IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE- RAKES, AND HAYMAKERS, AND IN THEM COMBINED
Year: 1886

page_text: I THOMAS HENRY RAMSDEN of Bramhope near Leeds in the county of York land
agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-
RAKES, AND HAYMAKERS, AND IN THEM COMBINED to be as follows:-
For the improvement of a horserake having the gathering teeth and footlever of
patent 1785 there may be attached to the rake in combination with the said parts, a
rotating delivery, which by part of a revolution discharges the load of gathered
material.
Moreover to facilitate the delivery of the load of a horserake, I provide a clutch of
the following description and parts. The first part of the clutch is fixed on the nave
of a travelling wheel of the rake, the second part is loose on the axle thereof, and the
third part or face plate is fixed on the said axle. The second part of the clutch con-
sists of the counterpart of the said fixed clutch, and a wheel, and a locking plate,
united in one loose piece. The said second part has also a groove for a lever to work
in, and a spring keeps the said part out of gear. A clutch of this description can
communicate to the said rotating delivery by means of a wheel on its axle, the desired
part of a revolution aforesaid.
If the said rotating delivery of a horse rake having gathering teeth, and a foot
lever, be kept in continuous revolution by motion from the travelling wheel, the
machine will spread the material raked by the gathering teeth, or in other words
serve as a haymaker. The same machine may therefore he used as a horserake only,
or as a haymaker, or be employed as a haying machine for both purposes.
THOMAS HENRY RAMSDEN.

page_text: Improvements in Horserakes and Haymakers, and in them Combined.
I THOMAS HENRY RAMSDEN of Bramhope near Leeds in the county of York,
Land Agent 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:―
For the improvement of a horserake having the gathering teeth and footlever of
patent 1785 there may be attached to the rake in combination with the said parts,
suitably adjusted on the frame, a rotating delivery which by part of a revolution dis-
charges the load of gathered material.
Moreover to facilitate the delivery of the load of a horserake I provide a clutch of
the following description and parts. The first part of the clutch is fixed on the nave
of a travelling wheel of the rake, the second part is loose on the axle thereof, and the
third part or face plate is fixed on the said axle. The second part of the clutch con-
sists of the counterpart of the said fixed clutch and a wheel and a locking plate united
in one loose piece. The said second part has also a groove for a spring to work in
and this spring keeps the said part out of gear, until put into gear by a lever.
clutch of this description can communicate to the said rotating delivery by means of a
wheel on its axle the desired part of a revolution aforesaid.
A.
If the said rotating delivery of a horse rake having gathering teeth, and a footlever
be kept in continuous revolution by motion from the travelling wheel, the machine
will spread the material raked by the gathering teeth or in other words serve as a
haymaker, the same machine may therefore be used as a horserake only, or as a hay-
maker, or be employed as a haying machine for both purposes.
The nature of my invention for the said improvements is as follows:-
:
A horserake having gathering teeth, that is teeth which gather only but do not
deliver, and a footlever, like those of the description in 178 may have a rotating
delivery attached behind the main axle, the gathering teeth being moved backward on
the frame to conform therewith. The said rotating delivery revolves on an axis carried
by the frame of the rake and the said axis carries two rows of teeth, and has a chain
wheel at one of its ends by which it is operated. Motion obtained from the travelling
wheel gives a part revolution to the rotating delivery, whereby the upper row of its
teeth pushes the material under its axis, and discharges the load collected by the
gathering teeth. The part revolution now permits this said row of teeth to stop as a
back for the next load of material. The lower row of teeth has been raised in readi-
ness to deliver the said next load of material. Each row of teeth thus make a part
revolution and in turn deliver the material collected by the gathering teeth. The
teeth and their axis thus form the rotating delivery operated by a wheel on the said
axis.
The part revolution for the said delivery is obtained from the travelling wheel by a
clutch constructed in the following manner :-The first part of the clutch is fixed on a
nave of a travelling wheel of the rake; the second part is loose on the axle of the said

