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EP0144971B1
EP0144971B1 EP84114780A EP84114780A EP0144971B1 EP 0144971 B1 EP0144971 B1 EP 0144971B1 EP 84114780 A EP84114780 A EP 84114780A EP 84114780 A EP84114780 A EP 84114780A EP 0144971 B1 EP0144971 B1 EP 0144971B1
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Heinrich W. Ruppert
Klaus Gätschmann
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/40—Hand-driven apparatus for making cigarettes
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  • the invention relates to a hand tamping device for cigarette tubes, in particular for cigarette filter tubes, consisting of a housing with a tobacco press chamber arranged in the longitudinal direction thereof, from a lid-like press bar assigned to this tobacco press chamber in a cover which covers the housing and can be folded about an axis, from an ejection slide for inserting the pressed tobacco rod into a cigarette tube, which is temporarily clamped to a spout, and from a clamping element arranged laterally on the spout and movable transversely to the latter between a release and a clamping position.
  • Such a hand tamping device is known from DE-A-2 055 673.
  • the clamping element assigned to the grommet is always prestressed in the clamping position, specifically by a compression spring.
  • the clamping element When a cigarette paper sleeve is placed on the spout, the clamping element must therefore be brought into a release position against the action of this compression spring. e.g. by means of the index finger of the user of the device.
  • the clamping element is released again while the cigarette paper tube is clamped on the spout. The cigarette paper tube is then filled in a known manner.
  • the clamping element After filling the cigarette paper tube, the clamping element must be brought into the release position again in order to get the stuffed cigarette free, i.e. to be able to pull off the spout.
  • the handling described shows that the known device is complex in terms of clamping the cigarette paper tube.
  • the tobacco blocks when the cigarette paper tube is stuffed which means that if the stuffing process continues, the cigarette paper tube either bursts or is torn off the spout. The pollution caused by crumbling the tobacco is evident.
  • the clamping mechanism for cigarette paper sleeves attached to the spout is characterized on the one hand by a high level of operating convenience and on the other hand that it appeals to the tactile or pressure sensation of the user and thus gives the user a feeling for the tamping process in such a way that at the end of the tamping process or in the event of any faults during the tamping process, the clamping of the cigarette paper sleeve on the spout can be ended or broken off by the user.
  • clamping element independently of the actuation of the cover or the ejection slide, can be brought into the clamping position exclusively by means of a push button against the action of a compression spring.
  • the cigarette paper sleeve is clamped on the spout by an inevitable handling of the device for the tamping process, this is characterized by the highest ease of use.
  • the hand tamping device must lie on a surface and be held by the user when it is used. In general, the front end of the housing is held with one hand, while the cover and then the ejection slide are actuated with the second hand.
  • the inventive design of the clamping element ensures that the clamping process is initiated by the user of the device and the clamping is also maintained by the user during the tamping process.
  • the tactile or pressure sensation of the user is addressed during the entire tamping process and a feeling for the tamping process is transmitted, such that at the end of the tamping process or in the event of any faults during the tamping process, the cigarette paper sleeve is clamped to the spout of the device by the user can be ended or canceled.
  • the clamping element is concave at its end facing the spout.
  • the clamping element is advantageously guided in a holding part which can be connected to the front wall of the housing.
  • the holding part is designed like a fork. This results in a twist-proof guidance of the clamping element and a limited displacement distance is formed for the hand push button, which prevents the hand push button from being ejected by a compression spring.
  • a guide bar is provided for the holding part which engages in a slot between fork parts of the holding part and is arranged between the front wall of the housing and the side wall of the housing, which facilitates assembly.
  • the compression spring is arranged between a step-like abutment arranged in an opening for the pin in a recess in the housing side wall and the inside of the hand push button.
  • a hand tamping device designed according to the invention, consisting of a housing 1, a cover 6 that can be folded about an axis 4 on one of the two side walls of the housing, and a slide 7 for a stuffing agent, for example a spoon, which is inserted in a housing 1 arranged tobacco press chamber introduces pressed tobacco rod into a cigarette tube.
  • the housing 1 is advantageously arranged on a floor 5.
  • a hand push button 2 is provided, which is pushed out a certain distance from the housing 1 by means of a spring arrangement, when it is pressed in a clamping device described in more detail below, a cigarette tube on a spout 9 in the front wall 3 holds.
  • the clamping device is shown in FIG. 2 in an end view of the housing 1.
  • An opening 8 in the housing front wall 3 leads to a tobacco compression chamber.
  • the opening 8 is surrounded by a spout 9, onto which an empty cigarette tube is first pushed during the tamping process.
  • a holding part 13 is pushed onto this guide bar 23, the guide bar 23 engaging in a slot between two fork parts of the holding part 13.
  • the two fork parts form a guide for the clamping element 10.
  • Fig. 3 the holding part 13 is shown in an end view, how it is arranged in the fully assembled state in front of the front wall 3 of the housing and in its cutout the spout 9 protrudes.
  • the housing side wall 24 has a preferably rectangular or square recess 29.
  • An opening 25 for a pin 11 is provided in the housing side wall 24.
  • the pin 11 is formed in one piece with the hand push button 2 and forms the clamping element 10.
  • the pin 11 is concave at its end 12 facing the spout 9 in order to facilitate or ensure the clamping of a cigarette paper sleeve to the round spout 9.
  • a compression spring 28 is provided between a step-like abutment 26, which surrounds the opening 25 for the pin 11, and the inside 27 of the hand push button 2 in the fully assembled state.
  • the clamping device works in the following way:
  • the device is placed by the user with the floor 5 on a solid surface. Then the lid 6 is pivoted about the axis 4 and the tobacco press chamber is opened. In this tobacco press chamber (not shown), the user fills the required amount of tobacco and closes the lid 6. This forms the tobacco in the press chamber into a tobacco rod.
  • the slide 7, which can be connected to a stuffing rod, a spoon or the like, the tobacco rod is then inserted into a cigarette paper sleeve (not shown) clamped on the spout 9.
  • the cover 6 can also be arranged so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis running transversely to the longitudinal axis of the housing 1.
  • the design can also be such that a cigarette tube is pulled over the tobacco rod when the tobacco rod is at rest.
  • the device After filling the tobacco into the pressing chamber, the device is pressed firmly by the user with the left hand onto the base, while the right hand operates the slide 7. At the point where the user normally holds the device, the hand push button 2 is attached, which together with the other elements forms the clamping device.
  • the hand push button 2 By holding the housing 1 is, almost inevitably, the hand push button 2 pressed against the action of the spring 28 into the interior of the housing 1, with the concave front surface 12, the cigarette pushed onto the spout 9 paper sleeve is clamped.

