US1223542A - Sack-baler. - Google Patents

Description

W. A. WEBSTER.

SACK BALER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20. 1915.

1,223,542. I Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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WILLIAM A. WEBSTER, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN HULSE, 0F GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

SACK-BAUER.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917. Application filed August 20, 1915. Serial No. 46,510.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. Vinnsrnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Sack-Baler, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate more particularly to devices for baling cement, salt and other sacks with wire and for securing the ends of the bale-wire together after the bale is 001m pleted. However, it will be evident. as the nature of the invention is further disclosed and better understood, that the improvements are of such nature that they may be employed vith equal success for baling and tying bundles of angle and other irons, ax, fork and other handles, and for other pur poses too numerous to specifically enumerate.

The present invention is purposed and designed as an improvement on the machine disclosed in Letters Patent granted to me April 13, 1915, No. 1,135,931, and the improvements are directed mainly toward the provision of pivoted levers which constitute a part of the frame, said levers adapted for purposes presently more fully described; toward the provision of packerarms or forks; toward the means for temporarily holding the wire in order that it may sustain the sacks before they are compacted; toward the provision of a frame especially adapted to coact with the means above recited and with the means next recited; toward the provision of specially constructed wire-tying devices,

' whereby they will not become disassembled when the above noted pivoted levers are reversed from their normal positions; toward other novel features included in the tying devices: and toward minor novel features hereinafter described. 1

The objects of the'invention are, therefore, to generally improve the construction and to increase the capacity,utility and efiiciency of devices of this character.

By way of example a baling press embodying the features of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

, Figure 1 is a perspective, a quantity of sacks being sustained, by the baling wires, in position for compression and for tying.

Fig. 2, a detail side elevation of the wiretightenlng and twistlng lever or crank;

dl llig. 3, a bottom plan of a wire-twisting Fig. 4, a bottom plan of the element shown in Fig. 2 ;v

Fig. 5, an end detail of the wire-twisting disk;

Fig. 6, an edge view thereof;

Fig. 7, a fragmental section, taken in the plane of the line 77 in Figs. 3 and 4, but turned end-for-end;

Fig. 8, a modification of the frame-locking insert shown in Figs. 10 and 11;

Fig. 9, a top plan, the supporting arches and delivery table not shown;

Fig. 10, a detail elevation of the framelocking insert. shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 11, an edge elevation thereof;

Fig. 12, a detail of the wire-clamp;

Fig. 13, an end elevation (relatively to the frame) of one of the hinge-butts;

Fig. 1 1, an end elevation of one of the pivoted-frame-levers, also considered relatively to the frame;

Fig. 15, a top plan of one of the hingebutts;

Fig. 16, a bottom plan of in Fig. 14:;

Fig. 17, a

arms; I

Fig. 18, an edge view thereof; and

Fig. 19, a perspectivea modification of the frame-locking insert.

Considering the drawings in detail and referring to the elements and. where necessary, to the parts thereof. each by a distinguishing character, uniformly employed, 22 designate supporting archesof channeliron. 3-3 designate cross-bars, the bent ends of each of which are secured to the legs of the arches 2 as presently more fully described. 4E4c designate channel-iron struts. 55 (Figs. 10 and 11) designate frame-barlocking inserts, comprising each a longitudinally arranged arm or branch 6 and a transversely arranged arm or branch 7 said arms lying in diiferent horizontal planes and each insert provided with an aperture 5 passing through both branches. The arm 6 rests in the channel of the strut and the arm the lever shown top-plan of one of the packer- 7 in that of the arch, and a bolt or rivet 8 is passed through the strut, the insert, the leg of the arch, and the cross-bar, to hold them rigidly together, as is essential in this class of devices. In Fig. 8 I have shown a modified form of insert, 5, to be used when the channel of the strut is faced outward. The arm 6 would then lie in the channel of the arch, and the recess 7 would receive and rigidly hold the strut from movement relatively thereto. In Fig. I have shown another modified form of insert 5, this one purposed for use when the strut runs at another angle than a right one relatively to the arch. 9, 9 indicate the longitudinal, and 10,10 thetransverse bars of a sack-receiving and delivering table, the bars 9, 9 being securedto the arches 2 and the bars 10, 10 to thebars9,9.

