An Improved or Combined Apparatus or Means for Weighing Automatically or otherwise Hay, Straw, Wool, and other kinds of Material or Growth, and in Compressing the same by either Manual or other Suitable Power.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left. 5th Sept.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Oct., 1888
An Improved or Combined Apparatus or Means for Weighing
Automatically or otherwise Hay, Straw, Wool, and other kinds
of Material or Growth, and in Compressing the same by either
Manual or other Suitable Power.
I WILLIAM WARNES of White House Farm in the village of Mintlynn and town of
Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Farmer and General Merchant do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows
This Invention has for its object an Improved or combined means or method for
weighing automatically or otherwise Hay Straw, Wool, Cotton, Rags or any other
kind of material or growth in the first instance and without removal immediately take
and compress the same by suitable mechanical means worked either by Manual, Steam
or other suitable power.
I provide in the first instance a suitable base formed of angle or T iron or
steel of about say from 8 to 10 feet in length and about 3 to 5 feet in width
and mounted by preference on wheels for portability, having an upright frame of
Iron or Steel likewise provided as part of the base or frame at or about right
angles to the same, upon the front or upper portion of the said base or frame and
of a certain part thereof I form and intend the same to act as the Bed plate of
the weighing Machine apparatus and so connected to the necessary levers and
connections as ordinarily in use to accurate guage and give the weight of what-
ever may be placed thereon as may be arranged. I then propose and purpose
instantly this is given and noted, by means of a suitable lever and clutch or other
arrangements to put the weighing levers and connections out of gear action and
fix the said Bed plate firmly in position ready for the goods or articles to be
operated upon and become compressed in manner as may be desired. I give three
clear openings for the men to get close and handy to the work, and the attendant
required to check the amount of work would be at the back of the upright frame from
where the Index or weight would be given and likewise able to work the mechanical
apparatus I may apply to compress the goods or articles.

page_text: I may propose for the purpose of compressing materials referred to that for Manual
Labour a hand wheel working in Bushes on or in the upright frame and having a
shaft from its centre to which a worm wheel is fitted and caused to rotate and gear
into a pinion or toothed wheel and working from the centre thereof is another shaft
vertically placed and geared in its length and so disposed as to be acted upon in an
upward or downward direction by means of each revolution of the main or hand wheel
working the worm and pinion, but I may otherwise adopt and provide any other
ordinary or suitable mechanical means to give a steady downward compression and
quick release when this is effected to the bearing surface secured to the said vertical
shaft.
In cases where the straw Hay or other material is packed loosely onto the bed
frame I provide for and insert upright rods or bars around the same to keep same in
position when being compressed and provide say 5 self acting plugs or catches for
holding the metallic bands or string ready and in position to bind all together when
the operation of compression is fully effected.
By the combined apparatus I propose of weighing and compressing goods I am
enabled to supply a very portable machine enabling it to be taken easily to the
material to be treated.
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page_text: An Improved or Combined Apparatus or Means for Weighing
Automatically or otherwise Hay, Straw, Wool, and other kinds
of Material or Growth, and in Compressing the same by either
Manual or other Suitable Power.
I WILLIAM WARNES of White House Farm in the Village of Mintlynn and Town of
Kings Lynn Norfolk Farmer and General 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved or combined apparatus or means for weighing
automatically or otherwise, hay, straw, wool cotton rags or other material and com-
pressing the same subsequently without removal by hand or other power and has for
its object to provide a portable apparatus by means of which the material under
treatment can be rapidly weighed, compressed and formed into bales having exactly
the same weight and size if required. My improved apparatus consists essentially of
a base formed of angle or † iron or steel which is mounted upon wheels for
portability, and carries an upright frame of iron or steel forming the back and top of
the press. The latter is thus open on three sides when used for hay, but for loose
material the same may be provided with two removable sheet iron sides. Upon the
short sides of the base I arrange a platten designed to form the bed plate or platform
of the steelyard or weighing machine whose mechanism is placed between these two
plates and is constructed in a somewhat similar manner to a steelyard or weighing
machine.
This steelyard or weighing machine when in gear indicates on the lever projecting
on the back of the machine the accurate weight of the material pressed on the said bed
plate, after which it is thrown out of gear, the latter plate resting now upon the T
uprights arranged on the base of the apparatus. The screw passing through the top
of this apparatus and actuated at its upper end by suitable gearing as hereinafter
more fully set forth, carries a platten at its lower extremity, which is now lowered by
turning the hand wheel, pulley cord or chain until it reaches the material weighed
and compresses the same in the form of a bale which is tied round by means of cords
conveniently arranged.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood I have shewn the same
in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1. is a perspective view of my improved
combined hay press and weighing machine. Fig. 2. is an underside view of the
platform or bed plate. Fig. 3. is a plan of the steel yard mechanism in
that
gear
is to say ready for weighing the material. Fig. 4. is a cross section on line A B
of Fig. 3.-B is the base of my improved press mounted on the wheels w, w,
carrying the back A and top T upon which the gear wheels are arranged, S is
the central screw upon whose upper extremity is mounted the bevel wheel D,
having two sets of teeth while its lower extremity is fixed to the platten P by

page_text: means of strong stays s, s. . . . and the collar c. The wheel D gears with either of
two pinions imparting different speeds thereto and mounted on a crank shaft set in
motion by the hand wheel W. A pulley may be used instead of the hand wheel,
should it be desired to use steam-or other mechanical power. Two clutches (only one
of which (the clutch E) is shewn on Fig. 1. of the drawing) are used in order to
arrest the motion of either the pinion or when either the pinion pl or p
is in gear
at the time. By using the inner set of teeth of the bevel wheel D the platen P can
be quickly raised or lowered, whilst the last pressure is applied by means of the outer
set of teeth. Tell tale holes t, t1, t2, are formed in the back of the press as shewn,
behind which are placed the reels from which the tie cords are taken, no access being
possible to these cords to bring them forward through the bale, until the platen has
descended sufficiently far to clear these holes, and hence the bales are always com-
pressed to the same size.
The platform P¹ has on its underside four forked supports 11 12 13 by means of
which it bears upon the steel yard yy, when the same is in gear as shewn in fig. 3.
As soon as the material is weighed this steel yard or weighing machine is thrown out
of gear falling under the platform P¹ which now drops upon the steel ribs and
sides R, R, R2, R³.
The weight
usual manner.
at the back of the press indicates the weight of the material in the
The material is first placed upon the platform P' and the steelyard or weighing
machine having been thrown in gear by means of a lever or other suitable mechanism,
the said platform bears upon the latter and the weight of the material is registered as
above described. As soon as the weight, to which the steelyard or weighing machine
is set, is reached the latter drops and the platform now rests upon the T ribs or
sides & R R &c. when by turning the hand wheel the screw is caused to
descend its platten compressing the material and after the tell tale holes have
been cleared as above described the same is tied and formed into a bale ready for
cartage.
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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 improved combined hay press and steelyard or weighing machine arranged
and operated substantially as & for the purpose described and shewn.
2. The combination of a hay press with steel yard or weighing machine substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
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