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LIKTSE DK GRAIN JAMES F. (GORDON. 



Dans cctte machine (brevetee le 12 Mai 1868) etaient compris des 

 mccanismes pour Her le ^rain centralement. Le dispositif de liage 

 faisait partie de la machine a moissonncr et pour licr les javelles cen- 

 tralement les dispositifs pour attacher les bandes etaient operes seuls 

 relativement a la hauteur du g^rain. Le ^rain coupe etait rabattu 

 sur la pi ate forme et mis en position par un rateau pour etre engag-e 

 par les dispositifs de liage. 



No. 52. 

 SPAII. DING'S GRAIN BINDER. 



In the years 1869 and 1870 Mr. (ieorge H. Spaukling, of Rockford, 

 Illinois, constructed a grain-binding machine similar to that patented to 

 him in 1870, but more perfect, in that, in addition to the elevating 

 mechanism, an independent packing device, adapted to compact the 

 grain against a tripping arm, was added. This consisted of a shaft 

 beneath the grain-receiving table, having two cranks carrying two pack- 

 ing arms. The latter were supported at one end in guides, and were 

 moved at their working ends by the cranks that supported them. The 

 teeth of these arms protruded through the receiving table, one upon 

 each side of the path of travel of the needle, engaged the grain there 

 delivered, and forced it not only into the band, thus packing it, but 

 against the tripping arms shown and described in his patent above 

 referred to. 



While this machine was only completed so far as to bind straw in 

 the little shop w^here it was built, it served an excellent purpose in that 

 it was an object-lesson for those who followed. 



The importance of Mr. Spaulding's inventions was recognized at 

 once; other inventors adopted its principles, and manufacturers of 

 automatic binders later took license under his patents. 



