US9124A - Improvement in cotton-presses - Google Patents

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spective position of all parts when the bale is structing a press with two right-hand andone tion, I will proce'ed to describe its construc- "all the strain of the press cn its upper and lower cross-beams, which are provided with litsfaeefor the passage of the cordage around NITEDy STATES IMPROVEMENT :N correu-PRESSES.

Specification forming part-f Letters Patent No. 9.1221; dated J nly 13,1352.

To all when?, tm/ay concern/ 5 Be it known that I, J ACOB Gr". vVVINGJR, of Vicksburg,in the county of Varren and `State of Mississippi, have invented c ertain new and useful Improvements in Cotton and other Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following 4is a fullJ clear," and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in whieh Figure 1 is a side elevation of the press shown in position to' receive the cotton to be pressed. Fig. 2' is avertical longitudinal section through the center, (the screws and bale of cotton being in elevation,)`showing the` r epressed and bound;

*E The nature of' my invention consists 1n co1 1- left-hand screws, -or two left-.hand and one right, as hereinafter described, so as to give three times the progressive motion to the follower in the same time thatwould be' effected by a single screw, and so arranging it that the entire weight of the frame and chamber of the press is made effective to aid in pressing the bale. v

To enable others to make and use my invention and operation. A is astrong, heavy-frame, ,which receives female screwsB B', placed vertically thrpugh the center of each, and in line with each other, the one at the top having a right-hand thread, that at the bottom a left-hand' one;

C is the cross-head ofthe fellow-er, and slides on .vertical 4 guide-rods c. Said cross-head Ais also provided with a left-hand female screw, D, through its center inline 'with those marked B B in the topand'bottom of the frame.

E is a left-hand screw, forming a permanent standard, secured to the flooring of the room, -and over which the female screw B' (in the lower part of the press-frame) turns.` On the top of this screw E is pivoted the bed-plateF of the press, which is of thedesired length and breadth of the "bale, and fits loosely in the ychamber G, and is chased with grooves f in the bale while in the press.

' II is the' follower,corresponding in size and form with the .hed-plate, and has grooves h' in its face.- This follower is suspended, face downward,'by the slings I I from the cross-head C.

' J J is a screw ofthe same diameterand number of threads to the inch as the screw E. It is cut from its center downward left-handed, and screws through the rfemale screw D in the cross-head, and from the center upward it is cut right-handed, and screws through the female screw B in the upper'part of the frame, and at its upper end is rmly attached-tol the slidingA cross-beam K. This cross beam is provided with vertical guide-rods L-one at; each end-which may be erected in forxnoi` a gallows, as shown, or more generally attached 4to the framingcf the building. ..Asit is commenlLunderstood thailctlpai can be pressed into one-fourth of its bulk, I propose to make the chamber G of the ordinary lengtlrand breadth of Aa bale of cotton, and of four times its depth7 andthe screws J, J, and E each to travel through its respective nut one-fourth of the depth of said chamber.

Thus, when the bed-plate and follower are screwed up to the closest pitch, there will be one-fourth of the depth of the chamber he,

tween them to be occupied by the-bale'of cotton when pressed. s In operating this machine the frame must be firstrturned on the screws as far they will permit,`travel1ng round to .the right, which will elevate the frame A until its lower cross beam strikes the under sideof the bed-platev F, while by the action of the right-and-left screw J J the upper cross-beam ef the frame and the crosshead G will bebroughtiii 'contact with cach other, in whichpositi'on the follower H isat liberty to swing clear of the top of the .chamber G, which "is then to be -lled with cotton and trampied in', the `.cloth being put over and under in theusual manner. lThe follower H is to'loe brought backv inA its position over the chamber, and the frame turned on the screws b y horse, steam, or other power, traveling to the left, by which the frame will be screwed down on the screw E, the chamber sliding over the vbed-plate F, which revolves with the chamber on thetop, of saidscrew. At the same-time, bythe actien of the right-and-left screwY- J J', the'fol'i lower H will travel double'the distance inte thetop end .of the chamber.'

Thus the twp plates F and. H both act as followers in pressing on the top and bottom of the bale, and the follower is madeto perform a distance toward the bed-plate of three-fourths the depth of the 'chamben while the frame, to which the power is applied, is turned over a screw of one-fourth said depth of chamber, which is consequently effected in one-third of the time required -bylthe ordinary single-screwv press, andthe entire weight of the framew'ork being thrown upon the screw E, it travels downward as on receive another supply of cotton, as before described. It is deemed unnecessary to specify `at length that right-hand screws may be substituted for the left-hand ones, and a lefthand one in place of the right-hand screw, the effect of whichrwould simply be to reverse the travel ofthe frame in pressing the bale and clearing 'or-elevating the follower.

This form of press is equally applicable for baling-hay, hemp', hops, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement and combination of the screws J, J', and E with the top and bottom cross-beams ofthe frame andthe cross-head of the follower, by which the follower and bedplateare made to press the bale from top and bottom, ,and the distance traveled by the follower toward the bed-plate is three times that of the frame-(to which the power is applied) over the screw. y

2. Making the weight of the press and auxiliary power by resting it entirelyon the lower screw, E, sothat in pressing the bale the frame is traveling down the screw as onan inclined plane.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before two subscribing witnesses.

J. G. WINGER.

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