Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. Page: 3 of 3
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cotton. The lever-arms are then worked al-
ternately, and the frame gradually drawn for.
ward upon the rollers by the pinion and rack,
and the bale tightly compressed by the fol-
lower-block inside the box. The links e are
now thrown out and the racks run back by
the crauks, the pawls i serving to hold the fol-
lower-block tight against thebale. The doors
B B are then opened, the wire bound around
the bale, the pawls i thrown out, the pressure
removed, and the bale taken out. In con-
structing this machine I prefer to make the
box A stationary and the frame H movable;
but, as a modification of the machine, theframe
may be made stationary andthebox movable.
The supporting-frame F is intended to be pro-
vided with attachments which will admit of
the apparatus being placed upon a wagon-
frame for transportation; or, if desired, may
be constructed with wheels, the object being
to reader it sufficiently portable as to be
readily carried from place to place.
Having thus described my invention, what I
claim as new is-1. The combination of the doors A A and
B B, having the pieces a a and b b, with the
hinged straps D D and the loops c c, for the
purpose of facilitating theobinding of the bale,
substantially as described.
2. The combination of the hinged straps D,
having links e, withracks G, pinions J, ratchet-
wheels ,. hand-levers O, and spring-seats P',
forth purpose of operating the follower-block,
substantially aj described.
3. The combination of the metallic straps
B, having links 1, with the ratchet-toothed
bars Q, pawls i, and connecting-rods j I, for
the purpose of maintaining the bale com-
pressed when the connections with the racks
are broken, substantially as described.
4. The combination of the apparatus A and
H with the rollers E and ; and the supporting-
frame F, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
F. L. KIRTLEY.
Witnesses:
(CAs. . r. PETTIuT
SOLON (9. KEMON.
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Kirtley, Fielding L. Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses., patent, July 3, 1874; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166984/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.