Improvements in Self Binding Grain Harvesters.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1887
Specification Accepted, 28th Oct., 1887
Improvements in Self Binding Grain Harvesters.
I, LA VERNE W. NOYES a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago in the
County of Cook and State of Illinois, in the United States of America, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The purpose of this invention is to provide a self-binding Harvester which shall
form, bind and eject the sheaf while it stands on end and not with the grain prostrate :
It comprises therefore in combination with mechanism which accumulates the grain
in an upright position, packers which operate horizontally to compact a bundle of
upright grain; a needle or binding arm which operates horizontally to encircle a
bundle in such upright position, trip, compressor and discharger all operating
horizontally about vertical axes; a binder frame with horizontal arm extended
rearward from the main or primary harvester frame and provided with vertical
bearings crosswise of said arms for the shafts of the various horizontally operating
mechanism I have constructed my machine also with a compressor located on the
same side of the path of the grain as the Knotter and not on the same side as the
needle I have also provided novel tripping and compressor actuating mechanism :
I have also made the packers adjustable in respect to the direction of their action and
have provided a grain support or floor for the binder, which is adjustable simultaneously
with the packers to adapt the action to the length of the grain.
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I have also provided as a part of the same invention, a bundle carrier which will
receive the bundles when completed by the binder and carry them until it is emptied
by devices in the control of the driver.
part of the cutting
In the drawing Fig. 1 is plan of my machine with the greater
and conveying mechanism cut away and the bundle carrier and its operating

page_text: mechanism and some other details omitted in order to show other details more
clearly. Fig. 2 is a plan from which the cutting and conveying mechanism are
entirely omitted, and also the packers, but showing the bundle carrier and other
details which are omitted from Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan from which the conveying and cutting mechanism and the binder
floor and bundle carrier are omitted for the purpose of showing the train of gearing
which actuates the conveyor and the packers.
Fig. 4 is a stubble side elevation of so much of the machine as is located grainward
of the line X-X Fig. 1, the frame and binder floor being shown cut by a plane
at that line.
Fig. 5 is a stubble side elevation of the parts operated by the Knotter actuating
shaft and the shaft pinion and gear, which drives said shaft, the bearings and
certain other parts being shown in section, axial with respect to said Knotter
actuating shaft.
Fig. 6 is a stubble side elevation of the binder and harvester main frame secured
together as a unitary structure and stripped of all operating mechanism.
Fig. 7 is an elevation of the Knotter driving pinion and the clutching device
thereon.
Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 are plans of the compressor and trip and the compressor-
actuating cam-wheel and the portion of the binder frame adjacent thereto, said parts
being shown in four successive positions.
Fig. 12 is a section taken at the line of y-y.
Fig. 3 to show the mechanism by which the starting of the binder arrests the action
of the conveyor.
Fig. 13 is a perspective of the packer frame.
Fig. 14 is a prospective of the packer actuating pinion.
Fig. 15 is a plan of the first gear wheel on the packer frame.
Figs. 16, 17 and 18 are detail plans of a clutch concerned in the operation of the
parts shown in Fig. 12.
Fig. 19 is a vertical section through the main driving pinion shaft showing how
power is communicated to the conveyor and packer trains.
Fig. 20 is a detail rear elevation of part of the bundle carrier operating mechanism
and Fig. 21 is a section vertically through the same at the line - on Fig. 2.
Fig. 22 is an outer side elevation of the combined harvester and binder frame.
The combined harvester and binder frame comprises 1st the plank A which is the
base of the conveyor and the support of the finger bar; and the 2d bracket A' which is
the principal frame having the bearings for the main driving gearing, and may be
hereinafter referred to as the gearing frame and 3d the bracket which comprises the
horizontal arms A 20 and A21 connected by the cross neck A" and the upright
portion A23 and the brace arm A" and which constitutes the binder frame. It is
secured at a to the rearwardly projecting brace arm A10 of the gearing frame A¹ and
at a to the rear edge of the plank A and as a whole it constitutes a rearwardly,
overhanging bracket, projected from the main harvester frame; the arms As
and A2 have respectively the vertical bearings A200 and A210, the former, for the
knotter actuating shaft, and the latter for the needle rock shaft, and all parts of the
binder and carrier mechanism derive support directly or indirectly from said frame,
as will be more particularly pointed out as the several mechanisms are described.
