, 1864-10-28
shall the Farmers Of Cook County Pay
$500 Apiece for Reapine Mach1aes9

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i careful reorganization Of these features Was
iven by Judge Holt Commissioner Of Pa
ents, on the ::asth Of January, 1859, on Mr.
lcCormick's application tor an extension Of
lis patent, which was refused. Judge Holt
asd:
sit is manifest, from the very lucid and eaabo-
ate report OF the Examiner In this case, that at |
md before the Date Of the appicaut's invention In
s45, the feaplrE machme alrradJ comprised, IN |
,.st1G se91e3ations =; a. 1ss 51sdeet y: t
TO euumerate, 1t Confined the trans To tupport
lhe working parts, two wheels for carrying the
ceiVs and I'd City % the grain nati rsted ab oa by rater
rented On the machine, or walking at lts side:
ehafa to draw the machlne arranged At the side Of
ter; driving the eeaTiIg BY the wheels 1hht carry
the 1DachlLe; the epear head Euafd tnsefs: |
c1ank and p.tman fur conn unlcatine the redpro-
cst1ng motion to The cutter; reel posts, or sup
pe1te the a1rAcgementua the outer reel post BE-
hind the cutter, auo bent soswatd; the reel;
mcaus Tor adjusting The height Of the reel In III
height Of the cntter: the lateral arrangement ofthe
platform 10 and behind The driving whee. tor ena-
arranxtn Of the outsr wheel forfupportlos and
a,alantlng the machine; the combination of VI
brat1nR eerTated cutter, with guard dnecrs the
blane csee; The alyider. and the raker'a eeat."
The Report Of the Examiner 1T the Patent
Office, 1eter1ed to by Commissioner Holt, en-
braces the following valuable rhetorical infor-
matiou:
nation into The question ot value and importance
Of the Invention TO the public, IN view Of the staee
ment That Appacants in .ent,bo -' 10 necessary 10
osed s N this coantsy md d1 Ea1apea 10 name @ Tie
several pa1ta OF the machine described n the p.t'
ons M oI oia1s & liz e caisstr as Ihs niied III s
will permit.
IN applieants patent OF 1916 nnd described the
lst The frame to support the working psrt..
Thl1 pAt IL common 10 reapeIs.
ID: Two wheels 1or carving The t1ame md op.
Tying the machine Is familiar and found in Pitts
machine Of 1856. described IN Young's Annals OF
Agriculture, vol 8, p. 161.
3D.. platform 70 receive and carry the grain till
It is 1ated of at the slte BY the taker walking on
the ground. This will be found 10 cummn's En9-
ssions h % naca maeRne is Fsfme,s u ib betao
| Mechanie'e Magazine. vol. s, page ~; H1ssey's
| iii. 4 pole o. fhatts TO draw lie machine, ar
! ra1 ced nj one side Of the frame and cu1c, by
which The machine il guided. .n.
This will be fopnd In Glaoetone'e machine. 1906,
Edlnbrrp Encyclopedia. vol. II, p 3.5: 0gle'd,
1b22: sce1t's Of ISIS Ed1nbu1g Encyclopaedia, vol.
y. 3ss. plate 4ss-'9; Hnsseys Of 1884 Reads Of
6th. The vibrating stssieht cutter.
,o This Is defc5ib Y 1ses Eaesh 11 machine q
Amb'e,'s patent Of 1ss4. aid other American pat
eI6: gH.tns the gearing by tho wheels that carry
This i the COMMON mode Of communicating mo-
tion 70 The c9tuE asd Is described u early AZ 1888,
7lh. The epeas:head guard fingers arranged above
tbs catterH.
eth a crark and pltmsn to communicate The re-
| caprccat1ne uptlon 70 The cutter.
This IL tound II TIE patent = 20 Of Hu.aey, Of 1sss;
Lenaon DC Encyclopaedia, B. Up. zss'5 and samo1's
J qth. Reel posts or supports.
These are employed ID Sneb eY'e machins Of 1858;
3oore & Ha.kelre, 1885; Reads, 1872; Chnreh's,
III Philips 1e4i tEnslish patent, No. g.051 j
Coi14eak's patent oi Isl, i ind W oshs,s. sene q
tasse aas ,apporte1s sre arranged In upwdght and
10Th: aas arsanesnent ft Of the outer reel post be-
hind the s9tter ana bent forward
Th1s y fpnd IN Phillips patent Of 1871, and tn
desDed ee15o,ped serss, s" voi
p.1a:
, This il found m Belvs machine Of 1896, Reads
ct 164a, snebley's Of 1883, McCormlck's OF 1884,
!; cnurch'e Of lsa1, Dupcan's patent Of 1910, and
issh. Mean. for adjueting training and letting
down the reel 1n its enpports.
