Manual cigarette making machine operable by a handle located at a side of the machine
AssigneeRepublic Tobacco L.P.
InventorJeongqiang Lin
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Abstract
A manual cigarette making machine including a casing with top and side walls, a compacting chamber access opening in the top wall located above a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a handle mounted for rotation generally perpendicular to the top wall attached to a driveshaft extending through the sidewall into the machine casing, a cam-driven tamper mechanism operated by the driveshaft for compressing loose tobacco in the compacting chamber, a cam-driven tobacco injection assembly operated by the drive shaft with an injection drive plate mounted for rotation generally parallel to the top wall, and a tobacco spoon associated with the tobacco injection assembly for transporting compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber to a hollow cigarette tube.
Claims21
A manual cigarette making machine comprising:
- a machine casing;
- a compacting chamber within the machine casing for receiving loose tobacco, the compacting chamber having a longitudinal axis;
- a handle mounted for rotation relative to the machine casing, the handle being attached to a driveshaft extending into the machine casing, the driveshaft having a rotational axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the compacting chamber;
- a tamper operated by a radially asymmetrical member mounted to the driveshaft, the radially asymmetrical member engaging a follower coupled to the tamper for advancing the tamper toward the compacting chamber to compress loose tobacco in the compacting chamber;
- a tobacco injection assembly including an injection drive plate rotatably operated by the driveshaft;
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- a tobacco spoon linked to the tobacco injection assembly for transporting compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber in response to rotation of the injection drive plate.
A manual cigarette making machine comprising:
- a machine casing;
- a compacting chamber within the machine casing for receiving loose tobacco, the compacting chamber having a longitudinal axis;
- a handle mounted for rotation relative to the machine casing;
- a driveshaft coupled to the handle, the driveshaft extending into the machine casing, the driveshaft rotatable about a rotational axis, the rotational axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the compacting chamber;
- a first cam mounted to the driveshaft and rotated by the driveshaft;
- a tamper operated by the first cam, the tamper configured to move toward the compacting chamber to compress loose tobacco in the compacting chamber;
- a second cam mounted to the driveshaft and rotated by the driveshaft;
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- a tobacco spoon operated by the second cam, the tobacco spoon configured to transport compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber.
A manual cigarette making machine comprising:
- a machine casing;
- a compacting chamber within the machine for receiving loose tobacco;
- a handle mounted for rotation relative to the machine casing;
- a driveshaft rotatably driven by the handle, the driveshaft extending into the machine casing;
- a first cam coupled to the driveshaft for co-rotation the driveshaft;
- a first follower configured to translate relative to the driveshaft due to interaction with the first cam;
- a tamper coupled to the first follower, the tamper configured to advance toward the compacting chamber to compress loose tobacco in the compacting chamber;
- a second cam coupled to the driveshaft for co-rotation with the driveshaft;
- a second follower configured to translate relative to the driveshaft due to interaction with the second cam;
- a drive member coupled to the second follower;
- an injection drive plate rotatably driven by translation of the drive member;
- a tobacco spoon linked to the injection drive plate, the tobacco spoon configured to transport compressed tobacco from the compacting chamber in response to rotation of the injection drive plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.