US18854A

US18854A - Improvement in cotton and hay presses

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Publication number: US18854A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1857-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 1874-12-15

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JAMES MASSEY, OF TIIOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON AND HAY PRESSES.

Spccilicalion forming part ol' Letters Patent No. l 8,851, lated December l5, lS?.

To @ZZ whom, t muy concern:

Bc it known that I, JAMES MAssEY, of Thomasville, Thomas county, and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in (letton and Hay Presses; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a side view; Fig. 2, an end view.

To enable others skilled in the art, I will set forth the construction and operation of my invention.

In the construction of my presses, I use both wrought-iron and wood, making the frame entirely of wrought-iron.

In Fig. LA represents the sills; B,the upright wronght-iron posts; O, the cross-sills on which the press operates; I), the cross-braces for sus taining the box into which the cotton is placed for pressing; E, the screw; F, the top crossbraces and the block into which is let the nut of the screw, which is fastened in the block by means of bolts; F, the boxes; a, the ends of the cross-ties with the keys for fastening the press together; c, the levers; b, the adjustable stands.

In Fig. 2, A represents the cross-sill to which .I fasten the upright posts by means of the crosstie brac-es, by means of a staple and key; B, the upright wrought-iron posts; a, the cross ties or braces; D, the ends of the side braces; c', the tie braces of iron for strengthening the frame; E, the screw; Fnthe top side braces and block through which the screw passes; b, the adjustable stands; F', the boxes.

In the operation of my invention, I can, by

means of the cross-tie braces, put up the entire press without either screws or bolts, and the sills are fastened to the lower cross ties by a yoke and bolt, and as the cross-ties fall down in aslot and are tightened by a key the whole press is very easily put up and taken down, and as it is a light press can soon be removed to a different place again to be Set up for use.

By means of the side braces I am able to prevent the boxes from springing while the act of pressing is being performed. "When the cotton is pressed sufficiently, -I remove the lower side braces, and take the box apart,when the pressed bale is delivered, ready for tying. In order to avoid friction, I use double friction-balls, both above and below the follower, which is of great use in destroying the otherwisc great friction. The cotton is placed in the upper box, and the screw run down as usual, and by the use of the adjustable stands I am able to operate the screw with great ease and facility. The post keys and screw are all made of wrought-iron.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new 1s- The manner o f constructing a portable press by means of the slotted cross-ties let into the posts B, and fastened by keys, as described, thus forming a permanent self supporting press, readily adjusting without the use of either bolts or screws to fasten it together, as set forth.

v JAMES MASSEY.

Vitnesses:

T. G. CLAYTON, J. C. BUsH.