[1]1 5 0 3 @ 6 2 5 Patei,ited Atig. 5,1924. UNITED STATES PATENT O@FFICE. SAMUEL C. BEAL:E@, OF LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HOR-ATIO J. TjO-R@CrY, TRUSTEE, OF SANTA ANA, C@ALIFORNIA, BEET-HARVESTINC-R J-.qACHINE. Applico.tioll filed ivovem'oer 17, 1920. Serial No. 424-,761. 7'0 cill d @na@y coqcernl: Be it kno-wn th,,tt 1, SAA:ETTDL C. BEALE, ,q citizen o-l' the Uiiited States, residing at Los Aiigeles, in the count@, of Los Angeles aiid St,,it-. of Califoriiia liave invented iloiv ,,tncl use'Lul linprovei-iients in Beet-H,,irvesting jAlaol-iii,.es, of which tl-ie following is ,t E;Pecific,,ttion. TI-iis iiiveliti0ii lias relation to t mac-hine 10 forharvestingsuo-,trbeets, and i-nore specifi';@eiits 'n m3r beet- h cali3, to iiilldrove I arvestijig iiiachine as illustr-,Lted ,tiid cles(@ribed in -n -iy peiicling applicatioii for JIdetters Patent er',il N mber filed ilfly 5tli, 1919, bearing S i u I Decep - bearina 15 29zxl,899, rei-ie--we, -aber 11), 19211 'Ser. LNO. 59-1,924 eiltitled Beet harvest'iii@; in, iiiachiries. Iii said applic,,ttion is sl-i6-wn aiid clescribed a beet hervester of the sqiiie cyeiiei@al t37pe as nay present invention, wliicl-i, 20 briefly, provicles meaiis for pulli-iio, beets olit '7' of tlie e,i-otind after they h,.ive beeil loosei-ied by a pio-@v, - @vhile p,,tssing over a ro@v, ,ind carpviii- tlieln to topl)ing kiii),es w,!-iere the tops qre severed froiii tl-io- body,portion. 26 --4n tli,,@ al)pllcatiol)- ibove i-eierred to, I IA-aA,e sho-wii cles(@ribed i m,,tchiiie -,wliieli will gril) the beets proportionately to that pailt ivhicli projects above the groliiid, ptill tl,eiii riid clelivei, the saiiie to a toppil.,-- i-i-ieclial-ilsiii A,,vl-iieli Ictutoiii,,itically top,s tlieiii i,,-i stich pi-oportioii - i,-l tilis strlicIla ine,,tns ltre'pi-6victed for c'ii,ii-i-ing the proportioii witliolit S-Lipplyi1lo, i;n eiitire iiew spt of gripping ,Liid i)iillino,,@3.5 devices. @t is th(@ i'liain object of in-v present illlde ,i iiiachiiie T-or v ei L to p@,-ov the I)urpose ,tbove set fortl-i, wl-tiol-i may be qui@kly ,in . cl effi@cieiitly adj-Listed, go that tlile beets @,o i, i,,tv be toi),.,Ded w;th respect to tny desired proportion of that part whic@i 13rojects ,,tboA,-e the gi@oltnd, wi-tho-Lit stoppiiig its opor stibstitutijig new parts. Tl-.to ,tljove aiid otlier objects iiieltidi-@ig 45 iiiiproi,ed -,,i:ieajis --For adjusting tl-ie toppiii-- li-,ii-idlliig @ind disposiiig of ti-@e be--'L-s anot beet tol)s, rogtiltting tl-ie projectiiag of the p-lo-vv in the ground, and liftiilg lioldirig the boet plilliiig ineel -iailisna aiid 50 ii@ee 'fi-oi,,i the ground when the inaCl,@iiie is bein@_y ti@,ti-isported from one field to tu rnirg, will be more fully i-n ulir,, fo"loiA,irLg,description, -vvill lo-e poliated out i'n the cl:@iins, and -wili be embodied iii tl-io accoiaidanying drao@ines, 5 r) iri wiiieh Fir tn' 1 is -,i side c-levatioii of ,t, bee'-u h-,trvesti-P(Y @iiachiiie eiiaboclyiiig lu3, iiiipi,oveii-iei-its, the beet-,Ptllllllg d@ilices beinoonly illiistrated coni-entionilly, due to tFe sm,,Illl sc,,Ile 60 oi-i NN@iii(-,h @the drawing is made. Fic,-. 2 is t plaii vie-@v of the same. Fi, 3 s a longitticlii-ial section througli the ri-i@i.elline, takel'i oii the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the inechanisin being 6 sojiie of mittecl, 65 ilitisti-ating in dotted lines the Tr-,tine upon whicli the gripping ,Liid @ulling iliecli ' @anisms are mou tecl, aiid the I lo-w in an elevatect 11 p aiid iiiopei-ative posifion, soine of tli6 pirts bei i-io- oinittecl to'aitoid redetition, 70 - in F ig. 4 is -,in enlargecl vertical transverse sec tion througyll one of tl-ie lvlieels suppor,uiiiq- tl-ie@ I)eet p-Lilling oi-i tjie Iijic !-! of Fig. 1, sho-wing the grippiiig aiid piillii-ig nl,ech,,tilisiii motii-ited 75 iii ol)eatii,e positioii, vie,",ecl in the cl'li @ectiin indicatecl by the arrows. F.;;,g. 5 is in eiiiargeiiieiat of [lie loiver I)art, oj. Fig. 4, tali:en approximately on tl-ie saiiie lin e, ileiv-ld in the opposite directioi-i, slio-w- 90 iiig, the pickiiag tiid ptilliiig iilechiiiisni in a clif feteiit positioii. Fig. 6 is a I-rauli'lentil Qectlbn, tal@en'oit the Iiii-- of Fig. 5. Fi(,,. i' is an enlai,g-ed clet-,iil section, takei-i s5 oia the line @,--7 of Fig@ 2. Fio-. 