US1284756A

US1284756A - Baling-press.

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Publication number: US1284756A
Application number: US20669717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roger O'donnell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-12-11
Filing date: 1917-12-11
Publication date: 1918-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1935-11-12

Description

R. O'DONNELL.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11, 1917.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

R. O'DONNELL.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. H. 1911.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ROGER ODONNELL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

- BALIue-rmss.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed December 11, 1917. Seria1No.206,697.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Room ODoNNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling- Presses, of which the followin is a'specification, reference being had to t 1e accompanyin drawing, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates. to baling presses for scrap metal and similar materials and the object of the invention is to improve the construction of baling presses in the manner to be hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings which accompany this specification and form a part hereof, which drawings illustrate an embodiment of this invention, and on which drawings the same reference characters are used to designate the same parts wherever they may appear in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a vertical, longitudinal section of the press, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the press with the cover drawn back; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 on Fig. 2,-looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 4: is a partial sectional view on an enlarged scale and illustrates details of construction; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a different construction.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a cylinder and 2 a plunger of a ram which is preferably a hydraulic ram. The plunger 2' is adapted to be moved forward and back in a box 3 which is provided with a movable cover 4. The cover 4 is held securely to the top of the box 3 in any suitable manner as, for example, by projections 5 on the cover engaging projections 6 on the box. The cover is preferably provided with antifriction devices, such as rollers 7, which can run on the tops of the sides of the box and on rails 8 and 9.

A cylinder 10 and piston rod 11, which is.

connected to the cover 4, are power mechanism for moving the cover 4 forward and back by power. The plunger 2 is preferably enlarged by a head 12 at its outer end and supported bv antifriction devices 13 and,

when placed horizontally as shown, may be ulled back or retracted by a weight 14. The box 3 has one end open and the other end closed. Adjacent the'closed end 15 of the box and opposite the cover 4 is an aperture 16 through which can pass the enlarged head 17 of the plunger 18 which works in the cylinder 19. The plunger 18 and the cylinder 19 form a ram which is preferably a hydraulic ram.

The head 12 of the plunger 2 is provided with corrugations or Vs 20 and the cover 4 is provided with matching corrugations or Vs 21 which extend the full length of the stroke of the plunger 2 and to the extreme front end of the cover. The bottom and sides of the box 3 are also provided with corrugations or

Vs

22, 23 and 24, which match the corrugations or Vs of the bottom and sides of the head 12 of the plunger 2, but which extend only the length of the stroke of the plunger 2 and terminate at the edge of the aperture 16. The corrugated construction of the plunger, the cover and the bottom and sides of the box is to prevent pieces of metal from being caught and wedging between the head 12 of the plunger 2 and the cover 4 or the bottom or sides of the box 3 when the plunger is being moved or when the cover is being moved.

The head 17 of the plunger 18 may also be provided with corrugations or Vs in the same manner as the head 12 of the plunger 2 and the front face of the head 12 of the plunger 2 and the end and sides of the box 3 engaged with the head 17 may be provided with matching corrugations or Vs extending in the direction of movement of the plunger 18, but, for the sake of simplicity, these parts are illustrated by the drawings as smooth or plane surfaces.

Face plates

25 and 26 may be applied to the

heads

12 and 17 of the plungers 2 and 18' and will be shaped to conform to the surfaces with which they engage. The face plates may be provided at their edges with

yieldable flaps

27 and 28, which are shown by the drawings as applied to only one edge of a face plate. Suchyieldable flaps may be hinged to the face plates by hinge pins 29 and normally held against a plunger head by one or more springs 30. The flaps may have their rear edges rounded or beveled at 31 to provide clearance.

The reference numeral 32 designates a conveyer trough in which any suitable conve'ying mechanism (not shown) may move the bales to any desired point.

When yieldable flaps are used at an edge of a face plate, the corrugations or ls must The operation of the press as f L elion's. The plunger 12: is lowered until its heed 17. or the face plate 26, lies in the apertu e 16 thus providing a bottom for the box this point. The plunger 2 and the cover t are pulied hack and the scrap dump into the box. The open end of the hey the head 12 of the course closed h he cerer l; is then pushed rern'iird compre; nerd. A mil is thus formed '5 further ocinpreseed by then nun" plunger 1.6 up. (fitter the hale lr been completely formed, the cover l is puilc back from over the top 01 the hale and the hale is then forced out of the hex by merino" the plunger 18 up SO that its head 1? er the face plate 26 is suhstamtinlly flush. T the top of the box. The cover 4 is then moved itermird to push the hnle e'li' from plunger 18 into the eenveyer trough 32" No hooks or inng'nete are required to r more a hide from the press and the nae."

corrugations or We prevent pieces of scrap from being caught between 2 m lunger and an adjacent surface. if tine slivers should be caught and Wedge between :1 yieldnhle flap and an adjacent surface, nv backward moveinene of e plunger would cause a flap to turn and disengage or tree itself.

All pipe connections and parts not necessary to a complete understanding of the in rcntieu have been omitted from the drawin s. r i. is claimed is:

hailing press, the prodded ith c irovided With matching combination with orruggz trons or We corruggw tions or :4: .1 n hailing pre e a born a plun er nnd 2i the he);

the coineinzitien of i COJBI Ior heini In oin i l i.

the cover n l provided with uuutchii tiens er l In e hailing; pres? 1 rat n 21 be?! and "L r inoizahle ace plat V l riciduhle i e in H l 1 hi and rt .n of 22 ided with and zi etfir; my sig nature.