Stooker to be Attached to Binders (Patent No: 251830)

Inventor: Boychuk, John Paul

Location: Edmonton

Comments: b Shandro 1901; came to Edmonton 1923; see The Wetaskiwin Times, August 26, 1926; Nor'West Farmer, August 20, 1924; idea conceived and first model built on farm at Shandro; subsequent improvements made; on verge of selling patents to a mojor implement manufacturer for $1 million when stock market fell; unable to raise capital for local factory; abandoned project; m Pauline Workun 1938; worked in tractor parts business; see obituary Edmonton Journal, February 9, 1963; photo in PAA

Description:
WHAT WE CLAIM AS OUR INVENTION IS:

1. In a stocking machine, a sheaf receiver and conveyor, means for depositing the shock and means, intermediate of the sheaf receiver and the shock depositing means, for placing the sheaves and means for forming the sheaves into the shock.

2. In a stocking machine and in combination, a. sheaf receiver and conveyor, a sheaf placer adjacent the receiver, shock forming and depositing means adjacent the sheaf placer and counter means, operable by the sheaf placer, designed to operate the shock forming and depositing means on a predetermined number of sheaves being placed.

3. In a stocking machine and in combination with a binder, a sheaf receiver and conveyor member, means for rotatably supporting and operating said member, mechanism operable on a sheaf being discharged from the binder for operating the receiver and conveyor mechanism.

4. In a stocking machine as claimed in claim 3, in which the combined receiver and conveyor member comprises a hub provided with a plurality of spaced arms having lifting and pushing plates arranged alternately on said arms, an auxiliary frame, a cross shaft rotatably mounted thereon and rigidly connected to said hub, mechanism operable on the machine moving forward for rotating said shaft and clutch mechanism, automatically operable on a sheaf being received by said member, for operating the shaft rotating mechanism whereby, the receiver and conveyor member is partially rotated and whereby, said shaft is thrown out of gear on a sheaf being discharged from the receiver and conveyor member.

5. In a stocking machine and in combination with a binder, a frame, a bull wheel shaft on the frame and a bull wheel on said shaft, supporting castor wheels for the frame, an auxiliary frame, a shaft rotatably mounted thereon, a receiver and conveyor member rigidly mounted on said shaft, means for operating the receiver and propeller member comprising a sprocket loosely mounted on said shaft and chain connected to a sprocket rigidly mounted on the bull wheel shaft, a spring actuated clutch, rigidly mounted on said shaft, adapted to engage and disengage with the sprocket whereby, on the clutch being released, the propeller shaft is rotated, means for automatically operating said clutch on a sheaf being delivered from the binder to cause a partial revolution of the shaft.


6. The machine as claimed in claim 5, in which the means for automatically operating the receiver and propeller member, on a sheaf being delivered from the binder, comprise an arm on the knotter shaft wheel of the binder, a rod slidably mounted on the machine frame and adapted to engage with said arm, a spring actuated fork member
operatively connected to said arm and adapted to engage at different points with the clutch for the receiver and conveyor shaft whereby, the shaft is automatically thrown into gear on a sheaf being delivered to the receiver and conveyor member and automatically thrown out of gear on the shaft completing a partial revolution to propell a sheaf therefrom.

7. In a machine of the character described and in combination, a sheaf receiver and conveyor member, means for automatically operating said member on a sheaf being delivered thereto and means for automatically throwing said member out of gear on the sheaf being discharged therefrom, a placer adjacent said member and adapted on a sheaf being delivered from the receiver and conveyor member to convey it and place it at a predetermined point, and means for automatically operating the placer on a sheaf being received from the receiver and conveyor member.

8. In a stocker and in combination, a combined receiver and sheaf conveying member, means for automatically operating said member on a sheaf being delivered from the binder and means for automatically throwing the operating means out of gear on partial revolution being completed, a placer comprising a frame, a cover for the frame adapted to form a cone-shaped member open at both ends and provided with flaring wings, a vertical shaft rigidly, connected to said frame and means for operating the shaft to impart thereto a half revolution in one direction and a partial revolution in the other direction.