8 is @tn enlarged detail plan N,Iew of the.gearl-ng for operating tlie, beet top coiiveyino@ apron, aiid otlier n-lecliallislil. Fig. 9 is a section t,,tlceji on the Iiiie 9-9 go of Fig. 2. rig. 10 is a sectioii t,,tkeii on tl-ie line 10-1 0 0, @ g. 5. Fig. 11 is @L diagrlni lioii, the ctrii p lates. are arranged to catise !.he beet 9 5 p ing )a-Ws to open. Fig. 12 is a cliagrain showiiig how the p lttes .ire arranged to cause the 'Deet gripp in- jaws to close@ ancl -rasp a beet. Pig. 13 is a diagr.-tinin-,ttic view illclsti@at- loo i p-o- the b--et o,rippili(Y illechqliisn-i ill CIL I'lori nal and iiiact-Li,e or ;ttrtiiig p6sition. Fig. 14 is a similar v'ew illtistmtilig ai-t 1 a dvanced step of tl-Le beet orippiii@y illeel-ian ism in the act of becoining acljiisted to a 1 05 b eet iii the ground. Fig. 15 is a similar vi,6ii, fi nal step in tl-ie adjiist-illent of the gi-ippii-ig
[2]1,503,625 janvs with respect to a beet, in full lines, and in dotted lines the gi@ipping jaws @Lfter they have been projected into tl-ie beet. The n-iachine is designed to harvest two i-ows of beets at .L time, ,Llid is made up of three groups of meclianism, @t truck A, -whicli is adapted to be dr,@twii over the field in the clirection indicated by the arrow, pr6ferably by means of 9, tractor (not sliowii) to which 10 it may be attaclied in ,tny stiitable itiaiiner; a plow supportilig fran-ie, B -%vhich is attached to the truck A ancl adapted to mo\Te in unisontlierewitl-i; and ct frame C whiel-i is a-Iso att,@Lched to the truck A and is adapt15 ed to support tl-ie beet grippiiig, pulliiig, topping and conveying meel-ianisms. The truek A comprises ,t rect,,tno-Lilii frame pre-ferably made of el-ilnnel iroi7 an(l, having the sid&, bars 17 ,tnd IS -Lnd the eild 20 bars 19 and 20, and at its f ront portio-n a transverse fr,,tme or- housiiig 21 and at its rear corners the brace bars 22 and 9-3. The rear wheels 24 are ad,,tpted to revolve on a non-rotatable axle 25 sec7Ltred to the side btirs 25 17 and 18, and two p,,tirs of front steeriiig wl-ieels 26 ,tnd 27 serve to siippoit tl-ie f roiat end of the tr-Lick frame A. is aii eyebolt 46, whiel-i e-.,tencls upwarcll-@throu-haperttires in 1-iousing 9-1 aiid an ez@teiision 47 mounted tliereoii. The end of said eyebolt 46 is threadecl and h,,is eii-a(yed n Zn ther6with a Nvheel hanclle 48 which rests up- 70 on the top of extensioll 47. The plow siipporting fraID-e B coiiiprises a pltir of oppositely clisposed parallel i@hai-inel irons 49, -which are joined togetl-iei@ It tl-ieir front ends by ineaiis of a bolt 50, ai,.cl 75 at their re,,tr ends by means of a sua-able fitting 51, to which ti!e seelired tle plo-Nv members 52, 6ne for etch of th-, t,,vo r6-@,;s of beets. The fraine B is hin"ecl to tlio free end 6i link 4:5 by meaiis. of the bolt 50 80 ino- throiigh the eye 53 iil s,,tid Iii-ik, and is @D coiisequentl3, drawii ,tlong by ti!ticli: @,V@ ,iiicl ed or loivered rc'@-pect to n-iay be, rais -,N, i Cii fr,,tme A and the around at its froiit ei-t@-, by an ,tdj ustment of-the eyebolt 46 @, I(INO, :L.,ia,,T 85 be raised or lowered at its re,.tr end by, ,,,i adjustment of the set sere-Ws 5-1, whicli ,ire threadecl into ears 55 on fittiii(,r 51, the eiids of -,vhich rest upon the br,,,tce b.--,,rs 2,i s@,curect t-0 trucli: A. By tl-iis arrangeiqent it 90 will be seen th,,tt thB plow meinbe,,:s iai,,ty 1,,,e adjusted to project into the o-roiiiid to Eacli pair of the steering Avheels 26 ,tiid . desired depth, aild the poiiits ol saict ploiv 27 is adapted to rotate, oli ,t spiiidle 28, which 30 is secured to the lo-wer encl of a st,,iiidard 29, whicli is journ,,tled in the fr,,tiiie or housin211 -,ind is provided aclj,,Lceiit its top end with a flaiige 30, whicli ab-Lits ag,,iinst the lower surface of housing 21 to form a ttiriitable. 