US159637A - Improvement in cotton-presses - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

REODOM M. BROOKS, JAMES M. BROOKS, AND JAMES s. LAVENDER, OE

f RARNESvILLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,637, dated February 9, 1875; application filed October 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th'at we, BHODOM M. BROOKS, JAMES M. BROOKS, and JAMES S. LAVENDER, of Barnesville, in the county of Pike and in the State of Georgia, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Presses; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a cotton and hay screw-press, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

ln order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention -appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of our press, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through the device for operating the screw.

A A represent two bed-sills, upon which the bottom B of the press is firmly secured. O represents the press-box letinto the bottom B, and strengthened by a series of horizontal frames, each consisting of four bars, D D, crossing each other at the corners and secured together, as well as to the box O. G represents the vertical screw, at the lower end of which is attached the follower, and upon the top of which is placed the elongated nut H, provided with a circumferential iange, a, at its lower e'nd. Surrounding the nut H is a head-block, I, rest-ing upon the flange a, and provided O11 opposite sides with lips b b. Around each lip b is bent a rod, J, the ends of which pass down in the corners formed by the frames D, and fastened in the ends of the bed-sills A--that is, each rod forms the bracing for one end of the press. A nail or screw, d, is inserted into the head-block I over each lip b, to prevent the rod J from coming off the same. The upper end of the elongated nut H extends a suitable distance above the headblock I, and on this projecting end of the nut is placed a curved plate, K, which is fastened thereto by pins e e passed through them. L L represent two levers, connected at their upper end by means of links h h, so as to pass around the screw Gr. These levers extend down to the ground, and in each, near its upper end, is a pin, which enters a hole in the curved plate or driver K. This plate is provided with flanges m along its sides to hold the levers in place. To the rods J, on one side of the press, are secured semicircular irons P P, which are to be used when the press iS'to be moved from place to place without being taken apart by simply taking oft' the levers L and backing up the cart or wagon. The press is then dumped or turned over, so that the irons P P will come on the bolster or axle and overbalance on the same.

By this means the press may be taken whole on a wagon orcart without being taken down, and it can be turned down in a few moments ready for packing.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The metallic head-block I, surrounding the nut H and screw'G, and provided withv upward-projecting flanges b b, into which are looped the continuous rods J J, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. rlhe nut H, provided with circumferential iiange a at its base, in combination with the anged head-block I, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the elongated nut H, flanged driver K, fastened thereto bypins ce, and the levers L L, provided with pins M, and connected by links h h, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimonythat we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands andseals this 3d day of October, 1874.

RHODOM M. BROOKS. [L JAMES M. BROOKS. [L JAMES S. LAVENDER. lL.

Witnesses:

J. C. G. BLAOKRURN,I V. B. SAxON.

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