US79284A - Improvement in horse-rakes - Google Patents

Description

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IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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Be it known that I, FRANK-WICKS, of Upper Sandusky, in the county of Wyandot, andStateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Gatherers and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. side elevation.

Figure 2, a top view.

Figure 3, a vertical section, showing the method of attaching the handles; andl Figure 4 is a sjection showing the method of attaching the tcetlrto the cross-bar.

The nature and object of myinvention are tocon-struct allay-gatherer, simple inform and construction, and easy andpractical in its operation. i l f Toenable others sliilled in the art to make anduse my invention, I will proceed to describe its construc-A tion and operation.

` Similar letters of reference refer to the same parts in the different drawings.

E is a runner, of which there are two.

D D are the runner-rails.

A is the tongue. n

G- is a post, extending from the runner to the rail, and located at or near the point where the ruimer begins to turirupwardf4 It is also located back of the -front point of the teeth, making the front end of the teeth come in advance ofthe posts as the machine is drawn over the ground.

F isan iron shoe, placed on the bottom'of the runner, at the-pointlwl1ere it begins to turn upwards, and extending a sufficient distancel each'way to accomplish lthe object desired, which is to prevent the wearing of the runner at this point as it is drawn over the ground.

'I is a cross-bar, extending from the lieel of one runner to the other. To this cross-bar, I, are attached the teeth I? P.

6 b is a cross-bar from the front end of one runner to the front end of the other,.andto which is attached the tongue'A.

d LZ are braces, extending from the tongue to the cross-bar b. l

c 7c are the handles, attached to the cross-bar I, to which they are attached by means of'twp straps of iron, one of which extends from the upper side, and the other from .the lower side of the handle. \Around the crossbar I, near one end of the strip of iron passing over the upper sidevof the handle, is a hole, through which the lower end of the other strip of iron passes, and terminates in a screw, on which is placed a nut, as shown at a, iig. 3. The handles 7c 7c are cut, so as to t two sides of the cross-bar I, as shown at iig. 3.

S S S are cross-rounds, extending from one handle to the other.

O and N are iron braces, fastened to the cross-bar Land extending to the handles lc, they pass through the handles c 7c. On the end passing through the handles is a screw, on which is placed'a nut, t.

' The cross-bar b b is fastened to the front end of: the runners by making a half-socket in the front ends of the rails D D, in which are' placed the ends of the cross-bar, and over each end is placed an iron cap; this cap is then fastened to the rail by means of belts and nuts.

'lhe operation of this invention is as follows: The team is attached to the tongue A, which draws the gattierer over theground, and the teeth gather the hay, and when sufficient is gathered, the operator, having hold of the upper round S, lifts up the Yheel of the gatherer a little; `this act catches the point-s of the teeth in the ground, when the system of teeth and handles is turned over, and thus the gathered hay is deposited. The teeth and handles are brought back to their proper position bythe dogs 'l on the handles (iig. 3) catching in the ground and again turning them over. d l Y By placing the post G baclr of the` front end of the teeth, the'bend of the vrunner is carried back of the front end of the teeth, the heel ofthe gatherer is caused to be slightly elevated, sufficientlyv to permit the front ends of the teeth 'to'hug the ground by the act of drawing the gatherer'overthe groundth`us gathering all the hay, and relieving the operator of the necessity of lifting by main strength the heel of the gatherer' to accomplish thissame result.

By fastening the handles to the cross-har I in the manner described,'I am 'able to keep the' handles snugly fitted to the cross-bar, by tightening the cross-nut a. l

By fastening the ends of the braces O and N to the handles by means of a nut and a screw, I can always keep thehandles in proper position by4 tightening up the nuts.

By using the caps C C-over the ends of theoross-har b b, in fastening it to the rails D D, I am enabled tovuse a much smaller rail than I otherwise could. The joints at the ends of the two cross-bars are made fiexible, so as to allow the runners to conform to the inequalities of the surface.

Hoving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is- '1. The runners E E, constructed substantially as described, with thezcurved part extending from 'the front extremity' to the rear of the line of the points of the teeth P P, for the purpose set forth.

2. Locating the postV G, or its equivalent, back of the points .of the teeth P P, substantially in the mannen and for the purpose specified.

3. The construction and arrangement of the rods or braces N O, with the handles'and cross-bar I, and nuts t t, for the purpose of bracing the handles to the crossbar I, substantially in the manner described.

FRANK WICKS. Witnesses:

R. M. KLLY, J. S. BoUG'HToN.

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