Improvements in Horse Rakes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
Improvements in Horse Rakes.
I, PHILIP JOSEPH PARMITER, of The Patent Harrow Works, Austy, near Salisbury,
in the County of Wilts, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to he as follows:-
My invention relates to horse rakes of the kind described in the Specification of
former Letters Patent granted to me No. 13988/00, the object of my present
improvements being to simplify the construction of such rake.
According to my present invention the movable teeth, which are used for extending
the rake when desired, are pivoted to the main frame of the machine in such a manner
that when not required for use they will lie upon the ordinary teeth and that when to
be used they can be turned down into operative position, the axle having been
previously lengthened.
In order to prevent the teeth from inadvertently moving when out of use, I provide
hooks on the main axle designed to engage with the extension teeth.
With this arrangement it will be readily understood that my rake can with great -
facility be narrowed or expanded.
The portions of the bar carrying the clearing rods which coincide with the
removable extension teeth are pivoted or hinged so that they can be readily turned
back out of position.
I sometimes combine with my horse rake a special set of clearing rods or teeth
which can be suspended vertically between the teeth from the usual clearing rods and
serve to turn hay or the like.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Horse Rakes.
I, PHILIP JOSEPH PARMITER, of The Patent Harrow Works, Ansty, near Salisbury,
in the County of Wilts, Manufacturer, 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 horse rakes of the kind described in the Specification of
former Letters Patent granted to me No. 13988/00, the object of my present
improvements being to simplify the construction of such rakes.
According to my present invention the movable teeth, which are used for extending
the rake when desired, are pivoted to the main frame of the machine in such a manner
that when not required for use they will lie upon the ordinary teeth and that when to
be used they can be turned down into operative position, the axle having been
previously lengthened.
In order to prevent the teeth from inadvertently moving when out of use, I provide
hooks on the main axle designed to engage with the extension teeth.

page_text: With this arrangement it will be readily understood that my rake can with great
facility be narrowed or expanded.
The portions of the bar carrying the clearing rods which coincide with the
removable extension teeth are pivoted or hinged so that they can be readily turned
back out of position.
I sometimes combine with my horse rake a special set of clearing rods or teeth
which can be suspended vertically between the teeth from the usual clearing rods and
serve to turn hay or the like.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by reference
to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan of a horse rake having my improvements applied thereto; and,
Figure 2 is a half rear elevation :
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional side elevations shewing the parts in different
positions.
a is the main axle of my rake which is made tubular and provided with the
extension pieces 6, 6 in the usual manner, the said axle being adapted to be
rotated in the brackets c, c (to which the draught shafts d are connected) by
means of a lever e operated by a treadle or platform f in the manner described
in the Specification before referred to. 9, 9 are arms or brackets fixed to the
tubular part of the axle a and carrying between them the rod h upon which the
rake teeth are mounted in the usual manner whereby, when the lever è is depressed,
the said bar h will move downwards to lift the points of the teeth from the ground as
is well understood.
i, i are the groups of extension teeth which are carried on rods h¹, h in alignment
with the rod h, the said rods h¹ being each pivoted at one end upon one of the
arms gas is clearly shewn in Figure 1 and at the other end provided with a
hook designed to engage in an eye on an arm k on the adjacent extension of
the axle a.
1 is the bar carrying the usual clearing rods m, the said bar being fixed to the
brackets c, c, and 1, are jointed portions of the said bar corresponding with the
extension teeth i, i and which can he turned from the position shewn in full lines in
Figure 1 to the position shewn in dotted lines.
In order to decrease the width of the rake assuming it to be extended to its
full width, the hooks j, j on the ends of the 'bars h¹, h¹ are disengaged from their
eyes in the arms k, k and the extension groups of teeth are turned from the
position shewn in full lines in Figure 2 to the position shewn in dotted lines
where they lie on the ordinary teeth; the extension pieces b of the axle a are
then pushed into the tubular piece and tightened therein by set-screws in a well
known manner. Also the extension portions of the bar are turned back to the
position indicated in dotted lines.
In order to firmly hold the extension teeth when turned up, as indicated in
Figures 2 and 3, I provide on the axle a hooks n, n which when not in use hang as
shewn in full lines in Figure 3 and which when required to retain the teeth are turned
up as indicated by dotted lines in the said figure.
o, o are my special clearing rods which I use for turning the hay or the like.
These rods o, o are fixed to a bar p provided with a series of eyes q, q by which the
said bar may be suspended upon the usual clearing rods m, in in a manner which
will be clearly understood by reference to Figures 3 and 4.
In the Specification before referred to I have described a chain which is attached
to the front part of the treadle or platform and to the seat-support. In some cases it!
is desirable to limit the upward movement of the teeth to such an extent that when
the teeth are raised, for instance to the position shewn in Figure 4, they will assist the
clearing rods o in turning over the hay or the like. I provide for thus limiting
the movement of the teeth by connecting the chain, which in the drawing is indicated
by the letter r, to the seat-support as shewn in Figure 3 whereby the downward
movement of the platform or treadle is limited in a manner which will be readily
understood by reference to Figure 4.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. In a horse rake having extension teeth, pivoting the said teeth so that they
can be turned back upon the ordinary teeth of the rake, substantially in the manner
described.
2. In a horse rake having extensible teeth forming the bar which carries the clearing
rods with jointed extensions which can be turned back when the extension teeth are
not being used, substantially as described.
3. In a horse rake the employment, in combination with the usual clearing rods, of
depending clearing rods, substantially as described.
4. The improved horse rake consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings and operating as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Dated this 13th day of April 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.