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OFFICIAL Ki-:rRc)Si"i-:LTi\ !•: lixiiiiu hon 



No. 54.- 



WOon \: ROS]:r.R()()K'S SELF-R.\KIN(i RKAPINC 

 MACHINE. 



On January 3, 187 i, a United States patent was granted to Wood iS: 

 Rosebrook for improvement in luirvesting machines. The improvement 

 consisted in what was known as a table-rake, which was applied to the 

 machine patented to Walter A. Wood. An endless chain was placed in 

 a groove in the platform, parallel with and very near its margin. To 

 this chain was secured a rake, suitably connected to the main frame of 

 the machine by folding arms, which permitted it to be carried by the 

 chain in such a manner as to traverse the platform at its front and ccirry 

 the accumulated gavel with it, then change the direction of the latter 

 and deliver it substantially in rear of the main supporting wheel. The 

 rake was then moved at the rear of the platform to its extreme grainward 

 position, and then moved forward behind the grain accumulated on the 

 platform and swept it, in turn, rearwardly to the ground. 



This machine was extensively manufactured by the Walter A. WockI 

 Reaping and Mowing Machine Company, and served its purpose well 

 until the automatic binder became perfected. It is still used in many 

 parts of the \vorld, particularly in Russia. 



No. 54. 



MACHiNK .\ ki':(()i;ri:K wood cV kosi-jirook. 



Le 3 Janvier ISTI un brevet des Etats-Unis fut accordc a Wood & 

 Rosebrook pour perfectionnement de machines a recolter. Le per- 

 fectionnement etait connu sous le nom de rateau-table, qui fut appli- 

 que i la machine brevetee par Walter A. Wood. Une chaine sans fin 

 etait placee dans une rainure dans la plateforme, parallele a et tres 

 pres de son bord. A cette chaine etait attachee un rateau, propre- 

 ment relie au bati principal de la machine par des bras replies, de 

 fa^on a etre porte par la chaine a travers le devant de la plateforme, 



