US567196A

US567196A - Harvester

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Publication number: US567196A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 1913-09-08

Description

6 Sheets--Sheet 1 (No Model.)

B. A. PEGK.

HARVESTER.

(No Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 2.-

E. A. PEGK.

HARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

6 Sheets-Sheet 3 (No Model.)

' E. A. PEOK.

HARVES-TBR.

v No. 567,196.

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Patented Sept. 8,. 1896.

Wwneisses.

(No Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 4.

E. A. PEGK. HARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

(No Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 5.

E. A. PEOK. VHARVESTER.

No. 567,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

(N0 Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 66 E. A.PBOK. HARVESTER.

N0. 667,196. Patented Sept. 8, 1896.

UNITED ST T S ATENT much.

EZRA A. PEOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HARVEZSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,196, dated September 8, 1896.

' Application filed we... 10,1295. Serial No- 665,232. (No model.)

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA A. PEoK, of Ohicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a full descriptionQreference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the har vester-frame, gearing, the forward portion of the wheel-frame, and the associated mechanism. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rearward portion of-the wheelframe, the drivers platform, adj ustment-le vers, &c.; Fig. 3, a perspective View showing the reel and its supportingdevices; Fig. 4,

- a side elevation showing the parts directly be seen in Fig. 1, consists mainly of the thrust tongue A and the axletree A, hinged thereto at the front end. ..The' hinge is. formed by yoke-pieces a ando, securedito the axletree; and by yoke-pieces a and a secured to the thrust-tongue. Outreaching arms from these yoke-pieces areadapted to receive a hingebolt a The axletreemay consist of a pipe through which an axle may be passed, or to the ends of which stub axles B and. B may be secured. The stub-axle. B projects stubbleward from the axletree to receive the main wheel 0 and the sleeve A and the stub-axle 13 projects grainward from the opposite end of the axletree to receive the supportingwheel 0 in a similar manner. secured at a to the thrust-tongue and hinged at a in a yoke-piece a is secured near the grainward end of the axletree. The hinge a is substantially coincident with that of a and serves to brace the said axletree to the said thrust-tongue. A bar A secured conveniently to the brace A at c and to the thrust bars of the gear-frame.

A brace A 7 will thus be seen that the operator may, by

swinging the tiller-shaft, guide the machine.

It will be understood that the foregoing constitutes the main supporting-frame of the machine and that the frame (hereinafter designated as the harvester-frame) to which the parts directly concerned in cutting, conveying, elevating, and binding the grain are attached is supported upon outreaching arms E, E, and E secured to the axletree A. The arm E is secured to the sleeve A ,which may be considered as one part with the axletrce because it is connected therewith by the The arm E is secured to the yoke-piece a at the grainward end of the axletree, and the arm E to the yoke-piece a. A strut e is secured to and extends upwardly from the yoke-piece a and a strut e is secured to and extends upwardly from the sleeve A Brace-rods e and 6 connect the arms E and E to thestruts c and 6', respectively. A rocking bracket E secured to the thrust-tongue at a short distance behind the gear-frame, reaches upwardly therefrom and is connected with the struts e and e by brace-rods c and c to'a strut e, similar to those 6 and c,- which extends .upwardly from the yoke-piece a and which is braced to the arm E The struts e, e, and c are braced in the direction of the The hand-lever E has a It is also connected of the harvester-frame and the parts which to the endless aprons of the conveyor andthc it supports is counterbalanced by the springs F and F, connected to the bracket E by rods f and f at their forward ends and to the evener-yoke F at their rearward ends. The evener-yoke is pivoted at about its center and is used so that any inequality in the strength of the spring can be compensated for. The harvester-frame G,which supports the parts directly concerned in harvesting the grain, consists of bars g, g, g and The bar 9 has the guard fingers secured thereto and is generally known as the finger-bar. To the rear of the finger-bar and extending along its length is the endless conveyer H, which is moved in a stubbleward direction to carry the cut grain to the elevators H,which need but a general description, being of the well-known form and consisting of two endless aprons between which the grain is elevated to the binder-table. The binding attachment H maybe considered as being one of any of the well-known kinds and as having a frame h and frame-braces 7L. Said braces are shown as being hook-shaped at their inner ends to engage the binderrail 7L2.

7V is a bracket having mounted thereon an antifriction -roller upon which the binder frame is adapted to be moved fore and aft for the purpose of placing the band at about the center of the length of the bundle.

