US1580456A - Corn-carrying attachment for corn picking and husking machines - Google Patents

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April 13,1926. 1580,456

. B. J. SYNSTELIEN conn cuuuzlme ATTAcBm-:m Fon. conn ING .numismaay mams med sept. s, 1925 :s suina-sheet 1 April 13,1926.

B.. J.' SYNSTELIEN CORN CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR CORN PICKING AND HUSKING MACHINES Filed Sept.4 3, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mam/awww April 13,1926. 1,580,456

B. .1. sYNsTELlEN CORN CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR CORN PICKING AND HUSKIING MACHINES Filed Sept.- 3, 19.25 @Sheets-Sheet '5 Patented Apr. is, 192e. y

UNITED STATES' PATE NT oFFi CE. Y

BEaNHAnn'J. sYNs'rELiEN, or FONDA, zown.

conn-CARRYING ATTACHMENT Fort conNvPrcxrNe ANDHUSKING MACHINES.

Application-inea septembe s, 1925.v semi no. 54,244. v

To all whom t may concern:

. Bev itknown that VLvBnnNi'iAnn J.vlSri-r sTELiEN, a citizen of the United States, :re-

i siding at Fonda, inthe ,county of Pocahontas and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain Ynew and vuseful Improvements in Corn- Carrying Attachments for Corn Pickingand Husking Machines; and I do'jhereby` declare the following to be a full, clear, `and exactv descriptionkoit the inventionfsuch as will enable others skilledin the vart towhich trate the invention, like characters indicate r like parts throughout .the several views.

. Referring to the drawings: d I Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view' of the main frame andru'nning gear of a cornpicking and husking machine, vand also illustrating invsection a portion of the supplemental frame of the attachment; f f

Fig. 2 yis aperspective view of he attachnient and a portion of theJ main frame withV the carrier in av dumping position;

Fig. 3 is-an elevationof the gate end-of the carrier;

Fig. 4 is a Yview'of the attachment partiy in side elevation and .partly in verticaly section; and j Fig. 5 isaV side elevation of the carrier showing. a modified form of. guide' flange. l 'lheiiuineral 6 jindicates the mainl frame of a corn-picking and husking machine supported on an axle 7 on which is journaled a pair of wheels 8 having hub caps 9. Atpngue 10 is rigidly v secured to the main frame $3 and may be attached to a tractor `orother Y motive power Jfor drawing the'corn-picking and liusking machine.

. The` attachment includes VSupplemental frame comprising pairszof innerl andil outer angleupriglits 11 and 12, respectivel rigidly secured Vto the mainjl frame 6.xat te right side thereof, The Vont-er. uprights, 12 jare lcross-tie variglevbar k23 rigidly ."rigidlyconnected .at their upper ends by .a

top bar 13, andwhich uprights are heldin vertical positions by means of a pair of inf clined brace rods 14, the lower ends of which are'r anchored tothe left side of the main frame 6,v and theirV upper ends are adjust.

ably anchored to the top bar 13. A pair of track rails 15 thateXten'd trans# versely of said machine have their outer ends Y pivoted at 16V to the intermediate portions of' the-uprights12, and their inner ends are seY cured to the inner uprights 11 by nut-equipped l bolts 17 adapted to be inserted: through yany horizontally aligned'pair of holes 18 in ysaid uprights.H Brace rods -19 have one ofy their endspivoted tothe uprights 12, belowA the trackrailsl, and their other ends are secured to the track rails 15 by nut-equipped bolts 20 adapted to be inserted through any horizontally aligned pair of holes21 in said track rails. The track rails 15 are in the form of angle bars,the horizontal angesof which are turned toward each other andthe vertical flanges of which are turned upward.

A cross-tie angle bar22 rigidly connects the outer end of the track rails 15, and an inner connectsv the inner ends thereof and affords a stoprfor ya purpose which will presently appear.

'A traveling tiltable box-like dumping'car-V 'rier 24 is mounted on the supplemental frame and has secured yto its under side a pair of rack bars 25 which extend lparallel to the'track rails 15. These rack bars 25 7 arev supported on and mesh with pinion's 26 secured vto a shaft 27 journaled in bearings on the outer ends of the track rails 15.` Ay 'i pair or'. rollers 28 are journaled 'in .bearings l securedto the underside of the carrier 24-at l the innerA end thereof and are arranged to run on the horizontal fianges of the ltrack rails 15.l vThe vertical flanges of the VtrackV rails lafford stops forthe rack bars 25and rollers 28 and thereby prevent lateral move-v ment of the dumpingcai'rier 24 and hold the same for straight ,linetraveling movement transversely ofthe mainframe 6.' t

v A pair of cam-acting guide ianges29 are secured to thesides of the'dumping carrier 24 and work between vertically s'pacedroller 5f guide studs 30 Von the uprights 12. l The guide Vstuds are made verticallyY ad'- ju'stable Yby having their journals removably Vmounted .in diere'nt vertically spaced holes in the uprights 21. The frontend of the carrier 24 is closed by a swinging gat-e 3l the upper edge of which is hinged at to a transverse bar 33 secured to the sides of said carrier and extending thereabove. A springprojected latch 34 on the swinging gate 31 is arranged toengage a lock detent secured to the carrier 24. A cable 3.6 is at.- tached to the latch bolt 34 and to the top cross-tie bar 13 for releasing said latch bolt when the carrier 24 is moved into a dumping position. A tumbling rod 37 is connected to the trontend ot' the shaft 27 by a universal joint 33. Y Y

