US524956A

US524956A - Edtjardo samper

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Publication number: US524956A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1911-08-21

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, 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. SAMPER. MACHINE FOR BXTRAGTING FIBER FROM AGAVVES, &c.

No. 524,956. Patented Aug. 21, 1894.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MACHINE FVOR EXTRACTING FIBERFROM AGAVES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,956, dated August 21, 1894.

Applioation filed December 8, 1893. Serial No. 493,182. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, EDUARDO SAMPER, a citizen of Bogota, in the Republic ot Colombia, and a resident of Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented a new or Improved Machine for Extracting Fiber from Agaves, Aloes, and other Similar Plants, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a new machine for extracting fibrous matter from agaves, aloes and other similar plants and is intended as a substitute for the apparatuses at present in use and which as a rule are very complicated, too expensive and requiringa moving power out of proportion with their yield, thus rendering them unfit for being used by small growers. t y

In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I refer to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l illustrates a side view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view partly sectional of the sliding plate J, and

Fig. 3 a front view of Fig. 2.

In all the figures, the same letters indicate corresponding parts.

A is an iron or .wooden frame.

II isa cast-iron frame holding a sliding plate J moving vertically in grooves by means of an eccentric lever N. The sliding plate J is fitted with a horizontal blade P which on being brought down to its lowest position, is situated at about one millimeters distance from another horizontal blade Q parallel to it and resting on an elastic stand or seat R made of india rubber or consisting of a flexible plate, a springer the like. This blade Q slides vertically in a groove wherein it is held loosely by means of screws S, so that by strongly pressing on its upper rounded part this blade Q yields and is lowered vertically according to the pressure applied. The upper portion of the sliding plate has the shape of a pulley frame, crossed by a bolt bearing a small friction rollerU running in the openingVcut in the eccentric lever N. This eccentric lever serves to move the sliding plate upward and downward. It is easy to see as in Fig. l that when the lever N is in the position reprehighest and when the lever is in the position represented by the dotted lines it is at its lowest which is the result of the movement of the friction roller U in the opening V.

In Fig. l I have illustrated by dottedlines the lowest position of the leverN and in Vthat position the part X of the eccentric lever rests upon the upper side of the sliding plate J which has been brought down to its lowest position. The result is that any eltort to raise the sliding plate is powerlessto move the latter, the upper side of which strikes against the part X.

Y is a drum keyed on an axleZand resting on two bearings a a tlxed at the end of two arms b b.

G is a crank.

The drum Y must be placed so that its up per part shall be in the same plane or nearly so as the lower part of the sliding plate J, when this latter is in its lowest position. The drum Y is arranged so as to cause the leaf of the plant d to adhere to its circumference in order to submit it to the action of the sliding plate J. ting the periphery of the drum and in folding up a certain portion of the said periphery toward the center of the drum as shown by the curved line f g (Fig. l) producing at the same time an opening e. Ablock orbrake h movable around an axle i is held by a spring j against the lower part g of the curve.

k is a lever fixed upon the axle 1l keyed on a projection placed in the inside ot the drum Y, to allow of removing the block h at will from the surface corresponding tog.

If any fibrous matter ol is introduced into the free space e until these fibers descend between point gand point h, that is, in the opening produced between these two surfaces when the block h is moved outward by the lever 7c, and if the lever la is released, the force imparted to the block by the spring raises the latter which adheres to the portion g, produc- 4ing such a pressure that if at that moment This arrangement consists in cut? IDO follows: I begin`to cut up the leaves to be decorticated into longitudinal strips by means.

of cutters or any other suitable means. I then submit the leaves by taking them of course by hand each strip separately to the action of any corrugated cylinders such as are commonly used which begin to soften and atten out the leaves and then place each of them thus crushed on the blade Q between the cheeks o 0 of aperture m, fi. e. under sliding plate J. This being done I draw out the leaf lengthwise and introduce the broader end into the opening e of the drum Y till it is seized by the block h. Afterward I draw back the lever N and the rounded blade P" then presses on the strips d d. I rotate the drum ingthe direction of the arrow 3, (Fig. l) said drum carrying along with it the strip or leaf and the pressure effected by both blades P andQ being regularized by the elastic fi-tting and combined with the traction ofthe drum, suiiices to rid the fiber of the parenchyma and all other substances without breaking the ber. After the end of the brous strip has come out of the jaws P and Q, Ifrevolve the drum in the opposite direction in order to effect its unrolling and Ifmove thev lever k removing the block h` and the fibrous strip is thus liberated. If. I wish to `economize theI raw material I pass my strip over again in the opposite direction in order to rid the other end of the substances still adhering to it. I proceed in the same way for every strip to be unlibered and I thus obtain b'ers which have only to be subjected to the a shaft in said drum,a brake hon said axle, v

and a spring j for holding the brake against the lip fg, combined with a sliding lpla-te J having an edge plate P, a second plate Q, an elastic or yieldingsupport Rffor the said plate 1Q, and an actuating lever for moving. `theplate .I to carry the edge. plate P to and from the plate Q, substantially as described.

EDUARDO 'SAMPERl Witnesses:

C. H. CONAILLON, C. DEGRANGE.`