Improvements in Baling Presses.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
[Communicated from abroad by CHRISTIAN LARSEN HOVDEN, of Lyngdal, in the
Kingdom of Norway, Farmer.]
Improvements in Baling Presses.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake and Co., Patent Agents
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 baling presses and consists partly in mechanism of
simple construction for driving the press-board down in the casing or receptacle, in
which the material to be compressed is placed, and partly in the construction of the
said receptacle in such manner as to allow of the easy transport of the press.
While I prefer to make use of the details of construction shown in the drawings
and hereinafter described, my invention is not limited to such details but may be
carried out in other ways.
The press may for instance be constructed as shown in the accompanying
drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the press, and
Figure 2 a side view of the same, the end boards being removed and the pressed
bale being shown ready for removal, and a modified form of the press lever being
shown in dotted lines.
The press is preferably composed of six boards or wooden plates, A, B, B¹, F, H, H¹
and a pressplate. To the bottom plate A is fastened side boards or plates B B₁ inside
of lists C C by aid of hooks or projections D inserted in ears E. The hind wall F
which may be of the same height as the side plates may be suitably fastened to the
latter in the way shown in the drawings, it being however obvious that the wedges G
if desired may be replaced by bolts or other solid fastenings. The front wall of the
press is preferably made of two plates H and H¹, in order that the filling of most
part of the hay may be effected with only the lower plate in place, this
facilitating the work. The plates H H¹ are fastened in a similar way as the rear
wall. The upper edge of the front and rear plates may be fastened by aid of hooks
as shown in Figure 1.
The pressplate I is provided with cross bars I¹ I¹ furnished with semicircular
grooves serving as bearings for a shaft K of wood or suitable material. This shaft
lies loose in its bearings and its ends project through the slots L provided in the
side plates of the press. When the press which may be of wood or suitable material
is filled with hay or other material to be compressed the press plate and shaft are
placed above the hay the rope (or a chain) M, in the ends of which are fastened
hand spikes N N', laid under the bottom-plate of the press and a spike is laid on
each projecting end of the shaft, and the spikes are turned round the shaft by two
labourers, one on each side of the press. The rope is coiled up, the shaft itself
partaking in the revolution. The press plate may be provided with a pawl engaging
a ratchet fastened to the shaft, for the purpose of preventing the shaft from turning
back. The arrangement of the double spikes is a very convenient method for
managing the press. A crank inserted on a square on the shaft will however

page_text: answer the same purpose. To provide a more suitable gearing a tally or sheave may
be used which can be fastened to the sides of the press, and instead of one rope
connecting the two hand spikes one rope on each side is used, fastened to suitably
arranged hooks.
When the hay is pressed sufficiently together, the rear wall F and the two front
plates H H¹ are taken away, and the bale is secured with wire ropes the inner sides
of the bottom-plate and the pressboard being provided with grooves P for threading
the wire. This done, the pressboard is loosened and the bale taken away. The
sides of the press may if desired be placed in an inclined position, as shown in
Figure 2.
It is not necessary that the equal power is applied to both ends of the shaft, it
being therefore sufficient that when one of the spikes is handled by a grown man, the
other may be held by a boy, it being sufficient that the latter only takes care to turn
the spike so that the rope does not slip. To procure an easier rotation of the shaft
roller bearings may be provided.
If desired the press mechanism shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 may be used,
each side of the press case being provided with a shaft R journalled in a bracket T
and provided with a crank S. In this case instead of the rope being stretched under
the bottom of the case the ends of the ropes may be attached respectively to the ends
of a cross bar V placed across the press plate. This construction is not so simple or
solid as that shown in Figure 1, only the bottom and the press plate being in the
latter construction exposed to any considerable pressure, the sides and the connection
between the edges and the bottom being only exposed to the horizontal pressure
caused by the compression of the bay.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. In a baling press the combination with a suitable box or receptacle and a press-
board movable within the same, of a shaft and a rope, band or chain one of which
parts is mounted on or connected with the pressboard and the other with the
receptacle, and means for winding the rope, band or chain on the said shaft, so that
the press board is driven down into the receptacle.
2. The arrangement in a baling press of the kind described of a shaft resting on
the pressboard and projecting through vertical slots in the side walls of a receptacle
in combination with a rope band or chain, to the ends of which are fixed levers or
handspikes, by means of which the rope band or chain is wound on the shaft, said
rope band or chain forming a bight that engages under the receptacle.
3. The modification in which two separate ropes bands or chains are used,
each running through a tally or a sheave on each side of the receptacle.
4. In a baling press of the kind described a receptacle for the materials to be
compressed, said receptacles being composed of boards of which the front and back
ones (F, H) may be taken away when the bale is ready, while the sideboards (B, B¹)
are provided with hinges.
5. The baling press substantially as shown and described.
Con was
TOY CLIT 30.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.