US372067A

US372067A - Grain-binding harvester

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Publication number: US372067A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1904-10-25

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\VILLIAM P. HALE, OF BROGKPORT, NEW YORK.

.GRAIN-BI NDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,067, dated October 25, 1887.

- Application filed May 17, 1886. Serial No. 202,385.

to be bound is carried over the inner supporting or driving wheel.

In many respects devices shown in connection with my present invention are the same as or generally similar to features shown and described, or to which reference is made. in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 343,709, granted to me June'15, 1886. r

r The accompanying drawings show my invention in connection with those parts of an appropriate harvester and its binding mechanism illustration of which is needed to convey a proper understanding of a suitable application of all of my improvements. Some of these improvements may, however, be used without the others, or in connection with equivalents of omitted parts, and in machines differingin some respects from that shown and hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a plan view with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation with the reel detached and the platform folded up against the main frame. Fig. 5 is an ele vation as seen from the outer or stubble side of the machine. Fig. 6 is a view, partly in rear elevation and partly in section, on the lines 6 of Figs. 7 and12. Fig. 7 is a view,

partly in planand partly in section, on the lines 7 of Figs. 6 and 12, some parts being omitted. Fig. 8 is a view, partly in rear elevation and partly in section, on the line 8 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is an elevation as seen from the inner or grain side, showing the grain-.

wheel and adjacent parts. Fig. 10 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, on the line 10 of Fig. 6, with parts broken away, showing portions of the mechanism by way of which the cutters, the reel, and the No model.)

endless'carrier of the platform are actuated. Fig. 11 is a side elevation showing a portion of the packershaft and the clutch and detent mechanism thereof, with one of the frame-bars in section. elevation and partly in section, on the line 12 of Fig. 7, showing the main actuating-shaft, the counter-shaft driven thereby, the gearing of these shafts, and the manner of mounting them. Fig. 13 is a view, partly in rear elevation and partly in section, showing details of mechanism for supporting and raising and lowering the reel-shaft. Fig. 14 is a top view ofa detentbar for the levers for controlling the butter and the clutch of. the primary driving-shaft.

Fig. 15 is a View, partly in plan and partly in section, of a bracket and a roller carried thereby to engage with the slotted shank of a discharger-arm. Fig. 16 shows detached and in elevation the swinging frame, rollers, 8m, of the upper or outer elevating-apron; and Fig. 17 is a section on the line 17 of Fig. 16. Figs. 18 and 19 are views at right angles to each other of the front coupling-link of a pair of coupling-links by way of which the platform at front has hinged connection withthe main frame, and Fig. 20 shows the other link of the pair. Fig. 21 is a view of a coupling-link by Way of which the rear of the platform has hinged connection with the main frame. Fig. 22 is a view showing, detached and in front elevation, a cam of the discharger-shaft and the roller acted on by the cam to control the operation of grain detaining fingers against which the gavels are accumulated. Fig. 23 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, on the line 23 of Fig. 6, showing details of the tension devices. Figs. 24c and 25 show, detached, one of the bearings for the upper roller of the inner or under elevating-- apron. Fig. 26 is a plan view of a sectional bracket-frame for supporting mechanism for actuating the binding mechanism. Fig. 27 is a vertical section on the line 27 of Fig. 26. Fig. 28 is an elevation of one of the side plates of the sectional bracket-frame detached. Fig. 29 is a rear elevation of a vertically-reciprocating canrfor actuating the binder-arm; Fig. 30, a longitudinal view, partly in section, of the axle of the driving-wheel. Fig. 31 is a view,partl y in elevation and partly in section, on the line 31 of Fig. 7, showing the inner Fig. 12 is a view, partly-in side divider or shoe, the casting secured thereto, and the lower end of the reel-post.

A suitably-constructed rocking main frame is carried upon two supporting-wheels,one being the driving-wheel A and the other a smaller or supplemental wheel, A. The axle A of the looselyanounted driving-wheel is secured at its ends, so as not to turn beneath the inner bars, A A, of the main frame, and the studaxle of the supplemental wheel is carried by a hanger, A", bolted to the outer bar, A,of the main frame. The frame-bars A" A A are parallel to each other, and the axles of the wheels A A are in the same vertical plane, to admit of the rocking of the main frame, which at its front hnsjointcd connection with the heel of the tongue A The tongueheel is shown as jointed to the front cross-bar, A of the main frame by means of the bracket A", between the perforated lugs of which is pivoted the elongated eye or short bearing-sleeve of a plate, a, secured to the under side of the tongue-heel. The tongue is braced against outward lateral movement by a 1'ocl,a,secured at its front end to the tongue in advance of its heel by the pivot-bolt a and extending inwardly and rearwardly and secured at its rear end, as further on to be explained. The hearing sleeve of the heel-plate a is of a length somewhat less than the distance between the lugs of the bracket A, so that there may be slight lateral movement of the heel-plate, and the pivot-bolt which passes through thelugs of the bracket and through the bearing sleeve of the heelplate is somewhat loosely embraced by this sleeve, in order to provide for slight lateral vibration of the tongue, so that the main frame may be rocked freely, although the inner end of the brace a may be above or below its usual level, as farther on will be fully understood.

