Straw and like Material.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 2nd May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th June, 1888
Straw and like Material.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of 67,
Strand, London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad by Newell Braley
Wood of Washington Court House, Ohio, United States of America, Manufacturer, to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in a machine designed to compress straw,
hay, and similar material into the form of bales, and to preserve the form after such
compression by means of binding wires or cords."
The invention consists in a peculiar and novel construction and arrangement of
devices for conveying the straw and other material from the source of supply to the
compression chamber.
Also in the novel means for severing the mass of straw or other material in front of
the traverser from the supply in the conveyor.
Also in the novel arrangement of connections whereby the movements of the
compressor head is caused to actuate the devices for laying and fastening the binding
wires or cords at suitable intervals.
Also in the novel construction of the compression chamber whereby available impact
is imparted from the vertical sides of the chamber to the bales.
Also in the novel arrangement of the compressing, wiring, and cording
mechanism.
Also in certain novel devices for tightly drawing the binding cords or wires about
the compressed material, twisting the wires together and severing them when twisted
so as to fasten the binding ends or wires about the finished bale and in same
operation connect the wires from their respective spools to receive the newly formed
bale.
Also in certain arrangements of mechanism whereby the size of the bale is
regulated and part of the machine is set in motion by the outward passage of the
compressed material.

page_text: Also in certain novel details of general construction and arrangement.
Also in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of
parts.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine.
Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical central section on line 2, 2 of Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a top plan of the machine with parts removed.
Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of front part of machine on an enlarged scale,
with parts in position of binding.
Fig. is an enlarged vertical cross section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section of the machine on line 6, 6 of Fig. 3.
Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the yielding pivoted hook which prevents the
straw or other material from rebounding when once compressed.
Fig. 8 is a top plan of the improved wire twister or knotter.
Fig. 9 is a central section of the same showing the position of wires while twisting,
and the result of the operation of the twister.
Fig. 10 is a modified form of wire twister provided with hooks to receive the wires
as they are conveyed within the path of the said hooks.
Fig. 11 is a cross section of the same.
Fig. 12 is a section view of a modified form of hopper provided with a set of
cutting rollers which are adapted to cut the material preparatory to being bound.
Fig. 13 is a sectional view showing a modified form of mechanism for receiving
motion from the compressed material by its outward passage.
Fig. 14 is a cross sectional view showing the oblique or angular packers.
Fig. 15 represents a modified form of hopper.
In the said drawings A represents the body of the machine which is of oblong
rectangular form, and which may be mounted upon trucks B, or other suitable
supporting gears as desired. C designates a crank shaft mounted horizonially in the
rear end of the body A and provided with two crank arms c, c, as shown in Fig. 3,
and for the purpose hereinafter described. Midway of its length, this shaft C
carries a gear wheel the teeth of which mesh with those of a pinion d located
upon a shaft D which latter is also mounted horizontally across the main frame A as
shown. A horizontal power shaft d³ is also transversely mounted upon the frame A.
The fly wheel mounted upon one end of shaft d³ receives power from any suitable
motor, the opposite end of shaft d³ being provided with large and small sprocket
wheels d, respectively. A chain belt extends from sprocket wheel do to the
sprocket wheel 2 upon shaft D which latter communicates motion to the gear wheel c¹
through the pinion d. The gear wheel e¹ being driven gives the required reciprocating
motion to the traverser M by means of cranks c, c, and the rods m, m connecting the
cranks with the traverser.
The smaller sprocket wheel mounted upon the power shaft d³ carries a drive
chain d which passing forward drives the first canvas belts I by riding over the
sprocket wheel dunder the sprocket wheel d', and also the shaft L by driving its
sprocket and clutch, and on the return rotates the rollers e, et, in opposing directions
as shown in Fig. 1 by passing over one and under the other. It will thus be seen
that all the opposed belts and rollers revolve respectively toward each other.
Mounted upon shafts F, H, are two rollers which actuate the endless belts I, I,
these belts being of canvas or other suitable material and provided with transverse
slats which by the motion of the belts tend to force the straw downward into the
feed opening a. A series of similar rollers e', e', are journalled in the standards E, E'
these being adapted to guide the belts I, I. This feeding action is also assisted by
the rollers e, e and tends to convey a constant supply of straw downward toward the
feed opening a.
In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 12 besides being assisted as
before the feed passes between a pair of cutting rollers F, H' which cut the straw
or other material in its descent through the feed throat.
The passage of straw or other material' between the belts I, I, is still further aided

page_text: by a series of mounted packers g³ which may be mounted either on oblique or
horizontal crank shafts.
In Fig. 14 they are shown mounted obliquely upon the crank sections g of the
two downwardly slanting shafts G₁ so that as the shafts G¹ revolve the fingers or
packers will alternately enter the straw and draw it downward and apart towards
the sides of the compression chamber thus evenly distributing it therein. Links g
are pivoted at one end to frame A, and the opposite ends of said links are pivoted to
the rear end of the packers g³, whereby the said links serve to insure the proper action
of the packers.
This arrangement of packers g³ if desired may be duplicate upon opposite
standards E.
Mounted upon the outer end of shaft F is a sprocket wheel f³ carrying a drive
chain by which power is conveyed to the sprocket of the packer shafts.
Upon opposite ends of shafts F, H, suitable sprocket wheels f, are provided
carrying drive chains and giving motion to the upper conveyor rollers by their
respective sprockets f, by which means the endless conveyors receive a more
positive movement.
The vertical standards E, E' are arranged at each side of the boly A contiguous to
its feed opening a as shown, and these standards if desired may be bent first upwardly
toward each other and upwardly parallel with each other, and finally outward away
from each other, so that the space between the four standards is widest at the top
diminishing downward to a certain distance, then of uniform width for a short
distance and finally expanding in width downward to the feed opening a, as shown in
Fig. 15.
Within the body or main frame A is located the reciprocating traverser M which
is of such size as to neatly fill the interior of said box or body.
At its rear face
this traverser is suitably coupled to two connecting rods m, m by means of a cross
head and clevises which in turn are connected at their rear ends with the crank
sections c, c, of the shaft C so that by the rotation of said shaft the traverser M
will reciprocate longitudinally of the body A and the rods m, m will serve not only
to actuate the traverser but also to guide movement of the latter in the body A.
It will be readily seen that the motion of all the above described parts is continuous
irrespective of the periodical movements of the tying, threading and other mechanism
yet to be described, these latter parts being automatically thrown in and out of action
by the movement of the bales through the press. Rigidly attached to the traverser M
is the cross head M¹ projecting through and working in two slots a¹ formed longitudinally
in the vertical sides of body A. Upon the upper front edge of the traverser M is
located a knife m² which may have either a plain or serrated cutting edge and
which works in conjunction with a knife m³ secured to the front transverse edge
of the feed opening a.
