US403498A

US403498A - Baling-press

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Publication number: US403498A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 1906-05-14

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SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 403,498, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed March 27, 1888. Serial No. 268,610. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cartersville, in the county of Bartow and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baling-presses; and its object is to provide a device of this class by means of which the material can be conveniently and quickly fed through a twopart or tubiform hollow plunger in lieu of through the usual feed-opening in the balingchamber; and its further object is to provide a baling-press embodying advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a baling-press embodying Iny invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom or inverted plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line ac, Fig. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a ldetail vertical sectional view taken through the front end of the balingchamber and operating-lever. Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectionalview of the operatinglever. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the plunger. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modification, showing my improved two-part or tubiform hollonr plunger applied to a vertical press. Fig. 9 is a top or plan view thereof. Fig. l0 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the baling-chamber, comprising four longitudinal beams, a, a top, a', and bottom o2, secured thereto, and sides as, secured to cross-beams ai. rihe bottom and two lower longitudinal beams are extended at the rear end some distance beyond the top and top beams, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The plunger is preferably composed of two parts or sections, B C, operating alternately. The section B is composed of a long rectangular base portion, Z), and a shorter similar side portion, b', secured upon the top of the base at one edge and at right angles to said base, said section B being L-shaped in crosssection. The section C is similar in construction to the one just described, the top c and side c being about the same length as the side of section B. The section C is of an invertedn L shapein cross-section, the lower edge of the side fitting against the outer edge of the base and the inner edge of the top against the inner upper edge of the side of section B, both sections when in position being rectangular in crosssection- The rear ends of the sides of each section and the top of the pluir ger are beveled to permit of ready insertion of the Inaterial to be pressed.

D designates a longitudinal beam secured along the under side of the bottom a2 at the center thereof, said beam being recessed upon its inner face at the rear end, as shownA at d, and within this recess is mounted a sheave, E, having a bearing upon a screw or bolt, c, passing through the bottom of the balingchamber, through the sheave, and into the beam. The beam D is provided at its inner front end with a recess, d. lVithin this recess is pivoted an operatingdever, F, by means of a screw or bolt, f, passing through the bottom a2, through an eye, f', in the lever, and into the beam D.

The lever F is provided with a longitudinal recess, f2, at its rear end, within which is Inounted asheave, G, having a bearing upon the screw or bolt f.

The sections of the plunger are operated by connection with two longitudinally-arranged strips, H H, upon the under side of the balingchamber by means of screws h, connecting said strips and sections and passing through two longitudinal slots in the bottom a2. Each of these strips is connected with a section of the plunger by one of thc screws 7i. The rear ends of the strips II are connected by a chain, I, passing around the sheave E.

A short chain, J, is secured to each of the front ends of the strips H, and to the free ends of these chains are pivoted two short strips, K K, having an eye or perforation, 7c

la, at their forward ends. These strips K K are secured to the operating-lever by a screw or bolt, L, passing through one of a series of perforations, Z, in said lever. By means of this series of perforations the chains and strips may be adjusted or regulated to exert greater or less operating-power.

The usual clamping bolts and nuts, M M and m m, respectively, are provided at the forward end of the baling-chamber through the beams d and top and bottom of the chamber.

A transverse slot, N, is provided in the top d', of the same width as the interior of the balingchamber, adapted for the purpose hereinafter described.

O designates an axle secured to the under side of the press and within a recess in the' beam D, and provided with two recesses, o 0, to permit the movement of the strips II. Carrying-wheels P P are mounted at the outer ends of the axle. A support, Q, consisting of a 'horizontal portion, q, and two convergent arms, gf q', is secured to the beams D at its forward end.

The 'operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

The material is fed through the center of the sectional plunger and the operating-lever drawnlback and forth, and by this operation one section is drawn forward while the other section is drawn backward, and when sufficient material has been fed for a bale aboard is inserted into the chamber through the slot in the top and the bale is then pressed.

The advantages secured by feeding the press through my plunger 'are obvious. For instance, the delay incident to returning the plunger commonly used after each stroke in order to feed the material through the usual feed-opening in the top of the chamber is obviated. With my improved press the bales can be more quickly and easily made.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and lO I have shown my improved sectional hollow plunger applied to a vertical press, the sections of the plunger being operated through the medium of crank-wheels S, rigidly mounted upon the ends of a horizontal transverse shaft, s, at each side of the base of the press. The shafts s s have gear-wheels s located centrally between said crankwheels, and the Wheels are connected with the sections of the plunger by pitmen or arms T, pivoted to said crank-wheels at one end and at their outer ends to cross-pieces U at the top of the sections of theplunger. Motion is imparted to the crank-wheels by wormgear V, mounted upon a shaft, v, and meshing with the gearwheels, one end of said shaft being provided with a band-wheel, W, as shown.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of a two-part hollow plunger, an operating-lever, and a strip-and-chain connection between the plunger and said lever, substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of a two-part hollow plunger, substantially as set forth.

3. In a baling-press, the combination, with the baling-chamber, of a two-part plunger, an operating-lever, and strips and chains connecting the same with said plunger through slots in the baling-chamber, substantially as set forth. A

4. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of a plunger, a lever at one end of said chamber, a sheave at the opposite end, strips connected with the plunger, a chain passing around said sheave and connecting the corresponding ends of the strips, and a chain or chains connecting the opposite ends of said strips with the lever, substantially as set forth.

5. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling-chamber, of a plunger, a lever at one end of said baling-chamber provided with a series of perforations, and a chain-and-strip connection between said plunger and lever, said perforations being adapted for adjusting the chain-and-strip connection, substantially as set forth.

6. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a sheave pivoted at one end thereof, a lever pivoted at the opposite end and having a sheave mounted in a recessed end thereof, strips connected with a plunger through slots in the baling-chamber, chainsr connecting said strips and lever, and a chain l passing around the sheave at the opposite end of the chamber and connected at each end to the corresponding free ends of the strips, substantially as set forth.

7. In a baling-press, a baling-chamber having slots in the bottom thereof, a plunger located therein, operating strips and chains connected with said plunger through the slots, a transverse slot in the top of the chamber adapted for the insertion of an end piece for the bale, clamping bolts and nuts at the front end, an axle and carrying-Wheels mounted at one end, and a support or rest at the other end, substantially as set forth.

8. In a baling-press, a two-part plunger rectangular in cross -section, said parts being adapted to operate alternately to press the same bale, substantially as set forth.

9. In a baling-press, the combination, with a baling chamber, of a two part tubiforln plunger, a lever pivoted at the forward un- 4 der side of the baling-chamber, recessed at its pivoted end and a sheave pivoted therein, a

sheave pivoted at the opposite end of said A chamber, longitudinal strips connected with the sections of the plunger through longitudinal slots in the bottom of the balingchamber, chains connected to the forward ends of the strips, short strips pivoted to the free ends of said chains and having eyes or perforatons in their other ends for securing In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in said strips to the lever by a bolt passing presence of tWo Witnesses. through the same and one of a series of perforations in the lever, and t Chain passing VIRGIL L. WILLIAMS. l 5 around the shezwe at the opposite end of the haling-ohamber and having its ends Connected Witnesses: with the free ends of the longitudinal strips, T. W. H. HARRIS,

substantially as set forth. JNO. H. WIKLE.