US1074061A - Combined filler and packer for baling apparatus. - Google Patents

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S. D. MURRAY.

COMBINED FILLER AND PAOKBR FOR BALING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1912.

1,074,061 Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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COMBINED FILLER AND PAGKER FOR BALING APPARATUS.

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S. D. MURRAY.

COMBINED FILLER AND PAOKBR FOR BALING APPARATUS.

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STEPHEN D. MURRAY, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS.

COMBINED FILLER AND PACKER FOR BALING APPARATUS.

Application filed December 7, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Strum-Inn D. Munnar, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Fillers and Packcrs :tor Baling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating essentially to receive lint cotton from a suitable source and deliver and pack it in a baling box preparatory to compressing the cotton into bales.

The primary object of the invention is to effectively facilitate the introduction of lint cotton within a baling box through the mcdium of instrumcntalities having a simplil'ied organization and an automatic opera tion.

A further object of the invention is to condense the structure of a packer organization in such manner as to constitute the packer both as a lint cotton receiving chamber and a pressing medium without in the least dctracting from its performance of either. function.

A further-object of the invention is to provide a group of instruinentalitics having the combined functions of receiving lint cotton and air from a suitable source, separating the air from the cotton and packing the cotton in a baling box.

The invention consists primarily in a reciprocating packer provided with a lint cotton receiving chamber and an outlet for the cotton associated with suitable mecha nism for operating the several parts and to which lint cotton may be supplied by any suitable means or method or from any preferred source.

The invention further consists of an e11- tensible chamber for receiving lint cotton and including a packer having an outlet for the cotton at its pressing extremity.

The invention further consists of a chamher for receiving lint cotton and air from a gin or other source and a packer movably associated with said chamber and provided with an outlet for the cotton which is de posited therein.

The invention further consists of a re ciprocating tubular packer provided with an outlet, and a lint receiving chamber with Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Sept. 23,1913.

Serial No. 735,574.

which the packer is telescopically associated together with instrumentalitics for operating the several parts.

The invention also contemplates certain i1istruinentalities which will be more fully hereinafter explained in preferred :form to render the packer ellective in performing its several desirable functions. i

The invention is particularly applicable for use with a suitable apparatus for separating cotton and air previous to the deposit of the cotton within the packer, such apparatus being comprised in the packer organization, but the ell'ective operation of the packer in its essential features is not .lepcndent upon a direct association with a separatil'lg apparatus as the latter may be disposed to one side oi or be independent relatively to the packer, and the separating apparatus in any association, whether directly or inde 'icudently, may be eliminated and the packer supplied with lint cotton by any suitable means or be fed manually without in the least detracting from the ell'cctivc operation of the packer organization.

In the drawings: .l igure l is a sectional elevation of an apparatus illustrating one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partially in section, showing a portion of a swinging double box arrangement and the improved apparatus as illustrated by Fig. 1. Fig. is an end elevation of the packer and a portion of the main lint cotton receiving chamber together with a part of the UPQIttillllg mechanism. Fig. 4t is a detail perspective view of a part ol the mechanism. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the lower portion ol? the packer shown broken away in part and in section, and the upper bortion oi the baling box of a baling press also in section. Fig. (l is a detail sectional view taken in the plane of the line 6(i, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken in the plane oi the line 7-7, 1*.ig. 5. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a portion of the improved packer and a por tion of a baling box showing the arrangement oi the parts when associated with an air and lint cotton separating apparatus or condenser illustrated in elevation, partially broken away, the operating mechanism :lor the packer being omitted.

The improved packer organization is adapted. :tor use in filling and packing any type of baling box whether single or double,

but as the prevailing form of baling apparatus embodies double rotatable bale boxes, the packer embodying the features of the invention has been provided with means to render it practically operative with a double bale box press wherein the baleboxes at intervals are rotated to alternately shift a filled baling box from under the packer mechanism and displace the former box by an empty baling box in which the bale has been compressed and completed. In the drawings only one baling box is illustrated, but it will be understood that such box will form one part of a double box baling press of any of the well known or commonly used baling presses or a preferred type of baling organization. 7

