US760743A - Grain-divider for harvesters. - Google Patents

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No. 760,743. .v j I PATENTED MAY-24, 1904-.

s. v. KENNEDY &" 0. s. SHARP; GRAIN DIVIDER FOR HARVESTEBS.

APPLIUATIQN FILED DEC. 1, 1903.

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UNITE STATES Patented May 24, 1964.

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sAMU L v. KENNEDY ND CHARLES s. SHARP, or AUBURN, NEWYORK, ASSIGNORS TO I). M. OSBORNE AND COMPANY, or AUBURN, NEW YORK,

A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

GRAl'N-DIVIDER F OR H A RVESTER S.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,743, dated May 24, 1904. v Application filed December 1,1903, SerialNe. 183,313. (No model-l To all whom, it .may concern: A Beit known that'we, SAMUEL V. KENNEDY and CHARLES S. SHARP, citizens of the United I States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of' New York, have invented I certain new and useful Improvements in Grainf Dividers-for Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

Theob ect of our invention is to provide a divider that can be quickly and easily removed I for storage or transportation. I

I Referrmg to the accompanying drawlngs,

the line w w of Fig. 1.

tail in plan of a bracket that'is secured to the outer end, of the finger-bar. Fig. 6 is a detail in plan of the rear portion of the dividersupporting bar, and Fig. 7 is a detail of the rily holding the standard socket fortempora of'the divider-board.

A is the"gr ain-wheel end of a harvesterplatform, to which is secured the grain wheel C is the finger-bar, and Da casting bolted thereto and having attached to itthe forward Q end of a brace-bar 'E, which passes overthe grain-wheel guide 13, to which it is secured.

by suitable bolts, its rear end being bolted to the rear corner of the platform A.

Rigidly secured to the grai-nward end of the finger-bar C and integral with the first guard- A finger a is a bracket (11/, having upon i t a lock F, which engages with the supporting-bar and holds it against lateral movement. The lock F comprises a casting f, bolted to the bracket a, and incloses a boltor plunger f, which is held down in a locked position by a coiled spring g, which surrounds the bolt, one end of said spring engaging with a pin g in the boltand the other end with'the inner top of the casing. I

vGr is the divider-point, to which the forward end-of the divider-board A is bolted. A supporting-bar His secured to the divider-point G by a horizontal pivot I), and its rear end projects and is guided rearwardly in a slot 6 in the casting D. To prevent a movement of the bar H too far forward, we provide a casting or stop 6 which is bolted-to the bar H. A standard I supports the divider-board and is rigidly fastened to it.

I The stop 6' has an opening 0, which when the divider is in operative'position is directly beneath and in line with a similar opening 0 I I in the top of the casting D. An inclined sur- Figurel'is an end elevation of a harvester-= platform, showing the divider in-place; Fig. j

face is 'formed at the point don the inner side of the casting D, against which the end of the shown in Fig. 1. v The divider-board A is raised, swinging upon the pivot 5, until the standard I is withdrawn from the socket in the casting d. ward, the supporting-bar H sliding in the slot 6. .When the bar has been adjusted in the divider and .its I The board is then moved forlock F and the stop I) is in contact with the.

casting D,- the-holes or openings 0 care brought in, alinement and a hole 6' in the supporting-bar H, some distance forward from its rear end, registers with the bolt of the lock 7 F: Then the standard 1 ispa'ssed through the openings 0 0. Its lower end, resting upon the incline at d, tends to form a jam-lock for the I end of the supporting-bar H by forcing said bar against the side of the guide-slot e, as will be understood. The divider is thus held securely in working position. To dismount the divider for storage'or transportation, the divider-board A is raised, freeing the inner end of the supporting-bar H by removing the standard I from engagement therewith. The bolt of the lock F is then raised, and the bar H is free to be moved to the rear in'the guideslot 0 until the standard I is in position to be inserted in the socket in thecasting d, holding the divider as shown in Fig. 2. If it is desired to remove the dividerfrom the harvester, the casting or stop 6 is unbolted from the supporting-bar H, when the latter can be drawn out through the guide, the bolt f having been raised and the standard I withdrawn.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rearwardly-extending supporting-bar, a finger-bar, a guide for the supporting-bar upon said finger-bar, a divider-standard and means by which the divider-standard locks the supporting-bar in the guide.

2. In a harvester, the combination of a divider havinga rearwardly-movable supporting-bar, a finger-bar, a guide for the supporting-bar upon the finger-bar, a divider-standard and means by which the standard holds the supporting-bar in its forward position.

3. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a support movable rearwardly in a horizontal plane, a finger-bar, a guide for the support on the said finger-bar, said guide having a vertical opening therein, a casting on the support having an. opening to register-with the vertical opening in the guide, and a standard on the divider to pass through said openings to hold the support and divider from rearward movement.

4. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rearwardly-extending support, a finger-bar,-a guide for the support on the finger-bar, said guide having a vertical opening therein, an opening on the support, an inclined surface on the guide, and a standard on. the divider to pass through said openings and engage with the inclined surface to lock the divider in its forward position.

5. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rearwardlymovable support, a guide through which the rear end of said support moves, a finger-bar and a look there on forward of the guide to hold the front part of the support from lateral movement.

6. In a harvester, the combination of a'divider having a support movable rearwardly in a horizontal plane, a finger-bar, a guide upon the finger-bar through whichsaid support moves, a. standard on the divider, a platform-brace having a casting thereon and a socket in said casting in which the standard rests when the divider has been moved to its rearward limit.

7. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rearwardly-extending support movable rcarwardly in a horizontal plane, a finger-bar, a guide upon the finger-bar through which saidsupport moves, a standard on the divider, a platform member having a casting thereon, and a socket in said casting in which the standard rests when the divider is in its rearward position.

8. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a support movable rearwardly in a horizontal plane, said divider being soeured to said support by a horizontal pivot, a finger-bar, a guide through which the support moves, a vertical opening in the guide, an opening in the support to register therewith, a standard on the divider to pass through said openings to hold the divider in its forward position, and a lock on the finger-bar to prevent lateral movement of the support.

9. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rcarwardly-extending supporting-bar, bearings on the harvester in which the bar is mounted to slide so as to permit the divider to be adjusted forward into operative position or rearward into inoperative position and a divider-board pivotally connected to the forward part of the supportingbar so as to fold upward when the bar is drawn rearward.

10. In a harvester, the combination of a divider having a rearwardly-extending supporting-bar and a divider-board pivotally connected to the forward end thereof, hearings on the harvester in which the bar is slidably mounted so as to permit the divider to be adjusted forward into operative position or rearward into inoperative position, a supportingstandard for the divider-board, and bearings on the harvester to receive the standard in either position of adjustment of the divider. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands, this 19th day of November, 1903, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

SAMUEL V. KENNEDY.

. CHARLES S. SHARP. Witnesses:

JAMES LATTIMORE,

HOWARD R. HANiuNs.

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