: isth. Ths arrangement for adjusting the height
, This IL found in Pitts ,aachine Of 1855, and
Il ore OF the most common Arrangements In The
Ian. The arrangement Of the platform laterailJ
to aud bth'ld The main diving wheel, to enable
the 1sker to remove the grain ~ the eiue
THIS arrangement Is ionnd IN ogie'e machine
| OF 192e Hussey'e machine Of 1883, una o:herk.
18Th. The arrangement Of the oater wheel In
rear OF The nam wheel, and at the opposlte slas
Of 1he platform, for supporting and balancing The
Tnis j. found in Butsey's patent Of 1858. =.
161h. The combination Of vibrating eez1stsd
This r. fo6nd In Gnnre 4 H,ske,1'a nstent Of
1888, in Hrtse5's Of 1888, and AcCosmjck's Of
lib. The blade-case. ........-.-.
This IL enpIo. ed IN HusEey'a patent of 1633 In
Moore & Raskeil'a of 1ss6, (consiat1ng Of series
Of mortises through tic guard nneess) in Read'a
| Of 1872, aid othern.
TIE Examiner goes on to remark:
ain the patent q Hussey Of 1883. slotted fingers
described which support the cattet. the dots or
mor1tlea 70 auarged as to accommodate the tod-
IN Tne mortisa pr sio,s in these projecting guard
fingers are yeuflaent to admit free plsy af the
cuue., which a thI4 nnschine L provided NTH
ea,ne es az sa
ported above and below them BY the eotted 1nger.
eu,aeni,y successful. and bas been adopted By
most Of IT, rnanniaetuiera Of reapers- and y now
n general a., rs ay o. hsr: ,sort.d e. s4as a.
ao.s and sst<"ttdt }<asu's q tie practical 'sap,n1
It nay be inquired: What did Rr. Nc
Cormiek inyents ae certainly had patents
for something. What was his improvement,
and what was it worth ? Judge Holt furnishes
reply to these natural inquiries. He says:
II y alleged, in effect. that however much the
inEeniion tof AcCormick) Of 1875 may be lacking
tr those CHI !sets1istics which excle admiration
End dazzle the tmagiuation yet that 1t has confer
70 iDmeasuEable benefits upon the country, for
which corresponding compensation should be
ma5e. "a this tegafd the preparation Of the case
J. ega., and ta!S!ly detee!e. ofall the experts
gagged In their manufacture, or farmers ernployinc
them In the neld none haze been called to testify,
ne1 a = 10 tns 31t9t,e .slns Of hs
reaper, as an entirety, hat bestowed upon the pub
nc Upon ih1s point SO vital to the applIcant'a
the enumeration, which has been given, Of tho
component parta OF the reaper ex1surR prior to
1s4s & w53sh m Ssre public property. aad ah!sh we5e
manifest thst hu 4nrtaktnn eonHisutet an "a.
tetdtnplv small pa,r Of 1emacAine.'
It may be worth while to notice IN this
connection, Mr. McCorm1ck'e statement
that 1t was proven by the testimony taken in
| the application for an extension under Com
missioner Holloway, sand admitted by the
contestants, {as stated by the Commissioner
Of Patents In his decision, that the value aud
importance Of the patentee's improvements
were such that no practical, good or useful
reaplng machine could be made Eitlout
them" The reply to this is that the large
reaper manufacturers Of the country we're
rot among the CONTESTANTS" They did
not care whether McCormick's patent was
extended OF not. They knew that it was
worthless. They had beaten Mccormick re-
peatedly In the courts, and they could do it
again. The smaller manufacturers contested
the extension becauss they did not want a
weapon placed In McCormick's hands by
which he could worry them to death with end.
less litigation. They knew that he could af:
tordlaWsuita while they could not. Their ad-
nnIes}one In the case amount to nothing. It
10 as easy 10 suppose that they admitted the
things recitcd by the Commissioner for the
purpose Of letting Mccormick down easy,
(as Judge Mclean did In the Nanny case, J
as to suppose th.t they did 1t tor any other
cause. Indeed, that Is the only reasonable
explanation OF 1t, tor they would hardly have
made admissions calculated to work their
own defeat, upon any other principle.
Mr.. Mccormick lays great stress upon the
fact that Mr. Holloway Is Republican, and
he states that hts application for an extension
| was resisted and finally defeated on political
grounds. II the circumstancesof Nr. Ho1lo'
| way being Republican were to be consid
cred SIS having any bearing on the case, VI
| might reply that Judge Holt WAS Democrat
An aupotntee Of Mr.. Buchanan, and In f1l