Improvements in and relating to Machines for Harvesting and Binding Grain.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1888
Specification Accepted, 12th Feb. 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Harvesting and
Binding Grain.
I, LEWIS MILLER, residing at Akron, in the County of Summit and State of Ohio,
one of the United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 relates to a novel construction of the several parts of a grain binding
harvester looking to a re-organization of the machine for effecting a strong compact
arrangement of the parts and a reduction in the weight of the machine or a whole, and
will be understood from the following description and claims:
Referring to the accompanying Drawings:
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, are perspective views of the machine or
of portions thereof taken from different points, and which will be readily understood
without detail description of the views.
Figures 4ª, 9, 10, 11ª, 11, 12, 12ª, 13, 14, 15, and 16b, are similar views of details
or smaller portions of the machine, and
Figures 8, 16, 16 and 17, are views in elevation of some of the parts hereinafter
described.
A, and, A¹, indicate the front and rear sills of the main or platform frame of the
machine, made preferably of angle-iron, or bars having horizontal flanges at their
lower sides or edges turned inward toward each other. These bars have angular
corner pieces, A, A, firmly bolted to their ends and having suitable sockets, in which
the ends of the longitudinal tubular rods or bars, A2, and, A³, are firmly secured for
uniting the sills, A, and, A', as indicated. The corner pieces, A, and, A³, at the
drive-wheel end of this frame are provided, the rear corner, with sleeves or bearings
for the secondary or bevel pinion shaft and the crank shaft, and is also provided at, A³,
with a transverse bearing socket for the pivot of the axle arm, B. The forward corner
pièce, A, has also a sleeve or bearing for the crank shaft, and is provided on its
forward vertical face with lugs or ears through which the tongue socket or plate is
hinged to it. It is also provided on the outer side of bar, A2, with a grooved or
flanged standard forming a support for the binder frame and a way for guiding and

page_text: steadying the movements of the main frame in adjusting it upon the pivoted axle arm
and with bearings for the lower end of the shaft carrying the worm for effecting such
adjustment, the construction of the said parts being clearly shown in Figures 4
and 14. The corner piece, A4, is further provided with a groove in its upper face or
edge in which the horizontal arm of an angular bar, forming an extension of the
binder gear frame or standard, rests and slides when said standard and the binder
mechanism are moved or adjusted back and forth, to adapt them to the grain to be
operated upon, as will appear.
At the inner end of the cutting apparatus and platform apron or carrier, the forward
sill, A, has secured to it an angular bracket, A7, which forms a support for the inner
shoe and grain guard or deflector, a guard and guide for the heel end of the knife
bar and the end of the pitman connected therewith; as a point of attachment of the
inclined har, C¹, of the forward triangular frame for the support of the elevating
table and binder as will be explained, and as a point of attachment of the oblique,
pivoted brace, a, which supports the tongue against the lateral strain due to
side draft etc., and to said bracket, A', or to the sill, A, at or near said bracket are
secured the forward ends of two brackets, A, and, A³, which diverge thence and
extend, one to the corner piece, A, at the outer rear corner of the frame on the
drive-wheel side and the other to the corner piece at the rear grain corner of
said frame and serve to materially stiffen the sill, A, and the entire platform frame
against the strain due to the draft and which owing to the lateral thrust sustained
by the oblique tongue brace referred to, comes mainly on the frame at the point
where said braces unite. The corner piece, A', has a flanged or grooved standard, A1,
above referred to, forming a guide for the pivoted axle arm, and which is provided
at its upper end with a socket, a, in which a longitudinally arranged hinder frame
bar or tubular rod, C, is secured, the rear end of said rod or bar being secured
in a similar socket in a plate, a¹, secured to or formed upon an upright tubular
rod or post A", secured to the rear corner piece, A³. The upper end of the
standard, A, is provided with an inclined transverse sleeve or socket, a², and the
plate, a, has a similar socket, a³, from which inclined tubular rods or bars, C',
and, C, extend downward, connecting the one, C, with the shoe bracket or
iron, A7, on the forward sill, A, and the other, C, with the rear sill, A¹, in line
longitudinally with the point of attachment of bar, C, to the forward sill or shoe
bracket, A, each forming in connection with the inner end of its supporting
sill and upright, a strong upright triangular frame, upon which frame the rod or
har, C, is supported and to which said bar is rigidly secured, as indicated.
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The axle arm, B is shown in detail views, Figures 9 and 15. It consists of
a sleeve, B¹, which is provided at one end upon its inner side, with a pin, b,
through which it is pivoted at said end to the main frame in the transverse
sleeve or socket, Aº, referred to, a spur or projection, 61, at the inner end of the
pivot, b, preventing lateral movement of said pivot in its bearing, A. The opposite
or forward end of this sleeve, B₁, is expanded into or has secured to it a plate, 132,
curved at its forward or outer edge in an arc of a circle of which pivot, b, is
the center, said edge fitting within the guide-way in the standard, A10.
