US1505126A - Device for making and carrying cigarettes - Google Patents

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Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,126

1 J. ATKINSON DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES I Filed Feb. 5. .1923 2 Sheefs-Sheetl Aug. 19,--1924.*. 1,505,126

'J. ATKINSON DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES Filed Feb. 5, 1923 2 S h et,s Sheet, 2

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UNITED STATES PATEN'FOFFICE.

JOHN ATKINSON, OF MINNE'DOSA, MANITOBA, CANADA.-

DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES.

Application filed February a, 1923. Serial No. 616,727.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JOHN A'rKINsoN, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residmg at Minnedosa, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improve-- ments in Devices for Making and Carrying Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention has for its object the pro- "vision of a neat and a'ttractive device which may bereadily carried in the pocket of a garment and by the use of which cigarettes may be produced as needed. The invention also seeks to provide a device which may contain -a supply of rolled cigarettes as well as the papers or wrappers necessary for the production of the cigarettes. The invention also seeks to provide a device for the stated purpose which will be compact, may be readily brou ht into 'position to permit the formation of cigarettes and which will facilitate renewal of the rolling apron when necessary. Other objects of the invention will appear incidentally in the course of the following description, and the invention resides in certain novel'features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

through the cigarette-rolling mechanism showing the cigarette partly rolled, and

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged detail sectional views showing the manner in which the ends of the rolling apron are secured.

' In carrying out my invention, I employ two cover members 1 and 2 which are. similar in their external appearance and are hinged together atone end, as shown at 3. The cover'members have their ends and corner portions curved, as shown at 4, so as to have a neat-appearance and avoid the formation of sharp corners which would tend to tear the linin of a pocket. The hinge pin connecting 51o members 1 and 2 is carried by the ends of side plates 5 which constitute the body or frame of the rolling mechanism and are joined at their ends remote from the hinge by a cross bar or frame member 6 which is curved so as to fit easily and closely within the -cover members 1 and 2, as shown clearly in Fig. 2', and the said cross bar 6 and side bars 5 are formed externally with a longitudinal bead 7 against which the edges of the cover members ma abut. The edges of the cover members wi 1 preferably be slightly resilient so that they will fit snugly upon the member 6 and, therefore, be held in closed position frictionally so that, while'they will not. he accidentally opened, they may be readily opened when access to the interior of the device" is desired. By referring to Fig. 4 more particularly, it will be noted that the cover members 1 and 2 are of a tray or dish-like form so that in closed 1 I osition they will fit entirely around the rameconsisting of the members 5 and 6. The cover member 2 is provided with a holding tray 8 which may be formed separately therefrom and secured therein by brazing or similar means or may be defined merely by the end members or flanges 9 formed upon the said-cover member. It will be readily noted upon reference to Fig. 2 that this holder is adapted to contain a supply of cigarettes 10 so that, if the user prefers, a number of cigarettes may be made and carried in the cover for future use.

The cover member 1 is equipped upon its interior with chambers or pockets 11 and 12 which are adapted to containcigarette papers and matches, respectively, and are .formed by a plate or partition 13 secured to and extending between the side portions of the cover'memberin spaced relation to the top thereof, and a'partition 14 which extends between the plate 13 and the top of the cover member, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Extending longitudinally of the frame members 5 and securedto and between the same is a plate or table 15 upon which the cigarettes are rolled, and this table may be formed integral with the said side members,

as will be readilyunderstood upon refertherefrom'and intimately united therewi as may be preferred. One end of the said table or plate is disposed adjacent the hinge 3 and is carried downwardly and then forwardly to form an underlying re-entrant ence to'Fig. 3, or may be formed separately flange 16 in which one end of the rolling apron 17 may be secured by a locking pin 18 forced into the flange 16 after the end of the apron has been placed therein in the manner of a lining therefor, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The diameter of the looking pin and the dimensions of the re-entrant flange should be such that, when the end of the apron is folded into .the flange and the locking pin then pressed into the fold of the apron, the end of the apron will be firmly bound Within the flange. The opposite end of the plate or table 15 is spaced from the frame bar 6 and is formed into a depending flange 19 so that a smooth sur face will be presented to the apron 17 and cutting of the apron thereby prevented. The apron 17 is of such length that it will extend over the entire area of the table or plate 15 and present a loose portion depending through the space at the forward end of the table to form a pocket 20, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. The frame bar 6 has its upper edge extended inwardly and then forwardly to form an overhanging re-entrant flange 21 in which the end of the apron is received, as shown clearly in Fig. 7, and this end of the apron is secured in place by a clamping bar 22, U-shaped in cross section and slightly resilient so that, if it be fitted over the fold or bight of the apron and the free edge of the flange 21, the end of the apron will be firmly gripped or clamped to the flange so that it is not a t to be accidentally withdrawn. Immediate adjacent the flange 21, notches 23 are formed in the upper edges of the frame members 5 and mating notches 24 are formed in the edges of the cover member 1 so that a pin 25 maybereceived and held in the said notches. TlllS pin 25 extends beyond the sides of the device slightly and is equipped at its ends with knobs or finger pieces 26 so that, when a cigarette is to be rolled, the pin may be easily and conveniently held between the thumb and a finger of the users hand. Mounted loosely upon the pin 25 is a roller 27- which, in the initial ition shown in Fig. 4, will be disposed be ow the end of the apron 17. i

