US906147A - Device for compressing shocks, bundles, and the like. - Google Patents

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0. B. MILLER & H.. F. HARNER. DEVICE. FOR COMPRESSING SHOCKS, BUNDLES, AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOKTION FILED APE. 13,1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

WITNESSES 4 M Atlarney THE mmms PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, n. c,

' is, of course, evident that this CLYDE B. MILLER AND HENRY F. HARNER, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING SHOCKS, BUNDLES, AND THE LIKE.

Specification oi. Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed April 13, 1908. Serial No. 426,855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLYDE B. MILLER and HENRY F. HARNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Compressing Shocks, Bundles, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for compressing shocks of fodder and corn, as well as bundles of the same and other materials.

The object of this invention is to furnish a compressor, which will be positive in action, and will hold the shock in its compressed position until a'suitable binding means has con secured around the same. Other objects and advantages of this compressor will be apparent from the following description.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved compressor, partly in section; Fig. 2 is a top view of the handle with the ends thereof broken away; Fig. 3 is a view taken on the line xa; of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, except that a modified form of pawl and spring is shown.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the handle of the device, which is cylindrical in form. This handle is fitted centrally thereof with a metal band 2, provided with a socket 3 within which is secured a stafi 4, which is cylindrical in shape and pointed at its free end to facilitate 1ts being thrust into and turned in the material to be com ressed. It

dbvice could be successfully em loyed to compress a bundie of shingles or like material, and in this case the o1nt of the staff 4 would not enter the artic es to be compressed, but the point of the staff would rest upon them.

Fixed to the staff 4 is a ratchet 5 on which is rotatably mounted a pawl-carrying mem her 6. The body portion 7 of this member is substantially perpendicular to and suitably spaced from the staff 4. The body portion 7 has an extension 8, bent at right angles to said body portion and terminating in a ring 9, which rests on top of the ratchet 5, and loosely surrounds the staff 4. Immediately below and in the same plane with the extension 8, is a metallic ring 10, having an arm 11, which is secured to the body portion 7. As shown, the ring 10 is loosely mounted on the stafi 4 immediately beneath the ratchet 5. Conveniently pivoted between the parts 8 and 11 is a pawl 12, having a thumb-piece 13. The awl 12 is held in operative relation to t e ratchet 5 by a spring 14, secured to the body portion 7 as s own.

At the lower end of the body ortion 7 is a ring 15, which loosely surroun s the stafi 4 and is secured to the body portion 7. The ring 15, if desired, could be formed integral with the body portion 7. As shown, the body portion 7 is provided with a slot 16.

In the side of the staff 4 is provided a slot 17 and from this slot the staff is provided with a preferably central passage extending to the upper end thereof, as illustrated. At right angles to this slot 17 an aperture 18 is formed axially through the staff 4.

On the band 2 on the handle 1 is mounted a slide plate 19, rovided with slots 20 and a central V-shape opening 21. The rear end of the slide plate 19 is turned upward to form a handle 22. Headed ins 23 hold the slide plate lobsely upon the and 2 and guide its movement as will be apparent from the drawing.

A cord or rope 24, is run through the slot 16 in the pawl-carrying member and is then threaded through the aperture 18, in the stafi and suitably secured therein. The other end of the rope 24 is passed through the slot 17 and up through the passage in the staif 4 and the communicating aperture in the handle 1 and band 2 and the V-shaped opening in the slide 19.

Referring to Fig. 4, which is a modified form of the pawl and spring shown in Fig. 3, 24 designates the pawl, which is suitably pivoted and has a thumb-piece 25 and a depending portion 26. A spring 27, which is secured to the body portion 7 of the dog carrying member 6, is somewhat curved, as shown, and so arranged with relation to the depending portion 26 of the pawl that it will normally hold the pawl in engagement with the ratchet. However, when the shock or the like has been tightly compressed, and the retaining band or cord secured around the same, the operator presses upon the thumbpiece 25, thus disengaging the pawl from the ratchet and at the same time the depending portion 26 will depress the spring 27, as it moves on its pivot, and will pass over the top of the curved spring. The operator can then release the t umb-piece 25, and the rising spring will efiectually hold the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet, thus allowing the operator to use both hands to rapidly remove the compressor from the shock.

WVe do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise form of spring 27, as shown, but reserve the right to use any such variation thereof as would serve the purpose.