The numeral 5 designates a baling box provided at a suitable elevation therein with retaining dogs 6 which operate, as will be readily understood, to hold the cotton downwardly within the box in the preliminary packing operation. The packer organization or instrumentalities is supportedby a suitable frame, platform or bed disposed at such elevation that a baling box 5 may be readily swung thereunder or disposed beneath the same in proper operative position relatively to the packer. The combined filler and packer in its simplest organization or structure embodies a tubular body 8 with an upper open end 9 and a lower pressing extremity 10 having a cotton outlet 11 extending through the platen or head 12 forming a part thereof. This packer has a reciprocating movement imparted thereto and it is intended to adopt any suitable mechanism for operating the packer, and the mechanism for this purpose, which will be more fully hereinafter described, is but one of many mechanical organizations that could be utilized for efiectively actuating the packer. The packer is preferably associated with what may be termed a fixed lint cotton receivingchamber13 over which the tubular body of the packer has telescopic movement. The lint cotton receiving chamber 13 is tubular in its formation and fully open at opposite ends, and the tubular body 8 of the packer when extended forms with the said chamber 13 an elongated or extensible lint receiving chamber. hen the packer is elevated to-its maximum extent over the chamber 13 the pressing extremity 10 is below the lower terminal of the said chamber and a lint receiving chamber is therefore formed between the lower end of the chamber 13 and the outlet 11 of the pressing extremity 10 as at 14c, and this chamber 14 is increased in extent when the packer is projected from the chamber 13 so that both the chamber 13 and the packer are provided with a lint cotton receiving chamber. In the pressing extremity 10 of the packer at a suitable distance above the outlet opening 11 is a pair of rollers 15, the

one roller being yieldingly mounted with relation to the other or capable of having horizontal separating movement with re-' spect to the other roller, and by means of these rollers the lint cotton is formed into a bat which is delivered through the opening 11. The rollers 15 are both rotated inwardly to draw the cotton therebetween and will be driven at such rate of speed as may properly adjusted controlling devices operate to start the packer on its downward movement in the bale box for clearing the upper portion of the bale box by forcing the accumulated cotton downwardly below the retaining dogs 6. The rollers 15 reciprocate with the packer and during'their depression from a normal position they are rotatably inert. These rollers also cooperate with the platen or head 12 to form part of the pressing means as well as feeding means. The driving mechanism for the rollers 15 will be so arranged as to operatively mesh with the rollers without abruptness when the packer is raised to the posi tion shown by Fig. 1 and also to become disengaged from the rollers when the packer is lowered or depressed. During the depression and elevation of the packer the lint cotton will continue to be supplied and deposit over the rollers into the packer and through the chamber 13, but during the time that the rollers 15 are disengaged from the driving mechanism therefor they will cease to feed the cotton by reason of their rotatable inertness. The accumulation of lint cotton above the rollers during the descent and ascent of the packer will not interfere with a resumption of feed by the rollers when the latter rise with the packer to their normal position and become engaged with the driving mechanism therefor.

As shown by Figs. 1 and 2, a separator 16 is directly associated with the upper end of the chamber 13, the lint receiving capacity of the said chamber being increased or augmented by the lower portion of the separator thereabove and the chamber 13 is practically continued upwardly by the lower chamber 17 of the separator. The separator embodies a foraminous or wire gauze cylinder 18 which is rotatably disposed within an approximately cylindrical casing 19,.and at one side of the center at the bottom an in let or lint conduit 20 communicates and extends to a battery of gins or other lint cotton supply under air pressure or force. The inlet conduit 20 is directed vertically at the point where it communicates with the casing 19, and the cotton is caused to sweep over and around the cylinder 18 and is thrown outwardly against the casing as shown by the arrows in Fig. 1, the air escaping through the said cylinder 18 and the lint cotton free of air passing down into the chamber 13 and thence to the rollers 15. The association of the separating mechanism with the pacltcr as just explained is very advantageous, but the operation of the packer to etl'cctivel y perform its Lt'unctions is not in the least confined to this direct association. of the condenser therewith, as illustrated by Fig. 8, wherein a condenser 21 having an inlet conduit 22, dolling rollers 23 and a chute 24 is shown as disposed to one side of the packer with the said chute entering or arranged over the upper open end of the chamber 13, and in the operation of this form of the apparatus a bat is produced by the rollers and passes down through the chute 24: into the chamber 13 to the rollers 15 and is again pressed by the lat ter and exits through the outlet 11 into the baling box 5. In this organization the up per end of the chamber 18 may be provided with a suitable support 25 extending from the adjacent framework or any other suit able attaching means. It is also proposed to use the improved packer organization without a separator or condenser and to dispose the lint cotton in the chamber 13 by any suitable feeding or supply means or manually. When a separator or condenser is used with the packer organization any form of such device may be employed, and the particular arrangement of separator shown by Fig. 1 and condenser as shown by Fig. 8 is illustrated solely for the purpose of demonstrating a practical organization of the packer with means for separating the cotton and air.

