[1]Patented July 14, 1925. 115459984 UNITED STA.TES PATENT OFFICE. CT-AUDE A. 1-100'CON, 0 p @Y-0-US-01-T, A-,@TD JO!-IN STREUN, OF TEXAS, Assic,i\i,or@s @l--c) HAr-.DWII@:E,-ETTE'-R CODIPANY, OF SHER.LYLALV, T:I:XAS. COTTON TRAXPFR. Applicition filed October 25,1921. Serial N'o. 510,407@ l'o eill it'),'2(tyconcer,,,z: B,-, it knoai,ii that iie. CLAUDE A. I-lo6TON aiid ?TO!-IN C@i'Ci7c,,Iis of the ITiiiteci --s. i,esi,lipo, -,@ t -'L.@o-tisto-,i, arris (,)Ourtv ri Texas, aiid Slieri--Qail, Grayson Coup-tv, T exas, I.esi)ecti,,,Oly, i-iive-Li'Led a certain lieiv "Illici L, IIQOIIII Tliiiii-ovey.-,-)eiit iii Cot'o,-i u Till"@iiii--;ers, oi- AlIll-teli the To',-Io,,-@i,-ig is a. f -till, clear, and e@--act desc@-iptioii, stich as ivi,ll eiable otlie@-S sl@@-iiiecl iii the art to ivilieh it apper'uai-ns t<) m@ilce iis-, 'L-Iiie stimc-11. OLir in-,,eiition to an iii,,pi@oi7ement iii co'uton ti-aiii.pei's ,,@.c[ htis esoeci,,Ll @)pplicaL,Ion to the iiie,,tiis by trampiiio15 Clev;@ce M,13T be i-nado' autom,-,tic or I ne,-irly so, ill i'Ls tictioll.. The obj-ct o--f' oiir inven'tioii is@ 'Lo, a 'Li-ampi-i-ig cl-.v-iCe 117!iieli ivill Lct posit!-vely ,ind @@n the ordii,.ary oper,,,tioii th(@ll,00-il 20 IA--l',Il - e Coll' olled auton-iatic"Llly.. b Ur i\iio('Ilor object is to pi@ovide .i c-pe,,P,ttiiig iiieci-iiiiism -w-Iiic'j[i will 1).-@ si.mi)l-, ilcl sti-@o-,,-@ in co--@istrtiction -,.I'ld easy to adjugt. o,., i-,--paii-. 25 "I 11 I r o (,,bi-,ct is to provide ii imp ved ,@ii-I off@cieii'u feediiiu device for the trampel-. iotliier object is 'Lo 1,)rovicle ,t co-,il,,rollin.,, il coni-iecti-on ivith tlie clevic e ivhich S.,mply aiicl ef,'iciently Wi'uh a i'7@ii'll' -ill,-ii, 0- opei@ating pirts. -@iiicl otliei- objects ancl advantages C!@,eii-l-,7 q@l:)pef,@r ill the specific,,ttioii a I'l 0 .v3, l'ol@ows iid the i,-oi ts f novelty ivill I)e i-L, -VI71 reater i),-rticul,,trity in t 0 ." u clit 'th g tl,,e cillil-fi'ls ap@)@-,,nclecl Iiei-eto. t(-, tie drLAViDgs whereiii a preOf OlLir ililtention Is l,"ig. 1 i-s a elevption of the tll,,,-,inp@'..ii,(;@ cL(,,vic,-,. Fig. 2 is ,i si(le elei,ation -10 is 9eeii f-.- oin t'tle lef@ ill i (Y. I F g. 3 is si(le elevation qs seep.- fi,oin thq iii Fi,@,. I. Fi(Is. 4, 5 aiid 6 !)@re brokell ol' the g(@@;ti- @I)iftiii- ine,-bani.sm contl,,o @eecier. 14'1,s. Pn'cl 8 ,tre I-espe(@ 13 bi-olzeii side and PI an vieli's ti-,,-elslioaviii,- the sliiftiiiodevice ilvhoi-eby t'[ie o,)- L er,,Ltioii of the pliiiigc-,r oi@ be coiiti-ollecl. Fig. 9 is q oii tli e pl,-,,ne 9-9 O' S. Fi 10 Piicl 11 crs. p 50 @e lr.Dllt s-@.-i(,. elov,,tti-oiis, r s ecti,,,olv, coi-itioll-,@n@@ !ever -.'-'or tl-ie oper@itin(r -2 ,,iicl 13 are cle-'.