US108320A - Improvement in cotton-presses - Google Patents

Description

S' BOTON.

Patented Oct. 18, 1870.

te gite Letters Patent No. 108,320, dated OctoberlS, 1870.

llVl PROVEM ENT IN CQTTON-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part; of thesame.

Tc all whom it may concern Be it known ,that I, SINCLAIR BooroN, of Seguin, in the county of 'Guadalupe and State of Texas,

have invented a new and improved Cotton-Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, und exact description th ereof, which will enable others skilled in the art torna-ke and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part oi this specification. f

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved cotton-press.

Figure 2 is a Vertical transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention pertains to improvements in hayand cotton-presses, and consists in a certain construction and arrangement of parts, as lspecified in the claim, and as' described in connection with others necessary to make up the practicable and operative machine.

A in the drawing represents the stationary frame or hed on which my improved press is supported.

B is the box or body of the press.

lt is supported by a vertical pin or arbor, .0, that projects from the frame A into the lower part of the box B, allowing the latter to revolved on or with said pin.

A stationary toothed wheel, D, is fitted upon the arbor C, its teeth meshingl into gear-wheels E lil, that are hung upon the lower ends ot' two vertical screws ll F. rlhese screws arearrnnged ou the opposite sides of the press, andare provided with right. and lefthaud screw-threads," at their respective upper and lower ends.

They are hung in ears a a', that project from the press, and can revolve therein.

'lhc toothed wheels E are loose upon the ,lower parts oi' the screws, but can he locked thereto by means of clutches l) b, which are operated by a suitable lever, G.

H and l are the respective upper-and lower followers of the press.

They have projecting nuts c c, at the ends, that fit through slots in the press, and that are held by the screws, as shown. i

The press has projecting loopsorl sockets'd, for the reception of levers J, by means of which it may be turned.

Vhen by the lever J the press is revolved on lthe pivot C, the wheels E-E being clutched, the screivs will both be revolved by the rolling of the wheels E on D, and 'will thereby impart vertical mot-ion in opposite directions to thehuts of the two followers respectively. Thus both followers Vwill be simultaneously rnoved toward each other for pressing, .and

vaway from each other forlliug thepress. -By this simultaneous movements much time is saved, as the speed of operationis doubled.

The nutsc of the upper follower H are locked to the same by pins c, passing transversely through them, and through braces f, that may be usedl on said follower if. desired.

The sides of-`the press may, on the upper part of the same, be hinged, to facilitate lfilling and emptying, andcan be locked, for closing the press,by cross beams L, or other fastenings.

Having thus described my invention,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atentl. The upper follower H, connected by removable pins c with the nuts c, substantially as herein shown and described, to be detachable, as specified.

2. The gear-wheels D E E, arbor G, clutches b, right and left-hand screws F F, ears a a, followers H and I, provided with nuts c c, and the brac-es f, all constructed and arranged with reference Vto the case provided with hinged sides, as shown and described.

'lhe above specification of my invention signed by me this 17th day of August, 1870.

SINGLAlR BOUTON.

lWitnesses Guo. W. MABEE, T. B. Moslima.

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