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Abstract

In an apparatus for filling cigarette tubes in particular filter cigarette tubes, comprising a casing having a tobacco compressing chamber disposed in the longitudinal direction thereof, a coverlike press bar associated with this tobacco compressing chamber and located in a cover, that covers the casing housing and hinged on a shaft, as well as an ejector pusher for introducing a pressed plug of cut tobacco into a cigarette tube, that is intermittently retained by clamping on a short socket, the clamping device is intended to be embodied such that the clamping operation is completely divided from the filling operation, wherein the functional reliability of the individual elements of the filling apparatus is increased without making the apparatus less convenient to use. This is attained by providing spring-loaded clamping element 10 for a cigarette tube placed on a short socket 9, the clamping element 10 being independent of the cover 6 and pusher 7, by a manual pushbutton 2 is urged laterally against the short socket 9. As a result, when filling the cigarette tube the user automatically actuates the clamping element 10, and the clamping operation is ended by the user at the end of the filling operation.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Handstopfvorrichtung für Zigarettenhülsen, insbesondere für Zigarettenfilterhülsen, bestehend aus einem Gehäuse mit einer in Längsrichtung desselben angeordneten Tabakpresskammer, aus einem dieser Tabakpresskammer zugeordneten deckelartigen Pressbalken in einem, das Gehäuse abdeckenden und um eine Achse klappbaren Deckel, aus einem Ausstossschieber zum Einführen des gepressten Tabakstrangs in eine an einer Tülle zeitweise klemmend gehaltene Zigarettenhülse, sowie aus einem seitlich an der Tülle angeordneten und transversal zu dieser zwischen einer Freigabe-und einer Klemmstellung bewegbaren Klemmelement.The invention relates to a hand tamping device for cigarette tubes, in particular for cigarette filter tubes, consisting of a housing with a tobacco press chamber arranged in the longitudinal direction thereof, from a lid-like press bar assigned to this tobacco press chamber in a cover which covers the housing and can be folded about an axis, from an ejection slide for inserting the pressed tobacco rod into a cigarette tube, which is temporarily clamped to a spout, and from a clamping element arranged laterally on the spout and movable transversely to the latter between a release and a clamping position.

