US1885304A - Sanitary cigarette rolling device - Google Patents

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Nov. 1, 1932. E. A. K. STANGER SANITARY CIGARETTE ROLLING DEVICE Filed Nov. 3, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet I nvenlor 1932- E. A. K. STANGER SANITARY CIGARETTE ROLLING DEVICE- F'iled NOV. 5, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor z. 09%? (Fm/ye, h 9 W If a Patented Nov. 1, 1932 EDDY A. K.'STANGER, on ooLuMBUs; onro SANITARY CIGARETTE ROLLING DEVICE Application filed IQ'ovemberB, 1931; Serial No. 572,868..

' This invention relates to cigarette rolling;

devicesfand has for its object to provide a simple and effective device into which tobacco may be. deposited and rolled to cylindrical 1; form and subsequentlyejected from the device into the wrapper of the. cigarette which has' previously been rolled" into the proper tubular form.

A still further object of the invention is to 10 provide in a device of the character'above' mentioned means for retaining one end of the cigarette wrapper in alinement with the discharge end of the device to insure proper feed ing, and to facilitate such feedingfrom the device to the wrapper. 7

These and other objects are obtained by the construction described in detail in the follow ing specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device, the parts being shown in position subsequent to receiving a charge of tobacco.

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of the 7 device.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevational view therethrough, clearly showing the manner of holding one end of the wrapper in alinement with the'dischargeend of the de- 1 v1ce.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4+4. of Fig ure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of one end portion of the trough part of the dev1ce.

With reference more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that I provide a trough 5 that is preferably formed from a tube, and

i I provided with a slot 6 elongated longitudinally to provide a mouth or entrance'opening for the trough. The ends of the trough are closed by caps 7 8, each of which on one side is provided with an annular groove 9 accommodating a proximate end of the trough 5.

Adjacent each end thereof the trough 5 is provided with an exterior annular groove 10 within which is a ring 11 preferably .formed of spring wire, and serving to key a cap to the end of the trough, each cap being provided with an internal circular groove 12 for registry with a groove 10 and receiving a portion of the key ring 11. (The rings 11 serve-to retain the knobs 7 and Son the ends'of the trough 5 against axial displacement, but permit of relative rotation ofthe trough and the knobs 7 and 8. 5

' A'cigarette rolling apron 13 in the form. of a piece of fabric or other suitable ma terial, preferably spring metal, of suitable dimensions, being preferably of elongated rectangular shape, is adjacent one longitudinal edgethereof, rolled or wrapped into fixed engagement about a rod 14, the same being adapted for arrangement within the trough 5 and having its end secured in socket's 15 provided in the caps orknobs 7 and 8. At a relatively opposite longitudinal edge thereof the apron '13 is likewise engaged with a second rod 16 theends of which are engageable with proximate ends of the trough 5 and serve to retain this end of the apron 13 exteriorly of the trough, the apron extending through the, slot' 6 as is clearly 1 shown. At this last mentioned edge the apron 13 is also provided with. a flange or finger hold 17. o One of the knobs orjcaps for example the cap 8 is provided with an axial opening '18 through which is slidable an ejector rod 19 for ejecting the packed charge of tobacco through an axial outlet opening 20 provided in the other of the caps or knobs, for example the cap or knob 7 At its outer side the cap'or knob 7 is pro vided with an axial cylindricalprojection 21 which at its outer end is beveled and provides a scoop like discharge mouth for the opening 20. The mouth 21in actual practice is insertable in one end of the cigaret-te'wrapper 0 22when the latter has been rolled into proper tubular form as suggested in Figure 3. p

In actual practice the apron13 is in an unwound condition, the major portion thereof projecting from the trough 5 through the slot 6 of the trough. Preferably, the inner portion of the apron ispermitted to sag or extend inwardly so as'toform a trough like portion into which is placed the tobacco.

Next, the cap forming knobs 7, 8 which have their peripheries knurled or otherwise roughened are rotated relativeto the trough 5 either by moving the knobs over a flat surface as for example a table or by rotating the knobs or caps 7 and 8 by grasping each between the thumb and forefinger of each hand.

In this manner, the apron 13 is wound upon itself in the form of a roll about the tobacco as suggested in Figure 4. The pressure applied to the tobacco by rolling the apron 13 will tend to force the tobacco to ward the ends of the device and will serve to compress the tobacco evenly throughout the length of the apron.

The cigarette is rolled until the ends of the rod 16 engage the end portions of the trough 5.

One end of a tube forming the wrapper of the cigarette and which is in the nature of a usual cigarette paper rolled in the form of a tube and having its ends sealed in a manner desired, is arranged to telescopically:

receive the mouth 21. The ejector rod 19 is then moved inwardly and through the rolled apron 13 thus forcing the tobacco in its rolled and compressed form outwardly through the opening 20 and into the tube 23 for filling the same and completing the male.- ing of the cigarette. As is a parent when the tobacco has been placed within the tube or wrapper 23, the latter may then be rem v d from. i s alining p sition with the discharge opening 20.

Even though I have herein shown and de-. scribed the prctevrlffid embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a cigarette rolling device,'a trough like container, disk like members arranged at relatively opposite ends of the container, means engaging said disk like membersand proximate portions of said containerfor reta n ng said members against xia displa ment but permitting said members to rotate relative to the container and a rolling apron provided adjacent one edge thereof with means engaging said disk like members.

A cigarette rolling device comprising" a substantially tubular container, a rolling apron, means for rolling the apron into a tube elongated longitudinally of the container, and an ejector slidable longitudinally of the container for advancing the contents of the apron nto a wrapper.

' 3, A cigarette rolling device comprisinga container open at its ends, rotatable caps closing said ends, a rod connecting said caps interiorly of the container, and a rolling apron secured atone end to said rod.

4. A cigarette rolling device comprising a tubular container provided on one side with an opening elongated longitudinally, a cap on each end of the container and provided with a circular groove receiving a proximate end of the container, inter-engaging means on the cap and on the proximate end of the container within the groove to retain the cap on said end of the container, a rolling apron, and means connecting the apron adjacent one end thereof with said caps.

5. A cigarette rolling device comprising a trough, cap rotatably mounted on each end of the trough and provided with a centrally located aperture, one of said caps having a tubular portion alining with the opening in said cap for telescopic reception within one end of a cigarette wrapper, a rolling apron, means conne ting the apron at one end there:

of interiorly of the trough with said caps,

and an ejector insertable into the trough through the opening in the other of said caps. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDDY A, STANGER.

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