US372118A - Thrash ing-machine - Google Patents

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J. 'P. CARR, Sr.

THRASHING MACHINE. No. 372,118. nted 001;. 25.1887.

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iJ'NirsD STATES PATENT OFFICE i JOHN '1. onus, sn, or nnoonsron, INDIANA.

THRASHING- lVlACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,118, dated October 25, 1887:

-Application filed August 5, i886.

Serial No. 210,056. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that 1, JOHN P. CARR, Sr., of the town of Brookston, county of \Vhite, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thrashinglilaehines,of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my said invention is to economize in the cost of construction of thrashing machinery and in the labor necessary to operate the same.

This object is accomplished by constructing in a single machine the usual thrasher and the engine for driving the same,and for propelling it through the field, together with platform, tables, and bin, all arranged in a convenient manner, nd to form a compact and complete machine, which will enable the operation of thrashing the grainto be carried on while the machine is in motion.

By the use of my invention the cost of construction is not only lessened, but, by reason of the ability to keep the machine traveling while it is being operated, the grain can be thrashed directly from the shock, and thus the expense of hauling it from the shock to the machine wholly avoided. V

In the accompanying drawing, I show a machine constructed in accordance with my invention as it appears when in operation; and inthe drawing the portions marked A represent the body of the thrasher; B, the boiler of theengine; U, the tender to said engine, and D an extended platform to receive the sheaves of grain, and on which the men stand who feed the grain to the machine. These several parts in themselves are not peculiar in construction,- but are combined and arranged to carry out my object. A single set of sills, A, extends throughout the machine and forms the base or frame-work for the thrasher, the engine, and the platform, as shown, the rear ends of said sills being securely bolted to the sides of the boiler.

The engine is connected to the main driving whcels I), and thus propels the machine; and also, by means of the belt B, is connected to and drives the thrashing-cylinder and the other mechanism by other belts, as shown, or as may be desired. The engine is connected to the driving-wheel by slowly-moving gear,

so that the movement of the machine across the field while thrashing is very slow-mot exceeding one-fourth of the speed of a walking horseand thus the man whose duty it is to pitch the slrei'tves from the shock to the platform D generally can do so while the machine is passing a given shock, and then walk to the next, ready to repeat the operation as the ma chine comes to the proper relative position thereto.

The speed may be made adjustable by any.

of the well-known means; and so, when the) grain is heavy and the shocks conseiquently near together, the engineer or the man in guide the machine in its course. Said'wheels b, supportingone end of the frame, and the wheels b, supporting the other, constitute a single set of wheels, working similarly to any set of wheels under any'frame or carriage. I

The straw, as indicated in the drawing, is scattered over the field, and is left in the best possible place to be plowed under and thus" serve as a fertilizer, or it may be burned, as

desired, and the expensive and useless operation of stacking the straw is thus avoided and the expense saved.

Upon the top of the thrasher A is located'abin or hopper, A, into which the graiii, as it is thrashed, is carried by an elevator, A. This bin or hopper is provided with a spout, A,

which has a ilexiblejoint; andthus, when said bin or hopper is full,it can be emptied by driving a wagon alongside the machine and arranging this spout to discharge into said wagon,

(a gate, at being provided therein,) this 'op eration being performed without stopping the machine, if desired, as will be readily understood. By this construction I provide a very compaet, complete, and cheap machine, capa'- ble of performing the desired object,and'by the use of which nearly all handling of the'graiu is avoided, it being even loaded onto the wagon, without the necessity of handling, by-

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means of the elevator, spout, and elevated position of the bin, as describcdr I am aware that machines have heretofore been constructed which were adapted to thrash the grain whilein motion, but am not aware that the peculiar arrangement and construe lion herein set forth and claimed are not new.

Having thus fully described my said invcntion, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ofathrasher, an engine, and a frame, and wheels for supporting the same, said engine being gearedtosaid thrasher to drive its thrashing mechanism and to the running gear to propel the entire machine simultaneously with the operation of said thrashing meehanism,suhstantially asset forth.

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