The side of this plate, 133, adjacent to its curved edge or end is slightly beveled
and has a segmental gear formed upon it with which a worm or screw, 2, engages
for adjusting the main frame on said arm. The plate portion of the arm, B, has
the axle, B³, formed upon its outer face and surrounding this, an annular flange,,
which serves to cover and protect a bevel gear, B, secured to and rotating with
the drive-wheel for actuating the moving parts of the machine.
The sleeve, B¹, has bearings for and surrounding the part, b, of a jointed
secondary or bevel pinion shaft, which has a bevel pinion, B³, secured to it, said
pinion projecting through an opening in the plate, B2, shown in Figure 15, to
engage the bevel wheel, B. The opposite or rear end of this part of the shaft
has connected with it by means of a tumbling or universal joint, 6, arranged in
line with the pivot, b, a portion, 6, of the secondary shaft and said part, 66, being
journaled in a sleeve on the rear corner piece, A5, of the main frame, maintains a

page_text: fixed relation to said frame, while the part journaled in the sleeve, B', maintains a
fixed relation to the axle arin, B, the pivot, b, and the tumbling joint 6, permitting
the desired adjustment of the main frame without interfering with the proper working
of the jointed pinion shaft, the part, 66, of which carries upon its rear end the gear
wheel, 7, through which motion is communicated to the working parts of the machine.
The plate, B, of the axle arm has a hook or eye, 68, secured to its inner side near its
lower side or edge, as indicated in Figures 9 and 9, and from which a cord or chain, d,
extends over a grooved pulley, d, mounted loosely on the frame bar, A2, under the
platform carrier and under a similar pulley, d², on the outer bar, A³, or in a
bracket, B³, hereinafter referred to, and up through a groove in the inner side of an
expanded rear end of a plate, D1, on the grain wheel arm, D, which is pivoted at its
forward end in the outer front corner piece of the main frame or in a standard, d³,
thereon as shown.
The cord or chain, d, is secured to the upper end of said plate, D₁, and serves
through its connection with the axle arm, B, and its arrangement as described, to
raise and lower the outer end of the main or platform frame simultaneously with the
raising or lowering of the inner end. The expanded end of the arm, D, or plate, D¹,
may be slotted to peruit the adjustment of said arm on the axle of the grain wheel, D²,
and it may also be provided with a toothed segment, d³, on its rear curved face,
through which by means of a screw, d, the outer end of the frame may be adjusted
independently of the drive wheel end if preferred. The worm or screw, d, is carried
by an upright shaft, d, mounted in suitable bearings in a bracket, D³, secured to the
outer grain guard or board, D', of the platform frame. The shaft, ds, has a joint
formed in it, and its upper end which is provided with a crank arm or handle, de, for
operating it, is adapted to be folded down out of the way, the crank arm or handle
engaging an eye, d', on the board, D, when not in use, as shown in Figures 10
and 10. In lieu of the worm or screw shaft, d³, the grain wheel arm may be operated
directly by the chain or cord, d, in which case the shaft, d³, is removed out of its
socket, I, in the bracket, D³, and the end of the chain, d, is passed through a socket, 2,
in the upper end of the bracket and securely connected thereto.
The crank shaft, E, has a pinion on its rear end engaging the wheel, 6', and
receiving motion therefrom, and extends forward through bearing sleeves on the
corner pieces, A', and, A', at the drive wheel side of the machine, and has the crank
wheel, E, secured to its forward end arranged directly in front of the corner piece, A*.
and over the expanded rear end of the tongue socket plate, E2, binged to said corner
piece, said socket plate serving to protect the crank wheel and the pitman connection
therewith from injury from stumps or other obstructions, (see Figure 1).
The binder gear frame or standard consists of an upright tubular portion, F, having
at its ends tubular arms or sleeves, F, and, F, projecting (mainly) rearward from the
upright portion, F, and giving to the frame, as a whole, an angular or U-shaped
figure turned upon its side or on one of its arms, F2, which has formed upon it or is
rigidly secured to pendent brackets,,, having sleeves or U-shaped sockets in their
lower ends adapting them to receive and to slide backward and forward on the bar, C.
