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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
OTTO.J. PESCHEL, OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS.
BALING-PRESS.
. No. 832,698. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 9, 1906.
- Application filed March 2,1906 Serial No. 303,842.
To all whom it may concern: prevent the casing from spreading laterally.
Be it known that I, OTTO J. PESCHEL, a Spring-catches 12 are secured upon the inner
citizen of the United States, residing in the faces of the sides 3, adjacent slots 8, and are
county of Bell and State of Texas, have in- adapted to engage and hold the bales subse- 6o
5 vented a new and useful Baling-Press, of quent to their formation and prior to being
which the following is a specification. discharged from the casing. A cross-beam
This invention. relates to baling-presses; 13 is located adjacent the receiving end of the
and its object is to provide a device of this casing, and parallel arms 14 extend from said
character having a reciprocating plunger pro- end and are connected by a cross-strip 15, 65
1 vided with mechanism of a very simple char- having upstanding lugs 16.
acter whereby the plunger can be forced into A plunger 17 is mounted within the casing
the casing of the press. and has an ear 18 extending from the lower
A still further object is to provide means edge thereof. Rollers 19 are journaled at
for guiding the plunger during the stroke opposite sides of this ear and are adapted to 70
15 thereof. travel upon the bottom 5 of the casing, so as
With the above and other objects in view to reduce friction to a minimum. Parallel
the invention consists of a casing having a flanges 20 are formed upon the rear face of
plunger mounted and adapted to reciprocate the plunger and are disposed vertically there-
therein, said plunger being supported on roll- on. Secured between the ends of these 75
20 ers, whereby friction is reduced to the mini- flanges are parallel beams 21, which are sub-
mum. A beam extends from the plunger stantially equal in length to the casing of the
and beyond one end of the casing, and t'iis press and are secured at their outer ends to
beam is supported at its outer end by a roller an upright 22, mounted on a wheel or roller
adapted to travel upon a base provided for it. 23. This wheel is adapted to. travel on a 8o
25 A cross-strip extends from the beam and has base 24, extending rearwardly from the bot-
guides thereon for holding the beam and tom 5 of the casing. A shoulder 25 is formed
plunger in proper position at all times. An on the lower surface of the upper beam 21
arrangement of .cables and pulleys is pro-. and is adapted to contact with the cross-
vided whereby the plunger can be forced in- strip 15 to limit the inward movement of the 85
30 ward to compress any material which may plunger. Eyes 26 are secured to the center
be placed in the path thereof. . of the cross-beam 13 and to the upright 22,
The invention also consists of certain other respectively, and to each of these eyes is f as-
novel features of construction and combina- tened a pulley-block 27, having a heavy rope
tions of parts, which will be hereinafter more or cable extending therethrough. The cross- 90
35 fully described, and pointed out in the claims. beam 13 is reinforced by rods 29, which ex-
In the accompanying drawings is shown tend longitudinally thereon and are fastened
the preferred form of the invention. to the sides of.the casing.
In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective In using this baling-press the plunger 17 is
view of the press. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal pulled backward until it rests close to the 95
40 section; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, beam 13. A follower-block is then placed
Fig. 2. within the casing, and straw, hay, or other
Referring to the figures by numerals of ref- material to be baled is placed between the
erence, 1 1 are standards connected adjacent plunger and the follower-block. A desired
their upper and their lower ends by cross- number of draft-animals are then harnessed 10o
45 strips.2, and secured to these standards and to the cable 28-and driven away from the cas-
cross-strips are the sides 3, top 4, and bot- ing. Said cable will therefore draw the up-
tom 5 of the casing of the press. An inlet- right 22 in the direction of the beam 13 and
opening 6 is formed in the top adjacent one result in the compression of the material in
end and is provided with a closure 7. The the path of the plunger. The lugs 16 will of 105
5o sides 3, adjacent the outlet end of the casing, course hold the beams 21 in proper position.
have longitudinally-extending slots or open- Upon the completion of the forward stroke
ings 8 therein, and one of these slotted sides of the plunger the same can be drawn back-
is contacted by a heavy bow-spring 9, which ward in any preferred manner, after which
may be tensioned by means of ascrew 10, the operation above described can be re- xio55 provided for that purpose. Brace-rods 11 peated.
connect the standards 1 and are adapted to In a press of this character material may
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Peschel, Otto J. Baling Press, patent, October 9, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513163/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.