IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR PRESSING HAY, STRAW, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 27th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
ATCICIES.
I, JAMES SMETHURST WARBURTON Agricultural Engineer, Great Shaw Street
Ironworks, Preston, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR PRESSING HAY, STRAW, AND
OTHER ARTICLES" to be as follows:-
By adopting a Second, or False Bottom; which by means of Rollers, or Pullies,
fitted on the top of the fixed bottom, or on the edges, or under, the False Bottom can
be easily drawn out of the Press to be loaded or unloaded with the Articles required
to be pressed; and then slided back to its proper place in the Press.
The presses for this purpose, to have projections, or projecting bottoms, fitted or
fixed to them for the purpose of holding the False Bottom when drawn out of the
Press for loading or unloading.
J. S. WARBURTON.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Presses for Pressing Hay, Straw, and other
Articles.
I, JAMES SMETHURST WARBURTON of Great Shaw Street Ironworks, Preston in the
County of Lancaster Agricultural Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR PRESSING HAY, STRAW AND OTHER
ARTICLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for compressing
Hay, Straw, and other bulky articles, to reduce their bulk and thereby facilitate the
transit of the same.
I adopt a second or false bottom which by means of rollers or pullies fitted on the
top of the ordinary fixed bottom, or by having the said rollers or pullies fitted on
the bottom and ends or edges of the said false bottom, can be easily drawn out of the
press, for the purpose of being loaded with the articles required to be compressed, or
for unloading the said articles, and when loaded the falso bottom can be easily slided
back to its place on the fixed or ordinary bottom of the press. The press for this
purpose must have projections or a projecting bottom, fitted or fixed to the ordinary
bottom, for the purpose of holding the second or false bottom when the same is drawin
out of the press for the purpose of loading or unloading.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of
the press bottom showing the position of the second or false bottom a, with the bottom
rollers or pullies fixed underneath, and the side rollers or pullies e fixed at the ends
or edges of the said false bottom. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the press bottom,
showing the projections, or projecting bottom d on which the second or false bottom is
slided when drawn out of the press. Fig. 3 is a plan of the second or false bottom.
showing the positions of the rollers or pullies fixed underneath, and the rollers or
pullies fixed at the ends or edges of the said false bottom. Fig. 4 is a plan of the
press bottom and projections or projecting bottom, showing the position of the second
or false bottom when drawn out of the press and resting on the projections or
projecting bottom d for the purpose of loading or unloading the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The adoption of a second or false bottom to presses, and the arrangement of rollers
or pullies fixed under, and at ends or edges of the same, so as to enable the said
second or false bottom to be easily drawn out of the press on the projections or
projecting bottom constructed and operating substantially as described and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
J. S. WARBURTON,