Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Tying or Binding Straw or other like Matter or Produce.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 30th Aug., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Tying or Binding Straw
or other like Matter or Produce.
I THOMAS THEOPHILUS MAYOS of Llangunnock in the County of Hereford Farmer
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of improvements on the invention for which Letters Patent
No. 7267 dated the 15th day of June 1885 were granted to me which improvements
are hereinafter described.
I dispense with the hand worked levers for compressing the straw or other matter
in the receivers and in place thereof 1 joint to each of the said receivers a pair or two
pairs of compressing levers which I connect to a treadle lever jointed to the base of
the apparatus by pressure on which treadle lever the compressing levers are actuated
when it is wished to compress the straw or other matter in the receivers previously
to tying or binding it and while it is being tied or bound. A spring arranged in
connection with the treadle lever restores it to its normal position and throws
the compressing levers out of action when the pressure is removed from the treadle
lever.
I also in some cases dispense with the spring clips in which the strings are held
and substitute string holders consisting of comb shaped plates of metal between the
tooth like parts of which plates the strings are arranged.
In order to provide against the passage of pieces of straw or other matter into the
part of the receivers in which the binding strings are arranged I so form the side
plates of the receivers that the space between the inner edges of the said plates is not

page_text: much greater than is required to admit of the passage of the binding strings from
the receivers.
Instead of securing the receivers to the base of the apparatus by means of clips I
secure the said receivers by means of pins or bolts passing through their lower parts
and through the said base.
I also in some cases dispense with the frame carrying the rollers and supporting
the board or base to which the receivers are secured. In such cases the apparatus is
kept in the same position relatively to the feed during the whole time it is in use
instead of being shifted end wise to bring an empty set of receivers under the feed
while the straw or other matter in the charged receivers is being compressed and tied
or bound and removed as described in the aforesaid specification.
Dated this Thirtieth day of November 1886.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: or other like Matter or Produce.
I THOMAS THEOPHILUS MAYOS of Llangunnock in the County of Hereford,
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention consists of improvements on the invention for which Letters Patent
No. 7267 dated the 15th day of June 1885 were granted to me which improvements
are hereinafter described.
1 dispense with the hand worked levers for compressing the straw or other matter
in the receivers and in place thereof 1 joint to each of the said receivers a pair or
two pairs of compressing levers which I connect to a treadle lever jointed to the
base of the apparatus. The compressing levers are actuated by depressing the said
treadle lever when it is wished to compress the straw or other matter in the receivers
previously to tying or binding it and while it is being tied or bound.
A spring
arranged in connection with the treadle lever restores it to its normal position and
throws the compressing levers out of action when the pressure is removed from the
treadle lever.
I also in some cases dispense with the uppermost spring clips in which the strings
are held and substitute string holders consisting of comb shaped plates of metal
between the tooth like parts of which plates the upper ends of the strings are
arranged.
In order to provide against the passage of pieces of straw or other matter into the
part of the receivers in which the binding strings are arranged I so form the side
plates of the receivers that the space between the inner edges of the said plates is not
much greater than is required to admit of the passage of the binding strings from
the receivers.
Instead of securing the receivers to the base of the apparatus by the means
described in the specification of the aforesaid Patent I secure the said receivers
by means of pins or bolts passing through their lower parts and through the
said base.
I also in some cases dispense with the frame carrying the rollers and supporting
the board or base to which the receivers are secured. In such cases the apparatus is
kept in the same position relatively to the feed during the whole time it is in use
instead of being shifted end wise to bring an empty set of receivers under the feed
while the straw or other matter in the charged receivers is being compressed and tied
or bound and removed as described in the aforesaid specification.
Having thus described the nature of my invention I will proceed to describe the
manner in which it is to be performed reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 of the said drawings are elevations of opposite sides of apparatus

page_text: are secured
of the kind described in the specification of my aforesaid Patent showing my
improvements herein before described applied thereto Figure 3 is a plan of one
of the receivers and a portion of the base to which the receivers
Figure 4 is an edge view of the same Figure 5 is an elevation of the same minus
certain of the parts Figure 6 is a transverse section of the receiver taken on the
line X Figure 2 and Figures 7, 8 and 9 are details hereinafter referred to.
The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in each of the
Figures of the Drawings.
The construction of the casing of the receiver shown in the Drawings is essentially
similar to that described in the aforesaid specification the said casing consisting of a
band or strip of plate iron A bent to the form shown in Figure 5 and having a side
plate B secured to one of its edges and another side plate C of nearly similar form
connected to its other edge by the means hereinafter described which admit of ready
removal of the said plate when access is required to the interior of the casing. Dis
the base of the apparatus to which the receiver is secured EE and F F are the two
pairs of compressing levers and G is the treadle to which the levers E E are connected
by means of bars or rods H I. The said levers E E and F F are mounted on the
ends of spindles ee which work in bearings a¹ a secured to the part A of the
receiver and pass through holes in the side plates B C and project beyond the faces of
the said plates the levers E E being secured to the said spindles by means of pins e² e²
and the levers F F by means of nuts ff. Both the levers E E and FF may how-
ever be secured to the spindles by the same means which may consist of pins or nuts
or other suitable fastening contrivances preferably such as are readily removeable.
The connecting rods H I are jointed at their upper ends to the levers E E and are
connected at their lower ends to the treadle G by means of a pin ¹ formed on the
rod I which passes through a hole near the end of the rod H and through a slot in
the said treadle and through a slot in a guide J secured to the base D. K is the
spring by which the compressing levers are kept in the upright position when the
treadle is not depressed and L is a fork shaped guide secured to the base D between
the branches of which the said treadle passes when it is actuated.
The comb shaped string holders which are substituted for the uppermost of the
spring clips shown in the drawing of the specification of the aforesaid Patent are
marked M in the accompanying drawings and one of the said string holders is shown
separately in side and edge view in Figures 7 and 8 of the accompanying Drawings.
The said string holders M M are held in place in the receiver by means of clips a³ ³
therein from which clips the said string holders may be readily removed when the
plate C is detached from the receiver as shown in Figure 5.
The spring clips in the lower part of the receiver which are marked N N in the
accompanying drawings are formed and arranged in the receiver and the strings are
arranged in the holders M. M and in the said spring clips N N as shown in the
drawings accompanying the aforesaid specification.
The said plate C which is shown separately in Figure 9 is held in place by means
of clips a³ a at a secured to the part A. When it is required to obtain access to the
interior of the receiver for charging the string holders M M and spring clips N N
the plate C is detached as hereinafter described. The nuts f¹¹ are unscrewed and
the levers F F are removed from the spindles e¹ e¹ and the said spindles are slidden
end wise in the bearings clear of the said plate C. The said plate is then raised until
a notch c¹ therein coincides with the clip a³ when the said plate is clear of the
clips at a and may be readily disengaged from the clip a and removed.
The form which I give to the plates B C in order to provide against straw and
other matter passing between them into the receiver is shown in Figures 3 and 6 of
the accompanying drawings by examining which Figures it will be seen that the
portions of the said plates near their inner edges are curved or bent towards each
other to such an extent that only a slight space intervenes which space is not required
to be wider than will suffice to admit of the passage through it of one of the pieces
of binding string with which the string holders and spring clips M and N are
charged.

