USRE4128E - Improvement in horse hat-rakes - Google Patents

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dnitrll gisten stent @twine JOSEPHl H. SHIREMAN, OE YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNEE OE GEORGE REYNOLDS.

Letters Patent No. 23,943, dated May 10, 1859; 'reissue No. 4,128, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-RAKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of the lama.

ted as in discharging the hay; and

Figure 3 is'a detached view, showing the manner of attaching the shafts to the axle.

In the drawing- S is theaxle.

u are blocks, attached to the axle, at short disleaving spaces, It, between the1n ,'for the teeth b to play in. These teeth are hung above the axle, resting in the spaces L, and are hinged at their forward ends to blocks (t, at a point in front of said axle, by means of rod c.

The shafts are connected with the4 axle veither by means of rod c, two of blocks a being out away or halved, the ends of the shaft-s being made to taketlie place of t-he portions thusrclnoved from the blocks, or, if preferred, additional blocks may be halved onto blocks a, and the ehaftslnay be attached to these. The method ot'attaehing is plainly shown in iig. 3.

The -teeth are held to the ground by ineans of springs g, o'ne end ofeaeh spring being attached to a tooth, `while the other end is secured to the axle.

One of the blocks u is prolonged or extended toward it, for the purpose of assisting in controlling'the rising and falling movements of the teeth, by means of the foot of the driver, whereby said shoe is made to serve as a foot-lever.

fis a hoard olplatform, placed upon the shafts,

acting rake-teeth, the rear of the rake, as at l', rigs. 1 and 2, and is pro# vided with a step or shoe, d, having-a strap, t, across and not only serves as a support for -one foot of the driver, but also limits ythe throw of the teeth.

A frame, r, is attached to the board f, the top of which supports the hand, and a strap, t, which is attached to the middle block c, near the shoe, for the purpose of steadying the rake. l

It is apparent that, from the fact that the rod c, to

which both the teeth vand the `shafts are hinged, is

above the center of the axle, the' draft of the horse may be applied to lift the teeth from the ground, and it will also be seen that, when the teeth are in the elevated position represented in iig. 2, the power applied bythe horse may be used in returning the rake to a proper position for raking,

It will alsobe readily seen that the weight of the blocks a, rod c, and the forward ends of the teeth, serve to partly eounterbalance the rear Or raking ends of the teeth. A

In operating the rake, the drivel' can elevate the teeth by simply throwing his weight upon the platform, at the same time removing the pressure from t-hc shoel d, and eau allow the teeth to fall to the grouml after they have been elevated; by reversing this operation,`. the blocks to which the shafts are connected, and shoe d, serve as levers to efeetthese movements ol' the teeth ina manner that will he readily understood.

What is claimed as the invention of GEORGE S. REYNOLDS, s-

' 41. flu combination with the shafts, hinged t0 the axle, substantially as described, the independentlyarranged over and having their hinged ends extending in front of the axle, as set forth. 2. The arrangement 'of the spaces k, arch arnis b, elastic spring shoe (l, strap t, frame r, tand strap l. Witnesses: JOSEPH H. SHIREMAN.

lJOHN A. WILSON,

CHARLEs MoNAm.

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