US24187A - Improvement in tobacco-presses - Google Patents

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IMPROVNENT IN TGBACC'Oj-PRESSES.

Specification forming part ol' Letters Patenty Nof211, E 87, hated May Ell.,` 1359. I

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Be it known that I, JOHN A. BAwsnn-of Iowhatan Court-House, in the county of Powhatan and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Straightening and Pressing Tobacco; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference being had to -the accoi'npanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l

In preparing tobacco for packing into. hogsheads, the leaves or bundle of leaves require straightening, after which they are laid in a pile and pressed, or struck,77 as it is called. Usually the leaves are straightened by drawing them through the hand, or through a hole in a board, or through a section of an oX-horn. ln some places a narrow box with a lever and a piece of board have been used as a rude press to squeeze and straighten the small bundles of tobacco preparatory to` their being sruck. All these operations are very slow and laborious, and the object ofr my machine is to perform the same work with dispatch and in a better manner.

)Iy invention consists in Van improved maeh-iue i'or pressing and straightening small bundles of tobacco preparatory to their being pressed. or struck in mass for packing'.

l'n the acconipanying drawings, Figure l a side View of my machine. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

llpon the frame A. are arranged two rollers, and. (l. rIhe upper roller, I3, has a projecting rim or i'ollower, l', which rits into a cor- .respoinling groove, r, in the lower roller, C. This groove r and follower l-are intended for straighteni n g the tobacco-leaves, which are to be passed between the two rollers through the groove. lhc shaft ofthe lower roller carries a cog-wheel, nl., and that of the upper carries a larger cog-wheel, L. rIlhe lower'roller and cog-wheel m may be set in motion bythe crank N, when the wheel. n), will give motion to the wheel 'li and roller B. rIhe shaft of the lower :roller also carries a bruid-wheel, l), which transmits motion to the small wheel E, and to the roller It, which in turn moves the apron I, ruiming overa second roller, It. The leaves of tobacco, in small bundles of from seven to ten leaves, are ied into the machine upon the table I, and passing between the rollers they escape upon the apron I, and are carried i'orward u-ntil they' slide upon the receiving-board l. This-apron I moves fast enough to keepv the tips of the leaves straight as they leave the S, which may better be made of wood, to avoid the hard metallic surface, whichis more likely to eut or break the leaves'. rIhese springs are connected with a trcadle, H, by means of rods mand elbows T. `By pressing the treadle down the ends of springs S are separated, as shown in red lines, Fig. 2, so that thebundleof tobacco can be put between the springs directly into the groove i', Where it is caught bythe revolving rollers. The large end of the tobacco-leaves or the butt-end of the bundle is inserted foreni'ostf As soon, as the bundle caught by the rollers the springs S are allowed to press upon it, and it is drawn through the springs into the groove fr, thus straightening the leavesbefore they are pressed. One end ofthe bars G, which support the upper roller. B, have some play up and down in the post of the frame, and the bar G and the roller B 'are both pressed downward by the springs F.

From these bars G'extend two connecting-rods, g, to the treadle-roller H. By this arrangement, when the treadle Il is depressed to separate the springs S, the bars (l and roller B are slightly elevated, so that the bundle of tobacco-leaves can readily lie-entered between the rollers. These springs Ill might be ar- `anget'l under the platform, so as to move the lower roller instead ol' the upper. Either one or two treadles may be employed, as one or two persons attend the machin Under the apron I, and in the groove i', is lplaced a scraper, just iitted to the groove, for

removing any tobacco which might otherwise adhere to the roller (j and clog the machine. The position of this scraper is seen in dotted lines at U, Fig. l. An oil-roller is also placed in'the groove r, in order constantly to lubrieate't-.he groove, and thus slightly tr. oil the tobacco. This oil-roller is shown in Figi in dotted lines at V It is better to cover the oilroller with cloth or other similar substance.

The oil is supplied to the roller` fromv a; cup,

O, through a small tube, O- g v I ain aware that mostotthescparate devices employed in my machine are "not new.

Therefore I con'ne my claims to the use of these devices as improvements in tobaoco-machine's. I also know that tobacco "has been passedthrough a hole formed by two grooved or uted Arollers placed opposite each other.

Having tbusfully set forth' my invention,

whatI claimanddesire to secure by' Letters Patent of4 the UnitedStates, is-

'j 1. The use ofthe follower B, fitting into the v QIOOVGO the opposite roller, substantially as I setforth. i

2. Thesprings Syas'constructed and opferated, for guiding the tobacco and straight-- ening the leaves as they pass between thev4'ol1ers, substatiallyas described` url I v '3. The use of the treadle H, in combination with the springs S Vand with the rollers B and C, operating substantially as described, for separating the springs S, and also forsepztn Irating.; thelrollers, as set forth. v

, 4. The oil-cup O and roller V, in conneetion with groove 1', for oiling the groove and the tobacco, substantially as described. i

J. A. BAWSEL.

. XVitnesses: Y e

EDM. Fi BROWN, i 4 DANIEL BREED.

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