US103356A - Improvement in cotton, hay, and hemp-presses - Google Patents

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alfdtatr @anni @Wire l WILLIAM u'. MonRIsg'oF TROY, rnnnifissnn.,

Leners', Puma No. 103,356, 1a-mz May' 24, 1 s To.

IMPRQVBMENT IN COTTON, HAY, AND Hemp-PRESSES.

*omehe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the `same y 1, WILLIAM H. MORRIS, ot' Troy, in the county of Obion and State of 'lennessce, 4have invent-ed certain Improvements in Gotton,`Hay, and Hemp-Presses, of which the follonilreg` 'isa specification.

`Nature mul Objects of flic Invention. My invention is a cotton, hay, and hemp-press, the

object of which is reduced friction and increased leverage.; andcoussts of sixupright posts, securely mortised, with a movable or sliding bottom, raised and lowered hy means'of' ratchet-bars and two levers. as more fully described in the following general dese-ription.

Description of the .Aeconqlanyng Drau-ings. y Figure 1 is a front View ofthe press embodying my invention, and shows the working of the cross-beam or movable bottom, in connection with lthe ratehetbars and levers, as also the door.

Figure 2`is a sdc'view'of the same. l l General Description.

The press consists of three upright posts, A, at each end, about six inches apart, mortised into a base., B, and the cross-beam G on top, leaving a groove on each side of the'center post forthe bottom or cross-beam D to pass up and down, in connectionwith the ratchetbars a a and the levers I) b.

On each sido of the press, nea,r the top, is al door, E, secured by a hinge-bar, c.

"lhe topd of, the` pressV is`made so that it can he taken outafter the press has been lled, in order that more may be put in after the doors are closed.

On the top ot' the.v press, over the center, is a crossbeam, F, projecting over, through the ends of which pass the ratchet-bars a, attached to the bottom or movable beam D below, and secured on top by means -of two blocks, c e, each containing a pawlh'f, in front,

which works into. the notchesv ofthe ratchet-bars, and in the rear a roller, g.

The pawl strikes the ratchet-bar just above the center of the roller, so that, when the poweristaken off one and thrown on the other, the roller will turn and relieve the pressure or friction. y lTo cach pawl a small pin, h, is attached, Vby which it can be raised to permit-the lowering of the. ratchetbars.

On each of the ratchetbars is a similar block, i,

connected with the upper blocks by means of two clevses, l.'- r, and the. levers l), which raise the crossbeam D.

The press can be sunk into the ground to whatever distance may be deemed necessary to steady it.

Claim.

I claim as my invention- ,llle combinationof the cross-beam F with the ratchet-bars a a, bloeksc c, provided with pawls f havingl handles hy attached thereto, friction-rollers g g, and the clevises k f, operated by the levers l), when all constructed, arranged, and operating as herein described',a nd for the purpose set forth.

v W. H. MORRIS. Witnesses: J. G. SMITH,

J. M. KING.

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