IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE RAKES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for
Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE RAKES."-
A communication from abroad by A. W. Coates, of Alliance, in the
State of Ohio, United States of America.
Sealed the 9th October 1868, and dated the 28th. May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 28th May 1868.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE RAKES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an arrangement of parts whereby a very
simple horse rake is obtained, and which will operate perfectly, and be
capable of being manipulated with the greatest facility.

page_text: The running wheels are placed loosely on each end of an axle, and
shafts are attached thereto by joints. To the rear side of the axle there
are attached two or more projections, to which a long bar is secured and
extends nearly the whole length of the axle and having wire teeth coiled
around it, the ends of the coils passing into the rear of the axle; this
bar and the teeth are both secured to the axle. The driver's seat is
attached to the upper end of a vertical post secured to the rear cross bar
of the shafts One arm of a toggle lever is pivotted to an arm secured to
the axle, and the other arm is pivotted to an upright on the front cross
bar of the shafts, the rear part of this arm of the toggle being curved
upward to form a handle for the convenience of operating the same.
There are two other arms, the front ends of which are fitted loosely on
the ends of a bar attached to the under side of the front part of the seat,
and a long bar behind is secured to the rear ends of these arms and has
a pendent hook near each end of it which catch under the end teeth of
the rake.
The operation is as follows:-When the rake is at work the toggle is
let down, that is to say, the arms of the toggle are in line with each
other and the lower ends of the rake teeth are in contact with the surface
of the ground. When the rake has gathered up its load the driver from
his seat raises or draws upward the handle of the toggle, and thereby
raises the inner ends of the arms and raises the rake teeth and ensures
the discharge of the hay. This raising of the rake teeth in order that the
hay may be discharged is facilitated by the weight of the driver on
the seat, the vertical support of which being on the rear cross bar of the
shafts causes the gravity of the driver to have a tendency to turn
the axle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the. conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year,
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special.
licence that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Edward Newton,.
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 Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HORSE RAKES," being a communication to me from abroad by A. W.
Coates, of Alliance, Ohio, United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, 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 William Edward Newton, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say)
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This Invention relates to a novel arrangement of parts whereby a very
simple horse rake is obtained, and one which will operate perfectly and
be capable of being manipulated with the greatest facility.
In the accompanying Drawing, Figures 1 and 2 are side views of
the improved horse rake, and Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the same.
On the axle A the running wheels B are placed loosely on each end,
and the shafts C, C, are attached thereto by joints a, a. To the rear
side of the axle A there are attached two or more projections h, b, to
which a long bar D is secured and extends nearly the whole length
of the axle, and has wire teeth E coiled around it, the ends of the coils
passing into the rear of the axle. This bar D and the teeth E are

page_text: both secured to the axle. The driver's seat F is attached to the upper
end of a vertical post G secured to the rear cross bar c of the shafts,
as shown in Figures 1 and 2. H is a toggle. One arm d of a toggle
lever His pivotted to an arm I secured to the axle A, and the other
arm d' is pivotted to an upright J on the front cross bar c¹ of the shafts,
the rear part of the arm of the toggle being curved upward to form
a handle e for the convenience of operating the same. The front ends
of two arms K, K, are fitted loosely on the ends of a bar L attached
to the under side of the front part of the seat F, and M is a long bar
which is secured to the rear ends of the arms K, K, and has a pendent
hook near each end of it, which catches under the end teeth E of
the rake, the bar L being also provided with pendent pins 9 which
pass down between the rake teeth.
The operation is as follows:-When the rake is at work the toggle H
is let down, that is to say, the arms d, d, of the toggle are in line with
each other, see Fig 2, and the lower ends of the rake tecth E are in
contact with the surface of the ground, the rake teeth being prevented
from casually rising in consequence of the arms of the toggle having
that position. When the rake has gathered up its load the driver from his
seat F raises or draws upward the handle e of the toggle, and thereby
raises the inner ends of the arms d, d, and raises the rake teeth. E,
the bar M working over the teeth towards their rear ends and ensuring
the discharge of the hay. This raising of the rake teeth in order that
the hay may be discharged is facilitated by the weight of the driver
on the seat F, the vertical support G of which is on the rear cross
bar of the shafts and causes the gravity of the driver to have a tendency
to turn the axle.
I am aware that the toggle has been previously used on horse rakes
for the purpose of elevating the rake in order that it may discharge
its load and for keeping the rake down to its work, and I therefore
do not claim the toggle separately or in itself considered; but I do claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-
First. The combination with a vibrating rake of a toggle lever for
operating the same, as herein set forth.
Second. The combination of the toggle H with the rake teeth E
attached to the axle A, so that the latter is made to perform the double
function of rake head and axle.

page_text: I also claim adapting the driver's seat F to the cross bar c of the shafts,
as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. I further claim the clearing bar M attached to arms K, K,
the front ends of which are fitted loosely on the ends of a bar L secured
to the under side of the driver's seat, as shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fifth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)