The conveyor B. has been fully shown and described in detail in my application
for patent filed 22 February 1887 No. 2779 and need not be in detail described here
further than to say that it is sustained upon the plank A. and operated to carry the
cut grain standing on end toward the drive wheel, and on around the end of said
conveyor within reach of the packing mechanism of the binder, and it is material to
the invention herein to be described only in so far as it enters into the general
combination by delivering the grain on end to a binder which is to bind it while in
that position. It consists of endless carrying or feeding chains which travel around
horizontal sprocket wheels one at the lower and one at the upper end of a shaft at the

page_text: delivery side, the lower being the driving wheel and receiving power from the
main driving wheel of the machine. At the delivery side or end of the conveyor
there is formed a kind of receptacle for the grain fed or driven by said conveyor, the
guard or sheath bounding such receptacle on the side toward the drive wheel and
constituting also a guide to direct it rearward toward the binder receptacle. The
binder receptacle is the space bounded or defined by the breast plate D. on the
stubble side, the wall or fence formed by the horizontal bars D¹ on the grain side and
the binder floor D' at the bottom, the forward limit being the entrance from the
receptacle which is defined by the sheath C, and the rear limit being the position of
the compressor beyond the bundle.
The wall formed by the bars D1 correspond to the binder deck in an ordinary
machine wherein the grain is bound prostrate, and the floor D³ corresponds in part
to the butt board in such machines, although the change in construction changes its
function somewhat. The breast plate is secured to the arm A% of the binder frame,
and extends horizontally in the general direction of that arm. The bars D¹ are the
continuation of the conveyor strippers-that is they extend around the conveyor and
strip its carrying fingers at the delivery side. They thus serve as a complete guide
for the grain from the time it is received against the conveyor until it is discharged
from the binder; they are secured to the upright arm A" of the binder frame and
to cross strip D1° extended upward from said arm.
The floor D is adjustably connected to the binder frame by the link D20 which is
as wide as said floor and constitutes an approach thereto from the conveyor receptacle.
The said link is hinged at d to the cross neck A2 of the binder frame and at d² to
the floor D. The rear end of the floor 12 is supported by connection with the
packer frame so as to be adjusted automatically thereby as hereinafter explained in
connection with the description of the packer mechanism.
The operating mechanism is as follows: E. is the main driving pinion shaft which
receives power in the usual manner from the drive wheel: on the inner end of said
shaft is the double beveled gear wheel E' E' which communicates power to the
binder mechanism and to the conveyor mechanism. The conveyor train comprises
the said gear E which drives the beveled gear E which is fixed on the short
vertical shaft eo at the lower end of which is the gear El clutched to said shaft as will
be hereinafter explained. Said gear El drives the gear E" which in turn drives the
gear E¹³ all of said horizontal gear being covered by the sheathing over the plank A.
E13
and, except the first one, obtaining bearings on said plank. The gear
be
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regarded as the last in the conveyor driving train since it directly carries the driving
shaft of said conveyor. Said gear wheel E13 also drives the packer train, the first
wheel of which E meshes with said wheel E13 and is journaled on a stud axle 'e fixed
on the brace arın A" of the binder frame in the rear of the conveyor. The remainder
of the packer mechanism is as follows: To an upwardly projecting lug a" of the
arın A of the binder frame there is pivoted the packer frame F and at the forward
end of the arm F of said packer-frame is journaled the pinion F said pinion being
formed with a hub f2 which constitutes its shaft, said hub shaft having at its lower
end the flange F20 to retain it in the journal box F3 in which it is first inserted by
removing the cap F30. This pinion has an opening extending axially through its
hub, the same being oblong in form and adapted to receive the rectangular shaft F
which fits loosely therein but so as not to turn around in it, and the opening is
moreover somewhat countersunk or beveled at the edges to allow more opportunity
for the insertion of the shaft F. The shaft F is forked at the lower end and its
prongs stride the stud axle e¹ and enter respectively two apertures els e¹-one on
each side of the axle, in the web of the wheel E. Upon frame F is journaled the
packer wheel F which has the peripheral gear rim F50 meshing with the pinion F
by which means the packer wheel receives motion. The gear rim is preferably pro-
tected by the flange on the upper side. Upon said packer wheel are pivoted the
packers F F which are preferably bell cranks or elbow levers, pivoted at their
angles near the rim of the wheel F5 on the upper side, having at the end of one arm

page_text: an abutment preferably in the form of an antifriction roll f" and having the other
arm adapted to enter and actuate the grain. To the packer frame under the packer wheel
is fastened or made integral the cam Fe partly concentric and partly eccentric with
respect to the packer wheel axis, the concentric portion being somewhat greater than the
distance between consecutive packers and the eccentric portion constituting merely an
approach to the other. Said cam is adapted to engage the abutments which protrude
down through the web of the wheel F³ (which is reduced to a skeleton for that purpose)
and stand in the plane of the cam on the lower side of the wheel. The packer frame F.
has its upwardly projecting arm or handle F16 cranked grainward as seen in the
drawings, the cranked part F0 being so formed and situated as to allow space for the
needle to oscillate. Above said cranked part it is bent outward while still extending
upward, and the upper end bears against the upper bar D' of the binder receptacle
which is notched to afford it lodgement, and detain it wherever it may be set. The
arm is sufficiently stiff to be by that means kept in the notch in which it may
be
lodged, and sufficiently elastic to be readily sprung out to change it. By rocking
the packer frame over its pivot on the binder frame by means of the arm F16, the
plane of the packer wheel is changed as desired, but by reason of the location of that
pivot so near the plane of the wheel such adjustment does not very materially change
the average height of the packer tooth while in action, since it lowers them at one
part of their course by the same adjustment which elevates them in another part.
