USRE563E - Improvement in reel-supports in mowing-machines - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES.

PATNT OFFICE..

-HENRY GREEN, 0F OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REEL-SUPPORTS IN MOWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,657, dated March 21, 1854 antedated September21, 1853 Reissue No. 563, dated May 25, 1858.

DIVISION No. 3.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY GREEN, of Ottawa, in the county of' La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines Adapted to Mowing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a plan of a harvesting machine (as arranged for mowing grass) which embraces my improvement. Fig. 2 represents an elevatiouof the machine as seen when looking at it toward that end which runs next the standing grain or grass. Fig. 3 represents a section through the linger-beam at the line o .r of Fig. 4 andanelevation of the shoe and ofthe adjacent parts of the frame, showing principally the manner in which the linger-beam is connected by means ofthe shoe to the frame. Fig. 4 represents a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a box, J, for thejournal ot' the reel-shaft and a stirrup, J', for suspending this box tothe reelpost. Fig. 6 represents an arrangementofinclined arms which is deemed preferable in most cases to the post shown in Figs. l and 2 for supporting the axle of the reel over the divider. Fig. 7 represents an elevation of the back, and Fig. 8 a plan of that end of the bar n ofthe sickle which is shown in Fig. 4; and Fig. 9 represents a view in perspective of the shoe for connecting the finger-beam and gearframe.

Of the above-mentioned figures, Figs. 1, 2, and 5 are made according to the scale of feet represented on the drawings, Figs. 3, 4, 7, and 8 upon a larger and Fig.6 upon a smaller scale, and Fig. 9 upon a scale different from that of any of the rest ofthe figures.

ln machines adapted to mowing grass it has* been deemed a desideratnm to combine a reel with the cutting apparatus, and various modes of supporting that end ofthe reel next the divider of the machine have been devised. ln one class of machines a strong frame has been extended backward from the end of the fingerbeam in the rear of the divider, and to support the weight of this heavy frame a wheel has been secured to it, commonly called the graidwheel, to distinguish itfrom the driving-wheel. Upon this end frame a post has been erected, and an arm projecting forward from the top of the post has been used to support the reel. As the end frame just described is objectionable on accountof its Weight and vcost and the increased dra-ft which it produces at the outer end ot' the finger-beam, a post erected upon the outer end ofthe Iingerbeain has been essayed; but the grass and grain get entangled upon a post in this position to such a degree as to obstruct the action of the divider, and even clog the machine to an extent that greatly impairs its usefulness, ifit does not preven tits use altogether. Vith a view 'to attain the advantages of both these classes of machines, and at the same time to avoid their defects, I have invented a method of supporting the reel on the end of Ythe finger-beam by a combination of two arms, one above the other, the

' lowermost of which is attached at its forward extremity, in a low position, to the end of the nger-beam, or immediately over the end of the linger-beam to the divider, and is extended backward and inclined upward until it reaches a convenient position for supporting the rear end ofthe upper arm, on which the reel is hung. The rear ends of the two arms are hinged together, and the upper arm, from the point of junction with the lower, extends forward and inclines upward until it reaches the foremost point at which the reel isrequired to lbe held. A short distance in advance of the point ofjunction of the two armsa bar extends across the angle and connects them,beinghinged atit-slower end to the lower arm, and having at its upper end a slot, through which a set-screw passes to connect it to the upper arm. The slot is of suftcient length to allow thefront `end ofthe upper arm to be raised or lowered to hold the reel at the various distances from the cutter which are required, and the arm is secured at the r proper height by turning the set-screw. The two arms thus arranged support the reel in the saine manner that they would if made of one single piece, which in like manner receded backward below to avoid entangling the grass or grain and extended forward at the top to A support the `reel. arms is merely to increase their capacity for The adjustment ofthe two holding the reel in different positions, and the cross-bar is merelyameans for adjusting them. Under this arrangement the weight ofthe reelsupport is butlittle more than thatof a straight post on the end of the finger-beam, and the Weight ofthe two arms inthe rear of, the iin` ger-beam so nearly balances the end of the reel as to prevent to a great degree twisting of the linger-beam by the overhanging weight ot'thc reel. Moreover, the grass is no more liable to entangle upon the lower arm than it would be to entangle on the end .frame and a post rising from the rear part of that. By thus avoiding the entanglement of the grass upon its .foot the lower arm leaves the divider unob-A structed and free to perform its function.

This improvement' relates to the support of the reel at that end ot' a machine adapted to mowing which runs next` the standing grass,

and Fig. 6 in the drawing represents an elevation ot' that end of the machine embodying this improvement. The remaining figures in the drawings represent the gearing, gear- 'rame, draft-pole, cutter, guard -ngers, iin ger-beam, separator E, and reelH, and other parts ofa complete mowing-machine in which the reel is upheld bya post, e; but as the invenvtion which is herein claimed relates solely to the kind of reel-support shown in Fig. 6, and is v applicable to all machines adapted to mowing that have a reel, I deem it unnecessary to describe particularly the parts shown inthe other i figures, as they have no bearing upon this invention. y

'lhe reel H, at its end next the driving wheel and gearing, as shown in Fig. l, is supported by a post or standard, e, which rises from the cross-bar Bz of the frame. This standard is stayed by braces ff, extending to it from the cross-barB ofthe frame. The outer end of the reel may, as shown in Fig. 2, be supported by a like post, e', erected on 'the outer end ofthe finger-beam but a far better way of supporting this end ofthe reelis shown in Fig.6,\vhere it is upheld on an arm, e', connected at its rear end with another arm,j, which is fastened by means ot' bolts to the outer end of the fingerbeam B3 and the divider or separator E. The arm e is raised or lowered at its front end to adjust the height of the reel by turning it on the pin e, which hinges it to the arm j, and when at the desired elevation it may be there held by means of a slotted bar, e2, which is clamped by means of a setsere W, e3, to one arm and attached by a hinge, e4, to the other.

A shoe or runner, G, is fastened to the iinger-beam to support its ou ter end and lessen the friction as it slides over the ground.

Having thus described my improvement, what 1 claim under this patent as my invention in machines adapted to mowing is The method'ot' supporting the reel upon the end ot' the linger-beam without obstructing the action ot' the divider by means of inclined arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto subscribed my name.

HENRY GREEN.

:In presence of-f P. H. WATSON, HENRY BALDWIN, J r.

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