US1250046A - Shock-binder. - Google Patents

Description

J. W. STRAIT.

' SHOCK BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1911.

1,250,046. Patqnted Dec/11,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pat ented 11, 1917.

Application filed March 14, 1917. SeriaLNo. 154,732. A I

To all tr/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ILES l/V. STRAIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jeffersonville, in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Binders;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a binder for fodder shock, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a device for securely binding or drawing together a shock of corn stalks for holding the same while it is tied by the usual type of binder twine or other tie.

' Another object of this invention is to provide a device as specified, which comprises a main body plate having an eye formed on one end of the same and a hook formed upon the other end of the same, through the center of which body plate extends a substantially rectangular pin upon which a rope clamping spring ismounted, and further to provide a rotary cam which has a handle formed thereon and a pair of inclined depending extensions which engage the rope clamping spring and force it outwardly. away from the body ofthe rope clamp for allowing the rope to be drawn freely through the eye and hook for drawing the rope about a shock of fodder.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views. and in which Figure 1 is a top plan of the fodder binder;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the rope clamp employed in the binder;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clamp, showing the rope clamping spring in a rope engaging position;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the rope clamping spring forced outwardly in an inoperative position; and

Fig. -5 is a section on the. line 55 of g :JReferring more particularly tothe draw; ings,;l. designates themain body plate of the rope clamp and guide of the shock binder which body plate has an eye 2 formed upon oneend and a hook 3 formed' upon the other end. The rope 4-is passed through the eye 2 and through the loop of the hook 3 and-about a shock of cornstalks-orother fodder, and it is drawn tightly iabout the shock for. forcing thestalks together and for holding them while being tied with the usual type of cord tie,-by' means of a rope clamping spring 5 which is attached to the body 1 by means of a bolt 6. The majority of the shank of the bolt 6, is rectangular in shape as clearly shown in Fig. 5. of the'drawings so asito prevent turning movement of the rope clamping spring with respect to the body 1. r I t -.A cam structure 7 is provided which is rotatably mounted upon a collar 8.- The collar8 is mounted upon the rectangular portion of the shank ofthe bolt. .6intermediate the body 1 and the spring 5. The camv structure 7 includes a main body plate 9 which has a handle 10 formed thereon andl extending outwardly therefromw The handle 10 is bent upwardly as shown at 11 for engagement with the edge of the body 1. for limiting the rotary movement of the can'i 7. A pair of diametrically opposed depending bosses 12 are formedupon theunder surface of the cam body 9 and they have their under surfaces inclined as shown at '13 for engaging and riding over the upper surface of the spring 5 for forcing the rope engaging ends of the spring outwardly away from the body 1 as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and out of a rope engaging position for allowing the rope 4 to pass freely through the eve 2 and theloop of the hook 3.

The end of the spring 5 terminates inwardly of the outermost portion of the eye 2 and the loop of the book 3, so as to allow the rope 4 to run freely through the eye if desired, without engaging the spring.

In the use of the improved shock binder; the cam 7 is rocked or rotated through the medium of the handle 10 for forcing the free ends of the spring 5 outwardly out of a rope engaging position, and the rope 4 is moved out of the loop of the hook 3 and passed about a shock of fodder. After the rope is passed about the shock of fodder, the end which extends through the eye 2 may be passed beneath the end of the spring 5 after which the cam 7 is rotated for allowing the spring to securely clamp this end of the rope. through the loop of the hook 8 is then pulled upon until the desired tightness of the shock is provided after which the end of the rope is passed into the hook and beneath the spring 5. The spring 5 engaging the ends of the rope, will clamp the rope against the body 1 and prevent its slipping, thereby holding the shock tightly bound until the permanent tie or binder is put about the shock after Which the cam 7 is rocked for forcing the spring outwardly for releasing the rope 4 to allow the rope to be removed from about the shock of fodder.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterations are COI11 prehended within the scope of what is claimed.

' What is claimed is 1. In a fodder binder, a body plate, a flat spring connected to said body plate, a rope, said spring adapted to engage said rope for clamping the rope in engagement With the body plate for preventing accidental movement of the rope independently of the body plate, and means carried by said body plate for forcing the rope engaging ends of the spring outwardly away from the body plate to allow free unimpeded movement of the rope.

2,. In a fodder binder, a body plate having an eye formed upon one end thereof, a hook formed upon the opposite end of the body plate, a fiat spring carried by said body Games of this patent may be obtained for The end of the rope which passes plate, a rope passing through said eye and through said hook, the ends of said spring adapted to engage said rope for clamping it against said body plate for preventing accidental movement of the rope, a cam member rotatably carried by said body plate and positioned between the body plate and the spring, depending bosses formed upon the under surface of said cam and having their under surfaces inclined and adapted for engaging said spring for forcing its ends outwardly away from said body plate to allow free unimpeded movement of said rope. V

3. In a fodder binder, a body plate having an eye formed upon one end thereof, a hook formed upon the opposite end of the body plate, a flat spring carried by said body plate, a rope passing through said eye and through said hook, the ends of said spring adapted to engage said rope for clamping it against said body piate for preventing accidental movement of the rope, a cam member rotatably carried by said body plate and positioned between the body plate and the spring, depending bosses formed upon the under surface of said cam and having their under surfaces inclined and adapted for engaging said spring for forcing its ends outwardly away from said body plate to allow free unimpeded movement of said rope, a handle formed upon said cam member, said handle being bent intermediate its ends so that it will engage said body for limiting the rotary movement of the cam.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JILES W. STRAITS. Witnesses:

T. J. Porn, 0. F. STRAIT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents-v Washington, D. G.

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