OF TOLANng to Harvesting machines.
Year: 1885

page_text: OF TOLANng to Harvesting machines.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON Fel. Inst. P.A. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors 6, Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Civil Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO
HARVESTING MACHINES" (a communication from abroad by Andrew C. Miller of
Auburn, County of Cayuga, State of New York, United States of America,
Inventor) to be as follows:-
This invention relatos to an improved construction of the framework of
grain, harvesting and binding machines wherein iron or steel is largely substituted
for wood as generally used in such machines.
The objects of the invention are to reduce the weight and increase the strength
and durability of the frame without materially increasing the cost.
The invention has reference to a framework composed of angle iron or steel tied and
held together at its several corners and angles by suitable and peculiarly constructed
tie-irons, trusses, and braces, whereby the several parts are rigidly held in working
position and retained in their proper places, and also to afford a couvenient mode
of separating or "knocking-down" the frame so that the several parts may bo
conveniently packed for shipment.
It relates also to a peculiar manner of constructing and applying certain boxes
or bearings in order that they may be readily removed and replaced by others
when worn, and nay remain in line with their respective shafts, notwithstanding
the twisting and racking of the frame.
It also relates to a supplemental framework applied to the main-frame for the
purpose of supporting the binding mechanism.
It also relates to the peculiar manner of connecting and sustaining the binding
mechanism movable backward and forward upon the harvester.
The frame-work of the machine is constructed throughout of angle-iron or steel
connected by tie-irous or angle plates.
In proceeding to construct a machine first provide a rectangular main or gear
frame composed of two parallel trusses or truss plates extending in a fore and
aft direction, and united at their front and rear ends respectively by cross-bars
or sills, which are continued or extended beyond the grain side of the frame to
sustain the grain receiving platforın as hereinafter more fully explained. These
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page_text: two trusses are substantially alike in form and construction except that the tie
irons at their ends, that is to say at the corners of the frame, differ slightly in
form to adapt them for special and supplemental purposes. The outside truss
forming the stubble side of the frame, consists of two longitudinal bars of an L-form
in cross section, arranged one above the other and bolted or riveted firmly at their
ends to the interposed tie-irons or castings.
It will be observed that the bars are bent or curved longitudinally in such
manner as to spread them apart at the middle but bring them nearly together at the
ends, this construction being adopted to give the truss at the middle the necessary
height to receive the axle plate to which future reference will be made.
The tie irons or castings are made of suitable form to fit snugly between the
ends of the bars and flanged to engage the edges of the bars in order to give
additional stability to the structure. The tie iron at the forward end of the outer
truss is made of peculiar form provided on the outer side with a box or bearing
which may be formed thereon or bolted thereto. This box is intended to sustain
the forward end of the outside crank shaft which communicates motion through
a pitman to the cutter bar in the ordinary manner. The rear end of the shaft is
sustained by a bearing formed upon or bolted to the angle iron or tie iron at the
rear end of the outer truss.
Referring now to the inside truss, the angle iron at its forward end is made like
the iron at the forward end of the outside truss, so constructed as to permit the
horizontal flange of the front sill or cross-bar to be inserted thereunder and above
the lower bar of the truss this manner of overlapping the parts giving the necessary
rigidity.
The tie iron at the rear end of the inside truss, that is to say, at the grain
corner of the frame is provided on one side with two boxes or bearings to give
support to the shaft by which the rising and lowering of the frame is effected.
This plate is also provided with its companion with an opening to receive a
removable bearing for supporting the transverse driving shaft. The rear inner
plate is further provided with a hole or bearing to receive the end of a shaft, which
also assists in the vertical adjustment of the frame.
To each of the trusses is bolted at or near the middle an upright slotted axle
plate containing a vertical slot to admit the main axle, and provided at the rear
side with a rack or series of spur teeth which latter engage pinions fixed upon the
axle. The axle is passed loosely through the main ground wheel and through
the slots in the plates so that by rotating and fixing the shaft its pinions engaging
the racks are caused to support and adjust the main frame and determine its
height from the ground in a manner well understood by those familiar with the
art, the arrangement in this regard being one in common use.