Eine derartige Handstopfvorrichtung ist aus der DE-A-2 055 673 bekannt. Bei der bekannten Konstruktion ist das der Tülle zugeordnete Klemmelement stets in Klemmstellung vorgespannt, und zwar durch eine Druckfeder. Beim Aufstecken einer Zigarettenpapierhülse auf die Tülle muss daher das Klemmelement entgegen der Wirkung dieser Druckfeder in eine Freigabestellung gebracht werden. z.B. mittels des Zeigefingers des Benutzers der Vorrichtung. Nach dem Aufstecken der Zigarettenpapierhülse wird das Klemmelement wieder freigegeben unter gleichzeitiger Festklemmung der Zigarettenpapierhülse auf der Tülle. Anschliessend erfolgt die Befüllung der Zigarettenpapierhülse in bekannter Weise. Nach der Befüllung der Zigarettenpapierhülse muss das Klemmelement erneut in die Freigabestellung gebracht werden, um die gestopfte Zigarette freizubekommen, d.h. von der Tülle abziehen zu können. Die beschriebene Handhabung lässt erkennen, dass die bekannte Vorrichtung hinsichtlich der Klemmung der Zigarettenpapierhülse aufwendig ist. Darüber hinaus besteht während des Stopfvorganges überhaupt keine Möglichkeit, Störungen festzustellen, die den Abbruch des Stopfvorganges geraten erscheinen lassen. Mitunter blokkiert nämlich der Tabak beim Stopfen der Zigarettenpapierhülse, was zur Folge hat, dass bei Fortsetzung des Stopfvorganges die Zigarettenpapier- hülse entweder aufplatzt oder unter Aufreissen von der Tülle abgeschoben wird. Die dabei auftretende Verschmutzung durch Verbröselung des Tabaks ist augenscheinlich.Such a hand tamping device is known from DE-A-2 055 673. In the known construction, the clamping element assigned to the grommet is always prestressed in the clamping position, specifically by a compression spring. When a cigarette paper sleeve is placed on the spout, the clamping element must therefore be brought into a release position against the action of this compression spring. e.g. by means of the index finger of the user of the device. After the cigarette paper tube has been plugged on, the clamping element is released again while the cigarette paper tube is clamped on the spout. The cigarette paper tube is then filled in a known manner. After filling the cigarette paper tube, the clamping element must be brought into the release position again in order to get the stuffed cigarette free, i.e. to be able to pull off the spout. The handling described shows that the known device is complex in terms of clamping the cigarette paper tube. In addition, during the tamping process there is no possibility of detecting any malfunctions which make the tamping process stop. Sometimes the tobacco blocks when the cigarette paper tube is stuffed, which means that if the stuffing process continues, the cigarette paper tube either bursts or is torn off the spout. The pollution caused by crumbling the tobacco is evident.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, deren Klemmechanismus für auf der Tülle aufgesteckte Zigarettenpapierhülsen sich zum einen durch einen hohen Bedienungskomfort und zum anderen dadurch auszeichnet, dass er das Tast- bzw. Druckgefühl des Benutzers anspricht und somit dem Benutzer ein Gefühl für den Stopfvorgang vermittelt, derart, dass am Ende des Stopfvorganges bzw. bei etwaigen Störungen während des Stopfvorganges die Klemmung der Zigarettenpapierhülse auf der Tülle durch den Benutzer beendet bzw. abgebrochen werden kann.The present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a device of the type mentioned, the clamping mechanism for cigarette paper sleeves attached to the spout is characterized on the one hand by a high level of operating convenience and on the other hand that it appeals to the tactile or pressure sensation of the user and thus gives the user a feeling for the tamping process in such a way that at the end of the tamping process or in the event of any faults during the tamping process, the clamping of the cigarette paper sleeve on the spout can be ended or broken off by the user.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäss dadurch gelöst, dass das Klemmelement, unabhängig von der Betätigung des Deckels oder des Ausstossschiebers, ausschliesslich durch einen Handdruckknopf entgegen der Wirkung einer Druckfeder in die Klemmstellung bringbar ist.This object is achieved according to the invention in that the clamping element, independently of the actuation of the cover or the ejection slide, can be brought into the clamping position exclusively by means of a push button against the action of a compression spring.

