IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND DEPOSITING HAY, CORN, OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Percival Everitt, of Great Ryburgh, in the County of
Norfolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING
AND DEPOSITING HAY, CORN, OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE."
Sealed the 21st December 1877, and dated the 30th July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Percival Everitt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th July 1877.
PERCIVAL EVERITT, of Great Ryburgh, in the County of Norfolk. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND DEPOSITING HAY, CORN, OR OTHER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE."
The object of this Invention is the raising or lifting from the ground by
mechanical means agricultural produce, and depositing the same either upon wagons
or other places as may be required.
Under one modification the machine consists of an ordinary carriage having a
framework carrying within it an endless band constructed of steel wire rope, or
other suitable material, which is put in motion by the rotation of the driving wheels.
At the lower part of this band there is arranged a transverse frame carrying a series
of fixed rakes or tines, which as the machine is propelled, collect the hay, corn, or
other produce, and so gather it on to the upwardly traversing band, by which it is
deposited in the cart or wagon placed behind or in front, or at the side of the
machine. The machine is so arranged that any convenient vehicle may be readily
attached thereto, and when loaded be quickly disconnected, and if required another
inay be coupled up, so that the work of clearing and carting a crop is effected with
great ease and rapidity and without expenditure of manual labour.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Percival Everitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 30th
January 1878.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINES FOR ELEVATING AND DEPOSITING HAY, CORN, OR OTHER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE."
PERCIVAL EVERITT, of Great Ryburgh, in the County of Norfolk.
The object of this Invention is the raising or lifting from the ground by
mechanical means agricultural produce, and depositing the same either upon wagons
or other places as may be required.
Under one modification the machine consists of an ordinary carriage having a
framework carrying within it an endless band consisting of steel wire rope, and
series of rakes attached thereto, which is put in motion by the rotation of the
driving wheels. At the lower part of this band there is arranged a transverse
frame carrying a series of fixed rakes or tines, which, as the machine is propelled,
collect the hay, corn, or other produce, and so gather it on to the upwardly traversing
band by which it is deposited in the cart or waggon placed behind or in front, or at
the side of the machine. The machine is so arranged that any convenient vehicle
may be readily attached thereto, and when loaded be quickly disconnected, and if
required another may be coupled up, so that the work of clearing and carting a
crop is effected with great ease and rapidity and without expenditure of manual
labour.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood and carried
into practical effect, I will now proceed to describe the same more particularly with
the aid of the explanatory Drawings which are hereunto appended, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1, on Sheet 1 of the Drawings, is a side elevation partly in section of my
improved elevator.
Figure 2 is an end view; and Figure 3 on Sheet 2 is a plan of the same.
Figures 4 and 5 are portions of the details.
The main frame A of the machine is carried on the axle B of the bearing and
driving wheels C. The uprights D of the framing are connected at the upper part
by transverse tie pieces, forming a rectangular frame similar to the lower part A
and at the rear of the machine is a vertical trunk or cage E which extends upwards
and then curves horizontally towards the front, where it forms a closed end; the
outlet of the cage branching off laterally over the side of the machine as shewn
At the front part
in Figure 2, so that the crop falls into the waggon beneath.
of the framing A are the shafts F, to which a horse is harnessed so that the
machine is readily drawn from place to place. This completes the stationary parts
of the implement.
The moving parts consist, firstly, of the two main pulleys G, which are keyed on
the axle; B these pullies are cast with five or other convenient number of arms, at
the extremities of which the peripheries are indented at H, as shewn inore particu
larly in Figure 1. The periphery of each pulley is made with a groove to
carry an endless steel wire rope or band I. There is one of these bands on
each side of the framing partly within the trunk E and partly outside it, as
shewn at Figure 1. At the upper part the ropes I are carried over a pair of pulleys
J which are carried on studs or other convenient means at the side of the machine
The axes of these pulleys are arranged at an angle for a purpose that will be presently
described.
The pair of endless bands I carry a series of transverse crank bars K, the ben
extremities of which take into the notched indentations H in the pulleys G. The
crank bars K have bolted to them the rakes or tines Li; these are arranged at regula
intervals throughout the length of the bands I, so as to form a continuous lift fo
any produce that may be deposited thereon.
The corn or other produced is gathered up and carried on to the rakes L by the

page_text: supplementary gathering arrangement shewn in Figure 1. This consists of a pair of
pulleys M carried upon transverse axles supported from the main fraining. These
pulleys are driven by a cross belt N from a pulley O on the main axle B, and give
motion to the endless steel ropes P which carry the transverse bars of the smaller
rakes Q.
The lower part of the trunk E is furnished with an outwardly extending curved
metal rake R which receives the cut produce as it is gathered up by the rakes Q.
