IMPROVEMENTS IN BALING PRESSES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
We WILLIAM TURNER and GILBERT LEWIS, both of Adelphia Street Salford, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BALING PRESSES, to be as follows :—
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Our invention relates to improvements in those presses for baling cotton and other
materials in which a light or preliminary pressure is applied to the material in one
press and the final pressure is given to the loose bale in a finishing press, the two
presses being placed close together; and the chief object of our improvements is to
increase the output or baling capability and to simplify the construction of such
presses.
In carrying out our Invention we make the light press with an open top through
which the cotton or other material to be baled is introduced into the fixed box. We
employ two or more loose top boxes with false covers the loose boxes and covers being
suitably supported and arranged to revolve on the central column of the press or other
axis or to slide as required from the light to the finishing press and vice versa the
covers being free to be moved independently of the loose boxes. The remaining
feature of novelty consists in the use and application of a single cylinder of large area
in place of the two cylinders usually employed in the finishing press, thus simplifying
and cheapening the construction of the press.
In baling cotton or other material in our improved press we first make a loose bale
in the light press and when the material has been compresed into the upper and loose
box the loose follower or lashing plate may be held up by catches or the bale may be
loose banded and the loose box with the bale moved from the light press into the
finishing press where the final pressure is given to the bale. At this time the false
top of the other loose box will be a quarter turn round or moved clear of both presses
so that material for the next bale can be introduced through the open top into the
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page_text: light press on to a loose follower or lashing plate placed on the follower of the ram or
rams and while the finished bale is being banded or secured the second false top is
moved into the light press which is then ready to be again set in operation.
In this manner the operations in both presses can proceed simultaneously and
independently and provided there is sufficient power at command both presses may be
compressing at the same time.
The preliminary press with open top as herein described may if preferred be applied
to an ordinary finishing press.
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page_text: We WILLIAM TURNER and GILBERT LEWIS both of Adelphi Street Salford in the
County of Lancaster Engineers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in those presses for baling cotton and other
materials in which a light or preliminary pressure is applied to the material in one
press and the final pressure is given to the loose bale in a finishing press the two
presses being placed close together and the chief object of our improvements is to
increase the output or baling capability and to simplify the construction of such
presses.
In carrying out our Invention we make the light press with an open top through
which the cotton or other material to be baled is introduced into the fixed box. We
employ two or more loose top boxes with false covers the loose boxes and covers being
suitably supported and arranged to revolve on the central column of the press or other
axis or to slide as required from the light to the finishing press and vice versâ the
covers being free to be moved independently of the loose boxes. The remaining
feature of novelty consists in the use and application of a single cylinder of large area
in place of the two cylinders usually employed in the finishing press thus simplifying
and cheapening the construction of the press.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawing on which is represented
in sectional elevation a baling press embodying our improvements.
In this view. a designates the frame of the press c the central column 6 one of the
side colums of the light or preliminary press and d one of the side columns of the
finishing press. The fixed box e of the light press is made with an open top e¹ as
shown and the two loose top boxes ff are attached to the sleeve g fitted loosely
on the central column c and supported by a collar c¹ formed thereon so that the
boxes ffare free to revolve with the column e as an axis. Any suitable number
of loose boxes may be employed and instead of fitting them to revolve as shown and
described they may be arranged to slide on rails or otherwise into and out of position
as required. We provide two false covers h h¹ which are supported and free to swivel
independently of the revolving boxes ffl and of one another on the central column
so that when the two revolving boxes f₁ are in the positions shown either of the
two false covers h h¹ may be moved a quarter turn or rather more or less around the
central column c.
The single cylinder i of large area which we employ for the finishing press is
designed to take the place of the two cylinders usually employed but the latter may
of course be used if preferred.
In baling cotton or other material in our improved press we move the false cover h
away from the loose box ƒ say a quarter turn round the central column c and we

page_text: introduce the cotton or other material through the open top e² and loose box f into
the fixed box e on to a loose follower or lashing plate k placed on the follower m of
the ram or rams. We then again replace the false cover h over the loose box f and
proceed in the ordinary manner to make a loose bale in the light press. When the
material has been compressed and is in the loose box f the loose follower or lashing
plate may then be held up by catches not shown or the bale may be loosely banded
and the loose box f with the bale is then moved from the light press into the finishing
press where the final pressure is given to the bale by the ram j. As the loose box f
is moved into the finishing press the other loose box f' is simultaneously moved into
the light press and at this time the false cover for the box f¹ will be a quarter turn
round so that material for the next bale can be introduced through the open top e¹
into the light press and while the finished bale is being banded or secured the second
false cover h¹ is moved into the light press which is then ready to be again set in
operation.
In this manner the operations in both presses can proceed simultaneously and
independently and provided there is sufficient power at command both presses may
be compressing at the same time.
The preliminary press with open top e' as herein described may if preferred be
applied to an ordinary finishing press.
Instead of arranging the false covers h h¹ to revolve around the central column c
the said covers may be loose and may be fitted to slide or be placed into and out
of position as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is-
1. In a press for baling cotton and other materials the combination with a suitable
arrangement of revolving or loose top boxes and false covers of an open top through
which the materials to be baled are introduced to the press substantially as and for
the purposes specified.
2. The combination with a light press and a finishing press provided with
revolving or loose top boxes such as ff' and false covers such as h h of an open
top for the light press substantially as and for the purposes herein described and
as illustrated by the accompanying Drawing.
3. The construction combination and arrangement of parts constituting our
improvements in baling presses substantially as and for the purposes herein described
and as shown.
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