Continuous chain press

Claim 1

IN A PRESS ADAPTED FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL, THE PROVISION OF UPPER AND LOWER TABLES HAVING SPACED AND OPPOSED SURFACES, SAID TABLES BEING PROVIDED WITH GUIDE MEANS, ENDLESS TRAINS OF ANTI-FRICTION MEMBERS SUPPORTED ON SAID SURFACES AND GUIDED LATERALLY THEREOF BY SAID GUIDE MEANS, AND ENDLESS CHAINS ENCIRCLING SAID TABLETS ANE EXTENDING PARALLEL THERETO, THE CHAINS BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID ANTI-FRICTION ELEMENTS AND BEING ADAPTED FOR BEING ADVANCED ALONG SAID TABLES FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL LOCATED BETWEEN THE TABLES, SAID CHAINS COMPRISING LINKS OF ELEMENTS HAVING RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTIONS, EACH LINK HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A SINGLE HOLE AT ONE END AND A PAIR OF HOLES AT THE OTHER OF THE ENDS, ALL SAID HOLES BEING ARRANGED ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE, SAID CHAIN BEING CONSTITUTED BY LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED PARALLEL LINES OF LINKS, THE LINKS IN THE LINES BEING IN END TO END RELATION; WITH THE ENDS OF THE LINKS WITH ONE HOLE BEING ADJACENT THE ENDS OF THE LINKS WITH TWO HOLES, THE LINKS IN ALTERNATING LINES OF THE CHAIN FACING IN OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, ADJACENT LINES OF LINKS BEING LONGITUDINALLY OFFSET FROM ONE ANOTHER TO FORM AN INTERDIGITATED ARRANGEMENT OF LINKS WHEREIN THE HOLES THEREIN ARE TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED AND PINS EXTENDING THROUGH THE TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED HOLES OF THE LINKS TO COUPLE THE LINKS TOGETHER TO FORM SAID CHAIN.