page_text: wheel, that is the second part may slide and revolve on the axle; and the third part
is fixed on the said axle, that is can neither slide nor revolve. Moreover the construc-.
tion of the said loose second part is threefold, having on one side a clutch to gear into
the first part and on the other side a locking plate with equidistant projections, and
between the clutch and the locking plate a chain wheel. This threefold second part
(clutch, chain wheel, and locking plate in one) may slide on the axle into gear with
the first part, and while so in gear must revolve with the travelling wheel on its axle.
The third part or fixed face plate has equidistant recesses to receive the corresponding
equidistant projections on the locking plate. A spring fast to the frame of the rake
takes hold of the loose second part by a groove between its chain wheel and locking
plate, pulling it out of gear whenever the projections of the locking plate sliding on
the face plate come opposite the recesses in the same. The said projections while in
the recesses of the fixed face plate will therefore hold the rotating delivery in position
by the chain wheel, and keep on the load of material being collected. To empty the
load the driver by pulling a lever makes the said spring. push and slide the loose
second part into gear when the rotating delivery will operate. The driver lets go at
once after pulling the clutch into gear, because the projections sliding on the face
plate keep the clutch in gear; and when they come opposite the aforesaid recesses
the spring pulls the loose second part out of gear; and locks it, and the rotating
delivery by means of its chain wheel.
Now if the said loose second part of the clutch having its chain wheel connected to
that on the axis of the rotating delivery, be put into gear and kept in gear the delivery
will revolve continuously, and put off the material under its axis as it is collected by
the gathering teeth; and it will turn or spread the material in so doing. The horse
rake thus serves as a back action slow spreader, or haymaker. The teeth of the
rotating delivery of the horse rake are attached to their axis in such a manner, that
they may be altered and disposed upon it when changing to spreading, as to strike the
material oftener, and not simultaneously by rows.
Having now declared the nature of my invention, I proceed to shew in what
manner the same is to be performed particularly described and ascertained with the
aid of the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 of the drawing is a side elevation of the combined horserake and hay-
maker; and figure 2 is a front elevation of the clutch: like letters distinguishing like
parts.
;
In the drawing the rotating delivery e having its axis d supported by the frame of
the horserake behind the main axle h, and also having the chain wheel on its axis d,
has in combination to conform with itself, the gathering teeth a, suspended from the
frame of the horserake backward of the axle h, and also has in like manner the foot-
lever, for operating the gathering teeth, a. The said chain wheel, d' is in connection
with the chain wheel, o on the axle, h for operating the delivery e, by a part revolution
obtained by means of a clutch shewn in detail in figure 2 of the drawing. The clutch
is formed of the first part f, fixed on a nave g, of the travelling wheel and the loose
second part m, o, n, which may slide and revolve on the axle ; and of the third part.
k, fixed on the axle h. The said second part m, o, n, consists of a clutch m, to gear
into the fixed clutch f, a chain wheel o, and a locking plate », with equidistant projec-
tions, and it has a groove, between the chain wheel o, and the locking plate n, the
whole being in one piece and loose on the axle h, The fixed face plate, & has equi-
distant recesses k¹, to receive the equidistant projections of the locking plate u. A
spring, made fast with one end to the frame of the rake takes hold in the groove r.
When the levert is pulled by the driver the spring, pushes the second part m, o, n,
into gear with the clutch, and pulls the projections, n' out of the recesses ¹. The
revolving clutch is kept in gear by the projections, sliding on the fixed face plate k
until a half revolution is made, and when the said projections, n¹ being opposite the
recesses the clutch is pulled out of gear by the spring p. Now this half revolution
of the clutch is imparted by the chain wheel, o through the chain wheel, d' to the
rotating delivery, e which makes a half revolution, and its upper teeth fall and push
off the material under its axis, d from the gathering teeth a, the other row of teeth

page_text: rising in readiness to deliver the next load of material. The rotating delivery, c is
held in position through the chain wheels, d¹ and o, by the projections, n¹ in the
recesses, of the fixed face plate k and the teeth c of the rotating delivery are
attached on their axis, d so that in changing the machine from raking to spreading
they may be altered and disposed on the axis, d to strike the material oftener, and not
simultaneously by rows.
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 :
1. For a horserake the combination of a rotating delivery having a part revolution,
with gathering teeth and their footlever, substantially in the manner as and for the
purposes described and represented.
2. For a haymaker the combination of a rotating delivery with gathering teeth and
their footlever substantially in the manner as and for the purposes described and
represented.
3. For a horserake a threepart clutch composed of a fixed part, a loose part, and a
fixed face plate the loose part being formed of a clutch, a chain wheel, and a locking
plate in one piece operated by a spring: the locking plate having equidistant projec-
tions fitting into equidistant recesses in the fixed face plate: substantially in the
manner as and for the purposes described and represented.
4. For a horserake the combination of a rotating delivery having a part revolution,
and of the said three part clutch, and of gathering teeth and their footlever: substan-
tially in the manner as and for the purposes described and represented.
part
5. For a combined horserake and haymaker the rotating delivery having a
revolution, and the threefold clutch, in combination with the gathering teeth and their
foot lever substantially in the manner as and for the purposes described and repre-
sented.