@ii.Is of the i-od is opei-ated, tnd Fig. 14 is a section tlil oii,,Yli the :Leecler bv iiioaiis ol' A,,,Iilchl the 55 iiiat is fed to tl)e tram]-)er. 11 -i 'r i-iipei- sl-ioivi iii tl,.e Cti@awiiit:,@. T' e cottoi L, a llliistrat,,,s the ,ipplicatioii of olir iiiveiiti(,,f,, vro to a corstri-ictioii, some parts of ol,,l iii tie a @. Tlio e is ,t set of ru r E-Nvo cotto-fl Go 1,)oxes 15 moul'ited upon a i-6tatiiio- pl,,tforTi,@ '@-6 aetap@uecl for rotation ibo-Lit an upi@,iylil@ ;,@ost l@. Tllis LIIO)vs one box to be filled ai)-d cottoi-i ivhile the of-lier box is beiiig, emptiecl of tl-ie bale previotisly 65 packecl there;-n. The trainper block or plunoei, wl-iicli to force the cottc)n Iii-it ti,,htly into the bo--- 15, is clesignated by the ntimeral ',-S. This plunger is connected to ,tn upper 7( yoke or liead block 19 by meftils of tnvo posts 20, 20, v,7hich thus form % rigid frame by of which the plunger may be operL),tecl. The tivo posts 20 are adapted for n-iovement bet-"Teen t,,vo pargllel sup- 75 port;lng beams. 21 a@.icl 22. Giiides for these -med by the posts a,@-@c foi cross plates 23 stip-i s, id beams. The plates 23 h@,tve ported 61 'I -idi in the sides thereof -emi-C3TIii -ical orooves to r(,,c( 2ive ai,,cl giiide said posts 20. TI te ])Iui-iger is @ctuated by meal'is of 'T u pulleys 25, 25 fixed cables 24, 24-- o n d oii on li shaft 26. Said sh,,ift extends tral'isvei-si-,Iy aci-oss the m,,tchine parEIlel with the beim.9 21 and 22 ancl is supported in bear- 85 -ngs 27 and 28 on plates 29, 29 restiny oji th6 bealn--- 21 @ind 22. Tbe, cables tre secure(i by adapters and nuts, indicated At 3(), to the @olce 19 aiid extend do-wnnvardly to said pulleys 25; oile cable beingd, wouI'l@i ill 91) a i-igilt h,--nd clirection aiid the other in a left liaiicl direction aro-Liiid sai-d plilleys. The loiier -ends of said cables Pre attacliecl -ed to the opp site ei-icls to stiiiiips 31, 31 secut 0 of@ aii eqtiali7ii-ig bar 32. Tlais b-,tr is slicliblei,eptictlly on .1 small post oi- bolt 33 seciired to tiie, I)Iun('Oll 18 centi-ally thereof. p AbovG, the bir is a spiral s iina 31 whicli Llea@s ,it its iippei- end against the head of the I)olt . aiicl, serves to cusliion the jai- of 100 ti -..ie ,ibi-upt upward movements a the pl,,iiifyer., The sl-iaft 26 is operated from t shaft 35 at rio-]--,t ii-io'les thereto, througli a worm g t m ear bii he sl-iaft o5 whicli eshes with a elim !)late by of wl-iich the sliifti-ia@y Nvorm o,ear Nvlieel fixed to the shaft 26. This
[2]1,545,984 gear i-iiechanisiii is housed at 36 aiid being ,t ivell kiioivii iiiecliaiiisiil is iiot showii iii detai-1. The shp.,ft 35 is provided, at a point spaced to the rear of the trai-nper, with a set of two loose P-Lilleys 37 ,tnd 38 n-iounted idly thereoii. Between s,,tid loose p,,illeys is ,t n,,trro-wer tigl-it p-Lilley 39 fix d to tli e e shait. The loose pulleys each has -,t belt, not shown, coiiiieetiiio, it with ,t power sliaft. 10 One of tl-iese belts ji@s crossed, the other is straio-lit. Tlitis, wheii, it is desired to rotate the shait iii one directi.oil oiie of the, belts is sl-iifted froiii the loose pulley to the fixed pulley, bi:tt wheii it is clesired to rotate the 1,@) shaft iii the opposite dire-,tioii, tli-e, other belt is shifted froiii its loose pulley to the fixed pulley. lvhen the belts are oii their respectii7e loose pulleys the machiiie is iii i,ieutral ,tild is iiot running. The belt shi@tiiig ineans by which the shaft is rot, tecl iii either directioii is partly autol-ii,,ttlc. Ol'i the rear sicle of the, beam '- )l We, inouiit f or rotation iii bea@uirlo-s 40 a shil-t rod 41, shonvn best in 14'ig. 8. It has, 25 oii tli6 end toivard the -,Iiaft 35, a lever 4-2 seei,ii,ecl tlioreto. 