US355364A - Wheel rake - Google Patents

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' 2 Sheets-Sheet "1. W. H. WILD.

'(No Model.)

WHEEL RAKE.

Patented Jan. 4, 1,887.

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ATTORNEY (No Model.) Y 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W; H. WIL'D.

A WHEEL RAKE. No. 355,364. Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

ATTORNEY N. I'ITERS, Mlhhomphlr. WW U. R

NITED STATES PATENT -rrrca.

WILLIAM H. WVILD, OF VALATIE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES WILD, OF SAME PLACE.

WHEEL-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,364, dated January 4, 1887.

Application filed November 5,1885. Serial No. 181,881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. WILD, a resident of Valatie, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Wheel-Rakes and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the to same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein. 5 My invention relates to improvements in wheel-rakes.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide reliable means for easily and quickly dumping the contents of the rake; second, to provide means independent of the dumping mechanism for lifting the rake-teeth and holding them suspended from the ground; third, to increase the flexibility and hay-gathering capacity of the rake-teeth; fourth, to render the teeth-clearing fingers adjustable relatively to the teeth and easily detachable.

Figure 1 of the drawingsisaplan view of the middle portion and one end of my improved rake, the other end (not shown) being precisely like that shown. Fig. 2 is a side elevation and longitudinal section taken at broken line xyin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section ofa clearing-finger holding-clip.

The rake is made up in the usual manner of a frame, 0, thills D, axle A, and wheels B. The axle is provided with a friction or other clutch, F E, arranged to operate in the usual well-knownmannen One.disk,asF,issecured to rotate with the axle, but free to slide longitudinally thereon, while the other disk, E, is loose upon the axle, which is free to rotate therein. The disk F is provided with a boss having the groove m, in which slide the controlling-pins in the forked end of leverj, the latter being fulcrumed upon the fixed cross bar h. The cross-bars h and Z are secured at one end to frame (land at the other to the axle, which rotates therein, beingheldin place by the collars ff. These cross-bars also support in suitable hangers shaft 6, to which is fixed the treadle T and upwardly-projecting arm i. The arm passes up through the wedgeshaped slide 9, adapted toslide to any fro between the cross-bar Z and leverj; or the arm itself may be wedge-shaped and of the proper size to dispense with the wedge g. Itis apparent, therefore, that when the operator, sitting in seat S, presses down with his foot upon treadle T the sliding wedge will be forced forward in a direction to force the contiguous end of lever 9' out from bar Z and the other end in the opposite direction, which throws the disks into engagement and causes disk E to rotate with the main axle, the latter being driven by the wheels B.

The rake-teeth are loosely secured at their upper ends to the transverse bar I, which is supported in the usual manner above the axle by uprights a, secured thereto, and in which the axle is free to rotate. The bar I is also provided with arms P, which support at their ends another transverse bar for supporting the teeth.

. The bar Ilies just over the disk E, asshown in Fig. 2, and'the disk is provided with alug 'or projection, t, which comes in contact with the bar I when the disk is rotated, as before described, and throws it forward and downward, thereby lifting the teeth to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, which dump the contents of the teeth-as hay or strawupon the ground, the hay being prevented from following and clinging to the teeth by the clearing-fingers b.

When the bar I has advanced to the positionshown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, it comes in contact with the projecting arm K, fixed upon shaft 6, and forces the wedge 9 back again from the position to which it was driven by the treadle, thereby releasing the disk E from engagement with the other disk, which permits *the teeth to fallback again by their own weight upon the ground to the position shown in Fig. 2 by the solid lines. I am thus able by a slight pressure of thefoot to easily and quickly dump the contents of the rake. I

I employ the hand-lever G, fulcrumed upon the frame and connected by chain J with arm H, fixed to bar I, to lift the rake-teeth from the ground and hold them in a suspended po- 10o sition when the rake is passing over obstructions or in transporting it from one field to another, or in case of accident to the dumping mechanism.

By connecting the arm H with lever G by a chain or flexible cable the dumping mechanism is easily operated independently of the handlever, the latter being allowed to remain at restwhile the arm H moves to and fro with the bar I.

By threading one end of the clearing-fingers b, adapted to be screwed through a threaded aperture in clips I), the clips can be held firmly in place upon the frame 0, the fingers being screwed through the clips into contact with the frame on one side and drawing the clips into close contact with theframe on the opposite side. By unscrewing the fingers the clips can he slid along to any desired position on the frame and again secured by screwing in the finger.

In case any of the fingers are broken or injured, they can be easily and quickly removed and replaced by perfect ones.

I prefer to make the frame chiefly of angleiron, as shown; but wood or other material may be employed when desired. Bycorrngating or bending the lower portions of the rake-teeth laterally to give them lateral corrugations or sinuous curves, as shown in Fig. 1, the teeth are rendered more flexible and adapted to more What I claim as new, and desire to secure by v Letters Patent, isp p 1. In a horse-rake, the axle, the clutch consisting of the loose disk E, having the projection t on its periphery, and the sliding keyed disk F, the latter having a boss grooved at 'm, in combination with the cross-bars h l, bifurcated lever j, fulcrumed on cross-bar hand having pins working in said groove, the shaft e, supported in hangers from said barsl h, and having arm is, the treadle T, the wedge-slideg, and the arm passing up through said wedge, as and for the purpose described.

2. In awheel-rake, a clearing-finger threaded at one end, in combination with a sliding clip having a threaded aperture through the yoke of the clip, adapted to receive said finger, and a supporting cross-bar on which said clip is adapted to slide, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand this 18th day of June, 1885.

WVILLIAM- H. W'ILD.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM H. SILVEMAIL, Y

EDSON R. HARDER.

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