US72523A - Improvement in eaevestee-deoppers - Google Patents

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JACOB MILLER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

Letters Peeent 1ve.'72,52s, ezeteez Deeemzeee 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERDROPPERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB MILLER, of Canton, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu Droppers for Harvesting-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and' exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 represents a top plan of the material portions of a harvesting-machine, much of the detail being omitted, and which lshows the dropper in place, and the mechanism for operating it from the drivers seat;`

Figure 2 represents a section through the finger-bar and dropper, with the-main frame audits several parts in elevation. i

Figure 3 represents a view in elevation from the outside ofthe cuter divider, showing the outside supportingwheel, and means of hanging and adjusting it. v

My invention consists in the particular manner of so connecting the dropper Aby means of rods, rock-shaft, and levers, with the main frame, as that the driver from his seat, by a long lever extending thereto, may operate said dropper by his hands, or by his feet, through a treadle separately connected, or by both at the s ame time, as may be convenient.

As my invention relates to the dropper alone, I shall particularly describe it, and omit any further description of the machine than is actually necessary -to showthe working of the dropper, the machine being suiciently shown in the drawings for an understanding of its construction and general operation.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The drivers seat, A, is located upon the platform B, that usually covers the main frame C and workinggear of the machine. The dropper, as it is termed, consists of a bar, D, pivoted in rear of the finger-bar E, so that it can swing ou its pivots, and having secured to it a seriesof fingers, F, projecting from it rearward. To the outside fingers of the series the two ends of a bail, a, are hook-ed by rings or dead-eyes, as at b b, the arms of said bail passing through guides c, cr against friction-rolls d, to giv'e them free and unchecked motion as the dropper is raised up or let down. On the end of the bar D next the main frame there is fastened a lever-arm, e, to the upper end of which one end di' a rod,f, is connected, the other end of said rod being connected at g to a long, bent lever, h, the upper end ot' which terminates in a handle, z', in close proximity to the drivers seat, so that the driver therein may readily seize and operate it. This lever L maybe so bent as to form the rock-shaft j, which rolls in the bearings k"c when the lever is operated, or if the rock-shaft 7' be made of a separate piece, then thelever L is connected' to it. And the lever may be so further extended and bent as to form an arm, Z, which arm is connected to a hinged foot-lever, m, on the platform, (so that thedriver may, when in his seat, place his foot on said lever,) by means of a rod, fn. When, however, a separate rockshaft, j, is used, then this arm l may be a part of said rock-shaft, or attached to it, as may be found most convenient; or the pieces It ij l may be all formed o ut of one rod, suitably bent,- and as shown/ in the drawings.

The driver, in his seat, may raise and let down the dropper at pleasure, by using, if he pleases, one or both 0f the levers t m, the former by the hand and the latter by his foot. When the dropper goes down to deliver the grain upon it the bail by the same operation rises up to lhold the rfalling straw and keep it separate from that which is being delivered on to the ground. When the dropper is raised up, the bail by the same operation falls down, and delivers what grain it hadA caught, andheld whilst up, on to the dropper, whence it is delivered on to the ground, as before stated. y

Having thus fully described the nature, object, andpurpo'se of my invention, what I claim, is-

So uniting the dropper by means of rods -and levers to the hand-lever z' orL, andl to the footlever' m, as that the driver in his seat, by means of a long lever extending up thereto, may work the dropper by his hand, or by his foot, through a separate connection, or by both together, under an arrangement of parts, substantially as herein described.

JACOB MILLER.

Witnesses DANL. Tonnen, J oHN ToNNER.

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