35 Secured to the -Lipper onct of e,,teli of the standards 29 is ,t ivoi-i@,i A@,lieel 11 eiielosed ii-i the housing 21 aiid ,tdapted to eng,,tge w-itli the w-oriiis 32 secured to a sh,,tft 33 jolirnciled in bearings in said housing. The sli,,tf-t 3,) 40 is provided witli ai i-ilitei, ge,,tl- 34, -",hich meshes with ,t miter gear 35 sectired to the end of a, shaft 36 jouriialed in a bearin-37 seelii-ed to the housiiig 21; ,i,-rid iiiotiiited on the end of s-,Lid sliaft is Lt h,,ind steering wheel 38, which is arr,,tn ed ad-,teeiit the operttor's seat 39 supported on frame A. By the foregoing described ,Lrrangement it ivill be obvio-Lis that the operator may reaOLily and conveniently control the directi6n of 50 movement of the truck Nvith rel@-Ltioii to the rows of bee@ts. Rigidly secured to br,,ice members 22 and 23 of the truck fr,,tme, aiid ,it the rear tlicreof, are two oppositely disposed iipwai-cl.l.), 55 extending arms 40, the loiver encls of sai4 arms which are secured.to the brace Lieiiibei-s beiiig biflireated. Hinged to -,ixle 25 trL, latch members 41' which joined together 60 by a handle bar 42, that is disposecl iii the spaces 43 formed by tl-ie loiner bifui:cated eiids of arms 40, in order that their iyiovement may be, limited. Pivoted to the front end of truci@, fmme A at .14, is one end of a rearwardly extendi--(,@g 65 link 45 and aclapted to encoiiapass said link members may be tilted ,tt a des;lrc@d angle t@.) suit various sizes of beets ,tiad soil coiadi- 95 tioias, . The fittino- 51 is provided ii,,it]-i I i . stiit.,L],)Ie s6eket inember 5'( into wl@lic,'.i @ig sci@elyecl f)ll" iipsta.iidino- pipe 59 aiid L horiz6-,at,,,.!Ir disposed pip@60, wliieh projects forv,-,,ti@di),- 'oetween the channel irolis 49 and in pai,jtlle'l relation tlierewith, and has seciire(i at i'L-"", forward end a piston 61, s,,iid pipe el--Iteiidii"@' through s,,tid piston and beiiig ope-,i at -its end. Motinted tG S-Lirround the piston 6! 105 ,iiid t6 be guided bet-ween @the cliar@nel iroiis 49 by me,,tlis of the wheels 63, is ,L,dylinde r 64 whiel-i is el6sed at its -L'orAlard e,.Id 61). The pipe 59 is coniiected to a velve 6'@ by, means of -L flexible liose 68 (sl-ioivn onlv i- '10 ll ii Fig. 2 of the dra 'wings) and S,,iici -vpl-,e ll,,Is leadn@thereto ,L compressedtir stippl-@ pipe 69, w Ich extends forwardl@Y ard is COI'Inected witl-i ,t compressed aiv reseill7oill 115 mounted on the tractor (not -,hown) and has leading tlierefrom ,in exiia-List pi-Pe 70, and is proviclect Nvith ct hindle 71. Mounted oii- tl-ie fittino, 51 ire tlie idler p-Lilleys 72 and 700 and sei2@-Lired 'uo each sicle 11 1 120 of the cylinder 611 ,it 7z! @ire cabl,es i,@), Av iicii pass over the icller pi-illeys 72 tlid 73 lilici are secured at 76 to the top ends of er,@ne members 40. l@y the foreo:oino: reeited colistruction it 12-5 ivill be seen tl-@,tt b@ ,t proper maniplilation of the valve haiidle '@l of valve 69 compressed may be admitted thi-oligl-i fle@7-ible cond-Liit 68 into pipe 60, through s,,tid pipe into the space between piston bead 61 v@nd 130 the cylinder head 66. When the air is thus
[3]a diiaitted,;tlie cylinclu 61- -Yvill be calisecl to move forwardly i-n the @iugle irons 49 aiicl thereby serve to iiiove 'uhe renr eiid of t@lie fi-ame @B upwardly, the front eiid of said f -r , ai-iie pivoting on bolt 50. D-tirilig: this n,ioveiiient the fittiii:g 'I en:2,a-yes with I-,itel-i 41 aiid w-'Lien @said fiitilig reacbes tl-ie top thereof, said latch -,vill fall underneath the fittii,i@-)- and tliereby perniaiiently liold the 10 frame B a@-id the ploiv meinbers 52 iip above the@giiound, as showii in dottecl lines iii Fio'. 3. iwllen it is desired to lower tl-ie fr,,trae, the air frona cyliiider 64 may be exh-,tlisted t-hrotigh pipe 70 by proper manipulation of 15 fhe h,,tndle 71 on valve 67, and the latcli 41 svv-cing away from underneath the fittin-a 511 the fraine B will thereby descend by force, of gravity. The f-rai-iie C comprises a pair of oppo20 sitel@ dispose@d ch,,Lnnel irons 78 arranged iii .parallel relatioli and secured together Lt iheir eiids by means -of bars 79 and 80, and said 'fr-aiii@e is secured at its front end to truck frame A by means of a, univers,,tl joint 81. 