If desired the knife m² may be dispensed with and a
series of fingers or guards m³ may be substituted therefor, said guards m³ serving
to convey the straw or other material and hold it in position while being severed
by knife m³. By virtue of this arrangement of the knives or guards, the forward
movements of the cross head M' are caused to sever that portion of the straw
or other material which lies within the body A in front of the cross head from
that which remains in the throat above the feed opening and in order to facilitate
the action of these knives or guards, the cutting edge of knife m³ is set obliquely
It should also be
so as to operate upon knife or guards m² with a shearing cut.
stated that the depth of the traverser M is such that it closes the feed opening
during its forward movement in order to prevent the entrance of any more straw
into the body A until the traverser has travelled backward again. The purpose
of widening the lower extremity of the feeding throat will also be perceived at
this stage of the description as it enables the feeding devices to accumulate a
supply of straw, while the traverser closes the feed opening so that when the
cross head has been drawn backward the accumulated supply of straw will be
carried into the body A and thus no cessation of the feed will occur.
At each side of the body A is mounted a gear segment or quadrant N which

page_text: is pivoted at n to the body. Teeth n of these quadrants are formed at the lower
extremities of the same and each set of teeth meshes with those of a gear pinion o
mounted rigidly upon a shaft O extending transversely beneath the body A. This
shaft carries two pinions o one at each end and there are two segments N, one
at each side of the body A. Upon the shaft O are rigidly mounted a series of
threading frames P corresponding in number with the wires or cords for binding
the bales. Each of these threading frames, is of approximately segmental form
and works upward through longitudinal slots a² in the bottom of the body and
a similar slot a³ in the top of the said body. Three of these threading frames
are generally employed and the respective upper and lower slots a² a³ correspond
in number with said frames. The cords or wires for supplying these frames are
fed from two reels or spools of o² placed respectively below and above the body A
as shown. The wires or cords from spool o¹ pass under tension sheaves o³ thence
over and under guiding sheaves P, p¹, 2, upon the frames P to the tips p³ of
said frames and these wires pass through the slots a² from the tips p³ and their
ends are fastened to the ends of the wires or cords from the upper spools o².
The number of spools and tension devices correspond with the number of threading
frames and said spools are mounted respectively upon an upper spool shaft
and a lower spool shaft o. From the foregoing description it will be seen, that the
thread carriers are actuated by oscillations of their shaft O which is actuated in turn
by oscillations of the pivoted segments N.
It will be seen that the threading frames P serve to take up the rebound of the
bales through the middle portion and hold the latter while being bound while the
spring actuated hooks T¹ normally springing inward as shown in Fig. 7 prevent
the rebound of the straw at the edges of the bale. These hooks are so formed
with bevelled ends that the traverser forces them back out of the way as the
straw passes the hooks immediately springing into their normal position by dropping
into slots S³ after withdrawal of the traverser.
The oscillations of these segments are produced by two extensible bars each of
which is pivoted at q to the small end of its corresponding segment. At their rear
ends these bars are each formed with a downwardly extending hook g' which with
the extensible bars Q lie outside of the body A, engage at times with the cross head
of the extensions of the cross head of compresser M. This engagement of the
hooked bars Qoccurs during the backward stroke of the cross head and hence it will
be seen that the upper parts of segments N will be carried backward and produce a
forward movement of the lower parts of said segments. As the result of this move-
ment the threading frames P will be raised into the body A, and as the cross head m¹
moves forward, it will reverse the stroke of segment N by coming in contact with
pivoted arm u, which is connected therewith by rod U and thereby eject the threading
frames P, and the mass of straw will impinge against the joined upper and lower
wires which the threading frames leave in position for the new supply of straw, which
draws them outward toward the forward, or discharge end of body A. Thus the
wires are caused to embrace the mass of straw and assist in its compression into the
form of a bale. The bars Q extend forward beyond their point of pivotal attachment
to the segment N, and at their forward ends said bars are provided with vertical bars R,
these being connected at the top by a cross bar Q¹ as shown. Near the forward end
of the machine a shaft S extends horizontally across the body A and carries two
wheels S, which are toothed or serrated upon their peripheries and which extend
through slots as in the body A. The toothed or serrated peripheries of these wheels
extend down into the compression chamber or body A and are rotated by their contact
with the forwardly moving mass of baled material therein so that the shaft S is
rotated thereby in the direction indicated by arrows. This shaft S also carries a
loosely mounted ratchet disc s¹ midway between wheels s, the teeth upon the periphéry
of which incline toward the front end of the machine. A pin secured upon a
smaller disk projects through a concentric slot of said loosely mounted disc s² to
allow said disc s to have a slight advance movement of the rigidly secured disk at
intervals. The disc s¹ also carries one or more tripping pins so which engage the

page_text: Tower end of a pawl rod T which is pivoted upon a support t resting upon the top of
the body A. The size of the bale is regulated by the position of these tripping pins,
the number of bales per rotation of the disc s corresponding with the number of
equally separated tripping pins located thereon. The pawl rod T is pressed forward
at its lower end by a spring & so that its lower end engages the pins s³ of the disk s
and its upper end which has a hook s engages the horizontal bar Q. It will thus
be seen, that as the shaft S is rotated by the moving mass of straw, the rod T is dis-
engaged from the horizontal bar Q allowing the hooked ends of rods Q to drop into
position to be drawn back by the receding traverser simultaneously with the rotating
of the segments N and threading frames P as before described. In so doing, the
hook which is provided with the inwardly projecting pin slides beneath the
pivoted incline g³ which latter acting as a gravity latch, immediately drops, upon being
released by pin q' and it will then form an inclined plane upon which pin q" will
ascend, as the traverser M moves forward releasing the hook from the cross head M¹
allowing the horizontal bar Q₁ again to be engaged by the hooked end of the pawl
rod T, by which it is held until sufficient hay or straw has been delivered to form
another bale, when the bar Q¹ is automatically released, and the operation repeated.
The disengagement of bar Q1 is owing to the action of the tripping pins upon
discs relative to the pawl rod T throwing the lower end of the same rearward, the
pawl rod T then assuming its upright position. As the bar Qrises and moves
backward, its hook engaging the teeth of disc s slightly turning said loosely
mounted disc s¹ thereby clearing the path of lower end of rod T so as to permit said
rod T to resume its normal position and allow the upper end of the pawl rod to move
into position to receive the bar Q by its hooked ends. When the hooked ends of
bars have ridden up over the inclined guides upon their return movement which
they do as the traverser moves forward the bar Qis in engagement with the hooked
end of pawl rod T, and the disengagement of the bar Qand pawl rod T may be
repeated. During the forward movement of the traverser its cross head extensions m¹
impinge against arms u extending up from and pivoted at the lower ends to rods U
which are in turn pivoted at their forward ends to the segments N at n and thus
returns the said segments to their normal position throwing the threading frames P
down out of the path of the traverser as shown in Fig. 1.