The handle 1 and the staff 4, of this device can be manufactured from steel tubing or out of any other suitable material, solid or otherwise. 7

In the operation of this device, the rope 24 is first placed around the shock, bundle or the like, and the end of the staff 4 is inserted in the shock or other material, until the r ng 15 abutsthe same. The handle 1 is then turned to the right and the slack in the rope is quickly taken up, as the rope is wound upon the stafi 4, from each side. l/Vhen the shock has been sufficiently compressed, the handle 1 is released, and the pawl 12 engages the ratchet 5 and prevents the staff 4 from rotating, thus holding the shock firmly compressed until a suitable retaining band or cord can be placed around the shock. The handle 1 can then be turned to the left, the pawl 12 meanwhile being held out of engagement with the ratchet 5, until enough of the rope has been unwound to allow the stafi to be withdrawn and the rope slid ofi the shock. a

As is readily apparent, the rope 24 could be assed directly through the slot 16 in the body portion 7 of the pawl-carrying member, and the aperture 18, in the staff 4 and be provided at each end with a hook, or other suitable fastening device, in order that the two ends may be fastened around the shock to be compressed. The device would work just as positively with the rope arranged as above described, but of course, the rope could not be as rapidly adjusted about the bundles to be compressed, where their sizes varied considerably.

Having thus described our invention, we claim,

1. In a device of the character described, a handle, a staff fixed to said handle, said handle being provided with ro e holding means, a ratchet fixed on said sta a frame rotatably mounted on said staff, the bottom of said frame being adapted to serve as a stop to prevent the staff from entering too far into the material to be compressed, said frame being rovided with rope holding means, a paw mounted in operative relation to said ratchet, and a rope passed through the rope holding means of said frame and the rope holding means of said handle, said rope being adapted to be suitably secured around the material to be compressed, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, a handle, a staff fixed to said handle and provided with an aperture, rope holding means at the end of said aperture, a ratchet fixed on said staff, a U-shaped slotted frame rotatably mounted on said staff, a pawl mounted on said U-shaped slotted frame, means adapted to hold said pawl either in or out of engagement with said ratchet, and a rope secured at one point by said holding means, and passed through the slot in said U-shaped slotted frame and through a second aperture in said staff, the ends of said rope being adapted to be suitably secured around the material to be compressed, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, a handle provided with an aperture, a slide plate provided with a V-shaped opening mounted on said handle in operative relation to said aperture, a slotted staff secured to said handle, said staff being provided with a longitudinal passage in communication with said slot and aperture in the handle, a ratchet fixed on said staff, a slotted member rotatably arranged on said staff, a pawl mounted on said slotted member, and a rope having one end passed through the slot in the slotted member and secured to the staff and the other end threaded through the slot and passage in said staff and through the aperture in the handle, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, a handle provided with an aperture, a slide plate mounted in operative relation to the aperture in said handle and rovided with rope engaging means, a slotte staff fixed to said handle, said staff being provided with a longitudinal'passage in communication with said slot therein and the aperture in said handle, a ratchet fixed on said staff, a frame rotatably mounted on said staff, said frame being provided with rope holding means, a pawl mounted in operative relation to said ratchet, spring means adapted to hold said pawl either in or out of engagement with said ratchet, and a rope having one end secured to said staff and the other threaded through the rope holding means of the frame and the passage in said staff and through the aperture in said handle, substantially as de scribed.

5. In a device of the character described, a handle provided with an aperture, a slide plate mounted in o erative relation to the aperture in said han le, said slide plate being provided with rope engaging means, a slotted staff fixed to said handle and provided with an aperture, said staff being also provided with a longitudinal passage in communication with the said slot therein and the aperture in said handle, a ratchet fixed on said staff, a slotted U-shaped frame rotatably mounted on said staff and supported thereon by said ratchet, a pawl mounted on said slotted U-shaped frame and normally held in operative relation to said ratchet, and a rope having one end secured in the aperture in said staff and the other end threaded through the slot and passage in said staff and through the aperture in said handle, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the character described, a handle provided with an aperture, a slotted stafi secured to said handle, said staff being provided with a longitudinal assage in communication with said slot an aperture in the handle, a ratchet fixed on said stafi, a slotted member rotatably arranged on said staff, a pawl mounted on said slotted member, a rope having one end passed through the slot in the slotted member and secured to the stafi and the other end threaded through the slot and passage in said staff and through the aperture in said handle, and means for securing said rope, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the character described, a handle provided with an aperture, a slotted staff secured to said handle and provided with an aperture, said slotted stafi being also provided with a longitudinal passage in communication with the slot in said stafi and the aperture, in said handle, a ratchet fixed on said staff a slotted U-shaped frame rotatably mounted on said staff, a pawl mounted on said slotted U-shaped frame, means for holding said pawl either in or out of engagement with said ratchet, a rope having one end passed through the slot in the slotted U- shaped member and secured in the aperture in said slotted staif and the other end threaded throu h the slot and passage in said slotted stafl and through the aperture in said handle, and means for securing the portion of the rope that is threaded through the handle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE B. MILLER. HENRY F. HARNER. Witnesses:

H. H. LANE, SETH MoCoLLooH.

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