11-iis lever extei-ids belonv the rod 41, aiid is perfor@tted at spaced iiitei-vals to pron,ide adjust@ible attaelimeiit for a slidiiig btr 43 (Flig@ 7). The lever also extends @,bove 'Lhe shilf'L, ro,-l aiid 1-ilus secured uliereto L latei-al bracket 44 haviiig ,tn up-Nvai-clly e-.%-terdiiig rod adapted to be slidably rc,,ce;ivecl in ,tii eye 45 stippoi-ted oii ,t -@liort post or bricket 46 whicli is iiiotiiited on tl-ie .15 be,,i-iii 21. Iletiveei-i the eye 45 aiid the lower ,teliet d 1-ocl 44- is ,t spirtil ei-id o@L tl-ic br, spri.iig 41. This spi@iiig is Lilidei- coiiipressioiialid.heiiec toiids to loi-co the lever arin towai,cl tlio shift rod 41. Tllus wlieii the rod 40 i;,, rot@tted sl,i-;Iitly so @s to tlirow the lever 42 oiif o-i,' v(- crtical position the spi-iiig will to,iid to tlirolv itsti-olio-ly iii tli(@ dii-ectioii iii cl . wliicli it is iiio vin,(5, a;iid tliei-eby assist iii the 13:lovemeiit of the lever 42 aiid b,,tr 43 so @as 45 to shift the, bell q,-Iielily ti-id -positi-\,ely. To sl-iift tlle belts oii tl-ie ptilleys 'a7, @')8, the slidilig bar 43 is sceured to ,L secoiid bai48 p-,Lrallel witli the shaft 35 tiid slidable on stippol-ts ivhlcli. siippoi-ts also liolcl the 50 shaft 'j5. Oii the bf,,r 48 are belt gtiicles 50 --Liid 51 of oidiiiai-y coiistriietioii ai-idtlivotio-ii n iyltieli the belts ,ire adapted to rii3,l. At the otlier eiid of the sliiftii-ig rod 41, the rcid is bei-it @it right tii:gles to forin t 55 @i;riii 52. TI-ils extends reai--i wai-dly so as to P,"s betivecii two upriglit b,.trs 53 sectired at tl-ieir Lipper aiid loiier eiicls respectlxtely to the yoke ,tlld pILiiiger 18. These bai-s 53 are nitcle of tiigle iroii 60 Iti,icl Stll)Port a roller 5d: toward the upper eiids ai-id a roller 55 to-Nytrd their lower ends. TI@ese rollers ,ire so sp,,tced ,tiidi positiolied that, i@,lion the pl-Liiio-er goes cloiiii -@o 05 lar th,,tt rol-ler 54 strikes tl-ie erink trm 52 and morves doN@,iiwardly, the belt will be shit'ted ancl the niovei-iiei-it of tlie, plunger i-eversed. The iaioveineiit of the sliift rod 41 acts to ttirl-i the lever 42 out of the vertical aiid the spring 47 sntps tl-ie saiaie over tiicl s'lides the bar 43 so as to sl-iift the belts, 70 tlirowiiag oi-ie off the ptilley 39 and to tlirow the other oit s,,tid pL,.Iley thus reversing the directioii of rotatioil o-l' the sl@,-Lft 35 Ind reversii,,g, tlie, trai-i-iper. TI-iis reversing of moven-ioiit occurs just at tl-le eiid of the 75 etov@iiivard sti-oke of the ti-aiiipei.. As the iiiotion of tl-ie pltinger is reversed tl-ie frame, ii-icludiiig the uprigl-it b,,)rs 53, iiioves upwardly Lilitil the loiver roller 55 coines li'l coiitact Nviti-i the craiik arm 52 aiid thrcws 80 this ari-@i upv;ai@clly, thus giviiig it a movei-iieiit tl-ie reverse of tlilt given to it by tl-ie doN,-riivt-.