IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO REAPING MACHINES; AND RELATING TO THE BINDING OF THE CROP CUT BY SUCH MACHINES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry James Hogg King, of Newmarket; in the County
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of Gloucester, Engineer, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
TO BE APPLIED TO REAPING MACHINES; AND RELATING TO THE BINDING OF THE
CROP CUT BY SUCH MACHINES."
Sealed the 4th January 1878, and dated the 9th July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry James Hogg King
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th July 1877.
HENRY JAMES HOGG KING, of Newmarket, in the County of Gloucester,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO REAPING MACHINES,
AND RELATING TO THE BINDING OF THE CROP CUT BY SUCH MACHINES."
This Invention relates to apparatus of the kind described in the Specification
of Letters Patent granted to Ernest George Cook Bomford, and dated 5 March,
1875 (No. 817), and in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to the said
Ernest George Cook Bomford and Henry James Hogg King, the present applicant,
and dated 15 March, 1876 (No. 1112); and the present Invention comprises
improved modifications of parts of such apparatus designed to render the action
more certain and satisfactory.
In apparatus made with the present improvements, rake prongs, projecting up
through slots in the platform on which the crop falls as it is cut, move the quantity
of crop to form a sheaf across the platform and upon a lifting board at one side.
The rake is by preference moved by means of a pinion and two racks, as described
in Specification No. 1112 of 1876, herein-before referred to, but the rack moving
with the rake is connected to the rake bar so as to slide upon it a limited distance
when commencing to move each way, and thereby turn the rake prongs down or
up, as required. And the rake can be driven by eccentric gear to make the motion
more rapid in some parts of its stroke than in others. Inclined guides are fixed
on the platform at the delivery side to retard the first portions of each quantity
of crop, so as to prevent it getting under the lifting board and assisting in
compacting the sheaf.

page_text: If found necessary in any case the action of the inclined retarding guides may be
assisted by pronge, turned up and down, in concert with the lifting board.
The movement of the lifting board is effected by a peculiar cain groove lever
piece acted on by a crank on a revolving shaft placed longitudinally, and driven
by bevil gearing from a short transverse shaft driven by the main wheel of the
machine.
When the quantity of crop to form a sheaf has been raked to and upon the lifting
board it turns upon a longitudinal axis near its outer side, and when turning up
a series of prongs jointed to it are through its motion and their own action on a
fixed rod made to assist in grasping the sheaf.
The string for binding the sheaf is contained in a box from which it is drawn as
used, being passed through a guide eye in a wedge, and proceeding thence when
ready for a fresh sheaf down to the clipping and twisting apparatus, which is then
in a low position and holds the string in a nearly vertical position in the way of
the sheaf, so that the sheaf in moving upwards and outwards with the action of the
lifting board puts the string partly round itself.
The clipping and twisting apparatus is next carried partly round, so as to draw
the end of the string up round the inner side of the sheaf and make it completely
encircle the sheaf. The clipping apparatus passes the wedge, being thereby made
to open the clips, and take hold of the string where it issues from the guide eye in
the wedge. The clips are carried by a spindle which is connected by spur and bevil
gearing and shafts with a frictional pinion, which is at the proper time and through
the action of a cam lever held in contact with a frictional driving pulley which
revolves continuously, and the result is that the ends of the string which encircles
the sheaf become twisted together, and finally are twisted in between the string
and the sheaf and thus made quite secure. The second end is cut just before the
twisting operation commences, by preference by a chisel-shaped knife, which enters
between the edges of two plates across which the string lies at the time the cut is
made. The wedge string guide is moved by means of a pinion and toothed sector
to place it in its required different positions at the proper periods.
Whilst the sheaf is being bound a curved arm projecting down from a longi-
tudinal shaft assists in keeping it in position, but when the binding is completed
the shaft turns so as to move this arm outwards and upwards, and at the same
time turns downwards and outwards two other arms which are fixed to it, and
which discharge the sheaf from the side of the machine.
The reel for laying down the cut crop on the platform of the reaping machine is
provided with one or more boards, with or without teeth or a brush attached
(according to the crop to be cut), which boards push the cut crop further on the
platform of the reaping machine and keep the knives clean, and these boards are
sometimes made to feather by means of a cam or excentric motion, and the reel is
also made to go at a variable speed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry James Hogg King in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
January 1878.
