USRE9212E - Baling-press - Google Patents

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'DEDERIOK.

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No. 9,212. Reissue'd Ma'y25,1880.

G gm 1n: mmms PETE UNITED ,STATES" AT NT-O F C v rnrnitk. DEDERIC'K,OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

BALlNG-PRES-S. I

' .srncmrcarron formingpart of teissue b am Patent No. 9,212, dated May 25, 1880.

Original No.15 2,( 84, da'tedjJlune 16,1874. Application for reissue filed 24, I

To an whom it ma cone em Be it known thatil. PETER K. Dnnnarcmof Albany, in the county of Albany, Stateof New York,have invented anew and Improved Baling-Press, of which the following is a specification.

Y My inven tion relates to thatclass'ofpresses .for which Letters Patentweregrauted me October 29, 1872, Nos..132,566 and.l32 ,639; and it consists, chiefly, in constructing and adapt ing the machine tobe driven by the momentum orpower acc'umulated in a balance wheel or wheels and intermediate gearing.

other similar loose material when baled in this class of presses, offer but little resistance, .ex-

. cept as the crank'nears thelimitoi' its stroke,

so that when a horse-lever isgapplied to a crank or toggle, cam or eccentric, as in all presses of this class heretofore, the power is required but at one stage of the operation, hence great loss ,of time. hus, infLetters Patent No.'132,639,

referredto, a device is shown utilizing part of thisloss of timeto increase the power; but still full one-half of the time the power of the horse or horses is lost, whereas Inow utilize all 'the power andacquire a strong steady motioneapable of 'accomplishin g double the. work withthesame powerq Following .1 describes. method of constructn pp yil s vynv t o .1 A Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a press. Fig.2 is a plan view Figs. 3 and 4. are detail sections of the drivingwheels, showingdifierent devices for connecting them to the drivingshaft. Fig. 5-is an endelevation of the press-box,showingjthe mode of regulating the co'mpression. Fig. 6

a is'a'detail, showing the way the wheels. for

workingthe pitman are mounted.

a .A represents the reciprocating traverser B,

the pressing-chamber; O, thehopper throughwhich the hay is fed into thechamber B; D, an auxiliary condenser or follower for packing the charge of hay into or oventhe throat E of the hopper. F is the bale chamber. andbox through which the hay or cotton is pressed along, separated, and bound and forced out in the form of .boundbales, all. as in .presses of this character heretofore patented by me.

, I nowpropose, as a simpleand cheap method i of. formingthe crank and pitman or toggle power heretofore employed, to arrange the pi tman- G; between gear-wheels H, which arelocated onvseparate fixed studs onthe plates 1;. I nowconnect. the wheel H at a proper distance from the center 1 by a pin, I,"fitted in holes bored through the Wheels, thus forming a crank which is applied by passing the pin I through a hole in .the' end of the pitman G. By this method of utilizing the gear-wheels to form the crank I do not add to the amount of gearing, although I do away with a separate crank and crank -;shaft journals or bearings,

- although the latter would producethe same resultswith the balanceawheel and intermediate gearing.

The crankwheels H I gear,,bypinions J.

with acoimtenshaftJj, which gears, by. ,a wheel,

M, with a pinion, N, on the driving-shaft .0, so as to allow the latter to be speeded upto run the press with light belts. Any arrange ment of intermediate gearingv between the balance-wheels and crank or pitman thatwill curethe. necessary momentum of thebalancewheel willaccomplish the result.

.I use balance wheels -P for accumulating and balancing the motion to-make it steady and uniform. .I. connect these balance-wheels to the shaft by friction devices, which may consist. ofa collar, Q, fast to'...the shaft,.a'hd.a friction-strap, R, withtightening-nuts S,- con.- nected to the pulleys, or a flanged collar, T, washer U, and tightening-bolts V, keyed to the shaft, orfother equivalent devices.

W represents the feeder for pressing the hay down through the throat of the. hopper- It is mounted on a rock-lever, w, pivoted on standto raise the feeder out of the way. of the follower when it goes forward. The feeder is forced down on the hay when the traverser goes back by the endof the pitman or anextension, I

a, coming in contact with a stud, b, on the conmeeting-rod d of the-lever as, when the crankpin- 1' rises to i drive the follower forward.

