US358042A - Straw-carrier - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

U. KETCH.

STRAW CARRIER.

Patented Feb. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK KETOH, OF WHARTON, OHIO.

STRAW-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,042, dated February 22, 1887.

Application filed April 7, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARK KEToH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wharton, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Delivery-Boards for Straw Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in deliveryboards for strawcarriers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Heretofore great difficulty has been experienced in the operation of the straw-carriers of thrashing-machines, for the reason that a portion of the straw elevated by the carrier is not discharged from the outer end thereof, but becomes entangled with the carrierslats, and is carried back thereby on the under side of the carriertoward the thrashingmachine,whereby the riddles of the separator are clogged. In order to prevent this it has been heretofore necessary to station a man with a pitchfork at the discharge end of the straw-carrier in order to release the straw therefrom. This defect it is the object of my invention to overcome.

A represents the carrier of a thrashing-machine, which is of the usual construction, and consists, essentially, of the endless belts B, carried on rollers, and connected together by transverse slats C. To the rear end of the frame of the carrier is secured a shield, D, which extends transversely across the discharge end of the carrier, and is curved in cross-section, forming the segment of a circle of sufficient size to enable the carrierslats to pass over the upper surface successively.

E represents a delivery-board, which is hinged to ,the rear end of the carrier-frame, as at F, while its outer or free end is adj ustably supported by brace-arms G, pivotally attached to the sides thereof, near said free end, the inner ends of said braces being slotted, asat H, and secured to the sides of the carrierframe by means of set-screws I, which pass through the said slots and enter the sides of the said frame.

Serial No. 198,125. (No model.)

By means of these braces it will be readily understood that the delivery-board may be inclined to any desired angle with relation to the carrier and secured in that position.

The operation of myinventionis as follows: As the slats O successively arrive at the rear end of the carrier, they come in contact with the shield D, which prevents the straw from becoming entangled with the slats, and causes it to fall therefrom onto the delivery-board E, which directs the straw to the top of the stack or on the ground, as may be desired, and the slat-s return on the under side of the carrier empty and relieved of any adhering straws.

By means of this device the services of a man with a pitchfork at the discharge end of the carrier may be dispensed with.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction hereinbefore described, as it is evident that modifications may bemade therein without departing from the spirit of my invention. I

I attach importance to the location of the delivery-board hinged direct to the discharge end of the carrier, with the bottom of the delivery-board on a line with the end of the shield, as by that arrangement the two parts are caused to coact, the shield supporting the slats of the carrier, as the said slats come in contact with the shield, and directing the straw so as to cause it to fall from the carrier onto the bottom of the delivery'board to be delivered to any desired point.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In combination with the carrier A, the shield D, located at the rear end of the said carrier, between the roller and below the belt, and the delivery-board hinged directly to the rear end of the carrier, with its'bottom substantially on a line with the end of the shield, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK KETGH.

Witnesses:

A. J. GREEK, J. D. RUMMELL.

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