Improvements in Machines for Stacking Hay, Ensilage, and other Material.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Stacking Hay, Ensilage, and other
Material.
I, DANIEL H. TALBOT of Sioux City in the County of Woodbury and State of
Iowa, United States of America, Farmer, Stock, and Real Estate Broker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a machine for stacking hay, ensilage, &c., and has for its
object to provide a portable machine capable of automatic elevation as the stack is
formed. A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of simple and
durable construction capable of convenient manipulation and which will expeditiously
form a stack without causing the operator attending the machine much, if any,
trouble.
The invention consists mainly in the employment of a conical drum adapted to act
upon the material to be stacked and press or mould the same to shape. It may be
built up of a series of graduated rings, discs, or wheels united or tied together in such
manner that they may be detached one from the other when desirable; or it may be
formed of a series of strips essentially triangular in cross section and provided with a
longitudinally tapering outer cylindrical surface. This drum has a trunnion at its
smaller end or apex only, usually terminating in a cap which serves to retain in
position upon the trunnion a loose sleeve having secured to its under face, preferably,
an outwardly projecting arm provided with an opening in the outer end.
In connection with this drum there is a triangular frame constructed substantially
of two oppositely diverging and downwardly inclined side beams attached at their
inner and outer ends to cross bars or beams. This frame carries an upwardly and
rearwardly inclined platform upon which any hay elevating mechanism may be placed
and from which the material is fed in the track of the drum.
The forward end of the drum is protected by a shield preferably triangular in
general contour and dished in cross section. The shield is attached to the forward
end of the frame by a bracket and extends outwards under and upward beyond the
sleeve arm, being provided with an opening in the bottom aligning the opening in the
arm, and it has upon its inner face a bearing in which the drum is journalled.
In order to support the load of hay or other material to be stacked carried by
the platform and release the bearing of the drum from this burden, a vertically.
adjustable auxiliary frame provided with casters is attached to the main frame at one
side. This frame usually consists of two upright side pieces provided with a series
of apertures, which uprights pass through straps secured to the main frame, being
attached to the said straps and frame by a bolt or pin. To the lower end of the
uprights a horizontal sill is fastened in such manner that it may be inclined vertically
when desired, and to said sill the casters are secured.
The machine is ordinarily operated with a team attached, and to that end a single
or a double tree is secured to the lower end of a vertical beam which is adjustably
fastened to the rear or outer end of the main frame.
In operation, a perpendicular bar or post is planted at a point which is to be the
centre of the stack, which bar passes through the opening in the forward end of the
shield and the sleeve arm of this bar forms the pivot around which the machine
travels. The material is fed in the track of the drum which presses it in shape, rising
upward upon the pivot as each layer is placed.
Dated this 7th day of January 1890.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Stacking Hay, Ensilage, and other
Material.
I, DANIEL H. TALBOT of Sioux City, in the County of Woodbury and State of
Iowa, United States of America, Farmer, Stock, and Real Estate Broker, 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 :-
My invention relates to a machine for stacking hay, ensilage, etc., and has for its
object to provide a portable machine capable of automatic elevation as the stack is
formed. A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of simple and
durable construction, capable of convenient manipulation, and which will expeditiously
form a stack without causing the operator attending the machine much, if any,
trouble.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, in operation.
Figure 2 is a section, on line 2-2 Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows,
Figure 3 is a plan view of the machine.
Figure 4 is a detail view, illustrating the attachment of the inner end of the
drum, and
Figure 5 is a diametrical section through the drum, illustrating a modification of its
construction.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the
views.