-d o-f the rol-ler 54. This .,,icts to throw the lever 41), ii-i the opposite -i, the -w SP I clirect'oi riiig- 47 assisting in thro - F35 iiig the lever f6rcibly iii the opposite direetiol'i so as to slido, the bar 43 Iiid@ the belt shiftiii- iiiechaiiisiii 48, 50 and 51 so as to i-tiove the opposite belt Lipoli the plilley 39 a),-id tli-Lis reverse the direction of rotatioii. go This n-ioveii-ieiit tal,-es pl,,ice, N@hen the pluno-er has 1,e,,,,.hed the upnvard eild of it-, stroke aiid acts to iminediately start tlle PI-Liliger (-Io,,vi-iivardlv again. T,-i:e bel@ slil'f@ing inecligiaism thiis de- 95 scribecl is operated alitoiiiatically. lvheii it becoilies J. osii-,Ible to stop the machiiie, or to its clirectioii of mov-,ment before tl-ie pltiiiger has reached the end of its stroke ive provi.de ,t litild lever 56, haviiig ineaiis coiii-iected tlierenvith to'conti-ol the position of the sliiftilig rod 41. This inech,,tiiism is slioivii iiiost clearly iii Figs., 10 t6@ 13, iiieltisive. The lever 56 is coiaiiected tt its Lipper cild 'uo t sleeve 5@ whiel-i nily be 105 secured i-ioii-i-otitably to a sh,,ift 58 by iiieans of a s(-@t sci-eii, 59, oi- otlier siiiiiltr illeiiis. The sh@ift 58 rotite s iii a beiring 60 mo-Liiited upoii a si-ipport resting tipon the beaii-i 21. The 61)1)osite eiid of the sli,,tft 58 has a sleeve 110 61 fixed tliej-eoli, 'Ul-lis sleei,e haviiig projectiiig therefi-oili I sectoi- sl]Laped cam 62. Tllis ci:lii is t flat pltte belit iii tlie, qliadr,,ilit of a cii-cle aiid lii;viiy ,ti-i upst,,i,lidin',)- flaiio-e @n @n @n 63 ai-oiii-id the otiter eclge, thereof. As seer. 115 a 1 p rt'ct,,]Lii-ly ii-i Fio@s. 11 ,lnd 13, this caiii plato is ANider at the lower eiid than it is at the, uppei- end. I\Iotinted oii tl-io shift rod 41 at a poiiit acl. 120 jacei-it the plate 61-) is aii upst,,i-ndii-iff lever 64 haviiig on the ilppei- end ,tiid oii @fle side tow,-Lrd the plate 62 t roller 65. TI@is roller is Iiiiiitecl ii-i its movei-iient lateril-ly by the flange 63 oli the sides of the plite 62. When Figs. 10 121 the lei,ei, is in the position sliowii in and 11 the roller 65 is in the smaller upper end of the plate 62 and i,,s held i.-Ii that position by the margin,,il flaiige 63 oil stid plate. In this position of tl-ie lever 64 the shift rod 41 is ii-i nelitral position, that is, tl-ie cra-nk 130
[3]1,545,984 "@-riii 52 is iii ,t I'lorizontal positioii aiicl wheii iii that positioii the belt sliifting btti- 4-8 i-b in the position shown in Fig. 8, ancl the two belts coliti-ollecl by the saicl belt sl-iifting clea vice are r-Lini-iiiig itpoii the two loose ptilleys 37 a-iicl 38, aiicl n-iotioii is ti-ierefbre not coiiiinunicatecl to the fixecl pulley 39. Oii the- ftee of the plate 62, toward the lever 64, tliete is provided ,t small switch or 10 poiiitei- 66 slioivii iii dotted lines in Fig. 11 an@T ,tlso sliown iii Fio-. 