THE TRIUMPH 



Steam Cotton Band Puller and Buckler. 



A NEW AND IMPORTANT INVENTION TO 

 FACILITATE COMPRESSING COTTON. 



This great invention consista of two parts, which are found to be abso- 

 lutely requisite to the successful banding of cotton by steam. 



The first is the engine or machine by which the steam is applied for 

 drawing the bauds taut to the bale ; the second is the buckle by means of 

 which the bauds are held without slip, down to the exact point at which 

 they are drawn ; thus by both the engine and the buckle, to whatever size 

 a bale of cotton is compressed, that compression is saved by the bands be- 

 ing drawn so as to hold it. 



This is exactly what this engine and buckle does ; what it was intended 

 to do, and what in fact it accomplishes — it is precisely the same object and 

 purpose for which a compress is used. But without this invention the com- 

 press itself looses one-third of its work, for the bale expands to from one- 

 third to one-half its compressed size. So that this engine and buckle are 

 eminently requisite to the compress, provided it be easy of adjustment, 

 swift in its work, and economical in its use. And these three essential 

 points are thoroughly covered by this invention. 



The engine or machine can be easily put up to any style or sizeof com- 

 press, and at a price which its use for a very brief time would repay : it is 

 simple, plain and without the least complication, so that the ordinary la- 

 borers required to do compressing can easily handle it. 



Its power is derived from a cylinder, supplied by steam from the boilers 

 of the compress ; its pistons and levers by easy and graceful motions, move 

 two beams up and down, by alternate motion ; on the one beam is placed 

 the band, and the other the buckle. " Fingers " are made and so cou- 

 tructed as to hold the buckle freely and securely and with ample room for 

 their proper movement, and with absolute security. The buckle is placed 

 in position, the band passed around the bale, through the buckle and into 

 the grip attached to the upper beam, steam is applied, the beam holding the 

 end of this band moves swiftly up, drawing the bands taut to the bale, the 

 beam holding the buckles moves by equal motion down to the center of the 

 bale ; the band at its end is loosened, the buckles revolve and the bands 

 are held taut on the bale at the point of the lowest compression of the 

 bale. 



Thus this invention is not only a " band puller " but a buckler and per- 

 forms its work thoroughly, turning out from 60 to 80 bales per hour and 

 making a perfect bale. 



THE BUCKLE. — The buckle is simply perfect; it is cheap and strong, 

 and can be furnished on the order of a day by the million. The old hands 

 are used as tliey come off the lales, and nothing is lost. 



The inventor is the Rev. F. M. Logue, of Vicksburg, Miss., aided and as- 

 sisted thoroughly by Judge Harris of the same city ; it is the consummation 

 of six years of hard study and expense, and during that time the whole 

 subject and every branch of the art in all its details have been thoroughly 

 considered, tried and explored on this invention, in the accomplishment of 

 the object. It has required great courage, patience and fortitude in its 

 achievements. The owners of the invention, are F. M. Logue, J. W. M. 

 Harris, John A. Klein and Gen. N. H. Harris. Mr. Lewis Johnson, of New 

 Orleans, is the skillful builder of this machine, to whose genius the inven» 

 tor and owners are justly indebted. 

 New Orleans, May 1, 1878. 