The drum 10, which is the leading feature of the machine, is adapted to act upon
the material to be stacked and press or mould the same to shape. The drum is
conical and may be constructed in various ways to facilitate transportation. In the
drawings two modes of construction are illustrated, that set forth in Figures 1 and 3,
consisting of a series of graduated rings, discs, or wheels, united or tied together in
such manner that they may be detached one from the other when desirable, and that
shewn in Figure 5, which consists in forming the drum of a series of strips essentially
triangular in cross-section and provided with a longitudinally tapering outer cylindrical
surface. The drum is provided with a trunnion 11 at its smaller end or apex only,
terminating in a cap 12 which serves to retain in position upon the trunnion a loose
sleeve 13 having secured to its under face, preferably, an outwardly projecting arm 14
provided with an opening in the outer end, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
The frame A employed in connection with the drum, is constructed substantially in
the following manner :-Two oppositely diverging and downwardly inclined side
beams 15 are attached at their inner ends to a cross-bar or beam 16 (see Figure 2)
the said side beams being united or tied at their outer ends by a longer cross-bar or
beam 17, the frame being thus essentially triangular in shape, as shewn in Figure 3.
Upon this main frame a platform 18 is constructed, preferably upwardly and rearwardly
inclined, upon which any hay-elevating mechanism may be placed and from which the
material is fed in the track of the drum.
The forward end of the drum is protected by a shield 19, preferably triangular in
general contour and dished in cross-section. The shield is attached to the forward
end of the frame by a bracket, as shewn at 20, Figure 2, and extends outwards under
and upwards beyond the sleeve arm 14, being provided with an opening in the bottom,
aligning the opening in the arm. The shield effectually protects the forward or
journal end of the drum from contact with the material to be stacked. Upon the
inner face of the shield a bearing 20ª is secured in which the drum is journaled, as
shewn in Figure 2.
In order to support the load of hay or other material to be stacked carried by the

page_text: platform and relieve the bearing of the drum from this weight, a vertically adjustable
auxiliary frame B provided with castors 21 is attached to the main frame at one side.
This frame consists of two uprights 22 provided with a series of apertures, which
uprights pass through straps secured to the main frame A and are secured thereto by
a bolt or pin. To the lower end of the uprights a horizontal sill 23 is fastened in
such manner that it may be inclined vertically when desired, to which sill the casters
are secured.
The machine is ordinarily operated with a team attached, and to that end a single or
a double tree 24 is secured to the lower end of a vertical beam 25 which is adjustably
fastened to the rear or outer end of the main frame.
In operation, a perpendicular bar or post 26 is planted at a point which is to be the
centre of the stack, which bar passes through the opening in the forward end of the
shield 19 and sleeve arm 14 and forms the pivot around which the machine travels.
The material is fed in the track of the drum which presses it into shape, rising upward
upon the pivot as each layer is placed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
1. In a machine for stacking hay, ensilage, and other material, the combination,
with an upright bar constituting the centre of a stack, of a conical pressure drum
pivotally attached at its apex to the rod or bar, and draught mechanism secured to
the outer or base portion of said drum, said drum being adapted to revolve upon the
top of the stack about its pivot, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In a machine for stacking hay, ensilage, and other material, the combination,
with a rod or bar adapted to constitute the centre of a stack, of a conical pressure
drum pivotally attached at one end to the rod or bar, and a shield supported beneath
the said drum, substantially as shewn and described and for the purpose specified.
3. In a machine for stacking hay, ensilage, and other material, the combination,
with a bar or post adapted to constitute the centre of a stack, of a conical pressure.
drum pivotally attached at one end to the rod or bar, a shield extending beneath the
pivotal end of the drum, and casters which are adjustably secured at one side of the
drum, substantially as shewn and described.
4. In a machine for stacking hay, ensilage and other material, the combination,
with an upright rod or bar, of a frame and conical pressure drum mounted thereon,
said frame and drum being pivoted at one end to said rod or bar, and means for
revolving said frame and drum about said pivot, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
5. A machine for stacking hay, ensilage, and other material, comprising a frame, a
conical pressure drum held to revolve in the frame, and a shield connected with the
drum, substantially as described.
6. A machine for stacking hay, ensilage, and other material, comprising a frame, a
conical pressure drum held to revolve in the frame, an arm swivelled to the smaller
end of the drum, and a shield extending beneath the smaller end of the drum and
beyond the arm, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 7th day of October 1890.
Dated this 74th day of October 1890.
D. H. TALBOT.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.