Year: 1896

page_text: THOMAS CHARLES SARGEANT Cattle Market Road Northampton Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the cutting apparatus of reaping & mowing machines,
and consists in the formation of the finger and the liner, and the method of securing
the said liner and finger in their respective positions upon the cutter bar. The chief
object of my invention being to produce a liner that is more easily removed for repair
or renewal, to hold the said liner more securely in the position assigned to it upon
the cutter bar, to obtain a lower cut, to ensure the upper or active edge of the liner of
one finger coming level with the active or upper edge of the liners of the other fingers
when secured in position upon the entter bar by making the finger seat flush with
the active or upper edge of the liner and also to lessen the cost of production. The
usual method of securing the liner to the finger is hy one or more rivets, which
frequently work loose and render it difficult for unskilled persons in country districts
to keep in a proper state of repair; moreover any slight irregularity in the form of
the finger produces considerable inaccuracy in the relative levels of the active edge of
the liners. Now instead of securing the liner to the finger before the latter is bolted
to the cutter bar I construct my finger in such a manner that the liner fits into a
recessed seat formed in the finger. The liner being extended backwards beyond the
front edge of the cutter bar to the underside of which the finger is secured in the
usual manner, it will therefore be seen that as the bolt which holds the finger to
the cutter bar is tightened the liner is cramped in position between the finger & the
cutter bar in such a manner that the liner cannot get out of place until the finger
bolt is slacked out.
THOMAS CHARLES SARGEANT Cattle Market Road Northampton Engineer. I 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 the cutting apparatus of reaping & mowing machines, &
consists in the formation of the finger 1 and the liner 3, and the method of securing
the said liner 3 and finger 1 in their respective positions upon the cutter bar 6. The
chief object of my invention being to produce a liner that is more easily removed for
repair or renewal, to hold the said liner 3 more securely in the position assigned to it
upon the cutter bar 6, to obtain a lower cut, to ensure the upper or active edge of the

page_text: liner of one finger coming level with the active or upper edge of the liners of the other
fingers when secured in position upon the cutter bar 6, by making the finger seat 7
flush with the active or upper edge of the liner 3, and also to lessen the cost of pro-
duction. The usual method of securing the liner 3 to the finger 1 is by one or more
rivets, which frequently work loose and cause trouble & delay where skilled labor is
not to hand, moreover any slight irregularity in the form of the finger 1 produces
considerable inaccuracy in the relative levels of the active edge of the liners. Now
instead of securing the liner 3 to the finger 1 before the latter is bolted to the cutter
bar 6, I construct my finger 1 in such a manner that the liner 3 fits into a recessed
seat 5 formed in the finger 1, the liner 3 being extended backwards beyond the front
edge 4 of the cutter bar 6, to the underside of which the finger 1 is secured in the
usual manner. It will therefore be seen that as the bolt 2 which holds the finger 1
to the cutter bar 6 is tightened the liner 3 is cramped in position between the finger 1
and the cutter bar 6 in such a manner that the liner 3 cannot get out of place until
the finger bolt 2 is slackened out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a reaping & mowing machine finger. The arrangement of the parts herein
described substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a reaping & mowing machine finger, provided with a detachable liner 3, the
rearward portion of said liner 3 extending backwards beyond the front edge 4 of
the cutter har 6 and occupying a position below the said cutter bar 6 substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
3. In a reaping & mowing machine finger, the upper surface of the rearward
portion of the liner 3 being in contact with the lower surface of the cutter bar 6 and
level with the finger seating 7, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. In a reaping & mowing machine finger, the upper surface of the rearward
portion of the liner 3 being in contact with the lower surface of the cutter bar 6,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. In a reaping & mowing machine finger, the liner 3 of which is retained in its
position upon the finger 1 by contact with the lower surface of the cutter bar 6
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Datad this 11th day of May 1807