Tobacco – Cigar or cigarette making – Including cooperating surfaces to induce rolling
Patent
1977-03-18
1979-08-14
Michell, Robert W.
Tobacco
Cigar or cigarette making
Including cooperating surfaces to induce rolling
131 60, 131 65, 131 78, 131 84A, 131 84C, 131 66A, A24C 508, A24C 544
Patent
active
041642295
ABSTRACT:
A portable cigarette making machine which has a horizontal conveyor belt adapted to support a continuous strip of cigarette paper, paper forming means which engage the conveyor belt and cause it to fold the cigarette paper into a concave trough, a conveyor feed adapted to feed tobacco vertically into the cigarette paper trough, a rotary compactor adapted to roll the tobacco into a generally cylindrical rod in said cigarette paper trough, an adhesive applicator engaging one side edge of the cigarette paper, a final paper forming means which engages the conveyor belt and causes it to fold the cigarette paper around the tobacco rod to form a cigarette rod, and cut-off means for cutting the cigarette rod into cigarette lengths.
The paper forming means comprises outer and inner formers, the outer former engaging the conveyor belt, the inner former engaging the paper, said inner former having a tubular section through which the tobacco is carried, said tubular section being open to the tobacco feed and the cigarette paper to provide direct tobacco flow therebetween, said tubular section being also open to the rotary compactor to provide direct contact between said compactor and the tobacco to form a tobacco rod. The conveyor feed is provided with a vertically extending, cleated conveyor belt which is synchronized with the horizontal conveyor belt and the rotary compactor, whereby the tobacco feed is metered in synchronization with the travel of the cigarette paper and the operation of the rotary compactor.
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Byrne John J.
Michell Robert W.
Millin V.
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