IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Peacock Savage, of Roxham, Downham,
in the County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING
AND MOWING MACHINES."
Sealed the 23rd November 1861, and dated the 30th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Peacock Savage
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
80th May 1861.
I, WILLIAM PEACOCK. SAVAGE, of Roxham, Downham, in the County of
Norfolk, do hereby declare. the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in reaping and mowing
machines. For these purposes an endless chain of bars furnished with teeth is
applied to a reaping or mowing machine in order to raise the parts of a crop,
which are laid so as to bring such laid parts into position to be acted on by the
reel as the machine is moved forward. One end of the endless chain of bars
is carried by two chain wheels on the shaft or axis of the reel, and the other
end is carried by two other chain wheels on an axis in front of the reel, and
such endless chain is at its forward end arranged to be readily raised and
lowered according as the machine is about to cut a standing or laid part of the
crop. The series of bars constituting the endless chain may be constructed in
any convenient manner and of any suitable materials. The teeth by which the

page_text: laid parts of a crop are raised are capable of turning on axes carried by the bars,
and each axis is capable of sliding a distance in its bar, and is restrained by a
spring or springs, by which arrangements the teeth will act most favorably for
raising the laid parts of the crop. It is preferred that the teeth should be
made larger at their lower ends then at the upper parts, in order that such
lower ends may get under the laid parts of the crop, and it is also preferred
to sustain the fore part of the machine by a castor wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Peacock Savage in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
PEACOCK SAVAGE, of Roxham, Downham, in the County of Norfolk, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Peacock Savage, Her special licence that I, the
said William Peacock Savage, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Peacock Savage, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Peacock
Savage, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Peacock Savage, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object improvements in reaping and mowing
machines. For these purposes an endless chain of bars furnished with teeth
is applied to a reaping or mowing machine in order to raise the parts of a
crop which are laid so as to bring such laid parts into position to be acted on
by the reel as the machine is moved forward. One end of the endless chain
of bars is carried by two chain wheels on the shaft or axis of the reel, and the
other end is carried by two other chain wheels on an axis in front of the reel,
and such endless chain is, at its forward end, arranged to be readily raised and
lowered according as the machine is about to cut a standing or laid part of
the crop.
The series of bars constituting the endless chain may be constructed
any convenient manner and of any suitable materials. The teeth by which
the laid parts of a crop are raised are capable of turning on axes carried by
the bars, and each axis is capable of sliding a distance in its bar, and is
restrained by a spring or springs, by which arrangements the teeth will act
most favorably for raising the laid parts of the crop. It is preferred that the
teeth should be made larger at their lower ends than at the upper parts, in
order that such lower ends may get under the laid parts of the crop, and it is
also preferred to sustain the fore part of the machine by a castor wheel.
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Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side clevation of the reel of a reaping or mowing machine
having my improvements applied thereto; Figure 2 shows a transverse section
and part of a plan of one of the bars and teeth used for raising a crop; and
Figure 3 shows a side clovation of a different form of chain and chain wheel
which may be used in place of those shown in Figure 1'; and I would state
that in carrying out my Invention other forms of chains and chain wheels may
be employed; I, however, prefer the forms shown in the Drawing.
A is an ordinary reel of a reaping or mowing machine, the axis of which
turns in suitablo bearings which are capable of adjustment and are carried by
uprights or posts a, a. The reel at its ends has chain wheels 6 formed thereon,
so that the reel A and the chain wheels b are mounted on the same shaft or
axis. The chain wheels are provided with teeth or projections 61, 6¹, by which
the chains are moved by the rotation of the chain wheels with the reel. The
endless chains are carried by the two pairs of chain wheels b and c, as shown,
and the axis of the chain wheel c is supported by the frame a¹, a¹, and the part
of the framing a' in front of the axle of the reel is capable of being raised or
lowered by the portion of the frame a' which is behind the axle of the reel ;

page_text: and provision is to be made on the reaping or mowing machine to which my
Invention may be applied for raising and lowering the framing a', and retaining
it in any desired position. In Figure 1 the endless chains are shown to be
raised out of the way of the crop which is to be cut; but when a portion of
the crop is laid, then the front chain wheels would be lowered so as to bring
the lower portion of the chains more nearly parallel with the surface of the
land, in order that the ends or enlarged heads of the teeth or projections on
the transverse bars may pass under the crop, and so raise the same as the parts
of the crop come into a position to be acted on by the boards of the reel. The
chain wheels c have projections c¹ to take into and act on the endless chains
6, e, so as to keep them correctly placed as they are caused to revolve with the
chain wheels b and c. The bars f, f, which carry the teeth or projections are
fixed to the endless chains e by angle pieces e', as is shown in Figure 2. The
teeth or projections g, g, by which the laid parts of the crop are raised are
attached to the bars f in the manner shown in Figure 2, and by preference so
that such teeth or projections may turn freely on their axes. The axes of
these teeth or projections may be capable of adjustment on the bars f by
having slots therein, or otherwise, so as to admit of the distance the teeth are
apart being varied.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to the
mechanical parts separately, but what I claim is, the combination of apparatus
herein described applied to reaping and mowing machines in order to raise
laid crops.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Peacock Savage, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
TTY D SAVAGE