The bar, C, extends forward of or beyond the socket for its retention on standard, A10,
to adapt the bracket, f, to engage and slide upon it in front of said standard and for
other purposes, and the inclined bar, C, also secured to said standard, extends outward
beyond the latter, and the bar, C, across the plane of and above or in front of the
drive-wheel, for purposes which will appear. The lower sleeve, F2, of the binder gear
frame is provided with suitable bearings for the needle shaft and the upper sleeve with
bearings for the knotter actuating shaft, or vice versa, the one arranged below and the
other above the binder table and the path of the grain. The binder gear standard or
the pendent bracket, f, secured thereto, has the upper end of the upright arm of an
angle iron, F³, secured to it, said iron forming an arın or extension of the binder gear
frame, with its horizontal arm, f, resting and adapted to slide in the groove in the
upper side of the corner piece, A', referred to. The horizontal arm, f, has secured to
its rear end a pendent loop or bracket, F, having at its lower end an eye which
surrounds the frame bar, A², and is adapted to slide thereon, as the binder gear

page_text: standard is moved back and forth on the bar, C, serving in connection with the arm
or extension, F³, to uphold said binder gear frame in working position and to steady
its movements in being adjusted to suit the length of grain or straw to be operated
upon. The brackets, f, and, f, have suitable bearings formed in them for a rock shaft
supporting the compressor and binder trip devices hereinafter described, and the
former, has a horizontal flange or ear,, formed upon it, perforated to permit the
passage through it of the upper portion of the shaft which carries the adjusting
screw, 62. This shaft indicated at, g, has a universal joint formed in it at, g²,
which permits its upper portion, g², to be vibrated back and forth without interfering
with its operation in adjusting the frame, and it is thus made to perform the
additional function of a lever, for adjusting the binder gear frame or standard, and
the parts connected to and moving with it, backward and forward for bringing the
binding mechanism into the proper relation to the grain to be operated upon thereby,
according to the length of the straw.
The loop, F, connecting the arm, f, with the frame bar, A2, and sliding on
the latter, is provided' with the pivotal spurs, f*, f, to which the packer links are
pivoted.
The packer shaft indicated at, G, and which constitutes also the main driving or
first shaft of the binder mechanism, is supported at its forward end in a bearing in
the upright arm of the angle arm or extension, F³, in such manner that while it is
free to rotate in said bearing it is connected with said arm by suitable collars which
cause it to move back and forth with the binder gear frame or standard as the latter
is adjusted. The shaft, G, is supported and adapted to slide at its rear end in a
hanger connected with the inclined bar. C³, or upright, A", either or both, and may
have either a pinion, G¹, and sprocket wheel, G², feathered to it, as shown in
Figure 2, or the sprocket only, as shown in Figure 6. In the former case it receives
motion from the gear, 6', with which the pinion, G₁, engages, and a driving chain, G³,
extending from the sprocket wheel, G2, to a sprocket wheel on the end of the inner
roller of the platform carrier, and over a sprocket wheel on or geared to the rear
end of the intermediate picker shaft, serves to drive the latter and said carrier. In
Figure 6, the packer shaft, G, is driven by a chain from a sprocket wheel on the
crank shaft, said chain serving also to drive the platform carrier and picker shaft
under the arrangement shown. The shaft, G, is provided with suitable cranks for
operating the packers, G, which are of a well known, oscillating kind, and have their
heel ends connected by suitable links, g, with the pivots or spurs, f, and, f, above
referred to.
The inclined bars, (, and, C², have secured to them through suitable standards or
brackets, c, or otherwise, near midway between the platform carrier and the longitudinal
bar, C, a longitudinal bar, C, forming a support for the lower or fixed portion, C,
of the inclined elevating table, the lower edge of said part of the table being supported
upon the sills, A, and, A', in any suitable manner, and in position to receive the
grain from the platform carrier. The strip or bar, C, extends beyond the upper edge
of the part, (3, of the table, or may be rabbeted, as shown in Figures 6 and 8, to
form a projecting ledge on which the lower edge of the upper and longitudinally
adjustable portion, C, of the inclined elevating table rests and slides. The upper
edge of this portion of the table rests upon and is secured to suitable flanges on the
brackets, f, and, f³, or on the arm, F, of the binder gear standard in such manner
as to be adjustable longitudinally with said standard. It may be further supported
at its rear end by one or more pendent feet, c¹, adapted to rest and slide on the
bar, C. By this construction and arrangement the upper portion of the inclined
elevating table, through slots in which the needle and packers move is adapted to
move with said parts as they are moved backward and forward and is thereby held
in proper working relation thereto.
The upright portion. F¹, of the binder gear standard has a laterally projecting
arm, F, formed upon it, provided with a suitable stud shaft, h, on which is mounted
a sprocket wheel, h, to which a continuous rotary motion is imparted through a
drive chain, H, from a sprocket wheel, H¹, on the packer shaft, G. The shaft, h,

page_text: has a pinion, ², mounted loosely upon it in front of the sprocket wheel, h, and
the face of the latter, adjacent to the pinion, h², has projecting pins or spurs formed
upon it with which a pawl on the adjacent face of the pinion is adapted to engage for
causing the latter to be rotated with the sprocket wheel. This pawl (see Figure 16)
is provided with a projecting arm, h³, with which an arm, i, is adapted to engage for
moving the pawl out of engagement with the sprocket wheel, 4, and thereby
permitting the latter to rotate while the pinion, 2, and the parts operated thereby
remain at rest, in a manner well understood.
