Year: 1885

page_text: I Thomas Theophilus Mayos of Llangunnock in the parish of Saint Weonards
in the County of Hereford Farmer 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 :-
The said apparatus consists of hollow receivers fixed in clips fastened by keys
the clips being attached to a sliding board which works backwards, and forwards

page_text: in a frame on rollers with moveable resisters to enable the bolting of straw or
.other material tied to be kept in such a length or space as may be required.
In order to compress the bolting of straw or other material into the required size
a lever is used which is attached in a convenient position to the receiver and
worked by manual power.
The string used is attached to fasteners at the sides of the receivers and passes
through spring clips inserted in the hollow of the receivers.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention I will proceed to
describe the manner in which it is to be or may be performed reference being had
to the accompanying Drawing and to the letters and figures marked thereon.
The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in each of the
Figures of the Drawing.
Figures 1 and 2 of the said Drawing are elevations taken at right angles to each
other of the said apparatus and Figures 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 and 9 represent portions
thereof.
A A are the receivers B is the base to which they are secured CC are the clips
by which they are secured D D are the rollers which support the base B. E is the
frame in which the rollers are mounted F F are the moveable resisters which are
also secured to the base B. G G are the levers by which the straw or other
matter is compressed and H H are the spring clips in which the binding strings
are held.
The receivers A. A and the parts connected thereto are constructed and arranged
as hereinafter described with reference to Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings which Figures are drawn double the scale of Figures 1 and 2 Figure 3 is
an elevation of one of the said receivers and its connections a portion of the receiver
being removed in order to exhibit clearly the arrangement of the spring clips
therein Figure 4 is a section taken on the line X Figure 3 and Figure 5 is a
separate view of the portion of the receiver not shown in Figure 3. The said
receiver consists of a casing trough shaped in transverse section which casing is
formed of a band or strip of plate iron a bent as shown in Figure 3 and having
a plate a of the form shown in the said Figure 3 affixed to one of its edges and a
plate a (see Figure 5) so connected to its other edge as to be capable of being
readily separated therefrom the means of connection being hooks a', a affixed to
the part at which hooks engage with slots a³, a³ and notches a® a formed in the
said plate a. The clip C is secured to the said part a¹ by means of a key or
bolt cand a cotter and has a pin or shank formed on its outerside the part c³
of which pin or shank is square and the part o has a screw thread formed on it
with which screw thread a nut o engages "a*, a* are plates or shields affixed to the
upper ends of the receiver for the purpose hereinafter explained. The lever G is
jointed to the plate a³ of the receiver by means of a bolt g¹ and nut g². The
curled end a' of the part a¹ on that side of the receiver to which the said lever is
jointed acts as a stop against which the end of the said lever rests when it is out
of action as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. a' is a catch on the opposite side of
the part a¹ under which catch the end of the said lever engages when it is in
action. The spring clips H H in which the springs are held are formed and
arranged in the hollow of the receiver as hereinafter described. One set of the
said clip is shown separately (drawn of the full size) in side view in Figure 6 and
in end view in Figure 7. The said clips consist of springs or strips of steel h³, h¹
secured in pairs to distance pieces h³, h³ placed between the springs of each pair and
secured to a plate h³ the free ends of which strips are bent and rounded as shown
in the said Figures 6 and 7 in order to admit of the string used in the apparatus
being passed between them by pressing it on the bent parts of their ends which
are kept in contact by the elasticity of the said strips. The other parts of each of
the pairs of strips are separated a sufficient distance from each other to admit of
the string used in the said apparatus being held between them with a moderate
pressure. In Figure 3 three strings Z are shown arranged in the said springs.
The several sets of springs are supported in the receiver by means of brackets aº,

