Statement of the case.

3. In the construction of elevators for hay, two pyramidal frames, one placed upon the other, the under frame being upright and the upper one inverted, and the headblocks or apices of both so united as that the upper frame may freely turn upon while it is supported by the lower frame, substantially as described.

In presence of

W. H. KIRBY,

A. W. BRINKERHOFF.

F. F. FOWLER.

F. F. FOWLER, OF CRANE TOWNSHIP, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,899, dated April 17, 1860; Reissue No. 1,341, dated September 9, 1862; Reissue No. 1,870, dated February 14, 1865.

DIVISION NO. 2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. F. Fowler, of Crane township, county of Wyandotte, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in elevating hay and other like products; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of that part of my invention which relates to Division No. 2, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which

The figure represents a perspective view of the machine in use.

This invention relates to a contrivance which is especially adapted for use on farms for the purpose of facilitating the stacking of hay and other similar products by admitting of the use of a horse to perform the most laborious part of the work.

Statement of the case.

By my invention I obtain a "labor-saving machine" which can be readily moved about from one place to another, and which will enable a person to stack hay in localities where such work would otherwise be exceedingly inconvenient and laborious.

I so construct a machine for the above-mentioned purpose that the same power which is employed to elevate a load of hay will also convey the load over the stack in a position to allow the attendant to deposit it thereon; and while this is the case I also provide for gathering the hay at any side of the machine and depositing it upon a stack, or erecting a stack at any other side of the machine, all as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe one form of machine by which my invention may be carried into effect.

In the accompany drawings, A represents a platform or base which should be made of sufficient area to give steadiness and solidity to sustain the superstructure for elevating and moving the load of hay to be placed upon the stack. In the center of this base, A, is erected a perpendicular post, D, which is stayed or braced in a rigid position by the inclined stays, B B, which are carried up to a point which is nearer the upper end of said post, D.

G represents a horizontal jib or beam, which is pivoted in any suitable manner to the central post, D, so that it will turn completely round this post; or the beam or jib, G, may be secured rigidly to a central post which is succeptible of rotating. In this case the beam G may be sustained and strengthened by braces framed into it and to the turning post; but if the beam G turns around a fixed post, as I have represented, braces H H, and collar I may be employed. At or near the extreme ends of the beam G, are sheaves, a a, over which pass a rope or chain, b, to one end of which is attached a fork, h, having a guy rope, i, attached to its handle, as represented in Fig. 1. This hayfork is constructed with tines, g, and balanced by the bail,

Statement of the case.

which is connected at its ends to the ends of the fork-head. This bail is the fulcrum of suspension of the fork, the tineş being one arm of the lever and the handle the other. Thus the weight of the hay on the tines can be counterbalanced by the power applied to the handle by the attendant who holds the guy-rope, i, during the operation of elevating a load, as will be further described. The opposite the end of the rope, b, is carried down and passed through the pulleyblock, d, and to this end of this rope a horse may be attached for elevating the hay, which is gathered on the fork at the opposite end of the rope.

The operation of my machine is as follows: The stack is built at one side of the pitcher, and the pulley-block or sheave d, on the base A; is attached at or near the center of the opposite side of the machine, and the hay to be elevated is deposited at either end of the pitcher. In the operation of elevating the hay the man who handles the fork draws upon it until the cross-top beam swings around and occupies a position parallel with the stack or rick and at right angles to the line of draft or at any required angle. He then plunges his fork into the hay, speaks to the horse to move on, steps back from the hay, and holds the guyrope i in his hand and keeps it sufficiently tight to keep the load off the side of the stack and the beam or jib G in the same position occupied by it when the draft was applied. When the load is sufficiently elevated to pass freely over the stack, the person holding the guy-rope i', slackens his hold on it and allows the beam G, with its loaded fork, to swing around in a line with the line of draft, thus bringing the load over the stack, upon which it is now dropped by the operator releasing the rope i.

The operator can hold the beam G until the load of hay is elevated perpendicularly to a sufficient height to pass over the stack, or he can let the load of hay move toward the stack as it is being elevated. In either case the horse or power applied to elevate the load also moves it from the