To the rear end of the binder floor D' is fastened rigidly the arm D" which
extends upward to a point considerably above the plane of the needle. To the upper
part of the binder receptacle wall-preferable to one of the bars D' or upon a bracket d'
made fast to it is pivoted the bell crank lever D" one of whose arms is pivoted to
the arm D and the other connected by the chain D2 to the arm F of the packer
frame, the connection may be made at any of the holes in the said arms and thereby
the adjustment of the packer frame made to adjust the binder floor to any desired
degree. Also, the length of the chain D" may be varied as desired by changing the
link at which connection is made to either arm, and thereby the floor set any desired
position for any one position of the packer frame, and be adjusted automatically with
the packer frame from that position. The floor D' has the flange D2 on the grain
side to operate as a guard for the grain, and it is found convenient to secure the
arm D by riveting it to said flange. The distance from the hinge to the point
where the arm D24 is pivoted to the lever D" is equal to the distance from the
hinge do to the fulcrum of the lever D1 on the frame, and the distance from the said
fulcrum to the point of connection with the arm D2 is equal to the distance between
the hinges d20 and d², from which construction it results that the binder floor is
horizontal (or if inclined, is equally inclined at all heights.) The fulcrum of the
lever D³¹ is located at such a point that a line therefrom through the axis of the
hinge d20 is higher than the highest position to which it is necessary ever to raise
the floor D'. Otherwise after the link D20 passed that line further attempt to raise
the floor by further movement of the lever D2 would lower it instead.
The binding mechanism derives motion from the drive wheel through the main
driving pinion shaft E by means of the beveled gear E' which meshes with and drives
the bevel pinion E on the forward end of the oblique shaft 20 which has loose upon it
but adapted to be clutched to it at the rear end, the bevel gear pinion E" which
meshes with and drives the bevel gear E" which is fixed on the lower end of the
vertical shaft known as the binder actuating shaft; said shaft is journaled
vertically crosswise of the arm A20 of the binder frame A² in the vertical bearing A 200
and it has rigidly secured to it above the said bearing the usual knotter actuating
cam wheel E, while below said bearing and between the same and the gear
wheel E there is rigidly fixed to the shaft the compressor actuating cam wheel E".
The gear wheel E2 and the compressor actuating cam wheel are conveniently
made integral and to afford a bearing for the binder actuating (or rear) end of the
shaft there is provided the yoke H, having journal bearings h.-h. for said shaft,
and the box H for the bearing of the shaft e³, or more correctly speaking,

page_text: constituting a sleeve by which it is held on the shaft. When the gear wheel E22 and the
cam wheel E3 are integral, the box H encircles the neck e³ which joins said wheels.
The box is made in two pieces for convenience in applying, but if the rear piece be
omitted the forward piece constituting only a fork which strides the neck e" will
retain the yoke in place. The bevel pinion E" is placed on the shafte between the
bearings h. h. and is there provided with means for clutching it to the shaft which are
hereinafter described.
The needle K is secured to the upper end of the vertical rock shaft k. which is
journaled in the vertical arm A 210 of the binder frame. It derives motion from the
gear wheel E by means of the link K' connected at or to the wrist pin e24 on said
gear wheel, and at the other end to one end of the lever K3 which is pivoted on the
binder frame at 2, and from the other end of which the link K³ extends to the lever
arm K fixed on the lower end of the needle rock shaft. The essential features of
this connection are that the lever K2 is forward of the binder floor, and that by means
of it it is possible to avoid connecting from the knotter actuating shaft to the needle
rock shaft by links or levers extending under the binder floor, which would limit the
range of adjustment of said floor, and expose the connections to damage by collision
with rough ground.
I will now describe the tripping, compressing and clutching mechanism.
To the cam wheel E23 is secured one of the dischargers L, the other being secured
as usual to the knotter actuating wheel. On the upper side of the cam wheel E23 is
pivoted the trip lever M whose tooth m protrudes down through the slot in the
cam wheel in position to engage the clutching device which effects the connection
between the shaft 20 and the bevel pinion E. J₁, J³, is the compressor; it is
pivoted to the arm A20 of the binder frame and may be as illustrated, composed of
two pieces yieldingly united; and in that case the two parts may be pivoted together
at j, and further connected by the rod J³ secured to the arm J2 and passing through
the eve on the arm J₁ and provided with the spring J* coiled about said rod J³.
