US618087A - Cotton-sack carrier - Google Patents

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No. 6l8,087. Patented Ian. 24, I899. W. G. HAMILTON.

COTTON SACK CARRIER.

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\VESTON G. HAMILTON, OF TONA, TEXAS.

COTTON-SACK CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,087, dated January 24, 1899.

I Application filed February 21,1898- Serial No. 6711189: (N0 motlelil To mZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WEsToX G. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tona, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Sack Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a skid for supporting the cotton sack when harvesting cotton which will be light, strong, and lessen the laborof the fieldhand during the operation of picking the cotton.

The invention also contemplates a device for the purpose aforesaid which will be simple in construction and inexpensive and which will support the sack in such a manner as to obviate injury thereto and enable it to be drawn over wet places without injury to the cotton contained therein.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will appear in the course of the subjoined description, to which reference is to be had, in connection with the drawings hereto attached, for a full understanding of the merits and details of the invention.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the skid. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a runner and the adjacent rear corner portion of the frame. Fig. a is a detail section on the line X X of Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The frame and runners of the skid are integral and formed of a single length of wire of proper gage in order to provide a substantial structure for the purpose designed. The frame may be of any outline in plan elevation, and, as shown, is of rectangular form and composed of side bars 1, afront barQ, and complementary rear bars 3, the latter touching at their longitudinal edges and mutually sustaining and bracing each other. The middle portions of the rear bars 3 are in horizontal alinement, and the end portions are in substantially vertical alinement, the intermediate parts being partially twisted to admit of the different portions of the bars 3 lying in the different relative planes. The free end portions of the bars 3 are lowermost and are bent vertically and thence downwardly, forming eyes 4, which receive the corner portions between the side bars 1 and the rear bars 3. The eyes at are obliquely disposed, thereby admitting of the corners between the rear and side bars lying within the space bounded by the said eyes. The end portions of the wire extend downwardly and rearwardly and are flattened, forming runners 5, which support the rear end of the frame. The shank portions of the runners come in front of the end portion of the rear bars 3 and are braced thereby, and the strain and load imposed upon the runners will tend to cause a contraction of the eyes 4 and cause them to grip the rear corner portions of the frame more firmly. By the disposition of the runners entirely in rear of the frame a springy motion is provided for the frame when drawing the same over the ground, and thus ease the draft, as will be understood. The side bars 1 are straight, whereas the front and rear bars are depressed intermediate of their extremities so as to conform to the sack and prevent the same slipping off the skid sidewise.

A brace-wire 6 is located intermediate of the side bars 1, and its rear end is bent into an eye, which receives the middle portion of the rear bars 3, thereby serving to hold them in intimate relation. The front portion of the brace-wire 6 is bent around the middle portion of the front bar 2 and is extended forwardly and curved upwardly, as shown at 7, and terminates in a hook 8, which latter is adapted to engage with a loop or strap secured to a side of the cotton-sack. The brace wire 6 is of a gage corresponding to that of the wire from which the frame and runners are formed. Other wires 9 of lighter gage extend parallel with the side bars 1 and bracewires 6 and are secured at their ends to the front and rear bars of the frame and form a bed to receive and support the sack placed thereon.

As is well understood, the receiving end of the cotton-sack is attached to the shoulders of the field-hand, and said sack is generally dragged over the ground upon its side, thereby causing the same to become worn and entailing considerable expense in keeping the same in proper condition. In accordance with this invention the cotton-sack is provided at its front end with a loop or strap, which latter is engaged with the hook 8 of the skid, the sack rest-ing upon the said skid. As a result of this arrangement the sack is supported by means of the skid, and the latter, by reason of its positive connection with the sack, is drawn over the ground as the hand moves from one plant to another and gathers the cotton.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A skid for supporting a sack when harvesting cotton, comprising a frame provided at its rear end with metallic runners which depend below the plane of and extend beyond the rear of the frame of the device, and at its front end with means for making positive engagement with the sack, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A skid for supporting a sack when harvesting cotton, comprising a frame, and metallic runners integrally formed from a single length of material, the runners depending below the plane of and extending beyond the rear of the frame, whereby a spring is provided for the device,substantially as set forth.

3. A skid for supporting a sack or similar device when harvesting the crop, comprising a frame formed of a length of wire bent to provide a front and side bars, and having the end portions of the wire overlapping, forming rear bars and looped about the rear corner portions of the frame and extended downwardly and rearwardly forming runners, substantially as set forth.

4. In a skid for supporting a sack or the like when harvesting the crop, the combination of a frame having runners at its rear end, and a brace-Wire having its end portions secured to the front and rear bars of the frame and having its front end extending forwardly of the front bar and curving upwardly and terminating in a hook, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a skid for supporting a sack or the like when harvesting the crop, the combination of a frame formed of a single Wire and having its end portions overlapping and forming complementary bars, and having the terminal portions looped about portions of the frame and constructed to provide runners, and wires extending lengthwise of the skid and having their end portions bent around the front and rear bars thereof and connecting the said complementary overlapping frame-bars, substantially as described.

6. The herein-described skid for the purposes set forth comprising a wire bent to provide a frame of approximately rectangular form and having the end portions of the wire overlapping, looped around the rear corner portions of the frame and extended and flattened, forming runners, the front and rear bars being depressed between their ends, and wires extending longitudinally of the frame and having their end portions bent around the front and rear bars, the middle wire having its front end extended and curving up.- wardly and terminating in a hook, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVESTON Gr. HAMILTON. lVitnesses:

J. L. COGGIN, R. B. \VILLIAMsON.

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