IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Brouncker Ingle, of 37, King William Street,
in the City of London, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES." -A communication from abroad by
William Henry Seymour and Dayton Morgan, both of Brockport,
Monroe County, in the State of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 28th November 1862, and dated. the 10th June 1862
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by the said, John Brouncker Ingle at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th June 1862.
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I, JOHN BROUNCKER INGLE, of 37, King William Street, in the City of
5 London, Gentleman, do hereby declare "the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
The said Invention relates to sweep rakes in harvesting machines which
traverse on a vertical axis behind the cutter bar, and have crank arms, which
turn in horizontal bearings for the purpose of 'lifting the rake and. holding it
above the grain while it is moving forward toward the cutters.
The first part of the Invention consists in communicating motion to the
rake mechanism from the main driving shaft or other suitable shaft of the
machine by means of a yielding clutch, so" arranged by a "combination of
inclined teeth on the moveable part of the clutch with a pin or pins or opposite
5 inclined teeth fast to the driving shaft, and a spring to keep the two parts of
the clutch together, that the clutch only operates to move the mechanism of

page_text: the rake when the harvesting machine is drawn forward, the rake ceasing
to operate when the machine is backed.
The second part of the Invention consists in communicating the traversing
motion of the rake to the vertical turn post or traversing axis of the rake
from a crank turning on a horizontal axis, and geared to the main driving
wheel by means of two connecting rods jointed to each other by a compound
or universal joint, one of the rods being connected to the wrist pin of the
driving crank, and the other to the horizontal arm of the vertical turn-post,
the end of the latter rod extending through an eye guide, in which it plays
back and forth with sufficient freedom to admit of the gyration of the crank
end, substantially as herein-after described.
The third part of the Invention consists in combining with a rake arm,
supported by and turning in horizontal bearings in a horizontal traversing
arm, vibrating on a vertical axis, a lifting arm projecting from the rake arm,
a stop placed on the back part of the frame of the machine, and a self-acting
holding or latoting mechanism attached to and traversing with the rake arm
and traversing arm, and independent of the main part of the machine, sub-
stantially as herein-after, described, for the purpose of lifting the rake at the
end of its back motion after it has discharged the grain from the platform,
and sustaining the rake in an elevated position above the accumulating grain
on the platform while moving forwards towards the cutters. And this part
of the Invention further consists in tripping the latch by suitable means at
the end of the forward motion of the rake toward the cutters, for the purpose
of permitting the rake to descend to the platform at the proper time to com-
mence raking, substantially as herein-after described.
The fourth part of the Invention consists in driving a sweep rake from
the cutter bar shaft of a harvesting machine by means of a worm on the
cutter bar shaft, a worm wheel carrying a crank, and rotated on a vertical
axis by the worm wheel on the cutter bar shaft, and a connecting rod from
the horizontal traversing arm which carries the rake to the wrist pin on the
crank carried by the worm wheel or their equivalents, in the combination,
substantially as herein-after described.
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But to more particularly describe the Invention I will refer to the Drawings,
Sheets 1, 2, and 3.
The first part of the Invention is shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, Sheets I.
and 2. Figure 1 is a plan view of a horizontal section of the main part of
a harvesting machine, showing the raking apparatus; Figure 2, a side
elevation of same; Figure 3, view of clutch wheel' and shaft; and Figure 4,
a section of clutch and shipper.

page_text: a represents the shaft of the main driving and supporting wheel 6 of the
machine, upon which the main frame c is supported; d is a cogged rim on
the main wheel, which drives a pinion d' on the shaft f. A bevel cog
wheel e, keyed to the shaft f, gears into and drives the bevel pinion e¹ on the
5 cutter bar shaft g. The main shaft a extends a short distance from the side
frame towards the platform, and carries the clutch wheel h, which is loose on
the driving shaft, and gears into the cog wheel i, which also runs loose on
the shaft f, and is connected by a crank and connecting rods to the vertical
axis of the rake. The hub of the clutch wheel on the side next to the
platform is cut into a series of inclined teeth j resembling a disc ratchet,
which are kept against the pins k on the main shaft a by the spring 7 on the
clutch shipper m. The shipper slides in bearings n; n, (Figure 4) on the
frame of the machine, and is connected by a cord or strap o, passing through
the staple p upwards to a treadle q in front of the driver's seat, by which the
driver may release the clutch whenever he desires to stop the movement of
the rake. The inclined teeth on the hub of the clutch wheel under the action
of the spring engage with the pins on the shaft, and communicate motion to
the rake when the machine is drawn forward to cut the grain, but when the
machine is backed the pins run over the inclined surfaces of the clutch teeth,
merely giving the clutch a lateral instead of a rotary motion on the shaft.
In place of the pins, a disc of inclined teeth to match the teeth on the clutch
wheel may be secured to the shaft.
The second part of the Invention is shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 5, Sheets
1 and 2 of the Drawings. On the side of the wheel i, which, as before stated,
runs loose on the shaft f, and is driven by the clutch wheel h, a crank ¹ is
secured; r is a connecting rod from the crank to the connecting rod or
pitman s, which is supported at one end. by the eye-guide u'attached to the
frame, through which it plays with sufficient freedom to admit of the gyratory
motion of the other end, which connects by a vertical joint with the hori-
zontal arm v projecting from the vertical turn post w, which turns freely in
bearings in the frame of the machine; the connecting rod r is bent to allow it
to vibrate clear of the clutch.
The third part of the Invention is shown in Figures 1, 2, and 5, Sheets 1
and 2 of the Drawings. The rake arm y is sustained by and turns in bearings
in the lugs y', y', on the under side of the crank arm v; y' is a helical spring
secured at one end to the rake arm, and at the other end to the supporting
horizontal traversing arm v, for the purpose of keeping the rake teeth against
the platform when raking; y³ is an arm fast to the rake arm by a hub y', which
s made in the form of an excentric cam, and contains a notch y"; " is an