It will be seen that the making of the compressor thus in two parts yieldingly
connected does not effect its movement in the least, but as the yielding piece is the
one which directly receives the pressure of the bundle, this construction merely
prevents the pressure and strain of compression of the bundles being too positive and
so allows for some variation in the compactness of the bundle without endangering
the machinery, which might otherwise, in case of an unusually compact bundle, be
subject to too great strain in compressing. A further advantage of making the
compressor in two pieces is, that thereby opportunity is gained for adjusting the
position of the pressure arm J¹ to vary the bundle space and to the size of the bundle
without change in the compactness. This may be done as illustrated in Fig. 7, by
piercing the rod J with several holes 3 into any one of which the pin 30 may be
inserted and form a stop for the arm J. By changing the pin 30 from a hole nearer
to one more distant, the size of the bundle will be increased. The compressor has an
abutment on its rigid part, by which it is engaged and actuated by the cam
wheel E. The cam track is on the upper face of said wheel, and comprises the
radial part e, the eccentric part e² and the exterior concentric part e³.
A peculiarity of the structure consists in giving to the trip lever M an
extension M¹ whose rear convex curved edge M10 is adapted to form part of said cam
track, being, in fact, the whole of its eccentric portion, coinciding therewith when in
one position; Said trip lever has in its vibrating end the spur or hook m² shaped so
that when standing in said position the outer edge m² fills out or forms a portion of
the eccentric part 2 of the cam track, a corresponding portion of the cam wheel
being cut away and a stop, as the flange e¹ being provided on the cam wheel to stop
the trip lever in the position described. The trip lever is stopped in the opposite
direction by the hub of said cam wheel, as seen in Fig. 9. When the trip lever is
stopped in the first position against the stop e¹ its tooth m is engaged with the clutch
dog of the clutching device and keeps it and the pinion out of engagement with the
shaft ; and when said lever is stopped in the second position-against the hub of

page_text: the cam wheel E³ the said tooth is out of engagement with said clutch dog, and the
latter is engaged, and engages the pinion E with the shaft e. When the pressure
of the bundle is exerted against the compressor the abutment ; on the latter engaging
the end of the trip lever tends to move it from the first to the second position and so
causes the engagement of the clutch dog with the shaft 20 and the action of the
binding mechanism. In order to afford proper resistance to the movement of the
trip lever from one stop to the other, the spring m³ is provided, located between said
lever and the head of the bolt m10 which forms its pivot; such spring tends to press
said lever down upon the face of the cam wheel and increases the friction between
the said lever and cam wheel, and by means of an adjusting nut on said pivot bolt m¹º
the
pressure, and so the friction may be regulated. The same thing may be effected
by the spring M* secured at one end to the cam wheel and having the other end
bearing against any convenient projection-as the tooth m, on the trip-lever M and
tending to hold the lever against the stop e. The latter construction not only provides
resistance against motion away from the stop e but also means for returning the lever
to said stop. But the latter purpose is positively effected by the engagement of the
abutment with the curved edge M10 of the said lever, so that the only effective
function of said spring M is the same as that of the spring m³-viz.: to resist
movement of the lever M away from the stop e
The clutching device is as follows: The shafte is provided with two teeth or
spurs s. s. formed by a flat bolt set through the shaft, and on to the face of the
pinion E which is loose on the shaft, is pivoted the lever or clutch dog P which
has the projection p¹ from its free end, protruding toward the shaft e³ and in the path
of revolution of the tooth m, when the lever M is against the abutment e*, but outside
said path when the lever M is against the hub of the wheel E. The lever or clutch
dog P has the abutment-preferably a stud bearing roll-p², and has a limited play
over the face of the pinion E". At the limit to which it is forced when the tooth m
engages its projection p¹ the abutment p² is out of the track of the spurs s, s, but at
the other limit to which it is forced by the spring M³ when its projection p¹ is dis-
engaged from the tooth m, it is in said track. In the latter position the pinion is
engaged and driven by the shaft, and in the former position it is disengaged and
stands at rest. The action of the compressor and trip will be readily understood
from the above description of the structure, but it may be further briefly described as
follows The position of rest is shown in Fig. 8 with the compressor protruding past
the breast plate into the path of the bundle-when the pressure of the bundle against
said protruding compressor is sufficient to overcome the resistance whether frictional
or otherwise offered to the movement of the trip lever, the latter receding from the
stop e disengages the tooth m from the clutching device, and the binder mechanism
becomes engaged with the driving power. This position of the compressor, trip
lever, needle and compressor-actuating cam is shown in Fig. 9. As the cam wheel E
revolves with the knotter actuating shaft the abutment travels over the con-
centric portion e³ of the cam track, holding the compressor in the position shown in
Fig. 9 until the abutment is reached by the radial part e' of the cam track. This
position is shown in Fig. 10. Engaged by said radial part, the abutment travels
toward the shaft e rocking the compressor about its pivot on the frame, so that
when the abutment reaches the inner end of said radial part of the cam track, as seen
in Fig. 10, its point has receded behind the line of the breast plate, or so far in that
direction that it does not impede the discharge of the bundle which is by that time
effected and while the abutment travels in the eccentric part of the cam track back
toward the position shown in Fig. 8, said abutment engages the edge M10 of the trip
lever M and forces said lever ahead of it to the position of rest against the stop e¹
and restores the compressor itself to the initial position protruding across the path of
the bundle.