9. In a stocker, as claimed in claim 8, in which the means for operating the placer comprise a vertical shaft, sprocket wheel, a driving shaft, a plurality of gears on the driving shaft, a reversible clutch for said gears, gear racks adapted to engage with said gears, chain connected at one end with said sprocket wheel, and flexible means adapted to travel over a pulley to connect the, racks at the other end Whereby, on the driving shaft being operated, the gear racks engage with gears thereon to first turn the placer carrying shaft in one direction a half revolution and then in the other direction a half revolution and means for operating the driving shaft on the machine moving forward and comprising a sprocket on the driving shaft, chain connected to a sprocket on the bull wheel shaft.
10. In a stocking machine and in combination, a rotatable receiver and conveyor member, means for automatically operating said member, on a sheaf being delivered thereto, means for automatically throwing said member out of gear, on a sheaf being discharged therefrom, a semirevolvable placer member adjacent the receiver and conveyor member, means, operable through the conveyor member, for causing the placer to rotate a half revolution in one direction and a half revolution in the opposite direction and shock forming and depositing members adapted to receive the sheaves from the placer.
11. In a sheaf shocker and in combination, a sheaf receiving and conveying member adapted to be automatically operable on the machine being moved forward to receive and convey a sheaf, a sheaf placer, operable by the sheaf conveyor to place the sheaves and shock forming and sheaf depositing means adjacent the sheaf placer and means for operating the shock forming and depositing means on a predetermined number of sheaves being received therein.

12. The machine as claimed in claim 11, in which the shock forming and depositing means comprise a crank shaft, a clutch on said shaft and sprockets on said shaft, a counter shaft, curved braces on said shaft adapted to engage with the crank shaft, a second counter shaft formed with a curve at its centre and swingingly supported in said braces, a plurality of spaced shock carrying members rigidly connected to said shaft and collapsible spreader rods pivotally connected to said shaft, whereby, on the crank shaft being operated, the counter shafts are moved to raise or lower the shock carriers, means for operating the crank shaft comprising a driving shaft, a sprocket wheel thereon chain connect- ed to the sprocket wheel on the crank shaft and clutch means for operating said shaft, means operable by the placer driving mechanism for tripping the shock carriers to deposit the shock, and mechanism, operable on the forward movement of the machine, for operating the driving shaft.

13. In a stocking machine and in combination, a rotatable sheaf receiver and conveyor member and mechanism automatically operable on a sheaf being discharged from the binder for operating said member, a sheaf placer and means operable by the receiver and conveyor member for automatically operating the placer on a sheaf being discharged from said member, guide walls for the placer, a stock partition having sheaf control arms, a plurality of shock carrying members adjacent the placer and mechanism for operating the sheaf placer a partial revolution in one direction and a partial revolution in the other direction to place the sheaves on the shock carrying members on opposite sides of the partition and clutch mechanism for automatically throwing the placer out of gear on a predetermined number of sheaves being deposited on the shock carrying members and mechanism for causing the shock carrying members to deposit the shock and means for forming the shock.
14. In a machine of the character described and in combination, shock forming means comprising, in conjunction with a plurality of pivotally mounted shock carrying members, movable guide walls, means for dividing the shock and means for suspending the shock partitioning means above the shock.

15. In a machine of the character described, a plurality of spaced, pivotally mounted shock carrying members, means for spreading the shock and means for forming the shock comprising front and rear crank arms pivotally carried by the machine frame, side walls operatively connected to the crank arms and means for operating the crank arms comprising pittmans connecting said cranks and sprocket wheels carried by said cranks and chain connected to sprocket wheels carried by the driving mechanism whereby, on the latter being operated, the crank supported side walls, are moved inwardly, outwardly and elliptically.

16. In a stocker of the character described and in combination, means for carrying the sheaves, means for forming the shock comprising movable side walls, spring actuating means for said walls adapted to hold the sides of the stock firmly in a stock embracing position while the shock is being formed and set and a shock partitioning member and means for operatively suspending such member above the shock carrying members, spring members, spring actuated sheaf control arms for said member and means for raising and lowering the partitioning member and simultaneously operating the control arms and means connecting the partitioning member with the means for operating the shock carrying member whereby on the latter being operated the partitioning member is operated at a predetermined point.