13 This s-kvitch is inounted Lipoi-i ,t pin extending directly throti,o-li the plate 62 aiid is held in position thereoii so that it may rottte by mean,,s of a ii-Lit 67 on the inner end of the piii. It is clesii-ecl to 1-iold this switel-i resilieiitly against the flange on the left h-,tnct side a the plate, as sliowii in Fig. 13. T-1-ii.-s is done .0 by foi-iiiing a sinall arm or lever on the nut 67 and seeliring a spring 68 thereto in such position as to force the switch into the positioii de,,sirecl. The opposite end of the sprin,o, 68 is secured to a portioii of the plate and is uncier teiasion so as to perform this serv25 jee. When the lever 56 is moved to tlie, right, assho@vn in Fig. 10, so th,,It tl-ie lateli 69 thereoi-i inay be received within the notch @o in the secior shaped plate @l the coin pl,,tte 69- is moved iiito tl-ie position shown in Figs' 12 alicl 13. This c,,tuses the roller 65 oil the lever 64- to ass do-wn-wardly betweeli p he snvitell the fl.-,nge oi-i the said plate ,tnd 66, tlii-is tlirowiiig it to the ri.@-7ht, as @,,een in Fig., 13. This movemeiit of the lever to the 35 right c,,tuses tl-ie belt to be shifted, as pi-eviously described, briiigiii- the proper belt tipon tl-ie 1,)Ullev 009 to ca-L@'so tlie plunger to IV -i-Lis @iiove tipivai-dly. It ill tl be possible by sliiftlng the lever to neutral and blcl@, to catise the pliiiiger to move up-w,,trdly at any tim,-. When the lever 56 is iii@its p6sition to tlle i-ig'iit, as slio-wn in Fig. 10, thus briiiging the c,,m pla'ue 62 into the position sliown ii-i'Fig. 13, the roller 65 on tl-ie lever 64: may issu_ii-ie the position slioinn in Fio, 13. 1 . f t'lle ]over is tl-ien shifted b,,tel@: to neutral@ the rollei- will travel upwtrdly alolig the flange 63 to the tipl)ei, eiid of said plate. Iii doiilu so it Nvill ;shovl- the s-@vitch 66 to one side ,i(,-aiiist the action of the sl, I)rinu 68 aiict -Lfter zn @ulie r6ller lias passed the switch siid switch will snap back to the position sliowii in Fig. ii-j, tliti.,,i m,,ikino- it necessary, when the lever. is ao@aiii ti-irown into opertti-ve position for the rollei@ to 1-tiove to t'ile rig)ht in tl-ic manner previoi,isly described. The cottoi-i lint is fed to this tr@-,tiiipelfil oiii a battei-y c oiidensor 72 by mean,,s o-L a lil't slicle 73, the eonstrilictioii Of WI-iiel-i is -noveinent ,irt of otir in jiot a 1), veii.tioii. The 1 o-@ .-he lint froin tiie con(lenser@ to the lint Si i(le is aleco_iiiplislied throtigli a feeding device operated tl-irough a shaft 74, whicli sh,,,ft is operated by i-tieaiis of a bevel gear 7@O 'LIiereoll said getr beiiig in turn operated by t tiii-iilar ge,,tr oii the sliaft 76. This shaft is actuatecl throupli tl-ie illealls of a belt fi-ona the power sli-,ift ruiiiii-qg over tl-ie ptilley 77 on said slitift 76. On the opposite end of the sliaft 74 is a ratellet wlieel: 78 70 @,7hicli may be coi-iiiected by i-iiealls of t spilocke t ch,,iin to a sprocket Nvheel 79 oii a co nter,,shttt 80 i-iaouiitecl tipoii the suppol-,ting beani 22. I\Iouiitecl on this saiiie