US942305A

US942305A - Automatic wire-tying machine.

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Publication number: US942305A
Application number: US47222009A
Authority: US
Inventors: Oscar L Bowers
Original assignee: JOHN L BOWERS
Current assignee: JOHN L BOWERS
Priority date: 1909-01-14
Filing date: 1909-01-14
Publication date: 1909-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 1926-12-07

Description

0. L. BOWERS. AUTOMATIC WIRE TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1909. 942,305, Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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O. L. BOWERS.

AUTOMATIC WIRE TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) JAN. 14, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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' Witnesses attoznuao 0. L. BOWERS. AUTOMATIC WIRE TYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.14, 1909.

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OSCAR L. BOWBRS, OF

WILLARD; ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN L.

BOWERS, OF WILLARD, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC WIRE-[DYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

' Application filed January 14, 1909. Serial No. 472,220.

vused in connection with baling presses. 1n

practically all of such devices, as now constructed, the baling Wire is held comparatively taut across the throat ofthe. press box and is fed into the press box by the plunger and the material compnessed' in advance 0f the plunger. In such con: structions, intermittent and sudden rotation is imparted to the wire storing reel and the wires themselves are placed under considerable stress so that it frequently happens that they break and the bale in partly completed condition is required to.be removed from the press box and recompressed. In

- addition to this liability to breakingof the balingwires, the sudden jerky motion imparted to the reels not only renders them liable to injury but further results in more than the necessarylength ofwire being anwound therefrom so that vwhen the needles swing across the throatof the press box to complete the ties, thereis-moreoi' less slack in the wires which renders the tiesinsecure.

In order to overcome these disadvantages it is contemplated, in the resent inventio n, that prior to the beginning of each bale forming operation, a sutficient slack length of.wire will be unwound from the reels or other. storing means to encompass three. sides of the bale, or more specifically speaking, the two sides. and the front end, and this slack length of wire is readily taken up by the plunger and the material being compressed in advance thereof while .the bale is being formed and Without any stress be ing' placed upon the reels or other wire stor- 1n itself is relieved practically entirely of strain inasmuch as it is perfectly loose; One of the principal advantages accruing'frofn this" method of procedure lies in the fact that after the entire slack has been taken up and the wire so engaged about the completed bale as to encompass the two sides and one end thereof, the length of wire between the bale devices; and, furthermore, the wire and the wire storing reel or other means is comp'arativelytaut so that when engaged bythe needle sweeping across the throat of the press box, it Wlll be pulled securely around the bale after which it is twisted together and cut.

Other novel features and advantages accruing from the specific construction and arrangement of elements of the device will be made apparent in the specific description which is to follow and in the claims.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 .is a top plan view 0 the press box of a .baling press showing themechanism embodied in the present invention in lace thereon. Fig. 2 is arear elevation o the mechanism for gathering, holding, twisting. and cutting the strands of baling wire, Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view in detail of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a View inside elevation showing the needle operating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a view in detail of the gathering and holding disk and the elements of the mechanism associated therewith, Figs. 6,7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are diagrammatic views of the portion of the mechanism shown in Fig: 5 showing the successive steps in the operation of the said mechanism, and Figs. 12, 13 "and 14 are diagrammatic views showing the method of distributing and arranging the. bale tying 'wires, the successive steps being illustrated in the said figures;

In-the drawlngs, there 1s shown the press .box of a baling press and of this press box to be presently described, each of the side 9 walls 20 and 2l is formed with at least a pain of longitudinally extendin slots 23 and 24 respectively, the slots int e wall 20 extending'practically the entire length of the said wall and those in the Wall 21 but a portion ofthe length of the wall.

