US16618A - Improvement in harvesting-machines - Google Patents

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WALTER A. WOOD, OF I-IOOSIOK FALLS, NEW YORK.

lMPROVElVlENT IN HARVESTlNG-lVlACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 16,61! dated February 10, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. WOOD, of' Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and State ot' New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesting- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which represents in perspective so much of a reaping-machine as will illustrate the character ot' my invention.

It is found in practice that a ,rakers seat or stand which maintains the same relative position with regard to the fra-me does not answer an equally good purpose in different heights of grain nor does a tixed position meet therequirements of different operators, as one may desire to stand at a greater or less inclination to the grain on the platform than another, so as to give him the easiest possible position to accomplish his laborious duty.

The nature ot' my invention consists in so hanging the'rakers seat or stand as that it may be adjusted to or from the standing grain, so as to adapt the machine to the quality of the grain or to the ease or comfort otl the raker.

rIlo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing.

I propose to make the harvester-frame mainly ot' iron, of which A represents the front beam or ringer-bar, and B the rear end ot' the frame. These two parts A B are so united to theshoe O at one side of the machine and the frame D, which contains and supports the gearing on the other side of the machine, as to make the whole strong and substantial. The rear part of the frame B is of, an irregular form in part, except that portion of it included between the points a b, which is an arc of a circle whose center is at c on the front beam or finger-bar, A, and the remaining portion is so curved or inclined as to adapt it to the other part's,which are connected to or dependent upon it for support or concert ot' action.

To the point c on the barA, either by means of the lug or projection d or otherwise, is hinged a plate, E, which extends backward and is united to the rear piece, B, by a clasp, e, said clasp being tightened or loosened b v a nut underneath the plate E. The clasp can be moved on that part ot' the rear piece, B,which is in thearc ot' the circle, and held at any point in that arc that may be desired by tightening the nut underneath the plate.-

On the plate E, in rear ot' the bar B, is placed a step, F, in which is trmly set an upright or standard, Gr, to which the rakers seat or stand H is affixed, as also the hreast-sul'iport I. As the plate E is moved on its hinged point, so a-lso will the rakers stand be moved to or from the standing grain, andas theplate moves in the arc of a circle the raker with each adjustment chapges his position or inclination to theplatform, his` front always being in a radial line from the point c.

The delivery from the platform is anywhere between the points bf, and ot' course changing with the position of' the rakcr, and thus the gavel may bedropped farther from ornearer to the line ot' draft or path ot' the horses, as may be desired.

I have thus described only that part of my machine which involves the pointofinvention, not deeming adetailed descriptionof the other parts ofthe machine shown in the drawing as necessary in this application.

Having thus fully described the nature and Object of my invention, what l claim therein as new, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is-

Making the rakers seat-vor stand adjustable in the arc ot' a circle on the rear part -ot' the frame, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

WALTER A. WOOD.

Vitnesses:

I. RUSSELL PARSONS, EDWD. KIRKWOOD.

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