Year: 1885

page_text: I PETER BUCHAN of the Caledonian Iron Works Caledonian Road, Chichester in
the County of Sussex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:-
By reason of the length of the "rear-cross-pieces" of self-binding reapers or
harvesters as now generally employed, difficulty has been often experienced in
transporting these machines from place to place owing to the narrow width of gate-
ways and other such passages, and this has been hitherto overcome by raising the
machine on the main driving wheel and placing an axle with a travelling wheel at
each end beneath the machine frame and attaching the drawing pole to the side of
the machine (which side becomes the front) immediately above the grain or divider
wheel, so that after the main wheel has been raised out of action it will be drawn
sideways, at right angles to the direction of its course when at work cutting the
corn. The grain or divider wheel is then taken off, and the drawing pole passed
between the horses and attached to their harness; thereby throwing the whole
weight of the machine, from the aforesaid axle and two wheels to the extreme end
of the drawing pole, upon the horses' backs, communicating a swaying motion to
the machine and producing injurious strains, (especially in hilly countries) while
transporting the machine from field to field or on the road.
Now my invention is intended to facilitate the required transport and steerage
of self-binding reapers or harvesters, when travelling from field to field or on the
road, by placing a third wheel to swivel in suitable bearings or attachments, in the
position relatively occupied by the grain or divider wheel, but at right angles to
the direction of the said wheel when at work cutting the corn. The grain or
divider wheel may be utilized for this purpose, or two wheels may be employed by
fitting one to each corner in place of one in the centre.
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In order to effect this I prefer to so construct the divider wheel as to be capable
of turning in the manner of a castor by means of a "swan neck bracket swivel
or any other suitable method for the purpose, and by using the pair of ordinary
travelling wheels above referred to in combination with such adapted divider wheel,
the weight of the machine and the strain caused by its swaying movements when

page_text: in motion will be sustained upon three wheels, instead of upon only two wheels and
the horses. The arrangement may be varied if preferred by dis-connecting the
divider wheel as was formerly done and in its place fixing a similar suitable wheel
in a position at right angles to that originally occupied by the divider wheel.
Or again the objects of this invention may be attained by the following means;
that is to say, by employing a second pair of small wheels similar to those employed
at present to transport machines of this character. By each of these means the
whole instead of only part of the weight of the machine would be sustained by the
transport wheels, thereby relieving the strain upon the horses and the machine,
and would more or less facilitate (according to which of the said modes was adopted)
the transport of the machine in the manner desired.

page_text: Reapers.
I PETER BUCHAN of the Caledonian Iron Works Caledonian Road, Chichester in
the County of Sussex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
By reason of the length of the " rear-cross-pieces" of self binding reapers or
harvesters as now generally employed difficulty has been often experienced in
transporting these machines from place to place owing to the narrow width of gate-
ways and other such passages, and this has been hitherto overcome by raising the
machine on the main driving wheel and placing an axle with a travelling wheel at
each end beneath the machine frame and attaching the drawing pole to the side of
the machine (which side becomes the front) immediately above the grain or divider
wheel, so that after the main wheel has been raised out of action it will be drawn
sideways, at right angles to the direction of its course when at work cutting the
corn. The grain or divider wheel is then taken off, and the drawing pole passed
between the horses and attached to their harness; thereby throwing the whole
weight of the machine, from the aforesaid axle and two wheels to the extreme end
of the drawing pole, upon the horses' necks, communicating a swaying motion to
the machine and producing injurious strains, (especially in hilly countries) while
transporting the machine from field to field or on the road.
Now my invention is intended to facilitate the required transport and steerage
of self-binding reapers or harvesters, when travelling from field to field or on the
road, by placing a third wheel to swivel in suitable bearings or attachments, in the
position relatively occupied by the grain or divider wheel, but at right angles to
the direction of the said wheel when at work cutting the corn. The grain or
divider wheel may be utilized for this purpose, or two wheels may be employed by
fitting one to each corner in place of one in the centre.
In order to effect this I prefer to so construct and arrange the "divider" wheel
with its attachment as to be capable of turning in the manner of a castor by means
of a "
'swan neck" bracket, swivel or any other suitable method for the purpose,
and by using the pair of ordinary travelling wheels above referred to in combination
with such adapted "divider" wheel the weight of the machine and the strain
caused by its swaying movements when in motion will be sustained upon three
wheels, instead of upon only two wheels and the horses. The arrangement may be
varied if preferred by dis-connecting the "divider" wheel as was formerly done and
in its place fixing a similar suitable wheel or wheels in a position at right angles to
that originally occupied by the "divider" wheel.
Or again the objects of this invention may be attained by the following means;
that is to say by employing a second pair of wheels (similar to those employed at
present to transport machines of this character) to swivel in the centre of the axle
similar to the front wheels of a four-wheeled cab. By each of these means the
whole instead of part of the weight of the machine would be sustained by the
transport wheels thereby relieving the strain upon the horses and the machine, and

page_text: would more or less facilitate (according to which of the said modes was adopted)
the transport of the machine in the manner desired.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will describe it more
particularly by the aid of the accompanying drawings in which are represented the
method employed for transporting the machines above referred to.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
Fig. 1 is a side view partly in section of the carriage portion of a self binding
reaper or harvester to show the means of transporting the same above referred to.
Fig. 2 is a plan or horizontal view of fig. 1.
Figs. 3 and 4 show details of the attachment for the divider wheel when
utilized as a transport wheel.
And Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show details on an enlarged scale of an axle and socket to
be applied to the bind transport wheels and hereinafter described.
In these several figures the same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
In figs. 1 and 2 A is the divider wheel constructed so as to be capable of
turning in the manner of a castor by means of the "swan neck" bracket B, and
views of the fork to carry such wheel are shown at C in figs. 1, 3 and 4. A pair of
. ordinary transport or travelling wheels are shown at D D figs. 1 and 2 adapted to
be used in combination with such adapted divider wheel A.
If it is preferred to use the second pair of transport or travelling wheels above
referred to instead of the adapted divider wheel A they would correspond with
those shown at D D.
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show in transverse section, side elevation, and underneath plan
view, a simple and effective form of axle for connecting the pairs of transport
wheels D D. The half only of such axle being shown.
E is a socket of channel iron bent over at its ends as shewn in fig. 7, so as to hold
the axle G as required the other end of the said axle G being bolted or riveted
through the channel iron socket E to the angle piece F as shewn in figs. 5 and 6,
such angle piece F being secured to the carriage of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
First the mode or method of transporting self binding reapers or harvesters by
means of an adapted divider wheel capable of being turned in the direction
required and used in combination with the pair of transport or travelling wheels, as
at present used alone for the purpose, in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as herein before described.
Secondly the arrangement of a third separate transport or travelling wheel in
the place of the usual divider wheel substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before described.
And lastly the use of second pair of transport or travelling wheels and axle,
(the axle to swivel in the centre similar to a four-wheeled cab) capable of being
fixed to the carriage part of the front of the machine as required similar to those
now employed at the back-part of such machine carriage in the manner and for the
purposes substantially as herein before described.