IMPROVEMENTS IN AP- PARATUS POR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Nickerson, of Barningham, in the County
of Suffolk, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AP-
PARATUS POR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCE."
Sealed the 1st February 1870, and dated the 7th August 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Nickerson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 7th August 1869.
I, GEORGE NICKERSON, of Barningham, in the County of Suffolk,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE," to be as follows:-
The Invention has reference to the class or description of machines
or apparatus which under a variety of forms is known as a straw or
corn elevator, and is intended for raising straw, corn, or other produce
in or on to or to form a stack. And more particularly it has reference
to a construction or arrangement permitting the use of horse gear for

page_text: drawing the mechanical movements without such gear being placed as
ordinarilly on one side of the machine, which involves the occupation
of much space and great loss of time in fixing, and without the main
horizontal framing being placed or made so that it might be raised
at a height above the ground sufficient for a horse to pass underneath
the said framing, as in the two Inventions patented by Joseph Coleman
(junior), A.D. 1860, No. 2481, and by William, Barford and Thomas
Perkins, A.D. 1868, No. 700, respectively. And the said (present) Inven-
tion consists in constructing the main horizontal framing in or of two
principal stories or layers connected by vertical or other parts or con-
nections passing through a horizontal driving ring or wheel, situate
between the two layers, and in driving the working parts by means
of such wheel, which for this purpose is to be provided with a pole
to which the horse may be yoked or harnessed for turning it round on
an imaginary vertical axis, the horse walking round outside of the
framing instead of within the compass or limit of the framing as in
the cases of the said two patented Inventions. The said driving ring
or wheel may be supported on and guided by friction wheels or rollers,
and be constructed of iron cast with teeth presented inwards and gearing
with a spur pinion (or bevil or other gear may be substituted), from
which the motion to work the elevating chains or movements of the
elevator may be transferred in any convenient manner.
The apparatus,
though intended to afford advantages when driving by horse power (as
by the construction and arrangement of the horse driving gear the
horse may pass round outside the framing instead of underneath as
heretofore), may nevertheless when desired be driven from off the motion
of a steam thrashing machine or otherwise, and may be used in con-
nection with such a machine in the same manner as straw elevators
have hitherto been so driven and used. The working parts of the
machine, such as the said elevating chains, and the inclined guide
trough, may be constructed generally as heretofore, but are to be
supported on the upper of the two horizontal layers of framing. Or
the trough may be made in accordance with the further improvements,
which consist in making it adjustably extensible as required by a second
or additional trough sliding within and at the upper extremity of the
first or principal trough. The second trough may be as nearly as
circumstances permit of the full capacity of the first, and proper sliding
surfaces, and if desired friction rollers may be provided to ensure an
easy movement. This arrangement will be found a convenient sub-

page_text: stitute for and improvement upon the hinged or
principal trough heretofore employed.
folding extension of
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Nickerson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th February 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
NICKERSON, of Barningham, in the County of Suffolk, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Nickerson, Her special licence
that I, the said George Nickerson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Nickerson, my exccutors,
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND STACKING STRAW AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Nickerson,
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 imme
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent,
NOW KNOW YE; that I, the said George Nickerson, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
The Invention has reference to the class. or description of machines.
or apparatus which under a variety of forms is known as a straw or

page_text: corn elevator, and is intended for raising straw, corn, or other produce
in or on to or to form a stack. And more particularly it has reference
to a construction or arrangement permitting the use of horse gear for
driving the mechanical movements without such gear being placed as
ordinarily on one side of the machine, which involves the occupation.
of much space and great loss of time in fixing, and without the main
horizontal framing being placed or made so that it might be raised
at a height above the ground sufficient for a horse to pass underneath
the said framing, as in the two Inventions patented by Josephi Coleman
(junior), A.D. 1860, No. 2481, and by William. Barford and Thomas
Perkins, A.D. 1868, No. 700, respectively. And the said (present) Inven-
tion consists in constructing the main horizontal framing in or of two
principal parts, stories, or layers connected by vertical or other posts
or connections passing through a horizontal driving ring or wheel
situate between the two layers, or otherwise conveniently connected,
and in driving the working parts by means of such wheel, which for
this purpose is to be provided with a pole to which the horse may
be yoked or harnessed for turning it round on an imaginary vertical
axis, the horse working round outside of the framing instead of within
the compass or limit of the framing as in the cases of the said two
patented Inventions. The said driving ring or wheel may be supported
on and guided by friction wheels or rollers, and be constructed of
metal furnished with teeth presented inwards and gearing with a spur
pinion (or bevil or other gear may be substituted) from which the
motion to work the elevating chains or movements of the elevator
may be transferred in any convenient manner. The apparatus though
intended to afford advantages when driving by horse power (as by the
construction and arrangement of the horse driving gear, the horse
may pass round outside the framing instead of underneath as here-
tofore) may nevertheless when desired be driven from off the motion
of a steam thrashing machine or otherwise, and may be used in con-
nection with such a machine in the same manner as straw elevators
have hitherto been so driven and used. The working parts of the
machine, such as the said elevating chains and the inclined guide trough
may be constructed generally as heretofore, but are to be supported
on or by the upper of the two horizontal layers of framing. The
trough may be made adjustably extensible as required by a second or
additional trough sliding within or outside and at the upper extremity
of the first or principal trough. The second trough may be as nearly

page_text: as circumstances permit of the full capacity of the first and proper
sliding surfaces, and if desired friction rollers may be provided to
ensure an easy movement. This arrangement will be found a
venient substitute for and improvement upon the hinged or folding
extension of principal trough heretofore employed.
The accompanying Drawing will serve to illustrate a convenient mode
of performing the said improvements, but the details may be varied
without departing from the spirit of the said improvements.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 shew side, plan of top, and plan of bottom views
respectively of an apparatus which for easy transport may be mounted
on wheels and axles attached to the under frame A; this under frame
as also the upper framing B for supporting the elevating trough and
its machinery is shown in dotted lines. Both the upper and lower
framing or stories just described may be fitted with any necessary
or convenient fittings for carrying the elevating trough and working
the elevating gear. C, is the horse driving and drawing pole; E, the
driving ring connected therewith working on rollers F against the
guides G; H, the gearing for communicating motion to the shaft I,
intended for actuating the elevating chains carrying the traversers of
the elevating trough by means of a band fitted to the wheels K, L.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Nickerson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.