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This discharge-cylinder is run by means of a
chain 32, connecting a sprocket-wheel 33 upon
the shaft 28 with a sprocket 34 upon the shaft
of the pulling-cylinder.
5 The extreme rear end of the frame is sup-
ported upon caster-wheels 35, which will en-
able the machine to be readily turned and
guided in the desired direction.
From the foregoing description, taken in
ic connection with the drawings hereto annexed,
the operation and advantages of our inven-
tion will be readily understood by those skilled
in the art to which it appertains.
When the machine, which is provided with
r5 draft appliances of ordinary construction, is
propelled over the field, the revolving reel
will engage the stalks and beat them in a rear-
ward direction, as will be readily understood,
the cross-bars of the reel engaging the stalks
20 at no great distance above the around, thus
bringing the butt-ends of the stalks into con-
tact with the rapidly-driven pulling-cylinder,
the notched blades of which will engage the
stalks close to the roots thereof and pull them
25 forcibly out of the ground, the cross-bars of
the reel serving to maintain the engagement
of the stalks with the pulling-cylinder while
being thus extricated. The pulling-cylinder
will lift the extricated stalks until they pass
30 into engagement with the discharge-cylinder,
the continued action of the reel serving to
throw the stalks rearwardly, so that they will
not escape contact with the discharge-cylin-
der, but will be engaged by the latter and dis-
35 charged from the tail end of the machine.
The operation of this machine is continuous,
and it will in a rapid and effective manner ex-
tricate the cotton-stalks from the ground and
deposit them flat upon the field in a condi-
4o tion which enables them to be readily plowed
under and which insures their rapid decay.
In Fig. 4 of the drawings has been shown
a detail view illustrating a modification of
our invention which we frequently desire to
45 employ. By this modification instead of
using a straight axle, as shown at 4, we em-
ploy a cranked axle 4b, upon which the trans-
porting-wheels, one of which has been shown
at 4c, are loose. The object of using the
5o cranked axle is to so elevate the central por-
tion of the latter as to permit the cotton-stalks
to pass under the same without danger of be-
ing broken down. They will consequently
be more effectively operated upon by the op-
55 erating parts of our improved machine. The
cranked portion of the axle supports a shaft
17a, corresponding to the shaft 17 illustrated
in Fig. 1. This shaft 170 carries sprocket-
wheels at its ends, one of which has been
6o shown at 26, from which motion is trans-
mitted to the shaft carrying the pulling-cyl-
inder. The front part of the machine will
obviously be slightly reorganized, so that
motion shall be suitably transmitted from
65 one of the transporting-wheels to the shaft17-. Clutch mechanism will also be employed,
whereby the parts may be thrown into and
out of gear; but such clutch mechanism is
old and well known, as are the means for
transmitting motion, and these parts have 70
accordingly been omitted from Fig. 4 of the
drawings, which is merely for the purpose of
showing the cranked axle which sometimes
and preferably is to be used in connection
with our invention. 75
It has been customary to beat the cotton-
stalks down for the purpose of enabling the
ground to be cultivated for future crops; but
the beating down of the stalks has been not
only a tedious and slow work, but it has been 8o
inefficient for the purpose intended. By our
invention, which is simple and easily oper-
ated, the very best results may be attained
with the least expense of time and energy.
We have in the foregoing described a sim- 85
ple and preferred construction of our inven-
tion; but we desire it to be understood that
we do not thereby limit ourselves to the pre-
cise structural details herein set forth, but
reserve the privilege of making any changes, 9q)
alterations, and modifications which may be
resorted to within the scope of our invention
and without departing from the spirit or sac-
rificing the utility of the same.
Having thus described the invention, we 95
claim-
1. In a stalk-puller, the combination of a
pulling-cylinder, means for forcing the stalks
into engagement with said pulling-cylinder,.
and a discharge-cylinder disposed in rear of ioo
said cylinder to receive the extricated stalks
from the latter to carry them over the tail
end of the machine.
2. In a stalk-puller, a pulling-cylinder hav-
ing a plurality of blades provided with sharp- 105
edged notches, in combination with a dis--
charge-cylinder consisting of a slatted drum.
3. In a stalk-puller, the combination with
a pulling-cylinder, of means for receiving the
extricated stalks from the latter and carry- 1 ro
ing the said stalks over the tail end of the
machine.
4. In a stalk-puller, the combination of a
wheeled frame having an axle, a reel disposed
in rear of the axle, a pulling-cylinder dis- 115
posed below and in rear of the reel, a dis-
charge-cylinder disposed in rear of and above
the pulling-cylinder, and means for trans-
mitting motion from the traction-wheels and
the axleto the reel and the pulling-cylinder 120
and from the latter to the discharge-cylin-
der.
In testimony that we claim the foregoing as
our own we have hereto affixed our signa-
tures in the presence of two witnesses.
GEORGE W. HARDIN.
JOHN D. MEAD.
Witnesses:
W. A. COCKRELL,
J. L. MCSWAIN.2
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Hardin, George W. Cotton Stalk Puller, patent, September 15, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511908/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.