US244272A

US244272A - John maeoh

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Publication number: US244272A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 1898-07-12

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- J. MARCH.

HAY PRESS.

No. 244,272.. Patented July 12,1881. 1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MARCH, OF EDEN, NEW YORK.

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,272, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed March 29, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MAnoH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Eden, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a strong and easily-constructed hay-press; and it consists of a vertical case for holding the hay, the case being provided with suitable doors, a cover arranged to slide horizontally in grooved slideways, and a vertically-movable pressing platen or piston arranged below, in combination with a series of pulleys connected with a rope on each side of the machine, each rope being arranged so as to draw evenly on each side of the pressing-piston, and having their opposite ends connected to a vertically-arranged tapering barrel or Windlass, as and for purposes which will be more clearly hereinafter shown by reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a plan or top view. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a top view of and the diagonal arrangement of two of the lower pulleys, J, also two of the upper pulleys and the top of the windlass. Fig.4 is a vertical longitudinal section through line X X, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a front elevatiou.

A is the case into which the hay is placed to be pressed.

13 represents the base or lower frame; B, a brace for supporting the case A, of which there are two, one on each side. The upper part of the case is provided with a frame,() O,having grooves a, (see Figs. 3, 4, and 5,) into which the cover a is arranged to slide horizontally back and forth, so that the case or box A may be covered or uncovered when required. The front and rear of the case or boXA is provided with doors 0 0 connected in the usual waybyhinges I). They are securely held,when shut, by means of the bars 0 c and the hooks d (1. (See Figs. 1 and 5.) The bars 0 0' are held to the case by staples or hinges e. In Fig. 5 I have shown the position of the doors G 0 and the looking or fastening bars, when opened, by the dotted lines D D.

(No model.)

E represents the vertically-movable platen. Its lower cross-bar, 0, (see Fig. 4,) is formed so that each end passes through the openings or slideways f on each side of the case A. On each end of the bar (2 is a strong iron binding-frame, f, to the upper part of which, on each side of the case, is connected a supporting-frame, g, for holding the pulley F. (See Fig. 1.) The frames 9 are each provided with a strong iron pin, h, to which the rope Gr (or a cable or chain)is securelyfastened. .Arope, G, is also secured in a similar way on the opposite side of the machine, both ropes, one on each side of the case A, being arranged to pass up over the pulleys t, then down under the pulleys F, and up over the pulleys i. From thence they pass down and under the pulleys J, the ropes on both sides of the case being arranged alike. After passing under the pulleys J the ropes pass to and are connected to the larger portion near the center of the barrel or Windlass H, which tapers both ways, up and down, from the center J, and each tapering portion is provided with spiral grooves L, into which the ropes pass as the barrel is being turned. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 4.) The rope G is attached to the lower tapering section of the barrel and the rope G to the upper section. The Windlass or barrel is secured in the usual bearings in aframe, L L and is strengthened by braces M.

N is a handle for turning it. It will be seen that as the barrel H is made tapering, as shown,

and that as the ropes arewound up, they wind from the larger to the smaller diameters, and the leverage increases as the hay is bein g compressed and its resistance increases.

The operation of the invention will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

Both doors being open (or one, if desired) and the platen E at its lowest point, the required amount of hay is put in and the doors are closed and fastened, as hereinbefore mentioned, and the cover a is moved over in place, thereby inclosing the hay on all sides. It will now be seen that by turning the handle N in the direction of the arrow 1? (see Fig. 2) the platen E will move up and compress the hay IOO combined with the ropes of a press, my invenat the sides, and barrel or Windlass H, protion relating to the construction of devices devided with the upper and lower tapering por- 1o scribed; but tions having spiral grooves, all as and for the I claimpurposes described. A hay-press consisting of the case or box A, JOHN MARCH. provided with side doors and fastenings, and Witnesses: a sliding top-cover, a,in combination with the JAMES SANGSTER, platen E,ropes G G, pulleys F7; t" J, arranged A. J. SANGSTER.