USRE3277E - Improvement in harvesters - Google Patents

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.13. R. MISTE. HARVESTER. .y

110.3277. Reissued .13.11.26, 1869.

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D. R. PAISTE.

HARVESTER.

No. 3,277. Reissued Jan. 26, 1869.

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linail staten @einer DAVID R. PAisTE, or WILLIsToWN, PENNsYLvANiA, Assiennn, BY

IMPROVEMENT `IN' HARVESTERS.

'lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama.

To all whom it 'ina/y con-cern Be itknown that I, DAVID lt. Pnrsrn, of Willistown, Chester county, lenns'ylvania, have invented an Improvement in Harvesting-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists ct' certain devices, fully described hereinafter, whereby the'inger-bar of a harvester may be rmly secured -to the frame of themachine, andlyet may readily adjust itself`v at any required angle to the frame, when the surface of the gronndis so irregular asto render such adjustment necessary.

In order vvto enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

specification- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a harvester, with my' improvement attached..

Figure 2 is a side `elevation of the same.

Figure 3, a plan of the same. 4

A and A' are the side beams, and B and B' are the end beams of a frame, which rests on an axle, C, and to the ends of the latter 'are secured the wheels D D.

To the outer side ofthe beam A is hung an adjustable lever, E, and on the end of the latter, which projects beyond the beam, turns a grooved pulley, F.

To the linger-bar Gr is connected the usual platform, H, and on the outside of a flange, I, are secured brackets J J, between which extends a rod, K. On a pin, projecting from an arm, L, which is adjustable ou the rod K, turns a pulley, M, the latter bearing on the bund, and maintaining the outer edge of the platrm H free from contact with the saine.

From braces N N, near the inner end-of the linger-- bar, extends a horizontal rod, O, which rests inthe grooved pulleys F, and on the end of lwhich is a shoe, O', inwhich rests an upright rod, Y, to the upper end of which a revolving head may be attached, for the rake-arms, thus forming a rake-standardp'igidly attached to the'platiorm, but supported on the main frame, adjusting itself to dilferent heights of out of the fngerbeam; and to the inner end of the cutter-bar vis also secured one end ofthe draw-bar P, to'which is connected one end of a. brace, P', the latter being secured at its opposite end to the beam B'.

' The forward end of the draw-bar is connected toa staple, Q, which passes through a slotted plate, B., on

the end of the beam B, and which is hung to a link, T, suspended from ihe end of a lever, V, the latter vibrating on a. pin in the upper end of an upright, W, secured to the cross-beam B, to which is also attached an upright, X, with a series of notches adaptedfor the reception of the lever U.

In harvesters of the .ordinary construction, the finger-bar is connected to the frame of the machine, either by double hinges or by one or two braces, similar tc the brace P', the latter being weak, and liable to be broken or injured, whenA there is any considerable resistance tothe forwardmotion of the bar.

1n the above-described machine, the finger-bar is lsuspended between the pulley M and the rod O, so

that the brace I en'nnot "be strained or otherwise iujured by any resistance to the forward motion of the bar, while the latter can readily adjust itself to any re- In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this quired angle to the frame, when the sulface of the ground is irregular, the expensive and heavy hinges vusually employed for this purpose being thus dispensed with. It will be seen also, that by'adjusting the lever E,

I the inner end of the finger-bar can be secured at any desi-red distance above the surface of the ground. If desirable, however, the pulley F, which is on the-end of this lever E, may turn ou a fixed pin, projecting from the frame of the machine.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is n 1. The combination, in a two-wheel harvesting-- machine, with 4rear out, of a hinged finger-beam and platform, a support for a revolving rakeconnected therewith, and a lever, attached to the front end of the drag-bar, for raising, lowering, and inclining the fingers and linger-beam.

2. A lever, attached to the front end of the drag-bar,

and arranged in front of the carrying-ax1e, and at right angles, or nearly so, to the path of the driving-Wheels, so as to be convenient to the driver, while riding in his, seat.

3. The combination, in a twowheel harvesting-machine, of a flexible linger-beam, a revolving rake-standard connected therewith, and a device forraising, lowi cring, and inclining the linger-beam and rake-standard,

operated by the driver, while riding on a seat supported by the main frame.

DAVID R. PAISTE. Witnesses:

' GEORGE E. Boomer, W. A. A. MOKINLEY.

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