' Thestud b is adjustable, so asto beset to vary the action of the feeder asrequired. The feederhasa chamber, 0, in which a fan is arrangedfor winnowing the hay to free it of the dust set free by the agitation to which it is subject in the process of packing. The fan is workedby one or .more belts, g, passing from the driving-shaft up over guide-pulleys hat thcaxis of the feeder-lever, to work without being alfected by the vibrations of the lever.

j'is a perforated metal bottom to the press chamber B, to 'allow the heavy foreign matters to fall through and the dust to be blown out by the fan. The sides k of the press are adjustable to and from each other by means of posts I and 12, connected by'rods n and an adjusting-screw, q, working through the post 19,

and bearing upon a timber, m, at the rear of one of said sides k. i I At A isrepres'ented a largeopening through both sides of the ease and the bottom, 'for greater conveniencein tying the bale angl for other purposes. The compression of the ma terial being efl'ected before it comes to these openings, it passes the openings without bulging outor expanding disadvantageously. The formation of the bale is substantially the same as in my Patents Nos. 132,639 and 132,566, hereinbefore referred to. 1

The traverser Ais constructed withcontracting or yielding front,-to wedge together when the hay overlaps it, as heretofore secured to.

me by the patents referred to. v It will be observed that this device is even more essential in operating a press by belt than by lever, as the result would be more serious if thepress should be brought to a-sudden stop by means of a projecting lock of hay.

In operation the power is applied by belt, al

' though rod-connections would answer if speededhigh enough. The hay or other material is pitched into the hopper (J and forced into the press-box B by the feeder E through means of the crank and pitman operating the rod 01 and t rock-lever :v. The continued revolution of the crank forces the traverser A forward, crowding the charge of hay into the space between the press-box B and the chamber F, and the operation is thus continued until a bale is formed, when apartition-follower is inserted and the bale bound through the opening A or the slots in the sides k, ,or both combined. Meantime more hay is fed into the press. The

,fric'tion or resistance of the finished bale has now become so great that the belt and gearing would not force the bale forward, but the momentum or'power accumulated in the balancewheel would do so, even if the belt were cast. Another bale is then formed and forced along in the rear of the previously-formed bale, which still further increases the'resistance; but the weight and accumulated power of the balance-wheel are such that the finished bales are forced along each successive stroke by means of the charge of'fresh material added and the power or momentum of the balancewheelaccnmulated during the reverse and advancin g movement of thetra'verser. The bales are thus pressed, forced along, and ejected from the press by means'of the'momentum of the balance-wheel geared and the reciprocating traverser A.

I have found by experiment that a machine freely driven by a three-inch belt cannot be driven with a nine-inch belt if the balanceconnected to a light wheel is removed; but the belt would tear asunder before the bales would start, and it would be impracticable ta gear high enough to move or discharge the bales without the balance-wheel. It should further be observed that in this class of presses the pressing of the section cannot be accomplished. at the extreme power of the toggle, as the stroke must move the section and the entire mass along at the time of pressing, so that the full amount of power is required when the travers'er is within the thicknessof the new section of the limit of its stroke and the pressed material just starting. This full power, however, can be obtained at this stage only by the use of the balance-wheel and intermediate gearing.

It will be thus seen that by the application of the balance-wheel, with suitable-intermediate gearing, to this class of presses I am enabled to-so concentrate'the power as to utilize it at the proper time to simultaneously compress a section and force the finished bale along, and thus gradually eject it, using only a great saving of time and economy ofpower.

Having thus. fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. In that class ofbaling-presses in which the bales are formed or built up of separatelycompressed sections, the combination of a press-box, a bale-chamber, traverser with a pitlnan, crank, and gearing for drivingsaid traverser, and a balance wheel or wheels for storing up power and applying it through said gearing, crank, pitman, and

traverser' to the separate compression of each section of the forming bales, substantially as,

described.

2. In that class of balingrpresses in which the bales are formed or built up of separatelycompressed sections, the press-chamber provided with one or more openings, A, in its walls, near its rear end, for the purpose of facilitating the application of the ties, substantially as described. I

3. The rock-lever m, in combination with and adjustably applied to the crank and pitman, for the purpose set forth.

4. The horizontal baling-press ease provided with ametal screen-bottom, j, in combination strap to communicate power, and with and a reciprocating IIS with the traverser A, for the purpose set forth.

5. The driving-pulleys or balance-wheels P, connected to the driving-shaft by friction devices, in combination with a crank and intermediate gear-wheels and shaft L, substantially for 'the purpose set forth.

6. 'Thehollow feed-post or feeder e, in combinationv with a press-box having an. outlet for V the dust, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a continuously-operating bailing-press, the eombination of a reciprocating traverser, a press-chamber in which said traverser works and which is provided with a feed-opening,'a hopper,

and an automatic feeder arranged to pass down through the feed-opening and force and an automatic feeder for forcing the con- 10 "the charges of material into the press-chamber densed charges of material into the press-chamin front of the traverser, substantially as deher in front of the traverser, substantially as scribed. described.

8. In acontinuously-operating baling-press the combination of a reciprocating traverser; a press-chamber, a condensing-chamber or Witnesses:

, hopper, a condenser, a feed-opening from the W. A. SKINKLE,

condensing-chamber to the press-chamber, I v 0. R. DEDERIOK.

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