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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOSEPH ROWE, OF WOODS, TEXAS.
BALING-PRESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,076, dated November 10, 1891.
Application filed August 25, 1890. Renewed August 21, 1891, Serial No, 403,310. (No model,)To all whon it Csay concern:
Be it known that I, JOSEPH ROWE, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Woods, in the
county of Panola and State of Texas, have in-
5 vented certain new and useful Improvements
in Baling-Presses; and I hereby declare the
following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion of the invention, such as will enable
others skilled in the art to which it appertains
io to make and use the same.
My invention consists in certain new and
useful improvements in baling-presses, which
will be hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
15 Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is an end view of my new and im-
proved baling-press, showing the side doors
open. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, show-
ing the end doors open. Fig. 3 is a perspec-
20 tive end view of the opposite end to that
shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views,
which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 6
is a sectional view taken on line a a of Fig. 3.
Fig. 7 illustrates in detail the locking-frame
25 15 and its connections.
The same numerals of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
Referring to the several parts by their des-
ignating-numerals, 1 1 indicate the parallel
30 bottom beams, 2 the uprights, and 3 the cross-
pieces of the supporting-frame, within which
the press-box is mounted. The upper part-
of this vertical box is of the usual construc-
tion, the lower part of the box being closed
35 by the swinging side doors 5 i5 and end doors
6 6". One of the side doors 5 is pivoted or
hinged at its upper end, so as to swing up
when it is opened, while the opposite side
door 5 is pivoted at its lower end, so as to
40 swing down when opened. The lower end of
the side door 5 has secured to it the ends of
two ropes 7 7, which pass over grooved pul-
leys 8 on the top of the supporting-frame and
have their other ends secured to the upper
45 end of the opposite side door 5". It will be
seen that by this construction and arrange-
ment, by taking hold of the upper cross-bar
of the side door 5" and pulling downward,
this door will swing down, and at the same
50 time, through the connecting-ropes 7 7, thelower end of the opposite door 5 will be raised.
In like manner the door can be easily closed
by pulling down on the raised end of the door
5, thus raising the opposite door 5r at the same
time to its closed position. It will be seen 55
that the opposite doors will thus counterbal-
ance each other as they swing up and down,
causing these heavy doors of the press to
move very easily, so that a child can open and
close them with very little effort. 6o
6 6" indicate the pivoted end doors of my
press, the door 6 being pivoted at its upper
end, so as to swing up when it is opened,
while the opposite end door 6 is pivoted by
an extension 6b at its lower end, so as to swing 65
down when opened. The lower end of the
door 6 has secured to it one end of a rope 10,
which passes up and over grooved pulleys 11
11, and is secured at its other end to the upper
end of the opposite end door 6". These end 70
doors will thus operate simultaneously in pre-
cisely the same manner as the side doors 5 5'.
To the upper and lower ends of both the end
doors are secured the transverse metal latch-
strips 12, the free ends of which extend out 75
beyond the sides of the doors and then project
in at right angles. Upon the projecting ends
of the .upper and lower cross-bars of the side
doors are bolted the metal stirrups 13, which
are so arranged that when the side doors have 8o
been closed and the end doors are swung
shut the ends of the latches 12 will enter the
inner part of the stirrups 13, thus locking the
side doors firmly'in their closed position.
The end door 6 is locked in its closed position 85
by a pivoted foot-lever 14, which is pivoted
at such a point that the weight of its outer
end will keep its inner end normally lifted,
so that when the door 6 swings down into its
closed position its lower end will slide over 90
the inner end of the lever 14, which then rises
and prevents the door from opening until the
lever is depressed at its inner end by the op-
erator's foot. The inner end of the foot-lever
14 is re-enforced by the metal strips or shoes 95
14' to prevent wear. The opposite end door
61 is locked by a U -shaped locking-frame
15, which is pivoted at its ends between the
uprights 2 and is connected bya link 16 with
a short pivoted bar 17. The outer end of this roo
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Rowe, Joseph. Baling-Press., patent, November 10, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172854/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.