US338712A

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Publication number: US338712A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1903-03-30

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H. C. CAPEL.

BALING PRESS.

No. 338,712. Patented Mar 30, 1886.

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BALING PRESS.

No. 338,712. I Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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BALING PRESS.

No. 338,712. Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFlCEt HERBERT G. CAPEL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,712, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed June 1,1885. Serial No. 167.360. (No model.) Patented in England March 19, 1885, No. 3,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT CHURCHILL CAPEL, engineer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Billing-Presses, (for which I have applied for provisional protection in Great Britain, No. 3,501, hearing date March 18, 1885,) of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to presses for baling hay, straw, rags, or other substancesthat is to say, for compressing the same into a compact form for storage or transportation.

A baling-press of the class to which my invention appertains, as usually heretofore constructed, comprises a wooden box properly strengthened and provided with doors on two opposite sides to permit the discharge of the finished bale. It also comprises a fixed top platen and a movable bottom platen or follower strengthened or supported by a strong beam. The bottom platen is arranged to be raised by means of levers to compress the hay or other substance, vertical slots being cut in the ends of the box to permit the upward movement of the beam supporting the said bottom platen.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of these presses, and thereby facilitate the opening of the box, the compression of the hay or other substance, and the discharge of the bale. For this purpose I secure to each end of the top platen one or more bars or rods or other supports, which extend downward outside the box and are connected by hinge-joints to the bottom frame or other part of the press, so that the said top platen can be readily moved to one side around or about the said hinge-j oints, when necessary, to allow the box to be filled; and I arrange the said bars or supports, in: combination with levers or other devices, in such a manner that they form a part of or support the apparatus for raising the bottom platen or follower. In some cases I secure the platen to bars or rods which are either plain or provided with projections on one or more sides, and I place on each bar or rod two grippers or clutches so constructed that while they will slide freely thereon when upward pressure is exerted upon them, will, unless prevented, grip or hold the said bars or rods firmly when pushed or pulled downward. I connect these grippers or clutches either directly or by means of a link or links to the bottom platen and to suitable levers, so that when the said levers are worked the bottom platen will be raised and the bale com pressed. Preferably I employ at each end of the press one rod or bar with two clutches thereon, which clutches are connected by means of links of different lengths to a lever, the said links being coupled to the lever at two points near the end thereof, and I couple another link to the said lever (at a point be tween the points of connection of the aforesaid links) and to the beam supporting the bottom platen. I thus obtain a double action of the lever-that is to say, the lever will raise the bottom platen both in its upstroke and in its downstroke. I further improve the construction of the press by making the end pieces of the box to move outward upon hinge-joints at their lower ends, and I provide for securing the doors of the box and the said end pieces by making V-shaped or other suitable recesses in or projections on the doors to fit corresponding projections on or recesses in the said end pieces in such a manner that immediately the retainers or devices which hold these parts firmly together are disengaged or removed, the end pieces will move outward simultaneously with the sides of the box, and thus leave the bale free to be discharged from the press. I sometimes construct the top platen or bottom platen, or both, so that they can oscillate or rock on the beams which support them, in order to facilitate the discharge of a cylindrical or other shaped bale when made.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown how my said invention may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.

Figure 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 a front elevation, and Fig. 3 an end elevation, of a light boxpress made according to my invention. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a slight modification of my invention.

Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

A indicates the bottom frame.

B is the top platen, which consists of a tend to cause them to grip the bars.

wooden beam, 1), having bolted thereto the cross-pieces b, and'which is connected to the bottom frame, A, by means of two square rods or bars, 0, passing through the top platen and firmly secured therein by means of the pins .0. These bars or rods are connected by hingeoints at c to the crossieces 0 0*, which form- J P part of the bottom frame, A. Therefore the said platen is supported by the rods or bars 0, but can be moved therewith around or about the points 0 to prevent the filling of the box.

D is the bottom platen or follower, which consists of'a wooden beam, d, having the crosspieces d held in their places thereon by the pieces d to which they are secured. These pieces simply rest on the said beam, so that they can freely oscillate or rock thereon.