When a cigarette is to be made, the paper wrapper 28 therefor is placed in the bottom of the pocket 20 and the necessary tobacco is placed upon the paper, it bein readily noted that the paper will follow the outline of the pocket so that the tobacco will be confined within a space defined b the side edges of the paper. The knobs or ger pieces 26 are then lightly grasped by the user and the pin 25 lifted from the notches 23 and pushed along the upper edges of the frame members 5. This manipulation of the pin 25 and the roller 27 carried thereby will form a bight in the apron around the roller so that a portion of the apron will extend over the mouth of the pocket 20 and close the same. The apron and the wrapper 28 are thereby formed into a second bight enclosing the tobacco and initially formin the cigarette. As the roller 27 is cause to travel toward the hinged end of the device, the apron will be put under tension and the cigarette caused to roll along the plate or ta le 15 in an obvious manner and compressed so that the paper wrapper will be brought firmly around the tobacco and a neat finished ci rette produced. The table or plate 15 is 0 such len h that, when the roller 27 has traveled the ull length thereof, the cigarette will be fully made or rolled and may then be smoked or may be placed in the holder 8 for future use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have produced a neat compact device whereby a smoker of cigarettes ma readily produce his own cigarettes and finish them as perfectly as though the were facto make. The rolling apron will preferably e of silk or some equally durable easily rolled material and may be readily renewed when worn out or damaged through possible accident. To remove a worn out or damaged apron, it is necessary merely to withdraw the clamping member 22 from its engagement with the end of the apron and the flange 21, whereupon the end of the apron may be easily grasped and rolled back over the plate 15. The free end y of the apron may be easily pushed through the space between the hinge of the demos and the adjacent end of the table or plate 15, whereupon a slight pull upon the apron will release the locking pin 18. A reverse operation will secure a new apron in place in a very short period of time.

Havin thus described the invention,what is claime as new is:

1. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member provided at one end in its upper edges with notches, a fixed table carried by said frame member and spaced from the notched end of the same an apron secured to the end of the table and extending over the same and secured to the end of the frame member to form a pocket between the same and the adjacent and of the table, a pin normally seating in the g notches in the frame member and adapted to travel along the said member, and a roller loosely mounted on said pin to engage the apron whereby travel of the roller alon the frame member will cause the pocket 0 the apron to roll along the apron and the table.

2. A device for the urpose set forth comrising a frame member, a table extending ongitudinally thereof and having its forward end spaced from the forward end of theframe member, the rear end of the table hanging re-entrant flange,

being provided, with an underlying reframe member being provided with an overan apron-extending over the tab i and having one end fitted in the re-entrant flange thereof and the opposite end engaged in the re-entrant flange on the frame member,

her and the adjacent end of the table, a locking pin engaged in the re entrant flange on the table to frictionally retain the end of the apron therein, a clamping member fitting over the re-entrant flange on the frame member and the end of the apron engaged therewith, and a roller mounted to travel along the frame member and form a bight in the apron and cause said bight to roll over the table.

3. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member, a fixed table in said member having one end spaced from the corresponding end of the frame member, the opposite end of the table being provided with an underlying re-entrant flan e, an apron extending over the table and aving the apron forming a. pocket between the end of the frame mem-.

one end fitted in the re-entrant flange and its opposite end attached to the frame member, the apron forming a pocket in the space between the frame member and the end of the tablefla locking pin enga ed in the reentrant flange on the table to rictionally re tain the end of the apron therein, and means to close the pocket in the apron and shift the pocket alongthe apron and the table.

4. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member, a fixed table in the frame member having one end spacedfrom the corresponding end of the frame member, an overhanging re-entrant flange on said end of the frame member, an apron secured to and extending over the table and having one end fitted over and into the re entrant flange on the frame member, a U- shaped clamping member fitted over said flange and the end of the apron engaged therewith, the apron forming a pocket tween the frame member and the table, and means for shifting the pocket along the apron and the table.

in testimony whereof I affix m si ature.

JOHN ATKINSO 11.5.]

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