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Peacock Savage, of Roxham, Downham,
in the County of Norfolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING
AND MOWING MACHINES."
Sealed the 23rd November 1861, and dated the 30th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Peacock Savage
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th May 1861.
I, WILLIAM PEACOCK SAVAGE, of Roxham, Downham, in the County of
Norfolk, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in reaping and mowing
machines. For these purposes an endless chain of bars furnished with teeth is
applied to a reaping or mowing machine in order to raise the parts of a crop,
which are laid so as to bring such laid parts into position to be acted on by the
reel as the machine is moved forward. One end of the endless chain of bars
is carried by two chain wheels on the shaft or axis of the reel, and the other
end is carried by two other chain wheels on an axis in front of the reel, and
such endless chain is at its forward end arranged to be readily raised and
lowered according as the machine is about to cut a standing or laid part of the
crop. The series of bars constituting the endless chain may be constructed in
any convenient manner and of any suitable materials. The teeth by which the

page_text: laid parts of a crop are raised are capable of turning on axes carried by the bars,
and each axis is capable of sliding a distance in its bar, and is restrained by a
spring or springs, by which arrangements the teeth will act most favorably for
raising the laid parts of the crop. It is preferred that the teeth should be
made larger at their lower ends then at the upper parts, in order that such 5
lower ends may get under the laid parts of the crop, and it is also preferred
to sustain the fore part of the machine by a castor wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Peacock Savage in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
PEACOCK SAVAGE, of Roxham, Downham, in the County of Norfolk, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Peacock Savage, Her special licence that I, the
said William Peacock Savage, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Peacock Savage, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Peacock
Savage, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Peacock Savage, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object improvements in reaping and mowing
machines. For these purposes an endless chain of bars furnished with teeth
is applied to a reaping or mowing machine in order to raise the parts of a
crop which are laid so as to bring such laid parts into position to be acted on
by the reel as the machine is moved forward. One end of the endless chain
of bars is carried by two chain wheels on the shaft or axis of the reel, and the
other end is carried by two other chain wheels on an axis in front of the reel,
and such endless chain is, at its forward end, arranged to be readily raised and
lowered according as the machine is about to cut a standing or laid part of
the crop. The series of bars constituting the endless chain may be constructed
in any convenient manner and of any suitable materials. The teeth by which
the laid parts of a crop are raised are capable of turning on axes carried by
the bars, and each axis is capable of sliding a distance in its bar, and is
restrained by a spring or springs, by which arrangements the teeth will act
most favorably for raising the laid parts of the crop. It is preferred that the
teeth should be made larger at their lower ends than at the upper parts, in
order that such lower ends may get under the laid parts of the crop, and it is
also preferred to sustain the fore part of the machine by a castor wheel.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the reel of a reaping or mowing machine
having my improvements applied thereto; Figure 2 shows a transverse section
and part of a plan of one of the bars and teeth used for raising a crop; and
Figure 8 shows a side elevation of a different form of chain and chain wheel
which may be used in place of those shown in Figure 1; and I would state
that in carrying out my Invention other forms of chains and chain wheels may
be employed; I, however, prefer the forms shown in the Drawing.
A is an ordinary reel of a reaping or mowing machine, the axis of which
turns in suitable bearings which are capable of adjustment and are carried by
uprights or posts a, a. The reel at its ends has chain wheels 6 formed thereon,
so that the reel A and the chain wheels b are mounted on the same shaft or
axis. The chain wheels are provided with teeth or projections 6', 6', by which
the chains are moved by the rotation of the chain wheels with the reel. The
endless chains are carried by the two pairs of chain wheels b and c, as shown,
and the axis of the chain wheel c is supported by the frame a', a', and the part
of the framing a' in front of the axle of the reel is capable of being raised or
lowered by the portion of the frame a' which is behind the axle of the reel;

page_text: and provision is to be made on the reaping or mowing machine to which my
Invention may be applied for raising and lowering the framing a¹, and retaining
it in any desired position. In Figure 1 the endless chains are shown to be
raised out of the way of the crop which is to be cut; but when a portion of
the crop is laid, then the front chain wheels would be lowered so as to bring
the lower portion of the chains more nearly parallel with the surface of the
land, in order that the ends or enlarged heads of the teeth or projections on
the transverse bars may pass under the crop, and so raise the same as the parts
of the crop come into a position to be acted on by the boards of the reel. The
chain wheels c have projections c¹ to take into and act on the endless chains
e, e, so as to keep them correctly placed as they are caused to revolve with the
chain wheels b and c. The bars f, f, which carry the teeth or projections are
fixed to the endless chains e by angle pieces e', as is shown in Figure 2. The
teeth or projections g, g, by which the laid parts of the crop are raised are
attached to the bars f in the manner shown in Figure 2, and by preference so
that such teeth or projections may turn freely on their axes. The axes of
these teeth or projections may be capable of adjustment on the bars f by
having slots therein, or otherwise, so as to admit of the distance the teeth are
apart being varied.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to the
mechanical parts separately, but what I claim is, the combination of apparatus
herein described applied to reaping and mowing machines in order to raise
laid crops.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Peacock Savage, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the
year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
WP SAVAGE
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