US1111819A - Baling-press. - Google Patents

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B. V. BARKER.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1914.

Inventor Attornevs B. v. BARKER. BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1914.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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Inventor Witnesses Attorneys EROS V. BARKER, 0F GELINA, OHIO.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application filed May 19, 1914. Serial No. 839,551.

To all whom it may concern j i Be it known that I Enos V. BARKER, a citizen of the United tates, residin at Celina, in the county of Mercer and tate of.

Ohio, have invented a new and useful Baling-Press, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to baling presses of that type utilizing mechanism whereby binding wires or ties are placed about the bales to hold them under compression. In machines of this character it is desirable to have some means whereby there will be a pause in the compression of the bale during the positioning of a tie about the bale.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide means whereby motion can be transmitted from a continuously rotating drive element to the follower, it being possible to uncouple said driving element from the follower and at the same time couple said element to needle operating means thus to enable the tie to be placed about and secured to the bale before the follower again proceeds to place material under compres- With the foregoing 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 the 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 the preerred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a baling press embodying the present improvements, parts bein broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4:. is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through a portion of the press and showing the means for connecting the drive element to the follower and to the needle operating bar. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line AB Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of the needle operating mechanism. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on line CD Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the base of the press on which is erected a press box 2 of the usual or any preferred construction, this press box having a feedopening 3 in the top thereof and being provided with a follower 4 mounted for reciprocation.

Formed in the side walls of the press box 2 are needle receiving openings 5, the openings infeach side wall registering with the corresponding openings in the opposed side wall. Guide arms 6 are extended outwardly from one of the side walls and at right anles thereto, these arms being formed with ongitudinal grooves 7 which register with i the adjacent openings 5 and constitute guides for straight needles 8 slidably mounted. The needles are connected, at their outer ends, by an integral upstanding rod 9; Braces 10 connect the outer ends of the arms 6 to one side ofthe press box and these braces constitute supports for a vertical shaft ll'journaled thereon. This shafthas an arm 12, one end of which is enlarged, as

j at 13 and formed with a longitudinal slot 1 1 through which the rod 9 extends loosely. Extending from the lower end of the shaft 11 is a short arm 15 havin an upwardly extended forked end 16. Pivotally connected to one side of thisshort arm 15 is an ear 17 extending from one end of an arcuate latch rod 18, said rod being extended through the fork 16 so as thus to be held against lateral movement relative to the arm 15, although'permitted to swing upwardly and downwardly thereon. The latch rod 18 is "extended under the press box 2 and through a guide bracket 19 secured to the bottom of the press box.

Journaled above the base 1 in suitable supports 20 provided therefor, is a shaft 21 to which is secured a gear 22 or other revoluble drive elementhaving a pitman. 23 attached thereto. This pitman is connected latch rod 18 during the reciprocation of the bar. The lever 24 has secured to it close to the .pitman 23, a spring catch 30. The pivot 31 of the lever 2 1 also constitutes the pivot of a .yoke 32 which extends under the upper to one end of a lever 24 fulcrumed on the y arm of said lever 24 and is connected, by a pit-man 33, to the follower 4. The yoke 32 has a cross member 35 secured therein and provided with a depending lip 36. This lip is so positioned that, when the upper portion of lever 24 is. pressed downwardly onto the yoke 32, the catch 30 will spring into engagement with the lip 36, thus coupling lever 24 to the yoke 32 and causing them toswing as one body about the pivot 31 during the actuation of the pitman 23. Thus, during this oscillation of the parts 24 and 32 about the pivot 31 the follower 4 will be reciprocated within the press box 2 and any material in the path of the follower will be placed under compression. For the purpose of properly guiding the catch 30 into side of the press box.

engagement with the lip 36, guide plates 37 are secured on the yoke 32 and upstand therefrom so as to receive the lever 24 between them, as shown in Fig. 5.

Pivotally mounted on the base l is a lever 38 having a presser foot 319 connected to the inner end thereof and normally positioned adjacent the path of the catch30. Theouter end of lever 38 is connected by a rod 40 to. a releasing lever 41 mounted upon one Another rod 42 connects this lever to an arm 43 upstanding from a shaft 44 mounted for rotation under the press box 2. This shaft 44 has a long lifting finger 45 extending therefrom and mally positioned below and out of contact with the latch rod 18, which rod normally rests in the bracket 19 below and out of contact with the bar 27.

