper bar of the frame acting as guides for the stroke of the plunger, after which it may be returned into the tube and the tube retracted to its normal position. The cover plate 3 is then slid forward and the machine inverted, thus depositing tobacco from the chamber 24 on to the paper 23, the operation being finally completed by then swinging the frame 18 first upwardly in the slots 6 and 7 and then pulling it outwardly while pressing downwardly on the cover plate to prevent spillin and to tighten the apron, this action having the effect of rolling the paper tightly around the tobacco so that a perfectly formed and guinmed cigarette is discharged from the machine, the turned down end 5 of the plate 3 springing slightly upwardly to permit of the eXlt of the cigarette from the machine.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a cigarette making machine, a casing adapted to contain a packet of cigarette papers and divided thereby into two COllb partments the rear one of which forms a container for tobacco, a longitudinally movable apron connected within the front compartment one end of which is adapted to be laid on top of said packet to receive a fiat paper on which tobacco is deposited by the inversion of the machine and to be drawn outwardly to roll said paper around the tobacco, and a gripping handle for drawing said end outwardly, said handle adapted to lieon said paper during such inversion.

2. In a cigarette making machine, a casing having an opening in its upper face provided with a slidable cover plate partially closing said opening, said casing being adapted to contain a packet of cigarette papers and divided thereby into two compartments the rear one of which forms a container for tobacco, a longitudinally movable apron connected within the front compartment one end of which is adapted to be laid on top of said packet to receive a fiat paper on which tobacco is deposited by the inversion of the machine and to be drawn outwardly to roll said paper around the tobacco, a gripping handle on said end for drawing the same outwardly, said handle being adapted to lie on said paper during inversion, and a plate on the opposite end of the apron adapted for detachable engagement with the said cover plate to complete the closure of the casing opening.

Dated at Vancouver, B. 0., this 5th day of September, 1918.

JAMES GRANT CHALMER-S.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the tfiommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. (1. a

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