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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 thecross-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.
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Weddle, Henry. Baling Press., patent, December 13, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171682/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.