An Improved Hay-stacking Machine.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hay-stacking Machine.
I, LARS PEDER RASMUSSEN, of Egebjerg, in the Kingdom of Denmark, 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:-
1
The present invention refers to a hay-stacking machine by means of which
hay or the like may be raked together and piled in stacks of a suitable size.
The accompanying drawing represents a side elevation of the machine.
The machine consists of two side beams a, which at the front end are connected
by suitable cross-pieces but which from about the middle to the rear end have no
fixed connections. The side beams are provided close to the front end (the left
one) with driving wheels b and at the rear end with smaller wheels c upon the
arms d which are arranged so as to be able to turn upon vertical bolts in the
side beams.
At the front end of the above described frame are a tongue and swingle tree
with braces.
A rake e with ordinary, curved teeth the points of which touch the ground,
is fixed at the front.
The side beams a carry uprights f, stayed in a suitable manner, and the upper
ends of which are connected by means of a movable drum or roller h. To the
end of this roller outside the upright are fixed chain wheels g.
Two similar drums or rollers, i and k, are placed below the frame, the one in
front of the rake e and the other behind the said rake, but somewhat lower down
than the first one. Around these three rollers h, i and k, runs an endless belt l,
consisting of strips of fabric or the like passing between the teeth of the rake e
and provided with teeth m made of steel-wire.
By means of two crossed chains each passing around one of the afore-men-
tioned chain-wheels g and a corresponding chain-wheel n fixed on the axle of the
driving wheels the roller h and with it the endless belt are moved in the
direction shown by the arrows 1 when the whole machine is pulled forward.
Behind the above-described mechanism and underneath the frame are arranged
two rollers o and p, the latter of which is at one end provided with a bevel-
wheel that engages another bevel-wheel r fixed on a long spindle s, which at its
foremost end has a bevel-wheel that gears into a toothed ring attached to the
driving wheel. The front end of the spindle s rests in a bearing v arranged
upon a rod w which at its lower end is fastened to the frame by means of a
hinged joint. The rod. w and with it the bearing can consequently be moved
out from or in towards the machine, and the bevel-wheels and u can thus
be brought out of or into gear. On the frame is fixed a spring which tends to
force the bearing out from the machine.
A seat for the driver is placed close to the rod w.
The two rollers, o and p, carry an endless belt a, which, when the bevel-
wheels u and are in gear is moved in the direction shown by the arrows 2.

page_text: This movement must be so adjusted that the upper part of the belt is moved
exactly as quickly backward as the machine itself is moved forward.
The machine works in the following manner:
When the machine is pulled forward, the hav is raked together by the rake e,
and then caught by the teeth m upon the belt the lower part of which is moving
forward. The hay now travels with the elevator up to the upper end of the
upright whence it falls over the roller h down upon the upper part of the belt ..
A stack is then gradually formed on the belte, and when the stack has reached
a suitable size the driver puts the spindle s in rotation by pulling the rod w
towards the machine; the stack will thereupon move backward over the roller
and down on to the ground.
2'
The movement of the belt being adjusted as above described, the stack will not
divide during this operation.
When the stack is upon the ground the driver releases the rod w, the spindle s
is moved out from the machine, and the belt .c stops.
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:-
A hay-stacking machine, characterized by three revolving rollers, h, i, k, the
two latter being placed close to, and almost at the same height above the ground,
the said rollers carrying an elevator 7 consisting of narrow strips of fabric or the
like which pass between the teeth of the rake fixed upon the machine, in combi-
nation with a stacking-belt of usual construction and to which a periodical move-
ment can be imparted substantially as described.
Datod tho fth day of March 1800
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant