IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIERS OR STACKERS, OR APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STACKING OF STRAW, HAY, OR AGRICUL- TURAL PRODUCE
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Procter, of Boston, in the County of Lincoln,
Millwright, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIERS OR STACKERS,
OR APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STACKING OF STRAW, HAY, OR AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCE."
Sealed the 2nd May 1862, and dated the 13th November 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Procter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
November 1861.
I, THOMAS PROCTER, of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, Millwright,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARRIERS OR STACKERS, OR APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STACKING OF STRAW,
HAY, OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE," to be as follows:-
The nature of the said Invention consists in the use and adoption in
mechanism or apparatus for the purposes aforesaid of a tray or box without
ends, which may be secured at one end to the end of the thrashing machine,
or may be fixed on a carriage or framing, or otherwise; and it is preferred to
make the said tray or box in two parts, secured together by screws or pins
passing through projections at the sides of the said tray or box, or secured by
other fastening. To this tray or box endless bands or belts are adapted, in
such manner that they may upon motion being. communicated thereto, (by
rollers placed at each end thereof with pulleys or wheels attached and provided
with driving strap or band,) upon the winch handle, which is on one pulley
or wheel being turned, or upon the same being turned by other power, set the
whole in motion, and cause the endless bands or belts first mentioned to travel
upon the tray or box, and from such endless bands or belts being connected

page_text: together by cross pieces termed "slats" secured thereto, the straw, hay, or agri-
cultural produce coming from the thrashing or other machine, will be carried
forward to the other end of the apparatus to the stack in progress; and the
first-mentioned bands or belts are preferred to be made of india-rubber, gutta
percha, or other suitable substance, and to have each of said belts or bands
with a joint and a buckle, hook and eye, or other fastening for securing the
ends together. Moveable legs are provided, the position of which may be
shifted from time to time, so as to incline the tray or box in order that the
end nearest the stack in progress may be raised as the stack increases in
height.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Procter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th May 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
PROCTER, of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, Millwright, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Procter, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Procter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others às I, the
said Thomas Procter, 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 make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CARRIERS OR STACKERS, OR APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE STACKING
OF STRAW, HAY, OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE," upon the condition (amongst
others), that I, the said Thomas Procter, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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 Thomas Procter, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The nature of the said Invention consists in the use and adoption in
mechanism or apparatus for the purposes aforesaid of a tray (or box without
ends), which may be secured at one end to the end of the thrashing machine,
or may be fixed on a carriage or framing, or otherwise; and it is preferred to
make the said tray or box in two parts, secured together by screws or pins
passing through projections at the sides of the said tray or box, or it can be
secured by other fastening. To this tray or box endless bands or belts are
adapted in such manner that upon motion being communicated thereto,
(through rollers and pulleys or wheels attached and provided with driving
cords or straps, as also with a winch handle or crank, the said rollers and end-
less bands or belts aforesaid will be put in motion upon applying manual power
to said winch handle; or in case of other than manual power upon a sub-
stituted crank, or power rigger, or pulley being set in motion, will cause the
endless bands or belts first mentioned to travel upon the tray or box. The said
endless belts or bands being connected together by cross pieces termed "slats,"
secured thereto, the straw, hay, or agricultural produce coming from the
tbrashing or other machine will be carried forward (and upwards, if necessary,
by slanting the tray upwards) to the other end of this apparatus, where the
stack is in progress of formation. The first-mentioned bands or belts I prefer
to make of india-rubber, gutta percha, or other suitable substance, and to pro-
vide the same with a joint and buckle, hook and eye, or other fastening for
securing the ends together. I also provide moveable legs adapted for sup-
porting the apparatus and slanting it upwards to the required degree, in order
that the end nearest the stack in progress may be raised as the stack increases
in height.
(Part No. II.) Having thus far described the nature of the said Invention,
I now proceed to describe in what manner the same is to be performed,
wherein I shall refer to the Drawings accompanying this Specification thereof
by the words, figures, and letters following, that is to say :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, side view; Figure 2, front view. A denotes the tray or.
box without top or ends; A*, two fixed legs assisting to support the
same; B, the motion pulley or wheel, to which the winch handle B* is
attached, to which the crank or otherwise may be secured; C, driving
cord, passing over the said motion pulley (B) and over another pulley D
at the other end of the stacker, and having its bearings in the pendent

page_text: piece Dx, secured to the sides of the tray; (the bearings for pulley B
being in a similar pendent piece, marked B*, which is also secured to sides of
said tray.) The axis of the said pulley D, which passes across the stacker, also
carries two rollers (see dotted lines), over one of which passes the endless band
or strap E', which also passes over a short roller F' at the other end of the
stacker, opposite to which is another similar roller F, over which passes the
other endless band E³, passing also over the other roller on axis of pulley D.
These two rollers F' and F2 turning freely upon the pins or axes shewn, the same
being fixed to the pendent piece B* aforesaid; G are pieces of wood, termed
slats, passing across from one endless band to the other, and these may have
spikes or projections attached, the more readily to gather up the straw, hay, and
such like produce when the machine is at work. H, H, are two quadrant pieces
fitted to the side of the tray with projecting pieces I, with eyes and a pin through
them like the joints of a hinge. This jointing arrangement is also provided at
the other side of the tray; J', J2, the two parts of the moveable leg, (two of
these legs being provided,) J' having two metal straps K, K, secured thereto,
forming staples, into which is slipped the part Ja, also having a small pulley L
inserted in the top, over which passes a cord M, which is secured (see dotted
lines) to J, and is fastened by being twisted round the part m, as shewn. The
top of this moveable leg, which is jointed, fits into a ring secured to the side of
the tray.
(Part No. III.) Having now particularly described and ascertained the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, I declare that I claim the Invention secured to me by the aforesaid
Letters Patent, as the nature and character thereof is set forth in the outset
(extending to Part No. II.) of this my Specification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Procter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
WILLIAM SMART.
THOMAS PROCTER. (L.S.)