US2858046A - Machines for making filter tip cigarettes - Google Patents

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US2858046A
US2858046A US496277A US49627755A US2858046A US 2858046 A US2858046 A US 2858046A US 496277 A US496277 A US 496277A US 49627755 A US49627755 A US 49627755A US 2858046 A US2858046 A US 2858046A
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Pollmann Max
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/471—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces by means of a connecting band

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  • the present invention relates to cigarette making machines, and more particularly a machine for making filter tip cigarettes.
  • One object is to provide a machine in which a series of cigarettes are fed to circumferentially spaced notches in a pair of assembly drums and arranged in spaced axial alinernent the proper distance such as to be positioned the correct linear distance apart equal to the length of a double mouthpiece or filter tip.
  • Another object is to provide a cigarette making machine in which the cigarette cartridges are fed to the periphery of a drum having spaced apart rings provided with circumferentially spaced apart notches having inclined areas adjacent the notches on one side thereof to facilitate guiding the cigarette cartridges tangentially to the drum periphery instead of radially.
  • Another object is to provide a cigarette making machine in Which there is provided a pair of cigarette receiving drums having notches on the periphery thereof to receive cigarettes so that the magazine feed may be presented tangentially to the drum for the purpose of feeding cigarettes to the notches therein Without the liability of the cigarettes becoming displaced while they are carried around a circular path on the drum to another station.
  • Another object is to provide a machine for assembling cigarette cartridges and filter mouthpieces or tips in which the cigarette cartridges are fed to a drum in axially and circumferentially spaced apart relation so that the ends of the cigarettes Will be spaced a distance equal to the length of a double mouthpiece.
  • the cigarettes in this manner are fed to a wrapper which secures the cigarettes and mouthpiece together so that they may be severed intermediate their ends to form two cigarettes, each of which is provided with a filter tip of exactly the same dimensions and uniformity.
  • Another object is to provide guide means adapted to engage the ends of the cigarette to properly space the same, and said guide means is located between adjacent sets of notched rims and is adapted to be supported on the feed magazine.
  • a rotatable carrier for accommodating spaced pairs of cigarettes, and these are fed to grooves or notches formed in spaced sets of annular rims carried by a rotary drum.
  • the notches are inclined to the drum tangent such that the feed chutes may have the lower end portion arranged to receive said annular rim portions, whereby one wall of the feed chute or magazine will be notched to project on either side of the annular rims and thus insure proper feeding of the cigarettes.
  • a gradual sliding movement of the cigarettes into the grooves of the magazine drum is thereby obtained efiiciently such as to prevent the cigarettes from dropping out of position before they are finally deposited in the notches in the annular spaced members on the drum.
  • Another object is to provide a hopper or feed magazine having a pair of eccentric rollers adjacent the mouth of the feed magazine between the hopper and chute such as to assist in alining the cigarettes with the chute and insure their proper entrance therein so that they will be discharged from the chute and presented to the rotating drum in proper relation to be received within the notches in the annular supporting rings on the drum.
  • Figure l is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows to illustrate the manner in which the feed chute of the feed magazine is presented to the assembly roller or drum such as to deposit cigarettes in notches therein, and
  • Figure 2 is a fragmentary top elevational view of the assembly drum or roller showing the manner in which the cigarettes are deposited in notches formed in spaced relation in sets of annular members arranged on the drum. Means is illustrated for engaging the ends of axially alined pairs of cigarettes to properly space the same in the notches.
  • drum 53 mounted on a shaft 6 which is adapted to be driven at a speed such as to properly feed cigarettes in spaced relation so that a filter may be deposited there between and finally wrapped and cut to form two cigarettes.
  • the drum :3 is adapted to rotate clockwise (Figure 1), and mounted on said drum is spaced sets of annular members 7-4;.
  • the annular members 7 and d are provided with a series of circumferentially spaced apart notches 9 which are connected together by outwardly inclined portions 1d which extend in a direction common to the direction of drum rotation.
  • the annular members or rings 7-7 and 3-8 have their notches 9 equidistantly spaced such that the cigarettes deposited therein will be fed in timed relation to receive a mouthpiece, wrapper, and be cut intermediate their ends to finally form a pair ofcigarettes.
  • each chute 14 may be of any desired construction, but as shown in Figure 1, includes converging walls 22 and 23 connected by suitable end Walls 2d.
  • each lower wall 16 is notched as at 26 to provide spaced fingers 27 on the lower wall 16 of the chute 14 which are adapted to project on opposite sides of each pair of annular members 7-7 and 88.
  • the projecting fingers 27 terminate a distance short of the drum periphery 5 and thus insure the proper deposition of the cigarettes C upon the notches 9. Since the drum 5 is rotating in a clockwise direction, it will be seen, that the inclined portion 10 provides a notch for the reception of the cigarettes which is wider at the bottom than at the top to give adequate support to the cigarette and insure that the same will not drop away from the notches during the continued rotation of the drum.
  • a pair of rotary shafts 30 upon which is mounted eccentric rollers 31a with circumferential recesses 31 arranged such that the large lobe of one eccentric roller will be presented inward into the throat of the chute'14, while the other enlarged lobe is directed outwardly thereof.
  • the shafts 30 can be journaled in any suitable manner in the magazine (not shown), and suitable gearing connecting. the shafts to a power source, such as an electric motor may be provided for driving the eccentric rollers 31 as above described.
  • the upper ends of. the chute walls 15, 16 are provided with upwardly extending fingers 29 and 28 respectively similar to the lower fingers 2'? (see Fig. 2) which extends into the circumferential recesses 31 of the eccentric rollers 31a and assist in guiding the cigarettes into the chutes 14;
  • V-shaped member Mounted on the housing portion 19 ofthe hopper chute assembly isv a V-shaped member which is secured in place by'means or one or more screws 41.
  • the ends of the V-shaped member 40 terminate in parallel cigarette guides 42 which are presented to the inner ends of the cigarettes C as they approach the upper portion of the drum 5.
  • the V-shaped member 40 projects tangentially to the drum 5 and extends between the inner annular members 7 and 8.
  • the parallel portions 42 adjust the cigarettes C after they are fed to the notches 9 and assures their proper spaced apart relation axially for the reception therebetween of a mouthpiece filter of a length such that when the filter is secured to the ends of the cigarettes by wrapping, and finally cut intermediate the ends of the filter a pair of cigarettes will be formed which are identical in size, length and other dimensions.
  • a rotatable drum having on its circumference two pairs of axially spaced annular members each provided with a series of circumferentially spaced semi-circular notches of a size to receive therein a cigarette, the edge of each notch arranged forwardly in the direction of rotation of said drum being connected with a forwardly extending and outwardly inclined wall portion which is connected by a curved wall portion with a substantially radial wall portion extending outwardly from the rear edge of the preceding semicircular notch, two magazine hoppers arranged side by side for feeding cigarettes to said drum, means for depositing two axially aligned cigarettes at a time into axially aligned notches of said annular members, said means including two inclined chutes leading from said magazine hoppers to said rotatable drum, each chute consistihg of spaced parallel upper and lower walls between which a row of cigarettes moves downwardly during the rotation of said drum, each one of said lower walls being provided at its lower end with projecting fingers terminating
  • a rotatable drum having on its, circumference two pairs of axially spaced annular members each provided. with a series of circumferentially spaced semi-circular notches of a size receive therein a cigarette, the edge of each notch arranged 11.: connected with a forwardly extending and outwardly inclined wall portion which is connected bya.
  • each one of said lower walls being provided at its lower end with projecting fingers terminating, short of the periphery of said drum to thereby guide the cigarettes into the notches of said annular members, said lower walls and said projecting fingers thereon forming an acute angle with said forwardly extending and outwardly inclined Wall portions between said notches when the.
  • associated semi-circular notches are in a position to receivev cigarettes from the lower ends of said chutes, a pair of spaced parallel rotatable shafts mounted between the lower ends of the magazine hoppers and the upper'ends of said two chutes, and eccentric rollers defining large eccentric lobes fixedly mounted on said shafts and arranged so that when the large eccentric lobes on one shaft extend into the outlet throat of the hoppers the large eccentric lobes on the other shaft face outwardly of said throat, said eccentric rollers being provided with circumferential recesses and the upper ends of said walls of said chutes being provided with upwardly extending fingers extending into said circumferential recesses to guide the cigarettes into said chutes; a housing portion between said magazine hoppers to which the latter and the chutes are secured, and a V-shaped member with parallel ends attached to said housing portion and extending forwardly of said chutes, and substantially tangentially of said drum and between said two pairs of annular members to axially adjust the two axially aligned cigarettes

