USRE3049E - Improvement in harvesters - Google Patents

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UNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, OF VAKRON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,496, dated October 15, 1861; reissue No. 1,699,7dated June 14, 1864; reissue No. 3,049, dated July 21, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SEIBERLING, formerly of Doylestown, in the` county of Wayne and State of Ohio, but now residing at Akron, in lthe county of Summit and State aforesaid, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a' full, clear, and exact description The improvements herein claimed consist, first, in a novel method of combining, in a harvester, a platform, oscillating on an axis parallel with the finger-beam, with a device, opl erated directly by the foot of the driver, for inclining the platform to discharge the gavel; second, in a novel method of combining, in a harvester, two main wheels, a main frame, a Vfinger-beam, suspended from the main frame byflexible connections, a platform, oscilla ting Von an axis parallel with the linger-beam, and

a device, operated by the driver, for inclining the platform; third, a novel method of combining, in a harvester, two wheels, a main frame, a laterally-projecting finger-beam, sus

' pended from the main frame by flexible conneetions, a platform, oscillating on anl axis parallel with the tingerbeam,and connected With the main frame through the medium of the fingerLbeam only, and a device, operated by the driver, for inclining the platform; fourth, in a novel method of combining, with a harvester-platform, which is inclined to discharge the gavel, a double-cranked rocking lever, and a treadle, operated by the driver; fifth, in a novel method of combining, with a harvester-platform, which is inclined to discharge the gavel, an arm on the platform, vibrated through connecting-rods, cranks, and a treadle, by the driver from his seat; sixth, in a novel method of combining, in a harvester, an arm, vibrated with the platform, a cut-off connected with the arm, and link-rods, cranks, and a treadle, operated by the driver, whereby the cut-olf is actuatedby the same devices yas those that oscillate the platform.

To carry out the objects of the invention herein claimed, I mount a suitable main frame on two wheels, and connect a laterally-projecting finger-beam with the main frame by flexible connections, which will permit the finger-beam to conform to the undulations of the ground` form with a device operated by the driver 'I from his seat on a two-wheeled'machine, as

the inner supporting-wheel is in-'the way of directly making the connection.

To overcome this diiiiculty I employ a double-cranked rocking lever, which may have any suitable location between the devices operated by the driver and the platform. A reel is mounted in suitable supports on the main frame, and driven in any proper wellknown way. A cut-off is alsoarranged to vibrate over the platform, at suitable intervals, to receive the grain which falls, while that already accumulated on the platform is being discharged. This cut-otf is operated by the same devices that move the platform.

These parts are intended to be used in connection with a fully-organized harvestingmachine.

In the accompanying drawings, which exemplify one practical way oi' carrying out the objects of my invention, Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of so much of a harvester, embracing my improvements, as is necessary to illustrate the invention herein claimed, with the parts in the attitude they assume when reaping grain. Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse section through the machine at the line 1 1 of Fig. 1, looking toward the main frame. Fig. 3 represents a view, in elevation, of the grain side of the machine. d

Two driving and supporting Wheels, A-A, are shown as mounted on an axle, B, turning in suitable bearings in a main frame, C, arranged between the wheels, but projecting beyond their peripheries at each end. A tongue, D, projects from the frame near its inner front corner, and a drivers seat, E, is mounted on a cur-ved support near the outer rear corner of the frame. A strong brace-bar, F, is pivoted at its rear end to the main frame by a Behind this fingen.

swivel-joint, f, and rigidly secured at its' forward end to a coupling-arm, F, arranged transversely thereto, and attached by a ll-nkjoint, f', to the under side of the main frame By reference to ing is done, in this instance, by a hand-lever,

G, extending` forward from a point within reach of the driver, turning on a fulcruin, g', on the main frame, and connected with the brace-bar F by a rod or chain, g. The fingerl beam I is securely fastened to a shoe, H, pivy oted at its toe by a joint, It, to the coupling `arm F1, and at its heel by a similar joint, hl,"

to a short link,h2, swivelingl in the o'verhang-v ing arm Fz on the coupling-brace F. .A

By this mode of construction the nger beam can be swung horizontally backward until it lies parallel with the driving-wheels. 'To do this. the pitlnan and the joint la, must, of course, be uncoupled.