Dadurch, dass bei der erfindungsgemässen Konstruktion das Festklemmen der Zigarettenpapierhülse auf der Tülle durch eine für den Stopfvorgang zwangsläufige Handhabung der Vorrichtung erfolgt, zeichnet sich diese durch höchsten Bedienungskomfort aus. Die Handstopfvorrichtung muss bei ihrer Benutzung auf einer Unterlage aufliegen und vom Benutzer festgehalten werden. Allgemein erfolgt das Festhalten am vorderen Ende des Gehäuses mit einer Hand, während mit der zweiten Hand der Deckel und anschliessend der Ausstossschieber betätigt wird. Durch die erfindungsgemässe Ausbildung des Klemmelements wird erreicht, dass der Klemmvorgang durch den Benutzer der Vorrichtung eingeleitet und die Klemmung während des Stopfvorganges ebenfalls vom Benutzer aufrechterhalten wird. Dadurch wird während des gesamten Stopfvorganges das Tast- bzw. Druckgefühl des Benutzers angesprochen und ein Gefühl für den Stopfvorgang übermittelt, derart, dass am Ende des Stopfvorganges bzw. bei etwaigen Störungen während des Stopfvorganges die Klemmung der Zigarettenpapierhülse an der Tülle der Vorrichtung durch den Benutzer beendet bzw. abgebrochen werden kann.The fact that, in the construction according to the invention, the cigarette paper sleeve is clamped on the spout by an inevitable handling of the device for the tamping process, this is characterized by the highest ease of use. The hand tamping device must lie on a surface and be held by the user when it is used. In general, the front end of the housing is held with one hand, while the cover and then the ejection slide are actuated with the second hand. The inventive design of the clamping element ensures that the clamping process is initiated by the user of the device and the clamping is also maintained by the user during the tamping process. As a result, the tactile or pressure sensation of the user is addressed during the entire tamping process and a feeling for the tamping process is transmitted, such that at the end of the tamping process or in the event of any faults during the tamping process, the cigarette paper sleeve is clamped to the spout of the device by the user can be ended or canceled.

Zur Verbesserung der Klemmung ist es vorteilhaft, wenn das Klemmelement an seinem der Tülle zugewandten Ende konkav ausgebildet ist.To improve the clamping, it is advantageous if the clamping element is concave at its end facing the spout.

In vorteilhafter Weise ist das Klemmelement in einem mit der Gehäusevorderwand verbindbaren Halteteil geführt.The clamping element is advantageously guided in a holding part which can be connected to the front wall of the housing.

Durch diese Ausbildung ist eine einfache Konstruktion erzielt, die eine einfache Montage der Teile der Klemmeinrichtung ermöglicht.With this design, a simple construction is achieved, which enables simple assembly of the parts of the clamping device.

In besonders zweckmässiger Weise ist das Halteteil gabelartig ausgebildet. Dadurch wird eine verdrehsichere Führung des Klemmelementes bewirkt und für den Handdruckknopf eine begrenzte Verschiebestrecke gebildet, die ein Auswerfen des Handdruckknopfes durch eine Druckfeder verhindert.In a particularly expedient manner, the holding part is designed like a fork. This results in a twist-proof guidance of the clamping element and a limited displacement distance is formed for the hand push button, which prevents the hand push button from being ejected by a compression spring.

In vorteilhafter Weise ist für das Halteteil eine in einen Schlitz zwischen Gabelteilen des Halteteils eingreifende, zwischen Gehäusevorderwand und Gehäuseseitenwand angeordnete, Führungsleiste vorgesehen, die die Montage erleichtert.Advantageously, a guide bar is provided for the holding part which engages in a slot between fork parts of the holding part and is arranged between the front wall of the housing and the side wall of the housing, which facilitates assembly.

