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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
FRIEDRICH W. J. HOOP AND JOSEPH ISAAC, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
BALING-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,516, dated August 7, 1888.
Application filed April 21, 1888. Serial No. 271,393. (No model.)To aZl zhom it ay concern:
Be it known that we, FRIEDRICH W. J.
Hoop and JOSEPH ISAAC, of Houston, in the
county of Harris and State of Texas, have in-
5 vented certain new and useful Improvements
in Baling-Presses; and we do hereby declare
the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-
scription of the invention, such as will enable
others skilled in the art to which itpertains to
to make and use it, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, which form a part of
this specification.
Our invention relates to an improvement in
baling-presses; and the object of our inven-
[5 tion is to provide a press in which the mate-
rial to be baled can be compressed into bales of
the desired sizes, and then emptied from the
baling-box by tilting up the tail-board, which
is provided with angle-irons to catch under
20 the bale.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press em-
bodying our invention, the side of the baling-
box being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of
the same, showing the top of the baling-box
25 removed. Fig. 3 is a detached view showing
the bale removed from the box or chamber.
A represents the baling box or chamber,
and B the follower, which is connected to two
bars, C, which are provided with racks D
30 upon their outer ends to engage with the pin-
ions E upon the operating-shaft F. Also se-
cured to the shaft F is the operaling-wheel G,
provided with radiating arms or spokes, and
to which additional lever-power can be ap-
35 plied when necessary. Upon the shaft F are
placed one or more ratchets,H, with which the
pawls I, secured to the frame, engage for the
purpose of preventing any backward move-
ment of the shaft F and the bars C while wires
40o are being applied to the bale. The bearings
or journals J for the shaft rise from por-
tions of the frame which project beyond the
baling-box A, and upon these bearings are
placed friction - rollers a, upon the tops of
45 which the bars C bear as they move back and
forth. Through the head of the baling-cham-
uer A are formed openings through which
the bars C pass, and secured to the sides of
the frame are friction-rollers b,upon which the
5o bars C also bear. These friction-rollers de-
crease the amount of friction upon the barsC, and thus render the operation of the ma-
chine easier than if these bars rested upon
solid bearings. Through the baling-chamber
are formed suitable slots or openings,through 55
which wires, with which the bales arebound,
are passed. Through the inner side of the
follower B are made grooves or openings L,
through which the wires are also passed.
Corresponding grooves or openings are also 6o
made through the tail-board for the passage
of the wires, so that they can be freely passed
around the bale, in the usual manner, for the
purpose of binding it.
Passed through the side of the frame, any 65
suitable distance above the bottom of the bal-
ing - chamber, is the rod N, and this rod
passes through the parts O of the hinge by
which the tail-board P is hinged. This rod
N is passed through the frame above the 70
floor, so as to cause the tail-board P to be
lifted upward when it is being drawn back
after the bale has been formed, as shown in
Fig. 3. Also secured to this rod N is the
clamping-lever Q, which catches over the top 75
of the lid or cover R and holds it down while
the bale is being compressed. Secured to
the inner side of the tail-board P are the an-
gle-irons S,which rest upon the bottom of the
floor of the baling-chamber when the tail- 80
board is in a vertical position, and over the
top of the lower portion of which the outer
end of the bale catches while being formed.
These angle-irons are beveled upon their top,
so that the bale will more readily slip upon 85
them, and when the cover 1 is raised and the
tail-board P drawn back these angle-irons
raise the bale out of the box or chamber, as
shown in Fig. 3.
Having thus described our invention, we go
claim-
1. The combination of the baling box or
chamber with a tail-board provided with de-
vices for catching under the bale and lifting
it out of the box as the tail-board is turned 95
backward, substantially as shown.
2. The combination of the baling box or
chamber provided with a cover with the
tail-board,which is hinged a suitable distance
above the bottom of the baling-chamber, and ioD
which is provided with devices for catching
under the bale and lifting it out of the cham-
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Hoop, Friedrich W. J. & Isaac, Joseph. Baling Press., patent, August 7, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171817/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.