US290472A

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Publication number: US290472A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-12-18
Anticipated expiration: 1900-12-18

Description

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CANE MILL.

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CANE MILL.

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CANE- MILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,472, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed September 4, 1883. (X model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM S. REEDER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cane-Mills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved cane-mill, part in section. Fig. 2is a section of the journal-boxes of one of the lower rollers,

taken on line 2 2, Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a section view taken on line 3 4, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a rear View. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the mill, one of the boxes of the lower rollers being shown in section. Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section taken on line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a detail transverse section of a portion of the mill, showing part of the upper roller and both of the lower rollers, and illustrating the scraper, which bears against or is in close proximity to the lower roller on the feed side of the machine, and which acts to keep the roller clean and to prevent the cane being car ried downward too far, which would prevent it being caught between the other lower roller and the upper roller. This scraper is adjust able to and from the roller, as more fully described hereinafter.

My invention consists in certain features 0 novelty, pointed out in the claims. U

The frame of the mill consists of three parts, A, A, and A, A A being end pieces, which are duplicates, and A being a top piece, which rests upon the end pieces, tying them together, being secured thereto by bolts A. The end pieces are also secured together by tie-rods A, and between the end pieces is placed a front piece, A a back strip, A, and a bottom piece, A", which serve to keep the ends from collapsing when drawn toward each other by the tie-rods. The front piece, A

is provided with an opening, A through which the cane is inserted, and the bottom' piece, A with a trough or depression, A", for carrying off the juices.

I have shown three rollers arranged in triangular form, 13 representing the upper roller, and B B the lower rollers, all of which are supported by means of suitable gudgeons, having journal-bearings in boxes secured in the end pieces of the frame or housing of the mill. The lower roller B is on the feed side of the mill. Their journal-boxes, which are alike, are of peculiar form, and are adapted to be removed and replaced with dispatch and case. It will be understood that these rollers only press downward and outward, so they do not require any journal-bearings in the other direction or on the upper sides of them.

0 represents these journal-boxes, which are provided with feathers or projections G on each side of them, at or near their inner ends, (see Figs. 2, 4, and 5,) which fit, when the boxes are in place, in grooves or recesses A in the end pieces of the frame, thus holding the boxes from horizontal outward movement. D represents follower-blocks, which hold the journal-boxes up tight against the godgeons of the rollers; or, in other words, they support the boxes, being held in place by bolts D, passing through projections A of the end pieces, A A.

In Fig. 3 one of the journal-boxes is shown as placed in position to be raised to its working position, and in Figs. 4 and 5 it is shown raised, the feathers being engaged in the recesses, so that the box is held from the slightest horizontal movement. Openings A in the end pieces of the frame, which allow the boxes tobe placed vertically beneath their workingposition before being raised, are closed by the follower-blocks D when the blocks are in working position. (See Fig. 4.) It will thus be seen that the journal-boxes can be easily and quickly removed and replaced.

I represents a scraper that bears against or is in close proximity to the roller 13 for the purpose stated. It extends entirely across the machine and is supported by arms of beams I, in which its opposite ends fit. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) The arms are pivoted to the end pieces of the frame by bolts 1, and through their lower ends pass set-screws F, having bearing in lugs A, secured to the end pieces of the frame.

Between the heads of the set-screws and the arms are elastic cushions 1*,which allow the scraper to yield when necessary and be forced back from the roller without changing the set-screws. By adjusting the set-screws the scraper may be made to bear with more or less pressure against the roller 13.

J represents the master-wheel, resting upon the top piece A and being held thereon by a post, A, on the top piece passing up through a socket in the wheel. (See Fig. 1.) The master-wheel has ordinary gear-connection with the rollers.

By referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the top piece, A formsthe'upper half of the journal-boxes of the upper roller.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cane-mill, the combination of two end pieces, lower rollers having bearings therein, upper roller having bearing thereon, a top piece forming the upper halves of the upper roller-bearings, means to secure the top piece to the end pieces, and means to tie the end pieces together, as set forth.

2. In a cane-mill, the combination of two end pieces, lower rollers mounted therein,upper roller mounted thereon, top piece to secure the gudgeons of the upper roller and the end pieces together and having a vertical post, master gear-wheel to turn on the post, and gear-wheels connecting the roller with the master-wheel, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the lower rollers having gudgeons, of the end pieces havingrecesses, journal-boxes having feathers to fit the recesses and removable by lowering them from the gudgeons, and plates to fit beneath the boxes to hold them against the gudgeons, as set forth. I

4. The combination, with the lower rollers, of the end pieces in which the rollers are journaled,arms pivoted to the end pieces,a scraper secured to the arms between the rollers, lugs on the end pieces, set-screws working in the lugs through the lower ends of the arms, and springs between the heads of the set-screws and arms to form cushions, as set forth.

WVILLIAM S. REEDER.

In presence of Gno. H. KNIGHT, EDW. E. ISRAEL.