Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
Claim.lst. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, of a rack disk, with a crank, and a panel worked therein engaging with the disk and with it spring with a pinion and lifting reek or rod, so that the driver from his seat can raise, or lower, or move inward, or outward, the binding apparatus and fasten the same when adjusted in any position without stopping the machine, or throwing it out of gear, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 2nd. The combination, in a self-binding harvester. of a rack or rod, with the main body of the harvester above the binding apparatus and with the binding apparttus, so as to hold or draw and fasten or adjust the binding apparatus upward, or downward, inward to, or outward from, the main body, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 3rd. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, of a supporting bracket, with the outer pipe or shaft of the frame carrying the binding apparatus, so that the binding apparatus is supported by such bracket, and is hinged upon such shaft, to enable it to move or turn inward or outward, upward and downward, shaft,substantially above such pipe or shaft,substantially as and for the purposes specified 4th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, having an adjustable binding apparatus, of an automatic chain or gear tightener, having a spring and other suitable appliances with the driving shaft, of the body of the harvester and with the driving shaft of the binding apparatus, so that the slack in such ,chain or gear will be taken up as the binding apparatus and table are adiusted to any position, leaving the driving chain or gear for such binding apparatus tight enough to keep the binding mechanism continually running while it is adjusted or moved inward or outward, upward or downward, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 5th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester having an adjustable binding apparatus, of a hood hinged to the elevator frame, and attached on the outward side or edge to the binding apparatus or frame, so that it will move upward and downward at a suitable distance from the inward or adjustable table to answer the purposes of a hood, and avoid contact with the binding apparatus while the binding apparatus is adjusted, or is being moved inward or outward, upward or downward while in motion, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 6th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester having an adjustable binding apparatus, of the outer side or edge of the hood with the binding apparatus, so that the adjusting or motion inward and outward, or upward and downward of the binding apparatus will make at the same. time a suitable motion or adjusting of the hood, to prevent it from interfering with the binding apparatus and to enable it to answer the purpose of a hood, without the hood being taken off or displaced except as it is adjusted or moved, by the adjusting or moving of the binding apparatus, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 7th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, of the binding apparatus and sheaf-table with the body of the machine, by means of a supporting bracket or stand, upon which the binding apparatus rests, and by means of a chain or gear with a tightener and by means of a lifting or supporting rod, rack or lever, so that such binding apparatus and table may be adjusted to any position or moved upward or downward, inward or outward while the machine and binding apparatus are in motion, so as to enable the driver to give the table the desired pitch to suit the condition of the grain, or to move the binding apparatus upward or downward, inward or outward to pass stumps, trees, or other obstructions without altering the course of the harvester or stopping it. 8th. The combination, with a self-binding harvester, of an adjustable table attached on the inner edge or side by bolt or hinge to the elevator frame, and with the outward edge or side resting on the sheaf-table, so as to move downward and inward and in such a way that it will allow the sheaf-table to adjustand to move upward and downward, inward and outward while the machine and binding apparatus are in motion, so that the adjustable table will answer the purposes for which it is intended and not interfere with the sheaf-table or binding mechanism, no matter into what position the latter may be moved while in motion or adjusted, substantially, as and for the purposes specified. 9th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, of an adjustable sheaf knotterwith the breast plate or bottom part of the kuotter head attached by a hinge, and having a rod or bar from the sheaf board and connecting it with the binding apparatus, so that it may be moved or fastened upward or downward, inward or outward, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 10th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, in which the binding apparatus having an adjustable inward or outward, upward or downward movement which can be made while the machine is in motion, is supported by a bracket or stand under the outer pipe or shaft, of a crank and connecting rod with the inner pipe and a lever, so that the driver, by means thereof, can move the binding apparatus forward or backward while the machine and binder are in motion, and while the binding apparatus is being adjusted or moved inward or outward, upward or downward, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 11th. The combination, in a self-binding harvester, of a sprocket wheel and shaft (separate from the canvas roller shafts), attached to, or running through, the elevator sides with a chain in a rear driving same and with a gear and rod, or other means of connecting it (the shaft) with the reel and driven by the separate shaft, substantially as specified.
