US1085739A - Binder attachment. - Google Patents

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IIIHHI H. S. KJENSTAD.

BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1913.

Patented Feb-3,191.4.

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HERMAN s. KJENS'IAD, or BRANDT, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BINDER ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN S. KJEN- STAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brandt, in the county of Deuel and State of South Dakota, have invented cert ain new and useful Improvements in Binder Attachments, of which the fOllO ing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for binders and my object is to provide means whereby the head of a bundle will be held together in compact form as the same is being delivered from the deck of the binder and a still further object resides in providing an improved form of grain check adapted for application to the deck on, which the bundles are formed.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing spring held arms which are operable through slots in the deck and against which the grain rests in the forma tion of the bundles.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing adevice which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient and useful in operation.

\Vith these and other objectsin View, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this'application, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the deck of a binder showing my improved attachment applied to use thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same; and Fig. at is a plan view of the device removed.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which- 1 indicates a deck of a binder of the usual or any preferred type which has supported thereabove in the usual or any preferred manner the rotatable shaft 2 carrying the ejector arms 3. These ejector arms, as is well known, are adapted to remove the bundles formed on the deck from under the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1913.

opposite that from which the slot Patented Feb. 3,1914. Serial No. 751,552.

usual spring arms forming the grain check, after the bundle has been tied, so that said bundle may be delivered to any desired device. One of the well known types of grain checks consists of a pair of spring arms sup ported above the deck and having the free ends bent downwardly to engage the latter, whereby the bundle may be formed between said spring arms and the deck proper, but this form of check necessitates the spreading of the heads of the bundles, as the latter are removed from the deck by means of thetrip arms.

The primary object of this invention is, therefore, to provide an improved check which will normally remain in position to permit the bundle to be formed thereagainst and at the same time permit the bundle to be readily removed from the deck without spreading the ends thereof.

Through my improved means, the bundle Wlll remain in compact form throughout its length in the delivery thereof from the deck. To this end, plates 4 are provided, the same being secured to the under face of the deck at predetermined positions thereon. These plates are slotted longitudinally from one end thereof to a point adjacent the opposite end of the same to register with slots 5in the deck 1 and the one end of each plate starts is curved downwardly and rearwardly as shown at 6. Secured to the under face of each plate at the opposite sides thereof are the ends of a strap 7 which is bent to form a guide loop or the like and pivotally carried .etween the side arms of this loop is an angular or substantially L-shaped arm 8. The longer portion of each arm is projected through the slot in the plate carrying the same and through the corresponding slot 5 in the deck 1, so as to project some distance above the upper face of said deck and the shorter portion of this angular arm which is disposed below the deck has connected therewith one end of a coil spring 9. The opposite end of the coil spring is engaged with the downwardly and inwardly bent portion 6 of the plate. Thus, in the normal position of the device applied to use on the deck, the arms 8 project through the slots 5 in a plane at substantially right angles to the plane of said deck and these arms form grain checks against which the bundles are formed.

In practice, the grain is conducted to springs the deck 1 through the medium of an endless carrier or the like, the grain delivered on said deck being directed toward the arms 8 which, as stated above, form checks therefor. After a predetermined amount of grain has been deposited on the deck, the bundle is automatically tied through the usual or any preferred means and the ejector arms 3 are caused to make one revolution so as to engage one end of the bundle so formed and force the same from the grain checks. As these ejector arms are rotated, the same force the bundle against the arms 8, the latter yielding under tension of the 9 and the bundle rides over said arms which move into the slots 5 of the deck. As soon as the bundle leaves the arms 8, the latter are returned to their initial positions through the medium of said springs 9 and the sameare then in position to again receive grain thereagainst in the formation of the bundles on the deck.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eiiicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention and while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to Within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is 1. In an attachment for binders, the combination with a deck having slots formed therein, and means to remove bundles of grain from said deck; of plates secured to the under face of said deck and provided with slots therein registering with the aforesaid slots in said deck, angular arms pivotally carried on said plates and projected through the registering slots of said plates and deck to form grain checks for the latter, and spring means in connection with the lower free ends of said arms and portions of said plates to yieldingly retain said arms in upright positions with respect to the plane of said deck.

2. In an attachment for hinders, the combination with a deck having slots therein, and means to remove bundles of grain from said deck; of plates secured to the under face of said deck and having slot-s therein registering with the aforesaid slots of the deck, the one end of each of said plates being bent downwardly and inwardly to form a projection thereon, loops secured to the under faces of said plates at the opposite ends thereof and depending from the same, angular arms pivotally secured between said loops and projected through the slots of said deck to form the grain checks therefor, and spring means connected to the extreme lower free ends of said arms and the projections at the opposite ends of said plates to yieldingly retain the projecting portions of said arms in a position perpendicular to the deck.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afi ix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN S. KJENSTAD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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