HENRY JAMES HOGG KING, of Newmarket, in the County of Gloucestershire,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO REAPING MACHINES,
AND RELATING TO THE BINDING OF THE CROP CUT BY SUCH MACHINES."
My said Invention relates to sheaf-binding apparatus to be fitted to reaping
machines and to mechanism connected therewith, such apparatus being of the kind
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to Ernest George Cook
Bomford, and dated 5 March, 1875 (No. 817), and in the Specification of Letters
Patent granted to the said Ernest George Cook Bomford and myself, and dated
15 March, 1876 (No. 1112); and the present Invention comprises improved modi-
fications of parts of such apparatus designed to render the action more certain and
satisfactory.
The said apparatus is contrived to bind the sheaf with string or similar material,
which when a sheaf is about to be made is held by its end in a nearly vertical
position, so that the quantity of crop to form a sheaf in being lifted outwards
encounters it. The end of the string, which is underneath, is then carried upon
the inner side of the sheaf, so as with the part previously held to completely
encircle the sheaf, and clipping mechanism holding the end of the string, then seizes
the other part of the string, and the second end being cut, the two ends are twisted
together, and made to twist themselves into the part of the string forming the band
so as to make a sufficiently secure fastening. The quantity of crop to form a sheaf
is moved across the platform of the reaping machine by rake prongs projecting up
through transverse slots in the platform, these prongs being folded down when
returning so as to pass under any crop that falls on the platform in the interval,
and being turned up again at the further side. The bundle of crop is raked upon
a board at the side of the machine, which board is tilted up and compresses the
bundle against a curved arm, and after the binding is completed this arm turns up
out of the way, whilst two other arms on the same shaft turn down and outwards,
and passing through slots in the tilting board, discharge the sheaf from the machine.
When necessary the reel which ordinarily lays the crop on the platform is modified,
so as to make a separation between each portion of crop for forming a sheaf and
the next portion.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood, I hereunto append three Sheets of explanatory
Drawings, to be herein-after referred to, and representing various parts and modifi-
cations of my improved apparatus. In these Drawings the same reference numerals
are used to mark the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 are a side elevation, a plan, and a back elevation of a reaping
machine as fitted with my improved automatic gathering and binding apparatus, but
not showing some parts to which my Invention does not relate, or which would
render one or other of the Figures too complex.
Figure 4 is a back elevation showing some details in different positions to those
in which they are shown in Figure 3.
The remaining Figures show various details separately, and will be most con-
veniently described when there is occasion to refer to them in the course of the
following description.
The movements of the gathering and binding apparatus are derived from the
usual broad-tired wheel 1, which gives motion to the ordinary cutter bar, this wheel
by internal teeth driving a pinion on a shaft 2, which by bevil wheels 3 drives a
slightly inclined longitudinal shaft 4. The longitudinal shaft 4 by bevil wheels 5
drives a shaft 6, which is somewhat inclined from the vertical, and has at its upper
end a worm 7 driving the reel 8 by means of a worm wheel on its axle. By means
of a worm near its lower end the shaft 6, acting ou a worm wheel 9, turns the main

page_text: shaft 10 of the binding apparatus, the worm wheel 9 being fixed on the front
overhanging end of that shaft, and having fixed in it an eccentric pin which by a
rod 11 gives a reciprocating angular motion to a bevil-toothed sector 12; this
sector 12 has in gear with it a similar sector 13 on the front end of a horizontally
moving lever 14, which actuates the gathering rake, the details of which are shown
in plan and elevation in Figures 5 and 6.
The lever 14 has jointed to its back end a rod 15, the inner end of which carries
a pinion 16 gearing on one side with a toothed rack 17 fixed to the under side of
the platform, and gearing on its other side with a movable toothed bar or rack 18.
The movable rack 18 is connected by pins and slots to a transverse bar 19, fixed to.
the rake holder 20, and on commencing to move in either direction it first slides as
far as the slots and pins will allow it along the bar 19, and then moves that bar
with it, the difference of movement between the two serving for holding down or
turning up the rake prongs 21. The prongs 21 are fixed in a longitudinal rake
bar 22, which is carried in eyes or bearings in the holder 19 in such a way that it
can turn to raise or lower the prongs. A small lever on the rake bar 22 is connected
by.a link 24 to the movable rack 18, and this connection causes the turning of the
prongs 21 up or down by the play or movement between the rack 18 and bar 19.,
The combination of the pinion 16 and fixed and moving racks 17, 18, gives the
required length of stroke of the rake with a small movement of the lever 14.
