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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN A. TAFT, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO REAGAN BALE COMPANY, OF
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.
BALE-CORE-OPERATING DEVICE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 16, 1918..
Application filed February 21, 1918. Serial No. 218,428.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JoHN A. TMT, a citi-
zen of the United States, and a resident of
the city of San Antonio, in the county of
5 Bexar and State of Texas, have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in
Bale-Core-Operating Devices, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates broadly to presses,
10 and more particularly to improvements of
presses for making round cotton bales, of
the general character covered by my co-
pending application Serial No. 92,391, filed
April 20, 1916.
15 The principal object of the present inven-
tion is to provide a suitable core with sup-
porting journals for each end, and around
which the bale may be formed, together with
means for withdrawing the core from the
20 finished bale while the same is carried by
the press, and supporting the same in with-
drawn position.
A further object of the, present invention
is to provide a power operated device con-
25 stituting a part of the press for rapidly
withdrawing the core from the cotton bale,
and then replacing the same in position in
the press so that a new bale may be formed
thereon.
30 A further object of the present invention
is to provide a device of the above nature
which shall be semi-automatic in its opera-
tion.
These objects together with attendant ad-
35 vantages will be obvious as the invention
becomes better understood by reference to
the accompanying specification, and draw-
ings forming a part thereof, throughout the
several views of which like characters of
40 reference have been used to indicate like
parts.
Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is
a view partly in section illustrating the core
pin ready for withdrawal from a finished
45 bale.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the core inserting
and withdrawing mechanism showing its re-
lation to the press structure.
Fig. 3 is an end view of the press having
50 a finished bale therein.
Heretofore in the commercial art of mak-
ing round bales it has been the general cus-
tom to provide a cylindrical shaft on which
were mounted oppositely projecting taper-ing sleeves, the taper of the sleeves being 55
toward the position which would correspond
to the center of a finished bale. This shaft
together with the sleeves carried thereby
constituted a core upon which the cotton
bale was formed. As the baling operation 60
took place under a heavy pressure, the cot-
ton was heavily compressed around the
sleeves, and after the bale was removed from
the press considerable difficulty was expe-
rienced in attempting to remove the shaft 65
and sleeves therefrom. The removal of these
parts was invariably accompanied by the
cotton which surrounds the core sticking to
the sleeves, so that the center of the bale
was drawn out with the sleeves thus destrov- 70
ing the finished product.
A further objection to devices as hereto-
fore constructed has been that it has been
necessary to remove the bale from the press,
and then after supporting the same in a suit- 75
able manner withdraw the core. So far as
I am aware it has never been proposed to
construct a press having bearings for the
opposite ends of a core pin of generally
tapered construction throughout its entire 80
length. and then provide a mechanism con-
stituting a part of the press structure adapt-
ed to be at all times secured to the core pin
and operable to withdraw the same from a
finished bale while the same is carried by 85
the press, support the same in withdrawn
position, and then reinsert the same in op-
erative position for the formation of a new
bale. It is the purpose of the present inven-
tion to overcome the defects and difficulties 90
experienced in connection with the styr tc-
tures heretofore used, by providing a taper-
ing core formed in one piece with support-
ing bearings for each end and then equip-
ping the press with a device adapted to 95
operate in the manner just described.
Referring more particularly to the cidraw-
ings, the press comprises a suitable head
frame 1 secured to and carried by the ver-
tical supporting guides 2. The head frame 100
may be provided with anti-friction bearings
4 such as disclosed and claimed in my ap-
plication Serial No. 139,597, filed December
29, 1916. These bearings are so arranged
that they engage the opposite ends of the 105
tapered core 5 around which the cotton bale
6 is formed, so that they take up the thrust
exerted on the core durinG the wm.ping1,272,724.
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Taft, John A. Bale-Core-Operating Device, patent, July 16, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258615/m1/4/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.