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tie rod 7. Said spur has a clutch member
which registers with a clutch member on a
sliding casting 24. 24a denotes a spring
actuated rod holding said clutch members
5 engaged; said rod having one end bearing
in a socket formed in casting 24, its opposite
end bearing on a casting on the reel here-
inafter named.
25 denotes a lever one end of which bears
10 on a flange on casting 24. Said lever is piv-
otally mounted on a post near the rear end
of casting 10 and serves to throw said clutch
members out of engagement.
25a denotes a short arm pivoted to said
15 lever which locks into a rear arm of driver's
guard hereinafter described and serves to
hold said lever in engagement with said
flange while pressing the casting 24 back
thus holding its clutch member out of en-
20 gagement with the clutch member on spur 23.
26 denotes an idler bearing upon the
sprocket chain. 27 an arm pivoted to cast-
ing 10 to which said idler is mounted.
28 denotes a coiled spring adjustably fas-
25 tened to the rear end of arm 27 by means of
perforations 27b in the end of said arm.
Said spring serves to govern the tension of
said idler upon the sprocket chain.
29 denotes a hollow shaft mounted to re-
30 volve upon tie rod 7 and provided at its
left end with key ways 26a on which casting
24 slides.
30 denote two reel arm-holders cast with
bearings 30 midway of their length and
35 formed with flanged sides and bolt holes.
31 denote reel arms formed or cast with
bent or flanged ends.to which are bolted
blades or breakers 32. Thus the reel is
formed of the hollow shaft 29 having keyed
40 or bolted rigidly thereto the holders 30 to
which are bolted arms 31, and to which arms
are secured the breakers 32.
33 denote castings provided with journals
33a for the driving and caster wheels and
45 formed with a rectangular recess. adapted
to span and ride upon the front sides of the
main frame. Said castings bear upon the
sides of main frame and are provided with
threaded sockets having L-shaped clamping
50 bolts headed at their outer ends.
34 denote stay rods at each side of the
main frame which are threaded and register
with internally threaded lugs 34a and 35
the former being cast integral with casting
55 6 and the latter formed integral with cast-
ing 10. Thus the main frame is afforded a
vertical adjustment upon the driving and
caster wheels and the stay rods serve to hold
said castings in position.
60 36 denotes a guard or fender fastened into
sockets 36a, 36b the former being on the out-
rigger and the latter on the rear extension
of casting 10. The rear arm of this fender
serves as a rest for lever 25 when holding
65 sliding clutch on casting 24 back out of en-gagement with the clutch on spur 23. The
purpose of said fender is to protect the
driver from the reel.
By our construction the main frame is ar-
ranged at right angles to the line of draft 70
and affords not only a support for the reel
but that portion under the reel is made to
serve as a breaker bar. The upright portion
of said frame besides serving as a reel sup-
port also affordsnieans for attaching the drive 75
ing and caster wheels while the extension of
said frame on the left serves both as a sup-
port for the driver's seat and as a base for
attachment, through an outrigger, of the
tongue. Said frame being in one piece and 80
its upper ends braced by the tie rod is strong
and rigid yet of light weight.
The attachment of the tongue to one side
of the main frame by means of the outrigger
and offset and projecting the pole out from 85
the top of the machine allows the pole to
pass over the tops of the first row of stalks
without striking or displacing them, while
the team straddles this row. The adjoining
row is chopped down at the same time the 90
reel being wide enough to embrace two rows.
It is evident the draft rods attached to the
evener and their connecting rods equalize
the draft upon the driving wheel and
breaker bar. 95
The reel structure is made especially strong
by the hollow shaft and arrangement of flat
steel arms arranged edgewise to.the direction
of strain and presenting a narrow surface
to air resistance is also a desirable feature. 100
The means for adjustably mounting the
main frame to the driving and caster wheels
is another important advantage gained by
our construction.
Having thus shown and described our in- 105
vention what we claim and desire to secure
by Letters Patent is:
1. In a stalk chopping machine having a
draft appliance and a reel and breaker bar
arranged to one side thereof, the combina- 110
tion of the main frame extending from side
to side of the machine forming a reel sup-
port a breaker bar and a side extension all
arranged in the same vertical plane said
extension forming a purchase for said draft 115
appliance.
2. In a stalk chopping machine employing
a reel and breaker bar the combination of
the main frame extending from side to side
of the machine at right angles to the line of 120
draft formed in one piece with the breaker
bar and also with the side extension, the sides
breaker bar and extension being arranged in
the same vertical plane, means for securing a
draft appliance to said extension, and means 125
attached to the main frame and draft appli-
ance for equalizing said side draft.
3. In a stalk chopping machine the com-
bination of the reel supporting frame having
a side extension in alinement, an outrigger 130
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Canuteson, Alfred & Ringness, John J. Stalk-Chopper, patent, December 22, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511565/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.