page_text: arm projecting from the back part of the frame of the machine, which takes
against the lifting arm y³, projecting from the rake arm, and lifts the rake as
it approaches the end of its back motion after discharging the grain from the
platform. The position of the parts at this portion of the stroke of the rake.is
shown in red lines in Figure 1; y is a trip latch, the fulcrum of which, turns
in bearings y on each side of the slot y in the horizontal traversing .arm v;
the blade of the latch extends from in front of the slot over the cam y, on the
surface of which it rests with a yielding pressure by the action of the spring
y while the rake is being lifted, and is raised up by the cam as it turns until
the notch in the cam comes opposite to it, when it enters the notch and
secures the rake in an elevated position while it is being carried forward, and
until it arrives at the termination of its forward motion, when the latch is
lifted or tripped by the contact of its crooked arm or tripping end y" with the
under side of the pitman s at y¹, permitting the rake to descend to the
platform.
Another mode of carrying, this part of the Invention into effect is shown
in Sheet 3 of the Drawings, Figures 1 and 2. .
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H represents the horizontal traversing arm, which sustains a rake arm I,
composed of two parallel rods fast to the rake J at one end, and at the other
to a forked lever I', which turns, freely on the vibrating.arm H, and is confined
laterally by the sides of a cam h, keyed fast to the vibrating arm H between
the forked bearings of the lever I'. A roller i, resting on the cam.h, and
held by suitable bearings in the sleeve slides, i, is pressed against the
surface of the cam by the action of the springs 2, %, which encircle the rods of
the rake arm against the sleeve slides which support the roller; the rake arm I
and lever I' being rigidly connected, are moved to lift the rake by the contact
of the lever arm I' with a stationary arm L on the back part of the frame.
The yielding roller travels with the rake arm over the surface of the
cam h
while the rake is being lifted, and when the lifting action terminates has
become seated in the concave surface of the cam, and thereby. maintains the
rake in its elevated position until the termination of its forward movement
over the accumulating grain on the platform, when the yielding roller is forced
out of its seat in the concave part of the cam, and the rake brought down to
the platform by the arm I' coming in contact with the stationary arm K op
the front part of the side frame of the machine. The position of the parts.at
the time of lifting the rake is shown in red lines in Figure 1, and their
position at the time of throwing down the rake in blue lines in the same
Figure.
The fourth part of the Invention is also shown in Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 3.

page_text: D is the cutter-bar shaft, driven as usual from the main shaft by bevel gear
wheels C and d; a worm wheel d' on the cutter-bar shaft drives a worm wheel
E, which rotates on a vertical axis, and carries the crank e; a vertical post G
is mounted in suitable bearings in the gearing frame, so as to be capable of
turning freely on its axis; a rigid.arm or lever H, carrying the rake. arm,
projects horizontally from the turning post G, and vibrates over the platform
parallel to it; the connecting rod F is jointed to this arm, and communicates
motion to it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent; filed
by the said John Brouncker Ingle in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th December 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BROUNCKER INGLE, of 37, King William Street, in the City of London,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand. eight hundred and sixty-two,, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John Brouncker Ingle,. Her special licence, that I, the said John Brouncker
Ingle, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Brouncker Ingle, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at.any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and. lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United. Kingdom of Great Britain. and .Ire-
land, the Channel. Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES," a communication to .me from
abroad by William Henry Seymour and Dayton Morgan, both of Brockport,
Monroe County, in the State of New York, United States of America, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I the said John Brouncker Ingle, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under mny, 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.