With the actuating mechanism 11, 12, as herein-before described, the rake is
moved across the platform at the same rate in both directions. It will however in
some cases be desirable to make it move more quickly when conveying the crop to
the binding apparatus than when returning, and such a motion may be very con-
veniently obtained by the modified mechanism shown in Figure 7. In this
modification the toothed sector 12 is made with a slotted arm 25, in which there
works a crank or eccentric pin on the shaft 10, and produces the desired differential
motion by acting at different distances from the centre of the sector 12. When
moving towards the binding apparatus the rake prongs 21 project up through slots
26, or narrow spaces between boards forming the platform, down on which the crop
falls or is laid as it is cut. The rake prongs 21 when moving towards the binding
apparatus pass beyond the ends of the platform boards, and where they do so are
guided between pairs of bars 27 fixed to the framing of the machine. Inclined
pieces 28 are fixed at the ends of the platform boards to lead the crop upwards and
to check the movement of the first portions of each bundle, so as to assist in com-
pacting the bundle. The rake prongs carry the crop over the inclines 28 and upon
a tilting board 29 formed of separate pieces, leaving spaces or slots between to allow
the rake prongs to pass across a large part of it, and this board 29 is fixed on a
longitudinal axle or rocking shaft 30 carried in bracket bearings fixed to the side
frame 31 of the machine. In Figures 1, 2, 3, the board 29 is shown as tilted up
after a bundle of crop has been raked to and upon it, and in Figure 4 it is shown
in its lower position, in which it receives the crop. There is an inclined board
or fence 32 at the further side of the platform, and there is also a similar
fence 33 at the binding side, the crop passing under the latter to the tilting
board 29, and these two fences guide the crop as it falls or is laid upon the
platform.
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It is in all cases important to make a clean separation between the successive
portions or bundles of crop, and particularly so when the crop is heavy. Additional
parts for rendering this separation more complete are shown in Figures 8, 9, and
consist of one or more narrow boards 34 jointed to the inner edge of the tilting
board 29, and with their other ends sliding on the main platform, together with a
dividing point 35, forming the inner end of a fixed guide 36, under which the
portion of crop about to be made into a sheaf is carried by the tilting board 29 as
this board performs the latter part of its tilting or lifting movement. At the
dividing point 35 there are two curved horns 37, and any straws carried up but not
getting under the dividing point are kept back by the horns 37, and fall down the
inclined boards 34 back on the platform. When the jointed boards 34 are used the

page_text: fixed inclined pieces 28 are of course dispense with; but when the jointed boards 34
are not used it will be desirable to have prongs on a horizontal rod lying under the
pieces 28, and arranged to turn up whenever the tilting board 29 rises to prevent
straws from getting under it; or a set of prongs on a horizontal rod may be hinged
to the fence 33 so as to hang downwards, as shown at A in Figure 3 for the same
purpose. The tilting board 29 is moved by an arm 38 extending under it parallel
to its axle 30, and carried by a peculiarly shaped lever 39 centered on a stud 40
fixed to the framing of the machine, the lever 39 being formed with a curved or
cam-action slot in which there works the pin of a crank 41 (Figure 4) on the main
shaft 10 of the binding mechanism. The slot in the lever 39 is shaped so as from
the uniform rotation of the crank 40 to derive the desired movements of the arm 38
and tilting board 29. The tilting board 29 has jointed to it two or more prongs 42
with curved under sides shaped so as, through the motion of the tilting board and
their own action on a longitudinal rod 43 fixed to the framing, to assist in grasping
the sheaf and preventing its falling. The sheaf is also held in position whilst being
bound by a curved rod 44 fixed on a shaft 45, the action of which will be herein-
after described in connection with the discharging of the bound sheaf.
Having herein-before described the mechanism for and mode of gathering the
bundle or quantity of crop to form a sheaf and holding it in position for being
bound, the mechanism for and mode of binding it will be easily understood. The
string 46 is contained in a box 47, from which it is drawn as used by the action of
the binding mechanism, being first led through a fixed guide eye 48, and thence
through an eye in a wedge 49, which is shown enlarged in plan and elevation in
Figures 10, 11.
