US558149A - boyer - Google Patents

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C. T. BUYER. BUNGHING ATTACHMENT FOR MOWING MACHINES.

Patented Apr. 14, 1896.

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CHARLES T. BOYER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CAN BUNCHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUNCHING ATTACHMENT FOR MOWING-MACHINES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,149, dated April 14, 1896. Application filed y 9, 1895. Serial No. 5%,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. BoYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bunching Attachments for Mowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide a convenient and efficient means whereby hay, in being out, can be deposited in bunches directly from the mowing-machine instead of being distributed entirely over the surface of the field, as has been common with ordinary mowers. This is especially useful in cutting clover where it is desired to save the seed, it being desirable, as is well known, to leave such clover in bunches and subject I to the action of the Weather for a time, dun

ing which period it should be disturbed as little as possible.

Said invention consists in an attachment whereby the above object is carried out, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view illus trating a mowing-machine in use, which is provided with an attachment embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a top or plan view of said attachment, together with the cutting apparatus and other immediately-adjacent portions of the mowing-machine; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a fragment of said attachment on a larger scale, illustrating the principal parts, the upper plate or cover of the frame of said attachment being removed, exposing the mechanism; Fig. 4:, a longitudinal sectional view on'the dotted line 4 etin Fig.2, and Fig. 5 a transverse sectional view on the dotted line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the framework of the mowing-machine, B the finger-bar thereto, and C the frame of my improved attachment.

The mowing-machine A and finger-bar B are or may be of any ordinary or desired form, and will not, therefore, be further described herein, except incidentally in describing my said invention.

The frame C is hinged to the finger-bar B by hinges c, and is positioned directly in rear thereof. Mounted in bearings therein are a number of rods C, whichextend to the rear, the direction being preferably on somewhat of an inclination toward the mowingmachine and away from the standing grass,

so that in manipulation, as will be presently more fully explained, the grass which has been out shall be thrown away from rather than against the standing grass. At the rear end these rods are bent upwardly, as shown most plainly at c in Fig. 5, so that in their normal position they will hold the grass from being pulled off by contact with the ground or stubble until the position is shifted and the bunch of cut grass thus purposely released. They are also preferably curved somewhat from the point of bearing in the frame C to the point where they are bent upwardly, as just stated, so that, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the upwardly-projecting ends are thrown down the body is thrown back slightly, thus aiding in throwing the bunch of cut grass away from the standing grass. At

- their forward ends these rods have cranks, as

shown most plainly in Figs. 3 and 5, and these are all connected to a sliding bar C by which, as will be readily understood, all said rods may be simultaneously operated. The longitudinal movement of this bar C may be effected in any desired manner and is generally effected by means of a treadle, as A, operated by the driver. The connection may be in any form desired. I have shown a cord C running over suitable sheaves to said treadle A, the latter being mounted on the frame A at a suitable point for the driver to place his foot thereon, as best shown in Fig. 2. A spring O is shown as interposed between shoulders on'the bar 0 and the inner surface of the frame 0, and said spring is of sufficient strength to actuate said bar O and tip the rods 0 connected thereto. The spring may of course operate in either direction, but I have shown it as operating to tip the rods fiat, in the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, said rods being held to their other position by the force of the drivers foot on the treadle.

The top of the frame 0 is in the form of a plate 0 which extends back over and covers the bearings of the rods 0 and the mechanism by which they are operated, and is secured in place by hinges 0 This cover also serves to momentarily impede the grass as it falls during the time the bunches of grass are being discharged. Normally, while the bentup points 0 are raised to their greatest height, as shown most plainly in Fig. 5, the cranks on the other ends of the rods, which are connected to the bar 0 are in their lowermost position. The forcing of said bar 0 cndwise not only rocks the rods 0, but is, through the instrumentality of the cranks on the ends of said rods, also the means of raising the cover 0 to the position shown by the dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5, and said cover in this position forms a dam or impediment, which will cause the grass as it falls to pile up for the brief period while the rods 0 are rocked, so that their points 0 lie flat. As the device is released and the points 0 thrown up to their normal position the cover 0 falls fiat again, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 5, and the grass passes on freely over it, as before, to against said bent-up points 0, where a new bunch is formed.

The operation is as follows: The driver holds his foot on the treadle A, keeping the rods 0 with their outer bent ends 0 standing upright, as shown most plainly in Fig. 5, until a sufficient quantity of the grass has, in the operation of mowing, been thrown onto said rods. to make the desired size of bunch. He then releases the pressure of his foot on said treadle, when said rods are thrown down to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the friction on the ground and stubble draws the bunch off said rods and leaves it at the point where this operation is had. The rods are then thrown up to their former position by renewing the pressure on the treadle, and so on continuously as long as the machine is in operation or as long as it is desired to perform this work.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a mowing-machine, of a bunching attachment secured bework and extending rearwardly and at an inclination toward the mowing-machine structure and having upwardly-turned rear ends, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a mowing-machine, of a bunching attachment secured in the rear of the finger-bar, and consisting of a framework, a series of rods j ournaled in said framework and provided with divergent ends at the rear and cranks at the forward ends thereof, a bar 0 to which the cranks of said rods are all connected, a foot-lever mounted on the mowing-machine,a connection between said foot-lever and said bar, and a spring acting oppositely to the pull from said foot-lever, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of a mowing-machine; and a bunching attachment, secured in the rear of the finger-bar, and consisting of a frame 0, rods 0 mounted therein and provided with angular ends 0, a bar 0 connected to cranks on the forward ends of said rods whereby they are operated, and a plate C covering said operating mechanism, includ ing said bar 0 and adapted to be raised by said mechanism as the rods 0 are rocked to deposit the bunch of grass thereon, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 7th day of May, A. D. 1895.

CHAS. T. BOYER. [L. s] lVitnesses:

CHESTER BRADFORD, J AMES A. WALsH.

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