Improvements in a Combined Harvester, Thrasher, and Separator.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 10th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in a Combined Harvester, Thrasher, and Separator.
I, JOHN SKEAD M'CORMICK, of 234 Bridge Street, in the city of Ottawa, in the
county of Carleton and Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada,
Millwright, 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: -
The object of my invention is a machine which will cut low, harvest, thrash and
separate the grain all in one operation, leaving the clean grain ready bagged for
carting off the field and dropping the straw as it passes along.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine.
Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, the reel and tongue being omitted and one of
the main wheels being in section.
Fig. 3 is a partial top view of the same, showing the tongue and reel attachment.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, showing the stubble-side.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the other (grain) side of the same.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the same on line 6-6, Figs. 2, 3, 12 and 14.
Fig. 7 is a top view of part of the main gearing on a larger scale, the main wheel
being in section.
Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation corresponding to Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the main gear, corresponding to Figs. 4, 7 and 8.
Fig. 10 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 4 showing the framework only.
Fig. 11 is a side elevation corresponding to Fig. 5, showing the framework
only.
Fig. 12 is a vertical transverse section of the front of the frame on line 12-12
Figs. 2, 4, 6, 10 and 11.
Fig. 13 is an elevation of the main gear corresponding to Fig. 5, on a larger
scale and being the counter part of Fig. 9.
Fig. 14 is a transverse section of the cutting table on line 14-14, Figs. 2, 3,
5 and 6.
Fig. 15 is a detail of the tongue, adjusting gear, reel bracing &c., on a larger
scale.
Fig. 16 is a perspective view of the bracing of the outside or grain wheel and
cutting table, grain and main wheel shown dotted.
Fig. 17 is a vertical transverse section through the centre of the main wheels
showing the cranked axle in elevation and being at the rear of, and somewhat
similar to, Fig. 8.
Fig. 18 is a longitudinal section along the transverse rod F¹, partly in elevation.
Fig. 19 is a detail of the brace or tie rod F with plate Bu
The main frame, shown separate in Figs. 10 and 11, consists of two similar
skeleton sides or frames having their rearward ends rigidly secured to the upright
parts of rectangular angle iron bails, b, open at the top. These skeleton sides or
frames consist each of two angle (or other rolled section-) iron bars B B¹ one above
the other, converging towards and meeting at the front ends, where they are

page_text: 'joined, so as to form a V-shaped structure, the lower one, B, being approximately
parallel to the ground and both following at the rear the top and bottom edges of
the side boards A A¹. These two main sides are supplemented on the left or
stubble side (if the cutting table is on the right or grain side, as shown), by
another similar but shorter auxiliary frame Bº Bº¹, at a little distance from the
other adjacent side and parallel to it, for the purpose of supporting some of the
gearing, as seen in all the figures of the drawings, but particularly in the figures
above referred to and in Figs. 12 and 14.
The lower bar B of each main side or frame forms the lower edge of the side-
board, A. or A¹, and extends to its full length rearwardly, the other or upper, B,
follows and lines the upper edge of the side board, the latter being secured to said
bars, brackets or gussets supplementing the means of connection where required,
and both the upper and lower bars of the main and auxiliary frames converging to
a point, so to say, in front, the two ends of each being there joined to a plate B",
as shown in Figs. 10, 11, and 12. Said plates are connected transversely by two.
tubular distance pieces, B and B4, through which and the three plates passes a
long bolt B5 provided with a collar and eyed lug 2 and 3 at one end (where the
table is hinged) and secured by a nut, 4, at the other, as shown in Fig. 12. The
rear ends of the bars of the outside or auxiliary frame Bº 101 are bent to and joined
and secured to their corresponding main bars rearward of the main gearing, as
shown in Figs. 2 and 9, so as to support partly the overhanging gearing. The
main frame thus constructed is adapted to carry and support the various gears,
attachments and mechanisms required in a combined harvester thresher and
separator.
Said main frame is supported upon a pair of broad rimmed main and driving
wheels, C, journaled upon suitable trunnions secured to the main frame, or, as
shown in Fig. 17, upon the arms of a crank axle C, the ends of which are held
in braces C and C3, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 13, the axle being also
shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 17, secured by a pair of brackets C to the main frame.
The position of this axle on the main frame is so chosen that the latter is as nearly
as may be balanced thereon when the machine is fully equipped, with a slight
tendency to tilt forward, of course. This is important in regulating the angle or
inclination of the machine to the ground, or, what is the same thing, the height
of the cutting bar from the ground. This is effected by means of the tongue and
a lever arrangement upon it which connects it with the main frame.
