Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved bailing-press.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Atkinson, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling-presses to prevent the inward-drawing or centripetal movement of the fiber in a press of the roller type (lines 96-97) by “disposed intermediate of the rollers and within the plane of the baling-cylinder for opposing resistance to the inward movement of the fiber and overcoming to a greater or less extent the tendency of the upper layer of cotton to form waves or billows in advance of the rollers.” (Page 1, lines 101-102, page 2, lines 1-6.) Illustration is included.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Atkinson, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History