Passing now to the sills and cross bars at the front and rear of the machine it is
to be noted as before mentioned, that they are extended beyond the gear frame
in such manner as to give direct support to the front and rear sides of the grain
receiving platform. As the grain-receiving platform must be placed near the
ground while the main frame is considerably elevated, as usual, it is necessary to
dopress the sills as they leave the main frame. This may be accomplished by
constructing each sill of a continuous bar of metal, and giving the same a downward
curvature or it may be accomplished by dividing each sill adjacent to the main
frame, and connecting the two parts by means of an intermediate splicing-block,
introduced between and bolted to the adjacent ends. The rear bar or sill is made
of an L form in cross section but the front bar or sill consists of a vertical web
provided with horizontal flanges extending forward and backward respectively
irom its opposite edges. This form of the front sill is advantageous in that it
gives great strength to the front of the frame and at the end and at the same time
admits of the guard fingers being bolted directly to its upper forward. flange.
The front sill serves both as a finger bar and as the front bar of the platform.
The two sills are united at their outer ends that is to say at the grain side of the
machine.by a horizontal angle har. which is connected to them by means of angle

page_text: bars or plates. The plate located at the rear corner is constructed with a jaw or
opening on the outside to receive a pulley for guiding the chain by which the
grain wheel is supported. This grain wheel support consists of a swinging arm
the forward end of which is pivoted to the corner block before mentioned while
the rear end is extended vertically in the form of a curved arm or segment the
edge of which is concentric with the pivot. The grain wheel is mounted on a
journal at the swinging end of the arm which serves as a jointed connection
between the wheel and frame permitting the latter to rise and fall as may be
demanded. The adjustment of the frame is effected by means of a rod booked
to the upper end of a swinging arm and connected to a chain which passes around
the guide pulley at the rear corner of the frame and is then connected by a second
rod and chain with a winding shaft on the main frame. It will be observed that
under the above construction the weight of the platform frame is carried by the
arm and the chain attached to its front and rear sides respectively this arrange-
ment sustaining the frame in such manner that it has no tendency to sag out of
shape. The edge of the swinging arm is formed with a laterally projecting. flange,
which engages behind the edge of a fixed bar, whereby the wheel and arm are
prevented from playing laterally, with respect to the frame.
The angle iron at the forward grain corner of the frame is adapted to give
support to the upright and horizontal portions of the main divider, which may be
constructed in the ordinary form.
The casting has an upright portion to which the standard of the divider is
bolted and by which the standard is given great rigidity. As an additional means
of stiffening the outer end of the frame to the upright portion of the divider
Bustained as above there is bolted a bar or rod which is extended backward
horizontally to the support before alluded to thence over a post or standard near
the rear end of the bar and finally extended in an oblique direction to the rear
sill of the frame to which it is firmly bolted. The various parts described above
constitute the frame of the machine.
Referring now to the manner of effecting the vertical adjustment of the frame.
The main axle carrying the pinions to engage the rack-plates as before described, is
also provided with a sprocket wheel, from which an endless chain is extended around
a second sprocket wheel, mounted on the shaft before alluded to. This shaft bears
at one end, it will be remembered, in the angle plate at the rear end of the inner
truss, and its opposite end is sustained by an arm or bracket, bolted to the rear sill
of the frame. Upon this shaft winds the chain for adjusting the grain wheel as
before described. The shaft is rotated and fixed in position by means of a worm
wheel, applied to one of its ends and operated by the worm shaft, which, it will be
remembered, is sustained by bearings formed on the angle plate at the rear end of
the inner truss. The worm-wheel is provided, with an operating crank. The
rotation of the crank effects the rotation of the shaft, which through the two chains
effects the simultaneous adjustment of the two ends of the frame upon their
respective supporting wheels.
For the purpose of transmitting motion to the operative parts of the machine
the main wheel is provided on one side with a large sprocket wheel which is
connected by an endless chain, to a sprocket wheel on the horizontal shaft before
referred to. The shaft turns in sleeves or bearings which are inserted as before
mentioned into the openings formed in the angle plates at the rear ends of the
trusses. The bearings are inserted from the outer sides of the trusses and are
flanged at their outer ends in order to prevent them from sliding inward beyond
the proper point. They are held inward to their place by means of the gear wheel
at one end of the shaft and by a collar or enlargement pinned or otherwise
removably fixed to the opposite end of the shaft. This construction admits of
their being quickly removed and replaced in the event of their being badly worn.
The beveled gear wheel secured on the outer or stubble end of this horizontal
sbaft, communicates motion to a pinion, fixed on the crank-shaft which is located
on the stub side of the frame and arranged to communicate motion to the cutter

page_text: ⚫as before described. The shaft is also provided with a sprocket wheel, at its rear
end for the purpose of communicating motion through a chain to the driving
wheels of the grain-conveying and grain elevating mechanisms respectively.