An inclined connecting-rod, a, has suitable jointed connection at its front end with the tongue near the brace-securing bolt a, and extends upwardly and rearwardly to the crank a of a roekshaft, a, the rear end ofthe eonnccting-rod being jointed to this crank. The cranked rock-shaft is mounted in a bearingbracket, (0, and a bearing in the frame up right a and is controlled by an upwardlyprojccting lever, a provided with suitable detent devices, shown as formed by the segmen tal rack a and the usually-employed springactuated detent for engaging therewith. By moving the controlling-lever backward the front end of the main frame is raised, and by a forward movement of the lever the front end of the frame is lowered, as will be obvious.

Motion is imparted to the primary drivingshaft B from the driving and main supporting wheel A by an internal bevel-gear of the wheel meshing with the bevel-pinion 1), fast on the front end of the shaft. This primary drivingshaft is mounted in suitable main-frame bearings, shown as secured to the frame-bar A, and at its rear end is provided with a sprocket-pnlley, P. This pulley is loose upon and has clutch-connection with the shaft. The clutch I) (see Fig. 5') is of simple well-known form, being made of one section fast on the shaft and another section loose and adapted to Slide, this sliding section being formed with or rigidly secured to the sprocket-pulley, The clutch is actuated by the shifter B, the forked lower end of which engages the annular groove 6 in the hub of the sprocket-pulley and sliding section of the clutch. The clutch-shifter is pivoted at 1), near the lower end, to the rear cross-bar, B, of the main frame. and near its upper end is provided with a guidcway, shown as formed by the plate B, having the slot 1)", through which the upper end of the shifter passes. rear end of the inner upper bar, H, of the main frame. A link-rod, B, has jointed connection at its front end with a clutclrcontrolling lever, B and at its rear end with the elutehshifter above its guideway. The clutchcontrollinglever is pivoted upon the frame-bar B The linkrod passes through a perforated guide-lug, If", of the guideway-plate, and a coiled spring, b, encircling the link-rod, bears at one end against this lug and at the other against the cl utch-shifter. This spring, it will be seen, acts with a tendency to move backward the upper end of the shifter and keep the s1t rocket-pulley B cl ntched with its shaft. The clutch-controlling lever is provided with a detent, shown as formed by the notch I) of the detent-bar B Figs. 1, 5, and 14, which is secured to the frame-bar B. When the clutchoontrolling lever is engaged with its detent in obvious way, the sliding clutch section is disengaged from the fixed clutch-section, and the sprocket-pulley B is consequently thrown out of engagement with theprimary drivingshaft.

A main actuating driven shaft, 0, by connections with which the various parts of the mechanism are actuated, has motion imparted to it from the primary driving-shaft B by a chain, b passing around the sprocket-pulleys B and b", the latter fast on the main actuatingshaft. A counter-shaft, C, over the main actuating shaft is geared therewith by the pinions c 0, fast on the respective shafts. These two shafts are mounted in suitable bearings in the posts C O of a bearing-frame, C, securely fastened by its base upon the parallel rear crossbars, C B, of the main frame.

Motion is imparted to an interniittinglyactuated rotary packer-shaft, a by a chain, 6*, passing around sprocketpulleys c and c on the counter-shaft Oand packer-shaft,respectively. The pulley c" is connected with the packershaft by a clutch, c, and this shaft is thrown into and out of action at proper times, as farther on to be explained. A sprocket-pulley, C, on the main actuating-shaft imparts motion to a driving-chain, c by.way of which to actuate a reel, the cutters, the endless carrier of the platform, the grain'elevating apparatus, a clearing-roller, and butt-hastening apparatus, as in turn to be described. A pin- This guideway-plate is secured to the ion, ,on themain actuating-shaft imparts motion to a main actuating-gear, 0 serving by connecting mechanism to operate the binding mechanism, and a clutch, 0, provides for engaging and disengaging this main actuating gear and its intermittingly operating binder-actuating shaft 0, as will farther on be explained. The chain 0 driven by the main actuating-shaft, passes around a sprocket-pulley, D, fast on the projecting rear journal, d, of the driving-roller (the upper roller) D of the inner or under grain-elevating apron, D and around another sprocketpulley, (2, fast on the projecting rear journal, d of a clearing and directing roller, D The journals d d of the elevating-apron roller and 'elearingroller, respectively, are mounted in suitable bearings in a strong rear upright, D, of the main frame, and the front journals, d d, of these rollers have their bearings in a strong upright, D of the main frame.

