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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE,
ARIES C. LAUGHLIN, OF ALTA LOMA,.TEXAS.
AUTOMATIC HAY-PRESS.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Oct. 26, 1909.
Application filed January 12, 1909. Serial No. 471,943.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ARIEs C. LAUGHLIN, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Alta
Loma, in the county of Galveston and State
5 of Texas, have invented new and useful Im-
provements in Automatic Hay - Piesses, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to presses, and
more particularly to those adapted for use
a in forming hay or like material into bales,.
and has for an object to provide a press of
this character with a plurality of compres-
sion chambers, and means for' alternately
feeding material into said chambers.
15 A further object of the present invention
is to provide a simple form of hopper into
which material may be fed, and from which
the material will be delivered to a blower to
be automatically carried to the compression
20 chambers.
Another object of this invention is to
provide novel means to be alternately oper-
ated to provide a chute-forming element. so
that material to be operated upon can at all
25 times be effectively discharged into its re-
spectiye compression chamber.
Another object of this invention is to pro-
vide a chute-forming element which may be
actuated by the compression plungers, and
30 to arrange said means so that upoi return
movement of one plunger material can be
fed into the chamber in which the compres-
sion1 )lunger is on its downward stroke.
A still further object is to provide novel
35 mechanism for imparting to the compression
phingers recipiocatory movement, providing
for movmemet of said plungers in opposite
directions.
A still further object is to provide a
40 driven shaft which may be operated by a
suitable motor, and which will. supply power
for operating the blower, the material feed-
ing belt therefor, and the plungers.
Other objects and advantages will be ap-
45 parent as the nature of the invention is bet-
ter disclosed, and it will be understood that
clianes within the specific scope of the
claims may be made without departing from
the spirit of the invention.
50 In the drawings, forming a portion of this-
specification and in which' like numerals of
reference indicate like parts of the several
views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im-
proved hay press. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sec-
55 tion taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3
is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. 'Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken
on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a top
plan view of the blower casing showing the
means for driving the fan. Fig. 6 is a ver- 60
tical section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of
the plunger engaging blocks. Fig. S is a
detail perspective view of the modified form
of the forming element. Fig.'9 is a view siini- 65
lar to Fig. 6 showing a slightly modified
form of chute-forming element. Fig. 10 is
a detail perspective view of the chute-forn
ing element shown in Fig. 9.
. Referring now more particularly to the 70
drawings, there is shown a hay press 1 com-
prising a wheeled frame which preferably
consists of a bottom 2 having parallel side
members 3 and 3', and intermediate similar
members 4 and 5 which latter members form 75
with the former members chambers 6 and 7
as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 6 of. the
drawings.
Alining bearings 8 are supported upon the
press just described. and these bearings, as 80
shown, receive a horizontally disposed driven
shaft 9 provided preferably midway between
its ends with a driving pulley 10 which may
be belted to a' suitable motor, not illustrated.
Forwardly of the bearings 8, the members 4 85
and 5 support a countershaft 11 provided at
its ends with gear wheels 12 and 13 in mesh
with pinions 14 upon the shaft 9. A plun-
ger 15 of the form usually employed in
presses of this character is mounted in the 90
chamber 7, and is provided with a piston rod
16 loosely connected to the gear wheel 13.
A similar plunger 17 is located in the cham-
ber 6 and is connected by a piston-rod 18 to
the gear wheel 12. The piston rods 16 and 95
18 respectively are connected to the gear
wheels 12 and 13 in such manner that upon
rotation of' the shaft 9 the plungers will be
reciprocated in opposite directions for a pur-
pose to be hereinafter more fully described. 100
A casing 19 of cylindrical form is dis-
posed directly above the shaft 11, and this
casing is provided with. a vertical shaft 20
to which is secured a hub 21 having radial
spokes 22 to which are secured fan blades 23. 105
The shaft 20, is provided at the u ,per end
thereof with a beveled gear wheel 24 in mesh
with a similar gear wheel 25 carried by a
horizontally disposed shaft 26 jouinafled in
bearings 27 upon the top of the casing 19. 1.10
The shaft 26, is provided at its outer end
with a pulley 28, and the shaft 9 is provided.938,252.
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Laughlin, Aries C. Automatic Hay-Press, patent, October 26, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512612/m1/5/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.