Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 27th Aug., 1887:
Complete Accepted, 11th Oct., 1887
We JAMES HORNSBY & JOHN INNOCENT both of Grantham in the County of Lincoln,
Engineers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By reason of the great breadth of Sheaf Binding Harvesters they are not able to
pass through an ordinary field gateway if taken in the direction they are drawn at
work so that it becomes a necessity to pass them through gateways in a transverse
direction to the way they are drawn at work i.e., to pass cither the grain side or the
side of the machine on which the binder is mounted through the gateway first. This
necessitates the use of separate wheels and axles to carry the machine when travelling
on ordinary roads or when being transported from one field to another.
gear
By preference we mount the machine on two wheels one at each end of the
frame i.e., one wheel being at the front the other at the back of the machine. The
axles for these two wheels we prefer to be pieces of wrought iron or steel tubes but if
desired the axles may be solid bars. These axles we mount against one of the
longitudinal pieces of the gear frame so that the framing forms a support for the iwo
axles one at the back the other at the front of the machine. The axle at the back of
the machine we mount in two fixed brackets or sometimes we make a hole to fit the
axle through one of the bars at the back of the machine and carry the front end of the
back axle in a bracket attached to the gear frame. This bracket and the end of the axle
may have holes in them so that a removeable pin may be passed through them to hold
the axle in position.
And at any time it may be desired the pin may be taken out and the wheel or wheel
and axle may be removed from the machine or the axle may be made fast to to the
Gear frame and remain in position when the machine is at work and remove the
wheel only.
On the transport wheel axle at the front part of the machine we prefer to fix a
bracket that fits under the gear frame. This bracket is fixed on the axle towards the

page_text: front end the back end of the axle may be supported by a bracket attached to the
gear frame. These brackets may be so constructed that a pin bolt, or screw may hold
the bracket and axle in position.
We prefer to make a hole through the bracket mounted on the front end of the
axle and secure the bracket in position by passing a bolt through the bracket and
through the hole in the gear frame, that forms the joint for the draft pole so that by
taking out the bolt the wheel and axle may be removed from the machine.
Sometimes we make the two axles in one piece by passing a tube from front to
back of machine and securing it in position mount the transport wheels one at each
end of the tube.
We prefer to mount the draft pole on the grain or divider side of the machine and
it may be connected to the foothoard by a lengthening piece the grain side of the
machine being carried on the draft pole by a connection from the pole to the side of
the machine.
Axhal

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Transporting Self Binding
Harvesters.
We JAMES HORNSBY and JOHN INNOCENT both of Grantham in the County of
Lincoln, Engineers, 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 :-
Our improvements are illustrated by the following drawings.
We only show so much of a machine as will serve to illustrate our improvements.
Fig. 1 a plan of a part of the framework and the platform of a Sheaf binding
Harvester. Fig. 2 shows a back elevation and Fig. 3 a front elevation of the machine.
Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of part of the machine. Fig. 5 shows a back elevation
and Fig. 6a side elevation of part of the machine.
In Fig. 1. A is the main or drive wheel mounted upon the axle A¹ and supported
in position by the brackets A and A which are fixed to pieces of framework B
and C.
The parts B and C may be of any material or shape desired. They may be wood
bars, steel or iron pipes or steel or iron bars of any desired shape or section. The
piece forms that part of the gear frame nearest the main drive wheel on the side of
the machine where the crop is cut.
When the machine is at work it is carried by the wheels A and D) but during
transport from place to place on account of the great breadth of the machine it is
found very difficult and inconvenient when passing along narrow roads or through
narrow gateways to travel the machine in the direction in which it is worked.
As the machine is much narrower it is found more convenient during transport to
take the machine in a transverse direction to that in which it works. To do this we
mount the wheels E and E' one at the front and the other at the back of the machine.
On these two wheels the machine travels from place to place the wheels A and D
being set clear of the ground.
We mount the wheels E and E¹ on axles F and F¹. These axles we prefer to be
iron or steel tubes but they may be solid bars in place of tubes. We show the axle F
placed on one side of the frame C and the axle placed on the other side, but they
may be placed as desired either in line with each other or one axle on either side or
under the piece C, the piece C forming the continuation piece between the axles F
and F.
To the axle F we prefer to fix a bracket G another bracket G¹ being fixed to the
framework C. When it is desired to dismount this transport wheel it is only necessary
to take out the bolt H and take away the wheel E' with the axle F and the bracket G
in one piece drawing the axle F out of the bracket G leaving it in position fastened
to the frame C.

page_text: The axle F we prefer to mount by passing one end through the bracket I preventing
the axle from sliding end wise by the pin J which passes through the bracket I and
through the axle F. To support that end of the axle next the wheel E in position we
prefer to pass it through the framepiece K or in place of the framepiece K it may be
a bracket placed in a suitable position to carry that end of the axle.
To dismount the transport wheel E it is only necessary to take out the pin J and
draw away the wheel E with the axle F leaving the bracket I fixed in position.
Sometimes we make a frame partly composed of steel or iron tubes or pipes. At
Figs. 5 and 6 we show such a frame with the pipe L (which forms part of the main
or gear frame, and is placed in similar position to the frame C.) projecting at each end
so that transport wheels may be mounted one on each end of the pipe fraiming L.
When dismounting, the wheels E and E would be taken off leaving the axles in
If desired the ends of
position as they form part of the framework of the machine.
the tubes forming the axles may be separate parts and secured to the pipe L.
As usual during transport we place the draught pole M over the divider side of the
machine and carry that side of the machine clear of the ground by the bow N, which
passes over the pole and is secured to the divider side, a lengthening piece O fastened
to the back end of the pole M and secured to the block P and footboard Q serves to
draw the machine along the road during transport from place to place.
In proceeding to mount the machine for transport the pole M is detached from the
machine and the lengthening piece O fastened to it and secured to the block P under
the footboard the bow N is passed over the pole M and secured to the machine.
The machine is next raised on the wheel A, by gear not shown in the drawing and
the axles F and F with the wheels E and E¹ are placed in position and secured by
the pin and the bolt H. By the raising gear (not shown) the wheel A is then
raised clear of the ground so that nearly the whole weight of the machine is balanced
and carried by the wheels E and E'.
When the end of the pole M is raised to a proper height for travelling the wheel D
is clear of the ground.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we would have it understood that we
do not confine ourselves to the exact details shown, but we declare that what we
claim is―
First. In a Harvesting Machine, the transport wheel axles F and F composed of
iron or steel tubes or solid bars, mounted against the framepiece C such framepiece
forming a continuation between the axles and situated next the main or drive wheel
on the side of the machine where the crop is cut as shown and described with
reference to Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4. of the drawings.
Second. In a Harvesting Machine mounting the transport wheels on the frame tube
or pipe L which forms the longitudinal part of the main or gear frame next to the
main or drive wheel and is situated between the drive wheel and the side of the
machine where the crop is cut as shown and described with reference to Figures 5
and 6 of the drawings.
Third. In combination the framepiece C, tubular axles F and F¹, brackets, G, G¹
and I with the wheels E and E as shown and described in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this Twenty fifth day of August 1887.