US458043A

US458043A - Baling-press

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Publication number: US458043A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 1908-08-18

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(No Model.)y l i A Sheefs-Sheet 1. J. F. ASHLEY.

BALING- PRESS. l

No. 458,043. Patented Aug. 18,1891.

Nonms Penas co., rrmlmo., wAsulrmTou, n. c.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J.P.ASHLBY. BALING PRESS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

JOHN F. ASHLEY, OF: PELICAN, LOUISIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,043, dated August 18, 1891.

Serial No. 394,564. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. ASHLEY, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Pelican, in the parish of De Soto and State ot' Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvel ments in Ealing-Presses, of which the following` is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of baling press for which Letters Patent Nos. 201,405 and 341,070 were issued, respectively, March 19, 1878, and May 4, 1886, to G. IV. Soule.

The objects of my invention are to simplify and improve the press mechanism and provide novel, simple, efficient, and economical mechanism for automatically hoisting the plunger or follower and lowering the saine to effect the pressing of the material into a bale.

To accomplish these objects my invention involves the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a balingpress embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig?) is a detail plan View of the triple-bar base-frame. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation of one of the levers for lowering the plunger or follower. Fig. 5 is a detail side View of the plunger or follower, showing portions of the links which connect the same with the actuating-levers; and Fig. G is a detail sectional view of a spring-catch employed for retaining the plunger or follower in its elevated position.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, wherein The numeral 1 indicates the triple-bar baseframe, comprising three separated timbers having transverse slats 2, which constitute the bottom of the baling-chamber 3. The extremities of the triple-bar base-frame are provided with transverse bolts 4, serving as pivots for the lower extremities of the actuatinglevers 5, which at their upper extremities are l provided with cable guides or pulleys 6, over which passes the windlass-cable 7, the ends of the latter being secured to opposite end .portions ot' a windlass S, journaled upon the upper portion of the pressframe 9 in such manner that when the windlass is rotated in one direction the windlass-cable will be wound up, and thereby draw the actuating-levers 5 toward each other. In this rotation of the windlass the opposite end portions of the windlass-cable 7 wind in reverse directions upon the windlass, and inasmuch as the extremities of the said cable are attached to opposite end portions of the windlass it will be obvious that the reverse vwindings of the cable will not interfere with each other and will wind in uniform coils upon the windlass.

The actuating-levers 6 are connected by flinks 10 with the plunger or follower 12,sucli links being pivoted at one extremity to the levers and at the opposite extremities to a center block 13, rigidly secured to the central portion of the plunger or follower, as in Fig. 5.

The plunger or follower is provided at opposite ends with uprights or standards 14, having notches 15, and strengthened and sustained by braces 16, the construction being such as to provide a strong and substantial plunger suitable for the conditions required.

The actuatinglevers are each composed of two parallel timbers, Fig. 4, between which the cable guide or pulley 6 is journaled on a transverse bolt or pin 17, while the lower extremities of such parallel timbers enter the spaces between the bars .of the. base-frame 1 and are mounted upon the pivot bolts or pins 4. The object of this construction is to avoid bending of the pivot bolts or pins 4 and 17 and provide a strong and efficient construction. upon the windlass 8, as explained, the actuating-levers 5 are drawn toward each otheigand by means of the links 10 the plunger or follower 12 Vis depressed or lowered for the purpose of effecting the pressing operation and the formation of the bale in the baling-chamber The windlass 8 is provided at one extremity with a rigidly-attached Wheel or pulley 1S, having a series of radiating lingers or projections 19 and 20, between which passes the cable 21, that serves to rotate the wheel or pulley for the purpose of winding the windlVhen the windlass-cable` 7 is woundv IOS lass-cable and thereby operate the actuatinglevers to lower or depress the plunger or follower.

