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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ROBERT S. HUNGER, OF 3MEXIA, TEXAS.
COTTON OR OTHER PRESS.
OPE2CIFICATIONT forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,789, dated December 2, 1884.
Application filed May 31, 1884. (No model.)fo all zthont, it nmay concerT:
Be it known that I, ROBERT S. MUNGER, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Mexia,
Texas, have invented new and useful Improve-
5 ments in Cotton and other Presses, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to that class of cotton-
presses in which duplex bale or press boxes
arranged to swing upon centers are adapted
io to be brought in line with a stationary platen
and a movable follower, parts of the inven-
tion, however, being also capable of use in
connection with press-boxes having movable
doors or sides.
15 The invention consists in a double bale-box
which is arranged to swing upon a Center-post
that forms part of the supporting-frame in
which said double press is mounted. Said
center-post is composed of two vertically-split
20 sections, and has circular bearings formed at
suitable points thereon for receiving corre-
sponding sockets on the double bale-box, so
as to permit the latter to swing or turn on said
center-post. The circular bearings on the
25 center-post are composed of two vertically-
bisected shells or members, which have a
bottom flange that rests on an offset or shoul-
der formed on the center-post, and is provided
with lugs or spurs which enter the center-post.
30 Cross-bars on the press-box frame have semi-
circular recesses or cuts which receive the cir-
cular bearings on the center-post, and on the
bottom of said recess are applied metal wear
plates or rings that turn in contact with the
35 flanges of the circular bearings.
The invention also consists in locking and
releasing mechanism for the hinged sides or
doors of the press-box, which comprises a,
transverse or horizontal shaft that is journaled
40 in bearings on one of the press-box doors, and
has a central downwardly-projecting lever or
arm and end hooks or projections. The latter
are adapted for engagement with eye rods or
bars jointed to the opposite press-box door,
45 so that when the parts are thus interlocked
and the lever of the rock-shaft is suitably se-
cured the doors on the opposite sides of the
press-box will be firmly held by one and the
same locking mechanism. By releasing the
50o lever of the rock-shaft from the press-box, to
which it has been temporarily fastened, the
expansive force of the bale causes the leverand rock-shaft to operate or turn in such a
manner as to release the eye rods or bars, and
in this manner both press-box doors are grad- 55
ally released and allowed to drop down for
allowing the bale to be removed. Other mi-
nor details of the invention are also embraced
in the invention, and will be hereinafter more
fully described, and then set forth in the 6o
claims.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of a cotton-press embodying my improve-
ments. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan or top view. Fig. 4 is a de- 65
tail view showing the construction of center-
post for the bale-boxes and the sectional bear
ings. Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, represent modi-
fications of the frame-work in which the press-
boxes are mounted. 70
A stationary frame-work in which the press-
boxes are mounted consists of the vertical
standard or column 1, having at the top a
beam, 2, which extends at right angles from
one side of said standard, and has a platen, 3, 75
for the press-box, fastened thereto in any ap-
proved manner. The lower end of the stand-
ard 1 is secured to a base or sill, 4, and at the
outer end of said base-sill is arranged a ver-
tical tie-rod, 5, as is seen in Figs. 1 and 5, or a So
standard, 6, as is shown in Fig. 7. The upper
end of this tie-rod or standard is secured to
the beam 2, extending from the top of the
standard 1, and all the members specified com-
prise a strong and substantial frame which 85
contains the press-boxes 7. It should be ob-
served that the base-sill 4 also rests upon ad-
ditional sills 8, and that the upper end of the
standard I is suitably secured to the beams
of the structure or house in which the press 90
is located. The standard 1 is composed of
two vertically-divided sections, through which
may pass a tie-rod, 9, thatalso extends through
the base-sill 4 and top beam, 2, nuts being ap-
plied to the screw-threaded ends of said tie- 95
rod. The tie-rod 5, that connects the base-sill
4 with the top beam, 2, may have an encircling
sheathing, 10, of wood, as shown in Fig. 1, or
be left unsheathed, as shown in Fig. 5.
As shown in Fig. 1, the top beam, 2, is moo
mortised into the standard 1, and is held in
place by the tie -rod 9, that passes through
said standard and the top beam.
In Fig. 5 the top beam is mortised into the
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Munger, Robert S. Cotton or Other Press., patent, December 2, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170864/m1/4/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.