Automatic cigarette injection machine

Abstract

Provided are system, method, and device for automatically making cigarettes. According to embodiments, the method may include: rotating a cigarette tube loader barrel to load an empty cigarette tube; moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from a start position to one of one or more fill positions, wherein the one of the one or more fill positions may be at a distance from a tobacco feeder nozzle corresponding to a size of the empty cigarette tube; filling the empty cigarette tube with tobacco via the tobacco feeder nozzle; moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the one of the one or more fill positions to the start position; and rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload a filled cigarette.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 rotating a cigarette tube loader barrel to load an empty cigarette tube;   moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from a start position to one of one or more fill positions, wherein the one of the one or more fill positions is at a distance from a tobacco feeder nozzle corresponding to a size of the empty cigarette tube;   filling the empty cigarette tube with tobacco via the tobacco feeder nozzle;   moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the one of the one or more fill positions to the start position; and   rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload a filled cigarette.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to load the empty cigarette tube comprises:
 rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to a load position to receive the empty cigarette tube; and   rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to a nozzle position to align the empty cigarette tube with the tobacco feeder nozzle.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising detecting the size of the empty cigarette tube. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the filling the empty cigarette tube with tobacco via the tobacco feeder nozzle comprises: pushing the tobacco from an internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle, wherein the tobacco is pushed using a tobacco push anchor and a tobacco feeder push-rod. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the pushing the tobacco from the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle comprises:
 pushing the tobacco from a top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into a bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber using the tobacco push anchor; and   pushing the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle using the tobacco feeder push-rod.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a vertical direction, such that the tobacco push anchor pushes the tobacco from the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber to the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber in the vertical direction;   the cigarette tube loader barrel, the tobacco feeder nozzle, and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a horizontal direction, such that the tobacco feeder push-rod pushes the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle in the horizontal direction; and   the cigarette tube loader barrel has an axis of rotation that is in the horizontal direction.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the pushing the tobacco from the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle further comprises:
 detecting that the empty cigarette tube is completely filled; and   in response to detecting that the empty cigarette tube is completely filled, stopping the tobacco push anchor and the tobacco feeder push-rod.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload the filled cigarette comprises rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to an unload position to release the filled cigarette. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving a user input, wherein the user input indicates a number of cigarette to be filled; 
 determining whether a number of the filled cigarette is lower than the number of cigarette to be filled; and 
 in response to determining that the number of the filled cigarette is lower than the number of cigarette to be filled, repeating the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to load the empty cigarette tube, the moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the start position to the one of the one or more fill positions, the filling the empty cigarette tube with tobacco, the moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the one of the one or more fill positions to the start position, and the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload the filled cigarette. 
 
     
     
         10 . A system comprising:
 a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and   at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
 rotate a cigarette tube loader barrel to load an empty cigarette tube; 
 move the cigarette tube loader barrel from a start position to one of one or more fill positions, wherein the one of the one or more fill positions is at a distance from a tobacco feeder nozzle corresponding to a size of the empty cigarette tube; 
 fill the empty cigarette tube with tobacco via the tobacco feeder nozzle; 
 move the cigarette tube loader barrel from the one of the one or more fill positions to the start position; and 
   rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload a filled cigarette.   
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to rotate the cigarette tube loader barrel to load the empty cigarette tube by:
 rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to a load position to receive the empty cigarette tube; and   rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to a nozzle position to align the empty cigarette tube with the tobacco feeder nozzle.   
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to detect the size of the empty cigarette tube. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to fill the empty cigarette tube with tobacco via the tobacco feeder nozzle by: pushing the tobacco from an internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle, wherein the tobacco is pushed using a tobacco push anchor and a tobacco feeder push-rod. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to push the tobacco from the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle by:
 pushing the tobacco from a top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into a bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber using the tobacco push anchor; and   pushing the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle using the tobacco feeder push-rod.   
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a vertical direction, such that the tobacco push anchor pushes the tobacco from the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber to the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber in the vertical direction;   the cigarette tube loader barrel, the tobacco feeder nozzle, and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a horizontal direction, such that the tobacco feeder push-rod pushes the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle in the horizontal direction; and   the cigarette tube loader barrel has an axis of rotation that is in the horizontal direction.   
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to push the tobacco from the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle by:
 detecting that the empty cigarette tube is completely filled; and   in response to detecting that the empty cigarette tube is completely filled, stopping the tobacco push anchor and the tobacco feeder push-rod.   
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to rotate the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload the filled cigarette by rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to an unload position to release the filled cigarette. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
 receive a user input, wherein the user input indicates a number of cigarette to be filled;   determine whether a number of the filled cigarette is lower than the number of cigarette to be filled; and   in response to determining that the number of the filled cigarette is lower than the number of cigarette to be filled, repeat the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to load the empty cigarette tube, the moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the start position to the one of the one or more fill positions, the filling the empty cigarette tube with tobacco, the moving the cigarette tube loader barrel from the one of the one or more fill positions to the start position, and the rotating the cigarette tube loader barrel to unload the filled cigarette.   
     
     
         19 . A system comprising:
 a tobacco feeder nozzle configured to feed tobacco into an empty cigarette tube;   a cigarette tube loader barrel configured to load the empty cigarette tube and to unload a filled cigarette;   a barrel rotating motor configured to rotate the cigarette tube loader barrel to load the empty cigarette tube and to unload the filled cigarette;   a barrel moving motor configured to move the cigarette tube loader barrel between a start position and one of one or more fill positions, wherein the one of the one or more fill positions is at a distance from the tobacco feeder nozzle corresponding to a size of the empty cigarette tube;   an internal tobacco chamber configured to store the tobacco, wherein the internal tobacco chamber comprises a top internal chamber and a bottom internal chamber;   a tobacco push anchor configured to push the tobacco from the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber; and   a tobacco feeder push-rod configured to push the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle.   
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 19 , wherein:
 the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a vertical direction, such that the tobacco push anchor pushes the tobacco from the top internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber to the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber in the vertical direction;   the cigarette tube loader barrel, the tobacco feeder nozzle, and the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber are aligned in a horizontal direction, such that the tobacco feeder push-rod pushes the tobacco from the bottom internal chamber of the internal tobacco chamber into the empty cigarette tube via the tobacco feeder nozzle in the horizontal direction; and   the cigarette tube loader barrel has an axis of rotation that is in the horizontal direction.