Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing and Baling Hay and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing and Baling Hay and
the like.
I, THOMAS ALURED WYNNE EDWARDS, of The Foundry, Denbigh, Agricul-
tural and General Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for pressing and baling hay and the like
which apparatus I construct and operate in the following manner: I provide
a strong box having its bottom, two sides and one end fixed, a hinged lid,
and an end moveable within it as a piston; also in one side there is an opening
closed by a door or plate that can be opened or partly opened. The piston
end being retracted and the lid being opened, the hay is packed into the box
over the wires hoops or cords for binding the bale there being ample room to
pack it so as to fill the box and to some height above the sides. The lid is then
closed with the aid of a lever and the piston end is advanced by racks and pinions,
or chains worked by gearing arranged to give the necessary pressure, the contents
of the box being thus compressed to the extent desired. The lid is then opened
and the binding wires cords or hoops are made fast, securing the bale. The door
or plate at the side is then opened or partly opened, relieving the pressure at the
ends of the bale, and, the piston end being retracted, the bale is lifted out.
prefer to fix around the edge of the piston end an angle iron or hoop with its edge
projecting so as to scrape the bottom, sides and lid of the box as the end advances
and thereby remove stalks or pieces that might cause the end to jam. I prefer
also to render the apparatus portable by mounting it on wheels.
Dated this 26th day of September 1893.
I
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing and Baling Hay and
the like.
I, THOMAS ALUred Wynne EdwARDS, of The Foundry, Denbigh, Agricul-
tural and General Engineer, 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:-
My invention relates to apparatus for pressing and baling hay and the like,
which apparatus I construct and operate as I shall describe referring to the
accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan partly sectional,
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section,
Fig. 3 is a part transverse section at X of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a side view of
the lever for closing the lid.
I provide a strong box A having its bottom, two sides and one end fixed, a lid B
hinged at one end and an end C moveable as a piston within the box; also in one
side there is an opening closed by a door or plate D that can be opened or partly
opened. The piston end C being retracted and the lid B being opened, the hay is
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page_text: packed into the box over the wires, hoops or cords for binding the bale which are
accommodated in grooves, and then the box is filled to some height above its sides.
The lid B is then partly closed, as indicated at B' Fig. 4, and its edge is then
engaged by hooks E linked to a lever F, by means of which it is fully closed, and
the piston end C is advanced by racks and pinions G (or it might be by chains)-
worked by gearing-from a shaft H which can be turned in the first place by a
hand wheel K and afterwards by a lever pawl and ratchet wheel arranged to give
the necessary pressure The contents of the box are thus compressed to the extent
desired. The lid is then opened and the binding wires, cords or hoops are made
fast, securing the bale. The door or plate D at the side is then opened or partly
opened, relieving the pressure at the ends of the bale, and, the piston end C being
retracted, the bale is lifted out or drawn out at the opening D. I prefer to fix
around the edge of the piston end C an angle iron or hoop with its edge projecting
so as to scrape the bottom, sides and lid of the box as the end advances, and thereby
to remove stalks or pieces that might cause the piston end to jam. I prefer also to
render the apparatus portable by mounting it on wheels.
;
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Apparatus for pressing and baling hay and the like, constructed and operating
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The hinged lid and lever and hooks for closing it so as to give preliminary
compression.
3. The horizontally moving piston and gear for moving it so as to give the final
compression.
4. The door or plate opening on the side to relieve the pressure of the bale.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.