Improvements in Harvesters.
Year: 1892

page_text: Improvements in Harvesters.
A communication from THE MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY, LIMITED, of Toronto,
in the County of York, Province of Ontario, Canada.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., 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:-
The object of the invention is, first, to provide a readily adjusted header board;
secondly, to arrange the lever for adjusting the binder in such a manner that the
said lever will not interfere with the free elevation of long grain, and thirdly, to
provide a deflector at the butter-board end of the table which will prevent the
straw from escaping from that end and interfering with the working of the butter-
board, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the binder provided with these improvements.
Figure 2, is a detail of the hinge and spring of the header board.
Figure 3, is a detail of the clamp hinge which connects the header board to
the rod.
Figure 4, is a detail plan of shield with the butter-board set in.
In the drawing, A, is a rod having one end B, bent at right angles to it and
having an offset C, formed as indicated in Fig. 2. The end B is pivoted in the
lugs D, or journal formed upon the bracket E, the holes in the said lugs D, being
at right angles to the binder table F, so that when the end B, of the rod A is fitted
into the holes of the lug D, the said rod will be parallel with and close to the
surface of the binder table.
G, is a clamp hinge fixed to the header board Hand clamped upon the rod A,
so that the said rod may be set horizontally upon the top of the table, as indicated
in Fig. 1, or it may be set up vertically or at any angle to act as an end board of
the table F, it being merely necessary to tighten the screw of the clamp for the
purpose of holding it in the position desired.
I, is a spring rivetted at one end to the bracket E, and extending behind the
offset C, on the rod A. The tendency of this spring is to hold the rod A, with
its header board H, towards the centre of the binder table, and when it is set up,
to act as an end board to the table, the spring I, imparts an elastic pressure,
causing the header board H, to act against the straw without interfering with the
discharge of the sheaf from the table.
J, is a crank rod suitably journaled in the frame of the machine. This crank
rod is connected to the biuder table F, by a rod K. The other end of the rod J,
extends to the side of the elevator below the line of opening through which the
grain passes when being elevated. A hand lever L, is fixed to the rod J, at this
end and is arranged so that when long grain is to be elevated, the hand lever will
stand away from the elevator, leaving ample room for the free passage of long
grain projecting beyond the said elevator. This lever is preferably bent, as
indicated so that when it is pushed back it will still be in reach of the driver.
A quadrant M, is provided for the purpose of holding the lever at any desired
position.
N, is a sheet iron deflector, at the end of which the butter-board 0 vibrates in
the usual manner. In order to prevent the straw from getting over the top of the
butter-board O a shield P is secured to the deflector N, which owing to its position
indicated, accomplishes the desired end.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is-
1. A header-board adjustably connected to a rod having an end set at right
angles to it designed to pivot in a journal set at right angles to the surface of the
binder table substantially as and for the purpose specified:
2. A header-board adjustably connected to a rod having an end set at right
angles to it designed to pivot in a journal set at right angles to the surface of the
binder table a spring arranged to throw the header-board towards the centre of the
table substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. A header-board adjustably connected to a rod having an end set at right
angles to it designed to pivot in a journal set at right angles to the surface of the
binder table and an offset extending behind the said end and acted upon by a spring
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. A crank shaft journalled on the outside of the elevator and connected to the
binder table in combination with a hand lever fixed to the crank shaft and set so
that when it has adjusted the binder table for long grain it lies at an angle below
the grain line of the elevator substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. The combination with a deflector N and vibrating butter-board O of a shield P
arranged between the two substantially as and for the purpose specified.
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L J TANNOY 1809
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.