IMPROVEMENTS OF HORSE RAKES
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS HENRY RAMSDEN of Bramhope near Leeds in the County of York
Land Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS OF
HORSE RAKES to be as follows:-
By these improvements my horse rake (patent No 4116) has the bearing bar
fixed to a hand lever, & not in the frame; & the loose pulleys of the bearing bar
work on the cams of the delivering teeth to raise them. The delivering teeth are
hung on a bar fixed to the frame, & fall between clearing, rods pointing downwards.
The two said bars, & the fulcrum bar of the said lever have a special relative
position.
The delivering teeth take otherwise a trough form. The trough may open in
two parts for discharging: one balanced part is hung on pivots to the frame, & is
raised by a fixed stud working in the groove of a hand lever turning on its own
centre: the other part is fixed & declining from the incline of the gathering teeth,
& has a platform raised by the last said lever.
Belt or belts with projecting catches driven on pulley or pulleys let in a
platform between the gathering teeth & the delivering teeth or delivering trough
help to raise the material, the pulleys being turned by a shaft worked from the
nave of the wheel.

page_text: I THOMAS HENRY RAMSDEN of Bramhope near Leeds in the County of York
Land Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
OF HORSE RAKES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
By these improvements of my horse rake (see number 4116) the delivering teeth
take otherwise a trough form. The trough may open in two parts for discharging.
One balanced part is hung on pivots to the frame and is raised by a fixed stud
working in the groove of a hand lever turning on its own centre. The other part
is fixed and declining from the incline of the gathering teeth and has a platform
raised by the last said lever.
Belt or belts with projecting catches driven on pulley or pulleys let in a
platform between the gathering teeth and the delivering trough help to raise the
material, the pulleys being turned by a shaft worked from the nave of the wheel.
In the accompanying drawing "Figure 2" is a side elevation of the horse rake
with the delivering trough, and "Figure 3 is a plan of the said rake with the
said trough. Like letters refer to like parts.
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As represented in the drawing, A is the axle, B is the frame, C is a shaft and D
a travelling wheel of the horse rake: a is the hinge bar of the gathering teeth,
and b is the said gathering teeth which are raised by a foot lever b' when required.
Also e is the belt or endless band with projecting catches, driven on the fixed
pulley and round the loose pulley g: the pulleys ƒ and g are let in that is
through the platform h which is between the gathering teeth b, and the delivering
trough pq. The belt e with its projecting catches helps to raise the hay or like
material. The fast pulley fis fixed on a shaft f¹ under, the platform h. On the
nave of the travelling wheel D, a wheel j is fixed in which the pinion wheel / runs,
and drives by the belt the fast pulley f* fixed at the end of the shaft f', and by
this means the belt e. Only one elevator belt with its fast pulley and loose
pulley has been described but if necessary the number may be increased.
The delivery teeth of the horse rake of specification 4116 may take otherwise a
trough form. The trough p q may open in two parts p, and q for discharging the
hay and like material. One part p having the counterweight p' is hung on
pivots r, to the frame B, and to unload is raised by a fixed stud 8, working in a
groove or slot in the hand lever t, turning on its own centre u. The other part q
of the trough is fixed to the frame B and declining from the incline of the gathering
teeth b. The part q of the delivery trough has if required a platform v raised by
the hand levert when the latter is depressed.
In working the horse rake with the delivery trough, the hay or like material
collected by the gathering teeth is assisted by the elevator belt with projecting
catches into the delivery trough which when filled is emptied by the driver
pressing down the hand lever and causing the movable part of the trough to rise
and make a partial revolution on its pivots. The hay then falls out on the cleared
ground raked by the gathering teeth, and the raised part of the trough passes over
the heap, and falls to its position when the hand lever is released.
It will be seen that by extending the platform and lengthening the belts, of this
horse rake with individually hinged gathering teeth, that the implement may be
utilized for loading silo grass or hay and like material when spread abroad.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
(1) For a horse rake the use of a "delivering trough" that is of a divided
receptacle which discharges the hay or like material collected by the "gathering
teeth," by one part hung on pivots being raised, or making a partial revolution by
a lever, substantially as and for the purpose described and in Figures 2 and 3
represented.
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(2) For a horse rake the use in combination with individually suspended
gathering teeth” of a platform with elevator belt or belts for passing hay or like
material to the delivering receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose described
and in Figures 2 and 3 represented.
(3) For a horse rake the combination in, a delivering receptacle p q having a
levert, with gathering teeth b having a lever b¹, and with an arranged platform h;
substantially as and for the purpose described and in Figures 2 and 3 represented.
Dated this 4th day of September 1884.