Threshing Machine (Patent No: 134260)

Inventor: Averill, Norman S.

Location: Claresholm

Comments: see Where the wheatlands meet the range; biographical information; came to Claresholm 1918; mentions threshing machine

Description:
Claim
1. In a traveling stock thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a travelling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanism, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them on said apron, and operating means therefor.
2. In a traveling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a travelling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanisms, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the .ground and deliver them on said apron, said means comprising a travelling draper and raker arms, and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
3. In a travelling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a travelling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanisms, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them to said apron, said means comprising a travelling draper and raker arms, said rakers adapted to rake the bundles of grain lying on the ground in front of the machine onto said draper, and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
4. In a travelling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a traveling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanism, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them to said apron, said means comprising an inclined frame, a draper running therein, standards affixed to the frame, a shaft and a crank shaft journalled in said standards, pendent links on said shaft, a plurality of rakers suspended at their end from the links on said shaft and the arms of said crank shaft, said rakers adapted to rake the bundles of grain lying on the ground in front of the machine onto said draper, and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
5. In a traveling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a traveling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanisms, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them on said apron, said means comprising an inclined frame, a draper running therein, standards affixed to the frame, a shaft and a crank shaft journalled in said standards, pendent links on said shaft, a plurality of rakers suspended at their ends from the links on said shaft and the arms of said crank shaft, the front ends of said rakers made claw-like and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
6. In a traveling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a traveling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanism, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them on said apron, said means comprising an inclined frame, a draper running therein, standards affixed to the frame, a shaft and a crank shaft journalled in said standards, pendent links on said shaft, a plurality of rakers suspended at their ends from the links on said shaft and the arms of said crank shaft, said rakers adapted to rake the bundles of grain lying on the ground in front of the machine onto said draper, the front ends of said rakers made claw-like, and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
7. In a traveling stook thresher, the combination with a vehicle body having mounted thereon a threshing mechanism, a rotary bundle cutter and a traveling apron feeding to said bundle cutter and threshing mechanism, of means arranged to pick up bundles of grain from the ground and deliver them on said apron, said means comprising an inclined frame, a draper running therein, standards affixed to the frame, a shaft and a crank shaft journalled in said standards, pendent link on said shaft, a plurality of rakers suspended at their ends from the links on said shaft and the arms of said crank shaft, said rakers adapted to rake the bundles of grain lying on the ground in front of the machine onto said draper, the front ends of said rakers made claw-like, a motor and a power transmission adapted to operate said devices.
8. In a thresher, the combination of a primary carrier, a secondary carrier, a rotary pick journalled near the discharge end of the primary carrier, and a fan positioned and adapted to blow a blast of air between the two carriers.
9. In a thresher, the combination of a carrier, a screen positioned to catch the grain discharged from the carrier, an undershot fan having a casing made with a wide throat adapted to blow an undershot blast against the under side of the screen, and a partition partly closing the upper portion said throat, said partition adapted to discharge a portion of the air of said fan as an overshot blast over said screen.
10. In a thresher, the combination of a carrier, a screen positioned to catch the grain discharged from the carrier, and undershot fan having a casing made with a wide throat adapted to blow an undershot blast against the under side of the screen, and an adjustable partition partly closing the upper portion of said throat, said adjustable partition adapted to discharge a portion of the air of said fan as an overshot blast over said screen.
11. In a thresher, the combination of a carrier, a screen positioned to catch the grain discharged from the carrier, an undershot fan having a casing made with a wide throat adapted to blow an undershot blast against the under side of the screen, and an adjustable partition partly closing the upper portion of said throat, said adjustable partition adapted to discharge a portion of the air of said fan as an overshot blast between the carrier and the screen.
12. In a thresher, the combination of a carrier and a screen positioned to catch the grain discharged from the carrier, an undershot fan having a casing made with a wide throat adapted to blow an undershot blast of air ??? the under side of the screen, an adjustable partition partly closing the upper section of said throat, said partition adapted to discharge a portion of the air blast of said fan as an overshot blasé over said screen, and means by which the partition may be adjusted so as to increase and diminish the volume of said overshot blast, as desired.
13. The combination of a primary vibrating screen comprising a shoe and a skin of screening material of ???? mesh in its forward section vibrating screen located below the primary screen, a tail board rearward of the secondary screen, a return auger below the tail board, a chute-like plate pendent from the primary screen at the point dividing the two grades of the skin of the screening material, said plate being adapted to discharge the grain falling through the finer mesh of the primary screen and the forward part of the secondary screen, and a chute-like plate pendent from the tail end of the primary screen adapted to discharge the coarser material inward of said tail board.
14. In a thresher, the combination of a primary carrier, a secondary carrier, a rotary picker journalled near the discharge end of the carrier, a fan positioned and adapted to blow a blast of air between the two grain carriers, a beater journalled near the discharge end of the secondary grain carrier, a straw carrier rearward of the latter, a partition positioned to prevent the falling of the grain from the secondary carrier onto the straw carrier, a vibrating screen located to catch the grain discharged from the secondary carrier, and undershot fan having a wide throat adapted to blow and undershot blast of air against the under side of the vibrating screen, and a partition partly closing the upper section of the throat of said fan and adapted to discharge a portion of the blast thereof as an overshot blast over said screen.
15. In a thresher, the combination of a primary carrier, a secondary carrier, a rotary picker journalled near the discharge end of the primary carrier, a fan position and adapted to blow a blast of air between the two carriers, a beater journalled near the discharge and of the secondary carrier, a straw carrier rearward of the latter, a partition positioned to prevent the falling of the grain from the secondary carrier onto the straw carrier, a primary vibrating screen positioned to catch the grain discharged from the secondary carrier and comprising a finer mesh screen section at its forward end and a coarser mesh screen section at its rear end, a secondary vibrating screen located below the primary screen, a pendent chute-like plate on the primary vibrating screen located at the point dividing the two grades of the screening surfaces, and pendent chute-like plate being adapted to discharge the grain falling through the finer mesh area of the primary screen forward on the secondary screen, a further chute-like plate pendent from the tail end of the primary screen and adapted to direct the discharging coarser material inward, a return auger, a tail board positioned to collect said coarser material into said return auger, an undershot fan having a casing made with a wide throat adapted to blow an undershot blast of air through said primary and secondary screens, a partition partly closing the upper section of fan throat and adapted to discharge a portion of the air blast as an overshot blast over the primary screen, and the casing of said fan being made with an extension adapted to direct the overshot blast between the secondary carrier and the primary screen.