A New Chaff or Haycutting Machine.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb.,
1900
A New Chaff or Haycutting Machine.
WILLIAM HENRY ADAMSON, Hay and Straw Dealer, 14, Portland Place, Liver-
pool, Lancashire, England, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of a new or improved machine for cutting hay or other
like substances, and apparatus for use in connection therewith. Hitherto it has
been usual to feed the material longitudinally through toothed rollers, and to cut
sections from same as it is advanced through the jaws of the machine by means of
knives fixed on a revolving wheel and cutting at right angles to the direction of
feed.
According to my invention I provide for cutting the bay or other like substance
to be fed in a transverse or flat state, by means of a series of disc cutters notched
or waved on their edge or periphery in such a manner as to produce a draw cut,
the disc cutters being mounted on one or more revolving spindles.
The hay
or other like substance is fed loose in the form of fods-that is in
armfuls roughly straightened, or the kelps (segments constituting the bale) from
baled hay may be fed without being shaken out.
I do not adopt the toothed roller feed as used in the ordinary wheel haycutter,
but provide for pressing the hay to the revolving disc cutters by means of a posser
or plunger.
A suitable trough or feeding table will be provided for marshaling the material.
Dated this Sixteenth day of February 1899.
WILLIAM HENRY ADAMSON,
(Applicant.)
A New Chaff or Haycutting Machine.
WILLIAM HENRY ADAMSON, 14, Portland Place, Liverpool, England, Hay &
Straw Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particula: ly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention consists of a new or improved machine for cutting hay or other
like substance and apparatus for use in connection therewith.
Hitherto it has been usual to feed the material longitudinally through toothed
rollers and to cut sections from the material as it is advanced through the jaws

page_text: of the machine by means of knives fixed on a revolving wheel and cutting at
right angles to the direction of feed.
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According to my invention I provide for cutting the hay or other like substance
―to be fed in a transverse or flat state-by means of a series of disc knives having
notches or serrations on their periphery in such a manner as
obtain a draw cut when the knives are revolving. The disc cutters
or knives are mounted on one or more spindles, which have preferably
a square or other suitable section in the central portion where the knives are
placed, the object of which is to prevent the knives revolving independently of
the spindle spacers are placed between each knife to suit the different gauge of
cut and to prevent lateral play of the knives, when sufficient knives-have been
placed on the spindles they are tightly screwed up by means of a nut and screw
thread on the spindle end.
The hay or other material is fed in the case of power driven machines in the form
of bales or trusses, and in the manual driven machine in the form of fods-that
is in armfuls roughtly straightened with the hands.
I do not adopt the roller feed as used in the ordinary wheel hay cutting machine
but provide for pressing the hay or like material to the revolving cutters by
means of a posser or presser, when power driven, by means of a screw having
automatic reversing and stop gear, and when manual driven by means of levers.
In the accompanying drawings views are shown sufficient to indicate the method
of constructing and working.
Fig. 1 shows a side view and Fig. 2 a front view of the power driven machine.
A is the outer frame, B cross head, C disc knives,' D posser, E driving pulley,
F band pulley, G spindle pullys, H hay, I posser screw J screw gear, K table,
Z floor beams.
The hay H is marshalled in bales or trusses on the table K, then placed over
the knives C, the machine being then started the knives revolve cutting the hay
as it is pressed to the knives by the posser which receives motion from the slowly
revolving screw I, when the posser has descended sufficient the clutch lever is
automatically shifted to gear with the reverse bevel pinion which drives the nut
on screw I, the posser D then quickly rises and on the completion of its un stroke
automatically shifts a lever for throwing the belt on loose pully thus stopping the
whole machine.
The hay after being cut falls below the floor beams Z into the chaff room below.
Fig. 3
Tew and Fig. 4 is an end view of knife and spacer, C being
the Life, S the spacer. Fig. 5 is side view of the machine adapted for manual
power A is the outer frame, C knives, I posser, H hay, K feeding table, L foot
lever, M posser lever, N crank handle, O sprocket driving wheel P. sprocket
spindle wheel, Q driving chain Z floor beams. The hay H is spread on the table
roughly straightened, then pushed into the feed hopper, pressed to the knives C
by means of the posser D actuated by the foot lever L, motion is imparted to the
knives C by turning the crank handle N to which is connected the sprocket
wheel O, the chain Q transmitting the motion to the sprocket spindle wheel P
after cutting the hay it falls below the floor beam Z into the chaff room below.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sail
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what
I claim is:
1st. In a chaff or haycutting machine, the application and use of disc knives
having notches or serrations on their periphery so as to obtain a draw cut.
2nd. In a chaff or hay cutting machine the combination and arrangement of a
series of disc knives mounted on a spindle or spindles.
3rd. In a chaff or hay cutting machine the application and use of a posser or
presser actuated by a screw.
4th. In a chaff or hay cutting machine the application and use of a posser or
presser actuated by a lever or levers.

page_text: 5th. In a chaff or hay cutting machine the combination and arrangement of a
screw feed posser with automatic reversing and stoping gear.
6th. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the complete machines
for cutting hay, straw & the like material as described and illustrated.
Dated this Fourteenth day of November 1899.
WILLIAM HENRY ADAMSON,
14, Portland Place, Liverpool, Applicant.