Coupling-links D D D have pivotal supporting-connectionwith the main frame at their upper ends, so as to vibrate about the axis of the apron-driving roller D", and have jointed connection at their lower ends with the grain-platform, as farther on in detail to be explained, and in this way the grain-platform and cutting apparatus have hinged connection with the main frame "at its front and rear, inside the driving-wheel. stance represented, two of the coupling-links, D D, are employed in making Connection between the grain-platform and main frame in front, and the other coupling link, D, in making the connection between the grainplatform and the main frame at the rear, these links being pivoted about the bearings of the drivingrollerof theinnerelevating-apron. As shown, the bearing E, Figs. 7, 24, and 25, for the rear journal, d, of the driving-roller is so formed that when it is bolted to the frame-upright D by its securing-flanges e 6 its boss 6 serves as the pivot for the upper end of the couplinglink D", and two of these bearings are provided for the frontjournal, d of the drivingroller D, one at the front and the other at the back of the frame-upright D the bearingbosses serving as pivots for the upper ends of the front coupling=links, D D which are on opposite sides of the frame-upright.

By slight modification the front coupling- ]ink, D might be omitted and two couplinglinks only be used; but three are preferable.

The driven roller (the lower roller) D of the inner elevating-apron is mounted by its journals in suitable front and rear bearings d 01", respectively connected with the rearniost one, D of the two front couplinglinks and the rear coupling-link, D As shown, these bearings have supporting rods d d, which are adaptedto move eudwise in guideways formed by holes in thelower ends of bars d d,-firmly fastened in suitable way to'the coupling-links D D respectively; The outward or downward movements of the rods' d d are limited by Suitable means, such as will As in this inbe explained by reference to Figs. 16 and 17, and the description of the outer or upper elevating-apron to be given farther on. Springs d d act on the bearings with a tendency to move them downward and keep the elevatingapron taut. Between the bars d d and the coupling-links to which they are respectively secured are pieces (I d, which serve as guides to keep the apron from moving eudwise of its rollers. These guide-pieces project above the surface of the apron, and the edges of the apron move against or close to them.

As the bearings for the driven roller of the elevating-apron D are carriedv by the coupling-links D D by means of their above-described supporting-connection therewith, the driven roller vibrates with these links about the axis of the driving-roller D,and therefore the movements of the platform do not affec the working of the elevating-apron.

The outer elevating-apron, E, as shown, is of less width than the inner elevating-apron, the outer apron extending from the front backward to about midway the width of the inner apron. In this way,while the butts of the stalks of grain which come between the outer apron and the front portion of the inner apron are acted upon by both aprons, the heads, unless the stalks are unusually short, are acted upon by the inner apron only, and thus I avoid the shattering and waste of grain occasioned by pressure and friction upon the heads between the ordinarily-employed elevating apparatus, the inner and outer aprons of which are of corresponding width.

The driving-roller E ofthe outer elevatingapron is mounted by its front and rear journals 6 e in suitable hearings in thefront frame upright,D ,andabracket, efisecured to the framebar B An apron-frame, E, supported by and vibrating about the journals of the drivingroller E", carries the driven roller E at the outer end of the apron. The vibrating frame is shown as formed by the guide-pieces E E which prevent movement of the apron endwise of the rollers, the side bars, E E, secured at the inner sidesof the guide-pieces, and the cross-bar E firmly connected at its ends with the side bars. The bearings 6* e for the journals of the driven roller,like those for the driven rollerof the inner elevating-apron,

are provided withsupportingrods c e, movable eudwise in guideway-holes in the lower ends of the side bars. Gross-pins inserted in theinner or upper ends of the supporting-rods, by way ofthe slots ee in theside bars,limit the outward movement of the supporting-rods and bearings,and springs e act upon the bearings with a tendency to move them outward to keep the apron taut under ordinary circumstances.

The drivingroller E of the outer elevatingapron has mot-ion imparted to it by means of a pinion, E fast on its projecting front journal, c and adriving-pinion, E fast on the projecting frontjournal, d of the driving-roller of the inner elevating-apron. A sprocket-pulley, e", fast on the journal .6 in front of the pinion thereon, actnates a chain, c, for driving butthastening apparatus, as farther on to be explained.

A sproeket'pulley, f, on the rearjournal, (Z, of the driving roller D of the inner elevatingapron imparts motion to a chain, F, for actuating the drivingroller F of the endless carrier F of the grain-platform F". The driving-chain F engages a sprocket-pulley, 1*, on the rear-journal, F, of the driving-roller of the platform carrier. This driving-roller in this instance has a suitable bearing at its front end in a front beam, F, of the grain-platform.