The gear wheel E" is clutched to the shaft e by the clutch E whose clutch teeth 30
pass through the web of and engage the horizontal gear wheel E" and below said
gear wheel may engage the clutch rim E* which is revolved continuously with the

page_text: shaft e¹0; Said clutch has the peripheral groove E30 in which the forked lever E
engages. Said lever is supported on a horizontal pivot fixed to the side of the
neck A2 of the binder frame, and at the inner end is bent into such position that it
is engaged and depressed by the lever K2 at the instant the latter starts, that is, when the
binder is tripped into action. The depression of the inner end of said lever raises
the outer end and causes it to lift the clutch E³ out of engagement with the clutch rim E
on the shaft e¹o, and thereby cuts off the conveyor and through it the packers from
the driving power and causes the action to cease, until the lever K' returns to its
position of rest-that is-until the binder ceases its action.
The bundle carrier 0 comprises the arm 01 secured to the hub or sleeve O'
which is journaled on the vertical extension Q2 of the bundle stripper Q¹ which is
secured to the breast plate at q. In order to make the arm O' yielding it is made of
metal rod and coiled several times around the hub O' from the point where it is
fastened thereto, thus making of its attached end a torsion spring 01. The lower
end of the arm Q2 of the bundle stripper, joins the horizontal arm A" extended from
the frame and being rigid with and a part of the binder frame A". The upper end
of the hub O' has the irregular flange 020 to which is secured the carrier discharger T,
and upon which is pivoted also the latch V. This latch has a tooth protruding
down through a slot o in the flange 0, and the play of the latch on its pivot is
limited by the contact of the tooth with the ends of said slot. The latch V has the
hooked end V¹ which engages the stop 9' on the frame, that is, on the stripper Q¹
which is a part of the frame. Said hook V₁ is so formed as to engage both sides of
the stop q and when engaged to prevent rotation of the hub 02 in either direction.
W is a cable or chain attached to the latch V most conveniently by being fastened to
the lower end of the tooth below the flange 020 and passing around or over the
hub O2 and thence forward through link Z to a lever which is pivoted on the seat
plank I. A convenient form of this lever is that illustrated, being a crank-arm of a
short rock shaft z, which has another crank-arm Z' provided with the foot rest 2 and
designed to be pressed by the foot of the driver in order to actuate the carrier to
empty it.
To the frame is fastened the spring N which for convenience is coiled
around the vertical arm Q2 inside the hub 02, the latter being made large enough to
enclose it, and at the upper end it is made to engage behind the toothy of the latch V,
tending both to force the latch in the direction to engage the stop q', and also as a
torsion spring to rotate the hub 03 in such direction as to carry the arm O' towards
the binder.
The floor D is extended in the direction of the discharge of the bundle, said
extension D" being enlarged laterally to afford space for supporting any desired
number of bundles standing on end and leaning against the carrier arm ()' which
overhangs the further boundary of said floor extension; or, when sprung back by the
weight of a number of bundles leaning against it is somewhat beyond the vertical line
of the outer boundary of said floor extension. Said extension necessarily reaches
beyond the scope of the action or sweep of the discharger L, which will push such
successive bundles against the preceding bundles as far as it retains its grasp or
pressure behind them.
When the desired number of bundles has accumulated on the
carrier the operator will communicate longitudinal movements to the cable W either
by the means illustrated or otherwise, and thereby first pull back the latch V and
disengage it from the stop q¹ and next, the latch itself being stopped by its tooth v
reaching the end of the slot o and becoming thus rigid with the hub, will rotate said
hub as a windlass is actuated by the cable around it and will swing back the carrier
arm and allow the accumulated bundles to fall to the ground." When the heads
touch the ground the onward movement of the machine will cause it to withdraw
from beneath the bundles and leave them in position without derangement or dragging as
might occur if they had been dropped sideward instead of rearward. In order to
secure more perfect and prompt clearance of the carrier than is effected by allowing
the bundles to fall upon the withdrawal of the arm O', I provide the carrier discharger T
as described which oscillates simultaneously with the carrier arm 0' following in

page_text: behind the bundles which are to be dropped and sweeping them off the floor extension.
