USRE4327E - Improvement in cotton-presses - Google Patents

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baseof the screw H, as shown.-

v tlnithiai .PAU-L ,WILLIAM-S, F'WINONA, MISSISSIPPI, AssIGNon i {WILLIAMS AND JAMEsI.. WILLIAMS,-

I .emrs Patent No. 73,683, dated January 2'1, '186s reissue-.Na 4,327, daad April, 4.1871.

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'- To"al l whom it may concern Be it .known that I, PAUL WILLIAMS, lof Winona, in the county of Carroll and. State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton? Presses; and I dohereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, Aand exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing-forming part of this specitioation, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of 4my press with certain removed sections for the better exhibition oi'- its I parts.

Figure 2 cross-section of tle lever-head,v Similar lletters of reference indicate eorrcs1`1o-mlin'g parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in col:-

ton-presses, and consists of' the combination of a'lcver having a long and short arm, with a vertical screw-to' actuate the same, whereby the follow-'block'receives its motion from the shorter arm oFsacL lever, and is forced down with great power.

Cther devices perfecting the whole render this pressl more simple than, and equally eifective ivith,'.a1|y cotton-press heretofore known or used.

'In' the drawing- A is the Iever beam,pivoted to .olie or two uprights, B, (af-suitable kind, said uprights being secured to'the bed D of the press or otherwise held. in position by suitable means.

The fulcrum of the lever A nests in the upright or upright-s B, and is s0 applied to the beam A as' to v form a long and a short arm on the same.

At that end of the bed immediately under the end of the longer armof the lever-beam is ametallic step-bearing, d, which receives the This step is simply a hemispherical.indentation, which will pennit a lslight deviation of the' screw'from the perpendicular without cramping the gudgeou l This screw actnates the lever-beam by means ot'. a partially-revolving tap, I, which is held in and against a circular recess, m., in the lever-beam by circular iron straps n', embracing the tapaud bolted to the leverbeam, as shown. f

. The object of this partially-revolving tap is to perv mit the vibration of the lever and screw asthe press is operated, and without which device, or its equiva' lent, the screw couldnot be applied direct-ly to the lever to actuate it up or down.

The screw, after passing the tap, passes vthrough a] mortise in the beam, and the front end f of-said Inorf I tise is beveled for the purpose of permitting the leverbearnto assume the proper angle of inclination when its long arm -is depressed to elevate thefollow block J within the box K containing the cotton.

is a. fronti elevation of the same with a gudgeo'n li on. the

The said box K is made in the ordinary o r similar manner, having vertical 'planks -L arranged within and `.secured to a stout frame-work,e, as shown. This box 'rests onthe bed-sills, under thefrontendof-the short arm of the lever-beamen such a distance frqmth'e' centre line of the pivot-bolt b that the thrust-beam M attached 'to the fo1lowbl ock will be quite o r nearly vertical when the long arm o f the llevelsbearn is cle-"1.

vatedto its highest point, as 'shown in the figure.-

The bale will then be compressed-"s uiciently tofb'e I removed from the press after the bale has been roped' .in the usual manner. x The thrust-'beam M is'. made with a-icircular head,

h, which tits'in and against a circular recess, a, in A the leverfbeam, 'l

When thecotton is being compressed thish'ead and recess partalreof the .Strain due tothe resistance -ot' the cotton; .but when thefollo'wfblock is to be witnf.

-drawn after the.. bale has been pressed. and loped a plate, g,'and bolt 1:, forming a hinge-device, as shown, take the strain., which strain is simply theweightof the follow-blockand thl'ushbealn. r Au arm, l, set .into a hole-in the base p'of theserew, serves to' apply thepower for operating the press.'

The lower part ofthe box K is removable in the 'ordinaryvv manner, being composed ofthesides d 'and similar ends, not'sho'wn inthedrawing-.all of which are held against the bottom e" and beveledjoints of the plankingfe of the upper part of the box, thus forming acontinuation ot' the same, asshown. v

To employ this press, the handle l is turned till. vfollcuv-bl ook J is raised clear of the box.- vIt will their swing moreorglessclear ol' theopen top ofthe same,

Cotton-'in sucientquan'tit-y-for abale of' the ordivnary size is. placed in the box, and .the follower-block. yswung back over the fopeniug.; turned to press the cotton. i

Thenthefollow-block has' got thepo sition shown in the drawing-the removable sides and `smds'are taken The handle .l is'. then away 'and the bale roped in the usual way` By hanging the lever-beam by a bolt toatree the lbed D andjnpriglits may be dispensed with, for a.

largebloek resting'on-theground will serve to sustain the thrust of the screw H, andthe boxv K, with .its general frame'e, can' rest directly'uponthe ground."t

Thus the press willbe `madel still moresinple andA quite as effective, i'

Theadvantages of'thispress consist, chiefly, in'its simplicity; durability, and cheapnes's, together with the impo -ant feature. hat it'canbe worked by levels;l in pressing cotton, andis the'simples't hand-'pression' that. purpose-that has been heretofore used.

Iam aware that cotton-presses :operated bylevcrs or screws are in daily use, butthese lare employed in' combination with other mechanism, d all are mow or less compllcated. vI therefore do not claim, broadly,

To. noi-SERT "nl" I Patentscrew or lever as partoi my press; butliaving tli'us reeess 1a..,and'thescrew H :md lever-beam A of a cot- V described my invention,

' t0n-press,4 substantially 'as shown l :md described, and a I' claim .as new and `desire lto secure. by Letters for tlie'pmfpqse specified.

Y l f PAUL' lVILLIAMS. 1. Combining the lever-beam A with the screw H, fullower J, and thrust-beam M, to'frl'n a.' cot-tonepress, l substantially as shownand described.

v2,. Thepartially-revolvi|1g tap I, combined with its

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