The transverse shaft L before described is provided at one of its ends with clutches 13, 18
the engagement or disengagement of which throws the wire twisting mechanisin
respectively in or out of motion. The free end of the lever, which oscillates the
movable clutch 16 is normally held outward as shown in Fig. 3 by the spiral spring 16,
but as the cross bar Q1 moves forward to be engaged by the hooked end of the pivoted
pawl rod T, the link which is loosely buckled to the arm to, gives the cam ta turn
which forces the free end of lever carrying clutch 1 inward where it is held
by the latch which immediately engages it. The clutches 13, 16 are held in this dis-
engagement until the backward movement of cross bar Q¹ takes place when the latch t³
is liberated from its engagement with the lever by the cam surface 17 secured to one
of the arms Q as shown in Fig. 1, sliding beneath its free end, lifts it and allows the
spring to force the clutches together. The bevelled gear wheel meshes with gears v
upon vertical shaft V.
Loosely mounted upon the lower end of shafts V are the rearwardly projecting
plates which are provided with the peculiar shaped slots clearly shown in Figs. 3
and 10. The said slots serve a double purpose, the outer portion acting as a guide for
the binding wires, while the inner rounded portion carries the twister . The
twister is provided with teeth on the periphery which mesh with similar parts on
the large wheel v mounted on the lower end of its vertical driving shaft V.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the twister is provided with teeth w³ on the periphery which mesh
with similar teeth on the large wheel V mounted on the lower end of its vertical
shaft V. Between each pair of teeth w³ and formed integral with the inner faces of
said teeth the U-shaped ribs a pair between each two teeth are located opposite each
other and sufficiently separated to admit of the passage of the binding wires successively
therein and not allow them to slide by each other. Thus while the twister v is being

page_text: driven by the large wheel V1 on the front the wires are carried by the threading
frames P between the ribs of at the rear, the twister then continues its revolution,
twists the wires tightly together, until they sever by rotation between the ribs thus
finishing the tie on the bale just formed while the ends of the wires remain together
for the next bale as previously described. This U-shaped rib with sharpened edge w
will pierce the wires while twisting and sever it. The ribs may also be located on
the detachable plate v as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. This construction is particularly
advantageous for the reason that the ribs on becoming worn, must be replaced hence
to do this economically I find it advantageous to remove the detachable plate 10 and
replace it with a new one instead of renewing the whole twister.
Beneath the twister still another guide plate 7 is located the same being so con-
structed with the projecting finger vas to hold the upper and lower wires rigidly until
the grabbing hooks v located above and below the teeth on twister 5 fig. 10. which
project beyond the periphery of the twister along side of the slot or opening
therein and coming in contact with the wires removing them from the fingers
whence owing to the position of threading frame P having its points p³ p respectively
above and below the middle of the twister as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the wires
slide one after the other between the ribs 6 and are twisted rapidly and become
weakened at its ribs & by rotation of knotter while the wires are being twisted.
the wires have been sufficiently twisted and the surplus wires between the said
points have been taken into the twist the resistance becomes great enough to
sever the wires at the weak point at rib thus finishing the tie on the bale just
formed and leaving the corresponding wires with a duplicate knot for the next bale as
previously described.
After
The front end of the body A is opened and near this opened end at the vertical
sides of the body are located two swinging sections X hinged at their rear or inner
ends to the body and adjusted inwardly and outward by set screws æ as shown.
The swinging sections afford additional lateral pressure through the mass of straw
and assist the cross head in compressing the same. Said sections may be set further
inward at the beginning of the operation of the machine and may be drawn outward
when the machine has been operated for a short time so as to decrease the lateral
pressure. Each bale is discharged from the machine by one or more bales preceding
it through the compression chamber.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Pressing, Baling, and Binding.
Straw and like Material.
I, HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of the firm of Herbert & Co. Patent Agents of
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C. London in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me from
abroad by Newell Braley Wood of Washington Court House Ohio, United States of
America, Manufacturer, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in a machine designed to compress straw, hay
and similar material, into the form of bales and to preserve the form after such
compression by means of binding wires or cords.
Straw compressors as heretofore constructed have been of inferior capacity owing
to the fact that it has been impossible to operate them continuously, hence their
operation has been slow and much time has been lost in stopping the mechanism.
Also the great expense incurred in handling the material to be bound in the
heretofore constructed machines has been excessive.
The irregular running of these machines has also involved great strain upon their
working parts, and consequently lessened their durability, while their operation has
necessitated the employment of skilled labour to manage and adjust the machinery.
Moreover in this class of machine as heretofore constructed it has been necessary to
drop following blocks into the receiving chamber in order to permit the bales to be
bound and tied and the use of such followers has involved much inconvenience and
delay and rendered the occurrence of accidents to the machinery very liable.
It will be seen from the ensuing description that my improved machine is not only
continuous and rapid in its action, but that it operates automatically, the only
attention required being in handling the bales as they are discharged from the
machine.
The objects of my invention are to produce a machine adapted to receive a supply
of material to be bound directly from a separator, and to operate automatically and
continuously in compressing, binding and delivering the material by a single passage
through the machine, to fasten the binders or wires about the completed bales to
preserve their form; also to materially increase the capacity of this class of machines,
and to render them more durable in construction and positive in operation.
To these ends my invention consists, first, in a peculiar and novel construction and
arrangement of devices for conveying the straw and other material from the source
of supply to the compression chamber as hereinafter described and claimed.
My invention further consists in certain novel means for severing the mass of
straw or other material in front of the traverser from the supply in the conveyor,
whereby all choking of the machine and irregularities in the supply are avoided as
also hereinafter described and claimed.
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page_text: My invention further consists in certain peculiar and novel arrangement of con-
nections whereby the movements of the compressor head is caused to actuate the
devices for laying and fastening the binding wires or cords at suitable intervals as
hereinafter described and claimed.
My invention still further consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the
compression chamber whereby available impact is imparted from the vertical sides
of the chamber to the bales in their passage through the machine as hereinafter
described and claimed.
My invention further consists in the peculiar and novel arrangement of the com-
pressing, wiring, and cording mechanism whereby the bale is partially compressed
against the resistance of the binding wires or cords as hereinafter described and
claimed.
My invention further consists in certain novel devices for tightly drawing the
binding cords or wires about the compressed material, twisting the wires together and
severing them when twisted so as to fasten the binding ends or wires about the
finished bale and in same operation connect the wires from their respective spools to
receive the newly formed bale as hereinafter described and claimed.
