US399441A - Tramper attachment for cotton-presses - Google Patents

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A. .SGHKADE.

TRAMPER ATTACHMENT FOR COTTON PRESSES.

No. 399,441. Patented Mar. 12', 1889.

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N PETERS, Phnlc-Mhngnphcr. Washinglun. I10.

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TRAMPER ATTACHMENT FOR COTTON PRESSES.

Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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ATTORNEYS.

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AUGI'ST SFHKADE, OF GTDDINGS, TIFXAS.

TRAIVEPER ATTACHMENT FOR COTTON-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,441, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed July 12, 1888. Serial No. 279,767 (.No model- 'lraniper Alii'tlClllllOllt for (lotton-lresses, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact 1 description.

Myinvcntion relates to an improvement in trampw attach ments for C()l'l.Oll1 1l(?S-SOS, and 1 has for its objectto provide a tramper of simple, durable, and economitml construction, 5 which may be readily applied to any press, 1 and which is designed to be o erated by steam.

The invention consists in the novel 0011-, struction and combinat ion ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the :weompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in. which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevz'it ion of a press hav ing my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a per spective detail view of the plunger block or head. Fig. I is a side elevation of the press. Fig.1 is a perspective view of the driving mechanism, and Fig. is a longitudinal ver- 1 tical section through the plunger block or; head.

In carrying out. the invention four stand 1 ards, 10, are projected upward from the base of the press, between which standards suitable doors, 11, are hinged, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the said standards are provided at the upper extremity of each with side bars, 12, which bars are usually projected horizontally beyond the front of the said standards, as best illustrated in Fig. The 1 respective side bars are connected at the front and rear above the standards by horizontal beams 13. The plunger-box or slide 14c is attached to the inner face of the side bars, 12, t and consists, preferably, of four perpendicular l angled bars, 15, attached one at each corner of the frame formed by the union of the side bars, 12, to the front and rear cross-bars, 13. The said perpendicular angled bars are preferably united at. the top by horizontal side and end strips, 16. The plunger 17, adapted to slide in the plungenbox 14:, consists, usually, of four uprights, 18, united attheir upper ends in any approved manner and having attached omitted for that purpose.

to their lower extremities a plunger blocker head, 19, as best illustrated in Fig. The several uprights 1S constitute the frame of the plunger, and are connected. to the block or head 10 at one end, the said block or head being preferably rectangular, an d. one of said uprights is adapted to slide in each of the angled bars, as illustrated in 1 and 3. The plunger further consists of two spaced central uprights, 90, also attached to the plunger block or head, being preferably secured thereto by angled plates 21, as best shown in Fig. 2, the rack hereinafter described being 1 do not, however, confine myself to the above mode of connection, as other approved or suitable means may be employed.

The upper ends of the central plunger-up rights, 90, extend upward, 1 )1'efcrabl v to an equal height with the said uprights 1S, and are provided upon their outer face with a rack, 22, as shown in Fig. 1. The plunger block or head 19 is lll'PfOlftl'll) (ODSllfllPliOd with an up per horizontal bmly-btmrd, 23, attached to side and end boards, 24 and 25, and to inwardlyextending marginal bottom boards, Ethas best shown in Figs. 2 and 5, in which it will be ob served that a central rectangular openingflT, is provided in the head.

The purpose of this form of plunger block or head is to prevent the cotton fibers, when compressed, from riding up at the sides of the press, the tendency being, when the block is carried downward, to draw the fibers inward.

\Vhile I have described the plunger block or head as constructed of wood, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to any particular material, as the block or head may be, for instance, constructed of metal.

Upon the upper surface of the rear and front cross-bars, 13, bearings are secured, in which short: shafts 2S and 29 are respectively journaled, which shafts extend from one outer side bar to a point opposite the central uprights, 20, of the plunger. Upon the inner t end of each of the said shafts a pinion, S0, is

mounted, which pinion engages, respectively, the rack-surfaces of the plunger-uprights 20,21 5 best illustrated in Fig. 1.

