US894992A - Mechanism for producing reciprocating motion. - Google Patents

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. A; LB R. www.v MBGHANISM PoR PRODUGING REGIPBOGATING MOTION.

- APLzouzoH FILED un. 14. 190s'. Y

PATENTED AUG. 4, 19os. g

f UNITED' STATES aan OFFICE,

i ALERT LE ROY WAUGH, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGXOR OF ONE-HALF TO REUBEN l Y S. KRAYBILL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' MECHANISM Fon PRoDUcING RECIPROGATING Morton.

Y No.,s94,9e2.

ASpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908. v

Application filed September 14, 1906. Serial No. 335,499.

- have invented certain new and useful Mechanism for Producing Reciprocating Motion7 of which the following is a full, cllear, and exact description or specification, reference bein@r had to the annexed drawings and to the figuresand letters marked thereon.

My said invention relates to certain new and useful mechanism.

The mechanism constituting my invention is' operated by harnessing one 4or more horses or by applying other motors to a two armed bar carried upony a vertical shaft or stud in the framing of the machine. AThis bar is -analogous to other bars used in various kinds or types of mechanism driven or operated by a horse or horses walking continuously in a circle.

To the aforesaid bar, when horses are used as the motor is rigidly connected a lever or sweep at right angles or approximately so, and at the under part of the framing whereon the aforesaid two armed bar and lever are carried,- there are xed tWo curved surfaces which constitute guides', as hereinafter described, upon t-he inner part of one of which a roller is operated by being pressed upon with one end of the transverse bar during part of a rotation, and Which roller is drawn against another part of an inner curved guide.

surface during. another part of a rotation of the mechanism. i

To the aforesaid roller a link is connected, and to the outer end of this link a rope or wire cable is connected to the driving pulley which operates the plunger or driver of reciprocatmg mechanism such as that of a baling press, and which reciprocating mechanism the apparatus constituting my invention is used to impart reciprocating movement'to,

-in the manner heremafter described.

After the driver of the reciprocating mechanism has been driven to the end of its stroke, then the said )lunger or driver is drawn backwards by t e opposite end of thel transverse bar attached to the operating lever of the machine coinhig into contact with an anti-friction roller carried upon a horizontally movable lever, that is to say, a level' movable upon a vertical axis situated upon the framing of the mechanism, To the outer end of this lever a rope or wire cable is at tached, the opposite end of which is connected to a second pulley on the axis which carries the I aforesaid pulley for o )erating the driver of the reciprocating mechanism, and the arm of the transverse lever as itis continued in its rotation by the continuous pull of the horses or other motor at the position now referred to, moves the horizontally movable lever inwards, that is to say, towards the center of the framing of the mechanism, thereby drawing the rope or cable so as to pull upon the aforesaid second pulley 'and' thereby rotate the pulley which operates the driver of the reciprocating mechanism in the opposite direction.

Upon the annexed drawings Figure 1, is a plan of the operating mechanism const-itutlng my invention showing a portion of the rod which o emtes the plunger or driver connccted to te pulley which the mechanism constituting my invention operates; this said figure also showing the second and smaller pulley and rope or cable connections whereby the plunger or driver, and drivin rod are drawn rearwards after a forwar movement of the reciproca-ting mechanism. Fig. 2, is a side Aelevationcorresponding to Fig. 1.

In these glues of drawings the framing containing and carrying the parts of the mechanism constituting my present invention is marked A, and it consists of strong .boards which constitute the floor, and transverse beams B, upon which the floor is carried and which rest on the ground as shown at Fig. 2, when my new or improved mechanism is in operation.

Vhen not in operation the machine represented by that part of the drawings constituting my invention, is carried upon wheels placed on the journals C, of the axle D, also strongly attached to the framing or carriage art of my mechanism. To this framing or. liase a vertical stud or axis E, is rigidly fastened. Upon this axis E, the transverse arm F, is mounted, and to the upper art of the transverse arm F, the lever (1, is 1rmly bolted as shown at Fig. 1, this lever G, being the lever to which a horse or a pair of horses is harnessed, and which operates the mechanism by moving round in a circle, and pulling continuously on the outer end of the lever G,

v the vertical stud or shaft E,- is effected. U pon the framing A, the curved guide H, is Y bolted, and against the' inner curved surface of the guide H, the anti-friction roller I,

5 bears, during that part f its movement from the position whereat it is shown in the drawe ings up to the opposite end of the guide H.

On round in the rest of the circle exwT-'ending from the right hand end of the guide 10 H, the miler I, bears upon the outer surface of aser-ond guide J, until it reaches end of the guide J, from 0E which 1ty passes into the .position shown in dotted lines at K, and is prevented from being pulled rearward by engaging `with the catch Ii', 'on the arm F. The two circular guides H, and J, respectively, are concentric with each other, and

Y are situated concent ric-ally with the center of the axis of the stud or shaft E. -The antifriction roher I, is forced upwards alongr the inner face of the circular guide H, by thelefthand end of the transverse arm F, pressing against the anti-friction roller I which is carried upon a vertical stud in the end of the rod L, which is the carrier of the anti-friction roller I, and as this carrier is connected to the rod L, which again .is connect-ed by the rope or cable M, to the circumference of a driving pulley N, of a baling press or its equivalent, it is obvious that a continued movement of the roller I, to the righthandend of the curved guide H, pulls the rod means of the crank pin P, it follbws that when the roller I, the rod L, the rope or cable M, and the pulley N, are rotated in the direction of the arrows shown in the drawings, t-he crank pin P, of the pulley N, to which the rod O, 1s connected is rotated so that the rod O, and the crank pin P, occupy the position opposite to that which they are-shown in in the anne-.ved drawings, and that when the rod and the crank pin P, are in that op )osite position then the plunger or driver has pressed forward the loose hay or other material contained in the receiver of the baling pre, and has compressed the loose hay or other material into the bale chamber of said press, or has similarly operated other mechanism actuated by reciprocating motion.

