Apparatus for making cigarettes

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract A hand operated device for applying cigarette paper to a preformed tobacco rod comprises a forming roller arranged to rotate the rod about its longitudinal axis mechanical, means for applying a pregummed sheet of cigarette paper to the rod as the rod is rotated about its axis wherein the, forming roller is provided along its length with a pair of circumferential helical grooves of opposite chirality there, being further provided a manually operable spigot means adapted to cooperate with said grooves and constrained to travel linearly parallel to the axis of the roller whereby manual movement of the spigot in either linear direction rotates the roller in a constant angular direction.