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Class 056
HARVESTERS
Class Definition:
This class includes means for severing crops which grow above
the surface of the ground, without disturbing the soil, and
means for gathering the same from the field after they are
severed. Subject matter relating to cutting crop material
lying on the ground without disturbing the soil is also
included.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
Cutting implements carried in the hand or by the body and
capable of general application are classified in Class 30,
Cutlery.
The raking devices in this class are limited to the type that
are designed to gather hay, straw, grass, leaves, or the
like. Intermittent loaders, which may travel over the ground
and which have forks which gather a load and then swing
upwardly to lift the same and dump it, are classified in
Class 414, Material or Article Handling.
Beet crop harvesters, such as beet harvesters,
potato-diggers, and the like, and means for uprooting and
recovering stalks or weeds are classified in Class 171,
Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects.
Stone gatherers which gather stones by impelling the above
ground portions of partially buried stones are found in Class
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclasses 63+.
See the Notes to this subclass for other types of gatherers.
Machines for scooping up manure are classified in Class 37,
Excavating, subclasses 118+.
(1) Note. See (19) Note of the class definition of Class
30, Cutlery.
(2) Note. See (5) Note of the class definition of Class
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Inventions falling and not classifiable elsewhere.
Subclass:
2
Machines which by removing, interchanging, or shifting
certain parts may be converted from one type of harvester
into another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
400.04 for convertible hand rakes.
Subclass:
3
Having means to cut grain and convey it away from the point
where it falls, but capable of being converted into a mower
by detachment of the conveying means.
Subclass:
4
The conveying means comprising a rake oscillating or
revolving about a vertical axis.
Subclass:
5
Having means to cut grain and catch it as it falls, but
capable of being converted into a mower by the detachment of
the catcher.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
comprising two or more similar cutting units each comprising
a cutter and frame or mounting means, which units are
connected together and operated as a single machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13.6 for a harvester having plural, motor- driven
cutter-units.
subclasses 234+ for hedge or plant row trimmers having a
plurality of cutters.
238 for cutting devices which make successive cuts at
different heights.
251 for rotating cutting reels having an auxiliary cutter.
Subclass:
7
Each of the constituent machines having cutting-knives
carried on the periphery of a rotating reel, generally
adapted for mowing lawns.
Subclass:
8
Devices used for cutting or removing marine-plant growth.
Subclass:
9
Having a conveyor to convey the growth to the desired point.
Subclass:
10.1
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Machine
wherein a harvester or an operating assemblage thereof
derives all or part of its motive power from a motor or
engine, or from a vehicle that is driven by a motor or
engine.
(1) Note. For this and indented subclasses, the terms
"motor" and "vehicle" may be considered in their broadest
aspects. Among terms acceptable for, or equivalent to,
"motor" are: "power take-off", "engine", "hydraulic ram",
"drive means" (i.e., where the specification discloses a
motor), these being only examples of such terms. Among terms
acceptable for, or equivalent to, "vehicle" are such
exemplary term as: "self-propelled machine", "engine- driven
wheeled frame", "tractor", "mobile frame" (i.e., where the
specification discloses that the mobility of the frame is
derived from a motor).
(2) Note. The term "operating assemblage" refers to that
portion of a harvester that causes a change in the condition
or the location of the material operated upon. Such material
may be vegetation (i.e., that which is growing from the
ground) or crop (i.e., that which has been separated from the
ground by a harvester unit). The change in condition may be
effected by such exemplary assemblages as a cutting unit, a
(corn) snapping unit, a (cotton) picking unit, a (wheat)
threshing unit, and the change in location may be effected by
such exemplary assemblages as a gathering unit (i.e., that
which directs vegetation to a cutter or picker) or a conveyor
unit (i.e., that which moves crop from one location to
another).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
328 for a motor-operated fruit and nut gatherer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 180, 206, 210, 216, and 264 for motor
operated cutlery.
172, Earth Working, subclasses 35+, for an earth working tool
driven by a motor.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, appropriate subclass for
subject matter directed to driving or impacting a tool, and
particularly subclasses 184+ for tool driving or impacting
means mounted on a vehicle.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 14.1 for a train of two or
more vehicles, at least one of them being a motor vehicle;
and subclasses 53.1+ for a motor vehicle provided with means
for facilitating the use of its motor for supplying power to
drive another machine (e.g., power take-off).
Subclass:
10.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
wherein the harvester includes means for: (a) sensing a
characteristic of the harvester or a characteristic that is
external to the harvester but related to its use, and (b)
performing an action by at least one of the operating
assemblages thereof, which action is a direct result of such
sensing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
901, Robots, subcollection 9 for a sensor on the end of a
robot arm for controlling arm movement and subcollection 32
for sensor operated gripping jaws on a robot arm.
Subclass:
10.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.2. Machine
wherein the action results from a load requirement that is
greater than the motor can safely deliver, and the action is
effected by permitting the motor to operate without
transmitting its power to the load.
(1) Note. The action may be effected by use of a frangible
connection in the drive train between the motor and the load
or by a disconnectable or slippable clutch in such drive
train.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10.8 for a harvester wherein a clutch or other equivalent
means in the drive train is controlled at the will of an
operator.
12.7 for a harvester wherein the cutting blade thereof is
resiliently or pivotally mounted on its drive shaft.
Subclass:
10.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.2. Machine
wherein the action results from the sensing of an obstacle in
the path of movement of a cutting assemblage on the
harvester, and the action is effected by a means for
withdrawing said assemblage from its normal cutting position
in said path.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15.3 for a harvester having a drive train that permits a
harvester to be repositioned in a breakaway action.
15.7 for a harvester having a joint between a tractor and a
cutting assemblage that permits the assemblage to breakaway.
Subclass:
10.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
wherein the operation of the motor or engine is regulated by
the occurrence of an action that cannot be predicted.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a lawn mower having an
electric motor and a switch whereby current to the motor is
turned on or off at the will of the operator, or having a
gasoline motor and an auxiliary starter or a switch to cut
off the ignition current of the engine at the will of the
operator.
Subclass:
10.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with two or more motors, engines or other sources of
energy.
(1) Note. For this and indented subclasses, the power is
that which is applied to any mechanism of the harvester.
Therefore, although in this subclass (10.6) plural cutting
assemblages are disclosed, each assemblage driven by its own
motor, the indented subclass (10.7) provides for a harvester
wherein an operating assemblage is powered by one motor, and
operating assemblage is repositioned relative to the
harvester by a second motor, and the harvester is moved over
the ground by a third motor (or any combination of such
motor-moved devices), even though all such motors are
supplied with energy from a common source of energy.
Subclass:
10.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.6. Machine
wherein one of the motors drives one mechanism of the
harvester and another of the motors drives a mechanism having
a purpose different from that of the first-mentioned
portion.
(1) Note. For examples of types of mechanism found in this
subclass, see (1) Note to subclass 10.6.
Subclass:
10.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with means for connecting or disconnecting or
regulating the action of one or more mechanisms of the
harvester or the vehicle relative to its motor, at the will
of an operator.
(1) Note. The term "mechanism" includes (a) those parts of
an operating assemblage that move relative to one another or
to their supporting structure for the purpose of performing a
harvesting function, (b) those parts of a
harvester-supporting structure that move relative to the
harvester or its vehicle for the purpose of adjusting the
structure relative to the harvester or its vehicle, and (c)
those parts of a vehicle that move relative to the vehicle or
the ground for the purpose of transiting the vehicle over the
ground.
(2) Note. In this and indented subclasses a foot-actuated
pedal is considered to be as "manual" as a hand-actuated
lever.
Subclass:
10.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the motor is actuated by force applied via a liquid
or gaseous medium, and wherein the motor action is regulated
by a device that directs the flow of said medium.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11.9 for a harvester provided with a fluid-pressure motor
and a conventional or not significant valve therefor.
Subclass:
11.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means causes a change in the proportion of motor
movement relative to mechanism movement.
Subclass:
11.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means causes a change in the direction of
movement of the mechanism from one direction to an opposite
direction.
Subclass:
11.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means includes a device for stopping motion of
the motor or the mechanism and a device for connecting the
motor to, and disconnecting it from, the mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, subclasses 12+ for a
clutch and brake subcombination, per se.
Subclass:
11.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means includes two or more mechanisms and a
corresponding number of series of connected parts through
which motion is transmitted from a motor to said mechanisms,
each of which series is provided with a device for connecting
the motor to and disconnecting it from the mechanism.
(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses provide for a
harvester wherein, for example, it is desired to disconnect
the cutter unit thereof while continuing drive to the transit
wheels thereof from the motor.
Subclass:
11.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 11.4. Machine
wherein each series includes a clutch-assemblage.
(1) Note. A clutch-assemblage comprises all the parts that
cooperate together to (a) connect a rotating "input" shaft
(or a pulley, drum, flywheel, gear or other equivalent
torque-transmitting member) to a rotatable "output" shaft (or
hub, pulley, gear or other equivalent torque-transmitting
member) that is coaxial with and driven by the input shaft,
or (b) disconnect said shafts from rotational relationship,
either action being performed at the will of the user of the
clutch-assemblage.
Subclass:
11.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means includes an endless band trained around
pulleys on the motor and the mechanism, and wherein the
connection is made by tightening the band into close
engagement with the pulleys.
Subclass:
11.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.8. Machine
wherein the means includes a clutch-assemblage.
(1) Note. The term "clutch-assemblage" is defined in (1)
Note to the definition of subclass 11.5 above.
Subclass:
11.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 11.7. Machine
wherein the clutch-assemblage connects and disconnects either
the cutting unit or the driven ground-engaging wheels of the
vehicle relative to the motor or engine.
Subclass:
11.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
wherein the motor is actuated by force applied via a liquid
or gaseous medium, or wherein the motor is actuated by a
source of potential power.
(1) Note. The most common source of stored-energy in a
harvester of this subclass is an electric battery carried on
the harvester to operate the electric motor thereof.
However, a spring-operated or a weight-operated motor would
also be proper for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10.9 for a harvester provided with a fluid-pressure motor
and a valve to control the operation thereof.
Subclass:
12.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with means for restoring a cutting blade or a
vegetation-gathering member to its original or operative
state of being.
(1) Note. This subclass provided for a harvester having
means for sharpening a cutting blade or cleaning a cutting
blade or picker member (e.g., a cotton-gathering spindle), or
moistening such a picker member to remove the wisps of cotton
not picked up by a cotton "doffer". The cleaning means is in
addition to that means which strips the bulk of the cotton,
or other crop, from the gathering members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
250 for a cutting-reel and a sharpening means.
Subclass:
12.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
wherein the power source emits thermal radiation or gaseous
by-products therefrom, and provided with means for utilizing
such emissions during the harvesting operation.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a lawn mower wherein
the exhaust gas is used to set up the grass to be cut evenly,
or to help discharge the cut crop, or for a harvester wherein
heat from the engine helps dry the crop.
Subclass:
12.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with a series of connected parts through which
motion is transmitted from the motor to the mechanism, and
further provided with means for applying a friction-reducing
fluid to said series.
(1) Note. The term "mechanism" is defined in (1) Note to
the definition of subclass 10.8.
Subclass:
12.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with prong members that engage and handle vegetation
or crop and further provided with means for causing said
members to move with more than one degree of movement.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
there is a cylinder having projecting fingers, and the
fingers move generally radially in and out of the cylinder as
the cylinder rotates, or for a harvester wherein prongs of a
hay rake revolve with their supporting carriage and an axis
parallel to the ground but maintain their orientation so
their free ends point constantly toward the ground.
Subclass:
12.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 12.4. Machine, each
of said prong members having an axis that extends along its
length, and the members all lying in substantially a common
plane, wherein each member rotates on its own axis and all
the members move in an endless path lying in said plane.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester for
picking cotton wherein the picking fingers rotate to wind the
cotton boll onto the fingers, and are carried on an endless
chain that brings the fingers to a position whereat the
cotton is stripped from the fingers.
Subclass:
12.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with a series of connected parts through which
motion is transmitted from the motor to the mechanism,
wherein said series is mounted so as to be detachable, one
part from another, or is mounted so as to prevent
high-frequency impulses from being transmitted from one part
of the machine to another part thereof.
