US973892A

US973892A - Straw-elevator.

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Publication number: US973892A
Application number: US50591709A
Authority: US
Inventors: William V Teeter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-07-03
Filing date: 1909-07-03
Publication date: 1910-10-25
Anticipated expiration: 1927-10-25

Description

W. V. TEETER.

STRAW ELEVATOR.

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Patented Oct. 25,1910.

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WILLIAM V. TEETEQ, F GRINNELL, KANSAS.

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Specification cl. Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Application filed July, 8, 1909. Serial No. 605,917.

To" all who'm it ma/y concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM. V. TEETER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grinnell, in the county of Gove and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Elevators;

yandqI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same' This invention relates to elevators specially constructed for unloadin ..loose on threshed' grain from wagons; an it consists in the novel constructionand combination of the arts hereinafter fully described and claimed:

In the drawin Figure 1 is an end view of the stacker.

A is a truck or earria g f any approved construction provid wi hi wheels (1 for road or for rail. Thistruck'has any suitable-motor ('iiotshownl mounted on it, and

15 it is preferably provided with self-propelling gear 'of any approved construction, wh ch is driven by the said motor, so'that the machine may be transported from place to lace.

' I is a straw-elevator, the lower section of which is hinged to one side of the truck 1 p A by. hinges 6, between two of the wheels a. The owei end portion of the elevator I projects at one side of the truck, and "its to the upper section and is ournaled in bearings'c on the lower section. --D is an operating handletor lever which is rigidly secured to one end ortion of the shaft C, and which is provi ed with a retractable catch d which on ages with a notched plate :1 which is rigi 1y secured to the lower section B.

' E is an endless elevator carrier arranged in the trou h-sliaped frames-of the upper .59 and lower e evator sectiona -"The end portions of theca-rriei ass over rollers e and fe",'and the 'lower rol er 6 is secured one 4 shaft F which is-driven from the motor b i any approved intermediate driving whee s tor connections.

g. 215 a plan viewof the supporting the middle parts of the carrier. The u per section of the elevator can be arrange in line or out of line with the lower section, as required; and when the machine is being transported from place to place, the upper section is folded with respect to the lower section, The upper section of the elevator is turned downward out of line with the" lower section, so that it does notproject to aninconvenient extent, when the machine is drawn along, and the upper section may be secured in a vertical position or in any other convenient position.

' The upper parts of the-elevator are arranged between uprights-G, and g is a cord which passes over a uide-sheave g at the upper part of one of-t e uprights. One end this cord is secured to the elevator and the other end is secured to the upright or 76 to the truck. Any a proved windingmechanism can be provi ed, if desired, for winding up the cord and raisin the elevator. The lower end portion 0 the ele-, vator projects below the truck and the t s 80 'ofthe wheels at when the elevator is r sed,

and it is provided with a curved'receiving I hopper H which is wider than the elevator.

are arms which are pivoted b pins i J to the lower part of the elevator a ove the 8 hopper, and which project upwardly andaway from the elevator -J are springs between the arms I and the lower section of the elevator, Thes'e springs sustain thewarms in their raised position.

K is a vdrag-rains The frame hot this drag-rake is pivoted to the upper end portions of the arms I, and the drag-rake is .providd with endless travelin bands-and I cross-slats provided with teeth The endless'bancls are carried by wheels m and m secured on shafts n and n which are journaled at theend portions of the (Ira -rake. The-upper shaft n isthe drivin' -sha and it is provided with a driving-w eel n.