The operating mechanism for the several parts may have unlimited variation as hereinbefore indicated, and the particular mechanical devices, to which reference will now be made, will be specifically defined to disclose one means in conjunction with each of the operative parts for obtaining the movements sought and necessary to render the packer practical. The packer also embodies structural details which have been found to be very convenient as well as strong and durable and these will be also hereinafter specifically described simply as one preferred form of structural organization capable oi variation and the coordinate parts of the packer as shown and hereinafter referred to are not to be construed as absolutely essential but on the contrary may be modified without detracting from the function of the packer in its several operations or departing from the spirit oi the invention.

The packer is composed in a specific sense of two end walls or narrow sides 26 which are formed by casting, and two side or wider walls 27 of suitable sheet metal which are riveted or otherwise fastened to llanges 28 of the narrow walls 26. The narrow cast walls 26 adj accnt to the rollers 15 are dished as at 29 to provide a supporting means at each side for the journal bearings 30 of the shaft 31 of the rollers 15, the said rollcrs being keyed or otherwise fastened to the shafts to rotate therewith. The bearings 30 are thus set inwardly so as to avoid projection of the same outwardly beyond the outer surfaces 01 the narrow walls 26. As hereinbe'fore explained, the one roller 15 has a yielding movement with relation to the companion roller, and its journal bearings 30 are slidable laterally against the resistance of springs 32 which hear at their outer extremities against a web structure 33, as clearly shown by Fig. Intermeshing gears 3-1 are mounted on adjacent ends oi. the shafts 31 of the rollers 15, the said gears being applied only at one set of ends oil. the shafts or adjacent to the one set of ends ol. the rollers, the opposite ends of the shafts and rollers being free of gears. The lower extremities of the sheet metal or wide walls 27 are bent inwardly at suitable angles of inclination, as at 35, and terminate in lower horizontal foot l'langes 3(3, and applied over these lower bent extremities of the walls 27 are metallic angle members 37 which are pre'i'ierably of the form illustrated by Figs. 1 and 5 and have their lower llange portions secured to the foot flanges 36 where a suitable reinforce 38 is also applied and prefer ably extends continuously across the whole series of the lower flange portions of the members 37. The members 37 are spaced at intervals, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, to provide openings 39 to receive the inwardly projecting portions of the dogs 6 when the packer desecmls into the baling box 5 so as to permit the lower pressing platen or head 12 of the packer to Force the cotton below the dogs and to provide for readily clearing the latter when the packer ascends or is elevated. The foot llangcs 36, the inwardly projecting lower flange portions oi. the members 37, the rein'l orce 3S and the opposite portions of the lower terminals of the cast narrow sides 26 provide the *alls for the outlet opening 11, the lower extremities of the east side walls being shaped or given a contour correspmiding to that produced by the application of the members 37 to the lower extremities of the wide walls 27 so as to provide a practical form of pressing extren'lity of such dimensions as to readily more into and outwardly from the baling box and assist in giving the pressing head or platen .12 suilicient rigidity. The cast sides 26 have racks 4L0 projecting outwardly from opposite cdges thereof and of suitable extent.

Mounted in suitable bearing means 41 of the frame is a shaft42 that may be driven from any suitable source of power through the medlum of a pulley or other analogous device 43, and on the inner end of this shaft is apinion or gear 44 which meshes with the one gear 84 of the continually engaging gears of the rollers, the gear 34 directly cooperating with the pinion 44 moving downwardly from and upwardly over the side portion of the said pinion so as to avoid abrupt disengagement and engagement of the pinion 44 and gear 34 when the packer descends into the baling box 5 and rises to its normal position, as shown by Fig. 1. The racks are continually engaged by pinions 45 onshafts 46 having on one extremity of each a worm wheel 47 held in continual mesh with worms 48 on a drive shaft 49 mounted in suitable bearings or supporting devices held on the frame. On the shaft 49 an organization of fast and loose pulleys 50, 51 and 51 is mounted and therewith belts 52 and 58 co'tiperate and run to 'a suitable band wheel or pulley 54 mounted on a line shaft 55. The center pulley is fast on the shaft 49 and the two remaining pulleys 51 and 51 are loose on said shaft. Cooperating with this driving mechanism is a suitable belt shifting means that will have an interval operation to change the direction of movement of the driving parts in accordance with the required movement of the packer or so that the latter will be caused to descend into and ascend from and clear the baling box 5 at intervals that maybe predetermined.