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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Brouncker Ingle, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The said Invention relates to sweep rakes in harvesting machines which
traverse on a vertical axis behind the cutter bar, and have crank arms which
turn in horizontal bearings for the purpose of lifting the rake, and holding it
above the grain while it is moving forward toward the cutters.
The first part of the Invention consists in communicating motion to the
rake mechanism from the main driving shaft or other suitable shaft of the
machine by means of a yielding clutch so arranged by a combination of
inclined teeth on the moveable part of the clutch with a pin or pins or
opposite inclined teeth fast to the driving shaft, and a spring to keep the two
parts of the clutch together, that the clutch only operates to move the
mechanism of the rake when the harvesting machine is drawn forward, the
rake ceasing to operate when the machine is backed.
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The second part of the Invention consists in communicating the traversing
motion of the rake to the vertical turn post or traversing axis of the rake from
à crank turning on a horizontal axis, and geared to the main driving wheel
by means of two connecting rods jointed to each other by a compound or
universal joint, one of the rods being connected to the wrist pin of the
driving crank, and the other to the horizontal arm of the vertical turn post,
the end of the latter rod extending through an eye guide, in which it plays
back and forth with sufficient freedom to admit of the gyration of the crank
end, substantially as herein-after described.
The third part of the Invention consists in combining with a rake armi,
supported by and turning in horizontal bearings in a horizontal traversing
arm, vibrating on a vertical axis, a lifting arm projecting from the rake arm, a
stop placed on the back part of the frame of the machine, and a self-acting
holding or latoting mechanism attached to and traversing with the rake arm
and traversing arm, and independent of the main part of the machine, sub-
stantially as herein-after described, for the purpose of lifting the rake at the
end of its back motion after it has discharged the grain from the platform,
and sustaining the rake in an elevated position above the accumulating grain
on the platform while moving forwards towards the cutters.
And this part
of the Invention further consists in tripping the latch by suitable means at
the end of the forward motion of the rake toward the cutters for the purpose
of permitting the rake to descend to the platform at the proper time to.com-
mence raking, substantially as berein-after described.

page_text: The fourth part of the Invention consists in driving a sweep rake from the
cutter-bar shaft of a harvesting machine by means of a worm on the cutter-
bar shaft, a worm wheel carrying a crank, and rotated on a vertical axis by
the worm wheel on the cutter-bar shaft, and a connecting rod from the hori-
zontal traversing arm, which carries the rake to the wrist pin on the crank
carried by the worm wheel or their equivalents in the combination, substan-
tially as herein-after described.
But to more particularly describe the Invention, I will refer to the Drawings,
Sheets 1 and 2.
The first part of the Invention is shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, Sheet 1.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a horizontal section of the main part of a harvesting
machine, showing the raking apparatus; Figure 2, a side elevation of same;
Figure 3, view of clutch wheel and shaft; and Figure 4, a section of clutch
and shipper.
a represents the shaft of the main driving and supporting wheel 6 of the
machine, upon which the main frame c is supported; d is a cogged rim, on the
main wheel which drives a pinion d' on the shaft f. A bevel cog wheel e keyed
to the shaft gears into and drives the bevel pinion. el on the cutter bar
shaft g. The main shaft a extends a short distance from the side frame
towards the platform, and carries the clutch wheel h, which is loose on the
driving shaft, and gears into the cog wheel i, which also runs loose on the
shaft f, and is connected by a crank and connecting rods to the vertical axis
of the rake. The hub of the clutch wheel on the side next to the platform
is cut into a series of inclined teeth j, resembling a disc ratchet, which are kept
against the pins k on the main shaft a by the spring on the clutch shipper m...
The shipper slides in bearings n, n, (Figures 1 and 4) on the frame of the
machine, and is connected by a cord or strap o passing through the staple p
upwards to a treadle 9 in front of the driver's seat, by which the driver may.
release the clutch whenever he desires to stop the movement of the rake.
The inclined. teeth on. the hub of the clutch wheel under the action of the
spring engage. with the pins on the shaft, and communicate motion to the
rake when the machine is drawn forward to cut the grain, but when
the machine is backed, the pins run over the inclined surfaces of the clutch
teeth, merely giving the clutch a lateral instead of a rotary motion on the
shaft. In place of the pins, a disc of inclined teeth to match the teeth on the
clutch wheel may be secured to the shaft.
The second part of the Invention is shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 5, Sheet 1,.
of the Drawings. On the side of the wheel i, which, as before stated, runs..
loose on the shaft f, and is driven by the clutch wheel: h, a crank is

