IM-, PROVEMENTS. IN PRESSES FOR COMPRESSING SUBSTANCES FOR BALING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County.
of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IM-,
PROVEMENTS. IN PRESSES FOR COMPRESSING SUBSTANCES FOR BALING, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES."A communication from abroad by Simon Rapalje
Bowne, of the City of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 28th February 1865, and dated the 18th October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
.October 1864.
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I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,.
Engineer and, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR COMPRESSING SUBSTANCES FOR BALING,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the application of a beater to a press for com-
pressing substances for baling and for other purposes, so arranged and applied.
that the substance to be compressed may be compacted within the press-box

page_text: without the aid of an attendant to effect the same by the slow process of
trampling.
The apparatus consists of a horizontal rectangular frame, at one end of
which are placed two uprights, the upper ends of which are connected by
traverse bars, between which a pulley is placed. At the lower part of the
uprights the press-box is placed; this press-box may be formed by securing
planks to the front and back sides of the uprights.. At the lower part of the
press-box there are doors, one at the front and the other at the back side.
These doors are connected at one end to the press-box by hinges, and the
opposite ends, when closed, are connected by a clamp constructed and
arranged in any proper way. At the upper part of the press-box, at its front
side, there is a feed door, the lower end of which is connected by a joint to
the press-box. This door opens and closes on guide plates, which retain it
in proper position. The door is retained in a closed state by hooks, which are
attached by pivots, one to each upright, and catch over the top bar or rail of the
door, in the back of which a longitudinal groove is made, in which a rod is fitted.
This rod has a lever attached to it at one end, said lever being provided with
a curved arm, which extends upwards in front of bar, and at the opposite end
of the rod there is a similar curved arm. These arms, when the door is
closed, are directly underneath the hooks above mentioned. To the lower end
of the lever is attached a cord, one part of which extends upward around a
pulley, and is connected to a lever, which is of bent form and projects
inwards at the inner side of its bearing or fulcrum, so as to be parallel with
its outer part. This lever is secured to one of the uprights at its upper part.
The other part of the cord. extends down and passes through a guide hole in
the base of the press-box, and bas its end attached to a bent lever on the
horizontal frame. In each upright is made a vertical slot, and in each
upright a vertical screw shaft is fitted, the upper parts of the screw shafts
being in the slots. The screw shafts project through the base of the press-
box, and have each a toothed wheel, around which an endless chain passes, said
chain also passing around a large toothed wheel which is placed horizontally on
the frame, and has a concentric pulley attached, the periphery of which is
grooved to receive 'a segment slide, to which a rope is attached, said rope passing
through a guide in the base of the press-box and extending upward to the
top of the uprights and over the pulley, and thence downward, the end of the
rope being attached to a vertical slide bar, which is fitted in the upright of
a follower which works between the uprights and within the press-box. The
slide bar has an arm or lever-projecting from it at each side, said levers
having their inner ends attached to the bar by a common fulcrum pin; the

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outer ends of the levers are connected to bars, which are secured one in each
side of the follower by fulerum pins; the upper ends of the bars have each
two laterally projecting ears attached. On each screw shaft a nut is fitted,
which nuts work in the slots, and each nut has a recess made in its inner
side to receive a guide bar, said bars being secured to the inner sides of the.
uprights in line with the slots, and preventing the nuts. from turning therein
or bearing against the sides of slots under the action of the screw shaft.
the horizontal pulley before mentioned, there is fitted a vertical slide catch,
which is allowed to work freely up and down therein. This catch may be:
described as being in the form of a staple, one leg being longer than the
other and projecting below the pulley, while the shorter leg projects down
over the side of the pulley and acts against a projection on the slide of the
pulley. A stop is also attached to the frame in a radial position with the pulley,
the inner end of the stop. being not quite in contact with the periphery of
pulley. To the under side of the wheel concentric with said pulley a pin is
also attached, the use of which will be presently, shown; there is also a sweep
attached to this pulley. The operation is as follows:-At the commencement
of the work the nuts are at the bottom of the slots in the uprights, the
draught animal is attached to the sweep, and the latter turned in the desired
direction. The pulley and wheel are of course rotated in the same direc-
tion, and the chain communicates motion to the screw shafts, which as they
turn cause the nuts to travel upward in the slots; as the pulley rotates the-
short leg of the catch will .catch against a projection, of the slide and cause
the rope to be wound on the pulley until the long leg of the catch comes in.
contact with a projection on the frame beneath the pulley, which projection
throws up the catch and releases the projection of the slide from the shorter
leg of the catch. When the rope is wound on the pulley the follower is
raised, and when the slide is released from the catch the rope is disconnected
from the pulley; and-the-follower-is-allowed-to-fall-by-its-own gravity-and-drop-
within the press-box. When the slide is released it travels around on the peri-
phery of the pulley under the action of the descending follower until arrested
by the stop, at which point it is ready to be acted upon by the short leg of
catch. Thus it will be seen that by a continuous rotation of pulley tho
follower is operated. This follower while thus working performs the function
of a "beater," and compacts the substance to be pressed within the box.
Each time the follower nearly reaches its culminating point it strikes the
inner arm of the lever and actuates the cord, and draws up and closes the
feed door, and immediately after each descent of the follower and "beater "
the pin of the horizontal pulley will strike the bent lever, and the lower part

