Improvements in Horse-rakes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15'h Sept., 1890-Accepted, 18th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-rakes.
I, CHARLES CLAY, of the Stennard Works, Wakefield in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in horse rakes and consists in
providing the same with moveable clearers which descend at the same time that the
tines are lifted. When thus arranged the tines do not require to be raised when
delivering so high as heretofore and the curvature of the tines may be altered to
give then an increased capacity.
According to one method of construction the tines are carried by a frame mounted
on the axle of the rake; they are strung upon the front bar of this frame and they
rest also upon the axle which supports them when they are in the working position
with their points on the surface of the ground.
The clearers may in this form be mounted on the axle on which they are free to
turn, they are connected together by a bar or frame and when in the working position
they are approximately horizontal and project rearwardly from the axle between
the tines.
The tine frame may be held in the working position by a rulo jointed link or strut
connected at its fore end with a cross bar on the shafts or framework of the machine
and at its hinder end to an arm of the time frame. Attached at the hinder end
of the link or strut is an arm (which may be extended to form a handle) and this
by a rod is connected with the clearers.
The tines are lifted by raising the jointed link or strut by a handle attached to it.
This handle may be operate by the man on the seat mounted on the framework
for the convenience of working. Thereby the link or strut is caused to take an
angular form, and the tine frame is made to turn on the axle. Thus the front bar
of the tine frame on which the tines are strung, is depressed and the points of the
tines are raised the tinos still resting upon the axle. The action of the link or strut
by its connections through the arm and connecting rod thrusts down the clearers.
Dated this 20th day of December 1889.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse-rakes.
1, CHARLES CLAY, of the Stennard Works, Wakefield, in the County of York,
Engineer, 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 :-
The invention has for its object improvements in horse rakes and consists in
providing the same with moveable clearers which descend at the same time that the
tines are lifted. When thus arranged the tines do not require to be raised when
delivering so high as heretofore and the curvature of the tines may be altered to give
them an increased capacity.
According to one method of construction the tines are carried by a frame mounted
on the axle of the rake; they are strung upon the front bar of this frame and they
rest also upon the axle which supports them when they are in the working position
with their points on the surface of the ground.
The clearers may in this form be mounted on the axle on which they are free

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination substantially as described with a horse rako of moveable
clearers which descend as the tines rise to effect the delivery of the crop.
2. A horse rake substantially as described and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 13th day of September 1890.