IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bernhard Samuelson of Banbury in the County of
Oxford, Engineer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING
MACHINES" communicated to him from The Marsh Harvester Company
residing at Sycamore in the United States of America
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bernhard Samuelson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th October 1883.
BERNHARD SAMUELSON of Banbury, in the County of Oxford, Engineer,
IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING MACHINES"-
'-a communication to me from The
Marsh Harvester Company residing at Sycamore in the United States of America
The Invention relates to Harvesting Machines in which the crop after having
been cut falls on to a platform to the rear of the cutting device, whence it is
removed to a binding device, and it consists of the combination with a stationary
lateral, and by preference somewhat inclined, and recessed, platform, of an apron
or belts or links, mounted on top and bottom rollers-the said rollers being at
right angles or nearly so to the cutter bar, and one or more of the rollers being
driven by convenient gearing from the main driving wheel or wheels--These
rollers give motion to the apron belts or links and cause the lower part thereof to
remove or assist in removing the crop from the inner side of the rearward platform
to the said lateral platform--The rearward platform may or may not be extended
so far that the lower part of the apron shall lie over it.
The crop in the course of its removal, or on having been so removed, is taken
hold of by packers or by any convenient arrangement forming part of a binding
device, which may be of the ordinary or any suitable kind.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Bernhard Samuelson in the Patent Office on the 8th April 1884.
"1
BERNHARD SAMUELSON of Banbury in the County of Oxford Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING MACHINES a communication to me from the
Marsh Harvester Company residing at Sycamore in the United States of America
This Invention relates to Harvesting Machines in which the Crop after having
been cut falls on to a platform to the rear of the cutting device whence it is
removed to a binding device and it consists of the combination with a stationary
lateral and by preference somewhat inclined and recessed platform of an apron or
belts or links mounted on top and bottom rollers-the said rollers being at right
angles or nearly so to the cutter bar and one or more of the rollers being driven
by convenient gearing from the main driving wheel or wheels. The rollers give
motion to the apron, belts or links, and cause the lower part of the said apron or
its equivalent to remove or assist in removing the crop from the inner side of the
rearward platform to the said lateral platform. The rearward platform may or
may not be extended so far that the lower part of the apron shall lie over it.
The crop in the course of its removal or on having been so removed is taken
hold of by packers or by any convenient arrangement forming part of a binding
device which may be of the ordinary or any suitable kind.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheet of drawing the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 a back elevation of part of a Harvesting
Machine in which the grain after having been cut by the cutter bar A falls on to
a platform consisting of an endless apron B which removes the cut grain to the
stationary platform Ċ which is recessed at C (Figure 2). From this platform it
is taken by packers D D and delivered to the binding device where it is bound
and subsequently discharged.
In order to assist in removing the cut crop from the rearward platform or
apron B. an apron (for which belts or links may be substituted) E E is used. This
apron is mounted on top and bottom rollers F F¹ the motion of one or both of
these latter being derived from the main driving wheel. The rollers F F¹ give
motion to the apron E E and cause it to assist in removing the cut crop from the
rearward platform B to the stationary lateral recessed platform C. In the drawing
the rearward platform B. extends only as far as the lower part of the apron E E
and a rotating device G1 G2 G3imilar to that described in the Specification of the
Patent of Samuelson and Manwaring N° 524 dated the thirty first January One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three and shown in figures 12 and 13 of the
drawings attached to the said Specification is employed to assist in the removal of
the crop, but the rearward platform may be extended farther towards the lateral
platform C so that the apron E E shall lie over it.
His the nain driving wheel. K is the shaft carrying the knotting device and
L is the needle. These and the construction and position of the packers form no
part of the present Invention.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of this Invention
and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into practical
effect I would bserve in conclusion that I do not limit my self to the precise details
breinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention for example the
Invention may be carried into effect by substituting for the apron E either belts or

page_text: links or a bottom roller and a stationary vertical or approximately vertical fence
may be used these latter two together performing the office of an apron but I have
found the vertical apron give satisfactory results. What I consider to be novel
and original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is :-
In harvesting machines the combination of a travelling apron (or an equivalent
device as hereinbefore explained) situated at right angles or nearly so to the Cutter
bar with a stationary lateral platform from which latter the grain is removed by
packers in order to be bound substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
In witness whereof I the said Bernhard Samuelson have to this my Specification
set my hand and seal this thirty first day of March One thousand eight hundred
and eighty four.
B SAMUELSON (L.S.)