25 1--aterpose-d betweeii@the channel iroiis 78 at a poi-nt approximately inidway betweeii its e,nds is -,t sleeve 83 tlirougl-i which exteiids It stud :bolt 84:, the ends of -whiel-i py6ject beyond the oliter suvfaces of said chiniael 30 irons as niore lelea@rly sl-iown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, said stud bolt beilio, secui,ed ag,iinst rotation by any suitable in-laiis. Journaled on the stud bolt eiicls 84 are the beet pulliiig meeli,- Lnism supporting 35 wheels 85, one for each of 'the tw6 ro-v-, s of beets to be operated tipon, and is these wheels are identical in constrLiction, a descriptioia of oiie will sliffice for the other. The wheel 85 comprises a hlib S6 td-,tpted 40 to rotate on the st-Licl bolt 84. imotinted oii Is, d li i a drlim 87 from which radiite ,ti ub s a pltircqlity of spokes 88 ancl mounted on'tlie, outer ends thereof is another drtiin 89 provided on its periphery with a plilirality of 45 transverse slots 90. Extending radiallytnd outwardly from the drur-,i 89 and ,irr@,,Ln ed ,td tcent its odges are the oppositelv disposed spokes 91, upon whicl-i are see-Lired tl-ie wheel rims @92, which are oppositely disposecl 50 :Obnd spaced sliitably qpart, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the dr awings. Arringed between the, spokes 91 ,Lnd extending frotn the drtim -89 to the rim 92 are the oppositely dis@posed sleeves 93, which are held in posi56 tion by meqns of the bolts 94. MoLmted to reciprocate radi-,tlly between the whee'l rim mem'bers 92 ai.id each oppodisposed pair of sleeves 93 @ind in slots @90, is a fraiiie @94' whioll comprises ,Ln in60 'wardly exteii 95 and an outwardly exten s b,,ir 96. The f r-,Lme 94' is eiid by me-,tits o.f fhe pins @9 h ar@e @se d tliereto and proj,ect through aportures in tho, drum 87, 05 and 'at itv- Guter -end by means cif rollers 98 @ vhicli are seclired to tlie, eiids of cross bir 96 an cl ei-igage on ol:)posite sides of sleeves 93; aii d seciii@ecl 'L-o the opposite ei-ids of the stlids of of s-.iid i,ollers is a bar 99 upon )- viii-,ii f-he actliatiny rollers 100 qrp, iiioiinted. T O P iiOlu-ed o,,L- 101 to the iiiivardly extei-idii-ig poi .-tioll 95 oi fi-aiiie 94' -,ire tl-ie otit@vqrdly exl v-eiidiiig opposiLel-V dis-oosed lilellibers 102, to ii,liieh are sectirecl the grippiilg a:nd ptilling itieii-ibers 'LO3. illeiiibers 103 tre profer- 75 abl y fo,.iiied of rouilci spriiig ,tr stee an at their oliter ends are bif-Lireated as at 104, sai d ej-ids beiiig @tirned i-nivti-dly a.-tid formocl iiito beet piel'Clllg j',LAVS 105. Pivoted to eioss btr 96 at 106 rre inwardly exteiidiiig 8( lev ers 107, ivliieh are provicled oii their iniier ends witli rollers 108 adapted to eiigage Nv ifli caiii Pl',Ltes 109, sttid l,evers 107 beiiig coi inected to illembers 102 by n-ieans of links '11 0. By tilis Lirraiigemeiit it will be seen 55 th @it as tl-ie rollers 108 roll along tlie can-i pl @Ltes 109, the o-rippiiig and DullinLy membei is @ 103 -will be-actuatecl to o@eii ai@d close the piercing jaws 105. Pivoted at III to tl-ie frqiiie 94' is a - lever 90 112 , one end of sal,,l lever projectiii(r inw-,Lrdlx7 tonvards tl-ie portion 95 an-,I bavinz pivoted tho -.Let6 at 113 ,tn otit-@vardly extending rocl 114 ivliic'i-i passes t,li@otigh a socket iii meiiibe r 9,5 aiid exteiids beyoiid tl-ie cross bar 96 .95 @i @iid lif,,s seotired to its end t presser foot 115, st' Ld presser foot being preferably in the for in of a o-ricl, as more clearly sl-iown in Fio -. 6 of t,l-ie cITtwings, tl-irough opeiiings in VI-lich the iiiembers 104 are aclipted to pass. 1 00 Th e @opposite end of lever 112 is provided witl i ,t i-ollei@ 116 acl,,tpted to rest between a st,, Ltionary cam% riiig 117 ai-id aii adj-Listably jiio uilted cam lever 118. The c,,im ring 117 and one of the cam 105 pla tes 109 are siipportecl on t spi-cler frame 1 19 sectirecl to Vne end of stud bolt 84:, aiid t,!- ie other cam plite 109 is stipported ol'i a 1 D@late, 19-0 secured to oiae of the ebannel irons 78. The cam lever 118 is pivoted at one of 110 it s encis at 121 to the spider frame 1-19 and ,) t its ol.)posite end at 122 to the lower end of ,t do-,",nwai@dly pi@ojecting rod 123, which is sl idably P,-io-Li@ted 'in ,t casing 12@4 sectired t o tl-ie spider frame 1!9. The upper eiid of 1 15 r od 123 is threaclecl to receive the acljlisting n ut 12,5, ivliieli rests on tl-io top of casing 1 24. The cam levei, 118 is aclal@)tecl to be a djusted inwirdly and out)-,,ardly on tl-ie @,)ivots 121 ancl 122 i-n the follo-win(r maiiner. 1 20 I -leaded pins 126 qre tliveided re7spectively i nto the s-I)ider fraine 119 and the end of r -od 123 @tiicl ii-ioui-ited to rotate on said pins a ,re exteriorly tlireaded sleeies 127 interp osed respectii,el3, bet-ween the beads of said 1 25 p ins and the face of spider 119 and the face o -.f ro,-! 123. The o.oposit- ciids of the caiii l eiter 118 qre @Llir,-aded op- the sleeves 12@, as : Dioi_-e clearly shoi@,n iD Figtires 4 a-,id 5. By tlh@e foregoing recited coiristruction it will be 130