As shown, the track rails 15 are secured in an inclined position and normally the rollers 23 rest on said track rail and engage the rear cross-tie bar 2 3 as a stop and hold the carrier 24 in a tilted loading posit-ion, and which position is lsuch that thel corn discharged from the elevator oi the cornpickin-g and husking machine will fall into said carrier. Journalled on the shaft 2'( adjacent to the pinions 26 are rollers 26', on which flanges of the bars 25 are arranged to ride and tilt, as best shown in Fig. 3. By operating'the tumbling rod 37 from a driven part of the machine or in any other suitable manner, the pinions 26 actingl on the rack bars 25 ywill move the carrier 24 upward and outward on the track rails 15 and on the rolle-rs 26 until the same becomes overbalanced, and atwhich time, said carrier will rock on the rollers 26, lift the rollers 28 from the track rails 15 and tilt into a dumping position'which, as shown, is reversely inclined from its loading position. Duringthe til-ting movement of the carrier 24 into a.

dumping position, the movements thereof are controlled by the guide flanges 29 and co-operating studs 30. At the completion of: the dumping movement of the carrier 24, the Slack in thel cable 36 will be taken up to roleasev the latch bolt 3IYVA and thereby permit the door 31 to swing open as the load in the Acarrier 24 is discharged. After the load is dumped from lthe carrier v24, said 'carrier is returned to loading position by reversely operating the tumbling rod 37. The initial return movement oli` the carrier 24 will bring the rear curved end portions oi` the guide fianges 29 into contact with the upper stnds 30 which will cam the inner end of the carrier 24 downward and thereby reverse-ly tilt the same so that its rollers 28 will again ref engage the track rails 15 and travel therealong until stopped by the rear cross-tie bar 23. During the return movement ot' the carrier to loadingV position, the gate 31 will swing closedv and thereby cause the lock bolt 34 to automatically interlock withthe detent lVhen the track rails 15 are set, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the final movement of the carrier 24 into a .dumping or. loading position will be under the action 01"' gravity.

By vertically adjusting the track rails 15 on the inner uprights 11, the inclinationV o' said track rails may be varied, at will, either above or below a horizontal position of aid track rails. ln case the track rails 15 are adjusted so that they incline above a horizontal position, the carrier 24 will move in an inclined position without having tilting action. In this arrangement of the track rails 15 suitable lat-ching mechanism would have to be provided for holding the carrier 24 in a loading position. j

Reterringnow to the modificatio shown in Fig. 5, the guide ianges 39 are adjustably secured to the carrier 40- for vertical and horizontal movements by means ot bolts secured in said flanges and adapted to beY inserted through any horizontally aligned pairs of vertically and horizontally spaced holes in theisides 'of said carrier.

By raising and lowering the guide tianges 39 on the carrier 4.0 and raising the respective studs on the uprights 12, the'inclination ot' said carrier when in dumping position, may be varied, at will; or by adjusting said iianges inward or outward the carrier will be caused to dump sooner or later.

lVhat I claim is:

l. The combination with a frame, of a` traveling carrier mounted for mOvement to and from reversely inclined positions, a pair of oblique rails on which said carrier travels when in one of its inclined positions, guides on the carrier, abutments on the trame with which said guides ymove to support the carrier when in its other inclined position land guide the same from one inclined position to the other, and propelling means for the carrier.

' 2. The vcombination with a frame, o'l a driven shaft journaled on the iframe and having a pair of toothed wheels, a carrier having racks meshing with the wheels and supporting said carrier for movements to and from reversely inclined positions, a pair of oblique track rails, a pair of rollers on the carrier adapted to run on said rails during the movement of the carrier in one of its inclined positions, a pair of gnide flanges on the carrier, and a pair oit rollers on the frame on which the guide flanges move during the movement of the carrier in its other inclined positiony and for guiding the carrier from one of its inclined positions to the other. Y

3. 'The structure defined in claim 2 in which the carrier is gravity-tilted 'from the track rails andtilted by the guide flanges onto said rails. i 4. An attachment of the kind described comprising a supplemental frame having a pair of track rails, driven toothed wheels journaled on said rails, a traveling tiltable dumping carrier having racks meshing with said wheels and supporting said carrier,

5. The structure dened 1n claim 4 which the 'guide anges and studs are ver'- tcally adjustable 0n said frame.

6. The structllrrkek dened in claim 4 inA justable on said carrier. Y

7 The structure defined n yclaim 4 'in which the guide anges are endwse adjustable on said carrier.

n BERNHARD J. SYNSTELIEN.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

lwhich the guide flanges are verticallyy ad-

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