Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left. 3rd May, 1900—Accepted, 23rd June, 1900
Date of Application, 6th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left. 3rd May, 1900-Accepted. 23rd June 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
I, ADAM CARLISLE BAMLETT, Agricultural Engineer, Thirsk, Yorkshire, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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In this invention for improvements in mowing and reaping machines the
hinge bar is made in such a form that it can be stamped preferably in mild
steel. It has a hole through it near the shoe end, the lifting chain is passed
through this hole and this form of hinge. bar can be used either for right or
left hand cut machines.
The singletrees are mounted on the top of the pole but overhanging the inner
side of it and are carried by a sliding or by a pivotted bar and are connected
by a draw rod to the frame of the machine, this draw rod is linked to a bar on
the frame and when the pole is shifted from its moving to its reaping position
or vice versa the linked rod can slide on its bar a similar distance and maintain
its relative position to the pole.
The system of tilting the fingers by a regulating lever and front swivel wheel
patented by me 1862, No. 311, is so applied to this machine that the lever can
also be used when the machine is not fitted with the front swivel wheel. This
lever is preferably connected to the frame at the same point.
When cutting artificial grasses which do not require to be cut as close to the
ground as meadow grass the hinge end of the finger bar is suspended clear of the
ground preferably by a chain, which is attached to a rotary box containing a
coil spring, this box can be adjusted to suspend the hinge end of the finger bar
at any required height, and when not so adjusted it lessens the weight of the
hinge end of the finger bar on the ground.
Dated this 6th day of July 1899.
Improvements in Mowing and Reaping machines.
I, ADAM CARLISLE BAMLETT, Agricultural Engineer, Thirsk, Yorkshire, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and' by the following
statement:- -
In this invention for improvements in mowing and reaping machines the hinge
bar is made in such a form that it can be stamped preferably in mild steel.
It has a hole through it near the shoe end, the lifting chain is passed through
[Price R71

page_text: this hole and this form of hinge bar can be used either for right or left hand
cut machines.
Figures 1 and 2 are plans of the opposite sides of the hinge bar and Figure 3
is a section on the line 3-3 Figures 1 and 2. a is the bar and a¹ the hole
through it.
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As will be seen the bar is symmetrical being similar on both sides and can
therefore be used either on a right or left hand machine.
Figure 4 is a plan and Figures 5 to 8 are perspective views of the machine.
In these figures many of the parts are omitted.
The swingletrees are mounted on the top of the pole but overhanging the inner
side of it and are carried by a sliding or by a pivotted bar and are connected
by a draw rod to the frame of the machine, this draw. rod is linked to a. bar
on the frame and when the pole is shifted from its mowing to its reaping position
or vice versa the linked rod can slide on its bar a similar distance and maintain
its relative position to the pole.
Figures 4, 5, 5 and 6 show this arrangement.. b b are the small swingletrees
pivotted to the large swingle tree c which rests on the frame d fixed on the top
of the pole e.
The large swingletree c is provided with an iron bracket c having
an eye at its rear end. This eye is connected to a vertical pivotted bar c³.
This bar is pivotted to a bracket which is bolted to the side of the pole e
and is provided with two hooks at its upper end, to the front hook of this pivotted
bar the swingletrees are attached, the rear hook is connected by the draw rod f to
the eye g Figures 4, 5 and 6 which when put in the position shown in Figure 7
and in dotted lines in Figure 5 is then free to slide along the rod h fixed to the
frame of the machine.
When the machine is arranged for reaping as shown in Figure 5 the pole e is
on the outside of the lugs jj on the frame between them and other lugs which are
not seen, and the eye g lies between the lugs k but when the machine is arranged
for mowing as shown in Figures 4 and 6 the pole is inside the lugs j between
them and the lugs whilst the eye is between the lugs m.
This arrangement lessens the side draught. The system of tilting the fingera
by a regulating lever and front swivel wheel patented by me 1862, No. 311, is
so applied to this machine that the lever can also be used when the machine is not
fitted with the front swivel wheel. This lever is preferably connected to the
frame at the same point.
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Figure 7 is a perspective, view showing the old arrangement. n is the swivel
wheel carried by the pole e which is detachably fixed to the frame of the machine.
pis a lever pivotted at p¹ to the swivel wheel bracket and connected by the link p
to a pin (hidden in Figure 7) fixed to the lug pt on the frame of the machine.
The lever can be retained in any position by a bolt operated, by the handle
and engaging with the quadrant r. Figure 8 is another perspective view with
the travelling wheel removed showing new arrangement. is the regulating
lever pivotted at s¹ to the bracket carrying the pole e and connected by the link p
to the same pin p³ on the lug p as in the former arrangement. By this means
the cutting mechanism, viz.: the fingers and knives can be tilted relatively to the
frame whether the swivel wheel n is in use or not.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. The symmetrical hinge bar of the form substantially as shown at Figures 1
to 3.
2. The method of mounting the swingle-trees on the pole substantially as
described and illustrated in the drawings.
3. Connecting the swingletrees to the frame by a draw rod on the cutter side
of the pole the attachment being such that its distance from the pole remains
substantially the same when the pole is shifted,

page_text: 4. The method of connecting the swingle-trees to the frame substantially as
described and illustrated in the drawings.
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5. The apparatus for tilting the fingers substantially as described and illus-
trated in the drawings.
6. Mowing and reaping machines substantially as described and illustrated
in the drawings.