Cigarette rolling and forming devices

A cigarette forming device comprising:

• a base with first and second support plates extending therefrom;
• first and second parallel cylinders extending between the first and second support plates and rotatably mounted thereto, the first cylinder further being translatably moveable between a first position in which the first cylinder is spaced from the second cylinder, and a second position in which the first cylinder is substantially adjacent to the second cylinder;
• a looped belt trained around the first and second cylinders, wherein the portion of the belt between the first and second cylinders forms an open recess adapted to receive a quantity of loose tobacco when the first cylinder is in the first position, and wherein the portion forms a substantially cylindrical recess in which the tobacco may be shaped into a tobacco rod when the first cylinder is rolled in the second position;
• a nozzle disposed adjacent an opening in the first support plate, the nozzle being configured to receive one end of a pre-formed cigarette tube thereupon;
• and
• a clamping device adapted to clamp the pre-formed cigarette tube to the nozzle from at least two sides when the clamping device is actuated.

A cigarette forming device comprising:

• a contoured base with first and second support plates extending therefrom;
• first and second cylinders extending between the support plates and rotatably mounted thereto, the first cylinder further being translatably moveable between a first position in which the first cylinder is spaced from the second cylinder, and a second position in which the first cylinder is substantially adjacent to the second cylinder;
• a looped belt trained around the cylinders, wherein the portion of the belt between the cylinders forms an open recess adapted to receive a quantity of loose tobacco when the first cylinder is in the first position, and wherein the portion forms a substantially cylindrical recess in which the tobacco may be shaped into a tobacco rod when the first cylinder is rolled in the second position;
• a pushing device slidably and rotatably coupled to the first cylinder and configured for movement around and along the first cylinder, wherein the pushing device comprises a pushing element adapted to engage and slidably push one end of a shaped tobacco rod in the cylindrical recess toward the first support plate, and wherein rotation of the pushing device about the first cylinder causes the pushing element to move the first cylinder from the second position to the first position;
• a nozzle disposed adjacent an opening in the first support plate, the nozzle being configured to receive one end of a pre-formed cigarette tube thereupon;
• a trough extending between and interconnecting the first and second support plates the trough having a top surface and a bottom surface;
• and
• a clamping device adapted to clamp the pre-formed cigarette tube to the nozzle from at least two sides when the clamping device is actuated;
• wherein the looped belt is trained around the first and second cylinders and the trough;
• wherein the recess is formed by a portion of the belt between the first and second cylinders;
• and
• wherein the trough is adapted to prevent the portion of the belt forming the recess from contacting other portions of the belt.