1 1,,11 designate hinge-butts secured in coacting pairs on the forward and rear corners respectively of the arches andprovided each with a forked end having eyes 12. .13, .13 indicate frame-levers having each an eye 14, a. foot and a tongue 16. 17, 1'1 designate bolts passed through the eyes in the pairs of hinge-butts and levers, and they serve as pivots for the latter. 18 designates a pivoted frame-bar secured at 19 to the swinging ends of the levers 13, and 20 designates a similar bar secured to the levers 13, I

21, 21 designate packer-forks fixed each by a bolt 23 passed through the eye 22 thereof, to; the frame-bar 20, the tongue 24: eX- tending over an edge ,and the inclinedpor: tion 25 resting on the plane lower face of said bar whereby to incline each fork normally downward.

, 26 indicates the stationary disk member of the wire-twisting or tying means and com prises a base having a radially arranged" mouth 28 extending 1n rear of its ax s, a

peripheral groove 29, and a projection 30 having an aperture 31 for the reception of suitable means for securing it to the bar. 18. Of these disk members, and of they parts cooperating therewith and now to be described there-may be any suitable number. 32 designates a twisting-head or hub having a crank-handle 33, its bottom provided with a radially cut slot 34 terminating in a flared mouth 35 which cuts also the rim 36 Said bottom. and rim form a socket rotatable on the disk 26. 37 indicates aset screw threaded through an aperture in said flange, its point extending into the groove 29.

To ,assemblethe wiretying members the mouth 28 is positioned over said screw-point and .the disk then dropped into place in the socket. -Upon it being rotated the screwpointwill enter thegroove 29 and prevent the element 32 from dropping oftthe disk 26., when-theframes. are swung to the reversed positions shownin Fig. 9. 38 indicatesa wire-holding pin fixed in the member 32.

For initial securement of one end of the wire I have provided the means shown best in Fig. 12, one set of these means cooperating with each tying mechanism. 39 designates a, crank-screw onto which a nut 40 is tightly threaded. The stem of said screw is then passed loosely through an aperture 41 in the vertical arm of the bar 20 and its end portion engaged with the free end portion of a. spring clamp-plate 42, the other end of said plate being secured by a bolt 43 and nut 41 to said arm and spaced therefrom by a washer 45.

To operate the device the pivoted frames are swungto the horizontal open positions shown in Fig. 9, in which positions they will be maintained because of the shoulders 46 (Fig.16) of the frame-levers coming up against the ends 47 (Fig. 15) of thehingebutts. One end ofeach balingwire 4:8 is then placedbetweenthe bar.20 and spring 42 (see Fig. 12) andthe screw 39 .given a part rotation to draw on said spring and thereby clamp the wire. The other end of eachwire is then passed through the mouths of the tying elements and wrapped around the pin 38. The sacks 49 are then laid one upon another. on said wires, and when a sufficient number has. been thus piled the pivoted frame 50 is swung to theposition shown in Fig.1, the frame 51 meanwhile beingswung on its pivot but its throw not completed until after the frame 50 has reached its final position of rest. (These movements may. of course be slightly deviated from.) As the packer forks 21 were swung they pressed over andheld down the edges of ,the sacks, compacting them into proper bale-form, the wires meanwhile closing around and forming loops on the bales and drawing the sacks into positions for tying. The operatorthen twists around the pin 38 theprojecting end of that portion of thewire held by the clamp l2, thus bringing it. through the mouths of the coacting tying elements and into the slot 34;, and then rotates the handle 33 clockwise, the adjacent wall of themouth 35 striking the wire and freeing it from said clamp. Continued rotations of the element 3233 will, by twisting the wire ends about each other as shown in Fig. 7, shorten the .loop and cause it to tightly bind and compress the bale of sacks.