The graiirplatform at rear has jointed connection with the coupling-link D by way of the journal F of the drivingroller F of the platform -carrier, and by way of this coup ling-link the platform has hinged connection with the main frame at rear, as before fully explained. As in this instance shown, a reel is driven from the journal F thejournalsnpports a post, F, is provided with a crankwheel, F, for actuating the cutters, and is mounted and connected with the rear coupling-link, as follows: Thejournal has bearing in a post, f, secured at its base to a rearward extension, F", of the grain'platform and in a sleeve, 1, fitting in an opening in the rear beam, f, of the grain-platform. This bearing-sleeve is formed at its outer end with a surrounding tlange, f*, provided with an inwardly and downwardly projecting portion,f", for attaching the sleeve to the platform-beam f in suitable way, as by screws. The post F is forked at the lower end, the body or main part of the post being made of wood, and the two metallic bars f j", bolted to thelower end of the post, constituting the arms of the fork. The rear arm of the fork is provided with a bearing-openingatitslowerend,throughwhich and the hub of the crank-wheel W the journal F passes.

The erankwheel is secured to the rear end of thejournal, and itsprojecting hub is made of two diameters, the reduced inner end, f, of the hub being interposed between the journal and the rear arm of the fork of thepost.

tion of crank-wheel hub, prevents rearward movement of the fork-arm, and its forward movement is prevented by the bearing-postf. The front arm of the post-fork has a bearingopening at its lower end and has supportingconnection with thejournal by wayofthe bearing-sleeve f", and the coupling-link D, by a bearingopening at its lower end, has similar connection with this journal. The coupling link embraces the bearing-sleeve between the platfornrbeamf and the front fork-ar1n, and this arm is prevented from moving lengthwise of the journal by the coupling-link and the flange ot' the bearing-sleeve.

It will be seen that while provision is made for vibrating or turning the post F about its snpporting-journal no movement of vibration lengthwise of this journal is permitted. Ordinarily turning movement of the post'is pre- The annular shoulderf", formed by the larger porvented by a togglelike braee,f, connecting it with the rear beam of the platform, the two links comprising this brace beingjointedtogether by what is commonly termed a stumpjoint or rulejoint, so that by an upward pull upon the brace thejoint is forced to give, to thus admitof the folding up of theplatform, &c., as farther on to be explained. A sprocket-pullcy fast. on the journal F imparts motion to a chain of the reel-driving mechanism, farther on to be described.

The jointed connection between the front coupling-links, D" D, and the grain-platform as in this instance shown is as follows: Abollow shoe or inner divider, G, strongly bolted to the platform, is provided with a casting, G, firmly secured to the upper surface of its bottom and having two lugs or short posts, G G". The front lug, G", is made hollow to form a tapering socket for stepping a reel-post, and has a screw-tlueaded opening at its rear side about midway its height. A headed bolt, 9, threaded at its end, is passed through an opening in the rear lng.G, in line with thcthreaded opening in the socket-lug, and through bearing'openingsatthe lower ends of the couplinglinks D D, and screws into the threaded opening. This bolt is in the axial line of the driving-roller of the platformcarrier, and serves as a pivot for the lower ends of the front coupling-links.

The front coupling-link, D", is provided with an eye, 9, and the hooked rear end of the tongue-brace a is jointed to the link by engagement with this eye.

In order that the driven roller of the inner elevating apron and the driving-roller of the platform-carrier may occupy thei r proper relatire positions, the coupling-links D and D are made of angular form, their lowerends eX- tending horizontally, or nearly so, from the axial line of the roller D to the pivot-bolt g and thejournal F of the roller F. The foremost one of the front coupling-links may also be bent to giveitthe angular form of the other links; but, as it is not necessary that it be so formed, it is shown as made straight. To facilitate the fitting of the parts, the rear coupling-link is formed in two sections and made adjustable in length. As shown, the lower or bent section, g, is formed with a guideway for the upper or straight section, the guideway having a serrated surface, 9, and elongated slot The lower end of the upper section is provided with serrations (notshown) to engage with the serrations of the guideway, and has a bolt-hole, through which and the slot g a securing-bolt passes, the bolt being provided with a nut, and the parts are thus adapted to be locked as adjusted, as will readily be understood.

Mechanism, such as next to be described, is provided for adjustably supporting the outer end of the grain-platform and for raising and lowering the platform and cutting apparatus to adjust the height of cut, clear obstructions, &e., without interfering with their selfadjusting movements about the jointed connection of the platform with the lower ends of the coupling-links to conform to inequalities of the ground over which the grain-wheel G passes. As shown, the platform is rendered capable of vertical adjustment relatively to this wheel by having the stud about which the wheel revolves carried by a block, 9 sliding G, between its ends.

up and down in a guideway of a bracket, G strongly secured to the divider and bottom of the outer end of the platform in well-known way. The sliding block 9 is connected by a stiff thrust-link, g, with an adjusting-lever, This lever is pivoted at its front end to the grain-fence of the plat form and works near its rear end in aguideway, G.

