US37810A - Improvement in wool-packing devices - Google Patents

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W. A. DAVIS, WOOL PAOKING DEVICE.

No. 37,810. Patented Mar. 3, 1863.

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WILLIAM A. DAVIS, OF SALEM, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-PACKING DEVICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,8l0, dated March 3, 1863.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that'l, WILLIAM A. DAVIS, of Salem, in the countyof Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Packing Wool; and 'I-do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

"exact description of the same, reference being spondingpartsin the several figures.

Thisinventicn relates to anew and improved machine for packing wool in the fleece; audit consists in the employment or use of a table provided with folding sides arranged in such a manner that they may be adji'isted with the greatest facility in order to place the wool properly on the packing-strap.

The invention also consists in a novel arrangement of the cords by which the wool is bound, in order to facilitate the adjusting and tying of the same around the wool when packed; and theinvention'further consists in an improvement in the packing-strap, the con struction of the same, and the manner in which it is applied to the working parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a framing, which may be con strncted in any proper way to support the working parts; and B is a horizontal platform, which is placed in the framing, and has attached to it a box, 0, which contains spools a, on which the binding-cord b is wound. Some distance-above the platform B there is another platform, D, which is parallel with B. The platform D is provided with two side pieces, E E, which are attached to it by hinges c. To the outer side of each of these side pieces E there attached two bars, F F, which when the-side pieces, E, are in an upright position, extend down nearly to the platform B, and bear against shoulders at near the ends of bars G G, which are pivoted at their centers to the platform B, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The bars G G are connected atone end by a rod, H, and one of said bars, G has a short rod, I, attached to i t-, said rod being also connected to a crank, e, on. a shaft, J, one endof which is provided with another crank, f, at

right angles to crank e. The crank f is connected by a rod,'g, to a lever, h, which is attached to one side of the framing A and the rod 1. has a spiral spring, '6, upon it, oneend of which bears against the bar Gfiand .the otherjend againsta stop or hearing, j, on,the platform B. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) Thespiral "spring 5 .has a tendency to keep the ends of the bars G G in contact with the lowerends of the bars EF, and the latter, in consequence of bearing against the shoulders d of the bars GG, serve to prevent the side pieces,' E E, from moving outward from a vertical position, as will be understood by referring to Figs. 2 and 3.

J is a treadle or lever, which is placed in the lower part of the framing A,;and1has a cross-bar, k, attached to one end of it, said cross-bar being connected at its ends bystrap's llto two of the bars F F, one of each side piece, E. At one end of the framingie just,

above the platform D, there is aroller, K, the shaft m of which has a ratchet,L, at one end of it, and into this ratchet a pawl, M, catches the latter, being over the lever-h, as shown in Fig. 1. The roller K has a groove, it, made longitudinally in it, and a hook, s, is driven centrally in the roller adjoining the groove 11,

as shown in Fig. 4.

N represents an upright plate, which is attached to the front end of the platform 1).

This plate has three upright spikes or teeth, t't t, in its upper edge, and at the innerside of the plate N there is a curved plate, 0, which is shown in Fig. l.

P is a strap, which maybe of leather. This strap is equal in width to the platform I), and it has longitudinal slots u made in it, the slots extending nearly the whole length of the belt. One end of this strap is attached to the roller K, and this end has a wire or rod, e, fitted in it, which rod is placed in the groove n of the roller, the hook s passing through a hole in the strap and around the rod- 1). The opposite end of the strap P is attached to the plat form D at the lower end of the plate 0.

The operation is as follows: The side pieces, E E are, turned outward from avertical posi tion, so as to be in the same horizontal plane is detached from the rolier K, and the strapv spread out on the platform B, so that the wool may be placed upon it. The cords b of the spools a, one also passed through holes in the platform B,and are titted in slots in the upper ends of the spikes or teeth I The operator then forces down the trcadlc or lever J, and in consequence of the latter being connected by thefistraps It to a bar, F, of each sidepiece, E, the latter will be raised to a vertical position'and all the wool thrown upon the strap 1,tl'e.side pieces, E, being heldin proper position by the shoulders on the bars G (J, as previously described. The operator then grasps the disengaged or free end of the strap 1, and draws it over the wool and connects it to the roller K, the spikes or teeth t passing through the slots in the strap. The roller K is then turned by means of a crank, Q, and

the strap I wound upon the roller K, the wool being thereby compressed into a roll. \Vhen this is accomplished, the operator ties the roll by means of the cords b, and then re leases the pawl M from the ratchet by press ing down the lever 11. This movement of the* lever h also moves the'bars G G, so that the lower ends of the bars 13 F will be free from the shoulders 17 ot' the bars G G, and the side pieces, E E, can then be turned outward and downward to a horizontal position, the bars F coming in contact with the under surface of the platform D, and servingto hold the side pieces, E E, in a proper horizontal position. The strap P is then detached from the roller K, the compressed and bound bale or roll of wool removed, the cords b adjusted to the spikes or teeth t, the wool placed on the platform 1), the side pieces, E E, raised to a vertical position by forcing down the treadle 0r lever J, the strap P attached to the roller K, and the latter turned as before in order 'to compress the wool within it.

1 would remark that the spools a may each have a spring, a bearing upon it to prevent them from turning casually.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leters Patent, is-

1. The hinged sidepieces, E E, of the platform 1), provided with thebars F and used in connection with the bars G G, or their equivalents, to serve as stops for the bars F to retain the side pieces in a vertical position, as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the bars G G, connecting rod H,'spring 1', rod I, crank-shaft J, and levers h J, substantially as shown, for the purpose of raising the side pieces, E E, to a vertical position and releasing-the same so that they may be turned down to a horizontal position, as herein described.

The cords I), placed on'the spools a, in connection with the spikes or teeth t, when said parts arensed in connection with the slotted packing-strap P, as and for the purpose specitied. a

t. Thepacking-strap P, attached at one end 'to the platform D, in combination with the roller K and bearing-plateO, as and for the purpose herein, set' forth.

WILLIAM A. DAVIS.

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