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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
OLIVER BULKELEY, OF DEXTER, TEXAS.
BALING-BOX.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,508, dated September 23, 1884.
Application filed January 29, 1884. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, OLIVER BULIRELEY, of
Dexter, in the county of Cooke and State of
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Baling-Box, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact description.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which similar letters of reference indicate
To corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new
and improved baling-box arranged with bale
cloth and cords ready to receive the cotton or
other material to be baled. Fig. 2 is a plan
15 view showing the box opened out for remov-
ing the bale, and Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional
elevation showing the method of securing the
upright end board, A', to the bottom board, A.
The invention will first be described in con-
20 nection with the drawings, and then pointed
out in the claims.
In the drawings, A represents the bottom
of the box. This is provided upon its under
side with the fixed cross-pieces or cleats B B,
25 and upon its upper side at one end with the
end board A' and standards C C, which cleats
project into the socketsf,made in the bottom
board, A, said sockets being beveled down-
ward and outward,and the outer edges of the
30 standards C being notched aid beveled to cor-
respond, as shown at f', Fig. 3, so that the
board A' may be detached from the bottom
board, A, and replaced at pleasure. The up-
per ends of the standards C C project above the
35 upper edge of the end board, A', as shown in
Fig. 1, for receiving the holding loops or
bands D D, as hereinafter described. The
cross-pieces B B reach past the edges of the
bottom board, A, and the side boards, E E',
40 of the box are hinged to them by means of
the cleats F' F' and bolts a a. The cleats F' F'
reach above the upper edges of the side
boards, E E', so that when the said side boards
are raised to vertical position the said loops
45 D D may be placed over the upper ends of
the cleats F' and over the upper ends of the
cleats C C, as shown in Fig. 1, for holding the
said side pieces, E E', in vertical position for
forming the bale. Hinged to the rear edge of
50 the side board E' is the end board G, which
is provided with the flange g, and is adapted
to be closed when the side boards, E E', are
brought to vertical position and locked by the
flangeg and the hooks b b,attached to the sideboard E, thus making a complete box, as 55
shown in Fig. 1. The flange g prevents side
strain on the hooks b.
In using the box the side boards, E E', and
end G will be brought to vertical positions
and locked by the loops D and hooks b, as 6o
shown in Fig. 1. Then the bale-cords H will
be placed in the box with the ends thereof
reaching over the upper edges of the side
boards, E E', as shown, and then the bale-cloth
I will be put in the box with the ends thereof 65
reaching over the upper edges of the end
boards, A' G. The cotton or other material
to be baled will then be packed in by tramp-
ing it in the box, and when full the ends of
the cloth I will be brought over the bale and 70
the whole tied by the cords H. H, thus com-
pleting the bale, which may be removed from
the box by removing the loops D D from the
upper ends of the cleats F' C and lifting the
hooks b, which will permit the side boards, 75
E E', and end board G to open, thus leaving
the bale free to be rolled off the box. The
box will then be set again and the side boards
and end board G secured, as before, ready
to form another bale. In this manner it will 8c
be seen that the box is very convenient and
adapted for quick and easy handling, and is
cheap, durable, and practical.
Having thus fully described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 85
Patent-
1. In a baling-box, the bottom board, A,
having cleats B B, and end board A', and fixed
standards C C, that reach above the end board
A', in combination with the hinged side 90
boards, E E', and end board G, hinged to
board E', the boards E E' being provided with
cleats F', that reach beyond the edges of the
boards to receive the loops D, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth. 95
2. In a baling-box, the end board A' and
standards C, held to the bottom A, in combi-
nation with the hinged side boards, E E', pro-
vided with cleats F', the said standards and
cleats being of greater length than the depth ioo
of the box, substantially as and for the pur-
poses set forth.
OLIVER BULKELEY.
Witnesses:
S. C. BULKELEY,
I. C. TETER,
J. E, TETER.
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Bulkeley, Oliver. Baling Box., patent, September 23, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170826/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.