An Improved Machine or Apparatus for Compressing Hay, Wool, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine or Apparatus for Compressing Hay, Wool,
and the like.
I, GUSTAV SCHULZ, of 22, Lüneburgerstrasse, Magdeburg-Neustadt, in the.
German Empire, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved machine or apparatus for pressing hay,
clover, wool, horsehair, and like substances into bundles or cubes ready for
securing or binding into bales, the essential features of the invention being the
various ways employed by which the said material is fed into the press.
In order to make my invention understood I have appended two sheets of
drawings, of which,
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is a side elevation of my said invention partly in section,
Fig. 2 being a plan of same.
Fig. 3 is a section taken upon the line A B of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of a cam device for lifting the rod of the feeding rake,
and hereinafter explained.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bracket forming the bearing for the lower end
of the said rake rod.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken upon the line C D Fig. 2.
Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Sheet 2 are diagrams illustrating alternative methods
of actuating the feeding device of the machine.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, my invention consists of a metallic
frame A, composed of four longitudinal shaped sections A¹, connected together
by suitably disposed brace pieces B, shewn more clearly in the sectional view
Fig. 3. Upon the back end of the said frame is mounted a transverse shaft C,
receiving motion from any suitable available power by the means of a pulley D,
the said shaft having mounted thereon a pair of toothed wheels E and E¹, which
convey motion to a pair of larger toothed wheels F and F¹, mounted upon free
studs G and G¹.
The said wheels F F¹ are connected by a pin H which serves as a crank for
a connecting rod J, the opposite end of which said rod is pivotally connected
at a point a to a solid or hollow block K (hereinafter referred to as the press
block) mounted upon wheels b, and adapted to run to and fro longitudinally
within the frame A.
The frame A carries a frame L, having a central vertical passage occupied
by a double flanged hollow reel M, the upper end of which chas formed upon
one portion of its circumference a suitable number of teeth d, which gear with
a toothed segment e, fulcrummed at a point f (Fig. 2) the free end f¹ of the arm
of the said sector having pivotally connected thereto one end of a rod N, herein-
after referred to. The reel M has passing therethrough a vertical rod O, the lower
end of which is supported upon a spring P in a hollow step P¹ (shewn detached
at Fig. 5) while its upper end supports the handle R of a rake R¹. The said

page_text: rod has a slot through which, and the upper end of the reel M, passes a
pin g, which provides, that while the rod O must oscillate by and in unison
with the reel 1, the said rod is free to slide vertically in M by the means of a
tappet 01 on G¹ engaged beneath a rim 02 on the said rod O.
The frame A carries a pair of brackets h h which form bearings for a trans-
verse rod S, upon the centre of which is mounted and fixed an arm or arms S¹,
the back end of which is pivotally connected by a link with the back end of
the press block K, while its front end, carries a rammer T immediately over a
hollow chamber V, formed in the back end of the frame A.
The end of the
rod S, seen in Fig. 1, has mounted thereon a crank k, to which is pivotally
connected the free end of the rod N previously referred to, and the manner of
operation is as follows.
Motion being imparted to the wheels F and F¹ and their studs G
and G in the direction of the arrow Fig. 1, a to and fro motion
would be imparted to
the press
block K through the rod J, and
such movements of K, when from left to right of Fig. 1, would,
through the link j, raise the arm S¹ and the rammer T into the position shewn
by dotted outline in the same figure and such raising of S¹ would impart a pull
upon the rod N, and this by operating the segment e would impart a rotary
motion to the reel M and the rod O therein through the toothed surface c, thus
causing the rake R¹ to recede from the frame A, and at the moment at which
such rotary motion was imparted to O a rising motion would also be imparted
thereto by reason of the tappet O engaging beneath the rim 02 of O during
the rotation of the stud G¹, and while the rake R' remains so raised the hay, wool,
or other material to be pressed would be fed to, and deposited (by mechanical or
manual means) upon a table W, fixed upon the frame A, level with the top of
the press chamber V. The return motion of K, consequent upon the continued
rotation of G¹, would cause the return motion of the rake R¹ and rammer T,
and the former, when released from the passing tappet 01, would return to its
original position, such fall being rendered noiseless by the spring P, and such
double motion of R¹ would operate to rake the material deposited upon Winto
the press chamber V, which would be pressed down therein by the fall of the
rammer T, while the next following motion of the press block K would operate
to press the said material between itself and the .blocked end of the frame A,
and this would continue until sufficient material had been raked into the
chamber V, and pressed as stated by T and K, to form a bale, when such bale
may be bound in the usual way and removed.
