IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE:
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Coleman, junior, of Woburn, in the County of
Bedford, Farm Bailiff, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE:"
Sealed the 8th March 1861, and dated the 11th October 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Coleman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
October 1860.
I, JOHN COLEMAN, junior, of Woburn, in the County of Bedford, Farm
Bailiff, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel arrangement of apparatus for elevating
straw and other like produce for the purpose of facilitating the stacking of the
To this end I provide a travelling frame, of such span and elevation as
to admit a horse within it, which is to be harnessed to a horizontal lever keyed
to a vertical driving shaft carried by the frame; this frame I mount upon
travelling wheels, and to its upper part I attach a standard frame by means of
hinges. This standard frame, which may be depressed when the apparatus is
in use, is supported in a vertical position by means of suitable struts. Sus-
pended from this standard by cords or chains is a trough or channel, through
which the straw passes. The sides of this channel are formed of two boards
or plates set up edgwise, and connected together by cross bracings; at its.

page_text: forward end is a pulley shaft, which works in bearings attached to the side of
the channel. The other end of the channel or trough is carried by a similar
pulley shaft, on which it is free to move as on a fulcrum. The bottom of the
trough or channel is formed of an endless web fitted with transverse tine bars.
This web passes round the pullies of the before-mentioned pulley shafts, and
serves to take up the straw or other produce from a platform projecting from
the rear end of the framing, and elevate it to the required height, when it is
discharged on to the stack that is being formed. Motion is communicated to
this elevator by suitable gearing from the central shaft, which is actuated as
before mentioned by horse power. The height to which the straw is to be
raised will continually vary, depending on the progress of the stack. To
provide for this, the upper end of the elevator is suspended from ropes, which
pass up from barrels mounted in the lower part of the framing, and over
pullies carried by the standard framing; the ropes are then attached to the
elevator. By turning therefore the barrels by a winch handle the elevator
may be raised or depressed as required, suitable provision being made
for retaining it in the required position. Fitted to the stalks of the front
wheels are steering arms, which are connected to the draught pole or shafts
with which the apparatus is provided. By this means the lateral move-
ments of the draught horse will be imparted to the front wheels, and the
steering of the apparatus will be easily effected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Coleman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th April 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
COLEMAN, junior, of Woburn, in the County of Bedford, Farm Bailiff, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of October, in the year of cur
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Coleman, Her special license that I, the said John
Coleman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1,
the said John Coleman, my 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

page_text: make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRI-
CULTURAL PRODUCE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Coleman, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
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 I, the said John Coleman, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention of "Improved Apparatus for Raising and Stacking Straw
and other Agricultural Produce" relates to a novel arrangement of apparatus
for elevating straw and other like produce for the purpose of facilitating the
stacking of the same.
The apparatus consists of a travelling frame of such dimensions and
arrangement of parts as to admit within it a horse, which is to be harnessed
to a horizontal lever keyed to a vertical driving shaft, supported by the frame-
work of the apparatus.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus ;
and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. This framework of the apparatus
is shewn at a, a, and is mounted upon travelling wheels b, b. To the upper
part or platform of the framing a, a standard or vertical frame c is attached by
means of hinges, as at c¹. This standard frame c (which may be depressed
when the apparatus is not in use.) is supported in a vertical position by means
of suitable struts d, d. Suspended from this standard by cords or chains e, e,
is a trough or channel, up which the straw is conducted; the sides of this
channel fare formed of boards or plates set up edgewise, and connected
together by cross bracings flet into the sides of the channel, and at the
forward end are further secured by the pulley shaft g, which works in bearings
attached to the sides of the channel. The other end of the channel or trough
is carried by a similar pulley shaft h, on which it is free to move as on a
fulcrum. The bottom of the trough or channelf is formed of an endless
web i, i, fitted with transverse bars j,j, provided with teeth or tines. This
web passes round the pulleys and of the pulley shafts g and h. By com-
municating motion to the endless web i, the straw or other produce will be

page_text: taken by the tine bars j, j, from a platform m, placed at the rear end of the
framing, and the travelling,web will raise or conduct the straw or other
produce to the required height, and discharge it on to the stack that is being.
formed. Motion is communicated to the travelling endless web by means of
suitable toothed gearing n, n, from the central shaft o, on to the lower end of
which is keyed the horse lever p, which is provided with a yoke q, so that the
machine may be driven by horse power. The height to which the straw is to
be elevated will continually vary, depending on the progress in raising the
stack. To provide for this the upper end of the elevator or channel fis
suspended from the ropes e, which pass up from barrels mounted in bearings
in the lower part of the framing, and over pullies s carried by the vertical
standard c. One end of the ropes e is then attached to the elevator, and by
turning the barrel r by means of a winch handle, as shewn in the Drawing,
the outer end of the elevator or channel f may be raised or depressed, as
required, suitable provision being made for retaining it in the required position.
Fitted to the stalks of the front wheels are steering arms t, which are
connected to the draught pole or shafts u, with which the apparatus is
provided. By this means the lateral movements of the draught horse will be
imparted to the front wheels, and the steering of the apparatus will be easily
effected.
Having now described my Invention of "improved apparatus for raising and
stacking straw and other agricultural produce, and having explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect, I claim as my Invention the mode
herein set forth of constructing, arranging, and operating straw elevators or
apparatus for raising straw or other agricultural produce.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Coleman, have hereunto set. my
hand and seal, the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
TAYTAY
JOHN COLEMAN, J.
(U.S.)