Sheaf Loader (Patent No: 193882)

Inventor: Berry, Bert Clement

Location: Calgary

Comments: N/A

Description: B. C. Berry, assignor, and F. E. King and E. G. Pescod, assignees of a half interest, all of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 11th November, 1919; 6 years. Filed 12th July, 1918. Receipt No. 297,148.

Claim.—1. A sheaf loader comprising a wheeled frame open at the front, a forwardly directed inclined elevator mounted on the frame and having the lowermost end adjacent the rear end of the frame, said elevator being provided with extending prongs, a plurality of spaced similar gathering forks located at the rear of the machine and with their lower ends adjacent the ground and turned forwardly beneath the lower end of the conveyer, crossbars connecting the forks at top and bottom and located at the rear side thereof, side supports secured to the frame and provided with adjusting openings receiving the ends of the cross bars and means for driving the elevator to cause the prongs to catch and elevate the sheaves gathered by the forks.

2. In a sheaf loader, the combination with a wheeled frame open at the front, and an inclined elevator having the lowermost end located towards the rear of the frame, of side supports secured to the rear end of the frame and presenting opposing sets of horizontally disposed adjusting openings, upper and lower crossbars adjustably carried by the side supports, the ends of the bars entering the openings and a plurality of similar gathering forks secured to the bars and having their lower ends inclining forwardly clear of the ground and beneath the end of the conveyer.

3. A sheaf loader comprising a frame open at the front, a cross axle mounted rearwardly of the frame, driving wheels rotatably mounted on the axle, castor wheels supporting the forward end of the frame, a plurality of downwardly extending and forwardly directed gathering forks carried by the back end of the frame, an elevated forwardly positioned rotatably mounted cross shaft, pairs of chain wheels on the, main and the cross shaft, endless chains connecting the chain wheels, spaced cross slats interposed between the chains and provided with extending prongs and having their ends terminating in spindles pivotally mounted in the chains, pairs of cranks connected to the ends of the spindles, rollers located at the ends of the cranks, a clutch-like driving connection between each of the driving wheels and main shaft, a stationary cross plate beneath the ascending side of the chains, stationary guides receiving and controlling the rollers and constructed to maintain the prongs in a fixed carrying position at the under side, lower end and top side of the conveyer and arranged at the upper end to give freedom to the rollers to permit of the swinging of the prongs, a cross plate extending between the side guides and positioned underneath the ascending sides of the chains, and an elevated side delivery chute located at the upper end of the conveyer.

Claims allowed, 3.