Report on Miscellaneous Implements at Shrewshury, Sfc. 17 
Maijnard's Machine (No. 4347). This machine was made 
to cut in lengths from -^^ to | of an inch. Elevator 18 feet long, 
which discharged at a height of 14 feet. Unlike any of the 
other machines, the same endless band which did the elevating at 
an angle of about 45 degrees, was continued to travel hori- 
zontally beneath the machine, and thus received and carried off 
the material as it fell from the knives. It was a matter for regret 
that the capacity of this elevator was not tested. The machine 
failed in the preliminary run. The grass followed round between 
the feed-roller and the knife-plate, and in a few minutes choked 
the feed rollers, so that further trial was not possible. 
The attention of the Judges was called to the very wide range 
of power necessary to drive the machines, and it was also pointed 
out by the Engineer that such was due in most cases to the 
choking more than the extra power for driving the machine, 
if working efficiently. 
The Judges resolved to give a second trial to the machines 
exhibited by Richmond and Chandler, Lister and Co., Bust, 
and Christy and Co. (Albaret's). 
In this second trial, Richmond and Chandler's machine cut a 
ton of grass in 7 min. 9 sec. Reverse action was twice used, 
owing to the feed not being taken in. One of the paddles again 
came off the clearing-web, which delivers to the elevator, but 
the work was not interrupted. On the completion of this 
trial, the covers were taken off, and the length of cut changed 
several times while the machine was running. 
The weak point in the complete working of the machine was 
the construction of the travelling-web beneath the knife-wheel 
which delivers the cut material to the elevator. The clearage 
in the knife-box was good, and the action smooth and regular. 
Lister and Co.'s machine, after being again placed in position, 
had the elevator-band tightened by a man going aloft to the ex- 
treme end, and screwing it up with spanners. When a start was 
effected, the cut material at once caused the cover of the feeding 
trough to fly off, and a man kept the cut grass in the trough for 
some time with a loose board, held in position by hand. After 
running 1 min. 38 sec, the belt which drives the elevator came off. 
The cover of the elevator was then repaired, the belt replaced, 
and the engine started, when the belt again threw, and the 
machine was found to be partially blocked. The knife was 
cleared and another start made, which went on for three minutes, 
the belt meantime frequently slipping, and at the end of that 
time, though remaining in its place, the pulley came to a stand- 
still. The power given out as shown bj the dynamometer was 
enormous. The machine was found to be entirely blocked at 
the delivery to the elevator. 
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