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US3115990A (en) * 1960-10-12 1963-12-31 Slumberland Group Ltd Feeding means for coiled springs
US3203431A (en) * 1961-06-07 1965-08-31 Molins Organisation Ltd Apparatus for conveying cigarettes
US3225946A (en) * 1963-07-24 1965-12-28 Universal American Corp Carrier and dispenser for work pieces
US3248008A (en) * 1964-09-03 1966-04-26 Meierjohan Ernest Golf ball dispenser or the like
US3315784A (en) * 1965-01-12 1967-04-25 Holding Intercito Sa Apparatus for loading transport bands or the like with rod-like elements, particularly welding electrodes
US3367341A (en) * 1964-05-06 1968-02-06 Zd Y V I Plzen Apparatus for connecting aligned cigarettes and filters
US3372702A (en) * 1958-06-28 1968-03-12 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Method and apparatus for making and manipulating cigarettes and similar rod-shaped articles
DE2655790A1 (de) * 1976-12-09 1978-06-15 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Vorrichtung zum axialen auseinanderziehen stabfoermiger artikel der tabakverarbeitenden industrie
US4340151A (en) * 1978-06-08 1982-07-20 Champion International Corporation Stick feeding apparatus
US4655161A (en) * 1985-12-13 1987-04-07 Ralston Purina Company Apparatus for depositing chocolate chips and the like onto edible food products
US4822231A (en) * 1986-12-03 1989-04-18 Morris Jr Harvey R Spacing member placement apparatus
US5114015A (en) * 1989-09-25 1992-05-19 Fabriques De Tabac Reunies, S.A. Delivery device and sorting machine for rod-like articles
US5366111A (en) * 1993-03-06 1994-11-22 Ahn Se Hong Device for feeding supporting member of construction panel
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US2550616A (en) * 1949-09-12 1951-04-24 Stephano Brothers Feed drive for packaging machines
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US2649761A (en) * 1950-06-19 1953-08-25 Filter Tips Ltd Manufacture of filter tip and like composite cigarettes
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US1720907A (en) * 1926-04-13 1929-07-16 Koerner Ewald Device for placing cigarettes of flat or oval cross section side by side in an oblique position
GB392266A (en) * 1931-12-23 1933-05-18 Imp Tobacco Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to machinery for the manufacture of cigarettes
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US2550616A (en) * 1949-09-12 1951-04-24 Stephano Brothers Feed drive for packaging machines
US2649761A (en) * 1950-06-19 1953-08-25 Filter Tips Ltd Manufacture of filter tip and like composite cigarettes
GB687878A (en) * 1950-10-09 1953-02-25 Adalbero Stangel A process and apparatus for the manufacture of mouthpiece cigarettes with double filters
FR1098950A (fr) * 1952-12-17 1955-08-26 Kurt Korber & Co Procédé et machine pour la fabrication de cigarettes, cigarillos et cigares à bouts filtrants multiples

