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Patented August 2, 19(4.
UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
RI( 1HARD1) C. rALLY, OF NATHAN, TEXAS.
STALK-CUTTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,401, dated August 2, 1904.
Application filed December 8, 1903. Serial No. 184,312, (No model.)To (t w/71,7)- it iba/ concern:
Be it known that 1 RIciumD C. TALLY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Nathan,
in the county of Johnson and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful .improve-
ments in Stalk-Cutters, of which the following
is a specification.
This invention relates to agricultural im-
plements, and most especially to machinery
io for cutting stalks, the essential feature being'
the provision of cutting mechanism which is
vertically adjustable to cut the stalks about
on a level with the ground or at any distance
there )ove as may be required.
15 For a full description of the invention and
the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl-
edge of the details of construction of the
means for effecting the result reference is to
be had to the following description and draw-
20 ings hereto attached.
While the essential and characteristic fea-
tures of the invention are susceptible of modi-
fication, still the preferred embodiment of the
invention is illustrated in the accompanying
25 drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stalk-
cutter embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a
side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view
of the implement. Fig. 4 is a section on the
30 line 4 4 of Fig. 2 of the arcuate guide, show-
ing the means for securing the frame of the
cutting mechanism at the required position.
Fig. 5 is a detail view on the line X X of Fig.
2, showing the means for securing the sup-
35 porting-wheel to the outer end of the frame
at the required adjusted position. Fig. 6 is
a detail view showing more clearly the arcuate
guide or standard for connecting the frame of
the reel to the main frame.
40 Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
in all the views of the drawings by the same
reference characters.
The frame of the machine is indicated at 1,
45 and the pole or tongue 2 projects forward
therefrom in line with the side bar and is pro-
vided with the usual appurtenances for hitch-
ing the team thereto. The ground-wheel 3 is
secured to the axle 4, so as to rotate therewith.
50 The shaft 5 is journaled to the side bars ofthe frame 1, parallel with the axle 4, and is
provided with sprocket - gears 6 and 7. A
sprocket-chain 8 connects the sprocket-wheel
6 with the sprocket-wheel 9, secured to the
axle 4. A sprocket -chain 10 connects the 55
sprocket-wheel 7 with the sprocket-wheel 11,
loose upon the inner end of the reel-shaft 12.
The sprocket-wheel 11 is provided upon its
inner side with a half-clutch which cooperates
with a corresponding half-clutch 13, movable 6o
on the shaft 12, yet mounted so as to rotate
therewith. The spring 14", mounted upon
the shaft 12, normally presses the half-clutch
13 into engagement with the half-clutch of the
sprocket-gear 11, so as to cause the parts to 65
rotate forward when the machine is drawn
over the ground.
The frame 14, supporting the cutting-reel,
is approximately of U form and comprises a
horizontal bar and uprights 15, the latter pro- 70
vided at their upper ends with bearings to re-
ceive the shaft 12. The frante 14 is adjustable
vertically to regulate the height of the cut
above the ground and is strengthened by
means of the brace 16, which is pivotally con- 75
nected at its lower rear end to the inner up-
right 15 and is longitudinally slotted at its
upper end, as shown at 17, to receive the bolt
18, by means of which the brace is adjustably
connected to the subjacent side of the frame So
1. In order that the tension upon the)sprocket-
chain or drive-belt 10 may not be materially
affected by the vertical adjustment of the
frame 14, the latter is moved on the arc of a
circle concentric with the shaft 5. 85
For securing the frame 14 in the adjusted
position the following means have been de-
vised and consist of the guide 19, which is of
arcuate form and bolted or otherwise securely
fastened to a side bar of the frame 1, so as to 90
be concentric with the shaft 5. This guide 19
is an iron or casting of substantial formation
and comprises a base-piece and overhanging
flanges 20, which have their edge portions
spaced apart a distance to receive the bolt or 95
threaded stem 21, connected at its inner end
to the block or plate 22, slidable freely in the
space of the guide. The stem or fastening 21
passes through an opening of the inner up-
right 15 and receives upon its projecting end zooNo. 766,401.
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Tally, Richard C. Stalk Cutter, patent, August 2, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511036/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.