Automated baling press with bale kick-out carton holding means and sequencing controls

Claim 2

The combination with fiber baling apparatus embodying a press box having a rear wall and a front door together with a reciprocable platen movable into and out of the press box to compact the fibers, of: a. means to eject a finished bale from the press comprising at least one dog mOvably mounted adjacent the rear wall of the press box and disposed upon final compaction of a bale therein for a portion thereof to underlie the bale along its rear under edge, b. means biasing the dog inwardly of the press box and which also permits the dog to move out of the press box on the packing stroke of the platen, and c. a lever recessed into the top surface of the platen and pivoted to the platen adjacent the edge thereof adjacent said door, said dog being disposed to rest under the free or nonpivoted end of the lever when the bale is compacted, whereby lowering the platen causes the free end of the lever to move upwardly, thereby ejecting the bale through the door.

Claim 3

means resiliently urging the arm rearwardly of the press box, whereby a carton part engaged between the downturned outer end of the arm is thereby pressed against the rear wall of the press box and frictionally held in place to be mated with the up-moving part of the carton and to receive fiber being moved upwardly with said lower part, c. a liner in the press box substantially the height of the lower part of the carton and of a thickness at least as great as the wall thickness of the material from which the upper part of the carton is made, whereby said carton parts may be telescoped with the lower part entering the upper part, and whereby the rear open edge of the upper part of the carton, while being held by said arm, rests on the top of said liner pending closing of the press box and filling the same, and d. means responsive to lowering the platen, with the press open, to eject the wrapped bale by tilting the bale about its lower front edge.

Claim 4

means resiliently urging the arm rearwardly of the press box, whereby a carton part engaged between the downturned outer end of the arm is thereby pressed against the rear wall of the press box and frictionally held in place to be mated with the up-moving part of the carton and to receive fiber being moved upwardly with said lower part, c. a liner in the press box substantially the height of the lower part of the carton and of a thickness at least as great as the wall thickness of the material from which the upper part of the carton is made, whereby said carton parts may be telescoped with the lower part entering the upper part, and whereby the rear open edge of the upper part of the carton, while being held by said arm, rests on the top of said liner pending closing of the press box and filling the same, and d. means responsive to lowering the platen, with the press open, to eject the wrapped bale by tilting the bale about its lower front edge.

Claim 5

In a fiber baling press wherein the fiber is baled in a two-part wrapping carbon such as a kraft board box, and embodying a press box and a platen movable into and out of the press box, the improvement comprising: a. means on the platen temporarily to secure thereto the lower part of the carton whereby it may be carried by the platen downwardly into a fiber charging box located beneath the press box, said means comprising front and rear sets of grippers pivotally mounted on the platen whereby as the platen lowers into the fiber charging box beneath the press box the upper ends of the grippers move toward each other, thereby squeezing between them the lower part of the wrapping carton resting on the platen, b. means adjacent the top of the press box temporarily to secure therein the upper part of the carton in position to mate with the up-moving lower part with the fibers to be baled being moved upwardly by the platen, said means comprising:

Claim 6

In a fiber baling press wherein the fiber is baled in a two-part wrapping carbon such as a kraft board box, and embodying a press box and a platen movable into and out of the press box, the improvement comprising: a. means on the platen temporarily to secure thereto the lower part of the carton whereby it may be carried by the platen downwardly into a fiber charging box located beneath the press box, said means comprising front and rear sets of grippers pivotally mounted on the platen whereby as the platen lowers into the fiber charging box beneath the press box the upper ends of the grippers move toward each other, thereby squeezing between them the lower part of the wrapping carton resting on the platen, b. means adjacent the top of the press box temporarily to secure therein the upper part of the carton in position to mate with the up-moving lower part with the fibers to be baled being moved upwardly by the platen, said means comprising:

Claim 7

In apparatus for baling fibers in which the same is to be enclosed in a two part, kraft boardlike carton and embodying a press box and a platen carried by a ram movable from packing to fiber receiving positions, the improvement comprising: a. control means for the ram effective when energized to cause the ram to move on its packing stroke, b. other control means effective when energized to cause the ram and hence the platen to move partially to retracted position after having compressed a bale of said fiber, c. other control means effective to cause said ram to stop with the platen carried thereby in a position for placing thereon one half of said two part carton, d. other control means effective to cause the ram to move to fully retracted position from the position set forth in (c) above upon placing said one-half of the carton on the platen, e. a dog having a portion removably projecting into the press box and located to be engaged by and shifted upon placement of the said one-half of the carton, whereby, upon so placing said one-half of the carton, the control means recited in (d) above cause the ram and platen to move toward fully retracted position with the carton half on the platen, f. grippers mounted on the platen Disposed upon movement of the platen from carton receiving position toward fully retracted position to grip the carton half and thereby secure it to the platen during retraction of the platen, and g. means responsive to lowering the platen, with the press open, to eject the wrapped bale by tilting the bale about its lower front edge.

Claim 8

In apparatus for baling fibers in which the same is to be enclosed in a two part, kraft boardlike carton and embodying a press box and a platen carried by a ram movable from packing to fiber receiving positions, the improvement comprising: a. control means for the ram effective when energized to cause the ram to move on its packing stroke, b. other control means effective when energized to cause the ram and hence the platen to move partially to retracted position after having compressed a bale of said fiber, c. other control means effective to cause said ram to stop with the platen carried thereby in a position for placing thereon one half of said two part carton, d. other control means effective to cause the ram to move to fully retracted position from the position set forth in (c) above upon placing said one-half of the carton on the platen, e. a dog having a portion removably projecting into the press box and located to be engaged by and shifted upon placement of the said one-half of the carton, whereby, upon so placing said one-half of the carton, the control means recited in (d) above cause the ram and platen to move toward fully retracted position with the carton half on the platen, f. grippers mounted on the platen Disposed upon movement of the platen from carton receiving position toward fully retracted position to grip the carton half and thereby secure it to the platen during retraction of the platen, and g. means responsive to lowering the platen, with the press open, to eject the wrapped bale by tilting the bale about its lower front edge.