In noch weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist zwischen einem in einer Öffnung für den Stift in einer Vertiefung der Gehäuseseitenwand angeordnete, stufenartige Widerlager und der Innenseite des Handdruckknopfes die Druckfeder angeordnet.In yet another embodiment of the invention, the compression spring is arranged between a step-like abutment arranged in an opening for the pin in a recess in the housing side wall and the inside of the hand push button.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung werden anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert, die schematisch ein Ausführungsbeispiel darstellt. Dabei zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine erfindungsgemässe Vorrichtung in Schrägansicht,
  • Fig. 2 eine Stirnansicht einer Vorrichtung nach Fig.1,
  • Fig. 3 eine Stirnansicht eines Halteteils,
  • Fig. 4 die Ausbildung der Federbelastung des Handdruckknopfes in auseinandergezogener Darstellung.
Further features and advantages of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to the drawing, which schematically represents an exemplary embodiment. It shows:
  • 1 shows an inventive device in an oblique view,
  • 2 shows an end view of a device according to FIG. 1,
  • 3 shows an end view of a holding part,
  • Fig. 4 shows the formation of the spring load of the hand push button in an exploded view.

Die Fig. 1 zeigt in Schrägansicht ein erfindungsgemäss ausgestaltetes Handstopfgerät, bestehend aus einem Gehäuse 1, einem um eine Achse 4 an einer der beiden Gehäuseseitenwände klappbaren Deckel 6 sowie einem Schieber 7 für ein Stopfmittel, beispielsweise einen Löffel, der einen in einer im Gehäuse 1 angeordneten Tabakpresskammer gepressten Tabakstrang in eine Zigarettenhülse einführt. Das Gehäuse 1 ist vorteilhafterweise auf einem Boden 5 angeordnet. An der anderen Gehäuseseitenwand 24, am vorderen Ende des Gehäuses 1 ist ein Handdruckknopf 2 vorgesehen, der durch eine Federanordnung ein gewisses Stück aus dem Gehäuse 1 herausgedrückt wird, bei dessen Eindrücken eine weiter unten näher beschriebene Klemmeinrichtung eine Zigarettenhülse auf einer Tülle 9 in der Vorderwand 3 festhält.1 shows an oblique view of a hand tamping device designed according to the invention, consisting of a housing 1, a cover 6 that can be folded about an axis 4 on one of the two side walls of the housing, and a slide 7 for a stuffing agent, for example a spoon, which is inserted in a housing 1 arranged tobacco press chamber introduces pressed tobacco rod into a cigarette tube. The housing 1 is advantageously arranged on a floor 5. On the other housing side wall 24, at the front end of the housing 1, a hand push button 2 is provided, which is pushed out a certain distance from the housing 1 by means of a spring arrangement, when it is pressed in a clamping device described in more detail below, a cigarette tube on a spout 9 in the front wall 3 holds.

Die Klemmeinrichtung ist in Fig. 2 in Stirnansicht des Gehäuses 1 dargestellt.The clamping device is shown in FIG. 2 in an end view of the housing 1.

Eine Öffnung 8 in der Gehäusevorderwand 3 führt zu einer Tabakpresskammer. Die Öffnung 8 ist von einer Tülle 9 umgeben, auf die beim Stopfvorgang zunächst eine leere Zigarettenhülse aufgeschoben wird. Zur Klemmung dient ein Klemmelement 10, das durch den in der Gehäuseseitenwand 24 gelagerten Handdruckknopf 2 betätigbar ist. An der Vorderwand 3 ist eine zur Gehäuseseitenwand 24 verlaufende Führungsleiste 23 vorgesehen. Auf diese Führungsleiste 23 wird ein Halteteil 13 aufgeschoben, wobei die Führungsleiste 23 in einen Schlitz zwischen zwei Gabelteilen des Halteteils 13 eingreift. Die beiden Gabelteile bilden eine Führung für das Klemmelement 10.An opening 8 in the housing front wall 3 leads to a tobacco compression chamber. The opening 8 is surrounded by a spout 9, onto which an empty cigarette tube is first pushed during the tamping process. A clamping element 10, which can be actuated by the hand push button 2 mounted in the housing side wall 24, is used for clamping. On the front wall 3, a guide strip 23 extending to the housing side wall 24 is provided. A holding part 13 is pushed onto this guide bar 23, the guide bar 23 engaging in a slot between two fork parts of the holding part 13. The two fork parts form a guide for the clamping element 10.

