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Year: 1886

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by James Noxon and Thomas Henry Noxon, both
of the Town of Ingersoll, in the County of Oxford, in the Province of
Ontario, Canada, Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements.]
PEPPER Harvester Binders.
I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from
James Noxon and Thomas Henry Noxon both of the Town of Ingersoll, in the
County of Oxford in the province of Ontario, Canada Manufacturers of Agri-
cultural implements), and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
The objects of the invention are:-
1. To arrange the grain delivering table so that the binding mechanism may be
adjusted vertically to suit both short and long grain without altering the distance
the bundle falls.
2. To so connect the butter that it will move from the needle when the binding
table is adjusted to bring the band nearer the heads of the grain and vice versa.
3. To provide packers which will deliver the grain in a continuous stream into
the grain receptacle.
4. To so adjust the grain wheel in relation to the main wheel of the machine
that the weight of the machine shall be about equally balanced and will also turn
in a circle with greater ease and less strain upon its parts.
5. To provide simple means by which each carrier chain may be tightened or
loosened independent of the other carrier chains.
6. To drive the carrier chains at such speeds that the butt ends of the grain will
be carried towards the binding mechanism as quickly as the heads of the grain.
7. To provide means for preventing the carrier chains from shelling the grain at
the point where the grain is gathered before being elevated up the grain table.
8. To provide an improved tripping plate for clearing the fingers of the revolving
elevators of the grain they are elevating.
And it consists :-
1. In binging a shelf or delivery table to the top of the binding table and
extending it over the main wheel to the axle of which the outside of the shelf

page_text: or delivery table is connected substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter
specified.
2. In pivoting a lever upon the grain-table and connecting one of its arms to
the butter, and its other arm to the hand lever provided for longitudinally
adjusting the binding table.
3. In substituting for the reciprocating packers a series of revolving packers
located and arranged to act on the grain so as to deliver it in a continuous stream
into the grain receptacle.
4. In placing the centre of the grain wheel on an exact line with the centre of
the main wheel, the spokes of the grain-wheel being curved upwardly so as to
permit the knife to work inside of the rim of the grain-wheel.
5. In connecting each carrier-chain on a sprocket wheel carried on an inde-
pendent spindle carried in a bearing box provided with suitable mechanism for
adjusting it.
6. In graduating the speed of the carrier chains so that the chains near the
reaper knife will travel at a greater speed than those located farther from it.
7. In placing a bridge at the angle formed by the grain table and binding table
and parallel with the line of travel of the carrier chains the said bridge extending
back sufficiently far on the grain table to hold the grain clear of the carrier chains
during the period that the grain may remain at the foot of the binding table.
8. In forming a slot in the stripping plate extending from the hole through
which the fingers of the elevators pass to the outside edge of the stripping plate.
Figure 1 is a front perspective view showing the general arrangement of the
parts involved in this invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective detail showing the location of the improved
bridges and stripping plates and of the revolving packers.
Figure 3 is a sectional detail showing the location of the main wheel delivering
table revolving packers and revolving elevators.
Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of the bridge and stripping plate.
Figures 5 and 6 are details of the mechanism for adjusting the carrier chains.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure but to facilitate the description of the invention the parts involved in each
of the objects stated shall be described and taken in the order set out in the
statement of invention.
On reference to Figures 1 and 3 it will be noticed that at the top of the binding
table A, a shelf or delivery table B is hinged. The outside edge of the shelf or
delivery table B has attached to it a rod C which extends down and is attached to
the axle D of the main wheel of the machine.
It should be mentioned here that this portion of the invention is applicable only
to that class of harvester binders in which the binding and grain tables are
adjustable vertically upon the axle of the machine. The said axle being always
the same distance from the ground it follows that the rod C will therefore hold
the outside edge of the shelf or delivery table B the same distance from the ground,
notwithstanding the various heights which the grain table A may be adjusted for
the purpose of accomodating the machine to grain of different heights. Con-
sequently the bundle after it has been bound and discharged onto the shelf or
delivery table B will always have the same height to fall no matter what height
from the ground the machine may be cutting.
Another point of advantage in this portion of the invention is that long grain is
discharged from the binding table at a point several inches nearer to the needle
than short grain. This arises from the fact that the shelf or delivery table B has
an angle strip a formed on it at the point where it hinges to the binding table A.
When the binder table A is set as indicated in Figure 1 the angle strip it will
be noticed forms a continuation of the said table, but when the grain table is set
as shown in Figure 3 the angle strip a angles down so that the grain will com-
mence to fall by gravitation off the delivery table at the hinge or joint between
the binding table A. and delivery table B, instead of at the point of connection

