IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND STACKING HAY AND CORN OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE."
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Caleb Loader, of East Pennard, in the County of Somerset,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND
STACKING HAY AND CORN OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Caleb Loader at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1876.
CALEB LOADER, of East Pennard, in the County of Somerset.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND STACKING HAY AND CORN OR OTHER AGRI-
CULTURAL PRODUCE"
My Invention consists in the first place in connecting the upper end of the
loading machine, described in the Specification of the Patent granted to me and
bearing date 27th August 1875, No. 3009, to an elevated trough on a level with
the load of hay or corn, with which trough is combined a jointed folding trough or
frame for stacking. By means of this arrangement the produce is delivered from
the said machine and carried upwards, whence it falls on to the stack or rick as
required.
My Invention consists in the second place in the construction and use of an
elevator on a level with the top of an ordinary load of hay or corn, consisting of a
jointed folding trough or frame, the jointed part of which is capable of adjustment
to any required elevation while at work.
This elevator is worked from the axle of one of the running wheels of the im-
plement, which wheel is raised from the ground for the purpose, in order that the
elevator may be driven either by hand or by motive power.
This elevator may also be worked, if preferred, by driving the endless chain
pulley by means of a band or chain from a part of the frame to which is connected
horse gear or other suitable gearing arrangements.
And my Invention consists in the third place in the general construction of the
implement, whereby it can be opened out so as to adapt it for working as required,
and can also be folded together for storage or travelling.
For this purpose the frame of the machine or implement is composed of upright,
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page_text: horizontal, and diagonal bars, jointed together in such a manner as to admit of the
pins or bolts of some of the joints being removed for folding when required, and the
said bars are raised and lowered as required by means of cords and pulleys, or
otherwise.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Caleb Loader in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th December
1876.
CALEB LOADER, of East Pennard, in the County of Somerset. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND STACKING HAY AND CORN OR OTHER AGRI-
CULTURAL PRODUCE."
My Invention consists in the first place in connecting the upper end of the
loading machine, described in the Specification of the Patent granted to me and
bearing date 27th August 1875, No. 3009, to an elevated trough on a level with
the load of hay or corn, with which trough is combined a jointed folding trough or
frame for stacking. By means of this arrangement the produce is delivered froin
the said machine and carried upwards, whence it falls on to the stack or rick as
required.
My Invention consists in the second place in the construction and use of an
elevator on a level with the top of an ordinary load of hay or corn, consisting of a
jointed folding trough or frame, the jointed part of which is capable of adjustment
to any required elevation while at work.
This elevator is worked from the axle of one of the running wheels of the imple-
ment, which wheel is raised from the ground for the purpose, in order that the
elevator may be driven either by hand or by motive power.
This elevator may also be worked, if preferred, by driving the endless chain
pulley by means of a band or chain from a part of the frame, to which is connected
horse gear or other suitable gearing arrangements.
And my Invention consists in the third place in the general construction of the
implement, whereby it can be opened out so as to adapt it for working as required,
and can also be folden together for storage or travelling.
For this purpose the frame of the machine or implement is composed of upright,
horizontal, and diagonal bars, jointed together in such a manner as to admit of the
pins or bolts of some of the joints being removed for folding when required, and
the said bars are raised and lowered as required by means of cords and pulleys, or
otherwise.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, and in what
manner the same is or may be used and carried into practical effect, I will now
proceed to describe the same more particularly, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation shewing the general arrangement of the two elevators
or stacking machines; and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the machine, shewing the
position of the parts when arranged for delivering hay or other agricultural produce
from a loaded cart or waggon and conveying it to the top of the stack.
On
For the convenience of using the machine as a hay maker as well as an elevator,
it is arranged in two parts, thus forming two separate machines, as shewn at A and
B, each carried upon the running wheels C and C¹. The two parts of the machine
are jointed or united to each other at the part D, where there is a guide pulley on
either side for guiding the endless webbing that will be presently referred to.
the axle of one of the running wheels C is a chain pulley E, which, by means of
the endless crossed chain F, gives motion to the pinion G. This pinion is keyed to
a transverse axle, which gives motion to a series of transverse bars forming an
endless band or chain H. The transverse bars of the machine are fitted with a
series of rake points or tines, as shown at I. These rake points or tines are fixed

page_text: in transverse bars, as shewn, and are described in my former Patent, No. 3009, of
1875.
The requisite tension of the endless band is obtained by the intermediate tension
pulleys J and K, and these in their turn are regulated by means of the adjusting
screw and hand wheel L
In order to keep the endless webbing clear of the rake points I there are arranged
at the back of the machine and carried upon transverse shafts the disc pulleys M,
and these serve, as will be readily understood, to so distend the endless webbing as
to keep it quite clear of the points I.
The arrangement of the elevator with the adjustable folding joint and disc pullies
afford the means of obtaining any adjustment required, and thus secure an efficient
delivery at any desired elevation while the machine is at work. Or the machine
may be fitted with revolving drums at the upper and lower parts for carrying the
canvas, or in lieu of drums discs may be arranged at any desired distance apart,
with or without transverse bars fitted thereto. The elevator is raised and adjusted
to the desired height by means of the worm shaft N and the jointed chains O, so
that by turning the handle on the worm shaft N the elevator may be raised to its
highest point, as shown by the dotted lines, or depressed as required.
The front part of the machine is fitted on a moveable carriage working on a centre
pin, and this part is fitted either with shafts or poles, as may be desired; and there
are regulating screws and locks for raising or lowering the tines off from or on to
the ground whilst at work.
The arrangement also provides for readily turning round in the field, the principal
weight of the machine being thrown upon the bearing wheels under the folding
joint. This part of the machine is fitted with an adjustable "coupling bar," to
admit of its being connected to any ordinary shafts and regulated to any required
width or size.
This portion of the arrangement is shewn detached from the machine in Figures
3 and 4. It consists of an angularly shaped bar a, with equidistant perforations b
at each extremity for the requisite adjustment as to width. At the centre c there
is a hole through which the supporting pin d, Figure 4, passes; this is fitted with
a flange and set screw e for adjustment. Through one of the apertures on either
side of the coupling bar are passed the screw clips f, which are tightened and
adjusted as required by means of the screw handles g. This arrangement of the
several parts renders the machine exceedingly convenient in management wherever
it is desired to place it.
In the arrangement shown in Figure 2, and which forms the second part of my
said Invention, the elevator is adjusted for unloading produce on a level with the
top of a loaded cart or waggon and conveying the said produce direct to the stack
in course of formation. In this modification only one portion of the elevator is
employed, the other part being supposed to be employed in the field either as a hay-
maker or in loading the carts or waggons. On referring to the Figure it will be
observed that the lower part of the elevator is supposed to be on a level with the
upper part of the load in the cart or waggon, and that the cut crop as it is forked
towards the travelling endless webbing, which is put in motion by the assistant
who is turning the driving pulley, and this carries the produce at once on to the
stack and within reach of the stackman.
In this way the combination of the two machines forms a most effective elevator
for stacking hay or corn, as well as for elevating straw from thrashing machines
and for doing the ordinary work of the hay field.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is or may be carried into practical effect, I desire
it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise arrangement of the
details of the several mechanical parts herein-before referred to and shewn in the
accompanying Drawings, as the same may be considerably varied without departing
from the distinguishing and essential features of the machines; but what I do
claim and desire to secure by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,

page_text: the general arrangement, combination, and construction of machines for elevating
and stacking hay, corn, or other agricultural produce, substantially as herein-before
described and shewn in the accompanying Drawings, or any mere modification of
the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Caleb Loader, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
CALEB × LOADER. (L.S.)