The driving-wheel m is driven by ah'endless drive-chain p from a driving-wheel P at the lower part of the elevator, and this" d'riving-wlheel Pfjs driven by 'the motor oiith truck in an approved manner. The" .dri, ing-wheel is preferably connected with the driving-shaft of the elevator by-any approved intermediate driving-devices pi, so that the elevator and the dragrake are driven simultaneously. The arrows-in Fig.

y lshow the directions-0f the motion of thef Suitable guide rollers f are'providcd for drag-rake and the elevator.

the rods it R are rods pivoted at one end by pins r to the arms I. The other end portions of the rods R are slidable in guides 1" secured to the sides of the frame of the drag-rake. Sustainin springs S are arranged around between the guides 1" and collars s on the rods, and thesesprings normally hold the draw-rake in a raised position, as shown in 1. 1g. 1.

A wagon wntaining'unthreshed grain in looseforr'nis arranged alongside the truck,

and under the free end portion of the dragrake. The free end portionof the dragr'ake'is"pressed :do\v'ii by hand onto the grain, and the giniiris dragged loytheteeth into the hopper, and is carried up the elevatorby the endless carrier and is delivered at the opposite side of thetruck from the wagon Asthe elevator is arranged cross-- wise of thetruck and between its wheels, it isalways wellbalance'd. The springs J permit the dra -ralre to be'pressed into engage-z ment with t e grain, and permit the arms I to move on their pivots to let the drag-rake be moved up and down; 'I'he springs J also ralse the arms I-toward their vertical po- ""'sitio n automatically when the free end portion of'thedrag-rake is lifted up by hand.

" ir'to straw; The wagons are mounted on This machine can also be used to stack gra n in bundles, many other material slmi- \vheels; and two or more-wagons are prefer- "ably used, so that when one wagon 13 being "@"disch'arge'd by the straw-stacker, another wagon is bein filled by the header which euts "the grain in the field.

The self-propelling mechanism (not shown) is used to move the straw-stacker about fronrfield to Held, and from stackvard to stackyard: It is preferably driven y the same engine which drives the elevator mechanism, but a-separate en ine may be'provided to propel the truck, if desirec,

or'the machine may be moved aboutin any' other up roved manner.

that claim is: 1. In ajstraw elevator, the combination,

", with a truck-,bfa straw carrier pivotally supported. by the tr'uekv and having end portions ofunequal length which pro ect on opposite sides of its wet, the shorter end being provir ed with a receiving opper of greater width than its mam portion, said hopper being an extension of the one carrier frame and arranged substantially 'in line with it, means for sup orting the straw carrier in an inelined position with the ho per projecting below the tap of the truch, arms having their lower parts pivoted to the longer end portion of the straw carrier, at drag-rake pivoted at one end to the upper parts of the said arms with its free end projecting over the said hopper and adapted to drag the straw into it, and means for supporting the upper parts of the said arms from the straw carrier and permitting them to be moved pivotally.

2. The combination, with-a truck mounted on wheels, of a straw-elevator hinged to one side of the truck and projecting crosswise thereof between its wheels, spring-supported arms having their lower end ortions piv 'oted to the lower end portion oi a drag-rake pivoted at one end to the upper end portions of the said arms and arranged to feed the straw onto the elevator, and means for supporting the upper part of the elevator from the truck.- 3. The combination, with a straw-elevator, of swing-supportedarms having their lower end portions pivoted to the lower end portion of the elevator, and a drag-rake pivoted atone end to the upper end )OltiOllS ofthe said arms and arranged to ced the straw onto the elevator.

if The combination, with a straw-elevator, of arms pivoted to the elevator, supporting springs arranged between the said arms and the elevator and permitting the arms to be moved pivotal] and a drag-rake pivoted to'the free end portions of the arms.

The combination, with a straw-elevator. of spring-supported armshaving their lower end portions pivoted to the lower end portion of the elevator, a drag-rake pivoted at one end to the upper end portions of the said arms and arranged to feed the straw onto the elevator, guides secured to the sides of the drag-rake, rods pivoted to the said arms and slidable in the said guides, and

the elevator, H

supporting springs carried by the said rods v andbearing against the said guides.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed'my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I \VILLTAM V. TE )TER.

\Vitnesses: p

In'rnn Dn Bonn, J. E. BORAII.