page_text: with which those parts of the plate engage which project beyond the edges or
the springs h', h¹ as shown in Figure 7.
In Figure 8 one of the resisters F F is shown separately. The said part consists
of a board having plates f¹, f¹ secured near one of its ends which plates have
pins f, f formed on them.
The base B consists of a board having holes formed in it for the reception of the
square part of the shanks on the clips C C of the receivers and for the reception
of the pins ff' of the resisters and having strips of metal 61, 6¹ secured to its
upper side and projecting beyond its edges.
Each of the receivers is separately secured to the base B by passing the shank
of the clip secured to its lower part through one of the holes in the base provided
for the reception of the said shanks and screwing the nut onto the screwed
part of the said shank which projects below the underside of the base as shown
in Figures 1 and 2,
The resisters are secured in place by passing the pins f³, f' on their ends into
the holes provided for their reception in the base B.
The frame E with the rollers D D arranged therein is shown separately in
transverse section in Figure 9. The said frame consists of boards e¹, e¹ connected
at their ends by other boards and bound together at intermediate points by
bolts e, e on which the rollers D D are mounted and work. e, are strips of
metal secured to the sides of the frame and bent over their upper edges. The
base B rests on the rollers D D and the metal strips 61, 62 on the said base engage
under the bent ends of the said strips e*, e*.
I will describe the method of using the apparatus hereinbefore described in the
tying of straw as it passes from a thrashing machine.
The frame E which supports the said apparatus is placed parallel with the outer
edge of the inclined platform or board onto which the straw falls from the shakers
the centre of the said frame being as nearly as possible in line with the centre of
the said platform that side of the apparatus on which the levers G G are mounted
being farthest from the said platform and the distance between the upper ends of
the receivers and the edge of the said platform being such that the straw on
descending therefrom will pass into the receivers. When the apparatus is thus
placed the base B is slidden to the right or to the left until the part of the
apparatus between the centre one of the three resisters F F and the one nearest
one of the ends of the said base B is in such a position that the descending straw
will fall between the said two resisters. The three receivers between the said two
resisters are then in position to receive straw and straw is allowed to fall into
them the. attendant occasionally guiding it as it descends in order to prevent it
from falling endwise into the receivers and occasionally pressing it down in the
receivers with his hands. When the receivers are full the further descent of the
straw from the platform is arrested and the base B and parts carried by it are
moved end wise on the rollers D D mounted in the frame E until the space between
the centre resister F and that one nearest the other end of the base B is brought
before the said platform. The three receivers between the resisters last referred to
are then in position to receive straw and straw is allowed to pass into them until
they are filled. While they are filling the straw in the receivers first filled is
compressed by raising the handles of the levers G G the said levers being thereby
brought to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2 in which position they
are retained by the engagement of their ends with the catches a³, as on the receivers.
The upper of the binding strings held in the spring clips H H is then pulled out of
the clips in which it is held and secured around the straw and the levers G G are
released and the bundle or bolting of straw is removed from the receivers which
are then ready to receive another charge of straw and when they are required to
be filled are brought under the aforesaid straw board or platform by running the
base B endwise over the rollers D D as hereinbefore described.
A large number of strings is placed in the spring clips H H before beginning to
use the apparatus and when the supply is exhausted the plates a³ are removed

page_text: from the receivers the said spring clips are slidden out of the brackets a³ a³ fresh
strings are inserted in the said clips and they and the plate a³ are replaced.
If two ties to each bolting be required two receivers are used and strings are
placed in the spring clips of each. If only one tie for each bolting be required
three receivers are used as shown in Figure 1 the centre one of which receivers
only need be supplied with string.
If the straw be long only one resister in the centre of the base B is required. If
the straw be short the three resisters are required one being placed in the middle
of the base and the others near the ends thereof as shown in Figure 1.
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Instead of using spring clips for securing the ends of the strings at the upper
part of the receivers as shown in Figure 3 the said ends may be secured by
passing the loops formed thereon over hooks secured to suitable parts of the
receivers.
The object of the plates a*, a* is to protect the upper sets of spring clips from
injury and to prevent straw from lodging thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be or may be performed I declare
that I claim as my said Invention
First. An apparatus for use in binding or tying straw or other like matter the
said apparatus consisting of means for confining the matter to be bound and for
compressing it previously to binding it and for holding lengths of the binding
string in a position convenient of access and partly around the space to be
occupied by the matter to be bound when in the apparatus the whole being
constructed and arranged substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
Secondly. Apparatus for the purpose hereinbefore described consisting essen-
tially of standards for confining the straw or other matter to be tied or bound one
or more of the said standards being provided with means for holding a number of
lengths of string in such a position or positions relatively to the part of the
apparatus in which the matter to be tied or bound is contained that the said
matter when in the apparatus is partly surrounded by the said lengths of string.
Thirdly. The construction and arrangement of spring clips for holding the
binding strings substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing.
Date:
1000