The pinion, 2, is in mesh with and drives a spur gear, h³, fast on the forward end
of the knotter actuating shaft and carrying a crank pin from which motion is
imparted to the vibrating needle shaft. The stop or arm, i, for throwing the pinion, ²,
out of engagement with the sprocket wheel, h, is on one end of a rock shaft, I, which is
journaled in suitable bearings in the brackets, f, and, f, above referred to, and is
provided on its opposite end with an arm, I, which extends outward under the
sleeve, F2, or hub of the needle, in close proximity with the latter, its outer end
which is bifurcated as shown, being curved upward, outside of said sleeve (see
Figures 5 and 5) to form the compressor against which the grain is carried by the
packers. The shaft, I, near its forward end, adjacent to the trip arm; i, has a crank
arm, 1, secured to it, which extends downward and curves outward under the needle
shaft and upon the outer side thereof and has its outer end connected through a
suitable jointed rod, ¹, and spring, 2, with one arm of a three armed lever, J, pivoted
through one of its arms to the standard, F, at, j, and having on its third arm a
rearwardly projecting pin carrying a friction roller, j', which fits within a cam
groove,, in the forward face of the gear wheel, h, and which serves in each revolution
of the wheel, at the proper time, to allow the compressor, I', to be depressed to permit
the discharge of the bundle in a manner well understood. The spring, 2, under the
construction and arrangement described, is made to hold the arm, i, in position to stop
the arm, h³, and throw the pinion, h, out of engagement with its driving sprocket
wheel or gear, and also to hold the compressor up to its work until, by the pressure of
the grain upon it, it is made to yield, overcoming the resistance of the spring, and in
so doing, to move the arm, i, outward for releasing the arm, h³, thereby allowing the
pinion,, to engage and be driven by the sprocket wheel, h', for setting the binding
mechanism in motion.
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The cam groove,,.is of the form shown in Figure 16, and serves to hold the arm, i,
out of the path of the pawl arm, ³, until the wheel, ht, completes its revolution, when
it permits the arm, i, to swing in under the arm, h³, for throwing the pinion, h², out
of gear.
As above stated the bars, C, and, C₁, extend beyond the standard, A10, to which
they are connected and have their outer ends connected by an angular bar or brace, (7,
the rear outer end of which is rigidly connected with the bar, C, and extends above
the latter to form a support for the seat standard, Cs, which may be secured to it by
the same bolts which secured the brace, C', to the bar, C', or in other suitable manner.
The forward, inner and of brace, (7, secured to forward end of bar, C, is expanded in
width or has a plate, C, as shown. The forward face of this plate has a longitudinally
arranged pin or pivot on which is mounted a lever, K, and the inner edge of the plate
is curved and has upon its forward face a toothed rack or segment, k¹, also curved in
an arc of a circle of which the pivot of lever, K, is the center.
The lever, K, is connected by a link, k, with the hinged pole or tongue and the
upper end, which extends within reach of the driver in his seat, is provided with a
thumb lever for operating a latch adapted to engage the rack, kl, for holding the lever, K,
desired adjustment. By vibrating the lever laterally, the driver can rock the
machine on its carrying wheels for raising and depressing the cutting apparatus in a
manner that will be readily understood.
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any
In suitable bearing lugs on the brace, (7, and plate C³, or bar, C, is mounted a short
transverse rock-shaft, 3, having on its outer end a short foot-lever, , and on it its
inner end a rock bar, &, provided with teeth or a series of notches on its lower face or
edge adapted to engage a vertical rib or flange on the binder gear standard bracket, f,

page_text: for holding said standard and the parts connected therewith at any desired adjustment.
The driver, by pressing his foot on the lever, k', can lift the rock bar, k, and release
the gear standard, for permitting its adjustment.
The brace bar, C7, has the driver's foot board or support, (310, secured to it in any
suitable manner.
The angle iron bracket, A7, forming the support for the tongue brace and bar, C1,
as described, has also secured to it, through upright flanges, a, the grain deflector, J,
and a guard board, I, the latter extending up the inclined elevating table at its
forward edge and having its upper end secured to and supported by an angle iron or
strap, I, (see Figures 1 and 11,) secured to the bar, C, or to a fixed part of the
inclined elevating table, as the bar, C, so as to be stationary therewith.
The board, L, has suitable angular brackets secured to its forward face and to these,
two uprights, 1, 1, forming the reel post are pivoted, said uprights crossing each other
in the form of the letter X, and having the recl supporting frame or yoke, L³, pivoted
to and connecting their upper ends, as shown.
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The uprights,,, are bolted together where they cross, and together form a light
but strong reel standard having a broad support at the base end, for the reel frame,
well adapted to prevent the swaying or sagging of the reel.
The board, L, has a segmental rack, 12, secured to it and a latch, l, controlled
by a thamb lever on the reel-post adjusting lever, 13, under any usual or pre-
ferred arrangement, engages said rack for holding the reel post at any desired
adjustment.
The reel shafted mounted in suitable sleeve bearings on the outer swinging end
of the yoke or frame, 1, has a bevel gear on its inner end, which engages and is
driven by a bevel pinion feathered to and adapted to slide on an upright shaft, L³,
which is provided near its lower end with a universal joint at, 1, adapting it to
follow or conform to the adjustment of the reel..
