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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE
ROBERT E. CHAPMAN, OF CHEROKEE, TEXAS.
BALING -PR ESS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,841, dated August 20, 1901.
Application filed April 24, 1901, Serial No. 57,286. (No model.)To all whom zt mayg concern:
Be it known that I, ROBERT E. CHAPMAN, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Cher-
okee, in the county of San Saba and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Bal-
ing-Press, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
My invention is an improved baling-press;
and it consists in the peculiar construction
xo and combination of devices hereinafter fully
set forth and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a vertical longitudinal sectional view show-
ing the operative parts of my improved bal-
15 ing-press. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the
same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same,
showing the horse-power and the plunger-rod
connected to the pitman thereof. Fig. 4 is a
horizontal sectional view taken on a plane in-
2o dicated by the line a a of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a
detail perspective view illustrating the con-
struction of one of the division-blocks. Fig.
6 is a detail side elevation of the horse-power
for operating the plunger of the press. Fig.
25 7 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 8 is
an end elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a de-
tail sectional view showing the guiding-head
for the plunger-rod. Fig. 10 is a transverse
sectional view of the press, showing the feed-
30 table disposed in operative position on one
side thereof.
The sills 1 of the main frame comprise the
sections 2, 3, and 4, which are detachably se-
cured together, as by bolts 5. On the sec-
35 tions 2 of the sills is erected the press-box 6,
which is of suitable length, and the sides 7,
top 8, and bottom 9 of which extend longitu-
dinally in one direction to form a bale-cham-
ber 10, which when the press is in operation
40 contains the bales after they are formed and
from which the bales are successively ejected
by the action of the plunger in the formation
of a new bale. Yoke-bars 1112 are disposed,
respectively, under the bottom and over the
45 top of the chamber 10, near the outer end
thereof, and are connected together by bolt-
rods 13, by means of which the yoke-bar 12
may be depressed to correspondingly depress
the outer end of the top 8, and thereby con-
5o tract the discharge-opening 14 at the outer
end of the chamber 10. Similar yoke-bars 15
are disposed on the sides 7 of chamber 10, nearthe discharge end of the latter, and are con-
nected together by bolt-rods 16, by means of
which they may be adjusted to contract the 55
space between the sides 7 at the discharge
end of chamber 10. By this construction the
discharge end of the bale-chamber 10 may be
contracted, both vertically and laterally, to
retard the passage therethrough of the fin- 6o
ished bales, and hence cause the bales to be
compressed by the plunger to the desired
density.
That portion of the press-box which is at
the front end of the chamber 10 1 call the 65
"baling-chamber" 17, in which the bales are
formed and from which the bales are moved
by the subsequent action of the plunger 18
into the bale-chamber 10. The said baling-
chamber 17 is provided with vertically-ex- 70
tending sides 19 of suitable height, and a
feed-opening 20 is formed on the upper side
of said baling-chamber between the vertical
sides 19. Condensing-boards 21 are disposed
between the vertical sides 19 and are hinged 75
near their lower sides on the frame of the
press-box, as at 22, and said condensing-
boards are adapted to move [rom the inclined
positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings to
a vertical position, as will be understood. On 8o
the outer sides of said condensing-boa rds,near
their upper edges, are yokes 23, which oper-
ate in curved slots 24 in the vertical sides 19,
said curved slots being concentric with the
pivotal axes of the hinges 22. Springs 25, 85
which project outward from the condensing-
boards and are secured on the frame of the
press-box, have their outer ends connected
to the yokes 23, as at 26. The function of
said springs, as will be understood, is to nor- 90
mally retain the condensing-boards 21 in the
inclined positions shown in Fig. 1. The said
condensing-boards, on their inner sides near
their upper edges,are provided with inwardly-
projecting downturned teeth 27 of suitable 95
length.
In the sides of the baling-chamber 17 at the
front end of the bale-chamber 10 are disposed
pivoted dogs 28, which are pressed inward by
the springs 29. The said dogs by engage- io
nent with a bale as the same is forced rear-
ward from the baling-chamber 17 into the
bale-chamber 10 prevent reverse movement
of the bale when the same is released by the
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Chapman, Robert E. Baling-Press, patent, August 20, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513919/m1/4/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.