Said carrier discharger necessarily revolves in the same direction as the binder
discharger and is preferably located nearly in the same plane or between the planes of
the two binder dischargers its sweep overlapping that of the binder dischargers so that
it reaches forward and takes the last formed bundle off the binder discharger and
strips also any loose grain that may have become entangled between the stripper and
the binder discharger. This carrier discharger being located when at rest behind the
stripper Q, and returning to that position by reversing its movement with the carrier
arm when the load has been dropped it is itself stripped of any loose straw by the
same stripper Q' which strips the binder discharger.
Having now fully described said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent
is :-
1. In a self-binding harvester in combination with the conveyor adapted to deliver
the grain sidewise on end within reach of the packers, said packers operating in
approximately horizontal planes to seize the grain as delivered, and means for
varying at will the planes of motion of the packers to cause them to incline slightly
from the horizontal direction, substantially as set forth.
2. In combination with the packer frame carrying and delivering the
grain on end, the packer frame pivotted to the main frame and vibrating
vertically; the packer shaft journaled therein approximately vertically and the packers
sustained thereon and operating in planes at right angles thereto and means substan-
tially as described for vibrating the packer frame to vary the planes of action of the
packer and cause them to engage the grain at any desired distance above the butts.
Substantially as set forth.
3. In combination with the conveyor delivering the grain sidewise on end within
reach of the packers a packer frame pivoted on the principal frame and adapted
to rock in substantially a vertical plane over said pivot, packers having their shaft
journaled in said packer frame and operating in approximately horizontal planes near
the level of the pivot of said packer frame, substantially as set forth.
4. In combination with the pivoted packer frame the butt-board or binder floor
connected thereto and automatically adjusted thereby, substantially as set forth.
5. In combination with the vertical binder cage or receptacle having its receiving
end on the grain side of the vertical plane of drive-wheel, the vertical shaft which
carries the knotter actuating wheel and the horizontal binder actuating wheel located
on the stubble side of said binder cage, or receptacle, substantially as set forth.
6. In combination with the conveyor delivering the grain standing on end inside the
vertical plane af the drive wheel, the binder cage or receptacle located rearward and
stubbleward from the delivery end of the conveyor, and the binder arm or needle
operating in an approximately horizontal plane having its rock shaft located rear-
ward from the conveyor and on the grainward side of the binder cage, substantially as
Bet forth.
7. In combination with the conveyor delivering the grain on end inside the drive
wheel, the binder actuating wheel located behind the drive wheel and the packing
mechanism and binder arm operating in horizontal planes and moving against the
grain obliquely stubbleward, substantially as set forth.
8. In a self binding harvester, an upright binder cage or receptacle packing
mechanism which stores the grain on end therein, a binder whose binding arm moves
in an unvarying and substantially horizontal plane into said cage or receptacle and
mechanism for raising and lowering the floor of said receptacle to vary the position at
which the needle will re-encircle the bundle, substantially as set forth.
9. In combination with the binder frame comprising two rigid arms projected rear-
ward from the gearing and platform frame, the binder receptacle floor vertically
adjustable located between the vertical planes of said arms, and the lever pivoted to
the frame forward of the floor binder receptacle to afford means of connection from the

page_text: knotter mechanism actuating shaft to the needle rock-shaft without interfering with
said vertical adjustment of the floor, substantially as set forth.
10. In a self-binding harvester in combination with the gearing frame and the
conveyor still rigidly united, the binder frame rigidly bolted to said frame and said sill
and having its two horizontal delivering arms which support-one the needle rock
shaft and knotter actuating wheel shaft diagonally braced the one to the conveyor
sill and the other to the binder frame, substantially as set forth.
11. In a self-binding harvester in combination with the gearing frame and the
binder frame rigidly united as one, the main driving pinion shaft journaled in
horizontal bearings in said combined frame, the knotter actuating wheel shaft journaled
in vertical bearings, and an intermediate shaft suitably journaled on said combined
frames, and beveled gears on said shafts respectively whereby power is transmitted
through a single intermediate shaft from the main driving pinion shaft to the binder
driving shaft, substantially as set forth.
12. In combination substantially as set forth the binder actuating gear wheel fixed
on the shaft of the knotter actuating wheel, and the trip pivoted to and revolving with
said wheel.
13. In combination substantially as set forth the main binder gear wheel and the
trip pivoted thereto and having the latch-finger-the pinion and the dog for locking it
to its driving shaft adapted to be engaged by said latch finger and disengaged from the
said driving shaft.