In Fig. 3 ist das Halteteil 13 in Stirnansicht dargestellt, wie es im fertig montierten Zustand vor der Gehäusevorderwand 3 angeordnet wird und in dessen Ausschnitt die Tülle 9 ragt.In Fig. 3, the holding part 13 is shown in an end view, how it is arranged in the fully assembled state in front of the front wall 3 of the housing and in its cutout the spout 9 protrudes.

In Fig. 4 ist die Klemmeinrichtung mit ihren Einzelteilen in Verbindung mit der Gehäuseseitenwand 24 des Gehäuses 1 in auseinandergezogener Darstellung gezeigt. Die Gehäuseseitenwand 24 weist eine vorzugsweise rechteckige oder quadratische Vertiefung 29 auf. In der Gehäuseseitenwand 24 ist eine Öffnung 25 für einen Stift 11 vorgesehen. Der Stift 11 ist mit dem Handdruckknopf 2 einstückig ausgebildet und bildet das Klemmelement 10. Dabei ist der Stift 11 an seinem der Tülle 9 zugewandten Ende 12 konkav ausgebildet, um das Klemmen einer Zigarettenpapier- Hülse an der runden Tülle 9 zu erleichtern bzw. sicherzustellen.4 shows the clamping device with its individual parts in connection with the housing side wall 24 of the housing 1 in an exploded view. The housing side wall 24 has a preferably rectangular or square recess 29. An opening 25 for a pin 11 is provided in the housing side wall 24. The pin 11 is formed in one piece with the hand push button 2 and forms the clamping element 10. The pin 11 is concave at its end 12 facing the spout 9 in order to facilitate or ensure the clamping of a cigarette paper sleeve to the round spout 9.

Zwischen einem stufenartigen Widerlager 26, das die Öffnung 25 für den Stift 11 umgibt, und der Innenseite 27 des Handdruckknopfes 2 ist im fertig montierten Zustand eine Druckfeder 28 vorgesehen.A compression spring 28 is provided between a step-like abutment 26, which surrounds the opening 25 for the pin 11, and the inside 27 of the hand push button 2 in the fully assembled state.

Bei der beschriebenen Handstopfvorrichtung arbeitet die Klemmeinrichtung in folgender Weise:In the hand tamping device described, the clamping device works in the following way:

Die Vorrichtung wird vom Benutzer mit dem Boden 5 auf eine feste Unterlage gelegt. Sodann wird der Deckel 6 um die Achse 4 geschwenkt und die Tabakpresskammer geöffnet. In dieser Tabakpresskammer (nicht dargestellt) füllt der Benutzer die erforderliche Menge Tabak und schliesst den Deckel 6. Dadurch wird der Tabak in der Presskammer zu einem Tabakstrang geformt. Mittels des Schiebers 7, der mit einer Stopfstange, einem Löffel oder dergleichen verbunden sein kann, wird anschliessend der Tabakstrang in eine an der Tülle 9 festgeklemmten Zigarettenpapier-Hülse (nicht dargestellt) eingeschoben. Abweichend von dem Ausführungsbeispiel nach Fig. 1 kann der Deckel 6 auch um eine quer zur Längsachse des Gehäuses 1 verlaufende Schwenkachse verschwenkbar angeordnet sein.The device is placed by the user with the floor 5 on a solid surface. Then the lid 6 is pivoted about the axis 4 and the tobacco press chamber is opened. In this tobacco press chamber (not shown), the user fills the required amount of tobacco and closes the lid 6. This forms the tobacco in the press chamber into a tobacco rod. By means of the slide 7, which can be connected to a stuffing rod, a spoon or the like, the tobacco rod is then inserted into a cigarette paper sleeve (not shown) clamped on the spout 9. In a departure from the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1, the cover 6 can also be arranged so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis running transversely to the longitudinal axis of the housing 1.

