AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS 



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To the axle there is rigidly connected the shaft /, which carries the 

 swing-trees g and the cross-member h. Instead of the shaft fitted previously 

 to the harvester /, there is a U-shaped iron piece 2 m in length, the front part 

 of which is swanneck-shaped while the rear part carries a wood piece 65 cm 

 in length screwed to the U-iron. The curved front part of the iron U -piece 

 carries a flat iron square i of 50 X 10 mm riveted to it, and pierced with a 

 25 to 30 mm hole to take the pivot pin. Further, to the U-iron there is 

 also screwed a solid iron rod w 1.3 metres in length, to prevent the rakes 

 from fouling the guides when the vehicle turns. 



Fore-carriage for Harvesting Machines, Knohloch type. 



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This fore-carriage ma}- also be used for mowing machines. For this 

 purpose the axle has a second hole d, 10 cm from the centre, in which the 

 pivot pin c engages. 



The shaft being, in the mowing machine, fixed from 10 to 15 cm higher, 

 the rear curve of the swanneck is made from 10 to 15 cm shorter. 



With this fore-carriage, turns of 90° may be made both right and left, 

 and the machine ma}' be backed if desired. The fore-carriage can never 

 upset, because the point of attachment a lies very low. The front axle is 

 also able to describe an angle of more than 45'^ horizontal relatively to the 

 rear axle. 