When the tying operation has been completed the wires are released and the bales will fall onto the. inclined delivery table 910 from whence they will roll onto the floor atthe front side ofthe machine, where they may be readily handled.

The feet 15 rest, when in normal position s, each in the channel of one of the sup.- porting arches 2, whereby the bars 18 and 20 and thereby. the tying and packing means are supported. I

I have shown and described that embodiment of my invention which is at present preferred by me, since it has in practice been found to give gratifying results, but have not deemed it necessary to encumber the specification and drawings with descriptions and illustrations of modifications which are neither essential to nor form any part of the invention, considered in its broadest aspect. In fact, it will be quite evidentthat numerous structural changes may be made, and that some of the parts may be used without the others and without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, without limiting myself to particularities except in those places in which they are specifically recited, I claim as new the following to-wit:

1. In a baler, a supporting frame, frames pivotally connected therewith and adapted to swing toward and from each other, wiretying means carried by one of said swinging frames, and wire-end-holding means carried by the other thereof.

2. In a baler, a supporting-frame, frames pivotally connected therewith, wire-end-securing elements, swinging one with each of the last recited frames and each thereof adapted to hold one end of a baling-wire, and means for tying the ends of the wires.

3. In a. baler, swinging frames, a wireend-holding device carried by one of them, and means carried by the other and adapted to free the wire from said holding-device.

A. In a baler, swingingframes, a wireend-holding device carried by one of them, and wire-tying members carriedby the other, one of said members adapted to free the wire from said device.

5. In a baler, swinging frames, a frictionclamp carried by one of them, and means carried by the other and adapted to free the wire from saidnlamp.

6. In a baler, a frame adapted 'to be swung to reversed position, plural member wire-tying means carried thereby, and means for preventing said plural members from becoming disassembled when the frame is reversed.

7. In a baler, a supporting-frame, swing ing frames, one hinged at each side thereof, a. wire-clamp carried by one of said swinging frames, and wire-tying means carried by the other.

8. In a baler, oppositely-swinging frames, a wire-clamp carried by one of them, wiretying mechanism carried by the other, and wire-end engaging means carried by said tying mechanism.

9. In a. baler, a supporting-frame, swing ing frames carried thereby, wire-tying means carried by one of said swinging frames, and packer-arms carried by one of said swinging frames.

10. In a baler, a reversible frame, a wiretying disk secured thereto and provided with a peripheral groove, a wire-tying member cooperating with said disk and having an aperture in its side, and means engaging said aperture and adapted to lie partly within said groove, whereby when the frame is reversed the parts comprising the tying mechanism will not become disassembled.

11. In a baler, a reversible frame, and wire-tying elements carried thereby and reversible therewith, one of said elements r0- tatable on the other.

12. In a baler, a pair of oppositely-swinging frames, a clamp-plate carried by one of them, means for adjusting it relatively to the frame which carries it, whereby to provide a clamp for one end of a baling-wire, means for holding the other end of the wire, and means for uniting said ends.

13. In a baler, swinging frames, means carried by one of them for insecurely holding one end of the wire, means carried by another of said frames for holding the other end of the wire, packer arms carried by one of said frames, and wire-tying means carried by one of said frames.

1-1. In a baler, a pair of arches, struts connecting them, hinge-butts secured one to each upper corner of each arch to form pairs, rods, one connecting each pair of butts, frames pivoted one on each rod, and wire-tying means carried by one of said frames.

15. In a baler, a pair of arches, means for connecting them whereby to form a supporting frame, hinge-butts secured one to each corner of said frame, whereby to form oppositely disposed pairs, rods, one connecting each of said pairs, frames pivoted one on each rod, wire-tying devices carried by one of said frames, and packing-elements carried by one of said frames.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature this sixteenth day of August, 1915.

WILLIAM A. WEBSTER.

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