D is the tongue or pole, shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 9 and 15. It is provided at the
rear at each side with a downwardly curved arm, d, the outside one of which is
also curved a little sideways to pass outside the frame bar B01 which it straddles,
so that the tongue is over the main side frame and the arms & form a fork at
opposite sides of the bar b¹. An eye is provided at the lower end of each of said
arms, adapted to receive a transverse pin or bolt D¹ passing through two
upright bars b' (Fig. 10) secured to the frame bars B B and Bo Bo and perforated
with a series of holes for the reception of said pin or bolt. In this manner the
tongue is pivotally connected at the rear end to the main frame. The front end
of the main frame is adjustably connected to the tongue by a bell crank lever, E,
pivoted in a notched sector, E¹, which is secured upon the tongue, and
provided with a spring stop e. The short or lower leg (bell crank)
end of the lever has pivoted to it a yoke link E, straddling the tongue
and the lower ends of which are pivoted in turn to the frame,
or speaking more specifically, to the lower ends of the upright posts, F, which are
rigidly secured to the main frame and form part of the bracing arrangement of
the front of the machine. Upon the rear end of the tongue is also secured the
drivers seat, D, held on a standard " which is bolted to the tongue and supported
by a bracket D, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 9. D is the footboard, also secured
upon the tongue. The lever E is thus in front of the drivers seat and readily access-
ible from the seat. It will be seen that by disengaging the spring stop e and
drawing the lever either backward or forward, the front of the main frame will

page_text: be brought nearly to or further from the tongue, the latter being supposed to be
carried by the horses at a uniform height. Lateral rigidity of the connection
between the tongue and frame is obtained by the spreading legs of the yoke Eu
and arms d. To the tongue is also secured, of course, the double tree D³, with
single trees, in the usual manner.
The posts F, shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 15, have their lower ends rigidly secured
to the front end of the upper angle bars B and B and their upper ends, formed
with eyed hubs, connected by a shouldered transverse rod, F, with tubular sleeve
or distance piece Fo into a rigid structure as shown in Fig. 18. A hubbed double
arm is also held rigidly on the same rod, together with the upper end of a
brace 3, the hubs of the outer post F', arm F and brace F being jammed against
the shoulder of the rod F" by nut f on the end of said rod, the tubular sleeve
intervening between the hubs of the posts. The lower end of the brace I³ is
secured upon the upper and outer frame bar B1, the brace taking a slanting
position. The inner end of the rod F' is secured to the platform G which supports
the reel and its gearing, acting as a stay. Another brace or tie rod F4, rigidly
secured upon the rod between the shoulder of the latter and the hub of the
inner post E, slants down and engages the forward end of the outer or grain side
frame bars B B1, by having the plate B" forged at the end, as shown in Fig. 19,
and from the lower end of said tie rod rises the strut which supports the front
end of the platform G. Near the lower ends of the posts F are the lugs f to which
the lower ends of the yoke E" are pivoted. Guy rods F and F are secured to the
ends of the double arm F to hold the reel post and lever, the length and position
of the arms having the object to bring the base of the rods in line with the center
of the movements. It will thus be noticed that the posts F' and brace F with part of
the rod Facts much like a truss over the point of support of the main frame
to help carry the free end and keep the frame from warping.
The reel is the ordinary one as used on binders and, being shown in Figs. 1 and
6 and partly in Figs. 3 and 15, needs no particular description. It consists of
the post Ghinged to the front of the platform G and guyed at the top by the
rod ; upon this slides a frame G carrying the bevel gears a a¹, axle g" and
spider the latter the arms and these the cross pieces g. The position
or inclination of the post G forward is controlled by a lever G pivoted in a slot
in the notched sector G on the platform G and guyed laterally by the rod F.
The same lever also controls the elevation of the frame work which is pivoted to its
double arms g, together with a spring pin engaging a series of perforations in the
post G and operated by a draw rod G supported on the said lever. The plat-
form is supported in front by the strut Freferred to above and its rear is
secured upon the casing of the cylinder Ko, being placed nearly above the
grain side frame B 1', shown in top view in Fig. 3. Said platform also carries
the gearing for the reel, consisting of a small cross shaft G with sprocket wheel you
and a bevel wheel g" at the other end. This gears into the bevel wheel on a
longitudinal shaft G7 having a bevel wheel which gears into a bevel wheel 8
fast on the upright square shaft (8. The lower end of the latter is suitably
journaled and provided with a universal joint, 8, Figs. 1, 6 and 8, above the
wheel, while the upper part of said shaft is passing freely through the square eye
of the bevel pinion g journaled in the frame G, Figs. 1 and 6. The universal
joint 8 allows the square driving shaft G8 to follow the inclination of the reel
post G
The cutting table, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 14, consists of the frame H of angle or
channel iron, resembling generally the construction of the cutting table now in
ordinary use, but the frame may be open, i.e. unconnected, at the hinged end. At
the front edge it is provided with the finger bar H in which runs the knife H".
The latter is receiving motion through the pitman H³ and crank H on the
longitudinal shaft H, which is placed between the stubble side frames B B and
Bo Bo, being journaled in a bearing h³ secured upon the front end of the side
frames, as seen in Fig. 15. The front edge of the table is approximately in line

page_text: with the front of the main frame, but its hinged end is curved up and raised above
the upper frame bar B₁ to and above which it is hinged, as shown in Fig. 14.
