526 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Doncaster. 
with a revolving disc to shape the butts of the sheaf. The 
delivery of the sheaf is effected by means of a discharger-fork, 
which carries the sheaf to the back of the machine and deposits 
it on its butt out of the track of the horses. The manner in 
which the work is effected may be gathered from the accom- 
panying illustrations. The grain when cut is received by the 
platform apron, and carried by it to a series of revolving 
sprockets and a revolving buttor disc placed in the rear of the 
inner divider. These carry the grain upwards through a throat- 
way on to curved ways or feeder-scrolls, which serve to support it, 
and also to keep the sprockets clean and to prevent any winding 
of the grain. Above the sprockets, the feeder-scrolls and the 
Tic. 3.— The " Ailriauce " Harvester and Bimler. 
upper compressor form the grain receptacle, in which the grfiin 
remains until sufficient for a bundle has accumulated. In fig. 3 
the parts are shown in the position in which the binding 
mechanism is at rest, and the feeder-sprockets are operating to 
feed grain into the receptacle. When sufficient grain accumu- 
lates in the receptacle to raise the trip or bundle-sizer, it puts 
the binder mechanism in motion, and the needle which is in 
position above the receptacle, descends, enclosing the grain 
within the cord, ajul at the same time moves towards the binder 
deck, which is on the opposite side of the feeder-throat from 
the grain-receptacle. The needle is not forced tlirougli a mass 
of packed grain, but one of the sloping sprockets marked with a 
