Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop — John Shaqi
Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed CropCoe, H. S.
Science
Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop
Coe, H. S.
Sweet clover -- Harvesting
The pan to be placed under the deck of the machine will serve to
collect the seed which is shattered on the deck and the extension to
the deck. The plans for making this pan are shown in detail in figure
6. The material should be cut along the solid lines and of the size
designated in figure 6, _A_. The sides of the pan should be bent upward
on the dotted lines, so that the pan will be 24 inches wide at the
top. The ends should then be made in the manner described for the pan
which is placed under the opening of the platform and lower elevator.
A door may be put in the rear end of this pan if desired; but this
is not necessary, as no trouble will be experienced in removing the
seed. Figure 6, _B_, gives a top view of the pan when completed and
also a portion, of the guard which serves to direct into this pan the
seed which shatters on the deck. This guard is shown in detail in
figure 7. As this pan is larger and heavier than that placed under
the lower elevator, not only should it have strips of iron riveted
to the outer edges of the sides, but two cross braces also should be
employed. Those may be fastened to the strips of iron supporting the
sides of the pan and should be about 12 inches from the ends of it.
This pan is supported by two strips of strap iron bent to conform to
the outside of a cross section of it and hook over the binder pipe
under the deck and bolt to stirrups placed on the outer sill of the
frame. Each support may be made from one strip of strap iron. It may be
necessary to bend the ends of the supports which hook over the binder
pipe in opposite directions. Both ends of the supports which hook over
the binder pipe may hook outward, as shown in figure 7, _C_, or the
rear support may hook inward, as illustrated in figure 5. It is not
absolutely necessary that those supports of the pan hook in opposite
directions on the binder pipe, yet when this is done it will make the
pan more rigid. The pan may be attached by first hooking the supports
over the binder pipe underneath the deck and then bolting the other end
of the supports to the stirrups on the outer sill. The pan should be
fastened to the supports. A cross section of this pan, the supports for
it, and the stirrups which hook over the sill are shown in figure 7,
_C_.
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