Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan:, 1888
I, GEORGE HENRY SHAW of Holme, Owston, near Doncaster in the county of York,
Farmer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of guard for drums employed in
thrashing machines, which can be either raised or lowered on both sides of the drum,
so as to allow of feeding from either the back or front of the drum; whereby the
security of the feeder is not endangered and accidents are prevented.
I employ a guard constructed of wood and iron, which is, or may be made partly
round so as to allow of greater freedom for feeding, the guard being fastened or
secured in a suitable manner to the frame work on one side of the drum, so as to allow
of the said guard being either raised or lowered from both sides of the drum as
desired, the guard can be raised or lowered to any required height. My invention or
improved guard is particularly applicable to machines employed in thrashing rakings
or loose stuff, which may contain stones or other hard substances.
Dated this 16th day of March 1887.
JOHN E. WALSH,
30, East Parade, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Guard for Drums Employed in Thrashing Machines.
I GEORGE HENRY SHAW of Holme, Owston near Doncaster in the county of York, "
Farmer and Machinist 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 :-
My invention consists in an improved construction of guard for drums employed in
thrashing machines which can be either raised or lowered, so as to allow of feeding
from either the back or front of the drum as required, whereby the security of the
feed is not endangered and accidents are prevented.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is an elevation showing my invention applied to feed in from the front as
generally used.
Fig. 2 shows an elevation of my invention applied to feed in from the opposite side
of the drum, specially applicable when thrashing rakings and loose stuff.
I employ a guard A (constructed preferably of wood and iron) which is or may be
made partly round or concave, so as to allow of greater freedom for feeding, the
guard being fastened or secured to arms B in brackets C, or in any other suitable
manner) to the framework D of the machine, on one side of the drum, so as to allow of
the said guard being either raised or lowered from either side of the drum as desired;
attached to the top of the guard is a balance lever E with weight F which can be
reversed when required to feed from the opposite side.
Instead of the balance lever and weight springs may be used for holding the guard
in the required position.
The guard can be raised or lowered to any required height; this improved guard
is particularly applicable to machines employed in thrashing rakings or loose stuff
which may contain stones or other hard substance.
When so employ, should anything drop upon the guard, it will close over the feed
way, and prevent any injury or accident.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :—
1. The use and employment of the adjustable guard arranged so that the machine:
can be fed from either side as and for the purposes shown and described.
2. The combination of guard A, adjustable arms or rods B, and reversible balance
lever E, as and for the purposes shown and described.
Dated this Sixteenth day of December 1887.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.