Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left; 12th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Feb., 1889
I, JOHN NICHOLS DAVIES, of Gweleath, Cury, in the County of Cornwall, Seed,
Manure, and Agricultural Implement Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to reaping and mowing machines and comprises an improved
arrangement of divider for separating the cut corn or the like from that which is
..uncut in such a manner that the straw will fall upon the platform or apron in a
proper direction.
According to my said invention, I provide a roller which is mounted at the outside
of the platform and which is adapted to be driven from the platform wheel or any
other suitable part of the machine by a chain, belt, or other desirable' means, the axis
of the said roller being at substantially right angles to the knife.
The said roller may be cylindrical, or conical or of any other desirable shape. In
practice I find it advantageous to employ a copical roller having upon its surface grooves
.or recesses which serve to roughen the same."
A great advantage of my invention is that when applied to a sheaf-binding harvester,
.it prevents the straw of the different sheaves from becoming entangled.
1 Ja of Datober 1888.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOHN NICHOLS DAVIES, of Gweleath, Cury, in the County of Cornwall, Seed,
Manure and Agricultural Implement Merchant, 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 :-
My invention relates to reaping and mowing machines and comprises an improved
arrangement of divider for separating the cut corn or the like from that which
is uncut.
According to my said invention, I provide a roller which is mounted at the outside
of the platform and which is adapted to be driven from the platform wheel or any
other suitable part of the machine by a chain, belt, or other desirable means, the axis
of the said roller being at substantially right angles to the knife or at any other suitable
angle.
The said roller may be cylindrical or conical or of any other desirable shape. In
practice I find it advantageous to employ a conical roller having upon its surface
grooves or recesses which serve to roughen the same.
.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the outside divider of a sheaf binding harvester
baving my improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line
2', it".
Figure 3 is a section of the roller drawn to an enlarged scale.
a indicates a divider of ordinary construction,
roller arranged according to my invention.
C
the platform wheel, and c the
This roller is of conical shape and fluted (as shown in section in Figure 3) and
is mounted in suitable bearings on the top board of the divider. To one end of the
roller is secured a bevel wheel with which engages a bevel pinion e having attached
to or formed integral with it a sprocket wheel f
y is a sprocket wheel secured to the platform wheel band h is a chain passing
around the sprocket wheels fand h so that the motion of the said wheel b will be
communicated to the roller c during the time that the machine is working.
¡ indicates a cover for protecting the gearing for operating the roller and ; the
platform apron of the machine.
Although I have described my improvements as applied to a self binding harvester
it is to be understood that they are applicable to reaping and mowing machines
generally. It is also to be understood that I do not confine my invention to any
particular shape of roller or to any special means of operating the same as it is obvious
that both of these may be varied-to-suit-different-requirements and circumstances.
The chief advantages of my invention are that the straw of tangled and laid crops
is prevented from hanging on the divider and thereby increasing the draught of the
machine by dragging upon the off-side of the platform; that in self binding harvesters

page_text: the corn falls onto the platform in a proper direction instead of falling so as to pass
to the elevator end-on whereby the risk of the sheaves hanging together when bound
is to a certain extent obviated; and that the corn is prevented from falling off the
divider onto the stubble as has so frequently heretofore been the case.
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) In a harvesting machine the combination with the outside divider of a roller
adapted to be rotated during the operation of the machine, substantially in the manner,
and for the purpose, specified.
(2) In a harvesting machine, the employment of a roller constructed and arranged
to operate, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawing for the purpose specified.