The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-15

Algiers side, In few minutes they arrived at the
large press lately built by Mr.. Charles Morgan
near the depot Of his railroad. Entering, an
inspection Of Mr.. Logue's invention was frs'
made before 1t was put into operation.
Since the ingenuity Of our mechanics has &c
greatly increased the power Of the present steam
| press, IL would seem that the maximum OF pres.
sure had been reached and that further advance
in that direction was not necessary; but there has
ton In COMPRISING that has not heretofore been
overcome; and that is, the devising of some
means by which all the slack or looseness Of the
iron bands around bale might be entirely taken
up, 80 that the bale, when released from the
press, would not in some degree enlarge itself.
In the ordinary way Of adjusting cotton ties. it s
impossible to draw them so tight that there will
not be some expansion. and TO remedy this de-
| feet was Mr.. Logue's purpose.
Above and below the platen OF the press in
front were two heavy slides as long as q bale,
each OF which were armed with peculiar shaped
fingers for holding the Logue buckle. These
| slides, one Of which is intended to work with the
platen in its upward and downward motion. are
operated by an independent cylinder attached be-
side the main cylinder of the press. bale OF
cotton ID placed in position in the press and the
steam let on. As soon as the greatest pressure
has been exerted and the bale IL compressed into
length Of band required, and the hands inn
medfately pass the bands around the bale.
The upper Logue buckle is inserted into slot
in the upper fingers Of the slide, and the lower
Logue buckle Is placed In q slot on the lower
slide. While the bale is thus held at compress,
q turn let's the steam into the independent cylin-
der and the two slides moving together on the
front side Of bale, bring the two buckles together,
tightening the bands, and at the greatest tention
the tongue of the lower buckle is ineer, ed me-
chemically into the female buckle and the tying ts
completed.
TIE power exerted by the Independent cylinder
is sufficient to take up every inch Of the slack in
the band, and the automatic work of tying is done
so simply a novice can understand it. The Logue
tie proper is composed Of two buckles, each of
which hiss tongue projecting at an angle Of
about twenty degrees, and both are so beviled
that when the two are placed against one another
the tongues slip into the open cut made to re-
ceive it and the tie becomes at once locked.
The new pu Ter and buckle invention was per-
fected to do this work without manual labor, and
yesterdays trial, notwithstanding many adverse
fully demonstrated it's ability to
accomplish it. Six or seven bands were drawn
tightly around compressed bale, and at the
proper moment the bucklers were fastened per-
fsctly.
The trial Yesterday, notwithstanding many OBJ
stacles, showed how thoroughly this invention
does it's work, and rs Col. Boyd, . veteran in the
cotton press business, remarked, SIT takes up
every inch Of slack, and II Il can turn out sixty
bales an hour IL Is great success"
Mr.. Logue has caveat for his invention, and
It will at early date be put into practical opera
ton.
During the trial yesterday the mechanical prin-
ciples of the invention only we're demonstrated,
and its result Was most satisfactory.