US597478A - Baling-press - Google Patents

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W. T. YOUNGER.

BALING PRESS.

No. 597,478. Patented Jan. 18,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

WILLIAM TURNER YOUNGEB, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,478, dated January 18, 1898. Application tiled March 3,1397. Serial in. 625,834. (Nomodeid To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TURNER YOUNGER, residing in the city of Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Hay Pressing or Baling Machine, to be used in baling, pressing, or compressing any substance balable, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to presses or balingmachines, and more particularly to that class which are worked by hand-power and it consists in certain new constructions and combinations of parts whereby a cheap, simple, and effective press is produced.

In the drawings I have shown the best form in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, and my said invention is disclosed in the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the complete machine in isometric perspective. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the main body or casing. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, showing the upper end of one of the movable ratchet-bars and its connections with the follower. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a part of the side of the main body; and Fig. 5 is a view of the weighted pawl, enlarged.

In the figures, A is the main body or casing, and A is the follower. This main bodyI prefer to make in separable parts, or of the knockdown form, so that it can be taken apart and packed in a small space for storage or for shipment. Thecasing is supported in an uprightposition when the machine is in operation by a base B. The sides A and A are each secured to this base by four bolts 1 2 3 4, two being in the center piece of the side, as the greater strain comes upon that. Between the side pieces at the lower part of the casing are two doors, only one of which, 0, is seen in the drawings. These doors are secured by having the cross-piece or cleat 0 engaged by the retaininghooks a a and by the bar 0, having the hooks o engaging staples in the base. This latter part of the construction serves as a hinge, while permitting the ready and easy detachment of the doors when desired. Above the doorC is a panel 0, which is secured in position by screws 0 passing through the cleats or cross-pieces 0 0 The is provided with a groove extending at right '60 angles to the slot. These slots or spaces admit and constitute guides for the inwardly extending arms 6 e of the movable ratchetracksEateach side of the machine. To these arms 6 e are secured the flat follower-hooks e e, which engage and are guided by the grooves in the walls of the slots. The follower A is provided with two outwardly-extending arms a. a, which are so placed that when they are engaged by the follower-hooks and the racks are depressed these arms will engage the same slots as the arms (2 c of the racks, and the follower will thus be guided in its downward movement free from contact with the side walls of the casing.

At each side of the casing is a lever F, which is provided with a weighted pawl f, which engages the rack E. Immediately below the point of pivoting of the lever is placed a retaining-pawlf'. While but one side of the casing is shown, it will be understood that these devices are duplicated at the opposite side of the casing.

The upper part or head of each rack is prm vided with two hooks e 6 to which are at tached cords or chains g g, which pass up over pulleys g g and support at their other ends weights G G. These weights are proportioned so as to raise the follower and racks when the latter are freed from the retaining-pawls f and the levers F.

H is a platform upon which the operator stands when charging the casing.

The follower is provided with two deep grooves a a extending transversely of the same, while the bottom of the casing has two like grooves a a There may be a greater number of these if desired.

The operation of my press is as follows: The follower being at its highest position is removed by the operator, who thereupon fills the casing with hay or the other material to be compressed. He then replaces the follower and draws its arms aa into the hooks e e. The levers F are now raised and lowered simultaneously, drawing the racks and the follower downward equally on both sides. When the followerhas been depressed and the material compressed to the point desired, the

doors 0 are opened outward and the binding passed around the bale through the grooves a 0L and properly secured. The follower and racks are then released by turning the retaining-pawls f upward until they engage and hold the weighted pawls f out of contact with the racks. The follower and racks will then be drawn quickly upward by the weights G G. The doors 0 will then be replaced and the operation repeated.

The press can be readily taken down by removing the bolts 1 2 3 4 on each side, screws 0 the fastening devices for the table D, and the operating-levers F. The parts composing the structure can then be separated and compactly stowed.

VVh'a-t I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a press the combination with the main body provided with the guiding-slots,

of the. movable racks outside of the main body and having parts engaging said slots, the follower having arms also engaging said slots, devices connecting the racks and the follower-arms, and the actuating-levers, substantially as described.

2. In a press, the combination with the main body or casing having the guiding-slots in its sides and the grooves extending at right angles to the said slots, of the movable racks having arms engaging said slots, the followerhooks engaging the rack-arms and adapted to slide in the grooves in said slots, the follower having arms for engaging said hooks and slots, and the actuating-levers for said racks, substantially as described.

8. In a press thecombination with the main body, of the ratchet-rack having the inwardly-extending arms, the follower-hooks detachably engaging the said arms, and the follower having the arms detachably'engagin g the said hooks, substantially as described.

WILLIAM TURNER YOUNGER.

Witnesses CHAS. P. SORIVENER, THOMAS A. MILLER.

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