page_text: between the strip a and delivery table B. In long grain this point of advantage
is of considerable value as the long heads of grain are apt to cling to the binding
table and in a measure retard the free delivery of the sheaf.
On reference to Figure 1 the construction of the second portion of the invention
will be readily seen.
E is the butter connected to and operated by the crank F which crank is
supported upon the grain table G and is operated by any suitable mechanism.
The other end of the butter E is connected by the rod H to one arm of the lever I
which is pivoted upon the binding table A as indicated. The other end of the
lever I is connected by the rod J to the hand lever K designed to impart
longitudinal adjustment to the binding table A.
As the mechanism for accomplishing this purpose is old and forms no part of
this invention it is not necessary to show it more than is indicated by the drawing.
It will be sufficient to say that owing to the connection described between the
hand lever K and the butter E, when the hand lever K is adjusted to carry the
heads of grain on the binding table A away from the needle, the butter E is
simultaneously moved in the opposite direction slightly away from the said needle
so that although the butter E is carried on the binding table A. the longitudinal
adjustment of the latter will not cause the butter to be carried into the way of the
ends of the grain being carried up the binding table A.
On reference to figures 2 and 3 it will be noticed that there are arranged on a
shaft L, located at a point where the packer shaft is ordinarily placed, a series of
double discs M each provided with a series of folding fingers b designed to project
above the surface of the binding table A. These fingers bare pivoted upon one
half of the double disc M which half is fixed to the shaft L so as to revolve there-
with. The other half of the disc M is loose on the shaft L and is carried by a
bracket N so that it will remain stationary during the revolving of the axle L.
d is a block fixed to the stationary half of the disc M and in the position
indicated so as to hold each finger b in an extended position during the period
that it should act upon the grain, but permitting the said finger to fold back at
the point where it is carried below the table. By thus providing a series of
folding fingers operated by a shaft driven and located in the same way as an
ordinary packer shaft, we cause the grain to be fed in a continuous stream into
the grain receptacle instead of in the spasmodic jerking manner caused by the
ordinary packers now generally used.
In all harvester binders with which one is familiar the rim of the grain wheel is
set behind the knife of the machine as the said knife while operating necessarily
projects beyond the end of the table. As a consequence of this location of the
grain wheel the grain table G is not evenly balanced as the centre of the wheel of
the machine owing to the position of the binding mechanism is necessarily farther
forward than the centre of the grain wheel; consequently a twisting strain is
caused in the grain table and moreover the supporting wheels of the machine not
being in a line the machine will not turn in a circle as freely as it would were
they on a line. To obviate these difficulties the spokes of the grain wheel O are
given an outward set and in this way are able to move the said grain wheel
forward so that its rim projects in front of the cutter and its centre is on a line
with the centre of the main wheel axle D.
On reference to Figure 1 it will be noticed that the ends of the carrier chains P
are carried on independent brackets Q which are shown in detail in Figures 5
and 6. These brackets are bolted onto the grain table G at the points indicated
and are each provided with a spindle e on which a sprocket wheel f is journalled,
which sprocket wheel carries the carrier chain P. The bolts which secure the
bracket to the table G pass through slots to permit the longitudinal adjustment
of the said bracket without removing the bolts. A block g is rigidly fastened to
the table G immediately behind each bracket Q against which block the nut h
butts as indicated in both figures 5 and 6 the latter figure being a bottom view of
the bracket. A bolt i is screwed into the nut h and is provided with a swivel

