US927807A - Baling-press. - Google Patents

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W. S. LIVENGOOD.

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WINFIELD S. LIVENGOOD, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR lO SMIIIIKLQ SONS MFG. OO., O1" KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application led July 17, 1906. Serial No. 326,566.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WINFIELD' S. LrvnN- GOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ol" Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im )rovements in Ealing-Presses, of which the fo lowing is a speci'lication.

My invention relates to improvements in baling-presses, and relates more particularly to double-acting or that type of press wherein two bales are delivered, substantially, at the same time.

My object is to produce a press of large baling capacity which may be operated at minimum expense, and with these ends in view I make it as nearly automatic throughout its action as possible.

T he invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in order that the invention may be readily understood reference will now be made to said drawings, in which 2- Figures 1 and 2 represent a side elevation of my improved baling-press. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the press with the delivery ends of the baling-cases broken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same with the pitchers, forming part ol the invention, in reverse positions to that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken en line V-V ol" Fig. 3 with the pitchers in the same position shown in Fig. f1. Fig. 6 is a vertical central section taken on line VI-VI ol Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on line VII-VII of Fig. 8. Fig. S is a broken horizontal section on line VIII-V III of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a broken plan view of one of the baling-cases with a tension device for regulating the discharge end thereof.

In carrying out the invention I employ a pair of baling-eascs 1 2 arranged in horizontal alinenient and separated by a centrally-disposed cylinder 3 secured to the adjacent ends of the baling-cases by lugs 4 5 and rods 6. The baling-cases consist oi side-plates 7, bottom plates 8, top-plates 8 and angle-irons 9.

10 and 11 designate front and rear axles, respectively, upon which are mounted wheels 12 employed in transporting the ross from place to place. Axle 10 is swive ed upon a king-bolt 13 so that the press may be readily turned in any direction.

14 designates a pair of rearwardly diverging braces which assist in securing the .rear axle to baling-case 2.

15 16 designate hoppers communicating, respectively, with the upper portions of baling-eases 1 2.

17 designates a partition partly separating the hoppcrs from their respective balingcases, and covering the top ol cylinder 3.

18 designates a lender secured to one side of the feed openings in the hoppers to prevent the hay, or other material being baled, from being thrown beyond said feed-openings.

19 26 designate a pair of curved aprons secured to thel opposite side of the Feed-open.- ings and supported at their lower ends by braces 21 22, provided at their upper ends with stop-blocks 22L and secured at their lower terminals to lugs projecting l'rom irregular-shaped castings 2/-1 25, provided with pockets 211L 25", respectively.

Charges of material are altern ately thrown. upwardly into the hop pers by a pair of oscillatory pitchers 26 27, each of which comprise a sheet-metal plate 2S, for the reception ol the material, and a U-shaped red 2E) to which said plate is secured. 'Rods 26 are pivotally mounted in brackets 30 3l secured to the adjacent sides olE the hoppers.

32 designates bars secured to rods 2E) and adapted to contact with blocks 22L and support the pitchers when the latter are in. lheir lowermost positions.

The pitchers are alternately drawn upwardly with their charges ol material by 1a.- bles 33, extending over sheave-wlumls f-1 341 and attached at their ends to bars 252 and the lree ends elt a pair el links which are pivotally secured at their opposite ends to a rod 36 extending transversely through the lorward ends of a pair of coimeeting-bars 37. As it is desirable to have the pitchers remain in their lowerinost positions as long as possible to give ample time to charge them with material, cables 33 are ol sullicient length to have a certain amount of slack when said pitchers are down, hence when the up pcrmost pitcher starts downwardly the lowermost pitcher will remain at rest until all ol the slack in its cable is taken up. The pitchers are started downwardly by springs 27 i* which push against bars 32.

Connecting-bars 37 are pivotally secured at their rear terminals to a pair of oscillatory levers 38, fulcrumed upon studs 39, project- 42, mounted upon the outer terminals of a shaft 43, carrying another pair of antifriction rollers 44, arranged to travel in guides 45 projecting from the opposite sides of balingcase 2.

46 designates a shaft extending through baling-case 1 and provided at its ends with antifriction rollers 47 arranged to travel in guides 48, projecting from the opposite sides of baling-case 1 and arranged in horizontal alinement with guides 45.

A designates a piston comprising a rod 49 and a head 50 which latter is secured midway between the ends of the former and reciprocably arranged in the cylinder 3. The ends of the piston-rod are connected to shafts 43 46 by links 51 so that any vibratory motion which may be transmitted by rollers 44 47 to shafts 43 46 will not be imparted to the piston-rod and tend to cause the latter to operate in the stuffing-boxes of the cylinder with undue friction.

B C designate a pair of plungers arranged to traverse baling- cases 1 and 2, respectively, and com arising head-blocks 52 53, mounted upon rollers 54, and a pair of toggles comprising links 55 56 which latter have extensions 57. Said extensions engage castings 24 25, as shown in Fig. 6, and cause the toggles to unfold while alternately making their forward strokes, and remain extended. until they are folded by rollers 58 59 engaging pockets 24fl 25, respectively, as the toggles alternately complete their backward strokes. The rollers 58 59 are mounted upon shafts 60 extending through links 56. By interposin g the toggles between the piston-rod and the head-blocks it is obvious that longer strokes will be imparted to the latter, and, consequently, larger feed-openings in the baling` cases will be obtained.