Under ordinary conditions the lever 24 is coupled to the yoke 32 in the manner hereinbefore described so that, during the rotation of the gear 22, the follower 4 will be reciprocated and any material supplied to the press box through the opening 3 will be placed under compression. After a sufficient amount of material has been compressed to form a bale of the desired pro-r portions, the operator pulls the lever 41 in the direction indicated by the arrow iii-Fig. 4 and this causes the rod 40 to push against the outer end of lever 38 and brings the presser foot 39 into position where it will be engaged by thelower end of the depending catch 30. Consequently said catch will be uncoupled from the member 35 and during the next rotation of the gear 22, lever 24 will be raised and lowered about its pivot 31 while yoke 32 remains stationary upon the base 1 and follower 4 is held projected forward. It will be noted that when the yoke 32 is thus positioned on the base 1, the pitman 33 presses backwardly against the yoke and tends to bind said yoke more firmly upon the base 1, the parts thus forming a lock to prevent the follower from springing back under the pressure of the material under compression. When the lever 41 is shifted as designated by the arrow in Fig. 4, it also pulls on rod 42 and causes shaft 44 to "rotate, thus to swing finger 45 upwardly and to press the rod 18 yieldingly against the bottom of the bar 27. Consequently, during the oscillation of the lever 24 independently of yoke 32, bar 27 will be drawn rearwardly until the notch 29 arrives above the rod 18 whereupon said rod will be sprung up into the notch by the spring finger 45 and, during the return movement of the bar 27, the rod 18 will be actuated thereby and will cause the shaft 11 to rotate. Conse uently the arm 12 which is fixed to said shaft 11, will force the needles 8 longitudinally within the grooves 7 and transversely within the press box, these needles thus operating to enthe tie wires, indicated at N, and to convey them across the press box to the gripping and twisting mechanism indicated generally at G and T. Inasmuch as the gripping and twisting mechanism constitutes no part of the present invention, it is not deemed necessary to enter into a detailed description or to illustrate the same other than in a general way.

During the completion of the rotation of the gear 22, the bar 27 will be drawn back to its initial position, thus causing the needles to move back out of the press box. By the time the bar has returned to its initial position, lever 41 has been released, the foot 39 has been shifted out of catch engaging position, and finger 45 has been lowered so that, before the bar 27 can start upon its next stroke, the latch bar 18 will drop out of the notch 29. Furthermore, upon the completion of the rotation of the gear 22, the catch 30 will engage the lip 36 on member 35, thus automatically coupling together the lever 24 and yoke 32 so that the operation hereinbefore described will be repeated.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and needles mounted for movement transversely of the press box, of a revoluble actuating element, a lever, a pitman connection between one end of the lever and said element, needle operating mechanism adapted to be actuated by said lever, an element mounted for oscillation, a pitman connection between said element and the follower, means for coupling said lever to said element, and means for simultaneously uncoupling said lever and element and coupling the needle operating mechanism to the lever.

2. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and a needle mounted for movement transversely of the press box, of a revoluble actuating element, a lever adapted to be oscillated thereby, mechanism operated by the lever and normally uncoupled from the needle, an element mounted for oscillation, a pitman connection between said element and the follower, means normally coupling together said lever and element, and means under the control of an operator for simultaneously uncoupling said lever and element and coupling the lever to the needle.

3. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and a needle movable transversely of the press box, of a con tinuously rotating drive element, a lever continuously actuated by said drive element, moans normally coupled to the lever for transmitting motion to the follower, means normally uncoupled from the lever for actuating the needle, and means under he control of the operator for simultaneously uncoupling the follower actuating means from the lever and coupling the needle actuating means to the lever.

I. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and aneedle mounted for movement transversely of the press box, of a revoluble actuating element, a lever adapted to be continuously operated by said element, means normally coupled to and movable with the lever for actuating the follower, a coupling bar-connected to and continuously reciprocated by the lever, a latch member connected to and movable with the lever, and means under the control of the operator for simultaneously uncoupling the lever from the follower actuating means and for shifting the latch member into engagement with the reciprocating bar.

5. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and aneedle mounted for movement transversely of the press box, of a revoluble actuating element, a l ver adapted to be oscillated by said element, a member mounted to swing about the pivot of the lever, a connection between said memher and the follower, means carried by the lever for automatically engaging said mem her to couple the lever and member together,

needle operating mechanism normally unlower, a spring catch carried by the lever- Ior coupling said member to the lever, needle operating mechanism normally uncoupled from the lever, a presser foot, and means under the control of an operator for simultaneously coupling the needle operating mechanism to the lever and shifting the presser foot against the catch to uncouple {)he lever from the follower actuating memer. v

7. In a baling press, the combination with a press box, a follower, and a needle mounted for movement transversely of the press box, of a lever mounted for oscillation, a notched bar mounted for reciprocation and connected to and actuated by the lever, a shaft, means operated by the shaft for shifting the needle, a latch rod connected to the shaft and extending radially therefrom and under the notched bar, a resilient lifting finger extending under the latch rod, a lever under the control of an operator, and means operated by said lever for pressing the yielding finger against the latch rod to force the rod into the notch in the reciprocating bar, thereby to couple the first named lever to the needle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

EROS V. BARKER.

\Vitnesses SELINA NILLSON, I. E. SIMrsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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