.E E are grippers or clutches ofcast-steel or other suitable material, which are fittedupon the rods or bars 0, as shown. The grippers or clutches E are connected with the levers or lever-sockets Fby the links e, which are coupled at the points 6 to the said levers,

and the grippers or clutches E are connectedwith the said lever-sockets by the links 6 which are coupled thereto at the pointse". The said grippers or clutches are so made tliat their centers of gravity are farther from the bars 0 than the points f f, where the links arecoupled to them, so that their weight will In some cases I make each of the said grippers or clutches as shown in Fig. 4, and provide them with a pin or rod, (1, acted upon by a spring, a, which tends to press it against the rod or bar 0 and thereby cause the clutch to grip thesame. An adjusting-screw, a is provided for regulating the pressure exerted by the said spring. \Vhen the clutch is lifted by means of the lever, the said spring is compressed and the clutch is slightly turned, so that it is free to slide on the rod or bar 0, but when the clutch is pressed or pulled downward by means of the lever the spring acts to cause the clutchto grip the said rod or bar. A long wooden lever is to be fitted into each of the lever-sockets F. These sockets are connected by links 9 with the bottom platen, D. The said links are coupled to the lever-sockets F at the points 9 between the points 0 c and preferably nearer to the points 6 so that less force will be required to raise the levers than to depress them. The links 9 are so coupled to thebottom platen that they will oscillate with the bars or rods Oand therefore not interfere with the movement of the top platen.

G G are two doors secured by hinge-joints at g, and consisting of strong boards strengthened by cross-pieces g.

H H are the ends of the box, which are connected by hinge-joints at h to the bottom frame, A, and consist of strong boards strengthened by cross-pieces h.

I I are catchesor retaining-hooks, of which there are eight, pivoted upon bolts or screws 1', secured in the cross-pieces h. The crosselasticity of the bale.

pieces 9 have V-shaped recesses or notches cut in them, as shown in Fig. 1, into which recesses or notches fit corresponding V-shaped projections on the cross-pieces h, the whole being held rigidly together by the retaining hooks or catches I.

K K are parts of the two sides of the box, of which the doors G form .the other parts. The parts K are loosely connected at k to the sides H, so as not to prevent the free movement of the latter around or about their pivots h. a

The operation of my'improved press is as followsthat is to say: The top platen, B, is turned upon its hinges into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and allowed to remain in this position to permit the box to be filled with the material to be compressed.

The said platen is then pushed back into its the pressure exerted on them by reason of the When the bale has been secured, it is relieved of pressure by holding the grippers'E E in such a position that they can slide down the bars or rods 0, and the bottom platen is thus lowered a short distance. The bale will then with very little assistance drop out of the press by reason of the rocking movement of the face of the bot-' tom platen upon its beam. The bottom platen is then lowered, so that it rests on the bottom frame, A, the doors and ends are closed, and the retaining hooks or catches are engaged with the cross-pieces 9 The press is then ready for forming another bale. The bottom platen will be raised by both the upstroke and the downstroke of the levers, because when the levers are depressed the clutches E will grip the rods 0, the pins or bolts e serving as the fulcrums of the said levers, so that the links 9 and the bottom platen will be raised, and

when the levers are lifted the clutches E will grip the rods 0, the pins or bolts 6 serving as the fulcrums of the said levers, so that thelinks f and the bottom platen will be raised, as before.

What I claim is- 1. In a baling-press in which the 'follower' is raised to compress the bale and the tying of the bale is effected at the top of the press, the

combination of the top platen, B, secured to rods O1 'Sl1p1)OItS C, hinged or pivoted to the follower, and the levers F, for operating the said grippers or clutches to raise the said follower, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A pair of grippers, E E, in combination with the rod 0, on which they are fitted, the I lever-socket F, which is connected to said grippers by linkse 6 the link 9, which is atjections are V-shaped or of other suitable form to permit the said doors and end pieces I 5 to move outward simultaneously immediately the retainers are disengaged, for the purpose above specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing 20 witnesses.

HERBERT O. OAPEL. Witnesses:

DAVID YOUNG,

45 Southmnpton Buildings. JOHN E. BONSFIELD.