US1231690A - Attachment for grain-binders. - Google Patents

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A. ANDERSON.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1915.

1,931,69Un Patented July 3, 1917.

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ANDY ANDERSON, 0F HOBART, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF FOR'IY-NINE ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO GUST ELLVVANGER, OF HOBART, OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,251.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANDY ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hobart, in the county of Kiowa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Grain-Binders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in grain binders, and more particularly to an attachment for grain binders, whereby grain that has become flattened and tangled from rains or wind, may be successfully reaped without the loss of a considerable portion of the crop.

A further object of the. invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensiveto manufacture and one that will be very efiieient in operation.

lVith these and numerous other objects in view my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my attachment applied to a binder; V

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the platform of the binder showing my attachment applied to the same.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which the letter B designates a binder, which is of the ordinary type having a platform 1, I

a carrier apron 2 with the usual type of reciprocating knife 3, and sickle guards 4:. This binder has mounted thereon the usual type of reel 5 which is adapted to rotate, and to operate in a manner well known to those skilled in the use of these machines.

My grain lifting attachment consists of a longitudinally disposed rod 6 which has an eye 7 formed at its rear end, and is secured thereby to the bottom of the platform 1, by means of a bo t or r t as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The rod 6 has its rear portion which is designated by the numeral 9 slightly bowed downward intermediate its ends, so that the same will be carried under the forward edge of the platform 1. At a point on the rod 6 which is designated by the numeral 10 where the bowed rear portion 9 of the same connects with the forward portion of the rod, is welded a socket 11 which is adapted to receive the point of the sickle guard 4. The above described construction will afford a two point means of securing the rod 6 firmly and securely into engagement with the binder, so that the same will not be easily displaced therefrom.

The portion of the rod that projects for wardly beyond the socket 11, and which is designated by the numeral 12 is disposed in the same horizontal plane as the platform 1, and the forward extremity 13 of the said extension is curved upwardly a short distance for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. Extending upwardly and rearwardly from a point adjacent the curved extremity 13 of the rod 6 is a grain carrier bar 14, which has its free end 15 straightened as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This grain carrier bar 14: is formed integral with the rod 6, and is disposed in the same vertical plane therewith. The carrier bar 1 1 extends rearwardly to a point spaced above and adjacent to the outer edge of the apron 2 011 the platform 1 of the binder.

In operation when it is desired to use my attachment on a binder, where the grain to be reaped has been flattened by rain or wind, a plurality of these attachments are placed on the binder, in laterally spaced relation to one another as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The best position of these attachments has been found to be every foot along the edge of the sickle guards, that is one attachment to every third guard. lVhen so positioned the attachments will project forward in front of the binder, and the upwardly curved forward extremity 18 of the same will be positioned a short distance from the ground, so that they will engage and lift all the grain that has been beaten down and lies close to the ground. When engaged by the forward end of the attachment the grain will be carried along t Same y the carri r ar 1 a the d r reached by the binder. These attachments form an easy and simple means for lifting the said grain when flattened and tangled, and owing to the simplicity of construction, and ease by which they may be secured and removed, will be found to form a very simple and eflicient device of this character.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improved binder attachment the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be readily understood and it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means for carrying out the objects of this invention.

It is to be particularly noted that in applicants device the downwardly bowed portion of the main bar of the attachment eX- tends forwardly to and terminates a short distance in advance of an adjacent guard finger in substantially the same horizontal plane as said finger, and that the bar itself is not recessed in any way which might tend to weaken it, but that there is a strong socket member 11 with a deep socket receiving the forward end of the adjacent guard finger, said socket member extending rearwardlv in a horizontal plane from the bar being formed as at the forward end of the downwardly bowed portion thereof, said socket member a distinct element projecting rearwardly from the bar, although integrally connected thereto by having the bowed portion of the bar extending to a point slightly in front of the adjacent guard finger. By having the strong socket mem- Copies of this patent may be obtained for if ber 11 projecting rearwardly in a horizontal plane from the bar right at this point and fit firmly over and around the forward extremity of the guard finger, a very strong structure is produced and one which will not be liable to break down when subjected to the, comparatively hard service incidental to the actual use of an attachment of this character.

I claim as my invention: 7

In a binder, the combination with the platform and sickle guards thereof, of an attachment comprising a barhaving a downwardly bowed rear portion rigidlysecured at its rear extremity to the underside of the platform, said bowed portion extending forward underneath the guard fingers to a point slightly in advance of the forwardextremi ties thereof and to the same horizontal plane as said fingers, the bar extending forward in a horizontal plane from the downwardly bowed portion and having its forward ex tremity curved upwardly, an integral carryfrom the forward end of the first named bar, and a socket member distinct from the and entirely surrounding the forward end of the adjacent sickle guard.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDY ANDERSON. Witnesses Josnrrr H. CLINE, HoRAo A. JoNEs.

five cents each, o addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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