Improvements in or connected with Reaping Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Reaping Machines.
We, EDWIN EVERITT Goss and JOHN PRESSWOOD Goss of Clenchwarton in the
County of Norfolk, Farmers, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to those fittings of reaping machines which are provided
for the purpose of lifting the laid ears of corn before tho knives of the machine come
into operation to cut them and the object of our Invention is to provide an improved
fitting for this purpose, which will more efficiently and with greater certainty effect
the lifting of the laid cars. According to our Invention we provide in connection
with the forward part of such fittings (such for instance as are ordinarily used)
spring rods or bars meeting in a point at the forward end and there preferably
slightly turned upwards, the said spring rods thence extending backwards in an
upward curve and opening out from each other, we do not limit ourselves to any
precise number of these rods or bars but generally we prefer to use three. The said
rods or bars may be secured to the fittings in any convenient way such for instance
as by a bar extending from the aforesaid forward point backwards and welded to the
existing fitting.
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J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Reaping Machines.
We EDWIN EVERITT Goss and JOHN PRESSWOOD Goss of Clenchwarton in the
County of Norfolk Farmers do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described in and by
the following statement:―
Our Invention relates to those fittings of reaping machines which are provided for
the purpose of lifting the laid ears of corn before the knives of the machine come
into operation to cut them and the object of our Invention is to provide an improved
fitting for this purpose which will more efficiently and with greater certainty effect
the lifting of the laid ears. According to our Invention we provide in connection
with the forward part of such fittings (such for instance as are ordinarily used)
spring rods or bars meeting in a point at the forward end and there preferably
slightly turned upwards the said spring rods or bars thence extending backwards in
an upward curve and opening out from each other. We do not limit ourselves to
any precise number of these rods or bars but generally we prefer to use three. The
said rods or bars may be secured to the fittings in any convenient way such for
instance as by a bar extending from the aforesaid forward point backwards and
welded to the existing fitting.
And in order that our said Invention may be fully understood we shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 represents in plan and Figure 2 in elevation one of the aforesaid fittings
the full lines shewing the ordinary fitting, as commonly used with reaping machines
and the dotted lines shew the improvements according to our Invention.
A are the aforesaid spring rods or bars meeting in a point at a at the forward end
and preferably turned slightly upwards as shewn in Figure 2 the said spring rods or

page_text: bars thence extending backwards in an upward curve as shewn in Figure 2 and
opening out from each other as shewn in Figure 1.
B is the bar by which the bars or rods A are secured as aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
In connection with reaping machines the use of rods or bars A arranged sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.