US259335A - Hay rake and loader - Google Patents

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T. E. SHOEMAKER. V HAY RAKE AND LOADER.

Patented June 13, 1882.

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HAY RAKE AND LOADER.

No. 259,335. Patented June 13, 1882.

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HAY RAKE AND LOADER.

No. 259,335. Patented June 13, 1882.

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THOMAS E. SHOEMAKER, OF WEST SALEM, OHIO.

HAY RAKE AND LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,335, dated June 13, 1882. Application filed March 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom 2t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. SHOEMAKER, of West Salem, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay Rakes and Loaders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for loading and stacking hay, and the object is to materially simplify the construction of such devices, to decrease the number of parts, and to render the machine more efficient in use.

My invention consists, first, in the improved means for adjusting the inclination of the stacker, and, further, in the improved construction of the rake, all as fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation; Fig. 2, a rear view 5 Fig. 3, a front view with the rake removed.

A A represent the carrying-wheels, which run loose on the axle B and support the frame and stacker. On the inner end of the hubs O of these wheels are ratchets 1 1, which engage with pawls 2 2, pivoted on plates .3, rigidly mounted on the axle. Springs 4 hold such pawls constantly in engagement with the ratchet. Upon the axle are keyed disks D D, of about two-thirds the diameter of the main carrying-wheels, and these disks receive arotary motion when the axle is in gear with the driving-wheel. Each of the disks is provided with a flange or rim, 5, for the purpose of securing the web thereon. Upon the axle is mounted the frame F, consisting of side bars 7 7 and end pieces, 8 8. In the rear end of the frame is secured the rake G, composed of independently pivoted teeth 9, hinged or mounted upon a cross-rod, 10, stepped in the side beams 7 7. These teeth are curved, as shown, and their upper ends bear against a cross-rod, l1, adjustably secured in the side beams of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. Each tooth is provided with a stiff coil-spring, 12, by which the teeth are enabled to give or yield to inequalities of the surface and to spring back to place when the obstruction is passed. It will be noticed that each of the teeth is independently pivoted, so that each may be separately removed for repairs and replaced without afi'ectin g the position of the remainder of the teeth. The adjustment of the rake is secured by means of the bentcross-bar 11, heretofore mentioned, against the under side of which all the teeth of the rake hear. This bar is bent at both ends, and is adjustably secured to the upper side of the side beams of the frame by means of screws 13 13; or such bar may be attached to a slotted plate rendered adjustable by a set-screw in the same manner. The adjustment is accomplished by loosening the screws and moving the plate forward and backward in the slot. When the plate is at its extreme backward position the rake will be held close under the web, out of contact with the ground, and in position for removal to or from the field. The reverse movement brings the rake into greater or less proximity to the ground, according to the degree of adjustment. The rod 11 may be locked in place by a locking-bar, l4, and secured in the end piece of the main frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The stacker I is composed of abed-plate, J, and side bars K K the latter being pivoted to the side bar 7 7 just in rear of the carrying-wheel, so that the stacker and main frame have each a relatively independent movement. The elevation and adjustment of the stacker are accomplished by means of a curved bail, L, composed of arms 16 16 and a pivoted lever, 17, having a toothed rack, 18, pivoted to swing freely on the bail. On the front cross-bar of the main frame is a standard, 19, having a guide or way, 20, and to this standard is pivoted a pawl or latch, 21, pressed down by a spring, 22, to engage with the rack on the lever 17. It is evident, therefore, that by means of the bail the lever may slide perpendicularly in the way or guide, and may be held at any elevation by means of the bail engaging with the rack 18.

The web M is composed of crossslats 23, having pins or teeth 24 and endless strips 25, the whole forming a belt which is adapted to travel on the disks D D and to seize the hay as it is gathered by the rake and lift it to the point above the wagon on which it is to be loaded. In the forward end of the side bars of the stacker are journaled friction-rollers 26, over which the web passes, and rollers 27 are also journaled in the curved arms 16 of the bail which carries the adjusting-lever, these last-named rollers preventing the sagging or dropping of the bail on the under side of the carrier.

Curtains N N are provided at the sides of the stacker for preventing the hay from dropping 011' the edge and insuring its delivery at the upper end of such stacker.

On the front cross-bar of the frame is attached the coupling or other connection by which the stacker is secured to the wagon.

In the operation of the device the disks are geared into the ratchets on the hubs of the driving-wheels, the stacker is coupled to the wagon on which the hay is to be loaded, and the wagon is driven through the field and the hay raked up. As the hay is gathered by the rake it is seized by the web, to which motion is imparted through the drive-wheels, as before described, and is carried up over the web to a point above the wagon on which it is to be loaded. I

The disks D are provided with cross-rods 29 and with stops 30, against which the crossbars of the web bear, by which the web is pervented from slipping on the disks, while at the same time such cross-bars brace the parts firmly together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of the main frame and carrying-wheels, the stacker pivoted to the main frame, the standard 19, and the pivoted bail having the pivoted lever provided with a rack, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the main frame, of the cross-bar 10, of the independent rake-teeth mounted or pivoted thereon, of the springs 12, and of the adjustable cross-bar 11, against the lower surface of which the said teeth bear, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 40 to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS E. SHOEMAKEB.

Witnesses:

J. P. MoRR, S. P. HARRINGTON.

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