IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS. FOR. ELEVATING CORN, HAY, AND OTHER CROPS ON. TO STACKS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Yorath, of Molten Penmark, Cowbridge,
in the County of Glamorgan, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS. FOR. ELEVATING CORN, HAY, AND OTHER CROPS ON. TO STACKS."
Sealed the 7th May 1869, and dated the 28th December 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Yorath at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th December 1868.
I, HENRY YORATH, of Molten Penmark, Cowbridge, in the County of
Glamorgan, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ELEVATING CORN, HAY, AND OTHER CROPS ON
TO STACKS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for
elevating corn,. hay, and other crops on to stacks. For this purpose
I erect a mast by the side of the stack and stay it suitably with ropes.
Upon the mast there is a gaff with halyards to raise and lower it. The
gaff carries two pulleys, one at its outer end and the other close up to

page_text: the mast. A rope passing over these pulleys descends to a third pulley
at the foot of the mast, and after passing this pulley a horse is harnessed
to the rope. The other end of the rope descends from the pulley at the
outer end of the gaff, and is attached by a swivel to a fork resembling
a hay fork, but much larger. This connection is made close up to the
prongs of the fork, and to the end of its long handle a line is attached
which the workman holds in his hands. The fork having been stuck
into a sheaf or bundle of the crop the horse is driven along a horse run,
and so the fork with the handle upon it is lifted, the fork as it rises
being held by means of the hand line in such a position as to retain the
bundle upon it, and the hand line also serves to guide the fork. When
the fork is raised sufficiently high the hand rope is released and the
bundle dropped on to the stack. The mast is erected in a position
inclining towards the stack, so that the weight of of the bundle causes the
gaff to swing over the stack when by the hand line it is allowed to do
The horse is backed to lower the fork, which is guided down by
means of the line.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Yorath in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 28th June 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
YORATH, of Molten Penmark, Cowbridge, in the County of Glamorgan,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eight day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Yorath, Her special
licence that I, the said Henry Yorath, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Yorath, 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

page_text: Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR ELEVATING CORN, HAY, AND OTHER CROPS ON TO. STACKS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Yorath, 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, Henry Yorath, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described, and ascertained in and by the.
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
A
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for ele.
vating corn, hay, and other crops on to stacks. For this purpose I erect
a mast by the side of the stack and stay it suitably with ropes.. Upon the
mast there is a gaff with halyards to raise and lower it. The gaff carries.
two pulleys, one at its outer end and the other close up to the mast.
rope passing over these pulleys descends to a third pulley at the foot of
the mast, and after passing this pulley a horse is harnessed to the rope.
The other end of the rope descends from the pulley at the outer end of
the gaff, and is attached by a swivel to a fork resembling a hay fork, but
much larger. This connection is made close up to the prongs of the
fork, and to the end of its long handle a line is attached which the
workman holds in his hands. The fork having been stuck into a sheaf
or bundle of the crop the horse is driven along a horse run, and so the
fork with the handle upon it is lifted, the fork as it rises being held by
means of the hand line in such a position as to retain the bundle upon it,
and the hand line also serves to guide the fork. When the fork is raised:
sufficiently high the hand rope is released and the bundle dropped on to
the stack. The mast is erected in a position inclining towards the stack,
so that the weight of the bundle causes the gaff to swing over the stack.
when by the hand line it is allowed to do so. The horse is backed to
lower the fork, which is guided down by means of the line.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood;
and readily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings
hereunto annexed.

page_text: Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus. a is a taper mast of
suitable height, say about 36 feet; it is erected at the side of the stack
and at a distance of about two feet from it. The mast is made to incline
a little towards the stack; it is stepped about six inches into the ground,
and is supported by four stay ropes b, b, passing to stakes firmly driven
into the ground. The stay ropes on the side next the stack are suffi-
ciently long to pass over it. c is a gaff confined to the mast at one end,
but capable of being raised and lowered upon it by the tackle d,
consisting of a one-sheaved pulley attached to an eye on the gaff and a
double-sheaved pulley attached to a chain fixed to the top of the mast.
A rope passes around these pulleys, and is made fast to belaying
pins e at the foot of the mast. The outer end of the gaff is supported
by a similar tackle f. By means of these tackles the gaff can be set at
any height desired. The gaff has upon it two large pulleys g and h, and
there is also a sheave i fixed at the foot of the mast. Around these the
rope is passed; it is attached at its upper end by a swivel to the large
fork, and at its lower end it is harnessed to a horse. m is a hand line
attached to the handle of the fork.
Figure 2 shows the fork in plan. The apparatus is worked in the
following manner:-The crop having been brought to the foot of the
stack the fork is loaded with it, and the horse is then started along a
horse run leading from the mast. As the fork ascends the workman by
means of the hand rope m keeps the fork clear of the side of the stack,
and at the same time holds the forks in such a position that the bundle
of crop may remain safely upon it. When the fork is above the stack
the horse is stopped and the workman comes in with the hand rope
towards the side of the stack, allowing the gaff to swing round and carry
the fork over the stack, then by releasing the hand rope the workman
allows the handle of the fork to rise into such a position that the crop
drops off the prongs and is left upon the stack. Lastly, the workman by
means of the hand rope brings the fork clear of the stack, and the fork
is lowered by the return of the horse.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing, I would have it understood that what I claim is

page_text: apparatus, substantially as above described, for elevating corn, hay, and
other crops on to stacks.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Yorath, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
HENRY YORATH. (L.S.)