(1) Note. It is inherent in any series of connected parts
that certain of the parts may be disconnected therefrom and
reconnected thereto. Therefore, there should be clearly
disclosed the features implicit in the title and definition
of the subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10.3 for a harvester having a connection between a motor and
a mechanism driven thereby, which connection is capable of
slipping under a condition of overload and is, therefore,
inherently capable of absorbing vibrations that would
otherwise be transmitted from one part of a machine to
another part thereof.
10.8 for a harvester having a clutch or other separable
connection between a motor and a mechanism driven thereby,
which connection is intended for manual control of the drive
train rather than for detachment thereof.
Subclass:
12.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with a cutting blade that is supported on a driving
shaft by a resilient or pivotal connection.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
the cutting blade thereof is mounted so that it will move or
"give" relative to its driving shaft, thereby reducing the
possibility of the blade breaking, or producing a flailing
action on the vegetation or crop.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10.3 for a harvester wherein a drive train includes a
frangible or slippable connection therein.
Subclass:
12.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with an operating assemblage comprising means for
moving air under pressure or suction, whereby vegetation or
crop is moved relative to the harvester under the influence
of the moving air.
(1) Note. In this subclass the air-blower cools the motor
or engine or provides a force for lifting the harvester out
of contact with the ground.
Subclass:
12.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 12.8. Machine
wherein the air-moving assemblage sucks or directs vegetation
(i.e., that which is growing from the ground) to the
harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 30+ for a pneumatic cotton-picker.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, for a pneumatic conveyor, per
se.
Subclass:
13.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 12.9. Machine
provided with an air duct between the vegetation and the
air-moving assemblage, wherein that end of the air duct
opposite the air-moving assemblage is applied to vegetation
so as to draw vegetation to the harvester.
Subclass:
13.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.1. Machine
further provided with means mounted on a driving shaft
located in the air duct near the vegetation end thereof,
which means imparts multitudinous impulses to the vegetation
adjacent the air duct whereby to agitate the vegetation and
separate one portion from another.
(1) Note. The impulse means usually comprises a rotating
shaft having bristles or loosely-mounted flail elements
thereon, but may include any other means that beats the
vegetation.
Subclass:
13.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 12.8. Machine
wherein the air-moving assemblage directs crop (i.e., that
which has been separated from the ground by a harvester unit)
within or away from the harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, for a pneumatic conveyor, per
se.
Subclass:
13.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.3. Machine
provided with a cutting knife actuated by a motor-driven
shaft, and wherein a fan of the air-blower assemblage is
supported on the same shaft that actuates the knife.
Subclass:
13.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with at least two operating assemblages driven by a
motor or engine.
(1) Note. A distinction is made between the driving of
harvester components for the purpose of treating or handling
vegetation or crop and the driving of harvester components
for the purpose of adjusting them relative to one another.
For example, a harvester wherein cutting blades are driven
and a crop conveyor is driven, or a harvester wherein
snapping rolls are driven and husking rolls are driven would
be found in this or indented subclasses because in the named
instances both units are operating assemblages. However, a
harvester wherein cutting blades are driven and a structure
that supports those cutting blades or a structure that
supports another operating assemblage is repositioned by
motor means, or a harvester wherein snapping rolls are driven
and the transit wheels that move the harvester over the
ground are driven by motor means will be found, for example,
in subclasses 14.7+, particularly 15.1+, because the
supporting structure and the transit wheels are not
considered to be operating assemblages.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11.4 for a harvester wherein drive trains to plural
operating assemblages are controlled by an operator.
Subclass:
13.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.5. Machine
wherein the operating assemblages are cutting assemblages
that act to cut vegetation or crop either in different places
or ways or at different times from one another.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
one cutting assemblage cuts one swath of vegetation and a
second cutting assemblage cuts a second, different swath of
vegetation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 6+ for a gang harvester.
subclasses 60+ for a harvester having a cutter and a stalk
chopper.
subclasses 234+ and 251, for a harvester having plural
cutter-units.
Subclass:
13.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.6. Machine
wherein the cutting assemblages act to cut vegetation or crop
in different ways or at different times from one another.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
one cutting assemblage cuts tall grass with a reciprocating
sickle cutter and another cutting assemblage cuts short grass
with a rotating disk type cutter, or a harvester wherein one
cutting assemblage is disconnected from the driving train and
the other cutting assemblage connected into the driving train
for alternative operation of such cutting assemblages.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+, for
stripping and topping mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
13.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.7. Machine
wherein the cutting assemblages are spaced apart and
positioned relative to one another such that the product of
(i.e., the material cut by) one assemblage is work for (i.e,
the material to be cut by) a succeeding assemblage.
Subclass:
13.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.8. Machine
provided with means located in the space separating two
cutting assemblages for moving the product of one assemblage
to the succeeding assemblage to be work therefor.
Subclass:
14.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.5. Machine
wherein each of at least two of the operating assemblages
comprises two generally cylindrical members rotating in
opposite angular directions on generally parallel axes and
spaced apart a distance sufficient to admit vegetation or
crop between the cylindrical peripheries of said members.
(1) Note. The roller-couple described above is called a
"snapping unit" if it pulls vegetation (usually corn) from
the stalk and called a "husking unit" if it removes the outer
husk from an ear of corn.
(2) Note. In some harvesters one axis is common to one
roller of a snapping unit and one roller of a husking unit,
and another parallel axis is common to the other roller of
said snapping unit and the other roller of said husking unit.
However, each unit functions without regard to the other,
therefore the structure is proper for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 25+ for
husking mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
14.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.1. Machine
further provided with an operating assemblage comprising two
devices spaced from one another and having elements thereon
for engaging vegetation lying between the devices, the
elements of the respective devices moving orbitally in
opposite angular directions such that when the elements of
the respective devices are closest together they are moving
toward one of the roller-couple operating assemblages,
thereby to direct the vegetation engaged between the devices
to the action of said roller-couple.
Subclass:
14.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.5. Machine
wherein one of the operating assemblages comprises first
means for engaging and actively directing vegetation to the
action of the harvester and another of the operating
assemblages comprises second means for cutting the vegetation
directed thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.3 for a lawn mower wherein passive means directs
vegetation to a cutting assemblage.
94 for a harvester including a gatherer and a cutter.
Subclass:
14.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.3. Machine
wherein the first means comprises a device rotatable about an
axis that is generally parallel to the ground and having
vegetation-engaging elements rotatable therewith about said
axis, which device is rotated in an angular direction such
that when the elements are closest to the ground they are
moving toward the harvester.
Subclass:
14.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 13.5. Machine
wherein one of the operating units comprises first means for
cutting vegetation or crop and another of the operating units
comprises second means for moving crop to or from the first
means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 153+ for a harvester including a cutter and a
conveyor.
Subclass:
14.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.5. Machine
provided with a third means for dividing one portion of the
crop from another portion of the crop.
(1) Note. In this subclass the term "thresher" is
considered as equivalent to a crop-separating unit, and a
harvester including a cutter, a conveyor and a thresher is
found herein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, appropriate subclasses,
for a threshing mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
14.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with a carriage or conveyance that derives its
motive power for travelling over the ground from a motor or
engine, to which carriage is connected an operating
assemblage of a harvester to effect travel of said assemblage
over the ground.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a self-propelled lawn
mower that is guided by a walking attendant or a
self-propelled lawn mower that is steered by a riding
attendant.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16.7 for a lawn mower that is driven for cutting by a motor,
but is propelled and guided by a walking attendant.
Subclass:
14.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.7. Machine
wherein the carriage has at least one wheel that is rotated
solely by reason of its engagement with the ground as the
carriage travels over the ground, and provided with a series
of connected parts through which motion is transmitted to the
operating assemblage solely from said wheel.
Subclass:
14.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.7. Machine
provided with a structure for supporting the operating
assemblage and means for attaching said structure to the
carriage, which means allows said structure to be relocated
with respect to said carriage.
Subclass:
15.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
further provided with a series of connected parts for
transmitting motion from the motor or engine to said
structure for the purpose of re-locating said structure with
respect to the carriage.
Subclass:
15.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.1. Machine
wherein the structure that is relocated is that which
supports the cutting assemblage.
Subclass:
15.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
further provided with a series of connected parts for
transmitting motion from the motor or engine to an operating
assemblage on said structure, wherein the series of parts may
be bent or reoriented relative to one another to maintain the
motion-transmitting connection between the motor and the
assemblage despite the relocation of the structure.
Subclass:
15.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
wherein the structure is provided with one or more
ground-engaging wheels that may be turned about a
substantially vertical axis.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
its propelling vehicle (e.g., tractor) has a set of steering
wheels for the tractor and the operating assemblage is
supported in a structure that has its own set of steering
wheels separate from those of the vehicle.
Subclass:
15.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
wherein the structure is relocated relative to the carriage
in a direction that is transverse to the direction of
movement of the carriage and parallel to the ground.
Subclass:
15.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
wherein the means may be manipulated by an operator to cause
the structure to be detached from the carriage and reattached
easily.
(1) Note. It is inherent in any structure that is attached
to a machine that the structure may be detached therefrom and
reattached thereto. Therefore, there should be clearly
disclosed the features implicit in the title and definition
of the subclass.
Subclass:
15.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
wherein the means includes a yieldable portion or includes an
attachment permitting movement of the structure in plural
directions simultaneously.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein
vibrations that may be generated in one mechanism of a
harvester will be damped so as not to be transmitted to
another mechanism of the harvester, or for a harvester
wherein an operating assemblage may be pivoted in a vertical
plane extending laterally and may also be pivoted in a
horizontal plane (e.g., in a "breakaway" cutter).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10.4 for a harvester having "breakaway" mechanism, wherein
retraction of a cutter assemblage is a direct result of the
cutter assemblage meeting an obstruction to its movement, and
such retraction is permitted by a universal-action hitch.
Subclass:
15.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.7. Machine
wherein the structure is supported by the ground over which
it travels, and follows the contours of the ground regardless
of irregularities therein.
Subclass:
15.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 14.9. Machine
wherein the means includes an axle or shaft that is generally
parallel to the ground and serves as a hinge on which the
structure swivels.
Subclass:
16.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.9. Machine
wherein the operating assemblage includes elongated fingers
extending generally in the direction of travel of the
harvester, and wherein the attaching means includes an axle
or shaft extending generally across said direction of
travels, whereby the structure supporting said fingers may
swivel in a vertical plane about a lateral axis.
(1) Note. In use, the harvester of this subclass is driven
over ground on which crop (i.e., vegetation that has been
cut) is lying while the tines are disposed close to the
ground. When a mass of crop has accumulated on the tines,
the structure is lifted and the crop transported to another
location in the field.
Subclass:
16.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.9. Machine
wherein the axle or shaft lies along the direction of travel
of the harvester.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a harvester wherein a
cutting assemblage extends laterally out from the side of the
harvester and folds up about the longitudinal pivot to reduce
the lateral dimension of the harvester and facilitate travel
thereof along a roadway.
Subclass:
16.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.9. Machine
wherein the means includes a bar operating about a fulcrum
and connected to the structure for swiveling said structure
about its hinge shaft, which bar has a detent or lock for
maintaining the bar and the structure in a desired position.
Subclass:
16.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
wherein the operating assemblage changes the location or the
condition of crop (i.e., that which has been separated from
the ground by a harvester assemblage).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 1+, for binder applying methods and
apparatus, not otherwise classifiable, and not involving
gathering of material from the ground, and especially
subclass 6 for such apparatus including means to cut or
rupture the material into parts.
Subclass:
16.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.4. Machine
wherein the operating assemblage divides one portion of crop
from another portion thereof, or divides unwanted material
(e.g., debris or trash) from wanted crop.
Subclass:
16.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.4. Machine
provided with a container into which the operating assemblage
disposes of the crop.
Subclass:
16.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 10.1. Machine
provided with a carriage or conveyance having one or more
wheels or skids engaging the ground, on which carriage is
mounted an operating assemblage of a harvester and a motor or
engine for operating said assemblage.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses provide for a
harvester, usually termed "lawn mower", that is propelled
over the ground by a person, but derives its motive power for
cutting from a motor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11.6 for a lawn mower similar to that found in this (16.7)
and indented subclasses, in which lawn mower the drive to a
cutter and/or transit wheel is controlled by regulating the
tautness of an endless belt trained over driving and driven
pulleys.