A pair ofwire storing reels 25'are mounted upon'the side 21 of the, ressxbox and it .is fi'om t-hese reels thatthe aling wires are drawn tonl'y; one'of the reels being, however, shown in: the drawings), the wires being indicated by the numeral 26 and being led through the slots 24 in the side Wall. 21 of. the press box and transversely across the throat of the box and thrqughother slots .23 in the side walls 20. The ends of the now be specifically described.

v mounted to reciprocate in a bearing 36 A pair of frames 27 are mounted one above the other upon the side wall 20 of the press box and in suitable bearin s 28 formed at the extremities of arms 29 0 each frame there is journaled a vertical crank shaft 30 the crank portion of which is indicated by the numeral 31. This shaft 30 carries a pair of master gears which are constructed and arranged to impart motion each to a mech anism arranged opposite each of the slots 23 in the side walls 20 for gathering, holding, twisting, and cutting the baling wires after they have been formed around the bale. a Journaled for rotation upon .a vertically extending stub shaft 32 is a hollow cylindrical wire holding device 33 the said device being open at its lower end and having its vertical walls formed with a plurality of slots 34, these slots being here shown as four in number and being designed to receive the end of the respective baling'wire. The slots are spaced around the vertical wall of the device substantially 90 apart and the device is intermittently rotated in such manner as to successively bring a pair of these slots in a line with the line of feed.of the baling wire, as is clearly shown in Fig.3 of the drawings.

' The means for intermittently rotating the wire gripping and holding element just described is'embodied in a plunger 35 which is formed at the upper end of an arm 37 constitut-ing aportion of the frame 27. The inv ner end of this plunger 35 is turned downwardly as indicated by the numeral 38 and slightly laterally and is arranged to engage successively with radially projecting lugs 39 formed at -eo ui-distant-points around the circumference of the wireholding device'33, the said lugs being preferably equal in number to the number of slots 34. Alspring 40 upon this plunger bears at one" end against the bearing 36 in which the plunger recipro cates and atits otherend against a shoulder 41 at the upper end of a downwardly projecting finger 42 formed at the outer end of the plunger 35. The lower, end of the finger 42. above referred to projects in thepath of movement of'a lug 43 formed upon the upper face of a master gear 44 it being understood that when this lu r- 43- engages with the lowerend of the said finger, the plunger 35 is shifted in the' direction of the wall 20 of the press box and its downturned end 38 will rotate the wire,holding device- 33 one step by reasonof the engagement of the said end of the plunger with one of the lugs 39. The spring 40 is soarranged as to not only hold the plunger 35 normally at the outer limit of its movement but is also arranged to permit slight rocking of the plunger to permit the downturned end 38 thereof to follow around the circumference of the wire holding device 33.

As will be presently explained, one end of the baling wire is at all times gripped by the member 33 and prior to the operation of the bale forming means, the baling wire is to be engaged at a pointbetween the holding device 33 and the reel 25 or other wire storing. device, and a certain slack length of the wire removed from the reel and deposited or arranged in the corresponding slot 23 in the side wall 20 of the press box and the means for accomplishing this feed of the Wire will now be described.

Projecting from each of the frames 27, rearwardly at an angle from the side wall 20 of the press box is an arm 45 and extending vertically between the extremities of these two arms 45 is a rod 46, the said arm projecting through a slot 47 formed in the arm, 48 which is in this manner mounted for oscillatory movement, the inner end of the 'arm supporting wire gripping means which will be shortly described. A connecting rod 49 serves to connect this arm 48, at a point adjacent. one end of the slot 46, with the crank 31 of the shaft 30 so that upon rotation of the shaft, the arm will be oscillated upon the rod-.46 as an axis. At its said extremity, the arm 48 supports a vertically; positioned rod 50 theupper and lower end portions of which are turned at ri ht angles as indicated by the numeral 51 an are each formed, at the extremity, with a hook 52, it being understood that means is in this manner provided for simultaneously gripping both of the baling wires. The hooks 52 are so arranged that when the shaft- 30 has reached such a point in its rotation as to bring the wire gripper carrying end of the arm 48 to position between thetwo baling wires, the said hook will ride beneath the wires and upon movement of the said end of the arm 48 from the position stated in a direction toward the'posl'tion shown in full lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the wires will be engaged simultaneously by the hook and will be" pulled rearwardly, unwinding from the respective reel 25.

I As is clearly shown in Fig. '1 of the drawings; the hookedends of the wire carrier or feeder travel in the upper and lower slots the material being compressed in advance thereof against the said wires, the result be-' ing that both wires are gradually worked into position in the press box to extendalong each side wall thereof and across the rear end of the bale.

