US957026A - Baling-press. - Google Patents

Description

J. BARENS. BALING PRESS.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. v, 19o9.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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JACOB BARENS, OF ALTUS, ARKANSAS.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 7, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Serial No. 471,192.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BARnNs, citizen of the United States, residing at Altus, in the county of Franklin and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling Presses, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is to devise novel and effective means for operating the plunger of baling presses, the actuating means being such as to enable power to be effectively applied proportionate to the compression of the bale.

A further purpose of the invention is to supply operating means which may be actuated by horse power by a direct pull7 a pair of toggle links being employed, and means cooperating therewith to aline the links as the material is compressed in the baling chamber with the result that force is effectively utilized to the best possible advantage.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a baling press embodying the invention showing the normal position of the parts; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the relation of the parts when the plunger has been -advanced to compress the bale; and, Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs.

1 and 3 showing the relation of the parts when the plunger is at the limit of its forward stroke.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The baling chamber 1 may be of any construction and 2 designates the plun er arranged to operate therein. Toggle inks 3 and 4- are pivoted to each other at 5 and to the plunger and framework ofthe press at 6 and 7 respectively. The toggle link 4 is provided with an angularv or deflected portion near its pivotal connection with the framework and is provided with a pulley S'near the point of deflection to receive an operating chain or cable 9. One end of a coil spring 10 is connected to the toggle links at the joint 5 while the opposite end thereof is suitably connected to a support, such as a bowed standard 11.

The purpose of the spring 10 is to return the parts to normal position after the plunger has been advanced to the limit-of its movement. A bull wheel 12 is mounted, upon the framework of the press and may be of any diameter and has a draft chain or cable connected thereto for attachment o-f the horse by means of which the bull wheel is turned when the press is in operation. A cam 14 is provided upon one side of the bull wheel and the draft chain or cable 9 is connected at one end to the outer end thereof. The cam 14 like the periphery of the bull wheel is grooved to provide a seat to receive the draft chains or'cables 9 and 13, so as to prevent lateralv displacement thereof. The cam 14 has an approximate radial arrangement, its inner end curving about the center of the bull wheel, so as to produce a gradual and effective pressure when giving the final movement to the plunger upon its forward stroke. One end of the draft chain or cable 9 is attached to a trolley 15 mounted to travel upon the toggle link 4, whereby the point of application of the power gradually approaches the joint 5 as the links 3 and 4 are brought into aline-ment iii the operation of the press. A guide pulley 16 is applied to the framework of the press and the draft chain or cable 9 passestherearound. The

guide pulley 16 is located a distance from the pivot connection 7 of the toggle link 4 with the framework slightly less than the length of the toggle link 4, so that when the toggle links 3 and 4 are in alinement the trolley 15 will occupy a position correspondving approximately to the joint 5 between the toggle lin-ks 3 and 4. This arrangement insures the most effective application of power.

In the normal position of the parts the toggle link 4 stands approximately vertical and after the baling chamber has received a charge of material. to be compressed, the horse attached to the draft chain or cable 13 is drivenforward thereby turning the bull wheel 12 and imparting movement tothe cam 14, which exerts a pull upon the draft chain or'cable 9 with the result that the toggle link 4 is moved from the vertical position and the plunger 2 advances in the baling chamber. As the resistance to the forward movement-of the plunger increases the lever-l age proportionately increases, first,fby theI action o the cam 14, secondly, by the ower of the toggle links 3 and4, and thir ly, by

the movement of the trolley l5 upon the toggle links 4 toward the joint 5. Whenfthe plunger is advanced to the limit of its movement the toggle links 3 and-4 aline and upon permitting the. lhorse to back the springi l() comes into play and returns theparts to normal position. In the operation of the press the horse is alternately driven" forwardf andthenbaoked,the-force being applied by a= di'- rect pull and the power augmented by the combined? action.- of the camy 14", the toggle links andthe movement of the drai't chainor cable-Q'upon the toggle link 4; From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides a press operating means which is both simple and effective and which enables direct application of draft in a straight line and by a direct pull', the parts being'.` so arranged as toproportionately increase thepower as the compression of the bale increases, thereby enabling the pull' to be practically steady vand uniform.-

Having thus described the inventionl what is claimedv as new is:

l. In combina-tion with a supporting frame ,havingk a baling chamber provided with a plunger, ofpivotally connected tog'- glei links, one ofy which is pivotally con nested to the supporting Viframe* and the other to the plunger, a trolley slidably mounted on. one of the toggle links,` a bull wheel journaled on they frame andi provided with.` a cam, a guide pulley mounted on one ot-the toggle links, a second guide pulley mounted on the supporting traine, and.' a cable, one: end of which. is-securerzl.t to the trolley and the-other end thereof extendingr over said guide pulleys for attachment to the cam=.` l

V2.v The combination with' a supporting frame having: a baling chamber provided with@V a` plunger, of'pivotally connected tog? gle links, one ot which isI pivotally con-. nested* to the plunger vand?` the other provided" with: an angularterminal. piivotaliy connected: to the supporting tra-me, agnide pulley journaled on thei angular. terminal of one of the: toggle links,` a trolley slide ably mounted on said angular toggle link,L a guide pulley mountedl on the supporting frame, a bull wheel having" a". canna flex ible element having. one endthereof secured` supporting frame andi a spring. forming a' connection betweenV the outer endA of they arma a-nd theA pivotal connection betweenv they tog 'otaliy connected toggle links, one of which lis pivotally connected with the plunger and the other provided with a deiiected terminal." for pivotal connection with the supporting frame, a trolley slidably mounted on the deflected toggle link, a guide pulley journaled on the deflected toggle-link, a similar` guidepu'lley journaled onV the frame, a bull wheel having a cam secured thereto, a tleX- ible element havin to thev trolley and its other .endy passing. over the guide pulleys for attachment to the bull wheel, an armextending upwardly fromv ,thel supporting frame, a springV having one end thereof'secmsed'l to the arm and; its other end fastened to the toggle links at their pivotal juncture, a draft cable encircling the bull wheel and a bracket extendingv laterally from the supporting frame and having a roller mounted for rotationl thereon and adapted to receive and guide the draft cable.

4. In power applying means, the combi# nation of toggle links, aguide. pulley applied to one of' the toggle links neari the4 outer endv thereof, a trolley mounted t'o'moveuponl the toggle link providedV with Vsaid guide pulley, ai second` guide pulley arranged within the radius of the joint between the toggle links,4 and adraft chain or like connection passed aroundE said guide pulleys and attached to the said trolley.

5. In powerv applying means the combi'- nation of togglei links, a bullt wheel, means for operating the bull wheel by a' direct pull, a cam applied to a side of the`bull wheel, a trolley slidably mounted on one of the links and connecting means between sa-idcam and trolley.

6i In combinationv toggle links, atroliey mounted tomove upon one of the togglev links, aguide pulley applied tothe toggie link provided with the trolley near the outer end thereof, a second guide pulley arranged within the radius of the toggle link provided' with. the said guide pulleyand trolley, a buil Wheel', acamA upon one side of the bull.l wheel, and a= flexible connectionbetween the cam and trolley and passed around said guide pulleyss Iln testimony whereof;A I. aiiix my. signature* in presence oat two. witnesses.'

y JACOB BRENS. Y [Ih-sl VVitnessesf:

GEORGE RANEY,

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