When the parts are in position for receiving a fresh bundle of crop, as shown in
Figure 4, the string 46 proceeds from the wedge 49 down to clips 50 carried by a
holder 51 on the end of the arm 38, herein-before described as attached to the
peculiarly shaped lever 39, and as lifting the tilting board 29. The bundle of crop
turned up and over by the tilting board 29 encounters the string 46 and carries the
bight of it outwards; at the same time with the tilting of the board 29 the end of
the string is carried up at the inner side of the bundle and completely encircles it.
The clips 50, which, with the holder 51, arm 38, and other parts are shown enlarged
in Figures 12, 13, are carried upon a squared, and eccentrically placed part of the
twisting spindle 52, which spindle is held in the holder 51, and has on it a pinion 53
gearing with a spur wheel 54 of twice its size, and which is fast on a spindle 55 in
the interior of the holder 51. The spindle 55 is geared by bevil wheels 56 with a
spindle 57 situated in the centre of the hollow arm 38, and having a friction
pulley 58 on its end which projects from the inner end of the arm 38.
It is by means of the mechanism just described that when the two ends of the
string are held in the clips 50 they are twisted together, the friction pulley 58 being
at the proper time and by the movement of the lever 39 brought into contact with
a continuously revolving pulley 59 on a spindle 60 driven by skew-toothed wheels 61
from the worm shaft 6.
To insure driving contact the spindle 60 is arranged in movable bearings, which
are pressed by springs towards the position in which the pulley 58 is placed when
it has to be driven. There are three clip pieces 50, the middle one being fixed on
the spindle 52, whilst the two others can separate from the middle one but tend to
keep close by the action of a spring on the spindle 52, one end of which spring bears
directly against one clip, whilst its other end is attached to a small bar which passes
along the side of the spindle 52, and through holes in two of the clip pieces, to the
third one.
The clip pieces 50 are bevilled so that as they are carried by the move-
ment of the arm 38 across the position of the wedge 49, that wedge enters between
the middle one and one of the outer ones, and the string 46 issuing from the guide
eye in the wedge is seized by the clips as they close again on passing the wedge.
This wedge 49 is eccentrically placed on a short spindle carried in a bracket 62, and
having on it a pinion 63, which is in gear with a toothed sector on a lever 64, which

page_text: is at the proper times moved by a cam 65, on the shaft 10, so as to impart half a
turn to the wedge. Owing to its eccentricity on its spindle the wedge 49 assumes
such a position as to enter between the middle clip piece 50 and the inner movable
one (or that which is at the time uppermost) when the arm 38 is moved upwards
and outwards; but when the arm 38 returns inwards and downwards again the
wedge has become turned so as to face the clips on their return, and is then in a
position to enter on the other side of the middle clip piece, and between it and the
outer, or then lower clip piece. It thus follows that on each binding operation
being completed, and when the arm 38 and tilting board 29 return inwards and
downwards for a fresh operation, the just previously cut end of the string is seized by
the clips and carried down so as to be stretched in the position in which it is shown
in Figure +. On the arm 38 moving up again the wedge 49 has in the interval
been turned half round, and the clips then seize the string again close to the wedge,
and so as to enclose the bundle of crop in a loop or band. The string is next cut
between the clips and the wedge, thus completely detaching the quantity for a sheaf
band, the two ends being held in the clips, one on each side of the middle piece.
At the time for cutting the string it is passing from the clips across a slotted plate
(or pair of plates) 66, fixed to the clip holder 51 (Figure 12), and a chisel-like knife
67 is then moved down into the slot of the plate 66, and cuts the string. This
knife slides in guides on the clip holder 51, and is fitted with an antifriction roller
68, through which the cutting movement is imparted to it by this roller cn-
countering a curved guide piece 69 fixed on the lever 64 (Figure 11). By the time
the string is cut the pulley 58 is brought into contact with the driving pulley 59,
and the twisting together, of the two ends of the string is then effected by the rota-
tion of the clip spindle 52, through the mechanisin already described.
The middle and outer clips 50 are notched, as shown in Figure 10, so as to allow
As the clips
the strings to go together and twist in the axial line of the spindle 52.
50 must be in a particular position for their proper action in concert with the wedge
49, this is secured by a cod piece 70, fixed on the end of the spindle 55, which
moves at half the speed of the twisting spindle 52, so that never more than a
quarter of a turn of the former (55) is required to bring the latter into its proper
position.
