IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO STRAW TRUSSING APPARATUS
Year: 1885

page_text: We, JAMES HOWARD, and EDWARD TENNEY BOUSFIELD, both of Bedford, in
the County of Bedford, Engineers do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO STRAW TRUSSING APPARATUS "' to be as
follows:-
Our present invention relates to improvements in the straw trussing machines
for which former Letters Patent have been granted to us dated July 9th A.D. 1884
N° 9967 and September 10th A.D. 1884 N° 12251.
The object of our present improvements is to obtain a more simple and effective
delivery of the straw as it leaves the threshing machine for the straw-trussing
apparatus. For this purpose we use the underside of the projecting ends of the
straw-shakers which have the well known rising and falling, as well as a to-and-fro,
motion; and we adjust the position of the gathering and compressing arms of the
straw-trusser in relation to the shakers in. such a manner that the straw, as it
leaves the top side of the shakers, is pressed down by the underpart of the ends of
the shakers, to the straw-trussing apparatus. In order to accomplish this object
we shape the undersides of the projecting ends of the straw shakers and adjust
their movement, in a manner to ensure the straw being delivered to the trussing
apparatus without the necessity for rollers or other appliances for this purpose. In
addition to the pressure upon the straw by the underside of the shakers, we may
obtain further pressure by employing supplementary pivoted projecting arms to
operate in conjunction with the shakers.
The trussing apparatus may be hinged to the threshing machine in such a
manner that when the latter is being used for crops, the straw of which does not
require trussing, the apparatus may be turned up on its hinges out of the way.
Dated this 10th day of February 188K

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Straw-trussing Apparatus.
We, JAMES HOWARD, and EDWARD TENNEY BOUSFIELD, both of Bedford, in
the County of Bedford, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO STRAW-TRUSSING APPARATUS" and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
Our present invention relates to straw-trussing apparatus or machines such as
described in the Specifications of Letters Patent granted to us, dated, July 9th
A.D. 1884, N° 9967, and September 10th A.D. 1884. N° 12251.
One object of our present improvements is to obtain a more simple and effective
delivery of the straw from the threshing machine to the straw-trussing apparatus
than any heretofore provided. For this purpose we use the projecting ends of the
straw-shakers of the threshing machine, which have the well known rising and
falling, as well as a to-and-fro, motion; and we adjust the position of the gathering
and compressing arms of the trussing apparatus in relation to the shakers in such
a manner that the straw, as it leaves the said shakers, is pressed down by their
ends to the straw-trussing apparatus.
Another object of our invention is to connect the trussing apparatus to the
threshing machine in such a manner that when the latter being used for crops,
the straw of which does not require trussing, the said apparatus may be turned up
to permit the discharge of the straw in the ordinary manner.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation shewing one end of a threshing machine with
straw-trussing apparatus attached thereto, according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrating the arrangement wherein the straw-
trussing apparatus is adjustably connected with the threshing machine according
to our said invention.
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawing.
a is the frame of the threshing machine, and bb are the shakers.
c, c are the
packers for compressing the straw to form a truss or bundle, which packers are
mounted in the ordinary manner upon a shaft carried by the frame d.
binding-table.
e is the
We shape the undersides of the projecting ends of the straw-shakers 6, and
provide for so operating them, that the straw as it falls from the shakers is acted
upon by their undersides and pressed downwards upon the table e into the position
to be acted upon by the packers c of the binding mechanism.
The advantages of this arrangement are that the straw can be delivered to the
trussing apparatus without the necessity for rollers, endless aprons or other appli-
ances for this purpose; and that the trussing mechanism can be placed much
higher upon the threshing machine than heretofore, thereby affording greater space
for the trusses after they drop from the machine.
In some instances we provide for supplementing the action of the shakers on the
straw by the pressure of pivotted, projecting arms arranged to operate in conjunc-
tion with the said shakers.

page_text: In order to enable the binding mechanism to be turned up when not required,
to permit the delivery of the straw in the ordinary manner, we provide the
arrangement shewn in figure 2; the frame d of the trussing apparatus is connected
at each side to the frame a of the threshing machine by the links f, g. To the
pivot h of each link f upon the frame d is attached a screw-rod i, which rods pass
through slots formed in arms; projecting from the frame a. Above the said arms
are placed the hand wheels which are screwed on the said screw-rods i. By
turning the said wheels in the proper direction the said screws will be raised,
thereby raising the frame d to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. As
the binding mechanism is gradually raised the lower end is thrown outwards by
means of the links g, so that when the said binding mechanism is in its most
elevated position it will stand at some distance from the shakers, and will not
prevent the straw from freely dropping therefrom.
We do not wish to confine ourselves to the particular method described, with
reference to Figure 2, of attaching the trussing mechanism to the threshing machine,
as it is obvious that other means might be employed, for instance it might bo
simply hinged at the upper end to the frame of the threshing machine and raised
by means of ropes or chains.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
First. A straw-trussing apparatus combined with a threshing machine in such
a manner that the shakers of the threshing machine will press down the straw as
it falls therefrom and bring it within the reach and action of the packers of the
said trussing apparatus, for the purpose specified.
Second. A straw-trussing apparatus attached to a threshing machine in such a
manner that when it is desired to use the threshing machine without the trussing
apparatus the latter may, without detaching it from the machine, be raised by
means of screws or other mechanical appliances, for the purpose specified.
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