The lower portion of this jointed shaft has its bearings in a bracket, 76, secured
to the inclined bar, C, and provided also, with a bearing for the forward end of
the picker shaft, M, which has on its forward end a bevel gear, m, which engages
a pinion, 7, on the lower end of the jointed shaft, L³, for driving the latter and
the reel.
and
The shaft, M, is provided on its rear end with a pinion, m³, which engages
receives motion from a pinion connected with a sprocket wheel, m², na stud
shaft formed on a pendent adjustable bracket, m³, suitably secured to the inclined
rod or bar, C³, said sprocket wheel receiving motion from the drive chain, C. The
shaft, M, and a second shaft, M', parallel therewith are mounted in suitable pen-
dent bearing brackets on the bars C', and, C², and are provided each with a series
of cranks, m, m³. The cranks are set at different angles, those of one shaft
agreeing with those of the other in the same transverse vertical planes, and these
are connected by picker bars, M2, as shown in Figure 6, said bar having upwardly
projecting teeth or fingers, m, which in the rotation of the cranks are made to
pass up through slots in the inclined table for moving the grain upward on said table
in a manner that will be readily understood.
The guard or fender, L', has secured to it near its outer end and near its upper edge
a bracket having a bearing, n, for a longitudinally arranged Yock shaft, N, provided
with a series of curved elastic fingers, n, which overlie the inclined table and serve to
hold the grain down thereon with a yielding pressure. The forward end of this
shaft, N, has a crank arm, n', fast upon it having a series of perforations at different
distances from the shaft, through any one of which it may have connected with it a rod, n³,
- connecting it with the crank arm, N', on the forward end of the needle shaft.
The connecting rod in the present instance, is shown divided into two parts, n
and, n³, the adjacent ends of which are pivoted to a crank arm, N³, formed on the
forward end of a rock shaft, O, (see Figure 6). carrying cut-off fingers, o¹, o, which,
as the crank, N', is vibrated to raise the needle are thrown upward through a slot or
opening in the table from the inclined position shown in Figures 6 and 8, to the upright
position shown in Figures 8*, in which they serve to guard the needle and protect it

page_text: from the grain in a manner that will be readily understood. The same movement of
the needle crank-arm which raises the cut-off, o', also serves through the pitman, n³,
to rock the yielding fingers, n, upward and thereby to provide more space underneath
them for the accumulation of the grain while its upward flow or movement is stopped
by the cut-off. When the arm, N1, is vibrated to depress the needle, the cut-off, o¹,
will be thrown down, out of the path of the grain, and simultaneously therewith, the
fingers, n, will be lowered and caused to press upon and thereby to insure the proper
and steady upward movment of the grain. By adjusting the rod, n², in or out upon
the arm n¹, the throw of the cut-off fingers, o, may be similarly regulated by adjusting
the rod, ³, upon the crank arm, ², provision for such adjustment being made, as
indicated. If preferred, however, the cut-off fingers, ol, may be connected by a link
or rod, n, with a pendent ear, n³, on the lower side of the needle near its shaft as shown
in Figure 8, so as to be operated from the needle itself; in this case, the rod, n², can
extend to and connect directly with the arm, N', and need not be divided. The
shaft, O, may be supported in any suitable manner from the binder gear standard or
movable part, C, of the table so as to be adjustable therewith.
The grain guard or fender, L, has a rearwardly projecting arm or bar, P, rigidly
secured to it, near its upper end, said bar overhanging the inclined elevating table and
the grain moving upward thereon, and to this arm or bar, P, the inner ends of two
parallel bars or links, p, p', are pivoted. Said bars, p, p, extend outward toward the
platform carrier and have their outer ends pivoted to a bar, Pl At a point at or
near midway between the bars, P, and, P₁, is a third bar or rod, P2,
upon which the links, p, p, rest, said bar or rod, P. being connected at its
rear end to and upheld from the outer end of the knotter shield, Q, or its support, Q',
as shown in Figure 7. The outer longitudinal bar, P¹, projects in rear of its rear
supporting link or bar, p', and has a sleeve; R, square or polygonal in form, corre-
sponding to the form of the bar, P₁, in cross-section mounted and adapted to he
adjusted longitudinally upon its projecting end and to be held at any desired adjust-
ment by a set screw or other suitable device. This sleeve is provided on its outer
side with a socket, R', in which is secured a rod or bar, I², which projects hori-
zontally over the platform carrier as shown in Figure 7. The rod or bar, R', is
perforated to receive, or has otherwise secured to it, the upper ends of the arms of
a pendent U-shaped loop of wire or light rod, r, which in connection with the
rod, R2, serves as a frame on which is stretched a canvass covering, S, forming a
light but effective wind guard, protecting the grain and preventing its being blown
off from the platform carrier. The sleeve, R, permits the adjustment back and
forth of this guard for giving it the proper relation to the grain on the platform,
and by having one of the links, p, pivoted. at, p², to the bar, P2, which moves
with the binder gear standard and mechanism, it will be seen that when the latter
are adjusted to proper position to apply the band at or near the center of the
length of the straw, the wind guard will be moved, through the action of its parallel
links in the same direction, but double the distance that the binder gear standard
and mechanism are moved for the purpose explained, thereby moving the wind
guard to accommodate the full length of the straw to operate upon.