page_text: of the cord will be actuated and the lever and shaft turned, 'so as to cause the
bent arm to throw up the hooks and allow the door to drop and open by its.
own gravity; the substance to be pressed being thrown into the press-box.
each time the follower and beater passes above the door. When the press-
box is supplied with a requisite quantity of the material to be compressed, the
nuts will have reached an elevated position in the slots; and the sweep is then
turned in an opposite direction. When the follower and beater strikes the.
substance or inaterial in the box the slide bar being released from the pull of
the rope, will by its own gravity force outward the bars through the. medium
of the arms or levers, and the ears of the bars will pass under the nuts and
at each side of the bars; the nuts as they descend under the reverse motion.
of the screws will force down the follower and beater and compress the sub-
stance in the box; the function of a follower being performed in the latter.
operation: The substance is compressed at the bottom of the box, and the
ball removed from the lower part. The motion of the pulley is then reversed,
and the operation repeated.
The second part of the Invention consists in combining a follower with a
system of levers all constructed and arranged in such manner that the
follower may be made to serve the double purpose of a follower and beater,
the follower in the last-named capacity filling the press-box and compacting
the materials to be compressed therein so as to be in proper condition for the
subsequent pressing operation of the follower.
This apparatus consists of an upright framing, which is composed of side.
piéces formed each of two vertical bars, with a space allowed between them
and a follower, which works between said side pieces and within guide strips
attached thereto. At the lower part of the upright framing there is a press-
box, which is formed by simply enclosing the lower part of said framing. On
the upper end of the follower there are placed side by side two sliding. bars;
these bars have a horizontal position, and are fitted and work between guides,
and they have each a bar attached to them by a pivot, the upper end of said
bars being also attached by a pivot to the head, which is allowed to slide
freely between two upright guides attached to the upper part of the follower
at its centre. When this head is drawn upward the bars will, owing to the
latter being connected to the former by the bars, be drawn inward so that
their outer ends will be flush with the sides of the follower, and when the
head is depressed or forced down, the outer ends of the bars will be forced
outward between the bars which form the side pieces of the framing. There
is also an upright shaft which is placed in a suitable framing connected with
the framing before mentioned, and has a wheel on its upper end, said wheel

