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increasing leverage, as the rope or chain will unwind from the gradually-widening portions of the helix. The construction of the press is simple and will admit of great strength, and on account of the comparatively few parts forming the press it will not be so very liable to get out of order or break, while if it should break all the parts may be repaired and replaced without employing any especially skilled labor, a com- mon carpenter or millwright being capable of repairing or even building the press. Having thus described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a baling-press, the combination of a box having its upper end open and having an out- wardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the
cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope 25 passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum in an opposite direction to the ropes upon the large drum, and a rope having the power-applying mechanism attached to one 30 end, and having its other end secured to the widest twist upon the helical pulley winding upon the same, as and for the purpose shown and set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 35 own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. HENRY WEDDLE. Witnesses: J. D. WooDs, ZAL. J. Woons.