' From the foregoing, it will be understood that a suflicient slack length of each baling wire is unwound from the respective reel 25 to encompass three of the sides of the bale being formed and that no wire is unwound from the reel due to theaction of the baling plunger, the slack merely being taken up by the operation of the plunger. There is for this reason no sudden rotative movement imparted to the reels 25 and no undue and sudden stress placed upon the Wires themselves so that snapping of the wires .or injury to the reel is effectually obviated.

After the completion of the" bale, the haling wires encompassing the three sides of the same, an additional length of the baling wire is carried' across the throat of the press box or in other words across the front end of the bale and is connected with that end of the wire previously referred to and initially gripped by the wire holding means '33. The means for,carrying the baling wires across the throat of the press box and the front end of the bale is embodied in needles 54 which are carried by a vertically disposed rock shaft 55 mounted in suitable, bearings 56 upon the side wall 21 of the press box. Each of these needles includes a shank andan angularly turned end 57 vwhich latter is designed to be forced transversely across the throat of the press box, the said I portions of the needles passing through the slots 24 in the said wall 21. 1

Normally, the extremities of the portion 57 of'the' needles lie substantially inregistration withthe respective slots 24 and the balingwires 26 pass into the press box, from the reels, across theends' of the said portions of the needle and through the slots 24' as is clearly'shown in Figs. 4, 12,13 and 1 4 of the drawings. "When the needles are-in normal position as stated above, theirshanks 54 extend at an angle forwardly from the side 21 of the press box, but when the shaft" 55 is rocked so as to swing the needle shanks in the direction of the said side and to position substantially parallel therewith, the ends 57 of the needles will be forcedacross the throat ofv the press box carrying with them the proper length of baling wire.

This movement of the needles and rocking of the shaft 55 is had through the instrumentality of a vertically disposed crank shaft 58 which is connected with a crank arm 59 upon the shaft 55 by means of a connecting rod 60, the crank of the shaft 58- and the crank arm 59 of the shaft 55 being so proportioned that one complete revolution of the shaft 58 will rock the shaft 55 sufiiciently to force the needles across the throat of the press box and withdraw them from such position.

A gear 61 at theupper end of the shaft 58 meshes with a .gear 62 .driven through the instrumentality of a friction clutch 63 from a shaft 64 bywhich it is carried and which in turn is driven from the power supplying mechanism for the entire press. It might be here stated that at the lower end of the shaft 58 there is provided a bevel gear 65 which meshes with a similar gear 66 upon one end of a shaft 67 journaled transversely beneath the press box of the baling press. This shaft 67 carries at its other end a gear 68 which meshes with a gear 69 fixed at the lower'end of the crank shaft 30 so that when motion is imparted to the shaft 58, it is transmitted also to the shaft 30. It is of course only desired that the shaft-'58 be rotated during a" period immediately subsequent to the forma-.

tion of each bale and in order that the shaft may be automatically thrown into and out of operation at theoproper time, I have provided a clutch mechanism, the clutch proper of which has already been referred to anddesignated by the numeral 63. The clutch is preferablyiof that type in which one member, in this instance'the member carrying the gear 62, is held at times against rotation by means of a suitable latch or detent device and in Fig. 4 of the drawings, this device is indicated by the numeral 70, it being in the nature of a sliding latch having its upper endarranged to engage with the member 63 and its lower end connected pivotally with the extremity of one arm of an angle lever 71. To the other arm of this lever 71 is connected one end of a spring 72 which at its other is secured to the wall 21 of the press box, the spring tendlng normallyto hold the lever in such position as to cause the detent -70-to engage with the clutch. A rod 73 is also pivotally connected Wlth the last mentioned armof the angle lever 71 and is provided-atits otherextremity with a slot74 in which-works a pin-75 carried upon the crank write, it being understood that-rocking of 'theshaft 55, and consequently the crank arm 59, will result in this rod 7 3 being shifted to 1 such a degree and in such manner as to move the latch 7 0 out of enga ement with the friction clutch device and thereby .provide for rotation of theshaft 58 and consequently the shaft 55. The operation of the angle lever 71 to accomplish the result stated is accomplished automatically by means of a rocking beam 76 which is f'nounted upon the side 21 of the press box and has flexible connections as at 77 with the last mentioned arm of the angle lever, the connection being passed over a pulley 78 also mounted upon the said side of the press box.