page_text: having a grooved periphery in which a segment slide is fitted loosely-and to
which a cord or rope is attached which passes underneath a pulley on the
framing and over a pulley on the top of the other framing, and is connected to
the sliding head of the follower. The segment slide has a projection attached*
to it, and to the under side of the wheel there is secured a radial arm, which
has a drop catch fitted in it. To the framing there is also attached a pendant,"
having a double-beviled block at its lower end. The wheel and cord-or rope
are designed to operate the follower when used as a beater to compact within'
the press-box the substance to be afterwards compressed.
The operation is as follows:-The horse or draught animal is attached to
a sweep which is connected to the shaft, and said shaft and wheel being
rotated the slide will be carried around with the wheel in consequence of the
catch coming in. contact with the projection of slide, the cord or rope will
therefore be-wound around the wheel and the follower raised. The cord or
rope however cannot be wound around the wheel more than one, revolution, as
the lower end of the catch will come in contact with the beviled blocks once
in each revolution, and the upper end of said catch will thereby be thrown*
out from the projection of the slide and the latter released, so that the
follower will fall by its own gravity and compact the substance within the'
box. The follower therefore it will be seen is operated automatically, the
catch engaging itself with the slide as soon as the former has passed the
blocks. This arrangement of the slide and catch however is not.new sub-
stantially, the same arrangement being referred to in the first part of this
Specification. Two levers are further attached at their upper ends by fulcrum
pins one to each side of the upright framing. The lower ends of these levers
have ropes attached to them which pass around pulleys at the lower part of.
the press-box, and are attached to a rope which is connected to a collar or
sleeve placed loosely on the lower part of shaft and made to turn therewithi
when required by means of a slide catch fitted in the sweep. To each lever
there is connected by a hinge or joint a pendant arm, the lower ends of which
are fitted in slides placed between the vertical bars of the framing. To each
lever there is also attached by a hinge or joint a pendant bar; these bars are
above the arms and are designed for raising the levers or rather for throwing
outward the lower ends of the same. When the follower is used as a beater
the levers are drawn close to the framing so as to be nearly in. a
position, but when the pressing operation is to be performed, the lower ends of
said levers are thrown outward from the framing by attaching the cord or
rope to the lower end of the bars, and the shaft turned. Other means
however may be employed for adjusting these levers. When the levers.are.
vertical

page_text: thus thrown outward at their lower ends the slides will of course be raised,
and as the head of the follower is left free or has not the cord or rope attached
to it, or if attached, not under tension, the bars will be allowed to project
outward from the follower so as to form bearing surfaces for the lower ends
of the slides. The sleeve or collar on shaft is then connected to the sweep
by adjusting the slide catch, and the shaft being, then rotated, the cord or
rope will be wound on the sleeve or collar, and the lower ends of the levers
drawn towards the upright framing so that the arms will press down the slides
and the latter force down the follower in consequence of bearing on the ends
of the bars. Thus by this simple arrangement it will be seen that the
follower is made to perform the double function of a follower and beater. The
press may be, constructed at a very moderate cost, and it contains no parts.
liable to become deranged by use. Racks of curved form may be áttached to
the lower end of the levers above mentioned, with, a pinion gearing into them.
The Jevers may be operated by this means equally as well as by the cords or
ropes just described; I do not therefore confine myself to any particular
means for operating the levers...
.
The third part of the Invention consists in the means employed for
operating the plunger or follower, so that it may be elevated to the desired.
height and then released, so as to fall and give the desired blow, and again be
elevated, all by a continuous movement of the driving shaft. For this purpose
I use an upright press-box which rests on a proper base, and having a follower
or plunger which works in said box. In the upper part of the framing of
the press-box there is inserted a pulley, around which a rope or chain passes,
one end of the latter being attached to the follower or plunger, and the other
passing down and underneath a pulley in the base. There is besides a bevil
toothed wheel which is attached to a collar or hub on a shaft in the base, and
on the collar or hub there is placed a loose band to which the rope or chain
is attached. This wheel is toothed at its under side and gears with a
On the upper surface of the wheel there is an annular ledge which does not
quite extend around it.
This ledge is near the edge of the wheel, and has an
inclined upper surface rounded at the lower end.
pinion.
From the above description it will be seen that if power be applied to the
shaft of the pinion so as to turn the wheel, that the high end of the ledge will
catch the rope or chain, and the follower or plunger will be elevated, and as a
the low end of the ledge comes in contact with the rope or chain, said end
will pass under the latter and throw the rope or chain off from the ledge, so
that the follower or plunger will descend by its own gravity, the follower or
plunger being again raised where the high end of the ledge comes in contact

page_text: with the rope or chain.. Thus by a continuous rotation of the wheel a rising
and falling movement is communicated to the follower or plunger, and the
bay or other article to be pressed and baled may be firmly compacted.'in the
press-box previous to the pressing operation. This latter process may be,
performed by a screw or any other suitable. mechanical device applied to the:
follower or plunger, or to the bed underneath it..
It will be understood that when the rope or chain is thrown off from the
ledge; that the ring or band will turn freely on the collar or hub, and the rope
or chain cannot therefore be wound up on the collar or hub, as would be the
case were it rigidly attached to it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by. the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
April 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent, Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, 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 William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William Clark, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Clark, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS. IN PRESSES, FOR
COMPRESSING SUBSTANCES FOR BALING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," a communication
to me from abroad by Simon Rapalje Bowne, of the City of New York,
United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Clark, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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.."

