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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LOUIS C. RUMMEL AND EMIL J. FIEDLER, OF LEDBETTER, TEXAS.
SELF-PACKING COTTON-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,765, dated September 25, 1883.
Application filed July 12, 1883. (No model.)iTo all zo1om, it 7n ay concerns :
Be it known that we, Louis C. RI TMEL and-
-ErIL J. FIEDLER, both of Ledbetter, in the
:county of Fayette and State of Texas, have
5 invented a new and useful Improvement in
Self-Packing Cotton-Presses, of which the fol-
lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
Io in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improve-
ment, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the same, part being broken
15 away. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation df
the same, taken through the line x x, Fig, 2.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the packing-rollers
and their driving mechanism. Fig. 5 is a sec-
tional elevation of the feed-rollers.
20 - The object of this invention is to facilitate
the baling of cotton as it comes from the gin.
The invention consists in a cotton-press con-
structed with a pivoted double baling-box, a
pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for
25 packing the cotton into the baling-box auto-
matically, and a screw-driven follow-block for
compressing the cotton into bales. The upper
packing-roll is held down by a spring and
hand-screw, so that the said roll can adjust
30 itself to the thickness of the cotton passing
between the rolls. The double baling-box is
held against the pressure of the follow-block
by rods hinged to the ends of the baling-box
and connected in pairs at their outer ends by
35 bars designed to be swung over the ends of
the bars attached to the frame that supports
the follow-block and its driving-screw. The
central head-block is supported against the
pressure of the follow-block by rods secured
40 to the baling-box frame and connected to the
said head-block by flanges or collars. The
double baling-box is pivoted at its center to a
supporting- post, so that it can be readily
turned end for end, as will be hereinafter fully
45 described.
A represents the frame of the baling-box,
which is provided with a stationary head-
block, B, at its center, and is made of sufficient
length to have a baling-box at each end. The
5o frame A is strengthened from spreading by
bolts C, passing through its longitudinal beams,the center bolts, C, also passing through the
head-block B. The head-block B3 is further se-
cured in place bytherods D,whichpass through
the end cross-bars of the frame A at the four 55
corners of the ends of the said frame. The rods
D have flanges or collars E, welded upon their
middle parts in such positions as to rest against
the opposite sides of the head-block B, so as
to sustain the pressure of the follow-block F. 6o
To the follow-block F is attached a screw,
G, which passes through guide - holes in a
cross-bar of the frame H, and is designed to be
forced forward and back by a revolving nut
driven by gearing from the driving mechan- 65
ism of the press. The nut and driving gear-
ing are not shown in the drawings, as there is
nothing new in their construction. The frame
H is made strong, and is firmly supported
against the back pressure of the screw G by 70
braces I, the lower ends of which are secured
to the base frame O of the press.
The nuts J, screwed upon the ends of the
rods D, have loops or eyes formed upon them,
to which are hinged the eyes of the bolts or 75
rods K, which pass through the ends of an
upriglit bar, L, and have nuts M screwed upon
their ends. The eyebolts K and bars L thus
form loops or stirrups, which are swung over
the projecting ends of cross-bars N, attached 8o
to the frame H, so that the baling-box frame
A will be held against the push of the follow-
block by the said frame H.
The frame A is pivoted at the center of its
lower side to the post P, the lower end of 85
which is secured to the cross-bar Q by nuts R,
screwed upon it above and below the said
cross-bar, so that the height of the press-frame
A above the base-frame O can be adjusted by
turning the said nuts R up or down. 90
The end of the baling-box A that receives
the follow-block F is supported by a cross-bar,
S, attached to the upper ends of two posts, T,
the lower ends of which are attached to the
base-frame 0 of the press. The upper sides 95
of the ends of the cross-bar S are beveled, so
that the frame A will readily pass upon the
said cross-bar when the said frame is swung
into line with the follow-block. The outer
part of each baling-box is closed by a casing, oo
U, and the inner part is closed by doors V,
hinged at one side to the frame A and secured
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Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J. Self Packing Cotton Press., patent, September 25, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170627/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.