A Method of and Apparatus for Gleaning or Gathering Stalks and Ears of Corn or the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept.; 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Apparatus for Gleaning or Gathering Stalks and
Ears of Corn or the like.
JOHN CHARLES BARKER Albion House, Beverley in the County of York Corn
and Oil-cake Merchant and Seed Crusher do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to the means of gleaning or gathering of stalks and ears of
corn or grain, of seeds, grains and small particles, and materials lying on or near
the ground which 1 effect by the operations of a machine travelling along the
ground, of the following description
I lift and collect the materials to be gathered by means of a current of air. The
current of air I produce by means of an exhaust-fan or fans, connected by spouting
sheet.
leading inwards from near the ground, and outward to a chamber or open
The materials to be gathered are thus drawn into, fed along, and delivered, by
means of one or more exhaust-fans. The exhaust-fan or fans may be driven by
gearing connected with the travelling wheels through the whole apparatus being
drawn along or otherwise propelled.
Dated this 21st day of September 1891.
JOHN CHARLES BARKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Apparatus for Gleaning or Gathering Stalks and
Ears of Corn or the like.
JOHN CHARLES BARKER Albion House, Beverley in the County of York Corn
and Oil-cake Merchant and Seed Crusher 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 :-
My invention relates to means of gleaning or gathering of stalks or ears of corn
or grain, of seeds, grains, or small particles and materials lying on or near the
ground which I effect by a machine or apparatus, such as I show in the annexed
drawings whereby a large amount of labor is dispensed with.
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Fig. 1 is a side elevation.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation.
A is a fan. B, B' are spouting from near the ground to the centre of fan A.
C. C' are the inlets to B, B¹.
D is the discharge outlet from fan A.
E, E are clutched pinions gearing with travelling wheels F, FI
G, H, and I are multiplying gear, giving the requisite velocity to the fan A, thus
producing a strong current of air.
I gather and collect the materials, by means of a current of air produced by a
fan, or fans, A, connected by spouting B, B' leading inwards at C, C and outwards
at D, discharging into an attached receptacle at D.
The materials gathered are thus drawn in at the openings C then along spouting B
through fan A and discharged at outlet D.
The fan or fans may be driven by gearing connected with the travelling wheels F,
through the whole apparatus being drawn along or otherwise propelled.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
-claim is,
(1) The combination of a fan or fans attached to and driven by travelling
wheels.
(2) As a mechanical means of gleaning, or gathering materials lying on or near
the ground operating as described and shewn in the drawings for the purpose set
forth viz. Figs. 1 & 2.
D
outh day of June 1800
JOHN CHARLES BARKER.