For the purpose of giving support to the binding mechanism, the seat plank and
other parts two bars are fixed, one at the front and the other at the rear of main
frame. These bars rise from the inner or stubble side of the main frame at the
front and rear corners respectively, and after extending upwards a suitable distance
at a slight inclination, are extended horizontally toward the grain side of the
machine to a point substantially over the inner end of the grain platform, where
they are bolted firmly to the upper side of the usual planks, which extends fore
and aft of the machine for the purpose of sustaining the driver's seat.
The front bar has its lower end bolted to an angle iron which is in turn bolted
to the front corner of the frame and which assists in tying said corner together.
The rear bar has its lower end bolted to a casting which is in turn bolted to
the rear stubble corner of the main frame as plainly represented in the various
figures.
For the purpose of bracing the bars against a forward and backward motion,
and of giving stability to the structure as a whole, brace rods are bolted to the
inner truss and extending thence upward to the respective bars.
There is also attached to the front bar near its top a brace which is extended
thence downward to the inner or main shoe of the machine or to a point adjacent
thereto, and bolted firmly in place.
For the purpose of elevating the grain from the platform over the main wheel
as usual two endless upright aprons are employed arranged to travel over horizontal
rollers in the upper and lower ends of an upright frame the sides of which consist
of two upright inclined boards or planks one at the front and one at the rear to
sustain the journals of the elevator rolls as usual. Instead of supporting these
sides of the elevator frame in the usual manner their lower ends are bolted to the
frame and also bolted midway of their height to the metal bars of the main-frame.
The rolls are arranged to carry the elevating aprons one above the other in the
ordinary manner. In the rear of the upper and lower apron is placed an additional
roll lying horizontally above the driving wheel and assisting to carry the grain
from the apron over the wheel to the binding table. This roll receives a positive
motion through a chain and sprocket wheels from the roll which carries the upper
end of the lower apron.
To the inner forward corner of the main frame at the forward end of the truss
is firmly bolted a casting. This casting is suitably fashioned to give support to
the lower end of the reel standard and also provided with a head or sleeve
perforated transversely to receive the pivot pin by which the metal plates at the
rear end of the tongue or draft poles are connected to the machine. The reel
standard rises vertically from the casting last referred to, and is bolted firmly to
the front of the elevator frame. A second reel standard parallel with the first, is
bolted at its lower end firmly in a socket in the inner or main shoe and rising there-
from is also bolted firmly to the front of the elevator frame. At a suitable point
the standards are provided with boxes supporting a shaft one end of which carries
a beveled gear receiving motion from a pinion on one of the elevator rolls.
horizontal reel shaft is mounted in vertically swinging arms encircling a shaft
mounted in castings bolted to the upper ends of the standards this arrangement
permitting the reel to rise and fall in the manner well known in the art. The reel
shaft is provided with a sprocket wheel driven by a chain from a sprocket wheel on
the shaft. This shaft may receive motion through beveled pinions from the
elevator roll or it may be otherwise driven, the present invention having no special
reference thereto.
The
. Referring next to the manner of supporting the binding mechanism upon the
harvester. The binding machine proper may be of any ordinary form. For the
purpose of illustration a binder of the well known Appleby type has been described
having its various parts connected to and supported by a base frame this frame,

page_text: being provided at its outer and inner ends respectively with angle bars extending
forward and backward in a horizontal direction. To the elevated bars of the
main-frame at their outer upper corners, are bolted two hook-shaped pieces adapted
to engage and sustain the inner bar of the binder frame. To the stubble side of
the main-frame two upright outwardly inclined arms are pivoted the upper ends of
which are curved in the arcs of circles described from the pivot as a centre. The
upper curved ends of these arms rest beneath and constitute a support for the outer
bar of the binder frame which latter is free to move forward and backward upon
the harvester, the supporting bar sliding in the hooks while the bar rolls upon the
upper ends of the curved arms. The two segmental arms are preferably connected
by a rod to insure their simultaneous and equal movement. Their upper edges are
provided with side teeth or flanges to maintain them in proper position beneath
the bar of the binder. The segmental arms are pivoted at their lower ends to
angle plates which are in turn bolted firmly to the stubble side of the fraine.
Owing to the shape of the frame one of the segmental arms is necessarily of
greater length than the other. Their mode of action is such, however, that this
fact in no way impairs their action. To prevent the arms from sliding out of
position in a forward or backward direction one of them is connected to the binder
frame so that the forward and backward motion of the frame is necessarily
accompanied by a like motion of the arms.
