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rotates the hook will be disengaged from the
roller and the pitman, with the plunger, will
rebound and come into position shown by full
lines in Fig. 4, to engage with another roller.
5 By repeated similar operations the hay is
pressed into bales. Two charges are made
for each revolution of the sweep. The eccen-
trics K may be adjusted to unhook the pit-
man from the roller at varying points. Ad-
io ditional perforations are shown in the wheels
at z for adjusting the eccentrics and the
rollers. By placing the eccentrics at the holes
z and the rollers J at the points y the time of
releasing the hook may be very much varied
15 and a finer adjustment may be attained by
adjusting the eccentric.
I claim as my invention--
1. The combination of the pitman having a
hooked end, the sweep, the wheel connected
20 therewith, a series of rollers carried by the
wheel with which the hooked end of the pit-
man is adapted to engage, the adjustable ec-
centric carried by the wheel adapted to en-
gage with the hook on one side of its open-
ing, and a stationary bracket adapted to en- 25
gage with the hook on the opposite side of its
opening.
2. The combination of the plunger, the pit-
man connected therewith, the sweep, the
roller-carrying wheel connected with the 30
sweep, and the adjustable eccentric also car-
ried by the wheel and adapted to engage with
the pitman to disengage it from the roller.
3. The combination of the pitman having a
hooked end, the sweep, the wheelivith which 35
the sweep is connected, the rollers carried
thereby and which are removable and adjust-
able, as described, and the eccentric also re-
movable and adjustable on the wheel, as and
for the purpose specified. 40
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-
scribed my name.
ALEXANDER McINTOSH.
Witnesses:
W. Al. WALTON,
GEO. S. WALTON.