14.7 for a lawn mower similar to that found in this (16.7)
and indented subclasses, in which lawn mower a motor drives
both the cutter and the vehicle that supports the cutter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 42+, for a motor-driven earth
working implement guided by a walking attendant.
Subclass:
16.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
provided with means for discharging flowable matter
therefrom.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a lawn mower having
means to spread fertilizer or weed-killer, for example, in
addition to its grass-cutting means.
Subclass:
16.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
wherein the motor or engine may drive two or more mechanisms,
or may be utilized to drive one mechanism for two or more
different purposes.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a lawn mower wherein
the motor may drive a cutter or a sweeper, or one wherein the
motor may drive the cutter as a grass cutter or as a mulcher,
these being only exemplary of machines found therein.
Subclass:
17.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
wherein the assemblage is a cutting assemblage, and provided
with means for changing the location of said assemblage with
respect to the ground over which the harvester travels.
Subclass:
17.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.1. Machine
wherein the ground-engaging portion (e.g., wheel or skid) of
the carriage is relocated with respect to its carriage,
thereby relocating the cutting assemblage with respect to the
ground.
Subclass:
17.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
provided with a passive element mounted on the carriage and
located so as to deflect or direct vegetation (i.e., that
which is to be cut) to the action of a cutting assemblage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
14.3 for a harvester wherein moving means directs vegetation
to the harvester assemblage.
Subclass:
17.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
provided with means for preventing injury to either the
machine or the operator thereof.
Subclass:
17.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
wherein the motor or engine includes an element that is
turned thereby about an axis, and the operating assemblage
includes a cutting knife mounted on said element for turning
therewith.
Subclass:
17.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 16.7. Machine
wherein the operating assemblage includes a cutting knife
that moves to-and-fro in a straight line or an arcuate path,
and provided with a series of connected parts that connects
the motor or engine to said knife whereby the motor causes
the knife to move.
Subclass:
27.5
Devices used in harvesting tobacco and not elsewhere
classified.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 26 for devices
for stringing tobacco upon hangers or unstringing it
therefrom.
Subclass:
28
Devices used in harvesting cotton not elsewhere
classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation, subclasses 80+, for
cotton-cleaning mechanism, per se.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses for a land vehicle
of general utility. Particular attention is directed to
subclass 6.154 wherein the land vehicle includes means,
interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and
the running gear thereof, for appropriately predisposing a
load, load carrier, or receptacle portion to accommodate
sustained travel upon an expansive inclined surface (e.g.,
hillside); or subclasses 400+ for an articulated vehicle or a
plurality of interconnected vehicles (i.e., vehicle train).
383, Flexible Bags, for bags of general utility.
Subclass:
29
Having means for beating the cotton from the plant and
gathering it when it falls.
Subclass:
30
Having means for detaching the cotton from the plant and
conveying it to a receptacle, including a pneumatic device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12.9 for a motor-driven pneumatic harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, for pneumatic conveying
means, per se.
Subclass:
31
Manually directed to each boll individually.
Subclass:
32
The invention being limited to a nozzle having means
peculiarly adapted to detach the cotton from the boll.
Subclass:
33
Having means for stripping the bolls from the plant.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 and 330.
Subclass:
34
Including a comb, between the teeth of which the stalks are
drawn, while the teeth strip off the bolls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 115, 127, 128, 129, and 130.
Subclass:
35
The comb having motion other than the forward travel of the
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
116 130 and 330.
Subclass:
36
Having means to pick the lint from the boll, leaving the hull
on the cotton plant.
Subclass:
37
Manually directed to each boll individually.
Subclass:
38
Having the picking mechanism mounted on an endless belt.
Subclass:
39
The entire operating mechanism driven by manual power.
Subclass:
40
Including a rotary picking member.
Subclass:
41
Comprising long slender members rotating on their
longitudinal axes and provided with means to engage the
cotton lint and remove it from the plants.
Subclass:
42
Having the spindle mounted on an endless belt, by which they
are carried to and from a position to engage the cotton on
the plants.
Subclass:
43
Having a track or guide which engages a cam connected with
the spindles in order to guide the spindles into a proper
position to engage the cotton on the plants.
Subclass:
44
The rotary spindles mounted on a rotating drum or the like,
by which they are carried bodily to and from a position to
engage the cotton on the plants.
Subclass:
45
The spindle being flexible, so that the projecting ends of
the same will bend downwardly by their own weight.
Subclass:
46
The spindle reciprocating longitudinally at the same time
that it is being rotated on its longitudinal axis and being
carried around bodily on the rotary carrier.
Subclass:
47
Having a track or guide which engages a cam connected with
the spindles in order to guide the spindles into a proper
position to engage the cotton on the plants.
Subclass:
48
Comprising a drum, cylinder, or the like rotating or
oscillating on its axis and having means to engage and remove
the cotton lint from the plants.
Subclass:
49
The picking means carried by an endless belt.
Subclass:
50
Elements of long slender form having lint- engaging means and
usually rotated on their longitudinal axes to engage the lint
in the boll.
Subclass:
51
Devices for harvesting Indian corn or similar growth not
classifiable elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 300+ for a
conveyor carried by a ground vehicle, subclasses 604 and
626.1+ for opposed, load-gripping endless belt conveyors, and
subclasses 506+ for a conveyor specialized for collecting a
load from the ground.
Subclass:
52
Comprising means for breaking the standing stalks.
(1) Note. This subclass includes machines for performing
the operation on broomcorn known as tabling--i.e., breaking
down the head and leaving it to hang top downward to dry.
Subclass:
53
Including means for cutting standing cornstalks or other
stalks of similar nature, regardless of the ultimate
disposition of the cut stalks.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, for hand implements for cutting corn,
particularly subclass 297 and 309.
Subclass:
54
Having in combination with the stalk- cutting means,
mechanism for trimming or cleaning broom-corn.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+ for
trimming or cleaning mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
55
Having a rotating reel for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
56
The cutters being so located as to sever the standing stalk
close to the top and means for catching the top after it is
cut off.
(1) Note. These machines are more especially adapted for
harvesting such crops as Kafir corn, milo maize, and
feterita.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 537 for a
machine for cutting off the top from stalks which have
previously been cut and subclasses 635 and 643 for cutting
means that removes the tops from food.
Subclass:
57
Having a rotating reel for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
58
The reel rotating about a horizontal axis.
Subclass:
59
Having endless chains for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
60
Having means for cutting the stalks up into short lengths.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13.7 for a harvester having motorized plural cutter-units.
Subclass:
61
Having means for catching the short lengths of stalks after
they are cut, the stalks so cut being generally used as
silage.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, or the
comminution or cutting of material of that class (241) type
which may include the cutting of silage.
Subclass:
62
Having means for stripping off the leaves and removing the
tops from the stalks as they are severed, being generally
used in harvesting sugar-cane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+ for cane
strippers, per se.
Subclass:
63
Having means for removing the tops from the stalks as they
are severed.
Subclass:
64
Having, in connection with stalk-cutting mechanism, means for
removing the ears from the stalks, with or without means for
removing the husks from the ears.
Subclass:
65
Having a rotating reel for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
66
Having endless chains for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
67
Having automatic binding mechanism to bind the stalks into
bundles after they are cut.
Subclass:
68
The stalks being bound into bundles while standing in upright
position.
Subclass:
69
Having endless chains for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
70
Having means for adjusting the binding mechanism bodily, so
that the stalks will be bound at any desired distance from,
their ends.
Subclass:
71
Having mechanism for effecting the discharge of the cut
stalks from the machine.
Subclass:
72
The discharging means comprising a crane or similar means for
lifting the bundle of stalks bodily from the harvester and
lowering it to the ground.
(1) Note. Search this class, subclass 426 for bundle
forming and discharging means of this type if the invention
does not include gathering or cutting.
(2) Note. Search Class 212, Traversing Hoists, appropriate
subclasses for cranes, per se.
Subclass:
73
Having means for gathering the standing stalks and directing
them to the cutter.
Subclass:
74
The gathering means including a rotating reel.
Subclass:
75
The gathering means including endless sprocket-chains.
Subclass:
76
The discharging means including an endless apron, which
receives the cut stalks and discharges them onto the ground
or into a vehicle traveling alongside the harvester.
Subclass:
77
Having a rotating reel for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
78
Having endless chains for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
79
The stalk receptacle or platform being moved horizontally and
tilted to discharge the collected stalks.
Subclass:
80
Having means for gathering the standing stalks and directing
them to the cutter.
Subclass:
81
The gathering means including a rotating reel.
Subclass:
82
The gathering means including endless sprocket-chains.
Subclass:
83
The stalk receptacle or platform being tilted to discharge
the collected stalks.
Subclass:
84
Having means for gathering the standing stalks and directing
them to the cutter.
Subclass:
85
The gathering means including a rotating spiral.
Subclass:
86
The gathering means including a rotating reel.
Subclass:
87
The reel rotating about a horizontal axis.
Subclass:
88
The gathering means including endless sprocket chains.
Subclass:
89
The gathering means being fixed relatively to the frame of
the machine.
Subclass:
90
The platform or bottom of the stalk- receptacle being
retracted to permit the discharge of the accumulated stalks.
Subclass:
91
Having a rotating reel for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
92
Having a rotating reel for gathering the the standing stalks
and directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
93
Having endless chains for gathering the standing stalks and
directing them to the cutter.
Subclass:
94
Having means for gathering the standing stalks and directing
them to the cutter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
14.3 for a harvester having a motorized gatherer and
cutter.
Subclass:
95
The gathering means including a rotating spiral.
Subclass:
96
The gathering means including a rotating reel.
Subclass:
97
The reel rotating about a horizontal axis.
Subclass:
98
The gathering means including endless sprocket-chains.
Subclass:
99
The gathering means being fixed relatively to the frame of
the machine.
Subclass:
100
The cutting means consisting of one or more knives which are
fixed with respect to the frame of the machine.
Subclass:
101
The cutting means consisting of one or more knives which are
fixed with respect to the frame of the machine.
Subclass:
102
Limited to the cutting element and those driven elements
which are directly connected therewith.
Subclass:
103
Having means for detaching the ears from the standing stalks,
with or without means for subsequently removing the husks
which may be left on the ears.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 25+ for
husking mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
104
Comprising a pair of rotating rollers which pinch or snap the
ear from the stalk.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 25+ for
snapping or husking rollers, per se.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
105
Having a plurality of pairs of rollers each acting on a
separate row of corn.
Subclass:
106
Having endless chains only to gather the standing stalks and
direct them to the stripping-rollers.
Subclass:
107
Having means acting directly on the ear to assist the rollers
in detaching the same from the stalk.
Subclass:
108
Having endless chains only to gather the standing stalks and
direct them to the stripping-rollers.
Subclass:
109
Having movable means to gather the standing stalks and direct
them to the stripping- rollers.
Subclass:
110
The movable gathering means comprising a rotating spiral.
Subclass:
111
The movable gathering means consisting of endless chains
only.
Subclass:
112
Having means to adjust the position of the frame which
carries the rollers with respect to the rest of the
harvester-frame.
Subclass:
113
Having a fixed member on the frame, which engages the ears
and detaches them from the stalks as the latter are drawn
through the machine.
Subclass:
114
The snapping member consisting of a fixed bar with teeth in
the form of a comb.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 34, 127, 128, 129, and 330.
Subclass:
115
Having a fixed knife on or near the comb, which assists in
severing the stem of the ear.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
113
Subclass:
116
Comprising a comb which has a movement relative to the
machine to engage the ears and strip them from the stalks,
the distance between the teeth permitting the stalks to pass
between, but not the ears.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
130 and 330.
Subclass:
117
Comprising a relatively movable knife which severs the ear
from the stalk.
Subclass:
118
The knife carried on a traveling endless chain.
Subclass:
119
Limited to the means for gathering the stalks and directing
them to the cutter or ear-detaching means or for guiding the
stalks from the cutter to the stalk-bundling mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
14.2 for a harvester having a motorized gatherer and
snapping roller-couple.
Subclass:
120
Comprising means attached to a corn-harvesting machine
peculiarly adapted to receive bundles of corn-stalks after
they are cut and bound and to load the same onto a vehicle
traveling alongside.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76 77 and 78.
Subclass:
121
Comprising means attached to a corn-harvesting machine for
receiving and carrying bundles of corn-stalks after they are
cut and bound until a desired number have been accumulated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
474 through 480, for sheaf-carriers for small grain.
