A NEW FARMING IMPLEMENT CALLED THE GLEANER
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, Patent Agent, of No. 1, Welbeck St.,
Cavendish Sqro, London, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"A NEW FARMING IMPLEMENT CALLED THE GLEANER."-A communication.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd June
1858.
I, JOZE LUIS, Patent Agent, of No. 1º, Welbeck St., Cavendish Sqr,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declaro the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW FARMING IMPLEMENT CALLED THE GLEANER," (a com-
munication), to be as follows:-
The gleaner can be employed with much success in gathering up the crops;
it does the same work as the hay rake, with this difference, the hay rake
gathers only what has been left by another instrument, whilst the implement
of which we speak gathers the swath as cut by the mower or reaper without
it being necessary to follow again in its track when the crop is abundant, but
should it be scanty, the rake must be employed after the gleaner.
But the greatest advantage obtained by using this implement is, that with
its aid one man can perform the work of ten, that is to say, about fourteen
acres may be gathered in lines or bundles in one day, only one horse and man
being employed, instead of at least ten men, which would be the number

page_text: required for doing the amount of work in the same time. With this imple-
ment the only work the man is required to do is to guide the horse, & from
time to time to work the implement, which is done by bearing a slight portion
of his weight on the levers; the horse draws but the ordinary weight of a
wagon.
The gleaner is made of wood, with the exception of the teeth & the ends of
the axletree, which are of iron; it is large without being embarrassing or too
heavy, or too expensive. The length from one extremity to the other is
eighteen feet, & its width between the two wheels nine feet, but it can vary
according to the circumstances for which it is employed; it is seven & a half
feet high, and the diameter of the wheels is four and a half feet, and the height
of the teeth three feet.
The follow is a description of the implement :-
1st. On the part which we will call the principal part, & to which are
attached the teeth, forming a half circle (the teeth are held by little chains at 1
about a fourth of a curve); on this principal part rest two pieces of wood;
from these two pieces spring two upright pieces, which aro crossed at the top
by two more, which rest in their turn on what may be called the fore carriage,
and are held together by a cross beam.
2nd. At the place where the upright pieces cross rests an axletrec of wood, 2
which serves in the movement of the two levers.
3rd. At each extremity of the axletree is a quater of a wheel.
4th. At each end of the cross beam is attached an iron chain, holding all the
principal part. It is by means of these two chains that the back part of the
instrument is made to move; the two quarters of wheels, and the levers, one 2
of which the workman takes in each hand, coming into play at the same time,
causes the portion of the crop gathered to re-fall.
5th. The extremity of the levers are crossed by two pieces of wood, holding
a little trough in which stones are put, to raise the teeth in the air more easily
by means of the balance.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozó Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
November 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOZE
Luis, Patent Agent, of No. 1, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, 3
in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of ller
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said Jozé Luis, my exc-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, tlie said Jozé
Luis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW FARMING
IMPLEMENT CALLED THE GLEANER," (a communication,) upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Jozé Luis, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jozé Luis, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (and accompanying Drawings), (that is to say):-
The gleaner can be employed with much success in gathering up crops; it
does the same work as the hay rake, with this difference, the hay rake only
gathers what has been left by another instrument, while the implement of
which we speak gathers the swath as cut by the reaper without being neces-
sary to follow again in its track when the crop is abundant, but should it not
be so, the rake must be employed after the gleaner.
But the greatest advantage obtained by using this instrument is, that about
fourteen acres can be gathered in lines or bundles in one day, only one horse
& man being employed instead of at least ten men, which would be the number
required for doing that amount of work in the same time in the old way.
With this implement the only work the man is required to do is to guide
the horse, & from time to time to work the implement, which is done by
bearing a slight portion of his weight in a manner that will be shortly
explained; the horse draws but the ordinary weight of a light waggon.
The gleaner is made of wood, except the teeth & the ends of the axletree,
which are of iron; it is large without being either too embarrassing or too

page_text: heavy, or too expensive. The length from one extremity to the other is
eighteen feet; its width between the two wheels is nine feet, but the size may
of course vary according to the circumstances in which it is employed; its
height is seven feet & a half, and the diameter of the wheels is four feet and a
half, & the height of the teeth three feet.
The following is a description of the implement :-
1st. On the part A, which we will call the principal part, & to which are
attached the teeth, forming a half circle (the teeth are held up by little chains
at about a fourth of the curve); on this principle part rest two pieces of wood
K, K, which are crossed at the top by two upright pieces c, c, which are re-
crossed at the extremities by two other pieces of wood c, c, which rest on
what may be called the fore carriage, and are held together by a cross
beam D.
2nd. At the place where the upright pieces cross rests a shaft of wood S,
which serves to aid the movement of two arms B, B, of the levers.
3rd. At each extremity of the axletree is a quarter of a wheel R, R.
4th. At each end E, E, of the cross beam for keeping the arms at a proper
distance from each other, an iron chain is attached holding the principal
part A. It is by means of these two chains, the quarter wheels, & the levers,
which the conductor of the machine, when on his seat M, takes hold of at the
parts L, L, unhooking with his foot the rest N, that the machine is worked.
5th. At the extremity I of the levers two pieces of wood are placed, holding
a little trough in which stones are put, to raise the teeth in the air more casily
by means of the balance. Let us suppose the machine at work; on having
gathered up a band, the conductor, without stopping the horse, takes hold of
the lever at the parts lettered L, L, and pushing aside the support N with his
foot, he raises almost without resistance the teeth or rako part of tho instru-
ment to about three feet off the ground, so that the crop they have gathered
falls to the ground in about four second at the most. The conductor then
puts the machine in its former state by means of the support N, and another
space is gleaned in the same way, and which he again lets fall in the manner
just described, & these operations are continued till the whole field is gathered.
But another great advantage obtained by this instrument is, when a crop of
hay or clover, &c. is not entirely dry, but has been on account of the weather
gathered up, the conductor can, on raising the teeth of the instrument to the
height he judges necessary, spread in a very short time the whole crop, more
or less over the field, that it may dry as desired.
It remains but to mention its mode of transportation from place to place;
this is done by raising the teeth of the machine, by mean of the chain o, by

page_text: which it is attached to that part of the levers marked II in the accompanying
Drawings of the machine above described, and of which I am the Inventor.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-fith day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.