90 MINUTES OF 



On the Construction oj a Couch Grass Rake. 



staples, as per figure. These handles are three feet four inches long, and three by- 

 two inches square. 



H. is a profile of the forked iron bar, by which the rake head is fixed to the 

 axletree by two bolts. 



I. an iron bolt or hook, hooked like an L, on which the forked iron bar 

 H. hangs. 

 Fig. 2. Fig 2. Is a horizontal view of the machine. 



A A. the land wheels. 



B. the axletree, four feet long. 



C C. the shafts. 



D. the rake head, six feet six inches long, in which are fixed seventeen teeth 

 at four inches distance from centre to centre, as per figure. 



F F. the regulating wheels, fixed in the outer mortises in the rake head, and 

 made fast by a screw at the ends of it, which presses upon the shank of the wheel. 



G G. the handles by which the rake is lifted up jand cleaned. 



H II. the forked iron bars which hang on the hooks 1 1, and fixed in the 

 rake head, as per figure. 



I I. iron hooks fixed in the axletree, as per figure. 



K. a wooden bar, four feet long, and four by two inches square, for bracing 

 the shafts together. 



L. tAvo iron arms for bracing the shafts more completely, and made fast to 

 the axletree and shafts with iron bolts, as per figure. 



M M. two pins for fixing the wheels at any depth. 



When the machine is travelling from one place to another, the rake head 

 is reared upright and made fast to the brace K, 