Subclass:
121.4
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus including a carriage or mount having cutting means
and having gauging means adapted to contact the crop to
control the height of the cutting means.
(1) Note. The cutter generally functions to cut off the
crown and foliage of root crops, such as beets, generally
arranged in rows.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 635+, for end
cutters working on crops after removal from the ground, and
subclass 491, for a cutter that is positioned by the food to
be cut.
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 32, 33 and
34+ for gage controlled cutter means for detachment of plant
parts combined with apparatus for unearthing such plants.
172, Earth Working, subclasses 5+ for earth working
apparatus with an automatic power control having a plant
sensing means.
Subclass:
121.41
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.4. Apparatus
where the gauging and cutting means are freely supported by a
carriage or the like for sidewise movement relative thereto
so that the gauging and cutting means may follow the
irregularities of the individual plants in the row.
Subclass:
121.42
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.4. Apparatus
having means to lift and arrange the foliage or to otherwise
manipulate the foliage so as to present it to the gauging and
cutting mechanism in an orderly predetermined fashion.
Subclass:
121.43
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.4. Apparatus
having cutting means in addition to the topping cutter which
may either (1) cut at a different height or (2) make a
slitting cut on the top or crown of the beet so as to divide
the top into segments.
Subclass:
121.44
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.4. Apparatus
having means acting to move the cut tops out of the path
traversed by the gauging and topping mechanism.
Subclass:
121.45
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.44. Apparatus
where the means moving the cut tops has motion relative to
the carriage.
(1) Note. The clearing or moving means may itself be
attached to or integral with a moving cutting device, and may
be disclosed merely as operating to clear the cutting
device.
Subclass:
121.46
This subclass is indented under subclass 121.4. Apparatus
wherein the gauging means is movable with respect to the
cutter for regulating the depth of the cut responsive to the
height and/or diameter of the crown to thereby control the
thickness of the severed crown; i.e., the higher the crown
the deeper the cut.
Subclass:
122
Having means for cutting standing grain, means for threshing
the same, and means for conveying the cut grain from the
cutter to the thresher.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, appropriate subclasses,
for threshing mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
123
The cutting mechanism comprising a knife which has a
reciprocating motion transversely of the path of the
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
20
Subclass:
124
The axes of each set of supporting-wheels being in alinement
and the cutter centrally located with respect to the path of
the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21
Subclass:
125
The cutter-frame hinged to swing vertically with respect to
the main frame of the machine about a longitudinal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
20
Subclass:
126
Machines for gathering seed or grain from standing stalks or
from the ground, including those which thresh from the
standing stalks, sometimes having a grain separator in
combination therewith.
(1) Note. This subclass and those indented thereunder may
include machines having a knife which merely assists the
stripping action.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, appropriate subclasses,
for grain separating mechanism, per se, or for threshing
mechanism which threshes the stalks after they are cut.
Subclass:
127
Comprising a fixed comb, between the teeth of which the
stalks are drawn to strip the seed or grain therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 114, 115, and 330.
Subclass:
128
Having a rotary member which beats the heads to assist the
comb in removing the seed or grain therefrom.
Subclass:
129
The axes of each set of wheels being in alinement and the
comb centrally located with respect to the path of the
machine.
Subclass:
130
Comprising a moving comb which moves through the grain and
strips the seed or grain from the stalks the latter passing
through between the teeth of the comb.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 116 and 330.
Subclass:
131
Machines having means to cut grain or the like, a platform
upon which the grain falls as it is cut, means for binding
the grain into sheaves, and means for conveying the grain
from the platform to the binder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for machines of this type having a motor for driving all
or some portion of the mechanism; 432 et seq., for inventions
limited to the binding mechanism, per se, and 153 and the
subclasses indented thereunder for inventions relating to
cutting and conveying not limited to machines which bind the
grain into sheaves.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 6 for binder applying apparatus, not
otherwise provided for, and not involving gathering of
material from the ground, and including some means to cut or
rupture the material into parts.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses, for
conveyors which are of general application.
Subclass:
132
Wherein the band is of wire or similar material, the ends
being twisted together to secure the band around the sheaf.
Subclass:
133
Wherein the band is of straw or similar material and is
secured about the sheaf by twisting the ends together and
tucking them into the sheaf or under some portion of the
band.
Subclass:
134
Wherein the cutter and platform on which the grain falls may
be folded to facilitate transportation from one field to
another.
Subclass:
135
Wherein the binder is located on the stubble-ward side of the
main or bull wheel, the grain being conveyed from the
platform where it falls over the main wheel to the binder.
Subclass:
136
The binder mechanism capable of being folded bodily on the
rest of the machine for convenience in transporting the
same.
Subclass:
137
The binder adjustable longitudinally, so that the band may be
tined around the sheaf at the desired distance from the end,
whatever the length of the cut stalks.
Subclass:
138
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
139
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
140
The binding mechanism acting on the grain while the stalks
are in upright position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 69, and 70.
Subclass:
141
Wherein the sheaf, after being bound, is discharged from the
binder in the direction of its length.
Subclass:
142
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
143
Wherein the grain is bound and discharged from the machine
without being raised as high as the upper rim of the main or
bull wheel.
Subclass:
144
Therein the grain in passing from the platform, where it
falls to the binder, is carried in a curved path.
Subclass:
145
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
146
The sheaf being discharged onto the ground or a sheaf-carrier
inside of the main or bull wheel of the machine.
Subclass:
147
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
148
The sheaf being discharged onto the ground or a sheaf-carrier
outside of the main or bull wheel of the machine.
Subclass:
149
Wherein the grain passes through the main or bull wheel to
the point of discharge.
Subclass:
150
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
151
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
152
The invention including specific knot-tying mechanism.
Subclass:
153
Machines having means to cut grain or the like, a platform
upon which the grain falls as it is cut, and means for moving
the grain from the platform to a point of discharge.
(1) Note. Search this class, subclass 14.5, for a harvester
having a motorized cutter and conveyor, and 192, for
cutting-machines provided with a chute or the like for
directing the cut material into a window.
(2) Note. Search Class 198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
appropriate subclasses, for conveyors which are of general
application.
Subclass:
154
Wherein the cutting elements travel on an endless chain or
belt.
Subclass:
155
Wherein the cutting elements oscillate about pivots coacting
with each other or with a fixed ledger-plate to effect a
shearing action.
Subclass:
156
The cutter comprising knives mounted on the periphery of a
rotating reel and coacting with a fixed ledger-plate.
Subclass:
157
The cutter comprising a disk having a serrated or sharpened
edge and rotating on an axis perpendicular to the plane of
the disk.
Subclass:
158
Therein the platform is adapted to support a reciprocating
cutter.
(1) Note. In this subclass and those indented thereunder
the cutter may not be claimed or even specifically shown, but
the invention is peculiarly adapted to this type of
harvester--i.e., something more than a mere conveyor of
general application.
Subclass:
159
Wherein the cutter and platform on which the grain falls may
be folded to facilitate transportation from one field to
another.
Subclass:
160
Having a platform on which one or more persons may stand to
bind the grain manually as it is carried thither by the
conveyor.
Subclass:
161
The conveying means comprising a rake automatically operated
to rake the grain from the cutter-platform to the binder's
platform.
Subclass:
162
The rake carried by a traveling endless belt.
Subclass:
163
The conveying means comprising a rake manually operated to
rake the grain from the cutter-platform to the point of
discharge.
Subclass:
164
The conveying means comprising a rake automatically operated
to rake the grain from the cutter-platform to the point of
discharge.
Subclass:
165
Having tongs of grappling-arms which hold the material, after
it is raked into a gravel, until it can be bound manually
into a sheaf.
Subclass:
166
Having means to receive the grain as it is raked from the
platform, which may be dumped to discharge the collected
material.
Subclass:
167
This subclass is indented under subclass 164. Apparatus
wherein the rake is of the rotating type. Included are
devices wherein a standing-grain gathering reel also coacts
with the platform to move the fallen grain therefrom after it
has been cut.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 219+ for gathering devices acting on the
standing grain only.
Subclass:
168
The head of the rake reciprocating to and from its axis as it
rotates.
Subclass:
169
The rake rotating about a vertical axis, usually having also
an irregular vertical movement to cause it to engage the
grain at the proper point in its course and to rise out of
the way of the operator after leaving the grain at its point
of discharge.
Subclass:
170
Having a switch to control the vertical movement of the rake
to cause it to rake the grain from the platform only when
desired.
Subclass:
171
Wherein the switch is automatically operated at some
predetermined time.
Subclass:
172
Having manually-controlled means to cause the switch to be
operated sooner or later than it would be operated by the
automatic means alone.
Subclass:
173
Wherein the rake is moved rectilinearly to rake the grain
from the platform and is returned over the same course, the
rake usually having some additional movement on its return
course to enable it to pass over the grain then lying on the
platform.
Subclass:
174
The movement of the rake controlled by a traveling endless
belt or chain.
Subclass:
175
The belt itself having a reciprocating movement.
Subclass:
176
Wherein the rake travels in a vertical circuit--that is, a
given point on the rake travels substantially in a vertical
plane.
Subclass:
177
The rake being mounted on and carried by belts or chains,
frequently traveling beneath the platform, with the teeth
extending up through the same to rake the grain therefrom.
Subclass:
178
Wherein the rake travels in a horizontal circuit--that is, a
given point on the rake travels substantially in a horizontal
plane.
Subclass:
179
The rake being mounted on and carried by belts or chains.
Subclass:
180
Raking elements peculiarly adapted for use in mechanism for
raking grain from a harvester platform.
Subclass:
181
Wherein an endless carrier moving over the platform receives
the grain as it is cut and either by itself or in connection
with other endless carriers supports the grain while it is
conveyed to the point of discharge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
177 for machines having endless belts carrying teeth which
rake the grain from the platform to the point of discharge.
Subclass:
182
The grain in its travel being deflected forwardly or
rearwardly or the direction of the stalks changed.
Subclass:
183
The endless carrier moving intermittently.
Subclass:
184
The endless carrier delivering the grain into a receptacle,
which is discharged at intervals.
Subclass:
185
The invention including means for elevating the grain above
the level of the platform to enable it to pass over the
bull-wheel or onto an elevated deck.
Subclass:
186
Having coaxial wheels and the cutter mounted centrally of the
path of the machine.
Subclass:
187
Wherein the platform may be tilted to raise or lower the
cutter.
Subclass:
188
The tongue, which may be either behind or in front of the
platform, having a pivotal connection therewith.
Subclass:
189
Attachments of the nature of a chute which is so disposed as
to receive the material from the conveyor and deliver the
same to the ground in a swath.
Subclass:
190
Devices attached to a machine to prevent the wind from
disarranging the position of the material as it is cut and
conveyed to the binder-deck or to a point of discharge.
Subclass:
191
Platforms attached to the machine on which one or more
persons may stand to bind the grain manually as it is
delivered from the conveyor.
Subclass:
192
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Machines having means for cutting growing crops and means for
catching the material as it is cut and discharging it in a
windrow. Included here are windrowing attachments for the
cutter-bar of a harvester.
Subclass:
193
Machines having means for cutting growing crops and means for
raking up the cut material after it falls on the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
400.05 for hand rakes combined with cutters.
Subclass:
194
Machines having means for cutting growing crops and means for
catching the cut material as it falls.
Subclass:
195
Wherein the cutter projects to one side of the machine beyond
the path of the supporting wheels.
Subclass:
196
The cutter located behind a line drawn transversely through
the supporting wheels.
Subclass:
197
The cutter located in front of a line drawn transversely
through the supporting wheels.
Subclass:
198
The cutter comprising a rotating reel with knives located on
the periphery thereof.
Subclass:
199
The invention limited to the catcher element, with, means
peculiarly adapted for attaching it to a machine of the
rotary-cutting reel type.
Subclass:
200
Having means for discharging the catcher without detaching
the same or inverting the machine.
Subclass:
201
Having a handle or other means adapting it to manual
propulsion.
Subclass:
202
The invention limited to the catcher element and means for
attaching it to a cutter-bar.
Subclass:
203
Having means for discharging the catcher directly.
Subclass:
204
The catcher making a complete revolution as it is moved to
discharge the load and is returned to receiving position.