sl-iuft is a secoiid spi-ocket w'ileel 81 which is ordi- 75 narily idle thei,eoii. A eltitel-i S2 adj,,iceiit thereto, is li@eyed slidably to the sh-,tft 80 and may be t.hr6ivn iili iiiesh -with the t-,eth on the adjacent ivheel 81 by i-neaiis of a lever 83. This lever 83 i pivoted i.nterinediate its 80 eiids ,it 81 to the belm 22 ahd its o-Liter clici is pivotally conne6tecl to a sliding bar 85. This bar is slipportecl oii the r&,trward face of the be@t-.'Il 21 by means@ of li,,tdgers 86. The nio@einent o-@' 'U-he bar 85 toward the ri-lit) 85 -,s shbwn in Fig. 5, will mani-'Lestl@ t row the cliitch 82 o@,it of oper,,ttive coniiection -witl-i the sl)rocket wheel-St while tlle i-tioven-ieiit iii the opposite dire,-tioil will tlirow tl-ie said spr6eket @,vheel in ge,,tr witl-i Itlie 90 sli,,ift. The bar 81", i-,q- @tutomLtically operated so as to throw the feedin,(@ meel-ianism otit of ge,,tr and into gear .it the proper tir@ic. To perfori-ii this moveiteiit of the bor 85 we li,,Lve se6urecl bet-ween tl-ie @ upper yolz-e 19 tnd th PI @ e -iiyer 18 an upright angle iron 87. This iron is ,secured at its upper ei-id to a plate 88, ivliieh is in tiirn secured to the yol,:e 19. 'the lower end of the bar 87 is mounted tipoii the plungei-. To-Nv-,rd the 16iver end of tl-ie bar 87 is see-Lir6d an upright bar or pltite 89. Tllisplateisbeveled@at9Oatthouppor 6iad. The sliditig bar 85 lias on the re,@trwarcl side thereof, faciiig the beveled -Lippol- end of the pltte 89, I roller 91, tlii,,s roller being 105 adppted to contact with the beveled;stirface @nd thl7Ls be forced to the left, ,s @liioivn ii-i r4 ig. 5. I\Ioi-inted oii the side of the IIpriglit illiember 87, sliglitly above the upl,)er elid ol' ti-ie plate 89, is se-,ured a seconcl pl,,tte 92. 110 This platle, @is ,seen from tl-ie side, is sonie@vhat U-shapec', in Viiat the lowel-- end is fltred o-Litwardly ,Lt 93 ali-,l the upper end is also bent similarly ,it 94. This plate projects into the T)atl-l oil the roller 91, so that 115 a@ the bar 87 rioves downivardly the loiver encl 93 thereof @vill colitpet Nilith s,,tid roller and moie it toward the rigl-it of the position shoavil in Fig. 5. It will tllus be seell that the iiioveinep-t doi,,Tn-@varcll@, of the pltiiiger 120 l@vill cai,i-y Nvitli it th,-, -Lipriglit btr 87 -,tlid @vliei-i the pl@,inger reaclies t'lle proper poll-it the loiver end 93 6T the late 92 will conp t,,ict ivitli tl-ie rolleil, tl-ir6i-vino- tl-ie stme to -i -iove th- !3procket Nvh el e side so as to n 0 ol 81 out of &e,,tr witli the shaft 80, thlis stopping the said wlieel. NVIien the pILLn ger moves upwardly until the tipper end 90 6f the plate 92 comes il'i contact with said roller it will serve to force the roller aiid the bar 30