It is preferable that the rake R¹ should rise during its outward movement,
so as to avoid raking in the wrong direction any material left lying upon the
table W, and it is preferable that the outward and upward movements of the
rake R should be coincidental with the rise of the rammer T, but it may be
arranged to operate contrary wise if desired, or as the nature of the material
may demand. In Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 I illustrate a like number of ways
in which the same ends may be attained.
Referring to Fig. 7. In this arrangement the rise and fall of the rod O is
effected by the means of a foot or step m, upon the bottom of a rod m¹, the
upper end of which said rod is connected to a slotted projection m2 upon the
back end of the arm S¹, the said rod O in this case being raised simultaneously
with the fall of T, while the previously explained oscillatory motion of the
rod O is brought about by a bevel wheel N, mounted upon 0, gearing with a
like wheel mounted upon a fixed sleeve on 0, the spindle of n¹ having an
arm operated by a link n³ connected to a disc upon the shaft G¹.
Fig. 8 illustrates an arrangement like unto Fig. 7, the difference being, that
in this case the arm n² is operated by the link n³ arranged to be connected to
the press block K.
Fig. 9 illustrates an arrangement similar to Fig. 8, but in this device the
foot m,
link m', and slotted projection m², are dispensed with, the rising of

page_text: the rod O being effected by the tappet 0¹, rim 03, spring P, and step P¹ as
in Fig. 1.
In Fig. 10 I illustrate a further modification in which the oscillatory move-
ments of the rod O is brought about by the means of the before mentioned
bevel wheels n n¹, the latter being actuated by means of its arm n², connected
by the link n³ with the back end of the rammer arm S¹, the rise and fall of
the rake R¹ being effected by mounting the arm R upon a rod p adapted to
slide vertically in O, the said rise and fall of p being attained by the means
of a toothed surface on p gearing with a toothed wheel r, to the spindle of
which is connected one end of an arm s having its opposite end connected by
a link t to the press block K, the sliding movement of K imparting oscillatory
motion to the wheel r and vertical movement to the rod p.
A like arrangement obtains with the device shewn in Fig. 11, the only
difference being that the mitre wheels n and n¹ are operated by their arm and
link n and n receiving motion from the shaft G¹.
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:-
1st. The improved machine or apparatus for compressing hay, clover, wool,
and like compressible substances, and the several modifications of arranging
the feeding mechanism of same, substantially as herein described and shewn.
2nd. The improved compressing machine consisting of the combination of a
frame A, carrying a motor driven shaft C, imparting motion to wheels F F
and their studs G and G¹, the said wheels through a rod J imparting motion
to a press block K, the said press block by means of a link operating an
arm S and rammer T, the said arm by means of a link N and toothed seg-
ments cand e imparting oscillatory rotary motion to a vertical rod 0, the
vertical movements of the same being effected by the means of a tappet 0¹
mounted upon the said stud G¹, and engaging with a rim 02 on 0, substantially
as herein set forth and shewn by Figs. 1 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The machine or apparatus characterized by the preceding claim in which
the vertical shaft O receives vertical motion by the means of a foot m, actuated
by the arm S, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, or by the tappet G¹ as in Fig. 9,
the said rod O receiving oscillatory rotary motion by the means of bevel
wheels n and n¹, operated by an arm n² and link n³ actuated by and from the
stud G as in Fig. 7, or by and from the press block K as in Fig. 8 and 9,
substantially as set forth and shewn.
4th. The machine or apparatus characterized by Claim 2, in which the ver-
tical shaft receives oscillatory rotary motion by the means of bevel wheels n
and n', operated by an arm n² and link 3 actuated by and from the arm S of
the rammer T as in Fig. 10, or by and from the shaft G¹ as in Fig. 11, the said
rake R receiving vertical motion by the means of a toothed rod p sliding in 0,
and actuated by an arm s and link operated by and from the press blocks K
substantially as in Figs. 10 and 11 and for the purposes stated.
Dated this 10th
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.