USRE10315E - Straw-stacker - Google Patents

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J. J. MOORE.-

STRAW STAGKER.

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STRAW STAGKBR. v No. 10,315. ReissuedApr. 10, 1883.

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JONATHAN J. MOORE, OF THORNTOYVN, INDIANA.

STRAW-STAC KER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 10,315, dated April 10, 1 883.

Original No. 262,814, dated August 15, 1882.

ful Improvements in Straw'Stackers; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings. making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the straw-stacker, showing it applied to the separator of a thrashing-machine. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of the stacker, showingit as folded up and placed upon the truck ready for moving; and Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the lower end of the stacker.

My invention relates to that class-of straw stackers which are adapted to receive the straw from the thrashing-machine, and to distribute itover a semicircular area by means otan endless-belt straw-carrier which is adapted to rotate horizontally aboutafixed pivot or center, and to have its discharging end supported and adjusted to ditt'erent elevations by means of a derrick.

In this class of straw-stackers as heretofore constructed the lower or receiving end of the straw-carrier has been mounted on a horizontal frame, forming a turning table, and the dis charging end of the straw-carrier has been supported by means of a derrick, which has been sometimes mounted on the turn-table, but usually separate therefrom.

' One of the principal objects ot my invention is to form of the derrick a turning support-for both ends of the straw-carrier, and thereby simplify the construction of the stacker. My object is also to render it capable-of folding together, and thus convenient to transport from place to place, and to be readily set up and connected with the thrasher.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the rear end of a separator of a thrashing-machine ot' the ordinary construction, with the usual straw-carrier, B.

To the separator A, at its top, is suitably connected a brace, a, of any desired length, having at its outer end a bearing-plate, b, of any desired form and construction, to receive the upper end ofa pivoted frame or derrick, 0.

Application for reissue filed November 22, 1882.

| To the end of the brace a, at each side, or to the bearing-plate b, as preferred, are attached the ends of guy-ropes c, the lower or opposite ends being connected to stakes driven into the ground. j

The. pivoted frame or derrick O is formed of metal, with cross-braces cl 6, and is substantially of the shape shown in Fig. l, to receive between its sides the straw-carrier D, which has at its rear end a hopper, E, to receive the straw from the carrier B, and thus prevent it from falling over the sidesof the carrier D. The pivoted frame or derrick O,atits lower end, rests upon platef, which in turn rests upon theground, said plate having a socket to receive the end of the pivoted frame or derrick and admit of its swinging upon its bearings at top and bottom.

The carrier D, at its rear end, has pivotally' connected to it a frame, F, said frame being" brace 0, so that it will swing thereon to admit of the frame being folded against the derrick when not in use. The frame F is held in an extended position, as shown in Fig. 1', by a bail, 9, connected to thesides of the pivoted frame or derrick 0-, so that it can be swung out in position, the forward portion of the bail engaging with notches h in the frame F. The forward end of the carrier D is held up by a rope, i, secured to a bail, it, 'or in any other manner connected to the carrier, said rope passing around a pulley, Z, attached to the up per end of the frame or derrick, and fastened to any object in convenient proximity to the stacker. The carrier-belt upon the carrier D is operated by a suitable pulley, an, over which passes a driving-belt from the pulley n. A pulley, 0, upon a shaft, 1), suitably connected to the separator A, is caused to communicate motion to a pulley, q, through means of a belt passing over said pulleys and between vertical rollers r. By this arrangement of belts and pulleys motion is imparted to the belt of the carrier D, the shaft 19 being driven by suitable gearing on the thrashing-machine.

To the lower end of the pivoted frame or derrick O is pivoted an arm, G, the outer end having secured thereto a stationary pin, 8, which projects below the under side of the pivoted arm and enters one of a series of holes, 1;, in a segmental bar, H.

To the upper end of the pin 8, or connected pivoted or otherwise connected to the crossin any suitable manner to the arm G, is a rope,

quired to be transported to another place of operation, the rope i is loosened from its fastening, and the outer or forward end of the carrier D islet down on a suitable truck, 1, constructed for the purpose. As the carrier D is thus lowered the under side thereof strikes the cross-brace e of the frame or derrick, and in so doing disengagcs the bail g withthe notches h of the frame F,'after which the pivoted frame or derrick G is disengaged at its top and bottom from its bearings and laid over on the truck,'thereby enabling the stacker to be put in a compact and convenient form for transportation, as shown in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of more firmly holding socket-plate f in position, it is bolted or otherwise secured to the truck-tongue K.

The carrier D, if preferred, may be made in sections, hinged or otherwisesuitabl y connected together, so that they may be folded up for convenience in handling.

It should be understood that the pivoted frame or derrick 0 may be swung around a complete semicircle, either to the right or left, and thus bring the carrier D at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1, and isheld in such position, or any position in the arc of a circle, by the arm G engaging with the segmental bar H.

The purpose of the rope u is to provide means by which the arm G can be disengaged from the bar H by the person on the strawpile. The rope, however, may be dispensed with when it is preferred to operate the pivoted arm from the ground.

Having now fully described my invention,

' what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a straw-stacker, the combination, with the carrier D, of the pivoted derrick 0, having pulley l, the guys a c, and the rope i, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a straw-stacker, the combination, with thecarrier D, of the pivoted frame or derrick O and swinging frame 13, connected to the carrier and frame or derrick, to enable them to be folded together when not in use. or for transportation, substantially as set forth.

3. In a straw stacker, the combination of the-carrier D, provided at the feed end with hopper E, the pivoted frame or derrick O, and frame F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the carrier D and pivoted frame or derrick G, of the swinging- 'frame F, bail g, and rope i, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The pivoted frame or derrick G, theswinging frame F, and the carrier D, in combina- I tion with the pivoted arm G and segmental bar H, adapted to be engaged with or disengaged from each other to move and hold the pivoted frame or derrick in the desired position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The pivoted frame or derrick 0, carrier D, pulleys n q, mounted on said derrick, and vertical rollers 'r, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. Thecombination of the truck-tongue K, with socket-plate f, derrick-frame O, resting in said socket, and means for securing the tongue in positionon the ground, for the pur pose set forth.

JONATHAN J. MOORE.

Witnesses:

H. P. H001), JAS. A. BALL.

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