US36961A - Improvement in horse-rakes - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

B. MELLINGER, S. MELLINGER, JR., AND J. MELLINGER, 0F MOUNT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT iN HORSE-RAKES.

Specitication forming vpart of Letters Patent No. 38.961, dated November 1S, 1862.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, B.MELLTNGE.R, S. MEL- LINGER, J r., and J. MELLTNGER, all of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Westmoreland and StateofPennsylvania, haveinventeda newaud improved Horse-Rake; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in wliich- Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section ot' our invention, the line a: m, Fig. 2, indicating the plane ot' section. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate correspon ding parts.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and etticient horse-rake, which may he constructed at a small cost and by any one of .ordinary ability familiar with mechanics7 tools,

and at the same time be capable of being operatedthat is to say, have its teeth raised and lowered for the purpose of discharging the load and adjusting them again iu proper working position with the greatest facility.

Our present invention is intended as animprovement on a horse-rake on which a patent has been granted to us, May 13, 1862; and it consists in the arrangement of a doublefarmed lever, in combination with the axle to which the raketeeth are secured and with a clearer suspended by means of staples from said raketeeth in such a manner that by the action of said lever the rake-teeth can be raised,and at the same time the clearer is made to slide out toward the points of said teeth whenever it is desired to discharge the load gathered up by them. Y

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed to delever connects by a rod,f, with acurved or angular arm, g, which is firmly inserted into the axle A in such a position that. by exerting on the rod j'a strain in the direction of the arrow marked upon it in Fig.l the axle is turned and brought in the position shown in red outline in the same figure. The upper arm of the handlever E connects by a rod, h, with the clearer F, Which is constructed of a bar ot' wood or other suitable material suspended by means ot' staples t' from the rake-teeth G. These teeth are made of metal wire, and they are inserted into the axle A inthe usual manner, and strengthened in their positions by a notched bar, j, passing through and attached to the several coils formed at the upper extremities of said teeth.

H is the draftbar,which is secured to a curved loop or clevis, k, secured directly to the axleA, as described in our Letters Patent mentioned above.

The operation of this horse-rakeis as follows; The rake is drawn over the eld, and by the strain of the draft-bar H on the clevis k the teeth G are held down on the ground, so that they readily gather up hay or straw or whatever substance it may be intended to collect. Duringthisoperation the hand-leverE assumes the position shown in black outlines iu Fig. l. If it is desired to discharge the load gathered up by the teeth, the lever E is turned back to the position shown in red outlines in the same figure, and by this motion and by theaction of the connecting-rods f h the teeth' are raised and at the same time the clearer F is pushed out close to the points of the teeth, and thereby the operation ot' discharging the load that may have been gathered up by the teeth is considerably facilitated, and not a particle ot' grass, hay, or other substance constituting said load is allowed to remain on or between the same. After the teeth have thus been cleared the le ver E is turnedv back to its original position, and by this action the teeth are turned down again, so that their points bear ou the ground, and the operation ot' rakingis proceededrwith the saine as before. Thus by this simple arrangement it will be seen that the teeth may be raised and lowered with the greatest facility, and also the clearer or bar F, both being moved simultaneously and without the aid ot' any special device other than the lever E.

This invention may be constructed atasinall the axle A, rake-teeth G, and clearer F, all cost. An axle and Wheels of an ordinary old constructed and operating as and for the purvehicle will admit of being readily converted pose. shown and described.

into a rake like the one described. B. MELLINGER.

Having` thus fully described our invention, S. MELLINGER, JR. what We claim as new, and desire to secure by J. MELLINGER. Letters Patent, is- Witnesses:

The arrangement of the double-armed lever JAMES ARMEL, E and eonnectiiig-rodsfh,in combination with l JOHN WEITZEL.

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