The mechanism to receive the grain falling from the cutters and deliver the same
at the inner end of the platform to the elevating aprons may be of any suitable
character, A horizontal endless apron of the ordinary type is recommended. The
apron will be carried at its ends by the usual horizontal rolls carried at their ends
in horizontal bars. The forward bar may be bolted directly to the front sill to
which, it will be remembered, the guard fingers are also bolted.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Harvesting Machines.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, Fel. Inst. P.A, of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, and
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by Andrew
C. Miller, of Auburn, County of Cayuga, State of New York, United States of
America, Inventor) 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 construction of the frame-work of grain
harvesting and binding machines wherein iron or steel is largely substituted for
wood as generally used in such machines.
The objects of the invention are to reduce the weight and increase the strength
and durability of the frame without materially increasing the cost.
The invention has reference to a framework composed of angle iron or steel tied
and held together at its several corners and angles by suitable and peculiarly
constructed tie-irons, trusses, and braces, whereby the several parts are rigidly held
in working position and retained in their proper places, and also to afford a con-
venient mode of separating or "knocking-down" the frame so that the several
parts may be conveniently packed for shipment.
It relates also to a peculiar manner of constructing and applying certain boxes
or bearings in order that they may be readily removed and replaced by others
when worn and may remain in line with their respective shafts notwithstanding
the twisting and racking of the frame.
It also relates to a supplemental framework applied to the main-frame for the
purpose of supporting the binding mechanism.
It also relates to the peculiar manner of connecting and sustaining the binding i
mechanism movable backward and forward upon the harvester.
It also relates to various other details and combinations hereinafter enumerated
and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,—
Fig. 1, is a rear elevation of my improved harvesting machine.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same viewed from the stubble side.
Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the machine, the binder supporting devices and
elevator frame being removed to expose to view parts located thereunder.
Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the stubble side of the machine with the binding
mechanism in position thereon.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the stubble side of the machine with the binder
thereon.
Fig. 6 is an elevation of the grain or driver side of the machine, as viewed from
the inside, the platform portion of the frame being shown in section on the
line y-y of Fig. 3.
Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section through the main or gear frame on the line ―
of Figs. 2 and 3,

page_text: Fig. 8 is an outline elevation of the machine from the stubble side, showing
particularly the devices by which the shifting binder is supported.
Fig. 9 is an outside elevation of the outer truss of the main-frame.
Fig. 10 is an elevation of the inner truss of the main-frame as viewed from the
grain side.
Figs. 11 and 12, are respectively a cross-section and a side elevation of the front
Bill of the platform frame.
Figs. 13 and 14 are similar views of the rear sill,
Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the angle iron used to sustain the lower or main
divider and the attendant parts.
Fig. 16 is a front elevation of the same, the divider being shown in vertical
section.
Figs. 17 to 28 are views illustrating the various tie-irons, angle irons or corner-
pieces employed to unite the different parts of the frame, and to give support to
various shafts as hereinafter described in detail.
The framework of the machine is constructed throughout of angle-iron or steel
connected by tie-irons or angle plates as hereinafter detailed.
In proceeding to construct a machine first provide a rectangular main or gear
frame composed of two paralel trusses or truss plates A, and B, extending in a fore
and aft direction, and united at their front and rear ends respectively by cross-bars
or sills G, and D, which are continued or extended beyond the grain side of the
frame to sustain the grain receiving platform as hereinafter more fully explained.
The two trusses A, and B, are substantially alike in form and construction except
ti tie irons at their ends, that is to say at the corners of the frame, differ
slighuu form to adapt them for special and supplemental purposes. As shown
in Fig. 9, the outside truss A, forming the stubble side of the frame, consists of two
longitudinal bars a, and b, of an L-form in cross section, arranged one above the
other and bolted or riveted firmly at their ends to the interposed tie-irons or
castings c, and d.
It will be observed that the bars a, and b, are bent or curved longitudinally in
such manner as to spread them apart at the middle but bring them nearly together
at the ends, this construction being adopted to give the truss at the middle the
necessary height to receive the axle plate E, to which future reference will be
made.
The tie irons or castings are made of suitable form to fit snugly between the
ends of the bars a, and b, and flanged to engage the edges of the bars in order to
give additional stability to the structure. The tie-iron c, at the forward end of the
outer truss A, is made of the peculiar form represented in Fig. 20, and is provided
on the outer side with a box or bearing c¹, which may be formed thereon or bolted
thereto. This box is intended to sustain the forward end of the outside crank-
shaft F, which communicates motion through a pitman to the cutter bar in the
ordinary manner. The rear end of the shaft is sustained by a bearing d¹, formed
upon or bolted to the angle iron or tie-iron d, at the rear end of the outer truss,
the form of this iron being plainly represented in Fig. 18.
