Improvements in Hay Balers.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hay Balers.
I WILLIAM MORGAN, Ramoyle, Dunblane Perthshire, Scotland, Grazier do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It relates to improvements in compressing hay into bales thereby simplifying the
machinery for so doing; and consists of two metal bars, one at each end of the
press, perforated with holes set equidistant along their lengths, into which holes
the ends of two levers are made to be inserted, so that by manipulating the said
levers the movable bottom of the press, to which the bars are fixed, is made to slide
upwards, and so compress the hay into bales. The levers take their fulcra from
hanging links, which are affixed to immovable cross-bars at each end of the top of
the press.
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Improvements in Hay Balers.
I WILLIAM MORGAN Grazier, Glenbogie Ramoyle Dunblane in the County
of Perth 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 :-
The improvements relate to the mechanism through which the compressing
pressure is applied to the material to be compressed, this being done by means of a
pinching mechanism and a ratchet, whereby the pressure is directly applied to the
movable compressing side of the press. The press proper may be made in any
desirable shape, the elevations of a vertical one being shown in Figs. 1 & 2. At
each end of the press (Fig. 1) there is a pinching mechanism consisting of a pinching
lever L with a movable fulcrum F, and a rack Ŕ the foot of which is connected, as
shown in Figs. 1 & 2, to two metal bars M M³ the said bars being attached, in this
case, to the movable bottom of the press and sliding in guides g g'. The rack R
may be either made in one piece of metal with equidistant slots, or else built up
as shown in Figs. 3 & 4. Figs. 3 & 4 are enlarged views of the pinching mechanism
and ratchet.
Attached to each end of the top framing of the press is a drawbolt ratchet
actuated by means of a spring S and lever H (Figs. 3 & 4).
In operating the press power is applied to the levers L L the ends of which
engage with the pins P of the rack K, as shown in Fig. 3; the rack is therefore
raised, during which operation the ratchet bolt B on account of its angled face E
is pushed back by means of one of the pins on the rack, and the spring S compressed,
but as soon as this pin gets pass the angled face E the bolt B is shot forward by
the spring and thus engages with the rack keeping it in that position until the
pinching levers are shifted and made to engage with another pin of the rack. The
operation is repeated again and again until the bale is compressed to the required
size. The bale is then wired, after which the levers H H that are attached to the
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page_text: ratchet bolts B B are drawn back and the movable bottom C of the press
allowed to fall down into its original position. The bale is now ready to be ejected,
for which purpose there are two doors D, one at each side of the press.
To facilitate the removal of the bale, the press is slightly tapered towards one of
the doors.
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. Improvements in presses for baling hay and other materials of a like
nature.
2. The application of a pinching mechanism to the said presses whereby the power
required for baling is transmitted and increased by the said mechanism.
3. The invention of the drawbolt ratchet herein described.
Dated this 28th day of April 1896.
WILLIAM MORGAN.