Improvements in Portable Hay-baling Presses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1893-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Hay-baling Presses.
I, JOSEF KUDLICZ of The Foundry, Prague-Bubna in the Empire of Austria,
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 :-
The present invention relates to means for compressing hay into bales of a
regular cylindrical or prismatical form of comparatively small sizes which means
consist in a simple apparatus of little weight and small size so as to enable the
soldiers doing field service to compress the forage of hay instead of twisting the hay
as hitherto and carrying it in the form of rings.
The apparatus to be used for the above purpose is constructed in such a manner
as to allow the ordinary lifting jack carried with every military waggon to be used
for baling the hay and is provided with a hinged cover at one end and with a
bearing plate connected by rods or chains to the other end.
The hinged cover is provided with slots at right angles to each other and
arranged to receive the ends of four small tubes which latter reach down to the
loose presser plate provided on the head of the lifting jack so as to protect the
binding wires inserted therein before the hay is filled into the press. After the hay
has been sufficiently compressed the said four tubes which now partly stand out
beyond the press-cover are then taken out and the protruding ends of the wires
need only be bent over and twisted together so as to secure the bale thus formed.
The appended drawings give an illustration of a hay press according to this
invention and Figure 1 shows an elevation partly in section, Figure 2 a plan of the
apparatus.
The
As hereinbefore mentioned the apparatus consists of three main parts, viz.: the
main body a the movable presser-plate 6 and the bearing plate c for the lifting jack
connected to the main body a. The latter may be made of a circular or rectangular
section composed of strong iron plates with an internal lining of wood a¹.
upper end of the press is closed by means of a hinged cover consisting of an iron
plate d with wood lining d¹ and hinges d². The said cover d when closed is
retained by means of strong bolts passing through suitable holes in the cover
and provided with slots adapted to receive cottars or wedges f³.
The lower open end of the main body a is provided with lugs g and rods ½ or
chains to which is fastened a strong bearing plate c for the lifting jack.
The lifting jack k shown on the drawing is an ordinary rack and pinion jack
which it is supposed to have always pear at hand but the jack itself does not
constitute an essential part of the invention aud may therefore be replaced when
desired at any time by any other suitable lifting apparatus.
The cover d is provided with a slot m in the form of a cross the ends of which
extend beyond the wood lining d'. In the latter are arranged vertical grooves n
corresponding to the said slots in the cover and serving as passage-ways to the
arms 6' fastened to the plate b.
P
The apparatus is used in the following manner: The wires o for binding the hay
bale having been annealed and bent into shape are introduced into small iron tubes
delivered with the apparatus and are then placed together with these tubes into the
grooves n crossing one another as shown in Figure 2. The exact quantity of hay
is then placed in the press and the cover d closed, the ends of the tubes p in each
of the four corners of the slot m extending a little above the cover. The plate b is
now lifted or forced upwards by means of the lifting jack k or other suitable means
so as to compress the hay in the press till a special mark on one of the tubes p
appears above the cover. After having taker out the tubes the ends of the wires o

page_text: are bent over and twisted together in the central enlarged portion m' of the slot m.
The cover d is then opened and the finished bale pushed out of the press by means
of the lifting jack.
:
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. A portable hay baling press consisting in a main body a closed at one end and
baving a loose presser plate driven by means of a common lifting jack and
provided with a detachable bearing plate c connected to the main body for the
purpose of carrying the lifting jack substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete hay-baling
press substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings..
Dated this 17th day of T.1 1009
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.