US670505A - Baling-press. - Google Patents

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- Patented Mar. 26, I91". P. K. DEDERICK. I

BALIN G PRESS.

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PETER K. DEDERICK, OF LOUDONVILLE, NEW YORK.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 670,505, dated'March 26, 1901 Application filed November 21, 1889. Serial No. 331,097. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIOK, of Loudonville, county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of presses for which Letters Patent were granted October 29, 1872, Nos. 132,566 and 132,639, and the various modifications of the same, for which Letters Patent have since been granted me.

Myinvention in this instance consists, first, in the combination, with the press, of an endless track or tracks by which space or room is economized; second, in so connecting them as to reduce friction and economize power, and, third, in connecting the endless track or treads to the power-shaft.

By reference to Letters Patent granted me, No. 152,084, dated June 16, 1874; No. 170,997, dated December 14, 1875; Nos. 177,218 and 177,219,dated May 19, 1876; No. 214,282, dated April 15, 1879; No. 227,616, dated May 18, 1880; No. 251,101, dated December 20, 1881, and No. 271,812, dated February 16, 1883, a class of presses will be disclosed adapted to be driven by either steam or horse power; but such motor in each case is a separate and independent machine, each requiring space for operation and connected by belt or tumblingrod, thus requiring a great amount of room.

Also in each case the velocity is accelerated from the slow movement of the horse through gearing and again diminished through gear ing to the slow movement of the press-traverser, thus communicating the power from the horse through two sets of gearing to the work or gear up and gear down again to the work, with attending friction and great waste 6 is a sectional elevation showing particularly the power-shaft and its attachments.

Similar letters represent similar parts.

A. represents the case of a baling-press; B, the endless treads or lags; (3, the powershaft; D, the balance-wheel shaft; E, the crank of press-power, which, as shown, is usually in the form of awheel provided with a crank-pin; F, the pitman, and G the presstraverser.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the baling-case A is shown with endless tracks or treads B, similar to Letters Patent granted me August 31, 1880, No. 231,656, and May 13, 1879, No. 215,213, at each side supported on the case and preferably secured to it, although they might be attached at but one point each, as by the shaft alone or by a suitable sleeve and through which the shaft passes, and the sprocket or lug wheel K has its bearing on said sleeve at each side, as shown in Fig. 2, and the tracks or treads thus swinging on the shaft or sleeve could be lowered or raised at their rear ends to secure more or less power without elevating or depressing the presscase, which, however,would somewhat impair the rigidity of the combination and require additional weight of structure.

Any baling-press power may be used in the.-

press-case; but I have shown power similar to'Letters Patent No. 152,084, above alluded to, the wheels E forming a crank by means of a pin passing through them, as shown, and being connected to the traverser G by a pitman F and driven-by the power-shaft G and pinions H, secured to said power-shaft O. The endless treads B may be geared to shaft 0 either outside or inside the treads B and either by cogs on the treads and a pinion on the the shaft when moving in one directiononly,

and in case of mishap or accident the treads may be instantly stopped, which would not be possible if impelled forward by the power through means of a rigid or keyed attachment to shaft 0.

It is possible to so gear the treads B and shaft 0 to the crank that by the use of either very large or very heavy balance-wheels on said shaftOsumcient power might be accumulated; but I preferably employ smaller and lighter wheels and greater velocity. Hence the endless treads and crank of the press being now both connected to shaft C, I attach to said shaft gear-wheels J and provide another shaft D, with pinions M to work with gear-wheels J, and mount the balance-wheels N on shaft D, so as to equalize and adapt the power to the work. The balance-wheels N may also serve as a ban d-pulley or a separate band-pulley he provided on either shaft D or shaft (J for driving any other machinery or for driving the press with steam or other power.

If desired, the press-power may be detached either by detaching pinions H from shaft C or by detaching the pitman F from crankwheels E, thus securing all the advantages of an independent tread-power for other purposes. If the press should be driven by steam-power, by band to the balance-wheel, or other band-pulley on either shaft, then the endless treads remain motionless through means of the ratchet connection on shaft G, heretofore explained.

It will thus be seen that my machine is a press and motor combined and capable of being used as an independent press driven by other power or as an independent motor or tread-power for other purposes and that either of such machines separately would require about the same room for operation as the combined machine.

The endless treads might be lengthened, so as to take horses tandem, as shown in Letters Patent No. 331,656, above referred to, or the treads might be attached to but one side of the press instead of both. The head of the power or horses might be reversed toward the discharge end of press, if desired. It should be observed in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 that the two endless treads and press between them occupy in width only about the same space as a twohorse tread-power with horses abreast, and if the press were removed the horses could not work much closer. Hence the press simply occupies the waste room between their feet or track of travel when their bodies come nearly in contact.

Instead of gearing to the crank, as described, the sprocket or lug wheels might be located directly on a crank-shaft, as shown in Fig. 5, 0 being the shaft, E the crank formed on said shaft, and K the sprocketwheels, one of which maybe located at either side of crank E.

It should b eobserved that baling-presses as heretofore constructed cannot be operated on the floors of ordinary farm-barns without the horse-power and horses working outside,

whereas m ycom bined press and en dless treads will work together in the same space where the press alone can be worked, thus making it a complete barn-press.

Condensinghopper, feed device, and other appliances shown in the patents referred to may be applied, if desired.

In all of the preceding illustrations the balance-Wheel may be dispensed with and a crank-cam or eccentric power of press be connected directly or indirectly to the lags in any suitable manner or as shown and operated without the balance-wheel.

In operation the horses are put in motion and the hay fed into the press-case through the feed-orifice T, forming a section at each successive stroke of the traverser, and the bales are divided by the ordinary tying-partitions and bound through the sides of the case, all in the ordinary manner and fully described in the patents referred to, and hence unnecessary to further describe here.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a baling-press, the combination with the portable frame having the endless treads or horse-power therein, of the press and bale chamber arranged intermediate the endless treads and power mechanism for operating the traverser driven by the tread power-shaft and connections from the shaft to the traverser-operating mechanism; substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination with the press and bale chambers pivotally mounted on a power-shaft at the forward end endless treads mounted on each side of said press and bale chambers with connections between said treads to the power-shaft for rotating the same and connections from the shaft to the traverser-operating mechanism; substantially as described.

3. In a baling-press, the combination with the press and bale chambers pivotally mounted on a power-shaft at the forward end endless treads mounted on each side of said press and bale chambers with pawlandratchet connections between said treads to the powershaft for rotating the same and connections from the shaft to the traverser operating mechanism; substantially as described.

4. In a baling-press, the combination with a frame, the two independent endless treads carried thereby and a common power-shaft for said treads of the rigid press and bale chamber mounted between said treads, a pressing mechanism and gearing interposed between said power-shaft and pressing mechanism; substantially as described.

PETER K. DEDERICK.

Witnesses:

F. X. CLEMENT, R. J. VAN ScHooNHovEN.

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