61 62 designate a pair of aprons adapted to i receive the charges of material as they are 1 alternately thrown into the hoppers hy the pitchers. The rear adjacent ends of said aprons slide upon partition 17 and their forward portions are loosely secured to the respective head-blocks by segmental links 63, so their forward down-turned ends 64 65 may perform the function of tuekers and push the material forwardly beneath the top-plates of the baling-cases, and thus prevent the material from binding between said plates and the tops of the head-blocks. The forward ends of the aprons are yieldingly held in a raised position by coil-springs 66 so that when they move forward they will bear against the top plates and prevent portions of the material from lodging between their forward down-turned ends and the topplates. Springs 66 embrace the lower portions of rods 67 depending from the tops of the head-blocks and provided at their lower threaded terminals with nuts 68 whereby the vtension of thesprings may beA regulated.

69 designates a condenser reciprocably arranged in the hoppers to initially compress 70 the charges before they are pushed downwardly into the baling-eases. Said condenser is mounted upon rollers 70, journaled upon shafts 71, carried by brackets 31, and is prevented from tipping on said rollers when at the end of a `stroke by transverse `rods 72 extending through the adjacent ends of theheppers and engaging theupper surface of a pair of parallel. bars 73 forming part of the condenser. As rod36extends through the bars 73 the vcondenser will be moved simultaneously in reverse directions to that traveled by the plungers through the instrumentality of the connecting-bars 37- and levers 38, hence when plunger C is at'the end of a backward stroke the condenser will have compressed the charge in hopper 15 preparatory to its being forced downwardly in front of said plunger.

The admission of steam or other motive fluid to cylinder 3 is controlled by a balanced valve, not shown, slidably arranged iny a valve-case 74 fixed to the cylinder. Said valve is provided with a stem 75 extending in opposite directions and provided with-eollars 76 fixed thereto equal distances from the ends of the valve case.

77 designates` a pair of coil springs interposed between the collars and the ends of case 74 for the purpose of holding the valve 100 in a central position so thatV it will normally cut off the fiow of fluid to the cylinder.

78 79 designate a pair of bell-crank levers fulcrumed to' baling- cases 1 and 2, respectively, and pivotallysecured at their oppo- 105 site ends to the terminals of stem 75 and the lower ends of push-bars 80 81, respectively, extending through eyes 82 on the balingcases. .Said push-bars are provided at their upper ends with foot-plates 83 84, respec- 110 tively, so thatzan attendant standing-on each baling-case may alternately operate: the valve. The density of the bales willbe regulated by tension devices on the deliveryends of the' balingeeases. Each l tension device 115 consists of a toggle comprising a pair ofz tensien-bars 85, extending acrossfthe top and bottom of the case, and a member 86 pivotally secured to the adjacent ends of the bars by a rod 87. l are pivotally-secured to a rod 88 extending throughbrackets v89. Member 86 is provided at one side with an eye-f90 and at its opposite side with a pairy of arms 91bearing in angle-plates 92 on the adjacent side-of the 125 baling-ease.

93 designates a hand-lever fulcrumed to a casting 94 secured to the side ofthe. balingcase and provided with a notchedsector-.95 for receiving a detent 96 carried bythe lever. 130`y The opposite ends ofvbars85 120 97 designates a connecting-rod pivotally secured at one end to the hand-lever and eX- tending through eye 90 at its opposite threaded end which is provided with a tension-nut 98.

Arms 91 are set at an angle to tension-bars S5 so that when the connecting rod is drawn in the direction indicated by arrow (l, the delivery end of the baling-case will be con tracted by forcing its opposite sides inwardly with arms 91 and the tension-bars.

In practice, when the parts are `in the position shown in Fig. 6, the attendant standing upon baling-case l pushes the initially compressed charge of material from hopper 15 down into said baling-case. Iile then depresses push-bar S0 and holds the same in a depressed position until head-block 52 completes a forward stroke and -finally conipresses the charge. As head-block 52 moves forward the condenser will move in a reverse direction and compress the charge of material previously deposited in hopper 16 by pitcher 27. As the condenser moves to the left it will, through the instrumentality of the connecting parts, raise pitcher 26 so that another charge will be deposited in hopper 15. When head-block 52 reaches the end of its forward stroke the attendant on case l releases the push-bar S0 so that the motor will stop. The attendant standing upon case 2 may then push the charge downwardly into said case and depress push-bar S1 so that head-block 53 will advance and compress said charge. Thus it will be understood that the pitchers alternately deposit the charges in the hoppers, that the condenser alternately compresses said charges, and that they are finally compressed by the plungers in the baling-cases; and as these parts are primarily operated by the motor and have positive connections either with each other or the piston-rod they will always operate in proper time, and each will perform its function without interference with the other. And by arranging them to work alternately, as above described, a charge will be compressed at each strokepf the piston-head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is td 1. A baling-press provided with a balingcase having a pocket, a head-block arranged to travel in said case, a toggle connected to said headeblock and adapted to move therewith in an extended position a portion of its stroke, means for operating the toggle, and means carried by the toggle for engaging the pocket, whereby said toggle is folded when completing a backward stroke.