14. In combination with the conveyor which moves the grain standing on end
toward the drive-wheel; the binder receptacle located rearward from the line of
delivery of the conveyor; the conveyor driving train located under the path of the
grain from the conveyor to the binder receptacle, and the packer driving train having
its first wheel located grainward from the path of the grain into the binder and driving
motion from the conveyor train, and the packer actuated by said packer driving train
and operating above the binder floor, substantially as set forth.
15. In combination substantially as set forth the gear wheel E having the
apertures e; the pivoted packer frame, and the pinion journaled therein having an
oblong axial aperture, the flat shaft which enters at one end said aperture in the pinion
and at the other end the aperture in the pinion.
16. In combination substantially as set forth, the packer frame pivoted to the main
frame and having the rigid lever arm to adjust and secure it in relation to said
frame; the binder floor; the link connecting it to the main frame; the arm rigid with
said floor and extended away from the plane thereof, the lever pivoted on thee frame
having one arm substantially equal and parallel with the link and connected to the
rigid arm of the floor, and having the other arm connected to the packer frame
arm.
17. In combination with the pivot packer frame adjustable in a vertical plane about
its pivot; the binder floor adjustable to different heights and connected to said
adjustable packer frame, said connection being adjustable to vary the distance between
the floor and the frame, substantially and for the purpose set forth.
18. In combination substantially as set forth the binder floor; the link connecting
it to the frame; the rigid arm extending from said floor and the lever arm connecting
said rigid arm to the frame, said link and lever being substantially parallel and equal
in length.
19. In combination substantially as set forth the horizontal binder floor, the link
substantially equal in width to the floor and connecting it to the frame and constituting
an inclined approach to said floor; the arm rigid with and upwardly extended from
the floor, and the lever arm connecting said rigid arm with the frame, the lever arm
and the link being substantially equal in length and parallel.
20. In combination substantially as set forth a binder frame having an arm in a
plane transverse to the length of the grain and between two planes which pass trans-
versely through the heads and butts respectively; the knotter actuating shaft journaled
crosswise on and extending entirely across said arm and having its sole bearing
B

page_text: thereon and extending parallel with the grain; the knotter actuating wheel and the
binder driving gear wheel both secured to said shaft and located at opposite ends of
the shaft bearings, and the compressor-actuating cam wheel located on said shaft
between the driving gear wheel and the adjacent end of the shaft bearing.
21. In combination substantially as set forth a binder frame having an arm located
in a plane transverse to the length of the grain and between two planes
passing transversely through the beads and butts respectively; the knotter actuating
shaft journaled crosswise on and extending entirely across said arm and having its
sole bearing thereon; and extending parallel with the grain; the knotter actuating
wheel and the driving gear wheel both secured to said shaft located at opposite ends
of the shaft bearings, and the compressor-actuating cam wheel, located on said shaft
between the driving gear wheel and the adjacent end of the shaft bearing, and the
compressor pivoted on the frame and adapted to oscillate approximately in the plane
of its actuating cam wheel.
22. In combination substantially as set forth a binder frame having an arm located
in a plane transverse to the length of the grain and between parallel planes passing
transversely through the heads and butts respectively; the knotter actuating shaft
journaled crosswise on and extending entirely across said shaft, and having its sole
bearing thereon and extending parallel with the grain; the knotter actuating wheel
and the binder driving gear wheel, both secured to said shaft and located at opposite
ends of the shaft bearings; the compressor actuating cam wheel located on said shaft
between the driving gear wheel and the adjacent end of the shaft bearing, and the
compressor pivoted on the frame and actuated directly by said cam wheel.
23. In combination, the compressor actuating cam wheel; the trip lever pivoted to
it and having a limited range of motion about its pivot, and the compressor pivoted
on the frame eccentric to the cam wheel; the trip lever being protruded into the
path of an abutment on the compressor and having an edge forming part of the cam
track of said abutment whereby the initial motion of the compressor about its pivot
moves the trip lever to the limit of its own motion in the same direction, and the
revolution of the cam wheel causes said abutment to move said lever to its limit in the
other direction, substantially as set forth.
24. In combination with the compressor pivoted on the frame, the compressor
actuating cam wheel revolved about the axis of the knotter actuating shaft, and
the trip lever pivoted to and revolving with said cam wheel; substantially as set
forth.
25. In combination substantially as and for the purpose set forth the compressor
actuating cam wheel and the trip lever pivoted thereto and forming part of the cam
track to actuate the compressor.
