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Description

(No Model.)

J. VON RONNE.

} CIGAR BUNOHING MACHINE. N 373,806. Patented Nov; 22, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHANN VON RGNNE, OF PERLEBERG, 'PRUSSIA ASSIGNOR TO 7. HERMANN MIlLLER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

1 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,806, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed August 17, 1895. Serial No. 174,648. (No model.) Patented in Germany August 21, 1885, No. 83,403, and in Belgium September 15, 1885, No. 70,061.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANN VON RoNNE, a subject of the King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, and a resident of the city of Perle- 5 berg, a province of Brandenburg, Prussia,

Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Bunching Machines, (for which I have obtained patents in Germany, No. 33,403 dated August 21, 1885; I and in Belgium, No. 70,061, dated September 15, 1885,) of which the following is a specifica ion.

My invention relates to machines for rolling cigars; and it has for its object the production of a machine that may be kept in motion by the foot of the operator, while his hands are free for feeding into the machine the bunch to be operated upon.

The machine is such that it may be readily 2o fastened to any table, thus insuring facilities for easy and rapid operation. In construction it is simple and substantial. It is also economical in the utilization of the binders for cigar bunches.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of'this description, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved cigar-machine, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof. f

The machine consists of a light but solid iron frame, in which there are two rollers, a b, and beneath which there is located another but larger roller or drum, 0, of wood or any other suitable material. Over the said rollers a b runs loosely an apron, d, made of linen,

3 5 oil-cloth, or the like, and which is long enough to permit a loop of suitable size to be formed between and beneath the rollers a b, and into which the cigar-filling is placed.

The roller b has its hearings in the movable part B of the iron frame, which is provided with a thumb-bar, B, by which construction it can be pressed against the immovable part Aor moved away from the same. In the latter case the claw O, which is used to hold the 5 movable part of the frame in operative position, will be raised.

At the pivoted bearings of the roller c,which lie in the lower part of the frame, belts e and f are so attached that while one winds up the other unwinds, as will be plain to any one familiar with this mode of producing this kind of motion. The lower ends of the belts are provided with stirrups, (not shown,) in which the feet of the operator are placed. The whole machine is adapted to be fastened to the work- 5 5 ing-table by means of screws, as shownin Fig.2. When a cigar-bunch is about to be made, the necessary quantity of tobacco is pressed with the fingers (the thumbs excepted) into the loop formed by the bight in the apron d, which bight is located between and beneath the rollers a and b, as already explained, while at the same time the movable part of the frame is pressed against the immovable part A with the thumbs by hearing gently upon the thumbbar B. As soon as the claws C have been pressed down over the pins g h by the ball of the thumbs upon the connecting-roller r, and the tobacco for the intended bunch has been inclosed by rollers a b, the apron is set in motion by a back and forward motion of the feet in the stirrups, whereby the tobacco is transformed intoa smooth round bunch. At the same time the operator takes the binder and by means of the back of a knife presses the same between the rollers, whereby it is wound around the bunch, and then, by pressing the stirrups once with each foot, the small rollers a and b are set in motion and the tobacco appears as a finished roll, which is then ready for pressing and drying.

In order to make rolls of any desirable thi ckness with the same machine, the apron d is made to be enlarged or reduced, so as to vary the size of the bight or loop between and beneath rollers a b. Thisis accomplished by ad justing the apron itself.

The roller or drum 0 is fastened to the vertical arms t k, and the apron is adjusted by the aid of a clamp, Z, pivoted between end brackets, m a, on roller or drum 0. Here the apron is fastened with one end to the roller or drum 0, and then passed over the small rollers a b, the loose end being passed under the movable bridge Z. The bridge Z is as long as the roller or drum 0 is wide, and its bearings are at both ends of said roller at m n. In the position shown in Fig. 2 the bridge Z holds the apron d in place, and should the bridge Z be turned somewhat in the directionof the ar- 10o row by the handle 0 the apron (i will be released, and can, by the assistance of a model bunch placed between the rollers 11 b and held there by the claw C, be set to any desired size.

Tobacco of any quality or leaf-size can be worked with this machine, and one of the advantages of the machine is that bunch-binders of small size or several small leaves may be successfully utilized as bindersan operation which has heretofore resulted in a bad-looking bunch.

I am aware it is not new to adjust the size of the bight in the apron or belt by adjusting the main roller or drum vertically in its bearings in the frame; also, that it is old to employ an idle roller capable of being pressed against the belt for the purpose of such adjustment. Furthermore, that a divided belt, per 86, has been used heretofore in this class of machines;

20 but such is not the construction claimed.

I claim In a cigar-machine, the combination, with the stationary frame A, small roller a, supported therein, movable frame B, small roller 1), supported therein, and claw O, for locking said frames in operative position, of the drum 0, supported in the frame A, the brackets m n at the ends of said drum, the bridge Z, pivoted in said brackets, and the apron d, secured at one end to said drum, and passing thence around said drum and over said rollers, its free ends being adjustably clamped beneath said bridge, as and for the purpose set forth.

Dated at Berlin, Germany, May 16, 1885.

Jon. VON RONNIE.

\Vitnesses:

B. R01, H. SoHLoss.

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