US571148A - Feeder for corn-husking machines - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. BAUER, Jr.

l 4 FEEDER POR CORN HUSKING MACHINES. No. 571,148. Patented NOV. 10, 1896.

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JOSEPH BAUER, JR., OF LE ROY, VISOONSIN.

FEEDER FOR CORN-HUSKING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,148, dated November 10, 1896.

of corn-husking machinery and to decrease.

the danger to life and limb by providing an automatic feeder of novel construction to move the cornstalks to the husking mechanism.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a feeder embodying the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same, having a portion of the endless carriers or belts broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are indicated in the several views of the accompanying drawings and referred to in the following description by the same reference-characters.

The frame of the feeder comprises side pieces 1 and a board 2, connecting the side pieces at a point about intermediate of their top and bottomedges. Rollers 3 and 4 are journaled in the side pieces of the frame and are located at the opposite ends of the board 2, and have their top sides about flush with the upper surface of the board. These rollers may be of wood, metal, or other material, and one is positively rotated, so as to impart motion to the endless carriers or belts 5, and, as shown, a sprocket-Wheel G is secured to a journal of the rear roller 4 and is driven in any convenient manner. The endless carriers or belts 5 are about four to iive inches wide and are supported upon the rollers 3 and 4, and may be of leather, canvas, metal, or

v other material generally employed inthe con- Serial No. 590,318. (No model.)

struction of devices of this character. Projections 7 are secured to the outer side of the endless carriers or belts and may be blocks of wood, strips of metal, or other means to engage positively with the cornstalks, so as to insure a feed of the latter to the husking mechanism.

A series of bars S, disposed in parallel relation and united at one end, have connection with a transverse lever 9, which is fulcrumed at one end to a side of the frame and has its connected by means of a pitman 11 with a wrist-pin 12, applied to the sprocket-wheel 6. By this means the transverse lever is oscillated, and by reason of its connection with the series of bars 8 the latter have areciproeating motion imparted thereto.v These bars and project in the rear of the roller 4, and are disposed opposite the spaces between the edges of adjacent carriers or belts 5. Slots or kerfs 13 are formed in the rear end portion of the board 2 for the notched or toothed bars -8 to reciprocate in and direct them in their movements and maintain them at iiXed distances apart.

A transverse bar 14 serves to strengthen the frame and at the same time support the toothed bars S, and a companion bar 15, near the front end of the frame, gives additional strength to the latter. An offset 1G is formed in each toothed bar S, thereby admitting of the end portions coming in different relative planes, so that the inner or front end portion may come beneath the board 2 and the outer or rear portion may occupy a position corresponding to a prolongation of the board 2. The rear roller 4 has a series of grooves 17, corresponding to the position of the toothed bars S, so as to receive the latter, whereby the toothed or active edges of the bars 8 may come below the upper surface of the endless carriers or belts. The toothed or projecting portions of the bars S are slightly curved, and this form is preferred, since better results follow.

The transverse lever 9 has adjustable connection with the frame, and its pivotal end is movable in a slot 18, having upper and lower cleats 19, which are formed in their length with a series of openings, the openings opposite end working through a slot 10 and are notched or toothed at their upper edges IOO.'

in the cleats being in vertical alinement and receiving the pivot by means of which connection is had between the lever and frame. This arrangement provides for regulating the reciprocating movement of the toothed or notched bars 8. A plate 2O extends over the toothed portion of the bars S and the rear ends of the endless carriers or belts and curves rearwardly and downwardly and is flaring at its front end, so as to receive the cornstalks, the latter being compressed as they are forced beneath the plate 20 toward the husking mechanism.

The cornstalks are spread upon the front portion of the endless carriers or belts and are advanced rearwardly thereby. The ears of corn drop between the projecting portions of the toothed bars S and are acted upon by the husking mechanism, Whereas the stalks are supported by the toothed bars and fed by the latter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a feeder of the character set forth, the combination of a cooperating series of endless carriers or belts spaced apart, a supporting-roller for an end of the carriers having a series of annular grooves corresponding in position to the spaces between the carriers, and reciprocating toothed or notched bars operating in the spaces formed between the carriers and entering the annular grooves, substantially as shown for the purpose described.

2. In a feeder for the purpose set forth, the combination of a cooperating series of endless carriers or belts spaced apart, a supporting-roller for one end of the carriers having a series of annular grooves corresponding in position to the spaces between the carriers, and a series of reciprocating bars located in the space formed between the upper and lower portions of the carriers and having their rear ends extending beyond the rear end of the carriers and operating in the annular grooves of the rear roller, substantially as shown for the purpose described.

In a feeder of the character set forth, the combination of a board having slots or kerfs in its rear portion, rollers at the ends of the board, the rear roller having annular grooves corresponding in position with the kerfs in the board, endless carriers supported upon the rollers and spaced apart corresponding to the said kerfs and annular grooves, and reciprocating bars operating in the kerfs of the board, the annular grooves of the rear roller, and in the spaces formed between the endless carriers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. g

4. In a feeder of the character described, the combination of a board having a series of slots or kerfs in its rear portion, rollers at the ends of the board, the rear roller having annular grooves corresponding in position with the kerfs in the board, and reciprocating bars having their inner or front ends located below the said board and having their rear ends in the plane of the said board and operating in the kerfs thereof and in the annular grooves of the rear roller, and having their rear ends toothed and extending beyond the rear roller, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A feeder of the character described, comprising side pieces, a board intermediate of the side pieces and having its rear portion formed with kerfs or slots, rollers at the ends of the board and journaled in the said side pieces, the rear roller having annular grooves corresponding in position to the kerfs, a series of endless carriers supported upon the rollers and spaced apart, toothed bars having their inner or front ends brought to-A.

gether and located below the board, and having their rear ends located in the plane of the said board and operating in the kerfs and the annular grooves of the rear roller and projecting beyond the latter, the projecting ends being toothed, a transverse lever having adjustable connection with a side of the feeder and having the inner ends of the reciprocating bars connected therewith, means for vibrating the said lever, and a plate located above the rear portion of the carriers and reciprocating bars and curving rearwardly and downwardly, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BAUER, JR. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM BUTTER, C. W. LAMOREUX.

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