Improved Bale Press.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
Improved Bale Press.
I, IVAN BAYER, of No. 10, Paul Strasse, Berlin, Germany, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 consists of a bale press by means of which bales of various
sizes may be pressed, i.e. either one bale of the maximum length or two or more
bales of equal length, the sum of the lengths of which, make up the maximal
length.
And in order to render the present specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference denote
similar parts throughout the several views:-
Fig. 1 is a front sectional elevation of the press,
Fig. 2 a transverse section through the same,
Fig. 3 an end elevation with the press pushed back,
Fig. 4 a plan of the press.
The apparatus consists of a stout box or casing having the bottom formed of stout
boards B with spaces b left between them, the side walls being formed of blocks or
beams and provided with lower upwardly opening doors A A hinged to the said
walls. Two rails G G are mounted at each end of the box and extend laterally over
the sides of the same at one side and on these rails the whole pressing mechanism is
mounted on rolls and capable of being pushed to the upturned ends of the rails G G
when it is required to fill the press, as shown at Figure 3. The pressing mechanism
consists of the under-framing composed of the cross U-irons H H rivetted at h¹ to
the longitudinal U-irons h h, to the underside of which are fixed the journal boxes i
for the rolls or wheels J J of the trolley thus formed. On this underframing are
mounted four bearings K K¹ K2 K3, the first three of which are provided with double
bearing arms kk, k¹ k¹, and k² k2, in which shafts L L' are mounted to rotate, said
shafts being coupled by means of gear wheels m m and driven by means of
gearing N n, the latter mounted on the shaft O, supported in bearings o o¹ and o² of
the under framing, to which are further attached bearings g g¹ and g², supporting
a shaft Q to each end of which are attached the crank handles S. The shaft Q is
geared to the shaft O by means of the gears R and P, so that on turning this shaft
by means of the crank handles, the shafts O, L' and L will also be rotated. The
shafts L L are provided with gear pinions M M and M M, which engage at each
side of two double racks F F, each of which is pivoted at its lower end to the metal
mountings E of the press plates D D. These plates are advantageously stiffened by
means of the metal crosses E E and the longitudinal U-irons d d. The press shown
is divided into two compartments by means of the partition wall C, supported in
grooves 61 in the interior of the box and capable of removal therefrom. The press
plates D D fit approximately the interior of the compartments and the position of the
trolley over the centre of the box is determined by means of the stop arm T, which
engages over the projecting end of the beam H (Fig. 3), whereupon the pivoted

page_text: arm T¹ is turned up to engage the other beam end, as will be clear from
Figure 3.
In operation the press trolley is first pushed back from off the top of the box, the
latter is then filled with the material to be pressed, hay, straw or other material, the
press trolley is then run over the box, and arrested in proper position by means of
the arms T T¹, the presses are then lowered, to approximately the position shown at
Figures 1 and 2, compressing the material under them, which may then be secured
by means of cords or the like previously laid in the grooves b b. The bales thus
formed are removed from the press box through the doors A A. If one bale of the
size of both chambers combined is to be pressed the partition wall C is removed, and
then, the two press plates are advantageously coupled by means of bars attached to
the irons d d as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. This is not absolutely
necessary as both plates are operated downwards simultaneously, being coupled, as
to their driving mechanism, but it acts to stiffen the pressure plates and prevent
unequal straining of the pressing mechanism. It will be evident that instead of
two compartiments three or more could be employed, in which case the press
mechanism would, of course have to be correspondingly multiplied. Instead of the
gearing shown and described for operating the press plates, hydraulic pistons might
be employed, the main point being that a plurality of pressure plates are employed
having their actuating mechanism coupled so as to operate with equal pressure
simultaneously.
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 bale press for making one single or several smaller bales, characterised by
the arrangement of removeable, vertical partition walls within the press box, and a
plurality of press plates corresponding in size to the compartments thus formed,
means for operating each pressure plate and means for coupling the operating
mechanism of each plate, substantially as described.
2. In a bale press of the kind covered by Claim 1, having rack and pinion
operating mechanism for the pressure plates, the arrangement of laterally extending
rails on the top of the press box, a trolley to carry the whole of the pressing
mechanism and the pressure plates, and means for arresting the said trolly in its
position with the plates in the box, during the operation of pressing substantially
as described.
Dated this 21st day of April 1898.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.