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HARVESTER BINDER.

Patented Nov. 15, `18

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SYLVANUS D. LOGKE, QF` HOSICK FALLS, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION formingI part of Letters Patent No. 249,472, dated November 15, 188,1.

` Application iled April 1l, 1879.

To all whom fit may concern: Beit known that I, SvLvANUs D. LocKE, of Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Harvester-Binders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying` drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l isa top-plan -view of a lharvesterbinder, showing th'e application of my improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the binding apparatus, and Fig. et is a detached view of a cord-holder. A

Similarletters of referenceiu the several Iigures denote the same parts.

This invention relates mo that class of automatic grain-binders in which the binding-table and binding mechanism are e capable of being adjusted with relation to the e and partakin g of the movements of said frame,

length or position of the grain; and my improvements consist in combining with the adjustable frame which supports the band-carrying arm a sliding block mounted upon a harvester` above the elevator and connected with and a seat for the band-spool upon said sliding block; in an improved Varrangement of binding orband-carryin g arm, band spool or holder, and driver-s seat, whereby the driver is enabled to thread the binding-arm with facility without rising from his seat, and' in certain features of construction, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents the harvestl ing-machine; B, the binding-table, and G the adjustable frame which supports the band-carryingarm I and the compressor and separator J. The frame G is mountedupon two traveler-rods, ff, supported in a casting or castings, F, aftixed to the lower part of the harvesterframe, and is adjusted in position by slidingit back and forth on the rods bymeans of a 'suitable lever, H, extending within reach of the driver on the seat a7, or by any practically equivalent device.

Inasmuch as the construction of the frame G and of the binding 'mechanism connected therewith is set forth and claimed in other pendt ing applications filed by me for Letters Patre particularly to ent thereon, and as any approved forms thereof may be used, I do not deem it neeessaryto more fully describe the same in this application; but I will pass at once to those parts of; 51 the machine which form the subject-matter `of the invention claimed herein. t 1

Upon the upper cross-bar, 0,013' the harveste er-frame, above the discharge end of the grain conveyor or elevator, I arrange a suitable gnide- 6r rail, E, having a projecting guide-rib, e, or the practical equivalent thereof, and upon this rail I mount a sliding or traveling block or carriage, K, having, it' preferred, friction-rollers k to run in contact with the rail on one orboth 6'] sides and prevent cramping, and preferably having either the edge of the rollers or Asome part of the block or its attachments projecting under the rail E, or a flange thereon, to hold the block or carriage down to its work. From 7c the opposite ends of this block two stoutstay i rods or bars, L L', extend to and are attached in any manner to the opposite ends ofthe ad` justable frame G at its top. I prefer to secure them thereto by screw-nuts l l, whereby the 75 frame can be inclined more or less to the crossbar C, as may be desired. The block or carriage K should be of considerable length, so that the ends of the 'rods or braces L L', where they are connected to it, maybe widely apart, 8c fin order that they shall hold theframeG stifly` and prevent it from twisting or vibrating under the strain to which it issubjected. The top of the frame G and the carriage K will-be parallel toeach other, and the two braces LL', 85

A attachedo the opposite ends "of the frame G,

will extend nearly or quite parallel to each other 5 or crossed diagonals may be used, if preferred, the essential thing being to get-the ends of the braces widely apart, so that Athey 9c will brace and hold the frame more rigidly.

The braces are secured to both the frame and the sliding block K by some species of rigid connection which will hold the parts stiff, and prevent any bending or yielding at the points. 95 They are represented in the drawings as secured to the part K by being inserted into cylindrical sockets, and to the part G by passing through it, and having stout screw-nuts on either side to clamp them firmly to the frame 5 rc but I do not limit myself to these two modes of connection. As the frame G is moved along the rails f, it is evident that the braces L L will cause the block K to slide von its supporting-rail, and thus always maintain the proper relative position to the frame, and that, however the frame G may be adjusted, the said braces will hold it steadily against lateral vibration, and thus keep the parts of the binding mechanism in accurate working relation with each other.

I comenow to the wire-reel, tension, and take up devices, which are constructed as follows:

M -is a standard, preferably stepped in a socket in the block K, and hence sliding therewith, so as to preserve the proper position with relation to the bandcarrying arm I. At its upper end the post M is provided with astout horizontal arm or bracket, m, Fig. 1, which supi ports a rigid bar or rod, m', which in turn supports another stout arm, m2., parallel to the arm m. 'The spool or wire-reel N is mounted upon a suitable shaft in bearings formed in the arms mm2, as shown. A curtain, O, hung upon the rod fm', rests upon the spool and hangs down behind it, and at its lower end it is Weighted as shown at o. This device serves as a vten- `sion or brake to the spool, and at the same t'imezcovers it from dust and dampness.

'P is a spring take-.up arm, mounted on a jprojectiug end of therod m by means of a sleeve bearing fitted thereon, and having a coiled spring, s, to keep it under the proper tension, and a stop, s', to limit its backward movement., The wire passes from the spool under the rod m', thence over a sliding and rotatingpgrooved pulley, p, mounted on the spring arm P, and thence to the point of the 'band-carrying arm l. "The sliding pulley adjusts itself automati` cally to the feed of the wire from the spool N andthe position of the arm I. The rod'P yields asthe wire vis drawn-off bythe arm I,but springs lback and takes up the slack of the band as the arm I moves around Yto'tak-e .position for binding a new gavel. The spool N is, by this ar- Yr-angementfupen the top rail or cross-bar of the harvester, 'brought so near tothe driver that -it is no `longer necessary, as heretofore, for him Itostop the team, get down out of his seat, and go aroundthe end ofthe frame, in order to adjust the spool or apply a new one; butthe can,

while sitting in his seat, remove the spool, place a new one on the shaft, and, reaching over the cross-bar C, he can easily thread the wire through the arm I, thereby saving much time and trouble. In case wire is not used for the bands, the cord-holder, of whatever form it may be. is to be located upon the cross-bar C by being secured to the traveling block K by means of a standard, M, or its equivalent. rlhis construction is shown in Fig. 4, where Q represents the cord-holding boX, and P the tension takeup, mounted on a standard, M.

I do not herein claim the band-securing devices, nor the separator and compressor, no1` the binding-table, nor the reel, as I have prepared and am about to tile applications f'or separate Letters Patent upon said improvements; but

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination Awith'the adjustable frame which. supports the band-carrying arm of a grain-binder, a sliding block mounted upon the harvester above the elevator, and connected with and partaking of-the movements-ofsaid frame, and a seat i'or the band-spool upon said sliding block.

2. In a harvester and binder, thecombination of va 'bandearryix1g arm adjustable back and forth lupon the harvester-frame,-and a Wirespool or cord-holder similarly adjustable, the the'tw'o being arranged `in such manner vthat as 4the point ol' the arm approaches the 4spool or holder its eye and said spool or holder shall both be within reachot'the driver while sitting in his seat, substantially as described.

3. Thecombination ot' the guided block K and braces L L with the 'harvester-frame, the

band-carrying arm, andthe Wire-spoolor cordholder, whereby said arm and said spool "or holder 'may be shifted in their position ontheA harvester-frame, to adjust them to the length of the grain, and yet maintain them Within reach Afrom the d-rivers seat, substantially as described.

sYLvANUs D. LooKE.

Witnesses:

M. CHURCH, lW. BLAoKsrocK.

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