US98909A - Improvement in harvester-droppers - Google Patents

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WILLIAM GT BEELS, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 98,909, dated January 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER-DROPPERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAMG. Bur-its, otIndcpcndencc, in the county of Buchanan, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Side-Droppers ,i'or Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a in", clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accon'ipanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates -to improvements in sidedropper attachments for harvesters, andfimsists of the combination, with the aprou,.ot' a carriage, ar-

' ranged to receive the grain as it falls, and convey it backward to the rear side of the apron, previous todlschargiug, away from contact with the grain out while discharging, on which carriage a discharger,

consisting ot'a series of arms, reaching across the carriage, and hinged at one side, is arranged to be turned up when the carriage has moved the grain back for discharging it.

The invention also comprises certain arrangements of devices for operating the carriage and dischargcr, and the combination, with the carriage and operatingdevices therefor, of a cut-oif' rod, for holding up the grain cut, during the (lischargirig-operation, and for letting it fall when the carriage comes back.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved machine;

. Figure 2 represents a section on the line :0 x of ti". 1; and v igure 3 represents a section on the line y y, fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the apron, and B, the cutter-support.

The grain-receiving carriage consists of transverse bars D, connected at the ends to other bars 0, the former armed with pins, and arranged on ways E, for sliding away from, and up to the position behind the cutter-bar, for receiving the grain as it iiills'i'rom the cutter. and for carrying the cut grain, when ready for discharging, away from contact with that being cut.

F are the discharging-arms, reaching across the carriage, parallel. with the bars D.

They are connected to a bar, G, behind the side of the carriage, common to all. They are also connected to the slotted oscillating bar H by I, headed bolts passing through the slot, so that when the said slottedbar is turned on its axis, the arms will be raised nearly to a vertical position, being arrested by stophooks at, connectedto the bars I) of the carriage.

1 is a grain-supporting rod, supported by a crankarni, K, on the post L, and connected by a rod, M, to

' the line N, by which the carriage-operating devices are placed in gear.

These devices consist of a pair of friction-wheels, O P, shaft Q, rope-winding wheel R, rope S, pulleys T T and spring-drum U. l

The. lever M is so arranged, relatively to the wheel I, that,' l.-when required, the operator may, by pressing on it by the foot, force the said wheel I up against the wheel 0, on the driving-shaft, and constantly in motion.

This will cause the winding-wheel R to wind up the cord which is connected to the carriage, drawing it back, and coiling up the spring-drum U, on which the other end of the cord is wound.

This movement of the lever M will force the grainrod I down, so as to receive the falling grain, and support it in a leaning position, while the carriage is away from the receiving-position.

\Vhen the carriage has been drawn back, the press suitable guide-pulley, x, to the short army of the.

slotted bar ,I, so as to tilt the same when actuated by the hand-lever, in being thus pushed forward.

On releasing the pressure on the hand-lever V, the discharger will fall back. Then the pressure of the foot on the lever M being released, will allow the spring to return the carriage to the receiving-position, throwing up the grain-rod I.

Having thus described my invention,

Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent--' 7,

l. The combination of ban G, slotted oscillating shalt H, and stop-hooks, arranged and operating as and for the purpose specified.

ZI-The combination of iiictiou-wheels O P, shaft O winding-pulley It, rope S, pulleys T '1 T, and spring-drum V, arranged as set forth, to reciprocate the carriage.

3. The arrangement of the hand-lever, cord NV, guide-pulley, and short arm 1/ of the slotted arm I, to actuate the discharger in the manner described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 31st day of J nly, 1869.

WV. G. BEELS.

Witnesses:

J OHN HOLLETT, D. L. SMITH.

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