US630332A - Truck for grain-binders. - Google Patents

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TRUCK FR GRAIN BINDERS.

(Application filed Oct. 14. 189B.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL K.A DENNIS, OF CIIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE PLANO .MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 630,332, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed October 14,1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL K. DENNIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Grain-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in trucks which are used, primarily, for the purpose of transporting grain-binders and similar harvest-ing machinery from one place to another and is designed to produce a truck which shallbe extremely simple and upon which a grain-binder can be readily and firmly secured despite any slight variations which may occur in the size or measurements of the machine.

Referring to the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which the same letters of reference are used to designate identical parts in' all the views, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved truck, showing the grain-binder mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the truck with the binder thereon,but with the upper portion thereof `removed and some of the parts in section to more clearly illustrate the construction and relation of the parts. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the truck with the machine thereon and in section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of said truck in section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. ''is a rear elevation of the clamping member shown in Fig.' 4. Fig. 7 is a sectional'view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the movable clamping member shownin Fig. 4.

A represents the bolster of the truck, which is ordinarily made of wood and has the axles B, which I construct of sections of gas-pipe and which have their inner ends embedded in the semicylindrical grooves A'c'ir the-under side ot' the ends of theV bolster. The axles B are securely. held in place by means of the bolts C, which pass through the plate C' on the upper side of the bolster and through the thimble D, which'has projecting rearwardly therefrom the arms D', taking against the under side of the ends of the bolster-on either side of the gas-pipe B. I preferably groove ,of the broad base portion F',

the sides of the bolsterA, so that the bolts C Serial No. 693,533. (No model.)

are partially embedded therein. In addition to the bolts C, I employ bolts C2, which pass through the clamping-plates, to be subsequently described, through the bolster, and through the inner ends of the gas-pipe B. The wheels E are mounted upon the axles thus formed by the portion of the gas-pipe B projecting beyond the thimbles D and are heldin place by the cotters E,passing through the ends of4 the gas-pipe B in the customary manner.

The parts heretofore described comprise the body of myimproved truck, and the remaining features of the invention are concerned with the clamping mechanism for holding the binder in place. These clamping members comprise thestationary plate F, (best shown in Figs. 3 and 5,) which consists seated on the upper side of the bolster and secured thereto by the bolt C2 previously mentioned, and an upright web F2, terminating in a grooved flange F3, which is designed to cooperate with onejo'f the inner flanges G' of the Z-bars G, that constitute a portion of the framework of the binder. The shape of this grooved flange F3 will depend upon the shape ot the portion of the framework with which it is designed to coperate, and I have shown in the drawings a construction which is designed to cooperate with a particularform of machine which has the curved portions G2 ,inl the afore said ZA-bars G of the traine.

The remaining clamp H, whichIdesignate as the movable one to distinguish it from the stationary one F, consistsof the stationary base-piece H', which is of the shape best shown in Figs. 4, 6, 7, and .'8, and which is seated on the upper side of the bolster A and is secured thereto by one of the bolts C2 previouslymentioned, as well vas by the additional bolt C3, which passes through the baseplate and the bolster. This base-plate I-I has its sides H2 constructed so as to form the oppositely-disposed grooves H3, arranged longitudinally of the bolster A. These grooves serve to hold the movable member J of the clamp in position, and the upwardly-projecting lu g H4 is provided at the outer end thereof to limit the movement ,of the member .I in

one direction, while its movement in the other which takes into the aperture H7, formed in` the base-plate H' to hold the movable member J in position, as shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig.- 7. The locking-dog K has the tail K3, by which it may be readily' manipulated.

The movable member J of the clamp consists of the broadened base J', the edges of which slide in the grooves H3 and the under surface of which is cut away to form the channel J 2,

thezmemberl-I6 in assembling the parts. The memberJ is provided with upwardly-extendingzwebs J 3 and J 4, arranged at right angles to each other and which support a grooved flange J 5, correspondin gto the grooved Han ge F3 ofthe stationary clamp, but `having its curve oppositely dispose'dto cooperate with the curved portion Gr2 of its particular'Z-#bar G.

The operation of my improved construction will be readily seen. By elevating the platform end of the machine the truck may be readily moved thereunder into the position shown in Fig. l, and with the movable clamp J in the dotted-line position vthe opposite Z-'b'ar G'm'aybe readily placedin vthe station-4 ary clamp F, when the other Z-bar Will be in position to besecured by the movable clamp J when itis moved to the full-line position of Fig. 7, Where it is secured by the locking-dog K. When theharvester is transported to its destination, the operation is reversed to re` moveit, from the truck.

IIt .Will be .understood that my invention is capable of some modifications and that I-do Y which accommodates the heads of thebolts C2 and C3 and permits it to pass over not desire to be limited to the exact form shown and described; but

WhatI claim, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a truck, the combination of the bolster, Withthe fixed clampsecured toward one end thereof, .an oppositely-disposed clamp movable Ylongitudinally of the bolster, and means for holding the movable clamp in position to firmly secure the frame of the machine, substantially as described.

2. In a truck, the combination of the bol-v ster A, with the Xed clamp F fastened to- Ward one end thereof and shaped to coperate with the framework of a binder, the clamp J oppositely located and correspondingly shaped and movable longitudinally of the bolster, and .means for holding the clamp Jin its operative position to securely hold the binder.

3. In a truck, the combination of the stationary base-plateHhaving the channels H3 therein, with the movable clamping member J sliding in said channels, and the pivcted dog 4K eoperating with the aperture H7 in said base H to hold the clamp J in position.

4. In a truck, the combination of .the bolster A, withthe hollow tubular axles having one ofitheir ends embedded in the under side thereof, the xed and movable clamps located onithe upper side of said bolster andover'the inner ends of the axles, and the boltspassing through the clamps, bolster and axles, substantiallyy as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 11th dayof October, 1898.

SAMUEL K. DENNIS.

In presence of- ALLAN A. MURRAY,

LOUISE E. SERAGE.

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