US297915A

US297915A - Cotton-press

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Publication number: US297915A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 1901-04-29

Description

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OOTTON PRESS.

Patgnted Apr. 29 1884.

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COTTON PRESS.

Patented A r. 29, 1884.

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WILLIAM H. BURGESS, OF RIOHS UARE, NORTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,915, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed January 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BURGESS, of Rich Square, in the county of N orthampton, and in the State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. l

This invention relates to certain improvements in baling-presses; and it consists in certain improved combinations and arrangements of the parts, whereby the Work of pressing can be more conveniently and thoroughly effected than heretofore. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of my improved press. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional View thereof on the line as wof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section on the line y of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, a side elevation of a modification of my invention, showing a portion broken away to illustrate the interior of the press.

The letter A indicates two longitudinal sills, which have firmly bolted to them the crosssills A, the whole forming the supportingframe of the press. The said longitudinal sills are also bolted to the intermediate crosssills, A The cross-sills A are so arranged as to rest upon the arches of the bolsters or axles, which are provided with wheels, as shown, upon which the press may travel.

To the sills A is attached the box'provided with battens O, to which the end boxing, E, is movably secured by means of the projecting battens F. The said boxing E is provided with suitable slots, F, to allow of the upward motion of the lower follower, G, and the downward motion of the upper follower, H.

The motive power is-applied by means of powerful windlasses K, on the sills A, at either side of the end boxing, together with suitable pulleys, I, attached to the upper and lower followers, the number of pulleys being determined by the amount of force desired. The said windlasses consist of a cylinder and a cone mounted upon the same shaft, the initial pressure being given by the cylinder, and the final rope on evenly and rapidly, while the cone develops the required power to finish the bale in a perfect manner.v For the purpose of guiding the rope, the cylindrical portion of the Windlass is provided with a right-hand spiral groove, M, for a single round, in order to start the rope toward the flange, which flange is for the purpose of turning the rope backward over that already wound on toward the conical part of the Windlass, which portion requires a left-hand groove, and the peculiar shape of the cone develops the pressure required for the second part of the process of baling. Motion is transmitted to the said windlasses by means of suitable hand-levers, I, and ratchets and pawls, or any other suit; able gearing.

The letter 1? indicates a movable partition, which is supported inthe baling-chamber by means of two bearing-pins, whereby a number of small bales may be pressed at the same time and banded and released at once in such manner that any desired amount of material may be baled in small bales with about the samelabor and in the same time as required to press it into full-sized bales. The said partition is provided with slots 1?, similar to those in the end boxing, to permit the followers to move freely during the pressing, and atv the upper termination of said slot P" is secured a cutting knife or blade, It, for the purpose of severing any straws or other material, which in filling the boxes might protrude from one box into the other. I

Corresponding with the slots in the partition are formed slots in the cross-planks of the upper and lower followers, indicated, respectively, by the letters S and T. The doors U are constructed with battens V and W and supporting-bars B ,=near the center of the doors, the bars being furnished near the end with iron plates 0 having notches D above and below toreceive the door-clamps E in order to clamp the door in different positions,

according to the nature of the material to be baled.

For pressing cotton, the doors are secured with the battens -V on the Sills A, and for. pressing hay the doors are reversed, for the reason that it is not necessary to press hay so close as cotton. If the press is required to work downward altogether, the lower follower is made stationary, and the ends of the timbers projecting, as indicated in Fig. 4, to secure the windlasses and to form a heading on the truck. The baling-box in this instance is located below and the lint-box above. The battens H of the box ends are located with their ends in the sides of the lint-box, as before described, and the eccentric levers are placed below, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The sills A may be removably seeuredthat is, fastened with bolts or pins and keys at the sides of the press for the purpose of transportation; or the central ties of the press or frame may be extended so as to rest on high bolsters of the transporting-trucks.

In some instances, where hillsides abound, it may be required to hinge the sides of the baling-box U in order to render the press less top-heavy, as shown in Fig. 4. The sides are held in place by cross-ties, and in perfect line with each other by the vertical end boxing.

The sills A may be retained for the purpose of constituting bearings, or the timbers of the stationary bed may be further extended, so as to rest on the truck as bearings, as shown in Fig. 1&-

The sides of the lint-box in Fig. 1 may be hinged to the bottom of the sills A, and during the transportation may be swung upward and secured one to the other across the load, the box end and doors being taken down and packed on the sills A.

The operation of my improved press is as follows: The press is filled with material and the follower is placed upon it. The ropes are attached at each end of the press to the windlasses, beginning at the right-hand guidinggrooves, the levers causing the windlasses to revolve, winding the rope on the drum, with the coils working to the flange, which, when reached, turns the coils of the ropesbackward until the coils have reached the starting-part of the windlasses. \Vhen this pointis reached, and the resistance of the material has increased so as to require greater power, the coils run on the conical pulleys, by which the power is increased, as required, toward the end of the baling operation. \Vhen the rope has filled the grooves of the conical pulleys,the bale will be sufficiently pressed.

The bales are banded and removed in the usual manner.

I claim- 1. In abaling-press,the combination,with the reversible side doors provided with projecting and recessed battens, of the slotted end boxing, adapted to be removably secured to the side doors and to the lint-box below the sills, for the purpose of holding the lint-box and press-box in perfect line with each other,substantially as described.

' 2. In a baling-press, the combination, with the sides of the baliiigbox, of the lint-box, provided with battens having recesses, and the end boxing having projecting battens which fit into said recesses, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the longitudinal sills, the intermediate cross-sills, and the eccentric levers with the end boxing slotted top and bottom, and projecting battens provided with recesses, and the lint-chamber having battens and recesses adapted to receive the projecting battens, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a baling-press, of the vertical movable partitions extending across the baling-chamber, and provided with vertical slats, and a cutter whereby a series of independent bales may be formed, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, in a baling-press, of a windlass having a cylindrical and cone-shaped portion provided with right and left hand guide-grooves for the purpose of guiding the ropes more evenly and regulating the speed and power of thejpress, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a baling-press, oi'a lint-chamber located below the sills, with a pressing-box having doors above the sills for permitting the box to be conveniently filled and the bales to be arranged and handled, as set forth.

'7. The combination, in a baling-press, of a lint-chamber below the sills, a pressiugchamber above the sills, and an upper and lower follower, and mechanism for operating the same, substantially as specified.

8. The combination, in a baling-press, of a movable partition with upper and lower followers,and mechanism for operating the same, whereby a number of bales may be pressed at the same time, substantially as specified.

9. The combination, in a baling-press, of a lint-box below the sills, a pressing-box above the sills, and provided with reversible sides, and the removable end boxing slotted top and bottom, and having projecting battens which have bearings in the projecting battens on the side of the lint-box, and also provided with movable cross-ties for holding the sides firmly together, substantially as described.

10. The combination, in a baling-press, of the movable doors, provided with battens at their ends, and crossbeams and ties, whereby the baling-box may be inverted, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in I presence of two witnesses this 1st day of J anuary, 1883.

WILLIAM H. BURGESS. Vitnesses:

J. J. MCCARTHY, WILLIAM D. ALEXANDER.