Attaching the same to Thrashing Machines.
Year: 1885

page_text: Attaching the same to Thrashing Machines.
JAMES HORNSBY, ROBERT EDWARDS, JOHN INNOCENT and CHARLES JAMES all
of Spittlegate Iron Works Grantham in the County of Lincoln, do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING AND STRAW
TRUSSING MACHINES AND ATTACHING THE SAME TO THRASHING MACHINES to
be as follows:-
When it is required to tie the straw in Bundles as it leaves the shakers of
a thrashing machine, a seperate machine consisting of a packing and binding
apparatus has been attached to the shaker end of the thrasher, and removed
when not required to be used.
In order to avoid having to remove it, when not required for use, we attach it to
the thrashing machine by a hinged joint so that it can be raised or lowered out of
the way as occasion may require without actually detaching it from the Thrashing
Machine, the raising and lowering is done by chains, winches, racks, screws, worm
wheels, or other suitable mechanical means.
The Trusser is however sometimes preferably attached by a slide, so as to be slid
up or down out of the way, suitable racks, chain gear, screws, or other mechanical
means being used to effect this.
In one plan we hang the Straw Trusser by a hinge attached to the back of the
Thrashing Machine, just below the shakers, the outside, or front end of it being
suspended by a chain running down from a winch on the top of the Thrashing
Machine so that the Trusser can be raised or lowered as desired.
When arranged, to be lowered, we lower it below the shakers and place a
slanting board over it, to allow the Straw from the Shakers to pass off clear.
Another part of the invention is an arrangement to lay the Straw or Crop
within reach of the packers, so that the packers, may pass it forward to be made
into bundles or sheaves.
Opposite the packers we mount a revolving instrument, it may be a roll, drum
or barrel, and may be either plain or have projections or spikes on its periphery or
it may be one or two or more discs with claws or projections, that are so operated
as to pass the straw or crop towards the packers.
Sometimes we use a worm and wheel to operate the gripper or wheel that
retains the extreme end of the string for binding the bundles or sheaves; this

page_text: retainer wheel and its axis we prefer to make in one piece, the worm wheel being
mounted on the end of the axis. To adjust this worm wheel to its proper position
with the retainer wheel, we fix a key on to the wheel or the axis and make two,
three or more keyways in the wheel or on the axis so that the retainer wheel may
be set in suitable position with the worm wheel-We arrange a clutch against the
drive chain wheel on the Thrasher spindle so. that the driving gear can when
desired be put out of motion.
Improvements in Harvesting and Straw Trussing Machines and
Attaching the same to Thrashing Machines.
JAMES HORNSBY, ROBERT EDWARDS, JOHN INNOCENT and CHARLES JAMES, all
of Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham in the County of Lincoln, do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN HARVESTING AND STRAW
TRUSSING MACHINES AND ATTACHING THE SAME TO THRASHING MACHINES, 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 our present invention is to improve the construction of Harvesting
and Straw Trussing Machines.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a Trusser in position for work mounted on a Thrash-
ing Machine-Fig. 2 is the same view but with the Trusser shown in position for
the Straw to pass over it without being bound into Trusses--Fig. 3 is a plan view
of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Trusser mounted on Thrashing Machine-
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of Fig. 4-Fig. 6 is side elevation of Trusser mounted
on a Thrashing Machine-Fig. 7 is a front elevation of Fig. 6.-Fig. 8 is a side
elevation of Trusser mounted on a Thrashing Machine-Fig. 9 is a front elevation
of Fig. 8-Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a Knotting and String gripping apparatus.
Fig. 11. is a sectional view of string gripper.
The first part of our improvements consists in so mounting a Trusser at the end
of a Thrashing Machine that it may be fixed in position for tying the straw.up into
bundles or trusses.-Or should it be desirable not to tie the straw into bundles.the