The time required for the packer to remain at rest in normal elevated position will be such as is necessary to fill and pack the vacant space in the bale box beneath the outlet 11 and the mechanism will be constructed to give this interval of rest between the briefer periods required for the descent and ascent of the packer, the time of descent and ascent of the packer being very much less than the period of rest of the packer when elevated in normal position. 'A preferred form of mechanism for attaining this result will now be fully described.

The mechanism for regulating the descent and'ascent of the packer is termed a controller and includes in its organization the shafts 49 and 55, the pulleys 50, 51 and 51*, the belts 52 and 53, and the band wheel or pulley 54 on the said shaft 55. On the outer bearing device 56 of the shaft 49 a lever 57 is intermediately pivoted as '56 and has a lower extension for manually starting the controller. the lever 57 is movably connected to the outer end of a horizontal shifting bar 58, the latter being supported at its opposite end by a pivot pin or bolt 59 adjustably movable in a terminal slot 60 of an arm 61 The upper end of 1 of a bell-crank lever 62 fulcrumed on a projection 63 extending inwardly from the inner hearing device 64 of the shaft 49. The remaining arm 65 of the bell-crank lever 62 is terminally forked and extends inwardly adjacent to one side of the tubular body 8 for a purpose which will be presently explained. On the front side of the shifting bar 58 are two projecting arms 66 extending outwardly on each side of the belt 52, and on the reverse or rear side of the said shifting bar are two arms 67 similar tothe arms 66 and extending outwardly far enough to embrace the opposite side portions of the belt 53, the latter belt being a cross-belt. The arms 66 and 67 simultaneously move the belts which they engage with the said bar 58. A sprocket wheel 68 is mounted on the shaft 42 and a second sprocket wheel 69 is suitably applied to the side of the casing above the tubular member 8, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, a stub shaft 70 held by a suitable bracket 71 being shown as one means for practically supporting such sprocket wheel 69. A link or chain belt 7 2 is trained over the sprocket wheels 68 and 69 and includes at a suitable point therein a trip link 73 which is adapted to engage the forkedarm 65 of the bellcrank lever 62, the said trip link having lateral projections, as shown by Fig. 2.and

engaging a forked extremity 74 of the arm 65 of the bell-crank 62 to swing the latter and draw the said arm 65 downwardly and throw the upper arm 61 inwardly to correspondingly move the shifting bar 58 to the left and the cross-belt 53 on the pulley 50 and thus operate the shaft 49, worms 48, worm wheels 47, shafts 46' and pinions 45 to move the plunger downwardly. The bellcrank lever 62 is of the form shown'by Fig. 4 and has the arm 65 held at a distance from the arm 62 through the medium of a sleeve 75 on the end of the projection63 to com pensate for the positions of the parts with which the arms of said bell-crank co5perates. The longer arm of the lever 57 depending below the fulcrum point thereof is slotted, as at 76, and to this slotted portion of the lever the outer end of a connecting rod 77 is attached, the inner end of said rod being movably secured to the shorter arm 78 of a bell-crank 79 movably supported on a portion of the frame and having a longer arm 80 extending inwardly over the adjacent portion of the packer for engagement with a lower boss 81 having an angular extension at its lower end, and an upper boss 82, the said bosses being respectively slotted as at 83 to receive suitable clamping bolts 84 and by means of which either boss may be adjusted to modify the time of engagement thereof with the bell-crank or trip lever 79 or for any other purpose that maybe found necessary to render the packer accurate in its operations.