Subclass:
205
The catcher having a gate at its rear side, which may be
swung upwardly to allow the contents of the catcher to be
discharged.
Subclass:
206
The rear wall of the catcher comprising a member which may be
swung backwardly and downwardly to discharge the contents of
the catcher.
Subclass:
207
Devices peculiarly adapted to be attached to some portion of
a harvester in such a position as to catch grain which is
shelled out during the operation of harvesting and which
would otherwise be lost.
Subclass:
208
Devices for adjusting the position with relation to the
ground of the platform on which the grain falls as it is
cut.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 663+ and the subclasses
there noted for earth working apparatus with actuators for
making various adjustments.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 6.15 for a land vehicle of
general utility having means, interposed between the vehicle
body, chassis, or frame and running gear thereof, for
altering height or levelness of the vehicle body, chassis, or
frame; or subclasses 43+ for a land vehicle of general
utility having vertically adjustable wheels for altering a
dimension of the vehicle or a part thereof.
Subclass:
209
Comprising means for leveling the platform when the harvester
is operating on a sidehill.
Subclass:
210
Wherein the platform is rigidly connected with the main frame
of the machine and the whole is adjusted as a unit on the
wheel-frame.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
218 for tongue adjustments which on a one or two wheel
machine produce, in effect, a change in the position of the
main frame.
Subclass:
211
Wherein the adjustment is effected by power derived from the
traction-wheels while the machine is moving over the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclass 402, 403+ and 407+ for earth
working implements in which a wheel is adjusted vertically
with respect to a frame by power derived from its rolling
movement over the ground.
Subclass:
212
Having means to adjust the frame vertically and also means to
tilt the frame about a transverse axis.
Subclass:
213
Wherein the means for vertically adjusting both sides of the
frame are connected to the same operating mechanism and may
be operated simultaneously.
Subclass:
214
Having means to adjust the frame vertically.
Subclass:
215
Wherein the wheel-frame is pivoted to the main frame and
carries a pinion, which meshes with a segment-rack on the
main frame, the curvature of the segment-rack being
concentric with the pivot of the wheel-frame and the pinion
being rotated to raise or lower the main frame.
Subclass:
216
Wherein the means for adjusting both sides of the frame are
connected to the same operating mechanism and may be operated
simultaneously.
Subclass:
217
Wherein the means for adjusting both sides of the frame are
connected to the same operating mechanism and may be operated
simultaneously.
Subclass:
218
Means peculiarly adapted to adjust or support the tongue of a
harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 324+ for an actuator on a
trailing ground supported frame for moving a tongue means
laterally or vertically.
278, Land Vehicles: Animal Draft Appliances, subclasses 86+
for tongue supports for vehicles in general.
Subclass:
219
Devices for gathering the standing grain, directing it to the
cutting mechanism, and guiding it in its fall when it is
cut.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 164+ for gathering devices which also rake the
grain from the platform.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 604 and 626.1+ for
opposed, load- gripping endless belt conveyors, and
subclasses 506+ for a conveyor specialized for collecting a
load from the ground.
Subclass:
220
Comprising a reel which rotates on a horizontal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
167 and 168.
Subclass:
221
Comprising means for adjusting the reel vertically or
longitudinally to adapt it to cutters of different height or
to grain of different length.
Subclass:
222
Wherein the means for rotating the reel are disclosed.
Subclass:
223
Wherein the reel is driven by angular gearing, which may
slide on the driving-shaft to permit the adjustment of the
reel.
Subclass:
224
Wherein the reel is driven by an endless belt or chain, the
tension of which may be adjusted to compensate for the
adjustment of the position of the reel.
Subclass:
225
Wherein each end of the reel axis is mounted at the end of a
swinging arm or a series of such arms and the driving
connections of the reel are mounted concentrically with said
arms.
Subclass:
226
Wherein the reel-bats have a supplementary movement in
addition to the rotation of the reel.
Subclass:
227
Wherein the position of the bats on the reel may be adjusted,
including adjustments for the purpose of transportation.
Subclass:
228
Devices peculiarly adapted for attachment to harvesters to
facilitate transportation thereof from one field to another.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 240+ for an earth working
implement with a ground support means engageable with the
ground for transport only.
Subclass:
229
Means supported on the ground and specialized to the cutting
or mowing of small grain, grass and the like.
Subclass:
230
Wherein the cutting mechanism is mounted on a railroad
vehicle and is adapted to trim the grass and weeds growing
alongside the track.
Subclass:
231
Wherein knives carried on the periphery of a rotating reel
coact with a fixed ledger plate to sever the standing
vegetation.
Subclass:
232
Wherein the knife reciprocates transversely to the path of
advance to sever the standing vegetation.
Subclass:
233
Devices peculiarly adapted for use in trimming the top or
sides of a hedge or row of plant growth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclasses 196+ for hand manipulated hedge
trimmers. See (19) Note after the definition of Class 30.
Subclass:
234
Having several cutters operating in planes at an angle to
each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13.6 for a motorized harvester having plural cutter-units.
Subclass:
235
Wherein each cutter comprises a rotary disk with a sharpened
or serrated edge.
Subclass:
236
Wherein each cutter comprises a reciprocating knife.
Subclass:
237
Having a single cutter which may be so adjusted as to trim
either the top or side of a hedge or the like.
Subclass:
238
Wherein one cutter cuts off the top of the vegetation and a
following cutter cuts it closer to the ground.
Subclass:
239
Wherein the cutter is operated by hand power directly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses, where no means is
provided for guiding the cutter a definite distance from the
ground. See (19) Note after the definition of Class 30.
Subclass:
240
Wherein the cutting elements oscillate about pivots coacting
with each other or with a fixed ledger plate to effect a
shearing action.
Subclass:
241
Having only two cutting edges, which coact like a pair of
shears.
Subclass:
242
Wherein the cutting element reciprocates within a
finger-bar.
Subclass:
243
Wherein the power for driving the cutter is applied through a
hand-crank.
Subclass:
244
Wherein the cutting elements travel on an endless chain or
belt.
Subclass:
245
Wherein the cutting mechanism projects to one side of the
machine beyond the path of the supporting wheels.
Subclass:
246
Wherein the cutting elements oscillate about pivots coacting
with each other or with a fixed ledger plate to effect a
shearing action.
Subclass:
247
The cutters operating in a vertical plane.
Subclass:
248
The cutting mechanism projecting to one side of the machine
beyond the path of the supporting wheels.
Subclass:
249
The cutter comprising knives mounted on the periphery of a
rotating reel and coacting with a fixed ledger plate.
Subclass:
249.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Cutting
machines which have means permitting the ready interchange of
reel or reel and cutter bar units.
(1) Note. The ready interchange is limited to those in
which the frame and/or wheels of the machine need not be
disassembled.
(2) Note. Reels or reels and cutter bar units of different
type or design which may be used interchangeably are included
here.
Subclass:
250
Wherein the invention comprises a change in the organization
of the machine to facilitate the sharpening of the knives.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12.1 for a motorized cutter and sharpening means therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 82 for mere
sharpening devices, which may include means for attachment to
or adjustment on a mower.
451, Abrading, for a method of or apparatus for sharpening a
harvester blade.
Subclass:
251
Having another cutter in addition to the main rotating
cutting-reel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
7 13.6+, 231, 234, and 238.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 13+ for lawn edgers which
make a groove in the earth.
Subclass:
252
Wherein the cutter extends in front of the wheel-tread, so as
to cut the grass or the like before the wheel passes over the
same.
Subclass:
253
Having two wheels which are coaxial and the cutter disposed
centrally of the path of the machine.
Subclass:
254
Having a pinion on the cutting-reel axis meshing directly
with an internal gear on one of the ground-wheels.
Subclass:
255
The cutter comprising a disk having a serrated or sharpened
edge and rotating on an axis perpendicular to the plane of
the disk, the disk cooperating with another or with a fixed
ledger-blade.
Subclass:
256
The cutting-disk operating in a vertical plane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 5 for
vegetation cutters mounted in vertical planes.
172, Earth Working, subclasses 518+ for rolling earth
working tools including disks operating in a vertical plane.
Subclass:
257
Comprising a cutter which reciprocates in a fingerbar
transversely to the direction of travel and which is located
centrally of the path of the machine.
Subclass:
258
Having two supporting-wheels whose axes are in alinement.
Subclass:
259
The cutter comprising two sets of knives reciprocating in the
same finger-bar in opposite directions.
Subclass:
260
Wherein the driving mechanism includes a pitman.
Subclass:
261
Having a lever interposed between the pitman and cutter.
Subclass:
262
Wherein the driving mechanism includes a rotating cam.
Subclass:
263
Having a lever interposed between the cam and cutter.
Subclass:
264
Comprising a cutter reciprocating within a fingerbar which
projects to one side of the path of the wheels.
Subclass:
265
Wherein the mechanism for driving the cutter passes through
one of the ground-wheels.
Subclass:
266
Having means whereby the machine may cut when traveling in
either direction.
Subclass:
267
Wherein for the purpose of transportation the cutter may be
folded into a horizontal longitudinal position close to the
side of the machine.
Subclass:
268
The cutter located behind a line drawn transversely through
the supporting wheel or wheels.
Subclass:
269
Having two supporting-wheels whose axes are in alinement.
Subclass:
270
Wherein the mechanism for reciprocating the cutter includes a
cam or lever and not merely a crank and pitman.
Subclass:
271
The cutter located in front of a line drawn transversely
through the supporting wheel or wheels.
Subclass:
272
Having two supporting-wheels whose axes are in alinement.
Subclass:
273
Wherein the finger-bar is lifted by traction or motor power.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 452+ for apparatus
comprising an actuator adapted to lift an earth working tool
for transport on a wheeled frame.
Subclass:
274
Means for automatically shipping the clutch when the
cutter-bar is raised beyond a certain point.
Subclass:
275
The cutter comprising two sets of knives reciprocating in the
same finger-bar in opposite directions.
Subclass:
276
Having means for raising the cutter-bar and means for rocking
it, so as to raise or lower the points of the guard-fingers.
Subclass:
277
Having a foot-lever which may be used in adjusting the
position of the cutter-bar.
Subclass:
278
The lifting means including a lever of the first class, which
impinges upon the inner end of the cutter-bar, inside its
pivot, to raise the outer end of the same or to maintain it
at the desired elevation.
Subclass:
279
Wherein the invention comprises only the mountings for the
cutter-bar and not the gearing.
Subclass:
280
Wherein the invention comprises only the mountings for the
cutter-bar and not the gearing.
Subclass:
281
The lifting means including a lever of the first class, which
impinges upon the inner end of the cutter-bar, inside its
pivot, to raise the outer end of the same or to maintain it
at the desired elevation.
Subclass:
282
Wherein the invention comprises only the mountings for the
cutter-bar and not the gearing.
Subclass:
283
Having means for raising the cutter-bar.
Subclass:
284
Wherein the invention comprises only the mountings for the
cutter-bar and not the gearing.
Subclass:
285
Having a foot-lever which may be used in raising the
cutter-bar.
Subclass:
286
The lifting means including a lever of the first class, which
impinges upon the inner end of the cutter-bar, inside the
pivot, to raise the outer end of the same or to maintain it
at the desired elevation.
Subclass:
287
Wherein the invention comprises only the mountings for the
cutter-bar and not the gearing.
Subclass:
288
Wherein the invention is limited to means for adjusting the
outer end of the cutter-bar forwardly or backwardly to bring
it into proper alinement with the pitman.
Subclass:
289
The knives and their mountings and parts directly attached
thereto including means for adjusting the relation of knives
to each other, but not for regulating the height of cut.
Subclass:
290
Wherein the knives are carried by an endless chain or belt.
Subclass:
291
Wherein the path of the chain or belt which carries the
knives is in a horizontal plane.
Subclass:
292
Having means for adjusting the tension of the cutter-chain.
Subclass:
293
Comprising knives which oscillate about pivots coacting with
each other or with a fixed ledger-plate to effect a shearing
action.
Subclass:
294
Comprising knives mounted on the periphery of a rotating reel
and coacting with a fixed ledger-plate.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 249+ for harvester type combinations including a
rotating cutting reel.
Subclass:
295
Comprising a disk having a serrated or sharpened edge and
rotating on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disk.
Subclass:
296
Comprising knives which have a reciprocating motion within or
on a supporting member.