A chain, 9, is connected at its opposite ends to the rear end of the adjusting-lever and to a segment sheave,G fast on the rear end of a roclcshat't, H, supported by the main frame by being mounted in bearings secured to the under sides of the front cross-bar,.A and rear cross bar, B The chain passes downward from the adjusting-lever beneath a sheave, 9 supported at the rear end of the grain-fence.

Controlling mechanism, to be operated by the driver of the machinewhen in his seat,for actuating the rock-shaft and segment-sheave is provided, as follows: An upwardly-projecting controlling-lever, G is strongly secured to the rock-shaft by way of the segment-sheave in suitable way. A chain, is connected at one end with the upper end of the controllinglever and at its opposite end with a vertical controlling shaft, h. The controlling chain passes about a sheave, h, supported by a bracket, h secured to the outer top bar, H, of the main frame. The controlling-chain is wound about or unwinds from the controllingshaft, according to whether the crank H of the shaft is turned to the right or to the left. A springpawl, hfland a detent-disk, H to be engaged thereby and fast on the controllingshaft, provide for securing this shaft as adjusted. The controlling-shaft is mounted in suitable bearings-the upper one in the footboard H of the main frame and the lower one secured to the upper front cross-bar, H thereof. The crank H is thus located within easy reach of the driver in the seat H.

It will readily be understood that by winding the chain 99 about the controlling-shaft the outer end of the platform will be raised, and that it will be lowered by allowing the chain to unwind from the shaft. In order that while the platform is being thus adjusted it may be simultaneously and correspondingly adjusted at its inner end, instead of vibrating about its jointed connection with the coupling links,the rock-shaft H is cranked, so as to act upon the coupling-linksU.D. The front and rear cranks, h If, bear upward against the coupling-links D and D", respectively, and support theirlower ends. It will therefore be obvious that as the controlling-lever G9 is thereof, either by' moving the coupling-linksupward about their jointed connection with the main frame or allowing of their downward movement to the desired extent.

- Motion is imparted to the cutters from the crank-wheel F on the rear journal of the driving-roller ofthe platform-carrier F by way of the usual pitmau, H, and sway-bar H and the sprocket-pulley h on thisjournal drives the chain H for imparting motion to a sprocketpulley, h having :universal-joint connection with a reeldriving shaft, I.

The reel-driving shaft I is supported at or near its rear end and by way of its sprocketpulley h in a bearing, hf, forthis pulley at the upper end of the post E This bearing receives the hub of the pulley and is divided, being formed by the two metal arms h h constituting a fork at the upper. end of the post. The universal joint, Fig. 10, connecting the reel-drivingshaft and sprocket-pulley, is ot suitable ordinary construction. In this instance the hub of the pulleyis connected by two diametrically-opposite pins, 71, with a ring, t", which is similarly connected with a sleeve,

i which receives the reel-driving shaft. The

pins i (one of them is dotted in place) are at right angles with the pins 47, and spaces are left between the pulley-hub and ring and between the ring and sleeve to allow all needed movement, as will be understood. The reeldriving shaft is allowed endwise sliding move ment in its sleeve, while compelled to turn with it, the shaft being square in erosssection and the opening for it in the sleeve of corresponding shape. Y

A reel-post, J, is detachably supported by the shoe or inner divider, G, by way of the socket of thelug G of the casting G,attaehed to the shoe. The foot of the reel-post is tapered to correspond with and fit firmly in the socket. A vertically-adj ustable reel, J,which may be of any suitable construction, is supported by the reel-post, as in this instance shown, in the following way: The reel head or carrier J is formed with teeth to constitute a bevel-gear, J and is loosely and removably mounted by its hub on a short reel-shaft, J*. This reelshaft is supported on the reel-post 'by a sectional carrying-bracket, J J. The section J is formed with two bearings arms, J J one above the other, embracing and adapted to slide upon the reel-post, and the section J is bifurcated at its top and formed with two bearing-arms, J J, through which the inwardly-projecting reel-shaft passes.

At its lower end the reelshaft' support'ing section J 6 is pivoted to the post-engaging section J of the carrying-bracket, and a slot, J, in its upper portion, together with a' set'bolt and nut, serves in obvious ways for adjusting the reel-shaft-supportingv section relatively to the reel-post-engaging section to cause the reel-shaft to occupy a position such as to insure that the reel-beaters in their revolution shall pass at the proper distance above the cutting apparatus and platform throughout their length. Securing-pins 7c are provided at the opposite ends of the reel-shaft.

The front end of the reel-driving shaft I turns in a long or sleeve bearing, is, at the rear end of a curved bracket, K, which at its front end is bifurcated and forms two bearing-arms, K K ,;through which the reel shaft, projecting inwardly from the reel-post,passes. This bearing-bracket K is made strong enough to resist the twisting strains brought upon it in holding up the front end of the reel-driving shaft. A bevel-pinion, k", on this shaft engages and imparts motion to the bevel-gear of the reelhead.

