Loose hay wagon

Claim 1

The method of making a stack of hay which comprises the steps of: feeding a stream of loose hay into a collapsible container having a pair of sections of substantially identical sizes and configurations, including a hollow, open top body provided with a bed, and a normally elevated open bottom press having a crowned roof, each being additionally provided with opposed, upright side and end walls, the press being restricted to vertical, rectilinear reciprocation and being an upper extension of the body, aligned and in registered communication with the latter, when the press is elevated; placing as much of said hay into the container as can be held or practically contained by continuing said hay feeding step while the press is elevated until both the body and the press are filled with a loose mass of said hay; thereupon preforming said mass into the shape of a polygonal haystack by lowering the press into the body with a steady, cOntinuous force sufficient to slip the press between the body and said mass to dispose the press over and around the mass, enclosing the latter within the press, surrounded by the side and end walls of the press, and confined between said roof and said bed; and condensing said preformed mass into a compact stack of substantially uniform density throughout, molded to the internal configuration of the press, by continuing said steady press lowering force without interruption to inwardly compress the preformed mass simultaneously end to end thereof, laterally thereof and from top to bottom thereof prior to raising the press to its normally elevated position.

Claim 2

The method of making a stack of hay which comprises the steps of: feeding a stream of loose hay into a collapsible container having a pair of sections of substantially identical sizes and configurations, including a hollow, open top body provided with a bed, and a normally elevated open bottom press having a crowned roof, each being additionally provided with opposed, upright side and end walls, the press being restricted to vertical, rectilinear reciprocation and being an upper extension of the body, aligned and in registered communication with the latter, when the press is elevated; placing as much of said hay into the container as can be held or practically contained by continuing said hay feeding step while the press is elevated until both the body and the press are filled with a loose mass of said hay; thereupon preforming said mass into the shape of a polygonal haystack by lowering the press into the body with a steady, cOntinuous force sufficient to slip the press between the body and said mass to dispose the press over and around the mass, enclosing the latter within the press, surrounded by the side and end walls of the press, and confined between said roof and said bed; and condensing said preformed mass into a compact stack of substantially uniform density throughout, molded to the internal configuration of the press, by continuing said steady press lowering force without interruption to inwardly compress the preformed mass simultaneously end to end thereof, laterally thereof and from top to bottom thereof prior to raising the press to its normally elevated position.

Claim 5

The method of making a stack of hay which comprises the steps of: feeding a stream of loose hay into a collapsible container having a pair of sections of substantially identical sizes and configurations, including a hollow, open top body provided with a bed, and a normally elevated, open bottom press having a crowned roof, each being additionally provided with opposed, upright side and end walls, the press being restricted to vertical, rectilinear reciprocation and being an upper extension of the body, aligned and in registered communication with the latter, when the press is elevated, said feeding comprising the step of: blowing the hay into the press end to end of the latter above said body along the lower surface of said roof with a blast of air currents; exhausting the press of said air currents through the roof as the hay gravitates in the container toward said bed; placing as much of said hay into the container as can be held or practically contained by continuing said hay blowing and air exhausting steps while the press is elevated until both the body and the press are filled with a loose mass of said hay; thereupon preforming said mass into the shape of a polygonal haystack by lowering the press into the body with a steady, continuous force sufficient to slip the press between the body and said mass to dispose the press over and around the mass, enclosing the latter within the press, surrounded by the side and end walls of the press, and confined between said roof and said bed; and condensing said preformed mass into a compact stack of substantially uniform density throughout, molded to the internal configuration of the press, by continuing said steady press lowering force without interruption to inwardly compress the preformed mass simultaneously end to end thereof, laterally thereof and from top to bottom thereof prior to raising the press to its normally elevated position.

Claim 6

The method of making a stack of hay which comprises the steps of: feeding a stream of loose hay into a collapsible container having a pair of sections of substantially identical sizes and configurations, including a hollow, open top body provided with a bed, and a normally elevated, open bottom press having a crowned roof, each being additionally provided with opposed, upright side and end walls, the press being restricted to vertical, rectilinear reciprocation and being an upper extension of the body, aligned and in registered communication with the latter, when the press is elevated, said feeding comprising the step of: blowing the hay into the press end to end of the latter above said body along the lower surface of said roof with a blast of air currents; exhausting the press of said air currents through the roof as the hay gravitates in the container toward said bed; placing as much of said hay into the container as can be held or practically contained by continuing said hay blowing and air exhausting steps while the press is elevated until both the body and the press are filled with a loose mass of said hay; thereupon preforming said mass into the shape of a polygonal haystack by lowering the press into the body with a steady, continuous force sufficient to slip the press between the body and said mass to dispose the press over and around the mass, enclosing the latter within the press, surrounded by the side and end walls of the press, and confined between said roof and said bed; and condensing said preformed mass into a compact stack of substantially uniform density throughout, molded to the internal configuration of the press, by continuing said steady press lowering force without interruption to inwardly compress the preformed mass simultaneously end to end thereof, laterally thereof and from top to bottom thereof prior to raising the press to its normally elevated position.