T, is the cam gear wheel on the knotter actuating shaft, near it rear end and
provided with an arm, t, which assists in the discharge of the bundle.
A second arm, t', is secured to the rear end of the knotter actuating shaft,
arranged in the same plane with the arm, and rotating with the shaft.
It is made longer thin arm, t, and is arranged in close proximity with the plane in
which the needle and cut-off work, and its end is adapted to enter the space between
said cut-off and needle, and while the cut-off is still holding back the incoming
grain, removes the bundle and thus completes the separation between the bundle and
the loose grain. The arm, t, assists the arm, t', in removing the bundle.
By the construction and arrangement described, the drive-wheel and its arm or
support are located outside of the main or platform cutter frame and access to said.
arin and wheel for removal, oiling or repair, is facilitated. The reel support and the
reel adjusting and driving mechanism are brought into compact arrangement with or

page_text: relation to the binding mechanism, on the same side of the driving wheel therewith,
between said mechanism and the platform carrier and in front of the path of movement
of the grain, and the rear portion of the elevating and binder table is left free from
all obstruction to the movement of the grain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st. In a harvesting machine, the combination with the platform frame to which
the tongue is attached, of an arm. on which the drive-wheel is journaled, pivoted at
one end to said frame and adjustably connected therewith at the other end, said arm
carrying a shaft lying parallel with it and arranged to permit the main frame to be
adjusted relatively to said arm, substantially as described.
2nd. In a harvesting machine, the combination with the platform frame to which
the tongue is attached, of an arm on which the drive-wheel is journaled, pivoted at one
end to said frame and located on the grain side of the drive-wheel and also connected
adjustably to said frame at its outer end, and a jointed pinion shaft located also on the
grain side of the drive-wheel and one part of which is supported in fixed relation to
said pivoted arm and the other part in fixed relation to the platform frame.
3rd. A jointed shaft in combination with a pivoted arm to which the driving-wheel
is journaled and a platform frame adjustably connected to said arm and to which the
tongue is attached, one portion of said jointed shaft being journaled in fixed bearings
on said pivoted arm and the other portion in fixed bearings on said frame, substantially
as described.
4th. In a harvesting machine, the combination with the platform frame, of a binder
resting on said frame, an arm on which the drive-wheel is journaled, pivoted at one
end to said frame and adjustably connected therewith at its opposite end, and a
mechanism acting upon the adjustable end of said arm and serving to raise and lower
the frame to suit different lengths of grain to be cut.
5th. The combination of an arm to which the drive-wheel axle is attached, a shaft
carried parallel with said arm and on the same side of the drive-wheel as the latter and
through which motion is carried from the driving wheel to the cutting and binding
mechanism, a platform frame and mechanism by which said platform frame is
adjusted.
6th. The combination of the main frame on which the binder mechanism is
supported, of a pivoted arm carrying a shaft to give motion to the cutting and binding
mechanism and both ends of which arm are connected to said frame.
7th. The combination with the main frame and a tumbling shaft, of an arm pivoted
at one end upon said frame and adjustably connected at its other end to said frame
and a driving wheel journaled upon the adjustable end of said arm, substantially as
described.
8th. The combination with the adjustable main frame to which the tongue is attached,
of the pivoted arm rigidly carrying the main drive wheel axle and one end of a jointed
or secondary or pinion shaft, and having its free, axle-end expanded in width, vertically,
to form a guiding flange for holding the pivoted arm in proper working relation to the
adjustable main frame.
9th. The combination with the main frame to which the tongue is attached, an arm
pivoted to said frame and rigidly carrying the main drive-wheel axle and one end of a
jointed secondary or pinion shaft and expanded in width, vertically, at its free or axle
end to form a guiding and supporting flange and provided with a shield for the main
driving gear, substantially as described.
10th. The combination with the platform frame and the main driving and first gear
wheels, of a pivoted arm having a fixed journal on which said wheels are mounted and
a shield covering said gear wheel, substantially as described.
11th. The combination with the platform frame, of the pivoted arm on which the
main driving wheel is journaled and a flexible connection attached at one end to said

page_text: rive wheel arm and at the other end to the grain wheel arm and operating, substan-
ially as described, whereby the inner and outer sides of the machine can be
imultaneously raised and lowered, substantially as described.
12th. The drive wheel axle formed upon an arm pivoted to the stubble side of the
latform frame on the outer side thereof, in combination with a secondary or pinion
haft arranged at right angles to said drive wheel axle and having fixed bearings on
said pivoted arm.
