US914336A

US914336A - Baling-press.

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Publication number: US914336A
Application number: US45588408A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph C Damron
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-10-02
Filing date: 1908-10-02
Publication date: 1909-03-02
Anticipated expiration: 1926-03-02

Description

J. C. DAMRON.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 2, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

W@ NNW ATTORNEYS J. C. DAMRON.

- BALING PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 2, 1908. @M Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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BALING-PRESS. f

`'pecfcation of Letters Patent.

Patented March-2, isos.

l Appiicaeoneled october 2,1908.I serai materassi.

To all whom 'it may cof/wem? l Beit known that I, JOSEPH citizen of the United States, and a resident of Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and l eStateoflYirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention is an improvement in baling presses and relates especially to that class of 10 lpresses illustrated in my former patent 749,662, dated January l2, 1904.

The present invention rovides a machine adapted to be o erated y power, such as horse ower ortie like and to furnish tri laping evices for automatically releasing t e shifting and lockingY devices .for the gear mechanism `when the` plunger reaches the end of its pressing stroke.

The invention consists incertain novel 2o constructions and combinations of parts as Will be hereinafter described and claimed.

' In the drawings, 'Figure l is a top plan View, artly broken away, of a baling press embo ying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a detail rspective view of the tripping devices, and

i ig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the press,

partly broken away, and showing a somewhat different construction of the tripping `30 devices from that shown in Figs. land 2,

and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating a construction whereby gasolene or other engines i.

ma be utilized as the operating power.

he plunger A operates in the bale box B lprovided with laterally extending studs A which may be the extended ends of a shaft. These studs Al project through slots B in the bale box A, and are arranged to operate at the end of theI pressing stroke 40 of the plunger upon hooked ends, of bars C sliding longitudinally in guides D and extending to a point in rear of the bale box where theyv are connected at C2 with the lower arms of the lever C3 pivoted at Ctand having a cross bar Cs o eratin in front of the to ush said.

locking and 'shifting ever lever to the position in which it l shift the gear'devices relatively to each other in such mannerA as to move the gear devices out of hereinafter. As shown I provide the plun er with rack vdevices F movable in guides in -the bed yframe of the press, and these racks F constitute a p'art of the gearing cooperating with 0.DAMRON, a'

gear devices I-I which are mountedin .e gear frame I pivoted or hinged at i', said gear frame may be lowered to the full line position shown in Fi 2 and 4, in which its gears H will mesh Wit theracks F ,og the plunger, or the said frame I may be lifted at its front end to move its gear-wheels H so that the' out of engagement with lthe racks F ,to permit the plunger to be retracted by the 'spring J. The shaft H carryin the ears H and an? intermediate ratchet w eel .2 englaged bya pawl Ha is extended beyond the ba e box and receives a gearH4 which is meshed by a nion H5, and the said pinion H5 has itse aft H coupled at I-I7 with a drive shaft K load,-

ing from a horse power K2 so the shaftI H may be operated by power to move .the ger as desired. This is a simple convenient means for applying power to the .inwhm and the power may operate continuously as the rockin of the ear frame on itshingeoij pivot I e ects a lifting of the ear Houtof 1 mesh with the pinion H5 so t at when `the gears H are lifted out of mesh with their racks F, the gear H4 will also be lifted out of mesh with its-drive pinion stopping theoperation of the shaft H at such time.

The lockingl and shifting lever E is pivoted at E', has a cross bar E2 which may be adjusted above the swinging end of the gear frame to lock the said frame in osition for use and such lever E is also rovided/with a crank arm projection E? which engages the swinging end of thegear frame I after Itho cross bar E2 has beenswung over the said hinged end,.so that the crank arm or rejection E3 will lift the swinging end of t e gear frame to such extent as tornove the wheels H out of mesh with the rack hars so the latter can slide rearwardly in the reedjustrnent of the plunger by the returning spring J.

In the o -eration of the described construcl- 200 in the position shownin Fig. 2, and theshftH Y tion it wille noticed that when the parts are ear,

ted ine position shown in Fig 2. Thus the l rods C'ywill be'moved by the eng'agementfofl the plunger studs A'- at C `rearwardly and will roelrjthelever;(l3 to the ,fiainey .and hfti tion shown in Fig. 2 forcing the locking 'and shiftinglever C to the-dotted line osition shown in' Fig. 2, thus releasing t e gear said frame by the action s to the dotted line posiof the rank arm tion shown in Fig. 2, thus liftin the gears H out of mesh with the rack bars and permitting the readjustment of the plunger to its initial position by the action of the spring J.

