IMPROVED. MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND BALING GOODS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughts-
man, for the Invention of "IMPROVED. MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND
BALING GOODS." A communication from abroad by John Henry Gove,
of New York, in the United States of America.
Sealed the 25th April 1865, and dated the 29th November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th November 1864.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND
BALING GOODS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement in that class of presses in which
the platten or follower is operated through the medium of levers and a wind-
lass, and it has for its object economy in power and the attaining of a greater
efficiency thereof in the pressing operation by avoiding loss by friction hitherto
attending the lateral pressure exerted by the levers upon or against the platten
or follower, and the Invention has further for its object the forming or con-

page_text: structing of the levers in such a manner that they may be readily adapted or
applied to the press.
An upright press box, fitted within a suitable framing, is employed to
receive the material to be pressed. The platten or follower works in the
lower part of the press box, and two pairs of levers are jointed to the follower
at its under side. The two pairs of levers are crossed, that is to say, one
pair passes between the other pair, and the lower ends of each pair are con-
nected by a transverse rod, on which flanged wheels are mounted. These
wheels run upon ways secured to parallel bars in the lower part of the
framing of the press. These bars are inclined upward a certain distance from
their outer ends towards their centres, the inclined parts extending about to
the sides of the press box. The lower ends of the two pairs of levers are
connected by chains to a windlass, which is mounted in the lower part of
the framing, and provided with a pulley or wheel at one end, and also
with a ratchet and pawl. By turning the windlass, the chains are wound
upon the windlass shaft, and the platten or follower is forced upward, and
caused to compress the substance in the press box between the platten and
the top of the press box. By having the levers crossed a more direct
upward pressure than usual is obtained against the platten, as the levers are
drawn towards each other at their lower ends by the windlass. The top of
the press box is a lid hinged at one side and retained in a closed state by means
of clamps, and a door is placed at each side of the upper part of the press box.
The windlass pulley or wheel has a rope passing around it which extends
and is secured to an upright cylinder, to the upper end of which a sweep or
propelling lever is connected. At its upper end the cylinder carries a wheel
provided with teeth or projections, and on the upper journal of the cylinder
above the wheel the sweep is fitted loosely, to which a horse or other draught
animal is attached. To the under side of the sweep a sliding rod is fitted.
This rod has a lever attached to its outer end, and when this rod by actuating
the lever is pushed within range of the toothed wheel a connection is formed
between the sweep and the cylinder, and the latter as it is turned causes
through the medium of the rope the windlass to be operated, and consequently
the levers. By disconnecting the sweep from the cylinder, platten or
follower is allowed to descend quickly in order that the press box may be
filled for a succeeding pressure.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of. the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 29th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special licence that I, the said Alfred
Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND BALING GOODS," being a communi-
cation from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Alfred Vincent Newton, iny executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to an improvement in that class of baling presses
in which the platten or follower is operated through the medium of levers and
a windlass, and it has for its object economy in power and the attaining of
great efficiency in the pressing operation by avoiding loss by friction hitherto
attending the lateral pressure exerted by the levers upon or against the platten
or follower, while the levers are constructed in such a manner that they may
be readily adapted or applied to the press.

page_text: In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the
improved press taken in the line x, x, Fig. 2, which is a plan or top view
of the press; Fig. 3 is an external view of the upper part of one side of
the same; Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the windlass employed for applying
power to the press; and Fig. 5 is a plan or top view of Fig. 4. Similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the Figures. A represents
an upright press box, which is fitted within a proper framing B constructed
in any suitable manner. C represents the platten or follower which works in
the lower part of the press box, and has two pairs of levers D, D, D¹, D',
connected to it by joints E, which joints are formed by having the upper ends
of the levers fitted in pendent ears F at the under side of the platten, and
secured therein by pivot bolts a, see Fig. 1. The two pairs of levers
D, D, D', D¹, are crossed, that is to say, one pair D, D, passes between the
other pair D¹ D', and the lower ends of each pair are connected by a trans-
verse rod E¹, on which wheels F¹ are mounted. These wheels F¹ are each pro-
vided with a flange b, and they run upon ways G, G, secured to parallel bars
H, H, in the lower part of the framing B of the press: These bars H, H, are
inclined upward a certain distance from their outer ends towards their centres,
the inclined parts extending about to the sides of the press box A as shewn in
Fig. 1. The lower ends of the levers D, D, D', D¹, are forked as shewn at c
and these forks are not precisely in line with the levers, but are a trifle at one
side of their centres as shown in Fig. 2, so that one side d of the forks will be
in line with one side of the levers. By this arrangement one pair of levers D, D,
by having the sides d of their forks placed opposite each other may be put
sufficiently near together to admit of working between the other pair D¹, D',
which have the sides d of their forks placed outermost. These arms may all
be cast from one pattern, they only require to be reversed or inverted in order
to be adjusted as described. The lower ends of the two pairs of levers
D, D, D¹, D¹, are connected by chains I to a windlass J, which is mounted in
the lower part of the framing B. This windlass is provided with a pulley or
wheel K at one end, and also with a ratchet L, and pawl M. By turning the
windlass J the chains I are wound upon the windlass shaft, and the platten or
ollower C is forced upward and caused to compress the substance in the press
box A between the platten and the top N of the press box. By having the
levers crossed as shown, a more direct upward pressure than usual is obtained
against the platten, as the levers D, D, D', D', are drawn towards each other at
their lower ends by the windlass. The top N of the press box A is a lid
hinged at one side, and retained in a closed state by means of clamps O, and

page_text: a door P is placed at each side of the upper part of the press box. The
windlass pulley or wheel K has a rope Q passing around it which extends and
is secured to an upright cylinder R, to the upper end of which a sweep or
propelling lever S is connected as follows:-At its upper end the cylinder R
carries a wheel T provided with teeth or projections a*, and on the upper
journal of the cylinder R above the wheel T the sweep S is fitted loosely, to
which a horse or other draught animal is attached. To the under side of the
sweep a rod U is fitted, and it slides in guides b*. This rod has a lever
attached to its outer end, and when the rod by actuating the lever is pushed
within range of the teeth a* of the wheel T a connection is formed between
the sweep and the cylinder R, and the latter as it is turned causes through
the medium of the rope Q the windlass J to be operated, and consequently
the levers D, D, D', D¹. By disconnecting the sweep S from the cylinder R,
which is done by freeing the rod U from the wheel T, the platten or follower
C is allowed to descend quickly in order that the press box may be filled for a
succeeding pressure.
Having now set forth the nature of the "Invention of Improved Machinery
for Pressing and Baling Goods as communicated to me by my foreign cor-
respondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish
it to be understood that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I
claim―
First, the construction and arrangement of the forked levers D, D, D', D',
substantially as set forth.
Secondly the connecting of the sweep S to the cylinder R through the
medium of the rod U and toothed wheel T as and for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)