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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS D. LEONEARD, OF WACO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS
RIGHT TO JOHN D. JOHINSON AND BENJ. C. DRURY, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,775, dated November 18, 1873; application filed
June 7, 1873.
To all whom it may concern: on or attached to the metal band d, and rest-
Be it known that I, THoAs D. LEONEARD, ing upon posts K K on the frame B.
of Waco, in the county of McLennan and State The bottom J' of the box J is made part of
of Texas, have invented a new and valuable a circle on the outer side, and made attacha-
Improvement in Cotton - Presses; and I do ble to and detachable from the block I'.
hereby declare that the following is a full, The means for attaching the bottom J' to
clear, and exact description of the construction the block Il' may either be hooks, as shown
and operation of the same, reference being had in Fig. 1, or a rectangular-headed bolt through
to the annexed drawings, making a part of the block, passing through a slotted plate in
this specification, and to theletters and figures the bottom, as shown in Fig. 4, or by a tenon
of reference marked thereon. and screw, as shown in Fig. 5, or any other
Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation suitable means.
of my press in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longi- The bale box J having, in a vertical posi-
tudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a plan tion, been filled and packed, it is turned to a
view, of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 show modi- horizontal position, and its bottom J' fastened
fications in the construction of the bottom of to the block H', the other end of the box rest-
the bale-box. ing upon rollers ff in the frame B. The
This invention has relation to cotton and screw D is now revolved in the proper diree-
hay presses; and consists in the novel con- tion to force the blocks E E together, when it
strucetion and arrangements of the parts, as will be seen that the box J is forced in one di-
will be hereinafter described and claimed. rection toward the follower I, and, at the same
A represents the bed-frame, having two time, the firamce B, with the follower, is moved
beams or rails, upon which a frame, B, moves in the opposite direction, the follower and
upon wheels or rollers a c. Near one end of bale-box meeting each other at equal speed
the bed-frame A, on each side, is a standard, and distance in packing a bale.
C, and in the two standards C C a right-and- A press of this construction is equally appli-
left-hand screw, .D, has its bearings. This cable to press hay, wool, hides, tobacco, straw,
screw passes through and moves two blocks, and other articles.
E E, so as to come closer together or farther What I claim as new, and desire to secure
apart, according to the direction in which the by Letters Patent, is-
screw is revolved. From each block E extend 1. The combination of the sectional box J,
two levers, ( G, one on each side. These the detachable bottom J', and block H' with
levers are pivoted to the blocks, and the le- the pivoted levers G attached thereto, and
vers which extend in one direction are piv- arranged to operate in the manner shown and
oted, at their outer ends, to a block, H, made set forth.
stationary in the end of the frame B, while 2. The cotton-press having the main frame
the levers extending in the opposite direction A, movable press-frame B with follower 1,
are pivoted to a block, H', which moves upon movable bale box 3, screw D, blocks E, levers
wheels or rollers b b in the frame B. TIn the G, and block H HI', all constructed and ar-
end of the frame B, opposite to the block H, ranged to operate substantially as and for the
is framed the follower I, and made stationary purposes herein set forth.
iI said frame. J represents the bale-box, which In testimony that I claim the above I have
is made in two parts, secured together by hooks hereanto subscribed my name in the presence
or other suitable means, and.the joint covered of two witnesses.
by a metal band, d. THMS DNP LO
During the operation of pressing, the box JDUNLAP LEONIAR).
is in a horizontal position, while during the Witnesses:
process of filling and packing, it is turned in JNO. L. DYEi,
a vertical position upon trunnions e e, formed J. IH. SEARS.
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Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap. Improvement in Cotton Presses, patent, November 18, 1873; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166904/m1/3/?q=%22Johnson%2C%20John%22: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.