US111796A

US111796A - Improvement in machines for bundling wood

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Publication number: US111796A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1871-02-14
Anticipated expiration: 1888-02-14

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,dal effin WILLIAM L. WILLIAMS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 111,796, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENTKIN MACHINES FOR BUNDLING WOQD.

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

To all whom it 11m/ 1j concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. 'WILLrAMs, of the city and State of New York, have invented and made an Improvement in Machines for Bundling Kindling-Wood; andthe following is declared to be a correct description ofthe same.

In machines for bundling kindling-wood heretofore constructed, it is usual to employ pressure by a strap or band to concentrate and compress the bundle of kindling-wood, as shown in Letters Patent granted to me May 8, 1860.

In other cases a ring has been used, and a swinging segment operated by a cam, as in the English releasing of the lever and moving it to the point of.

beginning relieves the bundle from pressure, so that my mechanism enables the operator to give a very powerful compression with comparative ease, because the cam action lessens the motion, increasing the power exerted to compress the bundle as the movelnent progresses.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a plan, and

Figure 2, a vertical section at the line :n x.

The bed a is sustained upon a frame or legs, b b, and above this bed a are the semicircular supports e for receiving the wood to be secured in a bundle.

Between these supports cthere is a groove or opening, d, in which the string or wire is to be laid.

'lhe fence e isV secured by the flanges f and screws passing through slots, so that the position of the fence can bc adjusted iu order that the string or wire may be. at or near the middle offs-he bundle, the said fence e forming a stop for the ends oi' the pieces of kindling-wood. 4

Beneath the bed a is a cam-lever, y, on a fulcrum, h, and this cam-lever is moved by a bent lever or treadle, 7e, on the fulcrum fi, and this lever 7e carries a roller, l, that operates against the cam portion 2 of the lever g.

The rollerl is placed in a jaw in the level' k, and the par-t 2 of' the lever g' comes between the sides of that jaw.

The compressing-band m is made of hoop-iron, wire, or other material. I have shown one end as attached at I to the bed a, and the other end as connected by a pin, 5, with mortised or jaw portion of the lever g, but both ends of said band might be attached by this piu 5 to the lever g, if desired.

It is now to be understoodtbat the treadle le is to be pressed down by the foot, and in so doing the roller l, acting against the cam surface 2 of the lever g, exerts a powerful force to draw upon the band m and compress the bundle of wood, and when the parts pass into the position shown by dotted lines in iig. 2, the roller l, coming against the at surface of g, will remain in that position and/hold the wood rml y, even when the foot is removed from -thc treadlc, so that the operator is free to employ both hands in tying the bundle. Y

The parts are relieved by raising the treadle le, and the jaws adjacent to the roller l, acting upon the projection 7 of the lever g, raises that end up, and distends the band to the size shown by full lines, thereby liberating the bundle of kindling-wood and allowing it to be removed, and loose wood. packed into place for another bundle.

I remark that the band mbecomes a measure to determine the amount of wood placed in to form a bundle, and I provide the holes 8 and 9 for varying the effective length of the baud m., so as to regulate the size of the bundle.

A latch, t, operated by a spring may be employed to hold the treadle k up vin the normal uposition, the end of the latch passing into a hole in the sector e',

f and a' hole or inclined groove at w maybe used to steady the treadle when depressed.

I claim as my invention- The treadle L and roller ll, acting against the cam surface 2 of the lever g, in combination with the band on and supports o, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Dated this 19th day of May, A. D. 1870.

W. L. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

GaAs. H. SMITH, Gao. T. PLNGKNEY.