The grain end of the nger -beam is provided with a suitable driver, K, and grainboard K. In this instance, the rear end of the divider is prolonged to form a support for a casterwheel, J, mounted on an arm, j, turn ing in. bearings j', inclined slightly forward from a vertical lin v vBy this mode of construction, when the finger-beam is turned back parallel withthe d riving-wheels, the caster-wheel swings out at a right angle to its supportingarm K, and runs l in a path parallel to the driving-wheels, and still supports its end of the finger-beam', thus preventing the torsion of the joint h2.

.A reel, L, is mounted in an overhanging arm, L1, mounted on the divider-piece, K, and on a post, L2, secured upon the heel end of the finger-beam. The reel may be driven in any well-known way. In mowing, the reel may be removed, if preferred.

In reaping, when the grain is to be discharged in gavels, I employ a cut-off, consisting, in this instance, of a bail or rod, M, bent so as to'form three sides of a parallelogram, and havingvits ends pivoted in sockets m, in the reel-supports L L1. The rod M oscillates in a vertical path outside of the reel, and, when interposed between the reel and platform, receives the grain which is cut and falls during the discharge of the gavel, thus acting as `a cut-01T to prevent the falling grain from mingling with the on the platform.

The platform N consists of a series of parallel slats, n, arranged at right angles to a rock-shaft, nl, to which their forward ends are attached. This rock-shaft oscillates in a bearing, n2, in the shoe H, and in a corresponding one, n3, in the divider, and the parts are so argavel already accumulated ranged that the platform may readily be removed, whenever desired. y 1

A bifnrcated standard, 0, is mounted on the rock-shaft al, and has its rear branch 0 connected by a link-rod, m', with the cut-off M, by which means the platform and cut-ofi are caused to act in unison, as hereinafter explained.

The platform is oscinred on its axis n1 by a link-rod, p, attached at one end to rthe standard o', andat the other to the bent arm pl of a rock-shaft, P', on the rear end of the main frame. Another crank-arm, p2, on vt-he other end of this rock-shaft, is connected by a link-rod, p3, with a Avibrating foot-lever, P, pivoted on the main frame within easy reach of the driver, who can thus, by a single forward movement ofv his foot, depressrthe rear end ofthe platform to discharge the gavel and interpose the cut-off to receive the falling grain, and by reversing these movements can raise the platform and withdraw the cutoff.

As the machine advances through the eld the reel sweeps the standing grain back against the cutting apparatus by which it is severed; the continued backward revolution the reel then deposits the cut grain on the platform. When grain enough to form a gavel of sfuicient size has accumulated on -the platform, the driver, with his foot, depresses the foot-lever P, which, through the Amedium of the cranklever P and link-rods p p3, rocks the shaft nl by which only the platform is sustained, and thus depresses the rear end of the platform and allows the grain toA slide off. As the rear end of the platform drops, the stubble enters between its slats and catches the stalks lying thereon; the forward `motion of the` machine then withdraws the platform and leaves thegavel lying upon the ground with its stalk nearly parallel to the path of the machine. The slats are unsupported at their rear ends, and have the spaces between them left open to prevent the grain from catching, and to allow the stubble to comb, as it were, the grain from the slats or teeth. I

Simultaneously with the dropping of the platform, the cut-olil M is drawn down by its link-rod lm. and swings in under the reel and over the platform to receive the grain which falls during the descent of the platform. As

soon as the gavel is discharged the driver reverses the movements of the levers, which movement raises the platform, swings the. cutoffout ofthe way, and the grain upon the latter falls on the platform as before.

KI thus secure an effective method of discharging the grain in gavels by the use of devices very light and simple in their construction.

What I claim herein is- 1. The combination, in a harvester, substantially as set forth, of a platform oscillating on au axis parallel with the finger-beam, with a substantially as set a harvester, of two Wheels, a main or flexible connections, a platform oscillating on an axisparallel with the finger-beam and connected with the main frame through the medium of the finger-beam only, and a device to operate the platform from the drivers seat.

the frame by flexible conframe, a laterally-projecting finger: beam, suspended from the main frame byI and an arm, O, for the 4. The combination, substantially as set forth, with a harvester-platform, of a doublecranked rockng-leaver and a treadle, operated by the driver for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, substantially as set forth, with a harvester-platform, of va treadle, P, a rod, p3, a lever, P', a connecting-rod, p,

purpose set forth.

6. The combination, in a harvester, substantially as set forth, of a cut-off, With a rod, m', arms o o', a rod, p, a lever, P', a rod, p3, and a treadle, P, whereby the cut-off is operated hy the same devices as those which operate the platform.

. J. F. SEIBERLING.

Viitnesses:

WM. M. CUNNINGHAM, A. MALCOLM.

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