US2157605A - Pocket cigarette machine - Google Patents

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May 9, 1939.

E. HANSEN POCKET CIGARETTE MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 6. 1937 frwesz Hansen m wyaw ll.

ATTORNEYS May 9, 1939. E. HANSEN POCKET CIGARETTE MACHINE Filed July 6, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ernest Hansen ,wfin

ATTORNEYS Patented May 9, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFECE 2,157,605 POCKET CIGARETTE MACHINE Ernest Hansen, Greenwich, Conn. Application July 6, 1937, Serial No. 152,219

7 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved portable apparatus for manufacturing cigarettes and more particularly to an apparatus of this type adapted to be conveniently carried in the pocket.

ferent types of tobacco commonly used in cigarette manufacture. To be satisfactory, a device of this nature should be easily alterable, preferably by variation in the compression exerted during rolling of the cigarette, whereby both cube and long cut tobacco, as well as tobaccos of different moisture contents can be readily and practically used.

It is an important feature of the device according to the present invention that means are provided whereby the compressive forces utilized during rolling of the cigarette can be freely and materially altered, thereby permitting the operator to vary the firmness or degree of packing of the tobacco within the paper, whereby tobaccos of highly dissimilar characteristics can be feasibly utilized.

Another feature of the present invention lies in its simplicity whereby the desired results are accomplished with the minimumnumber of moving elements. Furthermore, because of the arrangement of its members, it is easily freed from dirt and bits of tobacco which normally accumulate during operation.

A further feature is that the cigarettes manufactured by means of the device prepared according to the present invention have turned-in end papers whereby discharge of loose or short tobacco fibres into the mouth of the user is minimized.

In one embodiment of the device according to the present invention, provision is made for the storage of cigarette papers and, if desired, of cigarettes, thereby making the device of even greater value to the user.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings Which form part of the application.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a cigarette manufactured by means of the device according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the device and illustrating the initial step of preparing a cigarette.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 taken along he line (5-4.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig.

3 and representing the device during the making of cigarette, said cigarette being partially com- 10 pleted; and Fig. 7 is a cross sectional View of Fig.

5 taken on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cigarette in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, the device comprises a base member It! having an undulated upper surface formed by a plurality of grooves disposed therein substantially as shown, and a flexible apron or mat l l equal in width to the width of the of the base, which is permanently positioned in a recess #2 in the block I ll between certain of the undulations thereof substantially as shown. The apron l I, which normally rests upon the tops of the ridges in the undulated surface, is preferably adhesively attached over the entire front and rear area of the upright element It, whereby a substantially unitary construction is formed which is removably said apron being fixedly mounted as aforesaid. The upright element 13 is preferably formed of relatively hard material so that its shape will not be substantially altered in use. Altho a form such as that illustrated is preferred other shapes can be used but it is desirable that the face [3a thereof present a substantially fiat surface. The apron H in the preferred embodiment of the present invention is made of surfaced rubber or rubber-like material having a facing not readily affected by tobacco particles and to which tobacco particles will not normally adhere. Altho other substances can be used to replace rubber, for example, parchment, surfaced fabrics and the like, experience indicates that rubber is preferable for this purpose. The upright members l5 are 46 fixedly positioned in abutting relationship to the 'undulated base member If] and are provided, toward the top thereof, with recesses generally designated as It which extend thruout their entire length. The cover H, which is preferably at- 50 tached to the base member [0 by the hinge elements generally designated as I8, is adapted to fit snugly over the ends of the said upright members I5 and so to provide a substantially sealed closure for the apparatus- When the cover ll is closed the member I3 is not positioned upon the projection i l of the block It as shown in Fig. 3, but instead is horizontally disposed upon the ridges of the member It. In operation the supporting member i3 is positioned substantially as shown in Fig. 3 upon the projection M of the base member Hi. When so dis- H is disposed substantially as shown. A cigarette paper generally designated as 28, the thickness of which is exaggerated for the purposes of illustration in the drawings, is then positioned within the recesses [6 of the blocks l5 so that one end thereof is in the vicinity of the bend in the apron generally designated at I la. The tobacco to be used which can be either of cube or long cut is then evenly spread along the fold of the apron member so that it is disposed in a uniform manner between the upright members l3 and between the apron and the bend in the cigarette paper designated at 20a. The upright element i3 is then removed from its mounting, tilted toward the front of the apparatus as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 until it has assumed a substantially horizontal position or in other words is disposed in a plane substantially parallel to that of the base element Hi. When the elements are positioned in this manner, pressure is exerted on each end of the upper surface of the element l3 by positioning the thumbs and fingers in the manner illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawings whereby the tobacco 2| in the apron l l is forced into the recess generally designated at (but and while this compressive force by the thumbs is maintained, the element 13 is advanced toward the front of the apparatus thereby imparting a rolling motion to the tobacco mass 2! and the paper it which has been forced into substantially the same plane as that of the mat. The undulations in the base member ID serve to materially facilitate the formation of the cigarette during the rolling operation by assisting in disposing the tobacco and paper in a substantially cylindrical shape. As the tobacco and paper are rolled forward the ends of the paper which were formerly positioned between the recesses l6 and the blocks iii are turned in by said upright members to form a closed end 26 substantially as shown in Fig. 1. At the completion of the operation the rolled cigarette, ready for gumming, is delivered in the final recess 25 and can then be removed for moistening the gummed portion and sealed in the usual and well known manner.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the space between the upper part of the element l3 and the top of the box is provided for the storage of cigarette papers prior to use or, if desirable, this space can be enlarged and utilized for the storage of cigarettes.

It is to be understood that this improvement is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawings nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therein as do not affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable upon said base, an apron of relatively fiexible material, one edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said base, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said block, and members abutting against said base,

said members being channeled near the tops thereof, and means attached to said base for covering the device when not in use.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable on said base member, an apron of relatively flexible material, one edge of said apron being substantially firmly attached to the undulated surface of said base near a side thereof and between two undulations, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said block, and members abutting against said base, said members being channeled on one face near the tops thereof, and means attached to said base for covering the device when not in use.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable upon one side of said base member in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said base, an apron of relatively flexible material, one edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to the undulated surface of said base near a side thereof and between two undulations, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said block, and members abutting against said base, said members being channeled on faces thereof near the top, and means attached to said base for covering the device when not in use.

4.. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable upon one side of said base member in a plane substantially perpendicular to of relatively flexible material, one edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to the undulated surface of said base near a side thereof and between two undulations, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached r to said block, and members abutting against and disposed substantially perpendicularly to the undulations in. said base, said members being channeled on faces nearest the undulated portion of the base, and means attached to said base for covering the device when not in use.

5. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable upon one side of pendicular to the plane of said base, an apron of relatively flexible material, one edge of said apron being substantially firmly attached to the undulated surface of said base near a side thereof and between two undulations, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said block, and members abutting against and disposed substantially perpendicularly to the undulations in said base, said members being channeled on faces nearest the undulated portion of the base, said channels being disposed in a plane substantially above the plane including the tops of the undulation in the base, and means attached to said base for covering the device when not in use.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base having an undulated upper surface, a block removably positionable upon one side of said base member in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said. base, an apron of relatively flexible material, almost equal in width to the width of the undulated portion of said base, one edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to the undulated surface of said base near a side thereof and between two the plane of said base, an apron plane substantially perundulations, the opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached to said block, and

and disposed substana side thereof and between two opposite edge of said apron being substantially fixedly attached said base near ERNEST HANSEN.

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