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US2935069A (en) * 1957-06-20 1960-05-03 Molins Machine Co Ltd Manufacture of composite mouthpiece cigarettes
US3372702A (en) * 1958-06-28 1968-03-12 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Method and apparatus for making and manipulating cigarettes and similar rod-shaped articles
US3115990A (en) * 1960-10-12 1963-12-31 Slumberland Group Ltd Feeding means for coiled springs
US3203431A (en) * 1961-06-07 1965-08-31 Molins Organisation Ltd Apparatus for conveying cigarettes
US3225946A (en) * 1963-07-24 1965-12-28 Universal American Corp Carrier and dispenser for work pieces
US3367341A (en) * 1964-05-06 1968-02-06 Zd Y V I Plzen Apparatus for connecting aligned cigarettes and filters
US3248008A (en) * 1964-09-03 1966-04-26 Meierjohan Ernest Golf ball dispenser or the like
US3315784A (en) * 1965-01-12 1967-04-25 Holding Intercito Sa Apparatus for loading transport bands or the like with rod-like elements, particularly welding electrodes
DE2655790A1 (de) * 1976-12-09 1978-06-15 Hauni Werke Koerber & Co Kg Vorrichtung zum axialen auseinanderziehen stabfoermiger artikel der tabakverarbeitenden industrie
US4340151A (en) * 1978-06-08 1982-07-20 Champion International Corporation Stick feeding apparatus
US4655161A (en) * 1985-12-13 1987-04-07 Ralston Purina Company Apparatus for depositing chocolate chips and the like onto edible food products
US4822231A (en) * 1986-12-03 1989-04-18 Morris Jr Harvey R Spacing member placement apparatus
US5114015A (en) * 1989-09-25 1992-05-19 Fabriques De Tabac Reunies, S.A. Delivery device and sorting machine for rod-like articles
US5366111A (en) * 1993-03-06 1994-11-22 Ahn Se Hong Device for feeding supporting member of construction panel
ITPD20100085A1 (it) * 2010-03-17 2011-09-18 Marcos Videogames Di Serafin Marco Apparecchiatura per distribuire prodotti di forma allungata, in particolare accendini

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