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clark, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly 'described and ascertained.in and by the following
statement, reference being had.to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say).:-
This Invention relates to .the application of a beater to the press, so
arranged and applied that the substance to be compressed may be compacted
within the press-box without the aid of an attendant to effect the same by the
slow process of trampling.
The first part of the Invention is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7..
Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of the Invention; Fig. 2, a front view of the
same; Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view of the same; Fig. 4, a detached
perspective. view of a part of the feed gate; Fig. 5, a detached hori-
zontal section of one of the uprights, taken in the line x, x, Fig. 1;
Fig. 6, a detached perspective view of a portion of the follower and beater ;
Fig. 7, a detached perspective. view of a portion of the driving pulley and
its slide.
A represents a horizontal rectangular frame, at one end of which two
uprights B, B, are placed, the upper ends of which are connected by traverse
bars a, a, between which a púlley C is placed. At the lower part of the
uprights B, B, the press box D is placed. This press-box may be formed by.
securing planks to the front and back sides of thé.uprights. At. the lower
part of the press-box D there are doors! E, E, one at the front and the other
at. the back side: These doors are connected at one: end to the press-box by
hinges a, and the opposite ends when closed are .connected by a. clamp F,
constructed and arranged in any proper way. At the upper part of the
press-box at its front side there is a feed door F1, the lower end of which
is connected by a joint to the press-box. This door opens and closes on
guide plates b, b, which retain it in proper position. The door F¹ is
retained in a closed state by hooks c, c, which are attached by pivots d, one
to each upright B, and catch over the top bar or rail e.of the door. In the
back of the top bar or rail e of the door a longitudinal groove is made, in
which a rod fis fitted, see Fig. 4. This rod has a lever g attached to it at
one end, said lever being provided with a curved arm h, which. extends "
upward in front of bar b, and at the opposite end of the rod f. there is a
similar curved arm i. These arms 'h, i, when the door F is closed are directly
underneath the hooks c, c; to the lower end of the lever g a cord j is attached;
one part of this cord extends upward around a pulley j', and is connected. to a
lever, which is of bent form, and projects inwards at the inner side of its

page_text: bearing or fulcrum so as to be parallel with its outer part. This lever-k-is
secured to one of the uprights B at its upper part. The other part of the
cord j extends down and passes through a.guide hole in the base of the
press-box, and has its end attached to a bent lever G on the horizontal
frame A. In.each upright B a vertical slot-m is made, as shown in Fig. 1,
and in each. upright a vertical screw shaft H is fitted, the upper parts of the
screw shafts being in the slots m. The screw shafts project through the base
of the press-box, and have each a toothed wheel n, around which an endless
chain I passes, said chain also passing round a large toothed wheel J, which
is placed horizontally on the frame A, and has a concentric pulley K attached,
the periphery of which is grooved to receive a segment,slide L, to which a
rope M is attached, said rope passing, through a guide in the base of the
press-box, and extending upward to the top of the uprights and over the
pulley C, and thence downward, the end of the rope being attached to a
vertical slide bar N, which is fitted in the upright o, of a follower O, which
works between the uprights B, B, and within the press-box D,,see Fig. 2.
The slide bar. N has an arm or lever P. projecting from it at each side, said
levers having their inner ends attached to the bar N by, a common fulcrum
pin p; the outer ends of the levers P,,P,. are connected to bars Q, Q, which
are secured one on each side of the follower by fulcrum pins q, q,, see Fig. 2;
the upper ends of the bars have each two. lateral projecting ears, r,
1
attached, as shown in Fig. 6. On each screw shaft H a nut S is. fitted..
These nuts work in the slots m, and each nut has a recess made in its inner
side to receive a guide, bar s, said bars being secured to the inner sides of,.the
uprights in line with the slots.m, and preventing the nuts from turning therein
or bearing against the sides of slots m, under the action of the screw shafts, see
Fig. 5. In the pulley K there is fitted a vertical slide catch 1, which is
allowed to work, freely up and down therein. This catch may be described as
being in the form of a staple, one leg being longer than the other, and
projecting below the pulley,, while the shorter leg projects down over the side
of the pulley, and acts against a projection n' on the slide L of pulley K, see
more particularly Fig. 7. U is a stop which is attached to the frame A in a
radial position with pulley K, the inner end of the stop being not quite in.
contact with the periphery of pulley K, see Fig. 3. To the underside of
wheel J a pin v is attached, the use of which will be presently shown. V is a
sweep, which is attached to pulley K. The operation is as follows:-At the
commencement of the work the nuts s, s, are at the bottom of the slots m, m,
in the uprights B, B, the draught animal is attached to the sweep V, and the.
latter turned in the direction indicated by arrow 1, Fig. 3. The pulley K