The main wheel 0 has secured thereto a sprocket-wheel I, and at the rear of said wheel is the counter-shaft I,suitably secured to supportsz' and 1" upon the gear-frame. Upon the counter-shaft is rotatably mounted a sprocket-wheel 1 around which and around the sprocket-wheel I is thrown a drivingchain 1 The sprocket-wheel I engages a clutch 1 upon the end of the bevel-gear J, which is mounted upon the support 1?. The clutchmoving mechanism is suitably connected to a foot-lever 1 adjacent to the seat of the operator. A short diagonal shaft J is journaled in a bearing j upon the gear-frame, and has secured thereto a pinion J meshing into the bevel-gear J upon the counter-shaft. The bearing 2" of the counter-shaft and the bearing j of the diagonal shaft are preferably made as one piece and secured conveniently to the bar A K is a shaft journaled in the harvesterframe in a convenient position under the elevator, from which shaft rotation is transmitted to the cutting, conveying, elevating, and binding devices. It is connected with the diagonal shaft J by a tumbling-shaft K and universal joints 7a and At the front end of the shaft K is a crank L, connected to the sickle L by a pitman L so as to give the said sickle its required movement. A sprocket-wheel L upon the shaft K transmits rotation to the binder by a chain Z and sprocket-wheel Z and a second sprocketwheel l upon the immediate rear end of the said shaft K transmits the required movement elevator in the usual way.

M and M are arms suitably secured and braced to the harvester-frame and extend forwardly over the conveyer H. They are provided at their forward ends with bearings m and m.

N and N are levers pivoted by their studs '21 and n in the bearings m and m. In the arms a and n of said levers is j ournaled the reel-shaft O, carrying the reel-arms and fans 0. The arms a and n of the levers N and N are connected by links P and P to cranks p and p upon a rock-shaft P The said arms at" and n have several holes shown therein, by any of which they may be connected to the links P and P for the usual purpose of adjustment of the various parts.

The rock-shaft P is pivoted in brackets p and 19 upon the arms M and M at the rear of the platform conveyer. An arm P upon the rock-shaft is connected by a jointed link P to a hand-lever P which lever is pivoted upon the thrust-tongue at a point adjacent to the seat of the operator. The link P is jointed at p and slides through the yoke 12, which yoke is close to the axis upon which the harvester-frame tilts, in order that when the said frame is adjusted in height the position of the reel relative to the cutting apparatus will not be changed. A backboard R is hung upon the rock-shaft P by arms 0 and r, and is connected to the link I by a rod R It is thus adapted to be rocked forward as the reel is rocked toward the cutter-bar, so as to form a shore or limit against which the head ends of the stream of grain are carried by the platform conveyor to the elevators. The reel is given rotation from the main wheel by a sprocket-wheel Q, secured to the said w]1eel,and double sprocket-wheel Qij ournaled upon the stud of the lever N, and sprocketwheel Q 011 the reel-shaft, and by chains q and q, thrown around said sprocketwheel, as best shown in Fig. 2.

The binder-shifting mechanism consists of the hand-lever T, quadrant T, the rod 15, connecting the said end lever with a lever t, pivoted upon the gear-frame, and a second rod 2?, connecting the said lever 15 with the binderframe at i The lever t is for the purpose of allowing the rod 15 to be placed under the thrust-tongue or out of the way of the horses, and is so situated that when the harvesterframe is adjusted vertically the binder attachment would not be moved out of adjustment because the rod 25 would swing upon the lever t as a center and with its length as a radius describe with its foward end an arc that would be practically in a vertical line.

The bundle-carrier shown in the drawings is of the kind patented to John F. Steward, No. 482,931, dated September 20, 1892, and has connected therewith an automatic dumping device.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a wheel-frame, a har-,

to the axis of tilt, said jointed link connect ed to the reel-support and to a hand-lever under control of the operator, whereby the reel can be adjusted and be held in a given position of adjustment relative to the harvesterframe when the said frame is rocked upon the axletree as an axis, to be itself adjusted vertically, and a swinging backboard connected to said jointed link, substantially as described.

2. In a header a Wheel-frame, a harvesterframe supported on outreaching arms therefrom and adapted to be rocked thereon, a lever and suspension devices whereby the said harvester-frame can be rocked by the operator, springs counterbalancin g the weight of said harvester-frame and an evener-yoke to which the said springs are attached, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a wheel-frame, a harvesterframe supported upon outreaching arms of said wheel-frame, and adapted to be rocked upon the axletree of said Wheel-frame as an axis, a reel journaled in bell-cranks pivoted upon said harvester-frame, a rockshaft journaled above the rear of said harvester-frame and connected by rods to said bell-cranks, a jointed link connected to said rock-shaft and to a hand-lever and guided at a point adjacent to the axle, whereby the reel can be given difierent positions of adj ust ment relative to said harvester-frame and held in substantially such positions when the said harvester-frame is rocked upon said axletree, substantially as described.

EZRA A. PECK. Witnesses:

ARTHUR JOHNSON, WILLIAM F. YEsLIN.