Improvements in Mowing and Resping Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mowing and Resping Machines.
We, WILLIAM HORNSBY, Engineer, and JEREMIAH MONEY, Mechanic, both of
Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to mowing and reaping machines and particularly to
the clips forming guides for the knife or sickle upon the finger bar, and which
hitherto have usually been made of malleable or wrought iron.
When cutting wet crops that have a thick undergrowth it is often found that
such undergrowth will collect round the old style of clips to such an extent as to
cause heavy draught of the machine, and frequently its entire stoppage, until
the obstruction is cleared away; furthermore the malleable or wrought iron
clips are often strained, by the collection of undergrowth or by stone getting
under them, to such an extent that, when the obstruction is cleared away, it is
found the knife has too much play to permit of its doing good work.
According to our invention we obviate these difficulties by dispensing with
malleable or wrought iron clips of the kind heretofore used and substituting
therefore spring steel clips which, in case they are moved by a collection of
undergrowth, or other obstruction, will, when the obstruction has been cleared
away, spring back to their normal position and thus keep the knife down in its
proper place.
Dated the 17th day of August 1899
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
We, WILLIAM HORNSBY, Engineer, and JEREMIAH MONEY, Mechanic, both of
Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, 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:--
This invention relates to mowing and reaping machines and particularly to
the clips forming guides for the knife or sickle upon the finger bar, and which
hitherto have usually been made of malleable or wrought iron.
When cutting wet crops that have a thick undergrowth it is often found that
such undergrowth will collect round the old style of clips to such an extent as to
cause heavy draught of the machine, and frequently its entire stoppage, until
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page_text: the obstruction is cleared away; furthermore the malleable or wrought iron
clips are often strained, by the collection of undergrowth or by stone getting
under them, to such an extent that, when the obstruction is cleared away, it is
found the knife has too much play to permit of its doing good work.
According to our invention we obviate these difficulties by dispensing with
malleable or wrought iron clips of the kind heretofore used and substituting
therefore spring steel clips which, in case they are moved by a collection of
undergrowth, or other obstruction, will, when the obstruction has been cleared
away, spring back to their normal position and thus keep the knife down in its
proper place.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure is a plan view of a portion of a finger bar having our improved clip
applied to it and
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same:
Figure 3 is a plan view illustrating a modification.
is the finger bar proper, b, bare the fingers attached thereto and c is the
sickle, all of which parts are of ordinary construction. indicates our improved
spring knife guide or clip which may be attached to the finger bar as heretofore
by means of the same bolts which attach the fingers, as shewn in Figure 2, or
be separately attached to the finger bar, as shewn in Figure 3. This clip d
which is made of spring metal is so adjusted that under ordinary circumstances
it is in contact with the sickle sections, as shewn in full lines in Figure 2, but
so that in case of grass or other material accumulating beneath it and forcing
it outwards away from the knife, it will, when the accumulation has been
removed, spring back to its normal position.
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:-
1. The combination with the finger bar of mowing or reaping machines, of
knife or sickle guides or clips which, if forced away from such knife or sickle
while an accumulation of grass or the like is beneath them, will, when such
accumulation is removed, spring back to their normal position, substantially
as described.
2. Spring guides or clips for the knives or sickles of mowing and reaping
machines, constructed, arranged and operating substantially in the manner
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 14th day of Vox 1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.