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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LOUIS ENSINGER, OF LITTLE ELM, TEXAS.
IALING -PRESS.
SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,200, dated January 10, 1882.
Application filed October 26, StL. (No model.)To all whomt it may concern:
Be it known that I, Louis EnsNINGn, of Lit-
tle Elm, in the county of Denton and State of
Texas, have invented a new and useful Im
5, prvement in Baling-Prasse ;, of which the fol-
lowing is a full, cear, and exact description.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming p irt of this specification, in
which similar letters of reference indicate cor-
io responding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a sectional side eleva-
tion of my improvement. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a
sectional plan view of the same, taken through
the broken line x x, Fig i. Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is
c5 a plan view of the same, parts being broken
away. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is an elevation, partly
in section, of the tail end of the press. Fig. 5,
Sheet 2, is an elevation of the driving-gearing.
The especial object of this invention is to
20 economize time, labor, and expense in baling
cotton and other substances.
A represents the end frame of the head of
the press, which is formed of two main sills
and three cross-pieces securely bolted together.
25 The end frame B at the tail of the press is
formed of two main sills and two cross-pieces
securely bolted together. The end frames, A
B3, are connected at their corners by four iron
rods, (, each of which has two nuts at each
30 end, one upon each side of an end frame. The
intermediate frame, D, is formed of sills and
'cross-pieces bolted to each other, and to whichI
are attached the planks E, that forin the bal-
ing-box. Tothe cross-piecesofthe head-frame
35 A are attached narrow planks F, that form the
head-block, the said planks being placed at
such a distance apart as to form spaces be-
tween them to receive the bale-bands. A simi-
lar set of planks, G, is secured to the forward
40 side of the follower IIH, which is formed of two
blocks securely bolted to each other. The fol-
Idwer H is made a little smaller than the inte-
rior of the baling-box E to allow the bagging
to be put around it. The follower H is sup-
45 ported whilemoving forward and back by small
rollers I, pivoted to bearings attached to the
rear side of the said follower, the said wheels
rolling along metallic straps or plates J, at-
tiehed to the bottom of the said baling-box E.
50 The side edges of the follower H are kept from
contact with the sides of the baling-box byroll-ers K, pivoted to bearings attached to the side
parts of the rear side of the said follower.
To the rear side of the follower H is attached
the forward end of the bar L, which has gear- 55
teeth upon its sides and passes between guide-
rollers 1, pivoted to bearings attached to the
tail-frame B in such positions that the faces of
the said rollers M will bear against the upper
and lower sides of the said bar, and thus cause 6o
it to move forward and back in a straight line,
so that the follower H will always be in a ver-
tical position.
N are two gear-wheels placed upon the op-
posite sides of the rack-bar L, with their teeth 65
meshing into the teeth of the said rack-bar
L. The gear-wheelsNare attached to two ver--
tical shafts, O, which revolve in bearings at-
tached to the tail-frame B. To the upper ends
of the shafts O are attached worm-wheels P, 70
the teeth of which mesh into the worms or
screws Q, formed upon or attachedito the shaft
2. One of the worms Q is made with a right
and the other with a left screw-thread, so that
the worm-wheels P, and with them the gear- 75
wheels N, will turn in opposite directions, and
will this operate together to .move the rack-
bar L and follower H forward and back. The
shaft R revolves in bearings attached.to the
tail frame B, blocks being interposed between 80
the said hearings and frame to raise the shaft
R to a proper height.
One end of the shaft RI projects, and to it
are keyed or otherwise securely attached a
large internally-toothed gear-wheel, S, and a 85
small gear-wheel, T, as shown in Fig. 4. Be-
tween the internal teeth of the gear-wheel S
and the external teeth of the gear-wheel T is
placed a gear-wheel, U, of such a size that it
can be placed between the two gear-wheels S 90
T without being in gear with either. With
this construction, when the gear-wheel U is in
gear with the gear wheel T the follower H will
be moved with greater speed and less power,
and when the said gear-wheelUis in gear with 95
the gear wheel S the said follower H will be
moved with less speed and greater power.
The gear-wheel U is keyed or otherwise se-
cured to the driving-shaft P, the outer end of
which revolves in a bearing attached to a post roo
or upright frame, W. The inner journal of the
shaft V revolves in a bearing attached to the
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Ensinger, Louis. Baling Press., patent, January 10, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170279/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.