USRE2017E - Improvement in harvesters of grain and grass - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT. Orrrcae ANDREIV WHITELEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNEE, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, OF JOHN J. W'EEKS.

IMPROVEMENT |NHARVESTERS OF GRAIN AND GRASS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 11,735, dated September 26, 1854; Reissue No.l 2,017, datedv June 2T, 1865.

Division C.

To all 'whom it may concern Beit known that JOHN J. WEEKS, of Oyster Bay, in the county ofQueens and State of New York, invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Reaping and Mowing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure lis a plan or top view of his improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showingin red lines the action/ot' the lever, Src. Fig. 3 is an under view of one of the fingers. Fig. et is a side view of one of the n'ngers, the cutter-bar being out transversely. Fig. 5 is afront view of four fingers and a portion of the cutter-bar, the ends ot' the fingers being removed. Fig. 6 is a side view of the divider and end view of the cutter-bar and outer end cutter. Fig. 7 is an under side view of the same, the cutter-bar and cutter being in its inner reciprocation; and

Fig. 8 is a detail showing the movement ofv the pendulum.

rlhe nature of that part of thev invention herein claimed will best be understood from the following description and explanations.

That side of the machine which is at the left hand when behind and facing it I call the inner side and that at the right the "outeN side. The main part of the frame A, to which the other parts of the machine aresecnred, is formed by placing three beams, A', A2, and A3, parallel with each other and with the path they are to move in, and at right angles thereto three cross-beams, B, B', and B2, which are confined together by mortises andl tenons and by screw-bolts, as follows: by making a mortise in A' and A3, near their rea-r ends, and a tenon on each end of B', and inserting the tenons into the mortises; by making a mortise in B' and a tenon on the rear end of A2 zontal fulcrum-pin, a, which is in front of and 'which is secured to the under side of A2.

above the fingers, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings; by making tenons on the rear ends of A' and A3a slot in the inner end of B2, into which the tenon on A' is inserted, and a mortise in B2, into which the tenon of A3 is inserted. The inner end of theinger-bar D is placed in the bed formed in the under side of the shoe E, and there confined by the screwbolts b b.

The beam B2 is extended out from the main part of the frame, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and has connected to it by a mortse and tenon andjoint-bolt c the rear end of beam F, which runs angling inward and upward from the outer end of the finger-bar, to which it is attached by a screw-bolt which is run up through the divider G, the finger-bar D, and into or through the front end of said beam F.

To the upper side of beam F, a short distance in rear of the nger-bar, is secured by screw-bolts (which enables it to be readily removed) the box el, in which thejournal of the track-clearer H is made to revolve by placing upon its outer end the band-'wheel e, which is driven by the bandf, which is put in motion by the band-wheel g, and backward by crossing the bandf.

I is the grain-wheel, whose axle J is about in the same vertical plane with the axle K of the cutters driving-wheel L, which revolves in the boxes 7L and h', and has cogs on its outer side, which mesh into a bevel-pinion, M, on and near theIv front end of a shaft, t, which is sustained by and revolves in the projecting end of N.

On and near the rear end of shaft which is sustained in the box j, is secured the spurdriver 0, which meshes into and drives the pinion lD on and near the rear end of the crank-shaft 7r,which revolves in a box seen at Fig. 2, and has its front end sustained by and revolves in the downward-projecting end Q, Ou the front end of 7c is secured a ily-wheel, B, into which is inserted a wrist-pin, l, to which is coniin ed in the proper manner the inner end ofthe cutters driving-pitman m. The outer end of said pitman has its connection with the cutter-bar n through themedium ofa pendulum S, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which t has its upper end hinged at o to theupper end of a post, T, which is secured to A3, and has upon its lower end the shoe E.