26. In combination substantially as set forth the knotter actuating shaft; an arm
of the binder frame located in a plane transverse to the length of the grain and
having said shaft journaled upon and extending entirely across it, the driving gear
wheel on said shaft on one side of said arın and the knotter actuating wheel fixed on
the shaft on the other side of the arm, the compressor actuating cam wheel on the
shaft between said arm and the drive wheel; the compressor pivoted on the frame
and located approximately in the plane of the cam wheel and protruding into the path
of the bundle and actuated thereby; the trip lever located approximately in the plane
of the cam wheel and adapted to move in a plane parallel to the plane of the
compressor and engaged and actuated thereby when the latter is actuated by the
bundle.
27. In combination substantially as set forth the compressor pivoted to the frame
and protruding into the path of the bundle; a wheel on and revolved by the knotter
actuating shaft; the trip lever pivoted on said wheel and revolved therewith and the
clutching devices of the binder operated by the trip lever; the compressor having an
abutment which engages the trip lever on one side when the compressor is moved by
the bundle and on the other side when the trip lever is revolved by the cam wheel,

page_text: whereby the compressor causes Down the engagement and the disengagement of the
trip lever with the clutching devices.
28. In combination substantially as set forth the compressor pivoted on the frame
and protru ling into the path of the bundle, a wheel on and revolved by the knotter
actuating shaft; the trip lever pivoted on said wheel eccentrically thereto and
revolved therewith-its range of oscillation movement about its pivot being limited
by stops on the wheel; the compressor having an abutment protruding into the plane
of movement of the trip lever and engaging the same to give it an oscillatory
movement, and engaged by the trip lever during the rotary movement of the
latter.
29. In combination with the binder frame, the carrier located at the discharge
side thereof means substantially as described for discharging the bundles thereinto
from the binder, and an arm moving outward therefrom about a centre fixed with
reference to the binder through the bundle receiving space of the carrier to discharge
the bundles therefrom.
30. In combination with the binder frame, a carrier located at the discharge side
thereof, the binder discharger and the carrier discharger turning about centres fixed
with reference to the binder, the sweep of the latter overlapping that of the
former.
31. In combination with the binder frame, a carrier located at the discharge side
thereof; the binder discharge delivering the bundles into the carrier and the carrier
discharger moving through the bundle receiving space of the carrier to discharge the
bundles therefrom, said discharges moving in planes substantially parallel and about
centres fixed with reference to each other, the length of each discharger being less,
and the sum of their lengths being more than the distance between their centres;
whereby they may operate in parallel and proximate planes with interference.
32. In combination with the binder frame and the binder discharger, the bundle
carrier located beyond the discharger in the direction of discharge, turning upon a
pivot fixed with reference to the binder frame extending across the path of discharge
and removeable out of said path by turning in the same direction as the discharger
and a secondary or carrier discharger connected to the carrier and partaking of its
movement, the sweep of the carrier discharger overlapping that of the binder dis-
charger, substantially as set forth.
33. In combination with a binder in which the grain is bound standing on end, a
floor to support the grain in the binder, while being bound on an arm moving over
said floor to remove the bundle therefrom, an extension of the binder floor in the
direction of discharge beyond the range of said arm and the carrier on a vertical axis
and located beyond and above the level of said floor extension and removeable out of
the path of discharge, substantially as set forth.
34. In combination with a binder which binds the grain standing on end; a floor
to support the grain while being bound, a discharge arm moving over the floor to
remove the bundle therefrom an extension of the floor in the direction of discharge
beyond the range of the discharge arm; the carrier on a vertical axis, and located
beyond the binder floor extension and above its level and a secondary or carrier
discharger located above the level of the floor extension fixed on a vertical shaft, and
oscillated about the axis thereof over said extension simultaneously with the carrier,
substantially as set forth.
35. In combination with a grain binder which discharges rearward, a carrier
consisting of a bundle guard located at the extreme rear beyond the binder discharger
in the path of discharge and operated independently of the binder or its discharging
mechanism and removeable at will out of the path of discharge, and a secondary or
carrier discharger moving rearward through the space immediately forward of said
guard simultaneously with the withdrawal of said guard, substantially as set forth.
36. In combination substantially as set forth the hub having the carrier arm, and
its rigid bearings, the latch pivoted on the hub and moving between stops thereon; the
stop on the frame engaged by said latch, and the spring connected to the frame at one

page_text: end and at the other end to the latch and thereby to the hub, whereby it serves the
double purpose of actuating the latch to make it engage the stop on the frame and of
rotating the hub to move its carrier arm toward the binder.
37. In combination substantially as set forth the hub and its rigid bearings on the
binder frame; the spring actuated latch pivoted on the hub eccentrically thereto and
playing between stops thereon and engaging a stop on the frame, the cable connected
to the latch and thereby to the hub and passing around the latter and longitudinally
actuated at the other end, whereby said cable when so actuated first disengages the
latch from the frame and then rotates the hub.