Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
Improvements in Mowing and Reaping Machines.
I, OTTO MAYCHRZAK, of Invalidenstrasse 147, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant 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 :-
This invention relates to a delivering-device for reaping machines, which may
be used for hand as well as for motor-working, and either horizontally or
vertically.
In the annexed drawings
Figs. 12 and 3 show a machine, over which the corn is moved by means of
endless straps, ropes or the like.
Fig. 4 shows a delivering-device operated by crank-mechanism.
Figs. 5 and 6 show a machine operated by hand with vertical-delivering
device and
Figs. 7-11 illustrate details of the construction.
The propulsion of these devices is effected from the back wheel axle and thus.
each of these devices allows of using standing or lying delivery arrangements in
any systems of reaping machines. In the arrangement in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 upon
the obliquely lying framing A are arranged longitudinally two rollers B B¹ in the
bearings H, H, H and H³, H, H, respectively over which rollers run several
endless straps, ropes, or the like C. They are propelled by means of the bevelled
wheels D, D, D³, the machine always delivering towards the side opposite the
standing corn. Upon the shaft a of the bevelled wheel D is the bevelled wheel b
of gear 6 6', which turns the gear e e' by means of the shaft c in bearings d d'. As
in this manner the corn can be delivered in either of two directions, one of the
delivery devices arranged on both sides must be out of operation. By means of
the pulleys E, E', or E, E³, upon the shafts f,f, of the rollers B B', one of the
shafts g, g¹ in bearings F F¹, or F, F is turned by means of the pulleys I, I'
These semicylindrically bent arms of this receiver G take the corn from the corn
collector G, (see Fig. 7) bent semicircularly between the single straps and lay it
together in gavels. This whole device as well as that next to be described is
adapted to be fitted to larger reaping machines, and is connected by means of
projections arranged on the framing A with the moving machine by means
of pins and therefore, if smaller plants such as grass, lucerne, or the like are to be
cut it can be separated easily from the reaper and the latter used only as a mowing
machine. The directing of the combined machine is effected by a pulley K, lying
behind the gearing 6, 6' and operated by a lever.
The machine shown in Fig. 4 consists with exception of the manner of
transporting exactly of the same parts as that before described, but the shafts ff¹,
are not formed as rollers but as crank-shafts bent to several angles, which are
connected together by means of boards L provided with points k. By means of the
crank movement the boards paes over the table and transport the corn by lifting
it and after having finished their stroke by depositing it. The points k, serve
also to keep the straw parallel.
Figs. 5 and 6 show a machine to be operated by hand with standing delivery-
device. Also here the propulsion is effected from the back main axle there being
upon the latter a pulley M, which is in connection with a similar pulley M' of the

page_text: shaft of the transporting-device. Upon this shaft / are again two pulleys M' M³,
which by means of belts m' turn the disks M and M' and the bevelled gearing N
and N', and N2, N3 arranged thereon by means of the shafts n and n¹ respectively.
The arms P transport the cut-corn upon the transport platform, which is also
turned by means of a bevelled gear Q, 'Q' upon the shaft 1. Round the vertical
standing rollers R, R' is wound an endless cloth, straps, or the like, provided with
long points o for holding the corn, and which has on the under end an endless
mailed chain p, in order to prevent the corn dragging upon the table. From this
device the corn by means of the deliverers T, which are operated from the main axle
by means of bevelled gearing S, S', and S2, S3, is laid aside by the arms q. Also
here as in the before described construction, it is delivered to the side opposite the
standing corn, which is effected by appropriate changing of the bevelled driving
wheels D. D D².
Figs. 10 and 11 show a changing arrangement, in which the rod r carries a
toothed wheels, which gears with a toothed rod t moving in a dovetail track and
which carries the fork for changing the connection of the gear. Figs. 8 and 9
show the pallet wheel V, consisting of four thin boards for moving the corn out
against the knives, which pallet wheel is arranged above on the machine on a
frame V which can be made vertically adjustable and is operated by pulleys V* V*
from the driving-wheel axle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Delivering device for reaping machines comprising an endless transport-band
running over rollers, at the one end of which is a comb-like rake, through the
openings of which extends a second comb adapted to rotate and take with its teeth
the corn which is deposited by the transport band upon the fixed rake.
2. In a delivery-device as under Claim 1 the arrangement of the rakes on both
ends of the transport band and a coupling device, by which only one of these
deliverers is operated and simultaneously the corresponding direction of movement
is given to the transport-band.
3. In place of the endless transport bands a plane carried by two cranked shafts
and operated in swinging movements, upon which plane are arranged on the upper
side points and which conducts the thereon falling corn to the deliverers described
in Claims 1 and 2.
4. A delivering-device for reaping machines, comprising vertical standing
reacher-shafts provided with horizontal cross-arms, which conduct the corn to an
endless transport-band provided with reacher arms and arranged vertically behind
it, which band delivers the corn laterally.
5. A delivery arrangement for reaping machines consisting only of the vertical
transport-band as in Claim 4 the latter having a chain provided with plate-like
projections to carry the butts of the cut corn above the bottom table-plate.
Dated this 24th day of November 1896.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.