The rear end of the lever projects above a friction disk 79 which is journaled upon a stub shaft 80 and rotates partly within a slot 81 formed in the side wall 21 of the press box, the periphery of the disk being in contact with the bale being formed in the said box. This disk 79 is of such construction as to be adjustable as regards its circumference and it is-intended that the disk should rotate, due to frictional contact with the material of the bale as it is compressed, one revolution during the complete process of forming the bale and at each revolution of the disk, a cam lug 82 thereon rides'beneath the said rear end of the rocking beam 76 and rocks said beam thereby causing the same to exert a pull upon the flexible connection 77 thereby operating the angle lever 7lt'o render the clutch -63 operative. From the foregoing, it will be seen that there is provided means automatically operatingat the time of completion of each bale to set the wire applying devices, as a whole, in'operation.

As is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the extremity of each needle, after passing across the throat of the press box, sweeps beneath the corresponding wire gripper and holder 33 with the baling wire 26 extending in a line with a pair of the slots 34 in theyertical wall of the said gripper and pivoted. in the frame 27 for rocking movement in a vertical plane is a lever83 which has its inner endpositioned so as to engage with the wire-at a point between the pair of slots through which the, wire extends. At its outer end, this lever is provided with a roller, or other suitable antifriction device 84 which is so positioned as tobe engaged by a cam lug 85'upon the under face of the master gear 44 once-in each revolution, of the gear. This engagement of the cam lug 85 with the said outer end of the'lever 83 will result in the said end being depressed and the inner end being raised so as to, force the wire up into the said slot 34, the wire holder and gripper 33 being rotated one step to cause the wire to bind in ,the slot, which operation will be presently morefully stated. It will be observed, from an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawings, that the inner end portion of the lever 83 is curved upwardly so that its extremity, when the said end of the lever is raised, projects upwardly into the gripper and holder 33 at a point between the axis of the said member, namely the stub shaft upon which it rotates and the vertical wall of the member so that rotation of the member is not interfered with.

A knife 86 is rigidly mounted in the frame 27 andhas its cutting edge disposed practically in contactwith 'the outer surface of I the gripper and holder 33 and immediately upon starting of the wire twisting mechanism, it is designed that this knife shall have a shearing action against the strands of wire held in the slots in the holder and in this manner sever the said strands at a point beyondtheir portions which are to be twisted together.

The wire twisting means or mechanism is embodied in a shaft 88 which is journaled for rotation in suitable bearings 89 formed upon the frame 27, and the inner end of this shaft is bent at right angles to form a finger 90 rovided with a longitudinal slot or ker 91. When in normal position, the finger of the twister shaft extends, as illustrated in Fi s. 3 and 5 of the drawin s, be-

tween the si e wall 20 of the press box and the wire gripper and holder 33 so that when the strands are gripped and held by the said device 33, they will be in position to be inserted or forced into the slot or kerf of the i said twister finger after which the shaft 88 carrying the finger is rotated to twist the ends of the strands together. At its outer end,-the shaft 88 carries a mutilated bevel gear 92 the gear' portion of which is arranged to mesh with a gear section 93 of the master gear 44, the said gear section extending throughout practically one-half of the circumference of the master gear.- The gear 92 upon the twister shaft is formed with a flattened side portion 94 which is designed to ride over a raised semi-annular rib 95 which extends throughout the remainder of the circumference of the master gear, it being understood of course that when the flattened side of the gear '92 is in such engagement with the rib 95, the shaft 88 will-be idle, but that as soon asthegear'section 93 comes in the path of the gear 92, :the shaft 88 is rotated the re quired number of revolutions so as to twist theends of the strands of wire. Asa means for feeding or forcing-the baling wire into the kerf 91 of the twister finger 90,there is provided a lever 96 which is mounted to rock inv an inclined plane and has its inner end turned angularly as at 97 and its extremity notched as at 98 to engage with one strand of the baling wire. As clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings, the said laterallybent end .of' the lever is presented in the direction of the slotted extremity of the twister finger 90 so that should the lever be rocked upon its pivot to move its end 97 in the direction of the said finger, and should a strand of Wire be in the path of movement of the extremity of the lever the strand will be forced into the kerf in the twister finger. In order that the lever may be so rocked at the proper moment, it is provided at its outer end with a roller 99 which is to be engaged by a cam lug 100 formed upon the under face. of the master gear 4 1, this engagement being had subsequent to the gripping of the strands by the wire gripper and holder-33.