To elevate or hoist the plunger or follower after the pressing operation has been effected, I provide it with a central eyebolt 22, to which is attached one extremity of the plunger-hoisting cable 23. This cable 23 passes over pendent cable guides or pulleys 24, supported by pendent hangers 25, supported in any suitable manner. The cable 2l is attached to the shaft 2G of a friction-driven wheel 27 and the plunger-hoisting cable 23 is attached to the shaft 28 of a similar friction-driven Wheel 29, the shafts of these friction-driven wheels being suitably supported, respectively, in two swinging arms or supports 30 and 31, which are pivoted at their lower extremities, as at 32 and 33, to a suitable base-plate 34. The upper extremities of the swinging arms or supports 30 and 31 are pivotally attached to the horizontal actuating-rod 35,pivotallyattached at one extremity, as at 3G, to a hand-lever 37, which is pivoted, as at 3S, to a suitable piece of the pressframe 9.

At a point between the peripheries of the friction-wheels 29 is arranged a friction drivewheel 39, rigidly secured to a shaft 40, mounted in suitable bearings and designed to be continuously rotated in one direction through the medium of a motor of any character that will fulfill the conditions required. It will be obvious that if the hand-lever 37 be operated to swing the arms 30 and 3l one of the friction-d riven wheels will be forced in superficial contact with the friction drive-wheel and the operating friction-driven wheel will be moved out of contact with such friction drive-wheel. By this means the friction-driven wheel 29 can be moved into frictional engagement with the friction drive-wheel 39, and consequently the plunger-hoisting cable 23 will be wound up for the purpose of elevating or hoisting the plunger to the position indicated in Fig. l, where it will be automatically engaged with and sustained by a spring-catch 41, springinginto the recesses 15 of the plunger uprights or standards. If the wheel 27 be moved into superiicial contact with the frictional drive-wheel 39', the cable 2l will be Wound up and the wheel or pulley I8 thereby rotated in the direction required to wind the opposite end portions of the windlass 7, whereby the actuating-levers 5 will be drawn toward each other for the purpose of depressing or lowering the plunger l2. It will be evident that this reversing mechanism is an exceedingly simple and economical element of the combination, and since it is under perfect control of the attendant through the medium of a single hand-lever the press-plunger can be quickly and conveniently controlled in its movements.

The press-boxing 42 is of ordinary construction; but the end standards i3 are extended outward to the horizontal top portion of the press-frame 9, and one of these uprghts 43 is provided with the spring-catch 4l,hereinbe fore alluded to; but obviously I may provide one or more of the uprights with a springcatch for the purpose of engaging different portions of the plunger to more securely retain it in its elevated position. The windlassoperating cable 21 is preferably of smaller caliber than the plunger-hoisting cable 23; but this is not material. The rod 35, which serves to swing the arms or supports 30 and 31, is arranged to move horizontally in a guide or guides 44 on the press-frame 9, and this actuating-rod is placed at-one side of the press-trame, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 2, thereby placing the hand-lever in position for its convenient manipulation by the attendant.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- I. The combination, with a baling-chamber, a plunger, actuating-levers having link connections with the plunger, a windlass having a rigidly-attached wheel or pulley, and a windlass-cable connected with the actuatinglevers, of a windlass-operating cable connecked with the wheel or pulley of the windlass, a plunger-hoisting cable connected with the plunger, a pair of movable arms or supports provided with driven wheels connected, respectively, with the windlass-operating cable and the plunger-hoisting cable, a drivewheel interposed between the driven wheels, and means for moving the arms or supports to place either driven wheel in engagement with the drive-wheel, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a baling-chamber, a plunger, a pair of actuating-levers having link connections with the plunger, a windlass having at one end a rigidly-attached wheel or pulley, and a windlass-cable connecting the windlass with the actuating-levers, of a windlass-operating cable secured to the periphery of the wheel or pulley on the Windlass, a plunger-hoisting cable connected with the plunger, pendent hangers having cable guides or pulleys supporting the plungerhoisting cable, a pair of swinging arms or supports provided with driven wheels connected` respectively, with the windlass-operating and the plunger-hoisting cables, a drive-wheel interposed between the driven wheels, a connecting-rod for swinging the arms or snpports, and a hand-lever for operating the connecting-rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. ASHLEY. [L. s] Witnesses:

GEO. SIMMONS, NEEDHAM XV. PORKER.

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