IMPROVEMENTS IN KEAPING MACHINES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and John Joslin,
all of Colchester, in the County of Essex, Ironmongers, for the Invention.
OI IMPROVEMENTS IN KEAPING MACHINES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Joslin, Henry
Crush Joslin, and John Joslin at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 8th June 1860.
We, GEORGE JOSLIN, HENRY CRUSH JOSLIN, and JOHN JOSLIN, all of Col-
chester, in the County of Essex, Ironmongers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to Burgess and Key's and such other reaping
machines as are too broad to pass through the ordinary gateways of farms and
fields, and it consists in so modifying and fitting such machines that parts of.
them may be turned upward, downward, or aside, in such manner as to allow
them to pass through such gateways side foremost.
In the first place, we attach universal or other joints to the "divided point,"
the back bearing of the "cone," and the arms (one, two, or more of them) of
the reel, for the purpose before stated.
In the next place, we attach to the frame of the machine a screw or lever,
so arranged that it may be conveniently employed to lift the machine from. the
ground.

page_text: In the last place, we attach to the machine wheels or rollers, so arranged
that they may be caused to take the weight of the machine and carry it along
upon them when the machine has been so far raised as to have its main or
driving wheel lifted from off the ground.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and John Joslin in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th December 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
JOSLIN, HENRY CRUSH JOSLIN, and JOHN JOSLIN, all of Colchester, in the
County of Essex, Ironmongers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and John Joslin, Her special licence that
we, the said George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and John Joslin, our execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said George
Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and John Joslin, our 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 Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING MACHINES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin, and
John Joslin, or one of us, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of our or 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 we, the said George Joslin, Henry Crush Joslin,
and John Joslin, do hereby declare the nature of our 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, reference being bad to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:
Our Invention relates to Burgess and Key's and such other reaping

page_text: machines as are too broad to pass through the ordinary gateways of farms and
fields, and it consists in so modifying and fitting such machines that parts of
them may be turned upward, downward, or aside, in such manner as to allow
them to pass through such gateways side foremost.
In the first place, we attach universal or other joints to the "divider point,"
the back bearing of the "cone," and the arms (one, two, or more of them) of
the reel, for the purpose before stated.
In the second place, we attach to the machine wheels or rollers, so arranged
that they may be caused to take the weight of the machine, or the greater part
of it, and carry it along upon them when the machine has been so far raised as
to have its main or driving wheel lifted from off the ground.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing shows in side elevation so much of
part of a reaping machine as will be necessary to illustrate the manner in
which we carry the first part of our Invention into effect. a is the divider
point; b, the brace bearer; and c, the land wheel. The divider point a is cut
through, as shewn at d, and has a metal frame e bolted or otherwise secured
to its upper part; this frame e is carried back and binged to the brace bearer
b, as shown; g is a split bolt passing through the fixed part of the divider and
through a hole formed in the frame e; h is a key passing through the upper
part of the split bolt for retaining the divider point in position when not raised.
The dotted lines show the divider point a and frame e raised. The back end
of the shaft carrying the cone is made with a universal joint, by which the cone
is moved back and then on one side when it is required to decrease the width
of the machine. Folding joints are attached to the arms of the reel, so that
the arms may be folded and thus occupy less space.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of a part of the driving wheel side of a reaping
machine, showing sufficient to illustrate the manner in which we carry the last
part of our Invention into effect. h is one of the side frames; i, i, are the
drum wheels; k is the main running wheel; 1,1, are guides connected to the
frame h, in which the rods or stanchions m, m, are free to travel; these rods
m, m, carry a long roller n; one roller only is shewn in the Drawing, but two
or more short rollers or wheels may be used; o, o, are draught chains attached
to the rods m, m; and p, p, are bolts for holding the rods m, m, in position. To
use the apparatus, place a block under the back end of the frame h, raise the
pole, part of which is shewn marked q, depress the rods m, m, into the position
shown in the Drawing, and insert the pins p, p, in the guides; this places the
roller n on the ground, and raises the running wheel & off the ground; a horse
is then attached to the draft chains, and the roller » revolves, carrying the
machine with it sideways; r,, are notches in the rods m, m, for holding them

page_text: up, and consequently keeping the roller off the ground when the apparatus is
not in use. By removing the pins p, p, the roller and the rods may be detached
from the machine.
To take a reaping machine through a narrow gateway, first move the cone
on one side, raise the divider point, and fold the reel arms; this done, the ma-
chine is drawn up to and through the gateway as far as the platform, the horses
are taken out, and the whole machine turned by means of the pole to the left,
so that the pole may be parallel with the fence or with a line drawn in a line
with the gateway; then press down the pole and place a block beneath the
back end of the reaper frame, raise the pole, place the roller in position so as
to take the weight of the machine as before described, and draw in the remain-
ing parts of the machine.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we do not limit ourselves
to the exact methods herein-before described of carrying our Invention into
effect, provided the essential points thereof be observed; we claim as our
improvements in reaping machines,-
First, jointing or hinging the divider point in such manner that it can be
raised up or thrown on one side, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before described and illustrated at Figure 1 of the accom-
panying Drawings.
Second, attaching universal joints to the back bearing of the cone and to the
arms of the reel, as herein-before described.
Third, the employment of a roller or rollers for supporting the machine,
whereby it may be drawn sideways, substantially in the manner herein-before
described and illustrated at Figure 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Crush Joslin and John Joslin,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Sixth day of December,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.