17. In a stocker and in combination a receiver and conveyor member, automatically operable on a sheaf being received therein, a placer member adapted, on the conveyor member performing a partial revolution, to be operated to receive the sheaf, a plurality of shock carrying members, a swingingly mounted shaft adapted to support said members, and means for operating said shaft, guide walls for the placer and wings formed on the placer adapted to cooperate with said guide walls to deliver a sheaf first to one side and then to another side of the shock carrying member, on the placer performing a partial revolution in different directions, mechanism for operating the placer and mechanism for operating the shock carrying members, guide walls operatively connected to the mechanism for operating the shock carrying members, shock spreaders between the shock carrying members and a shock partitioning member and means for suspending said member above the shock carrying members and means for operatively supporting the rear ends of the carriers and pivotally mounted bracing means for supporting the rear end of the stock carriers.
18. In a stocking machine, a supporting frame, a bull wheel and castor wheels in said frame, an auxiliary frame and an arched beam on the supporting frame and means for adjustably attaching the frame to a binder, a sheaf receiver and conveyor member supported in the auxiliary frame and adapted to revolve in a vertical plane, rearwardly at the bottom and forwardly at the top, timed from the binder, a horizontal shaft for said member and means for connecting
said shaft with the bull wheel shaft whereby, on the machine being moved forward the sheaf receiver and conveyor member is operated, means formed on said member for lifting and pushing the sheaves from the binder rearwardly into an upright position, guide walls for the sheaves and a placer for receiving the sheaves and adapted to automatically throw the receiver and conveyor member out of gear at a predetermined moment.

19. A shock carrying and forming means automatically operable by the sheaf placer and adapted to receive the sheaves from the placer and means for operating the shock carrier means to deposit the shock on a predetermined number of sheaves being received and means for guiding the sheaves in the shock carrying members comprising guide walls mounted on and actuated by cranks and rotatably, collapsibly and expansibly movable whereby, a retaining and guiding influence is exerted on the sheaves to form the shock and spring actuated means for automatically adjusting the side walls to the varying height of the shock.

20. In a machine of the character described and in combination, a crank shaft, a counter shaft formed with curved brace thereon adapted to engage with the crank shaft, a shaft swingingly mounted on said braces and a plurality of spaced shock carrying members rigidly mounted on said shaft, collapsibly connected shock spreaders on said shaft, crank supported side walls and means operatively connecting the cranks with said crank shaft and means operatively connecting the cranks with one another whereby, on the crank shaft being operated the side walls are operated to form the shock.

21. In a stocking machine and in combination, a rotatable sheaf receiver and conveyor and means for automatically operating the sheaf receiver and conveyor on a sheaf being received from the binder, a semi-revolvable sheaf placer adjacent the sheaf receiver and conveyor and mechanism for automatically operating the sheaf placer on the receiver and conveyor assuming a discharge position to deliver the sheaf to the placer, guide walls for the sheaf placer and means formed on the placer in combination with said guide walls adapted to deliver the sheaves first to one side and then to another and a plurality of shock carriers and crank shaft means operable .on the machine moving forward for operating said carriers to deposit the shock and counter means, simultaneously operable with the sheaf placer, whereby, on a predetermined number of sheafs being deposited on the sheaf carriers, the sheaf placer is thrown out of gear and the carriers are operated to deposit the shock, spring actuated and crank operated side walls for the sheaf carriers, sheaf retaining arms on said walls a partitioning member formed with pivotally mounted spring actuated sheaf control arms adapted to fit between the side walls and means for suspending the partitioning member and means for raising and lowering the partitioning member and control arms simultaneously with the operation of the shock carriers and side walls to form and deposit the shock.

22. In a stocking machine and in combination, a tractor wheel, means, automatically operable by the binder on the machine being moved forward through said tractor wheel, for receiving and conveying the sheaves, means automatically operable by the receiving and conveying means for placing the sheaves, moving automatically operable by the placer means for receiving the sheaves forming, carrying and depositing the shock and means in the form of collapsible side walls provided with retaining arms and a partitioning member with sheaf control arms suspended between said side walls for pressing and controlling the shock simultaneously with the operation of the shock carrying means to deposit the shock.

23. In a sheaf shocker and in combination, a rotatable sheaf receiving and conveyor member adapted to be timed from and thrown into gear by the binder, a semi-revolving and alternating sheaf placer timed from and thrown into gear by the sheaf receiver and conveyor, means for operating the sheaf receiver and conveyor on the machine moving forward, means for receiving the sheaves from the placer, means for forming the stock and means for operating the receiving means to deposit the shock when formed.

24. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sheaf receiving and conveying member timed from and thrown into gear by the binder and a semi-revolving, alternating sheaf placer timed from and thrown into gear by the sheaf receiver and conveyor, of a plurality of sheaf carrying skids, a driving shaft and sliding clutch and gear mechanism operable from the driving shaft and controlled by the placer mechanism whereby, on a predetermined number of sheaves being deposited on the skids, the skids are operated to deposit the shock, shock setting means timed from the sheaf placer and adapted to be tripped from said driving shaft mechanism to automatically be thrown out of gear after a shock has been deposited and the shock setting member has resumed its normal sheaf receiving position.

25. In a stocker of the character described and in combination, mechanism for supporting the sheaves, mechanism for forming the shock and depositing it downwardly and rearwardly and mechanism for simultaneously removing the sheaf supporting mechanism downwardly and forwardly.

26. In a sheaf shocker, shock forming mechanism including a swingingly mounted shaft, sheaf carriers rigidly mounted on said shaft and sheaf spreaders operatively mounted on said shaft, a stock partition member suspended above the aforesaid members, means for raising and lowering the partition member, spring actuated stock controlling arms on the partitioning member and means for automatically releasing the pressure of said arms from the sheaves at a predetermined point.

27. In a shocking machine of the character described and in combination, sheaf supporting and shock forming means comprising forwardly descending shock carriers and collapsible shock spreaders, rotatable, collapsible and expansible crank-supported guide walls adapted to descend rearwardly, means for automatically adjusting said walls, means, automatically operable, for supporting the stock carriers to cause them to descend forwardly, a vertically operable stock partition, means for suspending same, means for operating same to move it upwardly or downwardly, spring actuated controls on said partition, means for simultaneously operating the partition and the controls and means for regulating pressure on said guide walls.

28. In a sheaf shocker of the character described, suspension means, crank operated guide walls, pressure exerting, spring-encased rods, pivoted to said suspension means whereby the stock, in combination with retaining arms, is first embraced and then deposited on the ground.

29. A shock carrying and forming means automatically put into gear by the sheaf placer and adapted to receive the sheaves from the placer and means for operating the shock carrying and forming means to deposit the shock on a predetermined number of sheaves being received and for throwing itself out of gear at a predetermined point, and means for guiding the sheaves in the shock carrying members comprising collapsible spreading rods, guide walls mounted on and, actuated by cranks and rotatably, collapsibly and expansibly movable whereby a retaining and guiding influence is exerted on the sheaves to form the shock and spring actuated means for automatically adjusting the side walls to the varying shock forming and setting requirements and the varying height of the shock.

30. In a stocking machine and in combination, a rotatable sheaf receiver and conveyor and means for automatically operating the sheaf receiver and conveyor on a sheaf being received from the binder, a semi-revolvable sheaf placer adjacent the sheaf receiver and conveyor and mechanism for automatically operating the sheaf placer on the receiver and conveyor assuming a discharge position to deliver the sheaf to the placer, stationary guide walls for the sheaf placer and means formed on the placer in combination with said guide walls adapted to deliver the sheaves first to one side and then to another and a plurality of shock carriers, collapsible stock spreaders, spring actuated and crank operated side walls for the shock carriers and crank shaft means, operable on the machine moving forward, for operating said spring actuated side walls to deposit the shock and counter means, simultaneously operable with the side wall means, whereby, on a predetermined number of sheaves being deposited on the shaft carriers by the placer, the side wall mechanism is thrown in gear and said walls are operated to deposit the shock, and the stock spreaders and stock carriers are withdrawn from under the shock, spring actuated sheaf retaining arms of said walls adapted to exert a forward pressure on the stock at the rear of the partitioning member equipped on either side with pivotally mounted, spring actuated, sheaf control arms adapted to fit between the side walls and the partitioning member and means for suspending the partitioning member and means for raising and lowering the partitioning member and control arms simultaneously with the operation of the shock carriers and side walls to deposit and form the shock and means for automatically throwing out of gear the sheaf receiving and conveying means, the sheaf placing means and the shock forming and setting means.

31. In a machine of the character described, comprising an adjustable
counter, spring actuating means for automatically restoring the counter to starting position and means for utilizing the counter as a trip for setting the shock.