US380968A

US380968A - Sheaf-carrier

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Publication number: US380968A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 1905-04-10

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L, B. WILLEY.

SHEA? CARRIER.

No. 380,968. Patented Apr. 10, 1888. 7

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SHEAF CARRIER.

No. 880,96 Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFicE.

LEWIS BRAD YVILLEY, OF PEWAMO, MICHIGAN.

SHEAF-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 380,968, dated April 10,1888.

Application filed June 9, 1881. Serial No. 240.757. (No model.)

.to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bundle-carriers for harvesters, the object of my invention being to provide a bundle-carrier which is simple and effective in operation, and by means of which the bundles can be carried and dumped, and

which is so constructed that the arms which support the bundles may be thrown to one side or folded so as to lie parallel with the frame of the machine, so as to occupy but little space, so

U as not to increase the width of the bind er when not in use.

\Vith the above ends in view my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved bundle carrier, showing the same applied to a selfbinder of ordinary construction. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bundle-carrier, showing the same detached from the frame of the binder. Fig. 3 is aside view showing the teeth in an elevated position in full lines and dropped in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a rear view showing the teeth folded so as to be parallel with the side frame of the binder. Fig. 5 is a plan view o'fFig. 4. Fig. 6 7, and 8 are detail views of a modification of my invention. I

A designates the frame of a self-binding harvester, from the stubble side of which project bracket-arms b b. To the outer ends of these bracket-arms is pivoted a carrier-head, B, provided near one end with a lug, c, the outer end of which is connected by means of a rod,

0, to a lever, L, positioned within drivers seat.

I prefer to construct the carrier-head B as shown in Fig. 1-that is to say, of a tubular bar, B, journaled at its ends in bearings carried by or forming part of the bracket-arms b b, an upper bar, E,being secured parallel to said tubular bar B by means of stay-bolts D, as shown, though it will be understood that the form shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 is the substantial equivalent thereof, as far as operation is concerned.

The carrier-head is provided with holes or sockets within which are loosely seated theinner vertical ends of the dropper-arms F, said inner vertical ends terminating above bar E in cranks f, the movable ends of which are se-' cured to a shifterbar, G, arranged to move back and forth in planes parallel with the carrier head, after the manner of a parallel-ruler, whereby the dropperarms F may be mainreach of the tained extended at right angles to the carrierhead, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or folded parallel therewith, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The dropperarms F are normally maintained at right angles to the carrier-head by means of a spring, H, secured at one end to said head and at the other end to the shifterbar G, the force of said spring being exerted to draw the shifter-bar rearward with relation to the line of travel of the machine. This spring has only sufficient force to hold the teeth normally at right angles to the carrier-head; but should any one of the dropper arms come in contact with an obstruction the pressure will be transmitted through the cranks f to the shifter-bar and the spring will yield to the pressure, thus permitting the arms to fold rearwardly to pass the obstruction. Any approved form of spring may be used in this connection--as, for instance, that shown in Fig. 7, which consists of an ordinary coiled spring secured at its oppo site ends to the carrier-head and shifter-bar, or the form shown in Fig. 2, consisting of a spring-wire coiled about one of the stay-bolts D and secured at one end to the upper bar, E, of the carrier-head and at its opposite end to the shifter-bar.

In operation the sheaves or bundles as they are discharged from the binder will fall upon the curved arms F of the sheaf-carrier, and be retained thereby until it is desired to drop or dump them, when by operating the lever L the driver can rock the carrier-head in its bearings or brackets b b to depress the outer ends of the dropper-arms, which, coming in contact with the ground, will be turned rearward against the force of the spring H a sufficient distance to discharge the sheaves. The driver then by a reverse movement of the lever L restores the carrier-head to its normal operative position and spring H will draw the shifter-bar rearward, thus turning the inner vertical ends of the dropper-arms within the holes or sockets of the carrier-head to restore the dropper-arms to their normal position at right angles to said head, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 8.

In transporting the machine from place to place it is desirable that the width should be reduced as much as possible to pass gateways, &c., and for this purpose a proper manipulation of the lever L will result in rocking the carrier-head to throw the dropper-arms upward against the discharge end of the binder platform or table, as shown in Fig. 3; but if through carelessness or for other reasons the dropper-arms are not elevated for passing a gateway no damage will result to the carrying and dropping mechanism, as the arms will be folded rearward, as in Figs. 4 and 5, in the same manner as though the arms should strike the ground or other obstruction while operating in the field.

Should it be desired for any reason not to use the carrier while operating the binder, the dropperarms may be folded rearward by hand and retained in that position by means of a suitable hook or cord securing the outer end or ends of one or more of the arms F against the carrier-head.

I claim- 1. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the brackets secured at their inner ends to the harvester-frame, the carrierhead journaled at the outer ends of said brackets and provided with a projecting lug, c, the dropper-arms bent near their inner ends into vertical form and individually pivoted vertically to the carrier-head, and provided at their upper ends with cranks f, at right angles to their vertical portions, the shifter-bar secured to the outer ends of said cranks and connected to the carrier-head by a spring, an operatinglever near the drivers seat, and a rod connecting the lug c with said lever.

2. The combination of the brackets fixed at their inner ends to the harvester-frame, the operating-lever within reach of the driver, the connecting-rod arranged substantially as de scribed, the rocking carrier-head consisting of a tubular bar journaled in the outer ends of the brackets and provided with vertical openings and an upper bar, E, having corresponding openings and connected to the tubular bar by stay-bolts, the dropper-arms journaled in the openings of the bars forming the carrierhead and provided at their inner ends with cranks, a shifter-bar secured to and supported by said cranks, a spring connected to the carrier-head and pressing rearward on the shifter bar, and a lug projecting upward from the carrier-head and secured at its end to the end of the connecting-rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS BRAD WILLEY.

WVitnesses:

WM. F. SANDELL, O. P. SoMEns.