Reducing in Bulk Trusses of Hay.
Year: 1885

page_text: Reducing in Bulk Trusses of Hay.
I, JOSEPH BAMBER, of 3 Lamb Street, Saul Street, Preston in the County of
Lancaster, Hay and Straw Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of said inven-
tion for "NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND
REDUCING IN BULK TRUSSES OF HAY " to be as follows
This Invention relates to machinery or apparatus for compressing trusses of
hay so as to reduce their bulk and thereby facilitate transit.
I employ a platform or bed plate and a cross head arranged at a suitable
distance above the bed plate and connect them together by four pillars preferably
one at each corner. The pillars answer as guides for the press plate which is
suspended from the lower end of a rotating screw working through a nut in the
cross head. The pillars are preferably made of light iron tubing and the platform,
press plate, and cross head principally of T or H iron. Attached to the lower part
of the screw a little above the press plate is a handle having preferably four
elongated arms which project somewhat beyond the sides of the apparatus thereby
enabling two men one on each side to operate the screw. The screw may if desired
be operated from one or both ends of the apparatus by means of a cross shaft and
bevel gearing as will be well understood. Or, two or more screws may be
employed and so arranged as to be rotated simultaneously. The lower side of the
press plate and the upper side of the platform or bed plate are provided with
grooves or channels with raised sides or narrow ribs in which cords are inserted
before the truss or trusses of hay placed one above the other are put in the press.
When the press plate has been brought down the upper and lower cords are tied
together so as to enclose the compressed material. By the above described
arrangement a portable and handy apparatus of simple construction is provided.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1885.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: New or Improved Machinery or Apparatus for Compressing and
Reducing in Bulk Trusses of Hay.
I, JOSEPH BAMBER, of 3 Lamb Street, Saul Street, Preston, in the County of
Lancaster, Hay and Straw Dealer, 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 machinery or apparatus for compressing trusses of hay
so as to reduce their bulk and thereby facilitate transit.
I employ a platform or bed plate and a cross head arranged at a suitable distance
above the bed plate and connect them together by four pillars preferably one at
each corner. The pillars answer also as guides for the press plate which is
suspended from the lower end of a rotating screw working through a nut in the
cross head. The pillars are preferably made of light iron tubing and the platform,
press plate, and cross head principally of T or H iron. Attached to the lower part
of the screw a little above the press plate is a handle having preferably four
elongated arms which project somewhat beyond the sides of the apparatus thereby
enabling two men one on each side to operate the screw. The screw may if desired
be operated from one or both ends of the apparatus by means of a cross shaft and
bevel gearing as will be well understood. Or, two or more screws may be employed
and so arranged as to be rotated simultaneously. The lower side of the press plate
and the upper side of the platform or bed plate are provided with grooves or
channels with raised sides or narrow ribs in which cords are inserted before the
When the
truss or trusses of hay placed one above the other are put in the press.
press plate has been brought down the upper and lower cords are tied together so
as to enclose the compressed material. By the above described arrangement a
portable and handy apparatus of simple construction is provided.
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In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 an end
elevation of my improved press. a is the platform or bed plate; b the cross head;
and oc standards or pillars of iron tubing to which the cross head b is secured by
the screw nuts d d. is the press plate suspended from the lower end of the screw
working through the nut g. h is a handle having four elongated arms as shown.
ii are grooves or channels with raised sides. In practice I prefer to employ only
one cord and to first place it in the bottom grooves before the material is
introduced and after the hay has been pressed down to the required dimensions
one end of the cord is passed through the corresponding upper groove by means of
a forked rod or poker of the kind shewn at Fig. 8 when the two ends of the cord
may be tied together. In order to raise the screw and with it the press plate
more rapidly than is available by means of the handle h I find it convenient to
employ a cord and pulley arrangement (shewn in plan view at Fig. 4) in which a
grooved pulley k, fastened upon the screw for upon the boss part of the handle h
receives a cord or rope held in position by guide pulleys m m and a weight n;
the attendant taking hold of and pulling the cord in the direction required. In
Figs. 1 and 2 the nut g is a fixture, but it may also be mounted so as to be capable

page_text: of rotation and made with a square on its upper side to receive a handle o of extra
length (see Fig. 5) which may be extended beyond the machine so as to be
conveniently adapted for being pulled round by a pony or other animal. The
handle may also, if desired, be a double one extending outwardly on opposite sides
of the apparatus. Under ordinary circumstances, in the case of a rotating nut, the
screw would be stationary as regards rotation, but it will be obvious that the
screw may also be turned round simultaneously (but in the opposite direction to
that of the nut) and thus the lowering of the press plate may be accelerated until
the extra power of the long lever is more immediately required.
My improved press may also be adapted for pressing straw and other similar
material by providing the platform a with hinged wings p p, as shewn in dotted
lines in Fig. 2, so that the material may be prevented from bulging out at the sides.
The wings when up may be held together by a hooked rod as shewn or in any
other convenient manner. In Fig. 1 another arrangement for the same purpose
consists in employing rods q q (shewn in dotted lines) with sharpened points, the
rods depending from each side of the press plate and so forming a kind of cage.
The upper ends of the rods qq may be carried loosely in the press plate e so that
when the points of the rods come in contact with the platform a the downward
movement of the press plate e will not be interfered with; or, the points of the
rods may be caused to enter suitable holes in the platform below.
The improved apparatus may, if desired, be provided with wheels or any suitable
arrangement of carriage to enable it to be conveniently moved from place to place.
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 arrangement of parts constituting the new or improved machinery or
apparatus constructed and operating substantially as described and shewn in the
Drawings for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 20th day of March 1886.
Witness,
YATES W. BOOTH,
Patent Agent, Preston.
JOSEPH BAMBER.