It will be seen that the long bearing presented by the forked front end of the curved bracket K for engaging the reel-shaft between the arms J J of the carrying-bracket effectually prevents lateral twist or rocking movement of the curved bracket.

It will further be seen that as the bearing for the reel-driving shaft at the rear end of the curved bracket is at a right angle with the front or reel-sl1aft-engaging bearing, and of snffieient length to guard against rocking movement of the bracket on the reel-driving shaft about an axis transverse to this shaft, a steady support sustained by and adjustable with the reel-shaft is provided for the front end of the reel-driving shaft.

The reel is raised and lowered by controlling mechanism operated by the driver,as follows: A chain, K", secured at one end to the part J of the sectional carrying-bracket, passes upward and about a pulley, k supported at the top of the reel-post by a bracket, K", then downward about a pulley, k, supported by the reel-post, by way of the lower bracket,K thereof,and then to a vertical controlling-shaft, K", mounted in suitable bearings,shown as provided the one in the foot-board H and the other in a block, k", bolted to the cross-bar A of the main frame. The chain is attached to this controlling-shaft, and is wound about it or unwound from it,according to whether it is desired to raise or to lower the reel, by sliding the carrying-bracket up or down the reelpost.

A crank, K, is provided at the upper end of the controlling-shaft for turning it, and a spring-pawl, k, and detent-disk k serve to lock the controlling-shaft when the reel is ad justed. \Vhen it is desired to fold the platform up to the main frame to facilitate transportation of the machine and enable it to pass readilybetweenthepostsofgates ofordinarywidth, the reel-head is detached from the reel-shaft, the reel-post lifted from its socket, the brace which connects the plat-form and the post for supporting the reel-driving shaft is flexed, the drivers seat is removed by lifting its supporting-spring from the socket K with which it interlocks in suitable and well-known way, and the platform and cutting apparatus are turned about their-jointed connection with the coupling-links and folded against the main frame. The lower end of the reel-post is held by resting in a support formed bya hook, K", secured to the short upright k of the main frame. \Vhen the drivers seat is restored to its position, it serves as a check to the upward movement of the outer divider, which rests beneath it, thus preventing injurious movement of the platform by thejolting of the machine. The platform rests, when folded up, against the two supports 75 secured to the main-frame bar B The front beam, F,of the platform rests against one of these supports, and the top board, L, of the box-like rear extension, L", of the platform rests against the other support. Before the platform is folded the hinged guardboard L above the rear extension of the platform is folded over upon the endless carrier of the platform, in order that the top board, L, may come against the rearplatform support The reel when detached is carried by the machine by fitting the hub of the reel-head about the stud L at the outer rear corner of the main frame.

As the driving mechanism of the various parts of the machine is not at all disarrangcd by folding up the platform, it will be seen that the machine may quickly be placed in working condition again. It will also be seen that free vertical adjustment of the reel without cramping of parts is allowed by the universally-jointed sliding connection of the reel driving-shaft and its sprocket-pulley.

The grain carried up by the elevating apparatus is cleared therefrom and directed to a receiving-platform, M, by the clearing roller D. This grainreceiving platform is slightly inclined and is divided at M, Figs. 1 and 5, into front and rear sections, which are detachably secured in place in suitable way. As will be seen by reference to Figs. 5, 7. and 8, the front section of the receiving-platform is supported at its inner side, close to the clearing-roller, upon the frame-bar M", which is attached at its opposite ends to the frame-uprights D D", and a hook, m, fixed to this front section engages the frame bar. Two parallel strips, m m, are secured, at slight distance apart,to the under surface of the front section of the reeeiving-platform, near its outer or lower side, which is supported by the framestud M'flsecured to the frame-bar A. The upper end of this stud enters the space between the strips, and a swinging hook, m and staple m" serve to hold the platform section down upon the supporting-stud. The rear section of the receiving-platform is supported at its inner or upper side upon the frame-bar M and has a hook for engaging this bar similar to the hook m, and at its outer side this section is provided with parallel strips m m, (one only of these strips is shown.) one on either sideofitssupporting-bar M. This supportingbar for the outer side of the rear section of the receiving-platform is secured to the outer rear upright, M, of the frame and to the framestud M. An ordinary turn-button at m ,piv-

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oted to the outer strip, m engages with a slot in the supporting-bar M to hold the rear section of the receiving-platformdown upon this bar; or a swinging'hook, such as W, and sta ple, such as 'm may be used instead of the turnbutton. A fence, M to check backward movement of the grain, is provided at the rear of the receiving-platform. The grain delivered to the receiving-platform by the elevating apparatus and clearing-roller is acted upon by packer-arms M pivotally attached to cranks M of the packer-shaft 0 As shown, there are four cranks for a similar number of packer-arms, and these arms are arranged in pairs, the arms of a pair being jointed to oppositelyprojecting cranks. Two of the cranks-- one of the cranks of each pair of packerarms-project in the opposite direction to that in which the other two cranks-one of. each pair-project. It will be seen that the result of this arrangement is that during rotation of the packer-shaftone packer-arm of each pair will actupon the grain simultaneously and alternately with the other arms-one of each pair. 7

