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G. W. FREEMAN.

PORTABLE HAY PRESS. No. 281,990. Patented July Z4, 1883.

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GEORGE YV. FREEMAN, OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA, NASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO ROBERT B. KYLE, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,990, dated July 24, 1888.

Application filed April 23, 18E3.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, GEORGE W. FREEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Gadsden, in the county of Etowah and State f Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Hay Presses, of whichvthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct a hay-press which can be easily worked by handpower, which shall occupy as little as possible space, and which shall be simple in construction and small in cost.

My invention consists in the hereinafter-de scribed instrumentalities for accomplishing said object.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a top view of my improvement; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of same; Fig. 3, asideview.

A represents the side beams of the press7 secured to the inside of which are the sides B, provided with slots b, for the purposes hereinafterspecilied. These sides are held together by rods b, passing transversely throughbeams A, and provided upon their free extremities with lever-nuts b2. The bottom C of the press is provided with longitudinal slots, which are used for the passage of the ties in passing them around a bale of hay between the sides B, and with transverse grooves c, which lit over the bottom rods, b', and hold the bottom in place while the press is being operated. D is the top of the press, and is hinged on one side to one ofthe beams A. Transverse slots d are cut in the edges of said top, and in these slots fit the revolving clampsd. Said clamps consist of rods, which are passed through vertical orifices in top beams, A, and are bent ata right angle above the upper surface of the top D. Said top is also providedwith alongitudinal lining, d2, which iits between the sides B.

In the rear of the baling-chamber is the sliding plunger E. Said plunger is provided with arms e, which extend outside of thepress through the above -mentioned longitudinal slots in the sides B. Said arms are connected by ropes or chains e with the working mechanism of the press. By means of these ropes or chains the aforesaid plunger E is drawn 5o through the baling-chamber toward the tilting l head-block F of the press.

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Said head-block is pivoted upon one of the rods b', near the upper front end of the baling-chamber, and its lower extremity rcsts,when the block is erect, against a shoulder, f, secured to the bottom C.

The upper part of the head-block is provided with an arm, f', to which is attached arope or chain, f2, carrying upon its free end a gripping-hook, f 3, for the purpose hereinafter specified. The head-block and the plunger 6o are both provided with vertical grooves, lying in the same vertical plane with the longitudinal slots in the bottom C. The beams A extend some distance in front of thebaling-chamber, and in cross-blocks secured therein are bearings for the shaft gof the ratchet-wheel G.

Pivoted upon the shaft g, on either side of the wheel G, is the bifurcated end h of the hand-lever H, by which the press is worked. Pivoted in said lever, immediately above the 7o bifurcated end, is the pawl h', said pawl bent at its free extremity and engaging with the teeth oi' the wheel G. A second pawl, 71.2, is pivoted in the tilting head-block F, and also engages with the teeth of wheel G.

To the outer ends of shaft g are secured the ropes or chains e', from which construction it will be seen that as the wheel G is revolved by means of the lcverHthe chains e will be wound upon the ends of said shaft g, andthe plunger Se E thereby drawn forward toward the headblock F.

The operation of my improvement is as follows: The plunger E is drawn to the extreme back ofthe baling-chamber, the baling-cham- 8 5 ber is filled with hay, and the top D clamped down upon the press by means of the clamps d. The lower end of the tilting head-block is thrown backward by means of the lever, and hay is pushed in the space thus left open. The 9o head-block is then returned to its normal po- Sition, and the hay thus forced backward. The lower end of the head-block is again thrown forward and more hay introduced into the baling-ehamber until said chamber is as full as desired. The hand-lever H is then drawn forward, and the wheel G thereby revolved through the medium of the pawl h. By this `operation the chains are wound upon the shaft g, and the plunger E thereby drawn forward 10o toward the head-block. The hand-lever is thrown backward and held in place by the pawl h2 until the lever is again drawn forward and the wheel G thereby again revolved.

5 This operation is continued until the hay has become sufficiently compressed. The top of the press is their swung open, and the balebands, having been passed around the bale through the longitudinal slots in the bottom C 1o and the vertical grooves in the plunger and head-block, are tied. The grappling-hook f is then hooked under the back end oi' the bale, the sides of the press are loosened by means of the li ercinbeforeinentioned levernuts,the arm 15 f is drawn backward, and the bale thereby lifted out of the press. The saine operation is afterward repeated with other bales.

-Having tlius described niy invention, what I claiin ism 2o l. ln a baling-press, the tilting head-block 4. The combination, with the sides B, of the hinged top D, provided with slots d and theA clamps d, substantially as described.

GEORGE XV. FREEMAN.

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Hoen CUMMING, XV. H. MAYNE.

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