IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN RAISING CROPS FROM THE GROUND AND LOADING THEM INTO CARTS OR WAGONS, WHICH MEANS OR APPARATUS MAY BE ALSO EMPLOYED FOR UNLOADING AND STACKING PURPOSES
Year: 1876

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Lethbridge Brooke Templer at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th March 1876.
JAMES LETHBRIDGE BROOKE TEMPLER, of Dudley Lodge, Harrow, in the County
of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN
RAISING CROPS FROM THE GROUND AND LOADING THEM INTO CARTS OR WAGONS,
WHICH MEANS OR APPARATUS MAY BE ALSO EMPLOYED FOR UNLOADING AND
STACKING PURPOSES."
My Invention consists of a loading machine that will pick up grass, hay, or other
produce from the ground, and place it in an ordinary wagon or cart, and which
may be used as an ordinary stacking machine.
It consists of a frame of wood or other material placed on a four-wheel trolley.
the hind wheels of which are arranged to work on a carriage and pin or "perch
bolt," and these wheels may be controlled by screw or other gear or connections to
facilitate the guiding of the machine. The front wheels of the trolley are arranged
to drive the gear which gives motion to endless chains, ropes, or bands which carry
sets of tines or boards round two axles, carried in bearings fixed at each end of the
frame. The driving gear is so arranged as to be capable of driving at different
speeds according to the nature of the crop. The motion will be applied by a horse
or horses which may be coupled to each side of the machine, so that they will walk
clear of the "stavel" or crop; or when only one horse is used it may be attached
to the front and allowed to walk on the crop.
The wagon or cart to be loaded can be attached (either with or without the horse
or horses attached thereto) to the frame in the rear of the machine, and behind the
wheels to connections placed for that purpose. The front or lower axis for the
endless chains, ropes, or bands is placed near the ground, so that the tines or boards
shall work close to the ground and pick up the crop therefrom; and in front of this
lower axle, I mount on cach side of the frame a guide board, which guide boards act
as conductors to enclose the crop and ensure its being taken by the tines or boards.
I also fix at the back of the said front or lower axis a board, rake, or brush, which
will collect any of the crop which may pass the front tines or boards, and cause it to
be taken by the tines or boards in their descent to the front.
In some cases a fly or reel or revolving rake may be carried in the front of the
machine to raise the crop and deliver to the tines or boards and revolving rakes,
or boards or brushes may be placed at suitable angles at the front of the machine to
collect the crop towards the path of the machine, whilst for windy weather a roller
Price 201

page_text: or revolving endless apron may be caused to pass over the crop in front of the
machine to prevent its being blown about.
The machine is provided with screw or other gear to enable the endless chains,
bands, or ropes to work at various angles; and for unloading purposes the front
wheels of the machine are raised off the ground and the machine is driven by
steam or other power applied to one of the revolving axles thereof.
The sides of the machine are boxed in to keep the produce in it whilst being
raised.