US1003739A - Waste-paper press. - Google Patents

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V L. R. HAZEN. WASTE PAPER PRESS.

APPLICATION TILED JAILSO, 1911.

1,003,739. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

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WASTE PAPER PRESS.

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Patented 7 Sept. 19, 1911.

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WASTE-PAPER PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed January 30, 1911. Serial No. 605,512.

To all whom 'it may concern."

. Be it known that I, Louis B. HAZEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Lenawec and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Waste-Paper Press, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application, is a bailing press, adapted to compress into bundles, waste paper, excelsior, leather and other similar materials which are commonly baled for shipment.

It is the object of this invention to provide a baling press having a trunk of novel and improved form, whereby great rigidity is obtained; to provide novel means for advancing and retracting the follower; and to provide novel means whereby a retaining hoop may be applied to the compressed bale.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,--Figure 1 is a front elevation, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a transverse section in a plane taken adjacent the top of the trunk; Fig. 1 is an elevation of the pawl and ratchet mechanism; and Fig. 5 is an edge elevation of the operating mechanism, adjacent parts of the structure being shown in section.

The trunk in which material to be compressed is inclosed, may consist of sills 1, across which extend bars 2. Supported by the bars 2, is a platform 3. Resting about the platform 3 and rising above the. same, are side walls at, the back of the trunk being denoted by the numeral 5. In the back 5 of the trunk there are longitudinally extended openings 6, alined with openings 6 in the platform 3, the back 5 and the platform 3 being, if desired, formed of a series of spaced strips.

The side walls 4: and the back 5 are surrounded by a top frame 7, carrying a closure 8. Resting upon the cross bars 2, and ordinarily secured thereto and to the side walls 4:, are lower cleats 9, upon which rests a rear cleat 10, which may be secured to the back 5. Secured to the side walls 4, and located between the top and the bottom of the trunk, are intermediate cleats 11. Extended across the back 5, and preferably secured to the back, are rear cleats 12, the cleats 12 being disposed above and below the intermediate cleats 11, in contact therewith. Strap bolts 14 are extended downwardly through the cleats 11 and 12, through the cleats 10, into engagement with the lower cleats 9, to bind these elements together, the strap bolts 15 being terminally mounted in the top frame 7 and in the lower cleats 9, these bolts being prolonged through the intermediate cleats 11, as seen most clearly in Fig. 2.

The trunk thus formed, is open at its front, and to close the front of the trunk, a lower door 16 and an upper door 17 are provided. Extended across the lower door 16, and secured thereto, are cleats 18, rotatably mounted upon a bolt 19, terminally mounted in the cleats 11 and 9. Suitable latches 20 are mounted upon the cleats 18, and engage one of the side walls of the trunk, to hold the door 16 in closed position. The upper door 17 is cleated as shown at 21, and is united by means of hinges 22 with the same side wall at of the trunk with which the latches 2O engage. The construction, therefore, is such, that the doors 16 and 17 swing open in opposite directions. The upper door 17 may be supplied with a latch member 23, of any desired construction, engaging one side wall of the trunk, to hold the door closed.

Mounted for vertical reciprocation in the trunk thus formed, is a follower 24, to the upper face of which bearings 25 are secured, a shaft 26 being jom-naled for rotation in the bearings, the extremities of the shaft 26 protruding outwardly through longitudinal slots 27 in the side walls 1 of the trunk.

The adjacent edges of the top frame 7 and one of the intermediate cleats 11 are recessed, as shown at 28, to receive the ex tremities of a rack 29, held in place by a securing plate 30, overlapped upon the frame 7 and the cleat 11.

Secured to the shaft 26, is a pinion 31, meshing into the rack 29. Likewise secured to the shaft 26, and located beyond the pinion 31, is a ratchet 32, adapted to be engaged by a pawl 33, pivoted intermediate its ends upon a bracket 34, the bracket 34 being extended inwardly through one of the slots 27, into rigid union with the follower 24. One end of the pawl 32 is counter-weighted, as shown at 35 in Fig. 5, so that the pawl 33 will be held gravitationally in engagement with the ratchet 32.

Mounted for "rotation upon one of the protruding ends of the shaft 26, is a lever 36, provided with outstanding ears 37, in which is slidably mounted a pawl 38, a spring 39, bearing at one end against one of the ears 37, and at the other end against the pawl 38, serving to advance the pawl into engagement with a ratchet 40, secured to the shaft 26 beyond the ratchet 32. A releasing lever 4C1 is pivoted intermediate its ends upon the lever 36, one end of the lever 4-1 being united with the pawl 38 by a suitable connection 42. Secured to the tremity of the shaft 26, beyond the lever 36, is a crank 43.

The operation of the device as above described is as follows: Presupposing that the follower 24 is in the uplifted position shown in Fig. 1, the upper door 17 is swung open, whereupon the waste paper or other material which is to be baled, is disposed within the trunk, the lower door 16, preferably, being closed. When the proper amount of material has accumulated within the trunk, the upper door 1.7 is swung to closed position and locked. The lever 36 is then oscillated, the pawl 38 engaging the ratchet 40, and causing a rotation of the shaft 26, the pinion 31 meshing into the rack 29, and forcing the follower 2% downwardly, thus compressing the material which is in the trunk. The compression of the material thus secured, will be maintained by the engagement between the ratchet 32 and the pawl 33. hen the desired compression has been secured, in order to elevate the follower 24, the crank 43 may be manually operated, causing a retraction of the follower 24, the pinion 31 traversing the rack 39 and elevating the follower 24 into the position shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to hoop the compressed bale, one or more bands of wire or the like may be extended through the openings 6 and 6 in the back 5 and in the platform 3 respectively, the lower door 16 having been swung open; whereupon, the free ends of the securing hoops or bands may be united at the front of the bale.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a trunk; a follower mounted for reciprocation in the trunk; a shaft journaled for rotation upon the follower and located in the trunk; a rack secured throughout its length to the trunk; a pinion secured to the shaft and adapted to mesh into the rack; a ratchet secured to the shaft; a pawl pivotally mounted upon the follower and adapted to engage the ratchet; a lever rotatable upon the shaft; a second ratchet secured to the shaft; and a spring pressed pawl upon the lever, adapted to engage the last named ratchet.

2. In a device of the class described, a trunk; transverse elements secured to the sides of the trunk, and provided in their adjacent edges with oppositely disposed recesses; a rack terminally engaged in the recesses; a securing element extended longitudinally of the rack and overlapped upon the transverse elements; a follower mounted for longitudinal reciprocation in the trunk; a shaft journaled for rotation upon the follower and located in the trunk; and a pinion upon the shaft, meshing into the rack.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ilffiXGCl my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS R. HAZEN.

Witnesses C. C. VIIITNEY, C. E. HAINns.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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