As a means for assembling the strands and the numeral l03, this peculiar formation of the edge of the disk resulting in. a wire strand receiving seat 104 adjacent to each of the notches 102, it being understood that one strand of the two strands to be twisted is received in one of the notches 102 and the other one of the two strands in the related seat 104. This disk 101 is mounted upon the side 23 of the press box in suchposition as to cooperate with the correspondmg needle slot in the said side of the press box, the slot at that end at which the said disk is located being atone edge of cam formation as indicated by the numeral 105 and the other edge being of cam formation as indicated by the numeral 106, the edge 106 being convex and the edge 105 being parallel with respect thereto; The operation of this strand assembling-disk will be fully described in the statement of the va-'- rious steps in the operation of the mechanism as a whole. It is lntended, for reasons which will presently be made apparent, that the wire strand assembling disk shall have a step by step or intermittent rotary movement imparted to it, and in order to accomplish this result, a lever 107 is provided as at 108 in the frame 27 and is provided at its inner end with a pivoted dog 109 at all times held against the outer face of the disk by means of a spring 110 which is secured upon the said end of the lever and bears against the dog. This dog engages successively in notches 111 formed in the 7 said outer face of the disk and at its inner end, the'lever is provided with a roller 112 which is to be engaged by a cam lug 113 formed upon the under face of the master gear 44, it being understood that as this lug 113 rides over the re er at the said outer end of the lever, the inner end of the In order to hold the wire strand assembling disk against backward rotation, a spring pressed detent 114 is mounted upon the side 20 of the press box and engages successively behind the shoulders 104 of the said assembling disk.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows :It will first be supposed that a length of baling wire is unwound from its reel and is manually engaged in the wire holder 3? and that the strand is then led manually down the side 20 of the press box in the manner of the loop which is mechanically formed by the mechanism while in operation. The

ress is then set in operation and material 1s fed into the hopper of the press box and is compressed into thebox by the baling plunger. Immediately subsequent to the completion of the bale the shaft 58 will be set 1n motion through the release of the clutch 63. During the process of forming the bale theslack length of baling wire has been gradually fed into the press box as will be readily understood to embrace three of the sides of the bale as it is formed, so that at the time of com letion of the bale, the balintg wire embraces t ree sides thereof or speci ically speaking the two sides and the rear end, the forward end of the, bale not bein embraced by the wire. As soon as the sha t 58 is set in motion, the shaft. 55 will be rocked so as to force the needles across the throat of the press box, and as the ends of these needles engage with the two baling wires, the said wires are'carried across the front end of the bale. After the needle has passed across the throat of the press box, its position is as shown in dotted lmes in Fig. 3

of the drawings, and one strand of the loop of wire formed by theneedle is forced upwardly into the pair of slots 34 beneath which it extends, the end of the baling wire being already engaged in one of these slots.

Immediately following the impresslonpf the strandof wire into the slots in the wire gripper and holder, the assembling disk is rotated one step with the original strand of wire or in other words the strand the end of which is primarily engaged with the gri per and holder 33, seating in the rlght'han one of the notches 102, so that the said strand 1s brought to the position shown in Fi 7 of the drawings, this strand is in icated throughout the several figures by the reference character X. The other end of the strand of wire has, as above stated, been brought through the press box or rather across the throat thereof and seated in the gripper and holder 33, this strand being 1ndicated by the reference character Y. The

