US55282A - Improvement in machines for bundling wood - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES DARWIN A. GREENE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Spocication forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,282, dated June 5, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DARWIN A. GREENE, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bundling Wood, applicable also to other purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

My machine is adapted to be operated without the aid of power. My improvements relate to the mechanism through which force is applied by the foot to compress and release the material, the mechanism by which the operating-lever is supported and released as the lever is alternately thrown into and out of use, and the means adapting the machine to compress material of different figures and dimensions.

I will proceed to describe the best means known to me for carrying out my invention.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and represent a machine constructed according to my invention, for the purpose of tying up or bundling short pieces of wood, such as are in common use for kindling res. I term the machine the woodbundler.77

Figure lis a vertical section on the line S S in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the main portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts inV all the gures.

A is the rigid frame-work. A. is a cradle or recessed seat on the upper face of the framing, adapted to receive the kindling-wood in the obvious manner. It is divided into two parts to allow the string to be introduced previous to the introduction of the wood.

B is an adjustable gage, formed and mounted as represented, and adapted to be moved backward and forward on the upper face of the frame A within considerable limits after slackening the binding-screw b. The machine is now adjusted for bundling the shortest pieces of wood. In order to adjust it for longer pieces the screw l) must be slackened. The gage B can then be readily moved back to the proper extent, there being al slot, b', instead of a round hole, through which the screw b passes. After finding the right position the screw b is again tightened.

O is a strap, of round iron or other suitable material, which passes over the cradle A', and is operated vertically to compress and release the wood. Its lower ends are connected by the stout hollow yoke C', upon which the strap C is adjust-able by means of jam-nuts, as indicated. The hollow yoke O stands between rigid castings or guides, A2, which are bolted rmly upon the framing A at the top and connected rigidly together by a strut at the bottom. These guides have slots a, as indicated, which fulfill the important function now to be described.

D is a lever fixed on a movable shaft, d, which stands in the slots a, and is allowed to turn and traverse up and down therein, but cannot move in any other direction.

Dl D2 are stout and short arms or knuckles, extending from the shaft d in opposite directions. These arms or knuckles come between thecastings A2 A2 anddirectly over the yoke O.

E is a short stout link, which connects the arm or knuckle D to a pin, c', fixed on the framing directly above the shaft d.

E2 is a corresponding link, which extends from the arm or knuckle D2 down to a pin, e2,-

which is mounted in the hollow yoke C.

Thelinks E E2 arejointed to the arms Dl D2 by pins d d2. The strong lines and tints show the lever D in its elevated position, in which condition of the machine the links E and E2 are greatly deflected from their perpendicular position and the yoke O and the strap C are elevated. The red lines show the lever D depressed, in which condition of the machineY the links E E2 are drawn inward to a perpen dicular position and they yoke C and strap O are depressed.

G is a handle or crank xed on the upright shaft g. The spring H is coiled around and takes hold of the shaft g at one end and is fixed to the frame A at the other. It exerts a constant strain, tending to turn 'the shaft in the direction indicated by the arrow. This shaft g has a spine or longitudinal groove extending up and down a considerable distance, as indicated by g.

I is a movable boss, fitted on the shaft g, and secured by a pinchingscrew, t', which enters the spine g. On slacking this screwz' the boss I may be slipped up and down and adjusted vertically to any extent desired.

J is a small arm extending horizontally from the boss I and connected thereto by the pin j, so that it is free to yield or bend upward to any extent. When the lever D has been depressed and is elevated so as to strike the under side of the arm J the latter bends upward and allows itto pass, immediately after which the small arm J drops again by gravity into its horizontal position and serves as a stop to support the lever D. When it is desirable to depress the lever D the shaft g is turned by operating the handle G. After the lever D has dropped past the arm J the handle Gmay be released and the shaft g allowed to return to its original position by the action ot' the spring H. The lever D may then be depressed by the foot and held depressed while the wood which is pressed by the strap (l is tight.

K and L are stops on the upper face ol' the framing A, which limit the extent of the partial rotation of the handle G.

. A3 is a guide, represented as partially broken away in Fig. 2, which serves to steady and support the lever D laterally.

The operation of my invention will be obvious to goodmechanics from this description.

The lever D being elevated by the action of the foot or hand and allowed to rest upon the what I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a's follows l. The short links E E2, short arms D DZ, shaft d, and slots a, arranged and represented relatively to each other and to the lever D and yoke C', or their equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified. i

2. The hinged arm J, shaft g, spring H, and

handle G, arranged for operation in connect tion with the lever D and its connections, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

DARWIN A. GREENE.

Witnesses:

D. W. S'r'n'rsoN, D. L. FREEBORN.

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