US103860A - Improved portable tobacco-press - Google Patents

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4WILLIAM s. FORD, or EvA'NsvI'LLn, INDIANA,

Letters Patent No. 103,860, dated Jane 1870.

IMPnovnn PORTABLE: ToBAcco-Pnnss.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and vmaking part of the same.

To all whom it may concern. p l

Beit known that I,WILLIAM S. FORD, of Evansville, countyof Vanderburg and State of' Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Portable Tobacco-Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make'aud use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing formingpart of this' specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my improved press, illustratiug its operation, part being broken away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is-a. top view of the same, partlyin section, thr'ough the line :t x, iig. 1. v

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the same.-

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invent-ion has for its object to furnish a simple, strong, and convenient press designed especially for pressing leaf tobacco into the hogsheads, and which shall be so constructed that the entire strain may be borneby the tobacco being pressed; and

lt consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the press, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the base frame of the press, which is made triangular in form, or of other convenient shape, with its angles or arms projecting to receive the eyes formed upon the lower ends of the rods B.

To the upper side o f the frame A is attached a circular bottom or bearing, C, which should beof such a thickness, or should have bars c placed beneath it, upon the frame A, as to raise thev said bottom C to sucha height that the bottom of the hogshead may rest upon the bottom C, so that'the chines of the hogshead may not touch the frame A. Or the bearing C may be omitted, and the base frame A so formed that the bottom of the hogshead may 'rest upon said frame, the chines or ends of the stares being left free.

The rods B extend up alongthevsidesof the hogshead or Cask, and. have eyes 'also formed upon their upper ends to receive the ends of the frame D.

The/rods B should be only enough longer than the height of the hogshead to allow the tobacco to be convenientlyput into said hogshead below the frame f D, which may be made with two, three, or more arms, as may be desired.

Through the center of the armed frame D is formed a hole for the passage of the screw E, the screw-threads to receive which may be cut in the surface of the said hole, or in a nut, F, inserted in said hole, and kept in place by a set-screw, G, as shown in iig. 2.

*"he nut Fis inserted from the lo'wer side of said frame D, and has a strong ange formed upon its llower end, which rests againstV the lower side of the said frame D, and thus receives. the strain.'v

This latter construction I prefer, as it enables the armed frame D toY be easily and cheaply made of cast metal, while the nut proper in which the screw-thread is cut is made of' a tougher metal.

' The screw E is made with a large head having holes formed through it to receive the lever H by means of which it is run up and down.'

The screw E is requiredto be made comparatively short, so that, when run up, the lever H may not be out of the reach of a man' standing upon the ground.

lhe rods B are secured in place upon the ends of the frames A and D by pins or screws I passing through the ends of the said frames, as shown in figs. l, 2, and 3.

In using the pressl oneman enters the hogshead and packs the tobacco, while another, standing upon the ground, hands it tohim. When the hogshead has been filled in this way the follower J is placed upon 'the top of the tobacco, andthe 'screw E iszrun 'dowm -The sci-ew isthen .run back'quickly, and blocks K are placed beneath it upon y"the follower J, and so on until the tobacco in the hogshead has been suiciently compressed. The screw is then run up, the blocks and follower removed, and the hogshead again packed with tobacco, which tobacco is compressed in the manner hcreinbet'ore described, about three packings bcing required to lill the h ogshead.

By this construction the press receives all the strain,

'there being no vertical, and very little lateral pressure upon the staves of the hogshead.

By this construction a light, strong, and 'convenient press is produced, which may be easily vtaken apart and packed insmall compass for storage or transportation, and which will enable the tobacco to be readily packed upon the spot where it is cured.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters herein shown and described and for thc' purpose set` forth.

' `2.' The circular' raised bottom or bearing G, in coinbination with base A, rodsB, frame D, screw E, nut F, and follower J, all arranged substantially as shown and described, whereby the pressure is applied directly to the top of the tobacco with a direct counter-pressure upon its bottom, the staves of the cask being entirely free from strain, 'as set forth.

' WM. S. FOR-D.

Witnesses:

J os. Monats, H. BUTTS.

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