13th. In a harvesting machine the combination with the platform frame of a binder
mechanism supported on said frame, an arm pivoted to said frame at one end and
djustably supported by said frame at its opposite end and carrying a shaft parallel
with said arm and a drive wheel axlo projecting at right angles thereto and means
operating upon the free ond of said arm, substantially as described for adjusting said
frame relatively to said arm.
14th. The combination with the front and rear platform sills of the connecting
braces arranged to converge from the ends of the rear sills to the point of attachment
of the shaft rod or brace from the tongue with the front sill, substantially as and for
the purpose described.
15th. The combination of a shoe to support the heel of the knife, a tongue brace
attached at a point on or near to said shoe, and angling braces from a point on or near
to said shoe, one extending to the outer end, one to the inner end of the rear sill of the
platform and one to the elevated bar or support on which the binder gear standard
has its seat.
16th. The combination in a platform frame of the front and rear sills, the connecting
cross-bar at the inner end thereof, and the two corner plates through which said sills
and cross-bars are connected, provided with journal bearings for the crank shaft,
substantially as described.
17th. The combination of the front and rear platform sills, the inner cross bar and
the two corner supports having journal bearings for the crank shaft and through
which said sills and cross bars are rigidly connected, substantially as described.
18th. The combination of the front and rear platform sills, a crank shaft crossing
said sills, and corner supports for said shaft, one of which forms also a support for the
elevated longitudinal bar on which the binder gear standard slides and is made adjust-
able, substantially as described.
19th. The combination of the platform frame, the binder gear standard or frame, a
lever for tilting said platform fraine, and a bar elevated above and supported on said
platform frame and forming a common support for the said binder gear standard and
tilting lever, substantially as described.
20th. The combination in a platform frame, of a rear and front sill, a cross longi-
tudinal bar and a metallic corner support through which said front sill and cross-bar
are rigidly connected and to which the tongue is attached, substantially as described.
21st. The combination of a platform frame having a front and rear sill, a cross-bar
between said sills and a corner support through which the front sill and cross-bar are
connected and having a groove or bearing for an arın or extension of the binder gear
standard or frame, substantially as described.
22nd. The combination of a platform frame, the front sill or finger bar of which is
extended inward beyond the inner shoe, a binder gear standard or frame supported
thereon, and having a pendent arm or extension and a metallic support attached to
said extended finger bar and in which said binder stand or extension is supported
substantially as described.
23rd. The combination of a shifting binder gear standard or frame, the knotter
mechanism and needle, the driving mechanism for driving said needle and tying
mechanism, the clutch and pinion for automatically stopping and giving motion to
the binding mechanism and a tripping mechanism, all attached to and mado renovable
with said gear standard or frame, whereby said standard or frame can be removed
5 from all other supporting frame work, without disarranging said mechanism.
24th. A compressor and a binder gear tripping and locking arm, connected to a

page_text: common shaft having its bearings in and made removable with the binder gear
standard substantially as described.
25th. The combination of the U-shaped binder-gear stand or frame with its
supporting clasps or brackets, a gear tripping mechanism having all its parts supported
on said frame and a bar on which said frame is arranged to slide or be adjusted
longitudinally, substantially as described.
26th. The combination of the U-shaped binder gear frame with its supporting
clasps, a bar over which said clasps and frame slide and are adjusted to give lateral
support to said frame, substantially as described.
27th. The U-shaped binder gear stand or frame in combination with the supporting
clasps, the bar to which said clasps are attached and an arm or extension, adjustable
with said stand, and carrying pivots to which the packer links are connected,
substantially as described.
28th. The adjustable U-shaped binder gear stand or frame provided with an arm or
extension having a bearing for the packer shaft, in combination with said shaft and
the packers connected to said arm in such manner as to be removed longitudinally
with the binder gear standard, substantially as described.
29th. A longitudinal bar on which the binder gear stand or frame is supported, in
combination with a transverse bar extending from the inner shoe or finger bar near
said shoe to said longitudinal bar and an upright support from the inner end of said.
finger bar or front platform sill to said longitudinal bar, said transverse bar, upright
and finger bar being rigidly connected to form a rigid triangular frame for the
support of the longitudinal bar and binder gear stand, substantially as described.
30th. The combination in a grain binding harvester, in which the binding
mechanism is located between the drive-wheel and the inner end of the grain platform,
of the triangular frames formed, in part, of the front and rear platform sills and
arranged to give common support to the gathering and elevating mechanism, the
packer mechanism, binding mechanism, the tilting lever for adjusting the cutting
apparatus and the driver's seat, substantially as described.
31st. The combination with the vibrating needle and needle guard, of separating
fingers arranged to move through the grain from the same side and simultaneously
with the needle, but moving in an opposite circular path thereto, for assisting in
effecting a separation in the grain and preventing the inflowing grain from pressing
against the needle guard, substantially as described.
32nd. An elevating binder table made in two parts, one of which is stationary with
the grain platform and gathering devices, and the other made adjustable with the
packers and binding mechanism located on the grain side of the driving wheel,
substantially as described.