My invention further consists in certain peculiar arrangements of mechanism
whereby the size of the bale is regulated and a part of the machine is set in motion
by the outward passage of the compressed material as hereinafter described and
claimed.
My invention still further consists in certain peculiar and novel details of general
construction and arrangement as hereinafter described and claimed.
My invention still further consists in certain novel and peculiar features of
construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and
claimed.
Referring to the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical, central section on line 2, 2, of Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a top plan of the machine with parts removed.
Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of front part of machine on an enlarged scale,
with parts in position of binding.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical cross section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section of the machine on line 6, 6 of Fig. 3.
Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the yielding pivoted hook which prevents the straw
or other material from rebounding, when once compressed.
Fig. 8 is a top plan of my improved wire twister or knotter.
Fig. 9 is a central section of the same showing the position of wires while twisting
and the result of the operation of the twister.
Fig. 10 is a modified form of wire twister provided with hooks to receive the wires
as they are conveyed within the path of the said hooks.
Fig. 11 is a cross section of the same.
Fig. 12 is a sectional view of a modified form of hopper provided with a set of
cutting rollers which are adapted to cut the material preparatory to being bound.
Fig. 13 is a sectional view showing a modified form of mechanism for receiving
motion from the compressed material by its outward passage.
Fig. 14 is a cross sectional view showing the oblique or angular packers.
Fig. 15 represents a modified form of hopper.
In the said drawings A represents the body of the machine which is of oblong
rectangular form, and which may be mounted upon trucks B, or other suitable
supporting gears as desired. C designates a crank shaft mounted horizontally in the
rear end of the body A and provided with two crank arms c c as shown in Fig. 3,
and for the purpose hereinafter described. Midway of its length this shaft carries
a gear wheel C the teeth of which mesh with those of a pinion d located upon a
shaft D which latter is also mounted horizontally across the main frame A as shown. 5
A horizontal power shaft 3 is also transversely mounted upon the frame A.. The
fly wheel mounted upon one end of the shaft d³ receives power from any suitable

page_text: motor, the opposite end of the shaft d³ being provided with large and small sprocket
wheels d³ respectively. A chain belt d extends from sprocket wheel to the
sprocket wheel upon the shaft D which latter communicates motion to the gear
wheel c through the pinion d. The gear wheel c¹ being driven gives the required
reciprocating motion to the traverser M by means of cranks c c and the rods m m
connecting the cranks with the traverser. The smaller sprocket wheel mounted
upon the power shaft carries a drive chain which passing forward, drives the
first canvas belts I by riding over the sprocket wheel 6 under the sprocket wheel d',
and also the shaft L by driving its sprocket and clutch, and on the return, rotates the
rollers e, e in opposing directions as shown in Fig. by passing over one and
under the other. It will thus be seen that all the opposed belts and rollers revolve
respectively towards each other.
Mounted upon the shafts F, H, are two rollers which actuate the endless belts I, I,
these belts being of canvas or other suitable material and provided with transverse
slats i which by the motion of the belts tend to force the straw downward into the
feed opening a.
A series of similar rollers e¹ e' are journalled in the standards E E
these being adapted to guide the belts I I. This feeding action is also assisted by the
rollers ee and tends to convey a constant supply of straw downward toward the
feed opening a.
In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 12 besides being assisted as
before the feed passes between a pair of cutting rollers F H which cut the straw or
other material in its descent through the feed throat.
The passage of straw or other material between the belts I, I, is still further aided
by a series of mounted packers g³ which may be mounted either on oblique or hori-
zontal crank shafts.
In Fig. 14 they are shown mounted obliquely upon the crank sections of the
two downwardly slanting shafts G' so that as the shafts G' revolve the fingers or
packers will alternately enter the straw and draw it downward and apart towards
the sides of the compression chamber thus evenly distributing it therein. Links
are pivoted at one end to frame A and the opposite ends of said links are pivoted to
the rear end of the packers whereby the said links serve to insure the proper action
of the packers.
This arrangement of packers 3 if desired may be duplicated upon opposite
standards E'.
The shafts of the packers may be driven by bevelled gear from a shaft operated
by mitre gear from one of the rollers of the aprons I, the packer shafts being geared
one to the other by bevelled gear as in Fig. 14; or as in Fig. 1 there may be mounted
upon the outer end of shaft Fa sprocket wheel f³ carrying a drive chain by which
power is conveyed to the sprocket f of the packer shafts.
Upon opposite ends of shafts F, H, suitable sprocket wheels fare provided
carrying drive chains and giving motion to the upper conveyor rollers by their
respective sprockets by which means the endless conveyors receive a
positive movement.
more
The vertical standards E, E, are arranged at each side of the body A contiguous
to its feed opening a as shown and these standards if desired may be bent first
upwardly toward each other and upwardly parallel with each other and finally outward
away from each other, so that the space between the four standards is widest at the
top diminishing downward to a certain distance, then of uniform width for a short
distance and finally expanding in width downward to the feed opening a as shown in
Fig. 15.
Within the body or main frame A is located the reciprocating traverser M which
is of such size as to neatly fill the interior of said box or body. At its rear face this
traverser is suitably coupled to two connecting rods m m by means of a cross head
and clevises which in turn are connected at their rear ends with the crank sections c <
of the shaft C so that by the rotation of said shaft the traverser M will reciprocate
longitudinally of the body A and the rods m m will serve not only to actuate the
traverser but also to guide movement of the latter in the body A.
B

page_text: It will be readily seen that the motion of all the above described parts is continuous
irrespective of the periodical movements of the tying, threading and other mechanism
yet to be described these latter parts being automatically thrown in and out of action
by the movement of the bales, through the press. Rigidly attached to the traverser M
is the cross head M' projecting through and working in two slots a¹ formed longi-
tudinally in the vertical sides of body A.
Upon the upper front edge of the traverser M is located a knife m² which may
have either a plane or serrated cutting edge and which works in conjunction with a
knife m³ secured to the front transverse edge of the feed opening a. If desired,
the knife m² may be dispensed with, and a series of fingers or guards m³, may be
substituted therefor, said guards m³ serving to convey the straw or other material and
hold it in position while being severed by knife m³. By virtue of this arrangement
of the knives or guards, the forward movements of the cross head M are caused
sever that portion of the straw or other material which lies within the body A in front
of the cross head, from that which remains in the throat above the feed opening and
in order to facilitate the action of these knives or guards, the cutting edge of
knife m³ is set obliquely so as to operate upon knife or guards in² with a
shearing cut.