page_text: and wheel J are of course rotated in the same direction, and the chain I com-
mmunicates motion to the screw shafts H, H, which as they turn cause the nuts s
to travel upwards in the slots m, m; as the pulley K rotates the short leg of the
catch t will catch against the projection n' of the slide L, and cause the rope M
to be wound on the pulley K until the long leg of the catch comes in contact with
á projection 6+ on the frame A beneath the pulley K, which projection throws
up the catch and releases the projection n¹ of the slide L from the shorter leg
of the catch. When the rope M is wound on the pulley K the follower O is
raised, and when the slide L is released from the catch t the rope is
disconnected from the pulley K, and the follower is allowed to fall by its own
gravity, and drop within the press-box D. When_the_slide.L.is.released-it
travels around on the periphery of the pulley under the action of the
descending follower until arrested by stop U, at which point it is ready to be
ácted-upon-by-the short-leg of catch t. Thus it will be seen by a continuous
ŕotation of pulley K the follower O is operated. This follower O while thus.
working performs the function of a "beater," and compacts the substance to be
pressed within the box D. Each time the follower O nearly reaches its
culminating point it strikes the inner arm of the lever K, and actuates the
cord j, and draws up and closes the feed door F; and immediately after each
descent of the follower and beater the pin v of the pulley K will strike the
bent lever G, and the lower part of the cord j will be actuated, and the lever g
and shaft turned so as to cause the bent arm h, i, to throw up the hooks c, c;
and allow the door F¹ to drop and open by its own gravity, the substance to
be pressed being thrown into the press-box D each time the follower and
beater passes above the door. When the press-box D is supplied with a
requisite quantity of the material to be compressed, the nuts -s will have
reached an elevated position in the slots m, m, and the sweep V is then turned
in the opposite direction. When the follower and beater O strikes the
substance or material in the box D, the slide bar N-being released from the
pull of the rope M, will by its own gravity force outward the bars Q, Q,
through the medium of the arms or levers P, P, and the ears 1, 2, of the
bars Qwill pass under the nuts S, and at each side of the bars's the nuts as
they descend under the reverse motion of the screws will force down the
'follower and beater, and compress the substance in the box D, the function of
the follower being performed in the latter operation. The substance is
-compressed-at-the bottom of the box D, and the bale removed from the
lower part. The motion of the pulley K is then reversed, and the operation
repeated.
The second part of the Invention is illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, 10, & 11, and