Upon the outer end of each of the shafts 28 and 29 a gear-wheel, 31 and 31, is secured, which gears are adapted to mesh one with the other. Upon the ,front projecting ends of the several side bars, 12, a shaft, 32, is jourualed in suitable bearings, provided at one en d with a pinion, 3S, meshing with the forward gear, 31. At the other end of the said shaft 32 friction balance-wheel, 33, is keyed or otherwise secured, provided with a smooth flat outer face, an in wardly-extendin ghub, iii, an d an inwardly-projecting peripheral flange, 35, preferably of a width equal to the width of the hub, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 1-,whereby a groove is formed upon the inner face of the friction balance-wheel for the reception of the friction-pulley, as will be hereinafter set forth. A second or outer shaft, 36, is also journaled upon the projecting en ds of the side bars, 12, which shaft is provided at one Q and at the oppoend with a drivepulley, or, site end with a friction-pulley, 38, the latter pulley being adapted to enter the groove on the balance friction-wheel 33 and alternately engage the inner surface of the wheel and the circumference of the hub. To this end the extremity of the shaft 36, carrying the friction-pulley 38, is mounted in a sliding bearing, 39,'which bearingis reciprocated through the medium of a lever, l0, pivoted upon the outer face of one of the side bars, 12, the upper end of which lever is united by a connecting-rod, 41, with the sliding bearing 39, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Thus by maflangc of the hub of the balance frictionwheel 33, thereby causing the drive-shaft to be driven in opposite directions, which shaft in turn cominunicatesmovement to the gears 31 and 31, and the said gears rotating the shafts 28 and 29 cause the pinions 30 attached thereto to elevate or depress the plunger.

A brakelever, i2, is pivoted to a standard,

43, which standard is secured. to the side bar,

12, carrying the lever 40, and extends vertically upward a sufficient height to permitthe said lever 4.2, when brought down to a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to bear upon the periphery of the friction balance- .wheel 33.

I desire it to be understood that although specific construction has been shown and described other equivalent construction may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention. The object of providing the two shafts 2S and 29 and their pinions 30 is to cause the plunger to move evenly and regularly within the box or slide, and the prime object of the brake-lever 42 is to balance the plunger and regulate the descent of the same.

Having th us described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a press, a plunger box or slide secured to said press, and a plunger reciprocating in said box or slide and provided with an attached block or head and central uprights having a racked outer surface, of a horizontal shaft at each side of the plunger box or slide provided with a pinion adapted to engage the said racked surface of the uprights, and means, substantially as shown and described, for rotating the said shafts, as and. for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a press, a plunger box or slide secured to said press, a plunger reciprocating in said box or slide, provided with a horizontal hollow block or head, having inwardly-extending lower marginal flanges, uprigl'it-s secured to said plunger-block at the center, and a rack secured to the outer face of the said upright-s, of a horizontal shaft j ournaled at each side of the plunger box or slide, and pinions keyed to said shafts adapted to engage the said racks, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

. 3. The combination, with a press, a plunger box or slide secured to said press, a plunger reciprocating in said box or slide, a horizontal hollow block or head secured to said plunger, provided upon its under face with an inwardly-extendin g marginal flange, an upright centrally secured at each side of the plungerblock, and a rack secured to the outer faces of the said uprights, of a horizontal shaft journaled at the front and rear of the plunger slide or box, a pinion secured to said shafts engaging said racks, gear wheels secured to the outer ends of the said shafts, an adjust- 7 able drive-shaft provided with a friction-pulnipulating the lever it) the pulley 38 upon the dri"cshaft 36 maybe lnadc'to engage the ley at one end, a second parallel shaft provided with a pinion engaging the said gear wheels, and a grooved balance-wheel secured to the latter shaft, adapted to receive the frietion-pulley upon the drive-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The con'ibinatiou, with a press, a plunger box or slide secured to said press, a plunger reciprocating in said box or slide, a horizontal.

hollow block or head secured to said plunger,

provided upon its under face with an inwardly-extending marginal flange, an upright centrally secured at each side of the plungerblock, and a rack secured to the outer faces of the said uprights, of a horizontal shaft journaled at the front and rear of the plunger slide or box, a pinion secured to said shafts engaging said racks, gear-wheels secured to the outer end of the said shafts, an adj ustable drive-shaft provid ed with a friction-pulley at one end, a second parallel shaft provided with a pinion engaging the said gearwheels, a balance-wheel provided with an inwardly-projecting peripheral flange and an inwardly-projecting hub adapted for engagement with the friction-pulley of the driveshaft, a brake-lever adapted for engagement with the periphery of the balancewheel, and means, substantially as shown and described, for adjusting the drive-shaft, as and for the purpose specified.

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( E. WARLICI-I, AUGUST N. SOHUBERT.

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