US309090A

US309090A - Cotton-press

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Publication number: US309090A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1901-12-09

Description

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W. 0. PINSON.

COTTON- PRBsS.

No. 309,090. Patented Dec. 9, 1884. V

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PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

COTTON-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,090, dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed June 7,1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM 0. PINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Press, of which the followingisa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to cotton-presses, and it has for its object to produce a cottonpress that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency over others of its class; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in perspective of a cotton-press embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a portion of the bale-chamberwith the sliding top block partly withdrawn.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the frame of the press, which is made of strong timber suitably braced. The press is an upright press, and the follower works from below upward through the cotton-box. The beams B B, that support the Windlass O, are sustained by suitable sup ports, and are connected by cross-pieces D D at some distance from the ends of said beams 13 B. The upper ends of the guides E E for the crosshead of the followenrods are inortised into these cross-pieces D D, the lower ends of said guides E E being mortised into a sill, F, which rests on the ground or fioor of the press-house.

G designates the cotton-box, and H the balechamber. The follower I is connected to the upper ends of the follower-rods J J through lugs K K on its under side. The lower ends of the follower-rodsJ J are rigidly secured in a cross-head, L, having guide-irons M at each end, which engage the guides E E. The crosshead L is provided, between the lower ends of the followerrods J J, with an iron pulley, N. A cross rod or bar, 0, is secured in the beams B B beneath the windlass C, and to this cross- (No model.)

[ bar 0 one end of the rope P, that operates the follower-rods and follower, is secured. This rope 1? passes down around the pulley N and up to and is secured at its other end to the Windlass O. The Windlass-shaft Q is provided with a wheel, R, to which the power is applied to operate the cotton-press. The top block, S, is provided 011 its under face with transverse strips having spaces between them, and the follower is grooved in its upper face. The top block, S, slides in horizontal guides T at the upper end of the bale-chamber, so that it the cotton to the press. The bales are tied while in the bale-chamber, and are removed therefrom in the usual manner.

This cotton-press operates to compress the bale by winding the rope upon the Windlass, which causes the follower to move up in the cotton-box and to compress the cotton in the bale-chamber. Afterthe balehasbeenformed, tied, and removed, the Windlass is reversed, the rope unwinds, and the follower recedes by its own gravity to the bottom of the press-box, and the operation is repeated for the next bale.

This cotton-press is cheap and simple in its construction, and is not likely to get out of order; but if it should need repairs from long use it can be repaired by any person possessing ordinary skill.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination, with the press-frame provided with the cotton-box, bale-chamber, and top block, of the guide-rods E E below the cotton-box, the follower I, the followenrods J J, and cross'head L at their lower ends, pro vided with the iron pulley N, the guide-irons M M, the cross-bar Q below the Windlass, and the rope P and Windlass 0 between the follower-rods J J, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILLI AM 0. PINSON.

Vitnesses:

L. W. BRYAN, ADoLrH MEYER.

is only necessary to slide it to one side to feed