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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
BENJAMIN G. COX,' OF TULIP, TEXAS.
HAY-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,705, dated August 11, 1891.
Application filed October 6, 1890. Serial No. 367,282. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. COX, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Tulip,
in the county of Fannin and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Hay-Presses; and I do 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 it appertains
io to make and use the same, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, and to the
letters of reference marked thereon, which
form a part of this specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
15 baling-presses, and is practically adapted to
bale hay, the object being to provide simple
and efficient means whereby the hay may be
held at the rear end of the frame against the
pressure of the follower and head-blocks or
20 presser-blocks; and it therefore consists in
the construction, arrangement, and novel
combination of parts hereinafter described,
illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
and pointed out in the claim hereto ap-
25 pended.
In the accompanying drawings, in which
similar letters of reference indicate similar
parts, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a
baling-press embodying the invention. Fig.
30 2 represents a side view thereof. Fig. 3 rep-
resents a central vertical longitudinal section
of said press. Fig. 4 represents a detail hori-
zontal section of the front portion of the
press and the follower-block on a scale larger
35 than that of the former figures.
Referring to the drawings by letter, A des-
ignates the main frame of the press, com-
posed of a suitable top and bottom or floor,
the longitudinal side beams a a, secured by
40 transverse bolts and nuts to the edges of the
top, the longitudinal side beams a' a', secured
by similar bolts and nuts to the edges of the
bottom or floor of the press, the vertical side
posts a" a", connecting the longitudinal top
45 and bottom beams on each side of the frame
in front of the tie-openings, and the vertical
side posts a"' a"', connecting said beams in
rear of said openings. The side posts a" a"
are equal in height and are suitably secured
5o bytenons and mortises or otherwise to the
beams they connect, and the upper and lowerside beams are held tightly to said posts by
vertical bolts B, which engage nuts on their
threaded upper ends, as shown. The side
posts a"' a"' are somewhat shorter than the 55
side posts a" a" and are not of equal height,
each one being somewhat shorter than the
preceding one in front, and at their upper
ends they are provided with tenons a"" a"",
that enter but do not extend -upward far 60
enough to fill suitable mortises in the lower
sides of the upper longitudinal beams a.
C C are vertical bolts binding together the
beams, a a' on each side in rear of the tie-
:openings, with their heads resting against 65
the lower sides of the lower beams and their
threaded upper ends projecting through and
above the upper beams, and c c are nuts en-
gaging said ends above said upper beams.
It is evident from the above description 70
that the upper and lower beams a a' on each
side must be parallel from the front of the
frame to the tie-openings, as the vertical posts
a" a" are of equal height and their shoulders
above and below bear, respectively, against 75
said beams, but that in rear of said openings
the upper beams can be bent downward to-
ward the lower beams by turning down the
nuts c on the bolts C, thus decreasing the
transverse capacity of the interior of the frame 80
in rear of the tie-openings, so that the hay,
moved rearward by the follower and presser
blocks, will pack or stick therein and be com-
pressed into a bale by the said follower and
blocks. When the bale has been thus formed 85
and tied, the nuts c are unscrewed sufficiently
to permit the bale to be removed and received
upon the table D, the side rails d of which
are pivoted at their lower or front ends to the
rear ends of the beams a', while the table 90
itself may be raised or lowered by means of
chains d', attached to its side edges and en-
gaging staples or catches secured to the rear
side posts of the frame.
E E are the opposite tie-openings in the 95
sides of the frame between the vertical side
posts a" a" and a"' a"', and F is the feed-
opening for the hay in the top of the frame,
near the front thereof.
G is the follower or follower-block, of ordi- moo
nary construction, having triangular recesses
g g in its inner vertical side edges and in a
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Cox, Benjamin G. Hay-Press., patent, August 11, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172761/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.