An Improved Implement or Apparatus for Removing Hayricks from the Field to the Stackyard or elsewhere.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Implement or Apparatus for Removing Hayricks from
the Field to the Stackyard or elsewhere.
I, WILLIAM MORTON, of the Cleveland Dairies, Castleford, in the County of York,
Dairyman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved implement or apparatus for removing
hayricks from the field to the stackyard or elsewhere without the necessity of loading
them into a cart or other vehicle as is usually the case, and has for object the clearing
of a field in less time and at less cost than heretofore usual.
The improved implement or apparatus comprises essentially a three wheeled carriage
upon which is mounted a scoop or peel, by preference of plate metal, the front edge
of which is of suitable shape for being passed beneath a hayrick to be bodily removed.
When the said scoop or peel is in the position for being so passed under the rick it is
just clear of the ground and supported by rollers, means being provided for auto-
matically or otherwise securing the rick thereon for such removal. The rear part
of the said scoop or peel is carried by and free to turn upon an axis and means
are provided for effecting such turning in order that its leading or front edge may
be raised so as not to interfere with its forward movement when not being passed
under a rick.
Behind the said scoop and in continuation of its upper surface, is similarly
attached to the abovenamed axis a platform of metallic plate or other suitable material,
along which the rick may be caused to travel (automatically or otherwise and be
delivered where desired.
The construction of this improved implement will admit of various modifications
and the scoop or peel and the platform may be rigidly connected or be in one piece.
Deted this 97th day of September 1890.
WILLIAM MORTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Implement or Apparatus for Removing Hayricks from
the Field to the Stackyard or elsewhere.
I, WILLIAM MORTON, of the Cleveland Dairies, Castleford, in the County of York,
Dairyman, 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 an improved implement or apparatus for removing hay-
ricks from the field to the stackyard or elsewhere without the necessity of loading
them into a cart or other vehicle as is usually the case and has for object the clearing
of a field in less time and at less cost than heretofore usual.
The improved implement or apparatus comprises essentially a three-wheeled carriage
upon which is mounted a scoop or peel, by preference of plate metal, the front edge
of which is of suitable shape for being easily passed beneath a hayrick to be bodily
removed.
When the said scoop or peel is in the position for being so passed under the rick it
is just clear of the ground, and supported by rollers, means being provided for auto-
matically or otherwise securing the rick thereon for such removal.
The rear part of the said scoop or peel is carried by and free to turn upon an axis
and means are provided for effecting such turning in order that its leading or front edge
may be so far raised from the ground as not to interfere with its forward movement

page_text: when not being passed beneath a rick. Behind the said scoop and in continuation
of its upper surface is similarly attached to the abovenamed axis (or in immediate
proximity thereto,) a platform of metallic plate or other suitable material which
declines from the said axis or point of attachment towards the ground and along
which the rick under removal may be caused to travel on approaching the stackyard
or place of delivery, (automatically or otherwise). If desired the abovenamed scoop
or peel and the platform may be rigidly connected or be in one piece.
Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawings is a plan,
Fig. 2, a side elevation and
Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the improved implement or apparatus according to my
invention. In Fig. 3, the rear part or platform above referred to is removed.
Fig. 4, is a transverse section, in part, of the framework and the scoop or peel at
the line 1. 1. of Figs. 1, and 2, looking from the front or leading end.
z, represents a rick being removed. a, is the principal framework mounted upon
the wheels b, c, c 1.-d, the axis upon which the wheels c, c 1, are mounted.
The wheel b, is mounted in a fork e, having a vertical axis e 1, around which the
wheel b, is capable of a horizontal swivelling movement by which the implement is
guided. To the said axis el, are attached shafts e 2, by which animal power is
applied for drawing the implement and for forcing the point f1, of the peel or
scoopf, under a rick to be removed. To the eye a 1, of the framework, additional
power may be applied if required.
The peel or scoop f, is hinged to the axle d, at 2, 2, and when in its normal
position for being passed beneath a rick its point f1, and other portion of its front
part to f2, is just clear of the ground. From the part f2, it inclines upward to the
axle d, to which it is attached by hinges or bands as above referred to.
The floor or inclined part of the peel or scoop is by preference narrowed as it
advances towards the axle e, as shown by the lines f4, and formed into slanted
slides f5, Figs. 1, 3 and 4. These slanted sides are for taking a lateral grip on
the rick during its progress up the inclined part f3, of the peel or scoop, and in
order to prevent the scoop from rocking crosswise rollers g, g, are attached thereto
mounted and free to rotate on axles or studs h, h.
As soon as the peel or scoop has passed a convenient distance beneath a rick,
chains or ropes i, i, or their equivalent are passed around and linked together behind
it as shown at 1. These, at their contrary ends, are in connection with a windlass j, j,
that receives a rotating motion by means of a toothed wheel k, attached to the wheel c 1,
and a pinion running freely on the axis of the before named windlass j, j. The
windlass is engaged to or disengaged from the pinion 1, at pleasure by the lever m, the
windlass, and pinion 1, being provided with clutches o, and p, for this purpose.
When a rick has been landed upon the peel or scoop in the manner above described
and in the position shewn the windlass j, may be disengaged from the pinion 1, by
the lever m, and may remain in such position until nearing its destination, when the
windlass and pinion may be re-engaged and haul it over the axis d, and on the plat-
form q, at the rear of the implement and land or tip it off where required.
The said platform is also hung or hinged to the axis d, or other convenient part as
previously mentioned, by hinges or bands 3, 3, and supported near its extreme end
and clear of the ground by a caster r, guide pulleys s, s, for the hauling chains or
ropes are carried by the platform.
The peel or scoop is capable of being raised by means of the lever t, link u and
stud v, (or equivalent means) to clear the ground whilst being drawn along a road or
field until required for the removing operation. x, y, are shelvings or guards to
prevent the rick from coming into contact with wheel c, or lever t.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
The improved implement or apparatus, constructed, arranged, and operating

page_text: substantially in the manner hereinabove described and shewn in the drawings
annexed for the purpose specified.
Dated this 25th day of November 1890
Witness,
THOS. E. CRAVEN, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds.
WILLIAM MORTON.