When the packer descends, the upper boss 82 strikes the arm 80 of the lever just about the time that the said packer has made a full descent or reached the lower terminal of its stroke in the baling box 5 and the operation of the lever by the boss 82 when the packer descends causes the connecting rod 77 to be pulled to the left and therewith the lower extremity or arm of the lever 57 simultaneously moved in a similar direction and the upper extremity or arm of the lever 57 is thrown outwardly or to the right, thus similarly moving the shifting bar 58 and throwing the straight belt 52 onto the fixed pulley 50, thus reversing the movement of the plunger or the packer and returning it to a point where the boss 81, will contact with the longer arm 80 of the bell-crank or trip lever 7 9 and return both belts 52 and 53 to the loose pulleys 51. In preliminarily arranging the mechanism to start the packer to move downwardly at a proper interval, the belts 52 and 53 may be shifted into proper position by manually operating the lever 57, but after the packer has been set in motion or started,the link belt 72 through its actuation from the shaft 42 will regularly bring the trip link 73 into engagement with the arm 65 of the lever 62, throwing the said arm downwardly and drawing the shifting bar 58 inwardly, thereby shifting the cross-belt 58 onto the fast pulley 50 and rotating the shaft 49 in such direction as to cause the packer to descend in the bale box 5 through the gearing and racks hereinbefore explained, and as the packer moves downwardly the cotton accumulated in the bale box 5 is pressed below the dogs 6 and the boss 82 strikes the arm 80 of the trip or bell-crank lever 7 9 and lowers the said arm, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and by this means the belts 52 and 53 are unitcdly shifted outwardly so that the belt 53 will be moved onto the outer loose pulley 51 and the belt 52 onto the fast pulley 50, thus reversing the movement of the shaft 49 and causing the packer to ascend, the boss 81 throwing the lever arm 80 upwardly into proper position to be again engaged by the descending boss 82 when the packer has reached the limit of its lowering stroke. This operation will become continuous and be automatically carried on without requiring manual attention to start and stop the packer.

The direction of movement of the drive or line shaft 55 is indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and it will be seen that the said shaft rotates in a direction which will result in the proper movement of the belts 52 and 53 to attain the end desired in regard to the de scent and ascent of the packer and the corelative movement of the mechanism for directly actuating the same.

One of the advantages in the use of the link belt 72 is that it can be made any length required by using additional sprockets, or without adding more sprockets the upper sprocket may be disposed higher on the casing so as to give greater length to the chain belt, and the latter may be increased in length as may be desired. The length of the chain belt represents one complete cycle oi the controlling apparatus and the longer the bolt the greater will be the period oil. pause or time interval that the packer is at rest.

It will be undcrstoml that the lint cotton is deposited in the chamber 13 and passes down through the packer to the rollers 15, the latter being regularly driven during the period of rest of the packer. The cotton passes between the rollers 15 through the outlet 11 into the baling box 5, which has been disposed under the lower extremity of the packer. The rollers 15 continue to operate until the controller operates and causes the packer to descend and press the cotton below the dogs (3, and at a proper interval the packer ascends and the rollers resume operation, this descent and ascent of the packer continuing automatically until a sufficient quantity of cotton has been packed in the baling box. hen the baling box under the packer has been supplied with the desired charge of cotton it will be swung from under the packer or be replaced by another similar empty box and the same operation of filling and packing will be pursued.

What is claimed is:

1. A reciprocating packer having a permanently open outlet and a lint receiving chamber.

2. A reciprocating tubular packer for receiving lint cotton provided with a permanently open outlet.

3. A reciprocating packer for receiving lint cotton having a packer head with a permanently open outlet opening therethrough.

t. A reciprocating packer having a lint cotton receiving chamber and a pern'ianently open outlet at one extremity.

5. A reciprocating packer of tubular form having permanently open inlets and outlets at opposite extremities.

6. A reciprocating tubular packer :for receiving lint cotton having a pernninently open outlet, and a lint receiving chamber with which the packer is telescopically associated.

7. A reciprocating packer having a lint cotton receiving chamber with an outlet, and rollers adjacent to the outlet through which the cotton passes. a

8. A separating chamber for receiving lint cotton and air from a gin, and a tubular packer reciprocatingly engaging with said chamber to rcceh'e the lint cotton and provided with an outlet for the latter.

9. A separating chamber for receiving lint cotton and air from a gin, and a packer to receive the lint cotton from said chamber, the packer reciprocatingly engaging with the chamber and provided with an outlet for the lint cotton at its pressing extremity.

10. A chamber for receiving lint cotton and air from a gin provided with means for separating the air from the cotton, and a packer reciprocatingly engaging with the said chamber to receive the cotton and provided with an outlet for the latter.

11. A reciprocating tubular packer for receiving lint cotton having a permanently open outlet, and a lint receiving chamber with which the packer is telescopically associated and forming with the latter an extensible lint receiving chamber.

