IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LOADING WAGGONS WITH HAY OR OTHER LIKE MATERIALS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, &
Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LOADING WAGGONS WITH HAY OR OTHER LIKE
MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by James W. Foust and Charles
Stratton, both of Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th December 1870.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LOADING WAGGONS
WITH HAY OR OTHER LIKE MATERIALS." A communication.
The object of this Invention is to provide novel apparatus which may be attached
to a waggon and arranged to rake and carry up hay, loose grain, or the like from
the ground and deposit it on the wagon as the latter is drawn along, thereby greatly
facilitating the loading of the wagon and dispensing with the labor of pitching the
hay or grain by hand.
The said Invention comprises the employment of revolving rakes forming a drum
or cylinder in connection with endless chains having slots or bars arranged with the
revolving rakes. The driving wheels are connected by pawls and ratchets to a shaft,
and there are cylinder or drum heads connected by the same shaft, and which carry
the revolving rake heads or rollers containing the teeth. The said apparatus has
an endless apron and a wind break, the said "wind break" being for the protection
of the hay, grain, or other material from wind while passing up the endless apron.
To each of the side frames is attached a curved-shaped pendant. Crooked arms
are fastened at alternate ends of the rollers, and pins on the drum heads sustain the
said arms and keep them in position when the machine is in operation; the pendants
act as guides for the said arms.
The said Invention also comprises a hay rack constructed in two sections or
halves, so that the front section may telescope or slide into the back section, and
when it is filled with hay may by means of a rack, pinion, and crank, be drawn
forward, leaving the back section empty and ready to receive its load. The hind
section of the rack is securely attached to bed pieces or stringers. The front section

page_text: is slightly narrower than the inside of the back section, that it may pass readily
therein. The crank is on a shaft which rises higher than the top of the hay rack,
and the pinion is on the lower end; by turning this crank the front section of the
hay rack to which the pinion is attached is thrown back into the hind section, and
when it has received its load it may be by reversing the revolution of the crank i
thrown forward.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th
June 1877.
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WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LOADING WAGGONS
WITH HAY OR OTHER LIKE MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by James
W. Foust and Charles Stratton, both of Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States of
America.
The object of this Invention is to provide novel apparatus which may be attached
to a waggon and arranged to rake and carry up hay, loose grain, or the like from
the ground and deposit it on the waggon as the latter is drawn along, thereby
greatly facilitating the loading of the waggon and dispensing with the labor of
pitching the hay or grain by hand.
The said Invention comprises the employment of peculiarly constructed revolving
rakes and endless chains having slots or bars arranged in combination with the said
revolving rakes.
"
The said Invention also comprises a hay rack constructed in two sections or
halves, so that the front section may "telescope
or slide into the rear or back
section, and when it is filled with hay may be drawn forward, leaving the back
section empty and ready to receive its load.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my improved
apparatus shewing the said rack with its front section forced back into its rear
section in the position for receiving the load; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the
said apparatus with the parts in the same position; Figure 3 is a side elevation of
the said rack with its front section drawn out and in the position it will occupy
when loaded; Figure 4 is a side view of my improved revolving rakes detached
and drawn to an clarged scale.
A is a cylindrical frame carrying the said revolving rakes and carried by the
frames B C is the adjustable rack, consisting of two parts C1, C2. The cylinder or
drum heads a are fixed upon a shaft b, and carry the revolving rake heads or rollers c,
on which are fixed the teeth d; the driving wheels e are also fixed on the shaft b,
as shewn. The endless apron consists of chains fou which are secured a series of
slats f¹, and which pass over pulleys f, f, as clearly shewn in Figure 2; over the
said apron is placed an apparatus termed a wind break g for the protection of the
hay or grain from wind while passing up the endless apron. The said wind break
consists of side supports g¹, a side slat g, a top slat g³, and a cross bar g'.
To the side frames B are attached curved pendents h. The rollers care fitted to
turn easily in the drum heads a, and curved arms & are mounted on the rollers c
alternately, the said arms being arranged at one end of one roller and at the
opposite end of the next roller, and so on alternately throughout the series of
rollers; pins are placed in the drum heads a to sustain the arms and keep them
in position when the machine is in operation.
The hay rack C is carried on two bed pieces or stringers / that extend from the
front to the rear axletree, and are supported on the wheels ; the rear or bind
section C¹ of the rack is securely attached to the said bed pieces or stringers k; the
front section C is slightly narrower than the inside of the back section, that it may
slide readily within the same. This front section is constructed with two bed pieces

page_text: or stringers m provided with anti-friction rollers m² arranged to run on the
stringers k, as shewn in Figure 1; on the side of one of the stringers k is a toothed
rack n, into which the pinion o gears. This pinion is operated by the crank p
mounted on a shaft q which extends above the top of the hay rack C, as shewn in
Figure 2; by turning this crank p in the proper direction the front section C of the
hay rack C, on which the shaft of the pinion o is carried is forced back into the
rear section C¹, and when the rack has received its load the said front section may
by reversing the revolution of the crank be brought forward in the position shown
in Figure 3.
In using this Invention the loader is attached to the waggon to be loaded, and
with the waggon is drawn over the hay or other material. The driving wheels e
being attached to the shaft by means of pawls and ratchets when set in motion
turn the rake cylinder or drum A, thus revolving the rakes and setting in motion
the endless apron f, f¹. As the arms i attached to the rollers c come in contact with
the curved pendants h the action of the rollers c is accelerated, and the rake teeth
d are thereby caused to rake and grasp the hay or grain, holding it firmly, and
carrying it upward and around the drum or cylinder until the arms i leave the
pendants, when it is taken from the said teeth by the slats f¹ of the endless
apron (which have cords passed through them), and carried upon the same up and
over the waggon, into which it is discharged as the chains pass over the pulley ƒ³.
The aforesaid pins j prevent the passing of the arms beyond the reach of the
pendants h.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,-
First. The apparatus comprising the revolving rakes constructed with the teeth
attached to the rake heads or rollers rotating in the cylinder or drum heads, the
curved arms, the pendants, and the pins, the endless carrier formed of the chains
and slats, and the frame, constructed and operating as above described and for the
purpose set forth.
Second. The apparatus comprising the driving wheels connected by pawls and
ratchets to their shaft, the drum or cylinder carrying the rake heads and the drum
heads, as above set forth and for the purposes specified.
Third. The hay rack constructed in two parts or sections, operating as above set
forth and for the purpose specified.
Fourth. The improved apparatus consisting of the revolving rakes, the adjustable
or extensible hay rack, and the other parts shewn in the Drawing, constructed,
combined, and operating as above set forth and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
haud and seal, this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
W”,
W ROB. LAKE. (L.S.)