USRE300E - Improvement in grain and grass harvesters - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JOHN H. MANNY, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENTIN GRAIN AND GRASS HARVESTERS.

Specification forming partiof Letters Patent No. 11,810, dated October 17, 1854; antedatcd June 15, 1854;

Reissue No. 300, dated March 6, 1855.

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.To all 'whom it may concern Be itknown that I,JOHN H.I\IANNY,0I' Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, late of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson, in the same State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesting-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a view in perspective ot' a machine embracing my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a rear end view ot' the same. Fig.

4 represents a section at the line x of Fig. l, with the fence, guard, or wing ofthe platform removed to exhibit more clearly the arrangement for adjusting` the cutters at varying distances from the ground. Fig. 5 represents a view in perspective of the removable platform, and the fence or wing detached from the machine, and Fig. 6 represents a similar view of the hollow dividing-finger at the inner end of the machine and that portion ofthe end ot' the sickle or cutter which has its bearing therein.

In a patent bearing the same date as this I have pointed out some of 'the advantages resulting from the location ofthe stand or seat for the forker at the end of the machine adjacent to the standing grain. Therefore I need not here repeat them, my object in this patent being to secure my invention for com pressing the grain into a compact mass before discharging it oft' the platform, which I effect by means ot a fence, guard, or wing on the outer end of the platform to gather and compress the grain against, in combination with the forkers stand or seat at the opposite or inner end of the platform, whence the grain can be conveniently pushed against the fence, and then compressed by the forker merely leaning against his fork,

while it grasps the grain and is holding it against the guard. By this means the compression ot' the grain is effected by little muscular effort, and discharged from the platform with about the same amount ot' labor that a loose gavel is discharged in the ordinary way. 'Ihe guard should be made concave on its inner side and very smooth. It may be made of hardwood, or, what would be still better, wood lined with sheet-iron. The length and height of the guard and its direction will depend to some extent upon the size of the machine, the width ofthe platform, and the point at which it is intended to discharge the grain.

The accompanying drawings represent a harvesting-machine embracing the improvement which is the subject ofthe present patent. The machine is supported on two wheel, Aant] B, and provided with driving-gear suitable for giving motion to the cutters and reel; but as the construction and arrangement ot' the driving-gear and reel are similar to those described in my former patents I deem it unnecessary to describe them particularly here.

The tongue C, by which the horses draw the machine, is attached to the finger-bar, near its outsideor right end, by means ot'a bolt, a, passing through ears b, and forming a hingejoint nearly in aline with the front ends ofthe iingers, which allows the front of the frame to be elevated or depressed in this line.

On the top of the tongue O is an inclined Iarm, G, which-extends upward and backward within reach of the driver, whose seat, II, is mounted on the frame I. rIhe tongue and arm together resemble the letter Y with one limb shorter than the other. The arm G has a staple, g, projecting from its side, through which an upright bar, J, passes, whose lower end is hinged to the frame I. This hinged bar J has a series of holes in it, into any one ot which a strong pin, g2, ifs inserted to limit the descent of the arm Gr 0n the bar J. By this arrangement it is obvious that as the front extremity ofthe tongue is iirmlyheld bythe horses, when the arm G is raised or lowered it will impart a corresponding movement to the front edge ot' the machine which carries the cutting apparatus, so that the adjustment of the cutter to cut the grain at varying heights is made by raising or lowering the arm G on the bar J and placing the pin g2 beneath it in the proper hole'to hold it from falling below the rcquired elevation. The axles ofthe supportingwheels constitute the fulcra upon which the frame turns, while the liexure ot the machine to vary the adjustment is at the joint which connects the tongue and finger-bar.

'Ihe divider F projects on the left side ot' the machine in advance ot' the guard-lingers and divides the grain to be cut from that which is to be left standing. It has anoblong hole, f, made in its inner side, through which the end ofthe sickle plays. This dividing-bar F is made hollow, as represented, so that, excepting the point, which is solid, it is a mere shell.' The stock of the sickle has not sufficient length of bearingin the holefin the side of this divider for grass and' grain to effect a lodgment and clog the sickle.

The reel K is representedin Fig. l by black, and in Fig. 2 by blue, lines. The left side of the platform Lextends from the left end of the linger-bar and cutters toward the rear of the machine, and as it extends backward incliues towardthe right or outer side of the machine, and therefore diverges from the outer end of the framea sufficient distance to give room in the angle between the two for a standor seat forthe raker. The divergence ofthis platform from the outer end of the finger-bar and from the standing grain is such that when the cut grain is discharged behind it upon the ground the gavel will be far enough removed from the standing grain to leave a clear track between them for a horse to travel in on his return while drawing the machine to cut the next swath. On the right or outer side of the oblique platform a fence, guard, or wing, M, is placed, whose length is the same as the platform at that side, and whose inner side should be. made concave. This wing, as well as the platftom, is removable at will from. the frame, so that when the machine is used for mowing both the fence and platform may be taken o'. An attendant pushes the cut grain gathered upon the platform with a fork against this concave wing into a compact bundle, and then pitches, slides, or delivers it upon the ground in a compact mass by a lateral movement of the fork. A,

Between the left side of the platform and the left side of the machine a seat, stand, or position, N, is arranged for the attendant whose duty it is to'fork the grain otf the platform. This stand may bc provided with a seat like that ofHusseys, ltandalls, Hites, or other old machines in case it is thought desirable by any one for the forker to sit; or it may be provided with av guard-rail, P, on the top of a post, Q, for the forker to steady himself against in case he chooses to stand. This guardrail may surround the stand, or may be placed only on the side next the'platform, but this every competent constructor will determine for himself, as the various forms of support any one `would require to use have been long known and public property, and any one is at liberty to use them. The position ot' the rakers stand or seat is such that the forker can,if he chooses, push the grain directly back in discharging it in nearly a direct line from the cutters,instead of first pushing it over .against the fence to render it more compact. In case the grain is discharged by pushing it directly back, a fork -with a large number or tines should be used sufficient to spread nearly the whole width of the platforrmthatthe forker may push the cut grain from the whole width of the platform directly backward at a single stroke to deliver the gavel evenly upon the ground behind the platform. This Ido not deem as good a mode of discharging the grain as when it is irst pushed across the platform against the wing and then shoved back, as the gavel is not so compact, so I prefer to discharge the grain with a common three-tined fork, rst pushing it from the left side of the platform to the right, then pressing it against the concave guard to form it into a compact bundle, and lastly sliding it olf endwise upon the ground behind the platform by a lateral movement of the fork.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the fence to compress the grain against at the outer end of the machine and guide it while sliding off the platform and the position, stand, or seat for the forker-'at the inner end of the platform with the platform,substantially as herein set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN H. NANNY.

Witnesses:

P. H. WATSON, A. E; H. JoHNsoN.

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