US710931A - Cotton-press - Google Patents

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No. 7|0,93|. Patented Oct. 7, I902.

W. H. MECUM, Decd.

M. L. MEGOM. Adminisiratol COTTON PRESS.

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M. L. MEGOM, Administrator.

COTTON PRESS.

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COTTON-PRESS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,931, dated October '7, 1902. Application filed January 4, 1902. Serial No- 8S,391. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HARDY ME- COM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbia, in the parish of Caldwell and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Presses, of which the following is afull, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to cotton-presses; and

its object is to provide a cotton-press having an improved bale-box revolubly supported on a framein an improved manner and improved reversing means for driving the bale-box follower alternately in opposite directions.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference-numerals denote corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved press and reversing attachment. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the reversing attachment, and Fig. L is a section on the line T4 of Fig. 2.

1 represents the bale-box, which carries at its lower end a bevel-gear 2 and a stub-shaft 3, which is mounted in a step-bearing 4 in the main frame of the press. The upper end of the bale-box is held in position by the screw 50 5, which operates the follower 6 and which passes freely through the bar 7, bridging the top of the bale-box. The bale-box is thus seen to be capable of being easily rotated by means of the driven shaft 10, carrying a bevel-gear 11, which meshes with the bevelgear 2. The follower'6 is provided at each end with a guide which runs in a slot 8 at each end of the bale box. The screw 5, which is fixed to the follower, passes through a nut 9 on the main frame, which is threaded to receive the screw.

When the bale-box is rotated in one direction, the follower descends, thereby compressing the cotton in the bale-box, and when the direction of rotation of the bale-box is reversed the follower ascends until it abuts against the bar 7, whereupon as it continues to ascend it raises the bale-box until the bevelgear 2 is raised out of engagement with the gear 11, whereupon the motion of the bale-box and follower is automatically stopped, thereby guarding against any damage arising from the carelessness or neglect of the operator to stop or disconnect the driving mechanism. Conveniently hinged at 13 13 on each side of the bale-box are horizontal bars 12 12, which are provided with a series of fingers or hooks 14 for the purpose of holding the cotton down in the box when partly filled and until enough cotton is put into the box to make the bale. The fingers 11 pass through slots 15 in the hinged sides 16 of the bale-box.

The mechanism by which the bale-box may be rotated at will in either direction will now be described. 17 is a line-shaft or other source of power. Mounted upon one end of this shaft is a sliding sleeve or clutch member 18, provided with a slot 19, which engages a pin 20 on the shaft 17. One end of the sleeve is provided with a notch for engaging a pin 21 on either end of the reversible shaft 22,whereby the shafts 17 and 22 may be readily coupled and uncoupled. The shaft 2 is journaled in a rotatable bearing, herein shown as a yoke 23, and carries a pulley 28, which rotates with the shaft and drives the shaft 10 by means of abelt29, passing through a ring-pulley 25 and over a pulley 30 on the shaft 10. The yoke 23 is provided with a stub-shaft 21, which is journaled in the upright standard 35 of the supporting-frame. Rigid with the yoke 23 is the ring or hollow pulley 25, above mentioned, and passing over said pulley and a pulley or hand-wheel 26 is a belt 27. The hand-wheel 26 is rotatably mounted on a standard 31,rising from the main frame. The yoke 23 is provided with a pin or stop 32, which abuts against stops 33 and s1, fixed to the upright standard 35, and prevents the yoke from making more than half a revolution.

The operation of the reversing attachment is as follows: When it is desired to drive the bale-box and follower in that direction which 9 5 will cause the follower to move downward, thereby compressing the cotton, the shaft 17 is coupled to the shaft 22, preferably in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the belt 29 running straight and uncrossed. When it is de- I00 sired to cause the follower to move upward,the shaft 22 is uncoupled from the shaft 17 and the yoke 23 is given ahalf-turn to the left by means of the hand-wheel 26, the belt 27, and pulley 25, thus bringing the far end of the shaft 22 adjacent to the shaft 17, to which it may then be coupled. The belt 29 is now a crossed belt, and the direction of rotation of the driven parts is of course reversed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mounted thereon, means for driving said bale-box, and means operated by said bale-box for disconnecting said driving means.

2. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mounted thereon and provided with a gear-wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, and meansoperated by the rotation of the bale-box for raising said baleboX, thereby disconnecting said gear-wheels.

3. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mounted thereon and provided with a gear-wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, and means operated by said bale-box for raising said balebox, thereby disconnecting said gear-wheels.

4. In a cotton-press, a bale-box having side walls provided with apertures, and horizontal bars hinged to said walls and provided at their inner edges with a series of lingers ex tending through said apertures.

5. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mounted thereon, a follower guided in said bale-box and provided with a screw, threaded in said supportingframe, and means for driving said bale-box to move the screw-rod and follower, the said follower on its upward movement engaging the bale-box to raise the same to disconnect the driving means.

6. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a

bale-box mounted to turn in said frame and provided at its lower end with a gear-Wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, a follower guided in said bale-box, a screw fixed to said follower and passing through a threaded nut in the supporting-frame, and a bar bridging the top of the bale-box and through which the screw passes, the said bar being adapted to be engaged by the follower on its upward movement, whereby the bale-box is raised and the gear-wheels disconnected.

7. In a cotton-press, a bale-box mounted to rotate, a follower therein and actuated by the rotary movement of the bale-box, and means for driving the bale-box in reverse directions to reverse the movement of the follower, the said follower when moved in one direction disconnecting the driving means.

8. A cotton-press, comprising a bale-box mounted to rotate and also having vertical movement, the said bale-box being provided with a gear-wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, a follower in said bale-box and actuated by the rotary movement of the baleboX, the follower when moved in one direction being adapted to raise the bale-box to disconnect the gear-wheels, and means for reversing the direction of movement of the driving-gear.

9. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mounted thereon, means for driving said bale-box in reverse directions, and means operated by the bale-box when moved in one direction for disconnecting said driving means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM HARDY MEOOM.

Witnesses:

A. B. HUNDLEY, R. R. REDDITT.

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