PREPARED BY THE DEERING HARXESTER COMPANY. 55 



The gearing frame of this mowing machine is supported by the main 

 axle, upon which are secured two driving-wheels by suitable clutching 

 devices. Motion was imparted to the cutting apparatus by means of 

 suitable gearing and a clutch for throwing the same out of action. The 

 feature which marked a step in advance was devices by which the cutting 

 apparatus was permitted to rise and fall to conform to the undulations 

 of the ground. The finger-bar was adapted to be folded to a vertical 

 position while traveling over the road. By means of a flexible connection 

 the tongue could be permanently secured to the main frame, as had been 

 accomplished by Haines. The construction by which the cutting 

 apparatus was given perfect flexibility has never been departed from in 

 mowing machines. Pivotally connected to the outer end of the finger-bar 

 was a swath-board of the Hussey type, which served to deflect the swath 

 and leave a passage for the grain-side supporting wheel when cutting a 

 succeeding swath. 



No. 32. 

 FAUCHF.USE AULTMAN ET MILLER. 



Le 17 Juin 1856 un brevet des Etats-Unis fut accorde k Aulttnan 

 et Miller pour perfectiounement de fauchense. Ces messieurs avaient 

 ccmstruit des moissonneuses et des faucheuses Hussey conformement 

 h un privileg-e qui leur avait ete accorde. 



Le bati d'engrenag-e de cette fauclieuse etait supporte sur un 

 essieu principal, sur lequel etaient fixees deux roues motrices au 

 moyen dedispositifs convenables de griffes. La motion etait comrau- 

 niquee a I'appareil de coupe au moyen d'un engrenage convenable et 

 une griffe pour desembrayer. Le trait caracteristique, qui 

 marqua un progres, etait les dispositifs par lesquelles I'appareil 

 de coupe pouvait monter et descendre pour s'adapter aux ondula- 

 tions du terrain. La barre coupeuse pouvait etre mise dans une 

 position verticale pour le transport. Au moyen d'une connexion 

 flexible le timon pouvait etre fixe d'une maniere permanente au bati 

 principal, comme Haines I'avait accompli. La construction par 

 laquelle parfaite flexibilite etait donnee a I'appareil de coupe n'a 

 jamais ete abandonnee dans les faucheuses. Reliee par pivots a 

 I'extremite exterieure de la lame coupeuse se trouvait une planche a 

 andain du type Hussey, qui servait a faire devier I'andain et a laisser 

 un passage pour la roue de support du cote du grain en coupant un 

 andain suivant. 



No. S3. 

 KIRBY'S MOWING MACHINE. 



On September 2, 1856, a United States patent was granted to Wil- 

 liam A. Kirby for improvement in mowing machines. 



A single supporting wheel was used. The Hussey cutting apparatus 

 was adopted from the start, and the machine extensively put on the mar- 

 ket by D. M. Osborne & Co., of Auburn, New York. The only thing 

 remarkable about the machine was its simplicity. It went into immedi- 

 ate use, and remained a favorite in some sections of the country until 

 after the invention of the jointed finger-bar by Aultman & Miller. 