[4]obvious that the lever 118 may be adjusted inwardly or outwardly on the sleeves 127 by ti-irii said sleeves in the proper direction, ,,tnd tlrat said sleeves i-iiay be clampecl firmly between the heads of pins 126 and their rp,spective supports by an adjustment of said pins, thi-is enabling an operator to vary the point of contact between the lever 118 ancl the roller 116 on lever 112. It will also be 10 obvious that by o@ manipulation of the nlit 125 on rod 123 the distance between said lever ancl the cam ring 117 mty be var e at will. When the beet (,Yripping and pulling j,,tws 15 105 1-iave become automatically adjlisted to a beet and -v@,hile th are projected into tl-ie beet and the beet i :Ybeing pulled from the ground it is desirable tlaat the meclianism shotilcl be firinly locked iii said adjusted po20 sition. To this end I provide a knife disc 130, which is mounted on the frame 9,1' and lidapted to engage during this operation of the gripping and pulling mechanism -with V shaped racl@ teeth 131 sectired to plate 120. 26, As tl-le wheel 85 revolves in the direbtion .indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, by frictional contact with the ground, the frame 94' is held froi-n descending rapidly toward the, ground and in adjusted relation to a, 30 beety by means of the cam traelks 133, wliieli are supported on the frame C, ancl -Lipon which the rollers 100 rest; ,tnd in order to positivelit move said frame down-wardly to (,nga(ye the presser foot member 115 -Li pon 35 the @op of a beet, the cam rolls 134 are adapted to engage with the.top peripheral stirfaces of rollers 100 a-nd are yieldingly mounted on spring arms 135, whieli are seclired to frame C. 40 After thp, beets are pulled from the orolind and are carried upwardly by the Zvheel 85, the, rollers 100 become enga,@,ed with cam tracks 136, which serve to adjust them -with reference to a topping mech45 anism 13@, and tl-ie, cam tracli: 117 acts upon the roller lever 112 to draw the presser foot 115 a-way from the top of the beet and the foliage fliereon. The topping meelianism 137 is suipported 50 by means of a pair of inelined struts 139, which are pivoted at their lower ends at 140 to the frame C, aiid an inclined hollow strtit 111 which I)rojects up)vardly from a holising 142 which is pivotally motinted on 56 a. hollow staiiclard 143 secured to frame C. The Lipper end of str-Lit 141 terminates in a lioi-ising 144 having oppositely disposed transverse, hollow arms 145 extending tlicrefrom., 60 The -Lipper ends of strtits 139 have secured thereto a transverse bar 146 provided with longittidinally disposed arms 147 a-nd 148. Th& arms 145 are pivoted in sockets 149 formed in the ends of arms 147 and extend 0,5 oilt-wardl7 therefrom ;ind have pivoted 1?503,625 tl-iaeto the hotising,,@@ 150, the opposite endsof which are pivoted in sockets on the arn-is, 148. Depending from the bottom of each housill Wflicli radiate from the pivotal center there- 70 150 are' the sleei,es 151, 152 ancl 153, of, and jolirnaled tl-ierein are the shafts 154, 15T a-nd 156 Lipoii which are mounted the dish shaped ell(@ting discs 158, 159@ and 160. Mounted on the upper end of shaft 154 is a bevel gear 161, - whiel-i meshes with a bevel gear 162 secured to shaft 157, and mo.tinted on shaft 156 is a, beveled gear 163 which ii-ieshes "Tith - eir 161; and also motinted on the top of shaft 156 is anotlier (-Year 164 80 which meshes with ,t gear 165 secured to tl-ie transverse @haft 166 journaled in beltlrings in extensions 14-5. SeeLired to shaft 166 is a, gear 167 wliieh P-ieshes with a, gear 168 see.