AN IMPROVED REAPING MACHINE
Year: 1854

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand le Comte de
Fontaine Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 9th March 1854.-A communication.
I, PETER ARMAND le Comte DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, and 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVED REAPING
MACHINE" to be as follows:-
The Invention communicated to me consists in the construction of a machine
for reaping corn and other grain by means of holders and blade put in motion
by the wheels on which the machine is supported.
The machine is supported on three wheels marked R, R', &r on the accom-
panying Drawing, which gives a side view of the machine; a toothed blade A is
fixed horizontally in front at the required height for cutting; an endless chain
passes parallel to the blade continuously from right to left by the motion com-
municated to it on the rotation of the wheels R, R'; this chain carries two
rows of teeth or holders, which, passing over and under the blade A, seize the
stalks of the corn or other grain, and press them down on to the blade which
cuts them, whilst the teeth of another endless chain performing a similar
motion about one foot above the first, carries the cut stalks to the left side of
the machine, thus clearing a passage for the return of the horse drawing the
machine. The car O on the right side of the machine in front separates the

page_text: corn which is to be cut during the journeying of the machine; the wheel r
at back is to help the man holding the handles H, H', to alter the direction of
the motion. The horse drawing the machine is fastened to the chain B, and
walks on the left side, which is cleared of corn or other grain.

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and le Comte de
Fontaine Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 9th March 1854.-A communication.
I, PETER ARMAND le Comte DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, and 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVED REAPING
MACHINE" to be as follows:-
The Invention communicated to me consists in the construction of a machine
for reaping corn and other grain by means of holders and blade put in motion
by the wheels on which the machine is supported.
The machine is supported on three wheels marked R, R', &r on the accom-
panying Drawing, which gives a side view of the machine; a toothed blade A is
fixed horizontally in front at the required height for cutting; an endless chain
passes parallel to the blade continuously from right to left by the motion com-
municated to it on the rotation of the wheels R, R'; this chain carries two
rows of teeth or holders, which, passing over and under the blade A, seize the
stalks of the corn or other grain, and press them down on to the blade which
cuts them, whilst the teeth of another endless chain performing a similar
motion about one foot above the first, carries the cut stalks to the left side of
the machine, thus clearing a passage for the return of the horse drawing the
machine. The ear O on the right side of the machine in front separates the

page_text: corn which is to be cut during the journeying of the machine; the wheel r
at back is to help the man holding the handles HH, to alter the direction of
the motion. The horse drawing the machine, is fastened to the chain B, and
walks on the left side, which is cleared of corn or other grain.