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Description

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HARVESTER.

Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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HARVESTER.

No. 339,562. vl'aJtentedApr. 6, 1886.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,562, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed January Q8, 1886. Serial No. 190,015. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SYLvaNUs D. Locrrn, of Hoosicl; Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certainV new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates mainly to that class of harvesti11g-machines in which the grain, after being cut or laid upon the platform, is carried sidewise by raking apparatus up over au elevator, as in the well-known Marsh type, and delivered to a binding-table or to an automatic binder, or dropped upon the ground; and for the purpose of properly illustrating the various features I have represented them in connection with a machine of such construction.

rlhe improvement consists in connecting with the draft-tongue one arm of an elbowlever hinged to the framing of the machine, and to the other arm of said lever a threaded rod passing through a corresponding internally-threaded block or bracket, whereby the machine may be tilted by turning said rod, and in other combinations and details ot' construction hereinafter described..

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a machine embodying my improvements; and Fig. 2 is an Velevation from the stubble-side ot' the machine with the grainchute broken away and other parts in section.

The machine consists, primarily, of a platform, A, at the forward edge of which is arranged asickle bar or critter, and upon which the grain 'falls as cut thereby, an elevatorframe, r rising from the platform to a point above the main drive-wheel, and thence eX- tending down on the opposite side, two supporting-wheels, B and B', the former of which carries the principal weight of the machine and serves as the driving-wheel, from which motion is transmitted to the operating parts of the machine, andthe latter being the grainwheel, and a strong frame supporting the apparatus on the axle of the drive-wheel.

The elevator-frame is braced by diagonal brace-bars a, arranged as shown; but this feature I have incorporated in the subjectmatter of another application, tiled in the Patent Office of the United States on the 11th day of May, 1883, Serial number 94,633, and will not further allude to it herein.

sented in Fig. 2, the axle being furnished withv pinions meshing with segmental racks, a lever being provided for rotating the pinions, and suitable detcnts being employed for holding the pinions against rotation after adj ustment, as in Letters Patent granted to me bearing date January 11th, 1881, and numbered 236,503, to which reference is made for a more full description.

In adjusting the machine to any considerable extent upon the driving-wheel its balance is changed somewhat, owing to the segmental outline of the standards in which said wheel is supported, and it is desirable to provide means to compensate for such change, or for establishing a proper balance when wanting from any cause. It is, moreover, desirable to place the seat lower down than has heretofore been customary, and iu suoli position that the driver may see the binding-table, as well as the grain-platform, and that his line of sight may strike the standing grain before the cntters at a very moderate inclination. For this purpose, and in order, also, to permit the various levers and other devices by which the different groups of mechanism are controlled or adjusted to be brought directly and conveniently into the reach of the driver, I mount the seat G upon the rearwardly-projecting beam C', which runs longitudinally beneath the elevator-frame, the standard c of said seat being seated in a casting, c', which is adjustable forward and backward upon the beam, and is held at any desired adjustment by means of a bolt, c2, passing through the step orcasting and through one of a series of holes in the beam. Thus located, the seat is convenient to mount, and the driver seated therein commands aview of the raking-platform and the binding-table on opposite sides of the elevator, and a low-down view of the standing grain, besides being in a convenient position to reach the lever for raising and lowering the machine, the device for IOC adjusting the tongue, and the levers for varying the position of the reel.

The step or casting c is formed with an inclined socket to receive the seat-standard, and with a foot-rest, c, to receive the feet of the driver. The standard may be bolted in the socket; but ordinarily its leverage willbe sufficient to conne it therein, and for the purpose of staying it when so confined, and to permit its ready removal or adjustment, I provide a rod, c4, having its inner end bent to hook into an eye or staple on the frame of the machine, and having a series of perforations at its outer end, to receivea hook or pin on the seat-standard bent at such an angle that after the rod has been applied thereto and hooked into its eye on the frame it cannot be removed without first releasing it from said eye.

As the adjustment of the machine bodily upon the axle tends to change the relation of the draft-tongue to the team, and as it is frequently desirable to change the angle of the cutters to the ground or to raise or to lower them by rocking the harvester upon the carrying-wheels, I have provided means whereby the tongue may be moved positively upon its hinge, thus causing the front of the harvester to sink or to rise, as may be, as the tongue conforms itself to the draft. This tongue D is hinged or jointed to the frame, as usual, and is connected at a suitable distance from said joint by a link, d, with one arm of an elbow-lever, d', the other arm of which is connected by a ball-and-socket or equivalent j oint to the forward end of a rod or shaft, d2, which is threaded at its rear end, passes through a similarly-threaded arm or bracket, d3, and is provided within reach of the drivers seat with a crank, d, or a hand-wheel by which to turn it. The rotation of the rod or shaft causes it to and I therefore do not lay any claim to ity herein; but

What I do claim is- 1. In combination with the draft tongue hinged or j ointed to the framing of the machine, an elbow-lever having one arm connected with the tongue and the other connected with a threaded rod passing through a correspondingly-threaded block or bracket, as and. for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the hinged tongue, an elbow-lever connected therewith,and a threaded rod connected by a universal jointwith the elbow-lever, whereby the rod is permitted both to rotate and to move backward and forward with the lever in adjusting the tongue.

3. In combination with the tongue hinged near theufront of the elevator, and with the drivers seat located directlyin rear of the elevator, an elbow lever connected with the tongue and a threaded rod passing longitudinally beneath the elevator, and at its front connected with the elbow-lever by a flexible joint and at its rear provided with a crank or hand-wheel within reach of the driver in his seat.

SYLVANUS D. LOCKE. Vitnesses:

PAUL ARNOLD, LEONARD VAssALL.

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