cam lug 100- at this time engages the wheel 99 atthe outer end-of the lever 96 and the strand Yis forced into the kerf of the twister finger 90, and at the same time rides over that cam edge of the assembling disk indicated by the reference character A in Fig. 5 of the drawings so'that it seats in the recess or seat 104 adjacent the notch occupied by the strand .Immediately subsequent to this disposal of the strand Y in the twister finger kerf 91, and acting practically simultaneously, the wire gripper and holder 33 is rotated one-quarter of a revolution or in other words throughan angular. movement of substantially 90 and the twister shaft 88 is set'in motion, the two strands Y and X being severed practicallyat the time the twister rotates so that while the twisting operation will not be interfered with, the strands. will be held. against separation to such a degree as to render the operation of the twister ineffective. This latter step completes the wiring of the bale and the entire operation is repeated except of course the manual application of the baling wire to the gripper and holder 33, it being understood that the end of the strand Y remains engaged with one ofthe slots of the said gripper and is firmly held thereby in the manner as was the corresponding end of the original strand X. In the operation which followsythe rotation of the wire strand assembling disk through 90 will actto cause the twisted ends of the wire strands to ride over the cam edge 106, or more specifically speaking between this edge and the edge 105 and it 1s by reason of this engagement of the strands with the said edges that they are forced out from their seats in the disk so--as to permit of ready ejection of the completed bale from the press box.

What is claimed is 1. In a baling mechanism, means for feeding a predetermined slack, non-restrained, length of baling wire into the press box prior to the operation of the bale forming means.

2. In a baling mechanism, a baling wire slack in the baling wire prior to the operation of the bale forming means.

4:. In a baling mechanism, means for feeding into the press box a' sufiicient non-restrained, slack, length of the baling wire to embrace a plurality 'of the sides of the bale.

5. In a baling mechanism, means operable prior to the operation of the bale forming means for feeding into the press box a slack, non-restrained length of baling wire sufiicient to embrace two sides and one end of the bale.

6. In a baling mechanism, means for feeding into the ress box, prior to theoperation of the ba e forming means, a slack, nonrestrained, length of baling wire suflicient to embrace a plurality of sides of the bale, and means operable immediately subsequent to the formation of the bale for feeding a length of the baling wire across the remaining face of the bale.

v 7. In a baling mechanism, means for feedinga predetermined slack, non-restrained, length of baling wire a portion of which length extends across the throat of the press box in the path of the plunger.

8. In a baling mechanism, means for forming a predetermined non restrained slack in the baling wire, a portion of the length of the wire extending across the throat of the press box in the path of movement of the plunger.

9. In a baling mechanism, means for forming a predetermined non-restrained slack in the baling wire, said slack lying beyond a len thof the wire extending across the throat o the press box.

' 10. In a baling mechanism, wire storing means to one side ofthe press box of the press, and means at the other side of the said press box for feeding a predetermined slack, non-restrained, length of the wire from the storing means across the throat of the press box prior tot-heoperationof the bale forming means.

11. In a baling mechanism, wire storing means located to one side of the press box, and means located to the other side of the press box for withdrawing a length of the posing a predetermined slack non-restrained length of baling wire in position to be taken up by the compression of the material in the press box.

1 1. In a baling mechanism, baling wire storing means, and means for withdrawing a predetermined length of such wire from said means and disposing the same in position to be taken up by the compression of liq the material in the press box, the, said length, when so stored, being non-restrained.

15. In a baling mechanism, means for dis:

posing within the press box'a predetermined non-restrained slack length of balingwire in position to be taken up by the material being compressed in the box.

' 16. In a baling mechanism, baling wire storing means, means for disposing a predetermined nonrestrained, length of such wire, in slack condition, in position to be taken up and fed into the press box by the compression of material into the box, and means for feeding a length of such wire across the throat of the press box subsequent to the formation of the bale therein.

17. Ina baling mechanism, means for feeding baling wire across. the throat of the press box, and means operable prior to the operation of the bale forming means for engaging the baling wire and disposing a nonrestrained, slack lengththereof. adjacentthe press box.

