Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Feb., 1889
JAMES AMIERS and PETER MCLEAN both of Galashiels in the county of Selkirk
North Britain Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our Invention has reference to a Machine for Baling or Compressing Hay, Straw,,
Moss Litter, Paper or other fibrous and soft materials and consists in certain improve-
ments which are set forth in the following specification.
The object of this invention is to expedite & improve the putting into sinall compass
masses of Hay, straw, moss litter, paper &c. making it easier to handle and effecting
considerable saving in railway and other carriages.
In carrying out our invention we provide a wood or iron frame or box open at
the top and with folding doors at one or both sides for the purpose of removing the
bale when made. Inside said box is a lifting platform or table which is free to move
up and down and is operated on in the following manner..
At each end of box we attach bearings carrying revolving shafts or spindles.
These spindles are made to revolve by handles through worms and worm wheels.
placed in the centre. On each spindle there are also two scrolled barrels round which:
are wound the lifting chains which are attached to the ends of the aforesaid moveable:
table or platform. These scrolled barrels are so formed that the platform is at first :
fted quickly for part of its travel and thereafter gradually slower in proportion to
the greater resistance on the table thus increasing the pressure on the hay or other
material without requiring greater exertion on the part of the Operator. Suitable.
catches are provided to catch the table when at its highest lift and provision made for
withdrawing the worm out of gear thus allowing the table to drop instantaneously
when the catches are released.
In working, the lifting table is at the bottom of machine and the hay, straw or
other material is packed in from the top; when full, cross bars are placed under the =
top frames to prevent the material being pushed out. The handles are then turned
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page_text: and the table is raised up for about two thirds of the total height of machine thus
pressing the material between the table and cross bars into about one third of its
original bulk when fully up, the bale thus formed, is tied with twine or wire and
the folding doors being opened the bale is removed. The worm is then taken out of
gear and the table is allowed to drop, ready for another bale.
Dated this Eleventh day of October 1888
Machine for Baling or Compressing Hay, Straw, Moss Litter, Paper,
or other Fibrous and Soft Materials.
JAMES AIMERS. and PETER MCLEAN both of Galashiels in the County of Selkirk,
North Britain, Engineers 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 :--
Our Invention has reference to a Machine for Baling or Compressing Hay, Straw,
Moss Litter Paper or other fibrous and soft materials and consists in certain improve-
ments which are set forth in the following specification. The object of this invention
is to expedite and improve the putting into small compass masses of Hay, Straw,
Moss Litter, Paper &c. to make it easier to handle and to effect considerable saving
in railway and other carriages. In carrying out our invention we provide a wood or
iron frame or box as illustrated in the accompanying, drawings Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Figs. 1 and 4 being Front & Back Elevations Fig. End elevation Fig. 2 Longi-
tudinal sectional elevation and Fig. 5 plan view. The Box is open at the top and is
made with doors at one or both sides for the purpose of removing the bale when
made. Inside said box is a lifting platform or table A Figs. 2 and 5. which is free to
move up and down and is operated on in the following manner.
:
Outside each end of box we attach bearings carrying cross shafts or spindles B.
These spindles are made to revolve by handles or driving pulleys through worms and
worm wheels C, placed in the centre. On each spindle there are also two barrels D
which may be either parallel or scrolled and round which are wound the lifting chains
which are attached to the ends of the aforesaid moveable table or platform. If
scrolled, these barrels are so formed that the platform is at first lifted quickly for
part of its travel thus saving time in compressing the bale and thereafter gradually
slower in proportion to the greater resistance on the table thus increasing the pressure

page_text: on the hay or other material without requiring greater exertion on the part of the
Operators. Provision is made for dropping the table instantaneously after the bale
has been compressed, tied and removed by means of the Operators simply drawing or
turning the worm wheels towards them thus throwing the the worm out of gear,
sufficient length being allowed on the worm spindle for this purpose between the
bearings and the handles or driving pulleys.
In working, the lifting table A is at the bottom of machine and the hay, straw or
other material is packed in from the top; when full, cross bars E are placed under
the top frames to prevent the material being pushed out. The handles are then turned
and the table is raised up until the material is sufficiently compressed. The bale thus
formed is tied with twine or wire and one or two turns of the handles or pulleys
backward relieves the pressure sufficiently to allow of the doors being opened and the
bale removed.
Having now described the nature of our invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed we declare that what we claim as our invention is,
I. In Baling Presses, for Hay, Straw, Moss Litter, Paper or other fibrous materials―
The combination of wood or iron box or frame with lifting apparatus consisting of
cross spindles worms and worn wheels, chain barrels, and lifting chains substantially
as herein described, illustrated; and for the purpose set forth.
II. The use of scrolled chain barrels on the cross shaft whereby the power exerted
by the Operator is increased in direct proportion to the resistance offered by the
material under compression.
III. The arrangement of worm and worm wheel in combination with the extra
length of spindle whereby the apparatus may be thrown out of gear in the manner
described without the use of levers pawls or catches.
Dated this Fourteenth day of December 1888.