12. A reciprocating tubular packer having a pressing extremity with an outlet opening therethrough and rollers within the said extremity adjacent to the opening, combined with a baling box movably disposed under the packer, the packer receiving the material to be packed and serving to fill the baling box and pack material in the latter.

18. A reciprocating tubular packer to receive lint cotton provided with a pressing extremity having a permanently open outlet opening therethrough and rotatable pressing devicestherein, combined with a baling box movably disposed under the pressing extremity of the packer, the packer serving the dual functions of filling the baling box with and packing the cotton therein.

14. A separating chamber for receiving lint cotton and air having a lint cotton receiving chamber, and a packer reciprocatingly engaging said receiving chamber and having a pressing extremity with an outlet opening therethrough and bat forming rollers adjacent to said opening. 15. A separating chamber for receiving lint cotton and air having a lint cotton receiving chamber, and a packer reciprocatingly engaging said receiving chamber and having a pressing extremity with an outlet opening therethrough and bat forming rollers adjacent to said opening, the rollers being rotatably inert during the movement of the packer.

16. A reciprocating packer of tubular form to receive lint cotton having a pressing extremity with an outlet opening therethrough and bat forming rollers adjacent to said opening, and means for operating the rollers, the rollers being rotatably inert during reciprocation of the packer.

17. A; reciprocating packer of tubular form to receive lint cotton having a pressing extremity with an outlet opening there through and bat forming rollers adjacent to said opening, said rollers also serving as a part of the packing means, and means for operating the rollers, the rollers being rotatably inert during reciprocation of the packer and resuming their rotation when the packer returns to its normal elevated position.

18. A reciprocating packer to receive lint cotton having an outlet opening and feed rollers adjacent tothe opening, the rollers being controlled as to their movement by the movement of the packer.

19. A reciprocating packer to receive lint cotton having positively operating .cotton feeding means at its pressing extremity.

20. A packer having a passage for movement of cotton therethrough, andmeans in the passage for positively feeding the cotton from the packer.

' 21. A combined reciprocating packer and positive bat forming means.

22. A combined reciprocating packer and rotary bat forming means.

23. A combined reciprocating packer having rotary feed means carried thereby, and

alint cotton receiving means with which the said packer cooperates.

2a. A combined reciprocating packer and bat forming means, the bat forming means being in the pressing extremity of the packer.

25. A bale box, means for feeding cotton therein, and means for producing a reciproeating movement of the feeding means in the bale box for pressing material farther into the latter. 7 26. In a device of the class specified, a combined hollow reciprocating packer and automatically operating feed means for relieving the packer of cotton therein.

27. In a device of the class specified, a combined hollow reciprocating packer and rotary feed means for relieving the packer.

of cotton therein.

28. In a device of the class specified, a bale box, feed means for depositing cotton in said box, and mechanism for reciprocating the feed means into the bale box for pressing the material farther into the bale 29. In a device of the class specified, a bale box, means alternately fixed for feeding material into the box, and means for reciprocating said means into the box for pressing the material farther into said box.

30. A reciprocating packer provided at its pressing extremity with means for feeding cotton therethrough, and a separator having an elongated separating chamber engaged by the packer for delivering loose unbatted lint directly to the feed means through the said chamber.

31. A reciprocating packer provided with a permanently open outlet at its pressing extremity and feed means arranged for feed ing cotton through the out-let, and a cotton separator having an elongated separating chamber engaged by the packer for delivering loose unbatted lint directly to the said feed means through the said chamber.

32. A reciprocating packer provided With an outlet at its pressing extremity and feed means arranged for feeding cotton through the outlet, and a cotton separator having an elongated separating chamber engaged by the packer for delivering loose nnbatted lint directly to the feed means through the said chamber by air blast and gravity.

A reciprocating packer having a receiving chamber provided with an outlet and rollers for feeding cotton through the outlet.

3a. A reciprocating tubular packer for re ceiving lint cotton, having an outlet and feed rollers arranged for feeding cotton through the outlet.

35. A reciprocating packer having feed rollers combined with a separator having an extended truncated portion for delivering the cotton to the feed rollers of the packer.

36. A reciprocating tubular packer provided with 'lt'eed rollers and cotton separator having an extended truncated portion cooperating with the tubular portion of the packer for delivering cotton directly to the teed rollers of said packer.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN D. MURRAY. Witnesses:

S. B. ALLEN, lV. \V. ALLEN.

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