Referring now to the inside truss B, the angle iron e, at its forward end is made
of the form represented in Fig. 19. It will be perceived that this iron like the
iron c, at the forward end of the outside truss, is so constructed as to permit the
horizontal flange of the front sill or cross-bar C, to be inserted thereunder and
above the lower bar b, of the truss as represented in Figs. 9 and 10, this manner of
overlapping the parts giving the necessary rigidity.
The tie-iron f, at the rear end of the inside truss, that is to say, at the grain
corner of the frame is of the form represented in Fig. 17, being provided on one
side with two boxes or bearings i, to give support to the shaft G, by which the
rising and lowering of the frame is effected as hereinafter described. This plate f.
is also provided with its companion d, with an opening k, to receive a removable
bearing for supporting the transverse driving shaft H, as hereinafter more fully
described. The rear inner plate f, is further provided with a hole or bearing 7, to

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receive the end of a shaft I, which also assists in the vertical adjustment of the
frame.
To each of the trusses A, and B, is bolted at or near the middle an upright
slotted axle plate E, containing a vertical slot to admit the main axle L, and
provided at the rear side with a rack or series of spur teeth m, which latter engage
pinious M, fixed upon the axle. The axle is passed loosely through the main
ground wheel O, and through the slots in the plate E, so that by rotating and
fixing the shaft its pinions engaging the racks are caused to support and adjust the
main frame and determine its height from the ground in a manner well understood
by those familiar with the art, the arrangement in this regard being one in 1
common use.
Passing now to the sills and cross bars at the front and rear of the machine it is
to be noted, as before mentioned, that they are extended beyond the gear frame in
such manner as to give direct support to the front and rear sides of the grain-
receiving platform. As the grain-receiving platform must be placed near the
ground while the main-frame is considerably elevated, as usual, it is necessary
to depress the sills as they leave the main-frame. This may be accomplished
by constructing each sill of a continuous bar of metal, and giving the same a
downward curvature as represented in Figs. 1 and 4, or it may be accomplished by
dividing each sill adjacent to the main-frame, and connecting the two parts by
means of an intermediate splicing-block P, introduced between and bolted to the
adjacent ends, as represented in Fig. 1 (a) and Fig. 5. The form of these splicing-
blocks will be readily understood on reference to Figs. 27 and 28, which represent
the block of the front sill, and Figs. 23 and 24 which represent the splice-block of
the rear sill. The rear bar or sill D, is made of an L-form in cross section, but the
front bar or sill C, consists of a vertical web, provided with horizontal flanges
extending forward and backward respectively from its opposite edges. This form
of the front sill is advantageous in that it gives great strength to the front of the
frame and at the end, and at the same time admits of the guard fingers Q, being
bolted directly to its upper forward flange in the manner represented in Figs. 3
and 6. It will be perceived, therefore, that the front sill serves both as a finger-bar
and as the front bar of the platform.
The two sills C, and D, are united at their outer ends, that is to say, at the
grain side of the machine, by a horizontal angle-bar R, which is connected to them
by means of angle bars or plates o, and p. The plate p, located at the rear corner
is constructed in the form represented in Fig. 22, with a jaw or opening on the
outside to receive a pulley for guiding the chain by which the grain-wheel is
supported. This grain-wheel support consists, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, of a
swinging arm S, the forward end of which is pivoted to the corner block o, before
mentioned, while the rear end is extended vertically in the form of a curved arm
or segment the edge of which is concentric with the pivot. The grain wheel is
mounted on a journal at the swinging end of the arm S, which serves as a jointed
connection between the wheel and frame, permitting the latter to rise and fall as
may be demanded. The adjustment of the frame is effected by means of a rod U,
hooked to the upper end of a swinging arm and connected to a chain which passes
around the guide pulley at the rear corner of the frame and is then connected by a
second rod and chain with the winding shaft I, on the main-frame as plainly
represented in Fig. 3. It will be observed that under the above construction the
weight of the platform frame is carried by the arm and the chain attached to its
front and rear sides respectively, this arrangement sustaining the frame in such
manner that it has no tendency to sag out of shape. The edge of the swinging
arm is formed with a laterally projecting flange g, which engages behind the edge
of a fixed bar r, whereby the wheel and arm are prevented from playing laterally
with respect to the frame,
The angle iron o, at the forward grain corner of the frame is adapted as shown
