US1557929A - Divider for mowing machines - Google Patents

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Qct. 29,1925- G. M. GREEN VIDER FOR MOWING MACHINES Filed June 2 1924 R I75 I /V ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

GUY M. GREEN, or waLLawALIiA, WASHINGTON. I

DIVIDER Foa Mowmcr MACHI ES. 1

Application filed. June 28, 1 5524. seam. 722,915.

To all whom it may concern: i

'Be it known that I, GUY M. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walla -Walla, in the county of Walla Walla and State of 'Washington, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Dividers for Mowing Machines, of which the follow ing is a specification. r

" This invention relates to dividers for mowing machines and has as one of its objects to provide a divider that is adaptable to any divider shoe and that may be'easily attached thereto. Another object of the invention is to provide a divider that will divide the grain and that will automatically adjust itself with the adjustment of thesickle bar.

A further object of the divider is to provide a divider that is flexible to move with the vertical acting guide board.

A further object of the invention is to provide a divider that is cheap to manufacture, that requires no independent adjustment, and that is easy to install.

With these and other objects in view reference is now had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device attached to a-divider shoe; I

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device attached to a divider shoe and in an adjusted position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device as attached to a divider shoe.

Having reference to the drawings like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views and the numeral 1 refers to a divider shoe on the lower side of which is a hingedly mounted runner 2 provided with a connecting piece 3 rigidly attached to the runner and extended in a. generally upward direction to engage the shoe 1 by means of a runner fastening bolt 4 that is secured in the slot 5 and the connecting piece 3 for sliding adjustment in said slot.

By means of this bolt the runner may be raised or lowered, as shown in Fig. 2, on the hinge portion 6.

It is obvious now that as the bolt moves with the connecting piece and runner that any part attached to this bolt will move with it. The bolt therefore will be utilized in this invention in a manner to be explained.

At the rear end of the divider shoe is a guideboard 7' attached thereto by means of a yielding connection consisting of; a bolt 8, a nut 9threadedly engaged thereon, with a springlO interposed between the nut and the guide board and bearing thereagainst to provide for vertical movement, of the guide board on the bolt.

v H'Ilhe divider shoe is provided with an inward curvature and the guide boardfis so attached to theshoe as to form a, continuationof that element, with its rear end 11 brought inward considerably beyond the outer end of the divider; shoe. Intermediate the ends of the guide board is secured a fender arm 12 which is also brought inward from the guide board. By this arrangement grain, standing under ideal conditions, when out will, be turned to fall inward and will leave. a mark of separation between the cut and standing gram.

For this purpose av dividing rod 13, is designed which consists'of a body portion provided with a cupl4: or other means for pivotally engaging the end 15 of the divider shoe 1, and provided on its-rear; end. with a yoke l6 that is adjustably engageable with the runner fastening bolt 1, theyoke being of sufiicient length to mak'e the device adaptable to shoes-of -various sizes. A finger portion 17 extends inv a generally upward and provide for a continuous, uninterrupted guard from the finger to the fender arm, thus eliminating central supports that would form an. obstruction to catch and bunch up the grain.

In tall grain the sickle 20 is raised by loosening the runner fastening bolt 4' and forcing the runner downward on the hinge 6. By this adjustment,the bolt 4, the yoke 16 attached thereto, and the runner 2 are moved downwardly thus raising the finger 17 on the pivotal connection 14. It will be observed that due to the greater weight on the rear side of the divider shoe, the entire mechanism will take the position shown in.

fgnide board and vFig. 2, the sickle being raised and the rear curved ground.

portion of the runner resting on the To start the grain "leaning the yielding guard 18 .is attached at one-end to the finger intermediate the ends thereof, to bring the guard sufiiciently low to catch the bOdYTO'f the grain, and from the point of attachment (19), which may-consist of any-suitable I means, the guard is curved and vexte nds rearward fdlloivi rg'a path generally concentric curve of the dividing-shoe,

yvliththe genera-l p fender arm, but inward I therefroin to a' p'oi ni; approximately. over the "path between fihe standing and fallen g V p e first guard-'22 ofth sickle.- By this means-the gene is started leaning before it is cutand thus iiniiietli'ately 'beii'jg ciit'isfr'ee to the c'oiiti'nt id influence of the yielding 'iguard, assisted by the guide beards-11d fencer arm, :to beyl'a id bask the nncut gram an rovide a well cl ed am, so that subsequent rounds inade by -tlie imowver will not encounter andbnt "over the As above mentioned 'the guid board is designed to in'ove ina-verticm plane as she-we b 'y th'e 'dotted iliiis an Fig. 1. This movement xvm 'eccnr n on nheven ground in ripen striking rocks er dther dbsfirnctions and obviously the fender arm Will move with the g1iide"boar'c'l. Now aEs -it is'desi'rab'le to have "flexibility iin ther'yielding guard a is necessary to secure its rear 23 t prevent excessive lateral motion. This endpor'tion tli'ieoffis' adjustablfy secured to the fender 'r'and the -is sl so to previde freesHdin-g indv'ementencl yetsecnre the guard against latent- 1 mes -Ini1jse th e"di viler "is attached to the di- *v-iciersnee above ex lained and es the ieifiter's' the standiifgg rain the singer will divide the grain and the yielding guard vWill causea portion of the grain that lays in *of grain being momentarily encountered: I

I .As the graiii is nowila'id sbackfroih like standing grain the innerrp'ortion of the sickle "(not shown) remains free of obstruction and thus :providesfor the lightest draft ipossible. i I

'It' is obvious that the invention ii s equally applicable to alfalfa and otlie'r-siririlarigrainz;

that it maybeattached Without alteration of the-shoe; and'that the finger vviill force tangled "stuff belovv 'the shoeliand thus prevent it from lodging-thereon. 5

:Having thus-described my invention, I

In a divider for :mowing machines, the

combinationwith a dividing shoe having a removable guide board and fender1a-rin, wand -a-"d1vidi'n'g. rod having-a finger :portion, suitably attached :to said shoe, of a yielding guardsupported'at one end by the said 'finlg1;p01fl3l01l and at its other end :by a sliding connection attached to saifd finger arm, said 'gnar'd being formed in ag'enera-lly horizontally curved line=and positioned topprodu-ce a continuous, uninterrupted' guard from the s'fingeifiportion tort-he cndoftlie fender-arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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