page_text: it consists in combining a follower with a system of levers, all-constructed and
arranged in such a manner that the follower may be made to serve the double:
purpose of a follower and beater, the follower in the last-named capacity
filling the press box, and compacting the material to be compressed therein,.
so as to be in proper condition for the subsequent pressing operation of the
follower.
Fig. 8 is a vertical section of this Invention taken in the line a, a, Fig. 9;
Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the same, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 8; Fig. 10,.
a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line, z, z, Fig. 1; Fig. 11, a.
diminished sectional elevation, showing a modification of the same.
A represents an upright framing, which is composed of side pieces formed
each of two vertical bars a, a, with a space b allowed between them, and B is
a follower, which works between said side pieces and within guide strips c
attached thereto. At the lower part of the upright framing A there is a press
box C, which is formed by simply enclosing the lower part of said framing, as
shown in Figs. 8 and 9. On the upper end of the follower B there are placed
side by side two sliding bars d, d; these bars have a horizontal position, and
are fitted and work between guides e, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, and they
have each a barf attached to them by a pivot g, the upper ends of said bars
being attached by a pivot h to the head i, which is allowed to slide
freely between two uprights guides j, j, attached to the upper part of the
follower at its centre. When this head is drawn upward the bars d, d, will,
owing to the latter being connected to the former by the bars f, f, be drawn
inward, so that the outer ends will be flush with the sides of the follower, and
when the head i is depressed or forced down the outer ends of the bars d; d,
will be forced outward between the bars a, a, which form the said pieces of
the framing A; D represents an upright shaft, which is placed in a suitable
framing E connected with the framing A, and has a wheel F on its upper end;
said wheel having a grooved periphery, in which a segment slide G is fitted
loosely, and to which a cord or rope H is attached, which passes underneath a
pulley on the framing E, and over a puliey J on the top of the framing A,
and is connected to the sliding head i of the follower B. The segment slide G.
has a projection K attached to it, and to the under side of the wheel F there
is secured a radial arm 1, which has a drop catch m fitted in it. To the
framing E there is attached a pendant n; having a double-bevilled block o at
its lower end; the wheel F and cord or rope H are designed to operate the-
follower B when used as a beater to compact within the press-box Ċ the
substance to be afterwards compressed.

page_text: The operation is as follows:-The horse or draught animal is attached to the
sweep I, which is connected to the shaft D, the said shaft and wheel being
rotated the slide G will be carried around with the wheel F, in consequence of
the catch m coming in contact with the projection k of slide G, the cord or
rope H will therefore be wound around the wheel F, and the follower B
raised. The cord or rope, however, cannot be wound around the wheel F
more than one revolution, as the lower end of the catch m will come in
contact with the beveled blocks o once in each revolution, and the upper end.
of said catch will thereby be thrown out from the projection of the slide G,
and the latter released, so that the follower B will fall by its own gravity and
compact the substance within the box C. The follower B therefore it will
-be-seen-is-operated automatically, the catch m engaging itself with the slide G
as soon as the former has passed the blocks o. This arrangement of the
slide G and catch m, however, is not new substantially, the same-arrangement
being referred to in the first part of this Specification. J, J, are two levers,
which are attached to their upper ends by fulcrum pins, q, one to each side of
the upright framing A, the lower ends of the levers J, J, have ropes K, K,
attached to them, which pass around pullies 7, 7, at the lower part of the
press-box C and are attached to a rope L, which is connected to a collar. of
sleeve. M placed loosely on the lower part of shaft D, and made to turn there-
with, when required, by means of a slide catch S fitted in the sweep I. To
each lever J there is connected by, a hinge or joint t a pendant arm N, the
lower ends of which are fitted in slides O placed between the vertical bars a, a,
of the framing A. To each lever J there is also attached by a binge, or
joint a pendant bar P; these bars P are above the arms N, N, and are
designed for raising the levers, or rather for throwing outward the lower ends
of the same. When the follower B is used as a beater, the levers J are
drawn close to the framing A, so as to be nearly in a vertical position, but when
the pressing operation is to be performed the lower ends of said levers are
thrown outward from the framing by attaching the cord or rope H to the
lower ends of the bars P, as shown in red in Fig. 8, and the shaft D turned.
Other means, however, may be employed for adjusting these levers; when
the levers J are thus thrown outward at their lower ends, the slides will of
course be raised, and as the head of the follower B is left free or has not
the cord or rope H attached to it, or if attached not under tension, the
bars d, d, will be allowed to project outward from the follower,-so-as-to-form
bearing surfaces for the lower ends of the slides O. The sleeve or collar M
on shaft D is then connected to the sweep I by adjusting the slide catch S

