US1304156A - Stone-gatherer - Google Patents

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'C. E. CHASE AND 0. E. HUTCHINGS.

STONE GATHERER.

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I Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 20, 1919.

- Application filed August 3, 1917, Serial No. 184,325. Renewed 0ctober8, 1918. Serial No. 257,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownrthat Yv lCHARLES E. "CHASE and OLIN E. HUTCHINGS, citizens of .the United States, residingat Belgrade, in the county of Gallatin, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stone-Gatherers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,.clear,. and exactdescription of the invention,- such as will enable others skilledin the: art to'which it'appertains to make and use the same.'-

' This invention relates to newand useful improvements in stone pickers or gatherers.

. One object of the present invention is to provide .a' simple and cheap device of this character by means'of which the stones can be quickly and efi'ectively gathered.

Another object is to provide a' deviceof this character by means of which theastones are scraped up from the ground, elevated, and deposited in a wagon which is moving at the side of the device.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

. In the drawingz- 3 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a' stone gatherer made in accordance with our invention. I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of a portion of the lifting wheel showing the arrangement of the pockets.

- Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the rake member 24.

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View taken on the line (i -6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 77 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8' is a perspective view of the rear end of the rake member 24 showing the scraping blade 36.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing there is shown a horizontal frame which includes the side members 10 and the transverse end members 11. A tongue or draft pole 12 extends longitudinally through the center of the frame and is secured thereto, the said pole also extending a suitable distance forwardly of the frame where it is supported on the fifth-wheel truck 13 having the ground engaging wheels 14. To this truck the draft animals are to be atto the adjacent tached, :as will be readily understood. Extending transversely of the rear portion of the frame isa shaftj16, and pivotally mounted onthis shaft is a rearwardly and upwardly inclined'frame 17, the rear end of which carries the shaft or axle 18. On one endof this axle there is mounted the large ground engaging wheel 19. This wheel includes a. rim 20, .hub '21, and spokes 22. Securedzto each of the spokes of the 'wheehand pocket member 23.

Secured to the lower side'of the main or first-mentioned frame and disposed obliquely and longitudinally from the forward outer corner of the frame to a point below and rearwardly ofthe axle of the wheel 19, is a bar 24, said bar being provided with downwardly extending rake teeth 25 for scraping action on the ground to drag the stonestherefrom. These teeth are held on thebar by the plate 24 and the bolts 25' which latter are disposed through the plate and bar. 011 the rear end of this bar there is disposed a mold-board-shaped member 36 which is adapted to guide the stones into the pockets ofthe wheel 19 as the pockets successively reach their lowermost points in the rotation of the wheel. Secured to the lower side of the frame 10 and extending from the other forward corner of the main frame to a point adjacent the intersection of the tongue 12 and the shaft 16, is a second shorter beam 27, also provided with downwardly extending raking teeth 28 which are arranged to draw the stones from that side of the machine toward the other scraper. The teeth 28 are held on the-bar 27 in a similar manner to that of the teeth 25, by means of the plate 24 and the bolts 25. The other end of the axle is formed with a crank portion 29, and on this portion there is mounted a ground engaging wheel 30.

The pockets are so constructed and arranged that they receive stones when at their lowermost points in the rotation of the large wheel and dump the stones at one side of the wheel when at their uppermost points, or approximately such positions. A wagon is arranged to be drawn along side of the large wheel to receive the stones which are discharged by the pockets. Thus stones from a field, road, or other place, can be effectively scraped up, lifted, and deposited in a receptacle for disposition at portion of the rim. is a some other point. The device is extremely simple and cheap in construction, and is effective in its Operation.

Mounted on the frame 10, is the drivers seat 31. Mounted on the frame 17 is a toothed segment plate 17 and pivotally I mounted on thisplate and provided with a pawl 32 for engagement with the said teeth, is a lifting lever 33. This lever is formed with an arm 34 which is connected to the rear end of the bar v2% by means of the chain 35. Thus when the said lever is moved in one direction the rearend of the bar 24:, together with the frame 10, will be elevated so that the teeth of the bars 24 and 27 will be held clear of the ground.

It will be noted that each of the pocket members is formed from a single :piece of metal bent, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4, whereby the stones which are scraped thereinto by the curved blade 36 will be held therein until the pockets reach such a height in the rotation of the Wheel 19 that their contents will fall by gravity into the chute 37, carried by the frame 17, and be discharged into the wagon. This blade 36 is carried by the rear end of the toothed bar 24. This blade guides and deflects the stones which are scraped rearwardly by the teeth 25 so that they will be properly scooped into the pockets as said pockets successively dispose themselves at the "lowermost point of the wheel '19.

hat is claimed is:

1. A stone gatherer including a frame,

Copies of this patent may be obtained! five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent,

rearw ardly converging scraping rakes on the frame, a movably connected frame carr1ed. by the first frame, a Wheel earned by the'movable frame and engaging the ground the said extended end of the sorapingu'ake for guiding the stones into the pockets successively, said'pockets being arranged to dump the stones adjacent the upper portion of the wheel. v

' 2. A stone zgatherer inoludinga horizontal frame, rearward'ly extending and converging bars rigidly secured to the lowerside of the frame, said bars being provided with raking teeth, a ground engaging wheel disposed rearwardly of the frame, a frame pivo'tally connected to :the 'first frame and supporting said wheel adjacent the converg ing ends of the said bars, pockets carried by and rotatable with the wheel, thev rear end of vone of said barseXtendin-g beyond the end of the 'other bar and adjacent the said wheel, and a curved guiding and collecting blade carried by said end of thee tending bar.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses:

CHARLES E. CHASE. OLIN E. HUT-CHINGS. Witnesses ALEX. VAN DYKEN, Guns. A. Rmtn nr.

Washington, 13.0.

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