The cod piece 70 effects its object by encountering a curved guide piece 71 in a
manner that will be understood from Figure 14, the guide piece 71 being fixed on
an overhanging bracket 72 (Figure 15), which has also fixed on it a guide piece 73
for acting on a pin 74 on the clip holder 51, so as to keep that holder in its proper
position when about to seize the string. It has now to be noticed that the clip
holder 51 is capable of turning upon the arm 38, being fixed to a tube 75, extending
along inside the arm, and having a small lever 76 with an antifriction roller on it
fixed on its end, which projects just through the inner end of the arm 38.
The roller of the lever 76 moves in a cam-guide groove formed in a fixed piece 77,
such groove being for the most part concentric with the centre of the lever 39, but
having a part at its upper end which, acting on the lever 76, through it and the
tube 75 imparts about a quarter of a turn to the clip holder 51 just when the
twisting operation is being completed. This movement of the clip holder turns
down the twisted ends of the string into a position tangential, or nearly so, to the
band, and the twisted ends then twist themselves into the band, and finally escape
from the clips, the fastening being then complete and the sheaf ready to be dis-
charged. Instead of thus turning down the twisted ends of the string the same
result may be obtained by moving the sheaf over and outwards. The discharging
is effected by a pair of rods 78, fixed on the spindle 45, which carries the curved
holding in rod 44, as herein-before described. This spindle 45 has fixed on it a
pinion 79, with which there gears a toothed sector on a lever 80, acted on by a
cam 81 on the shaft 10, and the spindle 45 is turned back again after each action of
the cam by a helical spring on it, and having one end fixed to it whilst the other
⚫ end is fixed to the framing.

page_text: The clip and wedge details of the binding apparatus may be transposed in a
manner that will be understood from Figure 16. In this modification the wedge 49.
with its guide eye is carried by a tubular arm 82, fixed on a tubular shaft 30,
through which shaft and arm the string passes to the wedge 49. The clip holder 51.
is carried on the guide bracket 36, being arranged to turn down to lay the twisted
strings in a position to twist into the band by a fixed rack, over which it is moved
by a lever, and which engaging with a pinion on it makes it turn in doing so. The
part of the arm 82 carrying the wedge 49 is itself wedge shaped, to divide the crop
in concert with the action of the dividing point 35.
Modifications of the ordinary reel are shown in Figures 17, 18, 19, their object being
that herein-before referred to, of separating each portion of crop to form a sheaf
from the next portion. In these Figures the modified parts are shown as applied
to one out of four rods or paddles, as would be suitable were the reel arranged to
make one complete turn for each sheaf; it will however be obvious that two or
more of the paddles or rods may be similarly fitted, the reel being driven
accordingly.
In the modification shown in Figure 17, a feathering paddle 83 is employed, a'
short lever 84, fixed on its journal, having jointed to it the rod 85, of an eccentric
SG, which is adjustably fixed to the framing. The action of the eccentric 86 causes
the outer edge of the paddle 83 to be first in advance of the uniform notion of the
reel, so as to push backwards more quickly the last portions of one bundle of crop;
and afterwards by its reverse action to retard the first portions of the next bundle.
In the modification shown in Figure 18, a cam 87 is substituted for the eccentric
(86); and the rod 85, connected to the lever 84 of the paddle 83 has its inner end*
working in guides on the arm of the reel, and is pulled inwards by a spring which.
makes an antifriction roller 88 on it follow the contour of the cam 87. The relative
motion of the outer edge of the paddle 83 is in this case increased, by centering
the paddle at its inner edge instead of its middle. In the modification shown in
Figure 19, a pair of arms 89, with a bar or paddle, are mounted loose on the axles
of the reel, and one (or each) of these arms 89 is made with a slot in which there
works a pin on one end 90, of a lever 90, 91, centered at the outer end of an arm
92, fixed on the axle. The outer end 91 of the lever carries an antifriction roller,
which, coming in contact with a curved guide bar 93 fixed to the framing of 'the
machine, causes the arms 89 and their bar to have the desired movements; first, of
moving in advance of the uniform motion of the reel to push the cut crop behind
it quickly upon the platform; and then of retardation, so as to hold forward the
next portions of cut crop. In some cases the desired effect may be attained by
making the reel with five pairs of arms with their rods or paddles, and arranged
with a considerable wider space between two particular rods or paddles than
between the others; the rod moving just before the wider space being fitted with
an adjustable paddle, board, or rake, which can be set at various inclinations.
