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that when the lever is reciprocated the fingers
of one double pawl will engage with the teeth
upon one side of the ratchet-bar and the other
pawl alternately engages with the teeth upon
5 the opposite side of the said bar, as best shown
in Fig. 2. The follower is elevated by means
of a strap, 35, secured to the lugs 30, which
strap is connected to the lever by a link, 36,
attached to the latter between the pivotal
io points of the pawls. The two double pawls
are united at their upper ends by a spring,
37, which retains them normally in engage-
ment with the ratchets. A cord, rope, or chain,
38, is attached to the spring 37, which, lead-
z5 ing upward, is passed over a pulley, 39, at the
top of the press and provided at its free end
with a weight, 39'.
In operation when it is desired to drop the
follower a man at each side of the press pulls
20 upon the cords 38, whereupon the upper ends
of the pawls are brought together and the
lower ends disengaged from the ratchets, per-
mitting the follower to descend. To elevate
the follower, each lever is worked by a man,
25 and as the levers are raised one pawl will en-
gage the ratchet and the other be lifted up a
notch, and upon the downward stroke the for-
merly-disengaged pawl will hold and the op-
posite pawl be in its turn elevated, and so on
30 until the several pawls have been made to
walk up the ratchet-bars a sufficient distance.
If found desirable, the double pawl and the
two ratchet-bars may be dispensed with and
a single ratchet-bar having teeth upon oppo-
35 site edges be substituted, in which event a
single pawl only is employed, as illustrated
in Fig. 4.
The .mode of making the bale when in a
vertical position is as follows: The lid and
40 the upper door are opened and the body filled
with hay and tramped down until level with
the upper opening, whereupon the upper door
is closed and the upper part thus filled. The
binding-wire is now passed over the top of
45 the hay, extending out through the front of
the door, and the lid is closed. This being
accomplished, the levers are manipulated and
the follower raised to within about eighteen
inches of the lid. The upper door is then
50 opened again and the binding-wires are
passed through the grooves in the follower
and their ends united. By lifting the lid the
bale is readily thrown out. When the press
is in a horizontal position, the lid is kept
55 closed, the binding-wire being united at the
lid before the hay is fed in, which is accom-
plished by opening the two doors.Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent- 60
1. In a baling-press, the combination, with
the body of a press and a follower therein, of
ratchet-bars having alternating teeth on oppo-
site edges, levers, pivoted and spring-pressed
pawls carried by the said levers and engaging 65
the teeth of the ratchet-bars, and straps se-
cured to the follower and levers, substantially
as described.
2. In a baling-press, the combination, with
the body of a press and a follower therein, 70
of ratchet-bars having alternating teeth on
opposite edges, levers, pawls pivoted to the
said levers and engaging the teeth of the
ratchet-bars, straps connecting the levers to
the follower, springs connecting each pair of 75
pawls together, and a cord or rope attached to
the said springs, substantially as described.
3. In a baling-press, the combination, with
the press-body and a follower therein, of lon-
gitudinally-slotted bars having alternating 8o
teeth on opposite edges, the said teeth being
on both sides of the slot, levers passing through
the said bars, spring-pressed pawls, each hav-
ing two fingers pivoted to the said levers and
engaging the ratchet-teeth, straps connecting 85
the levers to the follower, and a cord or rope
for disengaging the pawls from the ratchet-
teeth, substantially as herein shown and de-
scribed.
4. In a baling-press, the combination, with 9o
the press-body and a follower therein, of the
longitudinally -slotted bars 31, the ratchet-
bars 32, secured to opposite edges of the said
bars, the lever 33, passing through the slotted
bars, the straps 35, secured to the said lever 95
and follower, the pawls 34, pivoted to the le-
ver 33, and the spring 27, having its ends se-
cured to the upper ends of the said pawls,
substantially as herein shown and described.
5. The combination, with the body of a oo
baling-press and a lid hinged thereto, of spaced
cleats horizontally secured to said lid, having
their mouths facing in opposite directions, a
button pivoted between the cleats, and lock-
ing-bars hinged to the body, retained by said o05
cleats and engaging said button, substantially
as shown and described.
ANTON FREYTAG.
Witnesses:
O. P. BASFORD,
J. G. MOORE.
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Freytag, Anton. Baling-Press, patent, December 11, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171918/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.