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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM T. BESSONETTE, OF TEMPLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WARREN
A. PATTERSON, OF LAMPASAS, TEXAS.
COTTON-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,132, dated February 21, 1893.
Application filed August 6, 1892, Serial No, 442,358. (No model,)To all whom& it may concern:
Beit known thatI, WILLIAM T. BESSONETTE,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Tem-
ple, in the county of Bell and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Cotton-Press,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
cotton presses of that class wherein cylindri-
cal bales or rolls of cotton are formed, and
to simultaneously pressed.
The objects of my invention are to produce
a cheap and simple machine, designed to be
employed in connection with the ordinary
cotton-gin to receive the cotton as it passes
15 therefrom in the form of a soft bat, and sub-
sequently to compress and roll the same into
a bale-like form, after which the bands may
be applied.
Various other objects and advantages will
20 appear in the following description, and the
novel features thereof will be particularly
pointed out in the claims hereto annexed.
In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side eleva-
tion of a cotton press embodying my inven-
25 tion. Fig. 2 is a reverse side view. Fig. 3 is
a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig.
4 is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a transverse
vertical section through the baling-rolls. Fig.
6 is a detail in perspective of the core-roll.
30 Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the inclined
power-transferring shaft, the movable sleeve
thereon, and the bell-crank lever for operat-
ing the same.
Like numerals of reference indicate like
35 parts in all the figures of the drawings.
In practicing my invention, I construct a
suitable frame for carrying the mechanism,
which, in the present instance, consists, chief-
ly, of a pair of metal sides or standards 1 and
40 2. These standards 1 and 2 have their lower
ends divided and disposed in opposite direc-
tions, forming feet 3, for lending stability.
At their upper ends perforated lugs 4 are pro-
vided at the front and rear corners of the
45 standards, and through the feet and lugs
transverse tie-bolts 5 are passed, which bolts
serve to maintain the standards in relative
and rigid relation. Near the rear upper edge
of the standards there is formed an upper
50 and a lower pair of bearing-openings 6 and 7,respectively. The upper bearings are some-
what elongated and receive the trunnions or
journals 8, of an upper feed-roll9. Concaved
follower-blocks 10 are seated upon the upper
sides of the journals and are borne upon by 55
apair of binding-screws 11, whose upper ends
project above the standards and are there ex-
posed to manipulation by the operator through
the medium of a wrench. One of the jour-
nals of the roll 9 is extended beyond its bear- 6o
ings, namely, the one formed in the standard
1, and at its extremity has keyed rigidly there-
on a cog-wheel 12, of a diameter correspond-
ing with the roll 9. Beyond the cog-wheel a
pulley 13 is mounted on the journal and is 65
designed to be driven by a proper belt re-
ceiving motion from any suitable source, as,
for instance, the motor employed for operat-
ing the gin.
In the lower bearing 7, which is in an in- 7
clined plane with relation to the upper bear-
ing, enter the journals 14 of a lower feed-roll
15. This feed-roll 15 is designed to run in
contact, or nearly so, with the upper feed roll
9, and has one of its journals passed through 75
the bearing 6 in the standard 1 and, like its
companion 9, is provided with a rigidly-
mounted gear or cog-wheel 16, that is engaged
by the upper companion cog-wheel 12. The
cog-wheel 16 is of the same diameter as the 8o
roll 15.
Near the front edge of the two standards,
and below the planes of the rolls 9 and 15,
pairs of elongated bearing-openings 17 and
18 are provided. In the bearing-openings 17 85
take the trun nions or journals 19 of an upper
pressing and baling roll 20, one of whose
journals projects beyond the standards 2.
In a lower pair of bearings take the journals
21, of a lower compressing and baling roll 90
22, of a, preferably, less diameter than the
roll 20.
23 designates a pair of levers which are ful-
crumed upon fulcrum-pins 24, immediately
in rear of the lower bearing 18. Each of 95
these levers is provided at its rear end with
a sliding weight 25, and at its front end, which
takes under the journals of the lower roll 22,
is recessed to receive said journals, whereby
the weights exert an upward pressure through roo
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Bessonette, William T. Cotton-Press., patent, February 21, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173320/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.