page_text: The manner in which I secure the receiver to the base D is clearly shown in
Figure 5. Referring to the said Figure 0 0 are two screw bolts which are passed
through the part A of the receiver and through the said base D on the projecting
ends of which bolts nuts o' o² are screwed.
In the accompanying drawings the apparatus is shown without the supporting
roller frame shown in the drawings accompanying the aforesaid specification and
described therein the base of the said apparatus being provided with feet of
sufficient height to keep the ends of the bolts 0 0 from contact with the surface on
which the apparatus is placed.
Where two ties are required to each of the bundles of straw or other matter I
mount two of the receivers hercinbefore described in the base D at a suitable distance
apart and where one tie only is required I mount one only of the said receivers on
the said base and in this case I also mount on the said base two simple forked supports
one on each side of the receiver for receiving and supporting the outer ends of the
straw to be bound which supports are of the same form as or of a form approximating
to that of the inner part of the plate B.
:-
The method of using the apparatus hereinbefore described as follows:-
When a sufficient quantity of the straw or other matter to be tied or bound has
been placed in the hollows of the receivers the two pairs of levers EE and F Fare
brought to the positions indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 by depressing the
treadle G. The straw or other matter to be bound is thus compressed at the part
where it is to be tied and is held down while being tied. After the binding string
has been tied the treadle is released and the levers E E and F F are raised by the
action of the spring K when the bundle of straw or other matter may be lifted from
the receivers and a fresh quantity placed therein.
Instead of arranging the two pairs of compressing levers so that the depression
of the treadle causes both pairs of levers to descend and bear downward on the
matter in the receiver as shown in the accompanying drawings 1 in some cases
arrange the said two pairs of levers so that when the treadle is depressed one of the
pairs of levers is caused to descend and the other to ascend. By this arrangement
the straw or other matter in the receivers is compressed between the two pairs of
levers while being tied or bound.
Figures 10 and 11 of the accompanying Drawings are elevations of apparatus
constructed according to my Invention in which the levers are thus arranged the parts
being shown in their normal positions in Figure 10 and in the positions which they
assume when the treadle is depressed in Figure 11.
In the said Figure 10 and 11 the levers which ascend when the treadle is depressed
are marked PP. The said levers are connected to the levers EE by means of
links and are mounted on axes p¹ p¹ which work in bearings secured to the
innerside of the part A (shown in Figures 4 and 5) and project through the side plate B.
The links are slotted at q¹ q to admit of a partial downward motion of the
levers EE before the levers P P are brought into action. p² p² are stops which limit
the downward motion of the said levers PP. The action of the arrangement will be
readily understood by an examination of the said Figures 10 and 11.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I do
not limit myself to the precise details hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of my Invention but I declare that I claim as my said invention of "Improvements
in apparatus for use in tying or binding straw or other like matter or produce."
First The improvements herein before described in mechanism for compressing
the matter to be bound in apparatus of the kind described in the specification of the
Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to that is to say an arrangement of levers so
mounted relatively to the receiver and so connected to a treadle that the depression of
the treadle causes the levers to compress the matter in the receivers.
Secondly-The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting the

page_text: mechanism hereinbefore described with reference to and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3
and 4 of the accompanying drawings for compressing straw or other matter in
apparatus of the kind described in the specification of the Letters Patent hereinbefore
referred to.
Thirdly The device hereinbefore described and illustrated in figures 7 and 8 of
the accompanying Drawings for holding the binding strings in apparatus for use in
tying or binding straw or other like matter or produce.
Fourthly The means hereinbefore lescribed with reference to and illustrated in
Figures 3 and 6 of the accompanying Drawings by which the passage of portions of
the matter to be bound between the side plates of the receivers of apparatus of the
kind described in the specification of the Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to is
provided against that is to say the fashioning of the said plates so that the space
between the inner edges thereof when the said plates are in place will be only sufficient
or not much more than sufficient to admit of the passage between them of the binding
strings arranged within the receivers.
Fifthly The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting the
mechanism hereinbefore described with reference to and illustrated in Figures 10
and 11 of the accompanying Drawings.