USRE1130E - Improvement in harvesters - Google Patents

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Grain and Grass Harvester.

Ressued Jan. 22, 1861.

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. sAMUEL EAELEY AND J. H. BAELEY, on LoNewooD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.28,7\27 dated June 19, 186f); Reissue No. 1,130, dated v January 22, 1861. l

To all whom it may concern,.-

main frame, so that the latter, and consequently Be it known that we, SAMUEL BARLEY and the sickle, may be raised when necessary.

J. H. BARLEY, both of Longwood, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain and Grass Harvesters; and 'we do hereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a, part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of our invention, taken in the line w x, Fig. 3, Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 4, a side view of the Same; Fig. 5, an enlarged detached view of the belt or chain spring', Fig. 6, au enlarged transverse section of the finger-bar and sickle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists, first, in the general Y -construction and arrangement of the framing,

substantially as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby, many advantages are obtained over other Inodes of construction that have passed under our observation.

The invention consists, second, -in a peculiar raking device, and, third, in a divider, all arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the .art to fully understand and construct our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A A represent the Inaiu wheels of the machine. These wheels are attached to an axle, B, to which the main frame C and dividerframe D are attached. The wheels A A are suiciently large in diameter to have the framing of the Inachine well elevated; and to this end we have the wheels above named about five feet in diameter.

The main frame C is formed of two bars, a (Hot, which are connectednear their front ends by traverse-bars b c, and in the front part of the Inain frame a block, d., is tted and secured by a joint, said block having a bar, e, attached to its front end, to which bar the front supportiIIg-wheels, E E, are attached, said wheels being allowed to turn on av kingbolt, as usual. On the bar e the drivers seat F is placed, and to one side of the block d a lever, G, is attached, the inner end of the lever extending under the front part of the To one side of the main frame C a pendent bar, f, is attached, said bar being braced by a curved metal bar, g, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

To the underside of the divider-frame D a vshort pendent bar, h, isy attached, and tothe lower elrds of the two pendants f h the fingerbar H is secured, said bar being provided with the usual fingers.

To the back part 'of the Inain frame C and divider-frame Dpendants i i are-attached, the lower parts of said pendants being connected by a traverse-bar, j.

To the 'finger-bar H and pendants i i aplat. form, I, is attached. This platform extends back as far. as the back end of the framing lor the machine, but it is not as wide as saidframing, a space being allowed between it and the 'driving-wheel A to permit' the grain being raked therefrom. (See Fig. 3.)

The axle B extends the whole width frame of the machine, and the outer bar of the divider-frame D at the grain end of the frame has an oblique position, as shown clearly iu Fig. 3. This bar (designated by D and a** projects over the inner side of the shoe or lower. part, Zk, of the divider. By this arrangement the grain, as it is cut, is thrown over in proper position on the platform, the oblique bar ajj* serving as a deflector, and insuring a proper separation of the cut fromy the standing` grain. The innermost bar, at", at the opposite side of the frame, has also an oblique position, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. This oblique position of the bars MW* aft* gives a great degree of firmness to the frame, rendering the whole exceedingly stiff andrigid, and the long axle, in connection with theA oblique bars `in the framing, insures a steady motion of the Inachine, and the whole frame is clear from wheel to wheel for the management of the grain. This arrangement admits, also, ofthe machine being made from two to five feet narrower than other reapers, and consequently our improved machine Inay be transported from place to place without detaching any of the parts.

J represents thc sickle, which is formed of a steel plate struck up or swaged transversely in right-angular form, as shown clearly in Fig. 6, the vertical portion k of the sickley bear-r Ving against the front edge of the finger-bar A.

of the y end of the'rake-bar e.

By 'constructing the sickle in this way great strength is obtained with lightness. Y

On the upper part of the mainframe C a shaft, Z, is placed transversely, and on this shaft a cone of pulleys, m, is secured, and alsov a bevel-wheel, n. The wheel n gears into a bevel-pinion, o, Which is placed on the back part of a shaft, p, on the main frame, said shaft p lhaving a crank, g, at its front end, to which a lever, K, is connected by a rod, r, the lower end of lever K being connected with the sickle J. By this arrangement of the gearing it is elevated some distance above the surface of the ground, and kept free from grass, rubbish, &c., which would tend to clog or choke it if brought in contact with it. The shaftl is driven by means of a pinion, ai?, on said shaft gearing into toothed rim b* on the inner side of wheel A. A

L is a reel, which may be constructed and Y fitted to the machine in the usual way. This reel is driven from the shaft Z 'bya chain or belt, M, which is provided with a spring, N, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. The spring N is Lan ordinary spiral one. and -is made of such strength that the belt lM will always be kept at a proper degree of tension.

On the divider-frame D a small stationary saw-toothed cutter, O,- is secured. This cutter is attached to the divider-frame D near its lower end, and by the side of said cutter a similar cutter, l?, is fitted. The latter cutter P, however, has a reciprocating movement given it by a crank-pulley, s, which is driven by a belt, t, from the wheel A. By means of this supplemental cutting device the grass or grain at the grain end of the machine will be prevented from clogging or choking up the end of the sickle, ask all having stalks or spears will be cut by said supplemental cutting device.

On the back part of the framing of the machine a transverse shaft, Q, is placed, said Y 'shaft having a cone of pulleys, R, on it, around which a belt, u, passes, said belt also passing around the cone of pulleysr on shaft l. To one end of this `shaft Q a bevel-pinion, fv, is attached. This pinion gears into a corresponding pinion, 10,',on a verticaly shaft, c', in theA framing, said shaft c having a crank, d', at its lower end, to which a rake-bar, e', is attached, the rake-head e being To'the framing of the machine, and directly over the platform I, a sheet-metal guard-plate,

attached to the front S, is attached. This guard-plateis in a vertical or nearly vertical position. It does not quite touch the platform, sufficient space being allowed to permit the rake-bar e to work below it.

To the front end of the divider-frame D, a

the sickle J, or bend it outward from the sickle, as may be required, and leave a smooth, even edge at the border of the standing grain. As the machine is moved along, .the rake-bar e is operated by `the crankV d and the rakehead e is shoved off from the side of the platform I, between the platform and the wheel A. This raking device, it will be seen, is perfectly automatic in its action. l

In order to use the machine for cutting grass, all that is required is to detach the platform and reel, and-also the raking device.

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

l. The arrangement of the oblique bars a** l of the frame, the latter bar WW* extending over or within a vertical line with the shoe or lower part b Ik k of the frame D, in connection with the long aXlevB, with the driving and grain wheels A A 011 either end, as andl for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The arrangement of the rake bar and head e e, to operate in combination with the lguardplate S, crank d', shafts c Q, and platform I, as herein shown and described. p

3. We do not claim, broadly, the invention of the divider, but we do claim the arrangement of the horn-shaped divider T, to revolve so that it can be adjusted to any desired position, in the 4manner herein` shown and-described. n

SAMUEL BARLEY.

.I. H. BARLEY. Witnesses ISAAC OPPENHEIMER, P. T. PARSONS.

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