-Lired to the upper @85 end of a shaft 169 jotirnalecl. in strtit 141, and secured -to the lower end of said shafi is a gear 170, -which meshes witl-i a,.gear 171 secured'to a horizontally disposecl shaft 172 journaled in bearings in extensions 173 pro90 jecting trai -isversely from casing 142. Seetired to the encls of shift 172 are the toothed discs r@ I adapted to engage@ with the foli, -ie beet:and direct the severed I ge of tl same out to ,in apron 175 mounted on 95 frame C. . Mounted in suitable bearinos in standard 143, is ,t sl-iaft 177 provided@,@t its top with ,t gear i IITS, wheh raeshes with ge,,tr 171, aiid sectired to the 16wer end of said shafi 100 is a gear 179 adapted to mesh with a gear @80 secured to a shaft 181 jo-Lirnaled in bearizigs n-iounted in frame C. SeeLirecl to the inwardly projecting end of slaaft 181 is 61 bevelled gear 182 adapted to mesh with a 105 gear 183 '9ecured to a horizontally disposed shaft 184 mounted in s-Liit,,tble be,,Irings ill frame C, and secured to eael-i end@of sqicl shaft are the spur pinions 185 tdapted to mosh with spur gears 186 sectired to the, Ilu hubs 86 of the -wheels 85. Motinted loosely on shaft 181 are the miter gears 18'(, wliieh are centr,,tlly cEsposed with respect to apron 175 and rest between the two legs thereof@ and sectired 115 tor a transversely disposed shtft 189 mountecl in bearinos in frame C is ,t miter gear 190 adapted Co mesh with the gears 187, as iiiore clearly shown in Fig. 8 of the drawin(.S. Secured t6 the olitw,,trdly projecting eiid of 120 qbaft 189 is a. miter gear 191 adaptecl to inesli with miter gear 192 see-Lited @to a. sl-iaft 19,S journaled bet-",een tWo side, bars 194: iii a bearing secured thereto and having naounted upoii its oppositely disposed ends 125 the pulleys 195 over which the apron 175 passes. The apron 175 is @ also supported at its opposite end clnd passes over pulleys 196 mounted on the shaft 197. 1 Mouuted to slide oia shoff 181 and Ar- 130
[5]1,503,625 rangeci between the miter gears 187 and adapted to be to'rot,@it@ there-,@@ith b@ MEians of a key 198 se'eured to E;hia sh@fti is a 61u'tch iaember i9O, whi@h is ad,,Lpted to be moved in'to clutching eiigagement wi,-Ji 1 '87 by m@ans f ei't,her of s,,t'd miter gears I 0 tll(,, yoke 200 secure@ @ to @ a 'rod 201 slidabl@ mounted in side bars 194. Oiie eiid of rod I 201 is pivoted at 202'to @ii uostandiiig -lever 10 203, whicli is pivoted @Lt 201 lo uprignt 1.4113 and has pivoted at 20.@-) at its tippe@ end th(,, sli:itting lever @06,' s,,ii4 shiftiiig le@er being provided with s@litable'notel-ie@ 207 a:dapte(I to @@@gage over ithe'l@o@per like extenfioii -@,08 15 of ol,6 6T the'side t,,trg 194. By the foreg-oi-'ag iecited ,trraiigement !)f gearing it will be apparent that upon r-voI-Liti-on of either or botl-i of @the - ,@@heel 8,") inofi'on will be imparted to beet c-Littiiig 20 di-ses 158.1 159 and 160 ill the directions indicat@d by th-6 arrows iii Fi4@. 2 of tlie'dr,-L-virino@@' @iid that aiso motion-- will be imparted t 11 ot e toothed di'ses 170 ih the directioti , til- .. , i in'dic@@ted by the ,trroW us c,,tusing sa d 25 the severed @ ai@d @wasted 6-t,- di@6s t6 pick , p ti6ii@ of the beets''fro'm O'ff the'gripping',,tnd p@illing. m6cha-nism an' d to deli-ver the@ s@w@c, o@@t6 the apr6ii 176. B@ tliis of gears aii4 by the Pr6per' iii2@nip@il@tion 6f hiftiii@ 30 le@er 206'it; will be O'b@io-Li@ th,@t the aproii 17-@ m@y be @aused to ren-i,,tin sfati6iiar@ .is illus'tr-,qted iii'Figy.@ 8, or th@t the top l,eg of s,a @@ron may be 6aiis6d to @'m6ve iraiis e VE,rsely towards' eiih@i''sid of the machine. By this a@ran@@nient it ,@ill be obvi6iis tl-i@t t@,e op6:@ator 'R'l@y tllow a quaiitity 6f 'th6 waste beet ends to aectimulate on the apr6ii 175 and by a manip-Lilati6ii- of -le,Ver 206 @li@'ay d:6inp'this waste ''m@,,tterial at interv,,tls 6p tl@e roun r si e o 0 4(i9 d @t the desi'ed cl f 'th6 m,@chiii Sii@@6rt6a oi-i the 6ha@anel i -roii 78 .,,tnd I)y m- Of -up-vv@aidly exte@ding -strliis 209 a ailged b@tv@een th6 two 'side's 6'L wheels eet 6'titti'n-g'di@36s ht 6ne 8 uiider the'b " 4-5 enci aiid exfending rear-@vardl@ aiid u'p-%v- -ardly ar,@ ih@ side bars 210 tnd l,'n6'uiit6d in bet-@@e6i-I said sicle'bars 