US1258740A

US1258740A - Lifter-guard for lodged grain.

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Publication number: US1258740A
Application number: US14321817A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank A Blocki
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-01-19
Filing date: 1917-01-19
Publication date: 1918-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 1935-03-12

Description

Patented 12, 1918.

r. A. BLocKl.

LIFTER GUARD FOR LODGE!) GRAIN. 'APPLcAnoN man 1AN.19.|911. 1,258,740.

153 Zfm2/W7 M yzyof'fcegs.

FRANK A.' BLooK'I, or -SHEBQYGAL'L wisconsin.'

Lrr'rnrteuA-nn son Lonenn enana.

Applicationz'ledJanuary 19, 1917. :Serial No. 143,218.

To all whom t mag/concern:

-Be it known .that I, FRANK A. BLoeKr, ak citizen of the United States, and resident/of Sheboygan, Vin `the county of- Sheboygan .and State of Vi-sconsin, ,have inventednew and useful Improvements in Lifter-.Guards for Lodged Grain, .of which the .following is a description, reference -beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of this specification. Y The invention relates to attachments for harvesting machines, more particularly for a binder.

The invention is more particularly `designed to provide an attachment for `a binder, to cause theA grain or other .growing vcrop to be moved in proper position yforthe cutter. j

One object of the invention is to provide an attachmentwhich be readily attached to any well-known type of binder by meanszof a-bolt'-whichsecures the attachment and finger-guard to the cutter bar,.and one in which the supporting bar may Vbe readily adjusted to finger-guards of various sizes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lifting bar which is yieldingly `mounted on its support so that said bar may readily accommodate itself to dierent conditions of soil over which the binder runs.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View of the device embodying the invention connected to the fingerguard of the cutting mechanism, parts being broken away and parts being shown in sec.

tion;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the attachments in place.

The drawings show a well-known form of cutting mechanism comprising a longitudinally extending angled frame member 3 to which the finger-guards 4 are connected by bolts 5, the cutter blade being reciprocally mounted on said lingers to cooperate therewith in cutting grain or other material.

'Ihe attachment comprises a support and connecting member, a lifting bar 7, and means for yieldingly connecting said bar to Said support.

The support consists of a two-part member consisting of parts 8 and 9, and means for adjusting theposition said parts respect toeach other for connecting. the-:attachment .to finger-.guards ofivarious-lengtli's. Thep'art vS-consists .of a flat bar-havlngan v'angled `end 10 provided with 1an aperture through' lwhich the .usual bolt '5 connecting the 'finger to .the .cutter frame passes, said bolt thus securing said. part with said'inger to the frame. rl'he `part 9 consists of .aziiat bar Ahaving anangled frontend llvforming an `eye 12and havingits rearportion overlapping .the vfront portion-,of the part 8, said part-9 having `an angled bracket 13 secured l thereto and provided with an aperture .14 for receiving the'pointed-end 15 -of `thje iinger guard 4. f v I rllherineans for adjustinglthe parts Sand 9 with respect to each other 4may be of any suitable construction .though for this Vpur.-

pose I prefer to yarrange said .parts .in -overlapping relation'and provide a removable bolt 16 forpassing throughany .oneofalined .apertures 17 and 18 in said parts 8 and 9 respectively. By means of this two-part adjustable support I am able to adjust said parts so that the apertured bracket 13 will engage the front end of finger 15 and the rear end of the support be secured to the rear end of the finger 4, even though said fingers vary in length.

The lifting bar 7 consists of a flat metal bar having aY pointedl dividing end 19, a c urved shoe portion 20 and a shank portion 21.

lhe means for yieldingly connecting the lifting bar to the support comprises a bracket 22 secured to the shank 21 and having depending sides 23each provided with an aperture through which a pivot bolt 24 passes, the eyed endA 11 of the part 9 being pivotally mounted on said bolt between said sides, and resilient means operatively connected to said bar and support.

This resilient means consists of a spring 25 which in the present instance is shown as a flat steel spring riveted at one end to j end of the bar 7. It will be understood that any other suitable leaf spring could be employed to yieldingly engage the lifting bar in the manner illustrated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two-part support is such that it may be Y readily attached to 'one of the finger-guards of cutting mechanisms of dilferent constructions and adjusted to extend in the line of travel of the machine, and the parts of this support may be moved withV respect toeach other to dilferent positions. The lifting bar serves to divide and support the crops, holding the uncut crop away from the cutting Vmechanism and said bar is yieldingly mounted so as to readily pass over obstructions in the field.

What I claim as my invention is: Y

1. An attachment of the character described comprising a pair of overlapping bars having apertures therein, a bolt passing through registering apertures in said bars to V`adjustably secure them together, an apertured bracket carried by one of the bars for receiving the end of the finger guard, a flat lifting bar, a bracket secured to said lifting bar and pivotally connected to the bar carrying the apertured bracket, a leaf spring interposed between said lifting bar bracket and the bar to which it is connected for yieldingly maintaining the front end of said lifting bar in its lower position, and a stop on the lifting bar bracket engaging the bar' to which it is connected for limiting the movement of said lifting bar.

2. The combination, with a linger guard and finger board of a binder, and means for securing said linger guard to said board, of an attachment comprising a pair.V of flat bars overlapping each other for a portion of their length and having a plurality of apertures therein and a bolt passingY through Vregistering apertures to adjustably secure said bars together, one of said bars having an angled end secured to the finger board by said finger guard securing means, the other of said bars having an apertured bracket for receiving the end of the nger guard and an eyed end, a lifting bar, abracket secured to said'lifting bar and having dependingV sides, a bolt passing through the eyed end FRANK A; BLOCKI.

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

Washington, D. G.

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