page_text: Trusser may be lowered for the Straw to pass over it untied, and where it is desired
to remove the Thrashing Machine from place to place the Trusser may be raised so
that an ordinary pair of shafts may be used for the shaft horse, or an ordinary draw
bar for a Traction Engine.
At Fig. 1. we show a Trusser "A," mounted on a Thrashing Machine "B,"
the Trusser is carried by two supports "C," one on either side of the frame of
the Thrasher. The frame bar or tube of the Trusser which passes through the
support "C" forms a joint for the Trusser when it is raised or lowered by
the chains "D," the lower ends of these chains are connected to the frame of
the Trusser and the upper ends of the chains are attached to two Drums "D1"
fastened on a shaft "D" carried by supports "D³," the worm wheel "E" is made
fast on the shaft "D" and the worm "F" which gears with the wheel."E"
is mounted on suitable supports on "D³." On the spindle which forms the worm
axis is mounted a winch handle "F" so that moving the handle "F1" round
either one way or the other causes the wheel "E" and the Drums "D" to revolve
and take up or let out the chains and thus raise or lower the Trusser as may be
desired At Fig. 1. the Trusser is shown in a suitable position for tying up the
Straw as it leaves the Thrashing Machine.
Fig. 2 shows the Trusser lowered by the chain to such a position that when the .
Straw leaves the Shakers "G" it falls on the board "H" and passes away over the
Trusser without being tied into bundles. When it is desired to move the Machine
from place to place we raise the Trusser by the crane or chains as shown by the
dotted lines at Fig. 2 so that the Trusser shall be out of the way of the shaft horse
or the Traction Engine.
Fig. 4 shows another method of mounting the Trusser-instead of the Trusser
being jointed or pivoted to the Thrashing Machine the Trusser may move up or
down in guides "I" being raised or lowered by the chains "D" as shewn at
Fig. 4, or by screws as shewn at Fig. 6.
We do not confine ourselves to these particular methods of raising or lowering as
any suitable mechanical means may be used such as chain gear, racks, worms, or
levers.
Fig. 8 shows another method of raising or lowering the Trusser-In this case the
Trusser is mounted on an axis the same as at Fig. 1, but instead of being raised or
lowered by the chains "D" it is raised or lowered by a quadrant "J" actuated by
a worm "K" the worm being made to revolve by any suitable means moves the
quadrant "J" and thus raises or lowers the Trusser.
Another part of our improvements is to give a better and simpler adjustment to
the gripper disc which holds the extreme end of the string for binding the sheaf or
truss. It is found in practice that as the parts wear the gripper must be adjusted-
We show our method of adjustment at Figures 10 and 11 - Fig. 11 shows a
sectional view of the gripper "L" which is made in one piece with its axis, a worm
wheel "M" being mounted on the axis at the opposite end to the gripper "L"-
a key "N" or projection on the gripper axis fits in a recess in the worm wheel-
other recesses " N" made in varying positions allow of the gripper being adjusted
to the proper position-Instead of the recesses "N₁" being in the wheel "M" they
may be in the gripper axis and the key or projection in the wheel "M."-As will
be understood this part of our invention applies to harvesters and Sheaf Binders as
well as to Trussers.
The object of another part of our invention which applies to both Sheaf Binders
and Trussers is to lay the straw or corn in such a position that the packers may
immediately pass it forward to be bound into bundles or sheaves.-At Fig. 1 is
shown in dotted lines a spiked roll "O" which may be driven from any convenient
part of the machine and to revolve in the direction of the arrow-this would bring
the straw or corn within reach of the packers to be passed forward and bound.—
Instead of the spiked roll any other suitable revolving mechanism may be used
such as a disc or discs "P" having pivoted teeth "Q" actuated by a fixed cam "R,"
or it may be a suitably shaped bar of wood, iron or other material.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
First. A Straw Trusser mounted on a Thrashing Machine so as to be capable of
being lowered for the loose straw to pass over it, or to be raised when it is desired
to move the Machine from place to place, substantially as shown and described.
Second. The means of bringing the Straw or Corn within reach of the packers
so that it may be passed forward to be bound, substantially as shown and described.
Third. The means of adjusting the gripper disc, substantially as shown and
described.
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