The eyed lug 3 on the bolt Bo above referred to and seen in Figs. 11 and 12, bent
up and over the top of the bar B¹, forms part of one of the hinged-joints;
another, 31, is secured to the same bar at the rear end of the frame H, as shown
in Fig. 11. Brackets h secured to the ends of the frame H, bent up and provided
with an eye, or the ends of the bars of the frame H themselves suitably bent
and provided with an eye form the other part of the hinge joint, with the shaft
of the apron roller h6 running through them and acting as a hinge pin. Another
roller is journaled at the other end of the frame H and over this runs the slated
carrier apron H, its upper surface approximately level with the front edge of the
table, but its delivery end raised, the lire of the apron being maintained at the
back by a guide plate h7 placed against the back board H' and overlapping the ends
of the slats and at the front by the top of an extended portion 107 of a casing 107
which covers the gearing for the apron roller and the connection of the knife Hi
and pitman H³ with the knife guide h² and which is secured to the frame H. Upon
the front end of the apron roller h is a bevel wheel ho, Figs. 2 and 6, gearing into
a bevel wheel 700 on a cross shaft Hs, also shown in Figs. 4 and 15. This is
journaled in a bearing secured to the frame bar B₁ at one end, at the other to the
inner post F by a bearing 5 (Fig. 15) and carries a sprocket wheel 8 driven by a
chains passing between the two posts F. Tt the outside or near the end of the
table is the usual divider H⁹ h³.
The outside, grain-side, or free end of the table is supported by the grain
wheel I, the axle of which carries suitable truss work rigidly connected to the
frame of the table and hinged to the main frame of the machine, as shown in
Figs. 2, 5, and 16. An axle I is bent at the rear of the arm i, which is in line
with the main axle C and secured to the rear bar of the table frame H near its
junction with the frame B B¹. It is supported by an angle bar bearer, I", which
is rigidly secured to the corner of the frame H at one end and pivoted to the frame
bail b at the other. This is trussed by a strut Is over the axle, from the top of
which extend three tie rods I, I and I", one secured to the outer bar of the frame H
at a point forward of the point of attachment of the hearer I", the other to the
bearer near its pivotal support and the third to the axle tree near its point
of support, this one being shorter and acting as a stay and their connection with
the strut being adjustable. A brace extends from the point of the axle tree to
the bearer I rearwardly in an angular direction. This truss work, it will be
seen, has only one point of support with the main frame B B₁ band that is made
pivotal with the table frame H. it is rigidly connected at three points, while the
bearer I, which is the support of the axle I', is made rigid by trussing. The
wheel I is thus at the rear of the outer end of the table H and will carry the free
end of the table at a uniform height from the ground independent of the main
wheels C.
So far the description of the frame work and the cutting apparatus with reel
and its gear.
The carrier apron Ho, from its elevated delivery end, drops the cut grain upon
another slatted endless apron J, sometimes called the elevator, which moves at a
right angle to the carrier H", and delivers it into the concave Koll in which is the
cylinder K, covered by the casing Ko, shown particularly in Fig. 6, but also
in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The apron J runs over two rollers J and J", the upper one,
also shown in Figs. 7 and 8, being the driven one and placed close to the concave,
the upper surface of the apron being about level with and parallel to the upper
frame bars B¹ B01 the rollers being journaled in brackets secured to them. Below
the lower run of the apron is placed a sheet J, forming a bottom extending to
the concave. The sides A A¹ extend forward to this portion to form the channel
The following, with the concave and cylinder K forms part of an ordinary
thrasher. A closely slatted apron, L, is placed at a suitable angle and. runs over
rollers LL, the upper one of which is the driven one and the lower one, placed

page_text: under the concave Ko11, being journaled in suitable bearings secured to the
sides A A'. This apron receives the produce of the cylinder (grain, straw and
chaff) from the cylinder and elevates it upon the straw carrier N, the straw being
elevated by a shaker, beater or kicker M placed over the upper roller L" and
driven from it. The straw carrier N, consisting of slats with fabric, runs over
two rollers N¹ N", the upper one of which is the driven one. It carries the straw
over the top roller and drops it; the small stuff will pass between the slats and
drop upon the upper sieve or screen of the cleaning apparatus, the portion that has
been carried part of the way up being caught and guided down by the inclined
bottom N³ Fig. 6. The air blast from the fan P passes between the sieves O
hung on the springs o and the sloping bottom 01 and blows out the chaff and
other light impurities at the rear by the spout O'. The clean grain arriving at
the bottom of the incline 0¹ is collected in the casing or trough Q of the con-
veyor Qat the lower end of it and is conveyed to one side by said conveyor into
a pocket, whence it is lifted by an elevator R (Fig.,4), operating in a casing R¹,
into a delivery spout R to which a bag may be attached to receive it. A
platform S is provided under said spout on which the bag may rest and on which
a person may step when removing the bag.
