Press for making briquettes from material in the powder or granular form

Claim 1

IN A PRESS FOR MAKING BRIQUETTES, A HOUSING, A TOGGLEOPERATED CROSS PIECE MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTION WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A RAM CONNECTED TO SAID TOGGLE-OPERATED CROSS PIECE ABOVE SAID CROSS PIECE FOR MOTION THEREWITH, SAID RAM BEING PROVIDED WITH FIRST COUPLING MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A PRESS TOOL HOLDER, A WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE LOCATED BELOW SAID TOGGLEOPERATED CROSS PIECE FOR ABUTMENT THEREWITH DURING THE PRESSING OPERATION, SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE BEING MOUNTED FOR INDEPENDENT VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTION WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SECOND COUPLING MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT OF SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE TO SID PRESS TOOL HOLDER, A WEDGE HORIZONTALLY DISPLACEABLE BETWEEN SAID TOGGLE-OPERATED CROSS PIECE AND SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE, MEANS FOR DISPLACING SAID WEDGE HORIZONTALLY, A COMMON MAIN DRIVING SHAFT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TOGGLE-OPERATED CROSS PIECE AND TO PIVOTED WITHDRAWING LEVERS FOR IMPARTING SEPARATE BUT SYNCHRONOUS MOTIONS THERETO, SAID WITHDRAWING LEVERS BEING ARCUATELY RECIPROCABLE BY SAID COMMON MAIN DRIVING SHAFT ABOUT A FIXED PIVOT AXIS, SLIDING BLOCKS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID WITHDRAWING LEVERS, FURTHER LEVERS CARRYING SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE AND MOUNTED FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN ADJUSTABLE PIVOT POINT, SAID FURTHER LEVERS HAVING ARCUATE SLIDE FACES CO-OPERATING WITH SAID SLIDING BLOCKS TO IMPART SAID VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOTION TO SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE, AND SPRING MEANS ENGAGING SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE FOR BIASSING SAID WITHDRAWING CROSS PIECE UPWARDS DURING THE PRESSING OPERATION.