Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 13th July, 1888
RUSSELL A. HART of Battle Creek Calhoon County and State of Michigan Trade
"Machinist" do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
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Fig. 1 is a front view of the machine as standing, and the bed in which the work
is placed is of a V shape with a solid end at the left and in it are constructed bearings
for the sleeve on which the pulleys revolve.
Fig. 2 is a view to show the position of the handles with ends extending into the
groove of the hub of the pulleys.
Fig. 3 is a cross view showing the head block that is attatched to the end of the
screw also the frame on which the handle is constructed with its lever and
perpendicular rod.for manipulating the same, which is described more fully as
follows.
The material desired to be pressed is placed in Fig. 1 between the two grooved
head blocks marked A and B. C, C, are rubber rolls to regulate the pressure. D is
a screw on which the sleeve revolves when the pulleys E, E, are moved into the
clutch on the sleeve marked F. When the sleeve is in motion it moves the screw d
with head block B. attatched against the material to be pressed and the bolt g. being
movable in the end of the machine is pressed out against the lever, El, and moves the
lower end of the lever H to the right and the rod with its wedge shape iron on the
end is moved to the left and as the wedge is drawn between the lever J and the frame
on which the handle rests at point K of Fig. 3 the rod is moved up to push out the
pin in the handle that holds the pulley in the clutch until it reaches the desired
pressure (which is governed by the rubber rollers) at which time the spring marked m
in Fig. 1 which reaches into the groove in the hub of the pulley at a moves the pulley
out of gear.
oooo are grooves in the head blocks A and B. to pass the cord through when
the material is compressed. The rod P in Fig. 2 is passed up from the lower side of
the bed into the bed of the machine so that when the head block B is moved backwards

page_text: it presses against this rod and the opposite end reaching up into the groove in
the pulley, and thus presses the pulley out of gear when the screw is moved back to
the desired point. in Fig. 2 is a sliding pin to keep the pulleys from both clutching
at the same time. R, R, are slotts in the bed of the machine to pass the cord through
to intersect with the grooves in the head blocks A and B. The head block B has the
corners cut off as deep as the groove as shown by lines s, s, in Fig. 3 to enable the
opperator to cross the cord in tying the work and thus pass a cord arround the four
sides of material, while compressed in the machine.
Having thus described my machine or invention what I claim is
1st. The sleeve with clutches on to intersect a clutch on the pulley at the will of
the opperator to run the screw either way as desired.
2nd. The sliding bolt or rod that is placed between the two pulleys in the sleeve to
keep them from both clutching at the same time.
3rd. The parallel slotts in the bed of the machine to pass the cord through for tying
the work.
4th. The grooves in the head blocks that cross each other at right angles with the
corners cliped on the block fastened to the screw to enable the opperator to cross the
cord in tying the material.
5th. The combination of the machine with a screw in a revolving sleeve placed in
a slotted frame with pulleys thereon with a sliding bolt in the sleeve. The head
blocks with there grooves for tying. The rubber rolls for regulating the pressure.
All as substantially set forth in the drawings and specifications.
Wal1000