Improvements in Hay-turning Machines..
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 28th. Feb.,. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hay-turning Machines..
I, WALTER GEORGE STRETTON, of Brancote, in the County of Stafford, Farmer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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One of the objects of this invention is to enable the machine to clear its own wheel
marks. This effect by placing additional turners or forks outside the wheels.
They are hinged onto a boss upon an arm or shaft and work round an eccentric
against which they are compressed by a spring arrangement.
The driving
power for these turners or forks is by direct chain motion similar to that for the inner
turners. Another improvement consists in obtaining the in and out of gear of the
machine by the action of the drivers seat. This is effected by a leaver and spring
arrangement actuated by the weight of the driver. Another improvement is obtaining
a perfect adjustment of the machine to its work by attaching the draught shafts
to the machine by means of eccentrics controlled by a lever.
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HENRY F. TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hay-turning Machines.
I, WALTER GEORGE STRETTON, of Brancote, in the County of Stafford, Fariner
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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and
figures marked thereon:
One of the objects of this invention is to enable the machine to clear its own wheel
marks.
This I effect by placing additional turners or forks outside the wheels. These
additional turners may be attached by a boss to an arm or shaft and work round an
eccentric against which they are compressed by a spring arrangement or they may
be attached to the machine in any other convenient manner such for instance as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below.
Another improvement consists in the mode of obtaining the in and out of gear of
the machine by the action of the drivers seat or instead of using the compressing
action caused by the weight of the driver in his seat an ordinary hand lever may be
used to actuate the parts as hereinafter described.
Another improvement is obtaining a perfect adjustment of the machine to its
work by attaching the draught shafts to the machine by means of eccentric con-
trolled by a lever or instead of using the eccentric I use a lever and toothed
quadrant upon the draught shafts which shafts are attached to the frame by
couplings.
Referring to the drawings in which similar letters of reference apply to similar
parts.
(a) and (a) are the fliers turners or forks (a) being those working outside the
wheel marks or tracks. The fliers or forks are carried upon a steel tube their bosses
being attached thereto by tapering pegs to facilitate their removal when necessary.
In the drawing the eccentric is dispensed with as the use of it is unnecessary, it not
being found essential to obtain a variation of the position of the outside sets of
fliers from their normal position with regard to the wheel (a).

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The arrangement for throwing the machine in and out of gear may be seen upon
the drawings and I will now describe it by their aid.
The lever () actuates the cranked lever arm (c) by means of chains (s) working on
pulleys (), the cranked arms (c) are attached to clutches (d) working upon the main
axle (e) these clutches taken into bosses of the carriage or road wheels (r) at (f) is
a spring which acts upon the cranked lever (c) and causes it to compress the
clutches (d). So that by this arrangement the ceasing of the revolution of road
wheels (e) by the turning or stopping of the horse drawing the machine does not
interfere with the continuing of the revolving of the turners or forks by their own
momentum. Thereby a clear space is left and on the horse re-starting no hay is
taken round to clog the machine.
In illustration of the adjusting of the machine to its work () is the lever actuating
the coupling (4) and (4) is the quadrant in connection therewith. Or when using
eccentric controlled by the lever the eccentric takes the place of the
coupling (h).
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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. Improvements in hay-turning machines whereby the machines are enabled to
clear their wheel tracks.
2. The combined improvements in hay-turning machines substantially as herein
set forth and specified relating to the outer turners for overlapping the wheel
tracks the throwing in and out of gear of the machine & the adjustment of the
machine to its work.
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