0ii rollers 211 ',,tnct 212 and adapted to form a movable b'ottom bars is aih@t'@ve6n said side .1 enclless @pron -50 213,@- aid @a'pro@l'beiii-o@- dti.ve I n by ine;ans 6f p'inio@ns 214 seexired to'tlie s'liaft 215 Of roller 211'and being ad,,t@ted to mesh with the gears 186 mounted' on the hibs !6f *'heel@ 85. By this arrangen-ie@t it 'will be seeii th'at when tl@e beet ar e severed by the'eutt ing di@6s 15S ai-id 159, they Nvill ride upon the -upper iirfa@es of s@id discs aiiia' will be picked up by- tli6 dis6s 160 iiiid deliver6d oii the'dpron 213 and froi-n 'the're deliv'e'r'ecl illibo a' wagon @LCL@Lpted t'O T'OUOW he! @m ch o iit ui ab t a ii@6 r i o s 't le @ sa6k tttached s t 2@10 . I -@ I @ to tl-ie eiicl of the "Side ba' @lVhe@n'it is d'esi@ed to ddjlilst tlie cuttilig d@is@s @pw@rdly -@vit-h referelioz e t6 tile @@illiii(y 66 diid @a d tlic,,tt th6y yi p@ngn@e6li@iiism iii or er p ma-y be projected in close proximity with the grippil-ig' the StrLit Merabers 139 la-vvs, ai-(, pro@Vicled -@@ith turi-i biiel@:les 216, ivllich wlieli' pioperl@ ii-i@ni@iiiat'ed@ Will c@itise tli(, di,ses to sw@iiig ,tround the sl@aft !I-i2; aild iii 70 o der to ,tdji@st r the' cutting discs for%v,,trdly -Lnd reltriv,,,trclly with ref'e'@ence to the caiii pi,@ttes 109, I 1:)rovid6 the htind -wl-ieels 21-i the steins 218 of ivliici are ]ournaled iii li),gs inoLiiit6tl oii triiisverse b6,r 1,16, saicl 75 stem bein6@ pp6i,icllbcl @vith collars 219 arraiii-ed oii e,,@ch side'bf said luc@ aiid being threa-ded at th6ir on'd 'into sockets 21-)O pivoted at 29,1 to the hous@ngs 150. By th@-. arrangeiiient @it will be seen tllat the cuttiiig discs m,,t3r be swuiig in either directioli around the center of rot,,,.tion of shaft 166. ini Figti-res 13, -14 aiad 15 I h,,tve @hown a sei@ies of diagrainmatic views illustrating ,arious steps in the operation of the beet 85 grip I pjiigy- and pulling . mbehahisin'wh6n bec()mino- adj'usted@ to' and prbjected into a b6et, ,@nd,when iii@this positio'n the fr,,ime 94' is'held a predetermined dist,,tnce above the slirface 6f olind by iheans of tl-ie 90 the gr tracks 1&'@, and'as -,,t consequenc6 the gr , ipping )aws 105 and the pivotal point@Ill, will also- be held t p@edetermined distince above'the gr6uiid. Th'e presser foot 115 sup@orted (jn th6 lever112 which is pivoted at Ill is held upwa@dly ,tdj,,teeiit thp,, fraiiie 94' by means of th'e cain track 117 ,ind wheii cont-,Ctiiigther@-with, as shown in Fig. 13 will also:be a predeteriniiied @distance cbove the grolincl. As @the frame 94' rides down- 100 n@ardly on tracks -i33, the roller @ 116 coiit ith cam lev6r ii8 ana consequently tac s w@ the presser T06t 115 will deseend'at a v,,tryin@- speea'to thit of the gripping jaws 105, il'til th'e' tire m @ anism ha@ been arrest1(15 -Li en. ech ed in it@ des6ent by re@s6n of ihe presser foot coiitactinz with the top 6f a beet, as slib@vil in Fig. i5 Of th@ dr,,t-v@ings. The o'of the speed o rati s f th6se n-i ' einbp-rs is d6termined by the 1,,tteral aai Listmeiit of tlxe 1113 cqin lev6r 118 with'respect to the poiilt of contact of tl-ie roller 116 therewith' aiid N@h-en said titio is once established the gri ping jaws lo@ will alw,,tys dese6nd t eel s,,tmb @relati@e, p ition opposite' a. beet, re- 115 s _%qrd@,@ss of tbe9distttnee ,,ticl bept - projects q @v the ground. At c6rtai-n' seasons of the year a, hard knot D (s66 Figures 13, 14 ,tnd 15) forins oii the top of tl-ie beets and it is desired to 120 elimina@6 this p@rt of the beet before the r rati6 of speeds of the presser foot and 9 IPpino- jai@@s is started, ,tnd to' this eiid the v@@@ic@il adilistment bf the cam lever 118 is this 125 provided. It@ is @ als'o -desirable to use adjustn-ient of the cam lever 118 in order to p@o-@id-e' for th ' e sinking of the wheels 85 in ' th6 grolind. 13y the above recited construction it will be seen thit ihe c,,tlii lever' 118 may be ad130
