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No. 738,795.
UNITEDSTATES
Patented September 15, 1903.
PATENT OFFICE.GEORGE W. HARDIN AND JOHN D. MEAD, OF PECAN GAP, TEXAS.
COTTON-STALK PULLER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,795, dated September 15, 1903.
Application filed May 29, 1903. Serial No. 159,375, (No model)To aUl whOJi it 7fmcay co7Zce7rnf:
Be it known that we, GEORGE W. HARDIN,
and JOHN D. MEAD, citizens of the UnitedI
States, residing at Pecan Gap, in the county
5 of Delta and State of Texas, have invented a
new and useful Cotton-Stalk Puller, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to machines for pul-
ling cotton-stalks; and it has for its object to
xo provide a device of this class which shall
possess superior advantages in point of sim-
plicity, durability, and general efficiency.
With these and other ends in view the in-
vention consists in the improved construction,
15 arrangement, and combination of parts con-
stituting a machine which comprises as its
essential partsa frame supported uponwheels,
a reel driven from the supporting-gears and
adapted to operate upon the stalks, a pulling-
20 cylinder against which the stalks are forced
by the action of the reel and which operates
in conjunction with the latter to pull or lift
the stalks from the ground, and a discharge-
cylinder which receives the pulled stalks and
25 discharges them over the tail end of the ma-
chine, so as not to hinder the progress of the
latter.
The invention further -consists in the im-
proved construction, arrangement, and com-
30 bination of parts, which will be hereinafter
fully described, and particularly pointed out
in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view- of our- improved cotton-
35 stalk puller. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical
sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a de-
tail plan view of a portion of the device, in-
cluding a portion of the pulling and discharge
cylinders. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating
4o a modification.
Corresponding parts in the several figures
are indicated by similar numerals of refer-
ence.
1 designates a frame, the side pieces 2 of
45 which are provided near their front ends
with upwardly-extending brackets 3, forming
bearings for the axle 4, carrying the trans-
porting-wheels 5, one or both of which are
fast upon the axle or adapted to be connected
50 therewith by clutch mechanism of odinary
construction, so as to cause the axle to re-
volve when the machine moves in a forwarddirection. The side pieces of the frame also
support a pair of brackets 6, located in rear
of the brackets 3 and supporting bearings 7, 55
in which is journaled a shaft 8, carrying a
reel 9 of ordinary construction, said reel being
composed,essentially, of hub-plates 10,having
radially -extending arms 11, connected by
cross-bars 12. The detailed construction of 6o.
this reel is unimportant and may be varied
in any desired way within the scope of our
invention. The bearings 7 of the reel are
preferably made vertically adjustable, which
may be readily effected in any suitable well- 65
known manner, thereby enabling the reel to
be raised or lowered, according to the char-
acter of the work that is to be performed.
The reel-shaft is provided at one end with
a sprocket-wheel 14, connected by a chain 15 70
with a larger sprocket-wheel 16, mounted upon
the axle of the machine adjacent to one of the
transporting-wheels, or it may, if desired, be
formed integrally with said transporting-
wheel, motion being thus transmitted to the 75
reel-shaft.
The brackets 3 at the front end of the ma-
chine are extended upwardly above the axle
and support bearings for the cross-shaft 17,
which is parallel to the axle and which is pro- 8o
vided with a pinion 18, meshing with a spur-
gear 19 upon the axle.
The side pieces of the frame are provided
on their undersides, near their rear ends, with
bearings for a shaft 20, carrying the pulling- 85
cylinder 21. The latter is composed of a pair
of heads 22, mounted upon said shaft 20 and
connected by means of a plurality of blades
23, the edge of each of which is provided with
a plurality of V-shaped notches 24, the edges 90
of which are sharpened sufficiently to engage
the stalks with which they come into contact,
without, however, severing the said stalks.
Any desired number of the blades 23 may be
used, from six to eight being usually con- 95
sidered sufficient. The pulling-cylinder is
driven from the shaft 17 by means of chains
25, connecting sprocket-wheels 26 upon said
shaft 17 with sprockets 27iipon the shaft 20.
The rear ends of the frame-beams 2 2 are moo
provided with bearings for a shaft 28, carry-
ing a discharge-cylinder, which is composed
of a plurality of disks 30, mounted upon said
shaft and connected by means of slats 31.
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Hardin, George W. Cotton Stalk Puller, patent, September 15, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511908/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.