GB198240A - Improvements in and relating to side delivery rakes and swath turners - Google Patents

Abstract

198,240. Martin, W. E. June 29, 1922. Haymaking.-A side-delivery rake or swathturner of the type in which the main rake-head is raised above the end bearings and carries a detachable middle rake, such as that described in Specification 143,412, has the rakes fixed directly to the underside of the main rake head or on a level therewith. The main rake head consists of an angle bar a which is raised above the end bearings by castings' a<1>. The tines b at each end are connected directly to the horizontal part of the angle bar and the centre tines are attached to the detachable bar a<2>. The bar a<2> is formed with longitudinal and transverse open-ended slots d, d<1>, Fig. 7, which fit over headed projections e fixed to the bar a. The bar a<2> also carries a spring bolt f that is adapted to enter an aperture in the bar a when the bar a<2> is in position. The bar a<2> may be provided with L-shaped or bayonet slots or keyhole-shaped slots in place of the slots d, d'. The slots and the pins may be arranged on the vertical part of the bars a, a<2>. A hanger g secured to the bar a<2> passes over the bar a to prevent the middle of the detachable bar sagging. The tines are preferably flat metal strips bent into U-form or into half U-form. Specification 198,256 is referred to.