in Figs. 3, 15 and 16, to give support to the upright and horizontal portions of the

page_text: It will be observed in the figures referred to, that the casting has an upright
portion p³, to which the standard of the divider is bolted as represented in Fig. 6,
and by which the standard is given great rigidity. As an additional means of
stiffening the outer end of the frame to the upright portion of the divider sustained
as above, there is bolted a bar or rod W, which is extended backward horizontally
to the support r, before alluded to, thence over a post or standard near the rear end
of the bar R, and finally extended in an oblique direction to the rear sill of the
frame to which it is firmly bolted, as represented in Fig. 3. The various parts
described above constitute the frame of the machine:
Referring now to the manner of effecting the vertical adjustment of the frame
attention is directed to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The main axle carrying the pinions to
engage the rack-plates as before described, is also provided with a sprocket wheel t,
from which an endless chain u, is extended around a second sprocket wheel v,
mounted on the shaft I, before alluded to. This shaft bears at one end, it will be
remembered, in the angle plate at the rear end of the inner truss B, and its
opposite end is sustained by an arm or bracket w, bolted to the rear sill of the
frame. Upon this shaft winds the chain for adjusting the grain wheel as before
described. The shaft is rotated and fixed in position by means of a worm wheel x,
applied to one of its ends and operated by the worm shaft C, which, it will be
remembered, is sustained by bearings formed on the angle plate at the rear end of
the inner truss. The worm-wheel is provided, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with an
operating crank. The rotation of the crank effects the rotation of the shaft I,
which through the two chains effects the simultaneous adjustment of the two ends
of the frame upon their respective supporting wheels.
For the purpose of transmitting motion to the operative parts of the machine
the main wheel is provided on one side with a large sprocket wheel a', which is
connected by an endless chain e¹, to a sprocket wheel f¹, on the horizontal shaft H,
before referred to. The shaft H, turns in sleeves or bearings g¹, which are inserted
ass before mentioned, into the openings k, formed in the angle plates at the rear
ends of the trusses as shown in Fig. 7. The bearings g¹, are inserted from the
outer sides of the trusses and are flanged at their outer ends in order to prevent
them from sliding inward beyond the proper point. They are held inward to
their place by means of the gear-wheel at one end of the shaft and by a collar or
enlargement pinned or otherwise removably fixed to the opposite end of the shaft.
This construction admits of their being quickly removed and replaced in the event
of their being badly worn.
The beveled gear wheel h¹, secured on the outer or stubble end of the shaft H,
communicates motion to a pinion k³, fixed on the crank-shaft F, which is located
on the stubble side of the frame and arranged to communicate motion to the cutter
as before described. The shaft F, is also provided as shown in Fig. 3, with a
sprocket wheel A, at its rear end for the purpose of communicating motion through
a chain m¹, as shown in Fig. 1, to the driving wheels n, and o, of the grain-
conveying and grain elevating mechanisms respectively.
For the purpose of giving support to the binding mechanism, the seat plank and
other parts, as hereinafter detailed, there is fixed at the front of the main-frame a
bar X, as shown in Fig. 5, and at the rear of the frame a similar bar Y, as shown
in Fig. 4, both bars being also represented in Fig. 2, and elsewhere. These bars
rise from the inner or stubble side of the main-frame at the front and rear corners
respectively, and after extending upwards a suitable distance at a slight inclination,
are extended horizontally toward the grain side of the machine to a point sub-
stantially over the inner end of the grain platform, where they are bolted firmly to
the upper side of the usual planks 8¹, which extends fore and aft of the machine for
the purpose of sustaining the driver's seat.
The front bar ✗, has its lower end bolted to an angle iron 2¹, which is in
turn bolted to the front corner of the frame and which assists in tying said
corner together. The form of this casting will be plainly represented on reference.
Wien
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page_text: The rear bar Y, has its lower end bolted to a casting t¹, of the form shown in
Fig. 21, which is in turn bolted to the rear stubble corner of the main-frame as
plainly represented in the various figures.
For the purpose of bracing the bars X, and Y, against a forward and backward
motion, and of giving stability to the structure as a whole, brace-rods u¹, and v',
are bolted to the inner truss B, and extending thence upward to the respective
bars X, and Y, as plainly represented in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 10.
There is also attached to the front bar X, near its top a brace w¹, which is
extended thence downward to the inner or main shoe of the machine or to a point
adjacent thereto, and bolted firmly in place as represented in Fig. 5.
