US284280A

US284280A - Ahijah cossel

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Publication number: US284280A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 1900-09-04

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A. COSSEL. PORTABLE STRAW STAGKER.

No. 284,280. Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

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U ITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

AHIJAHOOSSEL, OF WAYNE, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA.

PO RTAB LE STRAW-STACKER.

sPncIFIcnTIoN forming part, of Letters Patent No. 284,280, dated. September 4, 883. I Applicationfiled September 28, 1880. (No model.) I

. To all whom it mag concern; t

Be it known that I,AH1JAH OossEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in WVayne township, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Portable Straw and. Hay Stacker, of which the following is aspecification.

Theentire device is represented by a single view, showing a side elevation with the straw-stacker elevated and secured ready for. operation.

base-pieceB, and the joints a of the sections.

may be either hinged together, as at L, or secured by plates and bolts, as at K. Between the siderails A is secured afloor, O, for the carrier-bolt F G to slide on. At a convenient distance from the base B is a shaft, E, provided with a sheave or pulley, D, neareach end, inside of the sideframes A, on which the chains or ropes F of the carrier-belt operate.

. The shaftD is provided with 'apulleyfnot shown)at one end outside of the side frame A for the purpose of receiving power from 'a thrashing-machine or engine, and one end of the shaft D may also be provided with a means i for attaching it to the tumbling-rod of ahorsepower. p

The carrier-belt consists of two chains or I j cords, F, with slats or bars G secured to each the sheavesor pulleysD below, and on the at regular intervals. This belt operates on hoisting-ropes Rhave one end made fast to the side rails of the carrier. These ropes, after passing over the pulley P, are carried to the vided with an eyebolt, I, or other means for fastening the guy-ropes J J. These guy-ropes J J are long enough to fasten to stakes driven into the ground, as at J or to cleats on the foot.

of the frame, as at J and support the standards M, as shown.

In operation the stacker is carried to the place where the straw or hay is to be stacked, the uprights M are then raised, and the guy-ropes J 2 J 3 made fast. .The straw-carrier frame A is then placed between the uprights M and elevated by the ropes R to any desired height and the ropes It made fast.

If power can be furnished from a thrashingmachine or engine to the shaft D by a belt, then the carrier-belt. F G may be thus operated to elevate the straw or hay and deposit.

it on the stack. But in case no power can be obtained from a thrashing-machine or engine, thena horse-power of any kind may be at tached to the shaft D and operate the carrier;

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What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hoisting-guides M, with eyebolts I in