US82103A - Impeoved device foe pressing - Google Patents

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A. W. FOX, OF COLUMBIAVILLE, MICHIGAN.

Lettera PatentgliouSZflOS, dated September'15, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: o

Be it known that I, A. W. Fox, of Columhiaville, in the county of Lapeer, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Machine for Packing, Pressing, and Weighing Wool and other similar substances; and I do herehyideclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of. this specilication, in which- Figure 1`is a plan or top view of my invention.

Figure 2, an inverted plan of-the same.A Y

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same, tnlcen in the line :c :c of fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectionof the same, taken in the line yy, iig. 2, which is at right; angles' to .the section-line x zr. l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful machine for packing, pressing; and Weighing wool and other similar substances. l A

It consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the'desired work 'may be done very expeditiously, and in'a'thorough'or perfect incarner.-V

In the accompanying sheet ofdrawings- A. represents a rectangular frame or support,having a horizontal bed or platform on its top, composed of hingcd parts, B I3, C C, and fixed portions, D.

l The parts B B are hinged to portions D, as shown at a, and these parts, B, extend the whole length ofthe top, and open inward or towards each other. I l

The hinged portions C C are smaller than B B, and are hinged, as shown at. 6, to a central fixed part, D, the portion C C opening at right angles to B B, (see fig. I.)

To the under side of each hinged part, B, there is attached, .by a hinge orjoint, c, a. ban-E, and these bars are each provided with a notch, d, which, when the parts B are raised -to a vertical p0sition,'catch on xed bars, e, in the frame A, and retain the parts B in such position, (see g. 4.)

The parts C C are retained in a vertical position by means of spring-catches,f, attached to one of the parts B, (sce fig. 3.)

'.lhe hinged parts B B, when it is desired to close or let them down, are released by throwing the bars E o from the fixed bars e, which is accomplished by simply pulling a rod, F, (see fig. 2,) the inner end of which is connected to a lever, G, underneath the platform, the ends of said lever having arms, I I, pivoted tc them, and the outer ends of said arms being pivoted to levers, .I-J, which, when the rod F is pulled, come in contact with the bars E, and throw themed' from e, a. spring, g, on rod F, having a tendency to keep 'the levers J free from the bars E. A

K are strings, attached to the edges of the hinged parte B B, C C, and extend entirely over their upper surfaces, `from edge to edge, as shown clearly in fig. 1. i

The wool or substance to he pressed, packed, and weighed, is placed on the hinged parts B B, C C, and the latter raised to a vertical position, as shownin figs. 1 and 2, and there pressed orpacked, and bound by the Strings K.' i A The substance is weighed by the-following means: The central fixed part D has a rod,-h,-passiug centrally through it. Under the top of h there is secured a circular plate, i, on which the pressed and bound substance rests after the hinged parts B B, C vC are let down.

The rod h is attached at its lower end to'a benj, one en d of which is connected, hy a joint, k, -to one side of the frame A, and the opposite end rests on a. spiral spring, l, in a tube, m, which is'attaohed to -a lever, L, at one-side of the frame A.

The spring l and tube m constitutie an ordinary spring-'balance weighing-device, the endof thebu j extending through a slot in a plate, u, attached to the tube, said plate being graduated to indicate the weight, and the projecting 'end of the bar jserving as an index. 4

During th'e'packingand binding of the substance, the lever L is let down, so that the circular plate z' will rest on the top of the central fixed part D. After the substance is thus packed and bound, and the hinged parts B B, C C let down, the leverI is raised, and the bound substance is supported on the plate z', and the Weight consequently obtained by referringto the graduated plate of the'spring-balance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The weighing-device, consisting` of the circular plate z', rod p, hinged bar j,ftubem, spring l, and lever'L, in combination with the hinged parts B'B, C C', and fixed part D of the packer, as herein described for the I purpose specified.

' A. W. FOX.

Witnesses:

ALFRED' PETIT,

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