IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATORS FOR STACKING HAY, CORN, AND STRAW
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Reeves, of Bratton, near Westbury, in
the County of Wilts, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATORS FOR STACKING HAY, CORN, AND STRAW."
Sealed the 4th October 1872, and dated the 5th April 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Reeves at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th April 1872.
I, HENRY REEVES, of Bratton, near Westbury, in the County of
Wilts, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATORS FOR STACKING HAY, CORN, AND STRAW,"
to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements upon an Invention for
which Letters Patent bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of November,
1870, No. 3073, were granted to William Andrews, of Melksham, in the
County of Wilts. The said Invention mainly consisted in raising and

page_text: lowering the trough of the elevator by drawing the front and hind
wheels together by means of chains and pulleys.
Under the present Invention the trough is constructed so as to be
capable of folding for the purposes of convenience in transit. This is
effected by making the same in two parts connected by a suitable joint,
at which is placed an upright standard capable of working in a socket,
and furnished at the upper part thereof with pulleys, and having a stay
bar, the upper end of which is attached to the upper end of the standard,
and the lower end arranged to work on a joint in connection with the bar
or beam attached to the front frame of the machine. A worm and wheel
or some other of the well-known contrivances adapted for the purpose are
or is connected with the lower portion of the trough, and from which a
chain passes over the pulleys at the upper part of the standard to a
convenient part of the upper portion of the trough. By actuating the
winding apparatus the upper portion of the trough is drawn into a per-
pendicular position, and by adopting a reverse motion the chain is let
out and the trough folded over.
By means of these arrangements the disadvantages incident to folding
avoided
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Reeves in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 4th October 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
REEVES, of Bratton, near Westbury, in the County of Wilts, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself; Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Reeves, Her special licence that I,
the said Henry Reeves, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Henry Reeves, 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,

page_text: or
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ELEVATORS FOR STACKING HAY, CORN, AND STRAW," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Reeves, my executors
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 Reeves, 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:
My said Invention relates to certain improvements upon an Invention
for which Letters Patent bearing date the 24th day of November 1870,
No. 3073, for "Improvements in the Construction of Elevators for
Stacking Hay, Corn, and Straw," were granted to William Andrews, of
Melksham, in the said County of Wilts. The said Invention of the said
William Andrews mainly consisted in raising and lowering the trough of
the elevator by drawing the front and hind wheels together by means of
chains and pulleys.
Under the present Invention the trough is constructed so as to be
capable of folding for the purposes of convenience in transit. This is
effected by making the same in two parts connected by a suitable joint,
at which is placed an upright standard capable of working in a socket,
and furnished at the upper part thereof with pulleys, and having a stay
bar, the upper end of which is attached to the upper end of the standard,
and the lower end arranged to work on a joint in connection with the
bar or beam attached to the front frame of the machine, thereby keeping
the standard always in a perpendicular position as the trough is being
elevated, so that it can be turned over or closed as well when up to its
full height as when it is lowered. A worm and wheel or some other of
the well-known contrivances adapted for the purpose are or is connected
with the lower portion of the trough, and from which a chain passes over
the pulleys at the upper part of the upper portion of the trough. By

page_text: actuating the winding apparatus, the upper portion of the trough is
drawn into a perpendicular position, and by adopting a reverse motion
the chain is let out and the trough. folded over.
By means of these arrangements the disadvantages incident to folding
elevators as previously constructed are avoided.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe in
conclusion that what I consider novel and original and therefore claim as
constituting the Invention secured to me by the said in part recited
Letters Patent are, the combination and arrangement of parts and
mechanism substantially as and for the purposes herein-before described
and set forth, or any mere modifications thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Reeves, have hereunto
set my
hand and seal, this Third day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.