An Improved Machine for Gathering Cut Corn and other Crops and Conveying them to a Binding Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Anr., 1892-Accented. 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Gathering Cut Corn and other Crops and
Conveying them to a Binding Apparatus.
We, WILLAM ROBINS, and ALFRED JOHN ROBINS, both of Roche, in the
County of Cornwall, Farmers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention relates to a machine for gathering cut corn and other crops and
conveying them to a binding apparatus.
In carrying out our invention we employ two or more endless chains passing over
a roller at the lower part of the machine and over chain wheels at the upper part
of the machine. To the said chains we attach bars extending the whole width of
the machine, such bars carrying a number of hinged teeth sliding over a bed. All
the said parts are covered by a shield having slots through which the teeth project
and in which they travel. To the front part of the machine is hinged a frame
carrying wheels and springs at its lower end, the said springs extending upwards to
the top of, and parallel with the shield.
As the machine is drawn forward the endless chains with the teeth are, by
suitable gearing, caused to travel over the roller and chain wheels and each row
of teeth takes up a quantity of the cut corn and carries it under the wheels and
springs, which yield sufficiently to allow the varying quantities of corn to pass.
The teeth carry the corn to the top of the shield and then turn over upon their
hinges and deposit the corn on a binding table.
Dated the 4th day of July 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Gathering Cut Corn and other Crops and
Conveying them to a Binding Apparatus.
We, WILLIAM ROBINS, and ALFRED JOHN ROBINS, both of Roche, in the
County of Cornwall, Farmers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to a machine for gathering cut corn and other crops and
conveying them to a binding apparatus.
In carrying out our invention we employ two or more endless chains passing
over a roller at the lower part of the machine and over chain wheels at the upper
part of the machine. To the said chains we attach bars extending across the
machine, such bars carrying a number of hinged teeth sliding over a bed. All the
said parts are covered by a shield having slots through which the teeth project and
in which they travel. Over the shield is arranged a hinged frame carrying wheels
and springs at its lower end, the said springs extending upwards to the top of, and
parallel with the shield.
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To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a plan of our improved machine for gathering cut corn and other
crops and conveying them to a binding apparatus.
Similar letters in both the figures indicate similar parts.

page_text: "", 3 is the frame of the machine mounted upon travelling wheels b, b, b and
c, c are shafts by means of which the machine is drawn along the ground. In
Figure 1, one of the inclined parts of the frame is removed for the sake of
clearness.
d, d are the endless chains; e is the roller and are the chain wheels over
which the endless chains & travel; the chain wheels are mounted on a shaft a¹
carried in bearings b, on the inclined parts as of the frame and driven from a
spur wheel on one of the travelling wheels through the medium of a pinion d',
chain wheels and f, and chain . The roller is carried in bearings in the
inclined parts a³ of the frame; y, y are the bars attached to the chains d and
extending across the machine.
h, h are the teeth hinged to the bars 9 and serving to pick up the cut crops and
convey them to the binding table a², and is the bed over which they move, such
bed being supported upon beams, fixed to the parts of the frame.
jis the shield and k, kare the slots in the same through which the teeth project
and in which they travel. The shield is attached to beams and m fixed to the
parts a³ of the frame.
n is the frame which carries wheels o and springs p at its lower part, such frame
being hinged aty to the vertical parts a of the machine-frame and the springs
extending upwards as shewn to the top of and parallel with the shield j. The bed i
does not extend quite to the top of the shield in order to allow the teeth, when
they have carried the material to the top of the machine, to fall down upon their
hinges and leave the material free to fall onto the binding table a².
As the machine is drawn forward the endless chains d are operated by the gearing
in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figure 1 and each row of teeth / takes
up a quantity of the cut corn or the like from the ground and carries it under the
wheels o and springs which yield sufficiently to allow the varying quantities of
corn to pass, the wheels serving to press the corn into the teeth supported in
position by the bed i, and the springs serving to keep it in a compact condition
until it reaches the top of the machine when, the teeth being no longer supported
by the bed i, fall as hereinbefore described into the position shewn in dotted lines
in Figure 1 and allow the corn to fall onto the binding table a².
Although we have only shewn two wheels o in the drawing, it will be obvious
that more than this number can be employed if deemed necessary. Moreover the
said wheels can be used alone instead of in conjunction with the springs p, or the
springs can be used without the wheels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, ve declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. In a machine for gathering cut corn and other crops and conveying
binding apparatus the combination with a bed for supporting the gathering and
conveying teeth of a shield covering the platform and parts contiguous thereto,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
2. In a machine for gathering cut corn and other crops and conveying them to a
binding apparatus the combination with series or rows of gathering and conveying
teeth of the wheels oor of the springs p, or of the said wheels and springs in
conjunction.
3. The improved machine for gathering cut corn and other crops and conveying
them to a binding apparatus herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.