USRE2295E - Improvement in harvesters - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VILLIAM K. MILLER, OF CANTON, OHIO. l-

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specilication forming part ofLettcrs Patent No. 32,707, dated July 2, 1861; Reissue No. 2,295, dated J une 2G, 1866.

DIVISION B.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM K. MILLER,

of Canton, in the county of Stark and State ot" ydrivers seat f shown in a separateiigure) being removed to show the parts that would be concealed by it if in place. Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse section taken close up to the platform dri ve-wheel, to show the arrangement ot the hinged part ot' the main frame and its operation. Fig. 3 represents, in perspective, the main frame proper-that is, that part of the main frame that is supported and controlled by the carrying-wheel and tongue. Fig. 4 represen ts the drivers seat and the clutchlever for throwing the cutter in and out of gear detachedA and separated from the main frame.

My harvesting-machine is designed for reaping grain as well as for mowing grass, it being convertible from one to the other at pleasure and equally applicable to both purposes; and my invention consists in the use of a bent lever, pivoted at or near the hinge of the shoe, with a connection extending from said lever to within reach of the driver or operator, for the purpose ot' raising the outerend of the linger-beam.

To enable others skilled yin the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents a main frame, united by a bent axle, B, or a brace near where the journals O O of the'wheels are united to said frame, as seen at Figz, whether said brace be the axle or otherwise, and to which frame the tongue D is rigidly lixed. There are also upon this frame boxes a a, in which a crossshaft, b, Fig. l,is supported and turns, to communicate motion to the cutters from the drive wheels, or either of them. It also has a rigid arm, E,

aftxed to it, to which the lever is hinged that raises the 'linger-bar and platform, and also a short arm, F, to which a brace or bar, G, Fig. 1, is fastened by one of its ends, the other end being connected to the point ofthe journal G', the object of this brace or bar being` to connect the screw-buckle rod c to.

The driving wheels H H are independent drivers turningloosely on theabove-men tioned journals O O. They have gear-wheels I I attached, which gear with and turn the pinion cl on the shaft b when the machine is drawn forward; but when the machine is backed the shaft b `does not turn, there heilig ratchets and pawls fixed in the drums c, so that the pinions may turn without the shaft in the usual wellknowu manner. At about the center of the shaft b there is a bevel-gear, which turns a bevel -pinion, g, on a shaft that carries the crank-wheel t.

A sleeve or. boss, t', is connected with the bevel-gearf and to the shaft b by a feather and groove, so that by means o't a lever, j, which straddles the sleeve and extends up toward the driver-s seat, the driver may at pleasure throw said gearfin or out of connection with the pinion g. From the cranltwheel 7L there extends a pitman, k, which connects with and gives motion to the cutterbar and cutters.

To the shaft b are hinged two frame-pieces, J J, which extend rearward and are bolted to the finger-bar K, or a prolongation of it, K', so that the linger-bar in rising and falling swings around the shaft b as a center, said shaft being forward of the bearings orjournals 0f the drive-wheels, and, having a longer radius than they could have if hung to the journals or axles of the drive-wheels, can be more easily raised with less swing of the lever L than though they were hung shorter. The shaft th at carries the bevel-pinion g and crank-wheel h is supported on these frame -pieces J J, so that the pinions can roll around the bevel-gear fand still niesh with it, as the shaft b is the common center of all the parts.

Io the Linder side of the frame pieces J J, at l), Fig. 2, are hinged two bars, M M, which extend rearward, and to which the foot-board N and the rakers support or stand O are fastened, and which may have a caster, m, underneath them to keep them off the ground, and an upright, n, which may be adjusted and fastened to the uprighto on the nger lo( r;

ls, which is connected to the shoe P, so that the driver, when occupying,` his seat, can, byV means of this lever, raise up or let down the platform, cutters, and other connected parts at pleasure, a hinge-joint being provided between the shoe P and the shoe-plate Q, for this purpose, and the finger-bar being` bolted to the shoe P and the brace-bar K to the shoeplate Q admits of this movement.

The shoe and shoe-plate attachment and hinge are the same as those patented to me heretofore, and need not be here further described.

The suspension or tension rod t is connected to the front ot' the shoe and extends up and has its upper end fastened to the brace G. In this rod t there is a screw-buckle, u, by which the point of the shoe may be raised or lowered and held at any desired height.

R is the outside supporting-Wheel, S the outside divider, and T the platform; U, the outer reel-support, and V the inner one, f'or supporting the reel W. The outer reel-post is rigid, but adjustable. The inner one, V, is pivoted at o to a nut or block, zo, that is adjustable in the slot m of the arm X, and the reel-post is iliade further adjustable by the pin 2 and slot 3 of the plate z, by which itis pivoted to the nut w.

There is a gimbal-joiut at 4, Where the reelshaft is supported to the inner reel-post, V, and this support is made adjustable by the screw-rod 5.

0n the end of the reel-shaft there is a pulley, 6, around Which a belt, 7, passes, and

thence around a pulley, 8, near the joint of the hinged reel-support V, and thence around a pulley, 9, on the hub of the driving-wheel, from whence the reel is driven. By this arrangement the platform or finger-bar and eutters may rise and fall, While the reel will swing to admit of this movement, and the belt, crossing the joint between the platform and main frame, will continue to drive the reel.

Z is the drivers seat. Its position on the machine-frame will be readily understood by the position ofthe lever j on the main frame, and the same lever shown in connection with the seat in Fig. 4L. There is a hole in the leverj, that sets over a pin in the upright ldwhen the Wheel f is in gear with the pinion g, and hooks l1 catch under the front of the main frame to hold the seat iirmly to its place.

By placing the shaft I) in advance of the bearings of the drive-Wheels, the power ot' said drive-Wheels upon the pinions on ,said shaft tends to prevent the drivenjheels from slipping, While the contrary elt'ect would take place it' the shaft and pinions were behind the line of bearings ot' the drive-wheels.

The swinging reel-support V turns on the pin or pivot o, and can move back and forth past thejoint between the platform and main frame, and the universal joint fl ill the reelshai't admits ot' this motion Without in any- Wise cramping or binding the reel.

What I claim under this invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Ihe bent lever S, pivoted at the heel ofthe shoe and extending' Vto a point between the driving-wheels, and thence connected to a lever near the drivers seat or stand, for the purpose of raising1 the outer end of the finger-beam, substantially as described.

.v XV. K. MILLER.

Vitnesses: A. B. SToUeH'roN, EDM. F. BROWN,

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