2. A baling-press provided with a baling ease having a pocket, a head-block arranged to travel in said case, a toggle connected to said head-block and adapted to Inove therewith in an extended position a portion of its stroke, a reeiproeatory piston, links pivotally connecting said piston to the toggle, and means carried by the toggle for engaging the pocket, whereby said toggle is folded when completing a backward stroke.

3. In abaling-press provided with a balingcase, a plunger arranged to travel therein, an apron having a down-turned forward end, and yieldingly supported links pivotally connected to the forward end of said apron and the upper portion of the plunger, so that the forward end of the apron .may be depressed by and pass beneath the upper wall of the baling-case.

Ll. In a double-acting baling-press provided with two hoppers and two balingcases, a partition partly dividing said hoppers 'from the cases, plungers arranged to travel in said eases, and aprons yieldingly connected at their forward ends to the plungers so that said ends ,may be depressed by and pass beneath the upper walls of the cases, the rear ends of said aprons being arranged to slide upon the partition.

5. In a double-acting baling-press provided with two alined hoppers and two baling-cases communicating with said hoppers, plungers arranged to travel in said cases and controlled therefrom, and a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers arranged to cooperate with said plungers.

6. In adouble-acting baling-press provided with two alined hoppers and two baling-cases communicating with said hoppers, plungers arranged to travel in said cases and controlled therefrom, and a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers which is actuated by said plungers.

7. In a double-acting balingepress provided with two alined hoppers and two baling-cases communicating with said hoppers, a reeiproeatory plunger in each case, vmeans controlled from the baling cases and comlecting said plungers so they will move together in the same direction, and a reciproeatery condenser in the hoppers arranged. to simultaneously travel in reverse directions to said plun gers.

8. In a baling-press having a hopper and a baling-case communicating with each other, a reeiproeatory plunger in the baling-case, a reeiproeatory condenser in the hopper, an oscillatory lever actuated by the plunger, and a connecting-bar secured to said lever and the condenser.

9. In a baling-press having a hopper and a billing-ease communicating with each other, a reeiproeatory plunger in the baling-ease provided with antifriction rollers, oscillatory levers having forked ends engaging said rollers, connecting-bars secured to said levers, and a reeiproeatory condenser in the hopper secured to the connecting-bars.

l0. In a double-acting baling-press provided with two hoppers, oscillatory pitchers for charging said hoppers with material, and a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers for compressing said. material.

11. In a double-acting laaling-press provided with two hoppers, oscillatory pitchers for alternately charging said hopper-s with material, and a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers for alternately compressing said material.

12. In a double-acting billing-press provided with two hoppers, oscillatory pitchers for charging said hoppers with material, a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers for compressing said material, and means connecting said pitchers to the condenser so the kformer will he operated by the latter.

13. In a double-acting baling-press provided with two hoppers, oscillatory pitchers adapted to alternately swing upwardly and charge the hoppers with material, a reciprocatory condenser in the hoppers for compressing said material, and means for starting the pitchers downwardly.

111. In a double-acting haling-press provided with two hoppcrs, oscillatory pitchers adapted to swing upwardly and charge the hoppers with material, a reciprocatory ccndenser in the hoppers for compressing the material, cables connecting the pitchers to said condenser, and resilient means for starting the pitchers downwardly.

15. In a double-acting loaling-press provided with two 1Daling-cases, the combination of a reciprocatory motor carried by the press, plungers arranged in the cases and actuated by said motor, and means carried by each case for controlling the motor.

16. In a double-acting baling-press provided with two alined baling-cases, the comlcination of a reciprocatory motor separating said cases, reciprocatory plungers arranged in the cases and actuated by said motor, and means carried by each case for independently controlling the motor.

17. In a haling-press provided with a baling-case, a tension device for contracting the discharge end of said case, a hand-lever ulcrumed upon the case, a connecting-rod secured at its ends to said tension device and the hand-lever, a notched sector secured to the case, and a detent carried by the lever and adapted to engage said sector.

18. A double-acting baling-press provided with two loaling-cases, head-blocks therein, a motor for actuating said head-hlocls, a valve for controlling the admission of motive luid to said motor, resilient means for normally holding the valve closed, a stem extending in opposite directions from said valve, levers fulcrumed on the baling-cases and connected to the ends of said stems, and push-bars for actuating said levers.

19. A baling-press provided with a balingcase, a head-block arranged to travel in said case, a toggle for actuating said head-block, provided with an extension, means in the path of said extension for unfolding the toggle, said means having a pocket, and rollers on the toggle adapted to enter said pocket and fold the toggle.

in testimony whereof l. a'lllX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

WINFIELD S. LlVENGOOD.

TfVitnesses F. G. FISCHER, J. MOORE.

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