The various motions are derived as follows and are principally shown in Figs. 3,
7, 8, 9 and 13: Each of the main or driving wheels C has on its inner side an
internal spur rim e which gears into a pinion T. These pinions are secured upon
the ends of a cross shaft T₁ by a ratchet box (Fig. 2), so that the shaft T¹ will
be turned by any one or both of the wheels C and pinions T but will allow
any one of the wheels C to stand still or turn backwards without interfering with
the motion derived from the other. The shaft T' is journaled upon the upper frame
bars B', being the top of the sides A and carries at one end an internal spur
wheel, T. In this are geared two pinions U" and K", the one fast upon a cross
shaft and the other upon the shaft K₁ of the cylinder K, which latter thus
derives its motion. The cross shaft U₁ is also journaled upon the upper frame
bars B' rearward of the shaft T, carrying at the grain-side end two sprocket
wheels u and u from which chains U and Uº drive the apron L, conveyor Q,
vibrator Q and fan P, as shown in Fig. 13. For this purpose the apron roller
shaft L is provided with a sprocket wheel and the shaft Q₁ of the conveyor with
a sprocket wheel q, the chain U being crossed on the wheel and running over
a tightening pulley u journaled in a tightening device U³. The chain C over
a sprocket wheel u° runs crossed over a sprocket wheel on the fan spindle P¹.
The conveyor shaft Q₁ is provided with a crank q¹ which operates a pitman Ol
on an arm o", the latter being fast on the vibrator axle O₁ which operates the
sieves (). The conveyor shaft Q is also provided with a sprocket wheel at the
other end over which the elevator R runs. The apron shaft L" drives the straw
shaker M by a chain m and pair of sprockets and m' and also the upper apron N
by a chainn and sprockets (and, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.
A sprocket wheel co on the hub of the grain-side driving wheel C operates the
sprocket wheel 906 and the shaft G6 by a chain C-see Figs. 3 and 13.
Figs. 3, 7, 8 and 9 show the gearing from which the elevator J, the carrier H
and the cutting apparatus derive their motion. A short cross shaft V is journaled
in bearings 6 and 7 held on brackets secured to the frame bars BP B and B B¹,
the principal bearing 6 being supported on the outer or auxiliary frame centrally
on said shaft. It carries at its outer end a spur pinion which gears into the
internal spur wheel c on the driving wheel C at the stubble side; also near its
inner end a combined bevel and spur wheel which is loose on the shaft and
Ponnected to it by a clutch box V" pressed into gear by a spring vll coiled upon the
shaft and disengaged by a lever Vi pivoted on the cross piece 6 secured to the
upper frame bars B₁ Boi and held in a stop . Into the spur rim of the wheel V1
gears a spur pinion on the upper roller J" of the apron J, the shaft V being so
lisposed on the frame work and with regard to the wheel and pinion vas to be
adjacent to the center of the said roller. On the shaft of the latter is also a

page_text: sprocket wheel 78 over which runs the chain 08, above referred to, and which gives
motion to the carrier H by the shaft Hs and sprocket h8.
The journal bearing 6 holding the cross shaft V centrally combines with it
another bearing 61 at a right angle in which is journaled the end of the
longitudinal shaft H above described. Upon it is fast a bevel wheel l which gears
into the bevel rim of the wheel V, from which said shaft derives its motion for
the reciprocating knife H", transmitted through the pitman H³ and crank H.
It will thus be seen that the clutch V may be disengaged by pushing out the
lever \ and allowing the wheel Vi to run loose upon the shaft V; this stops the
motion of the roller Ju and elevator J, also the chain and with it the shaft H8
and carrier apron H6; likewise the shaft H5 and with it the knife H".
The working and principal features of the machine already enumerated in the
description of the various parts may be briefly recapitulated as follows; the driving
power for the different moving parts is derived from the main or driving wheels C,
the motion for the reel exclusively from the grain-side wheel by the sprocket
wheel and chain C, that for the carrier and elevator aprons, H and J, and the
cutting apparatus exclusively from the stubble-side wheel, while the motion of
the cylinder K, aprons L and N, shaker M, sieves O, conveyor Q, elevator R, and
fan P independently or collectively from both driving wheels through the internal
wheels c, pinions T, shaft T¹, internal wheel Tu, pinions U and K and cross
shaft C. The ratchet boxes t upon the shaft T allow one of the main wheels
to stand still or turn backwards without interfering with the motion given by
the other. The grain-side or free end of the cutting table H, hinged at its inner
end to the main frame, is carried independently at a uniform elevation above the
ground by the grain wheel I, being braced by the truss I" I³ II and I rigidly
connected to the table and hinged to the main frame. The front of the main frame
and cutting line of the table is adjustably held at any desired elevation from the
ground by having a lever connection E, sector E, spring stop e and yoke E",
controlled from the drivers seat, and its working made possible by the machine
being balanced upon its axle or pivotal support. This enables the straw to be cut
high or low by instant adjustment. The height and position of the reel is also
controlled from the drivers seat in the usual way, proper braces being provided on
the posts F and its connections.
