PREPARED BY THE DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY. 



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Les bras de rateaux pouvaient operer a volonte. L'arbre vertical etait 

 place ci I'arriere de la roue principale de support et a son sommet 

 quatre bras radiaux etaient pivotes. Des cames convenables et des 

 roues dirig^eantes etaient fixees a des bras releves sur le bati principal 

 et adaptees a contnMer 1 'action des rateaux. Sur le cote de la machine 

 avec son extremite a la portee du conducteur, se trouvait un levier 

 ayant a I'arriere une came placee convenablement pour faire lever les 

 rateaux apres avoir delivre le grain sur la plateforme. Avec cette 

 switch levee, chaque bras devenait un rabatteur lorsqu'il se levait 

 de la plateforme apres avoir delivre la masse de grain, qu'il tenait. Kn 

 cas qu'on desirait rateler la javelle de la plateforme, la switch etait 

 descendue, ce qui permettait au bras de faire son travail comme 

 rateau. La javelle etait ainsi delivree a volonte, directement derriere 

 la machine. 



No. 43. 

 SEIBERLING'S REAPING MACHINE. 



On December 5, 1865, a United States patent was granted to John 

 F. Seiberling for an improvement in reapers. The machine was adapted 

 to be used in cutting grain as well as grass. It was of the Hussey type 

 in that it had two supporting wheels with a grain-receiving platform 

 pivotally connected to its main gearing frame, and was provided with the 

 Hussey cutting apparatus. Its reel was overhung like that of Ogle; in 

 fact, the machine may be considered to be the Hussey machine 

 improved by the adoption of Ogle's overhung reel and dropping platform. 



In operation the grain as cut fell upon a receiving platform. The 

 latter was connected to a pedal within reach of the driver, by which 

 means the receiving platform was permitted to fall and the gavel be 

 ■drawn therefrom by contact with the ground. An addition, probably for 

 the first time introduced, was a rod having its ends crank-form and 