[4]1,545,984 85; iii tho oppo,,site direction thiis thi-oiviiig the -vvheel again iiito gear, ctlisino- its rotatioil. The sprocket wheel 81 is operatively connectod ivith ,i n-ioch,,Liiisill wl-iieh is forrned, upon the f-eeder 95 to assist in tl-ie feedlilo, of the lint, to the tl-,Ilnper. The constrlictio@ 9 ol': the feecier itself i-s shown,best iii Fi . 14. It comprises aii.,,tproii 96 con-iposecl of trans10, vorse slats secured to belts rlinning over Lipp,--r ind 1.6-Nver rollers 9T aiid 98, respeeti@,ely. TI@e uppei-, i@oller 97. is mounted on ,i,,,sliitPz adjtistable A-,7itl-iiii a be,,tring slot 99 by iiieii-is of a rod 100 wl-iieh may@be inoved 15 loiigit-Lidinilly of said slot by me,,tw of an c,djustiiig nut 101. The central portion of the -@proli 96, is supported for movemeiit -Lipoii a sm,,tll pl,-Ltform 102. The lower end of the ,tproii pa8ses over tho roller 98, s,,tid 20 roll6r haviiig oii one end tli6reof a sproci@.et wheel@ 103 by meaii,,s of whicli the roller may be rot,,ttecl. The otl-ier eiicl of the roller shaft has tliereon a. sin,,tll spro.-Icet ivlieel 104 by meaiis of which it mty be operatively 25 edlin6eted by ,t sm,,tll sprocket chain 105 to Lipon a sm, ,q similar sprocl@:et wheel 106 111 i-oller 107 immediately iii froiat tl-iereof Above tl-ie feeder apron 96 is moliiited ,t rollei108. This roller is composed of flat '30 boards s6t ,tt ri,(Iht aii(,Ies to eacli otlier to form a: body cross-sht5(ed in tiansverse seetioi-i betweeii the end plates 109. I-n the all-Jos of these two bo,,trds are pl,,teed reiiiT()i@'cing strips 110 -whicli are' tria,no-,ular in cross section, as shown iii Fi@g. 14'.1 Tlio rollei- tlius provided acts to assist the ,@l)roll 96 iii inovii-ig tl-ie c otton uniformly iiito the cotton box below the plliiiger. E,,tch o,+ the encls of the cross boards coiistituting 4 0 t]-ic i-ollej@ tets as ai-i arm in moving tlie cotuon foriiai-d. As the roller l@08 is of greater diameter tliaii the i-oller 98, its pei-i.plieral SI)eed is ,-i-eater tliaii tl-iat of- the api-oi-i tlitis tilip the aproii "te @ to plish the cottoli fi-om This roller into the traiiipei has on the eiid thereof tow@i-i-d the sprocket wlieel 81 a sin,,ill -\i,lieel 111 by ii:ieans of whicli this rollei, is operited. A cliaiii from the SI)roeLret, wlie(,l 81 p,@isses doiviiw,,trdly 0 ,iro,,ind aii iclle Nilieel 112 i-nounted aclitistiipoii a stii,)poi-t 11.3 ,tnd aroiii-id, tl-ie sp-i@ocliet iN,Iioels Ill aiid 103, bacl@ to tlio SPI-OCI@et JITIleel 81. Tlle idle wheel 112 may l@e tdjtisted; to tigliteii or looseii the ch,,tiii ed slio kvn ,i,@ clesil . The small roller 107, best ii,i@ Fi(,Y. 14, r6tites in the stme@ directioii as d'oes tllie roller 98 aiid tl-Ltis serves to throw th@o, cott(,n aiitay frolii the -,Lproll into the cotton box ai-id, pi-events the aclliering of the lint to tl-ie tproia. it wil-1, th-Lis be iiotecl tli,,it the feediiig il l,iccll,,ti-iism, by meai-is of ivhich the cotton is fed to tl-ie tramper, i-s odal@ted to be oper,,tted onlv when the pltiiiger is in a position ii5 above the s,,tict, feeder. When it has moved down to a position ne,,,trly., closino- the op(,,niii(-YL of the feeder the ineelianisirn-previ6i@sl@ described aots to throw the operating lever@ 81 so, ,Ls 'to tl-irow ilie feecling mechaiii,,sR'l out of ge,,tr, thlis T)reventil-ig any ftirtl-ier 7( u-ioveinent of cotto@ fron-i tl-ie feeder while tl@eplun(-@erisbelowthelevel@tl@ereof. The inovem(, t , iipwardly of the pluiiger, however, -wijl act at the proper point to agaiti tlironv the f eding mechinisrn into gear so 7 F) thqt the co cotton,box b On tlie; rea tl-ie fr@illie @voi-,@@ connected tl-ierqwith is foi-nied ,t. sldeld@ 114. This shield is of the so samg, wid4@-ii tli,@ plu.