[6]1,503,625 jilstecl by n-ieans of tl-ie sleeves 127 to reguI.ate the point of contact of the roller 116 tl-ierewitl-l iii order that the beets will be gripped bythe jaws at aiay clesired proportionate distance betwe.en the grouiid line aiid the top of the beets, ,tnd tli,,tt also by ,Lii adjlistiiieiit of the hand ii-Lit or -wheel 125 while the in,,Lchine is in motion, ,tny desired p,irt of tl-ie top of the beet may be elijni10 natecl from s,,iid proportioliate cale-Lil,,Ltioii; and as stated before the h,,tnd ivheel 125 ra,-Ly bpl manipiil,.ited to adjust the lever '118 to compelisate for the wheel 85 sinkilig into tl-ie grotind below the level of tbtt part of 15 the s-Lirf,,Lce thereof above which the belts project. @ The operatioii of the machine is as follows:. The iii, ,Lcliine is dr,,twn over the grouiad ii-i the directioia indicited by the ar20 row, and the wheels S5 carryiiia the beet grippino- ,tlid pulling device rot,,tte in the direction iiidic,,tted by the arrow through frictioiial c6iitact witli the ground. When the rollers 100 ol'i the frime 94' come iii 25 contact witli the cani rollers 134, the partieLL1,,tr f rame is apptoximately above the beet to be operated -Lipon. Upon continlied iiiovement of ivheels 85 the rollers 100 are forced dowiiw,irdly by means of tl-ie cam rollers 30 134 and conseqliently the frame 94" carryiiig the gripping i,@tws 105 and tl-ie presser T-oot 115 moves toward the beet. W@on the roller 116 on lever 112 @cont,,Lcts with cam lever 118, thp, gripping j'aws ind the presser 3-5 foot contiiiiie to iiiovp, dowliw,,trdly b'Llt at (lifferent speeds, said ratio of speed bein(i determined @is stated before by an adjtistmeiit of the cam lever 118.. When tho presser foot 115 strikes the to of the be@et, 40 the eiitire frame 94' is arrested iii its downNvard movemeiit ,tnd the presser foot 115 is held. against the beet by meaiis of the yieldiiig MONTeiiient of the cam rolls 134. Upon continued movement of the wbeels 45 S51 the rollers IOS, which operate the gripping- j,,tws 105, are caused to ride in tlie cam plltes 109, ts inore clearly shown in Fi@o;. 12 of the drawings, and are thereb drawn too-etlier, thus c,,tLisiii(y said gripping 50 jqlws to @'e projected into tl@e beet, as more cle,,irly shown in Figures 5 ,tnd 15 of the di-,twings, and as the wheels 85 contiiilic to iiiove, the beet is drawn from the ground. D-Liring tl-iis operation the plow poiiits 52 55 are ,tdapte(i to elio-a(ye -Linderiie,,tth the beet @incl loosen the ground tlierearound, tl-i-Lis relieving all abnormal straiii upoit the grippiiig jaavs. The, beet is c-@trried Lipwardly in grippecl relation with the j,,LNvs 105, ,tnd 6( during tl-iis moven-ient tl-ie rollers 100 become engaged ivith the cam tracks 136, which act to present all of the gripping ja , ws in a - ii ex.-Let relation jlist below the Loppiiig mechanisrn 137, and during this 65 operation, the roller 116 becomes engaged@@ with the c,,tm tr,,Lck 117 which serves to plill the presser foot 115 awqy from the top of the beet aiid foliage thereon aS Mor 1 6 i-,learly I shown in Fig. 4 of tl-ie drawinol-s. As @the beets are carried forwirdly they ai-e pre- 70 sentecl !to the crotel-i between the cutting discs 158 aiid 159 -Lnd are thereby severed, the inain portion of the beet being carried alid delivei-ed onto tl-ie, beet conveyor apron 213 by inealis oi' the cuttin(y clises 159 ,tncl 75 160, as previously descril@ecl. After the beets h,,tve beell severed the jaws 106 are spreacl apart to release the top of the be6t by means of tlie cam plates 109, as more cleai-ly showii in Figures 4 ,ind-,Il of the 50 drawiligs. As the wheels 85 continue in their nioveineiit, the -ie beet top severecl poi@tion of tl c,,trryilig the foliage is cirried forward and downwardly, anct becon-ies engao-ed -",ith 'the 85 teetl-i of revolving discs 174 ti@iid is thereby reinoved from the pulling iiiechaiiism Incl c,e ,,vered upon the foliage conveyor apron 175 and from tl-iere deliverecl as stated before to the ground or any sliitable receptacle 90 mounted at the eiids of said apron. As previotisly stated,, wlien the machine is beiiig ti-irned around or transportecl from one field to another, mechanism is provided for lifting the plow members above the, slirface of tl-ie ground, ,tnd durinly this operatioil the frame ]@ o'k the , plow -members bdcomes eiigaged with the frame C of -the plilling mech,,tnism -wlieels 85,-and thereby lifts said mechanism free and clear above the 100 ground. What I