18. In a baling mechanism, a baling wire storing spool, means for feeding a predetermined length of wire from the spool across the throat of the ress box, and to position in a slot in the side of the press box, said means operating prior to the operation of the bale forming means, the said lengths being sla k and non-restrained and being adapt-e to be fed into the box by the bale during formation, the spool being designed to overcome the resistance oifered by the wire to the bale whereby no wire will be 1111- Wound from the spool during the period of formation of a bale.

g 19. In a baling mechanism, means'for drawing a predetermined slacklengthof baling wire across the throat of the ress box prior-to the operation of the bale orming means and for storing said length of wire in position to be taken up during the operation'of the said bale forming means, and in non-restrained condition.

20.- In a baling mechanism, means forv drawing a predetermined slack length of" baling wire across the throat of the press box and disposing a non-restrained portion of said length-along one side. of the es box prior to the operation of the baleor ing means. v

21. In a baling mechanism, means for drawing a predetermined length of baling wire across the throat of the press'box, that portion of the said length which extendsacross the throat of the said box being com paratively taut, and that portion of the length which hes beyond the first mentioned portion being slack and non-restrained.

' 22. In a baling machanism, means for drawing a predetermined slack length of baling wire across the throat of the ing means, a portion of thesaid length of res box prior to'the operation of the bale. orm

wire being supported comparatively taut and in position transversely of the said throat of the box, the other portion being in the condition of a non-restrained loop.

23. In a baling mechanism, means for drawing a predetermined slack length of baling wire across the throat of the press box', that portion of the said length which extends across the throat being comparatively taut and the remainder of the length being slack and non-restrained and disposed through the operation of the said means along one side of the press box, the said means being arranged for operation prior to the operation of the bale forming. means. 24. In a baling mechanism, means for drawing a predetermined length of baling [wire across the throat of the press box, that portion of the len th which extends transversely of the said throat being comparatively taut, the portion of the length lying beyond the first mentioned portion being non-restrained and slack and disposed along the side of the press box, and means operable subsequent to the formationof the bale for feeding an additional length of the wire across the said throat of the box.

25. In a baling mechanism, means for storingi baling wire, means for withdrawing a su cientlength. of the said wire from the. storing means to encompass three sides of the bale being formed, the said wire withdrawing means bein oerable prio'r-to the operation of thebale orming means, and means operable subsequent to the'forrnation of the bale for carrying an additional length of such wire across the throat of the press box beside a fourth face of the bale, that portion of such wire designed to encompass the three sides of the bale being so dis osed and supported as to be free from tension.

26. In a balin mechanism, successively operating means for feeding lengths of baling wire across the throat of the press box, the combined length being sufficient to encompass four sides of the bale, thev length fed by 'one of such means being non-restrained. Y

. 27. In a baling mechanism, a bale wire storing spool, means for feeding a predetermined length of wire from the spool across the throat of the press box and to position along one side of the box, said-means being arranged to recede whereby to leave the wire thus deposited in slack and non--- restrained condit on, said means actuating prior to the o eration of the bale forming means, the sai length of wire being adapted to be fed into the box by the bale during the formation, the spool being designed to overcome the resistance offered by the wire to the bale whereby no wire-will be unwound from the spool during'the period of formation of a bale. I

lnon-restra-ine and 28. In a baling mechanism, baling wire storing means and an oscillating arm arranged to withdraw a predetermined slack length of baling wire from said means and to dispose the same along one side of the press box finally in non-restrained position..

rccede whereby to leave the wire in non-.

restrained condition.

30. In a baling mechanism, baling wire storing means, and-means arranged to intermittently engage the said wire and withdraw predetermined lengths thereof from such storing means, and to dispose the same in.

non-restrained condition. a

31. In a baling mechanism, wire storing- 1neans,'and means arranged to intermittently engage with the said wire and withdraw predetermined 'slack lengths thereof from the said storing means across the throat of the press box, and to finally dispose such lengths beside the box in non-restrained con- 'dition.

32. In a baling mechanism, a baling wire storing spool, means arranged to reciprocate continuously along one side of the press box for disposing a length of baling wire along the side of the box, means reciprocating across the throat ofthe box for depositing Wire upon the said reciprocating means, the said reciprocating means, upon receding, leaving the length of wire thus deposited slackiand non-restrained, the said length of .wire being adapted to be fed into the press box by the bale during formation.