-)o-el@ @iiid extonds 1 - -ip iieti-ly 'uo tlie@ top of tl-ie, fi,,1.1.le o@T tite plut geiailo, is coiinee'Lled to tl-ie yolce. 19 by o,@L' c,(@ti-vecl bi,,a(,,es 115. This shield acts to pi-,ev(@nt cottoii lint froiii fillino- in ol - 1 85 top o-f the pltii-iger Ni-lien the said plun e is g r I)-,IoNv tjie level of the feeding devim. TI-io. of oiir iml)i-oved cott@)ii ti-ai-npei@@has been tlready set fo,rth aiid it is tho-u,,o;IA tl-iat its. operition,,,Aill be, cle,-Lr Nvitl - 90 t furtlier descriptioii. T-, ou lie pi@incipal tkl1,Taiita-zes of tl-ic coiisti@Lic ion lie,, i the alttot n ma@u-1c, ai,i,aiigeiiic@lit,by me,,iiis of which @he plting),ell is d,ri-@Ten dolvnwarclly, by the -@,,ible, con-Ticetioll-,@ in tile ma-nrier O-escribecl, 95 tlio s-,iiaple iiiealis. pro I videcl for the sli-iftiiig ol@ tlic belts upon tlie, plillevs so as to roiCPse tile P'Ioveml-Ilit of tl-ie -,tid I)Itii-iger. Dtirli)g the nol-.iiial ope-zatio@-n of the d(-vice, tlii.s sll;lf tiiig of tlio belt,-, upon the l@)ulleys will be toiiiitlie@ in its opoi-atio-Li,- the coptlict of the i!ollej--s 54- and 55 Nvitl-i tliie ,@li-ifting rod 41tetin, uiiifol.-iiily to clian,ge the diiectioli of rot.@lt@loii at the I)I@opei- I)Oillt. It is, lio@v(I'Ver, possiblc-@ t) stoil) tl,6 oi..- ,)eration o-r tl)e, device by tlii-o \vi no- the bel@s Lipoii tl'le p Lilleys ii-ito positioli by ilicans of tlle lever r)6, aiicl to i@e\7eL-se,tlie direction of the pitili-. f,>- 1. dow e -\Y..,Iien it is i:itoA,ii@g. nnvai-dly by slii't-li(, in" t , belts first into@ iieutrv@l a-nd tli(@ii ha(@ic 110 iiito@opei',,t,tive i)osition, it beiiig as P-tl(,Vio-Lisly de,3ci-ib,ed, to cii-ise tlie, to -ilieve upw,,ti-dl -\vbell it is tIlroNlin lil(ffi y iicatiti-al 1)6sit@ion intc) ol)-Irative position. p rfol.ll-,eCl 1 15 The :shiftiiig of the bel'us is e quieli'3T ajid positii-ely tl -o-Li,-;Ii t] o assistIiicc o,f tlle spi-in 4'T, as pi-eitioi-isly 9 qci-ibecl. Tli-,@ feecling ol@ Iiiit to, tlie@ is ttlso i-eo-Lilated allitoni-, 1-icilly by iiie@iiis f tl0 @e, 120 clutch ol-)e-@-',ating device, slio,,,;ii,-,iid cllcscriJ)e(I in coiinectioii iiith Fi,,-S. 4, 5 alid 6. (I i bo seen tl-iat Iiiit Avill only bo fed to ti-aiiipei- i-,-Iiile the pl-Liiiger is aboye fhe level of tl-ie feecitil.l(,. i-i-iecli@iiiisi-ii, an@l tli,,it it wi.l@ iiiiiiiedi,ately be tlirown in@uo oper,,ttiae position, by tla:e ii-ioveinent of tl-ie pluilger abo-ve the lovet of tlic- fooding a ro,.i p B t @ y little ,i@ttendI Y tllis ari-aiigeiiieii ver alic(@ A-vill be neces.@-,,,Lry in tli6, oper,,itioil of again be fed into the pli,@1'10.6r. l@le o@f, the plii-ngei- a,,id
