USRE348E - Improvement in harvesting-machines - Google Patents

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J. REILY. HARVESTER.

Reissued Jan; 219; '1856.

NOQ34a.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE;

JOHN REILY, OF HART PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN' HARVESTlNG-MAC HlNESr .Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13,828, dated November 20, 1855; Reissue No. 348, dated To all whom it'may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN unity, of Hart Prairie, in the county of Walworth and Stateing the grain-guard in position to receive and support the grain as it is cut. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the side next the standinggrtimshowing the adjustable divider projected forward, as when operating; and Fig. 3,

'a similar view, showingthe'divid'er' retracted,

as in tnrnin g corners,& c.,and the guard in position to permit the cut grain to fall upon the platform, preparatory to being-removed by the rakert In harvesting grain with reaping-machines it has been found necessary, in an economicalpoint" of view, either to cut round the whole field or to subdivide it into what are called squares when so large and irregular inform as to create inconvenience, round which the machine is caused to pass until the whole has been cut; but in the accomplishme'nt of this serious loss and inconvenience are occasioned from the beating down of the grain by the protruding divider as the corners are turned. Many farmers, with a view tosave the grain, cause themachine to cut the swath completely out and-then turn it again. into the grain on the next side of the square; but from the space taken toturu such a large and unwieldy machine it is compelled to enter at a point considerably distant from that at which the last swath ended. Such a course as this not only consumes time, but from the irregular manner in which the corners are left creates extra labor, inasmuch as'they require to be cut downesepa. rately,ei-thei by the machine after the mass of the square is finished or by an extra cradler for the purpose.

To remedy these defects constitutes the first branch of my invention; and it consists in so constructing and arranging the.'divider as to make it capable of being drawn back flush with the cutter-bar whenever it is desired to turn.

January 29, 1856.

themachine, or for any other purpose in which it would be more advantageous to have it inthat position than as protruded-as, for example, in surmountingstumps, stones, or other obstacles in the way of the machine. In-this respect it has been found of great benefit, as the machine is enabled to pass over steeper ridges and deeper furrows undamaged than hasbeen possihle'heretofore, and it-has also been found of especial service in mowing.

Another serious defect experi'encedin the use of reaping-machines arises from the tangling of the falling grain as it is. cut with that be: iug removed from the platform by the raker.

Frequent attempts have been made to remedy this defect by the various inventors of 'rea'p-' ers, but thus far without success, their ettorts to accomplishit"havingjbeen iu'alrnost every.

instance directed as a means tjofinding the most convenient location for the rakers seat or stand, in order to remove the grain with the greatest facility and to deposit it on the ground in the most compact and even bundle possibleundcr the circumstances; but however well they may be enabled to do that by virtue of this position and by dint of.- great experience and practice it must be evident that no position, however favorable, norany degree of skill in the art of raking can ev'er'em able them eflectuallyto accomplish it without first removing the cause-that is to say,unless they prevent the grain as it is cut from falling upon that being removed.

llo accomplish this desideratum is the ob. ject of the second branch of my invention;

and .it consists in so constructing and arranging a grain=guard as to receive andsupport all the grain as'it is cnt'while that whichhas been deposited upon the platform is being removed by the raker, and then permitting that --which has accumulated upon it during this operation to drop down and be removed in turn. The whole, in this instance, being so'arranged as to be operated by the raker without inconvenience or excess of labor; but,'if deemed necessary, it may be operated automatically.

Befoie proceeding particularly to describe my improvements, I may here mention that they are applicable to almost every class 0t- .harvesting-machines, and, as their general construct-ion is well known to every one conversant with such machines,-I will not particularly detached to that class of .machi that supports the drivin g-wheelL and gear and the frame A, and on the side next the standing or standard,f, to the upper extremity of the retraction and protrusion of the. divider is may be varied in many'ways an itself caused toiassume many forms and modiscribe such parts as arennnecessa ry to the proper understanding of guy-invention.

