Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed CropCoe, H. S.
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Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop
Coe, H. S.
Sweet clover -- Harvesting
The plans for making the pan which should be placed under the opening
between the platform and the lower elevator are illustrated in figure
4. The material to be used for this pan should be cut to conform to the
size and shape shown in figure 4, _A_; the sides should then be bent
upright along the dotted lines, so that the pan will be 18 inches wide
at the top. One end, which should be solid, may be made so by bending
the center portion upright and then bending the sides against it. The
side and center pieces should be riveted together. (Fig. 4, _C_.) Any
suitable door which will prevent seed from falling out of the pan will
suffice for the other end. A door is highly desirable, so that the seed
may be removed more easily when the pan is full. A convenient type is
shown in figure 4, _E_. A top view of the pan when completed is given
in figure 4, _B_. It will be necessary to brace the pan, and this may
be done by riveting strips of strap iron, preferably one-eighth inch
thick and one-half inch wide, on the outer edges of the sides.
This pan is held in position by two supports made of strap iron,
preferably seven-eighths inch wide and one-eighth inch thick, which
have been bent to conform to the outside of a cross section of the pan.
(Figs. 4, _C_, and 5, _B_.) The ends of these supports which fasten
under the platform should be bent to a sharp angle and the tip of each
slightly flattened, so that they may be pushed between the angle bar
at the end of the platform and the bottom of the platform. The other
end of each support should have a hole drilled in it, so that it may be
bolted to the stirrups, which should be made to hook over the inside
sill. (Figs. 4, _C_, and 5.) These supports should be placed about
6 inches from the ends of the pan and riveted or bolted to it. This
will serve to brace the pan and to hold it in place. The pan may be
attached to the machine by hooking the supports over the angle iron on
the bottom of the platform and by bolting them to the stirrups on the
sill. By supporting the pan in this manner it may be easily and quickly
attached or removed.
[Illustration: Fig. 6.--Plans for the pan to be placed under the binder
deck of the grain binder. _A_, Size and shape the metal should be cut
before bending; _B_, general plan of the pan when completed, as viewed
from the top.]
[Illustration: Fig. 7.--Plans for the guard to be placed at the end of
the binder deck of the grain binder and cross section of the pan and
supports illustrated in figure 6. _A_, Size and shape of the metal for
the guard; _B_, shape of the guard when completed; _C_, cross section
of the pan and support to which this guard is attached; _D_, angle iron
which supports the guard at the end of the deck; _E_, guard bolted in
position; _F_, stirrup which hooks over the outside sill and to which
the support is belted.]
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