It should also be stated that the depth of the traverser M is such that it closes
the feed opening during its forward movement in order to prevent the entrance of
more straw into the body A until the traverser has travelled backward again.
any
The purpose of widening the lower extremity of the feeding throat will also be
perceived at this stage of the description as it enables the feeding devices to accumu
late a supply of straw, while the traverser closes the feed opening so that when the
cross head has been drawn backward the accumulated supply of straw will be carried
into the body A and thus no cessation of the feed will occur.
At each side of the body A is mounted a gear segment or quadrant N which is
pivoted at to the body. Teeth of these quadrants are formed at the lower
extremities of the same and each set of teeth meshes with those of a gear pinion o
mounted rigidly upon a shaft O extending transversely beneath the body A.
This shaft carries two pinions o one at each end and there are two segments N,
one at each side of the body A.
Upon the shaft O are rigidly mounted a series of threading frames P corresponding
in number with the wires or cords for binding the bales. Each of these threading
frames is of approximately segmental form and works upward through longitudinal
slots a² in the bottom of the body and a similar slot a³ in the top of the said body.
Three of these threading frames are generally employed, and the respective upper and
lower slots a² a³ correspond in number with said frames. The cords or wires for
supplying these frames are fed from two reels or spools of o² placed respectively below
and above the body A as shown. The wires or cords from spool o¹ pass under tension
sheaves o thence over and under guiding sheaves p, p, p² upon the frames P to the
tips p of said frames and these wires pass through the slots a² from the tips and
their ends are fastened to the ends of the wires or cords from the upper spools o².
The number of spools and tension devices correspond with the number of threading
frames and said spools are mounted respectively upon an upper spool shaft o' and a
lower spool shaft o. From the foregoing description it will be seen that the thread
carriers are actuated by oscillations of their shaft O which is actuated in turn by
oscillations of the pivoted segments N.
It will be seen that the threading frames P serve to take up the rebound of the bales
through the middle portion and hold the latter while being bound, while the spring
actuated hooks T normally springing inward as shewn in Fig. 7 prevent the rebound
of the straw at the edges of the bale. These hooks are so formed with bevelled ends t²
that the traverser forces them back out of the way as the straw passes, the hooks,
immediately springing into their normal position by dropping through slots $3 after
withdrawal of the traverser.
The oscillations of these segments are produced by two extensibly adjustable bars Q
each of which is pivoted at to the small end of its corresponding segment.

page_text: At their rear ends these bars are each formed with a downwardly extending hook q¹
which with the extensible bars Q lie outside of the body A engage at times with the
extensions m¹ of the cross head of compressor N.
This engagement of the hooked bars Q occurs during the backward stroke of the
cross head and hence it will be seen that the upper parts of segments N will be carried
backward and produce a forward movement of the lower parts of said segments. As
the result of this movement, the threading frames P will be raised into the body A
and as the cross head m¹ moves forward it will reverse the stroke of segment N by
coming in contact with pivoted arm u which is connected therewith by rod U and
thereby eject the threading frames P and the mass of straw will impinge against the
joined upper and lower wires which the threading frames leave in position for the
new supply of straw, which draws them outward toward the forward or discharge end
of body A.
Thus the wires are caused to embrace the mass of straw and assist it in its
compression into the form of a bale.
The bars extend forward beyond their point of pivotal attachment to the
segment N and at their forward ends said bars are provided with vertical bars R
these being connected at the top by a cross bar Qas shown. Near the forward
end of the machine a shaft S extends horizontally across the body A and carries two
wheels which are toothed or serrated upon their peripheries and which extend
through slots a in the body A. The toothed or serrated peripheries of these wheels
extend down into the compression chamber or body A and are rotated by their
contact with the forwardly moving mass of baled material therein so that the shaft S
is rotated thereby in the direction indicated by the arrows. This shaft S also carries
a loosely mounted ratchet discs midway between wheels 8, the teeth upon the
periphery of which incline toward the front end of the machine. A pin secured
upon a smaller disc s projects through a concentric slot of said loosely mounted disc s
to allow said discs to have a slight advance movement of the rigidly secured disc at
intervals The discs also carries one or more tripping pins which engage the
lower end of a pawl rod T which is pivoted upon a support t, resting upon the top
of the body A. The size of the bale is regulated by the position of these tripping
pins the number of bales per rotation of the disc s corresponding with the number
of equally separated tripping pins located thereon. The pawl rod T is pressed forward
at its lower end by a spring t¹ so that its lower end engages the pins ¸³ of the disc s¹
and its upper end which has a hook s engages the horizontal bar Q¹.
It will thus be seen that as the shaft S is rotated by the moving mass of straw, the
rod T is disengaged from the horizontal bar Q allowing the hooked ends of rods Q to
drop into position to be drawn back by the receding traverser simultaneously with
the rotating of the segments N and threading frames P as before described. In so
doing, the hook q which is provided with the inwardly projecting pin slides
beneath the pivoted incline 3 which latter acting as a gravity latch immediately drops
upon being released by pin 7 and it will then form an inclined plane upon which
pin q will ascend as the traverser M moves forward releasing the hook from the
cross head N allowing the horizontal bar Q again to be engaged by the hooked end
of the pawl rod T, by which it is held until sufficient hay or straw has been delivered
to form another bale, when the bar Q is automatically released and the operation
repeated. The disengagement of bar Q is owing to the action of the tripping pins
upon the disc s relative to the pawl rod T throwing the lower end of the same
rearward, the pawl rod T then assuming its upright position.
As the bar riscs and moves backward, its hook engaging the teeth of the
discs slightly turning said loosely mounted discs thereby clearing the path of lower
end of rod T so as to permit said rod T to resume its normal position and to allow
the upper end of the pawl rod to move into position to receive the bar Q1 by its
hooked ends. When the hooked ends of the bars Q have ridden up over the inclined
guides upon their return movement which they do as the traverser moves forward the
bar Qis in engagement with the hooked end of pawl rod T and the disengagement of
the bar and pawl rod T may be repeated.

page_text: During the forward movement of the traverser its cross head extensions m² impinge
against arms u extending up from and pivoted at the lower ends to rods U which are
in turn pivoted at their forward ends to the segments Nat and thus returns the
said segments to their normal position throwing the threading frames P down out of
the path of the traverser as shown in Fig. 1.
The transverse shaft L before described is provided at one of its ends with
clutches the engagement or disengagement of which throws the wire twisting
mechanism respectively in or out of motion.
The free end of lever which oscillates the movable clutch is normally held out-
ward as shown in Fig. 3 by the spiral spring but as the cross bar Q1 moves forward
to be engaged by the hooked end of the pivoted pawl rod T the link to which is loosely
buckled to the arm to gives the cam a turn which forces the free end of lever
carrying clutch inward where it is held by the latch t8 which immediately engages
it. The clutches 13 16 are held in this disengagement until the backward movement of
cross bar Q takes place when the latch is liberated from its engagement with the
lever by the cam surface / secured to one of the arms Q as shown in Fig. 1, sliding
beneath its free end, lifts it and allows the spring to force the clutches together.