Brushes or pegs may be fixed to the rods, paddles, or boards of the reel to assist
in sweeping each portion of cut crop back upon the platform and clear of the
cutter bar.
With the arrangements described the reel can be adjusted to suit different heights
or lengths of crop, and so that in all cases each portion or bundle of crop may be
presented to the binding apparatus in a position to have the band applied as nearly
as possible to its middle, or whatever part of its length is considered best.
It is of importance that the string employed should be of a quality and size
adapted to the action of the machine, and particularly to that of the twisting
mechanism, and that it should be sufficiently pliable, and free from knots, and be
able to run from the box or holder without hesitation caused by kinks or snarls.
With these points in view, the string is by preference specially prepared for the
machine, being made by simultaneously winding and twisting together the three, or
other number of strands of yarn or twine, of which the string is made.
The apparatus employed is an adaptation of existing. apparatus arranged to wind

page_text: the string in the cop form, upon a wooden or metal spindle or on a tube; and when
a joining has to be made the strands are joined separately and at different parts, so
that in such a length of string as may be sufficient for a day's or several hours'
work, there may not be any knot so large as to interfere with the free running of
the string through the various guides of the machine. Discs of metal or wood may
be provided for supporting the bottoms of the cops, being made easily detachable
from the spindles by unscrewing or otherwise, so that the parts may be packed in
small space for transmission and be less liable to damage. Or the bottom support
for each cop may consist of three or four arms, jointed to the spindle, like blades to
a clasp knife, so that they can be folded upon the spindle when the string is used.
Or again, the cops may be drawn off the spindles on which they have been wound,
and the string be drawn from their interiors, the string box (47) on the machine
being shaped with a cylindrical cell to receive and hold the cop.
In the event of the string running short, or of the twisting mechanism getting
out of order, a reaping machine made with the improved gathering and binding
apparatus can still be advantageously used as a self-delivering machine, as it will
gather the cut crop off the platform and deposit it at the side of the machine in
bundles, suitable for forming sheaves.
Having thus particularly described my said Invention and the manner of per-
forming the same, I have to state that I do not restrict myself to the precise details
herein described or delineated, but that what I believe to be novel and original, and
claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is
1. The general arrangement or combination of parts forming gathering and
binding apparatus for a reaping machine, substantially as herein-before described.
2. The improved combination of pinion and fixed and moving racks and accom-.
panying details for moving and turning the gathering rake prongs, as herein-before
described.
3. The arrangement of the tilting board with slots, allowing the rake prongs to
carry the bundles of crop well upon it, and so that the board in lifting clears every-
thing off then, substantially as herein-before described.
4. The combination of the tilting board with the sustaining prongs jointed to it,
and with the curved holding rod arranged to retain the sheaf whilst being bound,
substantially as herein-before described.
5. The combination of the tilting board with the parts for separating the portions
of crop, herein-before described, with reference to Figures 8, 9, of the accompanying
Drawings.
6. The improved combination of mechanism, herein-before described, for twisting
the ends of the binding string or material together, and into or under the band.
7. The combination of the wedge having a guide eye through it for the binding
material with the clips adapted to be opened by the wedge so as to seize the
binding material, substantially as herein-before described.
8. The combination of parts by which the rotation of the twisting spindle
carrying the clips is effected at the proper time through the arm which places the
binding material round the sheaf, substantially as herein-before described.
9. The modification in which the binding material is led through the arm and
through the wedge carried by the arm, the clips and twisting mechanism being
carried separately, as herein-before described.
10. The application of the mechanism herein-before described with reference to
Figures 17, or 18, or 19 of the accompanying Drawings for hastening the laying on
the platform of the latter portions of one bundle of crop and retarding that of the
first portion of the next bundle.
11. The preparing of string or other binding material specially for the machine,
by simultaneously twisting its component strands together and winding it in the
cop form, substantially as herein-before described.

page_text: 12. The herein-before described arrangements for holding the cops of string and
for detaching or folding up the discs or supports for the bottoms of the cops.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry James Hogg King, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
HENRY JAMES HOGG KING. (L.S.)