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A. J. PURVIANCR' 'BALING PRESS.

No. 66,388. Patented July 2, 1867 Via a w amt grates igatrnt @ffitr.

A. J. PURVIANCE, OF Moo-NT ZION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J1: MOSS, OF THE SAME PLACE. i I

Letters Patent No. 66,388 dated July 2, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALING-PRESS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I fie it known that I, A. J. PllltVIANCE, of Mount Zion, Van Buren county, State of Iowa, have invented a. new and'imprhved Bailing-Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification, in which.-- n

Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is an elevation of the press on the side opposite the power. Figure 2 is a view-of the under side of the press.

FigureB, Sheet 1516.2, is a central vertical section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 7 The nature of this invention consists in combininggearing with Windlass and shackle-rigging power for compressing and baling hay or cotton, the object of the combination of these two means of pressing in one machine being rapidity and dispatch of the principal part of the work bythe gearing movement and powerful compressing upon the bale'by means of the slower action of the Windlass and shackle arrangement exerted by the same driving force when the final compression is applied to make a bale very compact and of the least possible bulk, The machine is made strong and portablc, and any horse-power or other drivingapparatus may be attached to work it.

A is a rectangular frame, constructed of heavy hard-wood timbers fastened with bolts or in any suitable manner. ,At one end of the frame is a box or trunk, B, figs. 2 and 3, on the inside for receiving the hay-or cotton and forming the bale, which stands on end when packed. The head-block a, fig. 3, at one end of the V trunk B, is stationary, opposite to which is the follower or plunger 6, operated. by rack-beam G, on the upper side of which isa straight rack, -c, worked by a sliding pinion, 11, connected with the gearing, to be.described,

and also by a Windlass and shackle-ropes over pulleys and rollers, these two methods'of operation being applied separately and independently of each other, as may be desired. The gearing arrangement has a drivingshaft, D, figs. 2 and 3, at the bottom of the press, which lies across the press and has its hearings on the bottom frame timber. Horse orother power is attached-at one end of the driving-shaft D on one side of the press, fig. 2, and on theother end is a pinion, e, fig. 1, which works into a spur-wheel, f; on the shaft of the'spurf on the oppo site side of the press isanother pinioryg, figs. 2 and:3, which drives two spurs h and 1', shown in all the figures. The

spur 71. is on a shaft whichrevolves' a Windlass, E, hung on as'winging-frame, R, at the back end of the press-frame A and is under the rack-beam C. The Windlass E has a rope, is, attached, which runs from it to one of three guidepulleys on one shaft F, fig. 3, set in a loose block, G, between and across the framing-timbers A; thence the rope it passes to one of two pulleys z z, in alooseadjustable frame, H, at the extreme back end of the rackbeam C; thence back to the middle of the three guide-pulleys on F hung in the block G; thence to the other pulley z in the frame H; thence to the third pulley on F in the block G; and thence to a hook-and-eye coupling or makefast, I, figs. 1 and 3, at the back end of the rack-beam G. The rack-beam G is a frame of'three long,

timbers, on the middle one of'which is the rack c. This frame rests and travels on two-rollers I I figs. 2 and 3,

that lie across the machine. The spur i is on a sliding-shaft, P, which is shifted as required by a hand-lever,

m, which-is hung in a framefion the opposite side of the machine. On the shaft I, close to the lever m, is a fastpinion, p, which shifts by-moving the shaft in and out of gear with the spur'f, and in the middle of the some shaft is a sliding-pinion, q, connected with which is 'a hand-lever, 72 fig. 3, for shifting it in and, out of gearwith the rack c. On the top of the press is a door, K, fig. 3, hung on hinges for opening to fill the trunk B with buy or cotton, and closing to from the upper side of the trunk 13 when the bale is compressed. On bo h sides the trunk B, next to the head-block a, are strong doors, L, fig. 1, secured by bars and hooks which form the sides of the trunk where the bale is compressed and fastened, and when the bale is pressedare opened to secure the wires or ropes and let it out of the trunk. At the end, on one side, a frame, M, is' hung to swing back and forth, upfonwhich is set upon an upright spindle, w, a spool, s, for carrying the rope or wire 1 and moving up and'dcwn when used for baling. Thespinclle is turned by a erank, v, at the top. The under side of the trunk B is formedfijof a hinged bottom, N, fig. 2, the front or risingend of which rests on aneccentric roller, 0, figs. 2 andi3, lying across the frame A, by which it is raised by a crank at one end of the eccentgic roller when the hay or cot'ton is being compressed, and lowered when thebale is fastened for the purpose of relieving the ends cease 2 of the hole and allowing it to come out of the trunk easily. In the insme of the head-block a ond followerb v are ordinary recesses or grooves t t, for-receiving the ropes or wires which go around and secure the bale.

The niachine is operated as follows: The doors L L on the sides are closed; the door K on the top is opened for'filling in the hay or cotton into the trunk 13.; the- Windlass rigging is unshipped by releasing the rope I: from the'coupling Z taking the pins 0 0 out of the clamps uu which' support the adjustable frame H. The spur h isvalso thrown out of gear with the driving-pinion y by moving out the frame R on which the Windlass E and the spur h are both hung. By means of the hand-lever m, the fest-pinion p is put in gear with the spur f, and the spur iin gemwith the pinion g; the hand-lever n-thcn throws the shifting-pinion d in gearwith the rack c. The driving power being applied, the rack-beam 0 bears the follower 1) against the cotton or hay in the trunkB until it is nearly compact enough. The windlassrigging is then adjusted again and the bale compressed as hard as'required with the samc'powcr by the more powerful action of the Windlass.

Ha,ving described the construction and operation of my improved haling-press,-\rha.t I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,,is i

1..'].he combination; nnd arrangement of the sliding-pinion d, rack-beam C, spur-wheeli, pinions egp, sliding-shaft P, spur-wheel f, Windlass E, swinging freme R, shaft F, loose block G, ropes 72 Ha, pulleys z z. roller I I, constructed rind operating in the manner as andfor the purpose spe'cifiedf 2'. I claim the Windlass E, in combination with the guide-pulleys in the block G, therope r,'the adjustable frame H, and the rack-beam C, arranged a'ndnpplicd to com press the bale. substantially in the manner herein described.

3 I claim the shifting-levers m and n, in combination with the shifting-shaft P, the shining-pinion d,'nnd the rack c constructed and applied substantially cs'nnd fol-the purposes herein set forth. A. J. PURVIANCE.

Witnesses CHARLES FITCH; Wnmmu CRAIG.

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