Bailing press

Claim 1

A bailing press comprising in combination: a rectangular box including opposed, mutually parallel sidewalls integral with a back and bottom wall and defining a forwardly and upwardly opening work space in which a bale is removably formed, said back wall including a plurality of vertically extending, transversely spaced guide runners defined by integral, rearwardly extending, spaced flanges said backwall, said bottom wall comprising integral, upwardly extending runners corresponding to those on said backwall and defining grooves opening into said work space and reinforcing said bottom wall, said backwall including an upper transverse margin below corresponding upper margins of said sidewalls and defining a rearwardly opening space thereat, said sidewalls including rearwardly projecting track at said upper margins flanking rearwardly opening space on said backwall; a door hingedly connected on a vertical axis to the forward edge of one sidewall for closing the forward opening of said work space said other sidewall and the edge of said door remote from said vertical axis including releasable lock means for securing said door in a closing position relative to said work space; a platten assembly reciprocably mounted on the rearwardly projecting track of said sidewalls and including a platten reciprocable through the rearward opening of said backwall, said platen assembly comprising a carriage having guide wheels engaged with said rearwardly projecting track and a central hub, a piston-housing-and-ram assembly extending vertically from said hub and a ram reciprocable in said housing under the influence of hydraulic pressure, said ram being connected to the upper surface of said platten, said platten including transversely spaced runners corresponding to those of said bottom and backwalls and depending into said work space for facilitating the introduction of baling wire about a compressed bale; and a portable hydraulic power assembly including an outlet pressure and return line removably connected to said vertical housing for reciprocating said ram and platen when forming a bale, said hydraulic power assembly including a manual control for directing a predetermined maximum pressure to said platten when forming a bale.