US369741A - Butting-board for harvesters - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. H. SALZMAN.

BUTTING BOARD FOR HARVESTERS.

No. 369,741. Patented Sept. 13, 1887. f

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. C. H. SALZMAN.

BUTTING- BOARD ROR HARVESTERS. y No. 369,741. Patented Sept. 13, 18817.

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CHRISTIAN H. SALZMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUTTING-BOARD FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369.7%1, dated September 13, 1887. Application filed June 19, 1886. Serial No. 205,669. (No model.) v-

.Z'u all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. SALZMAN, residing at Chicagdin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and usef'ul Improvements in Butting-Boards for Har- Avesters,of4 which the following is a full description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a harvesterelevator and receiving or binding table with my improvement added. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of one end of a binding-table; Fig. 3, a detail.

The object of this invention is to even the butts of grain before it is gathered into acompressor or under the binding-arm to form a bundle; and its nature consists in providing the binding-table with a vibrating or butting board which shall .come in contact with and even the butts ofthe stream of cut grain which is flowing into a compressor or gatherer,orbe fore it has been compressed in any manner,the various parts being constructed and combined as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, A indicates the elevatorframe of a harvestingmachine; B, the front side board of the elevator; C,the binding platform or table; D, the pivoted butting-board; E, box or socket; E', rod or spindle; F, plate or bar for attaching the vibrator; G H, supports for the butting-board5 I', shaft; I J, bevel-wheels for operating the upper elevator shaft or roller; K, crank or pitman wheel; L, pitman; M, wrist-pin.

The frame-work A, the elevator, and the binding-platform are made in any of the wellknown or usual forms,and to the binding-platform I add or apply the butting-board D, which is made in the form shown or in any other suitable form, and is applied by adding the frame G H and the bearing-rod E to the front edge of the platform. The butting-board is supported upon the bearing-rod E by means of the box or socket E, which I have made of sufficient length to furnish a full support for the board, andit is made to fit between bearing-collars on the rod E', and it may be made in vertical halves, which are bolted together by the same bolts which attach the board to it, or two short boxes or bearings may be used in th e place of the long one shown; andIdo notlimitmyselfto the .form or method shown of attaching the rod E, as this may be varied to suit different constructions of frame. This swinging pivot for the board D is placed a little distance from its upper end, or in about the position shown,which gives the proper movement of the inner end without throwing the outer or lower end of the butting-board too far, said pivot being so located as to give the ends of the board opposite movements.

The strap F is attached to the inner or upper end of the butting-board, and it is provided with a pin, to which one end of the pitman L is attached, and it may be held by a Vpin or nut, as may be most convenient.

The end of the shaft I', which is used to drive the upper roller of the elevator, has its end provided with a disk or crank, K, the disk form being preferred, vas it may be provided with holes for the wrist-pin at varying distances from the center of the disk, as shown at Fig. 3, so that the butting-board may be givenmore or less throw, as desired, the hole nearest the center giving the minimum and the outer hole the maximum throw. If the crank form is used, an eXtensible pitman may be applied to produce the same variations of movement.

This butting device can be easily applied to the various forms of harvester-s in use, and its operation will readily be understood from the description and drawings. It will be seen that when the upper end is at its inmost position, as shown in Fig. 2, the end of the buttingboard is in position to come in contact with the flowing stream of vgrain raised by the elevator; but as the movements of the board are quite rapid, this does not seriously interfere with or obstruct the flow of the grain, and as the grain is free and loose at this point, this movement of the upper end of the board adds materially to the straightening up of the grain, as the projecting straws are easily driven back when in this position, and they aref driven back by a succession of light quick blows, which is more effective than any pressure which can be had by means of the butts sliding against an inclined board. It will also be understood that this board is not used for the purpose of so deflecting the grain as to bring different lengths of grain to position for enband, but is used for the purpose of evening up the butts, so as to form a more perfect bundle when bound. p

I am aware that boards and frames carrying A a traveling canvas have been hinged to a binding-platform at their extreme upper ends, so

as to deliver the grain properly to an auto# matic binder, and I do not, therefore, broadly claim the application of a hinged board to a binding-platform; but

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the binding platform or table, the buttingboard D, the 'box or bearing E, secured to said board intermediate its ends, the supports G H, the rod or spindle E', passed through the bearing E and secured to 2o said supports, and means for actuating the i buttingboard at its upper end, whereby said board is rocked on its pivot and its ends have opposite inward and outward move1nents,sub

stantially as specified.

2. rlhe combination of the binding platform or table, the butting-board D, the box or bearing E, secured to said board intermediate its ends, the spindle E, passed through the bearing E, the supports G H, the plate or bar F, attached to the upper end of the buttingboard, the shaft I', the crank or disk K, and the pitnlan L, whereby the butting-board is rocked on its pivot and its ends have opposite inward and outward movements, substantially as described.

CHRISTIAN H. SALZM AN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, HARRY T. Jonas.

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