IMPROVEMENTS IN FAGOT BOXES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert and Company, Patent Agents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FAGOT BOXES, 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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The following specification taken in connection with the drawings making a
part of the same is a full' clear and exact description of the invention.
Sheet 1. Figure 1, is a perspective view of the invention.
Sheet 2. Figure 2, is an elevation of same, with box open showing plunger and
fagot.
Sheet 2. Figure 3, is a top view of the open frame work of the open box.
Sheet 2. Figure 4, is a top view of the lower portion of the open box, with
upper portion removed.
Sheet 3. Figure 5, illustrates the system of using and operating the invention,'
showing track, turn table, elevated bench &c.
Sheet 3. Figure 6, shows an elevation of the table or bench and scales.
Sheet 3. Figure 7, is a side view of the bottom of the press.
Sheet 3. Figure 8, shows a fagot after coming from the box.
The object of the invention is to produce a box for fagoting hoop, scrap iron and
steel, and other metals which are to be subsequently heated and re-rolled; and it
consists in the device for that purpose hereinafter described. I construct the fagot-
box vertically in two sections, A, and B, which may be opened independently
of each other, but which, when closed, form a single box the surfaces of whose
interior sides are in the same perpendicular. The upper section A, has two
doors C, D, of which one is hinged at the corner, while the other is attached to
the supporting bars E, F,. The bars E, F, are hinged to the side bars G, H, at one
end, and, when the doors are closed, locked at the other with other bars I, J, and
secured by cam-latches K, L. The doors of the lower section B, are hinged and
secured, when closed, in substantially the same manner as the doors of the upper
section A, there being a slight difference in the construction of the hinges, whereby
the doors, which are of greater thickness, than the upper ones, are made to swing.
out of the way when opened. The lower section B, is constructed with a series of
corresponding sluts or spaces M, in its front and back sides, which extend through
the same.
The whole mounted upon wheels N, and runs upon rails O, O.
P, Fig. 5 is a continuous bench, having its top at about the height of a persons
waist, and at suitable intervals recesses Q, in each of which is placed a pair of

page_text: scales R. Connected with a turn table a, by a track is a bed-plate S, upon
which the fagot-box stands while the pressure is exerted upon its contents.
Commencing with the fagot-box empty and upon the turn-table a, the operation
of the invention is as follows: The box is wheeled over the track until it enters
the recess Q, and stands upon the scales R. The doors of the upper section A, are
opened, and the workman, with scraps from the bench P, fills the lower section B,
of the box, after which he closes and secures the upper doors and fills the upper
section A, as shown in Fig. 1, the scales informing him when he has put in the
requisite quantity. As soon as the box is filled it is wheeled over the track to the
bed-plate S, and under a plunger T, as shown in Fig. 2, which is caused to descend
by suitable mechanism, and forces the scraps into the bottom of the box. When
the scraps are sufficiently compressed, as shown in Fig. 2, the further downward
movement of the plunger is arrested. The face of the plunger T, is provided with
a series of cross grooves or slots b, which correspond to the grooves or slots in the
bottom of the box. The straps or binders, having upon one end suitable ties, are
placed in the grooves c, to which access is obtained through the slots M, by the
workman at the front of the box, and the opposite ends are turned up and passed
back through the grooves b, in the plunger T, by the workman upon the back side
of the box, when the two ends are secured by the first-mentioned workman by
means of the ties, as will be readily understood. The scraps having now been
secured in a bale, the machinery is reversed, and the plunger T, commences to
travel upward, when the doors of both the upper and lower sections of the box are
opened, as shown in Fig. 2, the bale removed, and the box again wheeled to the
scales to be filled, and the saine operation repeated. The sides of the box, near the
bottom, are slightly recessed upon the inside at d, d, to facilitate the removal of the
bale after it has been securely bound. The rails near the bed-plate S, are 80
arranged that they will spring down during the continuance of the pressure of the
plunger, and permit the bottom of the box to rest upon the bars e, upon the bed-
plate. The chamber which receives and holds the scrap is slightly longer upon
the front side, which prevents the iron from becoming wedged; and permits the
bale to be easily removed after the doors are opened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A fagot-box for containing scraps and holding them during pressure, formed
of two vertical sections arranged one above the other, and each provided with doors
which open outwardly and independently of the doors of the other section,
substantially as set forth.
2. A fagot-box having the lower portion formed with openings M, and provided
with slots or grooves c, for the accommodation of the baling wires or straps,
substantially as set forth.
3. A fagot-box consisting of two vertical sections A, B, arranged one above the
other, each of said sections being provided with independent doors, and having
hinged holding rails or bars to close over the two doors of each section, and
cam-latches for securing the rails or bars, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1884
H. J. HADDAN,
By Herbert & Co., Agents.