Year: 1887

page_text: A communication from THE MILWAUKEE HARVESTER COMPANY, doing business at
Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, United States of America.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323; High Holborn, London, in the County of
Middlesex, England, M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
.
This invention relates to grain binders, and harvesters and to the combination
therewith of mechanism for saving the grain usually wasted by threshing in the
operation of harvesting and binding.
In the drawings:
Figure, 1, is a perspective of a portion of a grain binder embodying this
invention.
Figure, 2, is a vertical section on line, x, x, Figure 1.
Figure, 3, is a detail of a modification or modified form of grain deck forming
part of this invention.
A, is the frame of a binder and, B, is the rear sill thereof. C, is the inclined grain
deck and D, a receptacle for receiving grain that is threshed by the operation of the
harvester and hinder, and, E, is one of the deck supports.
The inclined deck is preferably corrugated or ribbed the channels made thereby
being inclined and then from the lower edge of said deck are extended fingers, b,
between which the threshed grain can fall into the receptacle, D, as the bundles
are delivered from the deck. It will be noticed that this receptacle, D, extends
out beyond the frame of the binder so as to rest just under the lower edge of the
deck, this arrangement of said receptacle and deck serving to insure the catching of
all the loose grain. The receptacle, D, is supported just beneath the rear of the
binder frame by arms D', upon which its bottom rests and the receptacle is secured
against lateral displacement by loose pins, F, that project through its bottom and
into and through the arms, which latter are secured to the harvester frame by
hangers, c, and sills, D, or by any other suitable means.

page_text: As shown in Fig. 3. the deck may be corrugated and of metal and the fingers, b,
may be of wire.
The corrugations or grooves in the deck serve to catch the grain and guide it over
and into the receptacle but I may dispense with the channel and use the receptacle on
binders having ordinary decks.
By the use of this device the greater portion of the grain heretofore wasted by
threshing as it is being harvested and bound is caught and saved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the same
is to bo performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1. In a grain binder, the combination with its frame, of an inclined deck and a
rearwardly extended receptacle arranged beneath the lower edge of said deck to
receive the loose grain that falls therefrom.
2. In a grain binder, the combination with a grain receptacle of a deck having
grooves or channels adapted for catching threshed grain and guiding it into said
receptacle as set forth.
3. In a grain binder, the combination with a grain receptacle of an inclined deck
having grooves or channels for catching and guiding the grain into the receptacle
and fingers that extend beyond the lower edge of the deck, as set forth.
Dated GIS 1ST day Or November 1881.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.