33rd. The divided elevating binder table in combination with the longitudinal bar
forming a common support for the adjacent edges of the fixed and movable parts of
said table, substantially as described.
34th. The combination in a grain binder in which the binder mechanism is located
between the path of the drive-wheel and the inner end of the grain platform, of
elevating and packing mechanisms and a needle, all receiving motion from the
mechanism underneath the, moving grain, and a divided elevating and binder table 4
over which the grain moves in being elevated, one part of said table being made
stationary with the grain platform and the other part being made adjustable with the
binder mechanism, substantially as described.
35th. In a grain binding harvester, constructed to bind the grain on the grain side.
of the driving wheel, the combination of a platform frame, a shifting binder gear 5
standard supported on said frame and arranged to be adjusted to suit the different
lengths of grain to be bound and a divided binder table, one part of which, on which
the bundle is packed and rests while being bound, is made to move with said standard,
the other part over which the grain is moved by the gathering mechanism and on
which the gathering grain is held while a bundle is being bound, remaining stationary 5
with the platform frame.

page_text: 36th. In a harvesting machine in which the binding is done on the grain side of
the driving wheel, the combination of a shifting binder gear standard or frame, a
vibrating needle and oscillating packers and an elevating, gathering mechanism
located between the platform carrier and the driving wheel and underneath the
moving grain.
37th. The combination of a platform frame, a shifting binder gear standard, a
divided binder table, a vibrating needle, oscillating packers arranged to operate in
conjunction with the shifting part of said table, and a gathering mechanism to
operate in conjunction with the stationary part of said table, substantially as
described.
38th. In a harvesting machine in which the grain is bound on the grain side of the
driving wheel, the combination of a shifting binder gear standard or frame, a packing
and gathering mechanism arranged to elevate and pack the grain in bundles on the
grain side of the driving wheel, a divided table on which the grain is held in a
stationary condition while the bundle is being bound, and an upright stationary board
from the inner divider board to the binder gear standard to guide the butts of the
grain while being elevated.
39th. In a harvesting machine in which the binder is located on the grain side of
the driving wheel, the combination of a platform fraine, a binder gear standard made
to shift backward and forward over said frame, an arm located under said standard
and under the moving grain, and to which the drive wheel axle is attached and
mechanism substantially as described by which said platform and axle are adjustably
connected with and supported by said platform frame.
40th. The combination with the longitudinally adjustable binder mechanism and
knotter shield, of a fixed support for and a wind board suspended rigidly from said
support and connected with the movable binder mechanism in such manner as to be
adjusted simultaneously therewith to suit the length of grain to be operated upon,
substantially as described.
41st. A driver's seat arranged above the path of the grain in being elevated and
discharged, in combination with a driver's foot-rest located in advance of said path
and a bar giving support to the adjustable binder gear stand, said seat and foot-rest
being also supported from said bar, substantially as described.
42nd. The combination with the longitudinal bar on which the binder gear stand is
supported, of the driver's seat and the lever for tilting the machine on its carrying.
wheels to raise or lower the cutting apparatus, substantially as described.
43rd. The binder gear standard in combination with the bar on which said standard
is arranged to slide and a combined shaft and lever which acts as a shaft to revolve a
gear to raise and lower the cutting apparatus and as a lever to shift the binding
mechanism, substantially as shown and described.
44th. The combination of the binder gear standard, the driver's seat and combined
shaft and lever for shifting the binder and adjusting the cutting apparatus, each
independently of the other, at the will of the driver.
45th. The combination of the binder gear standard, the bar on which said standard
rests and a tilting lever and driver's seat supported from said bar at a point forward of
the binder gear standard, substantially as described.
46th. The combination of the binder gear standard, the bar on which said standard
rests and slides or is adjusted, a lever for tilting the platform frame, supported on said
bar forward of said standard and a shifting bar or lever for shifting said standard,
substantially as shown and described.
47th. The combination of the inner shoe and the inclined bar forming part of the
triangular binder supporting frame and giving support to the shoe, drive wheel arm
and the binder gear mechanism, substantially as described.
48th. A shoe carrying the heel of the knife and on which the inside deflector or
nose piece and the guide board for the butts of the grain are supported, in combination
with a bar attached to said shoe and reaching to the bar on which the binder standard
and tilting lever are supported, for the purpose and substantially as described.

page_text: 49th. The combination of a shoe to support the heel of the knife, a tongue brace
attached at a point on or near to said shoe, and angling braces from a point on or
near said shoe, and extending, one to the outer end, one to the inner end of the rear
sill of the platform and one forming one beam of the triangular support for the binder
gear standard, and all arranged to give rigid support to the machine at the point
where it receives the heaviest strain due to the draft of the team.
50th. A grain wheel support arranged substantially as described and adapted to be
operated interchangeably by a gear or chain or ropes for raising and lowering the
platform, substantially as described.
Date :- 001 de
1000
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