Subclass:
297
Having two sets of knives reciprocating in opposite
directions.
Subclass:
298
Comprising improvement in both the sickle and the member
within which it reciprocates or in the combination of the
two.
Subclass:
299
Wherein the invention is limited to the knives and the bar to
which they are attached.
(1) Note. If the improvement is in the knifehead; that is,
the part to which the pitman is connected, it is classified
in subclass 303.
Subclass:
300
Wherein the knife-sections have detachable connection with
the bar on which they are mounted.
Subclass:
301
Wherein the knife-sections can be removed only by passing
them in turn over the end of the bar.
Subclass:
302
Wherein an auxiliary bar is employed to lock the
knife-sections in place on the knife-bar.
Subclass:
303
Wherein the invention is limited to the knife-head, which is
connected directly to the pitman or driving-lever, and that
portion of the finger-bar within which the knife-head is
guided.
Subclass:
304
Comprising means for reducing the friction between the cutter
and the member in which it reciprocates.
Subclass:
305
Comprising clips or arms for guiding the knife-bar and
maintaining it in close contact with the member on which it
reciprocates.
Subclass:
306
Comprising means for reducing the shock at the end of the
reciprocating stroke of the knife-bar.
Subclass:
307
Wherein the invention is limited to the member on or within
which the knives and knife-bar reciprocates.
Subclass:
308
Wherein the invention includes a modification of the
guard-finger.
Subclass:
309
The guard-finger having a ledger-plate inserted therein which
co-operates with the reciprocating cutter.
Subclass:
310
Wherein the invention is wholly in the guard-fingers.
Subclass:
311
The guard-finger having a ledger-plate inserted therein which
co-operates with the reciprocating cutter.
Subclass:
312
Supplemental fingers attached to the finger-bar or
guard-fingers to raise tangled or lodged vegetation above the
reciprocating cutter.
Subclass:
313
Having a socket to fit over the point of the guard-finger to
hold the supplemental finger in place.
Subclass:
314
Means for dividing the growth to be cut from the rest of the
growth and for directing the same after it is cut away from
the sides of the swath toward the center.
Subclass:
315
Comprising a cutter operating in a vertical plane at the end
of the main cutter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
8 and 9, for devices for cutting vegetation on the bottom
and sides of a channel.
Subclass:
316
The vertical cutter being of the reciprocating type.
Subclass:
317
Including driving means for imparting movement to the
track-clearer as the machine moves over the ground.
Subclass:
318
Having a socket to fit over the point of the shoe to hold the
clearer or divider in place.
Subclass:
319
Wherein the clearer or divider is so mounted that it may be
folded to facilitate transportation.
Subclass:
320
Having a supplemental clearer attached to the main divider or
clearer or in front of the master-wheel.
Subclass:
320.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 229. Device
comprising structure to support or enclose the cutting blade
of a harvester as the blade moves to perform its function.
Subclass:
320.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 320.1. Housing
having a passageway therein to permit crop to emerge from the
housing.
Subclass:
321
Devices for overcoming or lessening the tendency of the
harvester to swing sidewise owing to the resistance or drag
of the cutter projecting to one side of the main supporting
wheel or wheels.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
278, Land Vehicles: Animal Draft Appliances, subclasses 3-20,
indented under Draft Equalizers, for similar devices of
general application.
Subclass:
322
Inventions which include a wheel, which supports one end of
the cutter-bar, in combination with other parts essential to
a harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 78 for a land vehicle of
general utility which is normally supported by a single
wheel; subclasses 82+ for devices specially adapted to
support and guide a draft coupling or tongue of a vehicle; or
subclasses 86+ for a land vehicle of general utility
including a swivel truck (i.e., caster wheel).
Subclass:
323
Inventions which include a seat in combination with some part
of the harvesting mechanism, usually such as to throw the
cutter out of operation when the driver leaves his seat.
Subclass:
324
Hand implements including a cutter, a handle for the same,
and a series of fingers which constitute a cradle for
catching a quantity of grain as it is cut, so that it may be
laid evenly in a swath.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
324.5
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 309, for sickles and scythes.
Subclass:
324.5
Couplings peculiarly adapted for fastening the type of scythe
used in grain-cradles to the snathes.
Subclass:
327.1
VEGETABLE GATHERER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
for gathering a vegetable, such as a cabbage, cucumber,
onion, and the like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, appropriate
subclasses for devices for recovering vegetables from the
earth by pulling, combing through the earth, digging and
separating and severing below the earth's crust; and see
particularly subclass 63 for devices for gathering stones
from a field or the like.
Subclass:
327.2
Asparagus harvester:
This subclass is indented under subclass 327.1. Device in
which the vegetable has a stalk upon which the vegetable
grows, and the device includes means for holding the stalk
and means for cutting the vegetable form the stalk while the
latter is being held.
Subclass:
328.1
FRUIT GATHERER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
especially adapted for use in gathering a fruit or nut.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers, subclass 2 ;
220, Receptacles, appropriate subclasses and 224, Package and
Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for receptacles
which may be used by fruit-pickers.
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclasses 63+
for devices for gathering stones from a field or the like
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for
conveyors, per se, which may be used for conveying fruit from
the tree to the ground.
Subclass:
329
Comprising means to be placed under a tree or bush to catch
fruit as it falls.
Subclass:
330
Comprising means for stripping cranberries, blueberries,
gooseberries, and the like from the bushes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 and 127.
Subclass:
331
Comprising means for cutting the stems of grapes, cherries,
strawberries, and the like, in combination with means for
catching them as they are severed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for the cutter, per se;
and see Note (19) after the definition of Class 30.
Subclass:
332
Having means on the end of a pole for detaching fruit which
cannot be readily reached by the hand, in combination with
means for catching the fruit as it becomes detached to
prevent it from falling to the ground and becoming bruised.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses, for the cutter, per se,
and see Note (19) after the definition of Class 30.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass
19.1, for pole structures adapted for handling articles at a
distance and see the search there noted.
Subclass:
333
Comprising two coacting jaws, one of which is pivoted to
close over the fruit and detach the same.
Subclass:
334
Having a chute leading from the jaws to the ground or to the
operator.
Subclass:
335
Comprising a pivoted knife which is operated to sever the
stem of the fruit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for the cutter, per se,
and see Note (19) after the definition of Class 30.
Subclass:
336
Having a chute which guides the fruit to the ground or to the
operator after the stem is severed.
Subclass:
337
Comprising two jaws, one of which is mounted to slide toward
the other and detach the fruit which is between them.
Subclass:
338
Comprising a knife which is mounted to slide back and forth
to sever the stem of the fruit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses, for the cutter, per se,
and see Note (19) after the definition of Class 30.
Subclass:
339
Comprising a member fixed with relation to the pole, which is
moved against the fruit or the stem to detach the fruit.
Subclass:
340
Having a chute which guides the fruit to ground or to the
operator after the stem is severed.
Subclass:
340.1
Tree Shaker:
This subclass is indented under subclass 328.1. Device in
which the fruit or nut grows on a tree, and the device
includes means for grasping and shaking the tree to remove
the fruit or nut.
Subclass:
341
Devices for raking hay, straw, and the like and securing it
in a bundle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
346 and the subclasses indented thereunder for machines
which rake the material and form it into a cock without
otherwise securing it.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 1+ for binder applying methods and
apparatus, not otherwise classifiable and not involving
raking of material from the ground.
Subclass:
342
Wherein the device is drawn over the field and operated by
hand-power.
Subclass:
343
Wherein the bundle is secured by a cord tied around it.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
289, Knots and Knot Tying, appropriate subclasses, for the
knotter mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
344
Machines especially adapted to travel over the ground and
continuously gather hay, straw, or the like therefrom and
deliver it into a receptacle.
(1) Note. For hand rakes provided with means to receive the
raked material, see this class, subclasses 400.11+.
(2) Note. Machines having a fork or set of fingers which
gather a load and are then raised to lift the load and dump
it are classified in Class 414, Material or Article
Handling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 517 for a
reciprocating pusher conveyor for feeding a load from the
ground to another conveyor, and subclasses 308.1 and 522 for
tines feeding a load to a conveyor.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 158 and 159
for flume screen cleaners.
Subclass:
345
Having an endless carrier for elevating the material and
delivering it to the receptacle.
(1) Note. For hand rakes having an endless raking member for
delivering material into a receiver, see this class,
subclasses 400.02 and 400.03.
Subclass:
346
Wherein the receptacle may be intermittently operated to
deposit the material on the ground, frequently having special
structure for forming it into a symmetrical cock.
Subclass:
347
Having means which are moved to carry the material within
reach of the endless carrier.
Subclass:
348
Having relatively stationary teeth which rake up the material
as the machine advances and assist in directing it to the
endless carrier.
Subclass:
349
Having relatively stationary teeth which rake up the material
as the machine advances and direct it to the endless
carrier.
Subclass:
350
Wherein the endless carrier delivers the material rearwardly
into the receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
346
Subclass:
351
Having means which are moved to carry the material within
reach of the endless carrier.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
347
Subclass:
352
Having relatively stationary teeth which rake up the material
as the machine advances and assist in directing it to the
endless carrier.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
348
Subclass:
353
Having relatively stationary teeth which rake up the material
as the machine advances and direct it to the endless
carrier.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
349
Subclass:
354
Wherein the endless carrier delivers the material into a
receptacle laterally of the machine.
Subclass:
355
Having means which are moved to carry the material within
reach of the endless carrier.
Subclass:
356
Having relatively stationary teeth which rake up the material
as the machine advances and assist in directing it to the
endless carrier.
Subclass:
357
Having relatively stationary rake-teeth which rake up the
material as the machine advances and direct it to the endless
carrier.
Subclass:
358
Having means which are moved to carry the material within
reach of the endless carrier.
Subclass:
359
Having relatively stationary rake-teeth which rake up the
material as the machine advances and assist in directing it
to the endless carrier.
Subclass:
360
Having relatively stationary rake-teeth which rake up the
material as the machine advances and direct it to the endless
carrier.
Subclass:
361
Wherein the receptacle may be intermittently operated to
deposit the material on the ground, frequently having special
structure for forming it into a symmetrical cock.
Subclass:
362
Wherein the material is elevated by mechanism comprising a
series of bars, each bar having a series of teeth which have
a pawing movement and successively engage the material and
elevate it into the receptacle.
Subclass:
363
Having an auxiliary rake which rakes the material from the
ground into position to be engaged by the elevating-teeth.
Subclass:
364
Comprising a series of bars revolving about a common axis
parallel thereto, said bars having rake-teeth thereon which
are usually retracted when near the highest point in their
orbit.
Subclass:
365
Machines which may be used either to rake hay or to kick it
up or scatter it, so as to facilitate drying.
Subclass:
366
Wherein the machine when used as a rake delivers the hay to
one side of the path of the rake.
(1) Note. This subclass includes machines having two rakes
spaced apart, which deliver the hay in a windrow between
them.
Subclass:
367
Wherein when the machine is used as a rake a series of teeth
gather the hay and revolve about a transverse axis to dump
it.
Subclass:
368
Wherein the rake is dumped by the same power which propels
the machine.
Subclass:
369
Wherein the teeth which scatter the hay are journaled on a
crank-shaft which extends transversely of the machine and
rotates to impart a kicking movement to the teeth.
Subclass:
370
Machines for scattering hay to facilitate its drying, of for
turning windrows of curing hay or analogous material.
Subclass:
371
Wherein the tedder is attached to a mower, so as to ted the
grass as it is cut.
Subclass:
372
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Machines in
which the teeth or other scattering or turning means rotate
around an axis which extends transversely or diagonally of
the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
366 and 367, for similar machines convertible to rakes.
Subclass:
373
Wherein the teeth are journaled on a crank- shaft which
extends transversely of the machine and rotates to impart a
kicking movement to the teeth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
369
Subclass:
374
Hay engaging elements especially adapted for use in tedders.
Subclass:
375
Rakes which are propelled over the field by draft-animals.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
400.01 for hand rakes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 19 for
rakes which are combined with an unearthing device for the
purpose of gathering the objects recovered by said unearthing
device, and subclasses 84+ for soil working rakes which comb
through a mass of earthy material and separate therefrom the
desired objects contained therein.
Subclass:
376
Wherein the raked material is delivered to one side of the
path of the rake.
