An Improved String Reel and Holder for Mechanical Agricultural Binders.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved String Reel and Holder for Mechanical Agricultural
Binders.
I, JOHNSON PAYNTER TOM, of Dennis Farm, Padstow, in the County of
Cornwall, Farmer, 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 an improved means, for holding in any suitable position
upon the frame or other convenient part of a "Mercer,"
"Bradford," "Monarch"
or other mechanical agricultural binder, a box or case or other contrivance, con-
taining a reel or reels upon which is wound the string or other material to be used
for the purpose of binding the sheaves of wheat, corn, barley or other cereals when
cut and gathered by mechanical means.
It has been the custom hitherto to carry upon the said mechanical binders a ball
of string for this purpose, which when in usc, is unwound from the internal end
thereof, and it has been found in practice that when the interior of said ball has
been used, and only the shell or outer layer remains, that this invariably collapses,
and becomes knotted and entangled with some part of the machine, and to obviate
this inconvenience is the object of the contrivance forming the subject of my inven-
tion, and I attain this by providing suitable reels upon which the string or other
material to be used for said binding may be wound, instead of in balls as hitherto,
and arranging a means by which said reel or reels may be carried within a rain
proof casing or holder fixed upon any suitable part of the machine most convenient
for use in binding the said sheaves when cut and gathered by the machine.
The accompanying drawings illustrate two methods of constructing the said case
and reel, that of
Fig. 1 shewing the manner of carrying the reel in a horizontal position, while
Fig. 2 shews a method of carrying two or more such reels in a vertical position
within the case, or covered holder.
Fig. 3 is a view of one of the empty reels.
In carrying this contrivance into effect I provide a case or covered holder A,
of wood, metal or other suitable material, painted or otherwise treated to keep out
rain or damp, of any suitable shape externally, and capable of being fixed upon the
machine in any suitable position, which may be by the means of straps, or by that
of screws, pins or the like passing through holes a in the bottom or other convenient
part of A, as in Fig. 1, or by the means of lugs b, fixed to A, as in Fig. 2, or by
any other means most convenient for the type of machine upon which the case A is
to be fixed.
The string or other material to be used is wound upon suitable reels B similar to
Fig. 3, which may either have projecting axial studs c, formed thereon, which
engage with suitable holes in A, by which B may be borne, capable of being
revolved, or said reels may be bored centrally to receive a portable spindle, and be
retained within A by the means of pins or the like d as in Fig. 1 when arranged
horizontally, or capable of being slipped upon vertical pins e rigidly fixed within A
as in Fig. 2 when the reels are placed in a vertical position.
The body of the reels B may be round, square or polygonal in cross section the
ends of which B may be formed integrally therewith, or one or both may be
removable as may be desired, and upon these reels is wound (preferably by the
manufacturer) the string or other material to be used for binding the sheaves
before mentioned, so that the said string may be delivered to the consumer
in this form instead of in balls as hitherto, the said reels may then be placed
in A as required.

page_text: The front C of the case A may be detachable if desired as in Figs. 1 and 2
or hinged or otherwise connected to A so as to permit the easy placing of the full,
or displacing the empty reel or reels. A slit or slits are formed in C, either
vertical or horizontal as desired, through which passes the string or the like
upon B. The said front C when placed in position upon A may be there retained
by any suitable means, such for instance as that of hooks and eyes as in Fig. 2.
By this means the string or other material upon the reels may be used to the end
without becoming knotted or entangled.
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.
In combination with any type of mechanical agricultural binder, the employment
of a reel or reels B, upon which is wound the string or other material used for
binding the sheaves, arranged to revolve in either a horizontal or vertical position
within a weather proof case A, of any desired shape, and made of any suitable
material, provided with a movable or removable front C, with a slit or slits f,
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn by the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of December 1891.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.