Die Ausbildung kann auch derart getroffen sein, dass bei ruhendem Tabakstrang eine Zigarettenhülse über den Tabakstrang gezogen wird.The design can also be such that a cigarette tube is pulled over the tobacco rod when the tobacco rod is at rest.

Nach Einfüllen des Tabaks in die Presskammer wird das Gerät vom Benutzer mit der linken Hand fest auf die Unterlage gedrückt, während die rechte Hand den Schieber 7 betätigt. An der Stelle, an der der Benutzer normalerweise das Gerät festhält, ist der Handdruckknopf 2 angebracht, der mit den übrigen Elementen zusammen die Klemmeinrichtung bildet. Durch Festhalten des Gehäuses 1 wird, nahezu zwangsläufig, der Handdruckknopf 2 gegen die Wirkung der Feder 28 in das Innere des Gehäuses 1 gedrückt, wobei mit der konkaven Vorderfläche 12 die auf die Tülle 9 aufgeschobene Zigaretten papier-Hü Ise festgeklemmt wird. Gegen Ende des Stopfvorganges, der entweder durch die Lage des Schiebers 7 optisch oder durch den zunehmenden Widerstand beim Einschieben des Tabakstranges in die Zigarettenpapierhülse erkennbar ist, wird der Benutzer veranlasst, den Druck auf den Handdruckknopf 2 zu verringern, so dass am Ende des Stopfvorganges die mit Tabak gestopfte Zigarettenpapierhülse von der Tülle 9 abgeschoben werden kann, ohne dass Beschädigungen am Zigarettenpapierhülsenende auftreten.After filling the tobacco into the pressing chamber, the device is pressed firmly by the user with the left hand onto the base, while the right hand operates the slide 7. At the point where the user normally holds the device, the hand push button 2 is attached, which together with the other elements forms the clamping device. By holding the housing 1 is, almost inevitably, the hand push button 2 pressed against the action of the spring 28 into the interior of the housing 1, with the concave front surface 12, the cigarette pushed onto the spout 9 paper sleeve is clamped. Towards the end of the tamping process, which is recognizable either by the position of the slide 7 or by the increasing resistance when the tobacco rod is inserted into the cigarette paper tube, the user is prompted to reduce the pressure on the hand push button 2, so that at the end of the tamping process cigarette paper sleeve stuffed with tobacco can be pushed off the spout 9 without damage to the end of the cigarette paper sleeve.

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1. Device for manually filling cigarette tubes, especially for cigarette filter tubes, consisting of a housing (1) with a tobacco-pressing chamber arranged in the longitudinal direction of the latter, of a lid-like press beam assigned to this tobacco-pressing chamber and located in a lid (6) covering the housing (1) and pivotable about an axle (4), of an ejector slide (7) for introducing the pressed tobacco strand into a cigarette tube temporarily held with a clamping effect on a nozzle (9), and of a clamping element (10) arranged laterally on the nozzle (9) and moveable transversely relative to the latter between a releasing position and a clamping position, characterized in that the clamping element (10) can be brought into the clamping position counter to the effect of a compression spring (28) solely by means of a manual press-button (2) independently of the actuation of the lid (6) or of the ejector slide (7).
2. Manual filling device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the clamping element (10) consists of a pin (11) formed in one piece with the manual press-button (2).
3. Manual filling device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the clamping element (10) is made concave at its end (12) facing the nozzle (9).
4. Manual filling device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the clamping element (10) is guided in a holding part (13) connectable to the front wall (3) of the housing.
5. Manual filling device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the holding part (13) is made fork-like and prevents the clamping element (10) from rotating.
6. Manual filling device according to Claim 4 or 5, characterized by a guide strip (23) engaging into a slot between fork parts of the holding part (13) and arranged between the front wall (3) of the housing and a housing side wall (24).
7. Manual filling device according to one or more of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the compression spring (28) is arranged between a step-like abutment (26), arranged in an orifice (25) for the pin (11) in a recess (29) of the housing side wall (24), and the inner face (27) of the manual press-button (2).
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