If in oppration at any time the man feeding the mac ,'ne should lget his fork lin advance of .the plunger or ot er obstruction find its -way into the press box the o erato'r can instanti move the locking an Ashifting lever by those skills in this art.

-Fig. 5 of the drawings.

E b and tol the dotted line position shown in "g. 2, thus not only throwin the drive mechanism out of operation, but a o moving the ear devices out of inesh so the plunger can e instantly, returned to its initial position by the action ofthe spring J. This is important in avoiding injury to the machinery or to the o erators as Will be understood If desired a gasolene or-other e be used for drivi the pinion H5, t e shaft of fwhih may for suc purpose be provided with a slprocket or band wheel to receive a chain or be t fron the 'engine as will be understood from l In this Fig. 5, the shaft H is shown as su plied with a sprocket y Wheel H1, and a ban Wheel .IF l" soA power may be applied thereto by a chain or belt as preferred. c

It will be understood that thel automatic releasing of the gearing is an important feature of my invention, and this'automatic releasing is secured from the lunger.

Manifestly, instead of t e particular construction shown in IFigs. l, 2 and 3, I may use the construction shown in Fig. 4, in which a'rod Les-connected at L with the plunger and extends thence to a point in advance of the locking and shifting lever and has a hook or progection L2 which enguges with the lower en o the locking and s 'fting lever as the plunger reaches the end of its pressing stroke and shifts the said locking and shifting lever i vto its position as will be understood from Fi 4 of the drawings. j

'ianifestly, my baling press may be used for baling any balable substance ormaterial and may if desired be made in different sizes 'ne might .provi ed with means for o yrod connectedlivith said releasingleverandx having means for opei'ation by the plunger',l

substantially as set forth.

2. In a press the combination with a plunger, ,and rack devices connected therewith, of a frame movable relatively to the rack devices of the lunger and supporting `a gear movable wit the frame into and out of mesh with the rack devices of the plunger, a locking and shifting lever operating upon said gear frame and-having means whereby when it is shifted from locked position it will shift the gear frame to free its gear devices from mesh with the rack devices ofthe plunger, and a rod sliding longitudinally'in thev direction of movement of the plunpand t'fthe l releasing lever from locked position, sub-- arranged for operation `thereby to s stantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a press',of a plun--iA ger, rack devices connected therewith, gear 1 evices meshing with the rack devices,l a` frame sup orting said gear ydevices andj movable w ereby it ma bemovedto set` its gear devices intoan ,out of mesh with the rack devices of the plunger, a locking and shifting lever having means for locking the gear frame in one position and means'for shifting it from said position, and a'slide rod arranged for operation by the plunger and ing and shifting lever, su stantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a baling press, ofA

a drive pinion, a lunger, rack devices connected with the p unger, a gear frame movably supported, a gear wheel carried by said frame and movable ftherewith whereby it mav be set into and out of mesh'with the j rac devices of the lunger, and a gear wheel carried by the gear rameand movable thereeratmg the locky with whereby the gear wheel may' be setinto and out of mesh withfthe drive'pinion, means for looking the gear frame in operative position, and means rforshi'fting it from said I Lposition, substantially Aas set forth.

5. rPhe combination with a lun'ger having rack devices, of a gear frame aving e'aring meshing with the rack devices of the p unger, said gear frame ,being movable whereby' its gearing mayr be set into and out of mesh with said devices, a drive gear carried by the gear frame and movable therewith whereby it p may be set into and out of mesh with a drive pinion, and a drive pinion meshing with said sition, substantially as set forth.

A i gear when the gearv frame is in operative po- 6. The combination, in a baling press, of' a plunger having rack devices, a gear frame hinged at one end and movable at its other end a gearing carried by the gear frame and movable into and out of mesh with the rack devices of the plunger, and a shaft connected with said gearing and extending laterally, a gear wheel on such lateral extension of the vices, a looking and shifting lever operating upon said gear frame, e releasing lever hevmesh with seid pinion as the gearing'of the ing a cross bei' adapted to shift said lever movable gear frame is moved intoeld out of from locked position, and a rod connected mesh with the rack devices of the plunger, with seid releasing lever and having means substantially as set forth. for operation' by the plunger, substantially 7. The combination, in a press, of a plunas set forth.

ger, rack devices connected with the plunger,

gea-r devices meshing with the rack devices, l a gear frame carrying said gear devices and l movablewhereby the ea'r devices may be i set into and out of inegi with the rack de- I shefL-and e drive pinion meshing wiih seid l gea-r wheel, the latter moving into and out of i JOSEPH o. DAMRoN.

Wifnessm. SoLoN C. KEMON, J. MIDDLEjroN.