B v the time that the driver has been -drawn to its utmost inward limit of movement, that is to say. to the bale chamber oi the heling press in the manner now last de` scribed, or has actuated other mechanism which rnv apparatus is used to operate as 65 being anslogously moved, the transverse arm F, has reached the position shown by the dotted lines Q, Q, Fig. l, so ,that the continuons-rotation of the mechanism from the position shown by the said dotted lines Q, Q, causes one end'ol the transverse arm F, to press upon the roller R, carried at the outer ced ol the pivoted arm S, which armv S, is` centered upon its vertical stud or axis S', firmly secured to the framing of the machine.V Af this motion ofthe roller R, continues, the roller P, and lever S,l gradually move into the position shown in dottedlines at Fig. l, at which position the roller R, reaches the opening T, shown at Fig. 2, in the under par! ot' the transverse arm F, and on reaching this position the transverse arm F, continues tc move onwards while the roller R, and level S, are released from being driven furthe] forwards thereby by passing through tht opening T. During lthe movement of the roller it. and the lever S, from the positior shown in full lines to the positioirshown ir dotted lines in Fig. 1, the rope or cable T', i:

pulled in the direction of the arrows show! beneath the rope T', and the outer end of tht rope T', being connected to the smaller pul ley U, carried upon the axis U', whereon the pulley. N, is carried, causes the ulley X, tht crank pin P, and rod O, to .be pu led out fron the Daling press, or -to similarly opcratt other reciprocating mechanism to themov able parts of which the ro e T', is connecter and to be returned into tie position shom in full Lines in Figs. 1, and 2, which move ment being efected, thebaling press o other mechanism is ready for the repetitiol of the operations here-in before described The rope or cable T', in its passage from th roller R. passes around the carrier pulleys a and b, Fig. 1, and in order to keep the sait rope T", straight as shown at Fig. 2, the sait rope or cable passes partly around the rolle U'-, carried on the stud U beneath the rop pulley L', as shown in Fig. 2

For the purpose of 4preventing a heavl blow or thud taking place at the time whe: the puiiey N, with the rod O, have reach@ the position shown at Fig. 1, a spiral sprin V, is carried upon a stud U', attached to th framing IV, of the baling press. This sprin V, is so carried by the stud U', as to be situ ated within the circular slot X, of the pul ley N, so that when the crank pin Pfand th rod O, have returned to the position show at Figs- 1, and 2, the end of the slot X, come in contact with the spiral spring V, whicrcceives the blow and pressure caused b v th return movement of the pulley N, .and Yth rod O, and thereby a heav` blow or thud i prevented. The vwheel Y, represents a poi tion of one of the carrying wheels of th framing. upon which the framing l of th baling press is su )ported It is to be un( crstood that while I hav herein described .and 'upon the annexe drawings shown, the mechanism constituting my invention as applied to the operation of a baling press, yet t e use of my said invention is not by any means limited to the o erating of .a balingpress exclusively, as-t e same mechanism in every respect as that which I have herein describedv and on the annexed p drawings shown, may be used for operating a reciprocating rod of any kind for imparting motion to any reci rocating body whether it.

be the plunger or river of'a baling press, or the plunger or driver of any other machine. I also desire it to be further understood, that that pau't of the mechanism herein described, andy on the annexeddrawings shown, consisting of the horizontal shaft vcarried in bearings, and upon which two pulleys are fastened to the periphery of each of which a rope is connected, which ropes on being alternately pulled operate the said shaft and pulleys thereon in opposite directions, need not necessarily be driven by the particular arrangement of rotative horse power mechanism shown upon the annexed drawings, or by equivalent horse power mechanism, and I desire it t-o be especially understood that the said shaft moving throu h part of a rotation 'carrying the said pu leys, 'also moving p through part of a rotation and alternately in opposite directions may be driven by any alternate y.

I claim as my invention.

In mechanism for imparting reciprocating motion, the combination of a centrally pivoted cross-head, a rod, a roller on one end of said rod, circularly segmental guides for said roller, a rope connected to the opposite end machine adapted foi-pulling the two ropes of said rod, a horizontallyswinging arm pivoted et one end, a roller at the opposite end of said arm, a rope connected to said arm, a drum, a. pitman secured to said drum, said. ropes being attached to said drum so that one of them winds u on the drum as the other one unwinds, al so constructed and arranged that each end of the cross-head when rotated about its ivot will engage successively with and puql upon said rollers whereby a reciprocating motion will be communicated to said pitman, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the city of Los Angees, aforesaid, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT La nor WAUGH. [a s] Witnesses:

,REUBEN S. KRAYsILL,

ST. JOHN DAY.

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