The outer end of the pitman m, it will beob-H served, is prevented from coming out vof the pendulum S, into which it is hooked, by the post T. The pendulum S is prevented from swaying from the post T, so as to let the outer end ofthe pitman work out of it, by the coiled spring p, which has its upper endinserted into the beam A3 and its lower end into the pendulum S. The lovwer'end ot' thependulum S is made forked, so as to form two cogs q, and

. q2, and below g a holding-pin, r, which works in a small slot in the cutter-bar, and prevents the cogs on the pendulum from slipping endwise off the cogs on the upperside of the cutter-bar when not otherwise prevented from so doing. By having the pendulum thus connected to the cutter-bar the cutter-bar is reciprocated across and through the slots of the shoe, lingers, and divider in straight lines, as a rack is moved by a vibrating pinion.

By having the shoe E constructed and connected to the frame Ain the manner shown by Figs. l and 2 of the drawings it will be observed the shoe not only sustains the end of the linger-bar at such a distance below the frame as to have the necessary open space between itself, the frame, and the vertical plane in which the cutters driving-wheel moves for the cut grass, 85e., to lie in without being dragged forward, and guides the inner end of the cutter-bar n across the ngers and divider in straight lines, but also is extended forward and upward in such a direction, until connected to the frame, as to slide freely over the cut grass, when lyingin its road, withoutdragging it, and backward and upward from the bottom of the inger-bar, so as to be slid backward with ease and without dragging the grass.

t t t t t t t t t are the fingers with horizontal slots in them corresponding with that in the shoe, and with that in the divider G, as seen in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings, which also show their upper and lower parts the proper distance apart to have each ofthe upper parts ofthe rear ends of the lingers rest upon the upper side ot" the finger-bar when the lower -part of the finger isv driven vinto a horizontal hole in the iinger-bar, to which said upper parts each are secured by a screw, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, which'also shows the braces over the cutter-bar extending out from eachyside of the upper part of the fingers until theymeetcentrally between them.

By constructing and connecting the fingers to the finger-bar, as shown, it will be observed that neither of the upper parts of the lingers are over the lower part, which passes through the finger-bar, and that there is no screw or bolt passed through the lower part of the iinger, which weakens it and makes it troublesome to remove when broken' or worn out, and which it is always troublesome to do, as it 1s not easy to know where to make a hole iu -the finger-bar which will exactly agree, as it should, with that in the nger. lt will be observed that the width of bearing which said upper parts of the fingers have on the finger-bar holds the fingers much more firmly than when having no greater width of bearing on the bar than the size of the part which passes through the linger-bar, and also that the braces coming together in front of the nger-bar adds greatly to the strength of the iingers. The lower part of each linger has notches in its edges, as seen in Fig. 3 vof the drawings,

'for preventing the standing crop from being crowded forward by the angle of the cutters edges to the fingers edges.

u au u u u u u u are theseveral sections or cutters o f which the cutter is formed, the same in number as the fingers t and divider G, and the saine distance between centers, when on the cutter-barmas the points of the fingers are distantfrom each other, and when together on the bar u, whose outer end terminates with the outer end of the outer end cutter, forms what I term a short77 cutter, the outer end ot' which cutteris about midway between the inner edge of those parts of the divider against which the crop is cut and the same parts of the outer edge ot' the finger next to the divider when in its inner reciprocation,as seenin Figs. l and 6 of the drawings.

By havin g harvesters cutters, and especially those for mowing, of the length of that hereinA described, and therewith combined a divider, a portion of which is as low as the finger-bar, both of those portions against which the crop is cut of a less width than the length of a section ot' said cutter, and that portion next in rear of those portions against which the crop is cut extended as far inward as the outer end of said cutter is reciprocated, as shown by Figs. 1 and 7 of the drawings, so that the cutter will not be prevented from returning outward, the grass cut by the outer section of the cutter is cut in a very perfect manner; but it will be observed that the utility of the combination of this short cutter and narrow divider depends very much upon the manner in which they are coinbined with the axle ofthe cutters drivin g-wheel, and, upon the other parts combined with them and, also, that the cutting apparatus of which this short cutter and narrow divider form parts is connected to the axle of thccutters drivingwheel in such a manner as to rise and fall with the undulations of the ground over'which it is drawn, an'd thereby to cut the grass close to the ground irrespective of the risings and fallings of said axle, and has combined with it a track-clearer so constructed as toremove the cut from the uncutk grass by a revolving motion, which removes it with less power applied, leaves it more evenly spread over the ground, and less pressed into the stubble than when otherwise removed.

