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Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Thomas Mitchell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th July 1882.
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JOHN THOMAS MITCHELL, of Mere, in the County of Wilts,
IN COLLECTORS,"
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IMPROVEMENTS
My invention relates to agricultural implements known under the name of .
collectors and serving to collect hay, corn, grass and similar products from the
ground. The improved collector consists chiefly of a parallel series of tines secured
to a cross beam carried on wheels, drawn by horses or other power and guided by
hand. The tines are preferably made of wood pointed upward and shod with iron
at their front ends. The cross beam may be near the centre of the tines which are
further connected with each other between the beam and the front ends by a cross
bar, while a board placed under the tines serves to close the space between the
beam and the cross bar. The implement is drawn by means of a chain attached
with its ends to two arms secured to the right and left extremity of the cross
beam, the rear portion of each arm being preferably forked so as to seize the beam
at two points. For guiding the implement two handles are hinged to the back of
the beam and extend backwards at such a distance from each other as to be easily
grasped by the right and left hand of the attendant, the cross bar which connects
the rear ends of the tines being made in three parts with intervals for the handles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Thomas Mitchell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th January 1883.
JOHN THOMAS MITCHELL, of Mere, in the County of Wilts.
IN COLLECTORS
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IMPROVEMENTS
My invention relates to agricultural implements known under the name of
collectors and serving to collect hay, corn, grass and similar products from the
ground. The improved collector consists chiefly of a parallel series of tines secured
to a cross beam carried on wheels, drawn by horses or other power and guided by
hand. The tines are preferably made of wood pointed upward and shod with iron
at their front ends. The cross beam may be near the centre of the tines which are
further connected with each other between the beam and the front ends by a cross
bar, while a board placed under the tines serves to close the space between the
beam and the cross bar. The implement is drawn by means of a chain attached
with its ends to two arms secured to the right and left extremity of the cross beam,
the rear portion of each arm. being preferably forked so as to seize the beam at two
points. For guiding the implement two handles are hinged to the back of the
beam and extend backwards at such a distance from each other as to be easily
grasped by the right and left hand of the attendant, the cross bar which connects
the rear ends of the tines being made in three parts with intervals for the handles.
The annexed drawing represents a collector embodying my invention, Figure 1
being a perspective view, Figure 2 a partial section showing the handles and
Figure 3 a section of the implement without the handles.
AA are the arms pivoted to the ends of the cross beam C which carries the
tines HH armed at their front ends with pointed shoes h, h. The tines are
further connected in front by a cross bar F, and a board E, and at the rear by
three bars J, J, J³, which leave room for the handles D D hinged to the cross
beam C as illustrated in Figure 2 or otherwise secured to the implement. The
height of the handles D is made adjustable by means of two iron straps dd
(Fig. 1) attached to the rear cross bars, each strap being provided with a row of
holes through any of which and a perforation in the bandle D a pin may be passed
so as to fix the bandle at the required height.
Instead of two handles there may be one or more than two. The front end of
cach arm A may be provided with a traction coupling, to the ring a¹ of which is
attached the chain or rope serving to draw the implement.
The ring a' and bolt to which it is secured may be disconnected from the
implement at the required moment by pulling the releasing chain a³ which extends
backward over guide rollers to be placed within easy reach of the attendant as
shown in Figure 1. The rings a¹ a¹ or equivalent attachment may however be
permanently fixed to the arms A, so as to dispense with the traction coupling.
The whole implement is mounted on one or more (preferably two) wheels or
rollers K, guided by brackets. It may be made of wood and metal combined, or
of metal only, and otherwise varied in the details of construction without departing
from the nature of my invention.
I am aware, that collectors have been made before, which are simply mounted on
slides, provided with tines pointed at both ends, and made reversible.
What I consider as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is:
1. A collector comprising in its construction a row of tines pointed at one end
and connected with each other by a cross beam and bars or equivalent appliances,
a roller or rollers or wheels carrying the implement, a pair of arms or equivalent

page_text: appliances for connecting the frame of the implement with the tractive force, and
one or more handles situated at the rear of the implement and serving to guide the
same, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. A. collector substantially as described and provided with a handle or handles
pivoted to the frame and adapted to be fixed at different heights, substantially as
described.
3. The combination of arms A. A, with cross beam O, cross bars or boards E F,
J, J, J or equivalent connections, handle or handles D, D, and roller or rollers or
wheels K with brackets or bearings substantially as described.
4. The combination of a collector substantially as described with a strap or
straps d, d, (one for each handle) provided with a row of holes and with a pin,
substantially as described.
In Witness whereof I the said John Thomas Mitchell have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fourth day of January A.D. 1883.
JOHN, THOMAS. MITCHELL (L.S.)