page_text: head which fits into a dovetailed notch formed in the end of the bracket Q. By
this arrangement each bracket Q carrying its particular chain may be longitudinally
adjusted without disturbing the other chains.
Owing to the fact that the butt ends of the grain just cut are held to a certain
extent in contact with the standing grain after the cut grain has fallen onto the
grain table the head end of the grain is carried towards the binding table more
rapidly than the butt ends and therefore lies at an angle when it reaches the
binding table. To obviate this difficulty the speed of the different carrier chains
Pare graded. For instance the carrying chain P is carried nearest to the reaper
knife around a driving wheel with seven sprockets; the next chain round a driving
wheel with six sprockets and the three inside chains round a driving wheel with
five sprockets, causing the chains nearest to the knives to move much more
rapidly than the chains which are employed to carry the head of the grain;
consequently the butt ends are acted upon with sufficient force to overcome the
friction caused by the standing grain.
On reference to Figures 2 and 4 the formation of the grain bridge will be
understood. This grain bridge R is provided for the two rear carrier chains which
act on the head ends of the grain. These bridges extend from the angle formed by
the joint between the grain table and binding table for about 12 inches on the
grain table which distance represents about the space occupied by the grain which
may accumulate on the table G during the period that the revolving elevators S
are at rest. As these elevators are used in other machines it is not necessary to
refer to their operation here farther than the fact that they remain stationary
during the period that the grain is being bound. It will be noticed that the grain
bridges R extend above the teeth of the carrier chains P so that the grain
supported by them is held clear of the said teeth and the shelling of the grain
which would otherwise be caused by the said teeth is thus obviated. Each of the
carrier chains P is provided with a grain bridge only the inside carriers being
carried with the long bridges described. The bridges in all of them however form
one side of a stripping plate the other side being formed by the plate T, a slot or
parting being left between the two plates for the free passage of the fingers of the
carrier chains.
k represents the point where the teeth of the carrier chains pass down through
the table. The parting at this point it will be noticed is enlarged so as to prevent
any grain which might cling to the said teeth from clogging the passage way.
With the view of still further preventing this fault a slot or parting 7 is left from
the point to the outside edge of the plate T which parting or slot 7 effectually
permits the free escape of any straw which might be drawn into the parting by
the descending fingers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention 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 shelf or delivery table hinged to the top edge of the binding table and
having its outer edge connected to the main axle of the machine substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
2. A shelf or delivery table B provided with an angle strip a and binged to the
top edge of the binding table A in combination with a rod C arranged to connect
the outer edge of the table B with the axle D substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
3. A butter pivoted at one end to mechanism connected with the grain table
and connected at its other end by means of a lever pivoted on the binding table,
and the hand lever employed in longitudinally adjusting the said binding table.
4. The butter E pivoted in the crank F which is connected to the grain table G,
& rod H connecting the butter E to the lever I in combination with the rod J
arranged to connect the said lever I to the band lever K substantially as and for
the purpose specified.

page_text: 5. A shaft L located substantially in the position of an ordinary packer shaft
and having fixed to it a series of rotary packers arranged to act in the grain
carried by the binding table during the period that the packer shaft usually
operates.
6. A harvester binder in which the centre of the grain wheel is substantially on
the centre of the main wheel, the spokes of the grain wheel having an outward set
so as to permit the reaper knife of the machine to operate inside of the rim of the
grain wheel.
7. A bracket Q adjustably attached to the grain table G and provided with a
spindle E to carry the sprocket wheel F which supports the carrier chain Pa
block rigidly fastened to the table G, in combination with a bolt I having
a swivel head which fits into a dove tailed recess in the end of the bracket Q
and a nut h to butt against the block g substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
8. A harvester binder in which the grain is carried towards the binding table
by a series of carrier chains arranged on the grain table G graduating the speed of
the carrier chains, so that the chains near the reaper knife will travel at a greater
speed than those located farther from it substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
9. In a harvester binder provided with carrier chains for conveying the grain on
the grain table towards the binding table the combination of a bridge R arranged
to support the head ends of the grain above the teeth of the carrier chains at the
point where the grain accumulates during the period that the elevated elevators
are at rest.
10. A stripper formed by two plates one on each side of the carrier chain and
having a parting k and extending between the two substantially as and for the
purpose specified.