page_text: secured; r is a connecting rod: from. the crank to the connecting rod or
pitman s, which is supported at one end. by the eye guide u attached to the
frame, through which it plays with sufficient freedom. to admit of the gyratory
motion of the other end, which connects by a vertical joint v¹ with the hori-
zontal arm projecting from the. vertical turn post w, which turns freely in
bearings in the frame of the machine.. The connecting rod r is bent to allow
it to vibrate clear of the clutch.
The third part of the Invention is shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 5, Sheet 1 of
the Drawings. The rake arm y is sustained by and turns in bearings in the
lugs y, y, on the under side of the crank arm v. y is a helical spring
secured at one end to the rake arm, and at the other end to the supporting
horizontal traversing arm v, for the purpose of keeping the rake teeth against
the platform when raking; y³ is an arm fast to the rake arm by a hub,y,
which is made in the form of an eccentric cam, and contains a notch y; y
is an arm projecting from the back part of the frame of the machine, which
takes against the lifting arm y projecting from..the rake arm, and, lifts the
rake as it approaches the end of its back motion after discharging the grain
from the platform. The position of the parts at this. portion of the stroke of
the rake is shewn in red lines in Figure 1. y is a trip latch, the fulcrum of
which turns in bearings y on each side of the slot y' in the horizontal tra-
versing arm v.. The blade. of the latch extends from in front of the slot over
the cam y³, on the surface of which it .rests. with a yielding pressure by the
action of the spring y° while the rake is being lifted, and is raised up by the
cam as it turns until the notch in the cam comes opposite to it, when it enters
the notch, and. secures the rake in an elevated position whilst it is being
carried forward,. and until it arrives at the termination of its forward motion,
when the. latch is lifted or tripped by the contact of its crooked arm or
tripping end y, with the under side of the pitman s at yl, permitting the rake
to descend to the platform.
Another mode of carrying this part. of the Invention. into effect is shown in
Sheet 2 of the Drawings, Figures 1, and 2. H represents the horizontal tra-
versing arm, which sustains a rake arm. I, composed of two parallel rods fast
to the rake J. at one end, and at. the other to. a forked lever I', which turns
freely on the vibrating arm H; and is confined: laterally by the sides of a cam h,
keyed fast to the vibrating arm H between the forked bearings of the lever I¹.
A roller i, resting on the cam h, and held by suitable bearings in the sleeve
slides,, is pressed against the surface of the cam by the action: of' the
springs,, which encircle the rods of the rake arm against the sleeve slides
which support the roller. The rake arm I and lever I being rigidly con-

page_text: nected, are moved to lift the rake by the contact of the lever arm I' with a
stationary arm L on the back part of the frame. The yielding roller travels
with the rake arm over the surface of the cam h while the rake is.being lifted,
and when the lifting action terminates; has become seated in the concave
surface of the cam, and thereby maintains the rake in its elevated position
until the termination of its forward movement over the accumulating grain
on the platform, when the yielding roller is forced out of its seat in the
concave part of the cam, and the rake brought down to the platform by the
arm I coming in contact with the stationary arm K on the front part of the
side frame of the machine.
The position of the parts at the time of lifting the rake is shown in red
lines in Figure 1, and their position at the time of throwing down the.rake,
in blue lines in the same Figure:
The fourth part of the Invention is also shewn in Figure 1, Sheet 2. D is
the cutter bar shaft, driven as usual from the main shaft by bevel gear wheels
C and d. A worm wheel d¹ on the cutter bar shaft drives a worm wheel E,
which rotates on a vertical axis, and carries the crank e. A vertical post G
is mounted in suitable bearings in the gearing frame, so as to be capable of
turning freely on its axis. A rigid arm or lever H, carrying the rake arm,
projects horizontally from the turning post G, and vibrates over the platform
parallel to it. The connecting rod F is jointed to this arm, and communicates
motion to it.
I claim, in combination with the mechanism for moving the rake and the
driving shaft, a yielding clutch interposed between the driving shaft and the.
rake mechanism, the combination being such that the rake mechanism ceases to
operate when the machine is backed, substantially as described.
I claim, in combination with the horizontal traversing arm which sustains
and carries the rake arm and the horizontal shaft, by which motion is imparted
to the rake mechanism, the eye guide, and the two connecting rods jointed to
each other, and respectively jointed to the traversing arm, and to the crank of
the horizontal driving shaft, substantially as described.
I claim, in combination with a rake arm supported by and turning in
bearings on a horizontal traversing arm, substantially as described, the lifting
arm stop and self-acting latch or their equivalents, substantially as described,
for the purpose of lifting the rake after the grain has been discharged by it
from the platform, and sustaining it in an elevated position above the accu-
mulating grain on the platform while moving forward toward the cutter bar,
as set forth.
And, also, in combination with the self-acting latch or its equivalent a

page_text: suitable device for tripping the latch to permit the rake to descend to the
platform at the proper time to commence raking, substantially as described.
And, finally, I claim communicating motion to the horizontal traversing
arm of a sweep rake in a harvesting machine from the cutter bar by means of
the worm, worm wheel, cránk, and pitman, or their equivalents in the com-
bination, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Brouncker Ingle, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.