US600716A - Attachment for mowing-machines - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

T. ELLBNBEGKER. ATTACHMENT PO-R MOWING MACHINES,

No. 600,716. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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ATTACHMENT FOR MOWlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,716, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed March 6, 1897. Elerlal No- 626,066. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE ELLEN- BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sawyer, in the county of Door and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Mowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to mowing-machines especially designed to lift pea-vines from the ground in advance of the finger-bar, whereby the vines may be properly presented to the knives to be cut.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of devices of this character; and it consists in the several details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a mowing-machine with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the attachment, the fingerbar being in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the finger-bar with my invention attached thereto. Fig. 418 a bottom plan view of the attachment.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures. I

1 represents the finger -bar, 2 the knifeguards, and 3 the knife.

4 represents the attachment, which, as shown, is substantially V shape in side elevation.

The lower finger 5 is substantially straight, and the upper finger 6 is curved. The lower finger consists of two sections, one of which is bifurcated, as indicated at 7, to receive the tenon 8, formed on the end of the other section.

9 represents a bolt passing through the in tel-locked ends to form a hinge on which the two parts may move relatively to each other.

10 represents a plate-spring secured at one end to the upper face of the rear section and extending across the joint, with its free end bearing on the upper face of the front section. This spring normally holds the two sections in a straight line, but permits vertical movement of the front section relative to the rear section in order that the front end of the device may accommodate itself to uneven ground. The rear section is halved out, as

indicated at 11, to receive the finger-bar 1,

and is provided with a series of perforations 12 to receive a bolt 13, by means of which a clamp 14, which engages the finger-bar 1, may

be locked in position to firmly secure the attachment to the finger-bar. The base of the clamp 14 is provided with an elongated opening 15, by means of which the attachment between the clamp and the rear section of the finger 5 may be adjusted, and it will be seen that on account of this elongated opening 15 and the series of perforations 12 in the finger 5 the adjustment between the clamp and the finger may be minutely regulated. The rear section is also provided with a conical openin g 16, adapted to receive the front end of the knife-guard, and as the clamp let may be adj usted longitudinally of the attachment it will be seen that the attachment can be firmly secured to finger-bars of varying widths.

The upper face of the finger 6 at its front end is recessed, as indicated at 17, to receive a steel point 18, which is secured in position by a bolt 19. This point projects slightly beyond the end of the attachment and may be adjusted longitudinally on the finger by means of the elongated opening 20, formed in it, through which the bolt 19 passes. This point is adapted to engage the ground and lift the pea-vines, so that they will pass up over the finger 6, and when it becomes worn out it may be very easily replaced with a new one.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the front end of the attachment will automatically adjust itself relative to the finger-bar 1 in passing over uneven ground, and the attachment will not, therefore, be liable to plow through the ground and bring the knife into contact with the dirt, which would have a tendency to dull it.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. An attachment for mowing-machines, comprising two fingers connected together at their front ends and diverging from each other toward their rear ends, the lower finger being in two sections hinged together, a spring to normally hold the two sections in alinement but permitting their movement relativelyvtoueachmother,a point adjustably secured to the front end of the upper finger and projecting beyond it, and means for the ad justable attachment of the lower finger to the the finger-bar of the mowing-machine, subfinger-bar of the mowing-machine, substanstantially as described. tially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 2. An attachment for movingmachines my own I have hereto aflixed my signaturein 5 consisting of two fingers connected at their the presence of two witnesses.

front ends to form a point and diverging from 7 t a each other toward their rear ends, a point ad- THEODORE ELLENBECKER' justably secured to the front end of the up- XVitnesses: per finger and projecting beyond it, and de- JOHN M. KosT,

I0 vices to adjustably secure the lower finger to H. H. FULLER.

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