(1) Note. This subclass includes machines having two rakes
spaced apart, which deliver the material in a windrow between
them.
Subclass:
377
Comprising a rotating member having rake- teeth on its
periphery and mounted on an oblique axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 540+ for rolling or rotating
earth working tools with tines or teeth.
Subclass:
378
Wherein the raked material is delivered to the rear of the
machine.
Subclass:
379
Wherein the rake swings upwardly to discharge the raked
material and moves in the same direction about its axis to
return to its original position.
(1) Note. There are usually two or more sets of rake-teeth
which are successively thrown into raking position. While
one set of teeth is in raking position the other remains
inoperative.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclass 237 and the subclasses there
noted, for an earth working tool swung around an axis
intermittently due to draft force.
Subclass:
380
Wherein the rake is supported by ground- wheels.
Subclass:
381
The rake revolving of an axis which remains in a fixed
position on the machine-frame.
Subclass:
382
Having a stop which engages a tooth of one set while another
set of teeth is in raking position.
Subclass:
383
Having a stop which engages a tooth of one set while another
set of teeth is in raking position.
Subclass:
384
Wherein the rake is supported by ground- wheels.
Subclass:
385
Having means for reducing the width of the rake.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclass 456 for contractible implement
structure to facilitate its transport from one place to
another.
Subclass:
386
Wherein power from the draft-animals may be used to dump or
to assist in dumping the rake.
Subclass:
387
Wherein the draft-power is directly applied to dumping the
rake, that is, without the medium of the supporting-wheels.
Subclass:
388
Wherein the power for dumping the rake is applied through a
frictional connection with the supporting-wheels.
Subclass:
389
Comprising spur gear-wheels which are brought into mesh to
lock the rake to the supporting-wheels to dump it.
Subclass:
390
Comprising a sliding member which locks the rake to the
supporting-wheels to dump it.
Subclass:
391
Comprising a pawl and ratchet which are engaged to lock the
rake to the supporting- wheels to dump it.
Subclass:
392
The pawl being fixed to or integral with a transverse rod
which is rocked to cause the pawl to engage the ratchet.
Subclass:
393
Wherein a backward pull on a hand-lever raises the rake-teeth
to dump the load.
Subclass:
394
Wherein a hand-lever is mounted to swing forwardly on the
same axis as the rake-head to dump the load.
Subclass:
395
Having mechanism for clearing the hay or straw from the
teeth.
(1) Note. For hand rakes provided with clearing means, see
this class, subclasses 400.08+.
Subclass:
396
Wherein the rake is supported by ground- wheels.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
400.09 400.13, 400.14, and 400.15, for hand rakes provided
with ground wheels.
Subclass:
397
Having means for lifting the loaded rake clear of the ground,
so that the load may be more easily transported.
Subclass:
398
Wherein power from the draft-animals is used for lifting the
loaded rake.
Subclass:
399
Attachments for horse-rakes for preventing escape of the
material from the sides of the rake or to prevent it from
becoming entangled with the operating mechanism.
Subclass:
400
Structure of the teeth, per se, or of the means for fastening
them to the rake-head.
(1) Note. For structure of the teeth, per se, of hand
rakes, see this class, subclass 400.21.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 705+ for a spring biased or
formed earth working tool, and subclass 713 for an earth
working tooth.
Subclass:
400.01
Rakes designed to be manipulated by hand.
(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclasses 163 and 180.
(2) Note. For horse-type rakes, see this class, subclasses
375+.
(3) Note. For blanks and processes for making rakes, see
Class 76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 111.
(4) Note. For rake handle connections, per se, Class 403,
Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses.
(5) Note. For hand held earth working tools see Class 172,
Earth Working, subclasses 371+.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 55.5
for hand forks, and subclasses 120+ for hay forks and see
the searches there noted.
Subclass:
400.02
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Rakes
wherein the tines or teeth are mounted upon a rotary or
endless member.
(1) Note. For rotary horse type rakes, see this class,
subclasses 377 and 379+.
(2) Note. For brushes with analogous mountings, etc., see
Class 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
subclasses 78+.
(3) Note. For endless conveyors provided with tines, see
Class 198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclasses 520, 692, and
725+.
Subclass:
400.03
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.02. Rakes
wherein the teeth are peculiarly adapted to impale leaves and
the like in their movement. These devices usually are
provided with a material receiver and a means to clear the
impaled material from the teeth into the receiver.
Subclass:
400.04
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Rakes
convertible into tools for other purposes or combined with
other tools and not provided for elsewhere. Attachments
specifically adapted for connection to a rake are also here
included where not provided for elsewhere.
(1) Note. For hand forks combined with rakes, see Class
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 52.
Subclass:
400.05
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.04. Combinations
of rake and cutter, scraper or spreader. The cutting edge
may be formed integral with one or more of the rake tines.
(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclass 193.
Subclass:
400.06
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.05. Combinations
wherein the cutter and rake are so mounted upon a common
handle that their working edges are directed substantially in
opposite directions.
Subclass:
400.07
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.05. Combinations
wherein the cutter and rake are mounted with their working
edges extending in the same general direction so that they
may perform work simultaneously during a stroke of the tool.
Subclass:
400.08
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.04. Combinations
of rake and means operable to remove material from the rake
teeth.
(1) Note. For horse type rakes with clearers, see this
class, subclass 395.
(2) Note. For impaling type rakes with cleaners, see this
class, subclass 400.03.
(3) Note. For forks with ejectors or strippers, see Class
30, Cutlery, subclass 129.
(4) Note. For hand forks equipped with clearing means, see
Class 294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
subclass 50.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
132, Toilet, subclass 119 for toilet comb attached to comb
cleaners, and subclass 27 for other toilet comb cleaners
involving structure other than a brush.
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 12, 52,
89, and 90 for moving soil working and buried object
recovering rakes provided with intercepting rake teeth
stripper-type cleaners.
Subclass:
400.09
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.08. Combinations
provided with means to support the rake upon the ground for
movement thereover. The ground support may be carried by the
cleaner.
(1) Note. For other ground supported hand rakes, see this
class, subclasses 400.13, 400.14 and 400.15.
Subclass:
400.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.08. Combinations
having means operable by hand or foot for actuating the rake
cleaning means.
(1) Note. Mere inertia operators which function by turning
the rake over or striking it upon the ground are in this
class, subclasses 400.08 and 400.09.
(2) Note. For pivoted heads or tines, see this class,
subclasses 400.19 and 400.2.
Subclass:
400.11
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.04. Combinations
of rake and means (1) to receive the raked material or (2) to
prevent or guard against spillage of material from the rake.
(1) Note. Additional braces provided between the handle and
head of a rake have been considered as guards for purposes of
this classification.
(2) Note. Search this class, subclasses 400.02 and 400.03
for rotary or endless rakes combined with material
receivers.
(3) Note. For cleaners and actuating means therefor which
may incidentally form guards or receivers, see this class,
subclasses 400.08+.
(4) Note. Compare with this class, subclass 400.16.
(5) Note. For fork or rake type scoops, see Class 37,
Excavating, subclasses 316 and 405.
Subclass:
400.12
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.11. Combinations
wherein the guard or receiver comprises means which coact
with the tines or teeth to grip the raked material.
(1) Note. For grapples in general, see Class 294, Handling:
Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses.
Subclass:
400.13
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.11. Rake
combinations provided with means to support the rake upon the
ground for movement thereover.
(1) Note. For other hand rakes having ground supports,
search this class, subclasses 400.09, 400.14 and 400.15
Subclass:
400.14
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.04. Combinations
of rake and means to support the rake upon the ground for
movement thereover.
(1) Note. Search also this class, subclasses 400.09 and
400.13.
(2) Note. For ground supported rakes of the rotary or
endless type, see this class, subclasses 400.02 and 400.03.
(3) Note. For wheel supported horse type rakes, see this
class, subclasses 380, 384, and 396 and their indented
subclasses.
Subclass:
400.15
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.14. Combinations
wherein the ground support is of the skid or runner type.
Subclass:
400.16
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Rakes
provided with more than one set of tines which may be used
simultaneously or alternatively.
(1) Note. For rakes with sectional heads mounted so as to
be movable with respect to each other, see this class,
subclasses 400.19 and 400.2.
Subclass:
400.17
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Rakes
peculiarly adapted to be used in the manner of a broom. The
handle and time fastenings for this type of rake are also
classified here.
(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclasses 400.11+.
(2) Note. For brooms in general, see Class 15, Brushing,
Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, appropriate subclasses,
particularly subclasses 159.1+.
Subclass:
400.18
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.17. Broom type
rakes having means whereby the parts are adjusted, usually to
fan out or vary the spacing of the tines.
(1) Note. For adjustable or folding rakes of other types,
see this class, subclass 400.19.
(2) Note. For adjustable fork or shovel heads, see Class
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 53.5
and the search Notes appended thereto.
Subclass:
400.19
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Rakes so
constructed that (1) they may be collapsed or folded or (2)
the parts may be adjusted with respect to each other.
(1) Note. For hand rakes provided with ground supports and
means to adjust the distance between the teeth and the
ground, see this class, subclasses 400.09, 400.13, 400.14,
and 400.15.
(2) Note. For adjustable broom type rakes, see this class,
subclass 400.18.
(3) Note. For rakes having means adjustable with respect
thereto to grapple the raked material, see this class,
subclass 400.12.
(4) Note. For rakes having means adjustable to clean the
rake teeth, see this class, subclasses 400.08+.
Subclass:
400.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.19. Rakes
wherein the head or tines are pivotally mounted to yield in
one direction against the action of a biasing means. This
construction is usually for the purpose of assisting cleaning
or to avoid breakage.
Subclass:
400.21
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.01. Improvements
in the rake tines or teeth, per se.
(1) Note. For teeth of the type which provide plural sets
of tines, see this class, subclass 400.16.
(2) Note. For tines or teeth for horse type rakes, see this
class, subclass 400.
(3) Note. For teeth for broom type hand rakes, see this
class, subclasses 400.17 and 400.18.
Subclass:
401
Devices for forming sheaves, gavels, or loose stalks into
large bundles or shocks, with the butts all pointing in the
same direction, and positioning the same in upright position,
with the butts on the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 1+ for compressing and binding
material, and appropriate subclasses for compressing, not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
402
Having means for receiving sheaves or gavels directly from
the harvesting mechanism and transferring to the shock-former
without manual assistance.
Subclass:
403
Having means for automatically binding the sheaves or gavels
together in the shock.
Subclass:
404
Wherein the sheaves or gavels stand on their butts in
substantially vertical position while being formed into a
shock.
Subclass:
405
Wherein the shock binding and delivery mechanism is normally
tripped without assistance.
Subclass:
406
Having an oscillating member which receives sheaves as they
are discharged from the sheaf-binding mechanism and delivers
them to the shock-former.
Subclass:
407
Wherein each sheaf in passing from the sheaf-binder to the
shocker is turned end for end, so that the butts point toward
the rear.
Subclass:
408
Wherein the shock is tilted forwardly from a reclining
position to an upright position on the ground.
Subclass:
409
Wherein the shock binding and delivery mechanism is normally
tripped without manual assistance.
Subclass:
410
Wherein the sheaves or gavels stand on their butts in
substantially vertical position while being formed into a
shock.
Subclass:
411
Wherein the shock is rotated on its vertical axis as sheaves
are successively placed thereon.
Subclass:
412
Wherein the shock-delivery mechanism is normally tripped
without manual assistance.
Subclass:
413
Having an oscillating member which receives sheaves as they
are discharged from the binding mechanism and delivers them
to the shock-former.
Subclass:
414
Wherein the shock-delivery mechanism is normally tripped
without manual assistance.
Subclass:
415
Having a sheaf-delivery member which receives sheaves as they
are discharged from the binder and delivers them alternately
to either side of the shock-former, the latter usually having
a central partition.
Subclass:
416
Having a sheaf-delivery member which receives sheaves as they
are discharged from the binder and delivers them alternately
to either side of the shock-former, the latter usually having
a central partition.
Subclass:
417
Wherein each sheaf in passing from the sheaf-binder to the
shocker is turned end for end, so that the butts point toward
the rear.
Subclass:
418
Wherein the shock-delivery mechanism is normally tripped
without manual assistance.
Subclass:
419
Wherein the shock is tilted forwardly from a reclining
position to an upright position on the ground.