For the purpose of elevating the grain from the platform over the main wheel
as usual two endless upright aprons are employed arranged to travel over horizontal
rollers in the upper and lower ends of an upright frame the sides of which consist
of two upright inclined boards or planks a¹, one at the front and one at the rear
to sustain the journals of the elevator rolls as usual. Instead of supporting these
sides of the elevator frame in the usual manner their lower ends are bolted to the
frame and are also bolted midway of their height to the metal bars X, and Y, of
the main-frame. The rolls are arranged to carry the elevating aprons one above
the other in the ordinary manner as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 5. In the
rear of the upper and lower apron is mounted an additional roll y¹, lying
horizontally above the driving wheel and assisting to carry the grain from the
apron over the wheel to the binding table. The position of this roll is plainly
indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. As shown in Fig. 4, it receives a positive motion
through a chain and sprocket wheels from the roll which carries the upper end of
the lower apron.
To the inner forward corner of the main-frame at the forward end of the truss B,
is firmly bolted a casting ¹, of the form plainly represented in Figs. 2, 3 and 5.
It will be observed that this casting is suitably fashioned to give support to the
lower end of the reel standard a³, and also provided with a head or sleeve a³,
perforated transversely to receive the pivot pin by which the metal plates at the
rear end of the tongue or draft poles are connected to the machine. The reel
standard rises vertically from the casting last referred to, and is bolted firmly to
the front of the elevator frame as represented in Fig. 5. A second reel standard a*,
paralel with the first, is bolted at its lower end firmly in a socket in the inner or
main shoe 63, and rising therefrom is also bolted firmly to the front of the elevator
frame. At a suitable point the standards are provided with boxes c³, supporting
a shaft d², one end of which carries a beveled gear e³, receiving motion from a
pinion f, on one of the elevator rolls. The horizontal reel shaft g², is mounted in
vertically swinging arms h², encircling a shaft, mounted in castings Ja, bolted to
the upper ends of the standards a³, as, this arrangement permitting the reel to rise
and fall in the manner well known in the art. The reel shaft is provided with a
sprocket wheel driven by a chain from a sprocket wheel on the shaft . This
shaft may receive motion through beveled pinions from the elevator roll as shown
in Figs. 1 and 2, or it may be otherwise driven, the present invention having no
special reference thereto.
Referring next to the manner of supporting the binding mechanism upon the
harvester, attention is directed particularly to Figs. 4, 5 and 8. The binding
machine proper may be of any ordinary form. For the purpose of illustration
there is represented in the drawings a binder of the well known Appleby type
having its various parts connected to and supported by a base-frame Z, this frame
being provided at its outer and inner ends respectively with angle bars k³, and 1º,
extending forward and backward in a horizontal direction. To the elevated bars X,
and Y, of the main-frame at their outer upper corners are bolted two hook-shaped
pieces m³, adapted to engage and sustain the inner bar k³, of the binder frame.
To the stubble side of the main-frame two upright outwardly inclined arms n², i
are pivotted the upper ends of which are curved in the arcs of circles described
from the pivot as a center as plainly represented in Fig. 8. The upper curved

page_text: ends of these arms rest beneath and constitute a support for the outer bar 1,.of
the binder frame which latter is free to move forward and backward upon the
harvester, the supporting bar k, sliding in the hooks m³, while the bar, rolls
upon the upper ends of the curved arins. These segmental arms are advantageous
in that they permit the binder to move with a slight degree of friction, and also
in that the movement is secured in a horizontal direction and without moving the
binder vertically. The two segmental arms are preferably connected by a rod o³,
as shown in Fig. 8, to insure their simultaneous and equal movement. Their
upper edges are provided with side teeth or flanges to maintain them in proper
position beneath the bar , of the binder. The segmental arms are pivoted at
their lower ends to angle plates of the form shown in Figs. 25 and 26 which plates
are in turn bolted firmly to the stubble side of the frame as represented in Fig. 8.
It will be perceived that owing to the shape of the frame one of the segmental
arms is necessarily of greater length than the other. Their mode of action is such,
however, that this fact in no way impairs their action. To prevent the arms from
sliding out of position in a forward or backward direction one of them is connected
as shown in Fig. 8, by a rod g, to the binder frame so that the forward and
backward motion of the frame is necessarily accompanied by a like motion of
the arms.
The mechanism to receive the grain falling from the cutters and deliver the
same at the inner end of the platform to the elevating aprons may be of any
suitable character. A horizontal endless apron of the ordinary type is however
recommended such as represented in the drawings. The apron will be carried at
its ends by the usual horizontal rolls s³, carried at their ends in horizontal bars i².
