Cigarette Tobacco Injector with Endless Roller Belt

Abstract

A machine for manually making cigarettes having a frame, a pair of generally parallel rollers rotatably mounted to the frame with at least one of the rollers also being slidably mounted so that it may be moved laterally toward the other roller, and an endless belt trained over the rollers.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . A machine for manually making cigarettes comprising:
 a frame;   a pair of generally parallel rollers rotatably mounted to the frame, with at least one of the rollers also being slidably mounted so that it may be moved laterally toward the other roller; and   an endless belt trained over the rollers.   
     
     
         2 . The machine of  claim 1  in which the belt is made of a resin material. 
     
     
         3 . The machine of  claim 1  in which the belt is made of nylon. 
     
     
         4 . The machine of  claim 1  in which the belt has a roughened surface. 
     
     
         5 . The machine of  claim 1  in which the belt has a series of generally parallel, laterally extending ridges disposed across the belt. 
     
     
         6 . A method of manually making a finished cigarette comprising:
 providing a frame, a pair of generally parallel rollers rotatably mounted to the frame with at least one of the rollers also being slidably mounted so that it may be moved laterally toward the other roller, and an endless belt trained over the rollers;   grasping the frames and sliding a first roller laterally away from the other roller to establish a tobacco-receiving area on the belt between the rollers;   laterally moving the first roller toward the other roller to close the rollers and the band over loose tobacco in the tobacco receiving area;   rolling the second roller to shape the loose tobacco into a uniform column;   inserting a cigarette paper with a wetted, gummed edge vertically into the area between the belt between the rollers and rotating the second roller until the paper enters the tobacco receiving area;   continuing rolling band to advance the paper and fully capture the tobacco so that the paper encircles the tobacco column; and   retracting the first roller and removing a finished cigarette.