The axles of the pulleys M are placed in an angular direction to each other, as
shewn in Figure 1, so that as the cut produce is carried on to the rake R, and thence
on to the rakes L, the rakes Q are by this arrangement gradually withdrawn from
the cut crop, leaving it entirely free to be carried up by the main rakes L.
This arrangement for gradually withdrawing the tines or rakes so as to give
perfect freedom to the onward progress of the cut produce and prevent all chance of
clogging, is an important feature in my Invention, and this arrangement is carried
out in other parts of this implement.
Vertical slots are cut in the front part of the trunk E, to admit of the free traverse
of the rakes. Thus as the smaller rakes Q gather up the crop, it is carried by them
on to the rake R, and thence upward on to the rakes L, by which the cut produce is
carried up through the trunk E.
The utility of the angular arrangement of the driving pulleys may be here pointed
out that as the corn is carried up, the tines of the rake are gradually withdrawn
from the corn, so that it is deposited freely on the ascending rakes L. When the
corn arrives at the pulleys J, the rakes are partly withdrawn by the angular arrange-
ment of the pulleys J. At this point the corn is turned aside by the action of the
system of double rakes S and T, to allow of its passing out by the lateral shoot W.
The upper series of rakes are arranged horizontally and are driven by endless
bands or ropes carried round the pulleys U, whilst the lower rakes T are driven in
like manner from the pulleys V. These last rakes T are arranged upon the angular
system, so that the tines are completely free from the corn before it reaches the
mouth of the sheet, and it passes perfectly unimpeded into the waggon X beneath.
The waggon travels along with the elevator, and in order that the rate of progress
of both may be uniform, it is connected to the side of the elevator by an improved
form of spring coupling or clutch, which is shewn in elevation in Figure 2, and in
plan in Figure 3.
From the side of the framing A of the machine, a bent arm or bracket piece Y
projects outwards in a lateral direction, and pointing towards the front, as shewn
in the plan, Figure 3, and to the side of the waggon there is bolted a metal
coupling Z. The slotted opening in this coupling forms a catch which takes on to
the arm Y when the waggon is drawn alongside the elevator and is held fast thereto
by the bent hand lever a. This lever is centred upon a pin carried on the under side
of the coupling, and the free end of the upright lever is arrange 1 to be within con-
venient reach of the waggon driver. In this way the waggon is both linked to the
elevator or released therefrom without requiring the driver to leave his seat, as the
simple drawing back of the hand lever releases the coupling. This improved
method of coupling may in some cases he applied with advantage to other
agricultural machines, implements, or vehicles.
Figures 4 and 5, Sheet 2, shew my improved method of fastening stops to steel
wire rope for use in the elevator and for other generally similar purposes.
Figure 4 is a vertical section taken through the rope; and Figure 5 is a transverse
section in the direction of the rope longitudinally.
The stop bis by preference cast in malleable iron, and is made with a recessed
jaw, as shewn in Figure 5.
The stop is slipped on to the rope, and the plug c inserted so as to drive the rope
into the recess; a pin d is passed through the jaw and the plug which firmly secures
the stop to the rope. From the extreme simplicity of their construction, it is
obvious that these stops may be applied to or removed from the rope with the
utmost facility.

page_text: Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is or may be used and carried into practical effect, I
wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details and
method of arrangement I have herein-before described and shewn in the accom-
panying Drawings, as the same may be varied to some extent without departing from
the essential and distinguishing features of the said Invention, but what I
consider to be novel, and therefore claim under the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent, is,—
First. The general arrangement and construction of the machine or implement for
gathering, lifting, and depositing corn, hay, or other agricultural produce substan-
tially as herein-before described, and shewn in the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. The method of arranging the pulleys of the endless bands of the
gathering and lifting rakes in an angular position, so that the tines are withdrawn
from the corn or other produce as it is carried onward, thus preventing any
check or clogging, substantially as herein-before described, and shewn in the
accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly. The arrangement, use, and application of the spring coupling or catchi
for securing the waggon to the elevator, or for other generally similar purposes,
substantially as herein-before described, and shewn in the accompanying Drawings,
or any mere modification of the same.
Fourthly. The method of constructing and fastening stops for steel or other ropes
or bands used in the elevator, and for other generally similar purposes, substantially
as herein-before described, and shewn in the accompanying Drawings.
Fifthly. The arrangement and construction of the rake or shoe R, which is turned
in the opposite direction to those hitherto in use, combined with the action of the
elevator teeth Q, which pass between them, as herein-before described, and shewn in
the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Percival Everitt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
PERCIVAL EVERITT. (L.S.)