Each packer arm is jointed by its heel extension or shank m to a vibrating controllinglink, at, shown as formed of two metal bars pivoted at their opposite ends,respectively,to

the shank of the packer-arm and to the upwardly'projecting lug ofa bracket, m secured upon the fran1e-beamB The packer-shaft is mounted in suitable bearings, m", secured to the upper cross-bars, N, of the frame.

The operation of the paekerarms so as to force the grain downwardly or outward along the receiving'platform beneath a startinglei'er, N, and toward and against vibrating grain retaining arms N", in turn to be de scribed, will readily be understood.

An adjustable butter, N having hinged connection with the frame-upright D is controlled by a lever, N within reach of the driver in his seat, and is held in the desired position by engagement of this lever between teeth n of the detent-bar B The butter, instead of working over or upon the grain-receiving platform, works in the space N Fig. 5, in advance of its cutaway front end, the lower edge of the butter extending below the level of the platform. I

To prevent the butts of the stalks of grain being retarded in their travel down the receiving-platform by friction against the butter and to urge them along in propercondition for binding, butt-hastening apparatus is providcd, as follows: A diagonally-arranged rotatingshaft, N, Fig. 1,'having its inwardlyinclining rear end supported in a bearing, a, on the short cross-bar N of the frame, has

' universal-joint connection at its front end with v the rear end of a short shaft, a, mounted in a bearing, a having suitable supporting connection with the front cross-bar, H of the frame. The shaft it extends at a right angle to this cross-bar, instead of diagonally thereto, as the shaft N does. A sprocketpulley, N

fast on the shaft a, is driven continuously during operation of the machine by the driving-chain e", which, as before explained, is actuated by the driving-roller of the upper elevating apron. The shaft N is doubly cranked, the cranks a n projecting in opposite directions and having pivoted to them a pair of packer-arms,n n ,'controlled bylinks n n", pivoted to their shanks and to logs of brackets 91, 717, in the manner as before explained with reference to the intermittinglyactuated packer-arms. The universal joint a, connecting the shaftsections N a is of any suitable well known construction-such, for instance, as that before described for connecting the reel-driving shaft and its sprocketpulley.

It will be seen that the butt-hastening packer arms effectually prevent the butts of the grain from being held back by contact with the butter, and that as these arms are constantly in action during operation of the machine they operate to advance and adjust the butts of the stalks of grain during the intermissions in the operations of the packer arms of the shaft 0.

As the clutch c, by way of which the packershaft i's'brought to rest and started in motion, is provided with the two diametrically-opposite tripper-engaging lugs 0 0, and is in other respects constructed precisely as fully set forth in my before-referred to Patent No. 343,709, detailed description of it is not needed herein. The packer shaft is provided, as before, with a ratchet-wheel, P; but instead of the pendent clutch-tripping arn1 and pawl carried by the rock-shaft of the arm for engaging the ratchetwheel, as before, I now provide the following devices: The clntch-tripper I Fig. 11, is pivoted at its lower end upon a stud, 1), carried by a plate, P attached to a block, P rabbeted to the rear top cross-bar, N, ofthe frame. The clutch-tripper has jointed to it the bent end of an endwise moving connecting-rod, P*, by way of which it is actuated. A forwardlyproject-ing pawl-arm, p, secured to the trip per, engages the ratchet wheel when the packershaft is thrown out of action to prevent rebound or backward movement of this shaft.

The clutch c", for throwing the binder'actu ating shaftO into and out of action, by engaging it with and disengaging it from the continuously-rotating main actuating-gear O is the same as before employed, and corresponds with the packerclutch, except that but one tripperengaging lug, 19 is provided. rection of rotation of the main actuating-gear is now reversed,as compared with the direction of rotation of the corresponding gear shown in my before-mentioned patent, and the clutchtripping lever P is arranged inside of the cl ntch, instead of outside of it, as before. This I lever is pivoted atits lower end, so that it may be moved away from the clutch to release the clutch-lug p from the log 19 of the lever to startthe binder-actuating shaft,and toward the clutch to engage the lugs and arrest the movement of this shaft.

