PRESSING HAY OR HAY PRESSING MACHINE
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 22nd July, 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Sept., 1887
I ELTON SCOTT of 169A High Street, Lincoln, Corn, Hay and Clover Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for PRESSING HAY OR HAY PRESSING
MACHINE to be as follows:-
A Portable Machine with Double Purchase Crane Power.
A chain or racket winding round spindle with upward pressure and gearing for
instantaneous downward release, obtained by slipping the slow purchase cog wheel the
weight of the Hay and the arrangements of the machine immedately releasing itself
after compression.

page_text: Sheet No. 1 shows the machine when set up ready for work.
Sheet No. 2 shows the machine packed up ready for travelling.
Fig. 1 shows an end elevation and :-
Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of the Press when working as arranged in accordance
with my Invention.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts, wherever they occur.
A. is the handle, and is removable when required.
B. is the sliding pinion, and is arranged to slip in and out of gear with both of the
cog-wheels, so as to make a fast and slow speed It is held in position by a fall
arranged to drop into groves cut in the pinion spindle.
C is the cog-wheel keyed on to the spiral drum shaft, and is moved by the Pinion
and wheel D and E. When the Pinion B is working in the wheel E a slow and
powerful motion of the Press is obtained. When the pinion B is working in the
wheel C. a quicker, but less powerful motion is given to the Press.
F is the main triangular bracket on which all the gearing is carried, and is arranged
with sufficient, space to admit of the pinion B sliding in and out of gear with the
wheels and also carries the fall for holding the pinion in position either for fast or
slow speed.
G is the spiral drum keyed on the main shaft on which the chains wind for lifting
the bottom table, when the material is being pressed.

page_text: H is the Frame of the rising table, and is attached to the chain at each end by
means of two cast iron brackets (arranged to carry the table) and has two grooves cut
into it, in which the roller on the sliding table runs, and so forms a guide as well as
facilitating the movement.
J is the sliding table, and is capable of being drawn forward on the bearers P to
receive the Hay or other material. When a sufficient quantity is placed upon it, it is
pushed back into its position under the top table The pinion B is put in gear and it
is then raised by means of the man applying his power to the handle A thus giving
motion to the wheels and drum and so the material is compressed between the top and
rising tables to the required size After the hay or other material has been pressed
and tied up in trusses, or bundles, the pinion B is put out of gear and allows the
table to fall automatically, when it is pulled on to the bearers P and the truss removed,
and so the operation is repeated.
K The main frame upon which all the parts are fixed in their relative positions.
L is the cast iron boss plate which carries the end of the drum shaft.
On the side of the main frame is a chain and hook (as shewn on the drawing)
This serves the purpose of a brake and also holds the rising table in any position
required.
O. being the fixed top table (it is securely attached to the frame) through which
holes are cut to allow the chains to pass to the winding drum.
P is the bearers for the sliding table and they are so made that they can be easily
removed when required for travelling.
Sheet No. 2.
M and N are the travelling wheels and axle which are detachable by means of
wrought iron stanchions and loop sockets; as shewn on the drawings. When the
machine is being placed in position for working it is tipped up and the stanchions
slide out of the loop sockets, and so the wheels become separated from the frame.
R is the shafts for attaching a horse or mule for travelling. These do not require
to be taken off, only when the machine is set up in a low building When the machine
is used in the open air the shafts and wheels can both remain on without interfering
with the working of the machine.
In fixing the wheels and axle in their place for travelling run the wheels against the
frame and place them in the right positions and then the machine frame can be pulled
over on to the axle allowing the stanchions to slide into the sockets. Being self
fastening they require neither bolts nor nuts.
The arrangements of this machine is for hand power but it is also intended to arrange
the machine so that it may be driven with fast and loose pulleys, by horse, steam or
any other power.
It can be made a fixture for permanent purposes when required.
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 said Hay Pressing Machine in its entirety say crane, spindle, chains, upward
pressure, selfrelease, Hook and Chain to act as brake, the position of axle and wheels
and shafts for travelling.
Dated this 12th dow of July 1887