USRE4825E - Improvement in harvesters - Google Patents

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'Improvement in Harvesters.

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Improvement in Hari/esters.

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UNITED STATES` SAMUEL RAY AND MOSES It. SHALTERS, OF ALLIANCE, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN F. SEIBERLING, OF AKRON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT EN HARVESTERS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 23,707, dated April 19, 1559; reissue No. 2,230, dated April 17, 1866; reissue No. 4,825, dated March 26, 1872.

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To alt/whom it may concern:

Be it known that SAMUEL RAY and MOSES R. SHALTERs, both ot' Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in Mowing and Harvesting Machines; and I do hereby decl are" the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawing, in which- Figure l represents a central vertical section of a mowing or harvesting machine embracing the improvements of said RAY and SHALTERs. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view of the same machine, the nger-beam being shown in dotted lines folded back to the rear 5 and Fig. 3 represents a iront view of the same machine, the linger-beam being shown in dotted lines folded up. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section just inside of the shoe, which supports the heelend of the fin ger-beam for the purpose of showing the stitfenin g-lu g X, which stii'ens the joint of the finger-beam when its supporting-bar is raised.

To enable others skilled in the art to which the said improvements relate, I will proceed to describe the same more in detail.

nThe nature of the said RAY and SHALTERS improvements, which form the subject-matter of this division of reissue, consists in the combination, with a frame which supports the heelend ofthe finger-beam, ofan adjustable balance or counterpoising device, acting independently of the frame which supports the drivers seat.

In the drawing, the parts marked A repre sent the main frame, which vibrates freely upon the axle B, being connected thereto by loose U C are the main supporting and driving wheels, arranged one upon each end ofthe axle B, each wheel having an internal gear, D, attached to its inner side, and into which the small cog or spur gears E E, upon the gear-shaft F mesh. Gear-shaft Fis sup ported and turns in bearings!) b, attached to the bow-shaped gear-supporting frame G, the rear end of which is attached to the axle B, audits front end can vibrate up and down freely, independent of the vibratory motion ofthe main frame A. Near the center of the gear-shaft F is secured a beVeLgear, H, which meshes into a beveLgear, Hf, on the rear end of the crank shaft I, which is supported and turns in bearings c c attached to the vibrating gear-frame G. To the front end of the crank-shaft I is attached a bal ancewheel, I', which gives motion to the pitman-rod J, which is `jointed at d, the front part, J1, of the pitnian-rod being attached to the heel-end of the cutter-bar J2 in the usual manner: K is the finger-beam, its shoe K1 being attached by joints e c to the forked plate K2, which is pivoted at f to the outer end of 'bar L, the inner end-of which bar is securely fastened to the front end of the gear-vibratin g frame G. To the under side of plate K2 is fast ened a supporting-ring, L', which is sustained in a measure, as it turns with the plate K2, by

a hook, g, fastened to the under side of the bar L. When the finger-beam is in the working position a pin, h, is inserted into holes in the bar L and plate K2, thereby locking those parts together; but when the finger-beam is to be either folded back to the rear, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, or forward, pin h is to be removed. As, however, the invention or improvements relating to the folding of the fingerbeam form the subject-matter of a separate division of reissue of even date hereof, no further description of the construction and operation of the same is here deemed necessary. A backwardly-projecting rod, M, is attached to the axle, and thus combined with the rear part of the gear-vibrating frame G, having au adjustable weight, N, to counterpoise or balance the front of the gear-frame G, the weight of the gea-ring thereon, and also the heel-end of the nger beam. By moving weight N nearer to or further from the axle B, frame G can be balanced so as to cause the shoe which supports the heel-end of the fingerebeam to press verylightly on the ground or stubble, and thus reduce the draft of the machine. O is the drivers seat, and has combined therewith a spiral-spring support. In this instance the seat is supported at three points, slotted tubular supports m m m retaining the springs and seat in place, the seat O having three guide-pieces, s, which pass through and work in slots t in the tubular supports m which are fastened to the top of frame A. Spiral springs t are attached to caps m', and also to the ends of guideA pieces s, whereby the drivers seathas a spiraL spring support, thus relieving, to a great degree, the driverfrom suddenj ars andunpleasant motions of the machine while in operation. lo the front of the gear-vibrating frame G is fastened anVupwardly-projecting arm, P, the upper end of which passes through a mortise or slot in the main frame A, and is provided with a series of holes, n, whereby the operator can, by inserting a pin through one of the holes above the frame A, adjust the front of the gearframe G and heel-end of the finger-beam at any desired distance above the ground, or so that they will not fall below a given point below the front of frame A. This is quite an advantageous arrangement, especially when the machine is workingon ground cut by water, furrows, and like depressions in its surface. A lever, Q, is supported on frame A, the long arm Q extending up in a convenient position to be operated by the driver from his seat on the machine. The lower end of lever Q is segmentshaped, and has the` upper end otl chain R attached; to it, the lower end ot' said chain being attached to frame G, whereby the driver, by drawing the upper end ot' lever Q, back, can elevate the front of frame G as he may desire.

The machine is or may be drawn from the tongue S, attached to or near the inner corner' of frame A. A section of the tongue is shown in Fig. 2. It will be observed that the tongue is attached to the front of frame A, which is free or limber-that is, can vibrate on axle B on a center independently ofthe vibrating gearframe G, which can also vibrate independently of the tongue and the frame which supports the drivers seat, which is supported by the same frame to which the tongue S is attached, and consequently is controlled by the motion of the tongue, which it serves to counterbalance. It will also be noticed that the main supportin g and driving wheels, with their respective interna] gearwheels, vibrating gear-frame G, main frame A, and tongue S, all hf ve one coinmon axis of motion-the center otl axle B.

Having fully described that part of the said RAY and SHALTERS said invention or improvements which forms the subjectmatter ot this division of reissue, what is claimed in this division as their invention, and desired to have secured by Letters Patent, is The combination, with the frame which supports the gearing and heel-end of the fingerbeam, of an adjustable balance or counterpois- A ing device, acting independently of the frame which supports the drivers seat.

JOHN F. SEIBERLING.

Witnesses WM. T. ALLEN, GHAs. RINEHART.

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