US361918A

US361918A - beebe

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Publication number: US361918A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 1904-04-26

Description

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. 0. V. BEEBE.

SEAT FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.

No. 361,918. Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

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O. V. BEEBE.

SEAT FOR AGRICULTURAL MAGHINES.

No. 361,918. Patented Apr. 26, 1887;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. BEEBE, OF DUNNSVILLE, NE\V YORK.

SEAT FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 361,918, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed November 8, 1886. Serial No. 218,368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that 1, CHARLES V. BEEBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dunnsville, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats for Agricultural Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of thisinvention is to provide a swinging seat for mowers, reapers, and other agricultural machines that will relieve the driver from the inconvenience and sometimes injury resulting from the sudden jerks and '20 jolts to which such seats are subject from the dropping of a wheel of the machine into a hollow or by its coming in contact with an obstruction. To construct this swinging seat, an H-shaped suspension-plate is adjustably securedupon theseat-spring. Eachextremity of this plate is provided with a hook to which is attached a link. These links connect with hooks upon the lower extremities of two A shaped standards, that are connected with and support the seat-base just above the plate, so that it may swing freely in all directions. The upper surface of this base is provided with a circular star-shaped series of depressions, which receive similar arranged projections upon the bottom of the seat, which is preferably secured to the base by a single central bolt, so that the seat may be adjusted to any angle with relation to the supporting-springs; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts of the device to produce the desired result-namely, a seat swinging freely in all directions, but retaining its horizontal position during its vibrations, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically stated in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the devices attached to a spring and with the seat removed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the H shaped plate attached to the spring and provided with hooks at its extremities to receive the links. Fig. 3 shows the bottom of the H plate attached to the springs. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the apparatus with the seat in place. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same, the seat shown in dotted lines.

In the several figures A represents the seatspring of an agricultural machine, and may be of metal or wood, as desired. Adj ustably secured upon this spring A by bolts a a is the H-shaped suspension-plate B. This plate, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with a series of slots, a a, through two of which the bolts a pass; and, as there is considerable space between the lugsb b upon the bottom of the suspension-plate not occupied by the spring, it is evident the suspension-platewill have a considerable range of adjustment both laterally and longitudinally upon the spring. The upper surface of the plate B is also serrated, as at b I), to engage with similar serrations upon the washers a of the bolts (1. By these means the suspension-plate is retained firmly in place upon the spring at whatever point it may have been placed.

The outer extremity of each arm of the suspension-plate is formed into a hook, c, from which depend the links 0. These links drop down to a short distance below the spring and suspension-plate, and connect at their lower ends with hooks 0 upon the lower corners of the A-shaped standards D D. The upper ends of these standards are firmly bolted by bolts d d to opposite sides of the seat-base E. This seat-base is provided with a series of depressions, e (5, arranged in circular form, which receive the projections e 6 upon the bottom of the seat F, which when placed in the desired position is firmly secured by the bolt d passing through the seat and base. This seat-base is also provided with slots 0 6, through which bolts may be passed when it is desired to use a seat of dilferent construction from that herein shown.

It will be observed that all the devices forming this seatsupport are beneath the seat, and therefore out of the way. The hooks upon the suspension-plate to which the links are attached have their ends extending upward, while the ends of the hooks upon the seat-basesupporting standards extend downward, thus preventing all danger of displacement of the links, as all weight upon the seat tends to increase the difficulty of disengaging them from the hooks; and, further, the seat being supported at the four corners of a quadrangle must always retain its horizontal position, and does not tip as the weight of the driver is thrown backward or forward.

I am aware that a suspended seat is not new, and that they have been used upon agricultural machines, and do not therefore broadly claim such a seat. The constructions of these seats, so far as my knowledge extends, have been defective, as they failed to place the suspension devices wholly beneath the seat and out of the way, or to so suspend it at four points as to preserve its horizontal position during all its movements.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim CHARLES V. BEEBE.

Witnesses:

HENDRIOK SALISBURY, PETER VANDERPOOL.