US1412304A - Peanut digger - Google Patents

Description

P. J. FANT- PEANUT BIGGER.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.2s. 1920.

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PEANUT BIGGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-25, 192a.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

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PATRICK J. FANT, or HUGO, OKLAHOMA.

PEANUT BIGGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

Application filed August 25, 1920. Serial No. 405,332.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that L-Pa'rn'ron J. FANT, a a citizen of the United States, residing at Hugo, in the county of Choctaw and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peanut Diggers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlIlgS;

This invention relates to certain improvements in peanut diggers, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character including two vertically spaced conveyors mounted for unitary vertical movement and which are also vertically adj ustable one relative to the other.

The invent-ion consists in the oletails of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved peanut digger whereby certain impo'rtant advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the bet-- ter understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

igure 1 is a view in top plan, with portions broken away, of the peanut digger constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the hand lever for raising and lowering the conveyor mechanisms.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through the device as herein set forth, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly in sect-ion illustrating a connection between one of the side members of the upper conveyor mechanism and the coacting link.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a supporting axle and mounted upon the opposite extremities thereof are the traction wheels 2 and the axle 1 is adapted to rotate u on the forward advance of the machine. Suitably engaged with the opposite end portions of the axle 1 but inwardly of the wheels 2 are the standing posts or standards 3 tied or connected at their upper end portions by the transversely disposed member 4; and suitably mounted upon the member 4 is the seat structure S.

Rotatably supported by the posts or stand ards 3 at a predetermined point above the axle 1 is a transversely disposed shaft which also affords a mounting for the end port-ions of the substantially horizontally disposed and transversely spaced beams 8 having their forward extremities continued by the downwardly directed extensions 9 engaged with an axle 10. Mounted for vertical swinging movement at a predetermined polnt intermediate their length are the transversely spaced side members or beams 17 which are tied or connected adjacent their opposite ends by the spacing rods 18.

Suitably engaged with the lower end portions of the side members or beams 17 is the transversely disposed cutter bar 19.

The cutter bar 19 is positioned in the desired relation to the surface of the ground over which the machine is traveling through the medium of the rigid links 27 pivotally engaged with and depending from the forwardly directed rock arms 28 carried by the transversely disposed rock shaft 29 rotatably supported by the beams 8. The rigid links 27 overlie the side members or beams 17 and are provided with the longitudinally disposed slots 30 through which are directed the outstanding threaded shanks 31 disposed through the slots 82 produced in the side members or beams 17. Coacting with the threaded shanks 31 are the clamping nuts 33 or the like, holding the same to the links 27.

Engaged with the axle 1 in predetermined spaced relation are the side members or beams 43 mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane and the forward end portions of said side members or beams 43 terminate inwardly of the forward end portions of the side members or beams 17 as is also true of the upper or rear ends of said members or beams 43 relatlre to the members or beams 17. The lower portions of the members or beams 43 are connected by the transversely disposed member 44.

The side members or beams 43 at a point in advance of the axle 1 are pivotally engaged as at 53 with the lower end portions of the rigid links 27 hereinbefore referred to so that upon upward swinging movement of the arms 28 the lifting element L may be vertically adjusted relative to the ground.

movement of the arms 28 the members or beams 17 will be lifted in unison with the members or beams L3. It will. also be selfevident that the members or beams l7 and the members or beams 435 um y also be relatively adjusted in accordance with the occasions of practice and which adjustment is further facilitated by the slots 32 hereinbefore referred to and which are disposed longitudinally of the members or beams 17.

Coacting with the shaft 29 is a hand lever fi l of any ordinary or preferred construction and which is employed to impart the desired movement to the shaft 29. It is also to be observed that the hand lever 5a is in such proximity to the seat structure as to permit the same to be operated by the occupant of said seat structure.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a peanut digger constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A machine of the character described comprising a wheel supported axle, a pair f substantially horizontally disposed beams supported by said axle and extending forwardly thereof, ground engaging means coacting with the forward end portions of the beams for supporting the same, two vertically spaced conveyor mechanisms supported by the axle and mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane, and meanscarried by the beams and coacting with both of the mechanisms for imparting unitary vertical movement thereto, said conveyor mechanisms also being adjustable one relative to the other in a vertical plane.

2. ii machine of the character described comprising a wheel supported axle, a pair of sul stantially horizontally disposed beams supported by said axle and extending forwardly thereof, ground engaging means coacting with the forward end portions or" the beams for supporting the same, twovertically spaced conveyor mechanisms supported by the axle and mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane, rock arms supported by the beams, means for imparting movement thereto, links pivotallyengaged with the rock arms and with the lower conveying mechanism, and an adjustable connection between the links and the upper conveying mechanism for imparting unitary vertical movement to both of the conveying mechanisms and adjusting one of said conveying mechanisms relative to the other in a vertical plane. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

PATRICK J. mar.

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