IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING AND BINDING HAY STRAW AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL
Year: 1884

page_text: PHILIP FEWSTER, Merchants place Friar Street Reading, Berks, Corn Hay
and Straw Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING AND BINDING HAY STRAW AND ANY OTHER
MATERIAL to be as follows:-
By means of an upward Screw propelled by a rotary nutt fixed to a Hand wheel
kept in possition between two cheeks fixed on a Table, on the top of the Screw is a
platform notched to fit into a fixed upright which keeps it in possiton as the Screw
goes up or down. On said platform is placed the material to be pressed, an hinged
flap is raised to correspond with said upright.-On the top of fixed upright is a
hinged lid which being brought down meets the flap which then forms an open
sided Box. The loaded platform then being forced up, presses the material to the
required tightness, it is then hand bound by Twine of any description, which Twine
is suplied from rollers placed in possition beneath the Tablo.-Previous to loading
the platform, the twine is hitched on to the shutting part of the lid and is
therefore brought down with it, thereby almost encircling the bundle and then has
only to be tied by the hands.—This description of binding applies to both ends of
the material to be so bound.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I PHILIP FEWSTER Merchants Place Friar Street Reading Berks Corn Hay and
Straw Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING AND BINDING HAY STRAW AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
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I provido a table fitted with an upper framework the top and front portions of
which are hinged-The inner corners of the framework and platform may have
shaping pieces of any size inserted, on the upper side of the table-I have a platform
moving and down the said framework and which I make of such a shape that
the upright portions of the framework act as guides to it. The platform is firmly
fixed in a suitable manner to a screw shaft of a single double or other thread
fitting into a corresponding screw nut and which nub is made with a V shaped
groove to take a correspondingly shaped projection on the inner part of a bevelled
cog wheel placed horizontally in the lower part of the machine beneath the table
and which gears with a bevelled cog pinion wheel acted on in an ordinary manner
by a spindle and handle in front of the machine.
The screw nut is made slightly deeper than the bevelled cog wheel to which it
is fixed and is placed in a recessed bed but which forms a bearing to work in.
The Hay or Straw is placed on the platform and the front portion of the
framework closed and the top portion brought down and fastened in any suitable
manner the platform with Hay or straw is then raised by turning the handle
working on the bevelled wheels and causing the screw nut to revolve with the
bovelled cog wheel E and forcing the scrow shaft and platform upwards till the
Hay or straw is sufficiently pressed against the top front and back parts of
the framework and which is then bound by means of the twine of any description
provided on the reels fixed on the underpart of tho machine on either side (before
loading the platform the twine is hitched on to the top portion of the framework
being thus brought down with it in readiness for tying) the top and front portion
of the framework is then unfastened and the hay or straw taken out.
I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings the same..letters
referring to identical parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus in readiness to receive the Hay
straw or other material.
Figure 2 is a prospective view of the apparatus shewing the hay raised and
pressed ready for tying.
Figure 3 is a detailed drawing shews the gearing of the cogwheels.
Figure 4. is section of the screw shaft screw nut and its bearing.
In figure 1 A is the table B. B¹² B' being the back front and top portions
respectively of the framework C is the moveable platform for holding the hay or
straw E is the bevelled cogwheel in which is placed the screw nut e being the
pinion cogwheel and the spindle and handle ġ shewing the shaping pieces and
MM the reels of twine.
In figure 2 D is the screw shaft the other parts being marked as in figure 1,

page_text: In figure 3 D is the screw Shaft E. e the bevelled cogwheels & the screw nut
the bed forming a bearing at d f the spindle.
In figure 4 D is the screw shaft & the screw nut the bed forming a bearing
at dr.
· 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
1. The novel construction and arrangement of a pressing and binding apparatus
formed by a rising platform actuated by a threaded screw nut revolving
horizontally with a bevelled cog wheel to which rotary motion is given by a
pinion wheel and lever handle substantially as described and shewn in the
_accompanying drawings.
2. The novel arrangement for providing twine conveniently for binding the
substance substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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