Patent ID: 7055424

Claim:
A press for forming bales of textile material, comprising a first pressing station; a second pressing station arranged spaced from said first pressing station; transfer means for transferring the pre-pressed material from the first pressing station to the second pressing station, wherein said transfer means includes an upper and a lower containment wall, approximately parallel with each other and defining a transfer path between said first pressing station and said second pressing station, and a ram that pushes the pre-pressed material from the first pressing station to the second pressing station between said two containment walls, said first pressing station including a loading zone arranged above a pre-pressing volume and a movable panel, said movable panel temporarily closing the bottom of said loading zone while the ram pushes the pre-pressed material from the first station to the second station wherein the first pressing station has a pre-pressing volume bounded on a first side by the ram and on a second side, opposite the first, by a movable vertical wall that is retracted while the pre-pressed material is being transferred from the first station to the second.