The grain being cut by the knife " in the finger bar H', is laid on the
carrier H by the reel gg. The carrier carries it to and drops it upon the
elevator J and this conveys it to the cylinder K in the concave K", where the
grain is separated from the straw. The cylinder delivers the whole produce upon
the apron L, at the upper end of which the shaker M shakes and lifts over the
straw on the open lattice apron N, which drops it over its upper end, the smaller
stuff dropping on said lattice direct and through it upon the vibrated sieves O
where it is fanned by the fan P, drawn to one side by the conveyor Q and elevated
and bagged by the elevator R.
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. In a
combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of two rolled-
iron V-shaped parallel side frames having the upper limbs inclined so that the
lower limbs of each side are approximately parallel to the ground, rolled iron bails
open at the top to which the rear portion of said V-frames are secured and which form
their transverse connection, a similar but shorter third V-shaped frame at one
side parallel to the others and having its rear ends bent and secured to the adjacent
main frame, a bolt passing through the front or point of the three frames and
through tubular distance pieces between the three forming the connection at the
front or point and two main or driving wheels supporting said main frame by
suitable means secured to said frame, such as trunnions or a cranked axle secured
to the main frame at such a point that the latter is nearly balanced when equipped

page_text: with all its appointments but with a slight tendency to tilt forward, substantially
as set forth.
2. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of two converging
and meeting section-iron bars one above the other forming one side of the frame,
a similar structure forming the other side, transverse section-iron bails open at
the top to the upright parts of which the deep or rear ends of said sides are secured
to form one structure, a similar but shorter structure at one side having its rear
ends bent and secured to the adjacent side and its point even with the others, a
plate at the point or meeting-end of each side to which the bars forming each side
are secured, a bolt passing through said joint plates of the three sides and three
tubular distance pieces between them, substantially as set forth.
3. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a pair of frames
placed some distance apart and each composed of a pair of converging section-iron
bars B and B joined at one end, bails b to the uprights of which the rear ends of
the bars are secured to connect the single frames transversely, an auxiliary
frame B° B01 similar to the frames described but shorter and placed a short dis-
tance from one of the main frames and having the rear ends of the bars bent
joined and secured to the corresponding bars in the main frame, plates B₁ lashed
to the point or end of each single frame, tubular distance pieces B3 B4 between said
plates, and a bolt B5 passing through said 'plates and distance pieces and having
a shoulder at one end and secured by a nut at the other, substantially as set forth.
4. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of two sides each
formed of two converging section-iron bars one above the other and meeting and
connecting at the meeting end, transverse section-iron bails open at the top
having its upright sides secured to the diverging or rear ends of said bars,
another similar but shorter side parallel to the others and having its rear end
bent and secured to the adjacent side, a bolt passing through the joined front
ends, tubular distance pieces between said sides and through which said bolt
passes. and a cranked axle passing under the lower bar at such a point as to
balance the frame with its equipment and having its upright parts secured to said
frame bars, stays or braces passing from the ends of the axle arms to the frame
sides and main or driving wheels upon said axle, substantially as set forth.
5. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of V-shaped skeleton
sides. connected by transverse bails at its wide or open ends and a similar but
shorter outer frame parallel to it and having its open ends bent and connected to
the adjacent frame and adapted to support the gearing and the front or point of
the frame connected by a transverse bolt and distance pieces, main or driving
wheels journaled to said frame by suitable means such as trunnions or an axle in
such a position as to balance the frames with its equipment upon said wheels, a
pair of upright perforated bars secured to the converging part of the auxiliary
frame side and adjacent main frame side some distance from the front or points,
a tongue above said main frame side having a forked and bent down rear end
straddling said frame-sides and pivoted to the said upright bars by a bolt or pin
passing through said bars and forks, substantially as set forth.
6. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consisting
of three V-shaped skeleton sides having their bars inclined so that the lower limbs
are approximately parallel to the ground and said sides suitably connected
transversely, main or driving wheels, supporting said frame by suitable means
such as trunnions or axle and so as to be approximately balanced when equipped,
a tongue above the midle frame side having a forked end pivotally secured to
perforated connecting pieces on the converging parts on the middle and auxiliary
frame sides by a transverse bolt or pin, a notched sector secured upon said tongue,
a bell-cranked hand lever pivoted in said sector and provided with spring stop
engaging its notches and a yoke link pivoted to the bell-crank end of the lever
straddling the tongue and to the points or front ends of the stubbleward sides of
the main frame, substantially as set forth.
7. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consisting

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of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely and one being
shorter auxiliary one a short distance from the adjacent main side, main or driving
wheels supporting said frame by suitable means such as trunnions or axle placed
at such a point as to balance the frame with its equipment, a tongue pivotally
connected to the auxiliary and adjacent main side, and adjustable bell crank lever
pivoted upon said tongue, a yoke link pivoted to said bell crank and to the lower
ends of posts and straddling said tongue, posts rigidly secured to the front of the
auxiliary and adjacent main frame side and having the lower ends of the yoke
link pivoted to them, a transverse rod with shoulder and tubular distance piece
connecting the upper ends of said posts rigidly and extending laterally to the reel
platform, a brace secured to the upper bar of the auxiliary frame and connected
to the transverse rod, a double arm secured to the end of said transverse rod
adapted to hold guy rods for the reel post and reel adjusting lever, a brace or tie
rod extending from said transverse rod to the front of the outer main frame side.
and supporting its front end, a strut secured to the lower end of said hrace or tie
rod and supporting the front of the reel platform, the reel platform supported by
said strut and held by the said transverse rod in front and supported upon a cross
piece upon the main frame at the rear, a rod or post hinged to the front of said
platform adapted to tilt forward, a guy rod secured to the top of said post and to
a branch of the double arm on the transverse rod referred to, a sliding frame on
said post, a lever pivoted to said platform engaging said sliding frame and a guy
rod connected to said lever and to a branch of the double arm above referred to,
substantially as set forth.
8. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consisting
of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely and one being a
shorter auxiliary one a short distance from the adjacent main side, upright posts F
rigidly secured to the front ends of the auxiliary and adjacent main frame sides,
a transverse rod F¹ connecting the upper ends of said posts and extending laterally
to hold the reel platform, a double arm F on said transverse rod, a brace F³ on
said transverse rod and secured upon the uper bar of the auxiliary frame side, a
distance piece on said transverse rod between said posts, a brace or tie rod F* extend-
ing from said transverse rod to the outer main frame side and supporting its front
end, a strut F5 secured to the lower end of the tie rod F and supporting the end
of the reel platform and the reel platform G supported upon said strut at one end
and upon a cross piece secured to the main frame at the rear end, substantially
as set forth.
9. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame composed
of transversely connected sides each consisting of an approximately horizontal
lower and forwardly converging and meeting upper bar, a table hinged at one end
to the forward part of the said upper bar of one of said sides and parallel thereto
and so as to project laterally, said table consisting of a frame adapted to carry the
cutting and carrying apparatus, a bearer rigidly secured to the free end of said
table and pivoted to the rear end of the main frame, a truss or tie rod secured to
the pivot end of said bearer and to the free end of said table at a point forward of
the point of attachment of the bearer, a strut supporting said truss rod upon said
bearer, and an angularly disposed axle secured at one end to the rear end of the
table and near the other below the strut to the bearer and having its arm bent
to be at a right angle to the main frame, a stay rod secured to the said strut and
to the fixed end of said axle, a (grain) wheel on the arm of said axle and a pair
of main or driving wheels in line with said grain wheel supporting the main
frame at a point balancing the same with its equipment, substantially as set
forth.
10. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame com-
posed of transversely connected sides each consisting of an approximately
horizontal lower and forwardly converging and meeting upper bar, a table hinged
laterally to the forward part of said main frame, a bearer I" secured rigidly to
the rear angle of the table at one end and pivoted to the rear end of the main frame

page_text: at the other, an angularly disposed axle I¹ having its end secured to the rear bar
of the table near its hinged end and near the arm to the bearer and having its arm i
bent to be at a right angle to the main frame, a strut 13 above said axle upon said
bearer, tie rods I and I³ secured to the upper end of said strut and respectively
to the outer frame bar of the table forward of the point of attachment of the
bearer I and to the latter near its pivoted end and a stay rod 16 connecting the
fixed end of the axle with the top of the strut, substantially as set forth.
11. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame com-
posed of transversely connected sides each consisting of an approximately
horizontal lower and a forwardly converging and meeting upper bar, hinge-lugs
secured to one of the upper bars and projecting above its upper sides, a table
frame H provided with upwardly slanting ends having eyes engaging said hinge
lugs, an apron roller ho having its axle passing through and journaled in said
hinge lugs and forming the hinge pin, an apron roller hos journaled at the other
end of the frame, a slatted apron H6 running over said rollers, guides h7 h07, a
bevel wheel ho on the axle of the rollers h, bevel wheel h00 gearing into said
bevel wheel, and a cross shaft H8 upon which the bevel wheel 700 is mounted and
which is journaled upon the main frame, substantially as set forth.
12. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame com-
posed of transversely connected sides each consisting of an approximately
horizontal lower and a forward converging and meeting upper bar, a table hinged
laterally to the forward part of said main frame by means of lugs secured to and
projecting above the upper bar of the main frame and unwardly bent ends or
brackets on the table frame, an apron roller the axle of which forms the hinge
pin, another apron roller journaled at the other end of and lower in the frame
of the table, a slatted carrier apron running over said rollers approximately
level with the front edge of the table except at the delivery-end,
guides at the rear and front of the frame maintaining the level of the apron, an
elevator apron in the channel formed by the frame sides and parallel with
the upper bars of the same and running upon rollers journaled transversely in
said channel and so that the upper surface of said apron is approximately level
with the upper frame bar, a sprocket wheel on the axle of the upper roller of said
apron and said axle adapted to receive motion, a cross shaft at the front end of the
main frame carrying a sprocket wheel and connected to the sprocket wheel on
the roller axle by a chain, and bevel wheels on said shaft and the inner roller
on the table, substantially as set forth.
13. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consisting
of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely at the front or
point by a bolt and tubular distance piece and at the rear two of them by trans-
verse bails open at the top and the outside short or auxiliary one having bent ends
secured to the adjacent main frame, main or driving wheels supporting said frame
by suitable means such as trunnions or axle placed at such a point that the frame
with its equipment is balanced thereon, an internal spur rim on the inner side of
the driving wheel adjacent to the auxiliary frame side, a short cross shaft carried
in journals supported on one of the main frame sides and the adjacent outer or
auxiliary one, a pinion on said shaft gearing in said internal rim, a combined spur
and bevel wheel loose on said shaft, a clutch box on said shaft and wheel adapted to
connect shaft and wheel, a lever pivoted on a cross bar connected to the frame
controlling said clutch box, a spring on said shaft pressing said clutch box into
engagement, an elevator apron in the channel formed by the side boards of the
main frame, transverse rollers journaled in said frame sides upon which said apron
runs and a spur pinion on the axle of the upper apron roller gearing in the spur
rim of said combined spur and bevel wheel, substantially as set forth.
-14. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consist-
ing of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely, main or
driving wheels supporting said frame by suitable means such as trunnions or axle
placed at such a point that the frame with its equipment is balanced thereon, an

page_text: internal spur rim on the inner side of the driving wheel adjacent to the outer or
auxiliary frame side, a short cross shaft journaled centrally in a bearing carried by
the outer or auxiliary frame side and another bearing on the adjacent main frame
side, a pinion on the outer end of said shaft gearing into said internal rim, a com-
bined spur and bevel wheel loose on said shaft, a clutch box on said shaft and
wheel adapted to connect shaft and wheel, a lever pivoted on a cross bar connected
to the frame controlling said clutch box, a spring on said shaft pressing said
clutch box into engagement, a longitudinal shaft having one end journaled in a
bearing forming part of the principal bearing of said cross shaft and the other in
a bearing secured upon the front ends of the main frame side and the adjacent
auxiliary one, a bevel wheel on said shaft gearing into the bevel rim of said com-
bined spur and bevel wheel, a crank at the projecting front end of said shaft, a
pitman pivoted to said crank, a knife connected to said pitman and a cutting
table hinged laterally to the main frame and carrying at its front edge a finger
bar in which said knife slides, substantially as set forth.
15. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame consist-
ing of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely and one
being a shorter auxiliary one a short distance from the adjacent main side, main
or driving wheels C su porting said frame by suitable means such as trunnions
or axle placed at such a point as to balance the frame with its equipment, an
internal spur rim e on the driving wheel adjacent to the auxiliary frame side, a
journal bearing 6 6 carried on the auxiliary frame and adapted to carry the
central part of a cross shaft and the end of a longitudinal shaft, a secondary
bearing 7 on the main frame, a short cross shaft V journaled in said bearings,
a spur pinion at the outer end of said shaft gearing in the internal spur
rim c, a combined spur and bevel wheel V loose on said shaft, a clutch box VII on
said shaft adapted to engage said combined wheel, a spring upon said shaft
adapted to press said clutch into engagement, a lever V₁ pivoted on a cross piece
secured to the upper frame bars and held in a stop and adapted to control said
clutch box, the axle of the elevator apron roller J" projecting parallel to the
shaft V, a spur pinion j on said axle gearing into the spur rim of the combined
spur and bevel wheel, a longitudinal shaft having one end journaled in the
right angle branch 61 of the bearing 6 and the other in a bearing secured upon the
front ends of the main and auxiliary frame sides, and a bevel wheel v¹ on said
shaft gearing into the bevel rim of said combined spur and bevel" wheel,
substantially as set forth.
16. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a main frame
composed of transversely connected skeleton sides each consisting of an approxi-
mately horizontal lower and a forwardly converging and meeting upper bar, main
or drive wheels supporting said frame by suitable means such as trunnions or axle
placed at such a point as to balance the frame with its equipment, internal spur
rims on the inner sides of said main wheels, a pinion on each side of the frame
gearing into said internal spur rim and adapted to engage a ratchet box, a cross
shaft journaled upon the upper frame bars upon which said pinions are mounted
loose, a ratchet box on each end of said shaft engaging said pinions, an internal
wheel upon said shaft at one side of the main frame, a pinion gearing into said
internal wheel, a cylinder journaled upon the upper frame bar of the main frame
having its axle projecting and having said last mentioned pinion mounted upon
it and receiving motion therefrom, substantially as set forth.
17. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a main frame
composed of transversely connected skeleton sides each consisting of an approxi-
mately horizontal lower and a forwardly converging and meeting upper bar, main
or driving wheels supporting said frame by suitable means such as trunnions or
axle placed at such a point as to balance the frame with its equipment, internal
spur rims on the inner sides of said main wheels, a pinion on each side of the frame
gearing into said internal spur rim and adapted to engage a ratchet box, a cross
shaft journaled upon the upper frame bars upon which shaft said pinions are

page_text: mounted loose, a ratchet box on each end of said shaft engaging said pinion, an
internal wheel upon said shaft at one side of the main frame, a pinion gearing into
said internal wheel, a cross shaft journaled upon the upper frame bars rearward.
of the cross shaft hereinbefore mentioned upon which said pinion is mounted,
substantially as set forth.
18. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of driving wheels
and a suitable frame supported by them in a balanced condition when fully
equipped, internal spur rim con said wheels, a pinion T on each side gearing into
said internal rim, a cross shaft T₁ journaled upon the top of the frame and carrying
said pinions loose, a ratchet box adjacent to each pinion adapted to engage the
latter and connect it to the shaft, an internal wheel T upon said shaft, a
pinion K gearing into said internal wheel; a thrasher-cylinder K journaled upon
the top of the main frame forward of the shaft T and carrying upon its projecting
axle the pinion K", a pinion gearing into said internal wheel, a cross shaft
journaled upon the top of the frame rearward of the shaft T and carrying said
pinion U, said cross shaft adapted to operate all the thrashing machine mechanism
except the cylinder and the elevator apron, substantially as set forth.
19. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame adapted
to carry the mechanism hereinafter referred to, main or driving wheels supporting
said frame, a cross shaft journaled upon the top of said frame and receiving motion
from said driving wheels through intermediate wheels and pinions, a slatted
apron L in the channel formed by the frame sides, rollers upon which said apron
is supported, a straw carrier N in said channel, rollers upon which said carrier is
supported, the inclined bottom N³ under said carrier, sieves O under the lower end
of said inclined bottom, an inclined bottom 01 under said sieves, a conveyor
casing Q at the lower end of said inclined bottom a conveyor Q in said casing,
an elevator R at the end of the conveyor, a fan P at the inner end and below the
sieves, sprocket wheels and u on the cross shaft 11, a sprocket wheel on the
fan spindle and chain ° connecting the latter and the sprocket wheel nº, a
sprocket wheel on the upper roller axle of the apron L, a sprocket wheel 7 on the
conveyor shaft and the chain C connecting said last mentioned sprocket wheels
and the sprocket wheel, and the sprocket wheels and on the shafts of the
apron rollers connected by the chain », substantially as set forth.
20. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a skeleton frame
composed of V-shaped sides transversely connected by bails carrying side boards
and forming a channel and a similar outside frame adapted to carry gearing and
suitably connected, main or driving wheels upon which said frame is balanced
when duly equipped, an elevator apron in the forward end of the channel supported
upon rollers journaled transversely in said frame and the upper one receiving
motion from the driving wheel indirect, a cylinder journaled upon the frame
adjacent to the upper roller of the elevator apron and receiving motion from the
inner spur wheel upon a shaft driven by one or both driving wheels, a concave
in which said cylinder is journaled, a slatted apron. L on rollers the lower one of
which is under the opening of the concave to receive and elevate its product and
the upper rollers of which receive motion from a cross shaft, a beater above said
upper roller of the apron below and the upper roller of whichis driven from the upper
roller of said lower apron, 'an inclined bottom under said straw carrier, sieves
upper roller of said lower apron, an inclined bottom under said straw carrier, sieves
under the delivery end of said bottom, an inclined bottom under said sieves, a
conveyor casing at the lower end of said inclined bottom, a conveyor in said casing
an elevator at one end of said conveyor and a fan below and at the inner end of
the sieves, said sieves conveyor elevator and fan receiving motion from said cross
shaft, an inner spur rim on said driving wheels, a shaft journaled upon said frame
and having pinions mounted upon it by ratchet boxes which pinions gear into
said inner spur rims, an inner spur wheel upon said shaft driving the cylinder and
the cross shaft above referred to, substantially as set forth.
21. In a combined harvester and thrasher, the combination of a frame com-

page_text: posed of three V-shaped skeleton sides rigidly connected transversely and one being
a shorter auxiliary one a short distance stubbleward from the adjacent main
sides and their points in a line, a cranked axle passing transversely under said
frame at such a point longitudinally as to balance said frame when fully equipped
and having its upright shank connected to the outer skeleton sides, brackets ex-
tending between the upper and lower bars of the skeleton sides to which said axle
shanks are secured and main wheels journaled upon the arms of said axle and sup-
porting it, substantially as set forth."
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JOHN S. MCCORMICK,
By A. Harvey, his Agent.