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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY WEDDLE, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.
BALING-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,857, dated December 13, 1887.
Application filed July 21, 1887. Serial No. 244,881. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern: I secured to the ends of the cross-bar and pass-
Be it known that I, HENRY WEDDLE, a citi- ing over the top of the post, and two ropes or
zen of the United States, and a resident of Sher- chains, 15, are secured to the cross-bar and
man, in the county of Grayson and State of wind upon a drum, 16, journaled in bearings
5 Texas,haveinventedcertainnewandusefullm- 17 in the sills. A rope or chain, 18, is se- 55
provements in Baling-Presses; and I do here- cured to the upper end of the post of the
by declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and plunger and passes over a pulley, 19, upon
exact description of the invention, which will the middle of a cross-bar, 20, upon the upper
enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- frame, and passes, further, over a pulley, 21,
to pertains to make and use the same, reference at the end of the cross-bar, being secured to 60
being had to the accompanying drawings, and winding upon a drum, 22, at the end of the
which form a part of this specification, and in shaft of the drum having the other ropes or
which-- chains upon it. The other end of this drum-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shaft is provided with a helical pulley, 23, in
15 baling-press. Fig. 2 is a view of the other the groove of which a rope or chain, 24, may 65
side of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal ver- wind, the said rope or chain being secured
tical section; and Fig. 4 is a vertical. trans- with its end in the largest twist of the helix,
verse sectional view on lines x x, Figs. 2 and 3. and this rope or chain has its other end se-
Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- cured to a windlass, 25, having suitable means
20 responding parts in all the figures. for revolving it, a crank, 26, being shown in 70
My invention has relation to that class of the drawings, although any suitable means for
baling-pressesinwhich theplungerofthepress applying power to the rope or chain may be
is drawn down in the box by means of ropes used.
or chains winding on a drum; and it consists When the press is to be used, the plunger is
25 in the improved construction and combination drawn up by revolving the drum in such a 75
of parts of such a press, as hereinafter more manner that the rope or chain is wound upon
fully described and claimed. I the helical pulley and the rope lifting the
In the accompanying drawings, the-numer- plunger is wound upon the small drum, and
als 1 indicate two sills, which may either be when the plunger is raised out of the box the
30 placed directly upon the ground or provided hay may be filled into the top of the box, the 80
with suitable rollers or wheels for the purpose plunger being tilted to one side of the aper-
of making the machine portable, and four ture in the table. Thepoweris thereupon ap-
posts, 2, are secured to these sills and have plied to the rope or chain which is wound upon
their slightly-converging upper ends con- the helical pulley, unwinding thesame, andthis
35 nected by a rectangular frame, 3, while a ta- will revolve the drum-shaft in such a manner 85
ble, 4, is secured at the middles of the posts. that the ropes drawing down the plunger will be
This table is formed with a rectangular aper- wound upon the drum, pressing the hay into
ture, 5, at its middle, through which the up- I a bale, while the lifting-rope will be unwound.
per end of the box 6 projects, the said box rest- When the bale has been pressed, the door at
40 ing upon a cross-frame, 7, upon the middles the side of the box may be opened, the ties 90
of the sills, and one side of the box is pro- having been secured, and the bale may be re-
vided at its lower half with an outwardly- moved from the box, whereupon the plunger
swinging door, 8, hinged at its lower edge and may again be raised, the box filled, and an-
having a cross-bar, 9, at its upper end, the other bale made in the same manner as the
45 ends of which project beyond the edges of the former. 95
door and may be engaged by hooks 10 upon It will be seen that the press may be used
the sides of the box. for baling any article suited for baling, and by
The plunger 11 is provided with a post, 12, having the rope or chain revolving the drum
at its middle, which post has a cross-bar, 13, winding and secured upon the helical pulley
50 near the upper end, braced by a brace-rod, 14, the power will be applied with a gradually- too
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Weddle, Henry. Baling Press., patent, December 13, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171682/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.