US1491814A - Haystacker - Google Patents

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M. MOES HAYSTACKER April 29.. 1924:'

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U 5i i E E S T T S MIKE ll/IOES, 0F LITTLETON, COLORADO.

HA'YSTACKER.

Application filed March 27, 1922. Serial No. 547,160.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, MIKE Mons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Littleton, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haystackers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hay stackers and its principal object is to provide a simple transportable structure which carries an elevator and a simple operating mechanism by which loads of hay are raised to different elevations and dumped one upon another to be formed into a stack of the usual proportions.

Another object of the invention is to pro-- vide means for holding the structure against displacement during the operation of the elevator, and further objects reside in the construction and' arrangement of parts set forth in the Jfollowing detailed description made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which my invention is illustrated in its preferred form.

In the drawings in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated- Figure 1 represents a side elevation oi my improved hay stacker;

Figure 2, an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3, a sectional front elevation of the stacker looking in the direction of the arrow A in Figure 1; y

Figure li, a detailed sectional elevation of the elevator of the stacker, drawn to a reduced scale;

Figure 5, an enlarged detail view of one of the caster Wheels of the structure; and

Figure 6, a view of the sectional rail on which the structure is supported.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my improved hay stacker consists of a transportable structure composed of a substantially horizontal base frame 2 and a superimposed upright gallows frame 3.

The base frame is composed of two sills 4 connected at one end by parallel cross-beams 5 and 5a and supported upon four wheels 6 and 7, two oi which at the front of the structure, are of caster type to facilitate the movement of the apparatus in di'erent directions. f i

In order to permit of the structure passing' through comparatively narrow gate or doorways theV sills are made in normally alined sections which are hinged together as at 8'. l v

The sections are locked in their extended position by bolts 9 passing through alined knuckles at their adjoining ends and after the bolts have been withdrawn, the end sections of the sills may be moved inwardly with relation to their connected body sections, as indicated in broken lines in Figure 2.

The upright frame consists of two parallel uprights 10 erected on the sills and rigidly supported by braces 12v.

The uprights are connected at their upper ends by a cross beam 13 and they are preferably made in two sectionsl hinged together, to allow of lowering the upper portion of the frame for the purpose of passing the structure through doorways of barns and other buildings.

The sections of the uprights are locked in their normal position by bolts 14 shot into alined knuckles at theiradjoining ends.

The uprights are longitudinally grooved at their inner sides for the reciprocating movement of slide-blocks 15 of the elevator 4which in the operation of the apparatus,

raises the hay to the desired height.

The eievato 1 consists of a rack 16 which is made of two series of inter-connected spaced bars, rigidly fastened together at an angle to each other, and which is pivotally mounted for movement between the Aguide-blocks about a'shaiit 17 parallel and adjacent to the line at which its series of bars adjoin. y

They elevator is operated through the in` strumentality of a double tackle preferably composed of two pulley systemsof the whip and runner type. Each system consists of a shoe block 18 movably connected with the elevatorby means of a suspension rope 19, a simple pulley 2O on the cross-beam oit' the upright frame, two guide- sheaves 21 and 22 which are mounted on the base frame, and a rope 23 which is fastened at one end to the cross-beam, and which passes successively around the upper pulley of the respective block, the whip-pulley on the crossbeam and the guide-sheaves on the corresponding side of the structure.

The free end-portions of the two ropes of the tackle are joined together as at 24: and fastened to a swingle tree or double tree if the elevator is raised by draft animals, or to a winding drum in case it is operated by a motor driven hoist.

The means for dumping the load of the elevator when it has reached a predetermined height on the upright frame, consists of a flexible connection which connects its normally upright section with one. of the cross-pieces of the base frame, and a pair of coiled springs 25 attached between the pivoted rack and the vslide blocks.

' The flexible connection above referred to, consists in its preferred form of a rope 26 provided with a plurality of links 27 which by engagement with a hook y28 on the base frame, permit of its being attached at differing distances from the end which is fastened to the rack, and lthereby determines the heights on the upright frame, at which the elevator is compelled to dump its load.

In the operation of the stacker, the structure is supported upon a rail 29rby means of flanged wheels 30 mounted at opposite ends of the base-frame.

The rail which is loose on the ground, may be made in sections, as shown in Figure 6, which are locked in their alined positions by bolts 3l.

The rail has at convenient distances apart, pairs of laterally projecting pins or lugs 32, and'thebase-frame of the stacker has two hook-shaped arms `33 which by engagement with theV lugs secure the structure against lateral displacement during ,the hoisting operation.

Having thus described the construction of my improved hay stacker, its operation will be readily understood.

The structure with its upright frame in Y collapsed condition, is readily moved to the place at which astack is to be erected. After its grooved wheels have been placed upon the rail, the hooks 33 arebrought in engagement with a pair of the retaining vpins thereof, and the upper section of the upright frame is raised to alinement with the body portion of the same in any suitable manner and secured in its adjusted position by means of the lock bolts 14.

In this connection, I wish it understood that if so desired, the upper section of the frame may be equipped with a tackle or other similar means to facilitate its erection, which, however, is not an essential part of the present invention, and as such, has lnot been shown in the drawings.

The outer sections of the sills which during transportation of the structure, are moved inwardly to permit of its passing through narrow gate or doorways, are extended for the operation of the apparatus, I

After the load has been dumped, thev coiled springs which had been expanded during the pivotal movement of the rack, return it automatically to its original position. f

The structure is readily adjusted to dif-V ferent positions with relation to the stack by moving it along the rail and fastening its hooks to the several sets of anchorV pms.

Vhat` I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A' hay stacker comprising a transportable frame, an elevator guidedthereon and including a -pivoted angular hayrack composed of a load-supporting member and a load-delivering member, a tackle for the operation of the elevator composed of suspension ropes terminally yconnected between the members of the rack, blocks engaging said ropes, pulleys at the topV of the frame, guide sheaves at the foot of the same, and ropes fastened at the top of the frame and trained over said sheaves, pulleys and blocks in a double whip and runner system, and means to automatically compel the rack to move about its pivot at a predeter mined elevation whereby to transfer its Vload from the supporting member to the delivering member.

2. In a hay stacker the combination with an upright frame, a hay-elevator thereon, anda tackle for the operationl of theV elevator, of a track supporting the frame, and means for anchoring the frame on the track against displacementv by the operation'of Y the elevator through the medium of the Y tackle.

4. In a hay stacker, the combination with a transportable structure including a base, en upright frame thereon and a hay elevator on the frame, of counterbalancing eX- tensions movable on the frame to a Widthvator on the frame, of counterbalancing 10 extensions hinged onk the frame for movement to a Width reducing position, and means for fastening the extensions in their normal operative position.

In testimony whereof I have axed my 15 signature.

MIKE ,MOESL

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