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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MOSES L. MILAM, OF CADDO MILLS, TEXAS.
HORSE HAY-RAKE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,530, dated August 7, 1888.
Application filed February 18, 1888. Serial No. 264,478. (No model.)To alI whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, MoSEs L. MILAM, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Caddo
Mills, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Improvement
in Axles for Horse Hay-Rakes, of which the
following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
horse hay.- rakes; and it consists in certain
ro novel features hereinafter described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a rear elevation of a horse hay-rake provided
with my improved axle. Fig. 2 is a similar
15 view showing the axle folded, and Fig. 3 is a
bottom plan view of the axle.
Referring particularly to the drawings by
letter, A designates the axle, consisting of the
sliding or extensible bars or spindles C, se-
2u cured to the under side of the rake-head B.
The rake-teeth D are secured in and project
rearward from the rake head, and the wheels
E are journaled on the ends of the sliding me-
tallic spindles, as shown.
25 The rake-head is constructed in three sec-
tions, the central section, F, being the largest
and having the seat G mounted thereon. The
end sections, H, are pivotally connected to the
ends of the central section by means of the
30 links I, which are substantially Z-shaped, so
as to avoid the adjacent rake-teeth, and have
their opposite ends pivoted, respectively, to
the ends of the central section and the end sec-
tions, as shown. On the under side of the
35 central section, at the center of the same, Ise-
cure the guide J, in which the inner ends of
the sliding bars composing the axle are sup-
ported and work. Near the ends of this cen-
tral section I secure the loops or staples K,
40 which serve as additional guides or supports
for the said sliding bars, as shown. Adjacent
to and on opposite sides of the central guard,
J, on the under side of the central section of
the rake-head, I secure the stops L, against
45 which the spindles contact, so as to limit the
inward movemenutof the same. The spindles
are constructed of metallic bars, as before set
forth, and are bent out of a straight line at an
intermediate point of their length to provide
50 the shoulders IM, which contact with the stops
L when they are pushed inward, as will be un-derstood. When the said bars are drawn out,
these shoulders contact with the guide K, as
shown, and are thus prevented from being en-
tirely withdrawn from their supports or bear- 55
ings. The outer ends of the bars are some-
what tapered and are made circular in cross-
section, and the wheels are mounted on these
tapered outer ends.
N N designate locking pins, which are in- 60o
serted through the swinging end sections of
the rake-head and the sliding bars to hold
the same projected, as shown in Fig. 1.
These locking - pins are inserted vertically
downward through the sections of the rake- 65
head and through suitable openings formed
in the sliding bars near the ends of the same
and project entirely through said bars. The
said bars will thus be prevented from slid-
ing by the pins, which will be held in engage- 70
ment with the bars by their own gravity. If
so desired, the lower ends of these pins may
be threaded and nuts mounted thereon to be
turned up against the axle; but ordinarily the
pins will be made long and heavy enough to 75
prevent the sections of the rake-head kicking
off the axle. I prefer to dispense with the
nuts, for the reason that the end sections of
the rake-head can then be more readily disen-
gaged from the axles when so desired. So
The construction and arrangement of the
several parts of my device being thus made
known, it is thought the operation and ad-
vantages of the same will be readily under-
stood. The normal position of the several 85
parts is that shown in Fig. 1. In this position
the sliding bars are projected and the swing-
ing end sections of the rake-head are lowered
and secured to the spindles by the locking-
pins N N. When the parts are in the position 90
just described, the rake is properly adjusted
for use in a field. When it is desired to move
the rake from one field to another, and it will
be necessary to haul it along the roads and
through gates, the several parts are adjusted 95
to the position shown in Fig. 2. The locking-
pins are raised from the sliding bars and the
swinging sections of the rake-head. The said
sections are then folded or swung over on the
central section and the sliding bars are pushed toc
inward, thus reducing the width of the machine
nearly one-half and permitting its passage
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Milam, Moses L. Horse Hay Rake., patent, August 7, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171819/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.