Improvements in Straw, Hay, or other Produce Presses.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1898
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Improvements in Straw, Hay, or other Produce Presses.
I, JOHN WEBSTER, of 91, Oxton Road, Birkenhead, in the County of Chester,
Corn and Provender Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for pressing or baling straw in its full length
as it leaves the threshing machine, and has for its object a machine wherein the
cperation of pressing the loose material into bales, and delivering the bales from
the machine can be performed. The invention is also applicable for compressing
or baling hay or other materials beside straw. The invention is designed to pro-
duce a machine which can be made comparatively cheap and be sold at a reason-
able price, thus bringing it within the reach of small farmers and others, to whom
an expensive machine is out of the question.
In carrying my invention into effect, as applied to straw baling, I provide a box
or baling chamber which receives the loose straw as it is discharged from the
delivery end of the threshing machine or otherwise. This baling chamber is of
rectangular shape and of sufficient length to receive the straw lengthways, with-
out breaking it, and is hinged at one or both ends, or at the sides. I provide also
a plunger or ram adapted to enter the top of the baling chamber, and which is
operated by a hand lever and connecting rod. It is guided in any suitable manner
so as to travel in a straight line and enter the baling chamber. When not being
used it is raised clear the baling chamber to allow of the straw being fed from the
delivery end of the threshing machine into the chamber. The baling chamber
may be made in skeleton form so as to make it as light as possible, and also to
facilitate the operator getting at the compressed bale to tie it round with ties
before the pressure is removed.
The mode of action is as follows:-
The loose straw is fed into the baling chamber, the straw being fed thereinto
either automatically or by hand, so as to lie longitudinally therein, and in that
position is compressed into its full length when the ram is pressed down on the
straw by the lever; the ram thus forces the straw in the chamber and compresses
it. This operation is repeated, loose straw being fed in, in front of the ram the for-
ward travel of which forces'the straw into the chamber, compressing it into one solid
mass. Previous however to inserting the loose straw into the chamber, ties may
be inserted passing from side to side of or round the straw while in the chamber.
and when the compression is completed, the compressed straw is bound by means
of ties into bales, the openings in the sides, ends or bottom of the chamber
facilitating the tying being effected. The hinged end or side of the baling cham-
ber can then be opened and the bale finally delivered therefrom in a finished con-
dition and ready for delivery. A spring or other device is provided to auto-
The apparatus
matically raise the lever after the straw has been compressed.
may be mounted on wheels to facilitate its transport if desired.
The invention as applied to hay or other produce presses will be similar. The

page_text: apparatus can be made to stand on any platform weighing machine made fast by
clamps, so that the straw or other material is weighted as it is baled, and each
bale made of a uniform weight.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Straw, Hay, or other Produce Presses.
I, JOHN WEBSTER, of 91, Oxton Road, Birkenhead, in the County of Chester,
Corn and Provender Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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 apparatus for pressing or baling hay, straw or the like
in its full lengths as it leaves the thrashing machine or other conveyer.
The invention has for its object a machine wherein the operation of pressing
loose material into bales and delivering the bales from the machine can be quickly
and easily, performed, and at a reasonable price, thus bringing it within the
reach of small farmers and others to whom an expensive machine is out of the
question.
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The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my machine,
Fig. 2 end elevation.
Fig. 3 section of the chamber, and
Fig. 4 an elevation of the conveyer delivering the straw into two of those
machines consecutively.
B is
Referring first to Figs 1, 2, & 3, A is a chamber formed of stout planks or other
like material. The sides are capable of being opened and closed by means of
hinges, bolts, and the like. When closed it forms a rectangular chamber.
a piston capable of sliding loosely in this chamber. It is provided with grooves
through which the baling wires or bands can be passed while the hay is under
compression. C is a bracket attached to this piston swivelling on a centre Don
a long arm E itself swivelling on a centre F. This arm is provided with a
weight G sufficient to slightly counterbalance both the piston B and the long arm
of E. His a band, string, or wire, which is placed in position before the hay is
applied. When the final compression has been effected, one end is passed through
a groove in B and tied to the other end. Several of these bands hold the bale
tight. I is a standard and J a screw working therein for putting extra pressure
on the arm E when in position for pressing as shown in dotted lines. Referring
now to Fig. 4, A. A are two chambers, K is a board hinged to chamber A' at L.
M is a flat frame-work held stationary by means of a link N and bracket ().
P is another frame-work linked to frame-work M and Q a small additional frame-
work hinged to P. R is a counterbalanced weight.
The mode of operation is as follows:-
The chamber A' is being filled by means of hay passed down the slide M, P, Q, K.
When it is sufficiently filled, the frame K is placed in the position shown in
dotted lines, and P & Q lowered into the position also shown in dotted lines.
The chamber A is now filled. The two chambers being filled their levers E are
successively lowered into the positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or still
lower, being pulled down by the rope S which can be attached if desired to a
windlass. Finally extra pressure can be put on the beam by the screw J. The
hay is now preferably tied and the arm E raised. Further hay or straw can

page_text: now be filled in, and the same operation repeated, and this goes on until a good
hard bale nearly fills the chamber when the side is taken down and the bale
removed. The side is now replaced, the arm E raised out of the way of the
delivering apparatus and the delivering apparatus can be again put in action.
In the meantime the delivering apparatus has filled the second chamber
and a similar action takes place there. The whole apparatus can be mounted on
wheels to facilitate its transport if desired, and it is obvious that when worked it
is preferable to firmly fix both the press and the windlass used securely to the
ground. The material can be weighed if desired as it is baled by means of a
platform weighing machine on which the material is placed and not shown in
the drawings. I make no claim however for using a platform weighing machine
as there are weighing machines already in the market for this purpose. It is
advantageous however to use them, as by this means each bale can be made to a
definite weight. At one end of the ram I place pedestal T which when the arm
is pressed down strongly comes against the arm and thus has a tendency to keep
the lid B parallel with the frame E, it being found in practice that without this
the material stands in the chamber under pressure with the top at a considerable
angle to the bottom. In some instances I may have an abutment similar to T
capable of being inserted at the other end of the press. This abutment if desir-
able can be made telescopic or with a screw so that it can be screwed up tight.
The press B is preferably armed with deep battens or boards having narrow inter-
stices between them for the more easy passage of the tying device through them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
1. The combination with a straw, hay, or the like baling press chamber of a
long counterpoised lever carrying the ram pivotally arranged thereon, a rope or
other line attached to the end of the arm, whereby the arm can be pulled down
by hand or by winch or other power, and mechanism for putting an extra strain
on the lever while in position, substantially as herein described.
2. The straw, hay, or other produce press, taken as a whole, substantially as
described and illustrated.
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