US39215A - Improvement in machines for loading hay - Google Patents

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* G. GONSTABLE. MACHINE FOR LOADING HAY.

No. 39,215. Patented July 14, 1863.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT; OFF-1GB f GoaDEN coNs'rABLE, or cANNoNsvtLLE, NEW YORK'.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FR- LOADING-HAY.

Specilication forming par't of ILetters Patent No. 39.215. dated .Iuly 14, 1863.

To all whom 'it may concern:

ABe ltknown that 1, G.OoNsTABLE,of Gannonsville, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved E ay Baking and Loading Device; and l dohereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, ref-A erence being had to the accompanying drawings,-making a part of this specification, inl

whichy Fjgurcl is a side sectional view of; my invention, taken in the line x Fig. 2;\Fig. 2, aplan or top view ot' the same; Fig. 3, a de'- tached view ot' a part pertaining to the same;

Fig. 4, detached views of part-s pertaining tov jthe endless rahes;

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of;this.invention is to obtain al machine by which hay may be raked up from the field and deposited upon a wagon as the .latter is drawn along, all the working parts being operated or put in motion from the tractioii-wheels of the machine.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understandand construct my invention, l will proceed to describe it.v

A represents the framing of the machine,

inclined, their front ends being higher than their back ends, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. This framing A is supported by two pairs of wheels, B B. The bacirwheels, B, are placed .loosely on a stationary axle, C; but the front Wheels, B', are attached permanently to a rotating axle, D, which has a lpinion, d", o n each end of it, and these pinions gear ipto endless racks E '15, which are allowed to slide up and down, said racks having plates attached to their outer sides, which plates are fitted in vertical guides F F. (See Fig. 3.)

To the axle D a bar, G, is attached by loose` collars e c. AThis bar G has a bar, G', attached to it at rightangles, the latter being slotted longitudinally, having the upper end of a rod, H, passing through it, the lower end of said .rod being attached by a joint, a", to a pendent swivel-bar, f, which projects down from the bar G, and has the axis of a wheel, g, connected to it.

Through theupper end of the rod H a-rod, h, passes horizontally, saidrod also passing through a staple, i, on the bar G. The frontl end of the rod h is bent to form a hook, j, which catches into the yback xend, of a rcd,vI. This rod I is fitted longitudinallyjn the bottom ofa bed of a wagon, J, which isl within .the framing A, and theA front end of the rod I is connected by a rope, 7c, with a windlass, K, at the front end of the wagon. By this means the wagon is attached to the framing, and the position ot' the former in the latter may be varied as desired by ytaking up orletting out therope k.

At the lfront part of the framing A there are placed -two'"vertical, rack-bars, l l, which are connected at. theirupperends by. a cross-bar,

111,. Between thelower ends of these rackbars a roller, L, is tted, the peripheryof which is provided with teeth n. pinions o o gearing into them, said pinions being on a shaft, M, which has a pulley, N, at one end of it, to which a rope, pkis attached.

O is a brake, which is composed of a bar, pivotedl at its u'pperend to the framing A, and having,` its lower end connected to ay lever, s, by actuating which the upper part of the bar r is made topress against the pulley N, the bar r being somewhat elastic to admit of a yielding movement under the action ot' the le-4 ver s.

In the back part ofthe framing A there is placed a vertical sliding frame, l). This frame is attached at its eudto vertical bars t t, arranged in such a manner as -to slide vertically in the framing A, and in the frame P there is placed a vertical endless rake, Q, which is AFormed of a series of parallel rods, u, connected at their ends bymetal links o. (See Fig. 4.) On the ends of the rods u there are placed roll, ers tu, which work in endless guides a at each side ofthe fra-me P. The rods u work over notched wheels b', which are placed on ashatt, It, in the upper part ot' the frame I?. The rake Q is provided'with teeth c', which are constructed of wire, bent in the form as shown clearly in Fig. 4. These teeth are attached at one end to the rod u, the teeth of one rod be ing bent or wound around them and fastened into the rod u immediately infront ofit. The free or disengaged parts of the teeth are curved The rack-bars l l have 1s-shown i-n Fig. .1, andthe manner in which said teeth are attached to their rods vu will be see'nby referring to Fig. 2. By this arrange mentUt-h'e teeth are held or retained in proper l position while the rake is in operation, being v one end ofa shaft, U, which is fitted horizon tally in the upright bars t t of the -frame P. On the opposite end of the shaft U there is a pulley, around which a belt, W,.passes, said belt also passing around a pulley, X, on the shaft B in the upper part of the trame P. The rake Q may be rendered inoperative at any time by elevating the trame P so -that the wheel'l will be thrown out ot' gear with the wheelS on the wheel B. This elevating of the 'frame is effected by means of a lever, Y,

' which is attached at right angles to one end ot'. ,a shaft, Z, having arms d* at its ends, as shown by the dotted lines in Figs. l and2.-v

1n the upper part ot' the framing Afthere is an endless rake or carrier, A', which is formed of a series ot' parallel-rods, e', connected atA their ends by links f', which are constructed precisely'the same as the links .c of the rake Q. rlhe ends ot' the rods e have roll'ersg' on them, which work on endless guides h at-each side of the framing. Therods e' are connected by metal links i'. (Shown in Fig. 4.) These links vretain the rods e in' ro )er osition revent- 7 v ing them from turning; Each rode' has a se ries of teeth, j', attached to it, said teeth bewith lightness. flhe endless rake Q is moved inthe direction indicated by the arrow 1, thrpugh the medium of 'the gearing S T, from lone of the back wheels B of the-machine and the belt X. The rake Q takes up the hay from the ground, said rake being adjusted higher or lower, as desired, by operating the lever Y, and the hayis taken from the rake'Q by the rake or carrier' A', which is moved in the'direction indicated by arrow 2, through the mediam ofthe gearing B' C'. The rake or carrier Q discharges the hay upon the roller L, which deposits itin the wagonJ and presses itvdown therein, the'pressure-oi said roller be- -ing due to its own 'gravity only; or,if necessary, an additional pressure can be given by forcing down the roller through the medium oi' the rope p and pulley N, the pressure ot' the roller being maintained by appl) ing the brake O through lever s. rlhe wagon J is drawn along with a constant movementthat is to say, hasthe same speed as the team. The framing A, however, hasn-a variable movement given it through the medium of thepinions d d* and racks E E. The pinions d-X d ,-it will be seen,

of course rotate with the wheels B', and they work entirely around the racks E E, which are what may be termed endless7ones. When the pinions are on the upper surfacesof the racks the speed of the framing A is slower than that of\ the wagon J, and the roller L will press down thehay from the front toward the back end ot' the wagon, and as the pinions pass around underneath the racks the framing will be increased in speed a trilie over that otv Athe wagon, and the roller will press down the hay from' the back toward the front end ofthe wagon. e

By this arrangement it will be seentliat the wagon will be evenly loaded and the hay properly compressed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i l. The sliding endless racks E Ein the framing A, in combination with the pinions d on the axle D of the wheels B', all arranged to operate substantially `as described.

. 2. The .roller L, fitted between the lower ends of the rackbars l l, arranged substantially as shown, when said roller ,is usedv in combination with the endless rakes Q A and the wagon J, for the purpose specified.

3.- Placing the rake Q in a verticallyfadju'stable frame, 13k arranged, as shown, to 4 admit of the adjustment of said rake relatively with the ground, as set fort-h, and also for the purpose ot' rendering it operative or inoperative, as de sired.

GORDEN CONSTABLE.

Witnesses:

J. E. OWENs, 2d, C. MAPLES.

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