Cigarette-making machines

Claim 1

IN A CONTINUOUS-ROD CIGARETTE-MAKING MACHINE DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR TO MOVE THE ROD ALONG A PATH AND HAVING A ROD HEATER MOVABVLE INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE MOVING ROD, A CUT-OFF ARRANGED TO CUT THE MOVING ROD INTO SEPARATE CIGARETTES, AND A SUCTION WHEEL ARRANGED TO ENGAGE CIGARETTES EMERGING FROM THE CUT-OFF OF THE MACHINE TO IMPART A MODIFIED FURTHER MOVEMENT TO THEM, THE IMPROVEMENT CONSTITUTING MEANS FOR MOVING THE ROD HEATER AWAY FROM THE CIGARETTE ROD SHOULD CIGARETTES FAIL TO EMERGE FROM THE CUT-OFF AND ENGAGE THE SUCTION WHEEL BECAUSE OF MALFUNCTION OF THE MACHINE AND DURING SHUTDOWN, COMPRISING AN ELECTRO-MAGNET WITH A MOVABLE ARMATURE, MEANS COUPLING THE ARMATURE IN OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ROD HEATER TO MOVE THE ROD HEATER IN AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH THE CIGARETTE ROD, A RELAY HAVING A MOTOR CONTROL CONTACT AND AN ELECTROMAGNET CONTROL CONTACT, MEANS TO START THE MOTOR AND ENERGIZE SAID ELECTROMAGNET BY SAID RELAY CONTACT, A SOURCE OF SUCTION, A CONDUIT LEADING FROM SAID SUCTION SOURCE TO SAID SUCTION WHEEL, A DIAPHRAGM SWITCH LOCATED IN A SECOND CONDUIT COMMUNICATING WITH THE SUCTION CONDUIT, SAID SWITCH HAVING A SET OF CONTACTS MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN SUCTION IN SAID SUCTION CONDUIT AND INCLDUING MEANS FOR OPERATING THE SWITCH IN TWO CONTACT POSITIONS, RESPECTIVELY WHILE CIGARETTES ENGAGE THE SUCTION WHEEL AND WHILE SUCTION ON THE DIAPHRAGM IS REDUCED BECAUSE CIGARETTES FAIL TO ENGAGE SAID WHEEL, A CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID MOVABLE SET OF CONTACTS ON THE DIAPHRAGM SWITCH FOR ENERGIZING SAID RELAY TO THEREBY OPERATE THE MOTOR AND ELECTROMAGNET, TIME-DELAY SWITCHING MEANS COUPLED FOR OPERATION BY THE DIAPHRAGM SWITCH TO RELEASE THE ELECTROMAGNET AFTER A PREDETERMINED PERIOD, MEANS FOR MOVING THE HEATER AWAY FROM THE ROD TO AN EXTENDED POSITION BEYOND THE MOVEMENT AFFORDED BY SAID ARMATURE, AND TIME DELAY SWITCHING MEANS COUPLED TO SHORT CIRCUIT THE CONTACTS OF THE DIAPHRAGM SWITCH AND OPERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF THE HEATER FROM SAID EXTENDED POSITION BACK TO SAID ROD TO HOLD ITS CONTACTS CLOSED DURING A PERIOD PERMITTING CIGARETTES TO REACH THE SUCTION WHEEL TO PERMIT RESTARTING THE MACHINE WHEN THE DIAPHRAGM SWITCH CONTACTS ARE OPEN WHEREAFTER ITS CONTACTS OPEN TO PASS CONTROL TO SAID DIAPHRAGM SWITCH TO ENABLE SAID MOTOR TO CONTINUE TO RUN.