page_text: and the shaft D being then rotated the cord or rope L.will be wound on-the
sleeve or collar M, and the lower ends of the levers J, J, drawn towards the
upright framing A, so that the arms N, N, will press down the slides O,..0,
and the latter force down the follower B, in consequence of bearing on the
ends of the bars d, d; thus by this simple arrangement it will be seen that'
the follower is made to perform the double function of a follower and beater,
and answer an admirable purpose. The press may be constructed at a very
moderate cost, and it contains no parts liable to become deranged by use:;
In Fig. 11, racks a¹ of curved form are shown attached to the lower end of
the levers J, J, with a pinion gearing into them. The levers may be;
operated by this. means equally as well as by the cords or ropes just described,
I do not therefore confine myself to any particular means for operating the
levers.
The third part of the Invention is illustrated in Figs. 12 and. 13, and it
consists in the means employed. for operating the plunger or follower, so that
it may be elevated to the desired height, and then released, so as to, fall and
give the desired blow, and then be elevated, all by a continuous movement; of;
the driving shaft. Fig. 12 is a side view of this Invention, partly in section,:
Fig. 13 is a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line,.,. Fig.. 12.
A represents an upright press-box, which rests on a proper base Bl; and Ca
is the follower or plunger which works in said box. In the upper part of the
framing of the press-box there is inserted a pulley D, around which a rope or
chain E passes, one end of the latter being attached to the follower or plunger)
and the other passing down and underneath. a pulley A in the base B: F
represents a bevil toothed wheel, which is attached to a collar or hub:bon the
shaft G in the base B, and.on the collar or. hub.b there is placed.. ai loose!
band G, to which the rope or chain.E is attached. The wheel Fis toothed
at its under side, and a pinion F gears into it, as shown clearly in Fig: 12.1
On the upper surface of the wheel F' there is an annular ledge H, which doesz
not quite extend around the wheel: F... This ledge. H is near the edge of the
wheel F, and it has an inclined upper surface, as shown in Fig.. 12; the;
highest end being designated by C, seen in both Figs. The opposite, end d.of:
the ledge His rounded as shown clearly in Fig. 12. .
From the above description it will be seen that if power be applied to the
shaft e of the pinion F', so as to turn the wheel F. in the direction indicated;
by the arrow 1, that the high end c of the ledge will catch the rope.or:
chain E, see more particularly Fig. 13; and the follower or plunger C will:
Le elevated, as indicated by the arrow 2, and as the low end d of the ledger

page_text: comes in contact with the rope or chain, said end d will pass under the latter
and throw the rope or chain off from the ledge, so that the follower or plunger.
will descend by its own gravity, the follower or plunger being again raised
where the high end c of the ledge H comes in contact with the rope or chain E.
Thus by the continuous rotation of the wheel F a rising and falling movement
is communicated to the follower or plunger and the hay or other article to
be pressed and baled may be firmly compacted in the press-box previous to.
the pressing operation. This latter process may be performed by a screw or
any other suitable mechanical device applied to the follower or plunger, or to
the bed a* underneath it. It will be understood that when the rope or chain
is thrown off from the ledge H, that_the_ring-or-band-G¹-will turn freely on
the collar or hub b, and the rope or chain cannot therefore be wound up on
the collar or hub, as would be the case were it rigidly attached to it. .
.. Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the follower
and beater O, in connection with the screws H, H, and hoisting rope M or
analogous devices, so arranged and applied as to admit of the follower and
"beáter" performing the filling or packing, and also the compressing operation,
substantially as herein set forth.
I also claim the means substantially as herein shown and described for
operating. or opening and closing automatically the feed door F, to wit, the.
cord j, connected to the lever g, which is attached to the rod f in the door,
the curved arms h, i, and hooks c, c, the cord j passing over suitable pullies j¹²,
and connected at its ends to levers k, G, which are actuated respectively by
the follower and "beater o, and pin v of wheel J.
"
I also claim. the pulley.K, wheels J, n, n, and endless chain I, in com-
bination with the slide L, catch t; stop U, and projection 6x, for operating the
screw shafts H, H, and rope M, substantially as described.
I further claim the guide bars s, s,. attached to the inner sides of the
uprights B, B, and fitted in notches or recesses in the inner sides of the
nuts S, S, to serve as guides for the latter, and also as guides to the bars Q, Q,
of the follower, the ears r, r, of which are at each side of the bars s, s..
The levers J, J, and arms N, N, in connection with a follower and
beater B, arranged to operate as and for the purpose herein set forth. The
slides 0, 0, connected-with-the arms N, N, of the levers J, J, in connection
with the sliding bars d, d, on the follower B, all arranged substantially as and
for the purpose herein set forth.

page_text: The wheel F provided with the ledge H, the rope or chain E and follower
or plunger C, all arranged and combined to operate as and for the purpose
erein set forth..
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
JAMES DAISH,
53, Chancery Lane,
London..
CLARA
(L.S.)