The forward bar t³, may be bolted directly to the front sill C, to which, it will be
remembered, the guard fingers are also bolted.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is,—
1. The metal frame for a harvester, consisting of the trusses A, and B, and
sills C, and D, constructed of angle-iron and united by angle plates substantially
as described.
2. In a harvester, the combination of the trusses, the extended front and rear
sills, and the end bar R, each formed of angle-iron, and united by tie irons
constructed and applied substantially in the manner described.
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3. In combination with the truss-bars a, and b, at the two sides of the main-
frame, the interposed blocks or tie irons provided with vertical toothed slots to
admit the transverse shaft H, and its pinions.
4. In a harvester, the combination with the inside truss-bars a, and b, and rear
sill D, the tie-iron or angle plate f, provided with the shaft bearings i, as describod
and shown.
5. In a harvester, the combination of the inside metal truss B, the front metal
sill and the casting i, formed and bolted to said members as described and shown.
6. In combination with the perforated plates or irons, the flange-bearing sleeves
insorted therein, and the shaft provided with the collars or collar and wheel to
retain the sleeves in place.
7. In a harvester frame, the front sill C, consisting of a metal bar having the
vertical web with flanges extended forward and backward from its respective
edges as shown, in combination with the guard fingers attached to the forward
flange and the platform member attached to the rear side in the manner shown.
8. In combination with the metal sill C, of angular section, and the end bar P,
the tie-iron t, provided with pivot bearings for the wheel carrying arms.
9. The tie-iron or angle-plate p, constructed as described and shown, with the
pivot bearings for the wheel-sustaining arm and also with the flange to receive
the divider.
10. In a binder, the combination of the front sill C, the end bar P, the divider,
the wheel sustaining arm, and the single angle-plate or tie-iron uniting said parts
as described and shown.

page_text: 11. In combination with the platform frame, the arm jointed to the front part
of the frame, the wheel mounted at the distal end of the arm, and the lifting rod or
chain extending from said arm to the rear side of the frame as described.
12. The platform-frame, the sector-shaped arms S, pivoted thereon, the plater,
'fixed to the frame and engaging over the arm, and the grain wheel mounted on the
arm, said members combined as described and shown.
13. In combination with the metal truss-frames A, and B, and the front and
rear sills or cross-bars united thereto, the upper angular bars X and Y, applied and
sustained substantially as described.
14. In combination with the wheeled main-frame, the two metal bars X, and Y,
secured to the stubble side of the frame and extended first upward and then
borizontally toward the grain side of the machine, whereby they are adapted to
sustain both the binding mechanism and the seat plank.
15. The main-frame, in combination with the bars X, and Y, and the diagonal
forward brace U¹.
16. The combination of the main-frame, the angular bars X, and Y, and tho
rear brace,
17. In combination with the main-frame, and the uprights of the elevator frame,
the angular bars X, and Y, united at their lower onds to the outside of the main-
frame, and bolted at their upper horizontal ends to the elevator frame.
18. In combination with the metal truss frames containing the perforated tie-
irons f, and d, the removable shaft-bearing a, seated in the perforations as
described and shown.
19. In combination with the harvester frame, substantially as described, the
removable flanged bearings & seated therein, and the shaft seated in said bearings
and provided with collars or enlargements to retain the boxes in position.
20. In a harvester frame, the two trusses comprising top and bottom bars a,
and b, of angle iron, in combination with the cross-bars or sills of an angular
section, lapped thereon, and the tie-irons constructed in forms substantially such as
described bolted or riveted to the bars at the corners.
21. In combination with the metal truss-bars a, and b, on the stubble side of
the machine, the tie-plates e, and d, provided with the bearings c¹, and d³, having
the crank-shaft mounted therein.
22. In combination with the main-frame the angular bars X, and Y, secured
thereto, the plates n, attached to said bars, and the binder frame provided with
the bar or rail ³, sustained by the plates n², whereby the inner side of the binder
is supported.
23. In combination with a harvester-frame, and a binder-frame movable forward
and backward thereon, one or more intermediate binder sustaining arms, pivoted
at one end and curved at the opposite end as described.
24. In combination with the movable binder having the horizontal bar or rail *,
the harvester frame, and the two segmental arms pivoted to the frame and arranged
to sustain the bar is, substantially as shown.
25. In combination with the binder, and the harvester, the intermediate sector-
arms arranged as described, and the connecting devices between said arms.
26. In combination with the harvester and the binder adjustable forward and
backward thereon the sector arms and the connecting devices uniting the arms
with each other and with the binder frame; whereby said arms are caused to move
in unison with the binder.