33. In a baling mechanism, means for intermittently feeding predetermined slack lengths of baling wire across the throat of the press box anddisposing said lengths in non-restrained condition in position to be taken up by the compression of the bale.

34:. In a baling mechanism, a baling wire storing spool, means arranged to reciprocate continuously along one side of the press box for disposing a length of baling wire along the side of the box, means reciprocating across the throat ofthe box for depositing wire upon the said reciprocating means, the said reciprocating means, upon receding, leaving the length of wire thus deposited slack and non-restrained, the said length of wire being adapted to be fed into the press box by the .bale during formation, the spool being designed to overcome the resistance offered by the wire to the bale whereby no wire will be unwound from the spool during the period of formation of the bale.

35. In a baling mechanism, wire storing ranged for intermittent movement,

means, and means for intermittently feeding predetermined slack lengths of the balin wire across the throat of the ress box an subse uently, disposing a portlon of each of such engths along one side of the said box in non-restrained condition.

36. In a baling mechanism, wire storing means, and constantly reciprocating means for intermittently engaging the baling wire and withdrawing predetermined slack lengths thereof from the said storing means and disposing a portion of each of such lengths in comparatively taut condition transversely of the throat of the "press box and the remainder of each length in slack non-restrained condition in position to be taken up by the compression of the bale.

- 37 In a baling mechanism, a wire storing means, means for drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the press box, means for gripping the wire, means for twisting the wire interposed between the wire storing means and the grip ping means, said gripping means being arever means having operative connections with the gripping and twisting means, and a master gear common to both of suchmeans arranged to actuate intermittently, said lever means.

r 38. In a baling mechanism, a wire storing means, means for drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the press box, a cylinder formed with a plurality of wire receiving seats, the said cylinder being mounted for intermittent rotation, means for twistin the wire interposed between the said cylin er and the wire storing means, and 'a blade disposed with its cutting edge in cooperative relation to the cylinder for cutting the wire.

39. In a baling mechanism, a wire storing means, means for drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the press box, a wire grippingmeans comprising a, cylinder formed with a plurality of wire receiving notches, said cylinder being mounted for intermittent rotation, wire twisting means comprising a shaft having a laterally turned port-ion formed with a wire receiving kerf, vmeans for assembling strands of wire to be twisted, means for feeding the strands of wire into the notches of the gripping cylinder, and a cutter for severing the twisted strands.

40. In a baling mechanism, a wire.storing means, means for drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the ress box, a wire gripping means comprising a cylinder formed. with a plurality of wire receiving notches, said cylinder being mounted for intermittent rotation,'wire twisting means comprising a shaft having a laterally turned portion formed with a wire receiving kerf, means for assembling strands of wire to be twisted, means for feeding the strands of wire into the notches of thegri ping cylinder, a cutter for severing t e twisted strands, and means for feeding the strands of wire into the kerf'of the laterally turned portion ofthe twisting shaft.

41. In a baling mechanism, a wire storing means, meansfor drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the press box,'and an intermittently rotatin disk formed with a plurality of seats adapte to receive strands of wire and to assemble said strands, means beyond the disk for gripping the strands, means interposed be tween the disk and the gripping means foi twisting the strands, means cooperating with the gripping means for severing the strands subsequent to twisting, and a master gear common to all of said means and arranged to actuate the said means successively;

42. In a baling mechanism, means for feeding the baling wire across the throat of the press box, a wire gripping and holding means, means for directing the strands of the wire to be twisted into direct engagement with said gripping and holding-means, and

a wire twisting means arranged in operative relation with respect to the gripping and holdin means.

43. n a baling mechanism, a wire storing means, means for drawing the wire from the said storing means across the throat of the press box, means arranged at that side. of the press box opposite to the side at which the wire storin means 'is located to advance and recede, sai means being arranged, upon advance movement, tofeed and dispose a slack length of wire along one side of the press box, said means u on receding movement being arranged to cave said deposited strand non-restrained, wire gripping means arranged at the opposlte slde of the press box, and wlretwistmgmeans arranged between'the press box and the gripping means.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR L. BOWERS.

Witnesses:

Loom L. Bownns, JAMES H. EIDsoN.