The bevelled gear wheel meshes with gearse upon vertical shaft V.
Loosely mounted upon the lower end of shafts V are the rearwardly projecting
plaies which are provided with the peculiar shaped slots clearly shown in
Figs. 3 and 10. The said slots serve a double purpose, the outer portion acting as a
guide for the binding wires while the inner rounded portion carries the twister .
The twister is provided with teeth on the periphery which mesh with similar parts
on the large wheel V1 mounted on the lower end of its vertical driving shaft V.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the twister is provided with teeth wo on the periphery which mesh
with similar teeth on the large wheel V' mounted on the lower end of its vertical
shaft V. Between each pair of teeth w³ and formed integral with the inner faces of
said teeth, the U shaped ribs o" a pair between each two teeth are located opposite
each other and sufficiently separated to admit of the passage of the binding wires
successively therein and not allow them to slide by each other. Thus while the
twister is being driven by the large wheel V ou the front, the wires are carried by
the threading frames P between the ribs at the rear, the twister then continues its
revolution, twists the wires fightly together until they sever by rotation between the
ribs thus finishing the tic on the bale just formed while the ends of the wires
remain together for the next bale as previously described.
This shaped rib with sharpened edge w will pierce the wires while twisting and
sever it. The ribs may also be located on the detachable plate as shown in
Figs. 10 and 11. This construction is particularly advantageous for the reason that
the ribs on becoming worn must be replaced, hence to do this economically I find
it advantageous to remove the detachable plate and replace it with a new one
instead of renewing the whole twister.
Beneath the twister still another guide plate 7 is located, the same being so con-
structed with the projecting fingers as to hold the upper and lower wires rigidly
until the grabbing hooks located above and below the teeth on twister » Fig. 10.
which project beyond the periphery of the twister alongside of the slot or opening
therein and coming in contact with the wires removing them from the fingers
whence, owing to the position of threading frame P having its points p³ p* respec-
tively above and below the middle of the twister as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the
wires slide one after the other between the ribs and are twisted rapidly and become
weakened at its ribs by rotation of knotter while the wires are being twisted.
After the wires have been sufficiently twisted and the surplus wires between the said
points have been taken into the twist, the resistance becomes great enough to
sever the wires at the weak point at rib thus finishing the tie on the bale just
formed and leaving the corresponding wires with a duplicate knot for the next bule,
as previously described.
The front end of the body A is opened and near this opened end at the vertical
sides of the body are located two swinging sections X hinged at their rear or inner.

page_text: ends to the body and adjusted inwardly and outwardly by set screws as shown.
The swinging sections afford additional lateral pressure through the mass of siraw and
assist the cross head in compressing the same. Said sections may be set further
inward at the beginning of the operation of the machine and may be drawn outward
when the machine has been operated for a short time so as to decrease the lateral
pressure. Each bale is discharged from the machine by one or more bales preceeding
it through the compression chamber.
I do not wish to be understood as confining myself exclusively to the precise
details of construction described herein as various modifications in such details may
be employed without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, for
example, the feeding belts I may extend the full height of the standards E, E¹. In
this case the feeding fingers or needles g³, would be omitted and the wheels e' would
be simply driven by a cross belt running from one to the other. The precise form of
the knotting devices may also be varied without altering the essential character of the
machine. And then the standards E, E', may be made in other forms as for example
they may begin near the middle, bending widening upward or downward or widening
upward and continuing the width or narrower downward without from the spirit or
Scope of my invention.
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 straw baling machine comprising the following elements;-means for
automatically conveying the straw to a compressor chamber, means for compressing
the straw into bales of any desired size or shape, and devices for automatically
binding the compressed bales while retained within the compression chamber sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. A straw binding machine provided with means for insuring a continuous supply
of straw to a compression chamber means for compressing the straw into a bale of any
desired size or form, devices for automatically binding the compressed bale within the
compression chamber, and for automatically ejecting the bales from the machine
substantially as described.
3. A straw baling machine, comprising the following features; a compression
chamber of suitable dimensions to contain one or more compressed bales of straw of
the desired size, straw feeding mechanism connected therewith, means for compressing,
the straw and also to serve as a gate to cut off the supply of straw to the compression
chamber at suitable intervals of time and devices for automatically binding the
compressed bale while within the compression chamber substantially as set forth.
4. In a straw baling machine the combination with a compression chamber and a.
suitable traverser, of a binding mechanism for binding one bale and connecting the
binding cord or wire for the next preceding bale.
5. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber, a feeder
located above same for forcing the straw into the compression chamber, and a follower,
of a binding mechanism for binding one bale, and connecting the binding cord or wire
for the next succeeding bale.
6. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber, and a
feeder located above the latter, of a set of cutting rollers adapted to cut the material,
to be baled substantially as set forth.
7. In a straw baling machine the combination with a compression chamber and a.
feeder located above the latter, of a set of cutting rollers located in the feeder throat
and adapted to cut the material to be baled as it drops through the feeder, and a
traverser adapted to compress the cut material substantially as set forth.
8. A straw baling machine, comprising a compression chamber, a traverser, feeding
mechanism and binding mechanism, the parts being constructed and relatively arranged
to insure a continuous operation of feeding the straw to an equal distribution in the
compression chamber and of compressing it therein into bales of suitable size and

page_text: form binding the bales while in the press and ejecting them therefrom, without
interrupting the feed substantially as set forth.
9. The method of baling straw substantially as hereinbefore explained, consisting in
feeding the straw into a suitable chamber then compressing it therein to the desired
size and form of bale and then automatically binding the bale while within the com-
pressing chamber and finally severing the binding cord or wire and ejecting the
finished bale from the machine substantially as set forth.
10. The method of baling straw or other material consisting in conveying the
straw to a compression chamber then forcing the straw against the binding cord or
wire subjected to any desired tension and afterward, fastening the binding cord
or wire.
11. The method of binding straw or other material while in the compression
chamber consisting in forcing the straw or other material against a cord or wire
subjected to any desired tension, then carrying the cord or wire around the com-
pressed material and fastening the same to form the bale and connecting the binding
cord or wire for the next succeeding bale and then severing the cord or wire from the
bale already bound.
12. A straw baling machine constructed and arranged substantially as described
whereby the straw or similar material is fed into the compression chamber, formed
into bales by the compressor heads, bound with suitable binders, the said binders
being fastened and severed and the bales discharged without interrupting or varying
the running of the machine substantially as set forth.
13. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating follower,
threading frames or binder arms, and knotting and severing mechanism, of an
oscillating device for actuating the threading frames or binder arms and devices for
actuating the knotting and severing devices.
14. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating follower and
an oscillating connection for operating the binding mechanism, of a knotter, a knotter
operating mechanism, a clutch and a device actuated by the binder actuating device
for operating the clutch substantially as set forth.
15. In a straw baling machine the combination of feeding mechanism for conveying
the straw into the compression chamber, mechanism for forming the straw into bales
by compressing, and mechanism for binding, fastening and severing the binder said
mechanism being actuated from a single power shaft forming part of the machine and
operating continuously without variation in the speed substantially as specified.
16. In a straw baling machine a reciprocating compressor operating to propel the
material through the compression chamber and rotating connections actuated by
direct contact with the moving material for connecting and disconnecting the binding,
knotting, and severing mechanisms substantially as set forth.
17. In a straw baling machine the combination with a reciprocating compressor
and an oscillating connection for operating the binder, of a knotting and severing
mechanism actuated directly from the oscillating binder actuating connection sub-
stantially as set forth.
18. In a straw baling machine a reciprocating compressor, and an oscillating
connection for operating the binding mechanism of a knotting mechanism actuated by
the binder actuating device through the medium of a separable clutch connection
substantially as set forth.
19. In a straw baling machine a reciprocating compressor and a feeding device
actuated from a common power shaft substantially as specified.
20. In a straw baling machine an oscillating threading mechanism actuated by the
compressor and provided with a continuous supply of binding wires or cords drawn
upon directly by the threading mechanism substantially as described.
21. In a straw baling machine, a feeding mechanism constructed and arranged
substantially as set forth, and operating to accumulate the material during the closure
of the feed opening to compressing chamber, and means for spreading it equally
therein substantially as set forth.

page_text: 22. In a straw baling machine, the combination of a binding and severing
mechanism constructed and arranged substantially as described whereby the binding
cords or wires are severed without disconnecting said cords or wires from their
threading frames substantially as specified.
23. The combination with a body opened at its delivery end of the vertically hinged
section X and set screws arranged to adjust said sections inwardly and outwardly for
compressing the bales substantially as described.
24. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber and a
follower, of the binding and severing mechanism arranged substantially as described
whereby the binding cords or wires are severed without disconnecting said cords or
wires from the threading frames and mechanism substantially as described
interposed between the traverser and binding and severing mechanism whereby the
movements of the latter are controlled by the movements of the former substantially
as set forth.
25. The combination with the body having a feed opening, of a set of standards
carrying the straw covering devices, said standards being bent substantially as
described so as to form a feeding throat diminishing downward to a certain point then
of equal area, and finally extending downwardly to the feed opening substantially as
described.
26. The combination with the body having feed openings and standards the latter
being bent as described to form the contracted and enlarged feeding throat of the
compressor head, crank shaft for operating the same, the power shaft and the
gear wheels belts and belt wheels for transmitting power from the power shaft to
the crank shaft and also to the feeding devices upon the standards substantially as
described.
27. The combination with the body A and its crank shaft of the oscillating head
actuated by said shaft, the hooked bars Q for engaging the said head, and the rotating
shaft S with its wheel's extending into a compression chamber to engage the moving
material therein the pivoted segments N connected pivotally to bar Qand the ratchet
wheels, pawls and pawl rods for controlling the movement of the bars Q substantially
as set forth.
28. The combination with the reciprocating compressor head, the pivoted gear
segments the hooked rods Q and pivoted arms U both of which are set in operation
by the compressor head, the latter actuating said segments of the oscillating thread
carrying frames actuated by said segment substantially as and for the purpose
described.
29. The combination with the reciprocating compressor head, the pivoted segments,
and the hooked rods for engaging the compressor head and the arms Uu actuating
the segments, of the shaft L carrying clutches, the lever engaged by said segments
and the knotting or fastening mechanism operated by gearing from shaft L during the
engagement of the clutches substantially as set forth.
30. The combination with the reciprocating compressing head, the oscillating gear
segments the hooked bars Q connected with said segments and engaging with the
compressing heads, of the threading frames provided with the thread or wire guiding
devices, the frames being geared to the oscillating segments and actuated thereby, the
shaft L having a bevelled gear and clutches, and the clutch levers actuated by the
segments the shafts V carrying gear wheel and the wire fastening devices of 67 68
and the spring actuated lever for engaging the clutches and a a cam for
disengaging them as and for the purpose set forth.
31. The thread carrying frame P of quadrant form provided with the threading
tip and having guides of and the pulleys p' p² and p³ arranged to carry the
binding cord or wire into contact with the moving bale substantially as described.
32. The combination with the threading frame constructed substantially as described,
of the upper and lower reels. or spools for supplying the said frame substantially as
set forth.
33. The wire twisting device consisting of guide plates, grabber, and ribs for
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page_text: regulating the position of wires therein and the operating mechanism, substantially as
set forth.
34. The combination with a compression chamber, and a slotted traverser
adapted to reciprocate in said chamber, of a set of spring actuated hooks pivoted to
the body of the compressor chamber and adapted to enter the slots in the
traverser and prevent the return of the straw with the traverser substantially as set forth.
35. A wire twisting device consisting of a guide plate, a grabber mounted therein
and a slotted plate renovably secured over the grabber.
36. A wire twisting device consisting of a slotted guide plate a slotted wire grabber
mounted therein and a removable plate having a ribbed interior.
37. A wire twisting device consisting of a slotted guide plate, a slotted pinion
mounted therein, and a removable plate having a sharp edged opening therein adapted
to be plated over the slot in the pinion substantially as set forth.
38. The combination with the reciprocating compressor head carrying knives m² on
its upper edge and stationary knife m³ and the shaft S carrying wheels s ratchet
wheels and hook 2 for actuating wheels; of the toothed pawl rod T pivoted upon
rod t, the spring t¹ for controlling the action of said pawl rod, and the pivoted hooked
rods engaging the compressor head and connected together at their front ends by a
cross rod for engaging pawl T substantially as described.
39. In a straw baling machine the combination with a compression chamber, a
follower, thread or wire carrying frames and knotting mechanism, of devices actuated
by the follower for operating the thread or wire carrying frames and devices for
holding said actuating devices out of contact with the follower.
40. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber, a
follower, thread or wire carrying frames and knotting mechanism of devices actuated
by the follower for actuating the thread or wire carrying frames and devices for
holding said actuating devices out of contact with the follower and for automatically
releasing said devices when the necessary amount of hay has been packed within the
compression chamber substantially as set forth.
41. The combination with a follower, thread or wire carrying frames, and a hooked
bar connected indirectly with the thread or wire carrying frames and adapted to engage
the follower, of devices for holding the hooked bars out of the line of travel of the
follower and devices actuated by the movement of the baled straw for releasing said
devices when the necessary amount of hay has been packed within the compression
chamber substantially as set forth.