Subclass:
420
Wherein the shock-delivery mechanism is normally tripped
without manual assistance.
Subclass:
421
Wherein the shock-delivery mechanism is normally tripped when
a predetermined number of sheaves has been delivered to the
shock-former.
Subclass:
422
Wherein the feeding of sheaves to the shocker is
automatically discontinued while the shock is being
discharged.
Subclass:
423
Wherein after the shock-former is swung to upright position
to set the shock on the ground the rear side opens to allow
the machine to pass on without disturbing the shock.
Subclass:
424
Wherein after the shock is formed it is turned end for end,
so as to bring the butts to the rear before it is discharged
from the machine.
Subclass:
425
Wherein the stalks stand on their butts in substantially
vertical position while being formed into a shock.
Subclass:
426
Wherein the shock is rotated on its vertical axis as sheaves
or gavels are successively placed thereon.
Subclass:
427
Wherein when the shock is formed it is allowed to drop
directly to the ground.
Subclass:
428
Having means in the shock-former to divide the butts of the
stalks, leaving an air-space through the central part of the
base of the shock.
Subclass:
429
Having means for automatically binding the sheaves or gavels
together in the shock, no feed mechanism being shown.
Subclass:
430
Having means for pressing the stalks or sheaves together into
a compact shock, in combination with means for setting the
shock on the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 1+ for compressing and binding
material, and appropriate subclasses for compressing, not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
431
Means against which the stalks or sheaves rest while a shock
is being formed directly on the ground.
(1) Note. See Class 211, Supports: Racks, subclass 29 for
racks which support shocks of grain ordinarily in the field.
Subclass:
432
Means mounted on a harvester and operatively connected
therewith for forming compact bundles of stalks and binding
them as the harvester travels through the field.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 1+ for binder applying methods and
apparatus, not elsewhere classifiable.
Subclass:
433
Wherein a band is passed around the bundle and the ends of
the band knotted together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
289, Knots and Knot Tying, appropriate subclasses, for
inventions in the knotting mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
434
Comprising means for adjusting the binding mechanism
longitudinally to adapt it to grain of different lengths.
Subclass:
435
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
436
Wherein the pressure of the grain trips the mechanism which
carries the cord around the bundle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 4 for binder applying apparatus, not
otherwise provided for, and including automatic or material
triggered control.
Subclass:
437
Wherein the trip is actuated through the medium of an
abutting arm which projects up through the deck and against
which the grain is packed.
Subclass:
438
Wherein the invention includes the means for packing the
grain preparatory to the binding operation.
Subclass:
439
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
440
Wherein the invention includes the means for packing the
grain preparatory to the binding operation.
Subclass:
441
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
442
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
443
Wherein the invention includes the means for packing the
grain preparatory to the binding operation.
Subclass:
444
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
445
Wherein the invention includes details of the knotter, in
combination with means for forming the bundle.
Subclass:
446
The invention residing wholly in the means for packing the
grain into a bundle preparatory to passing the cord around
it.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
185 and 471.
Subclass:
447
Having means for tripping the binding mechanism into action
manually in addition to automatic tripping means.
Subclass:
448
Devices for cleaning straw from the needle or binder-arm or
for preventing the straw from becoming entangled with it.
Subclass:
449
Devices for facilitating the discharge of the bound bundle
from the binding mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass l7 for binder applying apparatus, not
otherwise provided for, and including material depositing or
discharging means.
Subclass:
450
Devices, in combination with the bundle forming or binding
mechanism, for tensioning the cord with which the bundle is
bound or for taking up the slack in the cord.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 32 for apparatus, not otherwise
provided for, by which a binder which is encircling material
is tensioned to increase its tightness about the material.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 410+, for
tension or take-up devices of general application.
Subclass:
451
Wherein the bundle is encircled by wire or the like and the
ends of the wire twisted together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 31 for apparatus, not otherwise
provided for, for tensioning a binder about material by
intertwisting the local spaced portions of the binder, such
twisting being employed for joining the binder portions
together.
140, Wireworking, subclass 93.
Subclass:
452
Wherein only one wire is used.
Subclass:
453
Wherein a curved arm carries the wire around the bundle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 19+ for binder applying apparatus,
not otherwise provided for, and including threader means
crossing a path along which material moves for carrying the
binder around the material.
Subclass:
454
Wherein the binder-arm is mounted to one side of the path of
the grain which is being delivered to the bundle-forming
mechanism.
Subclass:
455
Wherein the binder-arm has a forked end, which carries the
wire into the binder-head.
Subclass:
456
Wherein the twister element is carried on the end of the
binder-arm.
Subclass:
457
Wherein the invention is limited to the twisting element, per
se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
140, Wireworking, subclass 115.
Subclass:
458
Wherein the ends of the band which encircles the bundle are
twisted together and subsequently tucked into the bundle or
under the band to prevent them from slipping apart.
Subclass:
459
Wherein the band is of straw.
Subclass:
460
Comprising means for forming the band from straw in
combination with means for applying the band to the bundle.
Subclass:
461
Wherein the bundle is rotated while the band is placed in
position around the same.
Subclass:
462
Wherein the invention resides in the band- forming mechanism,
per se.
(1) Note. For machines and processes for forming twisted or
spirally wrapped strands of hair, grass and the like, see
Class 57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
subclasses 4, 28, 29, 30, and 362+.
Subclass:
463
Wherein a band previously prepared and cut is used to bind
the bundle.
Subclass:
464
Wherein a cord band is used, the ends of which are clamped
together by a clip.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclasses 505+ for a process including
deformably applying a band around work, and subclasses 33.5+
and 243.57+ for means for doing the same.
100, Presses, subclass 30 for apparatus, not otherwise
provided for, by which a binder is tightened around material
and portions of the binder secured together by the
deformation of a sleeve or clamp element.
140, Wireworking, subclass 93.
Subclass:
465
Wherein the band is formed from a strip of flat metal.
Subclass:
466
Devices for adjusting and maintaining the stalks in parallel
relation, with even butts, preparatory to binding them into a
bundle.
Subclass:
467
Wherein the adjusting mechanism acts on the grain as it is
passing down the deck, where it is bound.
Subclass:
468
Wherein the adjuster acts directly against the heads or butts
of the grain to even them.
Subclass:
469
Comprising an oscillating member with a flat surface, which
strikes against the ends of the stalks as the member
oscillates.
Subclass:
470
Comprising an endless apron which travels in the same general
direction as the grain, while its flat surface bears against
the ends of the stalks.
Subclass:
471
Comprising devices for urging the grain toward the binder and
arranging it with the stalks perpendicular to the plane of
the binder-arm.
Subclass:
472
Comprising devices for retarding the grain and preventing one
end of the stalks from sliding down the deck ahead of the
other.
Subclass:
473
Comprising a finger which moves longitudinally of the stalks
to comb or straighten out any grain which may be in tangled
condition.
Subclass:
473.5
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
comprising a storage type receiver mounted on a harvesting
machine or partially supported at the side of such machine by
a mobile support in proper position for receiving harvested
crop from the harvester as it travels over the ground.
(1) Note. This subclass is directed primarily to a specific
subcombination of a harvesting machine and should include the
harvester by name only. Patents claiming structural features
of the harvester are classified on the basis of such
structural features.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 202+ for catchers attached to a cutter bar.
subclasses 344+ for catchers combined with continuously
gathering means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 400+ for articulated
vehicles in which a drawn vehicle may track at the side or
rear of a drawing vehicle. Trailing vehicles in the vehicle
subclasses are, for the most part, adaptable for use with any
drawing vehicle, and are not designed for use with a specific
type machine. See particularly subclasses 411.1+ for
multiple tractor-towed vehicles which by disclosure may be a
harvester and receiver or wagon.
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 334+ for a
moving, wheeled, load-transporting type vehicle and a loading
or unloading device therefor, which device is supported at
least in part independently of the vehicle and travels with
the vehicle during the transfer of a load from the device to
the vehicle or vice versa.
Subclass:
474
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
comprising means attached to a binder or baler traveling over
a field for receiving a sheaf, bundle or bale from said
binder or baler and handling the sheaf, bundle or bale to
deposit it on the field.
(1) Note. A single sheaf, bundle or bale may be deposited
on the field at one time or a group of sheaves, bundles or
bales may be collected for depositing on the field at the
same time.
(2) Note. The handling device attached to the binder or
baler may be of a trailing vehicle type.
(3) Note. This subclass comprises an art collection. The
binder or baler should be claimed by name only or without any
detail of the binding or baling mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 67+ for corn stalk cutters with means for
binding cut stalks.
120 for devices attached to corn harvesters for loading corn
stalks bundles onto a vehicle.
121 for devices attached to corn harvesters for carrying
bundles of corn stalks.
subclasses 131+ for devices for cutting, conveying and
binding grain or the like.
subclasses 341+ for devices for raking and bundling hay or
straw.
subclasses 401+ for shocking devices. 432+, for devices
mounted on a harvester for binding stalks. 473.5, for storage
type receivers attached to a harvester for receiving crops
from the harvester.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for binder or baler
structure combined with means for depositing sheaves, bundles
or bales on the ground.
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate
subclasses, especially subclasses 4+ for sheaf, bundle or
bale depositing devices comprising no more than a mere trough
chute or guideway for depositing sheaves, bundles or bales on
the ground.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, for power-driven devices for
moving sheaves, bales or bundles along a path; see subclasses
717+ for a conveyor having means for changing the attitude
of the conveyed load relative to the conveying direction.
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 789.7 for
discharging from a vehicle- carried bale accumulator,
subclass 111 for a vehicle-carried bale accumulator, and
subclasses 334+ as explained in subclass 473.5 for this class
(56).
Subclass:
475
This subclass is indented under subclass 474. Devices having
means to trip automatically the mechanism for discharging the
sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
476
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Devices wherein
the carrier swings about a fixed horizontal axis to discharge
the sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
477
This subclass is indented under subclass 474. Devices wherein
the sheaf, bundle or bale rests on an endless carrier which
is normally motionless, but may be thrown into gear to
discharge the sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
478
This subclass is indented under subclass 474. Devices having
a series of tines which normally project transversely to the
line of travel, but may be folded about approximately
vertical axes to discharge the sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
479
This subclass is indented under subclass 474. Devices having
a receptacle with a bottom which is opened to discharge the
sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
480
This subclass is indented under subclass 474. Device wherein
the carrier swings about a fixed horizontal axis to discharge
the sheaf, bundle or bale.
Subclass:
500
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
in which a means is provided for cutting dead crop material
into a plurality of small pieces.
(1) Note. This definition includes devices for chopping up
leaves, brush, plant stalks and stubble. While the stalks
are generally broken down or already severed from their roots
and lying on the ground, they may be stalks which are still
standing but from which the ears or the like have been
picked.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, especially subclasses 35+ and 518+ for
stalk choppers which chop the stalks into small pieces by
shearing the same between a cutting member and the earth's
surface. Generally the cutting member is a blade on a drum
which rolls or is driven along the ground in such fashion
that the ground acts as a back up means against which the
cutter member bears as it shears through the stalks, the
ground surface being at the same time either intentionally or
merely incidentally stirred or agitated.
Subclass:
501
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Devices in
which there are means for causing a current of air to gather
or feed crop material to the means for cutting the same into
a plurality of small pieces.
Subclass:
502
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Devices in
which a separate gatherer is provided for picking up the crop
material which is to be cut into a plurality of small pieces
by the crop cutting means and said gatherer is driven so as
to have a regular cyclical motion with respect to its
mounting frame.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for devices for picking up hay and chopping the same into
small pieces for subsequent delivery to a truck, storage bin
or like receptacle.
Subclass:
503
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Devices in
which the crop cutting means rotates about an axis which is
perpendicularly disposed relative to the ground.
Subclass:
504
This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Devices in
which the crop cutting means rotates about an axis which is
perpendicular to the line of draft and which lies in a plane
which is parallel to the ground.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
501 and 502, for the combination of air current or driven
stalk gathering or pick up means with stalk chopping means,
which latter means is generally disposed to rotate about a
horizontal transverse axis.
505 Devices under subclass 504 in which a fixed, elongated,
transversely disposed blade or plate is so associated with
the rotary crop cutting means that during rotation of the
latter the crop material will be sheared off between the
blade or plate and a cooperating shearing surface or element
of the rotary cutting means.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000