Cotton press
OwnerWilliam R. Davisinventor
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Abstract
A conventional Webb cotton press is modified to change the path of bale movement 90.degree.. In additon, an improved debander is located adjacent the new entry location to the press. At the end of one cycle of press operation, a pusher associated with the debander advances a debanded bale into the press which pushes the finished bale out of the press. A heading mechanism is provided to square an unbanded bale push into the press.
Claims18
A cotton press adapted to receive a debanded bale for compressing the same to a configuration to receive bands therearound, the press being of the Webb type incorporating a frame having a pair of aligned spaced inverted U-shaped members;
- a movable platen mounted for upward movement toward a stationary platen;
- and means for forcing the movable platen upwardly toward the stationary platen including a vertically mounted piston-cylinder arrangement and a linkage mechanism interconnecting the piston-cylinder arrangement and the movable platen, the linkage mechanism comprising first and second pairs of links on opposite ends of the U-shaped members, each of the links being generally aligned with one of the U-shaped members, the improvement comprising
- means providing cotton movement through the press in a path between the spaced inverted U-shaped members including means for feeding a debanded cotton bale between the links of the first link pair toward a pressing location between the platens and for moving a banded cotton bale between the links of the second link pair away from the pressing location.
A cotton press of the Webb type incorporating a frame having a pair of aligned spaced inverted U-shaped members defining a first path of cotton movement therethrough;
- a stationary platen carried between the U-shaped members;
- a movable platen mounted for upward movement toward the stationary platen;
- and means for forcing the movable platen upwardly toward the stationary platen including a vertically mounted piston-cylinder arrangement and a linkage mechanism interconnecting the piston-cylinder arrangement and the movable platen;
- the improvement comprising
- means blocking the first path of cotton movement;
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- means for effecting cotton movement from one end of the press, through the press and out the other end in a path substantially perpendicular to the first path.
A debanding station for removing banding material from bales including a debanding press, comprising
- a frame having a plurality of upstanding support members spaced apart to accommodate a width dimension of the bale;
- a generally horizontal support plate carried by the frame providing a plurality of spaced openings extending in the direction of the bale width dimension;
- a lower movable platen comprising a framework having a plurality of projections sized to pass through the openings and means for moving the lower platen from a first retracted position where the projections are located below the top of the support plate and a second position where the projections extend through the slots;
- an upper platen comprising a framework having a plurality of projections generally vertically aligned with the slots;
- and
- means for forcing the upper and lower platens toward each other into compressing contact with the bale for compressing the bale and relaxing tension on the banding material, the projections on the lower platen passing through the openings to engage the bale between the banding material and the projections on the upper platen engaging the bale between the banding material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.