42. A thread carrying frame having a tip extended beyond the threading point and
carrying a wire beyond said threading point whereby the wire when secured is not
detached from the threading devices substantially as set forth.
43. In a straw baling machine, the combination with the body and a suitable
compressor adapted to reciprocate therein, of a wire twisting device consisting essen-
tially of a guide plate having a wheel loosely mounted therein, this wheel having
peripheral teeth, adapted to receive the wire to be twisted and mesh with the teeth of
a suitable actuating gear substantially as set forth.
44. In a straw baling machine the combination with the body and compression
chamber formed therein, and a compressor adapted to reciprocate within said com-
pression chamber, of a horizontally mounted crank shaft located above the body,
and a series of packers loosely mounted on said shaft, these packers being adapted to
enter the feed throat and move downward therein, for forcing the straw or other
material into the compression chamber substantially as set forth.
45. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber and
downwardly enlarged feed throat, and a compressor adapted to reciprocate within said
compression chamber immediately below the feed throat, of a set of oscillating packers
loosely mounted on a horizontal shaft, the free ends of these packers being adapted to
successively enter the feed throat furnishing a regular and continuous supply of
straw or other material to be baled to the compression chamber substantially as
set forth.

page_text: 46. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compression chamber and a
downwardly enlarged feed throat and a compressor adapted to reciprocate within said
compression chamber, of a set of straw packers loosely mounted on an actuated crank
shaft, one end of the said packers being pivotally secured to the machine while the
free ends are adapted to effect a continuous downward pressure upon the straw within
the feed throat substantially as set forth.
47: In a straw baling machine, a horizontally mounted crank shaft provided with a
set of cranks each of which carry a loosely mounted straw packer, one end of these
packers being free to exert a downward pressure upon the material within the feed
throat while the opposite end is loosely secured to the machine substantially as set
forth.
48. In a straw baling machine a horizontally mounted crank shaft extending
transversely of the machine and provided with a set of cranks upon which are loosely.
mounted suitable straw packers and a bevelled gear wheel at one end which meshes
with similar gear through which power is communicated to the crank shaft
substantially as set forth.
49. In a straw baling machine the combination with a reciprocating compressor
head and an oscillating connection to the threading mechanism, the latter being
operated by the compressor head in its forward movement, of an extensible rod
connection to the binding mechanism which the compressor head engages in its
backward movement substantially as set forth.
50. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating compressor
head and oscillating device for moving the threading mechanism in one direction of
an extensible rod adapted to engage the compressor head as the latter moves back-
wards and move the threading mechanism in the opposite direction substantially as
set forth.
51. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating compressor
head and an oscillating device adapted to connect the latter with the threading and
twisting mechanisms of the extensible rod connected to the binding mechanisms the
said rods being screw threaded at one portion and provided with a downwardly
projecting hook at the free end adapted to be engaged by the backward movement of
the compressor head thereby throwing the threading and twisting devices in operation
substantially as set forth.
52. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating compressor
and a threading frame, of the extensible rod connected indirectly with the threading
frame, and provided with a downwardly extending hook at its free end substantially
as set forth.
53. In a straw baling machine the combination with a twister driving wheel, a set
of threading frames actuated by suitable mechanism, said threading frames carrying.
the binding cords or wires, of a set of peripheral toothed twisting and severing devices
the teeth of which have ribs on the interior adapted to receive the wires to be'
twisted the said twisting and severing devices adapted to be rotated by their engage-
ment with the peripheral teeth of the driving wheel substantially as set forth.
54. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a reciprocating compressor
head, and a set of threading frames provided with suitable gears, the upward and
downward movements of which frames are caused respectively by the backward and
forward motion of the compressor head, of the wire twisting device the peripheral
teeth of which have the oppositely located ribs on their inner faces between which,
the wires to be twisted pass, and the driving gear adapted to mesh with the twister
teeth substantially as set forth.
55. In a straw baling machine a wire twisting device consisting of a guide plate
carrying a peripheral toothed wheel the teeth of which are adapted to receive the
wires to be twisted between their restricted inner portion and also to mesh with the
teeth of a driving wheel, substantially as set forth.
56. In a straw baling machine a set of wire twisting and severing devices consisting
essentially of a revoluble wheel loosely mounted in a guide plate said wheel being

page_text: provided with peripheral teeth a part of the spaces between which are restricted to the
size of the binding wires to be twisted, substantially as set forth.
57. In a straw baling machine a set of twisting devices consisting essentially of a
guide plate in which is mounted a revoluble peripheral toothed wheel, the adjacent
faces of which are oppositely ribbed the said guide plate being adapted to guide the
wire between the ribs of the teeth where the wires are tightly twisted and severed by
the rotation of the wheel substantially as set forth.
58. In a straw baling machine, the combination with a compressing chamber, a
reciprocating compressor, and a threading frame, of a wire twisting and severing
wheel having peripheral teeth, the latter having ribs formed longitudinally on their
adjacent faces substantially as set forth.
59. A wire twisting and severing device consisting essentially of a single wheel
having peripheral teeth the latter having ribs on their inner faces substantially as
set forth.
60. In a straw baling machine the combination with the body and a shaft mounted
horizontally thereon carrying a set of wheels of a set of chains or bands extending
over these wheels and into the body of the machine substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
61. The combination with the twisting and threading mechanism of an endless
chain moved by the outcoming bales and adapted to start the twisting mechanism
substantially as set forth.
62. In a straw baling machine, the combination with the compression chamber and
a horizontally mounted shaft located above this chamber carrying a set of chain
wheels, of a set of chains extending over these wheels and suitable pulleys, into the
top of the compression chamber whereby motion is imparted to the shaft by the
outward passage of the bales substantially as set forth.
63. In a straw baling machine the combination with the endless chains and a shaft
carrying the wheels upon which these chains rotate, of a pivoted spring actuated pawl
located above the shaft and a wheel driven by the shaft and provided with tripping
pins for engaging the pawl substantially as set forth.
64. In a straw baling machine, the combination with the reciprocating compressor
head and the oscillating pivoted gear segment connections of the horizontally mounted
twister operating shaft carrying a pair of separable clutches a spring actuated lever
for regulating the engagement of said clutches and gear wheels for operating the
rotations of the twisting and severing devices substantially as set forth.
65. In a straw baling machine the combination with a compressor head, the
hooked rod for engaging the said compressor head in its backward movement, the
oscillating pivoted gear segment connections, and the twister actuating shaft carrying
separable clutches of a spring actuated lever, which normally holds the said the said
clutches together and a cam connection for separating the clutches upon the backward
movement of the extensible rod substantially as set forth.