My improvements-are here representedas atnes having swinging platforms to facilitate the; removal of the grain, the'front being hinged to the finger-bar H andthe rear to the rakers seat I, the grain as removed being thrown against the straightening-board J, by which it'is laid evenly upon the ground ,.and is further represented as hav-- ing an adjustment to raise and lower-the cut-' e'r-bal:- 11 to enable it to override; obstructions, the lever K for this purpose beingfirmly bolted at one end to the inside rail of the frame projecting forward to the side of the drivers seat .M, which is mounted on atruck-carriage, N, and connected to the frame by. the curved beam 0, the-reel P being supported by bearers Q from the'rear of the ,machine.

To the front end of the beam or rail A of in g grain, is secured an adjustable divider, B, (for the-separation o'f'the grain to be cut from that to be lelt s'tanding,) by means of a bolt, a, passing through a slot, b, into the frame, the slot running longitudinally with the beam to permit the divider to be freely protruded and retracted, as circumstances-may require. ()n the upper side of this divider, which may either be made of metal or wood, as the judgment of the construction may deem most suitable, projects a standard or lug, c, havinga mortise through'it for-thereception of a guide-pin, d, over which it slides, and which isfirmlysecured to the standard 0. Round this pin, between the lug and standard, is wound a helical spring, e, for the-purpose of projecting the divider when it should be deemed unnecessary to keep it longer in its withdrawn positiom; On the rear end of the divider projects another which issecured'a rod, g, in-any suitable-mann er,ex-tendingback toand within convenient reach of the raker,by whom, in this'lnstance,

intended to beeifected. This mode of operating is simple and effective, as all that-is necessary to withdraw the divider is to pull the red, and toprojectitis to free itfrom the hand, when the spring will cause it toprotrude; but this (1 the divider fications without in the least alteri c'iple of my invention-as, operating of the divider ng the prinfor example, in the alever may be pivoted to the frame at-a point'intermediate between thehandle and the end by which itis connected to the divider,- which-by being pushed back and forth, would cause the divider to: be pro- .vider could be kept in the-lower to a treadle a I rakers foot, by depressin arm E wouldbecaus'ed to incline more to{' ward the-platform and the guard be projected described.

traded or retracted,as required fibers being a bar with a series of notches made fast to the frame" toreceive thenlever by which the .di'

any required position, and the spring be dispensed with, although not necessarily so; or, in g the operator, it may, by means of suitable devices,.be operat ed by the driven. 1

From the-rear cross-bar, A and passing through a'mortise in the arm E, arises astandard, D, havinga backward inoiinatiom'to the lower end. of which is jointed'the' arm E, which projects upward toward thefrontof the machine, and has a constant tendencytoward the standard D, because of the pressure of the spring/L exerted "against its'under side. on

the upper extremity of this arm' is a saw-cut, 2, through the sides of which are pierced a series ofholes f A is hinged an arm, F, .havinganother series of holes and fitting loosely in'the saw-cut these holes being intended'to raise or lower the arm F, as required to suit the vary nected with the top of the'stapdard'l). byfthe link-rod j. On the lower extremitylofthis arm Fis firmly bolted the guard-board Gfor the purposejof receiving and Supporting-the grain as itis cut, to prevent it from becoming,.entam gled with the grain already deposited upon the platform and in the act of being removed'by' ther'aker. J

On the side of the arm E next to therakers seat is fastened a handle, 70, by which'the whole is operated by the 'raker in any convenient manner; or the'uppe'r end of a linkuod may be attachedto the under side of. the arm-E and g either of which the forward in the position represented-in l ig. 1, and on the removalof the depressing force be thrown'back in the' position shown in Fig. 3; or, if deemed necessary, erated automatically.

- Having thus fully described my invention,

what I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1'. The retracting divider, substantially as 2. The scribed.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

grai-n guard, substantially as -de- JOHN REILY.

Witnesses P. HANNAY, WM..M. SMITH.

instead of the raker beor the reception of a-bolt, on which ing lengths of; grain the upper end of this'arm being con-' nd operated by the".

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