The di- 1 The downwardly-projecting rear crank, p, ofthe starting rock-shaft 1) is connected by the link 1) with the upper end of the clutch-tripping lever, instead of directly engaging therewith, as before, and the front crank, 11, of this rock-shaft also projects downwardly, whereas it was shown as projecting upwardly in my aforesaid patent. A link, P, connects the crank 17 with the upper arm of the elbowshape'd starting lever B, and in this instance this upper arm is extended far enough to be within reach of the hand of the driver in his seat over the outer front corner ofthe machine, instead of 'lroviding the foot-lever contrivauce, as before. The spring acts with a tendency to hold the startinglever against movement by the grain, and serves to restore this lever to its position after it has been actuated, as will readily be understood, either automatically, by the pressure ofthe grain, or by the driver and a bundle bound and discharged.

The grain-retaining arms N (there are two of these arms in this instance) are carried by a rockshaft, Q, mounted at its opposite ends in suitable bearings in the short uprights if Q, of the frame (see Fig. 7) and extending beneath the grain-receiving platform M. outer ends of these retaining-arms are bent upward and pass through slotsin the platform M and serve to arrest the grain forced against them by the packers in the accumulation of a gavel. A torsional spring, q, acts upon the rock'shaft with a tendency to resist movement of it in a direction such as to lower the up wardly-projecting bent ends of the retainingarms, and serves to restore these arms to position after each actuation. A crank, Q, of the rock-shaft is connected by a link, Q", with the inner end of a controllinglever, Q, pivoted midway its length at q to the frame bar H. At its outer end this controlling-lever has a roller, 1 acted upon by a cam, q", on an 1ntermittingly-aetuated shaft, R, (in this itr stance the discharger-shaft,) making one revolution at each actuation. It will be seen that when this shaft is rotated its cam will act upon the lever-roller and cause the lever to pull on the link, thus depressing the grain-retaining arms to permit a bound bundle to be discharged.

The discharger-shaft R is provided with vertically-swinging end\visereciprocatiugdischarger-arms R.(in this instance three of these arms beingprovided,)jointed to the cranks R of their shaft, which is mounted in bearings r, secured to the frame cross-bars HN. The slotted shanks R of the discharger arms engage rollers 1', carried by brackets r secured to the outer top bar, H, of the frame. A sprocket-pulley, r, having yielding springconuection with the discharger'shaft,substantiallyin the manner and for a purpose fully set forth in my before-mentioned patent, is driven by a chain, R, to which motion is int parted by a sprocket-pulley, r, on the binderactuating shaft. It will be seen that instead The 1 of employing gearing to connect a driven sprocketpulley with the discharger shaft, as before, this shaft is driven directly, as it now rotates in the same direction as the binderactuating shaft, instead of in the contrary direction, as in my said patent.

A suitable binder-arm, S, is secured to the rock-shaft S, whieh'at its front end is mounted in a bearing at the lower end of the inner sec tion ofa two-part pendent bracket, t and at its rear end in a bearing, .9, provided in the arm t of the sectional lnaeket-framc T,secu red at its base upon the frame cross-bars O C. A compressor, U, is secured to alug,u,of a rockshaft, a, mounted in a bearing formed partly at the lower end of the outer section of the pendent bracket S and partly in the lower end of the pendent bracket U, which, like the sectional bracket, is secured to the frame-bar H. The sections of the bracket 5 are bolted together. (See Fig. 8.) A segment-gear, s,

on the compressorshaft is engaged by a corresponding gear, .s, on the binder-arm rockshaft, and the compressor is operated in obvious way, and as fully set forth in my aforesaid patent.

The tension upon the binding-cord y as it passes from the cord-rcceptacleY to the binderarm is produced by a frictional clamp, Y, Fig. 23, having a lug, 7 at one end loosely fitting in a socket in a plate, 1, upon the top of the cord-receptacle. A pin, 1 rigidly attached to the plate Y and passing through a hole in the clamp, is provided with a coiled spring, 7 bearing at one end on the clamp and at the other against a nut, y, on the threaded upper end of the pin. The pressure upon the cord may be regulated by adjusting the nut. The cord passes out through openings in the top of the receptacle and in the plate Y", and then through an eye in the lug 3/, as will readily be understood. The lug y prevents the clamp from turning;

The mechanism yet to be referred to is in most respects identical with and in others substantially the same as corresponding mechanism fully set forth in my aforesaid patent, and will only be alluded to in a general way.

The crank V of the binder-arm rock-shaft S is connected by the adjustable link V to the rocking arm 12, mounted in the bearing V of the sectional bracket-frame T, and in the bearings W of this frame the binder-actuating shaft is mounted. The rocking arm 1) has jointed connection with the slide V of the cam yoke V by means of the link 1). The rollers v a of the cam-wheel \V on the binderactuating shaft operate the cam-yoke to reciprocate its slide, when the binding mechanism is started in action, in obvious way by the movement of the starting-lever. The roller 10 ofthe pivoted controlli ng-arn1\V of the packercluteh normally rests in the recess 10 of the wheel W and is actuated by the peripheral cam of this wheel. The controlling-arm engages the connecting-rod I of the packerclutch by passing at itsupper end through an