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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ROBERT RUFUS NOLEN. OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
HILL FOR GRINDING OR CRUSHING COTTON-SEED OR THE LIKE.Specification of Letters Patent. Pat('lltcd May 1, 1917.
Application filed September 7. 1916. Serial No. 118,868.To all whom it may concern:
1k' it known thait I, ThII.:n R. NolEN, a
tit k n aI(Ii of the UI united . tates, reside i ag at
Dallas. in the cointV of Dallas irnd State
5 O Texas, h Vt' illnVelte( cIet'to I w ild'\ '
useful 1011)rmVemlenits in Mills for Griulning
or ('rushing Cotton-Seed or the like, of
which the followiing is ; s1)ecificVti(Il.
My invention relates to illl.ovt'lments in
10 mills, [oI grindiing or (rslhinsillg material,
sc 11 s sCott.O(l-se(ed, llnsee(l (I' the like, and
has par'ticlii 1 ti i1refer(enc 'to miltais for ehliii-
n11tinig the him lher'ing(1' Or jarring act ion or1--
* inarily priesentt during the operation of
15 si mhl. .1i10(11
In the (bOn'liniiry mI Ii I Ifo)r gr tiing r 1
('ri1i llg ('Ottonl-see(, 11linseed1 or the like,
a plurality ' o vertically moval e horizontal
rolls are arrage(.d (ilt' able e tiltIt lite, in
20 conltacting ; relbitiOn. The\e lermost r1oll
Supports. or carries the emninted weighlt
of the ripper.rolls, wliclh are adapted to
paitake (If :restricted vertical 1111)vellents.
ile- . shaft carr'inug tie lIwe'IrllIost roll, as
25 for 5as 1 0111 aware, has hert1 tl't'ie been jm111'-
naled tlihr01 gh stati y 1111 iV (w fixed bealilngs.
It was found that considerale p 1)wer'1'w1s
nlecessaryV to (q)(rate these crushing mills,
and to (> 'erIc(mel this disa1dv'atage, it was
30 )rolpo(i to provide the shaft of the lower-
miost 1')1 o ill i tll or. roller beainlgs, 0lnd
in so1 instances, to prIOVi(i( thile Shafts of
tIe tpper rolls wit osimia1ileti-friction
4teai'lngs.oeThriost loll In ,or ttol-erhe('ins 01wer'.
35 foundto materti; l l ef ftheii ae're-
iSired to drive thob e ill, but the 11 1o i'roller
bearings :11r 1ordinarily(1 sickly 11stroyed,
1 to the p ThtdlI'1 oldlmein's action
of the erlt 1e rolls, (p'0 li h tilt'1111111other1and pon
40 the lowermost iroll.)- Ile ictton-see, o0rthe
like,r certn amount of foreign matter
is invariably present, fsll''' i5 hard bodi((11s,
comyprisinig :ail , and b1 its of -ir'on, Stolle
or the like... Th1ese- hard bodies passilg
45 between the rolls, c0us1e the poudi nllig or
Hammering effect upon t'h'e hearings, above.
referred to. .
I have discovered that if the bearings for
the shaft -of the lowermost roll are yield-
50. ilIgly supported, such pollind ing ofi llanlnler-
ing action is absorbed, and the IV, of tile
ben rings thereby prolongedl. Iin this ma n-
nei', ball or roller bearings iay be odvian-
tageoiisly employed, while the invention is
56 in no sense restricted to any particular form
of bearings..IIn the actompa~iny"ing d raw\ingbs form1ing at
parl ()f this Sp(cific ;tionl and ill which like -
1111111(11is a tllre emp lhyIIe tol *esigiiate like
l)t Its tllroughloilt the samle, 60
I'iurtll't' 1 is a side elevatn off o)paal't as
(1111)11dying the invention,
Fig. 2 is an t'inl arVgt'(l fragmlentary side
elevation of the same,
i'ig. 3 is 1 tvortical sectional view taken 65
1)1 line 3--3 of F'ig. ", ;1n1(,
1' .l4 is ;l horlizonltal sectional view taken
on .1-4 of I ig. " ..
Il tthe drawll.ins, wh'tereill for the 'pirlpose
ofi iX1Stritill is slowt' ia t'efei"rlireIt moui- 7A
ment of my li'iinveIt IIi10thelInm1i e'al 5)desi -
naltls side ,fraill(si of Which there a 1v tw\'.
Thes i nut'Il s are11(' sI d ttb'et'llilh'gil ittinrylls
by litly suit ble1 1 e ilts.1 Fl'.'ill(Ifraie si . . t 9
I.l(Ie t liltgorell); ld ' 0GIextenling from the 75
tot to the bottom tle reof. II0lt rle 19e-
tw\een these dilgonall bar's arc preferabhy
vertical gide means or giide-hars .f, il--
chided ill the fin ie 5. ThIe lower ends of
the guide-bars ( are p)''treferbly h~ent ouit- 80
w\;iu-dly, focrm1ing ho(rizonttal portions S.
Connected wVithl these horizottal portions 8
and the bottom of the -fnune 5 ar;1e lower
vertical gulid~e- n elns of gllide-])ills 1, as.
shown. 85
\rertically mIovablly mitounited within the
gulide me(ans or hlet w\een the guidle-hars 1)
tire hearings 10. which miny he of any' well
Iknon II()1pref'erred (1typ)(,AwhIile they are
p)referly o"\'(f t he hail (), roller *-type. Each 90
heallI;rig 1 ( complrises 1 bOdy portion or
clsting 11, \whliecl onlna(ts with tit'e ui(1e-
bl trs 9. Arinin'ed within the castings 1 .
.11v the hl);ll .bIe;ri ngs proper 1-. throltgh
which ale journal~led the ends of the sha1 ft 95
1:1 of the low\\ermol(st roll it. The 1)o(1y' )(1-
tion or casting 11 of (,1(11h eang 10 rests
11p()1 or is supp)lOrted by) a transverse Sills
por)1t-lhar 15epr eferably prov)\ided up11on its
111)1er surlface with ;l curved re'cess.. to re- 100
(eilve the lower" end )f' the body por1tionl 11,
-is shown\'t. The .supp rc11t-halr 1") l;is suiltable(
t'(nntec'tion w \ith sitit ly \'still' compre1'sS)(io
spr)ilngs 1 (, engaging at )!' l lower suppor()it-Dill
1S, which engvagevs the b.o(ttom o (f the fnunlle. 105
It i thus appartieilt that the hearings 1()
are yieldinly '1' Suppor1)ted ill (11manner to
pe(rmlit of their perceptible vertical m1ove-
m.1ent. Tr1 tebounttd shlocks ate absorb'1ed by)
springs I S'. engag ing the tops ()f thjehe- 11o
ings 1.0 and the loiiz()ntlll extensionls S.
A rrang(-edl above the roll 11. are -rolls 19,1.'224,400.
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Nolen, Robert Rufus. Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like., patent, May 1, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858204/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.