IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF- DUMPING HORSE RAKES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hearne Pellow, of No. 12, Lancelots
Hey, Liverpool, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-
DUMPING HORSE RAKES."-A communication from abroad by George
Barclay and James Kennedy, both of Oshawa, in the County and
Province of Ontario, Canada.
Sealed the 10th March 1876, and dated the 21st September 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hearne
Pellow at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 21st September 1875.
I, WILLIAM HEARNE PELLOW; of No. 12, Lancelots Hey, Liverpool,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SELF-DUMPING HORSE RAKES," a communication to me from abroad. by
George Barclay and James Kennedy, both of Oshawa, in the County
and Province of Ontario, Canada, to be as follows:-
The first part of my Invention relates to the means for dumping the
rake, and the second part to a tooth holder for securing the teeth to the
axle, and it consists,—
Inst In the combination of a nxing shooting boy hallow

page_text: and radial geared grooved collar secured to the outer end of the wheel
hub, whereby a pin on the shooting bar engages with the grooved collar
and elevates the teeth secured thereto when the load is to be dumped by
the partial rotation of the axle.
2rd. A draw bracket-secured-to-the-draw-bar,-sleeved_to_form_a_
bearing for axle, having a cam projection engaging with a projectin
pin secured to the shooting bar to throw the dumping connections out
of engagement automatically.
3rd. Providing the rake with a foot bracket centrally hinged and
having a lever projection connecting with the. dumping chain for 1
operating the dumping gear.
4th. A tooth holder having a vertical slotted projection and hori-
zontally slotted bed plate bolted to the axle and receiving the bent end
of the teeth vertically.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 1
filed by the said William Hearne Pellow in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 16th March 1876.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HEARNE PELLON, of No. 12, Lancelots Hey, Liverpool, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 2
Letters Patent, bearing-date-the-Twenty-first day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give_and_grant_unto me, the said William Hearne Pellon,
Her special licence that I, the said William Hearne Pellon, my 2
executors, administrátors, and assigns, or súch others as I, the said
William Hearne Pellon; my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United g
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Ohannel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-DUMPING. HORSE.
RAKES," a communication to me from abroad by George Barclay and

page_text: James Kennedy, both of Ashawa, in the County and Province of
Ontario, Canada, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Hearne Pellon, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Hearne Pellon, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement: —
The first part of my Invention relates to the means for dumping the.
rake, and the second part to a tooth holder for secureing the teeth to the
axle, and it consists,—
1rst. In the combination of a spring shooting bar, holder axle skein,.
and radial geared grooved collar secured to the outer end of the wheel
hub, whereby a pin on the shooting bar engages with the grooved collar.
and elevates the teeth secured thereto when the load is to be dumped by.
the partial rotation of the axle.
2rd. A draw bracket sccured to tlie draw bar sleeved to form a
bearing for axle, having a cam projection engaging with a projecting
pin secured to the shooting bar to throw the dumping connections out of
engagement automatically.
3rd. Providing the rake with a foot bracket centrally-hinged and having
a lever projection connecting with the duniping chain for operating the
dumping gear.
4th. A tooth holder having a vertical slotted projection and hori
zontally slotted bed plate bolted to the axle and receiving the bent end
of the teeth vertically.
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Fig. 1.is.a top view of a portion of a rake, embodying the Invention.;.
Fig. 2 is a section of the hub and axle.; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of.
the tooth holder; Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same.

page_text: A is the wheel hub; B is a collar fitting thereon and secured thereto
removably by a screw a or other contrivance. g is a washer for secureing
the hub on the holder axle by a pin h passing through the same and
through a slot in the shooting_bar_operating in the axle, as heretofore
described. C is a hollow-axle-or-skein; D is a shooting bar sliding in
hollow axle C; and E is a spiral spring therein to project the bar-D-after
retraction by the operator. b are longitudinally slots in the hollow axle
through which the pin c, d, inserted near each end of the bar D projects;
fare radial grooves in the collar B. F is a chain, rope, wire, or iron rod
fastened to the pin d and connecting with the lever e secured to the
front bracket G.
When the toe of bracket G is depressed the bar D is drawn inwardly
and brings the pin c into engagement with the radial grooves in the
collar B and causes the wheel to partially rotate the axle, thereby
lifting the rake teeth to dump the load. H is the draw bar, connected
to the axle by draw brackets I which are sleeved in the axle and bolted
to the draw bar; J is a cam projection on the side of the draw bars
with which the pin d comes in contact when the axle turns in dumping
and moves the shooting bar endwise, thus throwing the pin c out of
engagement with the radial grooves in the collar B automatically,
thereby allowing the rake teeth after dumping to fall to raking position.
When the rake is not dumping the spiral spring E keeps the bar D
projected so that the pin c will be out of engagement with the radial
grooves f. This portion of the machine is applicable to a rake having
either a wooden or iron axle. The front bracket G is hinged centrally to
a pivoted-connection on the rake bar so that either a heel or toe
pressure is exerted-to-operate the dumping mechanism. The rake teeth
are-independently secured to the axle by means of a holder K separately
bolted-thereto. The teeth holders K are formed. with a slot h in the base
of the holder to prevent-lateral movemont of the teeth, and a slotted
vertical projection L to receive the bent end of the rake teeth.-The-
holder is secured to the axle by a bolt entering the axle.
_Having described the construction and working of my improvement,
what I claim as my Invention is;—
1rst. The combination of the spring shooting bar D having pins c, d,
slotted hollow axle C, and collar B, having radial grooves f, with the
wheel hub A, to operate substantially as described for the purposes
before mentioned.

page_text: 2rd. The draw bracket I secured to the draw bar and sleeved on the
axle, having a cam projection J for automatically disengaging the pin c.
from the radial grooves f in the process of dumping.
3rd. Providing the rake with a foot bracket G hinged centrally to its
pivoted connection and having a lever e, as described, for the purposes
before mentioned.
4th. The tooth holder K bolted separately to the axle and formed
with a slotted vertical projection L, and having a slot in the base to
hold the tooth in position, substantially as set forth.
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I witness whereof, I, the said William Hearne Pellon, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six.
WILLIAM HEARNE PELLOW. (L.S.)