Illuminated cigarette rolling and forming devices

摘要

Embodiments provide cigarette rolling and forming devices that include parallel cylinders extending between a pair of support plates, and a looped belt trained therearound. One cylinder is moveable relative to the other via a pair of curvilinear slots, and the device is configured for alternately receiving and compressing loose tobacco into a tobacco rod with the belt. In some devices, a nozzle is provided to allow longitudinal displacement of the formed tobacco rod into a pre-formed cigarette tube, and some devices include a pushing device to effect this longitudinal displacement. In some embodiments, a light source is provided and configured to illuminate a portion of the device, such as the nozzle or the recess between the cylinders. In various embodiments, the device also may include a power source configured to provide power to the light source and an activation member, such as a switch or button, configured to activate the light source.

主权项

1. A cigarette forming device comprising:
a base with first and second support plates extending therefrom; a translatable cylinder and a fixed cylinder extending between the support plates and rotatably mounted thereto, the translatable cylinder being translatably moveable between a first position in which the translatable cylinder is spaced from the fixed cylinder, and a second position in which the translatable cylinder is substantially adjacent to the fixed cylinder; a looped belt trained around the translatable and fixed cylinders, wherein a portion of the belt between the translatable and fixed cylinders forms an open recess adapted to receive a quantity of loose tobacco when the translatable 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 belt is moved about the translatable and fixed cylinders when the translatable cylinder is in the second position; a pushing device slidably and rotatably coupled to the fixed cylinder and configured for movement around and along the fixed 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 an opening in the first support plate; a light source disposed in the first or second support plate and configured to illuminate a portion of the cigarette forming device when coupled to a power source; and an activation member configured to control activation of the light source.