摘要 |
<p>A cigarette making machine and method of manufacture. The machine is of the type where a supply of tobacco for a single cigarette is compacted within a chamber and is then injected into a preformed paper cigarette tube by means of a spoon. In the invention, movable component parts are carried by an assembly plate formed from a single blank of sheet metal, the chamber and means to guide the spoon are provided by bending portions of the blank. The assembly plate is secured to a plastic outer housing by deforming heated plastic locator projections provided within the housing into contact with the plate.</p> |