U is a post, which is secured at A2 and supports the fulcrum-pin c ot' the lever V, which lhas its front end connected to the rear end of the tongue C by a link-connection, w, as seen in side view, 2,`and in rear of the post U a `one ot which the attendant of the machine passes a pin, z, above the lever V, so that the cutting apparatus will he free to rise and fall with the ordinary undulations of the ground when mowing, but prevented from dropping into deep furrows or ditches when drawn over them.

When the machine is used for reaping or is being moved from place to place the pin z may he put through the hole a in the lever V, as lseen in Fig. 2 ot' the drawings, but need not necessarily he done so, as the weight of the lront end Ot' the frame and the cutting apparatus thereto secured is always bearing the front end ot the lever V down and the handle end up to the pin z, except when the cutting apparatus is raised by passing over something in its road.

By the combination of the lever V with the inrame, tongue, cutting apparatus, and two supporting-wheels of a harvesting-machine which has its cutting apparatus run on the ground at times for mowing, and rises and falls with the und ulations thereof, and at other times carried above it by the bearing of the tongue in the neck-yoke or its equivalent, and said two supporting-wheels without other support, the attendant ofthe machine raises and lowers said cutting apparatus from and to the ground by operating upon and vibrating the handle end of the lever V in the proper direction upon its fnlcrnm-pin t. This the attendant, as will be ohserved,can do when the machine is in operation, and therefore raise said cutting apparatus over an obstruction which would be liable to break it it` not so raised, and whenover the obstruction lower it down again to the ground, so as to cnt the grass, &c.,close to it; and by the aid ot' the holding device for the handle end Of the lever the attendant, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 ot' the drawings, is enabled to have said end of the lever held at such various positions as will hold the cutting apparatus at the desired height for moving the machine from place to place or for reaping,

and when used for reaping to change theheight of said apparatus while the machine is in Operation,so that it will cut the crop closer to the ground where desired and farther from it where desired without stopping the machine for so doing, as is often necessary at diereut sides or parts of the same field.

From the foregoing description and explanations, and without further invention, I believe that any one skilled in the art is enabled to construct and use that part of the invention herein claimed.

What 1 claim under this patent as the invention ofthe aforesaid JOHN J. WEEKS, is

1. Making that portion ot' the upper part of the guard-tin gers ot' a harvester which rests on the finger-bar in two parts, one on either side of the lower part, but neither of them over it, or any screw or bolt passing through it and the finger-bar, 4through which it is passed.

2. .The combination ot' the herein-described short cutter and narrow divider and a trackcleare'r with a harvesters finger-bar which is connected to the axle of the cu'tters drivingwheel in such a manner as to rise and fall with the uudulations ofthe ground over which it is drawn, irrespective of the risin gs and fallin gs of said axle.

3. The combination of a revolving trackclearer with the outer end of a harvesters 1inger-bar in such a manner as to have no part ot' the machine between the ground and that part of this track-clearer which separates the cnt from the uncut grass, neither any part of it between the finger-bar, the revolving trackclearer, and that part by which it is connected to the-tinger-bar.

4. The combination of -a revolving trackclearer with the outer end of a harvesters inger-bar, and a wheel connected therewith in such a manner that the attendant of the machine can, while the machine is in operation, make this wheel carry said end or not, as he desires, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub. scribed my name before two witnesses.

ANDREW W HITELEY.

Witnesses WM. H. HARRISON, J. H. JOHNSON.

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