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Claim 1

IN MECHANISM FOR COMPRESSING ARTICLES OF YIELDABLE MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF A PLATEN, A PRESSURE PLATE, A MOTOR FOR MOVING SAID PRESSURE PLATE TOWARD SAID PLATEN SO AS TO COMPRESS THE YIELDABLE MATERIAL ARTICLES BETWEEN THE PRESSURE PLATE AND PLATEN, AN ENDLESS BELT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED OPENINGS THERETHROUGH AND PASSING OVER SAID PLATEN AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE THE YIELDABLE MATERIAL ARTICLES AT A LOADING STATION AND MOVE THEM A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE TO A STATION BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE PLATE AND PLATEN FOR COMPRESSION, A MOTOR FOR DRIVING SAID BELT, A MANUAL CONTROL FOR SAID BELT DRIVING MOTOR TO INITIATE MOVEMENT OF SAID BELT TO BRING THE YIELDABLE MATERIAL ARTICLES LOADED ON THE BELT BETWEEN SAID PLATEN AND PRESSURE PLATE, FIRST CONTROL MECHANISM TO RENDER SAID BELT MOTOR INOPERATIVE, SECOND CONTROL MECHANISM TO RENDER SAID PRESSURE PLATE MOTOR OPERABLE TO CAUSE THE PRESSURE PLATE TO MOVE TOWARD THE PLATEN, A CONTROL DEVICE CONNECTED TO BOTH ON SAID CONTROL MECHANISMS AND INCLUDING A FOLLOWER RIDING ON SAID BELT AND MOVABLE INTO SAID BELT OPENINGS TO CAUSE SAID FIRST CONTROL MECHANISM TO DE-ENERGIZE SAID BELT MOTOR TO STOP SAID BELT AND TO CAUSE THE SECOND CONTROL MECHANISM TO ENERGIZE SAID PRESSURE PLATE MOTOR TO MOVE SAID PRESSURE PLATE TOWARD SAID PLATEN FOR COMPRESSING THE YIELDABLE MATERIAL ARTICLES, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PRESSURE PLATE AWAY FROM SAID PLATEN AFTER SUCH COMPRESSION.